Inspiration & Information: Friday
These pillars of WORSHIP , LEARNING , COMMUNITY and GOOD DEEDS are what we do every day, and now we are bringing them to you in a different way. Even when we are apart, we are together, living our Jewish values.
WORSHIP
Shabbat Connect
Virtual Oneg Shabbat
Friday, April 3, 5:55 PM
Join a virtual oneg to visit with your fellow congregants before the Shabbat service.
If you’d rather not deal with the zoom video app, you can use your phone to join with audio only. Call this number, 929-436-2866, and follow the prompts. You will need the meeting number, which is the 9 digits at the end of the zoom link (Meeting ID: 155 713 184).
Shab bat Evening Se rvices
Friday, April 3, 6:15 PM
Streaming live on our website and, at the same time, it will be able to be watched on Facebook LIVE
Zoom Family Shab bat
Friday, April 3, 5:30 PM
YoFI Shababa via Zoom
Every Saturday in April, 10:00 AM
Please “bring to your device” any homemade musical instrument, one stuffed animal per person (or a stuffed Torah if you have it), and a blanket or scarf (or tallit if you have it). 
If you haven’t participated in YoFI Shababa before, that is okay! If you’d like to invite “the grandparents” to “attend,” feel free to invite them too! 
Passover Seder Plates
Do you need a pre-made Seder plate for Passover? Rebecca Garfinkle of Beck’s Catering has generously offered to “sell” these plates to members of our Wise Temple community for an $18 donation to the JFS Barbash Family Vital Services Center to support the food insecure at this time.

Please note: 
To order a Seder plate, please email Alex Burte, aburte@wisetemple.org with your full name and your cell phone number.
Due to materials being in short supply at this unusual time, each plate will feature a beet in place of a shank bone. This is a kosher substitution, that vegetarians have been using for years!
You can expect enough charoset and parsley on the plate for up to four people. Everything else will be one portion.
The first forty orders will be guaranteed, and then only as more supplies become available, will the next orders be filled.
Finally, pick up will be in your car/curbside at the Wise Center parking lot from 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM on Tuesday April 7. 
Thank you to Rebecca for facilitating this multi-layered mitzvah!
Passover Preparations
Our Jewish rituals have buoyed us for millennia. As we anticipate the celebration of Passover with the first night’s Seder on Wednesday April 8, Rabbis Kamrass, Thomashow, and Danziger are preparing a “menu” of brief videos and an online Haggadah for you to access at home for the Seder on the first night of Passover.

  • If you are leading the members of your household “on your own” for the first time, OR
  • If you are planning to connect with family or friends virtually, by video or even by phone in different homes and you would welcome the guidance, (everyone can have access to the menu of videos and the online Haggadah our rabbis are creating)

then these resources will support your gathering and enable your Seder to be meaningful, even as you connect to others in a different way this year.    The video links and the haggadah will be sent to you via email on Monday April 6.

Finally, should you find yourself without another person to share Passover either in person or virtually, and you might want to be “hosted” by a fellow congregant via a virtual platform, please email Alex Burte, aburte@wisetemple.org , as soon as possible.  And if you are willing to “host” others, virtually, then please also indicate that in email to Alex at aburte@wisetemple.org  .

Passover has always been a time for gathering together around the table of family and friends. We will do so in different ways this year, but Wise Temple will be your resource for those virtual gatherings. May this season of our freedom bring health and blessing to us all.
LEARNING
Touch of Torah: 20 Minutes of Jewish Enrichment
Thursday, April 2, 12:00 PM
Saturday Torah Study
Saturday, April 4, 10:45 AM
Tuesdays with Torah via Zoom
Tuesday, April 7, 12:00 PM
For all Zoom meetings, you can join by Zoom (with the id number), or by phone—by dialing number and then follow the prompts with (ID number).
Songs and Prayer on Sunday Mornings
Sundays, 9:30 AM
Each of the Sundays that Religious School would normally have been in session, we will host a live song session and service via Zoom. Join Rabbi Danziger, Rhys Ivan, and Courtney Anthony for 20 minutes of fun and togetherness!
Religious School Weekly Zoom "Hangouts"
Religious School students are invited to join a weekly online "hangout" session to stay connected with their friends! These hangouts are opportunities for the students to spend social time together during the closure.
Each grade level will meet separately, and each session will be facilitated by members of the Wise Temple staff.
Here is the hangout schedule for next week, so please take a moment to mark your child(ren)'s hangout time(s) on your calendar:
  • Third Grade - Wednesday, 4/1, 3:00-3:20 P
  • Fourth Grade - Friday, 4/3, 2:00-2:30 PM
  • Fifth Grade - Friday, 4/3, 2:45-3:15 PM
  • Sixth Grade - Friday, 4/3, 3:30-4:00 PM
  • Junior High/JWOOT - Thursday, 4/2, 2:45-3:15 PM
  • High School/WOOTY - Thursday, 4/2, 3:30-4:00 PM

Please only enter the Zoom hangout at your child(ren)'s designated time(s). Entering the hangout at other times may disrupt other groups or meetings.
COMMUNITY
Youth Engagement
NFTY-OV Virtual Spring Kallah
Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4
NFTY-OV is thrilled to share that they are still hosting Spring Kallah virtually this year! There will still be the magic of NFTY, with Shabbat, music, meals together, elections, laughter, and great friends.
We are excited for all of the possibilities that our first-ever NFTY -OV Virtual Spring Kallah has in store for us all!
Friday, April 3:
7:30 PM - Shabbat Dinner & Mixers
8:00 PM - Shabbat Services & Siyyum
Saturday, April 4:
1:00 PM - Elections*
4:00 PM - Program Breakouts
7:00 PM - Announce 2020-2021 Regional Board, Havdallah, Installations, & Siyyum
Young Families Seder
Thursday, April 9, 5:30 PM
Families with children ages 2 through 3rd grade are invited to join Rabbi Thomashow and Rhys Ivan for a virtual interactive Seder, including singing, dancing, and connecting through creative measures.
Grandparents, Older Siblings, and Non-Member Friends are all invited to participate.
Register Here by April 7 to receive a Zoom invite!
Civic Engagement@Wise
The deadline for submitting an absentee ballot in Ohio is April 28.

Be part of the Religious Action Center (RAC) calls for Reform Congregations engaged in social justice work.
Connecting with one another is critically important now, more than ever.
During these unprecedented times, use the Community Café to share your story and read the stories of others. Write one or two paragraphs for any or each prompt. Your stories will be used in Wise Temple publicity as a means of helping us feel closer to one another at a time when we need each other the most.
  • Tell us about a heartwarming or funny experience that has happened to you during these unprecedented times.
  • What are you doing to stay engaged while social distancing?
  • How are you living out your Jewish values during these uncertain times?
LIFE CYCLES

Mazel Tov on the following Births:

Nancy and Gary Grossman on the birth of their granddaughter, Melissa Harriet Jones.

Bonnie and Randy Loftspring on the birth of their granddaughter, Isla Shoshana Honig.

Condolences:

Dr. Lyon Gleich on the death of his father, Ari Gleich and Maya Gleich on the death of their grandfather, Lawrence Gleich.

Stella Jungerwirth on the death of her husband, Bernard Jungerwirth.

Gail and Matthew Sperling on the death of her father, Stanley Rubin.

The family of Paula Troup.
GOOD DEEDS
We have opportunities for you to offer help to others, or to receive help if needed, and to lean on those in your congregational family for the support that is at the core of being a holy congregation.

  • To help, you could call Wise Temple congregants living alone to check on them once or twice a week, deliver needed groceries or prescription medicine, or make a contribution of supplies, food, or money for those in need. To offer help, fill out this form
  • Perhaps you need help. You may live alone and would welcome a call from a congregant, you may need groceries or medicine, or could benefit from a personal conversation with our Rabbis. To request help, fill out this form

Whether it’s to offer, or receive help, you may also call or email Luana in the Rabbis’ office, 513-793-2559 or  lheinemeyer@wisetemple.org to indicate where you are prepared to lend your hand or to identify your need of receiving a hand.
Please also provide your phone number(s), email and home address in the event that we don’t have your most updated information.
Family Social Action: Phone Pals Program for Religious School Families
At a time that’s isolating for so many, consider joining a cause that fosters both social connection and tikkun olam . Our Religious School families are invited to sign up to make a weekly social phone call to an elder in our community. It’s uplifting for our senior citizens to hear youthful voices.
Children under 13 must participate with an adult, and families are encouraged to make the calls together. Teens may participate independently or with their families.