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Memorial Service

Held at Beth David

Temple Beth David
recently held a memorial
event that was singular in
our area. The past two years
of separation and isolation,
due to the pandemic,
have made it difficult to
collectively grieve, and to Lily Loveland Jay Markov
come together to celebrate
the lives of those loved and Cinderella, Don Quixote, and Western Symphony. Jay
who death has taken. continued his professional dance career with Los Angeles
The event was marked Ballet, where he performed contemporary works by
by song, prayer, and shared Cantor Danielle Bensimhon Meghan Lou, Aszure Barton, and Alejandro Cerrudo.
memories. During the leads in-person and virtual Jay has also performed in many of Balanchine’s Ballets,
service, attendees were attendees in song and prayer. such as Theme and Variations, Serenade, Movements
invited to light a yahrzeit and Monumento, Violin Concerto, Who Cares?, Four
candle in memory of their Temperaments, Prodigal Son, and Tarantella.
loved ones, as they were Lily Loveland, dancing the role of Tinker Bell, is in
both remembered and her thirteenth season with Ballet Palm Beach. Among her
honored. many favorite roles are Juliet, Giselle, Marie/Sugarplum,
When asked about the Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux and Who Cares?
event, Cantor Danielle Colleen Smith’s In The Mood, Turtle B, Simple Symphony,
Bensimhon, the spiritual and Because I Said So stand out as her personal favorites.
leader at Temple Beth David, She is excited to premiere this original production of Peter
remarked, “In Judaism, it is Pan & Tinker Bell with brand new costumes, music, and
a mitzvah, a good deed, to choreography by Colleen Smith.
go to a house of mourning, Peter Pan & Tinker Bell premieres Thursday through
to comfort and support the Sunday, April 14-16, 2022, in the Rinker Playhouse at
bereaved, to assure that The Kravis Center. Peter Pan & Tinker Bell tells the
there will be a minyan of Board Member Jack Cohen story of Peter Pan, “the boy who never grew up,” and his
ten people to recite the and Past-President Len feisty fairy friend, Tinker Bell, before Wendy Darling’s
Kaddish memorial prayer, Schwartz light memorial appearance in Peter’s life. Peter & Tink’s fantastical
and to help in comforting candles in remembrance of adventures take them through Neverland, where they
the mourners as they grieve congregational members lost. encounter the often ill-behaved Lost Boys, mischievous
and heal. In fact, performing Mermaids, Princess Tiger Lily, a crocodile of monstrous
this mitzvah is one of the highest honors a person can do proportions, and of course, the fearsome Captain Hook
for another in our community. Throughout these last two and his pirates! This performance is partially underwritten
very challenging years, many members of our community by a grant from PNC’s Arts Alive program. the older children had fun with a bungee trampoline, giant
lost beloved friends and family, and were forced to grieve Tickets at www.balletpalmbeach.org or call the Kravis inflatable skeeball, basketball Connect 4, and so much
alone. Although we each did the best we could to support Center Box Office at (561) 832-7469 or (800) 572-8471. more! In between games and rides, families enjoyed
one another virtually, it’s just not the same. It’s important a BBQ lunch prepared by the TBA Men’s Club, with
to gather together and to remember. For Jews, memory is Beth Am Hosts hamentaschen for dessert (as well as fan favorite treats
an integral part of our DNA; it keeps us alive.” like cotton candy and Kona Ice). Temple Beth Am also
To commemorate the event, and provide a lasting Annual Purim Carnival hosted a Big Red Bus during the carnival to allow people
memory for the congregation, a reflection bench, to perform a mitzvah and donate blood.
prominently situated in a shaded and sheltering area of After being put on hold for a long two years, Temple Elana Beame, Temple Beth Am’s Youth Engagement
the Temple Beth David campus, has been dedicated in Beth Am’s Purim Carnival was back and better than ever! Director and organizer of the event, thanks the over 40
honor and in remembrance of the lives lost; the area will About 300 people, including Temple Beth Am families teens and congregants who volunteered their time to help
provide an opportunity for quiet contemplation. and members of the community, gathered for an afternoon run the carnival, and the over 40 families and businesses
Temple Beth David’s memorial event was a unique and of fun, food, and games. that supported the carnival through sponsorships or raffle
moving experience — communal and yet highly personal; The youngest guests enjoyed a petting zoo, arts and donations. The event raised money to support Temple Beth
a remembrance of loss and yet an affirmation of life. crafts, face painting, and an inflatable playground, while Am’s Youth Groups.

Jay Markov, Lily Loveland

Dance Title Roles in
Peter Pan & Tinker Bell

When you see the premiere production of Peter Pan
& Tinker Bell at The Kravis Center between April 14 and
16 you will see a new face in one of the title roles. Jay
Markov is new to Ballet Palm Beach, joining the company
in August 2021 from Festival Ballet at Providence in
Rhode Island, where he was both a company member and
a teacher. Jay began his professional dance career at age
17 with Ballet Arizona, where he danced various roles in
productions of Swan Lake, La Bayadere, Napoli, Sleeping
Beauty, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker,

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