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Annual Temple
Members Meeting
Election of Officers and Directors
Sunday, June 28, 9:30 AM
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Slate
of Officers
2009-2010 |
| President |
Jane Wiseman |
| Vice Presidents |
Dorothy Aronson
Marilyn Dorfman
Carolyn Pivnick |
| Treasurer |
Harvey Maibor |
| Recording Secretary |
Marilyn Davidson |
| Corresponding Secretary |
Ruth Maibor |
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Board
of Directors
2008-2010 |
Sue Huberman
Ellen Koretz
Naomi Poverman |
Wendy Strauss
Phyllis Tanen
Merylee Van Houten |
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Board
of Directors
2009-2011 |
Ira Dorfman
Norman Fox
Ellen Goldstick |
Isabelle Guttell
Ron Lamkin
Hanna Strowman |
Nominating Committee
Ruth Maibor, Chairperson
Dorothy Aronson, Marilyn Dorfman, Ellen Goldstick, Naomi Poverman |
Dudu Fisher in
Concert
Sunday, November 1, 2009
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 We are planning an evening
at Symphony Hall with internationally famed, contemporary artist Dudu
Fisher –
a
wonderful Israeli
singer and performer! The tickets are being offered to Temple B’nai
Israel members first - before we open sales to the general public, so
please send in your checks to the Temple right away.
We need to sell all
of the tickets in order to make this a financial success.
Tickets for the concert are
being offered exclusively to TBI members through June 30th. After that
we will open it to the public so please do not delay - make your
payments and reservations now by calling the Temple! We anticipate a
sell-out when we offer these tickets to the public.
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more.
Dudu Fisher was born in Israel and began his singing
career as a cantor, having studied under the tutelage of the great
Shlomo Ravitz. After completing his studies, he worked as cantor at the
Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv followed by four years in South Africa. He
is best known for his Broadway performance as Jean Valjean in the
musical Les Misérables, and he’s made dozens of CD’s.
Please join us for this fabulous musical treat.
Thanks,
Ellen Goldstick, Committee Chair
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An lively night of music and dance was
enjoyed by those attending our
Annual TBI Musical
Shabbat
This year's musical Shabbat on Friday
evening, May 22 was
sponsored by the Chebot family in memory of their father and
grandfather, Paul Chebot, who was the Cantor of
Temple B'Nai Israel for over forty years,
a cherished member
of our Temple community and a music lover. Joining
Rabbi Sokoll and Cantor Welber on the bima again this year were the
highly talented ensemble of Beth Bahia Cohen on fiddle,
Glenn Dickson on clarinet
and
David Sparr on
keyboard.
From the opening with the heavenly sounds of L'Cha Dodi to their jazzed
up version of Yigdal, ending the service, with dancing around the
sanctuary in between led by Rabbi Sokoll the large congregation
attending, was energized and enlivened.
The evening
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After anti-Semitic graffiti, a
quiet lesson on love |
(Re-Printed from the
Boston Globe)
By Anne Baker and Jeannie M. Nuss,
Globe Correspondents |
August 19, 2008
The congregation of Temple B'Nai Israel in Revere has
a hero, although no one knows his name.
On Sunday, members arrived at the temple for a
morning service and breakfast to discover two of the
building's walls covered in anti-Semitic graffiti.
"To me, this is not vandalism," said Rabbi Mark
Sokol. "When you take a can of spray paint and put a
swastika on a temple, that's a hate crime."
After police received a call at 5:45 a.m., they found
a vulgar, anti-Semitic expression written in red spray
paint at the front of the temple and a side area marked
with two swastikas, said Revere Police Lieutenant John
Goodwin.
"It's a very sensitive subject, so we will most
certainly take a look into it," Goodwin said.
Nearby on Wave Avenue, three cars were vandalized,
with windows broken and what appeared to be the same
paint, but there were no anti-Semitic slurs, Goodwin
said, adding that local youths were probably
responsible.
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Marilyn Dorfman, a temple vice president and one of the first to see the
graffiti, said she was filled with "shock and horror and pain and
disgust." "The guy tried very hard to mix paint and match it to the
color of the temple," Sokoll said. "To me, that feels like a very loving
act." 
Police had already arrived at the temple when Dorfman got there at 7.
"The police could not have been nicer," she said. "One of the cops
said he would paint it over at 4:30 when he got off work."
But there was no need.
While the congregation went inside to have the meeting, a man pulled
up to the building and began painting over the graffiti, Dorfman said.
Her husband, Ira, was outside the temple when the man started painting.
Dorfman said her husband asked the man's name, but he wouldn't give
it and would not let her husband photograph him.
"The guy said, 'I just live in the neighborhood,' " Dorfman said.
Sokoll said the group was studying texts on honesty when the stranger
painted over the graffiti. The man took some care with his paint job,
Sokoll said.
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Temple Sanctuary
Rededicated
Chanukat Beit
Haknesset
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Our sanctuary at Temple
B'Nai Israel was rededicated on June 6, 2008.
A storm on February 14,
2007 caused extensive water damage to the Temple and a complete
restoration project began soon after. A talented crew of
contractors and artisans led by our President, Jane Wiseman and
Treasurer, Harvey Maibor and many other temple members created an outstanding
result.
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The Ceremony |
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The
rededication ceremony began in our downstairs vestry with Margie
Apfelbaum in a rousing shofar blowing initiating the candle lighting
ceremony and processional to replace our Torahs to the newly restored
Oren Kodesh.
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Julian Lander, Dorothy
Aronson, Margie Apfelbaum, Rabbi Mark Sokoll, Cantor Lois Welber,
President Jane Wiseman |
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Processional at
the Oren Kodesh.
The children
present dressed the Torahs with their silver ornaments before being
returned to the Ark.
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Lights Out
The Eternal Lamp was then re-lit
and new lighting turned on to dramatically display the newly discovered
vaulted ceiling above the ark now restored as originally designed.
See photo at the top. |
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Oneg Shabbat |
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