Category Archives: April

YOU’RE INVITED — PURIM CELEBRATION IN GREAT FALLS 5785

Dear Great Falls Jewish community,

Join us for this year’s Purim celebrations!

  • WHEN? Tuesday March 11, 2025, 6pm: Ladies Hamantashen bake
  • WHEN? Friday March 14, 2025, 4pm: Festive Purim celebration for all
  • RSVP at:
    (406) 970-4049
    (510) 434-4220
    Rabbi Mendel Spiero mmspiero@gmail.com

    Rabbi Mendel Spiero
    Great Falls, MT

    YAHRZEITS — ADAR, 5785

    RAM’S HORN POLICY FOR LISTING YAHRZEIT MEMORIALS:!
    Yahrzeit memorials are listed by consecutive Hebrew month, date, and year, if known, or at the beginning of the list for one calendar year following the date of passing.

    Compiled by Aitz Chaim over many years, this list is maintained by the Ram’s Horn. Please send any corrections or additions to editor@aitzchaim.com
    May the source of peace send peace to all who mourn, and may we be a comfort to all who are bereaved.

    • Evelyn (Magra) Green, 2 Sivan, 5784
    • Yoel Zilkha, 3 Sivan, 5784
    • Arlyne Reichert, 25 Nisan, 5784
    • Elizabeth Orphal, 3 Adar, 5769
    • Paul Aaron Lewin, 4 Adar, 5780
    • Roger Reichert, 11 Adar, 5779
    • Benjamin Barrett, 13 Adar, 5728
    • Sarah Lewin, 13 Adar, 5777
    • Ruth Levie, 14 Adar, 5784
    • Judith Lenore Astrin, 15 Adar, 5774
    • Fanny Drellich, 17 Adar, 5690
    • Edith Semple, 17 Adar, 5770
    • Sylvia Fineman, 18 Adar, 5769
    • Norman Lepow, 19 Adar, 5779
    • Allan B. Silverstein, 22 Adar, 5772
    • Mary Alice Barrett, 29 Adar, 5760
    • Sophia Weissman, 30 Adar, 5727
    • Marcia Eisenberg, 10 Adar II, 5752
    • Harry Crombie, 19 Adar II, 5727
    • Bernadette Nice, 21 Adar II, 5774
    • Sandra Albachari, 24 Adar II, 5765

    REMINDER: MONTHLY TORAH STUDY WITH RABBI MENDEL SPIERO

    I will be hosting a monthly Torah study next Monday on February 10, 2025, 12 Shevat, 5785, at 6pm.

    Wishing you the best,

    Rabbi Mendel Spiero
    Great Falls, MT
    RSVP HERE

    MONTANA SUMMER SHABBATON 2025 — PLANNING

    MONTANA JEWISH PROJECT INVITES YOU TO JOIN OUR STATEWIDE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN:

    Shabbaton :

    An Intergenerational Family Weekend Retreat

    WHEN? JUNE 27- 29, 2025

    We are very excited for this! We are hiring a Shabbaton Coordinator to oversee all the logistics, but we are hoping for volunteers from all of Montana’s Jewish communities to help us with program ideas, expertise, and energy. Our vision is to collaboratively create this opportunity for Jewish folks from around Montana to get to know one another and to engage with Judaism in new ways.

    INFO@MONTANAJEWISHPROJECT.COM

    PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THIS UPCOMING EVENT

    This is a reminder of the Kabbalat Shabbat service led by Devorah Werner on the first Friday of the month, February 7, 2025, 9 Shevat, 5785, at 6:00 P.M. at the Bethel.

    The address for the Bethel is 1009 18th Avenue Southwest. click here for map and directions.

    Hope to see you there.

    YAHRZEITS — FEBRUARY, 2025

    RAM’S HORN POLICY FOR LISTING YAHRZEIT MEMORIALS:
    Yahrzeit memorials are listed by consecutive Hebrew month, date, and year, if known, or at the beginning of the list for one calendar year following the date of passing.

    Compiled by Aitz Chaim over many years, this list is maintained by the Ram’s Horn. Please send any corrections or additions to editor@aitzchaim.com
    May the source of peace send peace to all who mourn, and may we be a comfort to all who are bereaved.

    • Evelyn (Magra) Green, June 8, 2024; 2 Sivan, 5784
    • Yoel Zilkha, June 9, 2024; 3 Sivan, 5784
    • Arlyne Reichert, May 3, 2024; 25 Nisan, 5784
    • Kikki Schandelson, February 1, 1979; 4 Sh’vat, 5739
    • Joel Eisenberg, February 3, 1982; 10 Sh’vat, 5742
    • Paul Aaron Lewin, February 4, 2020; 4 Adar, 5780
    • Diane Magalnick, February 5, 2002; 23 Sh’vat, 5762
    • Jack Irving Barrett, February 7, 2006; 8 Sh’vat, 5766
    • Ruth Heyman Stormwind,February 9, 2002; 27 Sch’vat, 5762
    • Judith Lenore Astrin, February 15, 2014; 15 Adar, 5774
    • Roger Reichert, February 16, 2019; >11 Adar, 5779
    • Harold “Rick” Reichert, February 22, 1968; 23 Sh’vat, 5728
    • Sylvia Goldman, February 23, 2017; 27 Sch’vat, 5777
    • Ruth Levie, February 23, 2024; 14 Adar I, 5784
    • Elizabeth Orphal, February 27, 2009; 3 Adar, 5769

    YAHRZEITS — SCH’VAT, 5785

    RAM’S HORN POLICY FOR LISTING YAHRZEIT MEMORIALS:!
    Yahrzeit memorials are listed by consecutive Hebrew month, date, and year, if known, or at the beginning of the list for one calendar year following the date of passing.

    Compiled by Aitz Chaim over many years, this list is maintained by the Ram’s Horn. Please send any corrections or additions to editor@aitzchaim.com
    May the source of peace send peace to all who mourn, and may we be a comfort to all who are bereaved.

    • Evelyn (Magra) Green, 2 Sivan, 5784
    • Yoel Zilkha, 3 Sivan, 5784
    • Arlyne Reichert, 25 Nisan, 5784
    • Ruth Levie, 14 Adar I, 5784
    • Alfred Fischer Breslauer, 1 Sh’vat, 5731
    • Dorothy Barer, 1 Sh’vat, 5769
    • Kikki Schandelson, 4 Sh’vat, 5739
    • Jack Irving Barrett, 8 Sh’vat, 5766
    • Joel Eisenberg, 10 Sh’vat, 5742
    • Fanny Litvin, 15 Sh’vat, 5751
    • Dr. Charles (Chuck) Astrin, 17 Sh’vat, 5775
    • Edith Wasserman, 19 Sh’vat, 5752
    • Perle Weissman, 19 Sh’vat, 5768
    • Bess Cherry, 22 Sh’vat, 5755
    • Harold “Rick” Reichert, 23 Sh’vat, 5728
    • Diane Magalnick23 Sh’vat, 5762
    • Ruth Heyman Stormwind27 Sch’vat, 5762
    • Sylvia Goldman, 27 Sch’vat, 5777

    REMINDER: MONTHLY TORAH STUDY WITH RABBI SPIERO

    I will be hosting a monthly Torah study this coming Monday, January 13, 2025, 13 Tevet, 5785, at 6pm.

    Wishing you the best,

    Rabbi Mendel Spiero
    Great Falls, MT
    RSVP HERE

    YAHRZEITS — TEVET, 5785

    RAM’S HORN POLICY FOR LISTING YAHRZEIT MEMORIALS:!
    Yahrzeit memorials are listed by consecutive Hebrew month, date, and year, if known, or at the beginning of the list for one calendar year following the date of passing.

    Compiled by Aitz Chaim over many years, this list is maintained by the Ram’s Horn. Please send any corrections or additions to editor@aitzchaim.com
    May the source of peace send peace to all who mourn, and may we be a comfort to all who are bereaved.

    • Yoel Zilkha, 3 Sivan, 5784
    • Arlyne Reichert, 25 Nisan, 5784
    • Ruth Levie, 14 Adar I, 5784
    • Louis Eisenberg, 5 Tevet, 5746
    • Jules Cherry, 8 Tevet, 5733
    • Cynthia Boyd, 14 Tevet, 5769
    • James Levie, 15 Tevet, 5771
    • Dr. Daniel E. Fischer, 24 Tevet, 5764
    • Dr. Irving “Chick” Waltman, 24 Tevet, 5776
    • Gene Charnes, 27 Tevet, 5763
    • Dr. Alexander Fischer, 28 Tevet, 5743

    YAHRZEITS — JANUARY, 2025

    RAM’S HORN POLICY FOR LISTING YAHRZEIT MEMORIALS:!
    Yahrzeit memorials are listed by consecutive Gregorian month, date, and year, if known, or at the beginning of the list for one calendar year following the date of passing.

    Compiled by Aitz Chaim over many years, this list is maintained by the Ram’s Horn. Please send any corrections or additions to editor@aitzchaim.com
    May the source of peace send peace to all who mourn, and may we be a comfort to all who are bereaved.

    • Yoel Zilkha, June 9, 2024; 3 Sivan, 5784
    • Arlyne Reichert, May 3, 2024; 25 Nisan, 5784
    • Ruth Levie, February 23, 2024; 14 Adar I, 5784
    • Sarah Barrett, January 1, 1968; 30 Kislev, 5728
    • Gene Charnes, January 1, 2003; 27 Tevet, 5763
    • Dr. Irving “Chick” Waltman, January 5, 2016; 24 Tevet, 5776
    • Cynthia Boyd, January 10, 2009; 14 Tevet, 5769
    • Dr. Alexander Fischer, January 13, 1983; 28 Tevet, 5743
    • Dr. Daniel E. Fischer, January 18, 2004; 24 Tevet, 5764
    • Bess Cherry, January 23, 1995; 22 Sh’vat, 5755
    • Edith Wasserman, January 24, 1992; 19 Sh’vat, 5752
    • Perle Goldberg Weissman, January 26, 2008; 19 Sh’vat, 5768
    • Dorothy Barer, January 26, 2009; 1 Sh’vat, 5769
    • Alfred Fischer Breslauer, January 27, 1971; 1 Sh’vat, 5731
    • Dr. Charles (Chuck) Astrin, January 29, 2015; 17 Sh’vat, 5775
    • Fanny Litvin, January 30, 1991; 15 Sh’vat, 5751