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The Shalom
February 2015/5775
Oseh Shalom’s Monthly Newsletter
Rabbi Doug Heifetz
Cantor Charlie Bernhardt
Executive Director Barry Nove
Religious School Director Renee Richards
Volume 48 No. 6
Content Highlights
Rabbi Heifetz’s Monthly Word
Dear Hevre,
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Rabbi’s Monthly Word
Welcome to our new format for The Shalom, our
monthly newsletter. We owe a thank you to Barry
Nove, our Executive Director, for his good research
and outreach to relaunch The Shalom with improved
layout and print style. Even more important than the
stylistic improvement, we’re now sending this issue to
you--our members--by U.S. mail, instead of primarily
electronically. We hope to make this a permanent
change, to better connect with our community.
2
Letter from the President
2
From the Executive
Director’s Desk
3
News from the Religious
School Director
4
Hoops Mania & Scrip
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Film Series
In recent issues of The Shalom, I've begun to publish pieces of my
"Rabbi's Suggested Vision Statement & Commentary". The document
supplements some of the ideas developing in our synagogue Vision
Process in recent months. Last month I published a section on
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Shabbat Lunch & Learn
From the Editor & Executive Director
Continued on page 8
Welcome to the Shalom’s new look. You will learn more about why we
have gone to Plan B in streamlining this edition, which we had planned
to mail to all our members every month. We have had to modify that
previously announced plan and in order to provide you this issue in
print, we have further streamlined to this 12-page Shalom – In Brief
Edition, which is being underwritten this month by the Benton-Klein
Family and John Riehl. I am hoping this will not be the only print issue
since we very much wish to provide our community with not only the
online version, but a vibrant print edition.
Having gone from a low cost unabridged online version to adding an “In
Brief” printed edition, we face some challenges. Due to changes in bulk
mail rates and regulations, we cannot send out The Shalom – In Brief
Edition bulk rate, only first class. This increases our costs four-fold. We
would very much appreciate knowing what you think of this new edition, which is still a work in-progress. It will help us plan as to whether
a new print edition is desired, viable, and will be supported by the
membership and our advertisers. —Carolyn & Barry
10 Candle Lighting Times
10 Contributions
11 Oseh Shalom Calendar
Find additional news in the
online addition
@ oseh-shalom.org
Oseh Shalom’s very own Vaughn
Winchell became five time Jeopardy Champion over New Year’s.
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Letter from the President
The greatest pleasure of
being President of Oseh
Shalom has been the opportunity to get to know,
work, pray, and socialize
with so many people in our
community.
Steve and I are “regulars” at Friday night services.
Along with Cantor Charlie and Marilyn, we often
meet other members at a nearby restaurant prior to
services for a Friday night dinner, learning about
how the week has gone. We then gather in our
beautiful sanctuary for Friday night services: sharing
the sacred space and time. At the start of the service, we rise together for the mitzvah of lighting the
Shabbat candles. There is frequently the naches of
seeing the Bat or Bar Mitzvah family lighting the
Shabbat candles, and later the Bar or Bat Mitzvah
leading us in the Kiddush.
It has also been my privilege and honor to be present Saturday mornings at several Bat and Bar Mitzvahs. To see our daughters and sons carrying on
this tradition that is hundreds of years old, reading
the Torah, interpreting their portions, and expressing their own unique thoughts is so gratifying. It is a
joy to share this simcha with Oseh Shalom members, their extended families and friends.
Over the past year, there have also been several
Saturday morning services featuring meditation woven into the Torah service. I am not experienced at
meditation, but have been able to use some techniques taught by May Benatar at previous services,
and am finding a feeling of renewal from the practice. I’m looking forward to future meditation enhanced services and hope to see you on Shabbat.
Lynne Gaynes-Kaplan
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From the Executive Director
I wish to thank all of you
who have contributed to
the Tzedek Appeal this
year. We have raised
20% more than last
year. I do not mean 20%
more through the end of
year appeal letter, I
mean for all of last year. The purpose of Tzedek
is to offset the variances we provide to members, who are unable to afford full dues. Gifts to
the Tzedek Fund support our members, for
which I thank you. The Tzedek effort concludes
at the end of this month; needless to say, if you
have not yet made a donation, your support will
be appreciated.
Along the lines of supporting our community, I
would like to share that a longtime member has
informed us they are leaving Oseh Shalom a
planned gift as part of their estate. They have a
life insurance policy and have designated the
death benefit to the synagogue as an unrestricted gift. You may not be aware of this: whereas
many synagogues have endowment funds,
Oseh Shalom does not. We have a variety of
“funds” ranging from Community Services to
the Sharon Stern Garden Fund, but these funds
are supported by annual donations. With the
announcement of this planned gift, Oseh Shalom can begin to establish an endowment fund
to help meet a wide variety of needs, while
leaving the gift’s principal intact.
I would love to know if other members have
included Oseh Shalom in their will. Perhaps, we
can create an Oseh Shalom legacy society as
other congregations in the movement have
done. Anyone interested in learning more about
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News From the Religious School
This month I have asked
Mikey Hess Webber, our
Teen Connect Director, to
share a few words. —
Renee
A tree needs three basic elements to survive soil, water, and sun. On Tu B’shevat I invite
you to consider how this is also true of the
teens at Oseh Shalom.
SOIL: As a tree needs to be planted firmly in
the earth in order for its roots to flourish and
strengthen, teens require a strong home base
from which values and morals are absorbed.
In a world rife with negativity; they need a
safe haven to return to and refresh through. A
strong Jewish community, like that of Oseh
Shalom’s TeenConnect, provides an impervious shield -- the rich soil from which they can
be themselves, make their mistakes, and still
be accepted, loved and nourished; a place to
put down lifelong roots.
WATER: Without water, a tree will wither. As
Jewish people, we can liken a tree’s need for
water to our thirst for Torah and Jewish
knowledge. Like rain, Jewish learning provides
relief to teens thirsty for exploring and understanding their identities. The Torah has been
absorbed by Jews in every generation. It connects us to the past and to the future. It gives
zest and vitality to the human spirit, just as
rain helps trees to flower in the spring.
SUN: As warm sunlight is essential for the
growth of trees, so the warmth of friendship
and community is essential for the development
of Oseh’s teens. Teens absorb the energy of
peers, friends, family, and neighbors -- and then
channel that into identity and actions. Teens
flourish in a nourishing, warm community where
they are continually uplifted and energized.
Soil, water, sun. Is your teen engaging in a supportive growth environment where they can access these spiritual essentials? This year, on Tu
B'Shevat, ask yourself: Is my teen getting the
spiritual food and shelter he/she needs to survive? Is my teen an active part of a strong Jewish community which provides them a warm and
nurturing environment in which to explore and
develop?
I invite your teen to get involved in TeenConnect - a home base in which to flourish and engage in Judaism outside the classroom and
amongst their Jewish peers. Please contact me
with any questions about membership or for a
list of upcoming events!
Hodesh Tov!
Morah Mikey Hess Webber
TeenConnect Director
[email protected]
Save the date!
The Second Annual Women’s Passover Seder
sponsored by Rosh Hodesh
For Members and Nonmembers
Appetizers and dessert potluck
March 29, 2015, 6:00 PM
@ Oseh Shalom
Hope you’ll join us and bring a friend!
More information coming in March
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Fundraising Update:
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Scrips Gift Cards Program
HoopsMania almost here!
So now you are probably saying, what is HoopsMania? It is a new fundraiser (run through an organization called CharityMania) that we will be doing at Oseh, and it is done during College Basketball’s March Madness. Whether or not you are a
fan of basketball, this is probably the easiest opportunity you have to win a March Madness pool.
Each ticket is assigned 8 teams (seeded 1-8) from
the tournament (no need for you to try to decide
who will win each match up), and the ticket with
the highest number of points scored by all their
teams wins. The grand prize is $1000, and there
are 48 other prizes to be won (for all the entries,
not just tickets sold at Oseh). We will be selling
the sweepstakes tickets until mid-March (before
the tournament starts). In addition to your chance
to win the sweepstake prize, you also are purchasing digital music downloads.
Please email me, call me, or stop by after Sunday
school and purchase your tickets. Please feel free
to share the information with friends, family, and
coworkers and have them buy some as well. We
all know that a lot of people participate in sports
‘pools’, even if they are not big fans of the sport.
Kelly Benton-Klein, Development Chair
[email protected] or 301-490-7764
Let Your Current Household $pending Earn Money
For Oseh $halom by JOINING OUR NEWE$T (AND
ONE OF THE EA$IEST) FUNDRAI$ER: SCRIP.
What is Scrip? Scrip is a program for non-profit organizations that allows us to purchase gift certificates from local and national retailers. These retailers (over 700 to choose from) sell the certificates
at a discounted rate. We then purchase and use
them for full face value, and Oseh Shalom earns
the difference in revenue. On average, we will
make 5% revenue per retailer.
How much can we earn for Oseh Shalom with Scrip
and our normal household spending habits? According to an example on their website, if a family
typically spends $75 on food & $25 on gas a week
and $50 on both clothes & dining out a month,
based on an average revenue of 5% using Scrip,
Oseh could earn about $300 (per family). My favorite example is RESTAURANT.COM because if I want
to buy gifts for loved ones, I can get a $50 value
card for only $20, and Oseh earns 50% (or $10 per
card). So if I buy 5, I would get $250 worth of gifts
for only $100, and Oseh would receive $50. If we
had 100 families do JUST these two examples (not
even half of the congregation) Oseh Shalom could
earn $35,000 (I dream big!!). So, can you imagine
if all our families participated and we used the
cards for our groceries, gas, dining out, clothes,
home improvement, travel, and more (with about
700 retailers to choose from)?
As of December, we have earned almost $1000. A
good start for the 20 families who are participating
already. But not on pace yet for my lofty goals!
What are the scheduled upcoming order dates?
February 2, February 23, March 16, and April 6 and
April 27.
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Join us for the 2015 Oseh Shalom
Film Series
Winter Shelter (WS) Frequently Asked
Questions
What are the dates for this year’s Winter Shelter?
Sunday, February 22 - Sunday, March 1
Two more evenings of thought-provoking, varied, and entertaining films, shown on Tuesdays
at 7:00 pm at Oseh Shalom, 7515 Olive Branch
Way, Laurel, Maryland 20707. The films will be
shown on new state-of-the-art audio-visual
equipment.
What are the arrival and departure times for each
role or task?
Evening driver: pick up guests beginning at 6:30
pm at the Elizabeth House. Continue to circle back
to Elizabeth House until all guests are picked up.
Dinner prep, serve, clean up: 5 pm at the earliest
(will depend on the meal) to 8 pm (when dinner
ends). Appetizers should be out by 6:30 pm. DinFebruary 10: The Jewish Cardinal
ner is served at about 7 pm.
This drama details the true story of Jean-Marie
Evening chaperone 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Lustiger, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants,
Overnight chaperone 10 pm to 7 am
who at age 13 converted to Catholicism in
Shelter set up: Sunday Feb 22, 9:30-11:30 am
1940, and later rose to Cardinal and became a
Shelter break down: Sunday March 1, 9:30-11:30
favorite of Pope John Paul II. Amid controversy,
am
Lustiger never wavered from his Jewish identiWhat are the responsibilities for each role or task?
ty. 2014, French with English subtitles, 100
Evening driver: pick up guests beginning at 6:30
minutes.
pm at the Elizabeth House. Continue to circle back
March 10: How to Re-Establish a Vodka
to Elizabeth House until all guests are picked up.
Empire
Dinner prep, serve, clean up:
In this charming, witty travelogue and memoir, Meal: Either you will prepare and cook a meal, or
British filmmaker Daniel Edelstyn traveled to the Earlier prepared meals will be in refrigerator,
thawed Prepare and set out appetizers by 6:30
Ukraine in search of his Jewish roots. He dispm. Make accompanying items. Set up dinner bufcovered that the vodka distillery opened by his
great grandfather in 1904 was still in operation. fet (including dessert items)
Clean up after dinner
Despite his utter lack of business experience,
Please adhere to Kashrut policies (see below)
he decided to become a liquor entrepreneur
and import the vodka to the UK. “A barnstorm- Evening chaperone:
Check in guests at front desk (see below)
ing tale of vodka and revolution.” BBC Radio.
Set out evening snacks, drinks, paper goods.
2012, UK, 75 minutes.
Monitor & refill.
Each film is FREE for members, $5 for nonAsk guests if they would like a bag lunch for the
members.
next day. Lunches are dairy, leftovers from dinner, tuna fish sandwich, or cheese sandwich.
Save the Date— Sunday, May 3, 2015
Some guests may choose a variety of snacks and
Oseh Shalom Art Auction
fruit, or breakfast bars.
Details to Follow
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Dinner Raffle was a great success.
Thanks to all of you who sold and/or bought the raffle tickets, which benefited both the retreat and
the Tzedek fund. In our inaugural year of selling the Dinner Raffle tickets, we sold about 2,300 tickets and collected about $2,200. (I am not giving specific numbers only because this article had to
be submitted before December ended and I am still collecting final details). This fundraiser has significantly helped many of our religious school students and their families come to the retreat, and it
will also be contributing about $1000 to the Tzedek fund. Because it was a success this year, I am
hoping to make this an annual raffle ,and I hope that more families (both those who have kids in
the school and those who do not) will help make sure we sell all the tickets we had available to sell.
Congratulations to Vernell and Jada Thomas, who sold the Grand Prize winning ticket to a family
member. Congratulations to our Oseh members who won the three ‘runner-up’ prizes—Michael and
Hillary Becker, Steven and Tracey Cohen, and Jeff and Andi Zolt.
Kelly Benton-Klein, Development Chair
[email protected] or 301-490-7764
Shabbat Lunch & Learn
Come join us on Saturday, February 21, 2015 for Shabbat Lunch & Learn at Oseh Shalom. “Jews
of the Old West" will be presented by Val Kaplan. Shabbat morning services start at 10:00 am.
Afterwards, we'll have a dairy/vegetarian pot luck lunch in the Social Hall. Please bring a dairy or
vegetarian dish/beverage or packaged food to share. After we eat, Val will present.
If you cannot make it to services or lunch that day, please feel free to join us for Val’s presentation starting between 12:30 and 1:00 pm. [email protected]" or (301)260-0088.
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Continued from page 2, Executive Director
‘Community Finances’. This month I’m sharing
some of my thoughts about activities “Beyond the
Synagogue Walls.” Please contact me directly via
e-mail ([email protected]) if you
want to access the entire document. Let me know
if you have any feedback to offer. Your feedback
is crucial. This winter and spring, we’re consulting
with Rabbi David Teutsch, a renowned organizational expert, scholar and consultant from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. He will assist us
in strategic planning, to build our future around
the ideas that we developed in the Vision Process
in recent months, both in the public forums and in
your private feedback.
planned giving options, please feel free to contact
me. I have served as a planned giving professional with Jewish Federations and even the Jewish
Reconstructionist Federation and am happy to
share what I know about planned giving and endowment.
Shalom,
Rabbi Doug Heifetz
In other news, Oseh Shalom is literally a few
bricks away from being able to place our annual
spring order for the Derekh Shalom/Path of
Peace. Also, if you are interested in memorializing
a loved one with a Yartzheit plaque, please contact me. We have limited space available as we
have added four more plaques recently.
Additionally, Oseh Shalom now has cemetery
plots available, which were donated this fall, in
King David Cemetery in Northern Virginia and at
Mount Lebanon/George Washington Cemetery
here in Maryland. The plots are available at a
special rate, less than current market rates. If
you are interested, please contact Val Kaplan or
me.
Finally, I would like to thank all those who have
helped in the office for the past month. Thank
you: Judy Arnoff, Mona Davis, Adam Goldfarb
(new recruit and layout designer for this month’s
issue of the Shalom), Doris Kirschbaum, Mariyan
Kolev, Yannet Pena, and Pauline Pivowar.
Barry Nove
Executive Director
[email protected]
301-498-5151
P.S. I am teaching a 6 week Jewish Genealogy
workshop for the Upper School, beginning Sunday, February 22nd, concluding by Passover.
The Shalom is a great place to advertise!
If you know someone who is interested, please contact:
Barry Nove, Executive Director
@ [email protected] or (301) 498-5151
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youth
&teens
Calendar of Events:
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February 8th:
Tu Bishvat
11:45am Oseh Shalom
The beginning buds of spring are
hard to see. It starts underground
and takes its time before we see our
first signs of life/growth.
The same is true with TeenConnect. Join us for an afternoon of fun, food
and frenzy. We will participate in bonding activities, laugh and just spend
some quality time together—planting the seeds for friendship bonds that
will last a lifetime.
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January 10: Jerusalem in 3D
January 25: Women’s Winter
Haven Volunteering
February 8: Tu Bishvat Event
February 28: SkyZone
March 7: Overnight
Shabbaton
March 21: Rosh Chodesh
April 26: Philadelphia Trip
May 9: Picnic
Stay Tuned for Summer Events!!
 Laser Tag
 Pool Party
 DC Trip
February 28th:
Skyzone Indoor Trampoline Park
Time: TBD
7175 Oakland Mills Road, Columbia, MD 21046
Time to break away the winder boredom! Let’s jump around together! We can play a game of dodge ball or trampoline
basketball. Not into competition? How about “flipping out”?
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Rabbi’s Suggested Vision Statement & Commentary
(Continued from The Shalom January 2015 issue)
4. Beyond the Synagogue Walls
Our tradition encourages us to not only make our community open to newcomers, but to actually
seek them and engage them well beyond our synagogue walls. A commentary on the Mishna’s idea
of the ‘Open Tent’ explains that Abraham and Sarah not only kept their tent open on all sides, they
also extended their welcoming behavior well beyond their home.1 They ventured out into the world
to seek out strangers, to develop warm relationships with them, and to offer new wisdom and opportunities and through their growing community. At Oseh Shalom, as well, we should seek out
those who are unaffiliated, who might not otherwise enter within our synagogue building. We
should focus especially on those from uninvolved Jewish households, but we should also open up
the wisdom and richness of Jewish tradition to those from other backgrounds who may be interested. Key ways to extend ourselves beyond our building walls more effectively than in the past include: social action, public space Judaism, and the online/digital realm.
A. Social Action
For many Jews and their family members, especially the unaffiliated, social action holds a primary
place in their spiritual life. Jews take seriously the implications to “Love your neighbor as yourself”.2
Fortunately Oseh Shalom offers a great number of wonderful related activities. For example, we
host the homeless in our synagogue for two weeks out of every winter, as part of the local Winter
Shelter program. Similarly, we stock the food banks of Laurel Advocacy and Referral Services, and
we help to staff regular meals for the homeless at Elizabeth House.
However, we need to expand our social action to offer a greater variety of activities. For example,
we should offer:
A dental clinic (and/or medical clinic) for those in need: Many poor people in our area are in dire
need of dental and medical care. We have space within our building and much expertise. A local
mosque, the Silver Spring Islamic Center, already offers a regular medical clinic for the public. We
might consider ‘shadowing’ their clinic staff and/or forming a partnership with them.
Peace Volunteer Trips to Israel & Palestine
Send delegations to help rebuild in the case of disasters, locally and elsewhere
B. Public Space Judaism
We need to hold Jewish publicly accessible Jewish programs beyond our walls. Research demonstrates that unaffiliated Jews and their family members participate more readily in Jewish events
and programs held outside of synagogues. That is, “Jewish programs held in secular venues attract
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1
Avot d’Rabbi Natan, ch. 7
2
Leviticus 19:18
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Oseh Shalom Oneg Sponsors
February 6
✡ Shari
& David Argue in honor of C.J.’s birthday
✡ Litz-Holtz-Krimchansky
family honor of Marc and Aaron’s birthday
February 13
✡ Robin
Edelberg and family in memory of Robin’s father, William Earl Smith
✡ Steve
Kaplan in honor of Lynne’s birthday
✡ Stone
family in honor of Elianna’s birthday
✡ Beryl
& Gerson Kramer in honor of their anniversary
✡ Lisa
Karpf in honor of Beryl and Gerson Kramer’s anniversary
✡ Helen
& Eric Metzman in honor of their birthdays
February 20
✡ Marjorie
✡ Adam
✡ John
& Steve Aug in honor of their anniversary
Reese in honor of Shelley’s birthday
& Barbara Margolis in honor of their grandson Walt’s birthday
February 27
✡ Kelly,
Ron, Aaron, and Elijah Benton-Klein in honor of Samantha’s birthday
✡ Hilary
& Michael Becker in honor of Morgan’s birthday
✡ Brodsky
✡ Solomon
family in honor of Ruth’s birthday
family in honor of the birthday of Linda’s mother, Renee Firtag
Editorial note: January 9
✡ Sisterhood
in honor of Helen Litow and her endless support for always will-
ing to be an oneg host
Community News
Baruch Dayan haEmet
The congregation extends its deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of Ruth White, z''l. She
was a long-time member of our congregation over many years. May those who mourn find consolation
within the gates of Zion and Jerusalem.
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Continued from page 10, Rabbi’s Suggested Vision
a less-affiliated crowd than the same programs held inside the four walls of Jewish institutions.”3 In
secular venues, unaffiliated Jews and their family members anticipate few of the pressures that they
expect to feel when entering a synagogue. They fear that program sponsors within synagogues will
expect them to conform ideologically or theologically, to convert in order to be accepted, to become
a member first before participating, and to make other unwanted commitments. In secular public
spaces, on the other hand, they feel confident that they can participate and avoid these unwanted
barriers.
In order to reach out in public spaces, we can easily adopt successful program models created by
others. The Jewish Outreach Institute, a New York-based Jewish nonprofit organization, has pioneered an extensive array of such programs. For example, the ‘Passover in the Aisles’ program helps
synagogues and other Jewish organizations to set up tables at supermarkets before Passover. The
table hosts will distribute samples of charoset and other holiday treats, and will distribute educational materials about the holiday, Judaism in general, and the local Jewish community. This program
model and others like it have drawn a great many members of unaffiliated Jewish households into
deeper engagement with the Jewish community.4 Of every 100 people who participate in a public
space Judaism event, approximately:
41% are a member of an unaffiliated Jewish household
24% offer their contact information to the sponsoring organization
13% participate in a future Jewish event, upon invitation by the sponsor
Based on the success of these programs, Oseh Shalom should begin to hold many more events and
celebrations in secular, public spaces. We should focus upon the parks, stores and other places
where our prospective members are likely to go. While some public spaces, like parks and shops in
Laurel, might be close to the synagogue, they may not offer much help in reaching unaffiliated
Jews.
We should plan to host and participate in as many public programs as possible, for example:
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4th of July Parades
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Thanksgiving Parades
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Rosh Hashana in the Park, with Tashlich and singing
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Jewish Story Hour for parents & young children at cafes, bookstores & libraries
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Passover in the Aisles supermarket events
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Rosh Hashana in the Aisles supermarket events
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Neighborhood parties
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School fairs
3
http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/was-2011-the-tipping-point-for-public-space-judaism/
4
http://joi.org/blog/?p=3816
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FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS
14 Sabrina Weissman-Haga
22 Marc Litz
10 Anna Burns
15 Micki Goldstein
23 Brenna Everett
2 C. J. Argue
10 Kevin Feinberg
16 David Loeb
23 Samantha Klein
4 Jenna Biederman
10 Annette Rankin
17 Rebecca Coale
23 Natanel Lefkowits
4 Michael Fastman
11 Suzanne Magin
17 Nathan Kornreich
23 Yvette Moreno
5 Doug Friedman
11 Eric Metzman
18 Zachary Ludwig
24 Austin Brick
6 Michael Schoenfeld
11 Elianna Stone
19 Randi Kampf
24 Lianna Lincoln
7 Frank Coale
12 Lynne Gaynes-Kaplan
19 Shelley Reese
24 Ryan Simon
7 Eric Fleishman
12 Amanda Satin
19 Susan Wilson
25 Morgan Becker
7 Gregory Friedman
12 Noah Satin
20 Jillian Berman
26 Michelle Goozman
7 John Gudelsky
13 Chloe Booher
20 Robert Magin
26 Michael LeRoy
8 Casey Kampf
13 Vanessa Frelich
20 Helen Metzman
27 Ruth Brodsky
8 Brian Salant
13 Michelle Rapp
21 Aaron Clamage
27 Rebecca Dreifuss
8 Anna Siegel
14 Ty Busch
21 Tamar Eskin
27 Eric Land
9 Sonya Everett
14 Lena Finkel
21 Michael Newman
28 Renee Firtag
9 Max Goldberg
14 Don Hirsh
22 Max Coale
28 Judith Kessler
9 H. Austin Sheppard
14 Carol Jacobson
22 Naomi Fuller
28 Joan Magin
9 Adam Wasserman
14 Aaron Litz
22 Martin Gilbert
28 Alan Seigel
1 Lily Northcutt
9
1 Michelle Tobin
Danny Zolt
Shabbat Lunch & Learn
Come join us on Saturday, February 21, 2015 for Shabbat Lunch &
Learn at Oseh Shalom. “Jews of the Old West" will be presented by
Val Kaplan. Shabbat morning services start at 10:00 A.M. Afterwards, we'll
have a dairy/vegetarian pot luck lunch in the Social Hall. Please bring a
dairy or vegetarian dish/beverage or packaged food to share. After we eat,
Val will present.
If you cannot make it to services or lunch that day, please feel free to join us
for Val’s presentation starting between 12:30 and 1:00 pm.
[email protected]" or (301) 260-0088.
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SAVE THE DATE
KREPLACH & DIM SUM
Yes, There Are Jews In China!
Saturday, March 28 @ 8:00 p.m.
Cantor Robyn Helzner
Takes us on a journey
Through stories, songs, photos, & videos,
And some food to get you in the mood
prepared by
Chef Andy Friedman
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Continued from page 4, Scrips
In order to have your order processed, you will
have to provide both your order and payment in
by the due date. The easiest way would be to order and pay through the Scrip website directly,
but you can also mail in or drop off your order
and payment (check or cash) to me.
With all the breeches of credit card information,
Scrip can be a safer option for paying.
If you are enrolled in PrestoPay, you can place an
order for certain retailers when you are at the location and the money should be ready for you to
use when you pay. I have done this at Target several times and some restaurants. Even without
preplanning, I earned Oseh money with spending
There are some rechargeable cards and electronic
I was already doing.
cards that will be available by Monday or Tuesday
after order is placed (if paying by check or cash). Thanks so much for looking into the program. I
can’t wait to get everyone signed up. Please conOrders will then be distributed the following week.
tact me with any and all questions. If you do not
They can be picked up on the following Sunday
want to use their website, call me and I will send
during school hours, I can mail them to you, or
you a current list of the retailers you can choose
we can work out a different pick up option.
from, and then you can do paper or telephone orIf you enroll in PrestoPay, you have the option to ders with me in the future.
buy (and reload) certain retailers at any time and
Kelly
either print out the gift card information, add to a
plastic card you already have, or use it through a 301-490-7764 or [email protected]
smartphone.
How do I sign up to start helping Oseh Shalom?
Go to www.shopwithscrip.com and sign up with
our enrollment code- 9B386B1A3985L. You can
order here or just read more about the program
and find the retailers.
If you don’t want to do online version, contact me
directly and I will work with you to see about paper ordering or a system that works best for you
(a standing monthly order for Giant or Safeway or
Exxon….).
Spread the word. You can make sure your fellow
congregants have tried the program once you see
how easy it is and how successful it can be for
Oseh. You can also share with friends and families
who are not part of Oseh but would like to buy
gift certificates.
Are there other benefits to Scrip?
Oseh Shalom Men's Club
Annual SuperGoal Party
Sunday, February 1st, 2015
6:00 PM at Oseh Shalom
$50 covers admission and dinner for your family,
and 1 lucky square
(if squares are sold out admission is $10/person)
The square has a digit for the NFC and a digit for the AFC.
Digits represent the last number in the score for each team.
Match the score at the end of the first quarter: win a $75 gift certificate
second quarter: win a $150 gift certificate
third quarter: win a $75 gift certificate
end of the game: win a large screen HDTV
Make your check out to Oseh Shalom Men’s Club and
bring/mail to the office before the event.
Any questions?
Email the Men's Club @
[email protected]
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OSEH SHALOM FUNDS AND GIFTS
Thank you for your contribution
Please make checks payable to: Oseh Shalom, 7515 Olive Branch Way, Laurel, MD 20707
Or by credit card: (Circle one) Mastercard or Visa #: __________________________
Cardholder’s Name______________________________________ Expiration Date: _________
Or by Paypal at osehshalom.org/donations.php
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Chumash — Five Books of Moses ($40)
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Kol Haneshama ($54):
___ Daily Prayerbook
___ Shabbat & Festivals Prayerbook
___ Yamim Nora’im / High Holy Days
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Kol Haneshama: Prayers for a House of Mourning ($18)
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Prayerbook Fund
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Other
$50
$25
$18
$10
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Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
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Building Fund
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Camp JRF Scholarship Fund
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Community Services (Social Action and Caring & Support)
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Library Fund
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Lifelong Learning Fund
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Music and Arts Fund
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Green Fund [to lessen the impact on the environment, and subsidizes operations to act in a sustainable manner]
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Israel Quest
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Jackie Land Religious School Scholarship Fund
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Religious School Special Events Fund
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Sharon Stern Garden Fund
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Torah Repair Fund ($18 per letter)
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Tzedek Fund
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Yartzeit Fund
For special contribution opportunities, please contact the Synagogue Administrator at 301-498-5151.
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Tribute card $5.00 (cards are sent out in donor’s name for all life cycle events.) Please
make checks for tribute cards payable to: Oseh Shalom Sisterhood, 7515 Olive Branch Way,
Laurel, Maryland 20707
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In memory of: ___________________________________________________________
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In honor of:_____________________________________________________________
By: _____________________________________________________________________________
Please send acknowledgment to: _______________________________________________________
We appreciate your very thoughtful gift!!
Revised: 2/26/2013
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Continued from page 5, Winter Shelter
Prepare the bag lunches.
Overnight chaperone:
Monitor guests
In morning set up breakfast tables
Ensure that guests are up and ready to go by 7 am
Give each guest an admit slip for that evening
On the last day of the shelter – before leaving with
the guests move all the WS items toward the front of
the social hall for item pick up.
Shelter set up: Organize kitchen donations, arrange
WS supplies that arrive from previous location, decorate social hall to welcome our guests.
Shelter break down: Pack up WS items to be delivered to next site; take down and store decorations;
straighten and organize kitchen.
What happens after dinner? Guests may continue to socialize, play games, or begin to get ready for bed. We will
have cards and games available.
Will I be working alone? No, each shift will have at least
2 people, preferably more.
What time do we leave in the morning? The overnight
shift ends at 7 am. Overnight chaperones are responsible
for driving the guests back to the Elizabeth House.
I want to contribute to Winter Shelter but I cannot make
it to the shelter or go out to buy supplies. How can I
help? Some Oseh members prefer to make a monetary
donation to WS. If so, please make your check out to
Oseh Shalom and complete a donation form that signifies
that your donation is intended for Social Action/Winter
Shelter. You can place the check in the Community Services mail slot (Attn Helen), or give to Barry (in the office).
If I am working the dinner shift (prepare, serve, clean
Can I bring my children to the Winter Shelter? We welup) will I have to bring dinner or make it from
come children’s participation and encourage families to
scratch? It depends. Some of the main dishes have
bring them!
been prepared ahead of time by the children in the
Please keep in mind the following guidelines that we
upper and lower schools (thank you!). Other meals
have set for both the women’s and the men’s shelters:
will be made that evening by the evening chaper Children should be polite and respectful to our guests
ones. Items such as salad, corn bread, or vegetables
but, at the same time, be reminded that they should
will need to be prepared.
not share personal information with our guests such
Please keep in mind our kashrut rules!
as their phone number or address.
We are serving dairy meals only.
 Older children should avoid wearing revealing or proALL items must be marked with a kosher symbol, exvocative clothing.
cept for cheese.
 Please let children know that they should speak with
All kitchen work must be done on the dairy side of
their parent or an adult chaperone if they are conthe kitchen.
cerned about any interaction they have with a guest.
Is there a check-in procedure for guests? Yes. A
What if I cannot stay the whole time?
check in table is set up at the front of the social hall.
First, we are grateful for any help you can offer! And we
Each guest will have a “guest card” (keep at Oseh)
understand that people may have to leave early because
and an admit slip (given to each guest, by overnight
they have small children or other responsibilities. We ask
chaperone, in the morning prior to leaving). When
that you please let us know your plans beforehand so
guests arrive in the evening they will present the adthat we can plan coverage accordingly.
mit slip and sign the guest card.
What time does dinner begin and end? Dinner is
Whom do I contact to help?
served around 7 pm. No real end time.
Eileen Hollander: ceholl5@comcast. net
What do our guests do until dinnertime? When guests
Judy Swanner: [email protected]
arrive in the evening, they may like to freshen up and
Helen Lowe Metzman: [email protected]
get situated. They may want to socialize with each
other and us and enjoy appetizers until dinner.
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It’s that time of year— the minimum order to place bricks is 10
and to date (as of January 30, 2015) we need only 4 more to order.
If you would like to honor or memorial friends or family, please
order by February 15, 2015 for installation before Memorial Day.
Oseh Shalom’s The Derehk Shalom, Path of Peace
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YAHRZEITS
2/1/2015
John S. Argue, father of David Argue
2/1/2015
Shirley Friedman, mother of Seth Friedman
2/1/2015
Ria Butler, mother of Valerie Kaplan
2/2/2015
Ruth Hochberg, grandmother of Felicia Dannick-Friedman
2/2/2015
Murray Ehrlich, father of Carol Jacobson
2/2/2015
*Rose S. Nelson, mother of Robert Nelson
2/2/2015
Shirley Poriles Wolf, mother of Allen Wolf
2/3/2015
Daniel Remenick, father of Jessica Bird
2/3/2015
Herbert Fox, father of Dan Fox
2/4/2015
Jacob Cohen, uncle of Felicia Dannick-Friedman
2/4/2015
Lindsay-Grace Lazo, friend of Lee Friedman
2/6/2015
*Franklin Blank, father of Emily Blank
2/7/2015
David Plotnick, husband of Amy Colman
2/7/2015
Carl Kirschner, father of Sidney Kirschner
2/7/2015
*Willis Myers, father of Carolyn Makovi
2/7/2015
Eva Wolff, grandmother-in-law of Alan Seigel and great grandmother of Jessica Seigel
2/8/2015
Aaron Paulson, father of David Paulson
2/9/2015
Edward Colman, father of Michael Colman
2/9/2015
Max Dresner, father of Norman Dresner
2/9/2015
David Isikoff, father of Rochelle Sypes
2/10/2015 Miriam Aronson Davis, grandmother of Mona Davis
2/10/2015 William Hoffman, father of Martin Hoffman
2/11/2015 Marlene Adelman, stepmother of David Adelman
2/11/2015 William Earl Smith, father of Robin Edelberg
2/11/2015 Morton Friedman, father of Andrew Friedman
2/11/2015 *Selma Hoddinott Magin, mother of Ed Magin
2/13/2015 Chester Gaines, grandfather of Elizabeth Gaines and of Gary Gaines
2/13/2015 Irwin Leon Snyder, father of Susan Romm
2/14/2015 Vera Meyerson, mother of Neal Meyerson and mother-in-law of Mary Meyerson
2/15/2015 Mortimer Cohen, father of Diane Green
2/17/2015 Theodore Stern, father of Edward Stern
2/18/2015 Victor Seigel, father of Tamara Fastman and of Alan Seigel
2/19/2015 Leonard Hendler, father of Beth Friedman
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2/19/2015 Nancy Barnes Doolittle, mother of Anne Gelfand
2/20/2015 Naomi Frank-Dannick, grandmother of Felicia Dannick-Friedman
2/20/2015 Janet Weinshel, mother of Gail Katz
2/20/2015 Ida Levine, grandmother of Norman Levine
2/20/2015 Morton Harris, uncle of Gail Whitman
2/21/2015 Francis Colman, mother of Michael Colman
2/21/2015 M.W. "Babe" Friedman, father of Alan Friedman
2/21/2015 Enest Greenwald, father of Gary Greenwald
2/21/2015 Bertha Kaplan, mother-in-law of Valerie Kaplan
2/22/2015 Mary Horowitz, grandmother of Susan Levine
2/22/2015 Jerome Mager, father of Howard Mager
2/23/2015 Speero Brocenos, father of Peter Brocenos
2/23/2015 Elaine Narlisenfeld, grandmother of Matthew Levine
2/24/2015 *Israel Hilsenrath, father of Ernest Hilsenrath
2/24/2015 Beatrice Robbins, mother of Susan Robbins
2/25/2015 *Norman Harold Brown, father of Ronnie Brown
2/25/2015 Marion Mauk, mother-in-law of Robin Mauk
2/26/2015 *Rae Schoenfeld, mother of Stephen Schoenfeld
2/27/2015 *Bernard (Si) Dvorchik, father of Sheila Urman
2/27/2015 Russell Brodie, brother of Bryna Weiss
ANNIVERSARIES
2/10/2015 Gerson & Beryl Kramer
2/16/2015 Stephen & Marjorie Aug
Tributes
To Barbara and John Margolis in memory of Barbara’s mother, Claire Broad
Helen and Leon Litow
Pauline Pivowar
To Pauline Pivowar: Mazel Tov on the anniversary of your Bat Mitzvah
Leah and Patrick Young
Judy Arnoff
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Contributions
Community Service Fund
(Social Action & Caring &
Support)
Path of Peace
Tzedek Fund
Tzedek Fund (cont.)
David & Elizabeth Leight
Anonymous
Robert & Wynne Kleinman
For Matthew Leight, Bar Mitzvah,
David Adelman
In memory of Selma & Bernard
Kleinman
Rafaelle Nyrop Brooks
In honor of Rabbi Heifetz
April and Jeffrey Koeppel
In memory of Rose Z. Bennet
Library Fund
May and Itzhak Benatar
Jackie Land Religious
School Scholarship Fund
Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Foundation
Ruth & Stan Brodsky
Richard & Susan Burger
In honor of our three boys
Linda Bergofsky & Don Street
Anonymous
In memory of parent and grandparents
Restricted Gift
Teen Connect
In honor of our children and
grandchildren
Anonymous
Elaine Povich & Ronald Dziengiel
Cynthia & Jay Feinberg
Paula & Harold Fink
Life Long Learning Fund
In memory of John Riehl’s mother
In honor of Rabbi Doug Heifetz
In memory of Claire Broad
Anonymous
Gary Gaines
Music & Arts Fund
Lynne Gaynes-Kaplan & Steve
Kaplan
Rich & Diana Parson
In memory of Gertrude Kaplan
In memory of our “sweet” Aunt
Rolly
In honor of Gloria Gaynes
Melody and Gary Magnus
In honor of Pauline Pivowar’s Bat
Mitzvah
John & Barbara Margolis
In memory of Joel Margolis and
Claire Broad
David Paulson
Donna Potemken & David Friedman
Elaine Povich & Ronald Dziengiel
Barbara & Rich Scissors
Kathleen Sheedy
Linda & Art Solomon
In honor of Pauline Pivowar’s Bat
Mitzvah
Louise Weissman
Candle Lighting Times
Lighting Time
In memory of Ruth White
Judy & Dave Swanner & Family
Lisa Karpf
In memory of Rose Fishman &
Helen Gordon
Dates
Elaine Lippmann & Rabbi Doug
Heifetz
In memory of Sara Weismann
Havdalah
Parsha
Haftarah
February 4
Tu b’Shvat
February 6-7
5:16 PM
6:25 PM
Yitro Exodus 18:1-20:23
Isaiah 6:1-7:6, 9:5-6; Isaiah
6:1-13*
February 13-14
Shabbat Shkalim
5:24 PM
6:33 PM
Mishpatim
Exodus 22:4-23:19
Exodus 30:11-16
II Kings 12:1-17
February 20-21
5:32 PM
6:41 PM
Terumah
Exodus 26:1-30
I Kings 5:26-6:13
February 27-28
Shabbat Zachor
5:40 PM
6:49 PM
Tetzaveh
Exodus 28:31-29:18
Deuteronomy 25:17-19
I Samuel 15:2-34
February 19-20
Rosh Chodesh Adar
* The first haftarah is read by Ashkenazim, the second by Sefardim.
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Shabbat Services
February 6
Shabbat Services
7:30 PM—Family
February 13,20, 27
8:00 PM— Shabbat Services
Saturday Shabbat Services – Every Saturday at 10:00 AM
Every Wednesday at 8:30 PM - Israeli Dancing
February 1,8,22
9:30 AM—Religious School K-7th
11:45 AM—Upper School
February 1
10 AM—Class: The Sabbath of the Earth
12:00 PM—Men’s Club SuperDuper Bowl
February 3
7:30 PM-Sisterhood Board Meeting
February 4,11,18,25 5:00 PM—Religious School 3rd-7th
February 7
10:00 AM—Ezra Silver-Isenstadt Bar Mitzvah
February 8
10:00 AM—Class: The Sabbath of the Earth
10:00 AM—Membership Committee Meeting
2:00 PM—Olive Branch Way Productions
February 10
February 11
7:00 PM—Life Long Learning—Jewish Film Series
7:00 PM—Executive Committee
February 12,19,26
February 14
February 15
12:00 PM—Lunch Time Class: The Aleppo Code
10:00 AM—Danny Zolt Bar Mitzvah
No Religious School
10:00 AM—Religious School Education Committee
7:30 PM—LLL Committee Meeting
6:00 PM—Mens Club Night Out
8:00 PM—Talk on Shmitah & Renewal for the Jewish
Community
10:00 AM—Shabbat B’yachad & Lunch & Learn
Men’s Winter Haven
10:00 AM— Lifelong Learning TBD
7:00 PM—Board Meeting
10:00 AM-Shabbat Morning Services: Meditation Service
February 18
February 19
February 20
February 21
February 22-28
February 22
February 28
SAVE THE DATE: AFTERNOON OF CELEBRATION, HONORING
HELEN & ERIC METZMAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2015, 4 P.M.
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Oseh Shalom WHO’S WHO LIST for 2014-2015
Rabbi
Rabbi Doug Heifetz
301-498-5151 [email protected]
Rabbi Emeritus
Rabbi Gary Fink
301-498-5151
[email protected]
Executive Director
Barry Nove
301-498-5151
[email protected]
Cantor
Cantor Charlie Bernhardt
301-498-5151
[email protected]
Bookkeeper
Audrey Klein
301-498-5151
[email protected]
Education Director
Renee Richards
301-498-7004
[email protected]
Religious School Assistant
Jovette Solomon
301-498-7004
osrsassitant @oseh-shalom.org
Director Teen Connect
Mikey-Hess-Weber
301-275-7849
[email protected]
Shalom Editor
Carolyn Makovi
301-236-4411
[email protected]
Shalom Layout
Adam Goldfarb
301-498-5151
[email protected]
Shalom Advertising
Mona Davis
240-423-0049
[email protected]
All Publicity Chairs
Webmaster
[email protected]
Melody Magnus
301-622-2947
[email protected]
CONGREGATION OFFICERS & TRUSTEES
President
Lynne Gaynes-Kaplan
443-864-1935 [email protected]
Administrative V.P.
Allison Holtz
410-531-0757
[email protected]
Financial V.P.
David Argue
301-625-8136
[email protected]
Education V.P.
Andy Lincoln
410-451-0404
[email protected]
Religious V.P.
Andy Friedman
301-776-4672
[email protected]
Membership
Linda Solomon
240-280-2067
[email protected]
Secretary
Heidi Rhodes
301-317-0944
[email protected]
Treasurer
Gary Gaines
301-937-2010
[email protected]
Past President
Karen Meckler
443-812-2414
[email protected]
Financial Secretary
Gary Greenwald
301-596-9231
[email protected]
Building and Grounds
Don Street
301-257-4711
[email protected]
Contracts Coordinator
Karen Bonnie Eaton
443-326-6326
[email protected]
Community Services
Helen Metzman
301-854-2613
[email protected]
Life Long Learning
Judy Katz
301-460-6928
[email protected]
At Large
Marc Litz
410-531-0757
[email protected]
At Large
John Riehl
301-490-3645
[email protected]
At Large
Marian Stokes
410-375-0801
[email protected]
Development
Kelly Benton-Klein
301-490-7764
[email protected]
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High Holidays
Karen Meckler
443-812-2414
[email protected]
JRF Representative
John Riehl
301-490-3645
[email protected]
Publicity
Elaine Povich
301-490-2832
[email protected]
Youth Liaison
Doug Kornreich
410-379-6459
[email protected]
Policy & Procedures
SISTERHOOD
President
Carolyn Makovi
301-236-4411 [email protected]
Recording Secretary
Rochelle Sypes
240-264-1281
[email protected]
Corresponding Secretary
Judy Arnoff
301-490-6207
[email protected]
Treasurer
Pauline Pivowar
301-604-8954
[email protected]
Treasurer
Margrit Assaraf
240-280-7259
[email protected]
Gift Shop, Chair
Lisa Karpf
301-262-5581
[email protected]
Oneg Host Chair
Lisa Karpf
301-262-5581
[email protected]
Oneg Sponsors Chair
Mona Davis
240-423-0049
[email protected]
Tributes Chair
Leah Young
301-498-4251
[email protected]
Oneg Food Chair
Lisa Karpf
301-262-5581
[email protected]
Catering
Marilyn Riffkin
301-384-8667
[email protected]
Membership Chair
Program Chair
MEN’S CLUB
President
Alan Seigel
301-490-0057 [email protected]
Past President
Michael Becker
443-474-7374
[email protected]
Treasurer
Art Solomon
240-280-2067
[email protected]
Consider Oseh Shalom when
planning your Simcha’s needs!
For details and availability contact:
Reasonable and competitive rates for
use of our Social Hall, Kitchen,
Rooms, and Sanctuary.
@ 301-498-5151 or [email protected]
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Barry Nove, Executive Director
Oseh Shalom
7515 Olive Branch Way
Laurel, MD 20707
Phone: 301-498-5151
Doug Heifetz, Rabbi
Carolyn Makovi, Editor
Adam Goldfarb, Layout Editor
Mona Davis, Advertising
[email protected]
Oseh Shalom is a vibrant, inclusive Reconstructionist synagogue, with members throughout the Baltimore
-Washington area, dedicated to providing a supportive community for celebrating Jewish life through
prayer, learning and social action.
Oseh Shalom Retreat—Scavenger Hunt included
being photographed with our synagogue president,
Lynne Gaynes-Kaplan.
Visioning Forum January 11