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MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR-at-LARGE: Todah Rabah for everyone's patience & understanding this past month, after I took a fall when I incurred a head injury & needed wrist surgery. This was why the Tikvah Times was on hiatus for March. I am full of gratitude to everyone for your notes, calls, and emails during my recovery...Alene

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rabbi randy sheinberg

Passover - The Festival of Freedom

• Passover is probably the most ritual-bound holiday in the Jewish year. We read from a script, a Haggadah. We eat symbolic foods, in a specific order and manner, at a specified time. And we tell stories and sing songs to recall our history.
• In addition to the rituals prescribed for us by the Jewish faith, chances are that each of us also has our own family holiday rituals and customs. These are every bit as much a part of the Seder and Passover experience as the standard script and rituals are. In my home, we have the custom of bringing something new to each seder. Some years, we add new Haggadot to the collection around the table. Past favorites have included a baseball Haggadah, Rabbi Arthur Waskow’s Freedom Seder, Debbie Friedman’s Women’s Seder, and the seder according to Dr. Seuss, to name just a few. Other years, we add one or more new symbols to the seder plate, to connect the ancient theme of liberation to present times. Some of these - like the orange and the fair trade chocolate bar - have become permanent fixtures at the table. Others - shoelaces to represent immigrants held at the border, a padlock to represent the broken criminal justice system - vary year to year.
• For our upcoming celebration of Passover, I plan to highlight the fact that this is a Shemita year, the seventh in the seven-year cycle. Shemita, the “year of release,” also known as the sabbatical year, is a year in which we are invited to reconsider our relationship to the land and to one another. In the Shemita year - debts are forgiven, planting ceases, private land holdings are open to the public, and staples such as food storage and perennial harvests are accessible to all. During the Shemita year, we are invited to remember that we own nothing, and that the more we release our claim on people and things, the richer we become.
• What is the connection between Shemitah and Passover?
• Passover tells the story of a people, our ancestors who were enslaved in Egypt and then ultimately set free to wander in the desert and seek out a new life. It is essentially about the external circumstances of freedom and liberation that were placed upon us. Shemita is the counterpart to this Exodus story. It is about how we create our own freedom. It is about creating a just society, in which all who participate are entitled to basic rights and a decent standard of living. It is also about an internal process - it is about releasing ourselves, changing our mindset, and retelling our stories so that we are less bound by the habits of mind and heart that constrain us.
• In this year of Shemita, as Passover approaches, how can you create your own freedom? What can you do to enable yourself to live a fuller, more liberated life?
• A wise friend once told me about a woman who had come to her for advice. The woman had had a difficult relationship with her brother, who had recently died. Months after his passing, she continued to rage about all the ways he had wronged her. My wise friend said to her, “It’s time to let him rest now. Give him to God. Let go of all your anger.”
• So here is a new ritual you might want to add to your Passover practice. Before you sit down to your seder, make a mental inventory of all the people in your life, those still living and those long gone, toward whom you are feeling some negative emotion - be it anger, resentment or hurt. Then consciously release that negativity - you may even wish to burn a piece of paper to symbolically represent this release.

Wishing you and your loved ones a sweet and liberating Passover…may we continue to know freedom for ourselves and all the world.

Our house of worship

It is heartwarming to remember the many beautiful celebrations we shared in our Temple, and now it is heartbreaking to see the devastation from the flood. However, we are more than a building. We are are a community!

Temple President

andrea comerchero

Year after Year, Day after Day - We are Connected as a Community

• March 2020 was when everything changed. It has been two years! Two years of missing our friends and family. Two years of masks. Two years of ZOOM. How can this be? And then Hurricane Ida happened and caused more devastation for our community. I don’t know about you, but I am ready for some good news.
• And good news is what I have for you! On Tuesday, March 22nd the Congregation approved the Board’s motion to begin work in the building to start restoring Temple Tikvah. We have also begun to receive money from FEMA! In addition we have started holding small meetings in the Beber Auditorium as a beginning phase of reentering the building. And my goal is to be in our sanctuary for the High Holidays in September.
• As I mentioned at the Congregation Meeting, we have been working behind the scenes on new and exciting programming with local congregations, as well as our own committees to continue their efforts to engage all of you on different levels.
• One of the things I am so proud of is how engaged and connected you, our family have stayed. Our programs are thriving, we continue to have wonderful participation in services (on ZOOM and in-person,) and our amazing clergy have kept us connected spiritually throughout all of this.
• Now that we are beginning to have plans for our future in the building, I would like to ask all of you to get more involved. Join a committee or come to a program you have never tried before. If you do not know how or where to begin, call me. I am excited for our future and all that it holds.
• Passover is a holiday of traditions and of freedom. This Passover I am looking forward to spending time with my family, singing "Dayenu" around the table (it’s my mom’s favorite.) However, I am also looking forward to the joys and freedoms of spring.

Let Us Look Forward to Our Mikdash M’at (small community) Continuing to Foster Our Spiritual Lives (myjewishlearning.com)

KOL NIDRE DONATIONS FOR 5782

• ANGEL • Gloria & Lawrence Konstan • Cheryle & Steve Levine • Barbara Silberman • Ken & Neela Weber
• CHESED • Lynn & Jay Beber • Andrea & Marc Comerchero • Phyllis & Marc Newman • Janet & Barry Spool • Irene & Stanley Zorn
• TZEDEKAH • Arnold & Sylvia Bloch • Elaine Farber • Justin Wax Jacobs • Anonymous • Lisa Selkin Lupo • Marilyn Markowitz • Joyce & Joel Mensoff • Sandra & David Peskin • Susan & Martin Siroka • Teresa & Jeffrey Weisbrot • Madeleine Wolf
• BENEFACTOR • Anonymous • Farhad Bolandakhtari & Nazita Dashitpour • Arline & Jack Cazes • Nancy Eschemuller • Libby Glowatz • Robin & Bob Jacobson • Carole Kaplan
• PATRON • Robert Bader • Marty Cohen & Rabbi Randy Sheinberg • Beth Feldman • Sonia Fink • Fran Fredrick • Lori & Mark Gordon • Michael Greene & Ruth Loomis • Ronni & Charles Hollanders • Terry & Ira Lepzelter • Traci & Victor Levy • Helaine & Ed Schachter • Stuart & Judy Weinstock
• SPONSOR • Maureen & Steve Berman • Brotherhood of Temple Tikvah • Terry & Michael Cutler • Arleen & Ronald Degen • Martin & Susan Fox • Marc & Michele Gold • Lois & Richard Howard • Joe & Judy Kirschner • Rachel & Nicole Lavoie • Lynn Moser • Phyllis Richards • Susan Schall
• DONOR • Muriel Adler • Sharon Adler • Michael & Karen Arkin • Michele & Dennis Baltuch • Florence Baravarian • Sharon Bibergal • Betsy Jacob Bivrano • Henry Bloch • The Chirel Family • The Diamond Family • Rochelle & Evan Fischer • Merle Fishkin • Vivian E. Floch • Alan Fogelman & Susan Feinblatt • Sharon Fricano • Steven & Doreen Geller • Vivian Goldbaum • Stephen & Barbara Goldberg • Anonymous • David Herz & Janet Stahl • Mimi Kahn • Andrea & Doug King • Leslie Kizner • Joel & Sadie Kramer • Sandra Lichtenstein • The Magidson Family • Mark & Robin Mandell • Margery & Edward Orenstein • Robert Peskin & Tracey Browning • Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ravens • Barbara & Milton Rosenberg & Family • Ron, Barbara, Melissa & Justin Schreiber • June & Jack Schwarz • Claire Shapiro • Doris & Irv Silberman • Julie Steiner O'Donnell • Elaine & Howie Weiss • Joan Wiener • Laurence & Aki Wolfson • Linda Lustig-Zaffos & Jack Zaffos
• PARTICIPANT • Deborah Abramowitz • Jeanie & George Berger • Cindy & Joe Bettelheim • Sheila & Martin Bosker • Sharyn & Joel Chanin • Rochelle & Evan Fischer • Muriel Gorochow • Toby & Steve Israel • Abe & Hanna Kormas • Steven B. Levine • Andrew & Marilyn Mandell • Lee Newman • Karla & Orlando Osuna • Sandy Portnoy • Rachel Raphael-Kupferberg • Helene & Alene Schonhaut • Susan & Irwin Schneider • Rosalyn Schwartz • Jeffrey Young • Howard & Gale Zeidman

religious school

Education Director

SHARON FRICANO

Queen Esther Knew the Power of Words

• In March we celebrated Purim. While we did not have a traditional carnival, we enjoyed a special program with a storyteller, art, music, and making slime.
• On March 11th our Grade 4/5 Class did a wonderful job leading our Family Service. I was proud a teacher!
• Join us on April 8th at 7:00pm for our next Family Service, which will be led by our third graders. The following students will participate: Emmy Adrian, Matthew Golbig, Harrison Gries, Leo Levitan, Benjamin Podber, Ava Schonsky, and Zachary Strobel.
• During April our students will studying Koach Hadibbur, otherwise known as appreciating the power of speech: We study this unit to be able to distinguish between words that hurt and words that heal, and to practice making good choices of when to speak and when to remain silent. For example, we distinguish the way Abraham argues with God (righteous chutzpah) versus how Haman manipulates King Achashverosh and his policies. We reject lashon hara (hurtful speech and slander) and encourage defending the voice of the vulnerable. Students will learn about the different ways their speech can better the greater world and the impact their words can have - inspiring them and others into action.
• Congratulations to the Chirel Family on Emma becoming a Bat Mitzvah on April 2nd!
• Congratulations to the Taylor Family on Khloe becoming a Bat Mitzvah on April 30th!
• UPCOMING EVENTS: April 2nd - Family Havdalah & Drive-In Movie Night at 6:45pm • April 3rd - Kol Simkha Junior Choir at 9:00am and Teen Program at Commonpoint Queens at 12:00pm • April 8th - Grade 3 Family Service at 7:00pm • April 9th - Junior Congregation at 9:30am • April 10th - Kol Simkha Choir at 9:00am and Religious School Passover Program at 9:30am • April 15th - First Night of Passover • April 17th - 24th - Closed for Spring Break • May 1st - Lego Jerusalem Family Program

mazel tov to Khloe Taylor!

caring community

Volunteers are Needed to Join, Vitalize & Strengthen Our Caring Community!

Due to Covid we have not had any meetings, however we have stayed in touch with our congregants; whether to wish them mazel tov regarding happy events or to let them know we were thinking of them in times of sickness or to extend our condolences when a loved one has passed away...We are reaching out to our Temple Tikvah Family and asking that when you know someone who needs a smile to give them one of yours…For more information, please contact Helene Schonhaut and/or Terry Lepzelter through Marie Brown at the Temple office - 516.746.1120 if you do not have our email addresses or phone numbers. We look forward to hearing from you during the spring and early summer so that we will be ready to resume our meetings and get to work in September.

CARING COMMUNITY REMINDERS: The Afternoon Book Club will next be reviewing Violeta by Isabella Allende (The epic story of Violeta del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century. She tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves above all others, recounting devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, times of both poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense joy - goodreads.com) at 1:30pm on Thursday, April 7th • The Creative Writing Group will next meet on Tuesday, April 19th at 7:30pm • The Evening Book Club will next be reviewing Beautiful Country: A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood by Qian Julie Wangat (The moving story of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world. Inhabiting her childhood perspective with exquisite lyric clarity and unforgettable charm and strength, Qian Julie Wang has penned an essential American story about a family fracturing under the weight of invisibility, and a girl coming of age in the shadows, who never stops seeking the light - goodreads.com) at 7:30pm on Monday, April 25th.

Here's to A Sweet & Happy Passover!

lifelong learning

As We Emigrated, We Never Let Go of Our Traditions as Immigrants

• Lunch & Learn: Prior to the outbreak of WWII the Nazis made life for Jews in Europe very difficult in order to encourage their emigration, and to perpetuate their beliefs about the Jews and the Aryan Race. While many Jewish families got out, many waited for a variety of reasons until it was almost too late. This Lunch & Learn explores the escape of two different families from Hitler’s Europe just as war was breaking out, and Jews who were being imprisoned in concentration camps and the impact on their futures. Vivian Floch will relate the separate experiences of her mother who fled Nazi Germany and her father who fled from Austria. She will create the backdrop for the events that unfolded.
• Please join Vivian Floch, a long-time Temple Member and Choir Member to hear her family’s story in remembrance of Yom HaShoah on Saturday, April 23rd at 11:00am on ZOOM and in person in the Harris Beber Auditorium. All ZOOM LINKS will be available in the Weekly Updates. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at the LINK below.
• Torah Study: Torah Study with Rabbi Randy Sheinberg continues every Saturday morning at 9:00am on ZOOM. We are currently reading from Vayikra/Leviticus which we started in mid-March. Learn about the holiness of G-d and what is required of the people. Join the discussion and see how the Torah is as timely as ever. All LINKS are available in the Weekly Updates. All are welcome and no experience is required.
• Learning Opportunities: We continue to highlight learning opportunities in the Weekly Update. If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to send them to me at the LINK below.

brotherhood

Passover Rituals and Traditions - Hmm Let’s Think About That…

• First - I would say YES to being traditional during Passover Seders. In the early years of my life, I remember Passover very well and going to my Mom’s parents for the Seder. We lived in Brooklyn and even though they lived in Queens Village, I remember this car trip being ridiculously long. I am assuming back then, cars did not or could not go fast and of course speed limits on the Belt Parkway were only 40mph.
• At Grandma and Grandpa’s the Seder was very interesting. Sitting at the table with my twin cousins and their parents, my grandfather would be the only one doing the Seder. There was NO participation of any sort from any of us…NONE. No sharing sips of wine, no youngest reading 4 Questions, no wine drippings for the 10 Plagues. Grandpa would read the Haggadah…EVERY single word in Hebrew and fast, and it still took OVER an hour! No one could understand anything, and no one was permitted to speak. What was he reading? Could it have been War and Peace? For all we knew it could have been. We would not have known the difference. “Shush,” he would say if he heard any noise, and it was almost the end of the world if we dared to laugh, yet we were just kids. Dinner was traditional - gefilte fish, soup, chicken, and yummy side dishes. Of course Grandpa indeed finished the Seder after our meal (extreme torture.)
• However, in recent years (the last 40 years) Michele and I do a great Seder if I must say. We host the entire family of close to 30 loved ones. This began with no kids, just adults; then one by one or two by two, our children, nieces and nephews, and grandchildren have appeared. We have chosen to make the Seder, “Kid Friendly” where everyone who wants to read, will be able to. We prepare the Haggadah, taking the best of one and then the best from another and get all the important readings in to play. We do allow the youngest to read the 4 Questions, the adults to drink the 4 glasses of wine and drop the 10 droplets for the 10 Plagues. There have also even been times where we have simply just told the Passover story and/or many times where we just talk about it instead of actually reading it. Dinner is still traditional, and everyone contributes a dish from their home to bring to ours.
• Brotherhood News: Our Annual Pre-Passover Wine Sale has been going on for a few weeks now. It will end on Thursday, April 7th. Deliveries to your home or store pickups will begin on April 7th. Please feel free to contact me via the Temple Office for more information - 516.746.1120. • Brotherhood is also now selling Yom HaShoah Yellow Memorial Candles. Each candle is ONLY $3.00. Yom HaShoah begins at sunset on April 27th. More information regarding pickup dates and times at Temple are coming soon.

Until next month, have a Zissen Pesach!

Our Caterer's Passover Menu

sisterhood

A Favorite Holiday & Its Traditions

• Passover, a family holiday steeped in traditions has always been my favorite. Historically, my family prepared by changing everything in the kitchen. The closets were cleaned, the counters were scrubbed and we children were sent out with whatever cookies and crackers had to be removed. We feasted among ourselves and brought nothing back. In the house, out came the Passover dishes, glassware, pots, and pans. There was definitely a charm in unpacking and becoming reacquainted with items not seen since last year, yet it was a tremendous amount of work before any cooking for the Seder began. My mother, grandmother, and father somehow got it all done.
• As a young married woman, I continued the tradition. The Seder and its preparation became my job. As time went on, I realized it really takes a village and too often I was exhausted. Something had to give if I was to enjoy the holiday. My elderly parents made the decision that a change was needed. After Passover, I only packed up the ritual items and gave away the rest to good will. The following year and all years after I have only two small boxes to unpack. I prepare foods in advance. And most of all I enjoy my family getting together at the Seder table. I look forward to my Passover. I hope you do, too.

Passover: A Time of Reflection, Revelation & Change (reformjudaism.org)

SOCIAL ACTION

Traditions of Passover: Teach Generosity & the Fight for Freedom

• The Haggadah tells the story of how God took our ancestors out of slavery in Egypt. Following the Torah’s command, we tell this story to our children every single year. We seek new depth and new meaning in every retelling. We often discuss slavery and racism in our nation. Moses’ older sister Miriam convinced Pharoah’s daughter to save her baby brother. Miriam later searched for food and water during the exodus while Moses led the people.
• In addition, this year, we are following an effort to take the free people of Ukraine back into a society ruled by a tyrant. Many are giving help to the people of Ukraine, and to people and organizations of eastern Europe that are helping the refugees. The Jerusalem Talmud records that Jewish communities should make collections of maot chitim, literally “wheat money,” before Passover. Today our children can learn about these needs from their parents and teachers, and the visual power of the news.
• As time gets close to Passover we focus on the household. Jewish people can be found cleaning their house. This is not a mere spring cleaning. Anything produced from grain that has risen or chametz must be removed from the house. When whole families are part of getting the house ready for Passover, the children can be inspired keep these traditions.
• The Seder begins with the children asking four classic questions, starting with, “Why is this night different from all other nights?” The rest of the readings consist of the answers to the kids’ questions. Pay attention to the expressions of the questions. Children wait to hunt for the Afikoman. Later on in the Seder we start the meal for the hungry children and carry through theses teachable moments, and we end with a delicious dessert that is Kosher for Passover.

Please come to the Lunch and Learn on May 14th. The focus will be plastics, including our water bottles that pollute the good water needed by all living things.

TODA RABA – תודה רבה

• HELEN BADER SPECIAL PROJECT FUND: Robert Bader in memory of Dawn Steinberg
• KEHILA FUND: Muriel Adler and Arline & Jack Cazes in memory of Joseph Belli • Mindy Aloff • Milton Ancel • Alton Bader in honor of Robert Bader as a past president • Robert Bader in memory of Phillip Darvin • Florence Baravarian • Diane Berger • Sharon Goldberg Bibergal • Michael Bidner in memory of Michael Losow • Michael Blick • Betsy Jacob Biviano • Arnold & Sylvia Bloch • Sylvie Bordzuk • Amy & Alan Brachfeld • Marione Cassese • Brad Cetron • Carol Chaykin • Sharyn & Joel Chanin in memory of Lester Bertan • Bart Cirker in appreciation of the ongoing leadership and support extended by two generations of the Spool Family • Ariel Cohen • Martin Cohen & Rabbi Randy Sheinberg • Michael & Marcia Cohen • Michael & Talia Cohen • Terri Cohen • Bernice Comerchero • Alan Cooper • Roberta & Michael Cooperman in memory of Rabbi Robbins • Amy & Thomas Cordero • Vincent Corrado • Cheryl Davidson • Stacie Deiner in memory of Arnold Deiner • The Domeny Family • Assemblyman Anthony D'Urso • Laurence Edelstein • Mary Egan in honor of Helen Lipson's 100th Birthday • Randee Epstein • Nancy Eschemuller • Jewish Federation & Foundation • Rochelle Fischer • Judith Fisher • Judith Fisher in memory of Burt Schall • Janice Florence • Nina Foley in appreciation of Janet Spool • Sue Ginsberg • The Golden Estate in memory of Charles & Jeannette Golden • Paul & Eloise Goldberg • Wendy Goldstein in memory of Rabbi Andrew Robbins • Mary Gorham • Marcia & Frank Gould • Gustave Greis • Steven Greenstein • Bruce & Maria Gross • Irene Haber • Stephanie Hernan in memory of Sebastiana Hernan • Roberta Hoffer • Alana Hollander • Andy Hollander • Andrew Hollander • Stephen & Gail Hollander • Terry Hood • Lois & Richard Howard in memory of Douglas King • Charles Hyman • Rabbi Mark Kaiserman & RTFH • Rabbi Lewis Kamrass • Peter Kassel • Ed Klein • Leslie Kizner - Arthur Poselle, Sol S. Poselle, and Louis Kizner • Gloria & Lawrence Konstan in memory of Doris Axelrad • Elyssa Kritz • Audrey & Paul Korman • Cheryl Kuster • The Mah-Jongg Ladies in memory of Lester Bertan • Laurence Lande • Nicole & Rachel Lavoie • Rachel & Nicole Lavoie in memory of Douglas King • Gloria & Larry Konstan • Traci & Victor Levy • Sandra Lichtenstein • Faustina Lindsay • Susan & Andre Louis • Susan & Andre Louis in memory Doris Vivian Axelrad • Bonnie & Bob Love • Sari Mainzer in memory of Ronald Mainzer • Mark & Robin Mandell • Cecelia Manley • Lois Marcus • The Margolin Family • Jill Marcus • Marsha Mason • Barbara & Joseph Massey in memory of Libby Glowatz • Barbara and Joseph Massey congratulate the Moser Family on the birth of Griffin Moser • Michele Mavrovouniotis • Jacqueline & Kevin McCorey • Denise McCreadie • Joyce & Joel Mensoff • Joyce & Joel Mensoff in honor of the birth of Lisa Lupo’s and Susan & Marty Siroka’s new granddaughter, Anna Bea • Joyce & Joel Mensoff in memory of Douglas King • Bruce & Melanie Miller and Maxx, Sam & Gabe • Constance Miller • Stacy Miller • Henry Mohrman • Jacqueline Mulligan • Joanne & Martin Neff • Roni Nelson • Theresa Odell • Edna Diana Oling • Edward & Margery Orenstein • Beverly Osrow • Jody & Terry Osterweil • Karla & Orlando Osuna • Carol Pally • Karen Palmer • Susan Pearce • Lois Pepkin • Carol Pertez • Robert Peskin & Tracey Browning • Sandra & David Peskin • Dr. Benjamin Piltch in honor of April, Hodari & Jeremy Heron • Bill Pobiner in memory of Ted & Lee Pobiner • Larry Pollack • Sandy Portnoy • Melissa Price, Arthur Shield & Family in memory of Georgette Shield • Alice Purus • RTFH Women's Connection in honor of Sisterhood of Temple Tikvah • Martin Ruckel • Shelley Sander in memory of Joel Chanin • Frank & Joan Saracino • Helaine & Edward Schachter • Susan Schall • Alene Schonhaut • Alene Schonhaut in honor of the birth of Lisa Lupo's granddaughter, Anna Bea • Glenn & Naomi Schwartz • Roni Schweer • Claire Shapiro • Deborah (Kaplan) Shapiro in memory of Edward Kaplan • Arlene Sheff • Lois Silverman • Sisterhood • Merry & Richard Slone in memory Beatrice & Benjamin Hurwood Lawrence and Jennifer Smilg • Michael & Ruth Smilg • Jeanette Louise Spangle • Sheryl & Michael Stolar • Joyce Stoner • South Baldwin Jewish Center • Florence & Joseph Stoll • Leo & Jane Tajuk • Richard & Brenda Tannenbaum • Candice & David Tarr • Norma Taylor in honor of Helen Lipson's 100th Birthday • Temple Tikvah Board of Trustees in memory of Libby Glowatz • Maura Turner • Thomas Walsh • Sandra Wapner • Ken & Neela Weber • Robert Weibman • Danielle Weisbrot • Joan Wiener • Susan & Walter Witte • Jack Zaffos & Linda Lustig-Zaffos • Henry Zanetti • Maureen Zent
• RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND: Mr. & Mrs. Gumersindo Alvarez in memory of Joel Chanin • Abby J. Cohen in memory Joel Chanin • Cheryle & Stephen Levine in memory of Doris Axelrad and Charles Golden • Laurie Rogen in memory of Joel Chanin
• TEMPLE TIKVAH MEMORIAL FUND: Deborah Abramowitz in memory Sam Rossin and Edward Cohen • Muriel Adler in memory of Edward Cohen and Arnold Deiner • Ann Arkin in memory of Louis Kaufman • Robert Bader in memory of Charles Bader • Florence Baravarian in memory of Joel Chanin, Joseph Belli, and Edward Cohen • Marian & Seth Baskin in memory of Mildred Cohen and Benjamin W. Cohen • Lynn & Jay Beber in memory of Joseph Belli • Susan Beckerman in memory of Gertrude Gross • Lorraine Bertan in memory of Joel Chanin • Sheila & Martin Bokser in memory of Israel Sussman • Brotherhood in memory of Joel Chanin and Joseph Belli • Joyce Braun-Stoner in memory of Aaron Braun • Doris Brown in memory of Esther Platt • Terry & Michael Cutler in memory Adam Cutler and Miriam Kreiger • Joel & Gayle Feinstein in memory of Charles Feinstein and Frances Rubin • Merle Fishkin in memory of Samuel Pugach • Kenneth Fox in memory of Joel Chanin • Fran Fredrick in memory of Joel Chanin • Deborah Golob & Michael Golob in memory of Sophie Golob • Ronni & Charles Hollander in memory of Alexander Warantz, Julius Kirschbaum, and Arthur Hollander • Robin & Bob Jacobson in memory of Irene Jacobson • Mimi Kahn in memory of Edward Kahn • Carole Kaplan in memory of Joseph Sorblum and Irving Abzug • Joseph & Judith Kirschner in memory Israel Kirschner • Nancy Kiss in memory Daniel Hurwitz • David & Shelley Kossover in memory Joel Chanin • Cheryle & Stephen Levine in memory of Joel Chanin and Joseph Belli • Sandra Lichtenstein and Bradley & Robert Schusterman in memory of Irving Lichtenstein • Lisa Lupo in memory of Anne and Bernard Selkin • Joyce & Joel Mensoff in memory of Edward Cohen • Susan & Kent Moston in memory of Edward Cohen • Karla & Orlando Osuna in memory of Sam Rossin • Sandra & David Peskin in memory of Marvin Witt, Joseph Belli, and Edward Cohen • Suzanne Plastrik in memory Samuel Markus • Phyllis Richards in memory of Arnold Deiner • Sylvia Rosen in memory Joel Chanin • Dr. Milton & Barbara Rosenberg in memory of Alwine Einstein • Barbara Rosenthal in memory of Joseph Belli • Helaine & Edward Schachter in memory of Edward Cohen and Joseph Belli • Helene & Alene Schonhaut in memory of Traci Schonhaut-Fuller • Charla Schnupp in memory of Charlotte Jemal and The Sasoon Family • Arlene Sheff in memory of Dr. Lawrence Sheff • Barbara Silberman in memory of Joel Chanin and Joseph Belli • Martin & Susan Siroka in memory Violet Hochstadt and Shirley Siroka • Ken & Neela Weber in memory of Pearl Weber • Stuart & Judith Weinstock in memory of Lotte Rosenfeld • Irene & Stanley Zorn in memory of Rose Riegelhaupt, Jem Grenman, David Zorn, and Joel Chanin

APRIL yahrzeits

• FRIDAY, APRIL 1st - Shabbat Services at 7:30pm
• SATURDAY, APRIL 2nd - Torah Study at 9:00am; Emma Chirel’s Bat Mitzvah at 10:30am; and Family Havdalah & Drive-in Movie Night Event at 6:45pm
• SUNDAY, APRIL 3rd - Kol Simkha Junior Choir at 9:00am & Teen Program at Commonpoint Queens at 12:00pm
• WEDNESDAY,  APRIL 6th - Choir Rehearsal at 6:00pm & Brotherhood Meeting at 7:00pm
• THURSDAY, APRIL 7th - A Taste of Wise Aging at 11:00am; On the Marc Sports Talk at 4:00pm; and Sisterhood Board Meeting at 7:30pm
• FRIDAY, APRIL 8th - Grades 3 Family Shabbat Services at 7:00pm
• SATURDAY, April 9th - Torah Study at 9:00am & Junior Congregation at 9:30pm
• SUNDAY, APRIL 10th - Kol Simkha Junior Choir at 9:00am; Religious School Passover Program at 9:30pm; and Tikvah Tots at 11:00am
• WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13th - Choir Rehearsal at 6:00pm
• THURSDAY, APRIL 14th - On the Marc Sports Talk at 4:00pm
• FRIDAY, APRIL 15th - PASSOVER BEGINS / Shabbat Services at 5:00pm
• SATURDAY, APRIL 16th - Torah Study at 9:00am & 2nd Night Passover Seder with Lake Success Jewish Center
• SUNDAY, APRIL 17th - RELIGIOUS SCHOOL CLOSED
• TUESDAY, APRIL 19th - Writing Group at 7:30pm
• WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20th - Choir Rehearsal at 6:00pm
• THURSDAY, APRIL 21st - On the Marc Sports Talk at 4:00pm
• FRIDAY, APRIL 22nd - EARTH DAY / Festival Shabbat Service with Torah Reading and Yizkor at 7:30pm
• SATURDAY, April 23rd - Torah Study at 9:00am & Lifelong Learning at 11:00am / PASSOVER CONCLUDES
• SUNDAY, April 24th - RELIGIOUS SCHOOL CLOSED
• MONDAY, April 25th - Evening Book Club at 7:30pm
• WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27th - Yom Hashoah / Yom Hashoah Program with Choir at 7:00pm
• THURSDAY, APRIL 28th - On the Marc Sports Talk at 4:00pm
• FRIDAY, APRIL 29th - Sisterhood Shabbat at 7:30pm
• SATURDAY, APRIL 30th - Torah Study at 9:00am & Khloe Taylor's Bat Mitzvah at 10:30am

* PLEASE REFER TO THE WEEKLY UPDATES & THE LINK BELOW (CLICK ON NEW EVENTS, THEN CALENDAR) FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION *

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