JUNE 2018

SIVAN/TAMMUZ 5778
NUMBER 10 JOIN US FOR SHABBAT TO HONOR
THE BULLETIN COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATE
MAKING A DIFFERENCE

HUNGER SHABBAT
JUNE 2
JOSH PROTAS, VP PUBLIC POLICY, MAZON, DC OFFICE
Josh will speak about the Jewish response to hunger and the
importance of advocacy. A question and answer session will follow
kiddush.

GRADUATION SHABBAT
JUNE 9
Join us as we honor our high school seniors and introduce our
incoming B’nai Mitzvah class.

AGUDAS ACHIM SPEAKER - BARRY ISAACS

JUNE 16
CONGREGATION
Barry will be speaking about the the Roman origins of Rabbinic
Judaism. Following kiddush, Barry will take up the same subject by
focusing exclusively on a portion of the Talmud in Tractate Gittin.

MANYANG REATH KHER

JUNE 23
Manyang is the founder of Refugee Campus and 734 Coffee. He
was also a lost boy of Sudan who grew up in the United States. A
question and answer session will follow kiddush. For more information
about Manyang’s story check out: https://vimeo.com/255283738.

CONGREGATIONAL ANNUAL MEETING

TUESDAY, JUNE 26
6:30 P.M.
COHEN SANCTUARY

We will share the "state of

our synagogue," hold Board elections,
as well as vote on dues and assessments.
All members are encouraged to attend.

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 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
FRIDAY, JUNE 1
Candlelighting.......................8:09 p.m.
Shehecheyanu
Friday Evening Service.........6:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 2
Shabbat Services ...................9:30 a.m.
Mincha...................................1:30 p.m.
Havdalah................................9:15 a.m.
FRIDAY, JUNE 8
Candlelighting.......................8:14 p.m.
Friday Evening Service ........6:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 9
Shabbat Services ...................9:30 a.m.
Mincha 45 minutes after services
Havdalah................................9:20 p.m.
FRIDAY, JUNE 15
Candlelighting.......................8:17 p.m.
Friday Evening Service ........6:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 16
Shabbat Services ...................9:30 a.m.
Mincha...................................1:30 a.m.
Havdalah.................................9:24 a.m
FRIDAY, JUNE 22
Candlelighting.......................8:19 p.m.
Friday Evening Service ........6:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 23
Shabbat Services ...................9:30 a.m.
Mincha...................................1:30 p.m.
Havdalah................................9:25 p.m.
BAR MITZVAH OF NOAH ISAAC KRISCHER
NOAH BEN MOSHE V’HADASSAH
PARSHA CHUKAT
FRIDAY, JUNE 29
Candlelighting.......................8:19 p.m.
Friday Evening Service ........6:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 30
Shabbat Services ...................9:30 a.m.
Mincha 45 minutes after services
Havdalah................................9:25 p.m.
MINYAN SCHEDULE
(UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED ABOVE.)
Monday through Friday
Mornings................................7:30 a.m.
Sundays and Federal Holiday
Mornings............................... 9:00 a.m.
Sunday through Thursday
Evenings................................7:50 p.m.
CORRECTION TO THE MARCH BULLETIN:
BAT MITZVAH OF JILL R. MANKOFSKY
CHAYA RACHEL BAT ANSHEL V’LEAH
PARSHAT VAYIKRA
AGUDAS ACHIM CONGREGATION
RABBI’S
MESSAGE
TAKING A REST AND THE REST OF THE WORLD
As summer begins, so does my Sunday morning ritual. From May until
November I go to the Fairlington Farmers’ Market to pick out local fruits and
vegetables for the family. The smells, colors, and tastes of the market are always a
highlight of my week. It is in these moments that I am also reminded that Judaism
began as an agrarian religion.
Jewish law has much to say about agriculture, especially with how one can
harvest one’s crops in a holy manner. One rule in particular has caught my attention
as we move into summer. The Torah instructs us that “You shall not gather the
fallen fruit of your vineyard” (Leviticus 19:10). Those fallen fruit are “left for the
poor and the stranger.” Fruit that falls, whether on its own or due to your shaking
the tree as you harvest, must be left for the poor. The rabbis of the Mishnah,
showing a keen understanding of the human psyche, go further and legislate that
“anyone who sets a basket under the tree when harvesting robs the poor” (Mishnah
Peah 7:3). Essentially, the rabbis are mandating an inefficient system. One cannot
create a structure so that one retains 100% of one’s produce. Even if you could do
it so that it didn’t violate the letter of the Torah, it certainly would violate the spirit.
We humans are not meant to be 100% efficient. Summer vacations are the
perfect reminder of that. We cannot work ALL the time. Vacation, time off from
labor, is thought to be restorative and salubrious for body and soul, not to mention
mental health. Whether going on trips, playing games, taking classes, or going to
camp, whether we are able to break for the entire summer (you lucky students) or
just a weekend here and there, we must all sometimes “let the fruit fall” and
recognize that we are not meant to run at full speed constantly.
While we rest, we also acknowledge that we have the blessing to be able to
cease from our labors. There are many in the world and in our community who
cannot take a week off or a trip out of the country. Some are unable to afford camp
for their children or even the cost of transportation to the beach. As we appreciate
our good fortune, let us also remember the second half of the verse from Leviticus:
we let fruit fall to the ground so that it can be gathered by the poor and the
immigrant. Many of us already volunteer and give tzedakah through Agudas or
through other organizations. While we may get a break from work and school over
the summer, our pursuit of tikkun olam cannot take a rest. I urge us all to spend
some of our well-deserved break giving to those less fortunate than ourselves.
Perhaps you’ll spend time volunteering at a soup kitchen or at a summer camp for
disadvantaged youth; perhaps you’ll donate time, clothes, equipment, or other
resources to those in need.
The front page outlines two additional opportunities on Shabbat to engage in this
important conversation on June 2 and June 23.
Wherever we find ourselves during these months, I hope that we, as a
community, find a way to leave some of our summer’s harvest for the less fortunate
in our world.
NEW MEMBER MEET AND GREET
Sunday, June 24 | 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Agudas Achim Playground
Come meet other new members in a relaxed, casual setting. Meet us on the
Agudas Playground from 3-5 on Sunday, June 24th for schmoozing and light
snacks. RSVP to Mindi Maline at m_maline@yahoo.com or Jane Shichman at
jane_Shichman@yahoo.com. Questions? Call Mindi at 703 425 0484.
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 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S AAC RIDES UPDATE
MESSAGE We have received requests for 20
Barry Nove rides since the start of this year. We
filled a total of 10 through AA Rides,
Over the past six weeks we have replaced the original single pane windows at and the client found drivers for the other
the Kenwood House with vinyl replacement windows and added new shutters, and ten rides himself. This does not include
we’ve replaced the original roof over the Lainof Auditorium. We’ve held services the rides given to congregants for
two Shabbat mornings at Westminster Presbyterian Church and, let’s see, we’ve Shabbat morning services. This is not
been completing our transition to a new membership management database. Oh, an indication that we could not have
and we had a wonderful Shavuot, too. done more of the rides, but the clients
Those were the major events of recent weeks for which I must thank all the working with us found friends or family
volunteers and staff, especially our Board of Directors, who have been supporting to take them.
these efforts and more. Having services at Westminster Presbyterian Church meant This shows a great partnership
setting up for services and transferring a Torah, prayer books, the Etz Hayims, between the rider and AA Rides. This
was all done with a handful of drivers.
tallitot and kippot, and we’re talking boxes needing to be staged in advance. I can’t
thank the church and their leadership enough. I know they said they were happy to My goal is to have enough volunteer
drivers to fill the needs of our
return the favor, but I, for one, considered this a major favor in allowing us to do
more than pray there, but also store much of our religious items for more than a congregation. To do this we simply
week. need more people to volunteer to drive.
Speaking of more than a “major favor,” our maintenance man, Elmer Reyes is Feedback from our client is that we
amazed and a bit speechless at the outpouring of donations that helped him pay for have made their lives so much easier
his son’s funeral in full. Our membership came through far beyond anything even I with this service.
could have imagined. Seeing our community’s generosity was heartwarming and Once you have been accepted as a
gave me another glimpse of how wonderful our congregation is. volunteer driver, you will get an e-mail
Our president, Ken Labowitz, has sent out the notice about the Annual showing the dates that we need drivers.
Congregational Meeting with copies of our most recent financials in their new Everything is done online with the
format and the proposed budget. exception of a telephone call to the
clients letting them know that you have
Thank you, accepted the ride.
Barry Nove
bnove@agudasachim-va.org AA Rides program needs volunteer
drivers to take fellow synagogue members,
no longer able to drive, to medical
AGUDAS ACHIM DISABILITY INCLUSION SURVEY appointments, shopping, to services and
HTTPS://AGUDASACHIM-VA.ORG/INCLUSION other events at Agudas Achim.
The Disability Inclusion Survey was developed by the Agudas Achim Disability I greatly need your help to make this
Inclusion committee which is charged with identifying any existing barriers to full program a success for Agudas Achim
participation in congregational programs for persons of all ages, with all types of and our congregants. GIVE THE GIFT
disabilities, be they physical, sensory, intellectual, emotional, developmental or OF A LIFT!
any combination thereof, or any health or mental health-related condition that For more information, please
might need an accommodation. The Survey seeks to capture the experiences of contact Sam Backman at
all of our members regarding their abilities to access our programs, building, (H) 703-569-6507, (C) 703-582-0367
and communal life. or at backsam@aol.com.
Please fill out this survey even if you or a family member have physical,
intellectual, sensory, or mental health challenges that you may not consider to
be a disability yet nevertheless interfere with the ability to access
congregational programs. We recognize that some congregants do not identify
as having disabilities but still need accommodations to allow them to participate
in some or all aspects of congregational life.
Your answers to the survey questions will help the Agudas Achim Disability
Inclusion Committee identify and recommend needed changes to policies,
practices and procedures which will ensure greater access for individuals with
disabilities, address the specific accommodation needs of individual
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Kol Isha: A Woman’s Voice
Friday, June 15 | 6:00 p.m.
DEAR HAZZAN
Agudas Achim Congregation Hazzan Elisheva Dienstfrey
Ein Lanu Z’man will prepare us for
Shabbat in a program entitled Kol Isha: A
Woman’s Voice with music composed A JEWISH GRADUATION?
exclusively by women – from the Jewish
American icon Debbie Friedman to Dear Hazzan,
Israeli legend Naomi Shemer to With all the graduations underway in May and June, I wondered to myself – is
newcomer Elana Jagoda and everything there a Jewish graduation ritual? Is there a Jewish ritual for this big transitional
in between. Everyone is welcome – moment in our lives and the lives of our loved ones?
admission is free! The concert will be -Mickey Vah
immediately followed by Kabbalat
Shabbat and Ma’ariv services. Dear Mickey,
This question reminds me of that famous line from Fiddler on the Roof: “Rabbi,
ISRAELI BOOK CLUB is there a blessing for the czar?” “Of course! May God bless and keep the Czar – far
Thursday, June 21 away from us!” I think of this line whenever I find myself needing to bring Judaism
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon into any important moment in my life. There is a blessing for everything. There is
Flax Family Chapel a ritual for everything.
Our latest selection is “Someone To Our oldest will be graduating from High School next year (she is going to be a
Run With” by David Grossman. A story senior this year!), and it has me thinking, too, how can we bring Jewish meaning to
of a lost dog and the discovery of first this important moment in our lives? The first thing that came to mind was the
love on the streets of Jerusalem are blessing that we say at all of these important occasions: Shehecheyanu – “Praised
portrayed here with a gritty realism that are You, Lord Our God, Ruler of the Universe, for granting us life, sustaining us,
is as fresh as it is compelling. and bringing us to this moment.” Perfect! Done and done. But are we, really?
When awkward and painfully shy There had to be something more. Then I remembered the beautiful field trip we
sixteen-year-old Assaf is asked to find took to the community Mikvah at Adas Israel with the b’nai mitzvah class. The
the owner of a stray yellow lab, he website describes the Mikvah experience: “The Mikvah is rooted in centuries of
begins a quest that will bring him into Jewish tradition. It is a place where a Jewish person can experience an embodied
contact with street kids and criminals, spirituality. By taking time to connect to the body, the Jewish people, and the
and a talented young singer, Tamar, earth’s natural water cycles, a person can become rooted in the present moment,
engaged on her own mission: to rescue even at a time of profound change.” What a wonderful way to celebrate this moment
a teenage drug addict. – whether it is you who are graduating, or someone else in the family. This is a
A runaway bestseller in Israel, in the “profound change” and definitely a time to “become rooted in the present moment”
words of the Christian Science Monitor: before moving on to the next step in one’s life.
“It’s time for Americans to fall in love
with Someone to Run With.” However, one of the most powerful aspects of our tradition is its emphasis on
community. And that reminded me of yet one more way in which we can bring
Judaism into this momentous occasion. At Agudas Achim we will be celebrating
with all of our graduating students on Graduation Shabbat, which is being held on
June 9, 2018 – Shabbat Parashat Sh’lach Lecha. This is a way in which we can
celebrate this moment with our community. We hope you will join us as we
congratulate our graduating students and introduce our newest b’nai mitzvah class
to the community.
Congratulations – Mazal Tov – to all of our graduates!
L’shalom,
CORRECTION TO MAY BULLETIN: Hazzan Dienstfrey
HAZZAN'S DISCRETIONARY FUND
In memory of Edna Ruskin *Please Note: This column will alternate between music reviews/recommendations
Jonathan and Run Ruskin and “Dear Hazzan” letters. If you would like to introduce or recommend
recordings, or if you have a question for the Hazzan regarding the ritual, liturgy,
RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY FUND and/or music of the synagogue, please write Hazzan Dienstfrey at the synagogue
In memory of Edna Ruskin (2908 Valley Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302) or email her at
Jonathan and Run Ruskin HazzanERLD@hotmail.com.

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 “MAH KOREH” - WHAT’S HAPPENING IN The Six-Day Hero by Tammar Stein
THE EDUCATION AND YOUTH DEPARTMENT (Alexandrian!)
Chaya Silver Grades 4- 8
Youth/Education Director Motti knows that war is coming.
“Summertime and the livin’ is easy” evokes a time when life slowed down for Israel is only nineteen years old--the
the hot months of summer. Today, thanks to air conditioning, summertime is same age as Motti's older brother,
much like the rest of the year for grown-ups. It is a special time of year for chil- and the tiny country is surrounded by
dren, however. The hard work and routine of the school year makes way for trav- enemies. It's only a matter of time
el, camp, playing outside, and best of all, reading! Calling Jews “people of the before Egypt, Jordan, and Syria at-
book” carries more meaning than just our connection to Torah. For many of us, tack. Motti wishes he could join the
the term refers to our love for learning all things and for valuing writers, thinkers, Israeli army like Gideon and be a
and poets. If you know any young readers, encourage them to use summertime to hero. But when his best friend's fam-
read books with Jewish themes. Here are some suggestions. ily flees the country and his brother
goes off to fight, Motti realizes this
How the Moon became Dim by Ruth Wiseman and Clinton Bowers war isn't a game.
Grades Pre - 2
This book is inspired by an ancient Hebrew text about the Sun and The Length of a String by Elissa Brent
Moon's creation. Originally, both were the same size and emitted an equal Weissman
amount of light. The Moon wished to be brighter and more powerful than the Grades 5 - 8
Sun. The Master of the Universe taught dear Moon how her value was equal Imani is adopted, and she's ready to
to the Sun and how her special beauty and power is exactly as intended. This search for her birth parents. But
valuable teaching helps children learn to discover their own inherent value - when she discovers the diary her
just as they were designed by their Creator. Jewish great-grandmother wrote de-
The Sundown Kid: A Southwestern Shabbat by Barbara Bietz and John Kanzler scribing her escape from Holocaust-
Grades K- 2 era Europe, Imani begins to see fam-
Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Younger Readers, 2017 ily in a new way. Imani loves her
During the early days of settling the "Wild West", there were many Jewish family and her Jewish community in
families who became pioneers. In this story, a young boy and his family Baltimore, but she has always won-
move to the desert Southwest where they are the only Jewish family in their dered where she came from, espe-
small town. Despite keeping busy with chores, adapting to their new home cially since she's black and almost
among strangers proves challenging. Every Shabbat, Mama complains that everyone she knows is white.
there is "too much soup, not enough family." The young boy has an idea to
help relieve Mama's homesickness and invites their new neighbors for Hired Girl Bound by Laura Amy
Shabbat dinner. By honoring the Jewish value of inviting guests into their Schlitz
home for a meal, the family creates a sense of community in their new town. Grades 6 - 9
In 1911, fourteen-year-old Joan
The Cure for Cold Feet by Beth Ain
Skraggs works on her family’s farm
Grades 3 - 6
and is sure that no one appreciates
This free verse novel follows Izzy, a sixth grader who is entering the alien
her. She copes with her thoughts and
world of middle school. In addition to being split from her trusted trio of
emotions by writing in her diary.
friends, Izzy is paired with her archrival, Jackson, for dance in social studies
Joan loves to read and longs for
(the teacher's unwelcome way of bringing the "social" into social studies).
more education, but she is trapped
Not only does Izzy have to suffer Jackson in school, but he is the son of her
by her circumstances. After some
mother's new best friend, Yogi. Izzy's narrative dances over the pages in
bad experiences, she escapes and
clear, engaging verse. Not sure about reading poetry? This book would be a
makes her way to Baltimore where
great introduction.
she is taken in by a wealthy Jewish
Ruth Bader Ginsberg: The Case of R.B.G vs Inequality by Jonah Winter and Sta- family as a hired girl. They are like
cy Innerst no family she has ever met. She
Grades 3 - 6 grows to love the family and is sur-
To become the first female Jewish Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader prised and hurt to learn of anti-Sem-
Ginsburg had to overcome countless injustices. Growing up in Brooklyn in itism. She learns - sometimes through
the 1930s and ’40s, Ginsburg was discouraged from working by her father, near disaster - about keeping kosher,
who thought a woman’s place was in the home. Regardless, she went to anti-Semitism, love and loyalty.
Cornell University, where men outnumbered women four to one. There, she
found her calling as a lawyer. Despite discrimination against Jews, females,
and working mothers, Ginsburg went on to become a Supreme Court Justice.

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 YOUNG FAMILIES PRESCHOOL NEWS
Programming and community Jen Halpern, Director
focused on families with
children ages 0-5.
ONGOING EVENTS
Last month, the children in the preschool flew to Israel to celebrate Yom
Gan Shabbat
Ha’Atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. Just like last year, they flew on a plane
Saturdays 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
piloted by yours truly. They learned that Israel is so far away that you have to cross
Rooms 1 &2
the whole ocean to get there. After landing they got their passports stamped, and
Volunteer led service for kids ages
this year Morah Miri greeted them with Bruchim Habaim.
0-5, accompanied by an adult. Looking
for volunteers to lead – no experience Last year they got a little taste of the whole country. They visited Jerusalem and
necessary. worked together to create a beautiful Yerushalayim shel Zahav (City of Gold)
collage, which still hangs over our doorway. They visited the Kotel and left prayers
Oh Say Shalom Sing-a-Long and
in the cracks of the stones. They ate Bissli and did some Israeli dancing before
Playgroup
heading to the Dead Sea for a little sink or float activity.
Sunday, June 3 | 11:00 a.m.
Hazzan Elisheva Dienstfrey leads They visited a kibbutz this time around. In preparation for the trip, they talked
songs for the first half hour with freea lot about sharing and community with their friends and teachers. They ate snack
play after. No Jewish knowledge or in the cheder ochel (dining hall) and learned how to eat cafeteria style. At the
experience necessary. Each child petting zoo, they met bunnies, a llama, ducks, chickens, and a turtle and learned
requires a grownup. how to take care of all the animals. They would have done a little laundry together
in water tables out in the sukkah courtyard had the weather been more cooperative.
Shababy Kabbalat Shabbat and
Finally, they planted flowers by the parking lot side of the building to help take care
Shabbat Dinner
of and beautify our synagogue environment. Each child planted one flower
Friday, June 15 | 5:30 p.m.
knowing that together their efforts would add up make a beautiful community
Friday night service for kids 0-5
garden.
and parents with songs, instruments,
scarves, dancing, parachutes, challah, Next year, we may plan our trip to Israel to coincide with Lag B’Omer instead
and juice. Information to sign-up for of Yom Ha’Atzmaut. I’ve already started talking with Morah Miri about what that
Shabbat Dinner will be coming in could look like. Lag B’Omer, as it’s celebrated in Israel, reminds me a lot of how
future weekly emails and on our we celebrate Memorial Day in the United States. It will be another great opportunity
Facebook page. to introduce the preschoolers to Israeli life and culture.

CONNECT WITH YOUNG

FAMILIES
  Find  us  on  the  Facebook  ‟Agudas
Achim Young Families” Group to keep
track of what is going on and receive the
latest updates! For more information or to
get involved contact:
Tickets go on sale June 4 - http://www.shalomdc.org/grandslam
Hannah Kraushaar
at hannah.kraushaar@gmail.com AGUDAS ACHIM DISABILITY INCLUSION SURVEY
Sarah Leffler (Continued from page 3. )
at lefflersarah@hotmail
congregants, and assist in identifying and prioritizing changes which may
Debbie Perry
require the expenditure of resources.
at debbiekperry@gmail.com
The questions in this survey will also help you explain your and/or your
Pam Kesner
family members’ needs so we can best address them. Please be assured that
at phkesner@hotmail.com.
individual responses will be kept confidential. Names and contact information
are optional. However, if follow-up discussion with you will help the
GAN SHABBAT, Committee better understand you and/or your family members’ situation, please
OH, SAY SHALOM provide your contact information and a Committee member will contact you. If
PLAYGROUP, AND you need more information or have any questions, please contact Barbara Elkin,
SHABABY TAKE Chair of the Disability Inclusion Committee at bjelk@aol.com.
PLACE THROUGHOUT
THE SUMMER!

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 BRINGING ISRAEL TO it will be for me to introduce my
AGUDAS: OUR SHLICHA, friends from Agudas who will
MIRI BERNOVSKY participate in the trip, to my friends and
neighbors in the Kibbutz, who
It's June right now, and the weather is perfect. But it's never too early to start represent everything that I love about
thinking about December and the winter. If you like what's going on outside right Israel.
now, you should seriously consider joining the upcoming Agudas Achim trip to There will also be a tour of Israel's
Israel, which will take place in late November and early December, when things northern border with Lebanon, led by
will start freezing here, but the sun will still be shining on the beaches of Tel Aviv my father-in-law, Major General (ret.)
and Haifa. Noam Tibon, who was the commander
The trip is five months away but registration is moving quickly, which means of the IDF Northern Formation and
that if you're interested in joining up for this incredible experience you better hurry served for 30 years in Israel's top
signing up. Here are some details on what we will be doing: combat units. And we'll have a chance
to visit an Israeli hospital that is
We'll land in Tel Aviv on November 30, and will take time to explore the treating Syrian refugees, a
romantic alleys of Old Jaffa, the colorful and irresistible Carmel Market, and the phenomenon that would have been
historic Independence Hall where David Ben Gurion announced the foundation of unthinkable just a few years ago, but is
the state of Israel 70 years ago. today being recognized all across the
During our trip we'll have a chance to visit some of my own personal favorite Middle East.
places in the country, like, for example, the Hand-in-Hand school in Jerusalem, a If all of this isn't enough, we're also
bi-lingual school where Jewish and Arab students study together in Hebrew and going to eat a ton of amazing Israeli
Arabic, and build a model of a joint future; or Kibbutz Hanaton in northern Israel, food - healthy, fresh, colorful and
which was the first Israeli Kibbutz founded by the Conservative Movement and is tasty. Honestly, if it was up to me, this
located in a beautiful spot in the lower Galilee. part would become 90% of the
One place I'm especially excited about visiting is Kibbutz Nahal Oz, where itinerary, because I really miss the
Amir and I lived before coming to Alexandria. I can't exaggerate how meaningful tastes of home. But I assure you that
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 GOOD DEEDS DAY 2018

Knitting and crocheting for babies and children at

Fairfax Children's Hospital.

Barbara Elkin (Co-Chair), Ally Painting and other projects for Alive
Korman, and Esther Miller (Co-Chair) Child Development Center

A concert at Woodbine Rehabilitation and Healthcare. Home Repair for a Low Income Family with Yachad

Agudas Teens helping at DC Central Kitchen. Four Mile Run Stream Cleanup

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IN THE FAMILY
OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO: COMMUNITY CARING FUND
Janet Barnett and family, In honor of Doris Parker and her contributions to the AAC
on the death of her aunt, Eva Rogers community. We will miss you!
Norma Safren and family, Leib Kaminsky
on the death of her sister, Eva Rogers In memory of Paul Frommer's brother Herbert
Jack Abraham and family, Robert and Gayle Weiss
on the death of his step-father, Martin Seligman HAZZAN'S DISCRETIONARY FUND
Sharon Soforenko and family, In appreciation of Hazzan Dienstfrey for leading Shiva Minyan in
on the death of her father, Dr. Leonard Appel memory of "Aunt Rita"
Ellen Levin and family, Janet Barnett & Norma Safren
on the death of her mother, Marcia E. Dahne In memory of Levia Kwerel
Barry Landau and family, Evan Kwerel and Linda Feldman
on the death of his aunt, Lois Landau Pearl In memory of Pearl Solomon
REFUAH SHLEMAH TO:
Joel Solomon
SCHONBERGER LIBRARY FUND
Alice Quint
In memory of Rose Gerstein
Herbert Krumbein
Dale, Linda & Michelle
MAZEL TOV TO: CAMP RAMAH FUND
Erica and Matthew Barron, In memory of Leonard Appel
on the birth of their son, Benjamin Daniel Barron Robert and Maureen Shapiro
Ellen and Charley Wayne, RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY FUND
on the birth of their grandson, Akiva Benjamin Wayne A donation
Rhoda and Stanley Sulak, Dolores Helman
on the birth of their granddaughter, Leah Rose Sulak In loving memory of Ida Roberts
YOUTH ENRICHMENT SCHOLARSHIP Renee Roberts & Marla Popkin
In honor of Nancy Hailpern for reading Shirat HaYam & Shir In memory of Aunt Rita Rogers
Hashirim Howard and Sherri Kohr
Patricia Franklin In memory of Elmer Reyes, Jr
In honor of Nancy Hailpern for reading Torah & chanting Arnold and Susan Auerhan
Haftorah Allen Barke
Patricia Franklin Lester and Jane Bergen
In honor of Scheinberg father-son Gabbai team Stanley and Rita Blacker
Patricia Franklin Andrea Bregstone
BUILDING FUND Daniel and Lisa Bress
In honor of Marci Greenberger & Gwen Stokols Jerome and Bernice Chapman
Lester and Susan Ravitz David & Sonya Faison
HENRY H. KREVOR SOCIAL ACTION FUND Michael and Andrea Davis
Appreciation for Pesah service aliyah Tobias and Elisheva Dienstfrey
Neale and Donna Ainsfield Lester and Joan Edelman
In memory of beloved sister, Judith Hartman Andrew and Barbara Effron
Arnold and Joan Hartman Moore Paul Klein and Barbara Elkin
ENDOWMENT FUND Bernard and Veda Engel
In memory of Thomas A. Ainsfield Simon and Vicki Fishman
Neale and Donna Ainsfield Andrea Flax
SCHIFF ENDOWMENT FUND Allen Forman and Marion Wachtel
In memory of Edward J. Liebman Patricia Franklin
Joan Liebman Leonard and Sandra Goldstein
SPIRO ADULT EDUCATION FUND Nancy Hailpern
Get well wishes to Paul Frommer Hugh and Jennifer Halpern
Lester and Joan Edelman Richard Hanson and Allena Opper
In loving memory of her father Dr. I. A. Siegel Harriet Moulder
A. David and Judith Bernanke Gordon and Ellen Horwitz
In memory of Norma Safren's sister David and Debbie Howard
Lester and Joan Edelman Barry Isaacs and Ingrid Willenz-Isaacs
SAM & ANITA TURK FUND Amy Kaminski
A donation Marshall and Laura Katz
Anita Turk Kenneth and Julie Keller
CEMETERY FUND Howard and Sherri Kohr
In memory of Pearl Solomon Allan and Marcia Lazarus
Joel Solomon Amy Levin
(Continued on page 10.)

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IN THE FAMILY
(Continued from page 9.)
Robert Levine and Robin Miller
Sanchez-Levy Family
Sonya Singer Livingston
Rafael and Mirza Lopez
Philip and Szeina Lurie
Bob Meyers and Rosemarie Rose
Michael Spatz & Doris Parker
Jennafer Miller
Jack and Ann Moline
Sharon Montanez and Melvin Ramos
Arnold and Joan Hartman Moore
Sara Naphtali-Krumbein
Barry Nove
Janet Potash
Lester and Susan Ravitz
Steven and Jodi Rein
Klas Ringskog and Paula Hersson-Ringskog
Lynne Rosenblum
Jonathan and Ruth Ruskin
Donald and Lynne Sandler
Robert Scher and Ellen Katzer
Robert and Maureen Shapiro
Nancy Siegal
Howard Siegel and Meredith Ludwig
Chaya Silver
Gwen Stokols
Harvey Stoler
Scott Sugarman
Tonie Gross
Jeffrey and Sharyn Tureck
Anita Turk
Victor and Judith Tynes
Tom Waters and Barbara Fiedler
David Weingart and Katherine Allen
Howard and Sandra Wiener
Eric and Laurie Winakur
Robert and Gayle Weiss
In memory of Max Sklarewitz
Beatrice Sklarewitz
In memory of my father, Gustav Salomon
George and Caryl Bernstein
In memory of your father, Myron J. Poliner
Howard and Sherri Kohr
SYNAGOGUE FUND
A donation Simcha Shabbat
Lynne Rosenblum
In memory of Jeffrey Klivans
Michael and Laura Williams
In memory of Lester Wishnatzki
Michael and Laura Williams
In memory of Lois Landau Pearl, Aunt of Barry Landau
Elliot and Karen Parkin
In memory of Marcia Dahne, Mother of Ellen Levin
Elliot and Karen Parkin
In memory of Myron Poliner
Linda S. and Mati Kotz PRESCHOOL DONATIONS
In memory of Rabbi Sheldon Elster In memory of Arthur Gersham
Joanna Shuman
AGUDAS ACHIM CONGREGATION
SYNAGOGUE FUND
In memory of Sarah Marcus
Ellen Marcus
In memory of Selma Wishnatzki
Michael and Laura Williams
In memory of my mother, Holocaust survivor Edith Ziskind
Burton Ziskind
In memory of my wife Ruth
Col Levi Goldfarb
Loving memory of Saul Brooks
Cynthia and Morton Zetlin
With appreciation for support on the death of "Aunt Rita"
Janet Barnett & Norma Safren
JACK MOLINE LECTURE SERIES
In appreciation of Jack Berman for leading Shiva Minyan in
memory of "Aunt Rita"
Janet Barnett & Norma Safren
In memory of Eugene Davidson
Andrew and Barbara Effron
SPONSORED KIDDUSH/ONEG
A donation
Patricia Franklin
Kathy Lieberman
Amy Levin
Peter and Samantha Seigman
In honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Samantha-Joy Seigman
Stephen and Tanya Bodzin
In memory of Ralph & Beatrice Tolleris
John Tolleris
KIDDUSH DONATION
A donation
Karen Kaufman & Al Barke
A donation Kiddish 04/28/18
Donald and Marilee Perkal
In honor of April 14 Kiddush - anniversary
Arnold and Joan Hartman Moore
In honor of the 1st Anniversary of my son's (Ari Pearlstein's) Bar
Mitzvah
Ellen Bayer
KIDDUSH
A donation
Anita Turk
MUSIC FUND
A donation
Andrea Flax
In honor of Elisheva, In appreciation of Artist in Residence
Shabbat
Patricia Franklin
In memory of Aunt Rita Rogers
Victor and Judith Tynes
In memory of Eva Hannah Rogers
Robert and Maureen Shapiro
In memory of Janet Barnett's aunt, Eva Rogers
Gwen Stokols
In memory of Lois Landau Pearl
Robert and Maureen Shapiro
In memory of Norma Safren's sister
Gwen Stokols
Barry Landau
(Continued on page 12.)
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 ProfilesofOurLEADERS
MARYARunkle by Carol Backman
As Agudas Achim’s Mayflower. Marya’s fourteenth-great, great grandfather,
Communications George Soule, built a house that is recreated at the
Coordinator, Marya Runkle Plantation. Marya says, “The unique setting worked out
sends out weekly and special great. It was a wonderful meshing of all of our history and
message emails, produces the our future.”
monthly Bulletin, maintains After the wedding, Marya and Ben moved to the
the synagogue calendar, and Washington area for work – she began teaching history at
coordinates some publicity to T.C. Williams while he was hired by the Department of
external media. All of this is Defense. They found their way to Agudas Achim through
done through the website Rabbi Robinson, Marya says. “She told us to check it out,
she built for the synagogue and launched last August and which and more specifically to meet Rabbi Jack Moline, when
she maintains as webmaster. On Wednesdays and Sundays she we moved to the area, and this is our fifteenth year as
can be found in the Synagogue office serving as Administrative members.”
Assistant for the religious school, a duty she has taken on in
addition to her full-time position as Director of Technology The Runkles have two sons: David, 12, is in the sixth
Services, Education and Business Systems for Alexandria City grade and will become a Bar Mitzvah on January 5, 2019;
Public Schools. and Ari, 8, is in third grade. Both boys attended Agudas
Achim’s Preschool, where Marya was Vice President for
Marya was born in Bangor, Maine, and grew up in Gorham. three years, and currently attend Riverside Elementary
She graduated from Wheaton College in Massachusetts, School near Mt. Vernon.
majoring in Feminist Studies with a minor in Secondary
Education, all while earning All-American honors as one of the Marya is very proud that she and her family were able
nation’s top two Division III field hockey goalies. After college to travel to South Africa a few years ago to attend the
she worked as a paralegal in Washington, D.C., before wedding of their South African au pair, Samantha, who
returning to New England to teach tenth grade World History went on to work at the AAC Preschool and as a physical
and coach girls’ lacrosse in Mansfield, Massachusetts. education teacher at Gesher Jewish Day School.

It was through women’s lacrosse that she met her future Soon after David was born in December 2005, Ben
husband, Ben, who sat next to her at a Harvard women’s was called up from the Army Reserve. Two days after
lacrosse game on a Sunday afternoon in May, 2001. “I was David’s bris Ben reported to duty at Fort Jackson, South
there watching the game, and he was there to meet the parents Carolina and was deployed to Baghdad, Iraq, until March
of one of his students who was the team captain,” Marya 2007. Marya took time off from work during Ben’s
remembers. He began asking her questions about the game, and deployment until she was hired to manage an enhancing
just over a year later they were engaged. They decided they education through technology grant for Alexandria City
wanted to raise a Jewish family, and Marya made the decision Public Schools. “The next year I became one of the
to become a Jew by choice. Many of Marya’s closest friends in directors of technology,” explains Marya.
college and afterwards were Jewish and had introduced her to Marya credits her grandfather with getting her
aspects of Jewish culture. Moreover, although she was not interested in technology. He owned a Texas Instruments
raised in any specific denomination, Marya recalls her mother computer in 1985, and every Christmas he created a song
teaching her and her siblings, “You should believe in the and cartoon on the computer for his grandchildren. “He
concept of the Ten Commandments and the importance of started teaching me Basic in 1985. When I graduated from
doing unto others as you’d have them do unto you.” college in 1995 technology was one of my interests,” she
Marya and Ben, who grew up attending Temple Emanuel notes. Today, her team is responsible for software and
in Kensington, Maryland, attended her conversion classes applications for the business and instructional side of
together at Temple Emanuel in Newton, Massachusetts under Alexandria City Public Schools.
the tutelage of Rabbi Michelle Robinson. Rabbi Robinson “I love being part of Agudas Achim Congregation.
officiated at their wedding on June 29, 2003, which holds the The sense of community is very close to my heart. People
distinction of being the first, and to date, the only Jewish are invested in this synagogue. This is David and Ari’s
wedding at Plymouth Plantation. second home. I have made friends and found mentors here
Their choice of venue was inspired by the fact that Marya’s that are truly remarkable people and I am so grateful for
family’s arrival in America dates back to two pilgrims on the this place.” Marya says.

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 Patricia Franklin
IN THE FAMILY CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
(Continued from page 10.) In honor of Miriam Perlberg reading the Torah & chanting the
Haftarah
PRESCHOOL DONATIONS Patricia Franklin
A donation In honor of Phil Lurie
Susan & Theodore Munz Patricia Franklin
Best Wishes to Paul Frommer for a speedy recovery In honor of Phil Lurie for his kindness
Robert and Maureen Shapiro Patricia Franklin
In memory of Marcia E. Dahne In honor of Ritual Committee
Robert and Maureen Shapiro Patricia Franklin
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL DONATIONS In memory of Janet Barnett's Aunt
In honor of Sara Zylberglait's 8th Birthday Robert and Gayle Weiss
Chaya Silver In memory of Joseph Mogel
In memory of Rabbi Sheldon Elster Russell and Carolyn Finn
Neale and Donna Ainsfield In memory of beloved mother, Hannah L. B. Moore
SIMCHA SHABBAT/MISC. KITCHEN
A donation
Robert Scher and Ellen Katzer SAVE THE DATE
Nancy Siegal
In honor of April Simcha Shabbat for our anniversary SUNDAY
Arnold and Joan Hartman Moore SEPTEMBER 2
In honor of Don's Birthday
Donald and Marilee Perkal
In honor of May Simcha Shabbat ANNUAL
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 IN MEMORIAM
JUNE 1, 2018 SIVAN 18, 5778 JUNE 10, 2018 SIVAN 27, 5778 JUNE 20, 2018 TAMUZ 7, 5778
* Ilene Carson Augusta Sutin * Leon Sherter
Sarah Fine * Charles Howard Weinberg * Beatrice K. Weinberg
* Louise Kline JUNE 11, 2018 SIVAN 28, 5778 JUNE 21, 2018 TAMUZ 8, 5778
* Charlotte Radow Shirley Dwass Irene M. Arsenault
JUNE 2, 2018 SIVAN 19, 5778 * Hyman Goldfein * Max Katz
* Philip Bass * Laura Kimmel JUNE 22, 2018 TAMUZ 9, 5778
* Miriam Leah Chalefsky Nathan Landman Herbert Limmer
* Rebecca Edelman Kevin Luebke Dorothy Robin
Arthur Katz * Menachem Nacem Naphtali Harry Schneider
Rose Mankofsky * Harris Bobby Stone Hyman Samuel Schwartz
John Parkin JUNE 12, 2018 SIVAN 29, 5778 Samuel Moises Servianski
* Frank Shapiro Herbert Bashkin Jennie Weinkrantz
Mildred Tropp Mildred Goldberg JUNE 23, 2018 TAMUZ 10, 5778
JUNE 3, 2018 SIVAN 20, 5778 Malka Kornfein Stephan Barber
Dr. Robert Goldberg Arthur Lehrman Libby Chapman
Margo Lange * Linda Lowry Edward Frank
* Basye Wise * Benjamin Harold Shanker Morris Frank
JUNE 4, 2018 SIVAN 21, 5778 Elaine Wigutow * Samuel M. Shulman
* Morton Blum * Mary Witkin * Rena Siegel
* Hymen Alter Elovitz JUNE 13, 2018 SIVAN 30, 5778 JUNE 24, 2018 TAMUZ 11, 5778
* Anne Kamerow * Ann Z. Alexander * Edward Berkes
Hannah Levine * Joseph Flax Elaine Berson
Charles Rawson Marvin Greenberg Rubin Berson
Ernest G Silver * Jocelyn Pearl Frank Friedberg
Jennebelle Loeb Weinstein * Louis Yuter Semmie Jacobs
JUNE 5, 2018 SIVAN 22, 5778 * Edith Landau Ziskind Marion Klutch
Hyman Blecher JUNE 14, 2018 TAMUZ 1, 5778 * Bernard Richfield
Edna Gorewitz Gerald Brodsky Joseph Ruskin
Julian Paul Kotler Joseph Goldberg * Nancy Schifrin
Herman Levy Lee Randall Halpern JUNE 25, 2018 TAMUZ 12, 5778
Julian Meyer Michael Perlman Alfred Quint
Selma Spatz Hyman Potts lizabeth Rose Zucker
JUNE 6, 2018 SIVAN 23, 5778 JUNE 15, 2018 TAMUZ 2, 5778 Sarah Faith Zucker
Melvin Feldman Walter Angethal JUNE 26, 2018 TAMUZ 13, 5778
* Celia Florence Goldberg * Rachel Cohen Erika Blumenstein
Clara Greenberg Nora Klestzick Yetta Forman
Anne Haber * Dora Loeb JUNE 27, 2018 TAMUZ 14, 5778
* Rose S. Jacobson * Max Rumshin Joseph Krochak
* Seymour Paul Katzer * Pearl Weiner Thomas Mulaney
Leonard Notis * May Zalkind Shayna Myers
* Rev. Jacob Schwartz JUNE 16, 2018 TAMUZ 3, 5778 * Mildred Sugarman
Esther Sitrin Fred Buns * Shari Weinberger
JUNE 7, 2018 SIVAN 24, 5778 * Dora Freeman JUNE 28, 2018 TAMUZ 15, 5778
* Randi Gould Bessie Rose Bernard Cohen
* Max Rothleder JUNE 17, 2018 TAMUZ 4, 5778 Solomon Cohen
JUNE 8, 2018 SIVAN 25, 5778 Nancy Horsefield Esther Eisenberg
Edith Ascher Oscar Novak * Henrietta Frank
* Sidney Jonas * Pearl Poretz * Sidney Kline
Claire Levine Pauline Golden Schwartz Samuel M Novak
Barney Snyder JUNE 18, 2018 TAMUZ 5, 5778 * Miriam Schonberger
Daniel Weinberg * Rudolph M. Kerbel Jonathan Silber
JUNE 9, 2018 SIVAN 26, 5778 Marcia Stein JUNE 29, 2018 TAMUZ 16, 5778
Lillian Bookfor * Chave Weiner Sophia Dahl
* Alfred Kimmel Doris White * Ann B. Meyer
Nathan Silberberg JUNE 19, 2018 TAMUZ 6, 5778 * Harry Aaron Schiff
Robert Stern Rae Goldenberg JUNE 30, 2018 TAMUZ 17, 5778
JUNE 10, 2018 SIVAN 27, 5778 * Jacob Marcus Mendelson * Barbara Ann Borden
Norman Alper JUNE 20, 2018 TAMUZ 7, 5778 Jay Cohen
Sara Rebecca Miller Cooper Max Biss * Marilyn Greenfeld
* Dr Irving Rosen Irma Glass * Ethel Joseph
* Irving Scholl * Eva Levinson * Edward Palder
* Ida Stone * Jerome Salkin Seymour William Perlman
* A memorial light will be lit in the synagogue for those names marked with an asterisk.

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NETWORKING TO ENGAGE, ENRICH AND EMPOWER CONSERVATIVE JEWISH WOMEN.
Volunteer. Organize. Advocate.
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COMMITTEE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE
About sixty congregants turned out Sunday morning, April 22, for a vibrant and
fascinating brunch presentation. Sisterhood hosted a special book event featuring Please join us in living our Jewish
author Claudia Kalb. Kalb penned the New York Times bestseller Andy Warhol was Values. Our passion for social justice
a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities, just released in leads us to be social activists. From
paperback. She is also the author of Genius, the cover story in last month's National planning Good Deeds Day tzedakah
Geographic. Claudia Kalb took us on a captivating journey into the science of genius projects, educational forums, community
and the intersection of mental illness and unusual creativity. She also delved into the engagement and partnership - interfaith
lives and minds of twelve famous figures, from Charles Darwin, Howard Hughes and and with Jewish communal organizations,
Albert Einstein to Marilyn Monroe, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Princess Diana. Claudia and legislative action/advocacy, the Social
ventured into the psychology of all these great minds and shared reporting stories Action Committee members have a strong
from the National Geographic May cover story about Picasso and the many camaraderie.
dimensions of Genius. Claudia Kalb is also an AAC congregant. She and her We welcome interested Agudas
husband Steve Sternberg are the parents of a Religious School student. Sisterhood members to get involved! The only
thanks Claudia Kalb for her time, riveting talk and book signing afterwards. qualification required is your desire to
JUNE EVENTS make the world a better place. For
Tallit and Tassles: Chaya Silver Sunday, June 10, 9:30 am more information on how to get
Lainof Auditorium involved, please contact contact
Samara Weinstein at (703) 243-9099
Our AAC Religious School Director is launching a Sisterhood first ever tallit making or socialaction@agudasachim-va.org.
project. Don’t miss this introductory session as Chaya details this creative endeavor
and tells you everything you’ll need to make your very own distinctive prayer shawl.
SISTERHOOD’S
JUDAICA SHOP
MEN’S CLUB MENSCHENINGS The Sisterhood Judaica Shop
Elliot Parkin, Men’s Club President provides you an opportunity to both
shop for all categories of Judaica
On May 6, three tables of family and congregants joined Mike Scheinberg in and support your Congregation.
celebrating his Blue Yarmulke Person of the year honor at the Federation of Jewish
Did you know we have Simcha
Men’s Clubs Seaboard Region dinner dance at B’nai Israel. I’m so proud of Mike
Certificates and a
and all of his accomplishments in the Agudas Achim community.
Simcha Registry too?
Join us for bagels and lox at our next brunch on Sunday, June 3 at 10:00 a.m. FATHER’S DAY, GRADUATIONS,
when National Journal political editor Josh Kraushaar and Haaretz Washington BIRTHS AND MORE - VISIT US!
correspondent Amir Tibon will be discussing views of American and Israeli Jews on
the Trump administration. Summer hours are by appointment.
Men’s Club will hold its third reprise of Scotch & Steak on Thursday, June 14, Contact Michelle (202-288-9856) or
at 7:00 p.m. The menu for this popular event has been broadened to include salmon Susan (703-489-5068).
and additional popular beverages. The price is $50 per person. Reservations with
entrée selection (steak or salmon) are required. RSVP to me at OUR SHLICHA
elliot.parkin@gmail.com or 703-575-7879 by June 11. Checks can be mailed to (Continued from page 7.)
Men’s Club or left in the Men’s Club mail slot in the synagogue office. even though a lot of thought has been
The Men’s Club Israel Pilgrimage Scholarship Program provides scholarships put into the cultural, religious,
for Israel experiences for our teens. Emphasis is on trips sponsored by the educational and political aspects of the
Conservative Movement and Jewish day schools. If you have a teen who is trip, we won't compromise on the
interested in a peer trip to Israel in 2018, please contact Mike Scheinberg at culinary aspect!
mike@schuschein.com for scholarship details. If you want to learn more details
We greatly appreciate your support for Men’s Club through your paid memberships about this trip, feel free to approach
or donations. Membership dues for 2017-18 (5778) are $36, but please consider Rabbi Rein or myself with any
donating a Chai’er amount such as $54 (i.e., triple Chai). If you have any suggestions questions you may have. It's going to
for events or would like to help with any of our activities, please contact me. be a wonderful experience - you truly
don't want to miss it.
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 WHAT’S INSIDE . . .
Agudas Achim Congregation JUNE SHABBAT...............................page 1
2908 Valley Drive RABBI’S MESSAGE...........................page 2
Alexandria, VA 22302 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES..................page 2
Phone: 703-998-6460 Fax: 703-998-5843 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE...page 4
AAC INCLUSION SURVEY.................page 3
The Bulletin is published monthly - ISSN1084-9858 AAC RIDES UPDATE........................page 3
DEAR HAZZAN.................................page 4
Rabbi .....................................................................….…………Steven I. Rein ISRAEL BOOK CLUB.........................page 4
Hazzan..........................................................................Elisheva R. Dienstfrey MAH KOREH....................................page 5
Rabbi Emeritus...............................................................................Jack Moline PRESCHOOL NEWS..........................page 6
Executive Director.....................................................................….Barry Nove YOUNG FAMILIES.............................page 6
Youth/Education Director...........….……….................................Chaya Silver BRINGING ISRAEL TO AGUDAS.........page 7
Preschool Director……............................................................….Jen Halpern GOOD DEEDS DAY PHOTOS.............page 8
Shlicha.………………………………………………………Miri Bernovsky IN THE FAMILY.................................page 9
President……..……………………………………………Kenneth Labowitz PROFILES OF OUR LEADERS...........page 11
Sisterhood President.….……….........….……………………...Lenore Garon IN MEMORIAM................................page 13
Men’s Club President..........................…..………………………Elliot Parkin SISTERHOOD DOINGS.....................page 14
Communication Specialist.....………………….………………Marya Runkle MEN’S CLUB MENSCHENING...........page 14
Email: synagogue@agudasachim-va.org SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE..........page 14
Web: www.agudasachim-va.org Facebook: facebook.com/agudasachim JUDAICA SHOP..............................page 14

WHAT’S AHEAD . . .
Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m............................................Conversational Hebrew
Fridays, 9:00 a.m...........................................................Talmud Study Class
Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. ....................................................Parashat Ha’Shavua
Saturdays, 11:00 a.m.................................................................Gan Shabbat

THE MONTH IN REVIEW

Saturday, June 2......................Hunger Shabbat - Josh Protas from Mazon
Sunday, June 3.................................................Oh, Say Shalom! Playgroup
Sunday, June 3...............................................................Men’s Club Brunch
Saturday, June 9............................................................Graduation Shabbat
Sunday, June 10..............................................................Sisterhood Brunch
Thursday, June 14..............................Men’s Club Scotch, Steak, and More
Friday, June 15.....................................................Ein Lanu Z’man Concert
Shababy
Saturday, June 16.......................................Shabbat Speaker - Barry Isaacs
Thursday, June 24.............................................................Israeli Book Club
Saturday, June 23........................Shabbat Speaker - Manyang Reath Kher
Sunday, June 24.............................................New Member Meet and Greet
Tuesday, June 26.......................................Congregational Annual Meeting

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