Mendocino E-Megillah
Mendocino Coast Jewish Community
May 2010 (5770)
The Jewish Center (Shul) is located at 15071 Caspar Road, Caspar CA.
The MCJC can be reached at (707) 964-6146
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 Shavuot at Kibbutz Matzuva, 2008
Photograph by Max Nathans


Rabbi’s Notes: Trust
A couple of weeks ago my Reconstructionist rabbis met for their annual confab -- this time in New Orleans. Being in that powerful and challenged city meant a lot of conversation, both planned and spontaneous, about race, class and privilege. This itself was quite a privilege.

One of our speakers was Lance Hill, a historian at Tulane University and an incredibly impressive activist and thinker about race, class and privilege as they play out in his own city. He talked to us about the massive flight from New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and about the much smaller return of former residents to their home city. The well-to-do of New Orleans either lived on higher ground and didn’t need to leave in the first place, or they could afford to return and rebuild their homes and lives fairly quickly. By contrast, many of the poorest people have not been able to return. And it is the way of politics that once you have left a place, even fleeing for your life, even if it was your home for generations, you lose your say in what happens there. So the more affluent returnees have begun making the policies that suit them. They quickly made massive changes in the public school system, began advocating for not rebuilding in poorer areas and so on. Hill described these post-Katrina planning decisions and the race and class agenda that he feels underlies them -- to make New Orleans a “smaller” -- i.e. whiter and richer -- city than it was.

In one of the commentaries Hill regularly posts on-line, he writes:

The problem is how we have defined “neighbor” or, in its modern form, “community.”  All the myriad city and neighborhood planning commissions that convened in New Orleans after Katrina had one thing in common: they defined community as only the fortunate few who had made it back to the city.  Suddenly nearly 350,000 people, 80% of whom were African American, ceased to be neighbors.  The displaced and their needs became invisible in the planning process.  It was as if the ship had gone down and those who escaped by life boat never bothered to return to search for survivors. 

(June 6,2006 -- www.southerninstitute.info/commentaries)

Hill made more or less the same point in his talk to us rabbis. Then he offered what to me was a remarkably resonant statement. He talked about the word “trust.” I don’t have his exact words here, unfortunately, and so I won’t be able to write them here as eloquently as he spoke them. But essentially he said that trust is not a blind belief in something or someone. Trust is the assurance that someone will look after your interests if you are not present to look after them yourself. He said that real community should involve this kind of trust. You should know that your neighbors have your interests at heart, along with their own, even if for some reason you can‘t speak up for yourself.

Being trustworthy in this sense doesn’t mean that someone needs to do my will instead of their own -- but that they need to consider my needs, give regard to my voice, include me in the conversation, even if I am not able to do this for myself.

Hill advocates that communities -- meaning, in his context, residents of cities and towns and the like -- make explicit covenants that, should there be disasters which cause people to flee their homes, those people will continue to have a vote in their home community, even if they can’t return right away.

Any of us might ask ourselves: if, God forbid, we had to dash away in the night, who around us would continue to look after our possessions? Our jobs? Our rights? Our values? Who would continue to speak from our perspective? Who would do what they could to insure that we could return to a life that would again be hospitable to us?

We can ask that question writ large, as Lance Hill does, and we can also ask it from a much more intimate perspective.

In our mussar class this week, we are focusing on the middah (trait) of sh’tikah, of keeping quiet. So I have asked myself what makes me talk when I really shouldn’t. What is it that makes me be unwilling to let go of a point once I’ve made it once? What makes me raise my voice, talk faster, interrupt? Once I thought about it awhile, I realized that, for me, a lot of this comes down to a matter of trust. I don’t need to repeat myself if I trust people to listen to me the first time. I don’t need to interrupt if I trust that I will get a chance to speak my part. So much of my own poor behavior in this department comes down to lack of trust in the people around me.

People learn early whether to be trusting or mistrustful -- and very often early experience gets translated to whole new sets of relationships and community, over and over throughout life. I may out-talk you not because I have any reason to doubt that you personally can be trusted to give me my moment, but because I learned long before not to assume that I would be listened to.

But trust or mistrust is not just a habit learned in childhood that we superimpose on our adult relationships. We are constantly learning to trust -- or not to trust -- the people we make our lives with. This month Mickey and I will celebrate our seventeenth wedding anniversary. And, as I think about these years, I see how trust grows slowly over time, gets deeper and steadier. You can’t just decide to trust someone. Or maybe you can. But it might not be very wise. We learn who we can trust, to what degree, with which aspects of what is important to us. It is a blessing of inestimable value to have a mate, family members, friends and community that you know will hold your interests to heart even if you are not there to look after them yourself. And it is an equal blessing -- and challenge -- for us to be trustworthy.

Who do we trust? Who should we trust? Who should trust us? And what does it take from each of us to strengthen those bonds of assurance that allow us to feel safe with each other in the world?

    - Rabbi Margaret Holub

The Art of Tzedaka
MCJC’s art exhibit and event series on the theme of giving continues. Works by thirteen MCJC artists, and a collective piece by our Torah school students, are on display at the shul through Sunday, May 16. You are welcome to come have a look any time that the shul is open.

In addition there will be the following events surrounding the show:

Sunday, May 2, 7:00 PM -- Artists’ Panel -- artists will discuss their pieces, their artistic process and their works’ connections to the theme of tzedakah. The panelists will be Rosalie Winesuff, Rachel Binah, Andrea Luna, Sandy Berrigan, Alena Deerwater, Rabbi Margaret Holub and Karen Bowers.  Mina Cohen will moderate.

The artists will explain their works that are featured in the show and will address issues such as Jewish visual imagery in their work, how they are or are not inspired by themes, and how does artistic teaching differ from verbal teaching.  There will be an opportunity for dialogue and questions.  This is also a chance to see this wonderful display of art, that is filling the walls of the shul.  Raffle tickets for these works will be available at this event as well as at all times that the shul is open.  The proceeds from this show will go to the Adele Saxe Tzedakah Fund and the final event and reception for the artists will be Sunday, May 16th at 7:00 pm. Other events are described elsewhere in this Megillah.

Sunday, May 9, 3:00 - 6:00 PM -- Craft party and tea, celebrating what we have learned from our mothers and grandmothers about generosity and giving. We will tell stories and make tzedakah envelopes to put in our bill drawers or fill with coins.

Sunday, May 16, 7:00 PM -- Gala closing and raffle to raise funds for the Adele Saxe Tzedaka Fund, MCJC’s fund for direct aid to local people in times of need. (mc/mh)


Elder's Meet All interested in our ongoing exploration of aging well together are invited to the next elders’ gathering -- Tuesday, May 4, 5:00 - 7:00 PM at the shul. This meeting will have three parts:

Planning our next outings (possibly to include a hike to a “secret lake,” a trip to a sculpture garden in Napa, bird watching and other delights) and also planning the long-awaited “How to Use Your Cell Phone” training.

Open conversation -- “I’m glad I’m not young anymore” -- true or false??? What do we miss about our younger selves? What are we glad to leave behind? What changes and what stays the same?

And, of course, food. Bring side dishes to go around a pot of soup.

Folks of any age are welcome to these wonderful conversations. (mh)


Shavuot Sleep-Over and Don't Sleep-Over
Our beloved holiday of Shavuot falls this year on the night of Tuesday, May 18. Shavuot is the double festival which marks the offering of the first-fruits of the harvest AND celebrates the receiving of Torah at Mount Sinai. We observe the wild custom of studying sacred texts through the night.

Our theme for this year will be SLEEP, WAKEFULNESS AND DREAMING. As always, you are warmly invited to participate in any or all of the night. Here are highlights of the festive plan:


8:00 PM -- Festival evening service with yizkor;

9:00 PM -- Text study begins;

11:15 PM -- Offering of the First Fruits;

Midnight Prayer before the open ark;

3 AM -- Dream boxes;

6:00 AM -- Sunrise Shema, followed by

Gala blintz breakfast and off to sleep/school/work by 7:00 AM.

There will be singing, chanting, meditation, art and Turkish Coffee throughout the night

This year we especially invite people to sleep over at the shul. Bring your jammies; we’ll have soft mattresses and quilts (or you might want to bring your own...) Sleep and dream while the scholars carry on. Be cozy and add your sleeping neshama to the inspiration of the night.

Likewise, if you’re not an all-night-type, come by for a delicious breakfast and lots of strong coffee. We’d love to have lots of people join in the mitzvah of eating blintzes! (mh)

Mussar Class

The mussar class has three remaining meetings:

May 5 -- emet (truth) May 26 -- perishut (separation) and June 9 -- final class meeting (for this round.) Note that there are three weeks between the May 5 and 26 classes, because of Shavuot falling in the intermediate week. All mussar class meetings are 5:00 - 7:00 PM at the shul. All are welcome to attend any of the class meetings. (mh)

Crossing the Red Sea - Albion Style
    by Helen Jacobs


It was an eventful Pesach at our house this year.  Monday night, just before the Seder was to begin, three baby goats were born (our neighbor Kate started keeping goats last year, and we had been excitedly waiting for this event for the past few weeks). 

Tuesday night was an adventure of a different sort.

The Passover tables were set with tablecloths and candles, Elijah’s and Miriam’s cups and the Seder plate. After days of cooking and preparing, we were waiting for our guests to arrive.

Ruby and Naomi arrived, with a pot full of soup and knaidlech and the hard boiled eggs, and began helping us with the final preparations.  About 20 minutes later, Linda Leyva walked in and said. “There’s a tree down across your road, and no cars can get by, so I had to walk in.” 

D road is a 1/2 mile dirt road, and we knew that not everyone would be comfortable walking it, especially carrying trays of food. So I drove out with Linda to assess the situation.  Somehow, in my mind’s eye, this was going to be a fairly small tree. I would change out of my yom-tov outfit, get the chainsaw out,  buck the tree up, and proceed with the Seder.  This was not the most appealing scenario, mind you, but  seemed like a possibility.

When we got out to the end of the road, I realized (happily) that I had to let go of my fantasy of rescuing the situation.  The tree was a large alder;  the heavy rains had completely loosened the  root ball, and there were branches blocking the entire road.  I drove back to the house, started calling some of the neighbors, and Karen drove out to start shuttling guests in.

I went back out to the tree, though I still had no real solution in place, and found our neighbor Mario  out there with his chainsaw cutting out the lowest branch, the main one blocking access to the road.  He was returning from work,  could not get home, so walked in to get his saw.  He made it possible for cars to get through, and people were able to drive in under a canopy of branches.

Our seder began, only about an hour late, with new meaning to what it sometimes takes to get there. (hj)

TODAH RABAH! (Great Thanks)
For The Following Generous Contributors Who in the Last Month Helped Sustain Our Community

Terry Gross & Barbara Moed; Leonardo & Karen Bowers; Art & Rosalie Holub; Joan & Norman Rudman; Nancy Harris; Tatanka Russell; Laurel Moss; Dawn Hofberg & Bob Schlosser; Mark & Deena Zarlin; Mindy Rosenfeld & Hilleary Burgess; Marnie & Ron Press; Binah Polay; Joan & Paul Katzeff; Eileen Lopate; Susan Hofberg;   Jennifer Kreger & Wade Grey; Linda James & Richard Sacks-Wilner; Gerry & Sara Kreger; Irv & Rosalie Winesuff; Henrietta Steiniger.
 
Jonathan & Annett Lehan in memory of Frances Lehan; Mina Cohen & Jeff Berenson in memory of Zelda Zeidman; Judy & Fred Meisel in memory of Zelda Zeidmen; Bonnie Sarrow in memory of Rosamond Jorgenson; Jay & Monique Frankston in memory of Rosamund Jorgenson; Jay & Monique Frankston in memory of Peter Matlin.
 
Holly Tannen to the Adele Saxe Tzedakah Fund. (dm)

Contributions
Thank you to all of those who have returned our pledge forms in response to our annual letter.  It is helpful to MCJC to know what your pledge is as early as possible in the year, so if you have not yet responded we would appreciate hearing from you. 

If you would like another copy, please email montag@mcn.org or just send a note to our MCJC mailbox.  It is also helpful if we receive quarterly payments at the beginning of the quarter; second quarter contributions are due now.  Many many thanks for those of you who have responded, and thank you for your many kind notes! (dm)
 
Yizkor List
Reading the Yizkor List on Yom Kippur afternoon is an important part of Jewish traditions an is a powerful way to build community as we mourn together for our family and friends.  We are moved by the large attendance in our community at this reading. In the 25 years or so since the beginning of MCJC many people who have added names to the Yiskor list have moved away, and we haven’t tracked who added what names to the list.  We would like to completely renew our list by getting all community members to resubmit the names of family and friends that they would like on the list.

This time we will keep a record of who added the names. (The name of the person submitting the names would not be read.)  Our MCJC tradition has always been the most expansive and inclusive in terms of the definition of ”family and friends” of members; please feel free to list anyone that you want remembered.

We will not change the portion of the list that remembers those members of our congregation who have died.

Donna Montag will be keeping the Yiskor list. If you can mail all the names you would like to have on the Yiskor list (please list your name at the top) and mail this form soon so that we have plenty of time before then next reading, it would be helpful.  If you prefer to do this by email, please respond to:  Montag@mcn.org

Thank you to all of you who have completed this and returned!  If not, please send in in the next 30 days.  (dm)

Thank You for Megillah Help
Thank you to Jay and Monique Frankston for collating and mailing our last megillah.  Contact Mina if you’d like to help with this task at mcohen@mcn.or 937-1319. (mc)

MCJC Board Meeting Dates
The next MCJC Board meetings are scheduled for Thursday, May 6th and Thursday, June 3rd.  If you would like to attend the meeting please contact Raven Deerwater at raven@taxpractitioner.com so he can let you know the time and include you on the agenda. (mc)

Mitzvah Freezer is Available
The freezer at the shul is full of delicious vegetarian food for those who are ill or are having trouble preparing meals.  The food is in single portion servings that can be easily reheated.  Ingredients for each is available in case there are issues of allergy.  If you or someone you care for needs this assistance we will arrange for you to get it.   For access or if  you have any questions contact one of the Bikkur Cholim committee Mina at 937-1319 or mcohen@mcn.org, Fran Schwartz at 937-1352 or franamie@cs.com, or Karen Rakofsky at 937-5522 or nerak@mcn.org. Thank you to all who cooked for this mitzvah. (mc)

Kabbalat Shabbat
In May we will be celebrating our home Kabbalat Shabbat and dinner on Friday, May 28th at the home of Hyla and Jack Bolsta in Cleone. Please call them at 964-7646 for directions and to let them know you are coming. In June we will be at the home of Susan Hofberg in Albion. The June Kabbalat Shabbat will be June 18th instead of the 4th Shabbat. The monthly Kabbalat Shabbat includes a song-filled short service that begins at 6:00 pm and is followed by a pot luck vegetarian dinner.  If you would like to host this wonderful event in your home in future months, contact Mina at 937-1319.  (mc)

Shabbat Tisch
In May our  Tisch dinner will be on Friday, May 14th at 6:00 pm and fresh challah will be back! Last month our Tisch was a joyous seder with matzah and this month our torah school children will be making the challah. A vegetarian dinner is provided, though if you feel like bringing dessert that is always welcome. (mc)

Torah School Evolution
Torah school meets every other Friday at the shul.  We have a Hebrew language textbook for the youngest students as well as the olders, and we are continuing with stories, art, and of course challah baking before the Tisch dinners. Children are always welcome so please call Jessica at 937-2115 or contact her at mcop@mcn.org.  (mc)


Book Group
The book group will not meet in May. In June we will meet Monday, June 21st at 3:00 pm at Joanne Dickson’s home in Mendocino. Please call Fran Schwartz at 937-1352 if you wish to join us.  We will be reading “Three Cups of Tea” by Gregg Mortenson. This book is not focused on a particularly Jewish subject or written by a Jewish author, but in keeping with the Tzedakah theme this seemed like an appropriate choice. Mortenson has successfully established schools in some of the most remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan by “replacing guns with pencils, rhetoric with reading.” (mc)

Library
This is a reminder to check out our library when you are at the shul. While our library is tucked into a little corner of the shul, it is chock full of books on every topic you can imagine including a large selection of books for children and interesting films. Any book in the library is available for self check out. Thanks again to Nona Smith for helping us get it reorganized. (mc)

Community Seder Thanks
Thank you to all for making the Community Seder a big success. To Ruby for supervising the kitchen, all the cooks, and the children of the Torah School for the beautiful set up. Thank you to Mickey Chalfin for being our Seder Hotline coordinator. (mc)


Mendocino Maven
What evil lurks in the hearts of men?I hope that everyone found the seder that was perfect for them, and are preparing to stay up all night and greet the dawn (and blini) for Shavuot.

Linda Leyva recommends a broadcast of Terri Gross's Fresh Air: where she interviews a reformed skinhead and anti-Semite: A Recovering Skinhead' On Leaving Hatred Behind. Frank Meeink abandoned neo-Nazism and now works with at risk youth and has written an autobiography. You can listen to it online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125514655.

Sandy Berrigan and Catherine McMillian invite you to a show, of their quilting works: Under The Influence of G's Bend, On The Line.  The show will be a retrospective and will include some of their work with Gerry Grace. Part of the proceeds from any sales will go to Peace Quilts, a groups that works with women in Haiti. People are encouraged to bring donations of sewing supplies, which will be sent to Haiti.

The show is Memorial Day Weekend May 29, 30, 31 from 11a to 4p (it will be canceled if it is raining) at Catherine McMillian's house and yard, 2.5 miles up the Comptche-Ukiah Rd, the driveway will be marked. For more information, please call Sandy (937-0313), before the 29th. A film about the women of G's Bend shown various times. Very light refreshments.

Donna Camitta has 25 - 30 Radko Chanukah ornaments that she has collected over the years. She would like to find a new loving home for them, with someone who will put them up at Chanukah. She will bringing them up to Mendocino in June. If you are interested, please call Donna at 962-9034 or 939-7056 (Sonoma).

If you have simchas (joys) that you would like to share with the community, please email maven@mcjc.org.  
 
   -  The Shadow

A Tribute to Adele Saxe
Twenty years have passed since my mother, Adele Saxe, died "young",at the age of 71. Most of the people who read the Megillah today never knew her and may wonder why our community's tzedekah fund is named for her. My mother was raised by parents who started with nothing and attained middle class comfort in less than a lifetime.

She was a child during the Great  Depression and was a college student during the lead up to the Second World War, a young adult during the war. These were times, like today when our nation's financial resources were funneled away from the care of its citizens. My mother believed, largely based upon the Jewish values her parents instilled in her, that each person was put on earth to make the world better, and from a very early age she showed that she intended to spend her life doing that. My father, David, who passed away just last year joined with her in that goal.

My parents purchased the property on Greenwood Ridge, where Ronnie and I live and ultimately built a vacation home for themselves there. As soon as we arrived my mother began helping us to live a Jewish life here. Matzo and Jewish publications were in the mail, and Donna and George, and  Ella too, became recipients of Jewish calendars, Barton's candy and other necessities. When Rabbi Hannan Sills moved to our area Adele helped to get him a Jewish Federation grant so that he could have an income while our fledgling community attempted to get itself organized.  My parents provided the money for the first ever mailing  of our newsletter, after Jane Corey's parents, Hope and Jeff insisted on paying for a weekend stay at the vacation house. The vacation house (affectionately known as cabin 11), was available to any visiting rabbi or teacher who wanted to bring Judaism to our area. The Aquarian Minyan held an all night Shavuot retreat there and our first High Holiday rabbis stayed there. 

My mother lead Mendocino County's first Slichot service there after being inspired by one at her synagogue.  Of course, Margaret often stayed in cabin 11 while she was getting acquainted with our community. When it seemed time for our community to organize a children's education program my mother paid for me to attend  CAJE (Conference for Alternatives in Jewish Education).This was the start of our ongoing Torah School and children's High Holy Day services. I'll end by quoting a letter Donna Montag wrote twenty years ago. "When our congregation was just a seed beginning to grow, David and Adele nurtured it. They were among the first to give towards buying our Torah. Now our congregation has blossomed to a beautiful thing. We have just hired a full time rabbi. Again, there were David and Adele, among the first to pledge membership to support our doing this. I know that our congregation will always honor and revere Adele Saxe for being one of the founding members of our Mendocino Jewish Community."

    - Ellen Saxe

Thank you to Ellen Saxe for sharing this memory of her mother. Join us on Sunday May 9th, to share stories of how our parents instilled the principles of tzedakah and have some tea and refreshments. (mc)


Shabbat Minyan
Every Saturday morning starting at 10:30a, there is a Shacharit (Morning) Service at the shul in Caspar, usually led by Rabbi Margaret Holub. The service is in English and Hebrew, including a short reading from the Torah scroll, but you don't need to know Hebrew to participate. It is a small, variable, and welcoming group. If you have Kaddish to say or Gomel (for surviving a dangerous experience), want to say a prayer for healing for yourself or someone else, or just want a little spiritual recharge, please join us. The service usually ends around 12:30p with Kiddish. Margaret always says to come and leave whenever you want. Come as you are, and leave renewed. (rge)

Megillah Formats
The Mendocino Megillah is generated in two formats: the legacy hardcopy format which is optimized for printing on 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper and the HTML format which is formatted for easy reading on a computer display. You can subscribe to the hardcopy version and have it mailed to you, you can subscribe to the email version or you can receive both. If you don’t need the hardcopy and want to do your bit to repair the world by going electronic, and saving paper, toner and physical transport, please email  Myra at myrah@mcn.org  Todah Rabah! 

BTW, the E-Megillah is posted on the MCJC website at
  http://www.mcjc.org/mjoldart/Megillah/MJMM0000.htm (rge)

Looking to the Future
From time to time members have given additional financial help to MCJC. Upon the sale of a home, stocks or some other positive financial event they have shared their good fortune. Also, several members have remembered MCJC in their wills. These generous acts insure the long term strength and sustainability of the Jewish Community and our shul here on the Coast.

We encourage you to do this if you can. (dm)

Subscription and Notification
If you would like to subscribe to this publication and/or receive email notifications for events, changes, or important news from MCJC contact Myra Beals at myrah@mcn.org or send to P.O. Box 1113, Mendocino. Let her know if you prefer to receive a printed Megillah coming in the mail or by email.  If you would like to receive notifications by email please indicate that as well.  Subscription to the Megillah is included with a contributing membership of $200. or more.  A subscription alone to the newsletter is $25. per year.  Checks can be made payable to MCJC and mailed to P.O. Box 291, Little River, CA.  95456. (mc)

Editorial Policy
The Mendocino Megillah is published monthly.  The deadline for submission of articles is the 10th of the month before desired publication.  The editor will include all appropriate material, space permitting with the exception of copyrighted material that does not have permission of the author.  The material printed in the Megillah is not the policy or representative of the opinions of the Board of Directors of Mendocino Coast Jewish Community. Divergent opinions are welcome. (mc)

Contributions to the MCJC can be sent to:

 MCJC, Box 291, Little River, CA 95456.

Please specify if your contribution is in memory or honor of someone, and please include your name and mailing address. Thanks! (dm)

Using the Shul
If you are closing the shul please double check that the furnace, water heater and lights are all off and that all doors are locked when you leave. As a courtesy to our neighbors, please make sure that the lights are turned off in the front. THANKS! (rge)



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(MCJC underwriter's increase their businesses visibility to over 300 subscribers and improve their presence on the web. $80/year. Please contact Donna Montag to become an underwriter)


May 2010

Candle lighting times are for Manchester, CA, to generate times for your location  go to http://www.hebcal.com/shabbat/  

  MCJC events are bolded

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
           

1

Parashat Emor
10:30a Shabbat Minyan

2

Lag B'Omer
7:00p Tzedaka Artists Panel

3

 

4

5:00p Elder's Meet

5

5:00p Mussar Class

6

 

7

7:55p Candle lighting

8

Parashat Behar-Bechukotai
10:30a Shabbat Minyan

9

3:00p Tzedaka Crafts Party

10

 

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12

Yom Yerushalayim

13

 

14

Rosh Chodesh Sivan
8:01p Candle lighting
6:00p - Tisch

15

Parashat Bamidbar
10:30a Shabbat Minyan

16

7:00p Tzedaka Show Closing and Raffle

17

 

18

Erev Shavuot
8:05p Candle lighting
8:00p Shavuot All Nighter

19

Shavuot I

20

Shavuot II

21

8:07p Candle lighting

22

Parashat Nasso
10:30a Shabbat Minyan

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25

 

26

5:00p Mussar Class

27

 

28

8:13p Candle lighting
6:00p Kabbalat Shabbat (Bolsta)

29

Parashat Beha'alotcha
10:30a Shabbat Minyan

30

 

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MCJC Board & Useful Numbers

Rituals and Holidays (including Hevra Kadisha/Cemetery) Joan Katzeff*
964-9161 jkatzeff@mcn.org
Rituals and Holidays Donna Montag*
877-3243
montag@mcn.org
Community Care (rides, help when ill) Karen Rakofsky* 937-5522 nerak@mcn.org
Outreach (new to the community)    
Donna Montag*
877-3243  
montag@mcn.org
Culture (films/ speakers/ Women’s Retreat) Harriet Bye* 937-3622 bysawyer@mcn.org
Education (adult and children/ library) Mina Cohen* 937-1319 mcohen@mcn.org
Treasurer (finance and donations)
Donna Montag* 877-3243
montag@mcn.org
Board Secretary Raven Deerwater* 937-1099 raven@taxpractitioner.com
Building Maintenance Harriet Bye* 937-3622 bysawyer@mcn.org
Torah School Jessica Grinberg 937-2115 mcop@mcn.org
Book Group Fran Schwartz *
937-1352 franamie@cs.com
Megillah Submissions and Website Bob Evans
bobevans@mcjc.org
Name & Address, Subscription Changes
Myra Beals

myrah@mcn.org

* = board member


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