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Nov / Dec / Jan 2021-22

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
NEW Fall 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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Welcoming Interfaith Families
Welcome and inclusivity are important to us at BIC. We continue to learn how to help all of our members and their loved ones feel at home in our kahal. We want to know how we can foster a greater sense of comfort and belonging for all members of interfaith households and their guests at BIC. We hope to build from the experiences and interests of our interfaith families. If you are interested in being part of a group conversation about interfaith welcome and support, please join Rabbi Forester at 9:45am on Sunday, November 7. If you are not able to attend in person, please let us know and we’ll provide Zoom access.
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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 of grief and dislocation and apply our learning when better times come.
Nowhere has our learning been more profound than when our loved ones have died, and Shiva was reduced to the barest essential, which is this: People are mourning. When they are sitting Shiva, they need a community to help them hold and process their loss. When we could not go to Shiva homes in person, we found that we could still provide the essential care that Jewish People have given one another for centuries: showing up and giving our full attention to those who are grieving, giving them space to process their loss--whether by speaking or sitting quietly, hearing others’ stories of their loved ones, or emoting. In fact, we found that we often offered mourners more of the kind of attention they needed than we had before the pandemic.
We came to understand that what is most essential about Shiva is offering our mindful presence to the mourners. We saw how, for most people, the first week after burying a loved one was disorienting and exhausting, and we felt the power of sitting quietly with them and taking our cues from them. Verbal responses were offered one person at a time, while everyone else remained at attention. This happened because it had to (on Zoom), but it actually rebirthed the traditional shiva practices that help mourners move forward.
We were not accustomed to sitting quietly and waiting for the mourners to lead the way. We grew in our ability to offer our presence to mourners without mingling over food and lighter conversation, as we often did before “Zoom Shivas.” We missed the kugel, bagels, and rugelach and the distraction of catching up with friends. As time went on, we began to question the wisdom of transforming the saddest moments in people’s lives into social events where, more often than not, the mourners became hosts and we became guests, night after night.
How grateful we are to be able to begin supporting one another during Shiva in person and not only on Zoom, even if masked. We now have an opportunity to apply our learning to improve our practice. It will take time to cultivate new practices. It mayfeel awkward and uncomfortable, and that is okay. Facing grief and loss is difficult. But sadly, we have had a lot of practice, and that will help.
Over the past several months, I have had the privilege of working with a team of our members to develop new systems for providing support to mourners without the pressure of hosting groups of visitors. We planto provide meals for the mourners so that when visitors come, they can focus their attention on offering comfort, with gifts of presence rather than quiche.
Our Nichum Aveilim (Comforting Mourners) team includes members who know our kahal well and mental health professionals who will help us learn about providing comfort and support.
We are grateful to Daniel Goldman for leading our first learning session on Nichum Aveilim (Comforting Mourners/Shifting Shiva), at our recent Kolot Kehilah program. My d’var Torah for parashat Hayyei Sarah (on October 30) expanded on the reasons behind this initiative, and I hope you will attend the upcoming learning sessions on Nov. 21 and Dec. 19 to explore further how best to offer emotional support during Shiva.
I promise to guide us through the shifts with patience and care. I urge you to share questions and concerns with me. I look forward to growing together and serving one another better and better.
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. This year, I am drawn to the following pasuk:
יֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה. אֱלֹהִ֔ים לֹא־ט֛וֹב הֱי֥וֹת הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְבַדּ֑וֹ אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לּ֥וֹ עֵ֖זֶר כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ׃
God said, “It is not good for man to be alone; I will make a fitting helper for him.” Our tradition teaches that from the very beginning of our existence as humans, even in Eden, we needed help. Some commentators, such as Rambam, understand this verse as referring to our participation in the on-going act of creation. But I prefer Ibn Ezra’s interpretation that we do better together, with others, with helpers.
On Shabbat Beresheit, Rabbi Betsy chanted Haftorah, Beth ran Shabbat School, Deb taught and ensured the volunteer kiddush crew she recruited were creating a communal kiddush lunch, and Elissa, while technically off duty, helped with the tables and chairs used outside for kiddush lunch. Sarah happened to be away this Shabbat morning, but she made sure the sound system was on, the weekly yahrzeit list ready to read, and other helpful things.
As our Finance VP Marci Katz often reminds us, our staff are the lifeblood of our shul. They are the helpers without whom we cannot, like Adam, do more than the basics, and their work is woven into every aspect of our communal Jewish life. When congregants share with me what made an event special, or a service meaningful, or a program successful, I hear about our staff. We know how fortunate we are to have them as our helpers.
For the nearly 10 years I have been on the Board of Directors, we have repeatedly affirmed the value of our staff and recognize we are rarely in a financial position to do as much for them as we’d like. Most of our staff are part-time, in some cases because we can not support full-time salaries. Many times our part-time staff work full-time hours because that is what is needed to do well by the kahal.
The Board has identified the need for an endowment large enough to support meaningful increases in staff salaries, because our fiscally conservative annual operating budget does not. The development committee determined that increasing our endowments by $1.2 million would provide needed support for short and long term staffing needs. $1.2 million would double our current endowment portfolio.
Therefore, it is with boundless joy and gratitude that I share with you that we recently received a substantial bequest, the terms of which require us to do exactly what we’ve determined we need to do: increase our endowment to support staff salaries and growth. The bequest, worth almost $590,000, comes from the Sinaiko family, historic pillars of Madison’s Jewish community.
Every donation to our endowments contributes to our long-term vitality. The bequest in memory of Charles M. Smith, husband of Clara Sinaiko Smith (z”l) and a son-in-law of Samuel and Jennie Sinaiko (z”l), comes at a fortuitous time as we are in the early planning stages for an endowment campaign that will celebrate our first 75 years and set us up for a bright future.
I can’t think of a better way to renew our commitment to the values of our kahal than building up our endowment so that we can appropriately compensate our helpers. Watch for more information about our 75th Anniversary celebrations.
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 2, 1944, Lt. Arnold E. Simon was killed in action, serving his country in World War II. He was 19. The son of Emmanuel and Elva Simon,
Arnold was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for heroism, as well as a Purple Heart.
In 19XX, while Emmanuel was serving as Beth Israel Center’s first president, the Simon family chose to further honor Arnold’s memory by dedicating a classroom at Beth Israel Center.
Prior to our transformative renovation in 2014, the plaque pictured here was on the door of the classroom at the far (west) end of the hall, which was also called the Israel Room.
This same plaque now hangs in a classroom, newly dubbed the Arnold E. Simon Room, thanks to a significant gift from Arnold’s sister, Mollybelle Berish.
Mollybelle’s rededication of a classroom illustrates the importance of
to rededicate the classroom so that the Simon family’s legacy and her brother’s memory and sacrifice would continue to be honored.
Portia Paradise died in 2014
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 classroom communities face to face.
Please join me in welcoming -- and welcoming back -- our loving and talented faculty:
Noam Scheepens - Kitot Gan/Alef (Kindergarten and 1st grade)
Elissa Hoffman - Kitah Bet (2nd grade)
Noa Okner and Ethan Sharp - Kitot Gimel/Dalet (3rd and 4th grade)
Hilda Fine and Aly Orvis - Kitah Hey (5th grade)
Azariah Horowitz - Kitah Vav (6th grade)
Zach Masa-Myers - Kitah Zayin (7th grade)
Deborah Hoffman - Shabbat Morning Program

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:
December 5
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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Our Sunday morning speaker series continues with Daniel Goldman presenting the first in a series of congregational learning opportunities about comforting mourners. He will speak about the range of needs that individuals may have in the week following a funeral and begin to explore how our community can best support those needs. Rabbi Betsy will also speak briefly about how we hope to improve our practices, setting the stage for upcoming learning sessions on Sundays October 31 and November 21. Mark your calendars and watch for details.
In his 15 years as a clinical therapist, Daniel has worked with a broad range of human development and experience, ranging from childhood to end of life. Formally trained in several evidence-based psychotherapies, he has a wealth of clinical experience to share.
Our morning begins with a special brunch with a menu inspired by the topic. Expect comfort food!
The conversation will continue so we can all participate in supporting each other in the most helpful ways. See Rabbi Betsy’s column on page 2 for more context about the Nichum Avelium initiative.

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

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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.

Fabric & Clothing Donations Needed for Afghan Women
In an effort to support the Afghan women who have recently arrived at Fort McCoy in Sparta, Wis., we are collecting new and like-new fabric and sewing accessories. The women at Fort McCoy have been busy making clothes for themselves and for their families and are so grateful for the donations that have already arrived. What is needed now?
MORE FABRIC: All lengths, colors and weights, including remnants. Pieces that are at least 3 yards long are the most useful.
NOTIONS OF ALL KINDS: Thread, needles, scissors, elastic, buttons, tape measures, etc.
Please feel free to reach out to your friends and neighbors as well. All contributions should be dropped off on Cynthia Hirsch’s porch at 611 South Prospect in Madison anytime of the day until 5:00 pm on November 5. Then we will deliver the car loads to Fort McCoy. If you do not have fabric stashed away to donate, please feel free to purchase fabric and notions locally and drop it off.
On behalf of this group of Wisconsin’s recent arrivals, thank you for helping us to warmly welcome them.
Christmas Dinner at Safe Haven: Wednesday, Dec. 22
As we have in recent years, Beth Israel Center volunteers will provide a festive Christmastime dinner for guests at Safe Haven, Porchlight's day shelter for our homeless and mentally ill neighbors--this year on Wednesday, December 22. As the date gets nearer we'll get out the word about what tasks we need done. Please watch for details.
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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 two weeks are December 19-25 and February 13-19. For more information, email socialjustice@ bethisraelcenter.org or contact Sally Jones at 608-335-5303.

Yahrzeits
26 Cheshvan / Nov 1
Ella Glass
Neal Loeb
David Zaichick
Noah Hershkowitz
Bertha Rubin
27 Cheshvan / Nov 2
Joseph Vein
Daniel Goldstein
Frank Quick
Solomon Volpiansky
Ida Weinstein
28 Cheshvan / Nov 3
Fannie Sweet
Tova Shabtaie
Fritz Gutmann
Sarah Sweet
29 Cheshvan / Nov 4
Ann Rock
Eliezer Yona Shelef
Martin Kaufman
Pinie Morgensteren
Milton Slavney
David Root
Rachel Dworetzky
Dov Schwartz
Beatrice Feit
Pearl Balkansky
1 Kislev / Nov 5
Sam Onheiber
Ivan Lavine
Abraham Nathenson
2 Kislev / Nov 6
David Silverman
Eleanor Onheiber
Roger Alain de Laix
Sam Levin
Aaron Slavney
3 Kislev / Nov 7
Abraham M. Wolfson
Geneva Boissonnault
Morris Root
Daniel D Alexander
Joseph W. Epstein
Isaac Kanter
4 Kislev / Nov 8
Max Meister
Isadore Goldstein
Rachel Recht
Betty Lewis
Yahrzeits
5 Kislev / Nov 9
Maurice Silverman
Lizzie Silverman
Cara Hoffert
6 Kislev / Nov 10
Sol Frank
Earl Gladstein
Rebecca Rosenberg
7 Kislev / Nov 11
Alfred Barth
Tibor Lax
Sam Lewis
Alex Swartz
8 Kislev / Nov 12
Lorraine Borsuk
Leonard Baumblatt
9 Kislev / Nov 13
Henry Rosenberg
Stanley Cohen
10 Kislev / Nov 14
Julius Mintz
Rose Sweet
Louis Rodman
Irving Maydeck
Ida Andrusier Schwartz
11 Kislev / Nov 15
Peter Druch
Sam Waisman
Morris Frank
Morris Lazar
12 Kislev / Nov 16
Emanuel "Muni" Mark
Jake Temkin
13 Kislev / Nov 17
Theodore Hirschfeld
Dorothy Lerner
14 Kislev / Nov 18
Herman Richey
Pauline Rosenthal
Clara Shapiro
Renata Laxova
David Friedman
15 Kislev / Nov 19
Ida Chudacoff
Isadore Schuster
Irwin Sokol
Yahrzeits
16 Kislev / Nov 20
Arnold Simon
Fannie Battalen
17 Kislev / Nov 21
Esther Zatlin
Herman Cohen
Susanne Gellman
Pola Gordon
18 Kislev / Nov 22
Julia Cotton Grunes
Celia Borenstein
Louis Gross
Ann Siegel
19 Kislev / Nov 23
Jacob Meyer Schwam
Isabella Rosen
20 Kislev / Nov 24
Marie Mocny
Ida F Schrank
Rebecca Hart
21 Kislev / Nov 25
Clara Novick
Louis Kaufman
Morris Schackter
Bernardo Morgensteren
Dov Morgensteren
Franya Sobotka
22 Kislev / Nov 26
Daniel Wiener
Faith Meissner Macke
Lee Gollman
Judy Landau Domagalla
Sarah Klitsner
23 Kislev / Nov 27
Dorothy Miller
Sampson L. Myers
Morris Schwab
Arthur L Alpert
Akiva Temkin
Menashe Lazimy
24 Kislev / Nov 28
Jerome Berson
Judge S.B. Schein
Yahrzeits
Yahrzeits
25 Kislev / Nov 29
Leah Sweet
Evelyn Friedman
Regina Grunes Gordon
June Schlossberg
Nathan Pressman
Estelle Lewis
26 Kislev / Nov 30
Leon Feingold
Cynthia Von Klingler
Harry Zitowsky
27 Kislev / Dec 1
Melvin Gutmann
Dora Jacobson
Jesse Battalen
Regina Charon
Leo Sulman
Joseph Beitel
28 Kislev / Dec 2
Max J. Victor
Edward Soref
Max J. Victor
Jane Wolman
Bessie Schwab
Jane Larson
Harry Silver
29 Kislev / Dec 3
Abraham J. Rosenberg
Yehoshua Zaichick
30 Kislev / Dec 4
Miriam Joselewitz
Phillip Kaplan
1 Tevet / Dec 5
Josephine Dodd
Frieda Borenstein
Charles Smith
Isadore Kosowsky
2 Tevet / Dec 6
William Bloom
Martha Skloot
3 Tevet / Dec 7
Bart Green
Phillip Becker
Max Sklar
Harry Sweet
Sol Goldstein
Yahrzeits
4 Tevet / Dec 8
Tova Magness
Leila Kniaz
Eva L. Moss
Oscar Karp
5 Tevet / Dec 9
Sylvia Minnie Wein
Esther Shapiro
Ruth Beitel
Shirley Abrahamson
Gordon Wein
Augusta Schackter
Golda Rasha Jacoby
Nancy Nadler
George Arfa
6 Tevet / Dec 10
Lorraine Pollock
Harry Wigonitz
Alvin Lorber
Abraham Joselewitz
7 Tevet / Dec 11
Sylvia Burns Gotautis
Irving Rudin
Richard Max Katz
8 Tevet / Dec 12
M. David Wolman
Fanny Cherkas
9 Tevet / Dec 13
Michael Schrank
Helen Karp
Gertrude Steinberger
Oscar Bentley
Ben Wein
Natasha S Deutsch
Sam Schuster
10 Tevet / Dec 14
Sarah Frankel
Louis Stein
Thelma Goren
Abraham Paster
Rudolph Becker
Herman Mack
Russell Pollock
Bruce Lundquist
11 Tevet / Dec 15
Lydia Kniaz
Bessie Ruttenberg
Carl Schlam
Frances Spitz
Grace Burstein
Yahrzeits
12 Tevet / Dec 16
Rebecca Greenwald
Bella Radbil
13 Tevet / Dec 17
Moshe Yaskow Temkin
Shaine Rochel Temkin
Oscar Mazursky
Daniel Sheiffer
Sushie Hershkowitz
Hyman C Shapiro
Herman Stein
Rose Heifetz
14 Tevet / Dec 18
Eric Paskin
Martin Deutschkron
Celia Temkin
Abraham Blumenfeld
15 Tevet / Dec 19
Peggy Schulman
Paul Stein
Frank Melnik
16 Tevet / Dec 20
Sophie Sweet
Ida Paley
Raymond Lassen
Abraham Sweet
Larry Mazursky
Arthur Bernard Figler
17 Tevet / Dec 21
Esther Sweet Frank
Frank Cohen
Sam Picus
Louis Abraham Terman
Rose Argand
Helen Herson Sinagub
18 Tevet / Dec 22
Sayde Schackter
Nehama Grant Kaufman
Moshe Yaakov Temkin
Bessie Ottenstein
Sayde Schackter
19 Tevet / Dec 23
Debra Friedman
Libby Sweet
Benjamin Heifetz
Patricia Mary Johnson
Abraham Freedman
Yahrzeits
20 Tevet / Dec 24
Al Goldstein
Benjamin Rappaport
Louis Paley
Eva Jacobsohn
Joseph D Wolman
21 Tevet / Dec 25
Harry Schiff
Bess Mullin Wexler
Herbert Hirsch
Libby Burstein
Celia Sweet
Roslyn Hindell
Anna Kneller
Sidney Sweet
Zehavah bat Shmuel v'Hannah
Pauline M Switzky
Nathan Bornstein
Anne Newburg Remis
Zlota Leah Goodman
Rose Sweet
Harold Weber
24 Tevet / Dec 28
Jack Haus
Euruchim Epstein
Henry Gurevich
Fannie Ruskin
Pearl England
George Vidaver
25 Tevet / Dec 29
Ronald Jacobs
Frances Mann
Ethel Latinsky
Kitty Katz
Tillie Yaskal
Albert Schain
26 Tevet / Dec 30
Aaron Urkofsky
27 Tevet / Dec 31
Herman Goldstein
Edwin Miner
Myer Littky
Yahrzeits
28 Tevet / Jan 1
Irma Heifetz
Helen Stark
Alexander Katz
Ben F. Sweet
Paul E Macke
Abe Radbil
Jerome Kaufman
Arnold Luterman
Portia Paradise
Carol Bregman
1 Shevat / Jan 3
Alma Frank
Louis Kaplan
Aaron J Gellman
Mollie Paley Finn
Nell Pekarsky
2 Shevat / Jan 4
Leo Stark
Pearl Springberg
Henry Weiss
William Sweet
3 Shevat / Jan 5
Bernice Kliebard
Tilly Nathenson
4 Shevat / Jan 6
Bernice Wechsler
Sam Sweet
Phyllis Levinthal
5 Shevat / Jan 7
Akiyasu Kitano
Melvin Comins
Anita Messerman
Wolf Mintz
6 Shevat / Jan 8
Harold Blank
Shirley Volpiansky
Simon Katz
7 Shevat / Jan 9
Sylvia Temkin
Bernard I. Kaplan
Sidney Skom
Shirley Schuster
8 Shevat / Jan 10
Frieda Greenwald
Harry Z. Sweet
Yahrzeits
9 Shevat / Jan 11
Etta Daitch
Hyman Silverstein
Yetta Moskowitz
10 Shevat / Jan 12
John H. Morrison
Harold E. Factor
Jack Rosenthal
Ethel Shovers
Lois Lewis
Lois Lashley
11 Shevat / Jan 13
Reva Moss
Abraham Hershkowitz
Minnie Slavney
David Perlman
12 Shevat / Jan 14
Louis Coppersmith
Arthur Moss
Martin Steinberger
13 Shevat / Jan 15
David Sweet
Jacob Sweet
Morris Greenberg
Yetta Slafer
Ruth Hill
14 Shevat / Jan 16
Esther Feldman
Natalie Borenstein
Ella Hirschfeld
Samuel Swartz
Joseph P. Holman
Miriam Weinman
15 Shevat / Jan 17
Max Weiner
Hilda Mirkin
16 Shevat / Jan 18
Grete Baum
Paul Hoffert
17 Shevat / Jan 19
Morris Gould
Gilbert Schreiber
Marsha Schwartz
Susan Frances de Laix
Belle Sweet
Avery Krashen
Yahrzeits
18 Shevat / Jan 20
Chisha Paley
May Rosenthal
Everett Howard Karon
Benjamin Greenberg
19 Shevat / Jan 21
Harvey Johnson
Erving Haber
Rachel Bleiweiss
20 Shevat / Jan 22
Lena Adler
Jerry Shapiro
Isaac Cohen
Benny Kopelberg
Benjamin G. Wendroff
Barnet Nathenson
21 Shevat / Jan 23
Jean Goldman
Harold Borenstein
George Shapiro
Francis Geller
Iver Karp
Samuel Lande
Helen Temkin
Morris Mirkin
Anne Lazar
22 Shevat / Jan 24
Jean Kobylarz
23 Shevat / Jan 25
Jerome Onheiber
Mollie Cohen Paster
Bernard Harris
24 Shevat / Jan 26
Alfred Kadushin
Ester Kooba
Edith Arfa Brod
Sarah Gevirman
William Swartz
25 Shevat / Jan 27
Edward Ben Elson
Bob Lerner
Ci Stein
Millicent Dachman
Kate Klong
Bella Groynom Swack
Yahrzeits
26 Shevat / Jan 28
Shoshana Goodman
Eliezer Wein
Harry Bleiweiss
Martin Otto Heisler
Dollie Schuckit
Howard Yaskal
27 Shevat / Jan 29
Esther Pover
David S. Mazur
Jacob Yaskal
Hyman Daniels
William Hawkins
Rubin Schwartzstein
Phil Kapell
28 Shevat / Jan 30
Matthew Fields
M.A. Bradkofsky
Hannah Weinstein Cohen
Joseph Sweet
Anne Layton
29 Shevat / Jan 31
Murray Rodman
Louis Sweet
Helena Siroky
Howard Temin
Saul Tobin
Jerry Kaplan
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זכרונם לברכה
Beth Israel Center maintains a database of Yahrzeit observances for members and some former members.
The people 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.

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:: Matt Banks, Harvey Barash, Meredie Cohen, Mark Copelovitch, Esther Criscuola de Laix, Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, Susie Drazen, Yonah Drazen, Rick Ezell, Bob Factor, Rabbi Betsy Forester, Aaron Friedman, Josh Garoon, Jaime Goldberg, Daniel Goldman, Rabbi Judy Greenberg, Leslie Greenspan, Anna Heifetz, Si Hellerstein, Deborah Hoffman, Bill Karasov, Sara Karon, Erica Kesin Richmond, Steve Kessler, Daniel Levitin, Ruth Litovsky, Jonah Loeb, Don Miner, Marina Orio, Jon Pollack, Mike Pressman, David Resnick, Aaron Rock-Singer, Nate Rudin, Bill Schwab, Sion Shabtaie, Karen Shevet Dinah, Bob Skloot, Jeanne Swack, Dan Stolz, 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

Seize the Yom — Sukkot is just around the corner!
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.

Summer Fun in the Sun!

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!

Join our BIC outdoor lovers for more activities in August and September!
Blooms & Butterflies at Schuster’s Farm - Sunday morning, August 8
Union Terrace Meet-Up - Thursday, August 12
Boating on Lake Wingra - Sunday morning, August 15
Twilight Paddle at full moon on Lake Wingra - Thursday evening, August 19
Monroe Street Farmers Market Meet-up - Sunday, August 29
Apple Picking - Sunday morning, September 12
Watch your email for details!

Mazal Tov to...

Sophie Rosen and Jared Cohen, and grandparents Diane Seder and Bruce Rosen on the birth of Maya Idabelle Rosen.

Condolences to the families of...

Mohtaran Simani, sister of Rahmat (Mary) Simani,
Colleen Fern Wallis, mother in-law of Steve Sheiffer, and mother to Steve’s wife, Jennifer.
Annette Nager, grandmother of Jennie (Matt) Edes-Pierotti, great-grandmother of Amira and Josh, and mother of Sherry Diamond (Kevin Martini-Fuller).

Memorial & Tribute Gifts

The following pages contain a record of the memorial and tribute gifts made to Beth Israel Center between early July through September. 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
Hilda Barash from Eva Barash Eiseman
David Schwab from Laeh Grant
Rose Ann Karan from Val Karan
Alfred A. & Lois Frank Congregational Life Fund
in honor of
Marsha Cohen scaling Mt. Sherman after two knee replacments. from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
in memory of
Mohtaran Simani from Michael Pressman & Marsha Cohen
Norton Gahr from Samuel Moss
Jeremiah Sternberger from Sherry Hirschfeld
Art Fund
in memory of
Joan Stephenson from Adam & Aphra Mednick
Building Capital Fund
in memory of
all the Goldshtern and Brandt yahrtzeits from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Annette Nager from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Coleman M. Slavney from Phillip Slavney
Building Maintenance Fund
in honor of
Si Hellerstein on his special birthday from Sherry Hirschfeld
in memory of
Harry Hirschfeld from Sherry Hirschfeld
Herman Goldstein Fund
in memory of
Harry, Esther and Gary Sweet from Rose Heide
Joseph Rossman from Sherry Hirschfeld
General Fund
from Jordan Ellenberg & Tanya Schlam
from Mark Malkin
from Steven Morrison & Goldie Kadushin
in honor of
the birth of the Seder-Rosen’s granddaughter Maya Idabella from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
in memory of
Esther Lewis from Arnold & Sharon Ruben
Pat Cohler from Bill & Jill Boissonnault
our parents, Sarra and Mark from Boris & Marina Vykhodets
Israel Eser Basson, Rose Burstein Basson, Theodore D. Passon, Mela Lubochinski and Dr. Sarah Mager Grajower from Fay Nager
Annette Nager from Jaime Goldberg
Colleen Fern Wallis from Jaime Goldberg
Herman Lazarov from Larry & Jean Landweber
Hyman Landweber from Larry & Jean Landweber
Dr. Renata Laxova from Lisa Glinski
Ralph & Charlotte Musin from Mark Musin
Ted Aron from Miriam Aron
Louie Wein from Nancy & Loretta Wein
Samuel Springberg from Peter Springberg & Lynnette Jung-Springberg
Nathan Borenstein from Phyllis Eisenberg
Betty Rozenfeld from Russ & Susan Shafer-Landau
Mona Schwab from Sherry Diamond
Theodore Jellinek from Steve & Bobbie Jellinek
Annette Nager from Steve & Bobbie Jellinek
Jack Portnoy from Stuart & Marilyn Cooper
in appreciation for
receiving an honor on Rosh Hashanah from Glenn Garoon
recent aliyot from Miriam Aron
Herman Goldstein Fund
Get Well
Leah and Raymond Kessel from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Francie Smith Saposnik from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
High Holiday Greetings
in appreciation
of the synagogue and Rabbi Forester from William & Barbara Spitz
Holman/Weisbard Fund for Adult Jewish Learning
in honor of
Francie Dundore, Jaime Goldberg,and Anna Heifetz becoming sh'lichei tzibbur during the pandemic from Rabbi Betsy Forester
Si Hellerstein's special birthday from Rabbi Betsy Forester
in memory of
Ruth Oster Weisbard from Alan Weisbard
Rose Schain from William & Barbara Spitz
Jake Heifetz Fund
in memory of
Henry Karpe from David Karpe & Julita Jankowska
Julius Mintz fund
in memory of
Vivian & Albert Daniels from Barbara Beyer
Marvin Eisenberg, Julius Mintz, Lubey Mintz, Sam & Ida Paley, Marshall Mintz, Minnie & Isadore Eisenberg, Herman & Mollie Fortgang, Rose & Bina Frey, Benjamin Moshe & Hyman Paley, Fruma Zalchick, Abe & Sarah Mintz, Mollie & Milton Finn, Belle & Joe Liebovich, Anne & Ted Matsoff, and Sheldon Liebovich from Phyllis Eisenberg
Cantor Leo Fettman from Phyllis Eisenberg
Martin & Serene Mazor Kiddush Fund
in honor of
Josh Gabai and Hannah Green for their engagement and new home from Kazu Kitano
Jessica Goerling for her conversion from Kazu Kitano
in memory of
Harry & Bertha Friedman from Judi Nelson Stern
Serene & Martin Mazor, Goldie Kniaz Kruglak and Harry Kniaz from Lorna Mazor Kniaz
Prayerbook and Ritual Objects Fund
in honor of
Sol Zaichek's special birthday from Rabbi Betsy Forester
in memory of
Anna Blumenfeld and Benjamin Weinstein from Sol & Corlie Blumenfeld
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
from Mitch & Sharon Rapkin
in memory of
Miriam Leah Siroky from Livia Asher
Annette Nager from Livia Asher
Rae Rapkin from Sharon and Mitch Rapkin
in appreciation
of Rabbi Forester's kindness from Sherry Diamond
Rabbi’s Endowed Chair Fund
from Aaron & Dawn Frank
Rosenberg Library Fund
in memory of
Claire Swartz from David & Susan Fish
Gilbert Rosenberg from Lyn Rosenberg
Shirley Epstein Kitchen Supplies Fund
in memory of
Claire Swartz from Joel Marcus & Judith Swartz Marcus
Shirely Epstein from Larry Epstein
Norman Zaichick from Sol Zaichick
Shimini Atzeret Yizkor
from Stuart & Marilyn Goldberg
in memory of
Rabbi Gary Diamond from Matthew & Jennie Edes-Pierotti
Daniel and Judith Pierotti Social Justice Fund
in honor of
Judy Pierotti’s birthday from Livia Asher
Judy Pierotti's birthday from Arlene Klavins
the engagement of Francie Smith Saposnik’s granddaughter, Gili Kirschen from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Cynthia Hirsh on behalf of Jerry Witkovsky and Deanna Shoss from International Talk Inc.
the birth of Bruce Rosen & Diane Seder's grandchild from Judy Pierotti
in memory of
Naomi Susan Sinagub from Jonathan Sinagub
Annette Nager from Judy Pierotti
Roy Anderson, Joann Murray Anderson, Leta Anderson and Naomi Kessler from Stephen Kessler & Donna Anderson
Belle Spitz from William & Barbara Spitz
Talmud Torah Fund
from Boris & Marina Vykhodets
in honor of
Simon's Bar Mitzvah from Adam & Aphra Mednick
The Copelovitch Family from Kenneth & Susan Cohn
in memory of
Ethel Battalen Goldstein from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Ethel Fine Plen and Faye Amdur from Hilda Fine
Annette Nager from Jane, Roy, Ella & Jacob Diamond and Michael Heifetz & Michelle Minkus amd Nana, Roy, Ella & Jacob Diamond
Adolf Weinshel Torah Repair & Maintenance Fund
in honor of
the birth of Reme Ottenstein, grandaughter of Jay & Kathy, great-grandaughter of Sandie Ottenstein. from Eric & Debbie Alden
Yashar Ko'ach to Sara Karon on her D'var Torah on Ki Tetze from Bruce Thomadsen & Louise Goldstein
Yom Kippur Yizkor
from Mitch & Sharon Rapkin
Youth Fund
in honor of
Judith Rubin from Perry & Sara Kivolowitz

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:
November 13 at 5:16pm
December 11 at 5:04pm
January 8 at 5:22pm
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 5:30 on Zoom
*Hybrid means come in person if you can, or join us on Zoom.

Calendars

November 2021

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1	2 / Tea & Torah / TT	3 / Wed. Wisdom	4 / TT	5 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	6 / Shabbat School / Matchilim
7 / Welcoming / Interfaith Families Conversation	8	9 / Tea & Torah / TT	10 / Wed. Wisdom / Confronting Racism	11 / TT	12 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	13 / Shabbat School / Matchilim / Ha-video-dallah
14	15	16 / Tea & Torah / TT	17 / Wed. Wisdom / Mussar Class	18 / TT	19 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	20 / Jessica Goerling Bat Mitzvah / Shabbat School / Matchilim
21	22	23 / Tea & Torah / NO TT	24 / Wed. Wisdom	25 / Office Closed / NO TT	26 / Office Closed / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	27 / NO Matchilim / NO Shabbat School
28 / Hanukkah I	29 / Hanukkah II	30 / Tea & Torah / TT / Hanukkah Party / Hanukkah III

Calendars

December 2021

Sun / Talmud Torah / Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 / Hanukkah IV	2 / TT / Hanukkah V	3 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services / Hanukkah VI	4 / Hanukkah VII
5 / Yom Rishon / Hanukkah VIII	6	7 / Tea & Torah / TT	8 / Wed. Wisdom / Confronting Racism	9 / TT	10 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	11 Shabbat School Matchilim / Ha-video-dallah / MOUSY/Kadima Movie Night
12	13	14 / Tea & Torah / TT	15 / Wed. Wisdom / Mussar Class	16 / TT	17 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	18 / Last Shabbat School
19	20	21 / Tea & Torah	22 / Wed. Wisdom	23	24 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	25
26	27	28 / Tea & Torah	29 / Wed. Wisdom	30	31 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services

Healing House Week

January 2022

Sun / Talmud Torah / Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1 / NO Matchilim / NO Shabbat School
2	3	4 / Tea & Torah	5 / Centerite Deadline / Wed. Wisdom / Mussar Class	6	7 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	8 / Shabbat School / Matchilim / Ha-video-Dallah
9 / MOUSY Program	10	11 / Tea & Torah	12 / Wed. Wisdom	13	14 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	15 / Shabbat School / Matchilim
16	17 / Office Closed / MLK Youth / Service Day	18 / Tea & Torah	19 / Wed. Wisdom / Mussar Class	20	21 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	22 / Shabbat School / Matchilim
23	24	25 / Tea & Torah	26 / Wed. Wisdom	27	28 / 5:00 schmooze / 5:45 services	29 / Shabbat School / Matchilim
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Nov/Dec/Jan Candle Lighting Times

Shabbat Parasha Candle Lighting Shabbat Ends
Nov 5/6 Toldot 5:26pm 6:27pm
Nov 12-13 Vayetzei 4:18pm 5:20pm
Nov 19/20 Vayishlach 4:12pm 5:15pm
Nov 26/27 Vayeshev 4:07pm 5:12pm
Dec 3/4 Miketz 4:05pm 5:10pm
Dec 10/11 Vayigash 4:04pm 5:10pm
Dec 17/18 Vayechi 4:05pm 5:12pm
Dec 24/25 Shemot 4:09pm 5:16pm
Dec 31/Jan 1 Vaera 4:14pm 5:21pm
Oct 8/9 Bo 4:21pm 5:27pm
Oct 15/16 Beshalach 4:29pm 5:35pm
Oct 22/23 Yitro 4:37pm 5:43pm
Oct 29/30 Mishpatim 4:46pm 5:51pm
Hanukkah
Nov 28 Hanukkah - 1 Candle 4:56pm
Nov 29 Hanukkah - 2 Candles 4:56pm
Nov 30 Hanukkah - 3 Candles 4:56pm
Dec 1 Hanukkah - 4 Candles 4:56pm
Dec 2 Hanukkah - 5 Candles 4:55pm
Dec 3 Hanukkah - 6 Candles 4:05pm
Dec 4 Hanukkah - 7 Candles 5:10pm
Dec 5 Hanukkah - 8 Candles 4:55pm

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.

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