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Feb. / March / April 2022

In this issue... Rabbi’s Column page 2
President’s Column page 3
Executive Director’s Column page 4
Book Dedications page 4
Education Director’s Column page 5
High Holy Days & Fall Holiday Celebrations page 6
Winter Programs page 7
Youth Program Update page 8
Social Justice Activities page 9
Volunteer Appreciation page 10
Making Kiddush Special page 11
Summer Fun in the Sun page 12
Simchas & Sorrows page 14
Memorial & Tribute Gifts pages 14-17
Services Schedule & Calendars pages 18-19
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Thoughts from the Rabbi…
מחשבות Makh’shavot: Nakhamu, Ami--Comfort My People

Living through a pandemic has made us more intentional and mindful in our choices and practices. No longer taking anything for granted, we are becoming more clear about what we truly need from one another. It is the Jewish way to learn from times

With love,
Rabbi Betsy / Rav Batya
rabbi@bethisraelcenter.org

President’s Column

Helping our Helpers and Celebrating our 75th Anniversary Endowment Campaign

As I write this, Shabbat Beresheit has just ended, a Shabbat on which we read two creation stories, one which always sounds to me like a completed to-do list, and the other which is in the form of a more traditional narrative.

Jennie Edes-Pierotti
president@bethisraelcenter.org

2021-22
Board Of Directors
Jennie Edes-Pierotti
President
Matt Banks
Immediate Past President
Bennett Berson
President-Elect
Michal Engelman
Secretary
Jen Hadley
VP-Education
Marci Katz
VP-Finance
Steve Jellinek
VP-House
Ziva Wear VP-Membership
Mark Copelovitch
VP-Ritual
Livia Asher Investments Committee Chair
Dawn Frank
Budget Committee Chair
Aaron Friedman
Personnel Committee Chair
Joshua Gabai
Sylvia Grunes
Women’s League Representative
Sally Jones Social Justice Committee Co-Chair
Jeff Mandell
Judy Pierotti Social Justice Committee Co-Chair
Aaron Rock-Singer
Nadav Shelef
Judith Sone
Regina Vidaver

Book Dedications
The next time you’re looking for a way to honor a special person, couple, family or occasion, or memorialize a loved one, consider dedicating a prayerbook!
For $36, you can dedicate a weekday Siddur Sim Shalom,
for $54 a High Holy Day Mahzor Lev Shalem,
and for $72 an Etz Chayim Chumash.
Call Sarah or Elissa at (608) 256-7763 or email office@bethisraelcenter.org and tell us in whose honor or memory you’re dedicating the book(s). We’ll place your dedication plate(s) into the book(s) right away!
Did you know that all of our Shabbat siddurim are dedicated? The next time you pick up a Siddur Lev Shalem in shul, turn to the inside front cover and see if you know the people whose names you’ll find there. Each one tells a story.

From the Executive Director’s Desk

Honor

On December

Elissa Pollack
elissa@bethisraelcenter.org

From the Education Director’s Desk
Hooray for In-Person Learning!

After a successful 2020-21 school year with the majority of our classes on Zoom, Talmud Torah is so happy to be back at Beth Israel Center in person this Fall! We’ve gained new teachers and friends and are excited to rebuild our

Beth Copelovitch
education@bethisraelcenter.org

For Our Youngest Members
Enjoy interactive family learning with Beth Copelovitch.
Meet other families with young children.
Matchilim
Our popular Shabbat morning program for young children and their grownups is geared for children ages 0-5 and meets every Shabbat when Shabbat School is in session. During school vacations, we offer a similar program on select Shabbat mornings. Watch your email or our online calendar for dates.
Yom Rishon
Yom Rishon meets on Sunday mornings, 10:00-11:15.
We play, move, eat, sing, and do projects that teach us about Hanukkah and other holidays and Jewish themes.
Please join us in on these dates:
February 13
May 15
Yom Rishon is free for members. Not a member yet? Please pay $10/family to offset the cost of this program.

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New This Fall

Gender Awareness and Serving the Needs of our LGBTQ+ Members
Did you know…?
We are proud to serve as an example for synagogues across the country as an egalitarian congregation committed to full inclusion and celebration of LGBTQ+-identified members of our communal family.
The language we use to call people to the Torah is non-gendered because we encourage all people to draw near to the Torah.
We offer creative opportunities for members of our communal family who identify as LGBTQ+ to sanctify unique milestones in their lives.
We include our female ancestors when we mention our male ancestors in our prayers.
We strive for expansiveness when talking about God. For example, the Rabbi’s Hebrew “Mi Sheberach” blessing for those in need of healing addresses God using a variety of gendered terms, drawing on the Divine Feminine, Masculine, and unity of limitless possibilities; the blessing in English assumes all possible gendered understandings.
Our annual Pride Shabbat lifts up our entire community as we celebrate Pride and deepen our ally-ship around issues of concern.

2021-22 MOUSY Board Officers:
Co-presidents:
Rotem Arad
Baila Becker
Executive VP:
Jane Lowy
Social Action/Tikun Olam VPs:
Ari Blehert
Caleb Ellenberg
Communications VP:
Lily Matthews-Needelman
9th Grade Rep:
Aharon Shelef
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Regional Programs
CHUSYfest Fall Convention
Friday-Sunday,
November 12-14
KadimaFest/8th Grade Shabbaton
Friday-Sunday,
December 3-5
International USY Convention in Washington, D.C.
Sunday-Thursday
December 26-30
CHUSY MidWinter Convention
Friday-Sunday
February 11-13
CHUSY Spring Kinnus Convention
Friday-Sunday
April 29-May 1

By Word of Mouse
Deborah Hoffman, Program & Youth Director, hoffman@bethisraelcenter.org

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To join our fun-loving youth groups, send a check ($60 for MOUSY, $40 for Kadima) or contact the office about paying online.
Questions? Email Deborah (hoffman@bethisraelcenter.org) or Benny (kadima@bethisraelcenter.org) or call 608-256-7763,
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Social Justice Activities
Sally Jones, Social Justice Committee Co-chair, socialjustice@bethisraelcenter.org.

Cooking for COVID
Members have been baking commercial size lasagnas for delivery to the Catholic Multicultural Center, The Beacon, and Porchlight each month since May 2020. The Catholic Multicultural Center serves a free meal, every day, to all comers who appear during service time. Most days The Beacon, a downtown day facility for the homeless, also provides a free meal, to go. BIC volunteers assist both agencies (and Porchlight) by providing home-cooked vegetarian lasagna on the second Wednesday of each month, in quantities that serve hundreds of people. SJC provides the recipe and a very large foil pan, and volunteers pick up each cooked lasagna on the designated Wednesday for delivery (all with no contact). For more information or to volunteer, email cynthiaraehirsch@gmail.com.
About four times each year, for one week at a time, we deliver dinners to Healing House, where families experiencing homelessness stay following hospitalization for childbirth, surgery, etc. An 8-bed residential recuperative facility for homeless families with someone preparing for, or recovering from, childbirth or a medical procedure or hospitalization, Healing House offers comfortable and safe quarters, plus three meals every day and childcare assistance. During a stay of up to 28 days, families work with The Road Home case managers to seek housing and jobs.
Each BIC volunteer prepares and delivers (with no contact, during COVID-19) dinner, or part of dinner, usually serving four to eight people. Volunteers can work singly, or as a family, or they can partner with other volunteers to cook and deliver one evening’s meal. Healing House staff do the serving and cleaning up.
Our next week is February 13-19. For more information, email socialjustice@ bethisraelcenter.org or contact Sally Jones at 608-335-5303.
Meals on Wheels
Over many years, BIC volunteers have delivered meals, once or twice a month, to elderly and disabled residents of Dane County for this program of SSM Health at Home (formerly Home Health United). Each weekday lunchtime route takes about 1½ hours. Try a ride-along with a current volunteer if you’d like to see the program first-hand. For more info, call Larry Bensky: (608) 238-2569.

Volunteer Appreciation
Deborah Hoffman, Program Director, hoffman@bethisraelcenter.org

Rav todot (many thanks) to our recent…
Service leaders, sharers of divrei Torah, and chanters of Torah and Haftarot:: Harvey Barash, Brandon Bloch, Meredie Cohen, Mark Copelovitch, Esther Criscuola de Laix, Susie Drazen, Yonah Drazen, Bob Factor, Rabbi Betsy Forester, Aaron Friedman Josh Garoon, Jessica Goerling, Jaime Goldberg, Rabbi Judy Greenberg, Leslie Greenspan, Anna Heifetz, Si Hellerstein, Bill Karasov, Steve Kessler, Daniel Levitin, Ruth Litovsky, Jonah Loeb, Elana Matthews, Don Miner, Jon Pollack, Aaron Rock Singer, Nate Rudin, David Resnick, Fran Schrag, Bill Schwab, Sion Shabtaie, Aharon Shelef, Karen Shevet Dinah, Jerry Sternberg, Dan Stolz, Jeanne Swack, Rayla Temin and Jim Wear.
Shabbat Kiddush Crew: David Balkansky, David Baum, Josh Garoon, Jaime Goldberg, Roz Gusinow, Anna Heifetz, Kazu Kitano, Tziporah Quick, Regina Vidaver, Jim & Ziva Wear
Lasagna Cooks and Delivery Crews: Stacy Anderson, Miriam Aron, David Baum, Larry & Janice Bensky, Debra Berman, Hannah Bernard-Donals, Bennett Berson, Marsha Cohen, Kathy Costello, Cher Diamond, Susie Drazen, Beth Fisher, Janet Frenz, Josh Gabai, Louise Goldstein, Janice Gratch, Billie Hellerstein, Bobbie Jellinek, Sally Jones & Aaron Friedman, Linda Kailin, Corliss Karasov, Bettine Lipman, Laurie Nagus, Mary Quinn, Judy Pierotti, Erica and Nathaniel Richmond, Ilona Rodan Ganetzky, Diane Seder, Karen Shevet Dinah, Cara Silverman, Bob & JoAnn Skloot, Merle Sternberg, Beth Weber
Healing House Volunteers: Doris Dubielzig, Lorna Kniaz, Ruth Litovsky, Leslie Grant, Sue & Russ Shafer-Landau, and Paula Volpiansky
Laundry Angels: Hannah Bernard-Donals, Karen Shevet Dinah
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If you have time or talent to offer to Beth Israel Center, please contact Volunteer Coordinator Deborah Hoffman. As projects and tasks arise, we really do need the volunteer support of our kind and generous congregants to be successful. Call (608) 256-7763 or email hoffman@bethisraelcenter.org for more information. Todah Rabbah!

Volunteer Spotlight:
Karen Shevet Dinah, BIC’s Shomeret et haAdamah

Making Kiddush Special
Deborah Hoffman, Program Director, hoffman@bethisraelcenter.org

Support Shabbat Kiddush!
The Beth Israel Center Shabbat kiddush serves an important purpose in the life of our community. It is a special time and place to come together to celebrate Shabbat with our kehilla (sacred community) and to actively embody the mitzvah of hachnasat orchim (welcoming guests). We serve lunch every week after Shabbat morning services.
You can contribute in one (or more!) of these three ways:
Sponsor: Select a date and treat the congregation with your generosity. Honor a special occasion or special people. Help plan the menu, or leave it to us. We offer three sponsorship levels, featuring expanded menu options aligned with minimum donations of $360, $500, or $720.
Donate: Want to show your support less publicly? Donate any amount to the Martin and Serene Mazor Kiddush Fund or the Alfred A. and Lois Frank Congregational Life Fund. To donate, use our online donation form, send a check with a note, or contact the office with the amount of your donation.
Volunteer: If you would like to join the kiddush crew and be part of this vital – and fun! – Beth Israel Center tradition, email Deborah Hoffman (hoffman@bethisraelcenter.org) or call (608) 256-7763 for information. Help prepare foods or set up during the week, or be part of the crew on a Shabbat morning. There are lots of jobs to do. We’ll help find the one that’s best for you!

Appreciation for recent and upcoming Kiddush sponsorships:
Sept. 22 - The Stolz-Greenberg family, in honor of Gavi’s birthday.
Oct 9 – Allan Levin, in memory of his mother’s yahrzeit.

Yahrzeits
30 Shevat / Feb. 1
Fania Heifetz
Rose Machlis
Bess Smith
Anita Rothblatt Kapell
Leo Rasmussen
1 Adar I / Feb. 02
Janet Weinshel
2 Adar I / Feb. 03
Rachel Deprey
Zelig Heifetz
Sam Slabodnik
3 Adar I / Feb. 04
Moshe ben Baruch v'Malka
5 Adar I / Feb. 06
Rivkah bat Fruma
Max Shapiro
6 Adar I / Feb. 07
Sam Shapiro
7 Adar I / Feb. 08
Steven Gotautis
8 Adar I / Feb. 09
David Goldberg
Louis Mazursky
9 Adar I / Feb. 10
Molly Epstein Karp
Mollie Goodman
Dorna Person
10 Adar I / Feb. 11
Haim ben Manachem Haimson
11 Adar I / Feb. 12
Samuel Sinaiko
13 Adar I / Feb. 14
Harry Klitsner
Ida Moskowsky
Rachel Green
Harriet Margolis
14 Adar I / Feb. 15
George J. Skloot
Yahrzeits
15 Adar I / Feb. 16
Rachel Brodsky
16 Adar I / Feb. 17
Eva Deutschkron
17 Adar I / Feb. 18
Leon Stein
Rose Frank
Evelyn Minkoff
18 Adar I / Feb. 19
Hyman Paley
19 Adar I / Feb. 20
Lloyd Borenstein
Ira Katch
20 Adar I / Feb. 21
Jerrold Gross
Tessie Stein
Hyman Ansell
22 Adar I / Feb. 23
Frumeh Bloom
William Stein
Gertrude Rodman
Sylvia Feingold
23 Adar I / Feb. 24
Ben Paley
24 Adar I / Feb. 25
Hyman Lessack
Jacques Lohr
Paul Goldman
25 Adar I / Feb. 26
Herbert Weiner
26 Adar I / Feb. 27
Ross Kurzer
Nathan Swartz
27 Adar I / Feb. 28
Celia Rosenberg
Ruthie Moody
28 Adar I / March 01
Jean Wein
Moshe Paley
Yahrzeits
29 Adar I / March 02
Anna Halperin
Paul J Schrag
Herschel Seder
Osne Zaichick
30 Adar I / March 03
Sarah Seidner
Dr. Herman Shapiro
Anne Cooper
1 Adar II / March 04
Pauline Quick
Louis Battalen
Lena Daniels
Leahbelle Bercey
Malcolm Mintz
Rose Diamentstein
2 Adar II / March 05
Martin Stein
Lena B Goldberg
Frank Onikul
3 Adar II / March 06
Israel Meirovitch
Sandra Phyllis Evans
Morris Levin
Max Latinsky
Sara Frank
4 Adar II / March 07
Gertrude Recht Stein
Harold Goldberg
Mollie Kaplan
Miril Heifetz
Sara Schwartz
Paul Goldman
Maier Nick Kaim
Ruth Wolfson
Henry L. Gutmann
5 Adar II / March 08
Shirley Swack
Leonard L Loeb
Blanche Cohn Schwartzstein
6 Adar II / March 09
Joseph S. Levy
Alvin Shovers
Joan Eleanor Chesler
Frieda Lieberman
Yahrzeits
7 Adar II / March 10
Leanore Factor
Ruth Hertz
Norman Schwabacher
Roberta Jacoby
8 Adar II / March 11
Dora Schwartz
Al Weschler
Fanny Klitsner
Mary Levin
9 Adar II / March 12
Rachel Mazur
Patricia Donals
Isadore Miller
Bashe Leah Dworetzky
Wilhelm Grzyb
Ruth Esther Scholick
Efraim Picus
10 Adar II / March 1
Sol Levin
Sam Mead
Eunis Mann
Ellen Shoshany Kaim
11 Adar II / March 14
Jennie Chortek
Jeanette Russ
12 Adar II / March 15
Walter Novick
Sonia Andrusier
Sidney Goldman
Henri Hanau
Marvin Eisenberg
Mary Zuker
13 Adar II / March 16
Bessie Schwartz
Dorothy Weiman
Fanny Kaufman Smith
Adolph Weinshel
14 Adar II / March 17
Victor Rosenblum
Sam Webne
Elizabeth Sweet
Mary Ellen Hall
Rose Onikul
Seymour Goodman
Abe Mintz
Ruth Zitowsky
Yahrzeits
15 Adar II / March 18
Dan Pierotti
16 Adar II / March 19
Mary Nathenson
Thea Aschkenase
17 Adar II / March 2
Ida Gould
Maurice Amdur
Morris Schulman
Bessie Lutske
Milton Friedman
18 Adar II / March 21
Paula Grzyb
Aaron Scher
Quinta Burattini
19 Adar II / March 22
Jacob Becker
Sarah Silverman
Dr. Hyman P. Levin
Judith Zukerman Kaufman
Karen Eve Goldman
20 Adar II / March 23
Dorah Karp
Arthur Mead
21 Adar II / March 24
Marshall G Fields
Nathan A Cohen
Vera Tyroler
Benjamin Forester
Gustave Leon Goldstein
22 Adar II / March 25
Rochelle Kianovsky
Heather Joseph
23 Adar II / March 26
Sara Shapiro
Robert Sweet
Estelle Bernstein
Ann Slavney
24 Adar II / March 27
Isador Borsuk
Eli Freedman
Steve Hawkins
Yahrzeits
25 Adar II / March 28
Ida Figler
Mayer Jacob
Harry Dworetzky
26 Adar II / March 29
Joseph Brodsky
Heinz Hoffman
27 Adar II / March 30
David Altschuler
Joseph Switzky
Kenneth Rodan
28 Adar II / March 31
Kitty Schorr
Lewis Gash
Harry Karas
Helen Rosenblum
29 Adar II / April 1
Lillian Weber
Sarah Chechik Halperin
1 Nisan / April 2
Regina Jacob
Ben Hirschfeld
David Rosenthal
Helen Sweet
2 Nisan / April 3
Ervin Blake
Arthur J Sweet
Jeanette Saltzberg Frank
Samuel Goldberg
Abe McCants
Marvin Mazursky
3 Nisan / April 4
Chaim Dubrovitz
Roslyn Kopelberg
Caroline Sulman
Anna Shapiro
Noime Epstein
Louis Landau
Anne Marion
4 Nisan / April 05
Aaron Seidner
Chaim Chaikel Dubrow
Donald Goren
Yahrzeits
5 Nisan / April 06
Isaac Stein
Morris Stein
6 Nisan / April 07
Leah Segal
Herbert Nathenson
Emanuel Weinstein
Adele Klein Hirsch
Carol Kean
Jack Goldberg
7 Nisan / April 08
Jack Jacobson
Leonard Solinger
Roberto Orio
8 Nisan / April 09
Jenny Eva Lebowitz
Nechama Meister
George S. Marcus
10 Nisan / April 11
Marcia Hoffman
Peter Deutsch
Kathryn Grossman
Jack Dachman
11 Nisan / April 12
Shlomo Dworetzky
Sarah Grebler
Sarah R Kulakowsky
12 Nisan / April 13
Leo Margolis
Gerald Kleinman
Ann Matsoff
Ida Minkoff
Eileen Mondry
Beatrice Josephine Sweet
Marv Conney
Meyer Kaufman
13 Nisan / April 14
Ruth Hawkins
Josephine Sinaiko Mendow
Leon Mondry
Aaron Epstein
Lillian Kaplan
14 Nisan / April 15
Irving Levy
Dorothy Berlinger Levy
Yahrzeits
15 Nisan / April 16
Abraham Frank
Louis Roth
Maggie Eisenberg
16 Nisan / April 17
Helen Sweet
Leontine Friedman
Leo Geller
17 Nisan / April 18
Robert D. Goodman
Elsa Morgensteren
Robert Mann
Max Novick
Mary Kaminksy Cohen
Saul Aaron Rosenthal
18 Nisan / April 19
Esther Swartz
Albert J. Eisenberg
Samuel I Ablove
19 Nisan / April 20
Catherine Odette
Jacob J Sinaiko
Eva Dizon
Mollie Chaloff Goldstein
Hermina Kneller
Jacob Popkewitz
William Sinaiko
20 Nisan / April 21
Jeanne Siegel
Mrs. Ellen Wolman
21 Nisan / April 22
Annabelle Loeb
Joseph Morris Kessler
Elliott Karasov
Lillian Greenberg
22 Nisan / April 23
Paulina Bloom
Martin Siroky
Isaac Pover
Ezra Frank
23 Nisan / April 24
Mollie Becker
Ida Lessack
Ben Rubin
Ruth Solinger
Yahrzeits
24 Nisan / April 25
Aletha Rappaport
Burton Zitkin
Oscar Brodsky
25 Nisan / April 26
Hannah Malamud
Dora Levin
26 Nisan / April 27
Esther Sweet
27 Nisan / April 28
Nashe Sweet
Sander Gusinow
Gladys Godfried
Abraham Sweet
28 Nisan / April 29
Blanche Altshuler
Rosalyn Schwab
Jane England
Ed Deutschkron
29 Nisan / April 30
Leo Barth
Alice Hanau
Frieda Melnik
Meyer Prosansky
Alice Barth
Martin Rosenzweig
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זכרונם לברכה
Beth Israel Center maintains a database of Yahrzeit observances for members and some former members.
Those listed on the sides of the previous pages died on the Hebrew calendar dates listed in years past. The customary yahrzeit observation begins on the evening prior to the Gregorian dates listed on these pages.
If you have a question, correction, or addition to our records, please contact the office.

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BIC members have been getting out and about together around Madison — boating on Lake Wingra, picking strawberries with family and friends, strolling through Olbrich Gardens, touring the UW Arboretum prairie, gardening and picking crops at Forward Farm for donation to local food pantries, soaking up the lakeside evening ambience at the Union Terrace, and meeting up at local farmers markets. Kudos to Deborah Hoffman for arranging delightful ways for us to connect. Happy Summering!

Mazal Tov to...

Megan Frank, daughter of Dawn and Aaron Frank, on her engagement to Dawson Keller.
New parents Hannah Lindholm Bray and Ben Bray on the birth of Natalie Bray and grandparents Jeff Lindholm and Leslie Fields.
New parents Lisa Shoshany Anderson and Evan Flietner, on the birth of Nesya Flietner, and to grandparents Gila Shoshany and Stuart Glosser.
New parents Megan and Isaac Brodkey, on the birth of Simon Brodkey, and to grandparents Frank, Karen, Brian and Stacey.
Eric Tobin, who had the joy of being the father of the groom as his son, Scott, married Tracy Ammann and father of the bride as his daughter, Brenda, married Leo Guyshan.
New parents Nina Pressman and Ben Siebert on the birth of Mara Siebert, and to grandparents Marsha Cohen & Mike Pressman.
Micah Baum, son of Ruth Litovsky and David Baum, on his engagement to Aviva Match.

Condolences to the families of...

Betty Shovers, mother of Marc Shovers (Jan Loeb) and Steve Shovers, and grandmother of Sam and Ben Shovers.
Steve Kessler, husband of Donna Anderson and father to Hannah Kessler (Adam Lombardi) and Sarah (Zachary) Masa-Myers.
Kyle Jason, son of Hank & Terri Jasen, brother to Emily (Ankur) Desai and uncle to Maya, Lela and Sarita Desai.
Shulamit Elkayam, mother of Mark (Stephanie) Goldstein, David (Anne) Goldstein, and Rahel Goldstein, and grandmother of Ellen, Abby, Cara, Vivian, Noah, and Ari.
Louise Rosenblum, mother of Jonathan Rosenblum and grandmother to Simon Rosenblum-Larson.

Memorial & Tribute Gifts

The following pages contain a record of the memorial and tribute gifts made
to Beth Israel Center from October through December. We are so grateful to
each donor. Every gift makes it possible for us to create a community that is
alive with celebration, learning, prayer and tikkun olam. Todah Rabbah!
Abe Barash Fund
in memory of
Kyle Jasen from Donald & Kathy Miner
Celia Borenstein from Phyllis Eisenberg
Noah Hershkowitz from Rosalyn Hershkowitz
Building Capital Fund
in honor of
Leslie Fields & Jeff Lindholm's new gradndaughter from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
the engagement of Megan Frank from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Mike Pressman & Marsha Cohen on becoming grandparents of Mara Gene from Rayla Temin
in memory of
Betty Shovers from Bill & Jill Boissonnault
Sol Goldstein from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Kyle Jasen from Don Katz & Rebecca Krantz, Erica Fleischer and Julie & Bob Schlossberg
Building Maintenance Fund
in memory of
Sandie Ottenstein from Ira Singer & Lisa Hellerstein
Shirley Epstein Kitchen Supplies Fund
in memory of
Sandie Ottenstein from Harvey Temkin & Barbara Myers Temkin and Sherry Hirschfeld
David Zaichik from Sol Zaichick
Alfred A. & Lois Frank Congregational Life Fund
in appreciation of
Sara Karon from Karen Shevet Dinah
in honor of
Leslie Fields and Jeff Lindholm's new grandchild from David & Nancy Resnick Ziva & Jim, Nancy & KC, Beth, and all others who assisted in the preparation of Simon's brit milah. from Isaac & Megan Brodkey
in memory of
Sol & Grace Burstein, Judy Landau Domagalla and Paula Landau from Ellie Landau Kyle Jasen from Phyllis Holman Weisbard and Jennifer Berday Alex Swartz from Sam Moss & Tom Heiss Peter Druch from Shelley Davey
General Fund
in honor of
the birth of Jeff Linholm & Leslie Fields' new grandchild. from Bob Factor & Kris Rasmussen and Steve & Bobbie Jellinek
Marsha Cohen and Mike Pressman's new granddaughter from Eric Tobin, Si & Billie Hellerstein, and Steve & Bobbie Jellinek
Micah Temin's Bar Mitzvah from Jaime Goldberg
Jessica Goerling being called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah from Jaime Goldberg, Matthew & Jennie Edes-Pierotti, and Karen Shevet Dinah
Mara Siebert, Nina Pressman & Ben Siebert's new baby from Russ & Susan Shafer-Landau
the marriages of Eric Tobin's children from Steve & Bobbie Jellinek
Rabbi Betsy and Jaime Goldberg. from Stuart & Marilyn Goldberg
Rayla Temin's grandson, Micah, on his Bar Mitzvah from Stuart & Marilyn Goldberg
Don Miner’s Birthday from Sylvia Grunes
in memory of
Sophie Levine from Allen Markson
Jerome & Eleanor Onheiber, Sam Lewis and Sammy Onheiber from Arnold & Sharon Ruben
My parents, sister, and daughter from Boris & Marina Vykhodets
Fannie Battalen, Jesse Battalen and Sol Goldstein from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Rebekah Azen from Edwin Azen
Kyle Jasen from Eric Rosenfeld, Jordan Ellenberg & Tanya Schlam
Sandy Ottenstein from Hugh Robinson
Steve Kessler from Joel & Debbie Minkoff, Steve Kessler from Joanna Berke and Matthew & Jennie Edes-Pierotti
Irwin Sokol from Kim Anderson & Marcia Sokol-Anderson
Shirley & Solomon Volpiansky from Larry Chapman & Paula Volpiansky
Sandra Weinshel Ottenstein from Lisa Kirshenbaum
Sam Onheiber from Maria Onheiber
Joseph Beitel and Ruth Beitel from Marion Gold
Isadore Kosowsky from Mark & Carolyn Kosowsky
Aunt Sandie Ottenstein from Marla and Paul Weinberg and Family
Sandra Ottenstein from Matthew Herman, Mitchell & Ellen Cairo, Ruth Schutzbank, Thomas & Antonia Jirovsky, Ilene Berman, and Nicki Borenstein Milin
Coleman Slavney, Albert Borenstein, Marilyn Homan, Philip Lochenko and Lena Peters from Phyllis Eisenberg
Ellen Wolman, Eli Wolman, Estelle Wolman, M. David Wolman, Dona Wolman, Joseph Wolman, Paul Fram, Abraham Paster, Mollie Cohen Paster and Molly Paster. from Richard Wolman
Betty Shovers from Russ & Susan Shafer-Landau
Kyle Jasen and the happy times he spent with the Beth Israel community from Ruth & Mark Schlossberg
Gordon Wein and Sylvia Wein from Sanford & Marilyn Victor
Fred Brauer from Si & Billie Hellerstein
Kyle Jasen and Irving Maydeck from Steve & Bobbie Jellinek
Jacob Cooper from Stuart & Marilyn Cooper
Eugenia & Israel Rozmaity and Eva Shenker from Yoram & Lucyna Shenker
Thank You to the Beth Israel Community and Staff for helping our family enjoy connection in two Jewish communities in Madison from Laurie Zimmerman & Renee Bauer
Herman Goldstein Fund
in honor of
Francie Saposnik's 80th birthday--the age of Gevurot for an eshet hayil. From your loving tribe. from Arieh Saposnik
the Bar Mitzvah of Noah Sulman, grandson of David Sulman and Anne Altshuler. from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Ruth Litovsky and David Baum on Micah's engagement to Aviva from Daniel & Leslie Greenspan
in memory of
Kyle Jasen from Daniel & Leslie Greenspan
Sam Onheiber from Michael and Patrice Onheiber from Michael & Patrice Onheiber
Jake Heifetz Fund
in memory of
Jake Heifetz from Pauline Heifetz
Holman/Weisbard Fund for Adult Jewish Learning
Mazal Tov!
to Marsha and Mike on becoming grandparents from Phyllis Holman Weisbard
in memory of
in memory of Isadore Goldstein from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Marilyn Holman from Neil Holman
Steve Kessler from Phyllis Holman Weisbard
Goldie Portnoy from Stuart & Marilyn Cooper
Martin & Serene Mazor Kiddush Fund
in honor of
Mike and Marsha's granddaughter, Mara from Larry & Sharon Barish
Sara Karon from Michael Pressman & Marsha Cohen
Leslie Fields and Jeff Lindholm becoming grandparents. from Michael Pressman & Marsha Cohen
the birth of Simon Brodkey and parents, Megan & Isaac Brodkey from Michael Pressman & Marsha Cohen
Jessica Goerling's Bat Mitzvah from Michael Pressman & Marsha Cohen
The marriage of Eric Tobin's children from Michael Pressman & Marsha Cohen
in memory of
Steve Kessler from Alan & Laurie Schwartzstein and Russ & Susan Shafer-Landau
Harry Schiff from Bill & Jill Boissonnault
Sandie Ottenstein from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Jerry Shapiro from Larry & Sharon Barish
Fred Brauer from Lorna Mazor Kniaz
Sandie Ottenstein from Lorna Mazor Kniaz, The Benedict Philipp Family,
Michael Pressman & Marsha Cohen and Michael Rock & Kathi Johnson Rock
Adele Pratzel from Michael & Barbara Pratzel
Stanley Cohen and Nat Pressman from Michael Pressman & Marsha Cohen
Betty Shovers from Michael Pressman & Marsha Cohen
Za'av Rosenberg from Milt Rosenberg
Kyle Jasen from Phyllis Holman Weisbard
Julius Mintz Fund
in honor of
Sol Zaichick's 95th birthday and Fran Weinstein's special birthday from Phyllis Mintz Eisenberg
in memory of
Ida Weinstein from Barbara Beyer
Norman Zaichick, Sylvia Grune's son, Julius & Lubey Mintz, Sam & Ida Paley, Sandie Ottenstein, Marshall Mintz, Moshe Plaey, Benjamin Paley, Hyman Paley, Marvin Eisenberg, Sheldon Leihruck, Mollie & Milton Flinn, Ted & Anne Matsoff, Joe & Belle Liebovich and Sarah Mintz from Phyllis Mintz Eisenberg
Daniel & Judith Pierotti Social Justice Fund
in honor of
Ruth Litovsky’s award, the 2021 Silver Medal in Psychological and Physiological Acoustics. from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein grandparents Leslie and Jeff, and parents Hannah and Ben, on the birth of Tali from Rayla Temin
in memory of
Stephen Kessler from Allan & Sandra Levin, Seairra Goettler, Ann Brice, Barry & Irene Mirkin, Bill & Jill Boissonnault, Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein, Burke Richmond & Erica Kesin Richmond, Carl & Clare Schachter, Daniel & Leslie Greenspan, Donald & Kathy Miner, Gregory & Barbara Sheehy, Gregory & Vickie Davis, Harvey Temkin & Barbara Myers Temkin, Jan P Eriksen, Larry Chapman & Paula Volpiansky, Lavonne Bayer & Jerry Hoffman, Len, Martha and Sarah Kaplan, Livia Asher, Mark Sieger & Maria Callis, Marshall Flax, Merilyn Kupferberg, Michael, Patrice, Josh, and Miriam Onheiber , Ray & Evelyn Masa, Rayla Temin, Reta Harring, Richard & Doris Dubielzig, Robert & JoAnn Skloot, Robert Factor & Kris Rasmussen, Michael Rock & Kathi Johnson Rock, Mike & Karen Remais, Neal & Marci Katz, Si & Billie Hellerstein, Stephanie Smith, Steve & Bobbie Jellinek, Susie Drazen, Stylvia Grunes, and William & Roberta Sonzogni
Phyllis Levinthal from Barry & Irene Mirkin
Geneva Boissonnault from Bill & Jill Boissonnault
Kyle Jasen from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Jesse Battalen from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Sandie Ottenstein from Charles Hodes, Teresa Bailey, and Judy Pierotti
Fred Bruaer from Donna Anderson and Stephen Kessler
Frederic Lewis and Estelle Lewis, Marcia Lewis from Herbert Lewis & Francie Saposnik
my father, Jacob Joseph Sinagub, and Helen Herson Sinagub from Jonathan Sinagub
Betty Shovers from Judy Pierotti and Robert Factor & Kris Rasmussen
Dr. Steve Kessler, a mentsch from Kenneth Levin
Marie Mocny from Michael & Patrice Onheiber
Steve Kessler, my beloved cousin from Paula and Joel Bruce
Bernard Harris from Sue Harris
Prayerbook and Ritual Objects Fund
in memory of
Abraham Blumenfeld from Sol & Corlie Blumenfeld
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
in honor of
Rabbi Forester and in appreciation of her devotion of our kahal. from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Rayla Temin's grandson, Micah, becoming a Bar Mitzvah from Livia Asher
Mike Pressman and Marsha Cohen on the birth of Mara Siebert from Theodore & Irene Knupp
in memory of
Renata Laxova and Tibor Lax from Anita Laxova and Daniela Lax
Alex Swartz from David & Susan Fish
Judy Siegel from Eve Siegel
Betty Shovers from Livia Asher
Eleanor Onheiber from Michael & Patrice Onheiber
Dorothy Lerner from Mitch & Sharon Rapkin
Betty Shovers from Paula Winnig
Hyman C. Marlowe, my dear father, from Robert & Judith Rubin
Kyle Jasen from Robert Factor & Kris Rasmussen and Si & Billie Hellerstein
Sandie Ottenstein from Robert Factor & Kris Rasmussen and Theodore & Irene Knupp
Harry Zitowsky from Robert Zitowsky
Steve Kessler from Theodore & Irene Knupp
in appreciation and with thanks
to Rabbi Forester for sharing time and wisdom on an important subject from Charlie Gandelman
of Rabbi Forester's help from Stephen Mann & Genie Grant Mann
AJ & Celia Rosenberg Library Fund
in memory of
Jacob Meyer Schwam from Emanuel Schwam
Abraham J. Rosenberg from Lyn Rosenberg
Talmud Torah Fund
in honor of
the birth of Nesya Flietner from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
in memory of
Kyle Jasen from Kenneth & Susan Cohn and Matthew & Jennie Edes-Pierotti
David Temkin Camp Ramah Fund
in honor of
the birth of Mara Gene Siebert from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
the marriage of Rena Forester and Evyatar Levi from Harvey Temkin & Barbara Myers Temkin
Beth & Mark Copelovitch's hospitality from Michael Safra
in memory of
Sandi Ottenstein from Charles & Krayna Feinberg
Jacob Hellerstein, Shoshana Hellerstein and Betty Shovers ffrom Si & Billie Hellerstein
Beatrice Rosenthal from Si & Billie Hellerstein
Joe Temkin Fund
in memory of
Cindy Temkin, Fritz Gutmann and Mel Gutmann from Harvey Temkin & Barbara Myers Temkin
Adolph Weinshel Torah Repair & Maintenance Fund
in honor of
Micah Baum's engagement. from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Leslie Greenspan, for Refuah Schlemah from Rayla Temin
in memory of
Leah, Harry, Abraham and Sam Sweet from Mike Sweet
Morris Greenberg, Howard Temin, and Sandie Ottenstein from Rayla Temin
Sandie Ottenstein from Si & Billie Hellerstein
Youth Fund
in honor of
Deb Hoffman and the dedication of the Deborah Hoffman Youth Lounge from Karen Shevet Dinah
Deb Hoffman from Michael & Barbara Pratzel
Deb Hoffman, on the occasion of the lounge being named in her honor from Rayla Temin
in memory of
Henry Weiss from Alan Weinberg & Claire Weiss
Betty Shovers from Eve Siegel and Rayla Temin

Memorial & Tribute Gifts

Memorial & Tribute Gifts (Con’t.)

Memorial & Tribute Gifts (Con’t.)

Memorial & Tribute Gifts (Con’t.)

Memorial & Tribute Gifts (Con’t.)

Regular Service Schedule

Kabbalat Shabbat
Every Friday, come schmooze starting at 5:00. Services at 5:45, in person and livestreamed.
Shabbat Mornings
Services start at 9:15am. For those unable to attend, services are broadcast online.
Ha-video-dallah
Join us on Zoom once a month about 5 minutes after Shabbat goes out for Havdallah and a little schmooze. Upcoming dates and times:
February 12 at 6:07pm
March 12 at 6:43pm
April 9 at 8:15pm
Daily Connection Minyanim
All kinds of connection goes on at minyan, and newcomers are always welcome!
Mornings:
Sunday 8:15, hybrid
Monday, Thursday 7:15, hybrid
Tuesday, Wednesday 8:00, Zoom
Friday, 7:15 Zoom
Evenings: Monday through Thursday at 5:45 on Zoom.
Beginning Monday, March 14, evening minyan will start at 5:30pm.
*Hybrid means come in person if you can, or join us on Zoom.

Calendars

February 2022

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 / Tea & Torah / TT	2 / Wed. Wisdom / Mussar Class	3 / TT	4 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	5 / Shabbat School / Matchilim
6	7	8 / Tea & Torah / TT	9 / Wed. Wisdom / Confronting Racism	10 / TT	11 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	12 / Shabbat School / Matchilim / Ha-video-dallah
13	14	15 / Tea & Torah / TT	16 / Wed. Wisdom / Mussar Class	17 / TT	18 / Social Justice Shabbaton / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	19 / Shabbat School / Matchilim
20	21	22 / Tea & Torah / TT	23 / Wed. Wisdom	24 / TT	25 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	26 / Shabbat School / Matchilim
27	28

Healing House Week

Calendars

March 2022

Sun / Talmud Torah / Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 / Tea & Torah / TT	2 / Wed. Wisdom / Mussar Class	3 / TT	4 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	5 / Shabbat School / Matchilim
6	7	8 / No Tea & Torah / TT	9 / No Wed. Wisdom or Confronting Racism	10 / TT	11 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	12 / Shabbat School / Matchilim / Ha-Video-Dallah
13	14	15 / Tea & Torah / TT	16 / No Wed. Wisdom or Mussar Class / BIC Purim Party & Megillah Reading	17 / Chag Sameach Purim! / TT	18 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	19 / Shabbat School / Matchilim
20	21	22 / Tea & Torah / TT	23 / Wed. Wisdom	24 / TT	25 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	26 / Shabbat School / Matchilim
27	28	29 / Tea & Torah / NO TT	30 / Wed. Wisdom	31 / Tea & Torah / NO TT

April 2022

Sun / Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1 / Pesach VI / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	2
3	4	5 / Tea & Torah / TT	6 / Wed. Wisdom / Mussar Class	7 / TT	8 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	9 / Shabbat School / Matchilim / Ha-Video-Dallah
10	11	12 / Tea & Torah / TT	13 / Wed. Wisdom / Confronting Racism	14 / TT	15 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	16 / Pesach I / Shabbat School / Matchilim
17 / Pesach II	18 / Pesach III	19 / Pesach III / Tea & Torah / TT	20 / Pesach IV / Wed. Wisdom / Mussar Class	21 / Pesach V / TT	22 / Pesach VI / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	23 / Pesach VII / Shabbat School / Matchilim
24	25	26 / Tea & Torah / TT	27 / Wed. Wisdom	28 / TT	29 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services

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Feb./March/April Candle Lighting Times

Shabbat Parasha Candle Lighting Shabbat Ends
Feb 4/5 Terumah 4:56pm 5:58pm
Feb 11/12 Tetzaveh 5:05pm 6:07pm
Feb 18/19 Ki Tisa 5:14pm 6:16pm
Feb 25/26 Vayakhel 5:23pm 6:25pm
March 4/5 Pekudei 5:32pm 6:34pm
March 11/12 Vayikra 5:41pm 6:43pm
March 18/19 Tzav 6:49pm 7:51pm
March 25/26 Shmini 6:57pm 7:59pm
April 1/2 Tazria 7:06pm 8:07pm
April 8/9 Metzora 7:14pm 8:15pm
April 15/16 Pesach I 7:22pm 8:23pm
April 22/23 Pesach VIII 7:30pm 8:32pm
April 29/30 Achrei Mot 7:38pm 8;40pm
Holidays
Pesach I 8:24pm
Pesach VI 7:29pm

The following pages contain a record of the memorial and tribute gifts made to Beth Israel Center from October through December. We are so grateful to each donor. Every gift makes it possible for us to create a community that is alive with celebration, learning, prayer and tikkun olam. Todah Rabbah!

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