Our Third Decade Shabbat Is Approaching
In This Issue:125th Anniversary, page 4Shabbat Under the Stars, page 5Opera Series, page 6VOLUME 15 NUMBER 10JUNE & JULY, 2019IYAR-SIVAN & SIVAN-TAMMUZ 5779Our Third Decade Shabbat is ApproachingSaturday, July 13thJoin the continuing celebration! Recall andrejoice the Beth Abraham years from the 70’sthrough 2008! “How can I do this?” you ask.Let us tell you At the Third DecadeShabbat, of course. This special Shabbat isSaturday, July 13, 2019.At services and at Kiddush lunch, we will enjoyCantor Kopmar’s Musaf rendition; we will sharememories of the internationally acclaimed YouthChorale under his capable direction and of theCantor Jerome B. KopmarRabbi Samuel Pressmany years that Samuel Press served as Rabbi;we will celebrate our transition to full egalitarianism; and we will recall and rejoice much more.Be part of the ongoing excitement as we celebrate our 125 years as a congregation.See you on July 13th!Sunday, August 25, from 1 PM – 4 PMJoin us for an interactive afternoon with fun for allas we continue to celebrate Beth Abraham’s 125th Anniversary!RECALL: What’s your story? – share and record your stories about Beth Abraham. Enjoy the gallery ofartifacts of Beth Abraham’s past.REJOICE: Nosh on Jewish comfort food, enjoy roving entertainment, and more!RENEW: Create as an Artist in Residence, completing paintings that will become part of our artwork ondisplay. Reimagine Beth Abraham’s stained-glass windows. Enter a raffle for a piece of artwork made withpieces of Beth Abraham’s history.After we reflect, create, and color, we will celebrate with a concert that brings us all together!!No cost.
The Cantor’s CornerCantor Andrea Raizen“The transformative power ofmusic.” This is a statement I heardrepeatedly at the 72nd Annual CantorsAssembly Conventionheld recently inLouisville. I am not aregular attendee atthese conventions,but because there wasto be a tribute concerthonoring the legacyof our CantorEmeritus, Jerome B.Kopmar, and theamazing youth chorales both here atBeth Abraham and Beth El in Akron, Ifelt compelled to go. Not only would wehear the music, every piececommissioned specifically for theseyouth chorales, but much of the choirfeatured at the concert was made up ofalumni of these incredible groups,including 15 singers from the BethAbraham Youth Chorale.Although I was offered theopportunity to sing with the group as a“Friend of the Chorale,” I chose to sit inthe audience and listen. And I am soglad that I did. I have heard several ofthe original recordings of the Choraleand was anxious to hear these piecesperformed live. The choir, composed of25 alumni and several cantorialcolleagues including Hazzan JennaGreenberg, was conducted by HazzanDavid Tilman of Elkins Park, PA. Thegroup gathered for its one and onlyrehearsal just hours before theperformance. It was as much of anexperience to watch the singers as itwas to listen. The professionally trainedhazzanim, all of them proficient sightsingers, sang precisely and beautifully,lending their mature voices to theensemble. But it was the former Choralemembers that captivated the audience.The sheer joy on their faces as theyopened their mouths to sing as a grouponce again was priceless. As children,they had memorized each note and wordof these songs that essentially becameingrained in them. They sang with loveand respect, not only for the music, butfor their beloved Cantor.Towards the end of the program,Cantor Kopmar was the featured soloistfor the piece “Halleluyah.” Honestly, Iam not sure how he held it together todo that, but he did not disappoint. Afterthat he spoke to the audience, relatinghow daunting it was at the start of eachseason when he received a newly writtenpiece, sometimes 250 pages of music,that he would then need to teach to hisyoung singers. But what he made veryclear was that this wasn’t just aboutlearning to sing a piece of music. Thiswas Jewish education at its finest. Or asCantor Kopmar likes to say, “educationthrough the back door.” Thesecompositions were based on Biblicalbooks and themes like Proverbs andRuth. In the process of learning thepiece, the children not only learned thewords of the texts, but came tounderstand and appreciate that the notesand melodies chosen by the composerwere very intentional and broughtmeaning to the composition. Anotherfavorite Kopmarism is, “the music shouldserve the words,” not the other wayaround. The Chorale alumni concludedthe concert (without the additionalsingers) singing “May the Words,” donea capella, under the direction of CantorKopmar. This was the most touchingpiece that brought tears to the eyes ofmany, including myself.I believe that this honor bestowed onCantor Kopmar achieved its intent. Thatwas precisely to allow him to witnesshow impactful the experience of theChorale had on so many Jewish children.For many, it was life changing. As aneducator I know what it is like to wonderif what you do makes a difference. Forthe most part, once a student moves onyou don’t know if the seeds youattempted to plant ever took root. Butthese now grown Chorale members, 50 years later, are the fruits of those seeds.I am so glad that this event took placein the midst of Beth Abraham’s 125thanniversary year and the 50th anniversaryof Cantor Kopmar’s arrival to Dayton. Asif we did not have enough to be proud ofalready, this gives us one more reason tocelebrate. I do hope many of you will joinus for the next Decade Shabbatscheduled for July 13, at which Cantorand his dear wife Goldye will be with us.Cantor Kopmar will lead our Musafservice and speak afterwards at theKiddush lunch. I look forward to sharingin this with all of you.2
A 50th Anniversary of an All-Time Festival3Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg“with a little help from my friends.”Alan Cooper was my first Rabbinical were Jews aplenty involved in everyaspect of the festival. Michael Lang andSchool teacher of Mikra’ot Gedolot –“The important thing that you’veArtie Kornfeld developed the concept for“The Great Rabbinic Bible” – an editionproven to the world,” he declared,a major festival event to celebrate the 60sof the Torah with the commentaries of“is that a half a million kids – and Ileading medieval social movements. It eventually becamecall you kids because I have childrenthe Woodstock Musical Festival with therabbinicthat are older than you - can gethelp of two other Jews – John Robertsscholars. Littletogether and have three days of funand Joel Rosenman.did I know, thisand music and have nothing but funThere were several Jewish musicaldistinguishedand music, and God Bless You forfront-liners as well: Jorma Kaukonen (sonprofessor ofit!”of a Jewish mother) and Marty BalinHebrew Bible(whose father was Jewish) of Jeffersonwas once on theYasgur’s appearance on the stage atAirplane; Arlo Guthrie (his mother wasstage ofWoodstock, judging from the crowd’sJewish); Country Joe and the Fish’s JoeWoodstock asresponse in the documentary, was asthe lead singer of McDonald (son of a Jewish mother) andBarry Melton; and Blood, Sweat & Tears’ warmly received as Jimi Hendrix’s version ofthe doo-wopthe “Star-Spangled Banner.”band, Sha Na Na. Jerry Hyman, Steve Katz, Fred LipsiusOn an interesting side note, in caseand Lew Soloff. There were the GratefulSha Na Na, formed at Columbiayou’re thinking that Max Yasgur being aDead’s Mickey Hart and Bert SommerUniversity, was Woodstock’sand many in Sha Na Na, including Henry Jewish dairy farmer was an oddity, you’d bepenultimate performance, warming upmistaken. Nate Bloom notes thatthe audience for Jimibefore the hippies, some JewsHendrix. Their act was“What I didn’t realize is the significant role American Jewsbegan their own “back to thecaptured in the epic 1970land” movement in the early 20thdocumentaryplayed in this seminal cultural event –that there were Jewscentury. In Sullivan County, the“Woodstock.” You canaplenty involved in every aspect of the festival.”county where the Woodstocksee all 12 originalFestival was held, a Jewishmembers, bouncing andfarming population developed as Jews, oneGross, Elliot Cahn and of course Alanshaking and gyrating in their goldby one, decided to settle there and farm.Cooper.costumes for 52 glorious andThey were drawn by the beauty of theEven the local Monticello Jewishimmortalizing seconds, with thousandsCatskill Mountains and a train line that tookCommunity Center played a part when itof longhaired young men and womentheir milk to New York City. By 1910,generously donated thousands ofsinging along. And there’s Cooper, onsomewhere between 500 to 1,500 Jewishthe lead vocals, belting out the lyrics to sandwiches to hungry festivalgoers,tens-of-thousands of whom were Jewish. farmers were in the county, constituting“At the Hop,” wearing a yellow vest30% of all American Jewish farmers. ToNone of this would have happenedwith no shirt underneath, darkhelp make ends meet, a number of thesewithout Max Yasgur, the New York statesunglasses, and a leather cabbie hat,farmers started to take in boarders. Thisdairy farmer who defied his neighborssnapping his fingers and tapping hisincluded the families who ended upwhen he agreed to host the 1969feet.founding the famous Grossinger’s,Woodstock Music and Arts Festival onAlan Cooper would remain with ShaKutsher’s, and Tamarack Lodge resorts.his land. Max was the son of SamuelNa Na until 1971, a time span that putI am proud that Jews played a criticalhim on both The Tonight Show and The Yasgur, a Jewish immigrant born inrole in this watershed event. What I amMinsk.Merv Griffin Show — no small feat. HeMax Yasgur was no country yokel. He most proud of is the way we modeled howleft the band (Jon ‘Bowzer’ Baumanthose on opposite sides of the politicalran one of the biggest dairies in thereplaced him) and eventually earned acounty and had studied real estate law at spectrum found a way to support anddoctorate in Biblical Studies from Yaleembrace one another. 1969 was a time ofNew York University. He was also noUniversity.angry antiwar demonstrations and theradical; he was a registered RepublicanI thought of my former professor,Chicago Eight arrests. Yet, Woodstock waswho supported the war in Vietnam. ButAlan Cooper, because this summeranything but angry or violent.he was a fierce opponent of intolerancemarks the 50th anniversary of theIn my opinion, there was somethingand bias. In fact, notes journalist Natehistoric Woodstock Music Festival,vaguely Jewish about Woodstock. TheBloom, when it looked like the townwhich attracted perhaps as many as afestival celebrated ideals easy to labelzoning board might stop the festival, hehalf-million, mostly young,as chesed (loving-kindness), tzedekconfronted its members and told themconcertgoers to Bethel, New York. The(justice) and tikkun olam (repair of thethat Americans in uniform fought andpeaceful behavior of festival-goersworld), but were paraded under thedied to give us all freedom – and thatgave, and still gives, Woodstock thebanners of “sharing and caring,” “weaura of being the tangible affirmation of freedom extended to those they viewedshall overcome” and pursuit of peace.as draft-dodging, long-haired, anti-warthe “peace and love” ethos of the 60sWhat could be more Jewish than peace?hippies. Yasgur added that he didn’thippie “counterculture.” The “goodOn this 50th anniversary of thisagree with hippies’ views on thevibes” given off by those like Alanwatershed event, may each of us continuegovernment, drug use, or “free love.”Cooper were fortunately preserved forto ohev shalom v’rodef shalom – to loveStill, they had a right to be in the town.posterity by “Woodstock,” one of theMax Yasgur would surprise everyone peace and to pursue it. Maybe, as Jonibest concert documentaries ever made.when he decided to address the audience Mitchell envisions in her celebratoryWhat I didn’t realize is theanthem to the festival, “we [will get]significant role American Jews played in on day three of the festival, shortlybefore Joe Cocker took the stage to sing, ourselves back to the garden.”this seminal cultural event –that there
4HELP US REACH 100%As part of our year-long 125th yearanniversary celebration, members of theInterview Subcommittee are talking withcongregants, asking them to sharesynagogue memories. Clara Hochstein’sinterview beautifully captures what we areall about here at Beth Abraham – We are acommunity.Clara remembers her younger years atK.K. House of Abraham at the WayneAvenue Shul. She relates that, wheneverthere was a Jewish family celebration atthe Shul, such as a pidyon haben(celebrating the first born male),practically every congregant attendedand engaged. They shared the family’sjoy. They enjoyed delicious foodprepared by the congregants themselves.Together, they created a kvellingcommunity. All of them. Not just a few.All of them.Clara’s memory reminds us that a“community” is not just a synagoguebuilding. It is not just a bunch of servicesand programs that bring us all together. Itis not just names of memberson our roster.No, it is about far more than that. Itis about relationships. It is about comingtogether to care about each other. It isabout making the most of every momentbeing with and being concerned aboutour synagogue friends. It is aboutworking together – using our talent andour treasure - to ensure that BethAbraham will continue to provide thiscommunal setting, now and for decadesto come.It is Clara’s memory that has becomepart of the thematic web of ouranniversary year. It is reflected in all thatwe are doing this year to recall ourbeginnings, to rejoice in our successesand to renew ourselves to ensure avibrant future.This theme is also reflected in ouranniversary fundraising activities. Wecreated The 125 Fund to raise money notonly to pay for our anniversaryfestivities (a replacement for funds wenormally raise through the Women ofValor and Donor Events); we alsocreated this Fund to better ensure ourfuture; and, more importantly, reflectingour community theme, we also createdthis fund to encourage every congregantto contribute.For this reason, we seek 100%participation. So we ask each member tomake a contribution to The 125 Fund. Weask each member to make a contributionthat is comfortable – whether it is 25.00or 25,000. Every gift is appreciated,regardless of amount.The response thus far has beensimply remarkable. So many of yourfellow members have already steppedforward to participate and we are well onour way to reaching our 100% goal.If you have not yet made acommitment, please do so as soon aspossible. There is a list of current donorsposted outside the sanctuary door. Weupdate this list each week. We do this totrack our goal of 100% participation. Wehope to see the names of all congregantson this list.CEMETERY TOUR AND TOAST WAS A HIT“Oh my gosh!” “Fascinating!” “I didn’t know that!” “Wow, Marshall Weiss is awesome!”This is just a sampling of the comments from those who attended the May 5th cemetery tour and celebratory toast (Spiritsof our Past: In our Hearts Forever) as part of our 125th year anniversary celebration.We started our celebration at our cemetery. We gathered at the “Old Section”- the 1/8 acre portion that our Founderspurchased in 1894. (Other sections were acquired in later years as the congregation grew in number.)Marshall Weiss, nationally-recognized publisher of the Dayton Jewish Observer, director of the Federation-based DaytonGenealogy Society and Beth Abraham member, moved us from tombstone to tombstone to bring our synagogue history tolife. He reminded us that our Founders were largely Lithuanians from Greater Russia. He pointed out that many of the earlysynagogue leaders were just in their twenties and most started out as peddlers. He showed us the location in the Old Sectionwhere the nine Torahs destroyed in the 1913 Flood were buried. We were absolutely fascinated with all that we learned.After this cemetery tour, we reconvened at the Dublin Pub at the corner of Fifth and Wayne, the site of an early House ofAbraham location. Once assembled, Michael Freed, our President, led us in a celebratory toast. We then enjoyed beingtogether and sharing memories, savoring the beverage of our choice and a nosh.A hearty mazel tov to the event co-chairs, Norm Lewis and DenaBriskin, and theircommittee members. Anda thank-you to Maryannand Jack Bernstein, theevent sponsor.We now look forwardto the remaininganniversary events. Asthe enthusiasm mounts,you will want to be partof the celebration. Seeyou there!
A Message From Mike5Mike Freed, Beth Abraham PresidentBoard Transitions WellAt our Annual Meeting held in May,the congregation formally accepted therecommendation of our NominatingCommitteeapproving anew slate ofofficers anddirectors forthe comingyears.Our newlyinstalledExecutiveOfficers willserve two-year terms ending in May of2021. In addition to myself, VicePresidents Matt Arnovitz and AndySchwartz, as well as Treasurer ScottLiberman will remain in their currentpositions. Tara Feiner who previouslyserved as Secretary will transition to aVice President role, and Beverly Louisand Marlene Pinsky have moved to theExecutive Committee as Vice Presidentand Secretary respectively.Four members, Howard Ducker, MarkGordon, Lois Gross and Norm Weissmanwill be filling 3-year terms on the Board ofDirectors expiring in May of 2022 andMarcia Kress was elected to fill aprevious vacancy on the Board for a 2year term expiring in May of 2021.Marcia, Mark & Norm will all becontinuing their service on the Boardwhile Lois and Howard, both long timemembers of Beth Abraham, are new totheir roles on the Board of Directors. AsJewish CemeteriesVote ApprovedThe motion to agree to transfer ourcemetery assets to the JewishCemeteries of Greater Dayton (JCGD)was approved at our Annual Meeting.Beth Jacob and Temple Israel havealso approved similar motions. TheJCGD is continuing to raise funds toestablish the endowment to make thetransition a reality.it has been my recent tradition, I’d like totake this opportunity to formallyintroduce both of them to thecongregation.Lois Gross moved to Dayton over 50years ago from northern New Jersey andbegan a career as a teacher of bothSpanish and French in a number of localschools. After her retirement as aclassroom teacher, Lois has remainedactive professionally teaching Englishskills to Spanish speaking players of theDayton Dragons baseball team, a role shehas filled for nearly 20 years. Along theway she has raised three children, andhas seen two of her grandchildrencelebrate their B’nai Mitzvah at BethAbraham with a third soon to follow.Interestingly, Lois celebrated her own BatMitzah at Beth Abraham as one of agroup of 17 adult women who participatedin a special ceremony in 1985. Over theyears, Lois has been active with the BethAbraham Sisterhood in a variety of rolesincluding serving a term as Co-President.She is currently on the Kaleidoscope ofUs Committee for our 125th Anniversary.Howard Ducker is a lifelong BethAbraham member whose family historywith the congregation traces back to 1913through his grandfather, Philip Froikin.Howard grew up in Beth Abraham onSalem Avenue and was active in USYduring his high school years. Afterleaving the Dayton area for college andgraduate school studies, Howard and hiswife Sue returned to Dayton where theyraised two children, a son and a daughter.Howard found himself returning to a moreactive engagement with Beth Abrahamwhen the congregation moved to SugarCamp, and has become a regularpresence at the synagogue over thesepast years.In speaking to both Lois and Howardin preparation for my article, they bothcommented about their desire to buildon the momentum of our 125thAnniversary Year celebration. Theyhope to see the continued activeengagement and participation of theentire congregation as we conclude our125th Anniversary Year and move intothe future. They look forward to theirnew leadership role as Board members tohelp make it happen.On a final note, I also want torecognize Marc Katz and Terry Pinsky,who concluded their Board service
Yasgur’s appearance on the stage at Woodstock, judging from the crowd’s response in the documentary, was as warmly received as Jimi Hendrix’s version of the “Star-Spangled Banner.” On an interesting side note, in case you’re thinking that Max Yasgur being a Jewish dairy farme
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