A Blessing - Temple Beth Israel

October 2013 | Tishri / Cheshvan 5774Volume 80 No. 2
INSIDE:
77Our Sukkah on the Patio!
77A Blessing
77It Takes A Village
77Thank you!
77Our Little Ones
77PJ Library celebrates
Sukkot!
This issue of the TBI Tablet
is sponsored by
Carol Goldblatt &
Donald Goldblatt
in honor of
the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter
Peri
This issue of the TBI Tablet
is sponsored by
Rabbi’s Notes
by Rabbi Michael Mishkin
A Blessing
My daughter Lily is a blessing machine. Every time I
sneeze, which is at least three times a day, Lily says “Bless
you.” While she doesn’t know what it means, Lily has learned that this is polite
response to someone sneezing. This summer my brother was in town and after
Lily sneezed, he said “Gesundheit.” Which threw Lily for a loop. Lily decided
that she was not ready to start learning German, so she stuck with “bless you.”
“Gesundheit” means “health” and it passed into the English language in the late
1800s. By 1910, the expression was widely used in certain parts of the United
States, primarily in areas where large numbers of Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazi Jews
had settled. In most countries—including Israel—the response after one sneezes is
“health” or “to your health.” In Hebrew, they say “la-bree-oot” (“to your health.”)
Nevertheless, most Americans are committed to saying, “Bless you,” or “God bless
you.” It’s interesting that this is the response in the United States, because outside
of saying “God bless you,” most people in society today do not bless other people.
In Judaism, however, people blessing other people is an important and holy
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Sue Martin and children in the TBI Sukkah.
Lisa Rynston-Lobel
& Scott Lobel
in honor of
the Bar Mitzvah of their son
Eric
This issue of the TBI Tablet
is sponsored by
Lisa Novick &
Myles Nachamie
in honor of
the Bar Mitzvah of their son
Adam
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Rabbi
Michael Mishkin
Hazzan
Baruch Blum
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Yom Kippur OJ �����������������������������������������������������������Beverly and Steve Hazelkorn
Yom Kippur Challah ����������������������������������������������������������� Irene and Hilton Silver
Simchat Torah Jelly Apples�������������������������������������������������� Sandy and Steve Garber
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(For information on sponsoring an event, contact Lisa Naiburg in the office.)
President
Gail Mancher
It Takes a Village!
Executive Vice President
Andrew Abramowitz
There is no question that our High Holidays would not happen without the help
and support of so many in the community. Allow us to thank:
• Ritual: David Volpe, Rosalie Silver, & Bob Gass
• Finance: Suzanne Grabiner & Mitch Schuckman
• House: Jack Genicoff
• Custodial: Narvin Khan and Edwin Rivera
• Administration: Nancy Cohen
• Office volunteers: Nancy Feldman & Ilyse Wofse
• Junior Congregation: Jaime Lewis
• Junior Congregation Helpers: Dale Gindi and parent volunteers
• Family Services: Jaime Lewis
• Sisterhood: Leah Siskin & Deborah Brooks
• Honey: Stephanie Berger
• A special thank you to Jeremy Kasle for his great set of lungs!
• Tallit checkers: Keren Blumenfeld, Josh Blumenfeld, Shayna Blumenfeld, Jay
& Nancy Feldman, Bernie & Joan Hulkower, Arielle Kaufman, David Volpe,
Michelle Witman.
• Tallit repairers: Barbara and Bert Taffet
• Silver Polishers: Jessica Braginsky, Bernie & Joan Hulkower, Susan Levin,
Marilyn Oser, Ronnie Peshkin, Sherrie Pollack, Irene Silver, Barbara Taffet &
Beverly Taubel.
Vice Presidents
Stephanie Berger
Michelle
Witman-Blumenfeld
Dale Gindi
Mindy Tashlik
David Volpe
Ilyse Wofse
Treasurer
Suzanne Grabiner
Financial Secretary
Mitchell Schuckman
Recording Secretary
Susan Levin
Corresponding Secretary
Jonathan Satovsky
Trustees
Jon Ain
Alan Bergman
Louise Cooper
Adam Cotumaccio
Marc Damsky
Matt Engel
Denise Faltischek
Hersh Gottesman
Stacey Gould
Julie Greenblatt
Joan Hulkower
Dan Kamensky
Edie Katz
Scott Lobel
Jayne Ritholz
Robin Serinsky
Louis Silfin
Susan Stein
Trustees Emeritus
Elkan Abramowitz
Joel Greenblatt
Saul Muchnick
Immediate Past President
Jay Silverman
Sisterhood President
Leah Siskin
Religious School Principal
Alice Talmud
Nursery School Director
Susan Martin
Synagogue Administrator
Lisa Naiburg
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Deep Gratitude…
…to those who made the High Holidays meaningful with their wonderful talent by
participating in our services by layning, leading services, & chanting Haftarah:
Rosh Hashanah Day One
Steven Garber
Jeremy Kasle
Victor Himel
Letty Roberts
Hilton Silver
Barbara Taffet
Rosh Hashanah Day Two
Aaron Berman
Jessica Braginsky
Reuben Berman
Bert Taffet
Yom Kippur
Howard Berman
Gerri Blum
Josh Blumenfeld
David Cooper
Helena Eilenberg
Bob Gass
Hersh Gottesman
Annette Kasle
Eden Kasle
Jaime Lewis
Bert Taffet
Josh White
Adam Wofse
Donald Peshkin
Hilton Silver
Bert Taffet
Jonathan White
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President’s Notes
by Gail Mancher
Our Enriched Community
L’shana Tovah.
Today is “Rosh Hashanah” and this is the customary
greeting. However, the words “Rosh Hashanah” are not
even used in the Torah to discuss this holiday, a fact I did
not know until I started to write this speech. The Torah
refers to this day as “Yom Teruah”—A day when the shofar
is sounded. As we know, the blowing of the shofar on this day is a very ancient tradition. How wonderful, that we are able to gather together, at Temple Beth Israel,
in Port Washington, in the year 2013 (or 5774 on the Jewish calendar) to continue
this tradition, and be inspired to try and live better and more meaningful lives in
this upcoming year.
Another name for this day is Yom Hazikaron ( or day of remembrance).
Traditionally, we think of Rosh Hashanah as the time to think back, to remember our weaknesses, our regrets, ways we could have been kinder, in order to seek
forgiveness and ask God for the strength and wisdom to do better in the future.
But Yom HaZikaron—The Day of Remembrance—is not only a day to remember our misdeeds, but also to remember our good deeds and our positive
contributions to our families, our community, and the world.
This morning, we come together to pray as a kehillah kedoshah, a holy community. Within this larger community, there are many smaller, intertwined
communities, which many of us pass in and out of, and then back into, for a
variety of reasons. When our children are very young, we are in our Nursery school
community. Often and hopefully, those families become our Religious school community. There is our davening community, including those who find peace and
comfort in attending regular Shabbat and holiday services. Sometimes we return to
that community for a specific reason, like a baby-naming, a bar-mitzvah, or unfortunately to say kaddish. There are communities within TBI dedicated to tikkun
olam, repairing the world. We have havurah communities which are smaller groups
of congregants who meet in one another’s homes or other places, to celebrate
Shabbat, and enjoy each other’s cooking and company. Some of my fondest memories of the past year are the evenings Mark and I spent with our havurot.
You should know that regardless of anyone’s involvement or need at any
particular time, we are always here, and when the need arises, your community is
here for you.
On this Yom HaZikaron—this Day of Remembrance, I would like to share with
you some of the meaningful and exciting accomplishments that took place this past
year at TBI.
Often tragedy brings out the best in people, and last year, following Superstorm
Sandy, individuals, families, religious school classes, our Be A Mensch Group—
known as BAM, and other groups at TBI stepped up and helped those who were
hit hardest by the storm (including our own synagogue building). Families helped
out and took in other families who were without electricity and utilities. People
handed out food, blankets and water, collected basic necessities and dropped them
off at collection centers; TBI stocked the homes of 9 families who were displaced
by the storm through a Build-a-Bayit program, we made welcome back goody bags
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KuDos to Ruthie Gottesman, sarah
Gottesman, Gideon berman, and
aaron berman for being the Most
fantastic assistants ever! the sukkot
PJ library event could not have
happened without their help!
this month, the tablet is filled with
thank you’s to all the wonderful
congregants for their generosity, their
talents, and their goodness. Check
it out!
Welcome to Our
New Members
Julie and scott Coren
eden & Marley
tamar and aryeh silbert
Dana & Maya
With Apologies
As hard as we try, sometimes
things go wrong. It is with regret
that we omitted a name from the
Sisterhood Greeting Card.
Joan and Bernie Hulkower
wish you all a Shana Tova!
Roofing • Gutters
Leaders
23 Blake Avenue
Lynbrook, NY 11563
1-800-346-0913
www.abrahamroofing.com
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MAZAL
TOV!
New grandbabies
Beverly and Steve Hazelkorn welcome
a new granddaughter, Charley Jane
Lefton!
Special October Anniversaries
Debra & Marc Ausfresser 22 years!
Lisa & Robert Levine
25 years!
Stephanie Berber &
Eytan Cotlowitz
28 years!
Karen & Gary Weiss
30 years!
Patricia & Stephen Latzman 34 years!
Rochelle & Michael Block 39 years!
Joan & Sandy Weintraub 41 years!
Beverly & Gene Taubel
63 years!
Special October Birthdays
Eric Rynston-Lobel
Lindsay Rubin
13!
21!
Guess who is 5?
Hunter Genicoff
Ari Sawits
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activity. When we bless another person, what we are really doing is asking that God
bless the other person. Part of the power of a blessing comes from the fact that one
person is articulating good wishes for another person.
One important category of blessings is blessings of healing. First, we can always
use our own words in blessing other people who are in need of healing. In addition, in the weekday Amidah, there is a formal blessing of healing. Many people
who pray will also add private and personal prayers of healing at that time. Lastly,
there is the special Mi Shebeyrach prayer of healing that is said whenever the Torah
is read. One of the nice features of this prayer is that individuals pray for specific
people, while being part of—and surrounded by—the community.
Another wonderful prayer is the Birkat Kohanim—the Priestly Blessing. A
parchment fragment, containing this blessing, was discovered by archaeologists in
Israel. This parchment, which dates back to the First Temple period, more than
2,500 years ago, is the oldest surviving fragment of a biblical text. The words of the
Priestly Blessing are: “May the Lord bless and keep you. May the Lord show you favor and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you kindness and grant you peace.”
It is traditional for parents to offer this blessing to their children before Shabbat
dinner. For a son, the blessing begins with the words, “May God make you like
Ephraim and Menashe,” the two sons of Joseph. For a daughter, the blessing begins
with the words, “May God make you like Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah.” After
reciting the formal blessing, many parents add a special message for each child. We
can understand blessing daughters to be like our Matriarchs, but why do we bless
our sons to be like Ephraim and Menashe? The reason is because Ephraim and
Mensahe got along peacefully and were kind to one another, which is in contrast to
most of the brothers in the Book of Genesis.
Regarding this ritual of blessing children, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin writes, “Many
years ago, a woman told me that neighbors who had witnessed this ritual asked her
husband what gift the father had just promised his daughters. They assumed a gift
had been promised because they saw the little girl’s face light up and after her father
whispered something to her,” (The Book of Jewish Values, p. 20).
Rabbi Telushkin concludes, saying, “Though some important Jewish rituals are
time-consuming or arduous to perform, blessing your children is pure pleasure for
everyone.” Amen.
Guess who is 10?
Shira Freilich
Joshua Rosen
(Please note that our monthly Mazal
Tovs include anniversaries of 20+ years.
Special birthdays are those of milestone
ages of children only. We make every
effort to include everyone, but if we miss
your anniversary or birthday, we apologize and ask that you let us know as soon
as possible so we can be sure to correct it.)
Summer Service Leaders
During the summer, our clergy are on vacation, and our lay leaders step up and
volunteer. David Volpe, our magnificent Ritual Chair, organizes all of this, and does
it with charm and grace. THANK YOU DAVID for always taking care of TBI.
Josh Blumenfeld
Victor Himel
Jaime Lewis
Hilton Silver
Murray Singer
Bert Taffet
Dvar Torahs
Donald Goldblatt
Eden Kasle
Jacob Malcom
James Maloney
Sandy Marcus
Donald Peshkin
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sisterhood spotlight
With the holidays of 5774 underway, Sisterhood is looking forward to the Sukkot
Dinner, Kick-Off Brunch, and Book Club!
Thank you to all the families who contributed to and made our High Holiday
Greeting Card fundraiser a huge success!
It’s never too late to consider joining Sisterhood!
Put our October 6th Sisterhood Brunch on your calendar. Make it your first
visit and help plan the year!
Feel free to contact me: 883-3361 or [email protected]
Leah
Please save these Fall dates:
• Sisterhood Kick-off Brunch • Sunday, October 6th @10am
Come for brunch, join our committees, and share your great ideas and talents
for this year’s Sisterhood events and fundraisers.
• Sisterhood Book Club • Wednesday, November 20 @ 7:30pm
Join us for a great discussion and dessert. Stay tuned for more details – emails
coming soon announcing our fall selection.
been behind a car with one
of these?
the Gift shop is now selling
tbi Car Magnets!
show your support around
town. Get yours now for only $5.
Contact the temple office.
tbi’s Gift shop now
stocks kosher Mezuzah
Parchments for Only $25!
Registration for usY summer
Programs 2014 is NoW oPeN!
USY Summer Programs include 4 cross-country North America trips, 3 trips to
Israel, and 3 trips to Israel and Europe.
Our Wheels programs allow our participants to experience the wonders of the
Grand Canyon and Yellowstone, the excitement of Disney and Universal Studios,
and the power of the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Holocaust Museum.
In Israel, the groups learn about the history of the Jewish people in Israel while
taking in all that the modern State has to offer.
Our Israel and Europe trips allow participants to see the sites and horrors of the
Holocaust while learning about the extraordinary Jewish communities that existed
beforehand and then traveling to Israel to see what has become of the Jewish people
since.
All of these trips allow Jewish teenagers from across North America to see
some of the most magnificent places while meeting many people and making new
friends.
If you have further questions, please call us to discuss options. We are committed to helping anyone interested in participating have that opportunity.
register nOW and save!
• Register before December 31st and receive $100 off!
• If you went on a USY Summer Program in 2012 or 2013 and you register before
November 15th, you will receive the 2013 price.
To find out more, please go to our website or email us at [email protected] or [email protected].
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and support tbi sisterhood!
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$48 for 3 trees
$60 for 4 trees
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Bat Mitzvah of
Peri Michal Goldblatt
This will be short
and sweet (just
like Peri). On
November 10th,
thirteen years ago
Peri Michal
Goldblatt came
into this world—
for sure the
greatest thing that either Carol or myself
has ever done and will ever do. She put
smiles on our faces the very second we
saw her and has never stopped putting
smiles on our faces. When Peri was
small I said anyone who saw her and did
not smile either had no soul, a heart
several sizes too small or very poor
eyesight. This is just as true today as it
was then.
On November 3rd Peri will celebrate being called to the Torah with
the family she was born into, with her
friends and just as importantly with
her Temple Beth Israel family. She has
grown from an infant in a car seat, to a
toddler, through pre-school, Solomon
Schechter elementary school and middle
school and has now reached the first
plateau on her journey to being an adult
member of the TBI community.
Peri loves to cook & root for the
Yankees with her Dad, bake & sew
with her mom, cuddle with her four
legged brother & sister (G.G. & Sushi),
& watch NCIS so she can become a
forensic scientist like Abby. Her favorite subjects at school are Chemistry &
Math. She enjoys listening to music
and dancing, cheerleading, playing
Subway Surfer, putting on make-up,
reading Charles Dickens (well not so
much), using her iPhone, swimming,
shopping and laughing (did I mention
shopping?).
As part of her Bat Mitzvah she is
collecting food for the North Shore
Animal Clinic, and donating a portion
of her gifts to help train service dogs in
Israel & to Save the Chimps. Peri has a
heart of gold, a smile that brightens any
room she enters, an enthusiasm that is
contagious and a sensitivity that belies
her years. Carol & I are over joyed to
be her parents but everyone at TBI has
played a role in making her be who she
is and who she will become.
Thank you all for making this day
possible.
For the record, every time it says that
Peri sponsors Kiddush lunch, she wants
you to know that it is really her dad.
Bar Mitzvah of
Eric Matthew Rynston-Lobel
Eric was born on
October 6, 2000;
four days past his
due date. That
was the first and
the last time he
was ever late for
anything. It
stands to reason
that he waited; he entered this world as
the Yankees won the Division Series
over the Oakland A’s. Despite the fact
that we tried in vain to expose Eric to
the Mets at an early age, (Citifield is
much closer than Yankee Stadium), he
became a diehard Yankees fan. Eric is
not a fan in the typical sense; yes, he
and his sister, Alexa, rarely miss watching a game, but Eric takes it to a whole
other level. He studies the stats, the
trades, develops fantasy baseball teams
with his Uncle Dan and his camp
buddies and he emails former sportscaster, Len Berman on a regular basis.
This has been going on since he was 10.
Aside from baseball, Eric also follows
the New York Giants, the Knicks and
the Rangers. Eric will gladly play any of
these sports as well. He has been known
to organize football games with his
friends during school holidays and is
often seen in our front yard playing
baseball with his father and sister. Eric
also earned his second degree black belt
in Tae Kwon Do this past June; a sport
he has been involved with since he was
four. So it is safe to say that sports is a
big part of Eric’s life, but it is certainly
not the only thing.
When Eric was around 3, he became
fascinated by the bass guitar. After consulting a few guitar teachers, we were
told he was much too small to be able
to hold, much less play a bass guitar.
So he started taking guitar lessons in
Kindergarten and worked his way up to
the bass guitar at the age of 10. He still
loves to play classic rock and he throws
in some Ozzy and Guns N Roses, much
to his mother’s chagrin.
We could go on about Eric’s many
accomplishments, but we won’t; we will
simply say that we are incredibly proud
of Eric, not simply because of his accomplishments, but because of who he
is as a person. We never get tired of having teachers, parents and friends tell us
what a pleasure it is to be around Eric.
Though we’d love to take full credit for
how Eric turned out, the truth is, he has
been this way since he was born. He is
just a good soul! How blessed we are to
have him as our son.
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Bar Mitzvah of
Adam Nachamie
Adam
Nachamie was
born on
November 12,
2000. His
sisters were
very excited to
meet him and
donned their
best party dresses, bought him gifts
and went to visit him in the hospital.
They have been (mostly) doting over
him ever since.
Having grown up with two older
sisters who had a big head start with
language, Adam became a good
listener early on. As pre-teen/teen
older sister drama unfolded around
him, Adam became an observer and
voice of reason. He is quiet until he
gets comfortable to new situations,
is sensitive to other people’s feelings
and generally has a very insightful
perspective. Although the youngest,
he is the one person in the family everyone goes to when needing advice,
a kind word a laugh or a hug. He is
more than just a son or brother — he
is a friend “he is a non-judgmental
friend and confidant (good luck trying to get him to spill any gossip). In
short he is a mensch.
Adam’s hobbies are similar to
those of most boys his age. He enjoys
sports, playing video games, fantasy
football, the remote and avoiding
homework.
We are proud of Adam’s accomplishments and look forward
to sharing this simcha with family,
friends and the community. Special
thanks to Cantor Blum who warmly
(and patiently) has been preparing
him for his Bar Mitzvah as well as
Rabbi Mishkin, Barbara Taffet, Lisa
Naiburg and the rest of the TBI
family.
Tishri / Cheshvan 5774 Adult Education @ TBI
with Rabbi Mishkin
It’s a Mitzvah
Selected Sundays, 10:45am-12noon
There are 613 Mitzvot in the Torah. They can be seen as burdens—our tradition
obligates us in so many different ways—or they can be seen as wonderful opportunities to connect with God, our tradition, and our community. When the meaning
behind the mitzvoth are understood, they can help us strive to sense that which
is holy within our everyday life experiences. In this class, we will read and study a
book entitled, It’s a Mitzvah! Step-By-Step To Jewish Living. The book was written
by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, a wonderful teacher and important leader in the
Conservative Movement.
The class will meet on October 20, 27; November 17; December 8 & 15
Jewish Moral Values
Wednesdays, 8:00-9:00pm
This class will be based on the book, Jewish Moral Values, by Eugene Borowitz
and Frances Schwartz. Dr. Carol Ingall, one of the leading professors of Jewish
Education, writes: “While most Americans agree that moral issues are personal matters, public discussion of those issues has never been more intense. Jews have begun
to look to their own texts as repositories of moral wisdom in a world that seems
bereft of moral mooring. . . An important resource in the moral education literature
is Jewish Moral Values. Neither a self-help book nor a collection of moral maxims or
stories, it is a compendium of sources – biblical, rabbinic, hasidic, and modern –
that offer answers to the critical question:
“What kind of person am I expected to be?”
The class will meet on October 16*, 23, 30; November 6 & 13
* The initial publicity for this class listed the first class on October 9th. That class has
been cancelled due to an event in the community. On October 9th, 8:00-9:30pm the
Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) will speak about environmental issues and
prospects for peace in the Middle East. The event will take place at the
Reconstructionist Congregation of the North Shore.
Don’t Miss Our Upcoming Speaker-Author Program
Discussion and Book Signing
with Marilyn Oser
TBI’s Library Committee proudly presents a discussion and book signing by our
very own Marilyn Oser on Thursday evening, October 10, at 7:30 PM in the TBI
library. Marilyn has authored a thoughtful and inspiring novel entitled Rivka’s War,
based on actual events in 1914 Russia to Palestine in 1918. The book is a comingof-age tale portraying the impact of World War One on Jewish life through the
adventures of Rivka Lefkovits, boot maker’s daughter, soldier and spy. Rivka’s story
is historical fiction that opens the reader up to the times during the Great War and
that touches the heart.
Please join us for an interesting and exciting evening. Refreshments will be served.
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Nursery News
Mahzor Donations
Sylvia & Neil Blumstein
The Cotumaccio Family
Bob Epstein & Beth Hisler
The Jackman Family
The Lipman Family
The Nachimson Family
Lisa Naiburg & Dan Kisch
Susan & Steven Rubin
Estelle & Arnold Rynston
Rebecca & Andy Schwartz
The Shapiro Family
Ilene & Steven Silberstein
The Silfin Family
Eileen Stone
Reina & John Teeger
(To donate a mahzor in memory or in
honor of a loved one, please contact the
office.)
PJ Library
Celebrates
Sukkot!
Top left: Firefighters at TBI! Top right: Our tots learn about the color red. Bottom left:
Deciding where to hang his sukkah decoration. Bottom right: Rabbi Mike blows the shofar.
Family Photo Day Fundraiser!
Just in time for Chanukah gifts, Photography by Felicia will be at TBI on
Sunday, October 13, from 9 am – 5 pm. If the weather cooperates, photos
will be taken outdoors!
Family Photo Day is a great opportunity to have professional photos taken
of your family (at a discounted rate) while raising funds for TBI! (Proceeds to
go TBI Sisterhood)
On Sukkot, Thursday afternoon,
September 19, over 40 children and
their special adult gathered at TBI to
celebrate Sukkot, PJ Library style.
Wonderful books were read, everyone made sukkah decorations, and each
child got to make their very own edible
mini sukkah. Rabbi Mike stopped by to
show everyone a lulav and etrog! There
was a lot of tumult and a lot of fun had
by all!
Thank you to Rosalie Silver and Eva
Seegers for helping with the event.
Special thanks to Sarah and Ruthie
Gottesman and Gideon and Aaron
Berman for lending a hand. We could
not have run the program without
them!!
Don’t miss our next PJ Library event
when we celebrate Chanukah!
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The Port Washington
Rosh Chodesh Group
5774 (2013-14)
Once a Month
Just For Yourself
Just For Your Soul!
The November 7th meeting
will be held at:
Community Synagogue
160 Middle Neck Road
Port Washington, NY
9:30 – 11:00 AM
ABOUT ROSH CHODESH:
What is Rosh Chodesh? A special day that Jewish feminists have
“reclaimed” for feminine spirituality.
Tradition says that as a reward for our faithfulness, God gave
women Rosh Chodesh, the first day of the new month, and even
exempted us from our usual household duties.
Take a morning just for yourself, and for Jewish study and renewal.
The Port Washington Rosh Chodesh Group meets at the start of
every new Jewish month. We are a warm, friendly inter-generational
group of Jewish women (men welcome, too!) exploring new and
timeless topics and texts.
ISRAEL THROUGH SONG
In no other country does the music reflect the national mood in quite
the same way as it does in Israel. We will follow Israel’s story from the
foundation of the State through some of the most important events by
listening to the music which marked those moments. We will listen to
a variety of songs, read their translations and gain a glimpse into the
Israeli musical soul and learn about her history.
RABBI DANNY BURKEMAN
Rabbi Danny is a Rabbi at the Community Synagogue, prior to that he
served at the West London Synagogue in Britain.
He grew up through the British Reform Movement and spent his
rabbinical training in London, Jerusalem and Los Angeles.
He is married to Micol, a Jewish educator, and together they are the
proud parents of Gabriella Liat.
Kiddush Lunch
Sponsors
Thank you to the following for sponsoring Shabbat Kiddush Lunches:
• Lori and David Volpe
• Barbara and Bert Taffet in honor of
Bert’s 80th Birthday
• Jackie and Adam Popper in honor of
Max becoming a Bar Mitzvah.
Did You See
Our Sukkah This
Year?
It was erected on the patio behind the social hall. It looked so beautiful, so right.
Some time back Aren Tung had a vision. That vision was the patio that now
graces our synagogue. As we all know,
a vision is simply that unless there is a
call to action. That call went out, and
an incredible committee came together,
to take the vision and bring it to life.
Stacey Satovsky, Suzanne Grabiner and
Gail Mancher joined with Aren, and
together they helped to create this beautiful and ever lasting testament. It was
a difficult job, frustrating and exhilarating. To each of them, we say thank you.
Now the patio is home to our sukkah, and will be for years and years to
come. Special thanks to Michael Plofker
who helped design this sukkah some
years back, and helped orchestrate the
plan to have it erected on the patio.
Take a walk out there. It is just
amazing.
NEXT MEETING: DECEMBER 5, 2013
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A caring place to turn to find support and guidance during life changes and
challenges.
Contact Partners In Caring for counseling, support groups, general information
or referral services. Our Warm Line is staffed by your caring, professional social
workers.
We hope you can join us for some of our fall programs, free to all synagogue
members:
Balancing Life as a Caregiver – You are Not Alone
Explore the many stresses that one encounters as a caregiver. Share experiences
and explore new ideas and resources to help you cope more successfully.
Pre-registration required. Call 516-484-1545, ext. 196
Thursday, October 3, 10:00am. Free.
Young Children Get Anxious Too An Evening for Parents and Educators with
Keynote Speaker, Hedda Sharapan, Director of Early Childhood Initiatives, The
Fred Rogers Company
Anxiety is an all-too-common challenge facing children and families today.
Everyone responds differently to stress depending on their age, individual
personalities and coping skills. Young children may not be able to fully explain
their feelings or say exactly what’s bothering them. Learn tools and strategies from
experts that can be used in daily life with children. In collaboration with The Jewish
Education Project. Pre-registration required. Call 516 484-1545, ext. 196
October 10, 7:30- 9:00pm. Free.
An Evening with Letty Cottin Pogrebin, author of “How to be a Friend To A
Friend Who’s Sick”
Everyone knows someone who’s sick or suffering. Yet many of us feel uncertain
about how to be helpful. Hear about collective stories and advice infused with
sensitivity, warmth and humor on how to relate to and help our friends.
Tuesday, October 15, 7:30pm $10/PIC synagogue members $5. At Sid Jacobson JCC
Save The Date: A Morning with Slovie Wolff, author of Raising a
Child with Soul.
Discover how to build children’s character, how to impart values for life, and how to
create a home filled with love and respect. In other words how to raise a child with
soul. Light breakfast.
November 20, 2013, 10-11:30 AM.
Fee $15/JCC and PIC synagogue members $10. At Sid Jacobson JCC
PARTNERS IN CARING STAFF
Randy Hight, LMS
Margy Ringelheim, LMSW
Audrey J. Bernstein, LMSW
CALL 516.484.1545, ext. 196
Phone calls are always free and confidential.
Friends of the Earth
Middle East to Speak
about Environmental
Issues and
Prospects for Peace
Wednesday, October 9
8:00-9:30pm
Reconstructionist Synagogue
of the North Shore
Friends of the Earth Middle East
(FoEME) is a regional non-governmental organization founded
20 years ago by Israelis, Jordanians
and Palestinians to work on
shared environmental issues. Over
the years, the cooperation that
FoEME has fostered on environmental issues has contributed
to understanding and friendship between communities that
might otherwise be in conflict.
As a result, FoEME is a beacon of
hope for peace in a region where
conflict is an unfortunate reality
of everyday life. More information
about FoEME can be found at
www.foeme.org.
FoEME’s co-directors will
speak about (1) FoEME’s activities, including efforts to
rehabilitate the tragically polluted Jordan River, and (2) the
prospects for peace and cooperation among Israelis, Jordanians
and Palestinians. This event,
including time for questions and
discussion, will run from 8 pm to
9:30 pm and will be followed by
refreshments.
Supportive partners for this
multi-faith program include clergy
and members from more than 15
Jewish, Christian, Muslim and
interfaith congregations, parishes
and organizations on Long Island.
All members of the Temple
Beth Israel congregation and the
public are invited to attend. There
is no cost or donation required.
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and collected books for kids at the JCC
in Long Beach, and the list goes on and
on. A special yashar koach—job well
done—to Rob and Gail Seiden—who
coordinated the relief efforts for the Port
Washington community.
Our BAM Group, with support
from many in the TBI community, successfully helped our first adopt-a-family
back on their feet, and is now working
to help a second family (a Hurricane
Sandy displaced family with a child with
special needs.)
But our Tikkun Olam efforts are
not just in response to major tragedies.
We have started a “friendly visitor”
program. Through this program,
congregants are trained and will make
weekly visits to other members of our
community who are homebound or
in need of a visit. TBI is a member of
TANS—The Tikkun Alliance of the
North Shore—a group of synagogues
and JCC which collaborate on mitzvah
projects, touching the lives of thousands
of Long Island residents. Some of the
TANS projects included collecting
dressy dresses to donate to a program
for underprivileged girls, we provided
food for a soup kitchen, supported
Mama’s House, an organization dedicated to helping single mothers who
are trying to start careers, and collected
food to help restock a food pantry. And
then, our Mostly Mitzvahs program
continued to hum along—with our 7th
Grade students making over 80 meals
in the TBI kitchen and then delivering
them to people in need.
Last year, TBI became an official PJ
Library site. The PJ library (PJ stands
for Pajamas) is a philanthropic program
that distributes free Jewish books to
families who have children between
the ages of 6 months and 8 years old.
The family need only sign up, either on
line or through the temple. PJ Library’s
aim is to bring families together and
create Jewish conversations through
reading, and to ensure that Jewish
children have high-quality Jewish books
in their libraries. Each month, close to
300,000 free books are sent to families
Tishri / Cheshvan 5774 in communities throughout the United
States, Canada, and Israel.
Last month, here at TBI, we held
a wonderful PJ Library event that was
enjoyed by 24 children. The children
heard a story about a challah, then
braided their own challahs—and by the
end of the program, they were able to
bring home their own baked challahs
with their own personally designed challah covers. We hope that our families
with young children will take advantage
of this very special program, and attend
our future PJ Library events.
And we have so many other “communities” within the larger TBI
community that seek to enrich the lives
of our members. From the nursery
school parents, who raised money which
will now enable the Nursery School
to install an Outdoor Classroom, to
the College Outreach program, which
twice a year, for the past 20+ years,
has sent packages to our college students for Hanukkah and Purim, to
the TBI Sisterhood that supports the
synagogue and coordinates many fun
and enriching programs throughout
the year, including a wonderful Friday
Night Shabbat dinner in the Sukkah,
to our Kehillah Patio committee that
envisioned a beautiful outdoor space
for worship and social events, and then
made it happen with the incredible support of our community.
And who could forget the enlightening and important presentation by
Shahar Azani, the Israeli Consul for
Media Affairs, which was arranged
by our Israel Action Committee. In
addition, we touched our 50 and
older community with engaging Hazak
programs, including a special Hazak
Shabbat and lunch, and we celebrated
the NYC origins of some of our congregants at our annual ethnic dinner.
Last year, our lives were enriched
and our community was brought closer
through the very amusing comedy of
Joel Chasnoff. It was a delightful night
of fun and good feelings, which we
hope to have more of in the future. And
if you haven’t had a chance to read Joel’s
book, The 188th Cry-Baby Brigade, you
can find it in our TBI Library. Speaking
of the library, we have a thriving library
committee that brings in fascinating
authors throughout the year.
This is your synagogue. This is your
community. There is no better way to
integrate yourself into your community
than by getting involved. We have so
many opportunities to become enriched
and inspired, and to enrich each others’
lives. If you have interests or ideas, let
us know, stop into the office or send
me an email, and get involved. Temple
Beth Israel is a dynamic place, where
energized people want to make things
happen. I encourage all of you to find
that niche, that community within the
larger community, that feels right to
you. With your involvement, we will
be able to not only carry on the fine
traditions that have been established by
those who came before us, but we will
also be able to create new traditions,
new programs, and new moments of
connection and celebration. Next year,
when we gather here to usher in another
new year, we can again look back and
remember how we strengthened our
community, and how our community
did the same for us.
On behalf of the Board of Trustees,
and on behalf of my family, may 5774
be a year of peace and security in Israel
and the world over; and for all of us, our
families, for Israel and the Jewish people
everywhere, a very happy, healthy and
sweet new year.
L’shanah Tovah!
Haylee S. Donovan, LCSW, CEAP
Psychotherapist
212-252-3769
[email protected]
280 Madison Ave., Ste 1108
New York, NY 10016
1 Barstow Rd. Ste P24
Great Neck, NY 11021
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Would you like to honor someone’s simcha, express sympathy, or wish someone
well? Make a contribution to a Sisterhood fund of your choosing and a card will
be sent on your behalf. Choose from the Building Beautification Fund (BBF), the
Flower Fund (FF), the School Equipment Fund (SEF), the Torah Repair Fund
(TRF), and/or the Women’s League Torah Fund (WLTF). Minimum contribution
per listing is $10.00. JNF Tree certificates are also available and require a minimum
contribution of $18.00. Please send your listings and contributions (payable to TBI
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Overweight Sensation: How Allen Sherman Created
Jewish Ethnic Humor One Song Parody at a Time.
By Mark A. Schneider
It was a letter from camp—a camp song
that introduced the world to a parodist
extraordinaire. “Hello Muddah, Hello
Fadduh, Here I am at Camp Granada,
Camp is very entertaining, And they
say we’ll have some fun when it stops
raining...”
If you know the song’s lyrics and
you can sing it in its entirety, then you
know a tiny bit of the Jewish parody
success of Allen Sherman. But until
you read an impressive new biography
by Mark Cohen titled “Overweight
Sensation: The Life and Comedy of
Allen Sherman” you may not know the
powerfully star-studded yet confusingly
sad, rest of the story.
Over the past few decades, there
have been a number of Jewish comedy
legendary names: Larry David, Jerry
Seinfeld, Woody Allen, Alan King,
Robert Klein, Adam Sandler, Mel
Brooks, Carl Reiner, Jackie Mason
to name a few. But only one took his
Jewish upbringing and put the formula
together to, in the words of author
Cohen, “turn ethnic Jewish comedy into
musical mainstream entertainment.”
“Sarah Jackman, Sarah Jackman, How’s
by you? How’s by you? How’s by you
the family? How’s your sister Emily?
She’s nice too. She’s nice, too...”
I didn’t own every Allen Sherman
record album—just a few— but I did
follow and enjoy his contributions to
ethnic humor from the beginning.
Forty appearances on CBS TV’s Ed
Sullivan (during and around The Beatles
American takeover) helped deliver his
style of song parody to the country
(“Every time I fly away, People cry and
they say, Bye, Bye Bloomberg...Once I
took a trip with Irving Cohen, No one
even noticed he was goin’...”). Over a
decade ago, I also saw the non successful off-Broadway musical revue based
on his song parodies, agreeing with The
New York Times review that said “He
was an extraordinarily skillful parodist
that deserved to be remembered.”
Sadly, Allen Sherman died suddenly
ten days before his forty-ninth birthday. The short but challenging life of
Sherman was filled with a multitude
of attempts to raise the level of Jewish
comedy entertainment. The Cohen
book goes into great detail—textbookstyle, one might say, including delving
quite deeply into the historical generational past of Allen Sherman’s (born
Allen Copelon) family. All of which
seems quite appropriate coming from
a book publisher (Brandeis University
Press) that has in the past heavily focused on an extensive series of American
Jewish history, culture and life. The
story of Allen Sherman fits right into
this publisher’s collection. Going into
detail of the influences that led to
Sherman’s song parodies, it was interesting to note that his inspiration for songs
and lyrics often came from his maternal
immigrant grandparents, the Yiddish
speaking Esther and Leon Sherman.
“We got herring, sweet and sour, We got
pickles, old and young, We got corned
beef and salami, and a lot of tasty
tongue We’ve got Philadelphia Cream
Cheese in little wooden box, What ain’t
we got? We ain’t got lox.”
To a nation of immigrants, it was
remarkable how Sherman’s musical
parodies translated so well into mass
market acceptance. One of the best
examples of America’s embracing of
Jewish ethnic identity cited in the
biography is a story of how President
John F. Kennedy was overheard singing Sherman’s “Sarah Jackman” to
himself. JFK and Sherman met during a Washington D.C. event with
the President telling him “I have your
record and I like it very much.” What
Sherman also seemed to accomplish
was making a general audience more
accepting of Jewish material. The bio
remarks how two years after a new
Sherman Jewish parody album with universal appeal was successfully released,
the Broadway musical “Fiddler on the
Roof ” opened. Cohen writes that critics
attacked Fiddler. “Instead of being “too
Jewish” as its creators feared, “Fiddler
was Jewish material with universal
appeal,” Cohen adds, just like the acceptance of Sherman’s album.
One thing that came from devouring this Cohen biography was finding
myself again singing some of the familiar and not-so familiar Allen Sherman
parodies that even today maintain their
Jewish humor so beautifully, as well as
listening to his songs. Want to join in
on a few of his greatest? “Summertime,
Everybody is shvitzing, Schmaltz is
melting And the Catskills is high...”
That was to the tune of
“Summertime.” This is to the tune of
“Seventy-six Trombones:”
Seventy-six Sol Cohens in the country club And a hundred and ten nice
men named Levine, And there’s more
than a thousand Fines Who parade
around the links It’s a sight that really
must be seen.
And to the tune of “You’ll Never
Walk Alone:” When you walk through
the Bronx, Hold your head up high,
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And look for a sign, Fordham Road...”
To the tune of “How are Things in
Glocca Morra:” How are things with
Uncle Morris? Does he still work in the
candy store...”
It’s difficult to now sing the Hebrew
song “Hava Nagila” without remembering the popular Sherman version:
“Harvey and Sheila, Harvey and Sheila,
Harvey and Sheila, Moved to West L.A.
They bought a house one day, Financed
by FHA...” Nor can I think of the tune
“Moon River” without singing this version: Chopped liver, Rolled up in a ball,
Too much cholesterol they say...” “You
heart breaker, you fat maker, From now
on I’m going the safflower way...”
As I began putting this article
together, I enjoyed listening to Allan
Sherman’s tunes in the background. Fact
is, as I read Mark Cohen’s bio, I found
myself singing my way through many
pages of the book, while also admiring
the persistence, struggles and ongoing
challenges faced by a talent who never
wanted to stop proving to the world
that he could successfully make his
mark. He found success difficult to deal
with, and often kept his family out of
reach.
Overcoming the challenges, Allen
Sherman single-handedly took Jewish
October 2013
SUNDAY
Tishri / Cheshvan 5774
MONDAY
TUESDAY
1
6
2 Cheshvan
7
Minyan 9 a.m.
Sisterhood Brunch
13
9 Cheshvan
16 Cheshvan
8
23 Cheshvan
4 Cheshvan
14
10 Cheshvan
15
No NS
COLUMBUS DAY
21
17 Cheshvan
WEDNESDAY
2
28 Tishri
9
5 Cheshvan
11 Cheshvan
16
Board meeting
Minyan 9 a.m.
Adult Ed.
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3
10
22
18 Cheshvan
29
25 Cheshvan
12 Cheshvan
29 Tishri
6 Cheshvan
FRIDAY
4
13 Cheshvan
23
19 Cheshvan
18
26 Cheshvan
Adult Ed.
Sisterhood meeting
14 Cheshvan
24
20 Cheshvan
25
21 Cheshvan
12
27 Cheshvan
1
28 Cheshvan
8 Cheshvan
9:30 a.m. services
Family service
19
15 Cheshvan
9:30 a.m.
JC/MM
Bar Mitzvah of Eric
Rynston-Lobel
26
6:45 p.m. services
C.L. 5:44 p.m.
Bar Mitzvah of
Adam Nachamie
31
1 Cheshvan
9:30 a.m. services
Bar Mitzvah of
Max Popper
ROSH CHODESH
6:45 p.m. services
C.L. 5:54 p.m.
Bar Mitzvah of
Eric Rynston-Lobel
Adult Ed.
30
7 Cheshvan
5
6:45 p.m. services
C.L. 6:05 p.m.
Library program
17
SATURDAY
30 Tishri
6:45 p.m. services
C.L. 6:16 p.m.
Bar Mitzvah of
Max Popper
ROSH CHODESH
11
Adult Ed.
Ed. Meeting
28
THURSDAY
Fundraising meeting
Minyan 9 a.m.
Adult Ed.
27
27 Tishri
Exec. Bd. Meeting
Minyan 9 a.m.
No RS
20
3 Cheshvan
humor to a parodical level. And that’s a
wonderfully witty way, and entertaining place to be. By the way, the author
has been making typical book signing
appearances around our area. He lives in
Los Angeles but will be making a New
York area visit soon including appearing
at both the Great Neck and New York
Public Libraries in December. I’d love
to invite Mark Cohen to speak at TBI
while he’s is in the neighborhood. Let
me know if you’d like to hear his take on
Alan Sherman by emailing me at either
[email protected] or MarkASchn@
optonline.net.
22 Cheshvan
9:30 a.m. services
Bar Mitzvah of
Adam Nachamie
2
29 Cheshvan
6:45 p.m.
C.L. 5:35 p.m.
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