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Worship Schedule
March 19-20
Parashat Vayikra April 9-10
Friday, March 19 Parashat Shmini
Candlelighting, 6:58 pm Friday, April 9
Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm Candlelighting, 7:13pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm
Family Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm
Saturday, March 20
Torah Study, 9:30 am Saturday, April 10
Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Torah Study, 9:30 am
Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am
March 2010/Adar-Nisan 5770 Page 3 Messages from the Mountain
Editor’s Note...
With this issue, Tara and I are assuming the duties to edit and see to a timely publication of „Messages
from the Mountain‟. It is our hope to expand the bulletin to include more about the happenings of the
members of our congregation. We invite all to submit articles and information to be reviewed for inclu-
sion in future editions. Additionally, we are always open to suggestions and comments that will make
what you receive in these pages more useful and informative. You can email me at
mark@marksclickart.com. Thank you . Mark Schrier
Messages from the Mountain Page 4 March 2010/Adar-Nisan 5770
January Birthdays
January 1 January 10 January 19 January 28
Carla Levin Eddie Knipp Glenda Bromberg Levi Eisenberg
Del Raney * Juan Valdez Eugene Finke
January 20 Anna Sofia Uni Loeb
January 3 January 11 Leah Pearlman Lola May
Marilyn Rotwein Sally Strelitz Ann Rothstein Elaine Prensky
James Holderman Danielle Scher
Nathan Wiener * January 12 January 22
Jaime Arbona Lane Frank January 29
January 5 Ruth Stolaroff Ofek Belkin
Simon Karch January 23 Ellen Gulbas *
Miriam Yarber January 15 Sofia Escobar Ruth Katz *
Rita Burman Susan Feldblum Maureen Ley *
January 6 Stuart Kahn Marlene Golden
Judah Horn Jaime Papa January 30
Garrett Levin January 16 Jane Rosen *
Benjamin Hirsch January 24
January 7 Alexandra Holderman Sarah Ames * January 31
Beth McCoy * Madison Holderman Paul Lazovick Robert Duran
Sydney Reiter * Tina Wolfe * Stephen Valdes *
Tania Schwartz January 17
Alison Westermann Abraham Ettinger January 25
Shirley Washer Madison Nadler
January 8
Nicholas Munch January 18 January 27
Mimi Lait Robyn Purvin
January 9 Jerome Levy
Josiah Meyer Jennifer Litt
David Schecter
David Schonberg *
January Anniversaries
January 2 January 7 January 15 Janaury 23
Dick & Robin Krasne Rick & Leslie Otis Merton & Laura Goldman * Irvin & Alicia Nadler *
February Birthdays
February 1 February 9 February 15 February 23
Miriam Kotkowski Dori Fenenbock Jacqueline Babenco Alicia Nadler *
Dara Leffman * Zachary Gopin James Scherr
February 2 Miriam Pittle
Nirit Belkin February 16 February 24
Mitchell Puschett February 10 Valerie Barnett * William Carvajal
Carl Ryan Jacob Colvard Clarissa Colvard
Skip Litt Hannah Gopin February 25
February 3 Harry Nagler Jerry Appel
Marcus Appel February 11 Paige Chapman
Mollie Kern James Daross February 17 Anne (Billy) Spier *
Mila Marcus * Elizabeth de Vos * Renaye Feldt
Stanley Marcus Gershon Ettinger Elizabeth Schydlower February 26
David Metrikin Shirley Nussbaum Cindy Graff Cohen
Alan Pittle February 19 Margaret Negrete *
February 4 Jan Frame
Joyce Jaffee February 12 Paul Gulbas February 27
Justin Mendeloff Aaron Bodor * Karen Ivey Jennifer Ehrlich
Gary Nadler Robert Snow Melanie Shapiro *
February 20
February 5 February 13 Judy Amstater February 29
Amanda Marcus Christopher Burton * William E. Carvajal Charles Kovan *
Jerry Kallman Marian Daross
February 6 Samuel Schwartz Frank Kamoroff
Sandra Meehan Kristine Shecter * Suzanne Nagler
Olga Rosen
February 7 February 14
Susan Novick Mimi Gladstein February 21
Laura Knipp * Louis Alpern
February 8 Thelma Krugman Hilda Reedman *
Elizabeth Goodman-Levy Bernard Lauterbach Susan Schwartz
Valentina Restrepo Jacquelyn Spier
February Anniversaries
February 1 February 17 February 22 February 26
Tony & Robin Furman * John & Kristine Shecter Gershon & Barbara Scott Stein & Margaret
Ettinger * Negrete
February 2 February 18
Ralph & Rosa Garcia Mark & Jackie Heins * February 24 February 27
Bill & Jessica Carvajal Bill Belford & Vicki Smith
February 4 February 19 David & Susie Novick
Lou & Marie Robbins Jeff & Wendy Siegel
February 25
February 5 February 21 Jim & Marian Daross
Daniel & Michelle Ken & Barbara Given
Blumenfeld
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March Birthdays
March 1 March 9 March 15 March 24
Ross Dahman Judy Bargman Simon Bir Bertha Blackburn *
Lauryn Rosen Nina Baskind Carly Robalin Martin Colton *
Karen Spivack * Julian Borschow Catherine Glen-Puschett
Benjamin Loeb March 16 Michele Nadler
March 2 Joshua Shecter Mark Heins Jonathan Purvin
Helaine Bach
Bruce Gordon * March 10 March 17 March 26
Sarah Heins Rachelle Nedow Michelle Blumenfeld Alan Ames *
Tess Mansfield * Gary Weiser Monica Escobar * Sylvan Landau *
William Freundlich
March 3 March 11 Anthony Mullen March 27
Jaiden Kimmelman Joyce Davidoff Ben Taber Melinda Marcus
Susan Krupp * Lydia Duran
March 18 March 28
March 4 March 12 Jonathon Gopin Soheil Nazarian *
Esther Bach Lyla Bass Jimmie Parker Frankie Post
Carmela Levitt Burton Cohen Tibor Schaechner
Chad Fruithandler March 19
March 5 Leonard Heller * Thomas Dula March 29
Ellyce Kimmelman Evee Marcus Zachary Wilson
Patricia Marcus March 20
March 6 E.E. Ponsford Dora Goldstein March 30
Ethan Blumenfeld Noel Rosenbaum Barry Mann * Holli Berry
Brittain Chapman * Gene Tucker Bonnie Colton
Alexander Jaffee March 21 Tony Furman *
Jeffrey Katz * March 13 Brandon Gulbas * Fifi Heller-Kaim
Irene Zimmerman Ethan Katz * Theodore Krapin David Mansfield *
Iris Sauermilch
March 7 March 22 March 31
Harrell Rice March 14 William Bass * Janet Keeton
Stephen Riter * Abe Goldberg Louise Rice
Rachel Horn
March 8 Jim Levy March 23
Randee Mansfield Frances Niethamer James McCarthy
Samantha Pittle-Briseno Jane Snow Stanley Nankin
March Anniversaries
March 3 March 15 March 19 March 25
Dan & Leba Hirsch * Mark & Tara Schrier Bryan & Joani Schonberg Brion & Elisa Gluck *
Sid & Fay Kligman
March 4 March 16 March 20 Richard & Marilyn Rotwein
Lowell & Shirley Nussbaum Larry Lesser & Laurie Davis Jerry & Haidi Appel
March 26
March 9 March 18 March 21 Alan & Honey Phelps
Ben Loeb & Quyen Nguyen Gary & Lisa Nadler * Bill & Marcia Dahlberg
Carl Ryan & Suzi Davidoff March 29
March 14 March 24 David & Tita Kaplan
John & Bita Mobbs Adam & Dana Frank
March 2010/Adar-Nisan 5770 Page 7 Messages from the Mountain
New Members
We welcome David Rothbardt, Michael Slayton, and Stuart and Dannah Meyers to membership at Temple!
We are also delighted to welcome the Lesser family to membership at Temple, and to turn this month‟s spot-
light on them. Larry Lesser, a UTEP mathematics education professor, has had several of his original songs
(e.g., "Healing Song") performed at Temple and elsewhere. His b'shert Laurie Davis, a neuroscience re-
searcher and manual/massage therapist, has a passion for making traditional Judaism welcoming and acces-
sible. Their son Judah, a 4th grader at the El Paso Jewish Academy, loves building/inventing, nature, science,
math, and music.
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How is it possible she is gone? Are we really still here without her?
From that roller coaster, I‟ve watched this first yahrtzeit approaching
like an unknown object coming from the distant desert on a long, straight road
kicking up dust, gathering momentum, creating anticipation and dread
And in that doorway within, which the dull blade of sorrow has carved
with a persistent and unyielding hand, I find a heart yet beating
that knows much more of love than it ever knew before
In these moments, the mind recalls what the heart always knows
our journey here is brief, our passage just an instant in God‟s eyes
but love, once found, stays with us for all of time
David Kern
February 1, 2010
Gesher Refresher
Gesher (bridge in Hebrew) is a hands-on
Jewish learning program run by Temple Mt.
Sinai for children from birth through four
years and their parents. Throughout the year
children and parents explore Jewish holidays
and common preschool themes with a Jewish
twist (like “What‟s Jewish about Frogs and
Toads?” and “What‟s Jewish about Colors?”)
Our rich curriculum, designed by Alanna
Bach, includes playtime with thematic toys,
singing, movement, stories, craft projects, and
thematic snacks. Gesher meets at Temple Mt.
Sinai in Schwartz Hall from 10 to 11 am
approximately twice a month. If you are
joining us for the first time in January, there is
a $40 per family registration fee for this
program.
in appreciation of Rabbi Larry Bach by Skip & Teresa in honor of Paquita Litt's Special Birthday by Ron & Judy
Schwartz, Fifi Heller-Kaim & Boris Kaim, Michael Tomor, Blumenfeld
Bettye Kohlhagen, Mildred Marcus, and Wendy Axelrod in honor of Judy & Ron Blumenfeld‟s Special
in honor of Ann Louise Leeds‟ Special Birthday by Bernie Anniversary by Bill & Marcia Dahlberg
& Judy Lauterbach in memory of Edward Sochat by Ron & Judy Blumenfeld
in honor of Judy & Ron Blumenfeld's Special Anniversary
by Bud & Charlotte Ramenofsky
General Donations Fund:
in honor of Phil Alpern‟s Special Birthday by Sara in appreciation of Temple Mount Sinai by Douglas
Mansfield Waters, Bruce & Kristen Applebaum
in memory of Harry Miller, Werner Kohlhagen, Phyllis in honor of Albert Schwartz's Special Birthday by Tibor &
Fruithandler by Bettye Kohlhagen Ann Schaechner
speedy recovery to Martin Kern by Bill & Miriam in honor of Channukah by Allen & Marlene Levine
Goldfarb
in honor of Judy & Ron Blumenfeld's Special Anniversary
by Carolyn Feinberg, Irene Oppenheimer, Mimi Lait,
Lothar Blumenthal Fund: Tibor & Ann Schaechner
in memory of David Crohn, Michael David Crohn & in honor of Leni Berry's twin grandsons by Nat & Nanci
Adrianne Crohn by Gloria Crohn Maddux
in honor of Martin Kern's Special Birthday by Bob & Sara
Campership Fund: Shiloff
in appreciation of Temple Mount Sinai by Andy Saucedo in honor of Paquita Litt's Special Birthday by Tibor &
Ann Schaechner
in memory of Beatrice Pollack by Jeralyn F. Scher &
Michael Sarnoff in memory of Anita Mark by Bud & Charlotte
Ramenofsky
in memory of Bruce Litt by Ann Louise Leeds
Caring Community Fund:
in memory of David Stolaroff by Sharon Cotter
in memory of Adele Gordon by Edward & Evelyn
Schwartz in memory of Edward Sochat by Larry & Joyce Anenberg
in memory of Leah Brody by Rosilyn Rivkin
in memory of Evelyn Axelrod by Harrell & Louise Rice in memory of Our Loved Ones by Bob & Sara Shiloff
in memory of Evelyn Axelrod by Ann & Tibor
Schaechner
Syd Dictor Memorial Music Fund:
speedy recovery to Julian Borschow by Abe & Annette
in honor of Mike Abrams' Special Birthday by Rona
Goldberg
Dictor
speedy recovery to Mimi Lait by Ann Louise Leeds
in memory of Dodie Redler by Rona Dictor
speedy recovery to Susie Novick by Bud & Charlotte
Ramenofsky,Bill & Marcia Dahlberg
Falk Religious School Endowment Fund
in honor of Harvy Falk's Special Birthday by Bob & Sara
Shiloff
March 2010/Adar-Nisan 5770 Page 15 Messages from the Mountain
in honor of Judy & Ron Blumenfeld's Special in memory of Joseph Heller by Fifi Heller-Kaim
Anniversary by Dick & Toni Harris, Valerie Barnett in memory of Leo Rosen by Sig & Olga Rosen
in honor of Lillian Silberman's Special Birthday by Dick in memory of Rose Bilsky by Estelle Goldman
& Jean Scherotter
in memory of Anne Elizabeth Hawkinson by Lietzie
Belford
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger:
in honor of Albert Schwartz's Special Birthday by Tree Of Life
Edward & Evelyn Schwartz in honor of Ann Louise Leeds' Special Birthday by
Louann Pranses, Sydney Goltz, Eddie & Laurie Knipp
Oppenheimer Flower Fund:
in honor of Judy & Ron Blumenfeld's Special Rabbi Ken & Sue Weiss URJ Youth Travel Fund:
Anniversary by Jeanne Moye
in appreciation of Greta Duran & Lori Gaman by Alison
in memory of Anna F. Rosenberg by Ruth Braun Westermann and Stacy Berry
in memory of Corrine Alice Coleman by Steve Rosenberg in honor of the Marriage of Amy Weiss & Scott
in memory of Dina Davidoff by Joyce Davidoff Levingston by Bill & Anne Spier
in memory of Leona Goldfarb by Bob & Shirley Goldfarb in honor of Paquita‟s Litt's Special Birthday by Bill &
Miriam Goldfarb, Lillian Silberman, Phil & Judy
in memory of Marla Stein by Scott Stein Family
Bargman
in memory of Jerry Harris by Ruth Braun
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in memory of Herbert Schwartz by Bruce & Erline in honor of Jane Rosen's Special Birthday by Bill &
Gordon Marcia Dahlberg, Bob & Sara Shiloff, Dick & Jean
Scherotter, Norma Levenson, Sara Mansfield, Steve &
Marlene Golden
Campership Fund
in honor of Lola May's Special Birthday by Anne
in appreciation of Temple Mount Sinai by D. F. Tavana
Hollander
in honor of Robert & Naida Lipson's Special
Caring Community Fund Anniversary by Sara Mansfield
in honor of Sue & Frank Kamofoff's Special in honor of Sam Ellowitz's Special Birthday by Bud &
Anniversary by Bob & Elaine Krasne, Bob & Sara Charlotte Ramenofsky
Shiloff, Marty & Bonnie Colton
in memory of A. Lee Crawford by Pat Crawford
in memory of Alma Curry by Bill & Marcia Dahlberg
Cemetery Fund
in memory of Eddie Sochat by Jim & Anne Spier
in memory of Herbert Schwartz by Dorothy Borschow
in memory of Herbert Schwartz by Bill & Miriam
Goldfarb, Bob & Jane Snow, Bob & Sara Shiloff, Bud &
Choir Fund Charlotte Ramenofsky, Buddy Schwartz, Curtis &
in memory of Herbert Schwartz by Bill & Anne Spier, Jacquelyn Spier, Dick & Jean Scherotter, Dick &
Donna Munch Marlene Fass, Bill & Marcia Dahlberg..
Dick & Toni Harris, Don & Margie Henderson, Doris
Pryzant, Edward & Evelyn Schwartz, Eleanor
Floyd Fierman Religious School Fund Goodman, Irma Oppenheim, Jim & Anne Spier, Joyce
in honor of Ruth Katz's Special Birthday by Stuart & Davidoff, Ken & Barbara Given, Lillian Silberman,
Frances Kahn Marty & Bonnie Colton, Nat & Nanci Maddux, Norma
in memory of Herbert Schwartz by Jay & Mary Heins, Levenson,
Ruth Oppenheim Schmid, Broaddus, Nugent & Gano Accountants,
Stephen & Heather Caine, Stuart & Shari Schwartz,
Sally, Joseph,& Marlyn Strelitz, Barbara & Gershon
Friedman/Bloom/Rothstein Outdoor Chapel
Ettinger
in honor of Fanny Laufer Special Birthday by Karl
in memory of Leah Brody by Rosilyn Rivkin
Friedman
in memory of Ivan Chavez by Olivia Chavez
in memory of Fae Tyroler by Phil & Ann Rothstein
in memory of Joe Siegel by Alan & Mimi Pittle
in memory of Laura Sommer by Jon & Arlene Sonnen,
General Donations Fund
Sylvia Gershowitz
in appreciation of Temple Mount Sinai by Douglas
in memory of Murray Karp by Stuart & Shari Schwartz
Waters
in honor of Edward Feldt's Bar Mitzvah by Nat &
Nanci Maddux Jon Heller High Holiday Fund Donation
in memory of Herbert Schwartz by Fifi Heller-Kaim &
Boris Kaim
March 2010/Adar-Nisan 5770 Page 17 Messages from the Mountain
in memory of Ed Sochat by Ed & Lory Oppenheimer in memory of Florence Adler Jacob by Terren & Maria
Klein
speedy recovery to David Rothbardt by Bud &
Charlotte Ramenofsky in memory of Hedwig Grunebaum by Jim & Carol
Parker
in memory of Hilde Mason & Bertha Juda by Jim &
Krasne Discretionary Fund
Carol Parker
in honor of Bob & Naida Lipson's Special Anniversary
in memory of Jacques Belbel by Roger & Trish Belbel
by Marty & Bonnie Colton
in memory of Jean Feinberg by Steve Feinberg & Susan
in honor of Jane Rosen's Special Birthday by Bill &
Foote
Anne Spier, Bob & Elaine Krasne, Marty & Bonnie
Colton in memory of Phyllis Fruithandler by Ross & Linda
Fruithandler
in memory of Alma Curry by Bob & Elaine Krasne
in memory of Sara Krasne & Harold Novak by Bob &
in memory of Audry Given by Marty & Bonnie Colton
Elaine Krasne
in memory of Eddie Sochat by Marty & Bonnie Colton,
Bill & Anne Spier
Prayer Book Fund
in memory of Herbert Schwartz by Bob & Elaine
Krasne, Ruth Braun in memory of Lucy Bleiberg by Al Bleiberg
For more information or to RSVP for the retreat, please contact Alanna Bach at
abach@templemountsinai.com or 532-5959.
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B’nai Shabbat
Do you have children in first grade or experiential Shabbat service conducted on the
younger? Do they like to sing and dance? Do bimah in the main sanctuary at Temple. At the
they like to sit in a circle and listen to stories? service there will be candle lighting, singing
with Rabbi Bach, and joyful praying.
B‟nai Shabbat participants are invited to join
the rest of the congregation at 5:45 pm for a
delicious oneg prepared by Simon Bir.
Following the oneg, childcare will be available
the children. Parents are invited to enjoy an
adult service beginning at 6:15 pm.
Critical scholars believe that the date connects spring festivals (the Feast of Unleavened Bread
from pastoral roots and the Paschal lamb from shepherd traditions) that were absorbed into the
Passover holiday. In this view, the earlier ritual elements were incorporated and reinterpreted as
historical reminders of redemption. Many traditional scholars have objected to any attempt to
place the Torah in a cultural context. Some, such as Maimonides, have seen no religious objection
to having the Sinaitic revelation transform earlier elements into the Torah's theological/historical
pattern, as long as its divinity is upheld.
The Torah stresses both the agricultural and the historical aspects of Passover. There is a strong
but subtle relationship of nature and history in the Bible's teachings. The human being is a
body/soul fusion. Somatic states affect the mind just as strong emotions--jealousy, anger, lust--
rack the body. Because the spiritual and the biological are intertwined, shifts in one dimension
translate into shifts in the other. The reward of righteousness is long life; living in harmony with
the divine blessing yields prosperity and fertility. Moral evil pollutes the land; cruelty to other
humans drives away the Divine. The fullest spiritual development will take place when the peo-
ple feel secure and rooted in the land. In the messianic age, when humans will "know" God, peo-
ple will dwell under their own trees and vines in peace and harmony.
Thus, in the Bible, human and natural phenomena are read at two levels simultaneously. The
Hebrew Scriptures are this-worldly. Nature is true substance; the world of biological phenomena
is not illusion. Yet, while these phenomena are real, they also reflect the divine realm, which
transcends nature. The people of Israel are at once a human family with self-interests, sibling ri-
valries, and daily cares, and also witnesses of Divine Presence in the world. The land of Israel is
at once a land of milk and honey, of rain and mountain springs, and the land on which God
keeps a divine eye from year's beginning to year's end.
Biblical language and symbol point to spring as the proper season for deliverance. The rebirth of
earth after winter is nature's indication that life overcomes death: spring is nature's analogue to
redemption. Life blossoming, breaking winter's death grip, gives great credence to the human
yearning for liberation.
A correct reading of the spring season would hear its message of breaking out and life reborn at
the biological level simultaneously with an Exodus message of good overcoming evil, of love
overpowering death, of freedom and redemption. The Bible envisions a world in which moral
and physical states coincide, when nature and history, in harmony, confirm the triumph of life.
The Exodus paradigm suggests that the outcome of history will be an eternal spring. Read with a
historical/theological hermeneutic, spring is Exodus.
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My response (not verbalized; there was no Ultimately, I believe that both of these ways of
point in arguing with Dr. Reines): “Yeah, but relating to Divine Reality are metaphors, more
I‟d rather have Euclid measure my floors for or less useful to different people in different
tile.” If I want to know the space of a room, moments, and I‟m grateful to have an
Euclidian geometry is indispensible and elementary grasp of both of them and the
quantum mechanics rather useless. flexibility to speak through each.
This “Euclid-Einstein tension” metaphor stuck As always, I’d be delighted to know your thoughts.
with me, and has helped me to navigate my Shalom,
world. So much of my life takes place in
Rabbi Bach
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Mailing Address
Staff
Rabbi..................................................................... Larry Bach
Rabbi Emeritus......................................................Ken Weiss
Administrator.......................................................Sally Parke
Temple Mount Sinai is the Reform
Administrative Assistant ............................Buddy Schwartz
Religious School Director .......................................Grace Bir
Jewish congregation serving El
Outreach Director .............................................. Susan Jaffee
Family Educator ................................................ Alanna Bach
Paso, Texas.
Youth Advisors .......... Stacy Berry and Alison Westermann
Bulletin Editors ................................. Mark and Tara Schrier We are a congregation of
Building Manager ..................................... Frank Hernandez
House Keeping............................................ Ramona Pinales supportive, caring and diverse
Accompanist.................................................. Linda McClain
people with a rich history.
Officers
David Kern ............................................................. President Temple is a place for prayer, ritual,
Shari Schwartz .............................................. President-Elect
Marian Daross ................................................ Vice President spirituality, education, wholeness
Greta Duran ................................................... Vice President
Ellen Goodman .............................................. Vice President and healing, social action and
Jon Sonnen...................................................... Vice President
Tommy Goldfarb ........................................... Vice President celebration.
Stephanie Calvo ...................................................... Secretary
Marcia Dahlberg ..........................Immediate Past President
Join us as we explore, through these
Trustees
Rick Amstater, Olivia Chavez, Joyce Davidoff,
elements of sacred living, the
Scott Feldt, Lori Gaman, Susie Goldman,
Jack Heydemann, David Leffman,
richness of Jewish faith and
David Mansfield, Hal Marcus, David Novick
Debby Robalin, Phil Rothstein
tradition.