BULLETIN June/July 2016 Iyar/Sivan/Tammuz 5776 Established in 1882

Mazel Tov to the Class of 2016! Elyssa Beilenson University of Missouri

Lily Katzman Northwestern University

Cameron Davis Southern University

Joshua Kazdan Stanford University

Jeffrey Eidelman Miami University, Ohio

Rachel Krug University of Minnesota

Samuel Elfanbaum University of Missouri

Alexander Lanson University of Missouri

Noah Englander University of Missouri

Madeline Lapp Fontbonne University

Ariel Ferman Southeast Missouri State University

Daniel Lev The State University of New York

Hannah Frankel Indiana University

Gabriel Maayan Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Naomi Frankel Indiana University

Jessica Mayer Pennsylvania State University

Zachary Frankel University of Iowa

Noa Rose University of Wisconsin

Alec Goldberg University of Michigan

Jess Rothberg Missouri State University

Daniel Greenblatt University of Michigan

Melanie Rush Brandeis University

Noah Grossman Indiana University

Samuel Schaeffer Miami University, Ohio

Daniel Hearst University of Iowa

Jeremy Schwartz Indiana University

Elliana Heller University of Kansas

Jenna Shanker University of Washington

Max Howes University of Arizona

Matthew Simon Webster University

Ariel Isaacs University of Wisconsin

Hannah Zuckerman Indiana University

From Rabbi Carnie Shalom Rose Shalom B’nai Amoona friends!

It is hard to imagine, but in just a few short weeks, we will draw our 2015-16 program year to a close. Our synagogue calendar is always busy. However, as we ready ourselves for the ceremonies and celebrations that mark the conclusion of another academic cycle, we move from “busy” to “frenetic and frenzied”. Though I think of my beloved teacher Rabbi Lipnick quite often, it is especially at this hectic time of the year that I recall his unique joie de vivre - zest for life. Whenever he would hear someone Kvetch about the many festivities that dot our communal calendars, he would remind us that what we want and need are vibrant, active synagogues. “Flat line means you are dead! The more action we have in the Shul, the better off we are!” It is with Rabbi’s inimitable spirit in mind that I extend a warm invitation to all members of the B’nai Amoona Family to join us in the coming weeks. Join us and feel the love and support, the vitality and vivacity, which typify our special Kehillah Kedoshah, our holy community. Of course, year’s end also brings with it moments of transition. This summer, we will bid farewell to two beloved members of our community: On June 18th, during Shabbat Morning Services, we will acknowledge and thank our Director of Lifelong Learning, Jennifer Newfeld, for her many years of dedicated service to B’nai Amoona. Jennifer’s time with us has been marked by many achievements, successes, awards and accolades. She has helped us think through the “big issues” and has set us on a course for even greater triumphs in the years ahead. We have been enriched by her knowledge and prodigious skills and we will miss her, Nathan, and Gavi immensely. St. Louis’ loss is surely Maryland’s gain! Please make every effort to be with us on June 18th! On Shabbat morning July 2nd, we will host a special send-off for our much loved Assistant Rabbi, Ari Kaiman. Rabbi Kaiman’s years at B’nai Amoona have been filled with creativity, innovation, deep respect for the history of our Shul, and a palpable Ahavat HaBriot - love for all those who entered the many different doorways of our community. Reb Ari has brought wonderful spirit, energy, and enthusiasm to his Avodat HaKodesh, holy service, and as he, Emily and the kids prepare to leave their first pulpit, we can say with certainty that their future in Atlanta is bright. We will miss them terribly, but know that we will remain connected and continue to Shep Naches from the many successes that will be theirs in the coming years. Tzetchem LeShalom - journey out in peace and we look forward to seeing you during your visits to St. Louis! July 2nd will surely be a day filled with intense emotion! I began by mentioning our teacher, Rabbi Lipnick. So allow me to conclude by sharing a piece of Torah that he taught me before departing for one of his final Cruise Ship Rabbi Gigs. In the third paragraph of the Shema, we find the Torah’s command that we are to affix Tzizit to the corners of our garments. The commandment is then punctuated by the Hebrew word, LeDorotam. This word can be translated in a number of different ways. It can mean that this command is operative “in every generation - forever”. However, LeDorotam can also mean that the Mitzvah itself, the placing of fringes in the corners of our garments, creates our perpetuity and eternity. In thinking about the roles that both Jennifer and Rabbi Ari have filled during their time with us, I can think of no better way to describe their impact than as LeDorotam. Their efforts not only perpetuated that which predated them, but also catalyzed what will follow them. Each – in her/his own unique way - has made an indelible and enduring impression upon our congregation. We who have been the beneficiaries of their teachings and talents will not only never forget them and their good works, but also know that they have given impetus and uplift to all that will follow long after their departure from our midst! Again, I hope to see many of you in the coming weeks and especially on June 18th and July 2nd! With blessings for a meaningful end to an amazing year,

Carnie Rabbi Carnie Shalom Rose The Rabbi Bernard Lipnick Senior Rabbinic Chair 314-576-9990 x105 [email protected]

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From Rabbi Ari Kaiman

I wrote my first synagogue bulletin article for this publication in the summer of 2008.  I’m certain that when I wrote it, I had no idea how important the ideas contained in it would be for me.  In this, my last article as the Assistant Rabbi of B’nai Amoona, I’d like to reflect on how far I have come, and how I grateful I am to you all for walking with me on this journey.     

            

In that first article, I began with gratitude to the whole B’nai Amoona community, and in particular to Rabbi Lipnick Z"L and Rabbi Rose for the opportunity to be the very first Rabbi Bernard Lipnick Rabbinic Intern.  I quickly moved to inviting the whole congregation to be my teacher as I began the internship.  The way I would learn from you was through your stories.  I then shared a story of my own, a magical story my father used to tell me about Elsie the Flying Cow.   I connected the story to Parashat Balak, and the incident of the talking donkey.  I asked the question – if we believe in the talking donkey in the Parasha as much as we believe in Elsie the Flying Cow, then how can we take any of Torah seriously.  The answer I offered to that question ended up being a core part of my theology.  Namely, that the measure of Divinity in any text, is its ability to inspire us to create.  In this way, our Torah is the most Divine because it has inspired countless creation, and somehow continues to inspire creativity every single day.  I wrote my senior thesis on this idea.  I ended that first bulletin article by inviting you once again to share your unique Torah with me – your creativity, your story.  You have given me stories upon stories that inspire me.  B’nai Amoona is my Torah.  I have learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues, and most from my students.  I will always think of Rabbi Lipnick Z"L as my teacher.  From the very beginning, he inspired me with his incredible life story.  He believed in me, and so helped me believe in myself.  I find myself asking the question of what he would do in a given situation often.  I enjoy visiting him in my memory and am grateful to have his Torah in my life.  What a blessing that I have had the opportunity to work with such a diverse and talented Klei Kodesh and staff!  I wrote a very long “ode to the staff ” and then decided to share most of it with them privately.  Suffice to say, every single one of our staff members is superlative.  The B’nai Amoona staff strives for excellence and we supported each other to connect Jews to Judaism.  They have all taught me incredible Torah.   The Klei Kodesh are mentors and teachers to me.  I am inspired every day by the way they give their time and energy for every member of B’nai Amoona.   They taught me how to pay attention to every detail, making sure that nothing falls through the cracks.  I am a better Rabbi, and a better person because of the Torah shared by working with Rabbi Davidson, Cantor Sharon, and Rabbi Rose.    Eight years after beginning my professional career at B’nai Amoona, I find that I have acquired incredible Torah through the many opportunities this community offered.  I have acquired the Torah of learning with you in regular classes – on Prayer, Midrash, Torah Study and countless other sessions.  I have acquired the Torah of our community, having opportunities to get to know St. Louis through your eyes.  I’ve travelled through the neighborhoods, spoken about the issues that exists in our communities, and found partnership with B’nai Amoona to make this a better community to live in.  Most importantly, I have acquired the Torah of family by sharing the most important moments of life with you.  You have blessed me to be present when life comes into the world, when beloved family members leave the world, and every moment in between.  I have witnessed babies become kids, kids become teenagers, and shed tears with you as these kids go off to college.  I’ve even been around long enough to see some of them come home and begin professional lives in St. Louis.  We have celebrated the birth of my children, and the passing of my beloved father and grandfather in-law.    After all of the Torah you have taught me, I feel ready to share what I have learned as a Senior Rabbi.  I will miss B’nai Amoona dearly, but I am sure that our paths will cross many times.  There is an open invitation in Atlanta for all of you.  I look forward to more chapters in this greatest Torah of life.  Thank you all for being the most important chapter in the Torah of my life to date.  With love,

FAREWELL SHABBAT - JULY 2 Come join us to celebrate Shabbat and say farewell to Rabbi Kaiman as he concludes his sacred service to B'nai Amoona as Assistant Rabbi and moves to Atlanta. June/July 2016

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Cantorial Notes

Shabbat Zimrah, our summer Shabbat of Song is June 25. This is a highly participatory melody-filled Shabbat morning service full of beauty. We will have three opportunities ahead of time to sit together to become familiar with the melodies and make some decisions as a group about aspects of the singing. If you have any questions please be in touch with me. And if you need some extra help with the music I am happy to provide that so that when you come to Shul, you can sit in the congregation and let yourself be carried away by the melodies, in prayerful song with your friends and family. So many of us look forward to these musical Shabbatot and understand that each person in the room adds energy and spirituality to the experience. I hope you will add your voice, your energy, and your spirit.

Please join us for a learning sessions on June 18 the Guller Chapel approximately 30 minutes after the end of morning services.

Announcing our newest members of the Yad Squad! We are very proud of Noah Englander, Rachel Friedman, Rina Gersten, Jessie Goldberg, Rachel Krug, Daniel Lev, Levi Rose, Noa Rose, Zakai Rose and Seth Wallerstein who fulfilled the requirements to become members of the Yad Squad. The Yad Squad was conceived by Ed and Rita Balk to encourage our teenagers to read Torah and lead Davening. These students have met or surpassed the required amount of participation. Mazel Tov to all of our new inductees, and returning members!

Sharon Hazzan Sharon Nathanson 314-576-9990 x104 [email protected]

Shabbat Zimrah MUSIC AND MY FATHER - A Special Memorial

For Meyer Kahan, my dad, music was like breathing. He turned to it for feeling, for beauty, for profundity and for joy. These aspects of music are some of what his life brought to mine and to others. When I was in mourning, I bought old CDs of operas, went through Richard Tucker’s Met broadcasts as well as his cantorial music, even found Moishe Oisher on the internet – and listening to all of this was like bringing my dad back into the house. He was the music of our family. And he was part of the music of this shule. When he was a boy he was very gifted on the violin. When he was a little older, Hazzan Gowseiow realized he also had a voice and recruited him into the B’nai Amoona choir. When B’nai Amoona needed another Hazzan to handle the auxiliary service, Rabbi Lipnick and Hazzan Lissek asked my father. When they needed someone to sing the Pesuki D’Zimrah on Shabbos, he was it. The designated hitter. He always thought, and conveyed with great gusto and conviction, that the Hazzan was the heart of the service. The “Tam,” as we say in Yiddish. He would have loved Shabbat Zimrah. So I know of no better way to remember him, or to honor and thank him. His choices in music were both eclectic and conventional. Mozart just “does something to me,” he once said, putting his hand near his heart. He loved the Chazzonim – Yossele Rosenblatt, Ben Zion Miller, Moishe Oisher, Joseph Malovany. But he also loved the classical opera singers, Pavarotti, Jussi Bjorling, Leonard Warren. When he and I would attend Congregation B’nai Amoona Bulletin

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the New York Philharmonic, he would whisper to me during the concert, to look for this and that – “listen to the winds,” – and make me aware of things I’d never hear by myself. He told me he fell in love with opera one afternoon while inadvertently turning on a Met broadcast around 1930 and hearing Lili Pons sing “Lucia d’Lammermoor.” The idea for honoring him each year around the time of his Yahrzeit [12 Sivan] came one Saturday morning in February 2015, when I turned on the B’nai Amoona Shul Cast and heard Hazzan Nathanson singing Shabbat Shirah in memory of her mother. I felt that it was almost prophetic that I had tuned into this, the Sabbath of Song. And I wrote to Rabbi Rose, who suggested we sponsor such a similar Shabbat in his name. And so we do this for the second straight year. My father’s voice, his person, and his life had a sweetness to them that no one can teach. He had a grace, a lightness, an inner strength and a Jewish faith that were both remarkable and unusual. “These are the qualities,” as the great novelist Virginia Woolf said of her father, “that make him, after all these years, unforgettable.” He was a great father. We were very lucky to have him, and today, again, we are fortunate to remember him. Alav HaShalom.

SHABBAT Zimrah - Saturday, June 25 8:30 am 9:00 am 10:15 am 10:15 am 11:15 am

Phyllis Kahan [email protected]

Tober Lobby for Noshing and Schmoozing Guller Chapel for services Sanctuary for Torah Service Mendelson Library for Torah study Sanctuary for Musaf

Shabbat Zimrah is generously sponsred by Phyllis and Ellen Kahan in memory of her father, Meyer Kahan Z"L.

Service Schedule June 4

Behukkatai/ Shabbat Mevarekhim Hahodesh Bat Mitzvah of Hannah Tennenbaum

July 2

Shelah Lekha/ Shabbat Mevarekhim Hahodesh Farewell to Rabbi Kaiman & Family

June 7

Rosh Chodesh, Sivan

July 6

Rosh Chodesh 1, Tammuz

June 11

Bamidbar Bat Mitzvah of Faith Faro

July 7

Rosh Chodesh 2, Tammuz

June 12

Shavuot I

July 9

Korah

June 13

Shavuot II

July 16

Hukkat

June 18

Naso Bat Mitzvah of Leetal Cohn Farewell to Jennifer Newfeld & Family

July 23

Balak

July 24

Fast of the 17th of Tammuz

June 25

Behaalotecha / Shabbat Zimrah Installation of Officers and Board of Trustees

July 30

Pinchas, Shabbat Mevarekhim Hachodesh Bar Mitzvah of Leonard Weintraub

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From the President

Boy, those 3 years flew by! It has been an honor, privilege and pleasure to serve as the President of this amazing/ august Congregation for the past 3 years! In the last few weeks, several people have approached me and said things like: “Are you counting down the days?” “Only xxx weeks left!” “Bet you can’t wait to be done with this gig?!”

Honestly, I have mixed emotions about my Presidency being over. I am going to miss many aspects of the presidency and am tremendously proud of the teamwork that typified the work of the Executive Team and Board over these last few years. I am proud that during each year of my term we had people self-nominating to be involved in the lay leadership of our Shul. We implemented many new and necessary policies and procedures in both the lay and professional arenas. We transitioned successfully through several key changes in personnel including the arrival of our Controller, Larry Goldman, our Early Childhood Director, Anita Kraus and our Mashgiach, Jon Hoffman. We updated our Investment Policy Statement to help us get more income from our endowments without having to dip into the corpus of those funds. Our budget committee and staff worked incredibly hard, cutting wherever they could, to help us stay fiscally responsible. As a result, we were able pass on cost savings to you, our congregants, and will not be increasing dues this coming year.  We gave away more scholarships than ever enabling many more children to attend our Early Childhood Center, Religious School, Youth Group activities, Camps, Youth Leadership Training and Israel Programs. We have seen so much generosity and so many creative initiatives over the past few years. These initiatives include: the Rabbi Lipnick  NextGen Leadership Program which helps send teens on short term national and international trips; the Gallant and Ferdman Funds, which enable adults who never became B’nai Mitzvah, the opportunity to do so; and Educational Initiatives like the Dr. Alex Memorial Lecture, the Jick Kallah, the Margul Fund, the Yad Sqaud, Shabbat Shirah, Shabbat Zimrah, etc... which reach out to our Congregants via different avenues enabling them to learn in whatever ways they want to participate. Our Congregants continue to grow as we Expand our Tent, being ever more inclusive of everyone, including those with physical disabilities and learning differences. We are weaving everyone into the fabric of our B’nai Amoona family so no one feels like a stray thread. We are now talking about issues and tackling challenges that would have been taboo in the past including our stance on issues such as intermarriage and patrilineal dissent. There are exciting things on the horizon as we enter into a Capital Campaign to take care of our deferred maintenance and update our building. We are embarking on a new era with this month’s arrival of our Director of Religious Education, Avital Ostfield, and Rabbi Josef Davidson joining our Klei Kodesh Team on a full time basis. We are saddened to be saying goodbye to 2 wonderful professionals who have been with us for quite some time. We all wish both Rabbi Ari Kaiman and Jennifer Newfeld, and their families, the best of luck as they pursue the next steps in their careers. We are grateful for all you have shared with us over these last few years. I know our incoming President, Andy Oberman, and his team of lay leaders will continue taking our Shul to higher heights into the future. I can’t thank you enough for the support and confidence you have shown me and for allowing me to serve our Kehillah over these past few years.  I look forward to many more years of involvement in the life of our community and to seeing you all in Shul in the near future.  Again, Todah Rabbah!

Cindy Cindy Schuval President 314-991-2636 [email protected] June/July 2016

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Minyan Matters Two Joys, Two Joys in One

As I listen to my favorite, non-profit, public-supported St. Louis radio station KDHX 88.1, I was struck at my dedication to this St. Louis institution (and donated to its monthly giving program) and how it has survived for almost 30 years on the support if its St Louis listeners and listeners around the country and around the world. Like that radio station, B’nai Amoona is supported by its members, and because of that, has survived over 130 years!

to everyone and guide you through the prayers. Find two new joys in one: Come to Minyan and listen to KDHX, 88.1 on the way (except on Shabbat of course).

Bob Rosenfield Co-Chair, Minyanaires [email protected] 314-308-1784

We are now asking for more, just a little bit more of your time.

Morning Minyan 7:00 am Monday - Friday 9:00 am Sunday and Secular Holidays 9:00 am Shabbat Service (9:30 am Childcare)

We are one of a few Conservative synagogues around the world to have 2 daily Minyanim at which people can honor their departed loved ones, or come to pray, or just be part of the community. Personally, I come for the community and the camaraderie (I pray in my own way). What I have learned in my re-Jew-vination at BA is that no matter what you believe; there is God, no God, God in you, in nature, or just in “being”, we are all one at B’nai Amoona. So what we need is for YOU to donate 30 minutes a day, week, or month and commit to come to a Minyan. Help build a better Jewish community, and a better B’nai Amoona community.

Evening Minyan 6:15 pm Sunday through Thursday 6:00 pm Friday Saturday Evening Minyan changes monthly Month of June - 7:30 p.m. Major Secular Holidays - Evening Minyan (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Day & Eve, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day) 4:00 pm

For more information about Minyan times and days, and to see the names of your friends already participating in Minyans, look at the Minyanaire board outside the Guller Chapel. See which Minyan they come to and join that one, or join any one of them and make new friends, like my wife Barbara and I did (Monday at 6:15 pm).

SPONSOR A KIDDUSH Have a favorite Kiddush item? Interested in seeing a new addition at a B'nai Amoona Kiddush?

You don’t have to know anything to be in a Minyan. Like me, I knew nothing; not even what all those squiggly letters meant! Thank goodness the Siddur has English and Hebrew transliteration, and that Minyaniares were there to help me learn. People I did not know! OY, who knew?

Please consider sponsoring an upcoming Kiddush! Contact Barbara Shechter at 314-576-9990 x126 or [email protected]

My name is Bob Rosenfield, who along with Laura Shapiro, are the co-chairs of the Minyanaires. Come say "hello" to us Shabbat mornings to get more information. If you don’t know us, ask the Gabbai, the Rabbis, Sharon, Michael, or even Octavio where you can locate us in the sanctuary. Or call me at 314-308-1784 for more information. I will join you, if you wish, at a Minyan of your choice (even the 7:00 am Minyan!) to introduce you Congregation B’nai Amoona Bulletin

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Shavuot 5776 with Special Guest, Rabbi Jonathan Porath

Rabbi Jonathan Porath comes to B’nai Amoona from Israel, where he has lived with his family for the past 32 years. He comes from an old Jerusalem family: his father, grandfather and great grandfather were all born in the Holy City. He is an inspiring speaker and educator who makes Jewish texts come alive and teaches Torah and Jewish values with passion.

Shabbat - June 11

10:15 am Special Torah for Today Study Session: Countdown to the Book of Numbers with guest facilitator, Rabbi Jonathan Porath

Saturday Night - June 11

7:30 pm Shabbat Minchah, Seudah Shlishit (Third Shabbat Meal) & Ma’ariv Expanding Our Jewish Horizons, with guest facilitator, Rabbi Jonathan Porath 8:45 pm Havdalah & Tikkun Leyl Shavuot (Study Session) The Life and Death of Rabbi Akiva: A Hero for Our Time, with Rabbi Jonathan Porath 9:45 pm Noshing

10:00 pm Reading of the Ten Commandments facilitated by Rabbi Neal Rose, Carol Rose, Jay Englander, Andy & BelleAnne Curry

Sunday - June 12

9:00 am Shavuot I Services followed by a Kiddush Luncheon 6:15 pm Minchah and Shavuot II Evening Services

Monday - June 13 9:00 am Shavuot II Services Yizkor (at approx 11:00 am) followed by a special Shavuot Ice Cream Bar & Kiddush Luncheon 6:15 pm Minchah, special study session, Ma’ariv & Havdalah How To Be Even More Jewish in St. Louis, with Rabbi Jonathan Porath Shavuot at B’nai Amoona is generously sponsored in memory of Melvin Barad (Z”L) by Sue Barad and their 7 great grandchildren: Calvin Nobles, Ruby Nobles, Milo Richtel, Mirabel Richtel, Max Barad, Spencer Barad, and Elliot Barad. Todah Rabbah! June/July 2016

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Shomrei Amoonim

The Shomrei Amoonim and AOK (acts of kindness) volunteers continue to visit congregants who are in facilities or predominantly home bound. We are also bringing soup to people who have had recent deaths, new babies, or just need some TLC. Thank you to the Men's Club for delivering electric Yom Hashoah candles to our congregants in facilities! On June 24, Camp Ramot Amoona will be preparing Shabbat in a Bag to honor our many elder members. We are looking for volunteers to deliver these bags that afternoon. If you are available to help please let us know. Todah Rabbah to our camps for making this Mitzvah possible. We want everyone to have an opportunity to participate in the Mitzvah of honoring our elders, visiting the sick, comforting the mourner, etc. We want to know how you want to help! Opportunities include: - making regular (monthly) visits to one or more congregants - holiday deliveries - making regular phone calls to one or more congregants - design holiday packages - help package holiday bags - birthday phone calls - etc It truly takes the entire community to ensure that everyone continues to feel connected to our Kehillah! So please let us know how you want to help, and let us know if you know someone who can use some TLC. Todah Rabbah!

Dotty Dotty Ellis Chair, Acts of Kindness (AOK) [email protected]

Sheryl Sheryl Kalman Chair, Shomrei Amoonim 636-537-2538 [email protected]

SOCIAL ACTION PROJECT Old bike collection on June 26, 2016 9:00 am to Noon in the north parking lot. Donated bicycles are collected by BikeWorks. Kids enrolled in their program will rehabilitate a bike and receive it as a reward for their efforts. Bikes are also sold in the BikeWorks shop. If you need a pick up of 2 bikes or more, please contact [email protected].

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In our Community

MAZEL TOV TO...

TREE OF LIFE FUND

Randi Schenberg on being an incoming JProStl VicePresident. JProStl is an initiative of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis and has been recognized as the model for Jewish professional associations in the country.

Donor In Memory of Congregation B'nai Amoona .............Selma Saltzman Congregation B'nai Amoona............... Sharon Cohen Congregation B'nai Amoona ...............Leonard Chod Congregation B'nai Amoona....................Reva Shank Congregation B'nai Amoona .................Evelyn Rones Congregation B'nai Amoona..................... Carl Baker Congregation B'nai Amoona.....Albert "Obbie" Price Marilyn Manne....................................... Sharon Cohen Ronald & Gerry Heller ........................Hilda Schulkin Ronald Heller ................................ Marilyn McDonald

Jeff and Debbie Dalin on the engagement of their daughter, Jamie, to Adam Heldman. Adam's parents are Julia and Roger Heldman of Cincinnati. Jamie is the sister of Zach and Andy, and the granddaughter of Oscar and Elaine (Z”L) Goldberg and Harry (Z”L) and Lil (Z”L) Dalin. Neal and Susan Kalishman on the engagement of their daughter, Julie Kalishman and Ross Kaplan. Julie is the granddaughter of Arline and Marvin (Z”L) Kalishman and Nolan (Z”L) and Sarene DeWoskin.

Proceeds help populate the JNF Forest in Israel. This project was inspired by Ron and Gerry Heller.

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JUNE B'NAI MITZVAH

In honor of the birth of our great grandson HAROLD BUZZY ROSENBERG February 23, 2016 Terry & Harvey Hieken

June 4, 2016 Hannah Tennenbaum

Daughter of Michael Tennenbaum and Lisa Tennenbaum

In honor of GRAHAM AIDAN FREDMAN'S Bar Mitzvah May 28, 2016 20 Iyar 5776 Love, Katy, Andy, Avery, Sophia, Claire & Lola Fredman

June 11, 2016 Faith Chunmei Faro Daughter of Albert and Melissa Faro

NEW MEMBERS Sara Schack Andrew and Nicole McLemore

June 18, 2016

Leetal Cohn Daughter of Creighton & Plia Cohn

Bruchim Habaim! Don’t miss these wonderful opportunities to remember or honor your family and friends. For details, contact Barbara Shechter at 314‑576‑9990 x126 or [email protected]

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Come join the BAUSY BUNCH Below are some words shared by Jennifer Newfeld at last month's BAUSY Final Banquet: Seven ways BAUSY is like the Torah 1. The Torah starts and ends with the heart. If you wrap the first and last word of the Torah together you get the word LEV, heart. BAUSY always starts and ends with heart. 2. The torah is the center and the future of Judaism, just like in many ways BAUSY is the center and the future of B’nai Amoona. 3. There is lots of drama in the Torah and at times there is lots of drama in BAUSY. 4. Although Torah is the center of Judaism, if we only had Torah and not Rabbinic Judaism, we would not really be able to practice Judaism. Just like even through BAUSY is the center of your high school life (and hopefully you make lifelong friends and learn lifelong lessons here) you also will eventually go beyond your BAUSY experiences. 5. We return to the Torah each week, year after year. Just like you are all involved in BAUSY on a weekly basis for many years. 6. The torah teaches us values and life lessons just as BAUSY teaches values and lifelessons. 7. The Torah’s central character is a larger than life figure, Moses, just like BAUSY’s leader, Andy is a larger than life character. If only Andy could find something that gave him a direct connection to God. Thank you BAUSY. I will always cherish the time I spent watching BAUSY achieve amazing things and the incredible teens I have had the opportunity to get to know. If any of you end up in the DC area for college, work, or just a trip, please look me up and come visit or ask for a job! I wish you all continued success, fun and enjoyment. You are all lucky to be able to say that BAUSY will always hold a place in your heart.

Mazel Tov to our 2016 - 2017 BAUSY Board Caleb Pultman - President Adina Barg - Executive VP

For more information on B'nai Amoona Youth Groups, contact:

Sydney Hirsch - Membership/Retention VP Hannah Freeman - Kadima/Atid Amoona VP Louis Taxman - Tikkun Olam VP Rina Gersten - Religious VP

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Itai Snir - Communications VP

Andrew Schwebel Director of Experiential Learning [email protected] 314-576-9990 x108

.... and EMTZA Regional Board Members Jessie Goldberg - President Zakai Rose - Religious VP Congregation B’nai Amoona Bulletin

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June/July 2016

From the Director of L ifelong Learning

In 2008 in one of my first bulletin articles I wrote about the potential of a Tallit hanging on a rack outside the sanctuary, “These Tallitot are simply lengths of cloth designed in a specific manner, hanging on a rack, presumably in a synagogue. However, these Tallitot are full of potential. They sit there waiting for the moment someone walks up to the rack, picks one out, envelopes themselves in it for a silent moment and then whispers the Brachah. All of this is done in preparation for a spiritual and communal religious experience. The Tallit helps bring the individual’s potential into the religious experience, into the conversation with God and one’s community.” I also spoke about the potential we all bring to the education process; “The potential of the teachers, families, and students. The potential of the synagogue staff and Klei Kodesh. My potential. All of our potential will swirl and mix together, allowing each of us to envelope ourselves, saying a Brachah – “Praised are you Adonai our God, who rules the universe, instilling in us the holiness of Mitzvot by commanding us to study words of Torah.” Eight years later, as I reflect back, I am amazed with the potential we turned into amazing experiences, awesome learning, and wonderful community. Trying to say good-bye is no easy task. The list of accomplishments is too long; the lives touched, the friendships formed, the lessons learned and the magical moments we shared. Wow, it’s been an awesome eight years! I am truly thankful for the opportunity to redesign the educational programs at B’nai Amooona: the experience of having worked with the Early Childhood Center, Religious School, Summer Camps, Youth Groups, Inclusion efforts, and Adult Education. Thank you to all the partners who helped me along the way, the Men’s Club and Sisterhood, the synagogue staff and Klei Kodesh, the educators and teachers, the VPs of Pardes and the chairs of the various committees, the parents and especially all the students. In the Talmud, referencing the laws of Judaism it says, “Lo Ba-Shamayim He” - It is not in Heaven. Judaism does not live in Heaven. It does not rest only with God. Judaism is found within community, within learning, within the work I have been privileged to do here each and every day for the past eight years. Thank you for allowing me to continue my growth as an educator for the past eight years. Please stay in touch. My new email is [email protected]. And if you find yourself in the DC area, please look up Nathan, Gavi and me – we would love to see you.

Jennifer Jennifer Newfeld Director of Lifelong Learning [email protected] 314-576-9990 x116

FAREWELL SHABBAT - JUNE 18 Come join us to celebrate Shabbat and say farewell to Jennifer Newfeld (and family) as she ends her tenure at B'nai Amoona as Director of Lifelong Learning and moves to Maryland. June/July 2016

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The Meyer Kranzberg Learning Center A Message from our new Director of Religious Education

Summer is here! I could not be more excited to join B’nai Amoona and get to know all the bright and shining faces I met at my interview and beyond! After staffing a class trip to NY and spending time in Central Park, I got super excited to spend time in St. Louis’s Forest Park (which I have decided is just a bigger, better version anyway!) I can’t wait to see the bustling camp life and I will learn to acclimate to the humidity. Don’t hestitate to stop by and introduce yourselves or I am happy to meet you for some iced coffee. I can’t wait to learn all the local spots! With excitement,

Avital Avital Ostfield Director of Religious Education [email protected] 314-576-9990 x116

The Kranzberg Minyan of Mensches

MKLC LAST DAY!

This year 10 students were awarded the honor of being selected as a member of the Kranzberg Minyan of Mensches for being a good person within our synagogue community. This honor comes with a $180 gift towards a Jewish educational experience in which they will participate during the upcoming year. 2015-2016 Recipients: Aaron Schack - K Noah Hoffman - 2nd Grade Erin Canis - 2nd Grade Ben Landy - 2nd Grade Jonah Grossman - 5th Grade David Smith - 6th Grade Ellory Weinstein - 7th Grade Alexander Alper - 8th Grade Demi Fine - 8th Grade Josiah Simmons - 11th Grade

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Early ChildhoodNews Celebrating our 2015-2016 Kitah Dov Students!

Henry Breit

Yehuda Dean

Samantha Goldenberg

Avi Hoffman

Seth Iken

Sully Kessler

Michaella Moll

Maya Newman

Lucy Rohlman

Orli Roth

Edo VIlnai

Our ECC is open all year with “rolling admission” so new friends ages 6 weeks – 6 years can join us at any time! Fall enrollment for B’nai Amoona Early Childhood Center 2016-17 is already well under way. Find registration information on-line at bnaiamoona.com. We’d love you to visit. Playing to learn and learning to play together in a Jewish environment is what you will find when you join this amazing school community.

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BASisterhood

ENGAGE  ENRICH  EMPOWER Sisterhood had a sweet time on May 10th at Installation. We enjoyed a delicious dinner prepared by Jon Hoffman as we thanked outgoing board and introduced our incoming board members. Our new Board is working hard planning exciting events and programming for B’nai Amoona in the upcoming year.

JUDAICA SHOP SUMMER COUPON

JUDAICA SHOP HOURS The Sisterhood Judaica Shop WILL BE OPEN Summer hours, from Memorial Day through Labor Day: Monday 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tuesday 9:30 am -Noon and 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Wed. 9:30 am – 1:30 pm Thurs. 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Friday 9:30 am - Noon

10% OFF ONE PURCHASE

Valid: June 1 – August 31, 2016

(May not be combined with any other offer. Not valid on purchases of Tallit, Tefillin, scrolls or children’s books)

REMEMBER: Supporting the Judaica Shop helps your Sisterhood help B’nai Amoona!

Mah Jongg Continues!

BRIDGE GROUP

B'nai Amoona Sisterhood sponsors a regular game 1-3 pm every Wednesday afternoon (excluding days the building is closed.) Drop by and check out the game. All are welcome. You don't need to make a regular commitment to participate and it's free. Contact Lisa Samis at lsamis53@gmail. com or 314-805-2254. Sisterhood Wednesday Class - Summer Session Please join us! Rabbi Tracy Nathan will teach a 6 week course beginning on July 27 and end on August 3 Wednesdays 10:00—11:30 am in the Mendelson Library Fall Pre Holy Days Classes taught by BA Klei Kodesh: Sept 7, 14, 21, 28 For more information about Sisterhood classes, contact Rhonda Oberman, [email protected]

Did you know B'nai Amoona Sisterhood women meet regularly to play Bridge? First Monday of the month at 11:45 am. If you are interested in joining this group, contact Rita Goldman at 314-993-6909 Coming to your mailbox this summer: Sisterhood Memorial book information; Sisterhood membership renewal and signup; Torah Fund Information. We’re counting on your support!

TRIBUTE CARDS DID YOU KNOW...

Sisterhood Tribute Cards are a wonderful way to honor and remember loved ones AND support the work of Sisterhood. Tribute cards are available in the B’nai Amoona Judaica Shop. Please make checks payable to “B’nai Amoona Sisterhood.”

Your membership dues and donations to Sisterhood help support The Portable Aron Fund, Jewish Food Pantry, St. Louis Women’s Interfaith Conference, Shabbat and Holiday Babysitting, ECC and Religious School Programming, Life Cycle Gifts, 10th Grade Trip to Washington DC, USY Scholarships, Adult Education Classes as well as other B’nai Amoona and community programs?

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This month Sisterhood Spotlights some of our reliable and diligent executive board members with the questions: What is your favorite summertime St. Louis activity? What are you reading this summer? Debbie Eidelman, Membership Secretary: My favorite St. Louis summer activities are watching my son's baseball games, going to the movies with my husband and celebrating my birthday with my girlfriends! This summer I look forward to helping out with the Maccabi games and enjoying my son's last summer baseball season as he gets ready to go to college in the fall. My favorite writers are Jeffrey Archer and Danielle Steel. I have read many of their books in English and Spanish! Marcia Lyons, Corresponding Secretary: My favorite summer activity is attending St Louis Cardinal Baseball games. I am a huge fan! My summer reading includes: The Best Boy in the United States of America by Ron Wolfson, The Red Tent by Anita Diamants & The Devil in Jerusalem by Naomi Ragen. The latter 2 books have been on my "must read" list for a long time. Rachael Peters, Social Media My favorite thing to do in St. Louis in the summertime is to spend time with my kids outside playing, swimming, gardening, or hanging out with friends. Because I have three young children, I will be reading mostly children’s books! Lisa Samis, Communications Secretary This summer we will do a little traveling. We'll see the out of town family and we're going to explore Door County, Wisconsin for the first time. Very late this summer I have another high school reunion to attend. I'm reading the Blessing of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel. I have several books on my Kindle to get to.

Sisterhood partnered with Hadassah for a delightful evening at the History Museum touring the Little Black Dress Exhibit.

B’nai Amoona Sisterhood Membership Brunch November 6, 2016 Torah Fund Brunch December 4, 2016 Mitzvah March 19, 2017 Amy Amy Abramson, President [email protected] June/July 2016

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Men's

Club

As I write this article I am reviewing the list of what Men’s Club has done over the past year, and I have to admit that I’m a bit stunned: Bookmarks and Scotch in the Sukkah, Demolition Ball and Chanukah Dinner, Build-A-Pair, Men’s Club Shabbat and World Wide Wrap. Then Man of the Year/Youth of the Year Banquet, Yom Ha Shoah Candle distribution, Mother’s Day Brunch, and finally our regional FJMC/Men’s Club retreat. A busy year was had by all! Putting all of these varied events into context, I would claim that everything Men’s Club does can be reflected in just a few major themes: Building Jewish relationship, Building Jewish Leadership, and Building Jewish Life. What do I mean? Let me try to explain. Building Jewish relationship Every event that we do, from prayer services to fund raisers, we do as a group. We don’t hire folks to do the work, we do it together. We work together, we play together, and we pray together - sometimes with our spouses, sometimes with our families, but always together. In a world that can be isolating, we provide community within a Jewish context. Building Jewish leadership Every event we put on is led by a Men’s Club member. Over half our events this year were led or co-led members who were leading an event for the first time. It is no fluke that former Men’s Club officers led this year’s B’nai Amoona Bingo fundraiser and its Scholarship Committee, and it is also true that Men’s Club volunteers were called upon time and again to help at different B’nai Amoona events. Leadership is grown and Men’s Club provides fertile ground. Building Jewish Life If you’re never exposed to Jewish practices, why would you ever adopt them? And if those practice are not made accessible and meaningful to you, why would you ever even try? Men’s Club exposes men, women and children to Jewish Practice through our Men’s Club Shabbat, World Wide Wrap, Tefillin demonstrations for Bar/Bat Mitzvah Classes, our Saint Louis ‘card’, our participation in the Ritual Fair and in the support we provide that allows attendance at Camps, Israel Programs, and the 10th Grade Trip. So that’s what Men’s Club does. We Build Jewish Relationship, Jewish Leadership, and Jewish Life. Come and join us as we plan for our next successful year.

Jay Jay Englander President, Men's Club [email protected]

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InTribute...

The Congregation acknowledges with thanks the following contributions: YAHRZEITS

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Doris Taterka-Abrams......... Frank Taterka Martin Altman ................. Theresa Altman Gary Andrew ................. Dorothy Andrew ............................................. Daniel Andrew Helen & Carl Baker ................................... Kimberly Sue Hessen ..................................................... Alex Baker ................................................... Louis Baker .............................................. Celia Rothman .............................................. Jeannie Hessen Esther and Robert Banashek....................... ..................................................Alex Berman Shirlene Baris............... Rebecca Schenberg Leslie and Ronald Becker..... David Becker Evelyn Berger ...................... Minnie Berger Leslie & Martin Brooks ...... Roslyn Leader Edie and Harvey Brown ........... Rose Gold .................................................. Goldie Apell Celia and David Ciemnoczolowski .................................................. Aaron Eidex Marvin Cohen ................... Dorothy Cohen ............................................ Dorothy Graber Barbara & Rabbi Josef Davidson ............................................ Walter Norwick Kathy and Tom DeWoskin ................................................. Hilda Tucker Shirley Eichler .............. Sadie Schumacher Dotty & Jim Ellis ................ Russell Kaplan Jerry Fiman ....................... Lillian Fredman Deborah Finland ....................... Jerry Levin Beverly and Richard Fogelman .......................................... Cecilia Fogelman Irene Fox and family ................ Fannie Fox Leslie and Gary Freeman .......................................... Herbert Freeman Beverly Friedman ..................... Sam Siegel Rona Gitelson ..................... Rose Weisberg Nathan Goldstein............... Irvin Goldstein Traci Goldstein ................. Harold Fishman Ann & Mark Goodman ............................... ........................................ Leatrice Goodman Ed Greenberg ................ Arthur Greenberg .................................... Abraham Greenberg Marvin Greenberg ....... Samuel Greenberg Aida Greenberg ............. Arthur Greenberg Elsa and Randy Greenblatt ..........................................Albert Greenblatt Prisella & Myron Grodsky ............................................... Isadore Hiken Doris and Leroy Grossman .............................................Ellen Grossman .........................................Marvin Grossman Roberta Hayman ...................... Max Cohen Roberta Kohn Herman .............. Jake Kohn Terry Hieken .............................. Ann Lazar

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Milton Hieken ................. Margaret Hieken Vickie Hendin ........................Sam Gerstein ............................................... Harry Hendin Arnold Hessen ........ Kimberly Sue Hessen Joan Hoffman......................... Libby Meyer ............................................ Meyer Hoffman .............................................. Bella Hoffman Barb and Bob Hoffman ........... Alvin Weiss Bernadine Kahn .......................... Jake Kohn Elaine Kahn ........................... Marvin Kahn William and Marilyn Kincaid ....................................... Constance Kincaid Donald Kleiman ................... Bess Kleiman Carolyn Kranzberg......... Stuart Kranzberg .............................................. Norman Shatz ............................................... Bess Schwartz ........................................... Joseph Schwartz Ludwik Kurz.......................... Bronka Kurz Rozella & Jerry Lapp.................. Jack Lapp ............................................. Austin Tashma Joy Levin............................... Flora Grodsky Janet & Adrian Levin ........... Marion Levin ............................................ Jacob Schneider Sylvia Levinson ..................... Ike Levinson Sylvia, Stuart, Aaron and Julie Manewith ........................................... Irwin Kugelman Goldee Miller ....................... Flora Grodsky Stanley Oberman ............ Sandra Oberman Ida Orenstein ....................... Rose Polinsky Sue & Jack Palan .................... Fay Chorlins Amy and Larry Perlmutter .......................................... Sarah Perlmutter Martin Pokres .................. Gertrude Pokres ................................................ Mollie Pokres Lorraine Robin ................. Gertrude Pokres Rosalind & Jerry Rothman ................................................ Celia Pevnick .............................................. Shirley Troyan ............................................... Sam Rothman ............................................. Joseph Pevnick Gerry & Joe Schenberg .... Rose Schenberg Betty & Lloyd Schermer .............................. ......................................... Mannie Schermer Marilyn and Milton Schraier ............................................. Louis Schwartz Jane and Joe Serber................. Jacob Serber Sharon Shattan.................... My loved ones Barbara & Harry Shechter .................................. Kimberly Sue Hessen ............................... Benjamin Olschwanger Ruth Shedlofsky ........... Walter Shedlofsky Cookie Simon ............... Bernard Kornblum ......................................... Myrtle Kornblum Shirley Snitzer..................... Russell Kaplan Gerald Sokolik ....................... Betty Sokolik Sharon & Irv Steinberg ............. Henry Lee

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Shirley Tzinberg............... Joseph Tzinberg .............................................. Irvin Bernstein ........................................... Marvin Tzinberg Vivian and Larry Waldman ............................................ Lillian Fredman ........................................... Meyer Waldman Sandy and Todd Weitkamp .................................................. Bernie Siegel Alvin Werner...................... Lenore Werner Maurice Williams .............Mollie Williams ........................................... Sandra Williams

GENERAL FUND

The Following Contributions have been made in memory of Selma Saltzman Monica Arnstein & Family Holly & Steve Elfanbaum Gail & Hershey Feldstein Rosie & Mark Feinstein Enid Weisberg-Frank & Bruce Frank Julie & Lenny Frankel Marla & Gary Goldstein Denny & Carl Greenberg Susan & Fred Levko Sylvia & Stuart Manewith Marilyn and Doug Pernikoff Rhonda O’Brien & Steven Rosen Robin Rosenau Carla & Leonard Weintraub The Following Contributions have been made in memory of Walter Zinn & David Zinn Mitch Boraz Belinda & Mark Dana Marlene & Henry Diamant Kay & Irv Diamant Gail & Hershey Feldstein Enid Weisberg-Frank & Bruce Frank Julie & Lenny Frankel Marla & Gary Goldstein Denny & Carl Greenberg Susan & Fred Levko Beverlee Sagel The Following Contributions have been made in memory of Hilda Schulkin Amy & Barry Abramson Norma Appelman Esther & Bob Banashek Fran & Harvey Cantor Belinda & Mark Dana Sandy Diamond Susan & David Ferman

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Enid Weisberg-Frank & Bruce Frank Julie & Lenny Frankel Rita & Sanford Goldman Marla & Gary Goldstein Rozella & Jerry Lapp Eleanor Rosenbaum The Following Contributions have been made in memory of Frances Cohen Amy & Barry Abramson Fran & Harvey Cantor Holly & Steve Elfanbaum Julie & Lenny Frankel Joan Hoffman Sylvia & Stuart Manewith Rhonda O’Brien & Steven Rosen Sandy & Marvin Sher Karen & Mitch Stern DONOR IN MEMORY OF Cynthia & Seth Albin .................... Irl Baris Robert Burg .............................. Reva Shank Fran and Harvey Cantor .... Sharon Cohen Maria & Anthony Cohen ......... Martin Feit Shirley Cohn .............................. Al Abrams Belinda & Mark Dana ...... Mark Fasbinder Holly and Steve Elfanbaum ............................................... Taber Plaiston Dotty & Jim Ellis ............................ Irl Baris .................................................. Gregory Fox ............................................... Leonard Chod EMH-CCI .................................. Reva Shank Sheila and Richard Flom .... Leonard Chod Enid Weisberg-Frank & Bruce Frank ............................................ Mark Fasbinder ............................................... Stan Wilensky Julie and Lenny Frankel ...................................... Joseph Rosengarten ............................................... Leonard Chod ............................................. Hortense Haith ............................................... Sharon Cohen ............................................... Janet Mayfield Joyce and Jeff Glaser .......... Frances Cohen Joan Hoffman ...................... Janet Mayfield ...................................... Joseph Rosengarten Joanie Huelsing ........................ Reva Shank Sylvia & Stuart Manewith .......................... ................................................. Richard Blair Cheryl Perl ........................ Mark Fasbinder Sherry and Jay Phillips .... Bernice Shepard Betty and Herby Raskas ......... Robert Levy Jan Scheurer .............................. Reva Shank Carla and Leonard Weintraub ................... .................................................... Reva Shank Alvin Werner.............. Joseph Rosengarten ............................................... Sharon Cohen

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DONOR IN HONOR OF Cynthia & Seth Albin ... Rabbi Carnie Rose .................................. Rabbi Josef Davidson ........................................ Rabbi Ari Kaiman .......................... Cantor Sharon Nathanson ..... For their help with Sydney Albin’s Bat Mitzvah Jodi and Ornir Bitton ......... Baby Naming of Yuli Avigail Bitton Barbara and David Boxer ............... Gloria and Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary Suzanne and Alan Broddon ............... Gloria and Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary Fran and Harvey Cantor ............... Gloria and Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary Holly & Steve Elfanbaum ................... Gloria & Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary Frank Keller Men’s Club Man of the Year Noah Grossman Men’s Club Youth of the Year ..................... Birth of Coby Maxwell Baron Dotty & Jim Ellis .............. Birth of Harold Buzzy Rosenberg Evelyn Federbush ............... Gloria and Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary Gail & Hershey Feldstein ............ Linda Rosenblatt Special Birthday .......... Birth of Harold “Buzzy” Rosenberg ................... Gloria & Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary ..................... Birth of Coby Maxwell Baron Julie and Lenny Frankel ............... Gloria and Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary Eleanor Glick ................ Best Wishes to the Greenstein/Lutz Family Linda and Joel Gluck ..................... Birth of Coby Maxwell Baron Marla & Gary Goldstein ..................... Birth of Coby Maxwell Baron ................... Gloria & Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary .......... Birth of Harold “Buzzy” Rosenberg Matthew Grad ........ Rabbi Josef Davidson Natalie and Neil Handelman ............... Gloria and Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary Joan Hoffman................................................ .Rabbi Ari’s time & effort on behalf of the Havarah Shira ...........Felicia and Steve Cohen’s marriage

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Mindy & Yi-Shan Lai ..... Dr. Elan Simckes Rozella and Jerry Lapp ..... Birth of great grandson Coby Maxwell Baron Sylvia & Stuart Manewith ............................ Steve Rosen’s Retirement ..... Engagement of Jamie Dalin and Adam Heldman Edie and Obbie Price ................................... . Happy Purim to the Greenstein and Lutz families Neshama Roash ............ Charlie Rosenzweig’s Bar Mitzvah Barbara and Harry Schukar ................Gloria and Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary Barbara & Harry Shechter ................... Gloria & Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary Barry Seeskin ................ Aliyah on Shabbat Myra and Irl Solomon ................Gloria and Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary Diane Weitman ................Gloria and Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary Vivian Zwick ................Gloria and Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary

SETH CHARLSON CAMP RAMOT AMOONA SCHOLARSHIP FUND

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Nancy & Alan Charlson.......Alvin Ukman ....................................................... Irl Steiner DONOR IN HONOR OF Nancy & Alan Charlson ..................................... Birth of Lola Creech

KAREN CHOD CAMP ASSISTANCE MEMORIAL FUND The Following Contributions have been made in memory of Leonard Chod: Armor Equipment Leslie and Ron Becker Susan and Roger Berent Faye Zvibleman and Bob Blatt Ellen and Bob Brin Nancy and Stuart Cherner Kathy and Darryl Cohen Belinda and Mark Dana Dani and Ricky Dicker Shirley and Maury Eichler Gail and Allan Feinberg Gail and Hershey Feldstein Sheri and Al Finkelstein Rosalie Franklin

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Fishman Speyer Properties Gretchen and Niall Gannon Vivian Gellman Susie and David Gitt Harriet and Larry Glazer Renee Goodman Oscar Goldberg Lanie and Milton Goldenberg Cindi and Keith Guller Frank Guyol III Meryl and Melvin Halpern Marcy and Marc Hartstein Terry and Harvey Hieken Joan Hoffman Judy and Mark Hoffman Arline Kalishman Joan and Jerry Kaskowitz Nancy and Maury Kastner Esther Katz Judy and Stuart Kaufman Dass and Buddy Lebman Joy Levin Goldee Miller Nancy and Dennis Motchan Freddie Newfeld Merle and Marty Oberman Aaron Oberman Orndorff and Spraid Inc. Amy and Larry Perlmutter Karen and Ronnie Polishuk Debbie and Dale Poslosky Edith and Obbie Price Joann Raskas Gail Rose and Mark Rogin Rodgers Consulting Karen and Steve Rosen Marlene and Marvin Rosengarten Avi and Steve Rosenzweig Tuesday Torah Class Ruth Rubin Lisa and Michael Samis Ruth and Sylvan Sandler Betsy Enger and Chuck Sandroff Phyllis and Marvin Sandweiss Mimi and Rick Schuchet Cindy and David Schuval Joanne and Dan Schwartz Elizabeth Guthrie and Bruce Shapiro Ethel Shanker Barbara and Harry Shechter Marsha Sherman Robin and Mark Shulman Siegel, Rutherford, Bradstock and Ridgeway Inc Gloria and Sandy Spitzer Evelyn Silverstein Cookie Simon June/July 2016

Debra and Joel Spigel Art Stone Abby and Jim Susman Debbie and Lenny Vines Carla and Leonard Weintraub Alvin Werner DONOR IN MEMORY OF Rosalie Franklin ................ Selma Saltzman .............................................. Hilda Schulkin ............................................ Mark Fasbinder ............................................... Sharon Cohen Susie & David Gitt ................... Joseph Ellis ....................................................... Irl Steiner ..................................................Henry Pasch Esther Katz ............................ Buddy Bleich .............................................. Stanley Glantz Marcia & Hesh Lyons ...... Selma Saltzman Karen & Ronnie Polishuk ............................................ Selma Saltzman Faye Raisher .................................... Irl Baris Marlene & Marvin Rosengarten .............................................. Hilda Schulkin ............................................ Selma Saltzman Debra and Joel Spigel .................. Beloved father of Stan Bunsick DONOR IN HONOR OF Rosalie Franklin .....................Gloria and Sandy Spitzer 65th Anniversary Susie & David Gitt ....................................... ............... Elaine Tucker’s Special Birthday Marlene & Marvin Rosengarten ...... Devin Beilenson’s Bar Mitzvah Beth Saltzman ............................................... ................. Speedy Recovery Marcia Lyons Debra and Joel Spigel ................. Marcia Lyons Speedy Recovery

EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER FUND

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Diann Bank..........................Hilda Schulkin Erika & Stan Greenberg ... Selma Saltzman Anne & Rick Mazur ............... Yetta Mazur Susan & Jodie Rich ........... Selma Saltzman

JONATHAN GOLDBERG RAMOT AMOONA MEMORIAL FUND

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Etele & Louis Kohn ............... Anita Hirsch ........................................................ Greg Fox

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OSCAR AND GOLDBERG NEW IDEA FUND

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Marta & Michael Goldberg........... Irl Baris Rosalie Franklin & Oscar Goldberg ..............................................Hilda Schulkin DONOR IN HONOR OF Becky & Bobby Goldberg ..... Marvin Rosengarten Speedy Recovery

JOSEPH GOLDMAN BRING LIGHT TO CAMP FUND

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Rebecca, Louis & Max Goldman ...................................................... Lisa Alsop DONOR IN HONOR OF Rebecca, Louis & Max Goldman ..... USY International Chapter of the Year

SAMMY GOLDMAN KABBALAT SHABBAT MUSIC FUND

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Lester Goldman .................. Judy Goldman ........................................................... Irl Baris

ENID GREENSTEIN INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL METHODS FUND DONOR IN MEMORY OF Radine Borowsky.............. Harry Kostman .......................................... Blanche Kostman

SAM AND LEE KRUPNICK CAMP RAMAH AND ISRAEL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Susie & Art Shevitz........... Beth Ann Kahn ............................................. Gerald Andrew

LEWIN SENIOR SERVICE FUND

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Phyllis Goldberg ...................... Joseph Ellis DONOR IN HONOR OF

PAUL & BETTY MENDELSON LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Debbie & Lou Callen .............. Walter Zinn .................................................... David Zinn Maxine & Wally Cohen.................. Irl Baris Betty & Paul Mendelson ............................................. Marlyn Essman .................................................... Joseph Ellis DONOR IN HONOR OF Betty & Paul Mendelson ......Marvin Rosengarten Speedy Recovery Congregation B’nai Amoona Bulletin

RABBI BERNARD LIPNICK FOUNDATION FOR THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Gloria & Sandy Spitzer ..... Hilda Schulkin

MUSIC FUND

Vivian & Larry Waldman............ Greg Fox .......................................................... Irl Baris .............................................. Hilda Schulkin

GARY AND PHYLLIS TRAUB CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUND

DONOR IN MEMORY OF DONOR IN HONOR OF Marvin Mishkin ................... Gloria & Sanford Spitzer’s 65th Anniversary

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Phyllis & Gary Traub ....... Selma Saltzman ................................................. Jeffrey Katzif Sheryl & Larry Zigler .............. Kay Bialoch DONOR IN HONOR OF

JOSEPH AND CLARA PEREZ SCHOLARSHIP FUND

USY SCHOLARSHIP FUND

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Vivian Zvibleman ............ Selma Saltzman DONOR IN HONOR OF Vivian Zvibleman ...........................Birth of Lilyan Jude Kraus

PRAYER BOOK FUND

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Sarah & Howard Berk ........ David Jolovitz .............................................. Hanna Jolovitz

ALBERT AND EDITH PRICE SCHOLARSHIP FUND

DONOR IN HONOR OF Beverlee Sagel ............................. Alvin Werner’s Birthday

PULPIT FLOWER AND FOOD BASKET FUND

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Joy Levin ............................. Hilda Schulkin DONOR IN HONOR OF Joy Levin ................... Gerry Heller Speedy Recovery .......... Sanford Goldman Speedy Recovery

BEN SACHS BREAKFAST FUND

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Edie & Harvey Brown ....... Jeanette Brown

Congregation B’nai Amoona 324 South Mason Road St. Louis, MO 63141-8029 314-576-9990 · FAX 314-576-9994 www.bnaiamoona.com KLEI KODESH & STAFF Carnie Shalom Rose..................The Rabbi Bernard Lipnick Senior Rabbinic Chair Sharon Nathanson.......................................................................................................Cantor Josef Davidson................................................................................................................Rabbi Tracy Nathan....................................................................................................................Rabbi Neal Rose...........................................................................................................................Rabbi

DONOR IN HONOR OF Jennifer & John Newmark .................... Naava Simckes’s Bat Mitzvah

Bernard Lipnick (Z”L)..................................................................................Rabbi Emeritus

MARSHA BRIN WOLFF ENDOWMENT FUND

Andy Schwebel.......................................................Director of Experiential Education

Leon S. Lissek.............................................................................................. Cantor Emeritus Michael Samis.........................................................................................Executive Director Avital Ostfield............................................................... Director of Religious Education Anita Kraus.............................................................................Director of Early Childhood

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Elaine & William Wolff ... Selma Saltzman DONOR IN HONOR OF Elaine & William Wolff Gloria & Sanford Spitzer 65th Anniversary

Jon Hoffman...........................................................................................................Mashgiach

DIANE AND PAUL GALLANT ADULT EDUCATON FUND

Debbie Dalin.............................................................................Vice President, Education

Cindy Schuval & Vickie Shuchart........................................................................... Editors OFFICERS Andy Oberman.........................................................................................................President Mark Dana.................................................................................... Executive Vice President Joel Perlmutter..................................................................Vice President, Programming

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Diane & Paul Gallant ......... Frances Cohen

Holly Elfanbaum...............................................................Vice President, Development

SALLY AND JACK FIVEL MUSIC FUND

Jeff Singer...................................................................................................................Treasurer

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Sharon & Steven Schwartz ......... Jack Fivel DONOR IN HONOR OF

Anthony Cohen......................................................................Vice President, Operations Lori Wishne.......................................................................... Vice President, Membership Gail Feldstein.............................................................................................................Secretary AUXILIARY PRESIDENTS Amy Abramson.....................................................................................................Sisterhood Jay Englander........................................................................................................Men’s Club Caleb Pultman...............................................................................................................BAUSY

Tributes received after May 2 will appear in the next bulletin.

JACOB AND EDITH SHEINBEIN TORAH CARE FUND

CONDOLENCES The Congregation extends heartfelt sympathy to the families of:

Carl Baker

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Stephanie & Barry Yusman ............................................ Selma Saltzman

Adam Kram Daniel Linder Albert (Obbie) Price

NATHAN AND BELLE STOLIAR CANDY FUND

Evelyn Rones

DONOR IN MEMORY OF Eunice & John Rechman ... Hilda Schulkin

Joseph Rosengarten Reva Shank

A special note from our Rabbis and Cantor: Though we do not publish the names of those who make contributions to our Discretionary Funds (as a way to protect their request for anonymity), we deeply appreciate your continued thoughtfulness and generosity. Todah Rabbah & may you continue to be blessed from On-High.

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