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Rabbi’s Notes: Hate and Love
I’m writing this on a rainy
erev Purim -- but by the time you all see it, Pesach will be
nearing. Shabbat has just ended, and we’re waiting for that
extra-bright full moon to rise and break through the night
clouds. This Shabbat which just ended was “Shabbat Zakhor,” the “Shabbat of Remembering,” which always comes right before Purim. On Shabbat Zakhor we are supposed to remember the dastardly, cowardly Amalek, who attacked the Israelites in the desert from behind, picking off the weak and the small, rather than going head to head with the warriors. Amalek is the archetype of the enemy. Haman, of Purim infamy, is a descendant of Amalek -- as, say some, was Hitler.
It’s not my favorite thing, remembering creeps and worse. It makes my gut hurt a little. But I also look at dates on the Jewish calendar as part of a mandala, a cycle we move through, in which stories and names and practices come up, occupy our attention and then recede like the moon. Today Amalek, tomorrow Haman, the day after the crumbs under the stove...
So okay, Shabbat Zakhor... My brilliant colleague, Rabbi Toba Spitzer, had recently sent around a bunch of intriguing texts about Amalek. One, a Hasidic source that I’m not familiar with, kind of went against the grain for me, and I wasn’t sure I understood it. So, as I sometimes do, I decided to bring it to the Shabbat service to study together. Here’s part of the text, which makes an analogy between the anointing of the Temple priests with blood and oil and remembering Amalek:
For Aaron and his sons were sanctified for service, and it is written in the holy Zohar that “service” means bringing close the forces of holiness, and making distant the forces of impurity. And precisely because the priest exemplifies hesed/compassion, hatred must grow and anger become strengthened against those who disturb [this service], who destroy and slaughter. As love grows—so must hate grow. For “love is as fierce as death” (Song of Songs, 8:6). And it is the same with the remembering of Amalek. In order to awaken enmity and hatred in the heart against the Amalekites, we begin the remembering on Shabbat, a day of love and favor among Jews for their God in heaven. And from within this love grows the hate for Amalek. (Shem Mishmu’el, Rabbi Shmuel Bornstein, in Itturei Torah)
What this text means I’m still not totally sure -- but what I learned today in shul is the piercing ugliness of the word “hate.” Just saying the word, even reading it from a rabbinic text, was like shouting an obscenity in front of the ark. People blanched. There was a long, grim silence. I had the feeling that just saying that word aloud wrecked Shabbat in a single syllable.
There followed a conversation about hatred, wise and probing, but halting and without conclusion. One person wept. Doug, our self-described paranoid schizophrenic Vietnam vet Shabbat morning regular, talked about post-traumatic stress. Everyone in Japan this week, he said, will experience post-traumatic stress. But only for some will it become a disorder. These, he said, are the people who are unable to remember and process the memory. The person who was crying talked about family members who hate each other...
It was excruciatingly painful, those minutes of feeling the potency of hate, even in its most abstract form. And it got me thinking about how raw the wounds of hatred are within us all -- hatred in history and myth, hatred in families and communities, hatred in the news day after day. I thought about the ways we hate ourselves, treat ourselves with suspicion and distaste and disrespect. There we were, a bunch of sweet people singing and praying on Shabbat morning, and it was a millimeter beneath the surface. Just say that one-syllable word and all this grief and fear and disgust wash up. I was pretty taken aback... by the potency of the thought of hatred, and also by its texture, its specificity, its “thickness” in our minds and hearts. In those few minutes of Torah study in the shul, it didn’t seem very examined, very “processed.” It seemed pretty uncooked...
With all due respect for the Itturei Torah, I do not believe that, “As love grows—so must hate grow.” In fact I believe exactly the opposite: As hate grows, love must grow even more. The only reason to remember Amalek or any of his descendants is to love more -- more intensely, more creatively, with greater commitment. Love is indeed stronger than death. Love is the most powerful force there is. Love is possible in any situation. The only reason to study Torah is to cultivate love. The only reason to be religious is to strengthen love. The only reason to be alive is to love.
As the mandala of the year turns, we move with it. From Shabbat Zakhor we move to Purim, with its mockery and play in the face of the destroyer. From Purim we cleanse and deflate as we move to Pesach, in which we rejoice in deliverance from another would-be destroyer. From Pesach we move through the seven weeks of the omer, a time of introspection -- desert time -- to Mount Sinai, to the awe of revelation at Shavuot. And from Sinai we move, with a brief stop to grieve the destruction of the Temple at Tisha B’av, towards a new year in which we are stripped to our essence, brought into the Holy of Holies and renewed to begin again.
So it’s probably just the right time, as I write here on Purim, to be feeling the raw muck of a world in which hate seems to dominate a lot of the time. In another twenty-four hours we’ll be starting the cleansing process that leads us to the Passover seder. By the time you read this column, the processing will be well underway. Perhaps as we sweep out the crumbs from all their hidden and sticky places, we might be thinking about where hatred has seeped into our memories and thoughts and feelings. And perhaps we can find ways to bring a bit of it to light, sponge some of it up, let clean water wash over it, let it become “ownerless as the dust,” as we do our hametz.
It’s a gift and a blessing to be in a community which is repulsed by even the idea of hate. I am so glad and grateful to be among you, with all your kindness and tenderness. I wish you the sweetest and most joyful and liberating Passover, and even better, for us and all the world, in the days beyond.
© Rabbi Margaret Holub 2011
Community Pesach Plans
Sunday, April 3, 7:00 PM --
more-or-less annual Rosh Hodesh clothing exchange for women.
Bring clothes, jewels and anything else to swap, as we clean out our
closets and prepare to adorn ourselves for the holiday.Friday, April 15, morning -- matzah bake at the adobe oven of the Caspar Community Center -- details to be announced.
Sunday, April 24, 5:30 PM -- shul seder --MCJC will host a seder for all who wish to gather. The seder will include singing, discussing, blessing, afikomen-hunting and all the good things of the Passover seder for adults and children. All are welcome, and there is no charge -- but (unlike a tisch) you must make a reservation in advance! When you make your reservation, you will be asked to bring a particular dish for the seder meal, and recipes, if you need them, will be provided. Mina Cohen is once again handling reservations -- mcohen@mcn.org or 937-1319. (mh)
Seder Hotline
The first night of Pesach is Monday night, April 18. Every year we do our best to make sure that everyone who wishes to celebrate Pesach is invited to a seder in our community. Mickey Chalfin will once again be centering the Seder Hotline. You can reach Mickey at 937-5653 or (even better!) at mc@mcn.org.
This year several of the people who have in years past hosted large seders in their homes will not be doing so. So, more than ever, we ask that you consider hosting a seder. Invite your own friends and family, of course, as you wish -- and also consider contacting Mickey and offering to host one or several other people via the hotline. Large, small, fancy, simple, traditional, radical, potluck, veggie -- any way you want to do it is wonderful. If you’d like ideas about how to run a seder, recipes, advice or general support, feel free to contact Margaret at 937-5673 or mholub@mcn.org.
Those who wish to attend a seder, you must must must!!! contact Mickey by SUNDAY, APRIL 10. Last-minute requests are very hard to fill. (mh)
Yom Hashoah
Sunday, May 1, is Yom Hashoah, the day of remembrance of the holocaust, and we will have a short service at 7:00 PM at the shul. We hope very much that everyone will see the two films at the shul on Saturday evening, which deal with themes of remembrance and healing in the wake of the holocaust. Responses to the films will be woven into the Yom Hashoah service. As always, a list of names of family members and loved ones of Coast residents who perished in the holocaust will be read, and memorial prayers will be offered. (mh)
Benefit Performance for Rachel Archuletta
Our community member Rachel Archuletta is healing from Lyme’s Disease, and a big community mobilization is in action to support her as she heals.
The Mendocino Theater Company and the cast and crew of MTCs season opener, 'Born Yesterday' have generously added a special performance on Wednesday, March 30, as a benefit for Rachel and, additionally, to provide an opportunity to gather in celebration of all that has been accomplished. All proceeds from the sale of tickets will be donated to Rachel's fund.
Pre-show dinner at the Mendocino Hotel.
Silent auction, hors d’oeuvres and music in the Helen Schoeni Theatre lobby beginning at 6:30 PM. For reservations, please call the Mendocino Theater Company box office at 937-4477. (mh)
MCJC Board meeting dates
The next MCJC Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 27th. If you would like to attend the meeting please call the shul at 964-6146.(mc)
Mitzvah Freezer
If you need food from the freezer 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. You can access the freezer anytime. (mc)
Kabbalat Shabbat
In April we will be celebrating our home Kabbalat Shabbat and dinner on Friday, April 15th at the home of Susan Tubbessing and Sarah Nathe at their home in Caspar . Please call them at (510) 301-8404 or 962-0565 for directions and to let them know you are coming. In May our hosts will be Benna Kolinsky and Danny Mandelbaum in Boonville. 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)
Torah School
In April we will be meeting on April 1st (Tisch following) and again on the 15th. If your child has not attended in the past and would like to start contact Jessica at 937-2115 or mcop@mcn.org. This month we will have Joan Katzeff as our guest teacher at the April 1st Torah School and his topic will be industriousness. (mc)
PJ Library
We are still accepting sign ups for the PJ Library, a free book each month for any child in our community between the age of 6 months and 8 years old. Contact Mina at mcohen@mcn.org if you want to sign up. The deadline is the 20th of the month. (mc)
Book Group
The book group will meet
Monday, April 25th at 3:00 pm. Please call Fran Schwartz at 937-1352 if
you wish to join us. We will be reading “”Life on Sandpaper”
by Yoram Kaniuk. This book is described as “a whirlwind of art,
music, and lust. Yoram Kaniuk’s overwhelming autobiographical
novel details his years as a young painter in the New York of the ‘50s.
Wounded and alienated, a war veteran at the age of nineteen, Kaniuk
arrives in Greenwich Village at its peak period of artistic creativity,
and finds his way among such giants as Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday,
Willem de Kooning, and Frank Sinatra. Kaniuk’s stories roll and tumble
here with hypnotic urgency, as if this were his last opportunity to
remember, and tell, before all is obliterated. This selection is
available at Cheshire Books in Fort Bragg and you can get a 10%
discount if you mention the MCJC book group. (mc)Movie Night: Bloodlines and Nicholas Winton: Power of Good
Saturday, April 30th we will
be showing two short documentaries that are related to Yom Ha’Shoah
(see elsewhere in this megillah for details of the commemoration on May
1st). Bloodlines is a
moving meditation on guilt and reconciliation, exploring the unwritten
cost of war and genocide on future generations – of both victims and
perpetrators. Bettina Goering, descendant of Nazi war criminal Herman
Goering, comes to Australia to meet Ruth Rich, artist and the daughter
of Holocaust survivors. With astonishing honesty and courage, both
women attempt to reconcile the traumas in their bloodlines.
The Power of Good:
Nicholas Winton is a gripping documentary about the courage
and determination of a young English stockbroker who saved the lives of
669 children. Between March 13 and August 2, 1939, Nicholas Winton
organized 8 transports to take children from Prague to new homes in
Great Britain, and kept quiet about it until his wife discovered a
scrapbook documenting his unique mission in 1988. The films will be
shown at 7:30 pm and tickets will be sold at the door for $10/8
seniors. Refreshments will be available as always.Purim at MCJC : Boiled Potatoes, Schtick and Family History
Jewels Marcus, Margaret and I started to plan Club Pour ‘Em in February around the idea of creating a 20’s speakeasy/ Yiddish comedy club as the setting for a performance of “Haman’s Mapole (Downfall)”. Reviving this Yiddish play that was brought to MCJC in the early ‘90s by Joe Rosenthal was a delightful experience for me, especially when I discovered that it’s author, Chaim Sloves, was our Sandy Glickfeld’s great-uncle: Chaim married Michelle Porozowsky, Sandy’s father Sid’s mother Emma’s sister. Chaim…what a guy! He left Bialystock at the age of 21, received a doctoral degree in law from the Sorbonne, was active in communist and Jewish cultural organizations, and wrote Yiddish plays that were performed in northern and eastern Europe, Israel, South America, south Africa. During the war he was active in the Resistance, and head of the French Communist party afterward. There is an extensive archive about Chaim Sloves (Google it!): his life, correspondence, and academic books written about the importance of his work, particularly as an affirmation of the culture and continuity of the Jewish people after the Holocaust.
I especially loved learning about the salon that Chaim and Michelle kept alive for years, hosting Jewish intellectuals in their small Parisian apartment where Michelle prepared food for the people often crowded around their dining room table for hours. Sandy visited them in 1976, and was warmly welcomed and fed in that dining room. She remembers Michelle’s embracing warmth and Chaim as a brilliant, lovely, caring and gentle man, well loved by his family.
It was that feeling of warmth and the fun (and the dark side!) of the Purimspeil, that we wanted to bring to our Purim this year, and I think we were successful. The Yiddishe “eats” of boiled potatoes (Margaret’s brilliant idea!), sour cream and herring were approved as authentic by Mettika with the addition of radishes (her Tuesday night dinner when growing up in the Baltimore shtetl), and of course, dozens and dozens of Hammentaschen baked by Margaret, Benna Kolinsky, and Henrietta. …not a crumb remained afterward!
Master
of Ceremony Jewels
Marcus sporting a cap and Marx Brothers mustache, complete with the
“hook”, gave us the background on Chaim Sloves and the play, and kept
the jokesters moving ( Mickey Chalfin, Judah Millen, Ben Kaffin, and
Toby Kaffin), as counterpoint to the Drama.Casting, dressing, and rehearsing Haman’s Mapole was a blast! What talent! What playahs! Joel “the King” Waldman, Danny “Vashte”Mandlebaum, Benna “Mordecai” Kolinsky, Steve “Parshandata”/“Magistrate” Antler, Eli “Teresh the Poisoner”Bye, Ben“Assistant-Poisoner” Kaffin, Helen“Esther”Jacobs, Jennifer Kreger, Eli Bye, Filis Rose as the brides, and myself as the “Herald”...revealed their inner Yiddeshkeit and Vaudeville chops …Chaim would have loved it!
The “Fu-zion”/“Simcha” Band”, sounding better and better, reincarnated as the Schlamozeltones for the afternoon, was Annie Lee, Peter Kaffin, Ben Kaffin, Toby Kaffin, Gioia Lewis, Shalom Lewis, Yemaya Gray, and Wade Gray.
Harriet Bye and Larry Sawyer, dressed in authentic flapper garb, wound up the afternoon with a Charleston lesson that morphed into a rousing Hava Nagilah…truly a cultural fusion high!
Thanks to Michelle Lewis for helping prep and set up the food, to Nina Ravitz for helping in the “Club”, to Jay Millen for vacuuming every last crumb, and to Joan Katzeff, Ellen Saxe and everyone else who helped clean up.
Purim 2011/ 5771 was yet another juicy celebration of Jewish community and culture at MCJC.
- Andrea Luna
Tisch and Dessert
Our April Tisch will be Friday, April 1st at 6:00 pm. Come and enjoy a Shabbat meal, delicious challah baked by our torah school students. This is a multi-generational gathering. Greet your old friends, make some new ones, and enjoy a vegetarian meal prepared by our own Ruby Gold. Since this coincides with First Friday, come for dessert if you can’t come for dinner which will be served at 7:30.
Prayer Book Dedications
If you would like to honor or remember someone, a dedication plate can be inserted in one of our prayerbooks at the shul. Cost for this is $36. Please include information that you would like on the book plate when you send your donation to P.O. Box 291, Little River 95456.
TODAH RABAH! (Great Thanks)
For The Following Generous Contributors Who in the Last Month Helped Sustain Our Community
Lisa Fredrickson; Mack & Frances Novak; Rabbi Stuart & Vicki Kelman; Mettika Hoffman; Guy Burnett; Ben Corey Moran: Binah Polay; Susan Juster; Diane Douglas; Rena Blauner; Donna Camitta: Gail Brodkey; Dr Robert & Marsha Popper: Norm & Karen Rosen; Danny Mandelbaum & Benna Kolinsky; Paul & Joan Selchau; Colin Drake & Sasha Graham; Sally & Lee Welty; Tatanka Russell; Marilyn Rose & James Blackstock; Sue Miller; Nina Ravitz; Bob Ross & Ayn Ruymen; Ronnie Gilbert; Elias Steinbuck; Susan Hofberg; Jay & Monique Frankston; Anita & Michael Korenstein; Sandy Glickfeld; Mina Cohen & Jef
f Berenson;
Marcia Pratt; Raven & Becky Deerwater;
Barbara Brenner & Suzanne Lampert; Mark & Deena Zarlin; Judy
Corwin; Les Reichek & Rima Lieben; Sydelle Lapidus; Marc & Jan
Wasserman; Devora Rossman; Ellen Robin & Michael Katz; Judy
Stavely; Cecil Pill; Merry Winslow; Mindy Rosenfeld & Hilleary
Burgess; Henrietta Bensussen; Brona Lessen; Dr Jennifer Kreger & Dr
Wade Grey; Holly Tannen; Jane Corey; Penny Wolin; Madeline Lansky;
Rosalie & Art Holub; Zo Abell; Donna Feiner; Karen & Leonardo
Bowers; Claire Ellis & Chuck Greenberg; Eileen Lopate;
Beatrice Karish; Ari & Carol Schneider; Rebecca Picard & John
Allison; Henrietta Steiniger; Nona Smith & Art Weiniger; Ellen Saxe
& Ronnie Karish; Susan Tubbesing; Nancy Harris; Neil & Joy
Wilensky; Linda Jupiter; Nancy & Richard Banker.Fred & Judy Meisel in Honor of Mina & Jeff's 38th Anniversary 4/1/11.
Esther Markson & Sam Markson in memory of Abby Markson. (dm)
Mendocino Maven
The
annual dinner and auction
at the Ledford House was a great success this year. Thanks to all who
attended, and especially to those who organized the dinner and auction,
and to those who donated auction items, appetizers and wine.The Shadow missed the Purim party this year, but according to informed sources, a splendid time was had by all. Thanks to Luna and Margaret and everyone else who worked to make it a success. Photos are available on the MCJC Facebook page.
A big Mazel Tov goes out to Beatrice Karrish on the birth of her son, Nathan David. Mazel Tov, too, to the proud grandparents, Ronnie Karrish and Ellen Saxe.
Erev Pesach is on Monday April
18, so enjoy the chametz while you can.
:-) If you have simchas (joys) that you would like to share with the community, please email maven@mcjc.org.
- The Shadow
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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)
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
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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 necessarily 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 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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April 2011Candle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 30 Rachel Archuletta Benefit | 1 |
2 10:30a Shabbat MinyanParashat Tazria Shabbat HaChodesh | ||||
| 3 Clothing Exchange 7:30p |
4 |
5 Rosh Chodesh Nisan |
6 |
7 |
8 7:26p Candle lighting |
9 10:30a Shabbat MinyanParashat Metzora |
| 10 Seder Hotline Deadline |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 Torah School6:00p Kabbalat Shabbat - Tubbessing Matzah Bake Torah School 7:33p Candle lighting | 16 10:30 Shabbat MinyanParashat Achrei Mot Shabbat HaGadol |
| 17 | 18 Ta'anit BechorotErev Pesach 7:36p Candle lighting | 19 Pesach I | 20 Pesach II |
21 Pesach III (CH''M) |
22 Pesach IV (CH''M)7:40p Candle lighting | 23 10:30a Shabbat MinyanPesach V (CH''M) |
| 24 5:30p Shul SederPesach VI (CH''M) 7:42p Candle lighting | 25 3:00p Book GroupPesach VII |
26 Pesach VIII | 27 Board Meeting | 28 | 29 Torah School7:47p Candle lighting | 30 10:30a Shabbat MinyanParashat Kedoshim Movie Night - Documentaries - 7:30p |
MCJC Board & Useful Numbers
| Rituals and Holidays (including Hevra Kadisha/Cemetery) | Joan Katzeff* |
964-9161 | jkatzeff@mcn.org |
| Community Care (rides, help when ill) | Fran Schwartz* | 937-1352 | |
| Outreach
(new to the community) |
Susan
Tubbesing* | 962-0565 |
susan.tubbesing@gmail.com |
| Culture (films/ speakers/ Women’s Retreat) | Harriet Bye* | 937-3622 | bysawyer@mcn.org |
| Education (adult and children/ library) | Stacy Pollina* | 961-6037 | stacyandjay@comcast.net |
| Treasurer
(finance and donations) | Donna Montag* | 877-3243 |
montag@mcn.org |
| Board
Secretary | |||
| 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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