WOOD RIVER wrjc
 JEWISH COMMUNITY
 "The Wood River Jewish Community is a gathering place that strives to perpetuate  
 Jewish tradition through worship, fellowship and learning.  Founded in 1976, we seek to provide a welcoming and caring community in the Wood River Valley
 
April 16, 2019
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 TORAH PORTION OF THE WEEK

PASSOVER SHABBAT READING:
Exodus 12:21-51

* A "mixed multitude" of people fled Egypt with the Israelites.
* With no time to wait, they took the cakes from their oven before they had time to rise. As a reminder of God's redemption, we are instructed to eat only unleavened bread during Passover.
* We must explain to our children, "It is because of what God did for me when I went free from Egypt." The Hebrew word for explain, v'higgadta, has the same root as Haggadah, the book from which we read on Passover. In doing so, each year we fulfill the sacred obligation to tell this story to our children. It is this story, more than any other that is central to Judaism.
* God redeemed us from slavery and we therefore know the heart of the stranger.
It is the time of Spring (really! It's coming!) - the season of new growth and new beginnings. And, of course, as described in the Book of Exodus, it is also the holiday of the liberation of our people from slavery in Egypt.

"Egypt" in Hebrew is Mitzrayim, literally a "narrow" place. In slavery, our ancestors were in a narrow place, both physically and spiritually. As we will recount the story together at our tables from Florida to Washington, New York to California, Texas to Idaho, and all over the world, we are grateful that God led us out of that narrow place. We came from unbearable darkness out into a world of Torah, of Peoplehood, of Light. At this season, let us embrace the light and let go of the narrow places that limit our lives - opening ourselves to the wide world of possibilities and new beginnings that await us!

Rabbi Robbi
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Committee chair: Dana Berntson
In this issue
Torah portion
Passover
Patron of the month
Shabbat service
Donations of the week
Yarzheits
Celebration of the week
Recovery
Caring Committee
Legacy
Our Board of Directors

Susan Green
President
Jami Delgado 
Vice-President
Judy Teller-Kaye  
Treasurer
Eileen Prager
Secretary
Dana Berntson
Linda Cooper 
Ellen Fastow
Joanne Mercer
Marshall Meyer
 Past President
Noa Ries
Bob Safron
Neil Siegel
Scott Rogel 
 
Rabbi Robbi Sherwin
   
  Claudie Goldstein
Executive Director
Director of Development

 Cindy Smith
Bookkeeper
Advisory Council
Harriet Parker-Bass
Buzz Coe
Lenny Cohen
Marty Lyon
Marshall Meyer
Enid Rawlings 
Juli Roos

Addresses
Mailing:
PO Box 837
Ketchum, ID 83340

Physical:
471 Leadville Avenue
Ketchum, ID 83340

Office Hours
Tuesday:
10:00am-4:00pm

Thursday:
10:00am-4:00pm

Friday:
 10:00am-1:00pm
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A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR PATRON OF THE MONTH
Marty and Mila Lyon
 
NO SHABBAT SERVICE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 19

DONATIONS OF THE WEEK
 
Honor a special occasion, express sympathy, remember a  loved one, or simply say "Thank You" with a donation to a WRJC fund of your choice.

 
JEWISH LIFE/RABBI FUNDS
Marshall and Judy Meyer
Bob and Lynda Safron
David Kaye and Judy Teller Kaye
Darryl and Taunya Hall 
in memory of Cheryle Hall
Richard Smooke
Jan Aronson
Buzz and Penny Coe
Stuart and Rivian Glickman
Dana Berntson
in memory of Madalyn Henry
Bruce Green and Barry Karas 
in memory of Abe and Harriet Green and in memory of Ben and Jenette Karasick
Scott and Carol Glenn
Jerome and Judy Levy
Elliott and Joanne Mercer
in honor of Rabbi Sherwin
Larry and Marlene Samuels 
George Shapiro and Ray Ann Kremer
Bob and Bonnie Zalkowitz
Jay and Linda Cooper
Ron and Susan Green
Bob and Claudie Goldstein
Rabbi Sherwin and Mark Jordan
in honor of the birth of their grandson Clark (Yardein) Jaroszewicz
Greg and Enid Rawlings
Harriet Parker Bass
Susan Blair
Barrett and Laura Freelander
Bob Levine and Sherill Heron
Barry Peterson and Candice Rosenberg Peterson
Jonathan Schwartz and Jayme Neiman
Tom and Monique Stern
Ed and Julie Weil
Paul Wolff and Rhea Schwartz
Lenny and Phyllis Schlessinger
Josh and Rowena kleinman
Jay and Debra Platt
Lindy Cogan and Laura Hubbard
Daniel and Diane Feldman
Ronnie and Sylvia Hartman
Cynthia and Tad Piper in honor of Bunker Frank
Al and Brenda Hackel
David and Susan Weil
Michael and Juli Roos
Irv and Trudy Littman
Larry and Rebekah Helzel in memory of Leo Helzel
Eric and Tracy Kanowski
Fred and Eileen Prager
Flora Mason
Phil and Cathy Goldstein
Ralph and Shirley Shapiro
Woody and Margery Friedlander  in honor of Rabbi Robbi on
the birth of her grandson Clark
Carlyn Ring
Alan and Wendy Pesky


WHERE NEEDED MOST FUNDS
Woody and Margery Friedlander in memory of Leo Helzel, Larry's father

YARZHEITS OF THE WEEK
A Yahrzeit donation allows you to honor the memory of the special people in your life. Your gift will memorialize your loved one during the anniversary of his or her passing.
 
Bernard Brait, Father of Kenneth Brait
Floss Clements 
Milton Levitan, Father of Dan Levitan
Sarah Louise Gurrentz, Mother of Leslie Luray
Richard Pillar 
Justine Weintraub, Mother of Gail Stern

                        CELEBRATION OF THE WEEK
ANNIVERSARY
Steve Dorinson and Susanne Marx
 
BIRTHDAYS
James Frehling
Woody Friedlander
THINKING OF YOU
Art Sloan
Paul Firstenberg
CARING COMMITTEE
Coni Foster is our April leader.
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LEAVING A LEGACY
To discuss leaving a legacy and providing support to our Wood River Jewish Community in perpetuity, please feel free to call 208-726-1183 or email [email protected] to arrange a private and confidential meeting. 
If you want to know more about our organization, please contact  Claudie Goldstein, Executive Director  at [email protected] or 208-726-1183
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