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JEWISH FEDERATION OF MADISON June 2014 Sivan 5774

Jewish Federation Upcoming Events ......................5 Simchas & Condolences ........................................6 Congregation News ..........................................8-9

Business, Professional & Service Directory ............20 Jewish Social Services ........................................21 Jewish Education ..........................................22-25

Lechayim Lights ............................................26-27 Israel & The World ........................................28-29 Hava Nagila Jewish Community Picnic ................32

Inside This Issue

We at Camp Shalom, the summer campof the Jewish Federation of Madison, havealready begun thinking about summer2014.

Started in 1954, Camp Shalom is theDane County Area’s oldest day camp, wel-coming over 1,000 campers and their fam-ilies every summer. A haven for people ofall backgrounds, camp welcomes childrenof any religion, race, gender, nationality,and disability, which creates a special en-vironment that is a true testament to the di-versity of Dane County. In staying true tothe same values that inspired us from thebeginning, Camp Shalom remains com-mitted to providing every child this incred-ible experience, regardless of theirfamily’s financial standing.

Last summer, Camp Shalom awarded$96,000 in scholarships for 172 campers.This summer, there have been requests for$111,000 in scholarships for 189 campers.These are need-based scholarships, fundedentirely by generous donations made bymembers of our community.

Why donate to the Camp ShalomScholarship Fund? For many, it is a chanceto give back to the camp that they, or aloved one attended or worked at. Thou-sands of individuals have been a part ofCamp Shalom over the past 60 years, andeach one possesses memories both uniqueand shared from camp that remain withthem to this day. There are many ways forgrateful members of the community togive back to Camp Shalom, with nonemore helpful than providing children whoneed financial aid an opportunity to createthese memories and experiences for them-selves.

For others, donating to the CampShalom Scholarship Fund is an opportu-nity to help shape the future of a child inour area. Camp is a place where childrencan grow as individuals, by experiencingnew activities such as Teva (nature) andOmanut (arts and crafts), and by simplyinteracting with their fellow campers andcounselors. Camp Shalom allows for chil-dren to find out what interests them, andpursue goals in activities that they couldotherwise never have exposure to, as wellas forge lasting friendships with peers whomay not attend the same school as they do.

For the last 60 years, Camp Shalom

Charlie (left) with his oldest friendAaron started out as campers and arenow on staff together at Camp Shalom.

Networking is a key skill for suc-cessful business people. We all knowthat each awkward introduction, hand-shake or shared elevator ride can be anexcellent opportunity to expand ourprofessional network. But there must bea way to develop these connectionsmore gracefully!

And now… there is! On June 11thfrom 6pm-7:30pm at the Great Dane-Hilldale, the Jewish Business Round-table a program of the JewishFederation of Madison, and J-Biz Madi-son a program of YJP Madison are com-ing together to offer an unparalleled

opportunity to expand your professionalnetwork with more growth in one hourthan you might otherwise see in oneyear! Join us for an outstanding SpeedNetworking event. Similar in tactic tospeed dating, participants will use brieftimed encounters to meet Jewish profes-sionals in all lines of work from all overthe Madison area.

You already may know some ofthese professionals, or know of themdue to their professional success. Oth-ers you may never have met, or even re-alized that their businesses are in theMadison area. Meet professionals just

beginning their careers and those whohave spent years in their line of work,as well as professionals who are be-tween careers or just looking for a newstart.

Speed Networking is for anyone whowants to network in an organized yet re-laxed setting. Come join us to shmoozeover a beer and snacks. Make someconnections and watch your networksgrow! For a list of names of those at-tending at time of print, see our ad onpage 6. Register by emailing Lynn [email protected].

The Midrasha class of 2014 with their delicious graduation cake.

We wish them the best of luck as they start a new chapter in their lives.A BIG todah rabah to all of the teachers who worked at Midrasha this year.

Without this incredible staff (listed below) this program would not be possible. Rabbi Joshua Ben-Gideon, Rabbi Jonathan Biatch, Josh Davidson, Rachel Hal-

stead, Madeline Jacobs, Mickey Aziz-Komar, Laurel Hefty, Steve Olson, ElanaRabishaw, Cantor Deborah Martin, Rebecca Schwab, Talia Shapiro, Sherie Sondel,Missy Sosman, and Jill Nomie Turnbull.

See more Midrasha celebration photos on page 3.

Amazing Business NetworkingOpportunity Coming June 11th

Camp Shalom ScholarshipFund Needs Your Help

(Continued on page 3)

Mazel Tov to theMidrasha Class of 2014!

Jacob BogostBen Gellman

Samara LernerRachel Moseson

Ariella Rader

Sydney RozenfeldEliana Schreiber

Sam ShoversHannah SteinHolly White

BY CHARLIE KAPLAN

Camp Shalom Counselor & Former Camper

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Presenting the Midrasha Class of 2014

The future class of 2015 enjoyed the graduation festivities.

Missy Sosman and Sherie Sondel, whotaught a Healthy Jewish Cooking class,gave the graduates some words of wis-dom and presented the seniors with acommemorative cookbook.

Jim Stein, President of the JewishFederation of Madison and a parentof a graduate, presented nine of thegraduates with the Laurence A. WeinsteinMidrasha Incentive Award.

The Midrasha staff and students honored the graduates at a fun end-of-the-year program.

truly has been a special place for youth inour area. The memories and friendshipsmade by children at camp stay with themforever, and the impact has thepotential to change their lives for thebetter.

As we celebrate the 60th anniversary ofCamp Shalom, please help us continue thetradition of never having to deny a child acamp experience because of financialneed. We need your help. We still needto raise $18,000. Please help us send allof these children to camp – it is not toolate.

You can make a donation online atwww.JewishMadison.org or you can maila check, payable to the Jewish Federationof Madison, to Camp Shalom ScholarshipFund, 6434 Enterprise Lane, Madison, WI53719.

If you have questions or would like ad-ditional information, please contact ourExecutive Director, Dina Weinbach, at608-278-1808 or [email protected].

Thank you in advance for helping thechildren in our community have awonderful summer camp experience atCamp Shalom.

Camp Shalom Continued from page 1

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Andrea J. Stein, z”l, former Editor ofthe Madison Jewish News and Jewishcommunity volunteer, was awarded aposthumous Doctor of Jewish NonprofitManagement, honoris causa, from He-brew Union College – Jewish Institute(HUC-JIR) of Religion in Los Angeles,California on May 19th, 2014. Her hus-band accepted the honor on her behalf.One of five honorary degree recipients,this award recognized the breadth anddepth of Andrea’s continuous service tothe Jewish community in the 25 yearssince she received her Master’s Degreein Jewish Communal Service from HUC-JIR. Andrea frequently quoted Pirke Avot2:5 – “Al tifrosh min hatzibur” – “Do notdistance yourself from the community.”Shortly after arriving in Madison in 1996,she chaired the Gan Hayeled PreschoolCommittee and was its Interim Director.She was on the Family Education Com-mittee of the Madison Jewish Commu-nity Council and in 2001 she wasawarded the Madison Jewish CommunityCouncil Miriam Singer Sulman Young

Leadership Award. That year she becameAdvertising Manager of the MadisonJewish News. She was incredibly proudto become Managing Editor in 2012. Shefelt that her work with the Jewish Feder-ation was her service mission to theMadison Jewish community.

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The Yonim Israeli Dance Troupe finished a fabulous 2013-2014 season. Onthe heels of a successful Sharsheret Festival we are thrilled to announce that wehave hired Cathy Schrager to be the Yonim Communications Director for the2014-2015 season.

Cathy brings a variety of experiences to her role as the new CommunicationsDirector for Yonim. She worked as a news producer for television stations inGeorgia and Wisconsin. She then moved on to work in public relations for anon-profit in Denver, CO before returning to school to complete a graduate pro-gram in Elementary Education. Cathy taught third grade in suburban Denverfor a number of years before starting her family with her husband, Adam. Heroldest daughter, Harper, is credited with making their family a Yonim family.Watching the excitement on her daughter’s face at every rehearsal and perform-ance and then seeing that same excitement with all the dancers led Cathy to in-quire about the Yonim position. She’s thrilled to continue the great dancetradition Yonim has established in the Madison community. Cathy lives in Madi-son with her husband and three kids.

Yonim is sad to say goodbye to Laura Toso who held the role of Director ofYonim, including the Communications Director role this past season. The entireYonim family wishes Laura the best of luck in her new role as Editor of theMadison Jewish News and welcomes Cathy to her new role on the Yonim staff!

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Big Tent Judaism/Jewish Outreach In-stitute (JOI) is delighted to announce thatTiz Goff has successfully completed thetraining to become a member of the sixthNorth American Cohort of Big Tent Ju-daism Professional Affiliates. She will beworking with the staff of Big Tent Ju-daism/Jewish Outreach Institute to openthe tent of the Madison, Wis., Jewish com-munity through outreach training and Pub-lic Space JudaismSM programming, whichis the methodology of taking Jewish pro-gramming outside the four walls of insti-tutions and out to where people are inpublic secular spaces, such as “Passover inthe Matzah Aisle” and “Hands-onHanukkah” in shopping malls to foster re-lationships, share what the community hasto offer, and learn about their interests andneeds. At any given time, the majority ofJewish households are not engaging withthe organized Jewish community, and BigTent Judaism Professional Affiliates seekto demonstrate to the unaffiliated themeaning and value in participation.

The Big Tent Judaism Professional Af-filiates program, which began in the Springof 2012, is a training series and collabora-tive network for Jewish communal profes-sionals who want to "expand the tent" ofthe organized Jewish community by reach-ing and serving less-engaged Jews includ-ing unaffiliated intermarried families. Theprogram provides free, exclusive educationon proven outreach best practices; one-on-one coaching; peer support; program im-plementation guidance; and programevaluation assistance. The program worksto achieve measurable impact by tracking

agreed-upon numeric benchmarks witheach Professional Affiliate, working withthem to not just find the less-engaged intheir communities, but to create lasting re-lationships that lead to deeper engagement.

Executive Director Rabbi Kerry M.Olitzky looks forward to the expansion ofthe program as JOI nears 200 Big Tent Ju-daism Professional Affiliates. “We areequipping these communal professionalson the front line with the best of best out-reach practices. They are key to the futuregrowth of the community and we are proudto have them on our team.”

Goff began her Big Tent JudaismProfessional Affiliates training in late Jan-uary, and will work with local profession-als, as well as staff and lay leadership atJewish Federation of Madison to imple-ment Public Space Judaism programs andcreate relationships with newcomers to thecommunity to foster future engagement.

Big Tent Judaism/Jewish Outreach Insti-tute (JOI)—is an independent, national,trans-denominational organization reach-ing out to unengaged and intermarriedJewish families, and helping the organizedJewish community better welcome them. TizGoff is the Community Outreach Coordina-tor for the Jewish Federation of Madisonand Advertising Manager for the MadisonJewish News.

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Yad B’Yad (Hand in Hand)Monthly Jewish CommunityPlaygroup for Caregivers andChildren ages 0-2Monday, June 210:00-11:30 a.m.

Join us on the first Monday of themonth for this free traveling playgroup.Hand in hand caregivers will explore anddiscuss a new topic with a Jewish twisteach month. Topics will include: yogawith baby, self-awareness, healthy eating,music, safety and more. Plenty of time forschmoozing and for the kids to play.Kosher snacks will be provided by theJewish Federation of Madison. To RSVPor host a playgroup please contact TizGoff at outreach@ jewishmadison.org

Tikkun Leil ShavuotTuesday, June 37:00 p.m.- 12:00 a.m.Temple Beth El2702 Arbor Drive, Madison

Join area Rabbis and other teachers from across Madison’s jewish communityfor a traditional Tukkun Leil Shavuot, an evening of learning celebrating God’sgiving of the Torah at Sinai. This year’s theme is scandal. To keep learners sharpthroughout the evening, dairy desserts will be served, including cheesecake, icecream, and the traditional first fruits of the season. Presented by Beth Israel Centerand co-sponsored by Jewish Federation of Madison, Congregation ShaareiShamayim and Temple Beth El.

New Camper Information SessionFor Camp Shalom and Camp Shalom Noar-Bogrim. Sunday, June 811:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.The Minkoff Center at the Irwin A. and Robert D. GoodmanJewish Community Campus7762 County Route PD, Verona

Grown-ups and campers are encouraged to attend and meet the directors, learnabout the daily schedule and special programming, take a tour of the scenic Good-man Campus and awesome Camp facilities, meet some of the loving and enthusi-astic staff members, and learn some camp songs and games. Please [email protected] with any questions.

Speed NetworkingWednesday, June 116:00-7:30 p.m.Great Dane Pub & Brewing CompanyHilldale Location, Madison

Meet, greet and connect with other Jewish professionals from the Madison area.Brought to you by the Jewish Federation of Madison and J-Biz Madison. Spon-sored by Foley & Lardner LLP, Madison Computer Works, Sondel Family Veteri-nary Clinic, and Galin Education. For more information see the complete ad onpage 6.

Hava Nagila Jewish Community PicnicSunday, June 2211:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Jewish CommunityCampus, 7762 County Route PD, Verona

Kick off the summer and the celebration of Camp Shalom’s 60th Anniversaryat the Hava Nagila Community Picnic. Activities include: Amazing Race-inspiredactivities for the whole family; information tables for local Jewish organizations;face painting and balloon animals; hayrides; bouncy house; velcro wall; Boulder’sClimbing Wall; picnic games; Ga-Ga; swimming; Israeli Dancing with Yonim;music; hot dogs, veggie brats and other yummy foods (proceeds go to the GanHaYeled Preschool); and much more! Volunteers are also needed. Please contactEllen Weismer at program@ jewishmadison or 278-1808 x 232. For complete in-formation please see the ad on page 32.

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Learn more and apply now for a memorable experience in Madison. We inviteyou to participate in a week of volunteering in Madison with other Jewish teens.We will learn about issues affecting Madison including the achievement gap,poverty, and homelessness and volunteer at a variety of organizations includingschools, community centers, and programs working for social change. Sponsoredby Shaarei Shamayim and generously funded by the Jewish Federaton of MadisonInnovation Panel. For more information visit: www.shamayim.org

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Enjoy the beautiful 5,500 square foot outdoor pool with six 25 meter lanes andzero depth entry, located in Verona. Plenty of shaded area and deck chairs to loungewith family and friends. See the ad on page 31 for complete details and registrationinformation.

Camp Shalom and Camp Shalom Noar-BogrimRegister for summer 2014 online now!

Camp Shalom is the summer day camp of the Jewish Federation of Madison.Its Jewish environment is welcoming to all elementary and middle school-age chil-dren and provides a safe, nurturing and fun experience. For more information re-garding dates, fees and more, visit: www.jewishmadison.org

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Simchas & Condolences

About a year ago, Congregation ShaareiShamayim (CSS) reached out to the JewishDialogue Group in order to host some hon-est and meaningful intra-Jewish conversa-tions about Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Jewish DialogueGroup, who helped create and facilitate thesessions, is a non-profit based out ofPhiladelphia that describes itself as “agrassroots organization that works to fosterconstructive dialogue within Jewish com-munities across the world about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other challengingissues.”

CSS was so pleased with the progressthat was made during their two sessionsthat they reached out to several otherMadison Jewish organizations about get-ting involved. This past spring, CSS co-sponsored three additional sessions, thistime open to the entire Jewish community.The other co-sponsors for the sessionswere the Jewish Federation of Madison,Temple Beth El, Beth Israel Center andUW Hillel.

Members from across denominationsand political affiliations sat down to havehard conversations in a meaningful, honestand thoughtful way. All voices were heardand the community was able to come to-gether and learn about the views of theirfriends, their neighbors, their fellow con-gregants and members of the Jewish com-munity they were meeting for the firsttime.

Federation President James Stein at-tended one of the sessions. In his view, "itwas refreshing and heart-warming to sit in

a room of Jewish people committed to alove of Israel, but with differing feelingsand experiences, who were willing to dis-cuss them respectfully. The honesty andemotion of everyone in attendance was ev-ident, in large part because of the safe en-vironment and expert moderation, as wellas the sincerity of all participants."

Jim Youngerman, Co-Chair of the Jew-ish Federation of Madison Community Re-lations Committee and Board Member,also attended. He too had great things tosay about his session. “I was very im-pressed with the format, the role/participa-tion of the facilitator, and mostsignificantly, with the respect all partici-pants showed toward each other and thecaring views expressed. I felt safe andcomfortable expressing my views and Ilearned from views expressed by others.”He went on to say, “it was more the generaldiscussion where many different points ofview, and many different points of empha-sis were stressed, rather than specificpoints that left the biggest impression withme. I feel fortunate that all the participantsin the session I attended were respectfuland willing to listen to the views of othersand willing to share their views/feelings sooutwardly.” Another participant, CelesteRobins, said “I thought the process wasgentle, safe, supportive, and encouragingof real dialogue.”

The co-sponsors are considering op-tions for moving forward with additionalsessions in the future. To learn more aboutthe Jewish Dialogue Group visit their web-site at JewishDialogue.org.

Madison Jewish CommunityComes Together to TalkAbout Hard Subjects

Looking for something to do onSunday, June 22nd? Come help out atthe Hava Nagila Jewish CommunityPicnic. We are looking for people whoare talented (or at least willing to de-velop their skills) in the followingareas:

• Pre- Picnic Set-up (early bird shift,begins at 9:30 a.m.)

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at the Irwin A. and Robert D. GoodmanJewish Community Campus, please letus know. The picnic takes place from11 a.m.-2 p.m. and we need a lot of vol-unteers. We are happy to sign off onvolunteer hours for students.

Please contact Ellen at program@jewishmadison or 278-1808 x 232.Thank you in advance!

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Mazel Tov:

Mazel Tov on the birth of Masden Mae, daughter of Anna and Jason Shurak andgranddaughter of Tina and David Schwartz;Mazel Tov on the birth of Alex Allen Carimi, son of Gabriel (Gabe) Carimi andDanielle Jorgenson and grandson of Sanford and Alayne Gardner-Carimi;Mazel Tov on the birth of Ayla Ruth Kunin, daughter of Noah Kunin Goldsmithand Stephanie Judge and granddaughter of Les Goldsmith and Dale Kunin;Mazel Tov on the marriage of Rebecca Schwartz, daughter of Jerri and BobSchwartz, to Charles Annaman;Mazel Tov on the marriage of Jon Swerin, son of Leon and Barbara Swerin, toIlana Goren;Mazel Tov on the marriage of Daniel Palay, son of Tom Palay and DianeGutmann, to Katie Meacham; andMazel Tov on the birth of Jacob William, son of Alan Tuerkheimer and LisaWeiss, grandson of Barbara and Frank Tuerkheimer.

Condolences to the families of:

Charles Sumkin, father of Joan (John Butler) Sumkin;Diane Schwam, wife of Emanuel Schwam;Charlotte Z. Martin, mother of Jeffrey Martin, Kathy (Daniel) Levin and Terry(Peter) Kopel;Helen Bruner Finkelstein, sister of Robert J. Finkelstein and mother of Mary,Catherine and Jefferson;Sheal L. Becker, father of Michael (Leigh) Becker;David Rothstein, father of Jacquelynn (Michael Daly) Rothstein;Rhea Katz, mother of Sherie (Paul) Sondel; andSue Blotner, wife of Harold (Hal) Blotner.

The Mosse/Weinstein Center for JewishStudies at UW–Madison is pleased to pres-ent the fifteenth annual Greenfield Sum-mer Institute: Jews and their Neighbors, onJuly 13–17, 2014. Featuring the excellentteaching of UW–Madison faculty and Jew-ish Studies scholars from around the coun-try, the Institute also offers dinners, a bookclub, an art museum tour, a film screening,and other opportunities for socializing. Aslongtime participant Jane Brotmansummed up the event last year, “You haveintellectual stimulation, a sense of commu-nity, and you’re in the heaven of Madison.What more could you want?”

For the first time this year, participantscan choose to attend the entire Institute orselect specific days to attend. Themed lec-tures will explore relationships betweenJews and their neighbors across five thou-sand years of Jewish history and aroundthe world, each day with a different focus.Presentations range from explorations ofbiblical civilizations, to responses to theHolocaust, to Jews’ interactions with their

neighbors in contemporary American andIsraeli culture.

The Institute’s Book Club, now in itssecond year, will gather on Monday, July14 to discuss presenter Dr. Marni Davis’sJews and Booze: Becoming American inthe Age of Prohibition. This book exam-ines American Jews’ long and complicatedrelationship to alcohol during the late nine-teenth and early twentieth centuries, theyears of the national prohibition move-ment’s rise and fall. Davis draws onarchival materials to show that the historyof alcohol commerce, including both mak-ing and selling alcoholic beverages, wasintertwined with the history of Jewish im-migrant communities in the United States.The book club reading groups will be mod-erated by UW–Madison faculty and willinclude discussion with Dr. Davis.

On Tuesday, participants will have achoice to watch the Israeli film The Flat,or to attend a private viewing of Jewish rit-ual objects from the Chazen Museum ofArt. The Flat, written and directed byArnon Goldfinger, explores the relation-ship of the filmmaker’s grandparents, both

Holocaust survivors, with a prominentNazi—a relationship that continued evenafter World War II. The ritual objects at theChazen Museum originate from a widerange of Jewish cultures and time periods,and visually express the cultural interrela-tionships between Jews and their neigh-bors. This private viewing of Judaica is arare opportunity to look at objects that arenot currently on display in the museum.

The closing dinner of the GreenfieldSummer Institute will feature a menu in-spired by Jerusalem: A Cookbook, and willfollow a panel discussion with experts on

food in Jerusalem, highlighting the waysin which food reflects interactions betweenJews and other residents of the city.

The Institute, which draws about 130–150 people each year, takes place on theUW–Madison campus, with most eventsat Grainger Hall. Tuition is $175.00 for thefull Institute ($200 after June 13); single-day pricing is also available. For more in-formation about the institute, including afull schedule, information about hotelblocks and parking, and online registration,visit jewishstudies.wisc.edu/greenfield orcall 608-890-3572.


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Shaarei Shamayim, Madison’s JewishReconstructionist and Renewal congre-gation, welcomes new and prospectivemembers, as well as visitors, to partici-pate in our services, discussions, classes,and celebrations. For more informationor to learn about events, please visit ourwebsite at www.shamayim.org, email usat [email protected], or call 608-257-2944.

Join the Jewish Youth ChoirCalling all Jewish kids who will be in

1st-8th grade next year! Get together forsix evenings of singing with ShaareiShamayim’s song leader, Anna Volo-darskaya. We’ll sing Jewish camp songs,

“old school” Jewish tunes, and even writeJewish parodies of pop songs. After our sixrehearsals, we’ll come together for a Shab-bat dinner and evening performance. Lo-cation, dates, and times to be determinedbased on the availability of those who areinterested. The cost is $65. This group issponsored by Shaarei Shamayim, but opento everyone in the community. For moreinformation or to sign up, please contactAnna at [email protected].

Mad Town Jewish TeenVolunteer Program

Shaarei Shamayim is organizing anawesome week for Jewish teens in Madi-son to learn about issues affecting our

city, including the achievement gap,poverty, and homelessness. We’ll volun-teer at a variety of organizations aroundtown, including schools, community cen-ters, and programs working for socialchange, and we’ll end the week with aShabbat camping trip at a nearby camp-ground. The program is August 18-23,2014, with an orientation the day before.The cost is $160, which is generouslysubsidized by the Jewish Federation ofMadison Innovation Panel.

The registration deadline has been ex-tended to June 13. Please contact ParthySchachter at [email protected] formore information, including registrationforms.

Erev Shabbat VegetarianPotluckFriday, June 66:00 p.m., in a private home –please call the office for location

Celebrate Shabbat in the communityand join us for our monthly potluck in amember’s home. Children are welcometo attend. Please bring a vegetarian dishto share.

Shabbat ServicesSaturday, June 7, 9:30 a.m.First Unitarian Society900 University Bay Drive

We will welcome Sammy Angelina tothe community as a Bat Mitzvah.


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Our events listed below are open to thecommunity. Check out our Temple Beth Elwebsite at www.templebethelmadison.orgfor more information on our worship timesand special events. All events take place atTemple Beth El; 2702 Arbor Drive; Madi-son, unless otherwise noted.

We encourage members of the JewishCommunity to join Temple Beth El. Wewelcome prospective members to partici-pate in programs and activities. Please con-tact Heidi Lauhon, Executive Director, at238-3123 or executivedirector@ temple-bethelmadison.org for membership infor-mation.

Our office will be closed on Wednes-day, June 4.

Summer Office Hours Begin Monday,June 16: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. M-TH; 8:30a.m.-2 p.m. FR.

Mah-Jongg TournamentSunday, June 111 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Registration and raffle sale begin at11:00 a.m. Lunch at 11:15 a.m. Playbegins promptly at noon. $36 per personincludes lunch, snacks and prizes. Lunchcatered by Imperial Garden.

Proceeds will benefit charitable Sister-hood projects such as the YWCA ThirdStreet Program and Domestic Abuse Inter-vention Services (DAIS).

Contact Sue Center for more informa-tion at 608-345-5444.

Yizkor Memorial Serviceand ShavuotTuesday, June 35:30 p.m. Yizkor Memorial Serviceand Nosh7 p.m. Community Tikkun LeilShavuot

Join area Rabbis and other teachersfrom across Madison’s Jewish Communityfor a traditional Tikkun Leil Shavuot -- anevening of learning and celebrating God’s

giving of the Torah at Sinai. This year’stheme is SCANDAL! Co-sponsored by theBeth Israel Center Adult Education pro-gram, Congregation Shaarei Shamayimand Jewish Federation of Madison. See ourwebsite for more information.

Potluck Picnic Shabbat atWingra ParkFriday, June 65:30 p.m. Pre-oneg Shabbat6 p.m. Shabbat Service7 p.m. Potluck Picnic Dinner

Our Summer Picnic Shabbats are back!Come wind down from the week and wel-come in Shabbat in the great outdoors withus. Bring a blanket or chair to sit on, alongwith a dish to share. Per the Temple FoodPolicy please no pork or shellfish, and re-frain from mixing meat and dairy. Drinkswill be provided. All are welcome. RSVPsto Aleeza at [email protected] are appreciated.

Havdalah at Picnic PointSaturday, June 7, 6:30 p.m.

Havdalah, bonfire, s’mores, and singingwith Les Goldsmith. RSVPs to Aleeza [email protected] areappreciated. Walk-ins welcome.

Panera Shabbat DinnerFriday, June 13, 6 p.m.Shabbat Services, 7:30 p.m.

We’re ordering in from Panera for din-ner before Shabbat services. We’ll share ameal together and get to know one another.Please visit our website for more informa-tion and to place your order. Please RSVPby Tuesday, June 10th. This event is organ-ized by the Temple Beth El MembershipCommittee.

Kesher Israel Film SeriesTuesday, June 17 – “Ushpinzin”

(Guests)For full schedule visit our website at:

http://www.templebethelmadison.org/our-community/committees/kesher-israel-committee/#kesherfilm.

Temple Beth El’s Arbor Street doorsopen at 7 p.m., film begins at 7:15 p.m. andis followed by a discussion. Snacks, bev-erages and much schmoozing amongfriends (known and new) precede theshowings. Powerful, touching and amus-ing, Ushpinzin, is a heart-warming andsoul-stirring film which revolves aroundSuccot and a search for the “perfect” etrog.A loving couple, down on their luck, prayfor a miracle. The miracle arrives in theform of a large sum of money. Followingthe money come the Ushpinzin…

Released:2004; Rated P.G.; 92 minutes.

Camping at Bethel HorizonsFriday, June 27 – Sunday, June 29

Info & registration on our website orcontact Aleeza Hoffert at [email protected].

Block Party Picnic Shabbat,Part of our 75th CelebrationsFriday, July 4Wingra ParkGames & BBQ Dinner, 4 p.m.Shabbat Service, 6 p.m.Pie Oneg Shabbat, 7 p.m.

Come celebrate American Independ-ence Day and welcome in Shabbat withyour Temple community. Come meet ournew Educator, Stephanie Kirklin, as wewelcome her to our staff. We’ll have somelawn games and other activities along withdinner. Temple will provide hamburgers,veggie burgers, hot dogs, buns and condi-ments, please bring a side to share to gowith it. You’ll want to stay after servicesfor the oneg Shabbat featuring America’sfavorite dessert, good ol’ pie!

Dinner and a MovieSunday, July 6, 4:30 p.m.

We’ll gather for dinner at Granite City-West Towne Mall to share a meal and con-versation together. After our early mealwe’ll head to the movies together. Look formore information on our website closer toJuly.

Day Trip to Circus WorldSunday, July 27

All ages welcome to join us for a fullday at Circus World. Bus will leave BethEl in the morning and return everyone toBeth El in the evening. $25/person in-cludes bus, admission and lunch. Visit ourwebsite for more details.

Dan Nichols & E18hteenConcertSaturday, August 27:00 p.m. door open, 7:30 p.m. concertAt Full Compass

$10 in advance, reserve your ticketonline at http://www.templebethelmadi-son.org/75th/#dannichols

$15 at the door.

Madison’s Jews’ Next Dor(20- & 30-Somethings)

Madison’s Jews’ Next Dor (Dor means“generation” in Hebrew) is for the Jewish20- & 30-somethings community in andaround Madison. We’re open to all youngadults and organized through Temple BethEl Madison (http://www.templebethel-madison.org/.

Madison’s Jews’ Next DorMeet & Greet DinnerThursday, June 197 p.m.-9 p.m.Location TBD

Are you hungry and ready to mingle?Join Madison’s Jews’ Next Dor for the nextinstallment of our third Thursday Meet &Greet Dinner! Bring a friend and join withus to meet, greet, and eat our way througha tasty family-style meal. RSVPs to Aleezaat [email protected] areappreciated. Dinner will be $20 or less perperson; please bring cash with you (smallbills are appreciated). Our Meet & GreetDinners take place on the third Thursdayof each month at a different restaurant eachtime. See you there!

While Beth Israel services, classes,meetings and programs are taking placein various locations this spring and sum-mer during our synagogue’s transforma-tive renovation, we are still the samewarm and welcoming congregation.Please join us for any of the programslisted here. Call us or visit our website,www.bethisraelcenter.org, for more in-formation. Many thanks to Temple BethEl, Jewish Federation of Madison, andother organizations for helping us duringthis exciting time in the life of Beth IsraelCenter.

Come find us at……Temple Beth El on Shabbat morn-

ings. Services start at 9:30am in the Tem-ple Beth El lounge. Children’s servicesfor babies through 2nd graders begin at10:30 on June 7 and 14. There’s alwaysa light lunch after services, and all arewelcome.

…downtown at 126 S. HamiltonStreet for morning minyan (Sundays at8:15, Mondays and Thursdays at 7:00),evening minyan (Sunday through Thurs-day at 5:45), office functions (come sayhi!), and some meetings and classes. TheA.J. and Celia Rosenberg Library is alsofunctioning in our downtown digs.

…members’ homes or Hoyt Park forKabbalat Shabbat services on Fridayevenings. Call the office, checkwww.bethisraelcenter.org, or subscribe toour weekly e-newsletter to get the loca-

tion details. And thanks to all the hostfamilies!

Our phone number is the same: (608)256-7763.

All Beth Israel Center programs areopen to anyone who wants to see whatour vibrant style of traditional, egalitarianJewish community is all about.

Upcoming program highlights:

Tikkun Leil ShavuotTuesday, June 37:00 p.m. at Temple Beth El

Join area Rabbis and other teachersfrom across Madison’s Jewish commu-nity for a traditional Tikkun Leil Shavuot— an evening of learning and Torah. Thetheme of this year’s communal Tikkun isSCANDAL! What turns a revelation intoa scandal? Why are scandalous stories inour sacred texts? Come find out andenjoy scandalously good dairy delightsand first fruits of the season — allShavuot traditions! This program is co-sponsored by Congregation ShaareiShamayim, Jewish Federation of Madi-son, and Temple Beth El.

Beit MidrashJune 1, 15 and 299:30 a.m., BIC-Downtown

Starting this summer, Beth Israel’sBeit Midrash will convene at 9:30am on

select Sunday mornings in our downtowndigs. The topic for the three Sundays inJune is “Fortune Tellers, Fate, and FreeWill.” These sessions will focus onsoothsayer and astrologer stories inTorah, Talmud, and Midrash. Examineand discuss what role these stories play,how “fortune telling” is similar to or dif-ferent from Prophecy, what happenswhen people try to cheat fate, and howforesight and free will interact. Comeevery session or drop by when you can.

Kabbalat Shabbat Potluckin Hoyt ParkFriday, June 20

Welcome Shabbat in the great out-doors! Services begin at 5:45pm and arefollowed by a dairy/vegetarian potluckdinner. Meet in the large shelter up thehill from the parking lot. Bring foodand/or drinks to share. Beth Israel pro-vides plastic cutlery and paper plates.We’ll do it again on July 18, August 15,and September 5.

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On Friday, May 9, Chabad hosted aCommUNITY Shabbat dinner held at theTempo Ballroom and Latin Dance Studioin Madison. The 120 guests enjoyed thebeautiful, elegantly decorated decor, de-licious four-course meal, and best of all,the warm and welcoming atmosphere.The evening was organized in lovingmemory of Mrs. Andrea Stein, z”l, byChabad’s Rabbi Avremel and MushkieMatusof.

The night began with socializing andled into Shabbat candle lighting and Kid-dush. Between the food, the fun, thesongs, and the amazing energy in theroom, the evening was a resounding suc-cess. My husband Adam and I attendedwith friends we already knew and leftwith many new friends. We can’t wait fornext time.

A few of Andrea’s friends sharedsome lessons they had learned from her,followed by a touching talk by Dr. JimStein about Andrea’s love of Shabbos. Heconcluded by saying, “People ask me allthe time how they can honor Andrea’s

memory. By doing three things that werevery important to her: Give tzedakah,light Shabbat candles, and study a littleTorah.”

The evening concluded with bless-ings, energetic songs and delicious

desserts. The CommUNITY dinner wasopen to the entire Jewish community andwas truly a night of unified celebration ofthe Shabbat. A very fitting tribute to avery special woman.

CommUNITY Shabbat Celebration Enjoyed by 120BY JAMIE GEPNER

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The Jewish Federation of Madison expresses itsappreciation to these individuals who recently

made a tribute donation to honor someoneor celebrate a special occasion

In honor of high school graduation to Hannah SteinMinnie Kahn

In honor of a special birthday to Corlie BlumenfeldRosalind Levin

In honor of a special birthday to Sandra WeinsteinDee and Ken Stein

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Over its two and a half years of exis-tence, Madison Minyan has gone throughmany changes in leadership, tradition, andmembership. April 25th marked one of thelargest changes yet: for the first time,Madison Minyan held fully egalitarianservices at Gates of Heaven Synagogue inJames Madison Park.

The group will continue to hold partner-ship-style services with a three-part me-chitza, a minyan of ten men and tenwomen, and men leading Maariv on the

second Friday of the month as in the past.And there will be egalitarian services withmixed seating, a minyan of ten people, andany gender leading Maariv on the fourthFriday of the month.

This decision came after several monthsof serious discussion of religious practices.The vision of the founding members wasto create a space for young adults of a widevariety of denominations in Madison todaven and enjoy a meal together on Fridaynights. Madison Minyan’s current mem-

bership wished to maintain and expandupon this tradition by becoming a comfort-able spiritual space for a larger audience.The first egalitarian minyan was a success,with joyful davening and a d’var torah thatembraced Judaism’s strong focus on com-

munity and inclusion.For more information, please visit the

website at www.madisonminyan.com oremail [email protected]. Thenext partnership service will be on June13th. See you then!

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Family Education EventsUpcoming

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Hava NagilaJewish Community Picnic

Sunday, June 22, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.at the Irwin A. and Robert D. GoodmanJewish Community Campus in Verona

Come and help us kick off the summer at this wonderful communityevent. Mark your calendar and watch your email and

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This year’s picnic will include special programming in honor of the60th anniversary of Camp Shalom. We hope to see you there!

Shabbat Oneg at the Zoo

Pool Parties at theGoodman Aquatic Center in Verona

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Starting in the summer!Book club based on Ari Shavit’s book:“My Promised Land”In the spring of 1897 a steamer carrying a delegation of 21 British Jews left Port Said,Egypt, for Jaffa – the last leg of its journey to the Holy Land. Leading the pack wasHerbert Bentwich, an affluent London lawyer and Zionist leader and the great-grand-father of Ari Shavit, a columnist for the Haaretz newspaper and one of Israel’s mostinfluential political commentators.

In "My Promised Land," his first book in English,Mr. Shavit charts Israel's history partly throughthe lives of his pioneering forebears: His grand-father, Herbert's son, was a Cambridge-edu-cated pedagogue who helped develop Israel'seducation system, while his father was achemist at the eye of Israel's nuclear program.The result is roughly equal parts personal andfamily memoir, Israeli history, and propheciesfor the land's future. It is one of the mostnuanced and challenging books writtenon Israel in years.

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of our relationship with the Jewish state?

Going deeper than politics or advocacy, the Engaging Israel course reframes thediscussion about the enduring significance of the State of Israel for contemporaryJews worldwide. The iEngage curriculum elevates the conversation about Israel byrooting it in Jewish values and ideas rather than in a response to crisis.

Engaging Israel thus equips individuals and communities with a quintessentiallyJewish values-based vocabulary to define and articulate why Israel can and shouldbe fundamental to their Jewish identity.

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Eighty Jewish students at the UW-Madison gathered at the UW ChabadHouse on May 1 to celebrate their collegegraduation. After four years of attendingChabad, the students knew they wouldnot be disappointed. Yet, they were nev-ertheless surprised at the extent of thebuffet and drink selection. Homemadesushi, bite-size kugels, and a wide varietyof Wisconsin beers were among manyspecialties that evening.

After a half-hour of socializing andschmoozing the crowd took their seats.Rabbi Mendel Matusof welcomed every-one warmly and spoke about the Mitzvahof counting the days between the holi-days of Passover and Shavuot, known asthe Omer count. “Each day builds on theone before it, and is a step further in aperson’s growth and development” hesaid. He explained that graduation ismerely the end of a stage in life whichacts as a stepping stone into the nextstage. One must build upon it, climbingto new heights and further potential.

Dr. Jim Stein, a cardiologist and pro-fessor at the UW School of Medicine andPublic Health and current president of theJewish Federation of Madison followed.He inspired the attendees with his per-sonal journey of discovery, having beendisengaged from the Jewish communityand his faith, and how in time he recon-nected with both.

“You may not realize it now,” he said,“but the Jewish community provideseach of us with physical and emotionalsecurity. As a community, we pray andwe learn together. As a community, wefight for Jewish rights and values, attendto the needs of those less fortunate thanus, and ensure our continuity. As a com-munity we build programs and commu-nal capacity to respond in times of crisis.We are there when we need each otherand when others need us.” He concludedwith a request to the graduates. “Pleasestay involved. Please do mitzvot. Andremember that together, as a Jewish com-munity, we can do extraordinary things.As a part of it, you will too.”

Graduate Ilana Fromm, former presi-dent of the Jewish sorority AEPhi, spokenext. “Coming to Wisconsin from out ofstate, Chabad provided me with a homeaway from home”, she said. “Going to Is-rael with Rabbi Mendel on Birthright re-ally changed my entire outlook on whatit means to be Jewish, and I know I haveChabad to thank for that experience.” Shethen made a personal appeal to the stu-dents. “Rabbi Mendel and Henya dedi-cate every minute of their day to makingsure that Jewish students on this campus

have a place to feel welcomed. They giveso much to us, more than any of us willprobably be able to give back. The bestway to say thank you is to continue to do-nate throughout the next chapter of ourlives so we can ensure Chabad’s successfor the next generation of Wisconsin stu-dents.”

She was followed by graduate MattElkin, the current student president atChabad. He was honored with a basket-ball Mezuzah, a fitting gift for someonehoping to pursue a career as a basketballcoach. Matt shared some personal andemotional reflections on his years in col-lege. He followed that by thanking RabbiMendel and Henya Matusof for whatthey have done for him as a student.“Henya is one of the nicest people I haveever met” he said, “and all of the guys inthis room would be lucky to have a wifelike her one day. I hope that as we all lookforward to where life will take us, wethink back not only to the amazing mem-ories we have here as students, but alsoto all that the Matusof family has givenus. They have helped carve out a littlechunk of our own Jewish identities.Through Sinai Scholars, Birthright,Shabbat Dinners, and the joy of seeingthe Rabbi’s distinctive beard roaming thestreets of Madison, we all have a lot tothank Rabbi Mendel and Henya for. I

hope that each and every one of you hasthe chance to personally thank them.”

The evening ended with a story toldby Henya of a blind, poor, childless per-son told he can make one wish. His wishwas “to see his children eating on goldenplatters.” She blessed the graduates tohave all three, good health, a happy fam-ily, and financial success. “And when you

are enjoying the golden platters,” shecontinued, “remember to contribute toyour Jewish home on campus that will,with G-d’s help, continue to be a warmJewish home to future students.”

Mazel Tov to the graduating class of2014. As they say in Hebrew, KolHakavod! May you go from strength tostrength!

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Monday evening, April 14, Jewsaround the world came together to cele-brate Passover, the eight-day celebrationcommemorating the biblical exodus fromEgypt. In Madison, over seventy youngJewish professionals gathered at a down-town location for the Seder.

The Seder was originally scheduledfor the Concourse Hotel. Due to the highdemand the organizers scrambled to finda new location. “The room we rented atthe Concourse [hotel] had a limit of 60

chairs,” related Rabbi Avremel Matusof,Director of YJP Madison, “as soon as wereceived our 61st reservation we knewwe had to find a new venue. Accommo-dating everyone is our priority; every Jewdeserves a Seder table. Thankfully, earlySunday morning, under 48 hours beforethe Seder, we found an alternative.”

It was a very meaningful and movingSeder experience. What I enjoyed themost, and what I always find fascinatingat YJP events, are all the new faces! Justwhen I thought I recognize most of theyoung Madison Jewish Community, I at-tend a new event and find that the com-

munity is much larger than I had thought.For someone like me who wants to be

involved in a vibrant Jewish Community,to continually see this happening is veryencouraging. YJP events like the Sederaddress a pressing need within the com-munity. The dinner and program pro-vided an opportunity for young Jews whodon't have local family to celebratePassover. The Seder gave them a familyunit.

You could feel the energy of youngpeople looking for a welcoming place toconnect. With hard work YJP Madison ismaking something special happen.

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Young Jewish Professionals Gather for Passover

Ma Haseret Shelcha?What’s your movie?

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Some of the movies:NumberedYes, Miss Commander?The World is FunnyThe FlatUshpizinStranger No MoreKeep Not SilentWaltz with BashirOperation ThunderboltFill the Void

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Congratulates Camp Shalomon its 60th Summer!


Camp Shalom makes a commitmentto the Camp families that no child willmiss out on the Camp Shalom experiencedue to financial need. It takes a villagefor us to be able to fulfill this commit-ment and we are so grateful to all of theshoppers who came out to Shop forShalom to show their support for CampShalom and their love for shopping!

Stefanie and David Kushner hostedthe event in their fabulous home. Thespacious layout allowed for shoppers toperuse the items, mingle with friends andenjoy tasty snacks and a delicious signa-ture cocktail, the Shalomtini. Thanks tothe generosity of the shoppers and thevendors Shop for Shalom raised approx-imately $2000 for Camp Shalom Schol-arships.

An amazing team of volunteersplanned the event, shopped for supplies,collected prizes for the raffle and madethis event the success that it was. Thankyou to Stefanie and David Kushner, KayeBecker, Laura Kassel, Charlie Kaplan,Lynn Kaplan, Aphra Mednick, Dina

Weinbach, and Ben Weismer!Thank you to Sarah DeNeve for

designing the posters and invitations andto Insty Prints for donating the raffletickets.

Finally, a big thank you to the follow-ing businesses for donating to Shop forShalom:

Borokhim’s Oriental RugsDragonfly Hot YogaLayla’s CaféRon DiamondA Stone’s ThrowWisconsin CutleryConscious CarnivoreMary KayBaginspirationSproutAll Things OliveWild TreeThe Purple GooseEmbellishments by Ginny JensonItty Bitty ThreadsHappy Hour CraftsNik J Designs

Shop for Shalom Event Supports Scholarships


Camp Shalom OffersNew Annual CorporateSponsorship Opportunities

In honor of the 60th anniversary, Camp Shalom is offering a new Corporate Spon-sorship program. Businesses will have the opportunity to change a child’s life with ascholarship to camp, and in return, Camp Shalom can help advertise and promote busi-ness sponsors.

There are four different sponsor levels:• Director’s Circle $10,000+ (15+ Campers’ Tuition)• Shalom Circle $5000-$9999 (7-15 Campers’ Tuition)• Friendship Circle $2600-$4999 (4-7 Campers’ Tuition)• Camper’s Circle: $660-$2599 (1-3 Campers’ Tuition)

Each level of the Camp Shalom Annual Corporate Sponsorships includes many ben-efits and recognition opportunities. For additional information, please contact DinaWeinbach at 608-278-1808 or [email protected].

Few youth-serving programs in Dane County are six decades old. It has taken theinvolvement of many to accomplish what we have. We hope to raise $110,000 in schol-arship funds for the summer of 2014. Schol-arship needs are greater than last year; as hasbeen the case throughout our history. Lastyear, with the support of our community, theJewish Federation of Madison raised$95,952 and awarded 172 campers with fulland partial scholarships. Without exception,families tell us how grateful they are andhow much their children love Camp Shalom,an experience the children would not havewithout scholarship support.

Please help us spread the word and con-sider the Camp Shalom Corporate Sponsor-ship Program for your business. Thank youin advance for helping to make the 60thsummer of Camp Shalom the best one yet.

Camp Shalom60th Anniversary

Events ...Save the dates!

SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 11 A.M. - 2 P.M.Hava Nagila Jewish Community Picnic

Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Jewish Community CampusKickoff the summer and the Camp Shalom 60th anniversary!

Special programming includes Camp trivia, a Camp Shalominspired singalong and more.

We are collecting old photos from Camp Shalom through thedecades. Do you have old photos to share or donate?Please contact Ellen Weismer, 6082781808 or email

[email protected]

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 5 P.M.Alumni Reunion/Picnic Dinner in the Goodman House at theIrwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Jewish Community Campus

Join us for the Camp Shalom latenight program and analumni dinner catered by Banzo! $18 per person*

Dinner includes falafel bar, drinks and dessert*A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the

Camp Shalom Scholarship Fund.Reunite with old friends, share memories and stories, relive

your days at Camp Shalom and experience the Session 2latenight with the Camp Shalom community.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3Camp Shalom’s 60th Birthday Party at the Nitty Gritty

1021 North Gammon Road, MiddletonBring your family and friends to the Nitty Gritty and mentionCamp Shalom and the Nitty Gritty will donate 10% of your bill

to the Camp Shalom Scholarship Fund.

For more information or to help plan any of these events pleasecontact Ellen Weismer, [email protected]

Get psyched for these awesome special events happening at Camp Shalom thisyear!

Monday, June 23rd - SESSION 1 BEGINSFriday, June 27th - Camp Shalom Visitor’s Lunch at 11:45 a.m. Grown-ups are

invited to Camp to enjoy a picnic lunch with their Camp Shalom (K-5) campers.Wednesday, July 2nd - Boulder’s Climbing Wall to campFriday, July 4th - NO CAMP Monday, July 7th - Camp Shalom Noar-Bogrim 9th graders leave for their 4-day

overnightWednesday, July 9th - Camp Shalom latenight and Gimel (4-5 grade) overnight-

families are invited to join us at the Goodman Campus at 5:30 p.m. for a picnic dinnerand entertainment provided by the campers.

Wednesday, July 9th - Camp Shalom Noar-Bogrim 6th-8th grade overnightThursday, July 10th - Aleph/Bet Day, special programming for the K-3 grade

campers. NO CAMP FOR GIMEL CAMPERS (4-5 graders)Friday, July 11th - Last day of session 1

Monday, July 14th - NO CAMP, staff development dayTuesday, July 15th - SESSION 2 BEGINSWednesday, July 16th - Boulder’s Climbing Wall to campFriday, July 18th - Camp Shalom Visitor’s Lunch at 11:45 a.m. Grown-ups are

invited to Camp to enjoy a picnic lunch with their Camp Shalom (K-5) campers.Wednesday, July 23rd - Maccabiah (Camp Olympics!)Monday, July 28th - Camp Shalom Noar-Bogrim 9th graders leave for their 4-

day overnightWednesday, July 30th - Camp Shalom latenight and Gimel (4-5 grade) overnight-

families are invited to join us at the Goodman Campus at 5:30 p.m. for a picnic dinnerand entertainment provided by the campers. Alumni reunion and Camp Shalom 60thanniversary celebration including the annual Camp Shalom Scholarship Fund raffle

Wednesday, July 30th - Camp Shalom Noar-Bogrim 6th-8th grade overnightThursday, July 31st - Aleph/Bet Day, special programming for the K-3 grade

campers. NO CAMP FOR GIMEL CAMPERS (4-5 graders)Friday, August 1 - Last day of session 2

Monday, August 4th - NO CAMP, staff development dayTuesday, August 5th - SESSION 3 BEGINS (Camp Shalom only)Friday, August 8th - Camp Shalom Visitor’s Lunch at 11:45 a.m. Grown-ups are

invited to Camp to enjoy a picnic lunch with their Camp Shalom (K-5) campers.Wednesday, August 13th - Camp Shalom carnival!Wednesday, August 13th - Camp Shalom latenight families are invited to join us

at the Goodman Campus at 5:30 p.m. for a picnic dinner and entertainment providedby the campers.

Friday, August 15th - Last day of Camp Shalom

There is still space in Camp Shalom sessions 2 and 3 and in Camp Shalom Noar-Bogrim session 1. To register please visit www.jewishmadison.org/campshalom

Special Events atCamp Shalom ...

Thank You,Sponsors!

Thank you to the following 2014Camp Shalom Corporate Sponsors:

Thank you to the following 2014 Camp Shalom Scholarship Donors:

Shalom Circle:UW Health

Friendship Circle:Galin EducationMeriter Unity Point Health

Camper’s Circle:American Family InsuranceAssociated Financial GroupFirst Student, Inc.Mazur RealtyMilwaukee ValveReilly, Penner, & Benton, LLPRosen Law Offices, S.C.Sondel Family Veterinary ClinicWeinbach Investment Management, LLC

Stanley KanterLynne Graff Properties, LLCMarcus and Sheila Cohen

Camp Shalom Endowment FundNimick Forbesway FoundationMartin and Lynn PreizlerAndreas and Susanne SeegerJeanne and Joe SilverbergBob and Joanne SklootBarbara SpiererJoan Sumkin & John ButlerJ. Wexler Law S.C.James and Nancy YoungermanAmy and Marty FieldsHerb Kohl CharitiesMadison Community FoundationAnd anonymous donors

Arnold N. Rusky Community FundBilly Feitlinger and Susie HobartCamp Shalom FamiliesCamp Shalom Shopping Event Vendors

and ParticipantsCapitol Kids FundEric and Jane Carlson Kevin and Sheila ConroyCraig Magenheim Memorial FundFred and Ivy EdelmanJudith EttingerBillie and Simon HellersteinElizabeth Huebel and David SilverbergJoel Minkoff Scholarship

Endowment FundJoy Nathanson Camp Shalom

Memorial FundSteve and Linda Kailin


The camp season is finally here! Weare busy preparing for Camp Shalom andCamp Shalom Noar-Bogrim, planningspecial programs, cleaning buildings, or-dering supplies and filling the pool withwater. You are probably busy preparingfor Camp by labeling clothes, shoppingfor sunscreen and daydreaming about allof the fun this summer will bring.

This summer we have a hired a tal-ented, enthusiastic and professional staffto make every day at Camp Shalom andCamp Shalom Noar-Bogrim a great day!In previous issues of the Madison JewishNews you were introduced to our Direc-tors and Unit Heads. This month webring you a who’s who guide to some ofthe administrative staff and specialists weare lucky to have at Camp this summer!

Camp Shalom Omanut(Arts and Crafts) Specialist

Hi Camp Shalom Family! My name isBethany Jurewicz and I’m a recent trans-

plant to Madisonby way of NewYork City andLondon where Ireceived my MAin ContemporaryArt. I came tolearn aboutCamp Shalomand its need foran Art Specialistthrough a Jewish

Federation Board member who suggestedthat the art program at Camp could bemore than just crafts, a thought provok-ing and inspiring well-rounded arts expe-rience, and I couldn't agree more! I’mvery excited to combine my love of artand working with children this summeras it hasn’t happened since working in theeducation departments at the Tate Mod-ern and Parasol Unit Foundation for theArts. I'm looking forward to getting thecreative juices flowing at Camp Shalomwith collaborative projects and art historyinspired undertakings, so make room onthe refrigerator from some miniatureKandinsky’s and Litchenstein’s!

Camp Shalom Teva (Nature)Specialist

Hi! I am Nicole Triller, your Teva(Nature) Specialist for this summer!! Iam so excited tobe a part of thecommunity atCamp Shalom!After hearingabout this posi-tion through aco-worker atHuegel Elemen-tary School, Iwas immediatelydrawn to the op-portunity! During the school year, I spendmy days working in the main office ofHuegel. In my free time, I enjoy spendingtime with my family, my very largeBernese Mountain Dog and doing manyof the outdoor activities Madison has tooffer! I am extremely passionate aboutconnecting children to the natural envi-ronments that we are lucky to have at ourfinger tips and encouraging them to ex-plore the amazing power and generalcoolness of nature. I look forward tomany adventures this summer and gettingto know the families of Camp Shalom!!

Camp Shalom Sports andTeam-Building Specialist

My name is Andrew Brodsky, I’m 23years old from Miami, Florida. I gradu-ated from theUniversity ofW i s c o n s i n -Madison in2013, and willbe spending thesummer inMadison beforeI begin lawschool in Au-gust. I’ve spenttime as a campcounselor and as a sports coach at thelocal JCC in Miami, and cannot wait tobring my experiences to Camp Shalom.Something I’d like camp families toknow about me is that I am a responsible,fun-loving young adult who works verywell with children as well as with mypeers!

Camp Shalom Noar-BogrimAssistant Director

Hello everyone! My name is SamToso, and I am so glad to join the admin-istrative staff ofCamp ShalomNoar-Bogrim asAssistant Direc-tor of IndividualNeeds! Thiswill be myeighth summerworking for theJewish Federa-tion; my firstfive summerswere spent atCamp Shalom, and the past two yearshave been with the middle schoolers. Igrew up going to Temple Beth El, andhave loved maintaining my connection tothe Jewish community of Madisonthrough my summers at camp. Eachsummer has been a unique experience,and I’m looking forward to the new ad-ventures and joys this one will bring. Interms of my educational background andother work experiences, after next fall’sstudent teaching experience in theChicagoland area I will graduate fromElmhurst College with a BS in Biologyand Secondary Education. On campus Iwas a resident advisor for two years, asenior tour-guide, and a student workerin the Office of Admissions. I’m excitedto get to know this year's camp familyand to make sure that each of ourcampers has the best experience possiblewith us this summer. Together, we canmake it great!

Camp Shalom Noar-BogrimAssistant Camp Director

My name is Rebecca Joey Schwaband I am a recent UW-Madison grad whohas fallen in love with the Jewish com-munity of Madi-son. As afreshman, I leftmy little Shtetlcalled Skokie,Illinois andcame to the bigcity of Madison.I got involved inthe Jewish Com-munity when I

began teaching Jewish Studies and He-brew at Midrasha Hebrew High School.My students have all been fantastic, andI loved every moment of Midrasha, so Iknew I couldn’t leave. Then I heard aboutthis amazing place called Camp ShalomNoar-Bogrim and just had to stickaround. I love speaking Hebrew andteaching everyone I see some interestingnew words. I also love arts and crafts, acappella music, and Jewish Americanhistory. My biggest passion has always

been being a camp counselor and work-ing with kids of all different ages toachieve great things and have an amazingsummer. Drama camp, Nature Camp,Sleep away camp, and camp in Israel,you name it, I’ve done it and I love it! Iam so ridiculously excited to be a part ofCamp Shalom Noar-Bogrim. If it were upto me, camp would be all year-round...SCHOOL’S OUT and I am ready to getback to the best part of the year: CAMP!See you this summer!

Who’s Who at Camp Shalom?

Join Us for the Camp Shalomand Camp Shalom Noar-BogrimNew Camper Information Session

Join us on Sunday, June 8th, at11:30 a.m. – for both Camp ShalomAND Camp Shalom Noar-Bogrim, atThe Minkoff Center at the Irwin A.and Robert D. Goodman JewishCommunity Campus, 7762 CountyHighway PD.

• Campers are encouraged to attend• Meet the Directors• Learn about the daily schedule and special programming• Take a tour of the scenic Goodman Campus and awesome Camp facilities• Meet some of the loving and enthusiastic staff members• Learn some camp songs and play some camp games

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Jewish Education22/Madison Jewish News June 2014

The following speech was read byHannah Stein at Midrasha graduation.

It’s hard to believe that in just a fewshort weeks, the Midrasha Class of 2014will be heading our separate ways. BeingJewish always has been an important factorin my life, but my experiences these pastfew years have made it a deep-rooted partof my identity.

My involvement in the Jewish commu-

nity began at Camp Olin-Sang-RubyUnion Institute - OSRUI – where I was acamper for 7 years, including a summer inthe Chalutzim Hebrew immersion pro-gram. OSRUI has been the primary expe-rience that shaped my Jewish communallife. By living with other Jewish kids, Ilearned that it was normal, fun, and even“cool” to be Jewish. I am looking forwardto spending this coming summer as a first-year counselor in the Machon program.

In the Spring of 2013, I attendedNFTY’s Eisendrath International Ex-change High School in Israel. By studyingin Israel, I developed a strong appreciationfor our Jewish homeland, as well as adeeper sense of Jewish pride. Throughthree-hours a day of Jewish Historyclasses, two-hours a day of intensive He-brew Ulpan, and weekly tiyulim around Is-rael to supplement class material, thehistory of the Jewish people came aliveand I finally realized the true significanceof how far we have come as a nation.When my class traveled to Poland and vis-ited several Holocaust sites, the whole pic-ture came together. It changed my life togo from Israel, a place so rich with Jewishlife, culture, and acceptance, to Poland,

which is filled with places that existedpurely to destroy our people. I came backfrom my semester abroad with a deep de-sire to return to Israel. I most recently spentPesach there and now have a deeper under-standing of, and love for, the land we callhome.

So how did Midrasha fit into my highschool experience? First of all, Midrashaoffered me a place to continue to learn con-versational Hebrew after my summer inthe Chalutzim Hebrew immersion programat OSRUI. Midrasha also provided mewith a safe and accepting environment toexplore my Jewish identity. I enjoyed hav-ing Midrasha as a place to connect with myJewish peers about topics that I could nottalk about with my peers at school. Butmost importantly, Midrasha exposed me todifferent Jewish outlooks and views thatadd diversity to our community. Diversityin a Jewish community is extremely im-portant for creating a pluralistic environ-ment in which Jewish teens have a voicethat is valued and respected. Midrasha,quite simply, keeps Jewish teens involvedand engaged in a time when it is easy tolose touch with their Jewish faith. I amvery thankful that I had the opportunity to

attend such a program.I am incredibly excited and honored to

accept a Midrasha Incentive Award upongraduating today. This fall I will be attend-ing the University of Michigan and plan touse my award to help pay for a studyabroad program in Israel. I am very inter-ested in the programs that Michigan offersat Hebrew University of Jerusalem and TelAviv University, which will offer me achance to embrace my desire to double-major in Organizational Studies and He-brew or Jewish Studies. I hope, one day, towork in a Jewish-oriented business or non-profit.

Graduating from high school andMidrasha has opened an array of new op-portunities for every one of us. I hope thatwe all find ourselves in places where wecan use everything we have learned here atMidrasha to further our Jewish educationand strengthen our Jewish identities. Iwould like to extend my deepest thanks toall of the Midrasha faculty. Their continu-ous efforts to make Midrasha a welcomingenvironment for Jewish teens to exploretheir Judaism has had a huge impact on allof us. Thank you so much. We hope thatwe will make you proud!

2014 Midrasha Graduates Celebrate

Hannah Stein gave a speech about howMidrasha has impacted her life.

When my daughter Micah was born,I could stare into her eyes (or at her eye-lids) for hours. I would hold her, feedher, wash her, and basically slave overher tiny self even though she couldn’trecognize me in a line-up. My speechstarted to change, too. I realized I wasthe one asking all the questions: How’smy girl? (No response.) What shouldwe do today? (Not even a grunt.) Doyou want to wear Elmo or Winnie the

Pooh? (Silence.) When my husbandcame home, the poor guy was floodedwith conversation. Well, more like Iwas talking and talking and he was justto nod and not interrupt. I thought THISwas how adults communicated too!

So, that was when I decided my san-ity and my social life would be at jeop-ardy if I didn’t find a caregiversgroup…STAT!

Luckily, Jewish caregivers of 0-2year olds in the Madison area are at lowrisk of developing one-sided conversa-tions due to the newly formed YadB’Yad group. This group gets togetherin a member’s home each month; it isfilled with food, fun, and education.Yes! Not only do we have the chance tospeak to other caregivers so our vocab-ulary doesn’t fall to the wayside, we

also have the opportunity to learn aboutvarious topics such as: sleep skills, Is-rael vs. American child-rearing, Shab-bat with our little ones, taking care ofoneself, and Yoga with our babies. And,this is just the beginning! With theweather warming to human-levels, weare able to move our group to outsideactivities in-between the monthly meet-ings. A weekly walking group is start-ing soon, as well as the sporadic zoovisits and museum playdates.

If you have a child between 0 to 2years of age, or know of someone whodoes, please contact me so you can joinin on the fun! These babies will growup together, learn Hebrew together, anddevelop a love of Israel together. YadB’Yad means “hand in hand” which isquite beautiful and fitting for the care-

givers and the children to hold ontoeach other while we learn and grow to-gether.

Please let me know if you’d likemore information: Tiz Goff, 773-620-4404 [email protected].

BY TIZ GOFF

Yad B’Yad is a Boost for Both Caregivers and Babies!

Jewish EducationJune 2014 Madison Jewish News/23

Play GrowLearn

Hilde L. MosseGan HaYeled

Preschool

HEYPRESCHOOLERS:

Gan HaYeledis now enrolling

for Fall 2014!

For more information orto arrange a tour, please

contact Missy [email protected]

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Learningthrough play

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A safeand funenvironment –enroll today!

Look What’s Happening atHilde L. Mosse Gan HaYeled

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Sophie’s turn to feed the baby pig. Samand Gabe wait their turn.

Shira milks a cow.

Sheleigh and Lola put their handprints on a sheet to form Israel's flag.

Now it is Gabe's turn to feed thebaby pig.

Avner gets to feeda baby pig.

Orly pets a calf.

The Gimel classparticipates inJump Bunch,outside.

Shira loves the baby ducks and chicks.

Sarah and Leah from the Gimel class love to dosticker art.

Sam is feeding the goats.

For more info, please contact Missy Sosman at 608-278-1808or [email protected]

Are you pregnant or recently had a baby? Wouldyou like to meet other Jewish caregivers andtheir little ones ages 02?

Shalom Baby

Shalom Baby is designed to helpMadison families (affiliated,nonaffiliated, and interfaith)celebrate the arrival of theirJewish newborns and welcomethem to the Madison Jewishcommunity through gift baskets,playgroups, music classes, andresource guides.

For more information aboutjoining a playgroup or class, orto receive a Shalom Baby giftbasket, please contact Tiz Goff [email protected] call 7736204404.

Shalom Madison✓ Are you new to Madison?✓ Are you looking to get more involved in Madison’s

amazing Jewish community?✓ Have you been here for years, but are looking for

a new social circle or activity group?

Shalom Madison is for you!

Tiz Goff, Community Outreach Coordinator, will help linkyou to the Jewish Community through your interests and

availability. For more information please contact Tiz at7736204404 or email: [email protected]

Ariel Hoffman and his family relocatednot long ago from Detroit to Madisonmostly because of the Madison JewishCommunity Day School, where two oftheir four children are students; a third willenter in the fall. Because Ariel wanted toget to know the other parents better and ex-pand his Jewish experience, he – alongwith his partner – last fall joined a newnational adult Jewish engagement programat the school called Chai Mitzvah.

As the program’s nine-month cycle ofmonthly meetings wraps up, Hoffman saysit has met all of his expectations. It hasdeepened his Jewish knowledge, his fam-ily’s religious practice and his communityinvolvement. The family now recitesBirkat Hamazon, a prayer of gratitude,after every meal, while he has been in-spired to join the Federation’s committeeon family education. His family also hashosted Shabbat dinners for other ChaiMitzvah families who have never experi-enced them, benefiting everyone in theprocess.

“I have gotten closer to the other par-ents and, together, we are building commu-nity,” says Hoffman. “The kids get closerwhen the parents get closer and we becomelike an extended family.”

Hoffman’s experience is exactly whatRabbi Rebecca Ben Gideon, head of theday school, sought to achieve when she de-cided to teach Chai Mitzvah, which fea-

tures a set curriculum but encourages in-dependent growth and exploration. “Par-ents will often ask me for Jewish learningopportunities so they can be sure to keepup with their children,” she says.

In turn, she “wanted to offer somethingthat would increase the bonds among theparents at school. Adults who choose aJewish day school want to answer theirown needs as well as their children’s, andhaving a sense of community is para-mount.”

Ultimately, Chai Mitzvah proved fruit-ful, even judging solely from what BenGideon saw in the classroom. “When youput a group of adults in a room togetherwho want to grow Jewishly, and they studytext together and talk about how to trans-mit values to their children, it leads to adeeper level of connection than talkingabout carpool logistics,” says the rabbi. Ofcourse, being part of Chai Mitzvah speaksvolumes to children about values, she adds.“Parents are modeling something verypowerful for their children with their ac-tions – that you never stop learning andgrowing Jewishly.”

Unlike typical adult education pro-grams, Chai Mitzvah extends beyond theclassroom into the home and the commu-nity, emphasizes Audrey Lichter, the pro-gram’s co-founder and executive director.“In addition to group study with a thought-ful and provocative curriculum, Chai Mitz-

vah asks participants to “do Jewish.” Theypractice tikkun olam by taking on social ac-tion projects and they adopt a new Jewishritual to enrich their Jewish lives.”

Founded in 2008, Chai Mitzvah hasgrown rapidly and now is up and runningthrough synagogues, schools and affinitygroups, in dozens of communities in NorthAmerica, Israel, and most recently CostaRica. The program’s popularity speaks tothe needs of the Jewish community,Lichter says. “And it is affordable and ac-cessible,” she adds, noting the $18 cost foreach participant.

“Chai Mitzvah is meant to help indi-viduals – with all levels of knowledge andpractice – create their own Jewish mean-ing and identity through shared Jewishlearning and experience,” Lichter says. “Inthe process, they and we create a deepersense of community. At a time when thePew study tells us more Jews are feelingless Jewish, this is a program with real po-tential to re-energize Jewish life.”

So far, Lichter says, Chai Mitzvah hasprompted creative and meaningful changes

in Jewish practice and involvement inpockets around the country. New ritualsthat participants have adopted includeKabbalat Shabbat observances at home,daily meditations, attending minyanim andwearing a kittel on the high holy days. So-cial action projects have ranged fromplanting gardens with seniors, to volunteer-ing at a dental clinic, distributing Meals onWheels, and putting together Shabbat kitsfor the homebound.

As for Ben Gideon, Chai Mitzvah wasideal for her needs. “The curriculum is puttogether well and speaks to the varied lev-els of learning of our parents; I also wasable to customize it for our group’s needs.”By design, that group ended up includingparents of children who are not in her dayschool. “We wanted to be of service to thebroader community and to be seen as aplace of lifelong learning,” she says.

If you are interested in forming a ChaiMitzvah group in your congregation,school, board or among your friends,please contact [email protected] orvisit the website at www.chaimitzvah.org.

Jewish Education24/Madison Jewish News June 2014

“Aren’t brains amazing?” Morah MarlaBecker said to me this week as she taughtmath. Marla teaches secular studies at ourschool, Madison Jewish Community DaySchool. And if there's one thing Marlaloves, it’s the challenge of getting to knoweach child, how they learn and what meth-ods of teaching them will work best. A mo-ment before, she had found a way to teachone child a math concept, and was reflect-ing on how amazing it is that each of ourbrains has its own way of learning.

I laughed and asked her if she knew oneof my favorite teachings from the Mishnahon the topic of individual uniqueness. Shedidn’t, so I shared the following:

The Mishnah teaches us that in ourworld, when a person mints a coin andpresses the stamp into the metal, each coincomes out the same. But when God, like aDivine coin minter, impresses each humanbeing with the stamp of humanity, we allcome out different.

Marla and I – and later Judaics and He-brew teacher Clara Lazimy when weshared this story with her – agreed that thisteaching and its implications lie at the heartof the MJCDS approach to education.

There’s no other child in the world justlike your child. We all have different stylesof learning and perspectives on experience.And that’s a challenge and a blessing to betreasured for teachers and parents alike.

Curious Minds, Jewish HeartsAn elementary school serving families

from all branches of Jewish life, MJCDSstudents build both a love of learning anda profound connection to Jewish life andheritage. A challenging and inspiring dualcurriculum in general and Jewish studiesincludes hands-on learning and daily in-struction in Hebrew language.

MJCDS is now enrolling students K-5for the 2014-15 academic year. [email protected] orcall 608-204-9900 for more information.

Chai Mitzvah – Connecting and StrengtheningBonds of Parents of the MJCDS and Beyond

The Amazing BrainBY RABBI REBECCA BEN-GIDEON

Madison Jewish Community Day School teacher Marla Becker reads one-on-onewith a kindergartener.

Calling all Jewish high schoolers inMadison! Shaarei Shamayim is organiz-ing an awesome week for Jewish teens tolearn about issues affecting Madison in-cluding the achievement gap, poverty,and homelessness. We will volunteer ata variety of organizations around townincluding schools, community centers,and programs working for social change.We’ll end with a camping trip over Shab-bat at a nearby campground.

The program is August 18-23, 2014,with an orientation the day before. Vol-unteering will take place Mondaythrough Friday, and the camping trip willbe Friday evening through Saturday. (Ifyou have any conflicts during the week,you may still be able to participate.) Theprogram is staffed by Parthy Schachter,Program Coordinator, and Naomi Segal.They’ll be joined by Rabbi Laurie, RabbiRenee, and song leader, Aviv Kammay,

for the camping trip.Here are five reasons to do the pro-

gram:1) You can do something meaningful

at the end of the summer.2) You can earn up to 20 volunteer

hours for school.3) You can build your resume and

show people you know what’s going onin your community.

4) You can hang out with cool Jewishteens from around Madison.

5) You can contribute to your commu-nity and make a difference.

The cost is $160, which is generouslysubsidized by the Jewish Federation ofMadison Innovation Panel.

The registration deadline has been ex-tended to June 13. To obtain more infor-mation, including registration forms,please contact Parthy Schachter at [email protected].

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Reflections About Sharsheret – Linking Our Children Through Dance

I have just returned from a fascinatingweekend with over 30 Madison areadancers age 11-18. I would like to sharewith you the feelings I experienced as Ichaperoned the Sharsheret dance campwith the Yonim Israeli Folk Dance Troupe.I came expecting to help negotiate teendrama, motivate kids to focus, and assistwith daily hour to hour activities. But in-stead I experienced a magical weekend fullof inspiration, teamwork and friendship.Initially the dancers arrived for a weekendof dance, but ultimately they left with linksto new understandings, improved self es-

teem and a common bond celebratingdance.

This was Yonim’s 18th year of Sharsh-eret. The Sharsheret Dance Festival week-end is composed of two parts: SharsheretCamp and Sharsheret Dance Festival.

The weekend started at CampBeber/Perlman Retreat Center in Muk-wanago where dancers from 5-12th gradelearn a new dance, culminating with a pub-lic performance, held this year at UW'sMusic Hall. The camp is open to anyonein addition to regular Yonim dancers,which is a great opportunity for kids whoare not able to dance with Yonim through-out the year. Sharsheret means “links” inHebrew and symbolizes the connections

we make between people and communi-ties.

At the camp, electronics were put away,concerns about home or pressures atschool were pushed aside, the focus andenergy for the weekend was on creatingdance. My role as chaperone was surpris-ingly minimal, although with over 30 chil-dren of all ages, I did not expect to take aback seat. The older kids were leaders andassisted in teaching the younger kids someof the challenging steps. They all sup-ported each other throughout the weekend.It was magical. The goal was to create adance piece and they all worked togetherto make it happen. They learned to trusteach other and dance as one. This yearsdance theme was Geshem, meaning rain inHebrew, water being the most vital re-source in the world, essential for all life.

The kids linked together in multipleways through out the weekend. Althoughthe dancers come from a variety of differ-ent schools, towns, and backgrounds, theyworked as a team with focus and intensityfor over 15 hours to learn a beautiful andcomplex new dance piece that was debutedthat same weekend. The dancing con-nected over 30 different personalities to-gether. Links of friendship were born:

many of the kids did not know each otherbefore the weekend began, but all left shar-ing a special bond.

Yonim also linked other cultural dancegroups as well, including Okinawan TaikoDrummers, Living Stream Dance Troupe,Natyarana Dance Company, UW-Schoolof Bhangra, Banaat al Jazira, SchechterRakdanim, Temple Beth El, and Jewop, allwho also performed at Sharsheret DanceFestival.

I will leave you with the words thatstarted the Sharsheret festival. “The YonimIsraeli Dance Troupe is pleased to hosttoday’s exciting festival with so many tal-ented groups. We’re celebrating peace andthe connections among us, and have greatappreciation and respect for other cultures.Dance is a beautiful way to bring peopletogether and enjoy the beauty in theworld.”

I believe dance can help to overcomepolitical and cultural differences. Yonim'sSharsheret Dance Festival is a step towardsbreaking down these barriers. I feel luckyto be a part of such a special communitywhere we can all coexist together.

BY ALISON MILLER

Yonim's youngest dancers have fun being paraparim (butterflies).

Fantastic dance by the Temple Beth El dancers.Exciting new dance by Yonim's younger two groups.

A vibrant hora by Yonim.

The Sharsheret Camp dancers perform Ketzev Shel Geshem: they played in raindrops, splashed in puddles, and felt the rhythm of the rain.

The talented Jewop A Cappella group.

Yonim's oldest dancers perform a beautiful dance about spirit.

The middle school Yonim dancers were an audience favorite.

The finale included all of the dance groups accompanied by Jewop.

Photos by Jeff Weyer

A Beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Madison A Senior Adult Program of Jewish Social Services

Lechayim LightsHarry J. and Belle Goodman, parents of Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman


UW Students Jen Abplanalp and Alanna Koritzinsky.

Volunteers at Capitol Lakes. Oakwood Seder guests.

Conversation at Capitol Lakes Seder. Sara Karon led the Oakwood Seder.

Singing at Shabbat.

Scenes from LechayimPhotos by Louise Goldstein

Ruth Conniff

Shaliach MickeyAziz-Komar

Janice Oltman, Fay Nager, and Susan Eichhorn

Sam Jacobs and Henry Sapoznik UW Pharmacy School students

Listening to Ruth Conniff.

Linda Boger, Mary Jane Gavin, Mary Jo Ball, Corine Cohn, and Rita Kades

Shabbat at Capitol Lakes

Seders atOakwood andCapitol Lakes

Lechayim LightsJune 2014 Madison Jewish News/27

For changes, updates or new informationabout any Jewish Social Services program,

check our website atwww.jssmadison.org

Scroll to the bottom of the home page and clickon the date of the program in question.

fromJewish Social

Services!Do you know a senior who is new to Madison, or are you yourself anewcomer? JSS volunteers will visit and bring you a gift bag with

information about programs for seniors and JSS’ services, treats anda few surprises. Just contact us at 608-278-1808, ext. 227.

Our thanks to Maurie’s Fine Chocolates andBagels Forever for their donations to this program.

Mary Jo comes all the way fromSun Prairie to Lechayim with twofriends. They enjoy the food, thecultural programs and the company.

The mystery of Mary Jo’s familyheritage has always perplexed her.

This is what she knows: her pa-ternal grandparents were born inJerusalem. They had ten children.They traveled toPoland. They spokeRussian. During theHolocaust they trav-eled by boat to Amer-ica and eventuallylanded in Huron,Wisconsin. The fam-ily name wasHodowanic.

Her father workedday and night. Heowned land outside ofCornell, Wisconsin,“acres of woods,fields of wheat andcorn, and a saw mill.” There hebuilt the family home. Every boardwas honed from their own trees. Healso had fifty milking cows andworked nights at a paper mill.

“My father was possessed by in-credible responsibility to providefor his family. When I was nine, hefinished our home. We had a hugehousewarming with dancing. Mymother played accordion and fatherthe concertina.”

Despite his accomplishments, herfather always seemed tormentedand distant. He died by committingsuicide soon after the house wascompleted. Many friends attendedhis funeral. He left his family with

great financial security, but themystery of his history can never besolved. “I believe he was Jewishand wish I knew more about him.”

“My maternal grandmother be-came a great influence on me andmy three siblings. She knitted,cooked, quilted and taught me theseskills. My mother, who wasFrench-Irish, went to college part-time for years and finally became a

teacher. She thentaught for 44 years,progressing from aone-room school tohigh school. Sheeventually earned aMasters from UW-Eau Claire. She lovedreading, makingmetal jewelry, gar-dening, and cook-ing.”

After a year of col-lege, Mary Jo beganher career as a med-ical transcriptionist.

After twenty-five years at the UWHospital, she re-trained to becomea CNA in the kidney transplantunit: “The dictaphones wore out myears. I needed a change!” When sheretired from nursing, she became acook, working in a variety of ven-ues including Oakwood Village,where she took care of special di-etary needs.

Her son Boyice Williams in Min-nesota and daughter Hattie JoWilliams in Madison carry on thefamily legacy of valuing hard work,education, and the arts.

We are glad that she and herfriends have become Lechayimregulars!

BY PAMELA PHILLIPS OLSON

Mary Jo Ball

(Photo by Pamela Phillips Olson)

Spotlight: Mary Jo Ball

Do you need an “oddjobber” to do a few small but necessarychores for you? Jewish Social Services volunteers can be sent totake care of some of those little but important things around your

house or apartment. Torequest an OddJobber,contact Louise Goldsteinat 608-278-1808, ext227 or [email protected].

If it’s something we canhelp you with, we’ll havea volunteer OddJobbercontact you.

Need an “Oddjobber”?

Transitions

Alice HanauBelle Radwin

Charlie ShohamDebbie SpearEileen Rabson

Evelyn MedowFlorence Grossberg

Judy KarofskyJules GrossbergNadya Vinokur

Mazel TovTo Nena Dyhr, on the Bar Mitzvah of her grandson, Sam Miller

To Janice Oltman, on the wedding of her grandson Aaron Fink toJustine Menter, in Marina del Rey, California

Best Wishes for your WellnessMilt LeidnerClara Sweet

Saretta Burke

Bon Voyage, Welcome BackEstelle Katz, BoliviaMike Pressman, Peru

Nena Dyhr, Israel

Happy June Birthday

From the Wisconsin Bureau ofConsumer Protection, “ConsumerFacts”

Advertisements or phone callstelling you about “free grants”from a government agency are notlegitimate. You’re told that yourapplication is “guaranteed to beaccepted, and you will never haveto pay the money back.” You’ll beasked for your checking accountinformation so they can “deposityour grant directly into your ac-count,” or cover a one-time “pro-cessing fee.” Following somebasic rules can help you avoid be-coming a victim of a scam such asthis:

• Do not give out your bankaccount information to anyoneyou do not know.

• Do not pay any money for a“free” government grant.

• Look-alikes are not the realthing: there is no such thing as a‘Federal Grants Administration’.Check to see if the agency is listedin the government office pages ofyour telephone directory, or on-line.

• Phone numbers can deceive:the call can be from anywhere inthe world, even if the caller IDmakes it look like it’s from Wash-ington, D.C.

To reduce the number of tele-marketing calls you receive, putyour phone numbers on the Wis-consin No Call List. To do so, call1-866-966-2255 or visit NoCall.Wisconsin.gov.

Beware of “GovernmentGrant” Scams

Add Something Specialto your Life:

Volunteer forJewish Social

Services!Volunteer application are availableat jssmadison.org or contact Louise

Goldstein at 608-278-1808 [email protected].

To all of you, the second week of Maywas just another week but to me, it wasmy most meaningful week this year! Youask why? It’s just a random week of theyear, isn’t it? This week that is so impor-tant to me was a new experience, one thatled to mixed feelings in my heart. I wokeup on a day that would normally be dif-ferent, there were no flags hanging up inthe windows, no special songs in theradio, no people dressed with blue jeansand white shirts. Just a random regularday. It made me lonely for the commu-nity I hold so dear in my heart, full of

people who would also understand andcherish the importance of this day, YomHa’Atzmaut. Sixty-six years ago the stateof Israel was established, a big reason tocelebrate! Before we could begin our cel-ebration, we gathered together to remem-ber as we do each year, remember whatwe try sometimes try to forget. Membersof the Israeli and Jewish communitygathered together on Yom HaZikaron toremember our beloved ones, soldiers andcivilians who lost their lives in the wars.It was a bittersweet time for us all. Hardto go back and remember the fear in the

eyes, the tears, the death around us andgood because we owe it to them, to our-selves and to our nation. Every Israelifeels differently on Israel RemembranceDay. A country that’s in a war already for66 years has a lot of difficult memoriesand experiences, I’d like to share one ofmine.

As I started high school the second in-tifada started. Walking around Jerusalemeveryday with the fear of maybe today abomb will go off, or making frantic callsto loved ones to make sure they wereokay after hearing the news of what washappening across our beloved nation. OnSeptember 10, 2003 my best friend’s

brother was getting married. Nava, hisfiancé, and her father David Appelbaumwere murdered the night before the wed-ding. They say she was holy, she had justreturned from the Mikve (a custom ofdipping in pure water before the wed-ding). David grew up just next to us inChicago, moved to Israel and becamechief of the emergency room and traumaservices at Jerusalem’s Shaare ZedekMedical Center! I will not forget thatday! Everything was perfect then in asnap of the moment it all went black.That night I sat with the family waitingto hear if Nava had survived the bomb-

Israel Worldandthe


From the Mid-east to the Mid-west:Feeling Proud While No One Around Knows Why

ROME (JTA) — Maccabi Tel Avivupset favored Real Madrid to win theEuroleague basketball championship.

Maccabi defeated the Spanish squad,98-86, in overtime on Sunday night in

Milan in the title game. Tyrese Rice ledthe Israeli club with 26 points, including14 in overtime. The game was tied at 73following regulation.

A huge contingent of Israelis traveled

to Italy for the game — some estimatessaid at least 10,000. Many of the Mac-cabi fans dressed in the team’s yellowand waved yellow-and-blue banners andthe team’s flag, a yellow-and-blue ver-sion of the Israeli flag, with the star ofDavid in the center.

Manuel Berti on the Italian Bas-ketinside blog called the victory a “master-piece” that was “incredible, crazy, surreal.”He added, “It is the triumph of an entirepeople, who arrived en masse to fill and

color the streets of Milan.”Maccabi had reached the finals with an-

other upset victory, over CSKA Moscow,in the semifinals on Friday. The Israeli clubrallied from a 15-point deficit to win.

President Shimon Peres phoned CoachDavid Blatt after the finals victory to con-gratulate him — and said the dramaticgame had almost given him a heart attack,The Jerusalem Post reported.

It was the sixth Euroleague title forMaccabi Tel Aviv and its first since 2005.

Maccabi Tel Aviv Upsets its Way to Euroleague Basketball Crown

JCC Maccabi Games Comingto Milwaukee August 2015!

The JCC Maccabi Games® is thelargest Jewish youth event in theworld. From August 2-7, 2015, theMilwaukee community will wel-come over 1,000 visiting Jewishteens from across the globe and in-volve all of Greater Milwaukee, in-cluding 500 host families, 1,000volunteers and 200 local teen ath-letes.

For more information, visitwww.milwaukeemaccabi.org or emailRacheli at [email protected].

BY RACHELI AND MICKEY AZIZ-KOMAR

Community Shlichim/Israel Program Specialists

Passover in Ukraine.

This year, thanks to you, Jews of allages across Ukraine are celebratingPassover in spite of escalating chal-lenges.

To help make this a reality, JDCprovided nearly 53,000 boxes ofmatzah and coordi-nated scores ofcommunity Sedersthroughout thecountry — at Jew-ish CommunityCenters, at “Warm Home” gatheringsof elderly Jews, in large cities, intowns and villages.

And just as they have been formore than two decades, some of theseSeders were led by a cadre of youngvolunteers, who remind even the mostisolated that we are all one big family.

From a spirited Seder featuring a

klezmer band in Kharkov ... to a Sim-feropol Seder at the city’s “OldCrimea” restaurant ... to a holidaycamp for families held in the outskirtsof Kiev, JDC is ensuring that Passoverin Ukraine and beyond is as vibrant,

robust, and mean-ingful as ever.

At this uncertaintime, celebrationsof Jewish cultureand tradition perse-

vere. JDC is committed to caring forUkraine’s most vulnerable Jews, fos-tering a continuing connection to yid-dishkeit, and providing for needs bothtangible and spiritual.

The Joint Distribution Center(JDC) is funded in part by the JewishFederation of Madison.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv fans cheer for the champions!

Madison Jewish Community Day School

Chug Ivrit

Artist Chanoch Piven art workshops

Gan HaYeled touring IsraelAdult Party Time

Israel and the WorldJune 2014 Madison Jewish News/29

ing. They came back at 2:00 a.m. fromthe hospital with long faces. The day afterthe funeral I had the responsibility ofstaying home to answer the phone andtell people the horrible news about thebride and the wedding that would notoccur. Can you imagine? Me, a 16-year-old bearing the burden of giving thatnews to so many people.

We all have stories, that was just oneof mine. This is why it is so important forus to take time to remember!

And, 24 hours later we have to turnthis awful pain in to this amazing won-derful feeling of pride! How do we do it?!How do we transfer in one evening fromthis huge solidarity with the victims’ fam-ilies to this celebration of pride of estab-lishment of a Jewish state?! We just do!That is part of what it means to be Israeli.

With all the difficulty in Israel and allthe conflicts within and outside Israel –Israel should get to celebrate! What other

country in the world achieved as much asIsrael in 66 years?! We are a start-upnation and any Jew in the world can feelits part of his world. It’s a country Jewsshould feel they can call home, they canescape to Israel if they would need, andsuch things have happened throughoutthe history of Israel. We criticize Israelfor many things, Israel is not perfect butIsrael is trying!

I want to thank the Jewish Federationof Madison for giving us the opportunityto share our Israel with the communitythat week. To the Lazimy family for host-ing Yom Hazikaron remembrance singalong, to Ellen Weismer, RuchamaLasser, Rebecca Schwab, Shlomi andLeana Laufer for the help with YomHa’atzmaut celebration and to all of thecommunity members who brought the artsupplies for the Chanoch Piven’s artworkshops!

Here are some highlights of IsraelIndependence Day activities:

• We started with a Yom Hazikaron(Israel Remembrance Day) sing-along atClara and Rafi Lazimy’s house – we sangIsraeli songs and shared some of our per-sonal memories and experiences.

• We celebrated Yom Yisrael at Tem-ple Beth El Sunday school, during whichI gave a lecture to the parents about edu-cation in Israel vs. U.S.A.

• Beth Israel Center’s Talmud Torahand Shaarei Shamayim’s Bet Sefer madetheir own portraits and portraits of theirfamilies inspired by the artist ChanochPiven. Chanoch Piven is an Israeli mixedmedia artist best known for his celebritycaricatures and portraits made from com-mon objects and scraps of materials, in-cluding items which might be associatedwith the subject. Thank you to GanHaYeled and Madison Jewish Commu-nity Day School children, who madebeautiful flags and pictures that decoratedour Yom Ha’atzmaut party hall.

• We had an adult Yom Ha’atzmautparty with the American-Israeli comedianBenji Lovitt, who made fun of Israelis,Americans and the Middle East! Had anIsraeli style BBQ and also made self-portraits inspired by Chanoch Piven, Itwas a great evening, thank you for all ofour friends for coming out and joining usin celebrating Israel’s 66th birthday!

• Mickey shared his family’s story andthe story of the Mashadi Jews in Persiawith Lechayim.

• The Chug Ivrit kids created theirown Israel country and learned about dif-ferences about Israel and the U.S.A.

• At Gan HaYeled we took a trip toIsrael with a parachute, learning aboutdifferent cities and sites.

That is all for today, once again wewant to thank the Madison Jewish com-munity for celebrating with us and help-ing us feel at home.

Racheli and Mickey–Making Israel Yours–

Shlichim Continued from page 28

Yom Hazikaron:Israeli Remembrance Day

Yom Ha’atzmaut:Israeli Independence Day


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Information tablesfor local Jewishorganizations

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