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GREEN VALLEY SHOFAR
                                                     March/April 2019
                                                         Vol. 24 No. 2

President’s Message
      Merle always ended with “Let’s pray, play and take care of each
other.” I’d like to change that to “At BSTC we pray, play and take care of
each other.”
      Ninety-nine point nine percent of us are from somewhere else, and
have left our families elsewhere. I know the void that was in my life as I
lost family to death, and then our move to Green Valley. Families take
care of one another and BSTC is filling that void.
      Our membership numbers show that we must be doing something
right! As President, I hope to continue the growth we have experienced
over the past two years. I want BSTC to be able to meet members’
needs, and if it cannot to be able to advise
where to go to have the need met. To that
end, I invite members who know of a need
that needs to be met to write to me at
Ruthann.shapiro@cox.net, or call the Temple
at 520-648-6690 and leave a message with
Stacy. I can’t promise that your need will be
met immediately. Remember that growth is a
work in progress.

Ruthann Shapiro, President
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Editors: Jane Gold
      GREEN VALLEY SHOFAR                         This is the March/April issue of the Shofar.
                                                  The Shofar is published 6 times a year: Jan/Feb,
          The Official Newsletter of              March/April, May/June, July/Aug, Sept/Oct, and
         Beth Shalom Temple Center                Nov/Dec.
                1751 N. Rio Mayo                  NEWSLETTER SUPPORT STAFF: Ingeborg McDonald,
           Green Valley, AZ 85614                 Mike Finkelstein, Stacy Laetsch

                 (520) 648-6690                   The editors reserve the right to edit contributions
                                                  for grammar, length and content. Community and
                  www.bstc.us                     member news will be published only as space per-
                                                  mits. Community or member events that conflict
    President            Ruthann Shapiro          with Temple events will not be publicized in the
    VP                   Gloria Clancy            Shofar.

    Treasurer            Harvey Beim
                         Maridell Nochum-                      SENDING IN CHECKS TO BSTC
    Secretary                                     If you are sending in a check to BSTC (not using our
                         son
                                                  website to pay, either by PayPal or credit card) make
    At Large             Michael Benisch
                                                  sure your check as well as the envelope indicates
    At Large             Mike Finkelstein         the program/event for which you are paying.

    At Large             Jane Gold

    At Large             Jo Legat                                 MAIL TO THE TEMPLE
                                                  To expedite delivery, any mail sent to the temple
    At Large             Ingeborg McDonald        should be addressed to: P.O. Box 884, Green Valley,
                                                  AZ 85622. Sending mail to the Rio Mayo address
    At Large             Merle Sobol
                                                  may result in a delay. To expedite delivery please
                                                  include the name of the person you wish to contact
                                                  on the front of the envelope.
In This Issue:                                    For information on the Memorial Board and Yahr-
 President’s Message                             zeits contact Joyce Finkelstein by phone or by email.
 Mail to the Temple
 Sending Checks                                  For information on Tributes or Commemorative
 How to Reserve Temple for meetings, etc.        items, contact Amy Storer.
 Member News and Updates
       Members in the News                        For information on the Green Valley Cemetery,
       Updated phone numbers, emails              please call Ingeborg McDonald.
       New Member Biographies
 Commemorative Items, Tributes & Yahrzeits
 Temple Tidings                                              TEMPLE USAGE SCHEDULING
 Committee Reports                               Before scheduling a program, please contact the
 Art Gallery                                     BSTC office at (520) 648-6690. This will help to avoid
 Library
                                                  scheduling conflicts. To include your program in the
                                                  Shofar calendars, please notify the Shofar editor.
 Membership Committee News
 Men’s Club
                                                  Not all scheduled events are included in the Shofar.
 Sisterhood
                                                  Deadline for Shofar copy is the 8th of the month prior
 Social Action Committee                         to the publication date.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
                                                                   Friday, Mar. 29, 7 p.m., Friday Night Shabbat Services led
                                                                   by Marlys Fiterman, followed by Oneg

                                                                   Saturday, Mar. 30, 9:30 a.m., Torah Study

                                                                   Monday, Apr. 1, 1 p.m., Mahjong class

                                                                   Saturday, Apr. 6, 9:30 a.m., Torah Study

                                                                   Sunday, Apr. 7, Bagel Breakfast, 9:30 Michael G. on piano,
Friday, Mar. 1, 7 p.m., Friday Night Shabbat Services led by       10 a.m. breakfast begins. Please join us in welcoming the
the BSTC Sisterhood, followed by Oneg                              leadership of the Jewish Federation and Jewish Commu-
                                                                   nity Foundation to discuss first steps toward building a
Saturday, Mar. 2, 9:30 a.m., Torah Study                           meaningful partnership for the future.

Sunday, Mar. 3, Bagel Breakfast, 9:30 Michael G. on piano,         Monday, Apr. 8, 1 p.m., Mahjong class
10 a.m. breakfast begins, followed at 11:30 by Marlene
Burns artist’s presentation in the Art Gallery.                    Tuesday, Apr. 9, 10 a.m., Sisterhood meeting

Monday, Mar. 4, 1 p.m., Mahjong class                              Wednesday, Apr. 10, 9 a.m., Men’s Club meeting at
                                                                   El Patio
Saturday, Mar. 9, 9:30 a.m., Torah Study
                                                                   Saturday, Apr. 13, 9:30 a.m., Torah Study led by Miri
Monday, Mar. 11, 1 p.m., Mahjong class                             Fleming

Tuesday, Mar. 12, 10 a.m., Sisterhood meeting                      Sunday, Apr. 14, 2 p.m., Concert featuring Michael G &
                                                                   Friends
Wednesday, Mar. 13, 9 a.m., Men’s Club meeting at
El Patio                                                           Monday, Apr. 15, 9 a.m., BSTC Board Study Session

Friday, Mar. 15, 7 p.m., Friday Night Shabbat Services led         Monday, Apr. 15, 1 p.m., Mahjong class
by the Mussmans, followed by Oneg
                                                                   Tuesday, Apr. 16, 11 a.m., Sisterhood field trip to Desert
Saturday, Mar. 16, 9:30 a.m., Torah Study                          Meadows Park Bring a sack lunch and enjoy a talk by a
                                                                   Master Gardener Designer.
Monday, Mar. 18, 9 a.m., BSTC Board Study Session
                                                                   Saturday, Apr. 20, 9:30 a.m., Torah Study
Monday, Mar. 18, 1 p.m., Mahjong class
                                                                   Saturday, Apr. 20, 5 p.m., Seder at BSTC led by Marty
Tuesday, Mar. 19, 10:30 a.m., Sisterhood Memoir Writing            Cohen, food prepared by Michel Kouhana. More details
Presentation by Sherry Hoffmann-Blum An opportunity to             to be announced.
get your creative juices flowing! Lunch at a restaurant to
follow.                                                            Monday, Apr. 22, 10 a.m., BSTC Board meeting

Wednesday, Mar. 20, 5 p.m., Purim Celebration at BSTC              Monday, Apr. 22, 1 p.m., Mahjong class

Saturday, Mar. 23, 9:30 a.m., Torah Study led by Michael           Thursday, Apr. 25, 3 p.m., Social Action Committee
Mussman                                                            meeting at BSTC

Sunday, Mar. 24, 2 p.m., David Fitzsimmons Presentation            Friday, Apr. 26, 7 p.m., Yizkor Services led by the Muss-
                                                                   mans, followed by Oneg
Monday, Mar. 25, 10 a.m., BSTC Board Meeting
                                                                   Saturday, Apr. 27, 9:30 a.m., Torah Study
Monday, Mar. 25, 1 p.m., Mahjong class
                                                                   Monday, Apr. 29, 1 p.m., Mahjong class
Thursday, Mar. 28, 3 p.m., Social Action Committee
meeting at BSTC

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COMMEMORATIVE ITEMS:
The following commemorative items are available for purchase to honor or memorialize one:
         Memorial plaques, $300
         Leaf for the Tree of Life, $100
         Sanctuary Chair, $125
         Garden Bench, $225
         Garden Brick, $100
Send specific wording for the plaque, brick, etc. together with your check (made out to Beth Shalom Temple
Center) to BSTC, Attention “Memorial Board” or “Tree of Life,” etc. Order forms can be found in the Temple
foyer.

                                             TRIBUTES
Do you need to send a greeting card? Do you want to support your Temple? Here’s a great way to do both.
Amy Storer, the volunteer chairing the committee will mail a personalized card to whomever you choose.
Here’s how:
       Send your Tribute request and free-will offerings to:
       Beth Shalom Temple Center
       P.O. Box 884
       Green Valley, AZ 85622
       (mark “Tributes” on the envelope and check memo line!)
       If ordering several Tributes at the same time, print the birthday/anniversary page of the Shofar, check
       off the names of those you'd like to designate for Tribute(s), and mail it in with your check. Tributes
       may be sent with your own personal greeting for birthdays, anniversaries, get well, condolences, best
       wishes for the new home, in appreciation, mazel tov, and sympathy upon loss of a pet, etc.

Tributes to:
        Denis and Jeanette Nathan in honor of their anniversary from Harriet and Jerry Belenker.
        Mazel Tov to Michel Kouhana and Ceylon Kelly in honor of the birth of their first grandchild from
           Harriet and Jerry Belenker.

                                            YAHRZEITS
Beth Shalom Temple Center will provide reminders of yahrzeits, and the name(s) of your loved ones will
automatically be recited for Kaddish at the appropriate Sabbath Services according to the Hebrew calendar.
If your yahrzeits are not yet on the current list and you wish them to be, please email Joyce Finkelstein at
mfinkel2@cox.net (or send a note to the Temple for her attention) including your name, the name and
relationship of deceased, and the date of death.
Yahrzeit Donations:

  Date         Remembered by                   For His/Her           Yahrzeit
15-Dec         Rich Wernick                    Mother                Barbara Wernick
21-Dec         Sig Friedman                    Mother                Elsie Friedman
21-Jan         Mark Travitsky                  Father                Louis John Travitsky
28-Jan         Gail Norton                     Aunt                  Kathlynn Champney
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MEMBER NEWS & UPDATES                                        tired as Professor of Early Childhood Education in
                                                             2004.
Directory Updates
                                                             My book “Don’t Cheat the Children: Connecting Gen-
                                                             erations Through Grandfriendships” was published 10
Michael Gervan new phone number.
                                                             years ago and is available on Amazon and Kindle. It
                                                             was written to encourage parents to make sure their
Steve Maron new email.
                                                             children have available grandparents or find safe,
                                                             kind elders, who live nearby, to bond with their chil-
Faigee Niebow new apartment number.
                                                             dren.
Jo Legat new email.
                                                             Interests:
                                                             I am an artist and love creativity in all forms. I am an
Bill Leibson new address.
                                                             alternative health person who enjoys poetry, books,
                                                             learning about other religions, and spirituality.

                                                             Jewish Activities:
Please Welcome BSTCs Newest Members:
                                                             Last year I became re-attached to Judaism in the Syn-
       Brian and Eloise Clendenin
                                                             agogue in Key West. I’m happy to be a member of
       Fredric Doppelt
                                                             Beth Shalom until April, and as I recover my health,
       Gigi Haase
                                                             will join the Saturday morning Torah Reading and
       Sy Kolman
                                                             hope to become more active.
       Donna Rheingold
       Claudia Stoopes
       David & Martha Wolpert                                TEMPLE TIDINGS
                                                             Rabbi Roman’s Visit and Discussion Summary
Remember that for the most up to date addresses,
                                                             On Tuesday evening, February 12, 2019, Rabbi Nor-
phone numbers and emails, check our website and
                                                             man Roman presented “One Rabbi’s Thoughts About
notices of changes in the Shofar.
                                                             the Twenty-first Century Synagogue and the Jewish
                                                             Community” to a crowd of over 70 people at Beth
The new 2019 Membership Directory is currently
                                                             Shalom Temple Center. Rabbi Roman has been hired
available on the website. If you would like a printed
                                                             to be BSTC’s part-time Rabbi starting January 1, 2020.
copy, please contact Stacy in the BSTC office.
                                                             First he described his own background, and path to
                                                             the rabbinate. This was followed by an interesting
NEW MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES
                                                             and perceptive overview of how Jewish institutions
                                                             have changed in the last half of the 20th century, and
Helene Fields
                                                             the first decades of the 21st. Rabbi Roman concluded
Family background:
                                                             “the future is bright, the creativity is there, but we
I have 15 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren
                                                             don’t know the shape and content of Judaism to
from two marriages. My 4 siblings, our families and I
                                                             come”. He advised us that although some young peo-
travel to get together for great reunions.
                                                             ple may not like our way of practicing Judaism, this
                                                             doesn't mean they reject everything. The talk was
Professional background:
                                                             followed by questions, socializing and snacks. People
I taught elementary school in Chicago’s inner city,
                                                             enjoyed the evening and are now looking forward
was an assistant principal, and realized that the ear-
                                                             even more to Rabbi Roman and wife Lynne’s arrival in
liest years of a child’s life were the most important
                                                             Green Valley.
for all growth. My specialty was organizing and con-
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sulting for intergenerational programs. Grandparent
                                                             Israel Trip Notice
Support Groups became my late-life interest. I re-
                                                             Pastor Bruce Van Sickle of the Evangelical Free
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Church here in Green Valley attended Rabbi Roman’s
talk on Tuesday. While having refreshments, he                                       ***
mentioned that he and his wife are leading a trip to        April Bagel Breakfast Guests
Israel from June 1-12, 2019 and that he still has a         Please join the leadership of the Jewish Federation
couple of openings. As he is a good friend to BSTC,         and the Jewish Community Foundation at our April
he asked if we would let our congregation know, so          Bagel Brunch to discuss first steps toward building a
an e-blast went out on February 15th. If you are in-        meaningful partnership for the future.
terested in joining this trip, please contact Pastor
Bruce directly at the church 520-648-6781.                                           ***
                                                            Passover Seder
                         ***                                Please join the BSTC family for Passover and enjoy a
Purim Celebration                                           delicious Seder dinner cooked by our own Michel
Join your BSTC family for Purim! Celebration will in-       Kouhana. See the flyer (below, on the website, and
clude reading of the Megillah, a potluck dinner and         in the BSTC lobby) for more information.
homemade Hamantashen for dessert! See the flyer
(below, on the website, and in the BSTC lobby) for
more information.

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                         ***                                Suggestion Box—with Responses (NEW)
March Bagel Breakfast Guest                                 Have you noticed the Suggestion Box in the temple
Please enjoy a reception with the artist, Marlene           foyer? Approximately a year ago, some members
Burns, whose exhibit Sacred Intentions: A Personal          brought to the Boards’ attention that there was no
Journey Judaic Painting Series currently graces the         anonymous way for members to voice comments,
gallery immediately following the March Bagel               suggestions or complaints. This was a valid point so
Breakfast.                                                  the Board authorized a box in the lobby, as well as
                                                            outside the main door. Both boxes are available for
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members’ submissions. You need not sign your name             BSTC lobby, and there is a link on the website.
to your suggestion. Going forward, to show members            Please contact Stacy in the BSTC office to submit the
that their comments are being read and taken seri-            form, or with any questions.
ously, the President will address these in the Shofar
as timely a manner as possible. Please remember                                      ***
that depending on the concern there may not be an             Newsletter Updates
immediate response.                                           Genie Gordon has resigned from the newsletter
                                                              committee. Thank you, Genie, for your participation
Suggestions submitted since the last Board study ses-         and work on this committee. We appreciate you!
sion have been answered by the President (question/
suggestion; answer) and include the following:                                         ***
                                                              A/C & Heater Thermostat Controls are LOCKED
1. BSTC Office times on newspaper ad were confus-             BSTC Facilities Manager, Michael Benisch, has asked
   ing. This has been addressed and new ads will              that it be announced here that the air conditioner
   feature the actual times that the office is open.          and heater thermostats in the Sanctuary have been
2. No water cups at the drinking fountain. We do              covered with locked boxes. This has been done to
   not have a staff that can monitor the number of            ensure the longevity of the HVAC units. Anyone who
   cups at the water fountain. Even if we had a dis-          needs to have the temperature adjusted for an
   penser it would still need to be monitored. If you         event, please contact Michael Benisch, or Stacy in
   find there are no cups at the water fountain, and          the BSTC office 520-648-6690, so this can be done
   there is no one using the kitchen, feel free to get        for you. Thank you!
   some yourself. Simply go into the kitchen, turn
   left, and there are cups in the right side bottom                                    ***
   cabinet closest to the refrigerator. If there is           ONEGS
   someone in the kitchen, ask them to please get             THIS CHAIR IS OPEN. Please contact Ruthann Shapiro
   some cups.                                                 at Ruthann.shapiro@cox.net to volunteer for this
3. It would be nice if all the engraved bricks in the         committee. Any great Temple knows how to com-
   memorial garden were in one area and were all              bine the religious and social aspects of Temple life.
   installed in one direction. The bricks were in-            BSTC is one of the great Temples. At the conclusion
   stalled so that they could be read by anyone walk-         of the Friday night service we have an Oneg Shab-
   ing into the memorial garden from the parking              bat. The Saturday morning service concludes with a
   lot. As there are two entrances from the parking           light Kiddush luncheon. Each gives our members the
   lot, there are two paths, each with approximately          opportunity to "schmooze" while enjoying some
   half of the engraved bricks. There is one brick by         good food. Sponsorship is only $50. Multiple people
   the fountain, and if that were turned around you           can share the sponsorship. Both Onegs and Kiddush
   would need to stand in the fountain to read it.            luncheons can be customized per the sponsors re-
                                                              quest. To sponsor an Oneg or Kiddush luncheon
                          ***                                 please sign up on the sheet on the wall next to the
NEW Live Calendar and Facility Reservation Form               Fish Kitchen door at BSTC.
Les Bakke and Stacy have been working to update the
website, and have added a link to a live calendar.                                      ***
Please check this calendar with regards to services,          Who to Call?
programs, and committee meetings and events. In               Do you need to let the congregation know about an
addition to allowing members access to the most up-           important life event? If you have any prayer re-
dated information, the intention in providing this cal-       quests, or know if any of our members are sick or in
endar will be to avoid scheduling conflicts. Going for-       the hospital, please contact Jo Legat, chair of the
ward, Committee chairs will be asked to submit a Fa-          BSTC Caring Committee.
cility Reservation Form in order for their event to be
included on the calendar. This form is available in the                               ***
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Memorial Tablet Space                                        Our next exhibit will be by Harriet Ayer. Ayer’s exhib-
Perhaps you have noticed that our three Memorial             it will be opening on April 5, 2019. Ayer is a new
Tablets are getting full. Many members are choosing          BSTC member, who brings her talent to share with
to remember their loved ones with the purchase of            us. “I’ve come late in my life (at age 60) to painting. I
nameplates that are mounted on the Tablets. As you           fell in love with the medium of water color, which
may notice, the bottom of each Tablet bears an               best accepts the blending of colors as well as the
inscription of the donor.                                    movement seen in nature. Color and movement are
                                                             my favorite elements of art.”
The Temple Board is investigating the purchase of an
additional Memorial Tablet, the cost of which is             We hope you can visit our gallery where exhibits will
approximately $8000. Would you like to memorialize           be changing regularly.
a loved one in this special way? By donating the cost        Marcia and Bev
of the Tablet, you may choose an appropriate
inscription to be placed at the bottom of the Tablet                                ***
to remember your loved one.                                  LIBRARY
                                                             Notes from the Library
If you would like to discuss making this generous            THE BSTC LIBRARY IS YOUR SOURCE FOR ALL SORTS
donation, please contact Joyce Finkelstein.                  OF INFORMATION!

                         ***                                 Best-selling authors of fiction and non-fiction, hu-
                                                             mor, and biographies abound next to our great col-
Torah Study                                                  lection of religious material.
We are fortunate again this year to have Rabbi Miri
Fleming and Michael Mussman leading Torah                    We just acquired Michelle Obama’s book, BECOM-
Studies on an alternating monthly basis. If you look         ING, a New York Times bestseller.
at the calendar of events, you will note who is
leading and when.                                            For a change of pace, read Betty White’s new book,
                                                             IF YOU ASK ME. She is truly an icon and always gives
Each of these individuals adds their own perspective         a good laugh.
about the Torah to that of the participants, thus
creating conversation. If you have never been to             More seriously, the fascinating true-life story of a
a lively Torah Study, or it's been a long time, please       child hidden during the Holocaust; the not always
join us. Unless there is a Saturday service, Torah           good relationship these children had with their fos-
Study begins at 9:30 a.m. Ruthann Shapiro                    ter families. THE CUT-OUT GIRL by Bart van Es de-
                                                             scribes the anguish during the war and later in life.
                         ***
                                                             Look for all these NEW ARRIVALS on the cart as you
                                                             enter the library. And, ENJOY!
COMMITTEE REPORTS                                            Linda Stein & Charlotte Brody
ART GALLERY
BSTC Gallery News                                                                      ***
Marlene Burns Sacred Intention, a personal journey           MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE NEWS
Judaic Series of Paintings, presentation by the artist       BSTC Membership is on the rise, with many new
will be on March 3, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. following the         members listed in the Member News & Updates
bagel breakfast. Burns will talk about the Hebrew            section. All are encouraged to join committees and
prayers, psalms, proverbs and holidays and how they          participate. If you have not yet done so, please come
are represented in her paintings. The paintings and          and let Stacy take your photo for the next poster in
prints will remain on display until April 3rd.               the lobby. Welcome to the BSTC Family!

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Send Us Your Photographs                                      SOCIAL ACTION
For those members and friends who take pictures at            Food Donations to the Green Valley Food Bank be-
any of our BSTC events, please think about sharing            tween September 2018 and January 2019 BSTC has
them. We’d love to upload them to our BSTC Face-              donated 139 pounds of non-perishable food items to
book page as well as our website photo gallery. Send          the Green Valley Food Bank.
them to Mike Finkelstein and cc it to Danielle Wer-           Tree of Life (or L’Simcha) Congregation Donations
nick, as well. Thank you.                                     were collected during November and December ba-
                                                              gel breakfasts, and $205 was given to the Tree of
                         ***                                  Life’s account to support the families directly im-
MEN’S CLUB                                                    pacted by this Hate Crime shooting.
The Men’s Club Gaslight Theater event is on March             ADL No Place for Hate We continue to coordinate
13th at 7pm. Contact Dan Galitz for information.              with the Phoenix ADL office to help them in expand-
                                                              ing their “No Place for Hate” program to include
                           ***                                schools in our local area. The Sahuarita Unified
SISTERHOOD                                                    School District Superintendent, Dr. Manuel Valen-
The Sisterhood Board meets the second Tuesday of              zuela, has agreed to meet with the ADL Director to
each month at 10 a.m. at BSTC and all Sisterhood              review their program. We are also working on the
members are invited.                                          Continental School District Superintendent, Roxanna
UPCOMING EVENTS:                                              Rico, to set-up a meeting with the ADL Director.
Sisterhood Shabbat Service on March 1st. Musical              Nogales Immigrant Support during the SAC January
accompaniment by Marlys Fiterman, followed by                 24th meeting we were briefed by Justine Schnitzler
Oneg sponsored by the Sisterhood.                             on programs supporting Nogales area immigrants.
Introduction to Memoir Writing An opportunity to              School Supplies for Title I Students at Green Valley
get your creative juices flowing! On March 19th               Continental School District donations are being col-
Sherry Hoffman-Blum will lead an introduction to              lected to purchase school supplies for Title I (low in-
memoir writing—your way, from 10:30 until noon.               come families) students in our local school district
Please bring a composition book along with a pen              during February and March.
and colored pencils (if you have any). Lunch to fol-          “Day of Thanksgiving” inter-denominational activity
low at a favorite restaurant.                                 is a major project, and was the central focus of the
Field Trip to Desert Meadows Park On April 16th               SAC January meeting. Our goal is to develop specific
we will meet at the park at 11:00. Bring a sack lunch         plans, timelines, and assign volunteers to support
and beverage. A Master Garden Designer will be giv-           this project.
ing us a talk and the history of this gem right here in       Youth on Their Own Program is a Tucson based pro-
Green Valley, along with a tour of the garden. Do             gram which also supports teenagers in south Pima
consider joining the Green Valley Gardeners, pur-             and Santa Cruz counties, and provides support to
chasing a memory lock plaque, and walking the laby-           homeless teenagers. We are relooking into this pro-
rinth created by BSTC member, Lenny Friedman. It              gram which some of our congregation members
should be a beautiful spring event.                           have previously supported.
Whipple Observatory Tour On May 22nd we will                  Reminder: Beth Shalom Temple Center Congrega-
caravan from BSTC to the site. Meet up at BSTC park-          tion members please remember when you visit
ing lot at 7:45 a.m. sharp! Admittance fee is $10.            BSTC to bring a few non-perishable food items with
Lunch to follow at Wisdom’s Café in Tubac. RSVPs              you to add to our donation basket by the main en-
are required to accommodate carpooling. Call Gail             trance. All food donations go to the Green Valley
Norton no later than May 15th. Very important: Do             Food Bank and are much appreciated.
not be late for the meet up as we need to be at the
Observatory bus stop no later than 8:30!                                               ***

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Happy Anniversary to:
                                   Ceylon Kelly & Michael Kouhana              18-Mar
                                   David & Wendee Levy                         23-Mar
                                   Harvey & Marilyn Beim                       17-Apr
                                   David & Donna Wyte                          18-Apr

                                        May you continue to celebrate your
                                       anniversary with joy and good health!
Happy Birthday to:

Janet Kenigsberg     1-Mar

Kay Sobol            5-Mar

Dina Rosengarten     5-Mar

Rosalind Cooper      6-Mar

Gloria Clancy        10-Mar

Gary Melton          12-Mar

Ann-Marie Schaffer   23-Mar

Jack Vishner         29-Mar        It has been determined that several names have
                                   been missed under birthdays and anniversaries.
Jo Legat             30-Mar        If anyone has been overlooked, and you have not
                                   received an acknowledgement of it, please contact
Arnie Krohn          31-Mar        the BSTC office.

Fil Ficks             4-Apr

Michael Benisch       6-Apr        Missing BIRTHDAY for:
                                   Frank Bertolino
Irene Miller          8-Apr        Bud Heller
                                   Carol Heller
Sara Benisch          9-Apr        Cliff Shekter
                                   Jean Shekter
Helene Feldman       17-Apr
                                   David Steinberg
Carolyn Krohn        20-Apr

Ingeborg McDonald    20-Apr        Missing ANNIVERSARY for:
                                   Stuart (Bud) & Carol Heller
Donna Rheingold      23-Apr
                                   Tim & Fran Orrok
David Wyte           30-Apr

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COMMITTEE                    CHAIR/CO-CHAIR
Aesthetics                   Tobey Gitelle
Art Gallery                  Marcia Wiener
       “                     Bev Lake
Bagel Breakfast              Ricki Letowt
Book of Remembrance          Suenette Maron
BSTC Shoppers                Michael Benisch
           “                 Michel Kouhana
Building Reservations        BSTC office
Caring-Mishpochah            Jo Legat
Cemetery                     Ingeborg McDonald
e-Scrip                      Joyce Finkelstein
Event-Updates                Jane Gold
Facilities                   Michael Benisch
Facebook                     Danielle Wernick
Finance                      Harvey Beim
Grants                       Eric Rautenberg
Historian                    Gloria Clancy
Hospitality                  Michel Kouhana
Library                      Linda Stein
       “                     Charlotte Brody
Jim Click Raffle             Steve Abrahams
Memorial Board /Yahrzeits    Joyce Finkelstein
Membership                   Mike Finkelstein
Men’s Club                   Dan Galitz
Mishaberach                  Jo Legat
Oneg                         OPEN
President                    Ruthann Shapiro
Programs                     Merle Sobol
Public Relations             Mike Finkelstein
Ritual                       Ruthann Shapiro
   “                         Jo Legat
Security                     Dan Galitz
Shofar                       Jane Gold
Sisterhood                   Sue Cohen
Social Action                Gary Melton
Tributes                     Amy Storer
Website                      BSTC office
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Mar/Apr 2019
Beth Shalom Temple Center          stamp
PO Box 884
Green Valley, AZ 85622-0884

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