Tidings
Temple Ohabei Shalom - Judaism in Motion
May & June 2010 / Iyyar - Tammuz 5770
100 Blessings a Day
What’s Inside: Rabbi John Franken
Page 2 I hope all of us had a joyous and meaningful Passover,
• Cantor’s Message and that “Dayeinu,” is still echoing in our ears.
• Gospel Shabbat “Dayeinu,” after all, is more than a catchy tune. It
represents an attitude for living Jewishly. Especially in an
Page 3 - 4 age that prizes perfection and continually urges us to want
• Worship more and do more, “Dayeinu” teaches us the spiritual
values of feeling satisfaction with what we have achieved
already. It instructs us to count the blessings with which
Page 5
we have already been bestowed. It helps us to cultivate an
• Ansin Religious School attitude of gratitude.
• B’nei Mitzvah
And what would life be like without the “Dayeinu”
Page 6-7 approach? Consider that as the Israelites marched out of
• Tributes Egypt and into the wilderness, the greatest threat they
• Circle of Giving faced wasn’t Amalek or Pharaoh, or even starvation or
drought. The biggest threat they faced was of becoming
Page 8 wanting, demanding, and overcome by a sense of the
grass being greener. For this they brought on themselves
• Sisterhood many a disaster. In the end their dissatisfaction exacted a
• Brotherhood heavy price. Only the new generation, the one born after
the Exodus, would enter the Promised Land; and only
Page 9-10 their descendants would come to experience the meaning
• Special Meeting of the and satisfaction of “Dayeinu—It would have been
Membership enough!”
With this in mind, particularly in this season of our joy, I
Page 11-13 invite us all to take stock not of our many wants,
• Yizkor Elohim challenges, and shortcomings, but of our many blessings
as a synagogue community. We are blessed with
wonderful, caring congregants. We are blessed with a
talented and dedicated staff. We are blessed with a
magnificent facility which is being renewed, expanded and
modernized. We are blessed with a growing and thriving
preschool and a religious school that is working hard to
engage our kids and families in a 21st century context. We
are blessed with engaging adult learning which now
Illness?
includes Torah Study, Adult b’nei mitzvah, and weekly
Hospitalization? Introduction to Judaism classes (now with upwards of 35
Engagement? students!). And we are blessed with more worship
opportunities—on weekdays and Shabbat, on holidays
Wedding? and festivals, at Hebrew school and preschool and
Birth? beyond—than probably any other Reform synagogue in
Simcha? the entire country is.
Please let us know… We are also blessed by the many people who in the last
several months have chosen to join our Temple
617-277-6610 community. New members include Merri Arnold; Carol
Progressive in attitude yet traditional in practice, Temple Ohabei Shalom is an inclusive Reform Jewish
community committed to nurturing, sustaining, and touching Jewish lives through joyful worship, life
long-learning, and repair of the world in word and deed.
Lieberman; Deborah Langston;
Aaron and Katherine and George
Miller; Amanda Bushnell; Phil
Bressler; Jessica Soler; Nigel
Mustapha; Mara, Bob, Hannah,
Sophie and Lilah Goldstein;
Joanna, Rob, Charlie and Teddy
Gilman; Sharon, Craig, Hannah
and Caleb Sender; Suzan Blankenstein Chin, Carlton
and Shayna; Adam Barnosky; Iourii Belenkii; Lauren
Cutler; Josh and Karina Gilbert; Brett, Mimi, Ella and
Avery Moss; Rob, Ella and Dylan Sherry; Cecile,
Marc, Eitan and Raphael Timsit; and Maya, Rollan and
Isabel Shnayderman. Each one has a unique story, but
each chose TOS as their spiritual home along many
others in the last two years. Last month, at a lovely
new member reception hosted by John and Beth
Gamel, I had the opportunity to bring some of them
together and welcome them formally. As we draw
these wonderful people into synagogue life, they are
already bringing blessings into our community.
Please join me in extending a prolonged and warm
welcome to the newest members of the TOS family.
Get to know them and invite them into your home!
For my part, one of my delights as your rabbi is the
opportunity to get to know you and for us to become
important parts of each other’s lives. To that end I
invite you, if you haven’t already, to come by for a cup
of coffee or tea, whether it is to discuss a serious
personal issue or simply to schmooze. May the spring
bring us all new life,
personal growth and
renewal!
Please save these two dates when we will honor
Shirley Spero and Spencer Gould for their deep
and lasting contributions to the TOS community:
May 16 at 9:30 a.m.
Breakfast honoring Shirley Spero as Brotherhood
Person of the Year. See page 10.
May 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Gospel Shabbat service honoring Spencer Gould.
See page 2.
A Message From the Cantor
Cantor Randall Schloss
Every night at bedtime, my children sing the
Sh’ma. They sing in lovely, little girl voices,
the “traditional” melody composed by
Solomon Sulzer in mid-nineteenth century
Vienna. But my daughter, Sonya, has taken to
singing the Sh’ma twice each night. She sings
it first, as she has learned it, with her best
possible Hebrew. And then she sings it her
way. Sometimes she changes the words or
tune. Sometimes she echoes each word as she
sings (“sh’ma-ma-ma-ma Yisrael-el-el-el…).
In short, she has a great time while singing
the Sh’ma.
That a five-year-old has a great time performing a millennia old
Jewish ritual every night is no small statement. It says a great deal
about her, our family, our Jewish community (both Temple Ohabei
Shalom and the JCC) and the future of our people. And it exemplifies
my ideals as a cantor and as a Jewish leader, and the ideals of our
synagogue and education programs. Judaism has wonderful
traditions, but in order to create a vibrant, relevant Jewish
experience, we need to embrace both our traditions and our unique,
modern sensibilities. Here are a few upcoming events that exemplify
this approach and the joy and fulfillment that the participants display:
• On April 30th, our Judaism in Motion service will be enhanced
by the participation of all of our ARS students and teachers for
our Teacher Appreciation Service.
• On May 18th, we celebrate the festival of Shavuot and the
Confirmation of our tenth grade students.
• On May 21st we sing and dance on Gospel Shabbat as the TOS
Choir joins together with the Boston Community Choir for a
moving Shabbat experience for all.
• On June 5th, Six adult women will lead us in Shabbat services as
they become B’not Mitzvah. I think it is fair to say that this year
and a half long journey has been transformative, captivating, and
fun for all.
None of the above would matter at all if the participants didn’t feel a
similar connection as Sonya does. As Reform Jews in particular, we
cannot participate for purely traditional reasons. Our Jewish
connection succeeds only when we are engaged and inspired as
individuals. So come, join in and lend your unique voice to our
communal Sh’ma.
L’shalom,

Temple Ohabei Shalom’s Annual Please RSVP to the Temple Ohabei Shalom
office by Tuesday, May 18.

Make checks payable to TOS or you can call

the office to pay by credit card.
Friday, May 21, 7:30 PM
If you have any questions, please call the
Honoring our beloved member, synagogue office 617-277-6610.
Spencer Gould

Come hear 40 voices united in song as our guests, Name:___________________________________

the Boston Community Choir (a.k.a. The Boston Pops ____ Adult Dinners at $12 $_______
Gospel Choir), joins our own Temple Ohabei Shalom
Choir for this energetic and moving service. Invite ____ Child Dinners at $8 $_______
your friends and neighbors to join us for this highlight (under the age of 12)

of our music and worship calendar. Please note the Donation to defray expenses $_______
later start time for this special Erev Shabbat service.
TOTAL AMOUNT $_______
This is a night not to be missed! A festive Oneg will
follow services. A Congregational Dinner will precede
the service at 6:30pm (RSVP required).
Worship

Please join the Ohabei Shalom Community

as we honor the Confirmation Class of 5770
Tuesday, May 18 at 7:30 pm, oneg to follow

Lucy Florman Oren Leifer

Hannah Gottlieb Sonia Marton
Laura Jacobs Emily Mogavero
Sydney Karnovsky Hannah Mogavero
Beth Lazarus Sophia Mosner-Koor
Max Shore

/o¨hs¨xj ,Ukhn§D k©g§u v¨sIcg©v k©g§u v¨rIT©v k©g :s¯nIg o¨kIg¨v o³hr¨c§S v¨JO§J k©g
The world is sustained by three things: Torah, worship and righteous acts. ~Pirkei Avot

Shavuot and Yizkor Service - Wednesday, May 19 at 10:30 am

Shabbat Torah Study

Great Opportunity! Twice a month
(2 and 4th Saturdays)
nd

Seize the opportunity to participate in a unique
tradition at Ohabei Shalom. We have been the only
Reform Temple in New England to offer Daily Worship
Services both mornings and evenings for over 60 years.
These have always been led by lay members of the
congregation. Openings are available for new worship
leaders. Training will be provided. Hebrew reading
skills are not a requirement.
To find out more call:
Ita N. Wiener at 617-734-7137 or
Spencer Gould at 781-329-7439.
We look forward to seeing you at services!
May 8 and 22
June 12 and 26
9:00 am – 10:15 am
Join us as we read (in English), discuss, debate, and learn
together in a warm and welcoming environment. The sessions
will be facilitated by Rabbi Franken or by a lay volunteer who
has prepared topics for discussion. Torah study is always
“come as you are,” and no preparation is required (or
expected). Dress comfortably, and perhaps bring a spouse or
friend.
We meet in the Berenson Library. Coffee and tea are
provided. No experience necessary! All opinions welcome.
Worship

Haverim Shabbat
Friday, May 14 & June 11
6:00pm
Please joing our new young adult group “Haverim”
and for our monthly Shabbat program. We will meet at
Shabbat Rishon 6pm at Temple Ohabei Shalom for the Erev Shabbat
Service, and then together we'll head to out for
Friday, May 7 some drinks. No fee. No RSVP. Just your smiling
face required. See you then!
& June 4
5:45 - Tot Shabbat Service

6:30 - Community Dinner

$12 per Adult; $6 per Child

7:30 - Shabbat Rishon Service

Call the office at 617-277-6610 to RSVP!

Mindfulness and Meditation

Saturday, June 19
9:00am - 10:15am

Please join Rabbi Franken

and Donna Rubenoff for
mindfulness and silent
meditation before Shabbat
morning services.

We will study a Psalm

related to mindfulness
followed by a brief
introduction to
meditation, silent
meditation, and
end with the singing
of a niggun.

Mazel Tov to our B’nei Mitzvah
Clara Ben-Ari Marton
Daughter of Danit Ben-Ari and Tom Marton
May 1, 2010 • 17 Iyyar 5770
Parsha Emor
For my Bat Mitzvah project, I have chosen to serve dinner
every other Thursday at Hebrew Senior Life in Brookline. I
love participating in this because I can offer kindness to people
who may be lonely. I do this with a few of my friends and it is
rewarding and fun to be together helping people in our own
community. I also will donate some of my Bat Mitzvah money
to the Animal Rescue League. I love animals and have been a
vegetarian for four years. I look forward to volunteering there
when I turn sixteen.
Ashley Elizabeth Davidson
Daughter of Laurie and Len Davidson
May 8, 2010 • 24 Iyyar 5770
Parshat Behar-Bechukotai
For my Bat Mitzvah project I have been working to assist
people suffering from cancer, especially brain tumors. This is
of special importance to me as my grandmother Helen died of
a brain tumor. At Chanukah I began this project. Rather than
exchanging gifts, I asked members of my family to make
donations to the Brain Tumor Foundation. After my Bat
Mitzvah, I will be riding in the Children’s Pan Mass
challenge. This bicycle mini-marathon fundraiser will help
raise money to provide support for cancer research and to help
in the care and treatment of cancer patients.
Important ARS Dates:
Last Days of School
Monday, May 10 for Jr. Chai and High School
Tuesday, May 11 for Kindergarten - Grade 6
Confirmation Service - Erev Shavuot
Join us for Erev Shabbat Services to honor this year’s Confirmation students. See the invitation on page 3.
Ansin Religious School
Isabel Schulman
Daughter of Wendy Wolf and Andy Schulman
May 15, 2010 • 2 Sivan 5770
Parshat Bamidbar
For her Mitzvah Project, Isabel chose to support Grassroot
Soccer (GRS). GRS trains African soccer stars, coaches,
teachers, and peer educators in the world’s most HIV-affected
countries to deliver an interactive HIV prevention and life skills
curriculum to youth. This organization uses the power of
soccer in the fight against HIV and AIDS. As an avid and
competitive soccer player since kindergarten, Isabel is excited
and honored to support this vital cause. To learn more about
GRS, visit their website: www.grassrootsoccer.org.
Emmett Howard Gordon
Son of Christina and Michael Gordon
May 22, 2010 • 9 Sivan 5770
Parsha Naso
Emmett's Mitzvah Project is related to his personal interest in
The Special Olympics of Massachusetts (SOMA). Emmett will
be volunteering at the State Soccer Tournament in Byfield,
Massachusetts in October. Soccer is one of the most popular
sports for Special Olympics athletes and it contains the
youngest age bracket of athletes in all Special Olympic events,
so this is a natural fit for Emmett. SOMA hosts 115 teams at
the State Soccer Tournament, so they are very grateful to have
Emmett on board as a volunteer. In addition, on Emmett's Bar
Mitzvah invitation, he requested that his guests make a
donation in his honor to SOMA instead of receiving traditional
gifts.
Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing!
Monday, May 10 at 4:00pm
The final gatherings of the year for girls in grades 7 & 8 are on
Monday, May 10, 2010 from 4 - 6 pm.
Tributes
Bruna H. and David E. Rosita & Aaron Shinberg Jacob W. Shinberg
Rosengard Fund In Memory of Doris R. Zich Phillip and Josephine Zich
Robert Rosengard Samuel Hazen Jack and Rita Cohen Beloved Mother Alice E.
David E. Rosengard Ginsberg
Morris Greenbaum Henry Polak
Congregational Dinner Fund Norman and Selma Sherman Goerge Shuman
Daniel W. Krueger Roger and Myrna Landay Martin M. Landay
James E. McCafferty Judith Robbins Martin L. Robbins
R. K. (Shelley) Schwartz Bernice Levinson Freida Diamond
David Seldin and Cathryn Stein Warren and Nancy Winnick Rose and David Winnick
Shirley Spero Robert A. Beal Julius Beal
Herman and Sandra Rosen Ida and Barry Sidman Harry Rosenberg
Richard and Roslyn Wennett Charles Wennett
Flower Fund In Honor of Ann Ruth Lipman Ira Lipman
Gerald and Toby Penn The Naming of Chloe Penn Elaine Cohen Esther M. Ruthfield
In Memory of Samuel and Anita Leibowitz Beatrice Borteck
Morris Dresner Scott and Susie Allen Barbara Fine
Esther Strachman
Martin Plovnick and Milly
General Fund In Honor of Krakow Max Plovnick
Debra and Abram Klein Rabbi Franken, Cantor Dan and Eva Deykin David Yona
Schloss, Shari Churwin and Raymond Mannos Edythe Mannos
Kate Mikesh Elizabeth H. Levin Simon L. Levin
Milton and Dorothy Kassner Ethel Kassner
In Memory of Phoebe Langenthal Beloved Father Nathan Smith
Hannah, Sharon, Craig Sender
and Nanna Morah Rohna’s Dear Mother Louise Levingston Donald J. Gillespie, Jr.
R. K. (Shelley) Schwartz Enid P. Talambiras
In Honor of
Minyan Fund In Memory of Dr. Barry Goldberg Daily Worship Service Leaders
Elizabeth and Aaron Rivin Shifra Tanfilyev
Spencer and Eddie Gould Beloved Nephew Daniel Project for Our Future
Lefman Daniel W. Krueger
Catherine Glass Shepard Robert Glass
Nelda S. Maltz Bell B. Shapiro
Kyra and Eliot Saul Kaplan
Harold and Sylvia Koritz Marvin Meyer Mitchel Koritz
Lois Nathan Doris Waldman
Hilda Lopez Eufegenio Soto
Alan and Susan Greene Herman S. Greene
Richard L Brooks Jeanette Brooks
Fred Berk Helen Berk
Rabbi and Babs Abromowitz G. Irving Hillson
June Hurwitz Ida Alberg
Doris S. Cohen Myer Cohen
Cynthia Siegal Samuel Siegal
Shurdut Family Rita Cohen Shurdut
Edwin Lewis and Resa Lewis
Arovas Seymour Lewis
 Circle of Giving 5770
Co-Chairs: Spencer Gould & Cathryn Stein
Leadership Gifts
We wish to honor the generous benefactors who have provided Leadership Gifts to fund specific initiatives and to promote The Circle of Giving:
$25,000: Mike & Christina Gordon
Doug & Toni Gordon
$20,000: Richard Leibovitch & Cindy Roseman
Shirley Spero

Annual Appeal
We are grateful to the valuable donors who have contributed to our annual appeal, The Circle of Giving (gifts received through April 12th):

Pillars ($ 5000+) Patrons (continued) Sustainers (continued)

Dick & Carol Daynard Allison & Eric Rimm Leonard Davidson & Laurie Katzman
Rabbi John Franken Adrienne Shishko & Joel Sklar Saul & Doris Feldman
Cantor Randall Schloss TOS Sisterhood Jonathan & Lissa (‫ )ז״ל‬Florman
Alexander & Brenda R. Tanger Betsy Gould Mitzvah Fund Larry & Denise Green
in Loving Memory of Betsy Gould Ellen Harder & Edward Bloom
Benefactors ($2500 – $4999) Clifton & Ruth Helman
David G. Kanter Guardians ($1000 - $1199) Lisa Irvings, Michael, Nathan
Bill & Lynn Kargman Ted & Cynthia Berenson & Henry Brill
Steven & Janet Kouroubacalis Daniel & Eva Deykin Jonathan Kaufman & Barbara Howard
Chip Shore & Shari Lisann Bill & Marcia Harris The Kaufman-Howard Family
Donald Steinbrecher & Shellee Robbins Ed & Margie Kahn in memory of George Kaufman
Andy Sumberg & Mindy Berman Donald Levin & Thomas Horn Hana Kolton-Patsouris & Peter Patsouris
Martin & Diane Trust Dorothy Lebach
Patrons ($1200 - $2499)
Cherise & Bob Bransfield Sustainers ($360 - $999) Louise Levingston
Alan Litchman & Laura Trust
John & Beth Gamel Scott & Susie Allen
in honor of Rabbi Franken & Cantor Schloss R. K. (Shelley) Schwartz
Sara Arbel in honor of Martin Patsouris
Spencer & Betsy(‫)ז״ל‬Gould Danit Ben Ari & Tom Marton Robert & Tamara Sitkoff
Eddie & Betsy Jacobs Selma Bengis Cathryn Stein & David Seldin
(continued next column) Marc & Denise Casper Herbert & Hanna Zeiger
(continued next column)

Friends (up to $359) Friends (continued) Friends (continued)

Anonymous (3) Robert Gilman & Joanna Skoler-Gilman Laura Moskowitz & Robin Shore
Ciro & Ellen Alfaro Beth Glasky Ellen Mosner & Howard Koor
Jonathan Atkins & Barbara Rome Gertrude Goldberg Carl Ostroff
Louis & Jane Barber Elinor Goldman Josh & Tanya Paris
Adam Barnosky Louis Goldman Stephen & Roberta Paris
Marilyn Barron Arnie & Tracy Greenfield William Price & Arlene Scherer
George Bazer Judith Halper in memory of Bea & Sam Halper Richard & Sonia Ravech
Joseph Beck Barbara Helfgott Hyett Marc Revzin
David Bernstein & Donna Sorgi Florence Hootstein David Rogovin & Susan Liberman
Teresa Betit & Howard Lurie Sam & Anne Jacobs Sheldon & Hilde Rotenberg
Bernard & Marjorie Birnbaum Dan & Priscilla Karnovsky Tom & Donna Rubenoff
Stuart Blitz & Emily Fuchs Mark & Beth Kates Esther Rubinovitz
Roberta Brucker Estelle Katz Evelyn Ruby
Hubert & "Ray" Caplan in memory of Betsy Stan Keizer Zita Samuels
Gould and in honor of Spencer Gould Steve Kern Andrew Schloss & Nancy Bloom
Jesse Cochin & Alice Newton Aaron Kravitz Lila Sesholtz
Beryl & Barbara Cohen Jerome Kravitz Judy & Alan Shepro
Elaine Cohen Maya Krisgsgaber Katherine & Josh Shmikler
Timothy Cooley & Marilyn Novich Daniel Krueger Simon Singer & Elena Brachtel
Marilyn & Andre Danesh Rabbi Paul & Marilyn Levenson Phyllis Sisson in memory of Louise Parker James
Steven Davis Jami Levine & Alan Beggs Palma Spunt
Eugene Deutsch & Eva Balash Nathan Levine Esther Strachman
Jason Dubey Marc Linderman Myles and Lise Striar
Stephanie Duchin Tammy & Bob Loeb Ronny Sydney
in appreciation of Rabbi Franken Hilda Lopez-Soto Michael Weintraub & Diane Rosen
Leona Estridge Joan & Jay Meltzer Ita N. Wiener
Marion Fertel Sherry Michelson Alexander & Marina Zelfond
Corinne E. Gilbert Greg & Ilene Mogavero
We offer warm and loving thanks to the Congregants, Trustees, TOS Officers and Brotherhood Officers who have made calls on behalf of The Circle of Giving:
Jonathan Atkins, Mindy Berman, Cherise Bransfield, Jesse Cochin, Len Davidson, Louis Goldman, Doug Gordon, Barbara Howard, Ed Kahn, Jonathan
Kaufman, Dan Krueger, Bob Loeb, Diane Rosen, David Seldin, Chip Shore, Shirley Spero, Ronny Sydney, Cassandra Warshowsky and Michael Weintraub

Add your name to our growing list of generous givers. The Circle of Giving provides for consistency in our funding and gives everyone the opportunity to join in
supporting our community above and beyond the annual membership commitment. Join us this year as we strive for 100% congregant participation in our annual appeal.

Gifts can be sent to Circle of Giving, 1187 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446.
Auxiliaries
Sisterhood News
Zita Samuels
Thursday, May 6 at 7:00 pm is the Sisterhood's May event:
"Make and Take" beading workshop. Please RSVP to Zita
Samuels at zitasam@aol.com, or 617-277-3653. $10 fee for
materials. Coffee & dessert will be served. See page 10 for
more information.
Monday, June 14, at 6:00 pm come enjoy dinner out at Pho
Lemongrass, 329 Harvard Street, Brookline with the
Sisterhood. Please contact Dottie Berman at
dberman@ohabei.org or 617-738-8348 to RSVP. Dinner
will be ordered off the menu and each sister will pay for her
own dinner.
Interested in a Sisterhood "field trip" to NewBridge on the
Charles ( www.newbridgeonthecharles.com), a recently
opened senior housing complex? If so contact Zita
(zitasam@aol.com, or 617-277-3653) with your availability
on Wednesday mornings in June and your transportation
capabilities. Participants will be provided with an overview
of the community as well as a tour of its excellent and
extensive art collection, followed by light refreshments.
This event is open to all members. Look out for more
information.
Help your family, friends, and colleagues usher in the New
Year. Check out the Sisterhood Annual Rosh Hashana
Honey Sale Ad on page 14. We have an early deadline of
June 26 to ensure delivery of your orders before Rosh
Hashanah. Submit your orders soon!
Once again we extend congratulations to Sisterhood
member and former Sisterhood vice president Shirley Spero
on being honored by the Greater Boston Chapter of the
Brandeis National Committee at their spring luncheon on
May 3 and by the TOS Brotherhood at its Annual Spring
Breakfast . We hope that all of you will attend to show your
appreciation for all that Shirley has done for our
community. Shirley, may you continue to go from strength
to strength. We are so proud of you!
We also congratulate Brotherhood officer and former
president, Daily Worship Service co-chair, Trustee, past
synagogue vice president, and all around "mensch" Spencer
Gould who will be honored at the Gospel Service on
Friday, May 21.
For information about our small groups and book group
please contact Amy Hozid at 617-566-1939 or
ahozid@gmail.com. Contact Rhonda Solomon, coordinator
of the Sisterhood Readers for the preschool, at
seabirdshrs@verizon.net or 617-773-3549 to read to the
children.
Brotherhood News
Jonathan Atkins & Louis Goldman
On Sunday, May 16th, 2010, at 9:30am our synagogue will
hold our Temple Ohabei Shalom Annual Spring Breakfast
with the Brotherhood. Please join us in thanking Shirley
Spero for her dedication and generosity to the Ohabei
Shalom Community! Held in Penn/Spero Hall, this
breakfast will recognize Shirley Spero as the TOS 2010
Person of the Year and include a silent auction in raffle.
Come enjoy and support the Brotherhood at its major
fundraiser. Brotherhood funds go to provide essential
programming and activities, benefiting our Brotherhood,
synagogue, and the surrounding community. The morning
also features our historic and fun raffle and silent auction.
This year's Ben Adler Memorial Health Education Event,
during our Annual Spring Breakfast, is Confronting the
Diabetes Challenge: Progress and Hope. We are please to present
our community with this special opportunity to learn in
depth about this disease from Dr. Om Ganda of the Joslin
Clinic, one of the foremost experts in this country and
elsewhere in both the treatment of those affected
by diabetes and as a teacher and researcher in this field. He
is the Senior Physician at the Joslin Diabetes Center and
Associate Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School.
Please do not miss this very important and unique chance to
hear Dr. Ganda speak at our Brotherhood's Annual Spring
Breakfast. We invite you to bring your family, relatives,
friends, and colleagues with you to this important event.
Advanced reservation tickets are available until May 9, 2010
at $18.00 per person, $10.00 per child (12 & Under), or
$150.00 for a table of 10. Admission without reservation is
$20.00 per person at the door. You may also call the
synagogue office at (617) 277-6610 for more information.
Are you interested in placing business ad or a Well
Wish for Shirley Spero in our program book? If you are
interested in this or other sponsorship opportunities:
Please contact us at: Brotherhood@ohabei.org, or by
calling Spence Gould at 781-329-7439.
Concurrently, we will also be hosting the Annual Ben Adler
Blood Drive in the Lissner Hall from 10am to 3pm. Please
call the American Red Cross to schedule a blood donation
at 1-800-GIVE-LIFE.
As always, the Brotherhood wishes to thank everyone who
has remembered to bring in or mail in their stamped
Butcherie receipts. Please continue to support this vital
program.
 Community Notices
Ohabei Shalom has been chosen to Project Bread’s 42nd Annual
participate in an exciting Me’ah Walk for Hunger
Brookline collaborative with Temple
Beth Zion, Temple Sinai and
Congreagation Kehillath Israel. Sunday, May 2 2010
7:00-9:00am
What is Me’ah? The Boston Common
Me’ah is an exciting, two-year adult Jewish learning program,
sponsored by Hebrew College and Combined Jewish
Philanthropies’ Commission on Jewish Continuity and
Education. Taught by renowned professors and scholars,
Me’ah immerses active Jewish learners in core Jewish texts, With poverty and unemployment rising at
providing them with a framework for understanding Jewish unprecedented rates and 554,000 people across the
culture and civilization across four eras - biblical, rabbinic, state struggling to put food on the table, join Temple
medieval and modern. Me’ah gives students the opportunity Ohabei Shalom’s Ansin Religious School at this
to grow as literate students of Jewish life, and to join a year’s Walk for Hunger.
growing community of adult learners.
The 20-mile Walk weaving through Boston,
Want to learn more? - Come to A Taste of Me’ah! Brookline, Newton, Watertown, and Cambridge will
Featuring Rabbi David Starr include entertainment and free
Congregation Kehillath Israel snacks and will help raise $4
Thursday, May 6th, at 7:30 p.m million to fight hunger.
Experience an evening of learning with a Me’ah teacher For more information, visit
extraordinaire, Rabbi David Starr. Come and see what Me’ah www.projectbread.org/walk
is all about! or call 617-723-5000.

Temple Ohabei Shalom Annual Meeting

Please join the Ohabei Shalom Community on
Tuesday, June 1 at 7:00pm
for our Annual Meeting.
Celebrate another wonderful year of innovative programming, Tikkun Olam, meaningful worship and lifelong learning.
The 2010-2011 budget will be presented, new officers will be elected and Presidential and Rabbinic reports will be
given. Great thanks and a hearty Yasher Koach to Jesse Cochin and the outgoing Board Members!
The Nominating Committee Proudly Presents the following Slate:
Executive Committee Executive Committee Board of Trustees
Michael Weintraub President Edward Jacobs Vice President Andrew O’Connell Emily Fuchs
Ronny Sydney Vice President Edward Kahn Treasurer Cathryn Stein Susan Zieger
Shellee Robbins Vice President Martin Shore Asst. Treasurer Roberta Brucker
Saul Feldman Vice President Daniel W. Krueger Recording Sec.

We hope you will be able to join us for this celebratory night!

Community Notices

Special May & June Birthdays

Scott Allen Elisabeth Houston
Adam Asarch Osa Kamp
Suzan Blankschtein-Chin Lisa S. Kaplan
Timothy Cooley Keith Kostick
Barbara Epstein Carol Lieberman
Marion Fertel Michelle Lipchin
Alan Greene Aaron Shinberg
Donald R. Hootstein Palma Z. Spunt
Anya Zelfond-Presayzen

Sisterhood Make and Take

Bead Making Worshop

May 6, 2010
7:00pm

Create your new favorite piece or make a gift at this

workshop led by Ellen Mosner and assisted by Julie
Boris and Sophia Mosner Koor. Please RSVP to
Zita Samuels at zitasam@aol.com, or 617-277-
3653. $10 fee for materials. Coffee and dessert
will be served.

Please join us as Temple Ohabei Shalom’s

Adult B’Not Mitzvah Class
is called to the Torah!

Saturday, June 5,at 10:30 am 2nd Annual

Ben Adler Memorial Blood Drive
Hilda Lopez
Donna Rubenoff Hosted by
Diane Rosen
The Brotherhood of Temple Ohabei Shalom
Shelley Schwartz
Ronny Sydney Sunday, May 16th
Cassandra Warshowsky
10:00 am to 3:00 pm in Lissner Hall
Please call the American Red Cross to schedule
We hope you can join us for this special simcha.
a blood donation at 1-800-GIVE-LIFE.
Yizkor Elohim - We lovingly remember

We extend our deepest sympathy to their families. Those listed below are recorded in our Book of Remembrance, windows, or on memorial
plaques. A name in bold indicates that the plaque will be illuminated during the Shabbat of yahrzeit.

May 1-7 Charles W. Ginesky Nellie Bernstein

Beatrice Keizer Edward Goldstein Rosa Levi Cohen May 16-23
David Presson Harry Flamenbaum Walter Vanderwal Flora Resnick
Florence Feinberg Harry L. Lipkind Yetta Schmelzer Marilyn Belz
Frances Klatzkin Hattie Wilson Charlotte Rosnick Richard Caplan
Hyman Hurwitz Helen Rosenthal Esther Levinsky Sarah Herman
Isaac Bornstein Henry Wyner Florence Levine Sarah Martha Nathan
Joseph Rosenfield Ida Aronson Herbert Siegal Abraham Katz
Louis Horwitz Jacob Scheinfeldt Leonard Kudisch Abraham P. Spitz
Paul Bloom Max H. Levy Louis Cohen Bertha Sheinwald
Paul Markson Norman B. Tobias Louis Kamin George Zakon
Rose Serkess Samuel Anthony Margery Effenson Ira Margolis
Sofiya Podvalny Samuel J. Katz Marie Stern Isabella Sheinwald
Solomon Basch Simon Marlin Max Hoffman Karl Burack
Beth Z. Lurier Ellen Lotte Urbach Rabbi Menahem M. Eichler Margaret Beal
Elinore Green Fine Ethel Shapiro Sara G. Cohen Martin Zanger
Harold Chatis Hyman L. Schloss Saul Kaplan Moses Gunsenhiser
Jennie Beal Jennie Wingersky Anna Lou Gracia William Roginsky
Louis Markwett Louis J. Adler Anna Zimet Wolfe James Smith
Mark Radlo Milton Grossman Barney Fagelman Abraham B. Beal
Rae Needleman Robert Charles Tirk Celia Leibowitz Alla M. Khlyap
Suzanne Gardel Florence J. Kimball Baruch Fox
Arlene Oppenheimer May 8-15 George Kaplan Bella Fisher
David H. Winnick Abraham Schlesinger Jacob Newman Esther R. Rosenberg
Emma E. Frank Benjamin Somer Julius Lebach Fannie Miller
Gertrude Stanger Bertha Marget Krinsky Mannah N. Shrago Ida Marvin Braun
Joseph Kanter Isaac Cohen Marjorie Golov Jefferson S. Favermann
Lester Mintz Joyce Sumberg Max Gerstein Mildred Leifer
Anna Koufman Julius Lowenstein Muriel Smith Hurwitz William Ambuter
Anne Cogan Rose Belitsky Ostrower Philip Miller Abraham Levy
Basia Voltson Abraham Kirstein Solomon Caro Beatrice Spector
Esther G. Goldenberg August Caro Barney Hurwitz Bessie Hoffman
Pauline S. Goldenberg Bertha Obst Simons C. Sidney Shapiro Blanche L. Marks
Robert A. Sherman Hubert DeLynn Edward E. Ginsburg Cantor Erwin Wolkowich
Solomon Shapiro Ida Olansky Mildred Levin Esther Merriman
Taten'ka Vorobyeva Irene Grund Morris Ralby Florence Plovnick
Clara Goldfarb Joseph Gersh Sidney Shapiro Jacob Perlis
Dora Marzynski Kolman Fleisher Anna Sobell Jennie Berk
Esther Gilder Mildred Greenberg Irving Adler Joseph Libby
Goldie Chernus Solomon Goldfarb Joseph Keezer Lillian L. Rolde
Henry Wyzanski Solomon Goldkrand Leo J. Altman Martin Orenberg
Janet F. Small Abraham Levy Ada Dorfman Max Shapiro
Joseph Leifer David Goldberg Augusta R. Spector Michael Reece
Marjorie Kapsten Elinore Hootstein Jane Morningstar Morris Levin
Maurice H. Hambro Grete Lebach Janice Olins Rabbi Dudley Weinberg
Mona P. Beal Hanna Niditch Morris Landman Sarah Rose Epstein
Sabet Y. Mangoubi Harry Geisinger Pearl Kirstein Abraham Gershon
Samuel Alman Harry Katz Shaul Mashal Annie Touro
Alfred Harris Leo James Schildhaus Solomon Ascher Ben Adler
Yizkor Elohim - We lovingly remember, Continued
Charolotte G. Wyzanski Marisha Sindolovskiy Steven Fenster Hilda Goldberg Stepansky
Clara Libby Beal Mary Winnick Rome Thelma Alpert Price Maurice Elias Muran
Leon I. Shapiro Rachel Hayman Berg William Alpert Mike Levine
Mary Greenhood Donald N. Urdang Arnold Golov Myer Dana
Sadie L. Rosenthal Harris Peyser Beatrice B. Mersky Neil Grossman
Sarah Cohen Menachem Harry Greenfield Carl Moskowitz Rae Basch Goldman
Alfred Jacobson Henrietta Cobe David Bromberg Alice Rabinowitz
Celia R. Cherry Ida Rosen Ida Ginzberg Anna Shaps
Gordon B. Lassow Leslie Loeb Isidore Poust Benjamin Small
Leo Chavis Paul Steinhauer Karl Rauch Bertha Willis
Louise Jacobson Selma Gordon Kenneth F. Butters Emanuel Reisman
Rena Riess Dr. H. Arthur Berson Norman Palefsky Manuel M. Koufman
Sidney Newman Edward Wingersky Solomon Dilyock Murray Fertel
Stanley Gaynor Frances Hausman Sophie Lassow Renee Cochin
William Egon Schrage Lillian Myers Alma Golov Alvin Richard Haase
William Hurwitch Max W. Goldman Esther Levi Dorothy W. Pritzker
Eliza Levy Earl M. Yavner Fannie Sulkis Evelyn P. Ginesky
Harry Pristaw Harold Harmon Frances Gordon Scholl Henry I. Bornstein
Henrietta Hyman Adler Harris Joffe Harold S. Marks Joseph Lourie
Irene Winterberg Marilyn Howard Ida Shapiro Sylvia H. Kagan
Jacob M. Mann Phillip Winnick Isaac Daniels Charles Schlesinger
Louis Finn Allan Meyers Jennie Feingold Dorothy S. Barron
Meyer Brodsky Charles H. Hertz Jennie Menzer Ethel Cohen Posner
Millie Wolkowich Emanuel M. Helfgott Joseph Mazer Gerard Kuchinski
Minnie Sherman Evelyn Posner Laura C. Albert Harry Deykin
Sumner Trombly Harriet Stein Lotta Slosberg Leonard Schlesinger
William Sulkin Louis Dresner Louis Lowenstein Marty Fine
Sara Gopen Weintraub Maxwell B. Grossman Mary Madow
May 24-31 Sumner David Goldberg Pauline E. Claff Mitchell Rivitz
Annette Gordon Toby Kaufman Toby Sue Fox Mollie F. Levin
E. Geoffrey Nathan William A. Feinberg Morris Clark Robert M. Gargill
Kunia Zelfond Henrietta J. Fishel Abraham Jacob Koritz Sally N. Glauber
Lena Belis Isaac Endlar George Oshry Zachary Lazarus
Marshall Kates Leon Laserson Jacob Wilker Bernard Greenhood
Max Shlanger Martin Levitan Joan M.F. Spunt George M. Rosen
Roman Krigsgaber Myron Sherman Lena Pearl Ansin Janice Rose Levinson Serkess
Samuel Freiberg Phillip Halpern Roslyn Levine Leo Possick
Samuel Goldman Samuel Greenhood Walter Lisann Louis M. Gordon
Sidney T. Small Thelma Levitan Beatrice Oxman Marilyn Drevitch Isenberg
Henry G. Segal Edward Klein Susan Brans
Louis H. Epstein June 1-7 Esther Bergman Alice J. Stuart
Louis J. Risman Alec Teleshefski Frank Zabarsky David Goose
Major L. Stern Alvin Allen Irene Lebowich Ephraim Kaplan
Max Frank David Menachem Natalie S. Padoll Genya Zippin
Sylvia Usak Dora Starr Anna Menzer Wolf Haim Cohen
Zelda Greenhood Efim Podvalny Edith Neckes Harry C. Wilker
Max Krauskopf Esther Seidler Evelyn Z. Grusby Jack Brown
Ralph Bloom Frank Jampolsky Herman Malcow James A. Mason
Simon Pearl Ida F. Miller Julius Rottenberg Phillip E. Sage
Annabelle Berson Juste Maurice Luzer Khlyap Samuel Solomon
Aron Kocherovskiy Miriam Applebaum Rose A. Franklin Arthur Bazer
David Friedman Philip Phillips Stanley S. Lewenberg Gregory Abramovich
Dora Fagelman Rose Jacobson Ira Steelman
Eva Drevitch Rose M. Mosesohn June 8-15 Myra Reisman
Harold Goldstein Sam Darsa Benjamin Spinoza Rose Cohen Blumenthal
Israel Sagoff Sarah Mazer Dana Alan Berger Rose R. Myerson
Yizkor Elohim - We lovingly remember, Continued
Esther Nelson Tsalo Lipchin Minnie Cohen
Max Simons William Dymsza Beatrice S. Bass
Mollie Goldberg Abraham Mashal Bertha K. Wagman
Rose Kateman Archie E. Balter Frederick B. Seidler
David Rosenthal Joseph Y. Schooner
June 16-23 Eva Shapiro Leib Rochwarger
Benjamin J. Shoolman Grover B. Daniels Louis Posner
Dorothy Bernson Jennie Vershbow Mark Nelson
Frank Silverman Julius Tofias Morris Raphael
Irwin Leibowitz Larry Franken Sadie Weisberger
Leo Desrosiers Ora L. Katz George Ludensky
Masha Pasarevsky Rebecca Lechten Maurice S. Rogers
Mollie Sklar Saul Levine Max Levenson
Mollie Smith Trudy C. Zabarsky Rivka Rosenthal
Beatrice Feldberg Bessie Berger Solomon Scheinfeldt
Benjamin Springer Estelle N. Litter William Wald
Esther K. Zabarsky Harriet Shulman Daniel Harris
Helen Adams Joel B. Hartman David Ansin
Lena Daniels Joseph Lacritz David Rosenfield
Robert Effenson Joseph Nelson Elizabeth Oppenhimer
Roberta B. Koch Max Feldman Estelle Bernhardt
Ruth Luster Simon Leslie Joseph Eva Caro
Shulamith Pierson Ernstina Levengston Gertrude L. Barr
Stella Meyers Esther Abelson Harold Oshry
Abram Berkowitz H. Frieda Rosenthal Harry Cohen
Eva Neckes Leah R. Corvin Hyman Sherman
Frederic Wingersky Manuel Held Joseph Abrams
Goldie Yarchin Morris Steigman Melvin Kritzman
Herbert Shuman Mode Simon J. Helman Mildred R. Robbins
Hilda Wolfson Cooper William DuKaten Robert Levi
Ida A. Nathanson Ziporah Rochwarger Solomon Gerson
Jennie Taylor Marks Solomon Gerson
Melissa Howard June 24-30 Genya Lisitsa
Nathan Festinger Elizabeth Vigor Harry White
Pauline Siegal Evelyn R. Ansin Miriam Bond
Benjamin Yarchin Iosif David Vyshanker Morey Perlmutter
Charlotte Grodberg Lawrence J. Ansin Naomi Arnow Jacobs
Eric Marmorek Lilly Haber
Irving W. Janock Louis Mason
Joseph Koller Malcolm Spunt
Lillian R. Slotnick Sarah T. Croan
Minnie Levy William David Sklar
Morris Rosen Babette Bornstein
Phyllis Ruth Goodman Elliot J. Englander
Samuel Yasner Irving Hurwitz
Sumner Charles Sydeman Joseph Kuchinski
Ann Silverman Lena Lipman Perlis
Arthur Gladstein Sarah Lebow
Bessie Smith Alfred Spear
Celia Segal Willis Babette Levy Gold
Fannie Friedman Gerald M. Green
Harry Tishelman Joseph Wilker
Jay Lewis Levine Leah Goldstein
Joseph Schultz M. Moses Rogovin
Manny J. Freedman Margaret Plovnick
Stephan Kamp Melissa Howard
NOW ENROLLING FOR SEPTEMBER 2010
 May-June Calendar
May 22 10:30am Shabbat Service
1 9:00am Adult B’Not Mitzvah Class Bar Mitzvah of Emmett Howard Gordon
10:30am Shabbat Service 27 7:00pm Into to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required)
Bat Mitzvah of Clara Ben-Ari Marton 28 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Service
Grade 6 B’nei Mitzvah Havurah 29 9:00am Adult B’Not Mitzvah Class
6 7:00pm Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required) 10:30am Shabbat Service
7:00pm Sisterhood Beadmaking—see page 10 31 Memorial Day—TOS Office Closed
7 5:45pm Tot Shabbat - see page 4
6:30pm Congregational Dinner (RSVP required) June
7:30pm Shabbat Rishon - see page 4 3 7:00pm Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required)
8 9:00am Community Torah Study 4 5:45pm Tot Shabbat —see page 4
10:30am Shabbat Service 6:30pm Congregational Dinner (RSVP required)
Bat Mitzvah of Ashley Elizabeth Davidson 7:30pm Shabbat Rishon—see page 4
13 7:00pm Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required) 5 10:30am Shabbat Service - Adult B’Not Mitzvah
14 6:00pm Haverim Erev Shabbat Service—see page 4 10 7:00pm Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required)
15 9:00am Adult B’Not Mitzvah Class 11 6:00pm Haverim Erev Shabbt Service—see page 4
10:30am Shabbat Service 12 9:00am Community Torah Study
Bat Mitzvah of Isabel Schulman 10:30am Shabbat Service
16 9:30am Brotherhood Spring Breakfast—see pages 8 &10 Bar Mitzvah of Jonah Greenfield
10:00am Ben Adler Memorial Blood Drive—see page 10 14 6:00pm Sisterhood goes out to Dinner—see page 8
18 7:30pm Erev Shavuot Confirmation Service—see page 3 17 7:00pm Into to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required)
19 TCEE and Office Closed for Shavuot 18 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Service
10:30am Shavuot Service with Yizkor—see page 3 19 9:00am Meditation Program with Rabbi Franken—see page 4
20 7:00pm Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required) 10:30am Shabbat Service
21 6:30pm Congregational Dinner (RSVP required) Bat Mitzvah of Gabrielle Rizika
7:30pm Gospel Shabbat, Honoring Spencer Gould—see 24 7:00pm Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Franken (reg. required)
page 2 25 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Service
22 9:00am Community Torah Study 26 9:00am Community Torah Study
10:30am Shabbat Service

Leadership Staff and Executive Board

John A. Franken, Rabbi
Randall M. Schloss, Cantor
Emily G. Lipof, Rabbi Emerita
David Brody, Acting Administrator
Shari A. Churwin, Education Director
Karen Glansberg, Director of Early Education
Kate Mikesh, Director of Informal Education
David Sparr, Music Director
Jesse Cochin, President
Arnie Greenfield, Vice President
Cathryn Stein, Vice President
Michael Weintraub, Vice President
Ronny Sydney, Vice President
Martin Shore, Assistant Treasurer
Daniel W. Krueger, Recording Secretary

Candle Lighting Times Daily Worship Service Schedule

May 7 7:32pm May 21 7:46pm June 11 8:03pm
Monday - Thursday: 8 am & 6pm
May 14 7:39pm May 28 7:53pm June 18 8:06pm
Friday: 8 am
May 18 7:43pm June 4 7:58pm June 25 8:07pm Sunday and legal holidays: 9 am & 6pm
Please note there is no Saturday Daily Worship Service at 6pm.
Daily Worship Services are now being held in the library.

There are openings for new leaders. If this interests you, contact Ita N.
Wiener at 617-734-7137 or Spencer Gould at 781-329-7439.