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    SYNAGOGUEHIGHLIGHTS
              | CONGREGATION
                        FROM B’NAI
                               THEEMUNAH
                                   RABBI | MARCH 2021 | PUBLISHED MONTHLY

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MILESTONES                                                         MASTHEAD
   BIRTHS                                                          Daniel S. Kaiman and Marc B. Fitzerman *............... Rabbis
  Eli Henry Rodheim, born to Andy and Hannah (Newman)              Dr. Elana Newman................................................ President
Rodheim on February 7, 2021. Eli is the grandson of Russell        Dr. John Schumann..................... Executive Vice President
and Gail Newman.                                                   Ross Heyman..................................................Vice President
                                                                   Mark Goldman................................................Vice President
                                                                   Sally Donaldson.......................................................Treasurer
   IN MEMORIAM
                                                                   Nancy Cohen.......................................................... Secretary
  Terri Kramer (Rao)                                               Jeremy Rabinowitz......... Synagogue Foundation President
  Mother of Elliana F. Rao, Benjamin H. Rao,                       Hillary Roubein.................................... Sisterhood President
    and Gabriella A. Rao                                           Sara Levitt..................Director of Jewish Life and Learning
  Former wife of Dr. Peter Rao                                     Eric Hunker................................................Program Director
                                                                   Rick Gratch......................................................Administrator
   NEW MEMBERS                                                     Shelli Wright........................................... Preschool Director
                                                                   Happie Hoffman ...................................Artist-in-Residence
  Stephanie Marshall                                               Brigid Kelley & Cheryl Myers..........Co-Staff, Office Wing
  Nick and Blair Abrahamson                                        Nancy Cohen............................ Sisterhood Gift Shop Chair

  We’re so happy to welcome one and all into the family of            *Both Rabbis are affiliated with the Rabbinical Assembly
the Synagogue. Onward and upward!                                                of the Conservative Movement.

   TODAH RABBAH
                                                                                       BOARD OF DIRECTORS
  We are deeply grateful to those who have become part of
our renewed effort to provide home-cooked meals to those
members of our congregation in need. Thanks to:                                              ON THE COVER

                      Randee Charney                                            The crossing of the sea is usually depicted as
                                                                             a straight path through walls of water standing at
                        Marcy Cyter
                                                                                  attention on either side. What makes this
                       Barbara Eisen                                          illustration stand out is that it foregrounds the
                        Jackie Lasky                                         unruly power of the moment: a mad, frightened
                       Gail Richards                                            dash through a sea that threatens to swamp
                       Jillian Roberts                                        the Israelites themselves. Our seders somehow
                       Kathy Sandler                                          have to capture deep emotions and bring them
                                                                             to the surface. What    would
                                                                                               Hillary     we risk to escape the
                                                                                                        Roubein
   MAZAL TOV                                                                   slavery that is part of every life? How fast are
                                                                                 we willing to run in order to be part of the
                                                                                IMMEDIATE          PAST PRESIDENTS
                                                                              drama of liberation? Who demands that we put
  Congratulations to Emily Lapidus, who was accepted last
month to Washington University in St. Louis as part of its                    ourselves in peril, and are we ready to respond?
                                                                                             Sally A. Donaldson
entering Freshman class for Fall 2021. Emily is the daughter                                    Craig Silberg
of Seth and Dedra Lapidus.                                                                    Jolene Sanditen
  Good news to share? Write us at info@bnaiemunah.com.

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                                                                                      March 2021 - Published Monthly
               Yahrtzeits and Kaddish
                   Every Friday Afternoon                                    CONGREGATION B’NAI EMUNAH
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THE MARCH CALENDAR OF EVENTS
      TWO RABBIS AND... | EVERY FRIDAY                               7      TWENTY-ONE TO TWENTY-ONE
Every Friday at 11:00 a.m., our rabbis convene a weekly con-         This year marks one hundred years since the 1921 Tulsa Race
versation to reflect on pertinent topics of the day, interview       Massacre. To more deeply understand the history of the
special guests, and talk about ideas relevant to Synagogue           event and the realities of its effects on today’s Tulsa, we will
life. They hope you’ll join them. Sessions take place on             hold a four-part series on Sunday afternoons at 4:00 p.m.
March 5, 12, 19, and 26. Zoom meeting ID: 918-583-7121.              in our Synagogue Zoom Room. For more information about
                                                                     participating in this learning opportunity, please contact
      SHABBAT TOGETHER | FRIDAY EVENINGS                             Eric Hunker at ehunker@bnaiemunah.com
                                                                     918-583-7121..
                                                                     918-583-7121
                                                                                      ehunker@bnaiemunah.com.. Meeting ID:

As days and weeks go by, our tradition asks that we take time
to pause, reflect, and enjoy time together. Shabbat Together         13-15       SHIVA BABY: THE SCREENING
is a short, digital gathering where we take a few moments to
pause with community as we enter Shabbat. The content is             Shiva Baby,
                                                                            Baby, a 2020 comedy film directed by Emma Selig-
songs for the Shabbat table and it always starts at 6:00 p.m.        man, is an international co-production of the United States
A weekly Yahrtzeit service precedes this experience at 5:45          and Canada. The film stars Rachel Sennott as Danielle, a di-
p.m. The sessions this month are March 5, 12, 19, and 26.            rectionless young bisexual Jewish woman who attends a shi-
Zoom meeting ID: 918-583-7121.                                       va with her family. The film is not yet available on any major
                                                                     platform as it is still on the festival circuit. However, we have
      PANIM EL PANIM | SATURDAY MORNINGS                             secured a two-day screening for the Synagogue community,
                                                                     which will be available for viewing from 7:00 p.m. on Sat-
Our tradition speaks of a special power that exists when a           urday, March 6 to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 8. Please
group of people gathers together for prayer. Panim el Panim          visit tulsagogue.com for the link and information on how to
is a live broadcast service led by Rabbis Kaiman and Fitzer-         screen the film.
man. Rooted in our in-person Shabbat morning service, we
spend time singing, reflecting, studying Torah, and connect-         15      MATZAH MAKING AT HOME
ing. Services begin at 10:00 a.m. The dates for Panim el Pa-
nim services are March 6, 13, 20, and 27. Zoom meeting ID:           As we prepare for Passover, come learn how to make your
918-583-7121..
918-583-7121                                                         own bread of affliction with Rabbi Fitzerman. Making your
                                                                     own matzah is a way to connect with the holiday in ways
      BAKER’S DOZEN | TUESDAY & THURSDAY                             you may not have experienced. It’s about time for a new
                                                                     quarantine baking craze. Why not matzah? We’ll meet in
After a brief winter hiatus, our cookie-baking program is            the Synagogue Zoom Room. Meeting ID: 918-583-7121
                                                                                                                 918-583-7121..
back in full swing, and we need bakers! We’re collecting             The program begins at 7:00 p.m. The ingredients are simple,
cookies, bars, and other single-serving baked goods every            flour and water!
Tuesday and Thursday morning and delivering them right
away to frontline workers around the city. Any donation of           18     SHIVA BABY: BLATT+
                                                                                        BLATT+ BLUE DISCUSSION
baked goods is deeply appreciated; reach out to Eric Hunker
at ehunker@bnaiemunah.com, and we’ll work you into the               Our ongoing film and television series, Blatt + Blue, spot-
schedule as smoothly as we work our pastry dough! All of our         lights film and television enthusiasts David Blatt and Alice
recipients have been deeply grateful. Please note: we’ll be          Blue, who first summarize the featured material and then
taking a break the final week of March for Passover.                 field questions and comments from the Zoom Room audi-
                                                                     ence. This month we’ll discuss Shiva Baby,
                                                                                                            Baby, the noted film
                                                                     which is still in pre-release but available for screening by
                                                                     our Synagogue audience. Join the discussion in our standard
           Our new Program Director is                               Zoom room: 918-583-7121
                                                                                   918-583-7121.. The starting time is 7:00 p.m.

                    Eric Hunker
           See April edition for details.

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                                                                          FROM RABBI FITZERMAN
                                                                                READ THIS BOOK
22     OPASSCO: OKLAHOMA PASSOVER SUPPLY                                    Alice and I are now on our second generation of picture books
                                                                          for children. The first were for Micah and Nina in the 1980s.
Tulsa’s one-stop-shop for all things Passover! From matzah to
                                                                          Some of them now feel dated, but others work beautifully in
maror, OPASSCO, the Oklahoma Passover Supply Company
                                                                          our reading lives with Zelda, Lucy, Anya, and Bino, or at least
has everything you need for your Seder and day-to-day Ko-
                                                                          the two who are ready to hold a book. If you are now engaging
sher-for-Passover staples. Visit tulsagogue.com for a product
                                                                          with a young grandchild, I think the world of a Caldecott classic
list, details on ordering, and hours for limited in-person, pan-
                                                                          called Ox-Cart Man,
                                                                                           Man, by Donald Hall. It’s a nourishing look at
demic-safe shopping.
                                                                          values like industry, craft, seasonality, and the balance between
                                                                          indulgence and restraint. First published in 1979, it remains a
27     SEDER SING                                                         winner decades later.

The songs of the Seder stand apart as a singular moment where               I know that I’ll think the same about Welcoming Elijah,
                                                                                                                                 Elijah, by
we call out to one another in a collective voice that invites us to       Leslea Newman and Susan Gal, and published by the PJ Library.
remember oppression and celebrate liberation. At 9:00 p.m.                That’s the project of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, distribut-
on the night of the First Seder, we’re inviting everyone into             ed by Jewish Federations around the country, including our own.
our Zoom room for a sing-a-long Passover experience led by
our Artist-in-Residence, Happie Hoffman. Stay up late with                   The story is straightforward. There is a boy who celebrates
us as we sing into the night!                                             Passover with family and friends inside a cozy bungalow. Out-
                                                                          side, a cat mewls forlornly, hoping that someone will take him
28                                                                        in. At the climax of the story, the boy opens the door for Elijah,
       TO++GATHER | PASSOVER
       TO                                                                 and the cat trots across the threshold, only to be taken up in
                                                                          the boy’s arms.
Our March session of To+Gather will take place on the morn-
ing of the Second Seder and will be a full Passover experience               It couldn’t be simpler, but Welcoming Elijah is a picture book
with story, movement, singing, puppets, and more. We’ll meet              tour de force. Newman’s story gives an authentic account of
at a new time, Sunday at 9:00 a.m. on Zoom for our live expe-             the order of the seder, just enough to enfold a young child
rience. We hope that this program will give families the tools            in the rhythm of the event. What’s extraordinary are Gal’s
they need to do Jewish at home, connect to other families,                rich illustrations. This is clearly a progressive American Jewish
and their Synagogue community. Please be sure to be in touch              household, at home in ritual, storytelling, and community.
with Morah Sara at slevitt@bnaiemunah.com to receive a                    The guests are racially diverse and depicted with loving regard.
To+Gather Toolbox.                                                        Men and women are joined in an egalitarian dream of joy and
                                                                          celebration. Any one of our community’s kids would recognize
28     SECOND SEDER WITH THE SYNAGOGUE                                    gatherings like this, or begin to think about the possibilities of
                                                                          reaching across the barriers of race, gender and ethnicity. My
Come spend Second Seder with your family at the Synagogue.                favorite character is one of the two roly-poly zaydies
                                                                                                                          zaydies,, who wears
We will retell the tale of Exodus with song, story, food, and             perfectly round glasses and appears in three different panels. Our
friends. Passover essentials are available through OPASS-                 granddaughter Lucy has noticed a certain charming similarity.
CO, our Passover Market, including a Seder Plate in a Box to
make the holiday accessible to us all. Contact Rick Gratch for              I don’t think that Welcoming Elijah is part of the PJ Library’s
more information about our Passover Market items or boxes                 distribution program for this year (some books are sold, some
at rgratch@bnaiemunah.com
   rgratch@bnaiemunah.com.. Visit tulsagogue.com for more                 given away), but I know that the book is just a click away at
details and a link to join. It all begins at 5:45 p.m.                    Barnes and Noble. I could easily imagine a space at everyone’s
                                                                          seder, filled with the simple plot of Welcoming Elijah and its
30                                                                        warm and lush illustrations.
       THE GREENWOOD POGROM
                                                                            .
We commemorate the unnatural disaster of the 1921 Race
Massacre in a special seder during the intermediate days of
Passover. The short service will begin at 7:00 p.m. on the                          Blatt + Blue ON MARCH 18 at 7:00 p.m.
fourth night of the holiday. The liturgy for the evening will in-
clude first-hand accounts and parallel events from the history
of European Jewry. Like all events in this period of pandem-
                                                                                               SHIVA BABY
ic, “The Greenwood Pogrom” will be a virtual gathering. Our
Zoom Room may be accessed at 918-583-7121
                                  918-583-7121..
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MARCH [CONCLUDED]                                                        FROM RABBI KAIMAN
31    MACAROON MANIA                                                           PASSOVER ABUNDANCE

Macarons (French sandwich cookies) may be all the rage, but                 Life at the Synagogue is rarely dull. It’s one of the things I
Passover wouldn’t be complete without a plate full of flaky, co-         love best about being a rabbi in a congregation like ours. Al-
conut macaroons. While cooking on Passover can sometimes                 most nothing is routine or mechanical. We’re continually mov-
be intimidating, we’re here to walk you through it step-by-              ing from one thing to the next. That gives us plenty of flexibil-
step. And it’ll all culminate with a treat to enjoy and share. Our       ity to respond quickly and nimbly to the many opportunities
program begins at 7:00 p.m. and will occur in our standard               and needs in our community. We hope that makes you proud
Zoom Room, Meeting ID: 918-583-7121
                                918-583-7121.. Visit tulsagogue.         to be a part of our Synagogue.
com//macaroons for an ingredient list to cook along with us.
com                                                                         There’s plenty we’ve done in recent months worthy of re-
                                                                         flection, but I’m already looking ahead to Passover, and I want

APRIL: LOOKING AHEAD                                                     to be sure you are too. We’ve got opportunities to cook to-
                                                                         gether through our Matza-Baking Workshop and a Macaroon
                                                                         -Making Experience.
1     BITTER: PASSOVER TASTING AND TALK                                    Of course, to “get you through” on supplies, food, and oth-
                                                                         er Passover essentials, be sure to check out OPASSCO, the
2                                                                        Oklahoma Passover Supply Company. For longtime Tulsans,
      THE RESILIENCE PROJECT                                             that name will ring familiar, as OTASCO was a regional retail
                                                                         chain whose roots ran deep in our Tulsa Jewish community.
4     POST-PASSOVER PIZZA PICK-UP                                          On both nights of Seder, there will be an opportunity to
                                                                         engage with the Synagogue. On the first night of the holi-
8     BRAIDING WITH BRAE: CHALLAH ART                                    day, we’ll gather for a late-night singing experience led by our
                                                                         Artist-in-Residence Happie Hoffman. The next night we’ll be
13    BOARD MEETING                                                      running a Zoom version of Second Seder at the Synagogue,
                                                                         which will be both familiar and new.
15    BLATT + BLUE                                                          And if that was all we were doing, dayenu (it would be
                                                                         enough). But that’s just the beginning. On the fourth night
17                                                                       of the holiday, we’ll host a program called The Greenwood Po-
      MORNING + MINDFULNESS + MEDITATION                                 grom, which you can read about elsewhere in this issue. On the
                                                                         sixth night of the holiday (April 1), we’ll welcome the author
25    TO++GATHER
      TO                                                                 of the cookbook Bitter, who will help us explore one of the
                                                                         signature tastes of Passover and lead us through a bitter box
                                                                         tasting experience. Finally, don’t forget about the Synagogue
29    BURN CO. LAG B’OMER                                                when it’s time to chow down on pizza at the end of the hol-
                                                                         iday. We’ve got a fun partnership we’ll be announcing soon.
                                                                         Stay tuned to our weekly e-mails for more details on all these
                                                                         events and more! If we do our part right, this may end up being
                                                                         one Passover that you hope will never end.
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MORAH SARA LEVITT
UPCOMING (CONCLUDED)
                                                                     COMING SOON
    CHALLAH FOR EVERYONE!                                               THE GREENWOOD POGROM
  Over the years, I have taken up the practice of baking               A hundred years ago this year, White Tulsans brought
challah for Shabbat. I’ve been searching for the best reci-          death and ruin to Greenwood, one of the most vital and
pes, new toppings to try, and different braids to practice.          prominent African-American communities in the country.
Throughout the pandemic, my ability to braid and bake has            By the time this spasm of violence was over, hundreds were
improved dramatically. Being home to mix the dough, walk             dead, and the physical form of the neighborhood was shat-
away for a few hours and then come back to finish the pro-           tered. Very few households survived unscathed, and pictures
cess has opened me up to all sorts of possibilities, and it’s        from 1921 show smoking ruins.
been thrilling and delicious.
                                                                       The Synagogue will commemorate this unnatural disaster
   What I love about making challah is the simplicity of it          in a special seder during the intermediate days of Passover.
all. After perfecting the temperature to activate the yeast,         The short service will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March
it takes just a few ingredients to produce something special.        30, the fourth night of the holiday. The liturgy for the eve-
By the time we get to Shabbat dinner, I look at the challot on       ning will include first-hand accounts and parallel events
my table and know exactly how they came to be: the time,             from the history of European Jewry. Between 1918 and
the work, the patience, the ingredients. More importantly,           1921, pogroms in Ukraine posed many of the same questions
it reminds me of the distinct nature of the start of Shabbat.        as the race massacre in Tulsa. In fact, pogrom is a useful term
Even if the food itself is what we might eat on a Monday             to describe what happened in Oklahoma: an uprising moti-
or a Wednesday evening, that challah makes it unique and             vated by politics, greed, and exclusivist hyper-nationalism,
holy. The challah elevates our experience and signals to us,         in which the state either offered a modicum of support or
especially my son Lior, that Shabbat is finally here!                refused to intercede in the violence.

   In the last few months, our Bikkur Cholim program has               Like all events in this period of pandemic, The Greenwood
grown to add baking and delivering challah. We have assem-           Pogrom will be a virtual gathering. The Synagogue Zoom
bled a team to bake and deliver challah to folks in our com-         Room may be accessed at 918-583-7121 on the Zoom plat-
munity who perhaps don’t want an entire meal or just need            form. Security controls will be in place to prevent disruption
a little show of support from their Synagogue. We see this           of any kind, but you will be asked to share your name before
as a gesture of tender care for our community members and            admission. The Synagogue looks forward to a meaningful
an opportunity to bring a little bit of holiness and love into       and thought-provoking gathering.
homes all over Tulsa.

  If you are interested in joining our Challah Team or know
someone who you think could benefit from this show of
care, please be in touch with me at slevitt@bnaiemunah.
com or call (918) 583-7121.

        MACAROON MANIA ON MARCH 31

               FIRST NIGHT OF PASSOVER AT 9:00 P.M | "SEDER SING" WITH ARTIST-IN RESIDENCE

                                 HAPPIE HOFFMAN
                                                                 6
SISTERHOOD                                                                   SPECIAL EVENTS
     QUICK NOTES                                                                BLATT + BLUE ON MARCH 18

  Joan Neidell reports that there have been two babies born                    The Synagogue’s ongoing program on Jewish cinema and
recently. Joan has delivered a special gift book from Sister-                television will focus in March on Shiva Baby, the 2020 fea-
hood to each family.                                                         ture which debuted at South by Southwest (SXSW) and the
                                                                             Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), but whose wider
  The Sisterhood Nominating Committee is working to re-                      distribution was interrupted by the pandemic. Directed by
new and recruit members for the Sisterhood Board of Trust-                   Emma Seligman, the film is a comedy about a directionless
ees. Watch for the date of the annual Sisterhood meeting.                    young bisexual Jewish woman who attends a shiva (gather-
                                                                             ings of mourners) with her family. Other attendees include
   Looking for Judaica gifts? Go to www.tulsagogue.com and                   her successful ex-girlfriend Maya.
click on the link to the Sisterhood Gift Shop. The Shop is
open 24/6, and funds collected from sales help Sisterhood                       The events of the film take place almost entirely in real
to make its annual donation to the Religious School. Shop                    time and at one location as Danielle explores her romantic
Local for your Judaica needs!                                                and career prospects under the intense watch of her family,
                                                                             friends, and judgmental neighbors. The film was universally
  Interested in volunteering for a Sisterhood project? Got                   praised by critics for its bisexual and Jewish representation,
an idea for a Sisterhood project? Contact Sisterhood Presi-                  while being described as accessible for all audiences, and for
dent, Hillary Roubein at hillaryroubein@gmail.com.                           effectively conveying the anxiety-inducing claustrophobia
                                                                             experienced by Danielle.

                                                                                The film has not yet been seen by general audiences, but
                                                                             the Synagogue has arranged a special, password protected
                                                                             showing, available on demand between Saturday evening,
                                                                             March 13, at 7:00 p.m. and Monday evening, March 15, at
                                                                             7:00 p.m. There is no charge for this screening, but please
                                                                             check the Synagogue website for a special link to the plat-
                                                                             form, along with the necessary password. If you have any
                                                                             difficult logging on, please call Program Director Eric Hun-
                                                                             ker at (610) 730-5859.

                                                                                Join the Zoom event on the following Thursday evening,
                                                                             March 11, at 7:00 p.m. The Zoom meeting ID is 918-583-
                                                                             7121 and the session will conclude at 8:00 p.m. If there is a
                                                                             film you’d like to see in these sessions in the future, please
                                                                             reach out to Eric Hunker at ehunker@bnaiemunah.com.
                                                                                .
   At the 2015 Passover Potluck Party at Hillary Roubein's home. Carol
Mandlebaum and Alice Blue were happy to contribute their own dishes to
the event.

                                                                                             BAKER’S DOZEN
                    PASSOVER 2021                                                       Please drop your home-baked goods at the
                 IS HEADED OUR WAY!                                                       Synagogue every Tuesday and Thursday
                                                                                              so that we can wrap and deliver
                  SEE THIS ISSUE OF THE MESSENGER
                                                                                             treats to Tulsa’s first responders.
                   FOR DETAILS ON ALL PROGRAMS

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SECOND SEDER
AT THE DIGITAL SYNAGOGUE
SUNDAY, MARCH 28 | 5:45 to 7:00 p.m.
No charge to participate. Zoom ID: 918-583-7121
OPASSCO
Oklahoma Passover Supply Company

      The Seder Plate Box | $18
         Everything you need to set your
 Seder plate, including a roasted egg, shankbone,
    raw horseradish, green onions, charoset,
  endive (the second bitter herb), and matzah.

         The Seder Meal | $25
      Your choice of either brisket, chicken,
 salmon, or vegetarian entree, with imaginative
   vegetables, new spring potatoes, and salad.
    Price for children's meals: $10 per serving

          The OPASSCO Store
       Order online at tulsagogue.com for
 pick-up beginning Monday, March 22 between
      10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. You can also
      do COVID-friendly outdoor shopping
       at the front door of the Synagogue.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SYNAGOGUE
                                                                             Karen and Mark Kiely
      Altamont Bakery Fund          Rabbi Arthur D. Kahn, D.D.
                                                                                Sharon Neuwald
     Michael and Cindy Guterman            Culture Fund
                                                                               Harvey Solomon
       Dennis and Terri Johnson           Jerry and Susan Sokol
                                                                                 Elaine Weise
                                                                              Janice A. Winzinger
    Ann Beerman Garden Fund            Rabbi Daniel S. Kaiman
     Michael and Cindy Guterman         Discretionary Fund
                                                                                In Honor Of
         Jerry and Jan Potash                  Joe Degen
                                                                         David Biespiel, on his birthday
                                       The Family of Norman Levin
                                                                         Scott Biespiel, on his birthday
        Bikur Cholim Fund             Joe Edmonds and Aaron Miller
                                                                         Rabbi Marc Boone Fitzerman
            Nancy Resnick
                                                                            Rabbi Daniel S. Kaiman
             Isrella Taxon          Rabbi Marc Boone Fitzerman
                                                                                 Betty Lehman
                                        Discretionary Fund
   Brian Sweet Multimedia Fund           Dr. Harvey Blumenthal
                                                                               In Memory Of
        Rosalie and Bob Hanson              Dr. Morris Brown
                                                                          Miriam bat Shmuel Baruch
                                        Martin and Alecia Fischer
                                                                               E. Stanley Berger
      Brouse Family Shabbat                   Julie B. Freid
                                                                               Estelle H. Berger
        and Holiday Fund                  Tim and Laura Howard
                                                                               Roberts S. Berger
         Jerry and Jan Potash                Carol Kallmeyer
                                                                               Sandy Blumenthal
                                                                                Marion Brodsky
       Chevra Kadisha Fund          Richards Family Library Fund
                                                                                 Miriam Brown
            Nancy Resnick            Gail and Kip Richards and Family
                                                                                Morris Freidlin
                                                                                A.W. Friedman
  Dave Sylvan Joyful Music Fund       Rose Borg Sukkah Fund
                                                                               Ursula Guterman
             Susan Cook             Roslyn Borg (St. Louis) and Family
                                                                           Robert Alexander Hanson
                                                                               Martin Kallmeyer
   Eva Unterman Environmental         Rubin Fund for Children
                                                                                 Eileen Koven
         Education Fund                 and the Visual Arts
                                                                                  Terri Kramer
       Martin and Alecia Fischer        Michael and Sari Addicott
                                                                                 Norman Levin
                                             Nancy Resnick
                                                                                Adolf Neuwald
 Goodall/Blanc Art Education Fund
                                                                          Sylvia and Milton Oberstein
            Nancy Resnick                    Touro 2020
                                                                                  Mel Resnick
                                        Martin and Alecia Fischer
                                                                               Seymour Shapiro
     Isabel and Edgar Sanditen
                                                                            Darrell and Sylvia Smith
          Preschool Fund              Synagogue General Fund
                                                                                Freda Solomon
         Jerry and Jan Potash               Yolanda Charney
                                                                                 Sheldon Tilkin
                                        Martin and Alecia Fischer
                                                                                 Oscar Velarde
    Norman and Shirley Levin             Bob and Rosalie Hanson
                                                                                  Jack Zarrow
       Prayer Book Fund                 Paula and Lenny Holzband
                                                                                 Scott Zarrow
        Jane and Steve Friedlin
            Sandra Treanor

                     PASSOVER FOOD SALE BEGINNING MARCH 22
march | adar-nisan
      Sunday                Monday               Tuesday              Wednesday          Thursday           Friday              Saturday
                       1                    2                     3                 4                 5                    6
                                            10:00 AM              4:00 PM           10:00 AM          11:00 AM             10:00 AM
                                             Baker’s Dozen         Hebrew Lab        Baker’s Dozen     Two Rabbis and...    Panim el Panim
                                             Dropoff              7:00 PM            Dropoff          5:45 PM               Shabbat Service
                                                                   Midrasha                            Yahrtzeit Service   6:40 PM Havdalah
                                                                                                      6:00 PM              7:00 PM
                                                                                                       Shabbat Together     Shiva Baby
                                                                                                      6:02 PM Candles       Screening Launch
                                                                                                      6:22 PM Sunset

                                                                                                                                Torah: Ki Tisa
7                      8                    9                     10                11                12                   13
10:00 AM                                    10:00 AM              4:00 PM           10:00 AM          11:00 AM             10:00 AM
 ShulSchool                                  Baker’s Dozen         Hebrew Lab        Baker’s Dozen     Two Rabbis and...    Panim el Panim
4:00 PM 21 to 21                             Dropoff              7:00 PM            Dropoff          5:45 PM               Shabbat Service
                                            7:00 PM                Midrasha                            Yahrtzeit Service   6:45 PM Havdalah
                                             Board of Directors                                       6:00 PM              7:00 Shiva Baby
                                                                                                       Shabbat Together     Screening
                                                                                                      6:09 PM Candles
                                                                                                      6:29 PM Sunset

                                                                                                                                 Torah:
                                                                                                                            Vayakhel-Pekuday
14                     15                   16                    17                18                19                   20
4:00 PM 21 to 21       7:00 PM              10:00 AM                                10:00 AM          11:00 AM             10:00 AM
                        Maker Judaism:       Baker’s Dozen                           Baker’s Dozen     Two Rabbis and...    Panim el Panim
                        Matzah               Dropoff                                 Dropoff          5:45 PM               Shabbat Service
                        with R. Fitzerman                                           7:00 PM            Yahrtzeit Service   7:50 PM Havdalah
                                                                                     Blatt and Blue   6:00 PM
                                                                                                       Shabbat Together
                                                                                                      7:15 PM Candles
                                                                                                      7:35 PM Sunset
           Shiva Baby Screening

    Rosh Chodesh
       Nisan                                                                                                                    Torah: Vayikra
21                     22                   23                    24                25                26                   27
4:00 PM 21 to 21                            10:00 AM              4:00 PM           10:00 AM          11:00 AM             10:00 AM
                                             Baker’s Dozen         Hebrew Lab        Baker’s Dozen     Two Rabbis and...    Panim el Panim
                                             Dropoff              7:00 PM            Dropoff           5:45 PM              Shabbat Service
                                                                   Midrasha                            Yahrtzeit Service   8:00 PM Havdalah
                                                                                                      6:00 PM              9:00 Seder Sing with
                                                                                                       Shabbat Together     Happie Hoffman
                                                                                                      7:21 PM Candles
                                                                                                      7:41 PM Sunset

                                                 OPASSCO: Oklahoma Passover Supply Company                                      Torah: Tzav
                                                                                                                                Erev Pesach
28                     29                   30                    31
9:00 AM                10:00 AM             7:00 PM               7:00 PM
 To+Gather: Passover    Yom Tov Service      The Greenwood         Macaroon Mania
10:00 AM                                     Pogrom
 Yom Tov Celebration
5:45 PM
 Second Seder with
 The Synagogue
THE SYNAGOGUE                                                                                                                               Non-Profit Organization
                                                                                                                                                U.S. Postage

CONGREGATION B’NAI EMUNAH                                                                                                                             PAID
                                                                                                                                                Tulsa, Oklahoma
1719 South Owasso Avenue                                                                                                                        Permit No. 587
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120

  YAHRTZEIT CALENDAR­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ — 17 ADAR THROUGH 18 NISAN
    Monday, March 1 - 17 Adar                    Monday, March 8 - 24 Adar                    Monday, March 15 - 2 Nisan                   Tuesday, March 23 - 10 Nisan
     Jean Zelda Eichenberg                          Alfred E. Aaronson                             Charles Borochoff                              Charles Brouse
          Helen Eisen                              Myron W. Glichouse                               Nadine Iola Wise                            Bahram Delrahim
         Irving Fenster                                Amelia Josey                               Irene Renee Kasner                               Aaron Moran
      Mildred T. Sanditen                              Joan Kutner                                    Ilse Schwarz                             Marvin Phillip Shalon
          Phillip Sokol                                 Isaac Lebow                                   Mark Seigel
         Meyer Stekoll                               Miles Schuman                                    Sol Spector                         Wednesday, March 24 - 11 Nisan
       Lawrence Tauben                                Asher Zeldich                                 Bernice Stekoll                              Frances Klein
        Patricia Taubman                                                                      Benjamin Franklin Stockfish                        Eva Wiseman
          Max R. Travis                          Tuesday, March 9 - 25 Adar
      Ann Freed Weisman                               Chasye Dundee                            Tuesday, March 16 - 3 Nisan                Thursday, March 25 - 12 Nisan
                                                Neta H. (Blumenfeld) Dundee                            Celia Davis                               Harry Beinhorn
    Tuesday, March 2 - 18 Adar                      Gary Morris Mandell                             Barbara Rambach                              Louis Berlowitz
         Stan Burnstein                                Ronnie Singer                                 Eva Rashbaum                                Frances Brodsky
          Morris Butkin                                  Larry Sitrin                                                                              A. Jeb Lewis
       Martin R. Kopelman                                                                    Wednesday, March 17 - 4 Nisan                     Samuel David Miller
         Stanley Silberg                        Wednesday, March 10 - 26 Adar                 Henry “Hank” Alcouloumre                           George Robison
           Jacob Starr                                 Sam R. Dritch                           Monroe “Jim” Friedman
                                                       Bernard Jacobs                                Max Wolens                             Friday, March 26 - 13 Nisan
   Wednesday, March 3 - 19 Adar                    Marguerite E. Mandell                                                                             Saul Baum
        Aaron Appelsies                               Alexander Urban                         Thursday, March 18 - 5 Nisan                       Dorothea Dundee
           Larry Fasel                                                                                Joe Bobrow                                Paul M. Jankowsky
        Donald N. Irwin                          Thursday, March 11 - 27 Adar                         H.C. Bortel                                   Helen Langer
     Elma Frances Jankowsky                              Morrey Frey                                  Maxine Jeffy                                  Jerry Wittels
         Nathan Martin                                Rose R. Friedman                                 Etta Price
         Paula H. Miller                            John Payne Hammond                            Dr. Milton Taubman                      Saturday, March 27 - 14 Nisan
          Jennie Rozen                                   Henry Levy                                                                                 Harry Fadem
          Ben Schwartz                                   Elsie Moran                           Friday, March 19 - 6 Nisan                           Abe Fedman
           Frank Sitrin                                 Jack S. Price                                 Mark Finston                                Barbara Goldberg
           Rose Smith                              George Joseph Renberg                            Bella Jankofsky                              David C. Goldberg
        Dr. Joseph Stovin                                Jack Winer                                    Mike May                                    Mina Lapidus
                                                                                                   Odie McReynolds                                  Alicia Urban
    Thursday, March 4 - 20 Adar                   Friday, March 12 - 28 Adar                          Nathan Mizel                                   Ben Watt
         Estelle H. Berger                             Bessie Contente                            Milford S. Ungerman                       Lillian Sanditen Weinstein
           Betty Kaplan                               Norman Lewis Frey
          Florence Klein                                  Anna Glenn                          Saturday, March 20 - 7 Nisan                 Sunday, March 28 - 15 Nisan
             Max Ruby                                  Diane G. Kaiser                              Jacob Greenberg                              Irwin Oleinick
          Morris Schuman                               J. Morris Mayer                             Norma Lee Hipfner                         Dorothy Zarrow Renberg
         Herbert Unterman                                Sheine Mehl                                  Ruben Kern
                                                      Sarah Schusterman                             Morris J. Krawitz                      Monday, March 29 - 16 Nisan
     Friday, March 5 - 21 Adar                          Ida Sucherman                                Marjorie Lubin                          Bernard Clay Hawkins
           Marla Brody                                   Jerry Wolens                               Ruben Leib Paru                            Shulamith Massil
          Joyce Epperson                                                                              Katie Pollock                                Ethel Salle
        Lorraine Klein Juby                      Saturday, March 13 - 29 Adar
             Celia Klein                                  George Fein                          Sunday, March 21 - 8 Nisan                  Tuesday, March 30 - 17 Nisan
           Esther Kurtz                               Samuel Gershowitz                               Goldie Cash                               Aaron Nisson Levin
                                                           Joe Levit                                 Naomi Isaacs                                Chaya Leya Levin
    Saturday, March 6 - 22 Adar                       Israel James Miller                           George Ludman                                  Nathan Price
          Evelyn S. Alster                               Samuel Schiff                              Harry L. Miller                           William Nathan Raskin
            Irving Borg                                   Ida Stekoll                               Etta G. Milsten                                  Al Solow
        Ariella Buckmaster                                                                           Lottie Minsky                                Chasya Zarrow
        Marian Darmstadter                        Sunday, March 14 - 1 Nisan                       Sylvia Oberstein
             Abe Salle                                Joseph S. Kantor                              Leonard Seigel                        Wednesday, March 31 - 18 Nisan
                                                     Shimon Sam Mizel                                William Stein                               Irving M. Blum
     Sunday, March 7 - 23 Adar                          Morris Mizel                                                                           Abraham Markovitz
            Annie Martin                                Morris Myers                          Monday, March 22 - 9 Nisan                       John Griffin Moody
        Bill (Wm.) E. Meyer                         Dr. Herbert Prussack                           Berel Dundee                                  Grace Solomon
           Seymour Price                                Abbo Stekoll                                   Joe Katz                                Dr. Ronald L. Solow
          Steven Sanditen                               Bessie Stekoll                            Philip Rubinstein                               Fannie Tenner
              Sy Sweet                                                                              Tillie Welcher                               Harry Zoblotsky

             May their souls be bound up in the bond of life everlasting | Please note that each yahrtzeit begins at sunset on the day before the date listed.
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