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March 2015 • Adar/Nisan 5775
PURIM—SPECIAL EDITION
Rabbi Mark Covitz
CLERGY
VOICE
We all know that the terms “Jewish” and “Sports” are practically
synonymous. Legendary are the tales of baseball greats
Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax, who refused to play in
important games on Yom Kippur. Once again, the worlds of
Judaism and sports are on a collision course.
Earlier this month, the NCAA Board of Governors announced
that this year’s College Basketball Final Four in Indianapolis
will be postponed one week out of respect for the festival of
Passover, which falls on the first day of the tournament. This
decision was made at the behest of our Jewish community
leaders who expressed the concern that after ingesting four
full glasses of Manischewitz at the previous night’s seder,
local Jewish sports fans would not be in any shape to attend
the games. It was further noted that Jewish fans who did
attend the games would be unable to enjoy hot dog buns,
pizza, nachos, or even a beer, due to traditional Passover
dietary restrictions.
Days later, the NCAA reversed that decision after backlash
from CBS Sports, the network broadcasters of the tournament,
who expressed fear that moving the Final Four too far into
the month of April would hurt the events branding as “March
Madness”. However, a statement out of the NCAA offices
here in Indianapolis did recognize the need to make some
concession, “out of respect for not only the great Jewish
and Israeli players like Dolph Schayes and Gilad Katz, but
especially for the great basketball figures for whom Passover
means the most, like Moses Malone (who was the first player
to ever Passover college and go straight to the NBA), God
Shamgod (Providence), former Pacers coach Jack Rameses,
legendary NBA coach Red Sea Auerbach, and Cleveland
legend World B. Free.”
And so, the games will be played, as scheduled, on Passover.
But thanks to the sensitivity of the NCAA, the traditional
orange basketball will be replaced with one painted to
look like a matzah ball. Said former Duke and Maccabi Tel
Aviv player Jon Scheyer, “I can’t think of anything better for
dunking!”
Now, you are likely to have two reactions to the above
paragraphs: 1) That’s ridiculous; and 2) Why is this in our
temple bulletin? In response, I would say: 1) Correct, it’s
ridiculous; and 2) Because it’s Purim!
While many Jewish holidays present us with a list of restrictions
and obligations, Purim is a day of joy and celebration, a festival
of foolishness. According to the passage from the Book of
Esther, we are to feast joyfully (drink), send gifts to our friends,
and give to the poor. We are not asked to abstain from any
type of food; and the only service we attend is one filled
with silliness, frivolity, costumes, songs, and noisemakers.
Many temple bulletins feature clergy articles, or even entire
bulletins, that are not to be taken seriously.
I am always amazed at how easy it is to get Jewish adults to
observe the somber holidays, and how challenging it is to
convince them to celebrate one like this that requires little of
us, only that we celebrate joyously. The fact is, Purim is not a
children’s holiday. It is a holiday for adults to act like children.
We observe so many holidays in a solemn manner, wouldn’t
it be nice to observe one by simply revisiting our childhood
sense of silliness. With all of the challenges in our nation and
in the world right now, wouldn’t it be nice to set aside one day
with nothing on our agendas save for being festive together,
visiting our friends with baskets of goodies, and giving a little
to those in need?
Purim begins at sundown on March 4th. I encourage you
to celebrate in your homes, or with friends. Get crazy. Wear
costumes. Yes, it’s a weeknight. But, c’mon! It’s Purim! IHC’s
megillah reading and Purim carnival will be on Sunday
March 8th at 10 am. It’s in place of Religious School, but is
not restricted to Religious School students. All should feel
welcome to attend, to attend in costume, and to get loud.
Who knows, maybe afterwards we’ll organize a march on
NCAA headquarters.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah............................................................................................. 2
Calendar........................................................................................................... 2
Worship............................................................................................................ 2
Library.............................................................................................................. 3
Library Book Club......................................................................................... 3
Sisterhood....................................................................................................... 4
Brotherhood................................................................................................... 5
Social Justice.................................................................................................. 6
Early Childhood Center.............................................................................. 7
Youth Group................................................................................................... 7
Adult Education............................................................................................ 8
Religious School........................................................................................... 8
Temple Donations........................................................................................ 9
Yahrzeit..........................................................................................................10
MARCH CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sunday, 1
9:00 am & 11:15 am – Religious School
9:15 am – Mitzvah Stitchers
11:00 am – Klezmer Rehearsal
Monday, 2
6:00 pm – Brotherhood Meeting
Wednesday, 4
6:30 pm – Derech Torah
7:00 pm – Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, 5
11:00 am – Early Childhood Purim Carnival
Sunday, 8
10:00 am – Megillah Reading – Purim
Carnival following reading
Tuesday, 10
11:30 am – Jewish Book Club
6:00 pm – Unraveling Our Jewish Texts
6:00 pm – Hebrew Reading Refresher
Wednesday, 11
6:30 pm – Derech Torah
7:00 pm – Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, 12
5:30 pm – Executive Committee Meeting
Friday, 13
7:30 pm – Small Chai/Religious School K-2
Dinner & Shabbat
Saturday, 14
8:45 am – Rishonim @ Gleaners
Sunday, 15
9:00 am & 11:15 am – Religious School
9:15 am – Mitzvah Stitchers
9:30 am – Sundays with the Rabbi
11:00 am – Klezmer Rehearsal
Mazel Tov
Sunday, 15 (continued)
1:30 pm – Klezmer Tour Info Meeting
2:00 pm – IFTY Board Meeting
Monday, 16
6:15 pm – A Woman’s Seder
Tuesday, 17
6:00 pm – Unraveling Our Jewish Texts
6:00 pm – Hebrew Reading Refresher
Wednesday, 18
6:30 pm – Derech Torah
7:00 pm – Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, 19
5:00 pm – On Holy Ground
6:00 pm – IHC Board Meeting
Friday, 20
9:00 am – Early Childhood Grandparent
Day
Sunday, 22
9:00 am & 11:15 am – Religious School
9:15 am – Mitzvah Stitchers
11:00 am – Klezmer Rehearsal
Tuesday, 24
4:00 pm – Journal Book Club
6:00 pm – Unraveling Our Jewish Texts
6:00 pm – Hebrew Reading Refresher
Wednesday, 25
6:30 pm – Derech Torah
7:00 pm – Choir Rehearsal
Sunday, 29
NO Religious School
Tuesday, 31
6:00 pm – Unraveling Our Jewish Texts
6:00 pm – Hebrew Reading Refresher
We announce with joy the Bar/Bat Mitzvah of…
Brennan Chopp will be called to the Torah on March 7, 2015. Brennan is
the son of Mike and Caren Chopp and brother to Lauren. He is in the 7th
grade and a high honor roll student at Clay Middle School. Brennan plays
defense on the Carmel Racers hockey team and for Carmel’s house team.
Brennan plays the bassoon for Clay’s Symphonic Band. He also enjoys
baseball, reading and hanging out with his friends. Brennan is very excited
to share this day with family and friends.
Adam Jess Youkilis will be called to the Torah on March 21, 2015. He is
the son of Bob and Tina Youkilis and brother of Ben and Joseph Youkilis.
Adam is a 7th grader at Carmel Middle School where he plays violin in
the orchestra. He also plays travel hockey and enjoys soccer and snow
skiing. Adam will be hosting a food drive for Gleaners food bank for his Bar
Mitzvah. If you will be attending services on March 21, consider bringing
a food or monetary donation to help make Adam’s mitzvah project a
success!
Kylie Mendoza will be called to the Torah on March 28, 2015. She is the
daughter of Ramil and Lisa Mendoza and is the younger sister of Jamie
and Joey. Kylie is a 7th grader at Creekside Middle School where she is
on the honor roll. She has been dancing since she was 5 years-old and
dances competitively at Expressenz Dance Center.
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MARCH 2015
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Shabbat Ki Tissa— Exodus 30:11-34:35
Friday, March 6
5:30 pm.........................Remembrance Service
6:15 pm................... Classical Shabbat Service
6:15 pm...............Traditional Shabbat Service Saturday, March 7
8:30 am............... Shabbat Morning Warmup
9:00 am............................................Tanach Study
9:30 am................................... Shabbat Playdate
10:30 am.................................... Shabbat Service
Bar Mitzvah of Brennan Chopp
Shabbat Vayakhel/Pekudei—Exodus
35:1-40:38
Friday, March 13
5:30 pm.........................Remembrance Service
5:45 pm..........................................Oneg Shabbat
6:15 pm.............. Traditional Shabbat Service
6:15 pm............ Shabbat Chailighted Service
Saturday, March 14
8:30 am............... Shabbat Morning Warmup
9:00 am............................................Tanach Study
10:30 am.................................... Shabbat Service
Shabbat Vayikra—Leviticus 1:1-5:26
Friday, March 20
5:30 pm.........................Remembrance Service
6:15.............................. Nefesh Shabbat Service
6:15 pm.............. Traditional Shabbat Service
Z’man Kodesh (Sacred time)
program for young children
Saturday, March 21
8:30 am............... Shabbat Morning Warmup
9:00 am............................................Tanach Study
10:30 am.................................... Shabbat Service
Bar Mitzvah of Adam Youkilis
Shabbat Tzav—Leviticus 6:1-8:36
Friday, March 27
5:30 pm.........................Remembrance Service
5:30 pm...............................................Tot Shabbat
6:15 pm............................Erev Shabbat Service
Saturday, March 28
8:30 am.............. Shabbat Morning Warmup
9:00 am...........................................Tanach Study
10:30 am................................... Shabbat Service
Bat Mitzvah of Kylie Mendoza
IHC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NOMINATIONS
There will be three seats to be filled at the
Annual Meeting of the Congregation this
coming May. During the next few weeks a
Nominating Committee, chaired by Immediate
Past President Jerry Ancel, will be meeting
to put together a slate to be presented to
the membership for election to the Board
of Directors. If you, or someone you know is
interested in serving our Congregation in
this very important role, please contact Jerry
Ancel at jancel@taftlaw.com.
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CHICHESTER PSALMS AT TRINITY
Collaboration bears wonderful fruit. After a beautiful Shabbat Shirah at Indianapolis
Hebrew Congregation, our Congregational Choir will join with the choir of Trinity
Episcopal Church on Sunday, March 22 for an encore performance of the Chichester
Psalms. The piece will be part of the Evensong service which is a prayerful,
contemplative experience. Join us to learn more about our neighbors and hear a
wonderful composition skillfully performed.
The service begins Sunday, March 22
at 3:00 pm at Trinity Episcopal Church,
3243 North Meridian Street.
JEWISH BOOK CLUB
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
BRINGING BUBBE HOME
by Debra Gordon Zaslow
TEMPLE LIBRARY
JEWISH BOOK CLUB—A special treat is in store for Jewish Book Club attendees on March
10 as we meet Debra Gordon Zaslow, author of Bringing Bubbe Home We will be meeting
Debra electronically via Skype (thanks to Ron Herman for facilitating the setup). Debra is a
professional storyteller and you will feel part of her emotional story of what occurred when
she decided to bring her 103 year-old grandmother to live with her during the last months
of Bubbe’s life. For details about the book and the meeting, contact the librarian.
FROZEN??? READ JEWISH BOOKS—They’re THAWsome! is the theme of the 2015
Religious School-Temple Library sponsored reading incentive program. We have had great
participation thus far and ask you to encourage students in Kindergarten through Seventh
Grade to continue reading to earn credits for prizes, a certificate, and a pizza party. Most
importantly they will further their Jewish and literacy skills. The program ends on April 19
so March is the last full month of borrowing books to read in order to complete the cards
you need to participate. In addition to the pre-set times for Storytelling during the first
session of Religious School, all students can come to the library before or after class to
borrow books. Just ask any questions you have about the program—it’s our 22nd year and
IHC students have read more than 7,000 books during this time!
RETURN BOOKS—Just a gentle reminder that the quicker you return books to the library
the more opportunity you give others to read them also. Let us know if you need to renew.
WHAT’S NEW
March includes the joyous holiday of Purim. Much has been written, both in adult and
children’s literature, about the uniqueness of this holiday. Here is a brief sampling from the
children’s section.
Barnyard Purim, by Kelly Terwilliger, tells the humorous tale of farm animals acting out
the story of Purim. But what happens when a real fox appears? Delightful illustrations by
Barbara Johansen Newman complement this lighthearted, yet informative text.
Here Come the Purim Players! is Barbara Cohen’s retelling of the holiday story that captures
the spirit of the occasion in the long-ago Jewish community of Prague. Lusciously illustrated
by Shoshana Mekibel, this 1998 edition of the original 1984 text remains a classic favorite.
On Purim is one in a series of holiday books by Cathy Goldberg Fishman, illustrated by
Melanie W. Hall. A young girl sings, “Oh, today we’ll merry, merry be,” as the 14th of Adar
approaches and she makes her Purim mask. A lively and educational celebration of the
holiday is portrayed in the words as well as the colorful illustrations. There is a Glossary at
the end that includes a pronunciation guide.
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Note: Conversation via Skype planned
with author. Check with Librarian for minor
changes in time and room number at IHC.
LOOKING AHEAD
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
THE GALLERY OF VANISHED HUSBANDS
by Natasha Solomons
Meetings at 12 noon at IHC in Room 206.
Read the book. Bring your lunch. Join the
group for a lively discussion. Contact Evelyn
Pockrass, Librarian, for details at 255-6647,
x217; evelynp@ihcindy.org.
Purim, written and illustrated by Miriam
Nerlove, contains a wonderful introduction
to the story and customs of the holiday
and is presented in a manner that is
easily understandable for pre-school
and early elementary school youngsters.
Told in rhyme, the author also provides a
backpage about the holiday that adults will
find helpful.
Purim Goodies, written and illustrated by
Amalia Hoffman, is bassed on a story by
Sholem Aleichem. Two maidservants meet
as they are bringing Purim goodies to each
other’s families. What happens when the
goodies are so tempting and do the girls
get punished? This warm, caring story
includes both a Glossary and a recipe for
Hamantaschen.
Enjoy your Purim celebration and keep
visiting your Temple Library whenever the
building is open. Need more information?
Contact Evelyn Pockrass, Librarian, 2556647, x 217. evelynp@ihcindy.org.
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SISTERHOOD
Amy Isaacs, IHC Sisterhood President; amyisaacs2260@gmail.com
OUR MISSION
To join together in Sisterhood and, guided by the
principles of Reform Judaism, to strengthen our
congregation, our community and ourselves.
MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT
Message from the President:
February was a very busy month for Sisterhood. Hamentashen baking was a weekend
activity in January and February! Thank you to Tammy Falender and Judy Levy for their
many hours of prep and organization If you have not ordered yet it’s not too late, there will
be some bags for sale on March 8, after the Megillah reading and during the Purim Carnival.
You do not want to miss out on these deliciously yummy treats!! Thank you also to all of the
bakers, dough rollers, cutters and fillers. The kitchen is a lively place with all the women and
young girls and boys who, while chatting away, work very diligently. Without you we could
never have fulfilled our orders! On February 18th we had our first Lilith Salon. Bi-monthly
we will be selecting articles from the Lilith magazine to read and discuss as a group. Thank
you to Rosanne Marusa and Jenny Angel-Reese for their leadership and organizing the
Lilith Salons. We also had our annual day of pampering at the Julian Center! Every year we
provide a day when the women at the center can be pampered by having their hair, nails,
and make up done by the volunteers from EVEDA. At the same time we provide snacks,
a boutique (stocked with personal items, purses, clothes, and jewelry), and we entertain
the children. The women at the Center truly appreciate having a day to be pampered!! Our
Social Action committee does a wonderful job in making this happen. Thank you to Lisa
Deremiah, Karen Schiffer and their committee and the volunteers.
In March we are looking forward to our Women’s Seder and our weekly Torah study. We
have a lot going on. Please check us out, we have something for everyone!
MARCH BIRTHDAYS
Happy Birthday to our Sisterhood members
celebrating March birthdays!
Bette Alberts................................................ March 7
Debra Grant................................................March 15
Patricia Marder..........................................March 17
Roberta Rubenstein.................................March 22
Bonnie Foster.............................................March 23
Sonja Kantor...............................................March 23
Robin Weiss.................................................March 23
Evelyn Moss................................................March 24
Carmen Stark.............................................March 28
Lynn Giles....................................................March 31
If you are a Temple Sisterhood member celebrating
a birthday this month, and we have missed you,
let us know. Contact Joanne Lenke at 571-1093 or
lenke@sbcglobal.net
LILITH SALON
Hello Sisterhood members! We are starting a new Sisterhood gathering called
a Lilith Salon. We will discuss articles and issues included in the Lilith Magazine,
which is a wonderful magazine for Reform Jewish women. Lilith magazine was
first published in the 1970s and focuses on Jewish women. The magazine’s website
states that Lilith Magazine is for: “Everyone interested in family politics, Jewish hair,
race and reconciliation, new liturgies, good advice, fabulous fiction, parenting now,
marriage equality, feminist philanthropy, sex, food—and so much more”. See more at:
http://lilith.org/salons/#sthash.czTmInxH.dpuf
The magazine focuses on social issues, religious issues, writing and poetry, travel,
parenthood, food, and entertainment. There are four issues per year, and each Lilith
Salon meeting will focus on an article or two. We will meet bi-monthly, rotating between
members’ homes and IHC. It will be like a book club, but with less content to focus on
and a bit more fun!
Care to join us? Want more info? Contact Rosanne Marusa at ermarusa@frontier.com, or
Jenny Angel-Reece at jenny.angel@gmail.com.
GREENBRIAR PROJECT
Please donate items for the children at Greenbriar Elementary. The Sisterhood will be
sending home bags of food for at risk students. The items we are collecting are: fruit and
applesauce cups, juice boxes, canned pasta and cans of soup, individual cups of Mac
and cheese, oatmeal packets, cereal bars, granola bars (no peanuts please). Individual
servings work best to place in the bags for the kids to take home. Thank you so much
for your help with this project!
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YES FUND DONATIONS
YES Fund
Memory of Judith Coleman
Marcia & Marvin Goldstein
Memory of Michael Iosue, Sr.
Marcia & Marvin Goldstein;
Bonnie & David Foster
GIFT SHOP HOURS:
Weekdays....................... 10:00am-2:00pm
Friday Evenings..................... 5:15-6:00pm
Sunday................................9:00am-1:15pm
(when religious school is in session)
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Women’s Seder Monday, March 16
Hamantashen Sales
Lilith Salon Ongoing
Spring Meeting & Raffle
Sisterhood Shabbat, November 2015
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BROTHERHOOD
Joel Lisker, Brotherhood President; jlisker4@gmail.com
THANK YOUs
Brotherhood thanks Bruce and Marlene
Signer for hosting our annual Super Bowl
Party. A great time was had by all.
CALLING ALL COOKS!
Sunday, March 8 Brotherhood needs
your help. Each year IHC’s Brotherhood
prepares and serves a gourmet lunch
during IHC’s Annual Purim Celebration.
Join other Brotherhood members to
help prepare and serve food to hungry
congregants.
TACO BAR FOR THE OHIO
VALLEY REGIONAL MEETING
Thursday, March 26, 6:30 pm, Brotherhood
will cook and serve a taco and salad bar
for our future Jewish leaders of the NFTY-
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OV region. IHC’s NFTY is hosting the OhioValley regional meeting and Brotherhood
is proud to support NFTY-OV leadership
and to provide a dinner. Go NFTY!
BROTHERHOOD MEETINGS
Come to our next Brotherhood meeting,
so you can help plan future events.
Brotherhood meetings are typically held
the first Monday of each month. The next
Brotherhood meeting takes place on
March 2. The following month’s meeting
is scheduled for April 6. Brotherhood
is currently meeting at MCL Cafeteria
at 116th and Keystone Avenue. People
meet for dinner at 6:30 and meetings
start at 7:00. Contact Joel Lisker, jlisker4@
gmail.com if you have any questions. For
the most updated information regarding
Brotherhood events visit our Facebook
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page at https://www.facebook.com/
IHCBrotherhood. You do not need to be
member of Facebook to view our page.
All members of the Brotherhood are
encouraged to attend meetings. All
non-members are strongly encouraged
to join Brotherhood and then attend
our meetings. If your schedule does
not permit you to attend Brotherhood
meetings, please share your ideas with a
Brotherhood member.
Brotherhood supports many of IHC’s
activities. Your support can help us do
even more. We need your input so that
Brotherhood can provide meaningful
programs for you and remain a vital arm
of Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation.
For more information about the next
Brotherhood meeting or joining
Brotherhood, please email Joel Lisker
at jlisker4@gmail.com or alternatively,
contact any Brotherhood officer or the
Temple office.
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SOCIAL JUSTICE
Marilyn Smith, Social Justice Chairman (marilynjea@gmail.com)
CHRISTMAS LUNCH AT DAYSPRING A BIG SUCCESS!
Every Christmas IHC provides a festive and plentiful
lunch to the homeless families temporarily residing
at the Dayspring Homeless Shelter in downtown
Indianapolis. The lunch this year was a huge success,
thanks to the following IHC volunteers and their
families:
Dodie Stein, Beryl
Cohen, Jackie Suess,
Amy Isaacs, Diane
Evans, Joanne Bates, Laura Jeffs, Kathy Sax, Stefany
Mitlak, Leah Alvies, Ira Mallory, Aron Kramer, and
Shirley Backer.
Thanks also to Myra Levine for all her help.
IndyCAN
IHC is participating in the Indianapolis
Congregation Action Network, IndyCAN,
a multi-ethnic, multi-faith, multi-racial
federation of Indianapolis congregations
that brings together people at the
grass roots level to work for positive, systemic change in our community. The
congregations in IndyCAN are not just the Northside congregations that IHC has
long worked with. Many are inter city, minority congregations with which IHC has
had little real contact.
IndyCAN leaders connect congregations and their member with civic and political
leaders to build relationships, identify common concerns, find solutions and take
action to improve the quality of life and expand opportunities for all Indianapolis
families, especially the most vulnerable. IndyCAN believes that solutions to the
problems confronting our neighborhoods and community must involve those
who are directly affected.
RESTORATION OF
ARJE-LEIJB MAUSOLEUM
IN SHPOLA
One of the famous Jewish tsadiks,
philosophers, healers, and miraclemakers, Arje-Lejb the Shpoler (1725-1812)
was born, lived, died and buried in Shpola.
Bolsheviks, Nazis, and time practically
destroyed the little mausoleum built over
his grave, as well as the rest of the old
Jewish cemetery in Shpola. Ten years ago
members of the congregation “Menorah”
made an attempt to restore this sacred
place, but did not meet any support from
the local authorities. They managed to do
some cleaning and restoration of some
headstones.
In 2014, with the participation of
members of the Hassidic movement
from abroad, help of the local bosses,
and just neighbors, members of this
little community managed to restore the
grave and even build the mausoleum.
Members of “Menorah” were present at
the dedication of the memorial. Also
prominent were the current chairwoman
of the Jewish community of Shpola,
Alexandra Plakhotnik, and the Rabbi
from Kiev. Local women gave a gift of the
traditional Ukrainian style blouse they
embroidered in memory of Arie-Leib, the
Shpoler.
A core group of IHC congregants, separate and distinct from IHC’s Social Justice
Committee which will continue to work on interfaith hospitality, donating money
to Gleaners, Second Helpings and other projects, has formed and is developing
relationships with other people and congregations within IndyCAN, exploring
community issues and proposed solutions identified by IndyCAN, and raising
awareness within IHC of issues facing people, especially low income and minorities,
in Indianapolis. If you would like to join the group or just learn more, contact Alex
Slabosky at aps29@yahoo.com.
ISRAEL MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE (YOM HAZIKARON)
This year the Yom Hazikaron Memorial will be on Tuesday, April 21 at
7:00 pm and the Israel Independence Day event in celebration of Yom
HaAtzmaut will take place on Sunday, April 26 at 4:00 pm. This celebration
will begin as Earth Day at the JCC winds down. We are encouraging
everyone to come early and enjoy Earth Day, and then continue with a
celebration for Yom HaAtzmaut.
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CELEBRATE PURIM AT IHC
It has been decreed in the Land of Indianapolis that the Feast of Esther
shall be observed at Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation.
March 8th 2015 Be it further decreed that all good children and their families shall assemble
in costume on 17 Adar 5775 which corresponds to Sunday the 8th day
of March 2015.
It is further decreed that the Purim fun shall begin with the Reading
of the Megillah at 10:00am.
The Purim Spiel “Chozen: The Chilling Story of Purim” followed by
The IFTY Carnival & Brotherhood sponsored lunch.
Cost: $5 Time: directly following the reenactment
Place: IHC Attire: Purim theme or any costume EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
Taryn Fartouh, ECC Director (TarynF@ihcindy.org)
REGISTRATION FOR
ECC SUMMER CAMP 2015
IHC’s Early Childhood Center is now
registering for Summer Camp 2015!
The IHC Early Childhood Center is committed
to giving toddlers through kindergartners
varied and rich opportunities for growth and development. We
believe in providing an atmosphere of love, learning and play,
which is greatly enhanced by our Jewish values. We also have a
dedicated commitment to diversity among our ECC families and our staff.
REGISTRATION FOR 2015/16
SCHOOL YEAR
Registration has begun for the 2015/16
school year. If you are interested in finding
out more about the curriculum or would like
to schedule a tour, contact Taryn Fartouh,
ECC Director, tarynf@ihcindy.org or 317-2542186. Contact the Early Childhood Center
today to secure your spot!
YOUTH GROUPS
Lea Coleman, Youth Director; leac@ihcindy.org
March is coming in like a lamb and leaving like a lion—isn’t that
how the saying goes? No, well it should be as to how crazy March is
ending for us here at YOUth Central of IHC!!! We are so excited to be
hosting the NFTY-OV Spring Kallah. IFTY has been working hard on
making sure that everyone is housed, fed and properly filled with
Ohio Valley (OV) Spirit. I would like to thank Rachael Coleman, Taylor
Guba and Corinne Levy for heading up our event. I would also like
to thank Ginny Rexroat, Noa Tann, Noa Kossman, Maddie Roger, Abi
Cox, Emma Nisonson, Hannah Nisonson, Joe Lybik, Nadav Harper,
Elizabeth Finkel and all those who are helping to pull this together
and show NFTY-OV how great we at IHC are and can be. It goes
without saying that it takes a village to put this together and we are
fortunate to have a wonderful village here at IHC.
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MARCH DATES FOR YOUTH GROUP
March 8 ....................................................................... Purim Carnival at IHC
March 13................................... Small Chai along with Religious School
K-2 Dinner and Shabbat
March 14....................................................................... Rishonim—Gleaners
March 15......................................................................IFTY—Board Meeting
March 25.............................................. JIFTY—Hooverwood Game Night
March 26-29........................................ NFTY—Ohio Valley Spring Kallah
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ADULT EDUCATION
IHC is proud to offer a wide range of learning opportunities.
Unraveling Our Jewish Texts (Basic Judaism Class) Tuesdays, March 10-April 14,
6:00 pm (6 sessions)
Unravel and explore our sacred texts. We will examine texts from our holiest
books, such as Torah, Mishnah, Talmud and midrash. The course will include an
overview of Jewish liturgy and its basic structure. Fee: $30
Hebrew Reading Refresher Tuesdays, March 10-April 14, 6:00 pm (6 weeks)
For those who know the aleph-bet but need assistance reading basic prayers.
Fluency and accuracy will be built through practice in an easy-going,
non-threatening classroom atmosphere. Fee: $30 members/$40 non-members
Sundays with the Rabbi Sundays, March 15 & 22, April 19, 9:30 am (3 sessions)
Sunday morning isn’t just for children! Participate in a three-week adult program
led by Rabbi Krichiver. Stimulating discussion enhanced by a bagel and
lox breakfast. Free-will donations to cover the cost of food are appreciated.
ONGOING ADULT STUDY
OPPORTUNITIES
Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) Study
• Saturday mornings, 9:00-10:00 am
Torah Talk
• Select Wednesdays, 9:15-10:30 am
Jewish Book Club
• March 10, 11:30 am
Journal Club
• Fourth Tuesday of each month,
4:00 pm
To register contact Barbara Chapman, 255-6647 x219 or barbarac@ihcindy.org.
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
Marcia Goldstein, RJE, Director of Lifelong Learning (marciag@ihcindy.org)
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL AND DERECH TORAH
Dates To Remember
Religious School & Derech Torah
Sunday, March 1
Sunday, March 8 Sunday, March 15
Religious School & Derech Torah Classes
FLEX Grade 5
Purim—Megillah Reading,* 10:00 am
Attend in lieu of regular classes
Time changes—clocks spring ahead!
Religious School & Derech Torah Classes
Round Up,* Sundays with the Rabbi*
Sunday, March 22—Religious School or Derech Torah Classes
Sundays with the Rabbi*
Sunday, March 29—No Religious School/Spring Break
*See more detailed information elsewhere in this Kulanu.
Derech Torah
Special Programs & Social Action Projects
Wednesdays, March 4, 11, 18, 25
Sundays, March 1, 8,* 15, 22
Purim Megillah Reading,* Sunday, March 8, 10:00 am
Check the IHC and JCC website for other opportunities
KINDERGARTEN AND NEW
STUDENT “ROUND UP”
For families with children entering IHC’s
Religious School, August 2015. We invite
you on Sunday, March 15 to learn about
IHC’s excellent Religious School.
Join us for our weekly t’filah/worship at 9:00 am, then meet with
Marcia Goldstein, Director of Lifelong Learning. Children are
invited to join you or visit a classroom. Child care for younger
children is provided with advance notice. You are welcome to
invite members and non-members who want to know about our
program.
Let us know you are coming by contacting Barbara: barbarac@
ihcindy.org.
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PESACH WORKSHOP
Holiday Series Workshops:
All About Passover
March 22 & 25, 9:30-10:30 am
Join Rabbi Brett for two
wonderful
sessions
about
Passover. The lively discussion
will include history, celebration and adding creativity to the
seder. Lox and trimmings provided to go along with a bagel you
purchase from Early Childhood.
Reservations not required but appreciated by contacting
Barbara, barbarac@ihcindy.org, 255-6647 x213.
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TEMPLE DONATIONS
CONFIRMATION PROJECTS FUNDS
DEAN SABLOSKY YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP
Memory of Muriel Romer
Joanne & Stuart Engelberg; Teresa & Neil
Blickman
Memory of Marvin Sablosky
Teresa & Neil Blickman; Elissa & Steven Cohan
Memory of Robert Kahn
Lynn & Frank Giles
Memory of William Rosenthal
Lynn & Frank Giles, Trish & Brad Miller
YOUTH PROJECTS FUNDS
DR. MORRIS STONER RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Memory of Marjorie Bradford
Toby Blickman; Milli Perry; Kathy & Jay
Hollander; Dee & Howard Cooler; Shirley
Backer; Jodi Stoner; Bebe Weinstein
Memory of Muriel Romer
Toby Blickman; Milli Perry; Dee & Howard
Cooler; Terri Cristy; Shirley Backer; Jodi Stoner
Memory of Robert Kahn
Toby Blickman; Carolyn Leeds; Shirley Backer;
Jodi Stoner
Memory of Marjorie Bradford
Carolyn Leeds; Charlotte Schuff
Memory of Jack Vidomanets
Kimberly Rexroat
SPITZBERG/BASSLER/ARNOLD YOUTH FUND
FOR ISRAEL
Memory of Robert Kahn
LIBRARY & ARCHIVES FUND
LIBRARY BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB
Honor of Spencer Klineman
Aidan & Joe Klineman
Honor of Cole Bush
Nicole Keller & James Bush
Honor of Sarah Oancea
Marla & Damian Oancea
Honor of Elizabeth Rider
Susan & Noah Rider
JOSEPH CANTOR LIBRARY
Memory of Marvn Sablosky
Barbara Levy
Memory of Muriel Romer
Barbara & Lynn Levy; Lynn & David Valinetz
Memory of Robert Kahn; Memory of Mike Nelson
Lynn & David Valinetz
CLERGY FUNDS
SENIOR RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY
Trina Zych
Thank you for support during Conversion process
Dean Gossett
Honor of Jessica Mossler’s Bat Mitzvah
Harriet & Bernie Horwitz
Memory of Rose Levin
Anita Dansker
Memory of Gene Step
Jill & Irwin Rose
Memory of Frank & Ethel Newman
Nancy Reiter
Memory of Ruthe Stein
Jeannie & Mark Stein
Memory of Marjorie Bradford
Brandford family
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CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY
David Lewis
Memory of Robert D. Kahn
Caryl Shideler
Memory of Sandra Wilson; Memory of Mildred
Dansker
Carol & Bernie Bogar
Memory of Ira Markwood
Joan & Myron Rapkin
Memory of Robert Netzorg
Coyene Halpern
Memory of Marjorie Bradford
The Bradford family
Memory of Mike Glazer
Polly Spiegel & Peter Grossman
SOCIAL JUSTICE
HUNGER PROGRAM
Memory of Muriel Romer
Eve Perlstein; Janet & Geoffrey Segar
Memory of Marjorie Bradford
Janet & Geoffrey Segar; Ernie Lorch
SECOND HELPINGS
Memory of Robert Kahn
Jane & David Josephson
Memory of Robert Netzorg
Barbara & Michael Blickman
Memory of Sylvia Hillman
Renee & Jerry Bergstein
GLEANER’S FOOD BANK
Memory of Muriel Romer
Renny & Greg Silver
Memory of Robert Kahn
Joan Kahn
Memory of Robert Netzorg; Memory of Harry
Wolf, MD
Elliott Yolles
INTERFAITH HOSPITALITIY PROJECT/NETWORK
Roberta Tavel Shane & Sidney Shane
TEMPLE GENERAL FUNDS
THE CANTOR JANICE L. ROGER MUSIC FUND
Ilene Block
Memory of Muriel Romer
Dorit & Gerald Paul; Charlene & Sid Tuchman
Memory of Robert Kahn
Dorit & Gerald Paul; Phyllis Vernick
TEMPLE GENERAL FUND
For support given to me during my recent
bereavement
Rabbi Paula Winnig
Honor of Milli Perry’s Speedy Recovery; Honor of
Joan Wolf’s Speedy Recovery
Helen & Ron Newmark
Honor of Karyn Romer’s Speedy Recovery
Toby Blickman
Memory of Robert Kahn
Nancy & Paul Gitelson; Sue & Tom Falender;
Wendy & Billy Cohen; Marcia & Gerald
Goldstone; Ellen & Jerry Simon; Barbara & Karl
Brodsky; Diane Lutz; Kathy & Jay Hollander;
Lisa & Larry Sablosky; Sherri & Stuart
Leibowitz; Nancy & Larry Reader; Sally &
Jack Cotlar; Rabbi Dennis & Rabbi Sandy Sasso;
Sandra & Donald Rothbaum; Jane Rothbaum;
Betsy & Richard Sheerr; Laurie & Charlie Boskin.
Memory of Muriel Romer
Ilene Dorman Klein & Gary Klein; Helen &
Ron Newmark; Patti Dorson; Charlotte Ray;
Jan Brown; Helene & Walter Roach; Susan &
Morris Meshulam
Memory of Susan Erickson
Anthony Nefouse
Memory of Gene Step; Memory of Marvin Sablosky;
Memory of Dr. Harry Wolf
Helen & Ron Newmark
Memory of Marjorie Bradford
Sally & Jack Cotlar
Memory of Louise Perlstein
Phillip Weisberger
Memory of William Rosenthal
Laurie & Charlie Boskin
Memory of Robert Netzorg
Stuart and Charles Rubner; Marie Arshop &
family
YAHRZEIT MEMORIAL & CEMETERY FUND
Shirley Cohen
Memory of Sadie Mendlovitz
Helen & Ron Newmark
Memory of Mor Oppman & Elvira Oppman
Elsie Segal
Memory of Mary Pliskin
Harlean & John Pliskin
Memory of Myron Harris; Memory of Mike Mustin
Joan & Howard Harris
Memory of Sanford Goldshine
Eunice Goldshine
Memory of Gladys Hurwitz
Fran & Roger Hurwitz
OUTODOR BEAUTIFICATION/HARVEY GADDIE
FUND
Memory of Muriel Romer
Stan & Phyllis Herman; Charlotte Schuff;
June Herman; Joan Kahn
Memory of Robert Kahn
Susan Baer
PRAYER BOOK & BIBLE FUND
Memory of Robert Netzorg
Toby Blickman; Selma Hurwitz; Gloria & Terry
Gernstein
SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND
Memory of Marjorie Bradford
Anita Dansker
OTHER FUNDS
FOUNDATION GENERAL FUND
Thanks to Rabbi Jon Stein
Carly Shideler
Honor of Gerald Paul’s speedy recovery
Memory of Robert Kahn
Joan & Nathan Miller; Friends of Caryl Shideler
Memory of Muriel Romer
Joan & Nathan Miller; Louise & Jerry Litwack
Memory of Robert Netzorg
Joan & Nathan Miller
FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT
Memory of Muriel Romer; Memory of Robert
Netzorg; Memory of Marjorie Bradford; Memory of
Robert Kahn
Flo Mary & Thomas Mantel
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YAHRZEIT
3/1/1973 .................Emanuel Arffa
3/1/1984 .................Pearl Blum
3/1/1949 .................Eva O. Borinstein
3/1/1924 .................Babette Breisacher
3/1/2009..................Jacqueline Efroymson
3/1/2002 .................Norma Funkhouser
3/1/1968..................Sadie Halpern
3/1/1975..................Helen Kaplan
3/1/1996..................Irving Kleinman
3/1/1958..................Dave Miller
3/1/2009..................Leon Oancea
3/1/1985..................Ann Simon
3/1/1972..................Sidney Weisberger
3/1/1984 .................Morton Wolman
3/2/2013..................James Ackerman
3/2/1943 .................Alfred Bielsky
3/2/1943 .................Bobby Bielsky
3/2/1943..................Minna Bielsky
3/2/1991..................Menne Fruehman
3/2/1930..................Sigmund Guggenheim
3/2/2010..................Robert J. Healey
3/2/1986 .................Lewis Schwartz
3/2/1979..................Norman Vogel
3/3/2004 .................Jerry Aronstam
3/3/2000 .................Sylvia Block
3/3/1984 .................Gettie Cohen
3/3/1990 .................Sondra Finkel Fogle
3/3/1948 .................Mary Hurwitz
3/3/1969 .................Belle Jaffe
3/3/1958..................Eugene Loeb
3/3/1991 .................Herbert Lowenstein
3/3/2009..................Scott Monat
3/3/1976 .................Samuel Rose
3/4/1981 .................Freda Dumes
3/4/1987 .................David Wiesenfeld
3/5/1975 .................Harriet Asher
3/5/1971 .................Charles B. Feibleman
3/5/2001..................Myrna Ginstling
3/5/2000 .................Cele Goldstein
3/5/1995 .................Robert E. Klein
3/5/1916 .................Joseph Kramer
3/5/1994 .................Dora Leventhal
3/5/1999..................Nathan Lipkin
3/5/1977 .................Anna Lisker Nelson
3/5/2007 .................Henry Stein
3/5/1974 .................Samuel Tuchman
3/6/1987 .................Anne P. Drevno
3/6/2003 .................Abraham Kubersky
3/6/2010..................Herman Logan
3/6/1950 .................Benjamin Popp
3/6/1991..................Ida Stine
3/6/1996 .................Adele Weil
3/7/1993..................William Borman
3/7/2013..................Luther Gaskin
3/7/2010..................Irene Breisacher
3/7/1985 .................David M Lurie
3/8/1986 .................Mildred R. Blumberg
3/8/1985 .................Jeffrey Robert Cowan
3/8/1996..................Faina Fvenkel
3/8/1919 .................Lena Koby
3/8/1986 .................Leah Kroot
3/8/1999 .................Rick McCann
3/8/1954 .................Nathaniel H Provisor
3/8/2007 .................Irene Schwartz
3/9/2006 .................Elyse C. Adams
3/9/1983 .................Abraham Gordon Cohen
3/9/1984 .................Odessa Helman
3/9/1980 .................Morris Kay
3/9/1937 .................Julius P Michael
3/9/2010..................Fay Micon
3/9/2001 .................Ida Oakley
3/9/2003 .................Michael Polick
3/9/1978 .................Edwin S. Roger
Th e se we re m e m b e r… M A R C H 2 0 1 5
3/9/1999 .................Meyer Staff
3/9/1997 .................Endre Stern
3/10/1998 ...............Esther Belle
3/10/2003 ...............Lisa Boyer
3/10/2000 ...............Rose Csillag
3/10/1967 ...............David Dansker
3/10/1991................Mottle Gitsis
3/10/1998 ...............Annabelle Miller
3/10/1980 ...............Louis Rumple
3/10/2010................Sylvia Shapiro
3/10/1975 ...............Sylvia Orloff Spiegal
3/10/1978 ...............E. Gerald Tasch
3/11/1993 ...............Nathan Bartfield
3/11/2010................Mildred Brown
3/11/1994 ...............Donald Craig
3/11/1961 ...............Miriam Gellman
3/11/2010................Georgene (Genie) Glazer
3/11/2005 ...............Grace Hellman
3/11/1966 ...............Jeanette May
3/11/2008................Debbie Seif
3/11/1967 ...............Irvin C. Spasser
3/12/2008................Rebecca Batt
3/12/1994 ...............Philip Fichman
3/12/1987 ...............Faye W. Josephson
3/12/1982 ...............Max Lorber
3/12/1997 ...............Seymour Monat
3/12/1953 ...............Adolph M. Teixler
3/13/1986 ...............Mary Berry
3/13/1998................Harris Block
3/13/1988 ...............Maybelle Cohen
3/13/2011................Ann Frisch
3/13/1986 ...............Mindy Haber
3/13/2013................Allan Segal
3/13/1985 ...............Robert Sklan
3/14/2003................Warren Ackerman
3/14/1965 ...............Melvin Atlass
3/14/2013................Amy Bush
3/14/2013................Vera Card
3/14/1975 ...............Evelyn Claymon
3/14/1980 ...............Dena Cohen
3/14/1986 ...............Gordon Cohn
3/14/1974 ...............Raymond Heffron
3/14/1993................Jenny Karsch Kenis
3/14/1975 ...............Rudolph Klapper
3/14/1990 ...............David Logvin
3/14/2006 ...............Adeline Pactor
3/14/1996 ...............Lila Perlstein
3/14/2010................Lillian Yolles
3/15/2009................Stephen Backer
3/15/1961 ...............Rachel Domont
3/15/1966 ...............Anna Fink
3/15/1940 ...............David E. Hamburger
3/15/2009................Rose Herman
3/15/2009................Ruth Moss
3/15/1985 ...............Morris L. Pozner
3/15/1938 ...............Rosa Rosenberg
3/16/1976 ...............Josephine Altbach
3/16/2006 ...............Rose Ancel
3/16/2012................Louis Arkush
3/16/1995 ...............Herbert Backer
3/16/2010................Sylvia Nahmias Cohen
3/16/1994 ...............Lillian Sarah Kubersky
3/16/1983 ...............Myer Lazarus
3/16/2005................Ruth Lieberman
3/16/1978 ...............William Medias
3/16/2007 ...............Walton Sicanoff
3/17/1991 ...............Faina Borsuk
3/17/2009................Charles Edward Breeden
3/17/2009................Helen Caplan
3/17/1957 ...............Samuel Friedmann
3/17/1996 ...............Helen Cohen Goldman
3/17/1923 ...............Harry Olshewitz
3/17/1968................Ben Ratner
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3/17/1991 ...............Mina Ross
3/17/1982 ...............Thelma Sands
3/17/1977 ...............Marion Shaw
3/17/2011................Burton Signer
3/17/1983 ...............Julian Weil
3/17/1999 ...............Eunice Weiss
3/18/1952 ...............Rose Ancel
3/18/1945 ...............Morton A. Gellman
3/18/1988 ...............Lillian Goldstein
3/18/1992 ...............Max Litt
3/18/2013................Jacqueline Harper Phillips
3/18/2003 ...............Mildred T Richardson
3/18/1983 ...............Louis Trockman
3/18/1946 ...............Anna Wolf
3/18/2008................Martin Yale
3/19/1987 ...............Sarah Eskenazi
3/19/1982 ...............Bessie Leopold
3/19/2012................Marilyn Roger
3/19/1996 ...............Stanley Shapiro
3/20/1908 ...............Frieda Eichenberg
3/20/1976 ...............Lazar Levy
3/20/2000 ...............Robert McCann
3/20/1955 ...............Max Schwartz
3/20/1948 ...............Ida E Stiefler
3/20/1981 ...............Louis Stillerman
3/21/2002 ...............Mildred Freed Alberg
3/21/1975 ...............Leon Fisch
3/21/1998 ...............Louis Fox
3/21/1959................ Abe Grossman
3/21/1985 ...............Sadie Mann
3/21/2003 ...............Bernice Schafer
3/21/1947 ...............Sara Schahet
3/21/1957 ...............George Ungar
3/21/1972 ...............Jason Weiss
3/22/1982 ...............Samuel Apter
3/22/1969 ...............Sol Basan
3/22/2004................Jeanne Booth
3/22/2001 ...............Inez Herz
3/22/1993................Elsie Fried Karsch
3/22/1966 ...............Udell Kerman
3/22/1968 ...............Joseph A Klein
3/22/1995 ...............Zelma Mintz
3/22/1989 ...............Shirley Mossler
3/22/2001 ...............Howard Oppman
3/22/2003 ...............Philip S. Perlstein
3/22/1996 ...............Benjamin Provisor
3/22/1977 ...............Rudolf Selig
3/22/2007................M Anita Silver
3/23/2007 ...............Albert Alliss
3/23/1964 ...............Hattie Breman
3/23/2007 ...............Jerry Epstein
3/23/1999 ...............Lawrence Feldman
3/23/1943 ...............Jeanette D. Fisch
3/23/2012................Marilyn Glick
3/23/1943 ...............Ruth Fisch
3/23/2006 ...............Ken Horwitz
3/23/1990 ...............Charles S. Poppe
3/23/1992 ...............Gerald Rosen
3/23/1931 ...............Isaac Rosen
3/23/1979 ...............Mae Smith
3/24/1992 ...............Frances Abels
3/24/2001 ...............Earl Bradford
3/24/1990 ...............Janet Freeman Coppe
3/24/1986................Esther Eisenberg
3/24/1997................Jacob Engelhardt
3/24/1920 ...............Jacob Feuerlicht
3/24/2002 ...............Annette Kalishman
3/24/1968 ...............Rose Lippman Levinsohn
3/24/1989 ...............Ida Lee Linder
3/24/1971 ...............Phyllis Singer
3/24/2005 ...............Leo Solomon
3/25/1987 ...............Bayne Sarfaty Benjamin
3/25/1990 ...............Dorothy Gorshel
3/25/1989 ...............Jeanette Greenberger
3/25/1965................Philip Greenberger
3/25/1999 ...............Nadine Haury
3/25/1997 ...............Marge Jacobs
3/25/2007................Max Koenig
3/25/1983 ...............Harry Kushnarov
3/25/1998................Alan Louis Lieberman
3/25/2001 ...............Barry Ressler
3/25/2008................Anna Sichuga
3/25/2008................Ellyn Signer
3/25/1980 ...............Abe Winter
3/26/1990 ...............Molly Cohen
3/26/1996 ...............Rose G. Goldberg
3/26/1978 ...............Helen Himelstein
3/26/1949 ...............Dora Loganofsky
3/26/1990 ...............Michel Mirowski
3/26/2007 ...............Barbara Misrock
3/26/2006 ...............Aaron Rabb
3/26/1981 ...............Max Seidman
3/26/1975 ...............Ida Weinstock
3/26/1977 ...............Betty Yosha
3/27/1999 ...............Lee Zuckerman Bearman
3/27/1988 ...............Al Braun
3/27/2008................Dr. David Copher
3/27/1948 ...............Harry Glanzman
3/27/1982 ...............Hannah G. Julian
3/27/1996 ...............Florence Elizabeth Kouts
3/27/1956 ...............Abe Levenstein
3/27/1980 ...............Edward Pearlman
3/27/1997 ...............Robert Pickrell
3/27/1979 ...............Evelyn Sarah Sabetay
3/28/1992................Robert Benjamin
3/28/1952 ...............Rudolph Domont
3/28/2009................Fryderyka Oesterreicher
3/28/1976 ...............Ethel Rappaport
3/28/1992 ...............Albert Shallat
3/29/1997 ...............Harry Eisenstein
3/29/2000 ...............Mary Fink
3/29/2004 ...............Morris Goodman
3/29/2001 ...............Harold Hoffman
3/29/1976 ...............Nathan Kort
3/29/2002 ...............Pearl Basan Refkin
3/29/2010................Louis Rothchild
3/29/1918 ...............Eva Selig
3/29/1963 ...............Max Strashun
3/29/1990 ...............Jeanne Stuckgold
3/30/1957................Yetta Agriss
3/30/1999 ...............Florence Cooper
3/30/1979 ...............Frances Kasper Edenberg
3/30/2004 ...............Arnold Feinberg
3/30/1989 ...............Robert Milton Finn
3/30/1994 ...............Andy Fishman
3/30/1994 ...............Harold Kaplan
3/30/2001 ...............Marilyn Karsch
3/30/1974 ...............Louis Leitz
3/30/1987................Eli Lieberman
3/30/1980 ...............Tekla Wolf
3/31/1992 ...............John Adams
3/31/1953 ...............Mark Alpern
3/31/1953 ...............Morris Arnow
3/31/1975................Walter Blumenthal
3/31/1932 ...............Grete Wolff Cahn
3/31/1983 ...............Delmas Cromer
3/31/2003 ...............Elaine Halberstadt
3/31/1992 ...............Dolly Herman
3/31/2001 ...............Edward Karsch
3/31/2004 ...............Daniel Karzen
3/31/1999 ...............Henry M. Marks
3/31/1933 ...............Anna Medias
3/31/1994 ...............Nancy Solomon Richards
3/31/1974 ...............Marilyn M. Roth
3/31/1981 ...............Louis Talesnick
3/31/1953 ...............Robert D Wolman
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WE NOTE WITH HAPPINESS THE BIRTHS
• Leo Marcial, grandson of Alex (Marcella) Slabosky.
WE NOTE WITH SORROW THE DEATHS
• Majorie Bradford passed away on January 2, 2015.
• Robert W. Smith, Jr., father of Gayle (Brad) Skolnik passed away
on January 4, 2015.
• Matthew “John” Chatterton, father of Laura (Harold) Solomon
passed away on January 6, 2015.
• Arlene Goldhamer, mother of Linda (Ernie) Hann, Tracey
(Matt) Pendlum, and Jennifer (Clay) Coulter, passed away on
January 6, 2015.
• Robert Netzorg, father of Linda Klezmer passed away on
January 11, 2015.
• William Rosenthal, father of Susan (William) Kleinman passed
away on January 16, 2015.
• Ruth Lazarus, mother of Robin (John) Ridge passed away on
January 20, 2015.
• Ann Roth, mother of Beth Cohen, grandmother of Stephanie
(Greg) Davis passed away on January 23, 2015.
• Michael “Mike” Nelson, nephew of Libby Nelson Goble, Max
(Donna) Nelson, and Elliot (Estelle) Nelson, cousin of Miles
(Carolina) Nelson passed away on January 25, 2015.
IHC RELIGIOUS
SCHOOL GROUP
PICTURE
Current & Past Students
Sunday, March 22
9:30, 10:15, or 11:30 am
If you ever attended IHC’s Religious School…
We are having a massive group picture of all of our current and
past Religious School students on Sunday, March 22 and want
you to participate. In order to include everyone, three pictures
will be taken: 9:30, 10:15 and 11:30. These pictures will then be
“stitched together” electronically to make one big one.
To let us know you are coming sign up on, SignUpGenius.
com (http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0844abab2da64ihcreligious) or contact Marcia Goldstein at marciag@ihcindy.
org or 255-6647. Spread the word to everyone you know who
attended our RS whether or not they are currently members.
PLACE YOUR AD HERE!
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6501 N. Meridian Street
India­na­polis, IN 46260
Dial an extension or access a staff directory
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Brett Krichiver, Senior Rabbi
Janice Roger, Cantor
Lynda Goodman, Executive Director
Marcia Goldstein, RJE, Director
of Lifelong Learning
Taryn Fartouh, Director of Early
Childhood Center
Evelyn Pockrass, Librarian
Lea Coleman, Youth Director
Greg Kroot, IHC Board President
Amy Isaacs, Sisterhood President
Joel Lisker, Brotherhood President
Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation Kulanu
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Con­gre­ga­tion at 6501 N. Meridian Street,
India­na­polis, IN 46260.
Deadline for the May issue of the Kulanu is March 25, 2015.
Email Shirley Martin at shirleym@ihcindy.org.
65TH STREET KLEZMORIM ON TOUR: PART 2
February 2015—Shelbyville | June 2016—Europe
IHC’s 65th Street Klezmorim will be travelling to Europe next
year and our Indianapolis family and friends are invited to
come along. Stops on the trip include Prague and Terezin in
Czechoslovakia, Berlin and Vienna. The Klezmorim will be
giving concerts along the way.
There will be an informational meeting on Sunday, March
15 at 1:30 pm in the IHC Chapel. Andy Gekoskie from
Worldstrides International Discovery programs will be here
to talk about the itinerary and costs, as well as answer any
questions. Fans of travel and music of all ages are invited to
attend.