Author: Wendy

October 2019
Tishrei/Cheshvan 5779
ISSUE 195

SHALOM SPRINGFIELD

Wendy Evans-Terry, Editor, Shalom Springfield

JEWISH FEDERATION OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

Inside this issue:
SCN 1
President’s Message 2
Chaverim/Retirees 3
Calendar 4
Stop the Bleed 5
PJ Library 6
SCN 7
P2G 8
Thanksgiving Baskets 9
Sage Notes 10
Legacy Gifts 11

The Jewish Federation of Springfield invites you to a Jewish Community Town Hall Meeting
“SECURITY & OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY”
presented by
Secure Community Network (SCN)
Secure Community Network (SCN) is the national homeland security initiative of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Stuart Frisch, SCN Midwest Regional Security Director and
Jacob Mouro, SCN Critical Infrastructure Protection Manager
Thursday, October 3, 2019, at 5:45 pm
1140 W. Governor Street (Temple Israel)
RSVP by Wednesday, October 2nd to rsvp@shalomspringfield or 787-7223 ext. 18
The Jewish Federation of Springfield has arranged for SCN experts to conduct site visits and security assessments of Temple B’rith Sholom, Temple Israel, Chabad of Springfield, and Federation offices, and to meet with area law enforcement entities. The Jewish Community Town Hall Meeting will provide an opportunity for you to raise your questions and concerns about security relative to our Jewish community and facilities and to hear about best practices and emergency preparedness.

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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
By Pat Chesley

Your Federation and its leadership have had a busy summer. In July Nancy Chesley, Nancy Sage and I attended a meeting of the Western Galilee Partnership in South Bend Indiana. That meeting gave us a better understanding of the great opportunities the Partnership has to offer.
In late October and early November, two couples from Springfield are taking a Discovery tour offered by the Partnership to Budapest Hungary and the Western Galilee region of Israel. In September, an email explained about opportunities to Learn2Gether, join a book club or participate in a Global Day of Jewish Learning.
Security was another point of emphasis this summer. The Federation hosted Stop the Bleed training on September 12th. The first responders to any tragic event are not the police, firemen or EMTs. The first responders are the civilians at the scene. Learning how to stop someone from bleeding could save their life.
The Federation also convened a meeting of all the people involved with security in our Jewish community. The goal of the group was to share information and resources so the Temples and their Sisterhoods, Chabad, the Federation, the Springfield Board of Jewish Education, Hadassah, and B’nai B’rith can each decide on how best to secure their buildings, events, and safeguard their members. The Secure Community Network (SCN), will visit each of the facilities and assess the needs of each.
In August, the Federation conducted a retreat for its Board members to consider the future of the organization. All the Jewish organizations in Springfield are faced with the same demographic changes. The Board used the retreat to determine how we best fulfill our mission to serve the community while addressing the challenges presented by a smaller and older Jewish community. We identified program priorities and were given tools to help make decisions as we move forward.

Pat Chesley Federation President

CALENDAR
10/1/19—Rosh Hashanah (Office Closed) 10/2/19—Federation Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. 10/2-4/19—Federation SCN Visit 10/3/19—Security & Our Jewish Community, 5:45 pm. 10/9/19—Yom Kippur (Office Closed) 10/14-15/19—Sukkot (Office Closed) 10/21/19—Shemini Atzeret (Office Closed) 10/22/19—Simchat Torah (Office Closed) 10/24/19—JCRC Meeting, 7 pm. 10/30/19—Knosh & Knowledge, 9:30 a.m.

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Chaverim
No Chaverim for the Month of October
-See You in November-

Knosh & Knowledge
Wednesday, October 30, 9:30 a.m.
Federation Office
First Floor Conference Room

Due to the Jewish holiday schedule, there will be NO Chaverim for the month of October.
Please join us when we return next month on Tuesday, November 12.

We always welcome Volunteers to enhance our Chaverim program.
If you are available to provide transportation, be a part of the conversation, or help with the snacks, please contact Betsy Salus at 787-7223, ext. 11.

Knosh & Knowledge presents “A Blind Man Can See Where the President’s Heart is: The Compassion of Lincoln,” with Tim Townsend, Historian for the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, on Wednesday, October 30, 9:30 a.m. at the Federation office, First Floor Conference Room.
Tim will share lesser known information about the Lincolns in Springfield and give an insider’s view of the Lincoln Home National Historic Site.
RSVP by Friday, October 25, to 787-7223 ext. 18 or rsvp@shalomspringfield.org.

THANK YOU

Thank you to our September volunteers:
Rabbi Michael Datz, Rabbi Barry Marks, and Barb Rabin.

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OCTOBER 2019

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
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8:45 am TI Service 12:30 pm CBD Rosh Hashanah Experience Rosh Hashanah Office Closed
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4:30 pm Children of Abraham 7:30 pm Fed. Board Meeting

5:45 pm Fed. “Security & Our Jewish Community” @ TI
7 pm TI Bd. Mtg.

5:30 pm TBS Family Shabbat 6 pm TI Shabbat

9 am TI Service

9 am Hebrew 10:15 am Religious School

TBS Service TI Service Erev Yom Kippur

TI S’Hd “Break the Fast” Yom Kippur Office Closed

5:30 pm TBS Shabbat 6 pm TI Shabbat

9 am TI Service

No Hebrew 10:15 am Religious School 4pm TBS Exec. Bd Mtg 7 pm TI Service

9 am TI Service Columbus Day Sukkot Office Closed

6:15 pm Hadassah Book club 6:30 pm SBJE Bd. Mtg Sukkot Office Closed

5 pm CBD Soup in the Sukkoth

5:30 pm TBS Shabbat, Dinner, & Consecration 6 pm TI Shabbat

9 am TI Service

No Hebrew 10:15 am Religious School 12 pm TBS Gen. Mtg. 7 pm CBD Hagenbrah Hakafot

9 am TI Yizkor 7 pm Joint Simchat Torah Shemini Atzeret Office Closed

7 pm TBS Bd. Mtg. Simchat Torah Office Closed

12:15 pm Fed Exec Bd Mtg 6 pm Hadassah Gen Mtg

7 pm JCRC Mtg

5:30 pm TBS Shabbat 6 pm TI Shabbat

9 am TI Service & Pekay Bat Mitzvah

9 am Hebrew 10:15 am Religious School 5 pm TBS Century Club

11:45 am TI Conversations Project

9:30 am Knosh & Knowledge

Check with the Temples for Service Times

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STOP THE BLEED

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MAZEL TOV

TO: Stacey Skrysak & Ryan Lehl, on the birth of their daughter, Piper Avery, born on August 11. Phil & Regan Marks, on the birth of their son, Judah. Bryan & Amelia Goers, on the birth of their son, Henry. Grandparents are Stuart Frank & Amber Barnhart.

LIFE & LEGACY ASSURING JEWISH TOMORROWS
Please remember the Jewish Federation in your will, estate plan or by beneficiary designation.

The mission of the Jewish Federation of Springfield, Illinois, is to serve the Jewish people locally, in Israel and throughout the world through coordinated fund raising, community-wide programming, social services and educational activities.

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SCN

MEET YOUR SCN EXPERTS

Stuart Frisch is the Regional Security Director for the Secure Community Network (SCN) based in Memphis, TN. In this role, Mr. Frisch serves at the local level as Director of Memphis Jewish Community Security, as well as at the regional and national levels as a member of the national SCN team.
Mr. Frisch served with the Memphis Police Department, Office of Homeland Security for more than a decade, and previously served in a Special Operations capacity with the Israel Defense Forces. Prior to joining SCN, Mr. Frisch served as Coordinator of Security Operations for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where he was responsible for creating security policy for a workforce of more than 5000 across 17 countries.
Jacob Mouro, ICPS CPD CPP, Critical Infrastructure Program Manager. Mr. Mouro joins the Secure Community Network following a fifteen-year career with the University of Michigan, Division of Public Safety & Security, where he rose through the ranks of the organization, ultimately serving as the Manager of Infrastructure Protection. In that role, he oversaw the entire Critical Infrastructure Program for the University of Michigan, whose campus is over 3200 acres, includes 584 major buildings with a combined area of more than 34 million gross square feet and annual research expenditures approaching $1.5 billion. Mr. Mouro managed security, threat and risk assessments of high-risk areas and critical infrastructure, set campus security standards, reviewed and updated incident response and communication plans, oversaw an extensive array of technical security solutions, as well as participated in intelligence, protection and response efforts, among other responsibilities.

Shalom Springfield is generously underwritten with support from the following community partners:
Bank of Springfield, www.bankofspringfield.com (217) 529-5555
Bisch and Sons Funeral Home, www.bischandsonfuneralhome.com, (217) 544-5424
Rita Victor, Broker, Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell, (217) 726-3101
Feuer-Brozgold Legacy Fund

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PARTNERSHIP2GETHER

The Jewish Federation of Springfield, through Partnership2Gether Western Galilee Central Area Consortium, invites you to take part in one or more of three programs: P2G Book Club, Learn2GETHER, and Global day of Learning. Information about each of these opportunities is below.
P2G Book Club - The P2G book club is a new program, designed for people that share the love for books. The first book of the Book Club is 'Someone to Run With' by David Grossman. Start reading now. Then connect with readers in other Partnership Communities via a WhatsApp group. On Jan 5, 2020, the P2G Book Club will have a virtual gathering regarding the book via Zoom App at 10:00 a.m. CST.
Learn2Gether - This will be a virtual Beit Midrash experience and will introduce you to new friends across the ocean. In this program, participants will go through the Jewish calendar and explore Jewish, Universal or Israeli texts. This program consists of four-group sessions that are held by Zoom App and three Chavruta meetings (a meeting with an Israeli study partner) that are held by any platform, at the participants' convenience. If you might be interested, there will be a virtual orientation and explanation of the program on October 6 at 10:00 a.m. CDT.
Global Day of Jewish Learning – November 17, 10:00 a.m. CST – We have three speakers that will hold virtual TED style talks in one event:
Dr. Moran Yarchi PhD, Head of the Public Diplomacy Program, IDC Herzeliya, lives in Kibbutz Kabri.;
Diana Bletter, Journalist and writer, lives in Moshav Shavei Zion
Jeremy Benstein PhD, Staff member and founder of the Heschel Center for Sustainability, lives in Zichron Yaacov, originally from Toledo OH.
For more information or to register for any of these programs, please contact Nancy Sage at nsage@shalomspringfield.org or (217) 787-7223.

nsage@shalomspringfield.org

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IN THE COMMUNITY

Thanksgiving Baskets 2019
Our Thirty-third Year
Dear Friends,
Fall is approaching and with it comes our annual Thanksgiving Basket program. This is the thirty-third year that the Jewish community will join with First Congregational Church to again combine resources, funds, and people power for an outreach program benefiting over 1000 individuals in need. This year we hope to again provide baskets for 260 families.
Some of you have seen them, helped fill and carry them-and realize that families actually receive two large cartons filled to the brim with food, in addition to turkey and pie! To honor your support, we have kept our suggested donation at $35 per basket, and we appreciate that many of you donate for several baskets. We also welcome donations for half baskets ($20.00). The entire amount of your donation goes to filling the baskets because we have no overhead expenses.
If you would like to support this project, please send your check to the Temple as soon as possible so that we may plan accordingly. We are also in need of volunteers, so please select date(s) and time(s) to help make sure that this is another successful year.
Make checks payable to either: Temple B’rith Sholom Thanksgiving Baskets or to Temple Israel
Thanks so much,
Thanksgiving Basket Committees of Temple B’rith Sholom, First Congregational Church and
Congregational Temple Israel
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Please complete and return this portion to:
Temple B’rith Sholom OR Temple Israel
1004 4th Street, Springfield, IL 62703 1140 Governor St. Springfield, IL 62704
Your Name _________________________________________________________________
E-mail address__________________________________________Phone Number____________
_____ Enclosed is my/our check for $_______ for _____ baskets.
Volunteer Sign-Up shifts:
Thursday, November 21, I/We can help put boxes together or unload the food bank truck at TBS _______ 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 24, I/We can help fill baskets at the Temple. PLEASE select shift(s):
_______9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. _______ 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 _______11:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 26, - I/We can help schlep baskets from the Temple to the Parking lot.
________7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
_____ Tuesday, November 26 I/We can volunteer our truck/van to drive baskets to agency drop off spots.
If we inadvertently omitted anyone, we apologize in advance. Please notify the office if you have been left off the list so that we can properly acknowledge you.

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SAGE NOTES
By Nancy Sage, Executive Director

I first heard about SCN, the Secure Community Network, back in 2014, shortly after the shootings at Kansas City’s Jewish Community Center. I was serving at the time as a volunteer trustee on the Board of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), and SCN was making a presentation to the Board for the purpose of securing funding. I remember being impressed with SCN’s ability to be “on the ground” in Kansas City within hours of the shooting, working with the Jewish community, coordinating with law enforcement, and following up with all the organizations on the JCC campus to strengthen security measures.
SCN is currently funded by JFNA and the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations. SCN’s National Director and CEO Michael Masters was invited by Barry Seidman, who is currently a JFNA Trustee, to speak at last year’s Federation Campaign Dinner. Michael spoke to us about potential threats to the Jewish community and described how discovering and combating threats by individuals poses a different type of challenge than threats from international terror groups who can be more readily monitored. Michael talked about the importance of emergency preparedness, which is effective in much the same manner as school fire drills are in preventing injures from fire.
Two months after the campaign dinner, eleven worshipers were murdered at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, an outrage motivated by hate and anti-Semitism. We learned in the aftermath that SCN, which had worked with the facility’s security team and professional personnel, likely prevented more deaths by instructing congregants and staff about where to run, hide, and what to do when there is an active shooter.
Never did I think that we, in our community, would have to confront issues of safety and security in our houses of worship and in our gathering places. Recognizing the need to provide for the security of community members and institutions, I am thankful for our ability to access SCN and benefit from its expertise and services.
The work of SCN exemplifies the mission of the Jewish Federation movement, which is to take care of each other. The Federation movement responds, assists and provides support to Jewish communities in crisis situations -whether natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods or acts of anti-Semitic violence.
Our Springfield Federation acts in this spirit and is concerned with the safety and security of local Jewish facilities. Serving our community is why we invited SCN to visit Springfield to conduct assessments of our Jewish venues, to meet with representatives from law enforcement, and to answer our questions and concerns.
As I write this column, I feel mixed emotions. I am appalled by the rise in anti-Semitism that we have witnessed and by the need to worry about security, but I am deeply thankful that we have SCN as a resource on which we can depend.

Nancy Sage Federation Executive Director

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LEGACY FUND

Hexter Fund
In Memory of: Yetta Marantz, from Ken & Laurie Barnum Yetta Marantz, from Bernie & Kim Schoenburg Yetta Marantz, from Country Club Place Association Yetta Marantz, from Sharon Snyder Yetta Marantz, from Ray & Sue Carrion Yetta Marantz, from Selvaggio Steel. Inc. Yetta Marantz, from Harvey & Delores Rothschild Yetta Marantz, from Edward Gower & Elena Kezelis Yetta Marantz, from Roger & Lora Huebner Yetta Marantz, from Lanny & Diana Odin Yetta Marantz, from Kerner, Eck & Braeckel, LLP Yetta Marantz, from Kevin & Joan Whaley Yetta Marantz, from Robert Cockrell Yetta Marantz, from Harriet Hembrough Dowling Yetta Marantz, from Robert Egizii Yetta Marantz, from Barbara Wolfson Yetta Marantz, from Bob & Arlene Barewin Yetta Marantz, from Mick & Linda McGlasson Yetta Marantz, from Watts Copy Systems Yetta Marantz, from Paul McKee Yetta Marantz, from Kristine Hayner Yetta Marantz, from Margie & Andrea Kulstein Yetta Marantz, from Jay & Carol Kitterman Yetta Marantz, from Cory Spielberg & Josh Corson, Visionary Capital Yetta Marantz, from Bruce & Kirsten Wright Yetta Marantz, from the Westbrook Family Yetta Marantz, from T. Edward & Shellie McEvers Yetta Marantz, from David & Laurie Farrell Yetta Marantz, from Henry & Geri Wolfson Charlotte David, from Rita Salemme Charlotte David, from Alan & Roberta Cherrick Charlotte David, from Jim Lewis & Arden Lang
In Honor of: Phil & Regan Marks, on their marriage, from Jim Lewis & Arden Lang Cary Israel, for his generosity of spirit, from Howard & Lori Hammel

Joni A. Wolfson Fund
In Memory of: Yetta Marantz, from Barry & Barbara Seidman Yetta Marantz, from Julie Seidman Yetta Marantz, from Rita Victor Towfig Arjmand, from Barry & Barbara Seidman
In Honor of: Phil & Regan Marks, on the birth of their son, from Sharon Snyder
Arjmand Family Fund
In Memory of: Towfig Arjmand, from Lanny & Diana Odin Towfig Arjmand, from Jack Dolan Towfig Arjmand, from Jim Lewis & Arden Lang Towfig Arjmand, from Stefan & Natalai Kozak Towfig Arjmand, from Rita Victor Towfig Arjmand, from Sid & Natalie Marder
Lenore Loeb Fund
In Memory of: Yetta Marantz, from Sid & Natalie Marder Tom Brunner, from Sid & Natalie Marder
Edith & Jim Myers Adult Education Fund
In Memory of: Yetta Marantz, from Jamie & Leika Myers
Neal Feldman Fund
In Memory of: Yetta Marantz, from Howard & Beryl Feldman Towfig Arjmand, from Howard & Beryl Feldman

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ANNUAL CAMPAIGN 2020

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THANK YOU TO OUR DECEMBER VOLUNTEERS

“There is so much more from which we, as a community, benefiT”

October December Volunteers:

2019 FEDERATION ANNUAL CAMPAIGN

WORLD CLASS TALENT!

HELP US REACH OUR GOAL BY MAKING YOUR PLEDGE TODAY!

I want to help Federation change lives in our community and around the world. Here’s my gift to support the Jewish Federation of Springfield, Illinois’ 2019 Annual Campaign.

IN THE COMMUNITY

Western Galilee
Central Area
Consortium

THANKSGIVING BASKETS?

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