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STORAHTELLING
Scholar-in-Residence Weekend, March 7-9
Made possible by a generous contribution from the estate of Bernice Seigel, z”l
In ancient synagogues, a key participant was the m’turgaman, the person who translated the Torah into the language of the people. We now
have books that translate the words, but how can we “translate” the experience of Torah and bring it into our lives? That is where Storahtel-
ling comes in. Using twenty-first century performance art techniques, Storahtelling brings personal contemporary meaning to 5,000 years
of Jewish tradition. B’nai Brith Magazine has called it a “trailblazer of the Jewish world,” while the Washington Post has lauded its
“reverence and relevance.”
Please join us as Storahtelling comes to Temple Ohabei Shalom for a weekend of fun, inspiration, and learning.
Friday, March 7, Shabbat Rishon , Saturday, March 8, Shabbat morning service, Sunday, March 9,
8:00 p.m. 10:30 a.m. 9:30 – 11:30 am
Setting the Stage: A Taste of Sto- Maven Torah Reading Ritual Backstage with Storahtelling
rahtelling Storahtelling Mavens bring Torah to life through a fresh (For families with children in
An interactive ritual experience that fusion of Hebrew chanting, dramatized English transla- grades 5-7.)
demonstrates the Storahtelling tech- tion, and interactive commentary. Grade 6 & 7 families An engaging and interactive
nique with translation, drama, and expected to attend. workshop designed to inspire
ceremony. participants to experiment with
“Talkback” (during Kiddush after services) Torah translation and to increase
A question-and-answer session to debrief the Storahtel- comprehension and relevancy of
ling experience. Judaism’s ancient texts.
Lifelong Learning
Sunday Mornings Monday Night Learning
The Music of the Jewish Life Cycle Tu B'Shvat: Trees and Tree-Hugging in Jewish
with Cantor Randall Schloss
Sunday Mornings, 9:30 – 11:00 am
Tradition
February 3 & 10 with Navah Levine, Rabbinic Intern
Music often has a way of inspiring us and enriching us beyond what Monday evenings, 7:00 – 8:30 pm
literal words can do. Jewish ritual tradition understands this: from Feb 4 & 11
the most ancient of our rituals through the most modern Reform The holiday of Tu b'Shvat (the 15th day of the month of
traditions, music helps to bring the lifecycle to life! During these Shvat, which begins this year on Monday evening January
two sessions, Cantor Schloss will explore the way we experience 21st) celebrates the New Year for Trees. Over the centuries,
Jewish milestones through music: birth, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Confirma- it has taken on multiple layers of meaning and evolved into a
tion, marriage and celebration, and death and mourning.
Jewish environmental
holiday. In this two-part class, we will study traditional and
My People’s Prayer book modern Jewish texts on Tu b'Shvat, the importance of the
with Rabbi Tom Alpert & Cantor Randall Schloss environment, and our role as stewards of the natural world.
Sunday Mornings, 9:30 – 11:00 am
March 16, 23, 30; April 6 and 13.
Have you ever wondered about the prayers that we say as Jews? Why is this Passover different from all other
Come join Rabbi Alpert and Cantor Schloss as they seek to open Passovers?
up the Jewish prayer book, the siddur, as a spiritual resource. To- with Cantor Randall Schloss
gether we shall explore the riches that the heritage of prayer has to Monday evenings 7:00 – 8:30 pm
offer us in our worship and in our lives. In addition to a general
March 24 & 31
survey, we shall focus in depth on the Sh’ma and its blessings.
In two sessions, Cantor Schloss will lead us through the sto-
They are the affirmation of the faith of the Jewish people and a
familiar and loving entryway into the prayer book. ries of Passover. Not the Maggid, the story of the exodus
from Egypt, but the stories of the Jewish people’s celebration
March 16: Jewish Prayer Through the Ages: A Whirlwind of the festival of Pesach. We will explore the wealth of tradi-
Tour tions from around the Jewish world, covering all aspects of
March 23, 30 & April 6: An In-Depth Examination of the the holiday: seder ritual, haggadah, food and music. When
Sh’ma and the Blessings that Surround It we are done, we will have something new and different to
April 13: Now and Beyond: New Directions in Jewish Prayer bring to our seders.
$18.00—available in the Polly Epstein Our text for this class will be The Death of Death by the
Gift Shop, or from Cantor Schloss leading Jewish theologian Dr. Neil Gillman of the Jewish
Theological Seminary.
Ansin Religious School News
No School
Little Hands
Jewish Programming for Young Children
Mondays Thursdays
January 1-5 (Tevet 23-27) Sanford J. Gilbert * Howard Z. Mann Esther Davis *
Aaron B. Goldstein * Sarah B. Finch * Louis Marks * Sarah W. Daynard *
Abraham Ancona Sarah Saslaw Ira Markwett * Rose Einstein *
Augusta Wolf Sidney Henry Goldinger Harry E. Morgan * Abbott J. Epstein *
Barbara Silverman Sophie Smokler Louis Moses * Isaac H. Feinberg
Ben G. Shapiro * Thelma R. Sawyer * Fanny Nathan * Maurice Galer
Benjamin Cohen Joseph Pantell Jacob Glasker *
Bernard Fisher January 6-12 (Tevet 28-Shevet 5) Fannie Pave * S. Norma Gold
Bertha Baron * Max Moses Adler * Itskhak Pisecki Frank Gorfine
Bertha Levin Robert Alberg Shmuel Pisecki Lillian Greenberg
Betty Ann Rothstein * Irma Helen Bailen * David Podren * Karen Grossman
Bruna Rosengard * Joseph Barron * Fred Podren * Sarah Halper
Carl Gelb Helen Behr Lewis Polakewich * Isaac Heiderman
Celia Kaplan Dana Eliezer Berger * Avraam Rivin Rebecka Hollander *
Celia Yaffa Harold Berk * Max Rosengard Dorothy Israel
David L. Rosenberg * Samuel Bernstein Aaron Scheinfeldt * Sarah Kahn
David Daynard Beatrice Berson Herch Leyb Shifrin Amelia Kalesky
Esther Shwartz Tofias * Edith Birnbaum Joseph Silberman Charles Kalisky
Esther Siff Joseph Blumenthal * Rebecca Silverman * Abraham B. Kamine
Fannie Geller * Sarah Posner Borosky * Harry C. Smith * Fannie Kaplan
Fannie Green Mary Caro * Benjamin F. Solomon * Minnie Burack Kliman
Frances Baer Greenbaum * Anne Cohen Nancy Spitz * Evelyn M. Lane *
Frances Ornsteen * Harry B. Cohen * Andrew Spunt * Barnet Lechten *
Harry Karmelin * Hannah Cooks * Myrna Rice Stein Tamara Lerner
Herschel Vershbow * Molly C. Davis Gabriel M. Stern * Sara K. Levison
Hyman Lass Fannie Weiner Epstein * Leo Solomon Stone * Ray Levy
Jennie Rakowsky Alice Feldman Elaine Tallen Frances S. Mason *
John Chalfin * Mary Feldman * Leonard Tarlin Dorothea Mathias
Joseph Weber Herman Fishel * Jean Tartakoff * Charles Merlin *
Laura K. Spiel Rosalind Frederics Col. Robert William Timothy Victor I. Mertens
Lawrence Finch Arline Freedman Shayne Turner Abraham E. Nizel *
Marjorie Gordon * Gilda Gilder Nathan Weinstein * Bertha Passman
Marshall Platt Lucille Glick Abraham Wiesenfeld Michael Perkins *
Matilda Sanger Oscar C Goldberg, Jr. * Samuel H. Zitter Andrew C. Rabinowitz *
Mildred Yarchin * Edward Goldman * Nathan Rabinowitz *
Miriam Starr Skirball * Samuel Goldstein * January 13-19 (Tevet 6-12) Herman Rifkin *
Mitchell Starr Charles Green * William Alpert Nathaniel N. Serper
Morris Dunn Morris Greenberg Margery Behr Joseph K. Shankman *
Morris Schwartz * Rose R. Grossman * Rosalind Bernstein * Harry Shapiro
Otto Morningstar * Jacob Hark Arthur H. Bloch * Louis Sheinwald
Rebecca Abrams * William J. Hotch * Henry L. Cabitt Charles E. Smith *
Rebecca J. Kaufman * Jerome Iskols Philip Caplan Joy Sparr
Rebecca Jacobs Harris Dorothy Klein Helen A. Cobden Morris Steelman
Rose Corman * Harold Landy Nathan Cohen Murray Taub
Sadie B. Cohen * Jacob Levin * Sarah Klous Cohen * Andrew Von Bargen
Sadye Jampolsky Melvin Levine Gertrude T. Corman * Irving Willis
Samuel Halper Samuel Herbert Levingston * Louis Corman * Samuel Wingersky
Samuel Neal Rubin * I. Roy Levy * Charles Corvin * Esther Miller Wyzanski
Yahrzeits, continued
January 20-26 (Tevet 13-19) Judith Greenfield Samuel S. Slosberg * Henry Joski
Beatrice Adler Leonore K. Grover Bertam Irving Sparr Pamela Kagle
Mildred Aronson William J. Haft Seymour Stadfeld A. George Kohn *
Irving Avers Bertha Handwerker Harry Aaron Stoller Taurice Wit Kohn *
Milton M. Bengis * Joseph Hirsh Louis Striar Max Kravitz
Jane Hart Berk Jean Lebow Esther Waxman Jules Lader *
Irving Blank Harvey Leopold Nathan Weiss Evelyn K. Macey *
Molly Bolan Albert L. Levine * Theresa E. Whitman * Sarah Moses
Bertha Brody * Fannie Levine Abraham Willis * Carolyn Sharlet Nachman
Mary Jane Byrne Harry Levine Rita Parks
Heiman Caro Morris Levit January 27-31 (Tevet 20-24) Abraham I. Passman
Helen Meyers Cohen * Esther P. Mann * Violet Aaronson Marlene Passman
William Coughlin Joan Marton Sylvia Dreyfus Adams Jennie Pearl *
Henry Crine M. Stanley Metz Leopold Basch Deborah B. Pokroisky *
Josephine Cummins Herman M. Nelson Charlotte Y. Bernhardt Pauline N. Raab *
Harriet W. Daniels * Fred Platt Ethel Block Philip Raab *
Helen Dizon Maurice Prolman Dorothy Julia Burke Carolyn Regan
Pauline Endlar * Helen F. Rockman * Maurice Caro * Ruth Resnik
Abraham Feinberg * Maurice J. Rosenfeld * Jeanette F. Cohen Rose S. Rosnosky
Rosa Freed Hyman L. Rosengard * Barney Comenitz Sarah Scheinberg
Grace Freidson * Esther Israel Rosenthal Alfred Daniels * Bernice Silin
Charles Garfinkle Henry Rosnosky * Victor DeGrottola Joseph G. Smith *
Rachael Ginzberg Sidney H. Ross * Al Deitch Arthur Sparr
William Goldberg Raymond Bruce Rothstein * Jessica Ellenberg Louis Spero *
Max Goldforb Louis N. Schwartz * Joseph Friedman Bertha Cohen Spitz
Max C. Goldman * Tessie Sepinuck Lila Glasky * Melanie Swartz *
Neil Goldman Bernard Shalit Edna Greene Stanley Brand Swartz *
Jennie G. Gordon Beverly Shapson Annette Harris * Suzanne Phillips Timothy
Mary Gordon-Silverman * Herbert S. Sharlin Walter Heineman Abram Tischler
Priscilla Greenbaum * Lorne Scott Shomes * Ann A. Helpern * Mildred Rose Traster
Helen Spero Greenfield * Isaac Simons Harold D. Himelfarb * Adele Jurow Wallach
Maurice Wyzanski
Special Birthdays
January Devarim Toy Drive
Mr. Harold Ansin Mr. Alexander Spivak “THANK YOU”
Mrs. Denise Casper Mrs. Raya Spivak
Ms. Amy B. Bernstein Ms. Judith Mabel Due to the overwhelming generosity of our congre-
Mrs. Mildred Barron Mrs. Evelyn Ruby gation, the children, parents and staff at the Boston
Medical Center Grow Clinic were once again as-
Special Anniversaries sured a happy holiday season. Thanks for filling up
Mr. Thomas Plançon & Ms. Amy Hozid our crib with so many holiday presents! Dr. Deborah
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Lewenberg Frank is most grateful.
Thoughts on Tu Bish’vat
Trees, Shabbat, And Israel's Ecology
by Jonathan Wolf
Create an Eco-Shabbat! When Tu Bish’vat falls on Shabbat as it does this year (Feb. 2), it be-
comes an opportunity to dedicate the day to enjoying and recognizing the natural world, Israel,
and our responsibilities for the environment. Meals, lectures, nature hikes, children's carnivals,
services, seudah shlishit (the late Saturday afternoon meal), study groups: many times and events
during Shabbat can address and draw attention on the Torah's teachings about the meaning of
true Sabbath rest, our obligations to preserve our world for future generations, the delights and
varieties of healthful foods which spring from the earth, and our ties to the historic Jewish home-
land in Israel and its rivers and hills. Every synagogue, Hillel house, havurah, JCC, religious
school, senior center, community, and family can invent and adapt its own expression of an Envi-
ronmental Shabbat on Tu Bish’vat—whether Seder, party, speaker, festive meal, text learning,
games, songs, stories, or all-night gathering. This Shabbat is a propitious and auspicious time for
focusing on the earth and its wonders and the ways it supports us and we protect it.
http://www.coejl.org/~coejlor/ebulletin/34.php
A Tu Bish’vat Primer
Tu Bish’vat is a holiday intimately connected to the agricul- served as the day on which farmers offered the first fruits of
tural cycle of the Land of Israel. Falling in the middle of the the trees they planted, after the trees had turned four years
Jewish month of Sh’vat, the 15th day of the month is the old. The following Tu Bishvat signified when the farmers
New Year of Trees. Today, this holiday is often celebrated by were allowed to begin making use of the produce of the trees
planting saplings and also by participating in a seder-meal they planted, whether for personal or economic reasons.
that echoes the Passover seder, in which the produce of
trees, including fruits and nuts, are eaten. In the middle ages, the Jewish mystics of Safed developed a
ritual meal celebrated on Tu Bish’vat that was modeled on
Ideas and Beliefs: The Bible expresses a great reverence for the Passover seder. Four cups of wine were drunk and seven
fruit trees as symbols of God’s bounty and beneficence. Spe- “fruits” symbolic of those of the Holy Land were eaten. With
cial laws were formulated to protect fruit trees in times of war the rise of Zionism in the late 19th century, Tu Bish’vat was
and ensure that the produce of trees would not be picked rediscovered as a celebration that links the Jews with their
until the trees were mature enough and tithes were given land. The holiday became one of rededication to the ecology
from them. In order to calculate the age of trees, both for of the denuded land, with the planting of trees taking center
determining when they could be harvested and when they stage in the celebration. Jews outside of Israel contribute
were to be tithed for the Temple, the Talmudic Rabbis estab- money to plant trees there and/or plant trees in their own
lished the 15th day (Tu) of the month of Shvat as the official communities.
“birthday” of trees.
With the increased concern for the environment in recent
Subsequent to the destruction of the Temple, Tu Bish’vat years, Tu Bish’vat has taken on an additional meaning as a
lost much of its relevance, but in the middle ages it was re- day on which Jews can express and act on their concern for
discovered by Jewish mystics. In the modern period it has the ecological well-being of the world in which we live. This
enjoyed another revival as a holiday that links Jews with the has led to the rediscovery of the mystical Tu Bish’vat seder,
land of Israel and as a Jewish celebration of the environment. now transformed into a celebration of God’s bounty and the
environment.
Practices: When the Temple stood in Jerusalem, Tu Bishvat
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Tu_Bishvat/
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