One evening in April, Cantor Amelia Lavranchuk tied the evening's Torah portion to a cool science experiment that used mineral salts and fire....the result was red, green, blue and yellow fire.
The Cantor's parents and a Chemistry teacher family friend helped run the experiment. There were five shallow dishes of alcohol which were ignited with a little blowtorch and when different mineral salts were introduced to the flames, they would turn different colors!
The other experiment had kids and adults filling little film canisters with water and alka seltzer, then putting them upside down and running away...they became little rocket ships that really took off! Try explaining to a student what a 'film canister' is.....
Did you know that there have been 14 Jewish astronauts so far? Maybe one of our GCJC kids will be next.
The Cantor repeated the rocket ship experiment on that Sunday morning, and the children loved it! Amelia is a summer counselor at a Massachusetts science camp called Six Points SciTech Academy. Go to www.urjnortheastcamps.org. , for information.
The children loaded the rockets for countdown.....three, two, one,....
...BLAST OFF!!! One landed on the roof! That must've had a double dose of alka seltzer. Try explaining what 'alka seltzer' is to a child.
Ms. Edelman and Ms. Hoera gathered several years' worth of extra materials for students to reuse and recycle, for some recent Art classes. Not only did we honor Earth Day celebrations and marches, but it tied into the Jewish idea of Tikkun Olam. Tikkun Olam is the concept of repairing the world, and that can be started with using things again, (maybe in a creative way.)
Three of the more junior classmates surveyed the materials and thought about what to make.
Children came up wth all sorts of ideas to reuse the stuff.
A girl consulted with Margie Edelman and seemed absorbed in the instructions.
Meanwhile, last night at the Cassariano Restaurant in Westbury, our outgoing President Howard Edelman was honored with a lovely dinner. Fifty two Temple members, friends and family helped him to mark two years as our leader. The event was to thank Howard for his service to the Garden City Jewish Center, and to wish him well! (This photo of Howard in a Slingshot, was taken by Rabbi Linda Goodman as her husband was picked up and taken for a ride one day.)
Margie, Howard, Lily and Rose Edelman posed for a nice portrait.
Debby Rood Goldman, left, and Peter Tittler, right, posed with the couple of the hour. Debby and Peter jointly planned, arranged, invited, and basically ran the event. Peter gathered the journal dedications and got the journal printed, collated and bound. This fundraiser has helped sustain our Temple for another year.
Rabbi Linda Henry Goodman and our Rabbi Stephen Wise Goodman were two of the attendees.
Joe and Nina Malkevitch posed at the dinner.
This is a great shot of former President Alan Schoenfeld and Irma Segovia-Schoenfeld!
Former President Ken Gittelson with Linda Gittelson.
This is a nice photo of Sue and Alan Sherman.
Mal and Annette Hirshan posed with the famous (and former President)Norma Mindel. Norma later read an original poem dedicated to Howard.
Here is a view of the restaurant as Norma gave her speech. It was a little noisy, but the food was just great and everyone had a nice dinner and a lovely time.
Howard received a Whitman sampler (related to a story the Rabbi told), and a real motorcycle (kit) from Steve Rood Goldman.
Carolyn Hoera and Peter Tittler enjoyed the food, wine, and company.
Elaine Kreisberg, Robyn Clark and Lenore Cassese enjoyed the party, too.
Many sincere thanks go out to everyone who came to the dinner, and also to the generous folks who donated to the journal! That is our one fundraiser each year and is absolutely vital to help us survive.
I'll be back soon with one more blog entry. Enjoy the Spring.
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