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Beth Haverim Shir ShalomTEMPLEADAR I/ADAR II/NISAN 5779Rabbi Ilana’s MessageSparking Joy!?TOPICSMARCH/APRIL 2019B’NAI MITZVOTSome things take time before we can truly appreciatethem .Judaism teaches us that we must explore awhole life and a whole history, not just the joyfulparts. Over the next few months we will celebratePurim and Passover—stories that may bring us joy,but that also recall hardship, oppression, and slavery.full article on page 3March 2March 2March 16March 16March 23April 6April 27President’s MessageTHINGS TO DO:Taylor MarderNoah RostolderEmily FoxNoah WachtelRaiden FurstRachel LaCorteJesse DannMoses, Matzah Balls & Outstretched Armsmore info on back cover and throughoutThe temperature has plunged to single digits but Iam comforted by the knowledge that spring iscoming, and along with it, my favorite holiday,Passover. Turns out, I am in good company.According to recent polls, Passover is the mostcelebrated of all Jewish holidays, with more than 70%of American Jews partaking in a ritual Seder meal.full article on page 2Torah StudyLibrary Committee movieMiriam SederBrotherhood SederPurim CarnivalPurim ShpielBHSS Community 2nd Night SederLibrary Book & A BagelEducator’s MessageAn Ode to PassoverEvery once in a while, we spent Rosh Hashanah atmy other grandparents’ little apartment in Brooklyn.I would walk to their shul, Congregation Sons ofIsrael in Bensonhurst, with my great aunts, we’d situp in the balcony, and occasionally the rabbi wouldlook up from his prayers to yell “shush” to thewomen.full article on page 4SAVE THE DATEYom HaShoah CommemorationSisterhood ShabbatRabbi Ilana Installation ShabbatTeacher Appreciation ShabbatShavuot/Confirmation ServiceBrotherhood Reboot ShabbatPride ShabbatDonate to the CFA each timeyou come to synagogue!Help us “fill the CFA truck” all year long!280 RAMAPO VALLEY ROADMAHWAH, NEW JERSEY 07430PHONE: 201 512 1983FAX:201 512 1586VOLUME 35 NO. E.NETMay 1May 10May 17May 31June 8June 14June 28
President’s MessageJen ColeThe temperature has plunged tosingle digits and this afternoon’s snowsqualls created quite the commotionat the second grade pickup line, but I am comforted by theknowledge that spring is coming, and along with it, myfavorite holiday, Passover. Turns out, I am in good company.According to recent polls, Passover is the most celebrated ofall Jewish holidays, with more than 70% of American Jewspartaking in a ritual Seder meal. People are understandablydrawn to the powerful narrative of the Haggadah. As Unionfor Reform Judaism (URJ) President Rick Jacobs describes, itis “the master story of the Jewish people going fromdegradation to redemption, and it mirrors our own personaljourneys.” Rabbi Jacobs continues to explain that when askedabout their core Jewish identity, many Reform Jews cite thecore commitments of ‘standing up for equality, pursuingjustice and standing up for the rights of the marginalized.’ Henotes that if that there is no ritual that teaches these tenetsmores than Passover. Even if you don’t love storytelling andsocial justice, Passover has matzah balls, so what is not to love?For me, the deep connection to Passover begins and ends withMoses. A confession: I have always, and I do mean always,had a thing for Moses.Let me explain.Psychologists have long attempted to unveil how ourpersonalities develop and have devised all sorts of tests andtechniques to assess and identify our traits. They’ve includedtrue/false inventories, ambiguous inkblots, in-depthpsychoanalysis, etc. One early analyst, Alfred Adler, placedearly childhood recollections as prime importance. Hesuggested that the key to unlocking the origin of anindividual’s personality could be discovered by understandingone’s earliest complete memory.And you guessed it, my first discernible memory is of Moses.I was about three years old, attending the local Jewishpreschool when I overheard Moreh someone-or-other talkingto my mother about her concern about the fact that althoughI was doing well academically, I was incredibly shy, neverspoke, and displayed no interest whatsoever in socializing orinteracting with other children (my how things change!).2Moses, Matzah Balls &Outstretched ArmsInstead, I spent all of my free time playing with a Moses doll.Why this was a problem requiring a parent-teacher conferenceis another story altogether, but to this day I can vividly recallthat doll and how much I enjoyed pretending to discover himfloating down the river, for me to find and care for and love.While admittedly Adler’s theory may be too simplistic to becomplete, and I won’t bore you with all the details, I amcertain that the allure of the Moses doll was rooted in my needto re-enact this ancient adoption story so as to process,understand and ultimately accept my own.In a familiar passage from Exodus, we learn that God deliversus from bondage and redeems us with an outstretched arm.There is a perhaps lesser known midrash from the BabylonianTalmud, about Pharaoh’s daughter, who remains unnamed inthe Torah, but due to her compassion eventually earns thename “Batya” meaning “daughter of God.” It is said thatwhen Batya spotted Moses floating down the water, there wasan unbridgeable distance between her and the basket. Shereached out nonetheless, and her arms were miraculouslylengthened to 60 amot (cubits), enabling her to pull Moses toshore. She raised him as her own despite knowing his trueHebrew origin.What a beautiful image that is painted here, with so much tounpack and so much we can learn about taking risks, seeingpast religious and ethnic differences, reaching out to eachother, again and again, even if disappointment seemsinevitable. How much more we could accomplish withoutstretched arms.Contemporary psychologists who study memory, havequestioned Adler’s assertions and have provided alternativeperspectives. Professor John Kihlstrom at University ofCalifornia Berkeley suggested that it is not so much that ourmemories make us, but that we make our memories. That is,as adults we select the elements of our childhood recollectionsthat most align with our present needs and conceptions ofourselves.As for me, my crush on (obsession with?) Moses certainlydidn’t end in nursery school but followed me throughout theContinued on next page
Sparking Joy!?Rabbi’s ReflectionsRabbi Ilana SchwartzmanLike many of you, I too watched the first episode of MarieKondo’s Tidying Up on Netflix. I like the idea of having aplace for everything and everything in its place. I like the ideaof surrounding yourself with only things you love. Theconcept behind the KonMari method is that you only keepthings in your home that “spark joy.” Everything else getsbinned. And it turns out that enough people have watched theshow and tried the method that thrift stores have beeninundated!In addition to “Kondo”-ing their spaces, people have alsobeen applying the method to their lives more generally. Moreand more articles have been popping up like: “You Can NowDeclutter Twitter the Marie Kondo Way,” “Why You ShouldMarie Kondo Your Friendships,” and “Marie Kondo'sapproach for investing.” Given that I’m not even completelysold on the home aspect of the technique, I’m not sure I canbuy into extending it into the rest of my life. For example,let’s take the utensil drawer in my kitchen. I don’t know thata can opener, any can opener, is really going to spark joy forme. Or any vegetable peeler for that matter. But there arethings we have because we need to have them, not becausethey make us joyful. Granted, I have only seen one episode (Idon’t think I’m apt to watch more), but these were not issuesaddressed.Nevertheless, if you are interested inminimizing the stuff in your hometo those things that immediately spark joy, go for it! Enjoy! Idon’t know how you will open your cans or peel yourvegetables—please let me know. Even so, I would think twiceabout applying the rule of only “sparking joy” too broadly toour lives in general. Some things take time before we can trulyappreciate them. Other aspects of our lives require dedicationor help us grow by making us productively uncomfortable.We should not excise our lives of everything hard,uncomfortable, or challenging.Joy is only one aspect of a full life. If we spurn and rejectanything that it takes time to appreciate, learn from, or thatmakes us unhappy; we also avoid life lessons like compromise,acquiring tastes, and facing reality. Judaism teaches us that wemust explore a whole life and a whole history, not just thejoyful parts. Over the next few months we will celebratePurim and Passover—stories that may bring us joy, but thatalso recall hardship, oppression, and slavery. Embracing theseexperiences gives us a stronger Jewish identity and hopefullymakes us a more empathetic people. Our history is not a tidyone, but it is a full one worth celebrating, embracing, andmaking space for in our lives.President’s Message - continuedyears. In college, I wrote my final thesis on Freud’s strugglewith Judaism, detailed in Moses and Monotheism. Then, Icompleted my post-doctoral internship at wait forit Mount Sinai Medical Center (where else?!?!). I evenprovided treatment for one of the actors in Cecil B. DeMille’sTen Commandments.I have found the story of Moses to be one that has clearapplication to both my personal and professional lives.Consider that Moses begins his life in Egypt, the Hebrewword for which is “mitzrayim,” meaning “a narrow confiningplace.” It might be said that each and every one of usconfronts our personal Egypt. Although we've likely neverbeen physically enslaved as the Hebrews were, we arenonetheless restricted: perhaps physically by disabilities,illnesses, addictions; emotionally by grief, fears or insecurities;socially by narrow-mindedness or prejudice, too much or toolittle ego; or our constraints might be financial or spiritual. Asa practicing psychologist, I have often seen my goal as helpingclients identify their limitations, whatever form they are in,and helping them to live fuller, unrestricted lives. In BruceFeiler’s book, America’s Prophet, he concludes: “Moses’ giftand his legacy is that he proposes an alternative reality to theone we face at any moment. He suggests that there issomething better than the mundane, the enslaved, thesecond-best, the compromised. He encourages people to berestless, and revolutionary.”I encourage us all to be inspired by Moses’ life and his legacy,Let us, in this season especially, think of the ways in which wecan live more free lives and move toward our personal andcollective promised lands, and remember how much more wecan do when we reach out to each other with outstretchedarms.3
From the Educator’s OfficeAn Ode to PassoverRebecca McVeighWhen my son Ari became barmitzvah, his Torah portion wasEmor. Out of all the topics in thatportion, he decided to speak about Passover, his favoriteJewish holiday. I am not sure if it a coincidence that it is alsomy favorite Jewish holiday.Holidays for me are linked to places and people. At Chanukahwe had my dad’s latkes and my mom always separated outwhose gifts were whose by the color of the wrapping paper, ornumbers, or something else creative.For the high holidays I wore my new (ugh – wool) skirts andtights, and they dismissed the children from the sanctuarybefore the rabbi’s sermon. The year my Pop-Pop died Iremember Simchat Torah (my only memory of SimchatTorah) at my grandparent’s synagogue outside ofPhiladelphia. I confess to say that I don’t remembercelebrating Purim at all, or Shavuot. Because I attended aJewish camp for a few years, I vaguely remember Tisha B’Av.Every once in a while, we spent Rosh Hashanah at my othergrandparents’ little apartment in Brooklyn. I would walk totheir shul, Congregation Sons of Israel in Bensonhurst, withmy great aunts, we’d sit up in the balcony, and occasionallythe rabbi would look up from his prayers to yell “shush” tothe women. We’d come and go throughout the day to preparefood, and it was so very different from my Reform Jewishsynagogue on Cape Cod, but so very interesting!talk. My dad’s first cousins, identical twins named Buddy andBobby, sat at our end of the table and made jokes throughoutthe Seder. Like the rabbi in the shul, my grandfather wouldoccasionally “shush” our end of the table, but it all made foridyllic memories for me. The food, the conversations, thefurniture, the family, even the smells of that little apartmentbuilding on Cropsey Avenue; these experiences are thefoundation for my love of Passover. My children know thesestories, and eventually our granddaughter Rose will know thestories (and learn to make matzah balls!)I don’t know if my cooking of those recipes and encouraginglevity around our table reflect my (subconscious or otherwise)determination to recreate Grandpa’s Seder. I don’t know ifmy actions caused Passover to become Ari’s favorite holiday,but I hope so.My sons were taught about Passover at BHSS, just like yourchildren are learning now. Even so, there are intangible thingswe cannot teach - the stories, sights, sounds, smells and tastesof their family, YOUR family’s Passover experience – thosethings will give them the ability to make it their own.May your own Passover traditions, old and new, enrich yourfamily’s life, and may you continue to tell the stories of yourpast and make new stories that your children can carry intothe future.Wishing you a sweet Pesach,We celebrated Passover in Bensonhurst, and those years werethe ones I remember the best – and why Passover is myfavorite holiday. My grandpa taught me to make charoset athis tiny kitchen table, and my aunt taught me to make matzahball soup, chopped liver, and her (actually, all of my femaleancestors’ on that side of the family) Passover sponge cake.There was a long table (or maybe a series of tables – I wasn’tinto logistics back then) that spanned their living room,dining room, and entryway.The kids sat at one end and the “adults” at the other. I was incharge of bringing the water pitcher and bowl so my grandpacould wash his hands. I remember a stiff sofa upholstered ingreen velvet and a phone with a really long cord, so that whenmy great-aunts and uncles called from wherever they lived(Florida) to wish everyone a Happy Passover, we could all4- Rebecca McVeigh, Director of EducationSunday, March 17
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2018/2019 BOARD OF TRUSTEESRabbi Ilana SchwartzmanCantor David PerperDirector of Education, Rebecca McVeighAdministrator, Iris GreenbergAdministrative Assistant, Lisa BarrackPresident, Jennifer ColePast President, Nancy LeveneVice President, Gary BuchalterVice President, Deborah KleinVice President, Judy TeichTreasurer, Mitchell MillerAsst. Treasurer, Aldine RostolderSecretary, Harvey WeinbergTrustee, Elisa BrucknerTrustee, Stacey CoyneTrustee, Debbie FalkowTrustee, Lorraine OrlickTrustee, Michelle SherryTrustee, Linda SchwartzSisterhood Co. Pres., Leslie SapienzaSisterhood Co. Pres., Sheryl ThailerBrotherhood Pres. Jonathan TheodoreMichelle Mitzvah Group, Chair, Steve SimonDir.of Youth Programming, Brittany PunimYouth Group, Logan Buchalter, Co.PresidentYouth Group, Jessica Lamster, Co. 01-236-5055845-357-5378201 an CassellAshley EhrlichSamantha EisenbergNicole FoxRaiden FurstAmanda GlucoftSamuel HoffertAverie Katz2018/2019 COMMITTEE CHAIRSBUILDING & GROUNDS, Harris Reinstein 201-652-0898CARING, Candy Kassover201-934-8229CARING, Laura Miller201-337-4503COMMUNICATIONS, Lisa Lamster201-760-1935ENDOWMENT, Harvey Weinberg646-364-8417EDUCATION, Lauren Einhorn201-447-7094LIBRARY, Sheryl Ives201-794-1017LIBRARY, Ruth Turner845-351-5732LIFELONG LEARNING, Lori Yanowitz201-445-3613LIFELONG LEARNING, Nancy Levene201-236-6059MEMBERSHIP, Stacey Coyne845-369-3896MUSIC, Nora Berger201-703-0132OUTREACH, Jane Young201-679-6895RITUAL, Debbie Royal201-962-3103RITUAL, Judy Teich845-512-8506SOCIAL ACTION, Whitney eich@gmail.comwhitneyspeer@msn.comCandlelighting times:March 1 – 5:29 pm – VayacheilMarch 8 – 5:37 pm – P’kudeiMarch 15 – 6:44 pm – VayikraMarch 22 – 6:52 pm – TzavMarch 29 – 6:59 pm – Sh’mini6April 5 – 7:07 pm – TazriaApril 12 – 7:15 pm – M’tzoraApril 19 – 7:22 pm – Pesach IApril 26 – 7:30 pm – Pesach VIIIBrian KrantzRachel LaCorteTheodora LeibmanTaylor MarderZack SlaterEli Swerdloff
March Saturday123:30 pm BookFairVayachel6:30 pm TGIS8:15 amTorah StudyThank10 amGoodness It'sTaylor Marder &Shabbat!Family Service Noah RosolderPJ Shabbat38:30 amBook Fair9 am FS & 6th11:30 GroupClass109 am FS & 6th11:30 GroupClass7 pm HealingSvce.179 am FS & 6th11:30 GroupClass11:30 am MiniShpiel11:45 am PurimCarnival249 am FS & 6th11:30 GroupClass1 pm DenialMovie1 pm & 2 pmYG SpiritualWalk43:30 pmBook Fair4 pmSchool K-36:45 pmKadimah114 pmSchool K-36:45 pmKadimah184 pmSchool K-36:45 pmKadimah254 pmSchool K-36:45 pmKadimah53:30 pmBook Fair4 pm School4/56:30 pm GroupClass7:30 pmRitual Mtg.124 pm School4/56:30 pm GroupClass7:30 pmExec. Comm7:30 pm MMG194 pm School4/56:30 pm GroupClass7:30 pmBoard Mtg.264 pm School4/56:30 pm GroupClass7:30 pmMusic Comm.677:30 pmAdult Choir137:30 pm Tefilot14217 pmPurim Shpiel277:30 pmAdult Choir155:15 pmTot Shabbat7:30 pm Tefilot7:30 pmAdult Choir208227:30 pm Tefilot28297:30 pm Tefilot9P'kudei9 amTorah Study16Vayikra8:15 amTorah Study10 amEmily Fox &Noah Wachtel23Tzav8:15 amTorah Study10 amRaiden Furst30Sh'mini9 amTorah Study319 am FS & 6th11:30 GroupClass7
April CalendarpSundayMonday14 pmSchool K-36:45 pmKadimah79 am FS & 6th11:30 GroupClass5 pm InterfaithSeder14No School21No School289 am FS & 6th11:30 GroupClass1 pm YG @Horse Rescue1 pm Book & ABagel884 pmSchool K-36:45 pmKadimah15No School22No School294 pmSchool K-36:45 pmKadimahTuesday24 pm School4/56:30 pm GroupClass7:30 pmRitual Mtg.94 pm School4/56:30 pm GroupClass7:30 pmExec Comm.7:30 pm MMG16Wednesday3Friday4107:30 pmAdult Choir177:30 pmAdult Choir23247:30 pmAdult ChoirSaturday566:30 pm TGISThankTazriaGoodness It's8:15 amShabbat!Torah StudyFamily Service10 amGirl ScoutRachel LaCorteShabbat7:30 pmAdult ChoirNo SchoolBoard Mtg.No School7:30 pmMusic CommMtg.Thursday116 pm Sis'hoodMiriam Seder187:30 pmBrotherhoodMen's Seder @Peshwari Grill25125:15 pmTot Shabbat7:30 pm Tefilot19NO SERVICEFIRST SEDER269 am PassoverYizkor Service7:30 pm Tefilot13M'tzorah9 amTorah Study7 pmCoffeehouseCantors20Pesach8:15 amTorah Study10 amPassover Svce6 pm 2nd NightSeder27Pesach8:15 amTorah Study10 amJesse Dann304 pm School4/56:30 pm GroupClassBeth Haverim Shir Shalom Temple Topics
.will be called to the Torah.Taylor Marder – March 2, 2019Lives in Montebello, New York. Mother,Christina Fernandez, Father, Robert,Brothers, Jared, 18, Ethan, 16, andBenjamin, 6, Sister, Brinkley, 4 ½months . is a 7th grader atSuffern Middle School . Herinterests include spending time with familyand friends and playing travel soccer andbasketball. “I enjoy being around pets and hopeone day to become a veterinarian. I am very excitedto become a bat mitzvah. Currently I am workingwith Southern Paws Rescue where I help take careof the animals.”Noah Rostolder – March 2, 2019Lives in Mahwah, New Jersey. Mother,Aldine, Father, Jeff, Sister, Eliya, 15. is a 7th grader at RamapoRidge Middle School . Hisinterests include baseball, basketball, andspending time with his dog Annie.“I hope to be a professional baseball player.I’m excited to celebrate with my family andfriends and carry on Jewish traditions in my life. Formy community service I volunteered with theMahwah All Stars.”Noah Wachtel – March 16, 2019Lives in Mahwah, New Jersey. Mother,Kacey, Father, Matt, Sister, Addyson, 11. is a 7th grader at RamapoRidge Middle School . Hisinterests include building things out ofLegos, clay, and magnets, and enjoysgolfing and skiing. “I want to be anarchitect or a surgeon. ‘Who you are tomorrowbegins with what you do today.’ – Tim Fargo.I’m looking forward to this huge milestone in mylife and seeing what is to come. I am collectingitems from the wishlist at the Ramap-Bergen AnimalRefuge. I want to help animals in need and makethem more comfortable while they wait for theirforever home.”Raiden Furst – March 23, 2019Emily Fox – March 16, 2019Lives in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.Mother, Jamie, Father, Steven, Sisters,Sami, 14, and Nikki, 10, dog KC. is a 7th grader at CavalliniMiddle School . Her interestsinclude dancing and basketball. “I want tohelp people or animals. I feel proud anaccomplished that I have achieved somethingthis big and special. I volunteered at Southern Paws,a dog rescue organization, where dogs/puppies arerescued and brought north and adopted. I cleanedcages, bathed dogs, and played with them, all to getthem ready for adoption. I really enjoyed this.”Is your child having a bar or bat mitzvah?Form and photograph should be received by thesynagogue by the 1st of the month as follows:For a May or June date, by April 1Thank you for your cooperation.9
.will be called to the Torah.Rachel LaCorte – April 6, 2019Lives in Suffern, New York. Mother,Stacy , Father, Dagan, Sister, Allison,9 . is a 7th grader atSuffern Middle School .Her interests include swimming,cooking, lacrosse, and theater.“I’d like to be a chef. I am excited tobe called to the Torah as a bat mitzvahand share all that I have learned. I am thrilledto support Experience Camps, an overnightcamping program for grieving children, bymaking baskets of toys and games for eachbunk.”Jesse Dann – April 27, 2019Lives Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.Mother, Suzanne , Father, Larry, Sister,Brooke, 15 . is a 7th grader atCavallini Middle School .His interests include water skiing,building, and technology. “I’d like to bethe founder of a company and CEO. I amnervously excited about my bar mitzvah. Formy community service I will be helping at Elijah’spromise and providing food for people in need.”Education CommitteeIt's (almost) spring, and that means BOOK FAIR TIME! Come support our school, and shop the Scholastic Book Fairfor great books! There will be a wonderful selection of books from pre-readers through adult, as well as great Jewishcookbooks, craft books, journals, and more! Scholastic sends us a special supply of Jewish board books, story books,and teen books as well as the cookbooks, so stop in!The hours* are:Friday, March 1 - 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. (shopping available before services!)and 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. for browsing onlySunday, March 3 - 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Monday, March 4 - 3:30 - 8:30 p.m.Tuesday, March 5 - 3:30 - 6:45 p.m.*If a weekday morning, for example, is more convenient for you, contact the synagogue office to see if we can openup the fair just for you!In addition to any books your family would like to purchase, please consider donating 5 (or more) which theEducation Committee will use to purchase books from the fair to donate to Oasis: A Haven for Women and Children.(Donations can be dropped off at any time the synagogue is open.) Not in the market for books for yourself? Wehope you'll still consider donating - we'll do the shopping for you!From the entire Education Committee, we wish you and your families a very happy Passover!- Lauren Einhorn, Chair, Education Committee10
Brotherhood 2.0Brotherhood updates. Simple. Winter was cold outside, butwarm in our community - Brotherhood is on the rise! Backin December we co-sponsored an awesome party withSisterhood, and in January, we had a great Brotherhood“mini-Raps” while at the BHSS retreat.and those whoweren’t on retreat had a Raps at home. In February we hadour monthly dinner, this time at Sarina’s Afghan Cuisine inSuffern. As we are continuing our Asian food theme, this timearound we decided to pick a Halal place and invite some ofour Muslim friends to join us! At the time of this writing, thedinner hasn’t happened yet, so look one of us up, and ask ushow it went Great, I’m sure and meet some of us come out and help us cook and sellfood at the Purim Carnival, or grab a pair of tongs at one ofour BBQs. Come to a baseball game, or just show up atBrotherhood Shabbat. Do one thing to get a bit moreinvolved in our group and in our synagogue there is somuch we do to support BHSS and each other but there isso much more we can do!So, why is Brotherhood on the rise? Over the past severalmonths, we noticed several new faces joining us at ourmonthly dinners and Raps. We are planning some regularevents, but creating a few new ones – our Annual Bike Rideis in June this year, our annual Boulders game will be overFather’s Day weekend, as usual but this year? Instead of theUlam, we are having our annual Men’s Seder at PeshwariGrill in Mahwah. And we are looking to add even more summertime events, comedy club, and maybe something overChanukah!--Jonathan A. Theodore,Current Past PresidentSo, what we are asking of you, our fellow brothers of BHSS,whether you are a member of BHSS Brotherhood or not isthis: Come to a board meeting. Come out and help us planan event of your choosing. Come to a dinner or a breakfast,Looking forward to seeing more and more new faces as wellas many of our familiar faces! Check out our dates below L’Shalom!Thursday, March 21 – Brotherhood Dinner –Allendale Bar and Grill, 7:30 PMSunday, March 24 – Brotherhood Raps –Panera Bread, 10:00 AMThursday, April 18 – Brotherhood Men’s Seder –Peshwari Grill, 7:30 PMSunday, April 28 – Brotherhood Raps –Yes it’s after Passover! – Panera Bread, 10:00 AMMusic CommitteeHello everyone!We want to thank all of you for making BHSS Got Talentsuch a success! Our congregation is so much fun and full ofgreat people wanting to share something of themselves withtheir BHSS friends. We couldn’t have done it without you.YOU WERE ALL AMAZING!Please save the date of April 13 at 8:00 p.m. when we presentCoffeehouse Cantors. Cantor Perper and his friends will beperforming again. Tickets will be available for 20.00 at thedoor or via RSVP to the synagogue office. This year we willbe supporting Friends of Yad Sarah. It is a very specialcharity in Israel that assists the elderly to age “in place” bysupplying rehab equipment, caregiver support, and othersupport for the homebound. I encourage you to look at theirwebsite www.friendsofyadsara.org for more information.Their work is unique to the entire state of Israel!On a last note, I would like to invite you join us at a MusicCommittee meeting in the synagogue library. Our meetingsare on the last Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.Attendance to all the meetings is not a requirement, andneither is musical talent! E-mail me any time atniberger@aol.com and let’s meet. I’d love to hear from you!Musically yours,Nora Berger11
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Like many of you, I too watched the first episode of Marie Kondo's Tidying Up on Netflix. I like the idea of having a place for everything and everything in its place. I like the idea of surrounding yourself with only things you love. The concept behind the KonMari method is that you only keep things in your home that "spark joy."
