to get your copy - Congregation Brothers of Israel

The CB
Rabbi & Tamar Braun Celebrate
10 Years with CBI
Fall 2015
https://instagram.com/brothersofisrael/
Congregation Brothers of Israel Celebrated Rabbi and Tamar Braun's
10th CBI Anniversary this August.
The celebration began when the members of the original Rabbinical
Search Committee (from over a DECADE ago) sponsored a surprise
Kiddish in the Rabbi's honor. (It was not easy surprising the Rabbi!
Congrats to all who made that happen.) The Kiddish was on
Shabbat Va'etchanan/ -- ‫ואתחנן‬the actual anniversary of Rabbi Braun's
Congregation Brothers of Israel- first Shabbat with us. Rabbi Braun was again honored with the fourth
Long Branch, NJ
Aliyah.
The celebrations continued with a BBQ held in the Brauns' honor on
August 30th at the home of the Belsh Family. As a token of CBI’s
appreciation of their hard work and dedication, Co-Presidents, Judie
Boim and Andy Samuel presented the Brauns with a beautiful honey
dish.
https://twitter.com/cbi_longbranch
Inside this issue:
Contacts
2
Presidents’ Message
3
Rabbi’s Rosh Hashahah
Message
4-6
Rosh Hashana Recipes
7
Rabbi David Sher’s Message
8
Youth Group News
9
Announcements
10-12
News and Events
13-19
Rabbi’s Sukkah Message
20
Upcoming Events
21-26
High Holy Day Schedule
27-28
Calendars
29-31
Tree of Life Appeal
32
Meat was not the only thing roasted at the BBQ; Tamar and Rabbi
were treated to a hilarious "Top 10 Reasons: Why We Love the
Brauns.”
Congregation Brothers of Israel Board and Staff
Board of Directors
Brothers of Israel
Professional Staff
Rabbi
Nasanayl Braun
Cantor
Mendel Greenberg
Youth Director
Rena Golden
Executive Board
Co-Presidents
Judie Boim
Andrew Samuel DMD
Vice Presidents
Michael Danziger
Avi Fisch, Phd
Seymour Shapiro
Yitzhak Belsh, MD
Judy Lekach
Fred Stone, MD
Alan Bresler, DMD
Irwin Levine
Raisy Sultan
Michael Brukman
Steve Pasternak
Eugene Zurkovsky
Janet Deneroff
Marilyn Stein-Mantz
Monty Fisher
Yoav Mejer, Esq
Roz Fisher
Ed Miller
Madeline Forman
Beverly Rassas
Elliot Greenstein
Harold Rassas
Leon Huppert
Shirley Schneider
Michael Kaabe
Lisa Shapiro
Carol Kaufman
Zahava Sher
Norman Konvitz
Larry Snider
Brian Winters, Esq.
Immediate Past Presidents
Marc Epstein
Committees
Adult Education
Marilyn Stein-Mantz
Banquet Hall Rentals
Lisa Shapiro
Building & Grounds
Elliot Greenstein
Bulletin
Judy Lekach
Cemetery Committee
Harold Rassas
Club L’Chaim Liaison
Madeline Forman
Kiddushes
Marilyn Snider
Programming
Steve Pasternak
Office and Building Staff
Publicity
Michael Kaabe
Phone: 732-222-6666
Ritual Committee
Sam Engel
Fax: 732-222-6668
Sisterhood Liaison
Marilyn Snider
www.brothersisrael.org
Youth Committee Liaison
Becky Green
Alan Cohn
Rec. Sec’y
Financial Sec’y
Treasurer
Eve Pasternak
Barry Dorf
Jonathan Shapiro
Barbara Hydrusko
[email protected]
Past Presidents
Deirdre Anderson
Edward Boim, DDS
Kenneth Chamlin, Esq
[email protected]
Alan Cohn, DDS
Martin Deneroff
Anibal Rivera
Marc Epstein
Joseph Foreman
Noah Gilson, MD
Leonard Goldschein
Seymour Greenspan
Anderson Harkov, Esq
Sydney Lekach
Leonard Needle, Esq
Burton Resnic
Moshe Rosenwein, Phd
A Message from our Co - Presidents
Judie Boim and Andy Samuel
TRADITION, WITH A TWIST
Labor Day is approaching conjuring up images of Back to School Sales, and the U.S. Open.
These are our collective secular traditions observed with a last trip to the beach, harried
shopping at the malls, and binge watching tennis.
Labor Day means that Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot are fast approaching. Our
collective Jewish traditions expect that we will reflect on our deeds of the past year and make
resolutions for the coming year. The holidays conjure up the smells and tastes of cherished
recipes and memories of childhood family observance.
Traditions are comforting precisely because of their predictability but they can also become
calcified and stultifying. The balance is to keep the tradition but with a twist. This past year
CBI has also combined tradition with a twist. Here is a small sample:
•
•
•
•
•
CBI has always had a president, we now have 2 Co–Presidents.
CBI has always relied on the US Post Office and the phone tree to keep our members
informed, we now use social media, a newly configured website, Instagram and Facebook.
CBI has always had sponsored Seudah Shlishit, we now have Mevarchim Ha’Chodesh,
Blessing of the new Month, speakers at Seudah Shlishit.
CBI has always had social events such as a Chanukah Party, we now have, in addition,
another fun night out (Casino Night last year, Sushi and Saki next year).
CBI has always observed Tisha B'Av, this year we had a scholar in residence to add depth
and meaning to the day.
Looking back on the past year, CBI has had multiple programs, has reaped the financial
benefits from the generosity of our members, and most importantly benefitted from THE
MAJOR INCREASE IN VOLUNTEERISM AND PARTICIPATION OF OUR MEMBERS. We thank our
wonderful congregants.
We have big plans for the upcoming year. We look forward to a new year brimming with both
tried and true projects and innovative programs. Please help support Congregation Brothers of
Israel by contributing to the annual Tree of Life Campaign generously. With the help of our
dedicated and enthusiastic members, we know that the coming year ahead will be a
tremendous success.
Shana Tova,
Judie Boim and Andy Samuel
Co-Presidents
Rosh Hashanah 5774 Day 2
Sermon—lessons learned from our family trip to Israel last summer
At the end of the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy clicks her heels together and
says – there is no place like home, there is no place like home! And she
wakes up in the midst of her family at home. She had made friends in Oz
and had interesting travels but in the end, there is no place like home.
That is exactly how I felt this summer as we took our first family trip to
Israel. America has been very good to the Jews, we have many friends
and certainly interesting travels but there is no place like home amidst
family.
I want to share with you some of the lessons that I learned from that trip.
HOME AND FAMILY
When we arrived in Israel, Naftali, Eyal and Gilad had already been kidnapped but there was
still hope that they were alive and could be rescued.
It is hard to explain but the there was a difference in the intensity of our reactions. Both in
Israel and abroad prayers were offered each day in shul, morning and evening. We recited
psalms in Long Branch when they were taken and we prayed sincerely for their release. Those
very same psalms were recited in shul in Jerusalem, at the same times but somehow the
experience was different.
In America it felt like praying for a distant relative or friend; In Israel it was like praying for an
immediate family member.
On the Monday that the boys’ bodies were found, it was like a sledgehammer hit the country.
There was a palpable sense of mourning throughout the country. It was heartbreaking but
powerful.
How else do you explain 30,000 people showing up to Max Steinberg, a lone soldier’s funeral.
Less than a hundred people actually knew him and 30,000 family members showed up!
Part of that has to do with the next thing that I learned.
It hit me that in America we refer to ourselves as the American Jewish community, while no
one has ever heard of the Jews in Israel referred to as the Jewish community in Israel, rather
we refer to the Jewish people! In Israel we are one people, one nation united with a shared
past and a common destiny.
I love visiting the Kotel and walking through the old city of Jerusalem. The excavations are
simply astounding, but not necessarily for the reason that you would expect.
I want to make a confession that maybe I should keep to myself, but here goes. I don’t enjoy
the Kotel because I feel closer to God there. I have never put a kvittel, a note in the wall. I am
not sure that I feel closer to God at the Kotel than I do at Brothers of Israel.
I enjoy the Kotel and the old city because of the history of our people. I feel a tangible and real
connection to over 3,000 years of our people and history more there than in any other place in
the world.
Rosh Hashanah 5774 Day 2
Sermon—lessons learned from our family trip to Israel last summer continued
We refer to America as the greatest diaspora in the history of our people. And there is no doubt
that is true. In terms of religious freedom and opportunities to succeed in all areas of life,
America is the greatest diaspora. Another less pleasant way to say the same thing is – America
is our greatest exile. Our historical perspective in as an exile community and our frame of
reference is to other Jewish exiles.
Israel is our home, a national homeland to the people of Israel. The shared fate and destiny
forces stronger bonds, and a great sense of national responsibility.
We must remember that even though the war is over for now, our concern must not abate.
That sense of belonging to the people that we felt over the summer must carry through the
year.
That care and sense of belonging must not exist only in our heads and hearts, we must
translate it into action. Throughout the course of the year we will provide opportunities to help
and get involved and increase our programming. Please, please take advantage of those
opportunities and get involved.
As I mentioned yesterday this is something that everyone should be involved in, take time out
of our schedules for because it is that important.
Another of the highlights of our trip was the in a totally different arena.
Tamar and I took the older 3 kids to the “blind museum” in Tel Aviv”. It was a fabulous
experience. Each group, ours was us and another America family, is given a “blind walking
stick”, instructed not to raise that cane off the floor and then led through the museum by a
vision impaired guide. The goal of the exhibit is to try and give you a sense of what it is like to
be blind. It is pitch black and you have to make it through a number of rooms and tasks. You
have to find exits and identify food items in a market, get in and out of a boat and order food
at a bar. There are no lights at all in the any of those rooms.
It is a very good thing that we did not raise our canes because the only thing we successfully
did was run into each other and the wall. At times we needed our guide to take us by the hand
to move from room to room.
She was clearly in charge and we were very much dependent upon her and in awe of what she
had to contend with every day.
At the very end we emerged into a lighted room and everything changed. Our guide was an
older woman who did not put herself together well at all. She was short and blind and we saw
her as a poor disadvantaged person. You felt bad for her.
The awe, the respect, the dependence was gone in an instant. The tables were turned in a
moment. The museum was built to teach about the blind experience but we learned just as
much about the human condition.
It is so hard to know and believe that we are all fundamentally equal. We judge quickly and
ferociously based on sight, circumstance and context.
Rosh Hashanah 5774 Day 2
Sermon—lessons learned from our family trip to Israel last summer continued
We need to value all people as people, as human beings and as beings created in the divine
image. God judges and cares for all people. In Unetaneh Tokef we recite – kol ba-ai olam, of
all the people of the world…
Certainly some people act in manners inconsistent with that divine spark, and maybe some
even lose it but short of that we must recognize the humanity that we all share. That applies
to Jews and non-Jews alike, and not only people with disabilities. There are animals in Gaza,
cruel and vicious and homicidal but there are many, many people as well. We must internalize
that even as we fight for Israel and hope and pray that they can look at us in the same way.
I know that I have spent most of my time talking about Israel but it would be wrong not to
talk about our personal spiritual growth as well.
WE NEED TIME TO REFLECT OUT OF THE REGULAR ROUTINE
The last message that I want to share with you is not Israel related but it is vacation related.
I got an Israeli sim card for my phone. That gave me an Israeli cell number and my regular
cell went straight to voicemail.
I had two weeks of real vacation out of regular contact and routine. It was spectacularly
refreshing and it gave me quality time with my family without the distractions of life. I have
not had that in all the time that I have been in the shul.
The break from the routine of life was really good and overdue. I was able to spend quality
time and focus on things that really matter and too often get pushed aside or lost in the
shuffle.
I think that everyone should take that time with your family but that is not the message for
today. We should aim for a similar experience with God during the High Holiday season. Just
we are often too busy for family during the year, we are also very often too busy for God. Our
lives are so crazy and so busy that we simply run out of and don’t make time for God.
There is no magical formula to get closer to God.
Make time during this season
Make time during the year. Blessings over food and daily prayer are great ways to bring God
into your life and to carve out some time for God.
May this be a year when we support Israel, come to value and cherish our shared humanity
and find the time to grow spiritually and connect to God!
Rosh Hashana Recipes
Simple Roasted Honey Dijon
Chicken
Pomegranate Honey Coolers
Adapted from Martha Stewart
1 bottle (750 Ml) Kosher dry white
wine, such as Sauvignon Blanc
1 1/2 cups of Kosher pomegranate
juice
2 to 4 tablespoons of honey
2 chickens, cut in 1/8’s
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 cup pure honey
2/3 cup orange juice
4 tablespoons Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme or rosemary (or fresh)
Garnish, fresh thyme or rosemary, optional
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place chickens in two low-sided
roasting pans. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Lemon for garnish.
Directions: combine wine and
pomegranate juice in pitcher. Add
honey and stir until dissolved.
Serve chilled over ice, garnish with
slice of lemon.
In a small saucepan, whisk together honey, orange juice,
mustard, oil, and thyme or rosemary. Simmer over medium heat
until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Pour evenly over
chicken. Roast chicken, basting occasionally, for about 50
minutes or until juices run clear, or an internal thermometer
registers 170 degrees.
Poppy Seed Cake by Joan Nathan
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
1 cup poppy seeds
1 cup milk or parve soy milk
1 cup (8 ounces) unsalted butter or pareve margarine, plus more for greasing pan
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus additional for dusting pan
2 cups sugar
3 large eggs, separated
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
In a small saucepan, combine the poppy seeds and milk. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, and
allow to rest until cool, about 20 minutes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a large loaf or tube pan by greasing it with margarine
and lightly flouring the inside of the pan.
In bowl of an electric mixer with a paddle attachment, cream together butter or margarine and
sugar. Add egg yolks, vanilla, and poppy seed-milk mixture, and beat until smooth. Gradually
add 2 cups flour, salt and baking powder. Mix well; remove bowl from mixer and set aside.
Place a clean bowl in mixer, with a whisk attachment, and whisk egg whites until stiff but not
dry. Gently fold into batter. Scrape into pan, and bake until a knife inserted into the cake comes
out clean, about 1 hour. Cool on a rack. When cool, dust cake with confectioners’ sugar.
A Message from Rabbi David Sher
Ocean Minyan
It has been another excellent summer at Congregation
Brothers of Israel’s Ocean Avenue Minyan. It was wonderful
to reunite with so many long-time friends, to meet so many
new faces and to watch our community grow. We have had
beautiful Teffilot, lively classes, and a delicious, hot Kiddush
every Shabbos generously sponsored by our members. As
we move to conclude another summer season here at the
shore, Rosh Hashanah and the new year are already rolling
around the corner. Perhaps, therefore, it is appropriate to
examine the Mitzvah of Bikkurim, the first fruits of every
year’s crops, which appears in the latter half of Sefer
Devarim.
The Mitzvah of Bikurim requires the Jewish farmer to bring
these Bikurim fruit with him to the Beis HaMikdash, the holy Temple in Jerusalem.
Once in the Beis HaMikdash, the farmer presents the fruit to the Kohen, who in
turn places the fruit by the Mizbeach. The farmer is then obligated to recite a
proclamation that recounts the national tribulations of Bnei Yisrael’s past. The
farmer then praises Hashem for his family’s settlement in Israel and the
tranquility that exists in his own day that enables him to produce these fruit. Only
then can the farmer return home and enjoy the rest of that year’s produce.
Many commentaries wondered why there is an obligation for the farmer to
not simply perform the action of bringing his fruits to the Temple, but to also
make the above discussed proclamations. Based on the Sefer HaChinuch, perhaps
we can suggest that before the farmer can begin enjoying the new year’s crops,
he must put them in their proper historical context. The farmer must recognize
that the new things in his life are really the result of a long progression of events
in which Hashem played a role. Perhaps this understanding is necessary for the
farmer to truly enjoy his new crops.
So too, as we begin our preparations for the new year, we should look back
at this past year (and more immediately this past summer) to thank Hashem for
the blessings in our lives, which will in turn lead us to enjoy the continuation of
these blessings in the new year as well.
Thank you all for another great summer,
Rabbi David Sher
Youth Group News
by Rena Golden
Each year the CBI youth department has a BBQ in the beginning of the
summer to culminate the year’s activities! This year we decided to forgo
the usual sports & games and go on an exciting hike through the woods at
Shark River Park. We met at 3:30pm and embarked on our adventure, a
1.5 mile hike in the woods. Along the way there were exercise stations for
the kids to play on and beautiful trees and greenery to look at. After hiking
for about an hour we went back to the BBQ site and ate luscious hotdogs,
hamburgers, and watermelon. We also had time to play in a great
playground, with an awesome sandbox and played some football as well.
Can't wait for next year!
Upcoming Youth Events for
2015/2016:
Judaic Arts & Crafts
Pink Elephant
Farm Trip- Longstreet Farms
Hike with BBQ
Monster Mini Golf
Ice Skating
Youth Shabbat
Purim Carnival
Hanukah- Reptile Show
Tu B’Shevat
Visiting in Seabrook
Stop & Shop Scavenger Hunt for Food
Pantry Cake Decorating Class
Congratulations to the Following Graduates
Dalia Belsh
Jonah Belsh
Paulina Braka
Ariel Braun
Charles Bresler
Steven Bresler
Seth Deneroff
Ruthy Glass
Dina Huppert
Sammy Krost
Marcel Mejer
Carly Parker
Aliza Scher
Eli Scher
Avi Sher
Eric Tal
Josh Thorner
Benjamin Weiss
Joshua Weiss
Jacob Winters
YJS Kindergarten
YJS Kindergarten
Ranney School
YJS
Yeshiva University
John Hopkins Dental School
Rutgers University
Rutgers University, Masters
Hillel Yeshiva High School
New York University
YJS Kindergarten
Hillel Yeshiva High School
Queens College, Registered Dietician
Rowan University Medical School
Univ. of Detroit Mercy Dental School Orthodontics
Drexel University, Masters
Cottonwood Elementary, Denver, Colorado
Solomon Schechter 8th Grade
Solomon Schechter Elementary
YJS
Birthday and Anniversary Club
November Birthdays
October Birthdays
September Birthdays
Roger Adelson
Edward Boim
Ariel Braun
Talia Braun
Yishai Braun
Marlene Cohn
Thomas Cohn
Shirley Fisch
Emma Mufson
Al Sultan
Anniversaries
Avi & Shirley Fisch
Yitz & Melissa Belsh
Ari & Becky Green
Rachel Berley-Wolk
David Braka
Paulina Braka
Avi Braun
Tova Braun
Efraim Feintuch
Gail Mufson
Gerald Ostrov
Lou Weinstein
Dotty Zimmerman
Melissa Belsh
Becky Green
Anniversaries
Andrew & Michelle Samuel
Michael & Risa Zimmerman
Gordon Adelson
Jeanie Guberman
Marty Guberman
Ruth Hyman
Philip Lippel
Joey Mufson
Shari Samuel
Steven Wolinsky
Anniversaries
Samuel & Leora Babich
Ed & Judie Boim
Announcements
The CBI Family wishes Mazel Tov to:
Alan & Hanna Bresler on their son Steven’s graduation from dental school and Charles’
graduation from Yeshiva University. Also upon the birth of a grandson and to parents
Ari and Yael Schulman
Seth Deneroff for being honored as a Rising Star by Rutgers Hillel
Brian & Gayle Krost on the birth of a grandson and to parents Alfons and Jacqueline
Mussry
Stanley & Florence Lipman on the birth of a great-granddaughter and to parents
Yocheved and Avramy Lipman
Tim & Rita Levart upon the engagement of their daughter Gemma to Corey Turk
Avraham & Orna Tuvy on the engagement of their daughter Efrat to Idan Langberg
David & Barbara Sharon on the birth of a granddaughter and to parents Shmuel and
Leora Babich
Marvin & Zahava Sher on the birth of a grandson and to parents Mark and Ruth Glass
Herb & Donna Isaacson on the birth of a granddaughter, Garbriella Grace and to
parents Wendy and Ariel Gonzalez
Larry & Marilyn Snider on the engagement of their daughter Cari to Ben Roth
Moty & Sharon Tal and Gregg & Phyllis Grinspan on the birth of a grandson, Charlie
Mayer Grinspan, and parents Ari & Lauren Grinspan
Jason & Shoshana Nehmad on the birth of a daughter and grandparents Isaac & Farah
Nehmad and Jeffrey & Irene Tutnauer
Dr. Barry & Libby Elbaum on the birth of great grandson Albert Mansour and to
grandparents Dr. Albert & Rochelle Elbaum Matlon and to parents Rabbi David and
Barbara Mansour
Baruch Dayan Emet
The CBI Family extends condolences to:
Ben Gorcey upon the recent passing of his wife Hilary
Rummage Sale
Behind every Sisterhood Rummage Sale is
a group of dedicated volunteers. This
year was no different. Whether it was
distributing fliers, schlepping, organizing,
and selling merchandise, or packing up at
the end, this sale would not have been
possible without the wonderful
cooperation from many of our shul
members and non shul members, several
of whom spent the entire two days
working the sale.
A special thank you goes to Patty Kraidin,
Pam Steinberg, Donna Convery, Beth
Cotler, Margaret Dwek, Marcia Sacks, and
Heidi Rosen for the endless hours they
spent sorting, setting up and selling all the
donated goods. Thank you also to our
incredible chairperson Roz Fisher, for the
endless hours spent organizing the
volunteers and tending to the myriad of
other necessary tasks. We also want to
acknowledge Anibal Rivera and Barbara
Hydrusko. Without their efforts this sale
would not have been as successful.
Other volunteers who graciously offered their help are:
Abby Baron, Judie Boim, Avi and Ariel Braun, Alan and Marlene Cohn, Nicole
Convery, Eugenia and Ira Davis, Shari Epstein, Madeline Forman, Irene
Goldberg, Jan Greenspan, Edie Gregory, Lisa Harmatz, Danielle Kraidin, Sylvia
Leskowitz, Steve Pasternak, Beverly Rassas, Burt Resnic, Greg Rosen, Andy,
Michelle and Shari Samuel, Pam and Zelig Steinberg, Fred Stone, Ruth and Alex
Silvey, Stanley Spector, Raisy Sultan, and Naomi and Steve Wolinsky. If I
missed anyone, please call the office and your name will be put in the next
newsletter.
Scholars, Experts, Musicians, OH MY!, Look Who Came to CBI!
CBI Teens Teach Tech
On Sunday morning, June 28, CBI
teenagers Tova, Avi and Ariel
Braun and Shari and Robert
Samuel shared their knowledge of
current technology and social
media with several CBI adult
members over breakfast. This
event was part of the shul's new
marketing initiative to utilize the
internet and social media to
publicize our events and general
information about our shul.
The program was well attended.
The participants could choose from four stations: Facebook, Instagram, Email, and general
technology help questions. The presentations at each station
went step by step demonstrating everything from how to
download an app, setting up an account, and "following" CBI.
Besides the actual technology content, this program became
intergenerational, enabling our teenagers to teach and interact
with members of different age groups.. "It was truly rewarding to
see our members working together and learning so much from
our teenagers," said Co-President Andy Samuel.
"I really enjoyed sharing my knowledge of Instagram and showing
everyone how it can be used to instantly post pictures of happenings at
the shul," remarked Shari Samuel, one of the teen tech teachers.
Please remember that CBI is on Facebook (Congregation Brothers of
Israel-Long Branch, NJ), Instagram (@brothersofisrael), and our shul
website (www.brothersofisrael.org). The breakfast was a big success
and we hope to have more events like this in the future.
On June 13th, fellow congregant and divorce lawyer Cipora
Winters, Esq. gave a most informative talk followed by a lively
discussion on “THE GET: Got It, Get It, Good”. Addressing the
inequity of the Jewish divorce process and sharing steps that
the New York and New Jersey Courts have taken in recognition
of this community issue. Cipora is a graduate of Columbia Law
School and is a Matrimonial and Family Law Attorney at Keith,
Winters & Wenning, LLC in Bradley Beach.
Scholars, Experts, Musicians, OH MY!, Look Who Came to Visit CBI!,
cont.
Rabbi Steven Weil, Senior Managing
Director, Orthodox Union, was CBI’s
July Scholar in Residence. Following our
Friday night dinner, Rabbi Weil spoke
about a “Brave Old World” : the
dangerous hot spots in the Middle East.
His Shabbat morning drasha at the
Ocean Minyan focused on the “7th
Million Man” and the devastation of the
Holocaust and its after effects. Rabbi
Weil’s Seudah Shlishit presentation
focused on “Josiah the King, the One Man Who Could Have Prevented the
Churban”.
The thrust of Rabbi Weil’s divrei torah was to ready us for Tisha B’Av. Rabbi
Weil continuously emphasized the need for belief in God and for each of us
to improve the world by improving our own conduct and attitude.
At the July 18th Shabbat Kiddush Discussion Series,
we were fortunate to have as our speaker fellow
congregant, Dr. Mark Meirowitz, an expert on
Turkish Foreign Policy, US-Turkey Relations and
Turkish-Israel Relations. Dr. Meirowitz holds a
doctorate in Political Science and is a business
lawyer. Dr. Meirowitz is also writing a book on Turkish
Politics for an academic press. He has lectured
extensively at The Jewish Center, Safra Synagogue,
and Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun (and of course
Brothers of Israel) and has appeared widely in the
media including on WABC Radio "Religion on the Line"
with Rabbi Joseph Potasnik.
After detailing the election system and the election results in Turkey, Dr
Meirowitz explained the likely impact of the results on both Turkey and the
Turkey-Israel relations. Peppered by the crowd with questions about various
policies and actions of Turkey, Dr. Meirowitz succeeded in giving us a
greater understanding and appreciation of Turkey, its goals, tactics, and
political maneuvers.
“50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the
Heart of Nazi Germany” by Steve Pressman
A visit by holocaust survivor and one of the 50 children - Erwin Tepper
By Noah Gilson
“My mother and I sat terrified in our Vienna apartment as
the Nazi thugs ransacked our neighborhood smashing the
windows of Jewish shops burning synagogues and arresting
adult men. When the Gestapo rapped on our door looking
for my father we did not know where he was as he never
came home from work. It turned out that his boss was
sympathetic to Jews and had advance notice of the pogrom
and hid him in his warehouse until things calmed down.”
Such was the recollection of the 6 year old Erwin Tepper,
witness to Kristallnacht and one of 50 children
rescued by Gil and Eleanor Kraus, a Jewish couple from Philadelphia who made it their
mission through the Bris Shalom society to find loopholes in the immigration law to save
children from the coming Nazi horror. Erwin was the guest speaker at the men's book club on
July 16th after they had read “50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary
Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany” or viewed the HBO documentary “50 Children,
The Rescue Mission of Mr. & Mrs. Kraus both by Steven Pressman.
Because of this opportunity to hear living history from a child holocaust survivor the club was
opened up to the entire shul. A capacity crowd heard Erwin’s recollection of being rescued by
the Kraus’ as one of the 50 who became essentially the foster children of this amazingly
generous and brave couple.
Erwin had everyone's rapt attention as he told about how his parents got out separately and
how his father met him briefly on the ship when it docked in England not knowing when he
would see him again. He recalled that his first cousin was not so fortunate and perished at
Treblinka. Erwin said he spoke no English and when they showed a movie on the ship the
children had a lengthy debate about what it was about. He also recalled how the children were
mystified when they were first served Jello with fruit inside. They naturally thought the Jello
was some sort of preservative for the fruit pieces so they carefully dissected it away with their
knives.
He recalls the Bris Shalom camp where they were first introduced to America then placed with
families, he initially with his aunt in the Bronx and then reunited with his parents in Connecticut
where he spent the remainder of his childhood. Erwin eventually went to medical school and
became a radiation oncologist with a 50 year career at Monmouth Medical Center. Erwin and I
have had a long association through a medical journal club through Monmouth and we have
been guests at each other’s houses numerous times over the years. I never knew his story until
a friend of mine from Chicago read the book and noted one of the children was a doctor from
Monmouth and “do I know him”? I did indeed and after a phone call, Erwin agreed to speak to
our group. What followed was one of the most fascinating and moving evenings I can recall at
CBI in many years. We all thanked him for sharing what were undoubtedly painful memories.
We are all richer for hearing his poignant and remarkable presentation.
Scholars, Experts, Musicians, OH MY!, Look Who Came to Visit CBI!, cont.
On Sunday, July 19, 2015, Dr. Nechama Price
treated the women of CBI to a fascinating and
informative class on the role of women as leaders
in the context of Orthodox Judaism. Dr. Price
used the biblical Devorah, the Judge, as the
quintessential example of a woman leader. She
then quoted rabbinic sources to explain the
different approaches to women as teachers,
judges, Queen and leaders. Dr. Price shared her
own experiences as an Orthodox women in the position of professor at Stern
College for Women and a community Yoetzet Halacha on issues of family purity.
The class ended on a high note as Professor Price expressed her amazement at
how far and how fast women have progressed in the past 15 years. She noted
that there are more jobs available for women Talmud teachers then there are
women available to fill the positions, though there are more and more women
studying and training for these positions. This is in stark contrast to 15 years ago
when Dr. Price started her journey of learning and teaching, when opportunities
for learned, community minded Orthodox Women barely existed.
This learning opportunity was made possible by the generous sponsorship of Marc
and Carol Berley in memory of Carol’s mother, Elaine Perlmutter.
Scholars, Experts, Musicians, OH MY!, Look Who Came to Visit CBI!, cont.
Rabbi Shalom Hammer, an IDF motivational lecturer,
provided us with explanations and moving insights of selected
Kinnot during the Tisha B’Av Shacharit service.
Thereafter, Rabbi Hammer gave a lecture/shiur entitled: “The
Hurban Habayit: Destruction of the Temple and a Review of
Jewish Leadership”. The lecture focused on how we can be
leaders and what it means to lead.
Prior to Maariv, we viewed The Long Way Home, winner of
the 1998 Academy Away for Best Documentary Feature,
narrated by Morgan Freeman. The movie depicts the plight of
Jewish refugees after WWII that contributed to the creation of the State of Israel.
It also emphasized the debates in both the White House and in the UN. Rabbi
Hammer then led a discussion afterward on the movie and answered questions
regarding the importance of Aliyah and Israel and on current events in Israel.
Rabbi Hammer is also the author of four books, Derash Yehonatan, The Family
Parsha Book, The Family Rashi Book and The Eybeshitz Hagaddah.
Eric Stern and his J Tunes rocked the Shul on
Shabbat Nachamu. Services for Shabbat Morning
and Kabbalat Shabbat were filled with catchy tunes
and beautiful harmonies. Shabbat ended with a
rollicking Havdalah ceremony.
On August 2nd, CBI had a breakfast meeting with Rabbi
Ian Pear, the author of The Accidental Zionist and
Shir Hadash, New Journeys Along an Ancient Path.
Rabbi Pear, founder of Shir Hadash, (a popular Jerusalem
based Synagogue, Educational Institute and Community
Center) explained why Israel is important in fulfilling the
mitzvah of tikun olam.
He regaled us with pre-aliyah stories about his becoming
religious at Georgetown , his Greyhound bus trips home
to Arizona, and his high school wrestling bout with
Chainsaw, a state champion wrestler.
Scholars, Experts, Musicians, OH MY!, Look Who Came to Visit CBI!, cont.
On August 15th, Dr. Dodi Fishman Tobin, the Director of
Matan Bet Shemesh and the coordinator of the newly
established Matan Advanced Tanach Summer Institutes,
spoke at Seudah Shlishit. Dr. Tobin made a presentation on
"Raising Cain: Occupational Hazards in the Bible." Dr. Tobin
analyzed the incentives and reactions of the brothers, whose
worldly views differed and may have explained their choices
in profession, their choice of offering to God, and the reaction
to the offerings. Dr. Tobin emphasized the importance of
following your passion in choosing a profession and the role
that this choice plays in leading a meaningful and fulfilling
life.
Richard M. Joel, President of Yeshiva University was
our Scholar in Residence the Weekend of August 21-22.
On Friday night, following a communal dinner, President
Joel led a discussion on “Where Have all the Heroes
Gone?” . President Joel provided a Jewish perspective on
heroes. He informed us that President John F Kennedy
and Martin Luther King, Jr., were among his childhood
heroes and how neither one was a perfect role model in
all facets of his life. President Joel proceeded to discuss
how society has a need for heroes and that we need to
distinguish between our real life heroes (who are not
perfect people) and the DC and Marvel comic book super
heroes. On Shabbat morning, at the Ocean Minyan, President Joel addressed a
large crowd and gave a drasha on “Leadership: Inspiration and Aspiration”. The
Shabbat visit came to a close at Seudah Shlishit with President Joel fielding a
Question and Answer period. During which, President Joel explained the
uniqueness and importance of Yeshiva University. How YU has 26, and not just
1 Rosh Yeshiva, and how YU seeks a large modern orthodox tent with room for
different viewpoints and the ability to have a dialogue on the issues.
A Message from Rabbi Nasanayl Braun
Second day Sukkoth 5771
Sermon—the Sukkah of the Leviathan
One night I was lying on my couch at home looking through a Sukkoth machzor for something
to say and I came across the prayer said upon leaving the Sukkah.
It definitely caught my attention. It reads:
ֵ ֲ‫ֹלהֽינּו ו ֵאֹלהֵ י א‬
ֵ ֱ‫ יְי ָ א‬,‫י ְהִ י ָרצֹון מִ ּלְפָ נֶ ֽיָך‬
.‫ ּכֵן אֶ ְזּכֶה לְׁשָ נ ָה הַ ּבָָאה לֵיׁשֵ ב ּבְסֻ ּכַת עֹורֹו ׁשֶ ל ִלוְי ָתָ ן‬,‫ָׁשבְּתִ י ּבְסֻ ּכָה זֹו‬
ֽ ַ ‫ ּכְׁשֵ ם ׁשֶ ּקִ ּיַ ֽמְ ּתִ י וְי‬,‫בֹותֽינּו‬
.‫לְׁשָ נָה הַ ּבָָאה ּבִירּוׁשָ ָ ֽלי ִם‬
Let it be your will, our God and God of our ancestors that just as I fulfilled the mitzvah and
sat in the Sukkah, so I should merit next year to sit in the Sukkah of the skin of Leviathan.
Next year in Jerusalem.
What kind of prayer is that? I get the Jerusalem part. But why would I want to sit in a Sukkah
made of the skin of some monstrous sea creature? What in the world does that mean?
It is sourced in the Gemara in Bava Basra 75a, where Rabbi Yochanan says that the righteous
will eat the flesh of the Leviathan in a Sukkah made from its skin in the Garden of Eden. That
at least gives me a source but does not help me understand it at all.
In the 13th century in Spain Rabbi Bachye ben Asher, a student of the Rashba, most famous
for his commentary to the Torah also wrote a short book called Shulchan Shel Arba, “ The
Table of Four” where he details the moral/ethical aspects of our meals and in the fourth book,
he talks about the meal that God prepares for the righteous in the future from the Leviathan.
He is absolutely convinced that this was meant to be taken literally; both the flesh and skin
elements are real. The more I read the more I found myself out of my comfort zone so I
turned elsewhere.
I skipped a few centuries and found myself in 16th century Prague where the great Maharal (of
Golem fame), believed that Leviathan exists “bekoach” only and not “bephoal”,; i.e. he exists
conceptually but not in our reality. And somehow the righteous later gain the power of the
leviathan. But I was still confused and out of my element.
So I moved to 19th century Germany and 20th century England and found something that at
least I could understand.
R. Samson Raphael Hirsch writes that to understand the concept we must understand the
word and he and Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler in England and others as well believe that the root of
Leviathan means to come together- and to join as a social group. He believes that Leviathan
is not a specific creature; rather it is a world that encompasses and symbolizes all things
created on the land and at sea; all of creation, if you will.
What does that have to do with the Sukkah? The Sukkah represents instability and the
temporary. We are not certain about anything and we have fears and worries. At those times
friends and community and unity are amongst our best assets. Maybe the Sukkah is a
metaphor for this world as opposed to the next, and it is teaching us that in this world we
must join together and unite with all Jews and ultimately all of creation to succeed.
Or maybe it means something totally different but that is the best that I can come up with.
Saturday Evening, October 3rd
8:00 PM
Motzei Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot
Celebrate In the Sukkah
at Congregation Brothers of Israel
Light Refreshments, Music,
Words of Torah, and Lots of fun!
Enjoy Sukkot with Friends and fellow congregants.
Families invited.
Rain or Shine.
$10 per person
RSVP at www.brothersisrael.org or to Barbara at 732-222-6666
Congregation Brothers of Israel’s Hakafot BBQ!
Singing and Dancing!
Lively Hakafot!
Delicious Food!
A Great Finale to an exciting Yom Tov Season
Monday, October 5, 2015
8:20 PM
250 Park Avenue, Long Branch, NJ 07740 732-222-6666
Scholar In Residence
Shabbos Dinner
October 23, 2015
Yoetzet Halacha Professor Nechama Price for the Congregation
and for the Shore’s Ashkenazic Community
As Yoetzet Halacha, Professor Price is authorized to advise women on the detailed practices
governing Taharat Hamishpacha , the code of law relating to the physical marital relationship.
Nechama Price has been on faculty at Stern College in the Bible and Judaic Studies
departments since 2004.
Dinner $25 Adults, $15 ages 6-12, babies are free,
Sponsored by Marc and Carol Berley in memory of Carol’s mother Elaine Perlmutter
Kumzitz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kumzitz ( (‫קומזיץ‬is a compound-word in Hebrew derived from the Yiddish words ) ‫קום‬come) and
) ‫זיץ‬sit). The word is used to describe an evening gathering that Jews partake in. Everyone sits
together and sings spiritually moving songs.
CBI KUMZITZ
Saturday Night, October 24th
8:00PM
RENEE & IRWIN LEVINE’S HOME
28 RICHMOND AVENUE, DEAL
Directions from CBI:
Go south on 71S/Norwood Ave for 1.8 miles; Turn right onto Deal Esplanade;
Go 305 ft & turn left at 1st cross street: Richmond Ave
Destination will be on the right in 246 ft.
CBI and JWV POST 125
JOINTLY INVITE YOU TO A
SUNDAY BREAKFAST
AT THE SYNAGOGUE, 250 PARK AVE, LONG BRANCH
November 1st @ 9:30am
($5 PER PERSON FOR THE BREAKFAST)
WITH GUEST SPEAKER: JUDY I. SCHAFFER, FOUNDER
AND PRESIDENT OF HEROES TO HEROES FOUNDATION
Heroes to Heroes Foundation provides spiritual healing, suicide
prevention, and peer support program for all combat veterans who suffer
from Moral Injury, PTSD, or having challenges returning to civilian life after
serving our country.
Heroes to Heroes teams up veterans for a life-changing journey to
Israel.
RSVP: SYNAGOGUE OFFICE @ 732-222-6666
CONGREGATION BROTHERS OF ISRAEL
PRESENTS
SUSHI AND SAKI NIGHT
NOVEMBER 7, 2015
More details to follow
Schedule of High Holy Day Services 5776
Selichot
Saturday, September 5
10:00 P.M.
Cemetery Memorial Services
Sunday, September 6
Linden Avenue Cemetery
Laurel Avenue Cemetery
10:00 A.M.
10:40 A.M.
Rosh Hashanah
Sunday, September 13
Candle Lighting
Opening Service
Monday, September 14
Shacharit
Sermon
Tashlich
Mincha
Candle Lighting
Tuesday, September 15
Shacharit
Sermon, Shofar
Mincha
Yom Tov ends
6:51 P.M.
6:55 P.M.
8:00 A.M.
10:30 A.M
6:15 P.M.
6:45 P.M.
7:57 P.M.
8:00 A.M.
10:30 A.M.
6:45 P.M.
7:55 P.M.
Fast of Gedaliah
Wednesday, September 16
Fast Begins
Shacharit
Mincha
Fast Ends
5:26 A.M.
6:45 A.M.
6:45 P.M.
7:34 P.M.
Shabbat Shuva
Saturday, September 19
Mincha
Derasha
6:20 P.M.
6:40 P.M.
Kol Nidre
Tuesday, September 22
Mincha
Candle Lighting
Kol Nidre
3:00 P.M.
6:36 P.M.
6:40 P.M.
Yom Kippur
Wednesday, September 23
Sermon, Yizkor
Ne’ilah
Shofar, Yom Kippur Ends
8:30 A.M.
11:15 A.M.
6:10 P.M.
7:42 P.M.
Sukkot – First Day
Sunday, September 27
Candle Lighting
Opening Service
6:27 P.M.
6:30 P.M.
Monday, September 28
Shacharit
Mincha
Candle Lighting
9:00 A.M.
6:25 P.M
7:34 P.M.
Sukkot – Second Day
Tuesday, September 29
Shacharit
Mincha
Yom Tov Ends
9:00 A.M.
6:25 P.M.
7:32 P.M.
Chol Hamoed
Wednesday, September 30 to Sunday, October 4
Hoshanah Rabbah
Sunday, October 4
Sh’Mini Atzeret
Sunday, October 4
Candle Lighting
Opening Service
Monday, October 5
Shacharit
Yizkor
Mincha
Candle Lighting
Simchat Torah
Monday, October 5
Opening Service
Hakafot
Tuesday, October 17
Shacharit
Hakafot
Mincha
Yom Tov Ends
6:45 A.M. & 8:30
6:16 P.M.
6:20 P.M.
9:00 A.M.
10:30 A.M.
6:10 P.M.
7:22 P.M.
7:10 P.M.
7:20 P.M.
9:00 A.M.
10:00 A.M.
6:10 P.M.
7:22 P.M.
Monday
22 ELUL
7
Mincha - 6:30 PM
6:27
27
20
Mincha - 6:55 PM
6:51
7 TISHREI
29 ELUL
14 TISHREI
Erev Rosh Hashanah
13
1 TISHREI
23 ELUL
24 ELUL
17 ELUL
15
2 TISHREI
Rabbi's Class - 8:00 PM
8
1
Tuesday
15 TISHREI
9 TISHREI
29
16 TISHREI
Kol Nidrei - 6:40 PM
6:36
Erev Yom Kippur
22
Succos - Day 1
Succos - Day 2
First Day Yom Tov Ends: 7:34 Yom Tov Ends: 7:32
Mincha - 6;25 PM
Mincha - 6:25 PM
28
21
8 TISHREI
Rosh Hashanah - Day 1
Rosh Hashanah - Day 2
First Day Yom Tov Ends: 7:57 Yom Tov Ends: 7:55
Mincha - 6:45 PM
Mincha - 6:45 PM
14
Selichos Begin
Labor Day
Community Memorial Services
at Congregation Cemeteries
6
Mincha/Maariv:
Mon. - Fri. : 6:45 AM
Sun. - Thurs. Beginning:
Sun. : 6:45 and 8:30 AM
Sept. 6 - 7:00 PM
Shabbos and Yom Tov: 9:00 AM Sept. 13 - 6:50 PM
Sept. 20 - 6:40 PM
See Separate Schedule for
Times of all Yom Tov Services Sept. 27 - 6:30 PM
Morning Services
Sunday
25 ELUL
3 TISHREI
4 TISHREI
26 ELUL
17 TISHREI Join the Kiddush Club and
24
11 TISHREI
YOUTH EVENT: JUDAIC
ARTS AND CRAFTS
17
10
3
19 ELUL
Thursday
help Sponsor a Kiddush Call the Office at (732)
Succos - First Intermediate Day 222-6666
30
Yom Kippur
Services Begin 8:30 AM
Yom Kippur Ends - 7:42
23
10 TISHREI
Fast of Gedalyah
Fast Begins - 5:26 AM
Fast Ends - 7:34 PM
Mincha - 6:45 PM
16
Congregation Board Meeting 8:00 PM
9
Executive Board Meeting 8:00 PM
2
18 ELUL
Wednesday
September 2015 17 Elul 5775 - 17 Tishrei 5776
7:05
Mincha - 6:35 PM
6:31
25
Mincha - 6:45 PM
6:42
18
Mincha - 6:55 PM
6:54
11
Mincha - 7:00 PM
4
5 TISHREI
27 ELUL
20 ELUL
12 TISHREI
Friday
21 ELUL
28 ELUL
6 TISHREI
Haazinu
Shabbos Ends: 7:37
26
13 TISHREI
Vayelech
Mincha - 6:20 PM
Shabbos Shuva Drusha - 6:40
Shabbos Ends - 7:49
19
Nitzavim
Mincha - 6:50 PM
Shabbos Ends - 8:00
Talmud Class - 6:05 PM
12
Ki Savo
Mincha - 7:00 PM
Shabbos Ends - 8:12
Talmud Class - 6:15 PM
5
Saturday
6:16
21 TISHREI
Monday
5
22 TISHREI
Mincha/Maariv:
Sun. - Thurs. Beginning:
Oct. 4 - 6:15 PM
Oct. 11- 6:05 PM
Oct. 18 - 5:50 PM
Oct. 25 - 5:45PM
Tuesday
6
23 TISHREI
Join the Kiddush Club and
help Sponsor a Kiddush Call the Office at (732)
222-6666
25
18
11
12 CHESHVAN
5 CHESHVAN
28 TISHREI
29 TISHREI
26
19
13 CHESHVAN
6 CHESHVAN
Columbus Day
YOUTH EVENT:
LONGSTREET FARMS
12
30 TISHREI
14
7
1 CHESHVAN
24 TISHREI
Wednesday
15
8
2 CHESHVAN
25 TISHREI
Succos - Second Intermediate
Day
1
18 TISHREI
Thursday
14 CHESHVAN
Rabbi's Class - 8:00 PM
27
Rabbi's Class - 8:00 PM
20
7 CHESHVAN
28
21
15 CHESHVAN
8 CHESHVAN
29
22
16 CHESHVAN
9 CHESHVAN
Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan - Day Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan - Day Men's Book Club - 8:00 PM
1
2
13
Succos - Fifth Intermediate Day Shemini Atzeres
Simchas Torah
Hoshanah Rabbah
First Day Yom Tov Ends: 7:22 Yom Tov Ends: 7:21
Mincha - 6:10 PM
Mincha - 6:10 PM
HAKAFOT BBQ
Mincha - 6:20 PM
4
Morning Services
Mon. - Fri. : 6:45 AM
Sun. : 6:45 and 8:30 AM
Shabbos and Yom Tov: 9:00
AM
Sunday
October 2015 18 Tishrei 5776 - 18 Cheshvan 5776
6:08
10 CHESHVAN
17 CHESHVAN
Mincha - 5;40 PM
5:38
30
Mincha - 5:50 PM
Shabbos Dinner
Scholar -in-Residence Nechama Price
5:47
23
26 TISHREI
3 CHESHVAN
Mincha - 6:00 PM
5:57
16
Mincha - 6:10 PM
9
Mincha - 6:20 PM
6:19
Succos - Third Intermediate
Day
2
19 TISHREI
Friday
27 TISHREI
4 CHESHVAN
18 CHESHVAN
Vayeira
Mincha - 5:35 PM
Shabbos Ends - 6:45
Talmud Class - 4:50 PM
31
KUMZITZ
Lech Lecha
Nechama Price
Shabbos Ends : 6:54 PM
24
11 CHESHVAN
Noach
Mincha - 5:50 PM
Shabbos Ends - 7:04
Talmud Class - 5:05 PM
17
Bereishis
Bless New Month
Mincha - 5:45 PM
Mevorachim Hachdesh
Discussion
Shabbos Ends - 7:14
Talmud Class - 5:00 PM
10
Succos - Fourth Intermediate
Day
Mincha - 6:15 PM
Shabbos Ends - 7:25 PM
SUKKAH PARTY - 8:00 PM
3
20 TISHREI
Saturday
29
22
15
8
17 KISLEV
10 KISLEV
3 KISLEV
26 CHESHVAN
Heroes-to-Heroes Breakfast,
co-sponsored by JWV
9:30 AM
Turn Clocks Back One Hour
1
19 CHESHVAN
Sunday
30
23
16
9
2
5 KISLEV
24
Mon. - Fri.: 6:45 AM
Sun.: 6:45 and 8:30 AM
Shabbos: 9:00 AM
12 KISLEV
Rabbi's Class - 8:00 PM
17
Rabbi's Class - 8:00 PM
10
28 CHESHVAN
Rabbi's Class - 8:00 PM
YOUTH EVENT:
PINK ELEPHANT
3
21 CHESHVAN
Tuesday
18 KISLEV Morning Services:
11 KISLEV
4 KISLEV
27 CHESHVAN
20 CHESHVAN
Monday
12
5
30 CHESHVAN
23 CHESHVAN
Thursday
13 KISLEV
6 KISLEV
Mincha/Maariv:
Sun. - Thurs. Beginning:
Nov.1 - 4:35 PM
Nov. 8 - 4:30 PM
Nov. 15 - 4:20 PM
Nov. 22 - 4:15 PM
Nov. 29 - 4:15 PM
25
18
7 KISLEV
Join the Kiddush Club and
help Sponsor a Kiddush Call the Office at (732)
222-6666
Thanksgiving Day
26
14 KISLEV
Men's Book Club - 8:00 PM
19
Veterans Day
Rosh Chodesh Kislev - Day 1
Congregation Board Meeting 8:00 PM
11
29 CHESHVAN
Executive Board Meeting 8:00 PM
4
22 CHESHVAN
Wednesday
November 2015 19 Cheshvan 5776 - 18 Kislev 5776
4:30
1 KISLEV
Mincha - 4:15 PM
4:14
27
Mincha - 4:20 PM
4:18
20
Mincha - 4:25 PM
4:23
15 KISLEV
8 KISLEV
Rosh Chodesh Kislev - Day 2
13
Mincha - 4:30 PM
6
24 CHESHVAN
Friday
2 KISLEV
9 KISLEV
Vayishlach
Thanksgiving Kiddush
Mincha - 4:10 PM
Shabbos Ends - 5:22
Talmud Class - 3:25 PM
28
16 KISLEV
Vayeitzei
Mincha - 4:15 PM
Shabbos Ends - 5:25
Talmud Class - 3:30 PM
Parent-Child Learning - 6:45
PM
21
Toldos
Veterans Day Kiddush
Mincha - 4:20 PM
Shabbos Ends - 5:30
Talmud class - 3:35 PM
14
Talmud Class - 3:40 PM
SUSHI and SAKI NIGHT
Chayei Sarah
Bless New Month
Mevorachim Hachodesh
Discussion
Mincha - 4:25 PM
Shabbos Ends - 5:37
7
25 CHESHVAN
Saturday
Congregation Brothers of Israel
High Holiday Tree of Life and Yearbook
Appeal
Dear Fellow Congregants,
Running a full service shul takes a lot of hard work by our professional staff, office staff,
officers and board of trustees, and dedicated member volunteers. It also requires a large
budget offset by membership dues and generous donations. Without both hard work and
generous financial support, Congregation Brothers of Israel could not continue to serve as
a Jewish home base for our member families. Once again, at this time of year, we
appeal to you to help us financially with your continued support by making a
generous pledge to our Annual High Holiday Tree of Life Campaign.
Your monetary contribution entitles you to an ad/greeting in the yearbook. Also, you will
be listed on the Congregation High Holiday Tree of Life Pledge Board that will be
visible in the shul lobby during the High Holidays.
This year my Pledge will be:
$_______________
Please return this page with your pledge and Yearbook Ad Copy.
Payment options include:
•
Check
•
Credit Card payment via www.brothersisrael.org or calling Barbara in the shul office at
(732) 222-6666
•
You may enclose full or partial payment to take advantage of the year 2015 tax
deduction.
We thank you for your generosity!