HIGH HOLY DAYS 2014 - Congregation Bnai Israel

August 2014
Av/Elul 5774
CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL
KEHILA
RABBI’S MESSAGE ........................................ 3
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE ................................ 4
DIRECTOR OF JEWISH LIFE’S MESSAGE .... 6
MESSAGE FROM GAN KESHET .................... 8
HIGH HOLIDAY BROCHURE ......................... 9
SERVICE SCHEDULE
CHILDCARE, GUESTS, HONORS REGISTRATION
LULAV & ETROG ORDERS, SLICHOT SAVE THE DATE
AUGUST CALENDAR ...................................... 16
AUGUST BAR MITZVAHS .............................. 18
SAVE THE DATES ........................................... 19
CBI COMMUNITY SHABBATON .................... 19
CLUB NOTES & AROUND THE VALLEY ....... 20
ISRAEL & GAZA CONFLICT ……………….21
STRATEGIC PLANNING UPDATE ................... 22
MINUTES OF THE BOARD ............................. 23
5775 CALENDAR AT-A-GLANCE .................. 24
DONATIONS .................................................... 25
YAHRZEITS .................................................... 28
CONTACT INFORMATION
COMMITTEE CHAIRS/COORDINATORS
STAFF
Rabbi
Justin David
[email protected]
Executive Director
Ben Cuperman
[email protected]
Office Manager
Nanci Martine
[email protected]
Director of Jewish Life Rabbi Jacob Fine
[email protected]
Preschool Director
Wendy Stein
[email protected]
Kehila Editors
Gillian Murray Kendall
[email protected]
Ben Cuperman
[email protected]
Kehila Designers
Brianna Maier
[email protected]
Nanci Martine
[email protected]
Building Manager
Charles Bushor
CBI/LGA
[email protected]
Custodians CBI/LGA Mark Shannahan
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Co-President
Co-President
Treasurer
Alan Berkenwald
David Berkman
David Cohen
Hanneli de Vries
Lois Dubin
Joel Feldman
Joseph Goldstein
Chaia Heller
Norbert Goldfield
[email protected]
Gillian Murray Kendall
[email protected]
Jim Sagalyn
[email protected]
Jennifer Hoffman
Mordi Kamel
Max Page
Amy Siege
Corrie Trattner
Lauren Weinsier
Stephan Wurmbrand
The CBI newsletter is published 11 times per year,
monthly except in July.
ABUNDANCE FARM
COMMITTEE
Rabbi Jacob Fine
[email protected]
ADULT EDUCATION
Barbara Lerner
[email protected]
Joshua Roth
[email protected]
BIKKUR HOLIM
Norbert Goldfield
[email protected]
CEMETERY
Edward Allen
[email protected]
CHEVRA KADISHA
Cleo Gorman
584-4497
Edward Allen
586-7844
DUES & ASSESSMENTS
Ben Cuperman
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Amy Siege
[email protected]
Eve Weinbaum
[email protected]
GOVERNANCE
Bill Jolly
[email protected]
HOUSE & PROPERTIES/
AESTHETICS
Stephan Wurmbrand
[email protected]
ISRAEL COMMITTEE
Peggy Besht
[email protected]
Mordi Kamel
[email protected]
KITCHEN COMMITTEE
Shelley Steuer
[email protected]
LANDSCAPE
Mark Brumberg
[email protected]
LIBRARY
Amy Wolpin
[email protected]
Diane Palladino
[email protected]
MEMBERSHIP
Lauren Weinsier
[email protected]
ENDOWMENT
MANAGEMENT
Bruce Bromberg-Seltzer
[email protected]
PERSONNEL
Carol Katz
[email protected]
FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT
Mark Brumberg
[email protected]
RITUAL
Rabbi Justin David
[email protected]
FUNDRAISING
Norbert Goldfield
[email protected]
SISTERHOOD
Connie Gould
Janis Levy
[email protected]
GAN KESHET GOVERNING
COMMITTEE
Alison Berman
[email protected]
VALLEY JEWISH SENIORS
Peggy Besht
[email protected]
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CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL
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RABBI’S MESSAGE
The approach of Tisha B’Av, which begins Monday evening, August 4, gives us an opportunity to contemplate our
internal response to the agonizing war in Gaza. I hope and pray there is a cease fire by the time you read these words, but
whatever the situation, this war deserves our deep consideration on what is supposed to be a day of internal reckoning for the
Jewish people.
As I have written previously, I believe that we must wrestle with two seemingly contradictory realities: Israel has a
responsibility to protect its citizens, and Israel has a responsibility not to place
Palestinians in harm’s way. As my colleague Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky writes in
Ha’aretz, it is not enough for Israel to be “a little better” than Hamas. As the IDF
protects the body of Israel, so it is incumbent upon all Jews to protect the Jewish soul.
Rabbi Justin David
Tisha B’Av instructs us in an astringent manner to examine and to control our internal
lives as a people. Pointedly, the day emphasizes the dangers of “sin’at chinam,” gratuitous hatred, and the ways in which even
the most well intentioned and peace loving among us are vulnerable to the darker aspects of human feeling and behavior. I am
cautious about what this means in the current situation. But I know that many of us, no matter how pained we are by the deaths
of the innocent, have also had thoughts of destruction and revenge. Thank God, thoughts are not the same as actions, but all the
more reason to give us this one day to be really honest with ourselves and ask hard questions about what we really think and
feel—and about the darkness inherent in each of us.
Tisha B’Av has its own built in rewards. It is no accident that the Mishnah tells us that five days after Tisha B’Av is a
ceremonial day during which young women seek young men to be their partners in a ritual dance. The day of intense reckoning
leads to love. Similarly, the seven haftarot on Shabbat between Tisha B’Av and Rosh Hashanah are saturated with promises of
spiritual comfort, expressed by some of the most beautiful poetry in the Hebrew Bible.
What may Tisha B’Av yield for us, during this difficult time? I would like to think that it would bring us to realistic
love. I do not recommend giving in to an illusion that peace will come when this conflict will end, or that Gaza’s Palestinians
will suddenly see an opening for peace once the rockets stop flying. But there must be more to the Jewish soul than defense and
silence.
In the world of Israeli peace activism, Gershon Baskin is someone who works for peace while knowing the obstacles to
it, having achieved the release of Gilad Shalit through his relationships with Hamas officials. The organization he leads, IPCRI
(Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information) gathers information and proposes initiatives to reach a two-state solution.
Over these past weeks, Baskin has written creatively and passionately about how this war could end so as to advance the cause of
peace and security for all. I encourage us all to find his essays on line and read his Facebook posts.
We can look to his example as a way to reconcile our support for the Jewish people with the imperative to “seek peace
and pursue it.” While events may show these two goals to be at odds, people of vision may show us they are, in fact, one and the
same thing. At this difficult time, I urge us to use these days to probe our hearts and minds deeply and to emerge with renewed
hope, whether we are so inclined or not. I believe that, for the sake of the Jewish soul, we have no other choice.
B’shalom,
Rabbi Justin David
Kolot - High Holy Day Voices
Join Felicia Sloin and Rabbi David as we cultivate a group of singers to help create community during this year's Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. This will not be a
choir, but rather a group of voices who will be dispersed through the congregation whose confident
and soulful participation will lift up and draw out the voices of everyone. There will be a few rehearsals in the month before Rosh Hashanah. If you are interested, please contact Rabbi David or Felicia at
[email protected].
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CO-PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE
Norbert Goldfield: A key par t of str ategic planning implementation is moving towar ds a mor e consistent leader ship at
CBI. We have started a leadership transition process in which we have staggered terms as president. I will serve one more year,
and Gillian Murray Kendall will serve as co-president beginning in July 2015. I am truly fortunate to be working this year with
Gillian. Please feel free to reach out to both or either one of us on any areas of concern. We meet regularly and about all issues
affecting the synagogue. And please—reach out to us if you have ideas on how you can participate in the implementation of
strategic planning—which has already begun. Gillian and I and all of you are a team.
Co-President
Gillian Murray Kendall
Gillian’s words for this month’s column follow:
EMBRACING COMMUNITY
After services on Saturday, July 19, I found myself thinking about the Tower of Babel almost as much as about the slaughter of
the Midianites.
The power of the story about the Tower of Babel lies not so much in the aspiration of the humans involved, who wish to make a
name for themselves by building an immense tower, but in God’s way of dealing with their ambitious natures. Initially,
“everyone on earth had the same language and the same words” (Genesis 11:1): under these early conditions it’s easy for a
community to work together in a common cause. God, however, sees this cooperative ambition and states “let us, then, go down
and confound their speech there, so that they shall not understand one another’s speech” (Genesis 11:7). Suddenly the workmen
of Babel are struck by the inability to communicate. By inventing linguistic diversity, God makes it impossible for human beings
to work together. The workers all begin to speak different languages, and the tower comes to naught in a confused cacophonous
babble.
But this fall from human aspiration into inchoate babble is also a fall into cultural difference—a fall into the way the modern
world is constituted. In the text, a homogeneous group becomes a set of individuals, each with a language that, as all languages
do, shapes a world-view. And each human being is thus set apart from the others.
We are the children of Babel. And, since Babel, we have had to construct ways in which to convey meaning to one another, to
make accessible our own world views to those around us who speak a different language—whether literally or metaphorically.
While most of us in this community may speak English, we are no less trapped in the language of our own minds—in the syntax,
grammar and phrasing that make up our vision of the world.
We at Congregation B’nai Israel, however, are also a community, and it’s incumbent upon us to recognize that we can only exist
as a community as long as we recognize that understanding each other takes work: important work, even sacred work. The
events at Babel are alienating and catastrophic, but we can actually build community by accepting the kind of differences that
scatter the peoples of the earth in Genesis 11. We can understand that what at first sounds like a confused jangling—as different
languages rub together—is not something that should divide us. Toni Morrison, in her Nobel Prize acceptance speech, suggested
that perhaps those building Babel should not have been able to find a heaven until they did understand each other’s now foreign
language.
While we may not always understand each other—and, when we do, we may not always agree with each other—we can respect
the unique way of approaching the world that each of us carries. We can recognize that the day we all could speak the same
language is gone, and that, as a community, we need now to embrace what at times seems like cacophony. But being a
community does not mean sharing the same views. It means being willing to listen, to respect the seemingly strange and
different, to accept a world in which we do not all think or speak in the same way. The events at Babel were profoundly
alienating and scattered a people, but we, in our culturally diverse and multi-lingual world, have the privilege of being able to
grow and flourish as a community even as we retain our unique voices. That is something to celebrate.
B’shalom,
Gillian Murray Kendall
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RABBI JACOB’S MESSAGE
Abundance Farm’s First Season off to a Great Start!
It has been quite a few months on Abundance Farm. After over a year of dreaming, planning, lots of meetings and hard work put
in many volunteers and staff, Abundance Farm has become a reality. If you stopped by the Farm today you would see a very
different picture than what you saw in early May.
Director of Jewish Life
On the less than one acre that we call Abundance Farm, you will now find an orchard
comprised of over 40 fruit trees including pears, apples, peaches, plums, cherries, pawpaws and over 140 feet of berries including raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, cur
Rabbi Jacob Fine
rants, elderberries and hardy kiwis. This orchard is highly visible from Prospect Street
and is designed intentionally as an orchard from which the fruit is available to any and
all people desiring a delicious, healthy piece of fruit. Coming in further from Prospect Street you will notice that we now have a
large fence surrounding much of the Farm. It has become very clear that we have very strong deer pressure on our site. Even
though it would seem that the deer have plenty to choose from, they seemed to take a particular liking to our crops. It quickly
became clear that if we were serious about producing food that we would need to put up a fence to keep out the deer—and that’s
what we have done. We are very grateful to Baystate Health for donating the money to purchase this fence. Even though it is
tall (a fence needs to be 8’ to keep out deer), we think that it looks pretty good. We were deliberate in putting in a number of
accessible gates to ensure that people can travel in and out of the Farm with ease.
Inside the fence you will also find a thriving educational garden that includes a wide variety of crops such as tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, garlic, onions, peppers and much more. And you will also notice that we have tilled up an entirely new, large section for food production by the back of our property towards the bike path. This “production” area is where we will be growing
the greatest amount of produce for donation to the Survival Center. Right now we have potatoes, sweet potatoes, sweet and hot
peppers, corn, tomatoes, herbs and flowers all growing in these 10, ~50 foot rows.
This transformation has taken place thanks to a large number of dedicated people, largely volunteers, who have helped us make
beds, plant, water, weed and much more. On May 18th, over 300 people came out to help us begin to establish the farm and to
celebrate our Farm groundbreaking. On that single day we planted the entire orchard and moved away A LOT of leaves where
our production area is now established.
A special thanks goes to Tory Field, our Farm Coordinator, who started in May and very quickly jumped right into her role leading the management of our Farm. If you haven’t met Tory yet, hopefully you will meet her soon. She can be reached at tory@abundancefarm if you want to connect with her.
We can always use more help with this project, now and in the future. If you like to garden, or want to learn, come out from 911 AM on Sunday and/or Tuesday mornings and help manage the farm. And if you aren’t much of a gardener but want to help
in other ways, contact me at [email protected] and we will find a way to get you involved. And if you haven’t
already, please sign up for our mailing list at http://www.abundancefarm.org/newsletter-signup to keep up to date on what’s happening on the Farm.
Finally, please join us on Thursday, August 14th, from 4:30-7:30 for a wor k par ty and potluck dinner . We will wor k for a
few hours and then enjoy a nice dinner on the farm.
See you on the Farm, Rabbi Jacob
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ABUNDANCE FARM THANKS YOU
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HIGH HOLY DAYS 2014
SERVICE SCHEDULE
We will be sending tickets to the membership who are in good standing: please bring these
tickets with you when attending services. While all are welcome to attend the 2014 High Holy
Days services, this year everyone—members and non-members alike—will need a ticket. This
procedure has been approved by the Board of Directors in order to address both security and
financial matters. We ask that non-members purchase tickets for $100 each; tickets will be
checked at the door.
Slichot
Saturday, September 20
Held at Beit Ahavah
Florence, MA
8:30 pm
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Wednesday, September 24
Evening Services
7:30 pm
Rosh Hashanah
Day 1
Thursday, September 25
Morning Services
Tashlich at Mill River
Mincha & Ma’ariv
8:30 am
4:00 pm
6:00 pm
Rosh Hashanah
Day 2
Friday, September 26
Morning Services
Evening Services
8:30 am
6:00 pm
Shabbat Shuvah
Saturday, September 27
Morning Services
9:30 am
Kever Avot
Sunday, September 28
Cemetery Service
11:00 am
Kol Nidre
Friday, October 3
Evening Service
6:15 pm
Yom Kippur
Saturday, October 4
Morning Services
with Yizkor
Mincha & Ne’ila
9:00 am
5:00 pm
Sukkot
Thursday, October 9
Morning Services
9:30 am
Sukkot
Friday, October 10
Morning Service
9:30 am
Shemini Atzeret
Thursday, October 16
Morning Services
with Yizkor
9:30 am
Erev Simchat Torah
Thursday, October 16
Evening Service
6:30 pm
Simchat Torah
Friday, October 17
Morning Services
9:30 am
Please mark your calendars and join us at CBI. Note that each
of the following forms has the deadline date for registration printed on it.
Dates vary according to the date of the event.
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HIGH HOLY DAYS 2014
Childcare Registration
Sign Up Now to Get a Slot. (Drop-ins are not an option)
The Shabbat Children’s Programs Committee is pleased to offer childcare for Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur services. Childcare is available for children between 6 months and 6 years old:
Rosh Hashanah (Day 1)
Rosh Hashanah (Day 2)
Kol Nidre
Yom Kippur
September 25
September 26
October 3
October 4
9:30 am – 2:00 pm
9:30 am - 2:00 pm
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
9:30 am - 2:30 pm
5:30 pm - end of service
A mid-morning, substantial snack will be provided. If your child is staying past lunchtime, an additional snack will be
offered.
In order for the Program Committee to plan for adequate staffing and age-appropriate curriculum, we ask that you register
your children by Wednesday, September 17. Please remember that for planning and safety purposes, we are unable to
accommodate drop-ins. Safety laws limit our numbers, so we will accept registrations on a first come, first served basis.
Return your registration form below to the synagogue office or mail it to the Shabbat Children’s Programs, 253 Prospect St.,
Northampton, MA 01060
The Committee aims to make childcare as affordable and accessible as possible. At the same time, quality childcare
providers cost money. We are asking for $10 per family per session, regardless of the number of children. If you can pay
more, please do. While the synagogue provides some crucial financial support for childcare, the Committee must raise
additional funds necessary to provide quality child care throughout the year. Please support this important service if you can.
If the required fee poses a barrier to your family, please contact the synagogue office to make other arrangements.
HIGH HOLIDAY CHILDCARE REGISTRATION FORM
Please submit your form, along with payment, by Wednesday, September 17
Parent(s): __________________________________________________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________________________________________________
Phone:
__________________________________
Number of children listed on this form: ___________
Please check when to reserve a spot for the child(ren) listed below:
Rosh Hashanah (Day 1) ____
Yom Kippur am _____
Rosh Hashanah (Day 2) _____
Yom Kippur pm ____
Kol Nidre _____
Names of child(ren) and ages: ________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Cost per family per session: $10.00
Additional donation to support Shabbat Childcare throughout the year: $ ___________
Enclosed is a check for: $_____________ (payable to CBI with Children’s Programs in the memo line)
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HIGH HOLY DAYS 2014
Guest Registration
We will be sending tickets to the membership who are in good standing: please bring these
tickets with you when attending services. While all are welcome to attend the 2014 High
Holy Days services, this year everyone—members and non-members alike—will need a
ticket. This procedure has been approved by the Board of Directors in order to address
both security and financial matters. We ask that non-members purchase tickets for $100;
tickets will be checked at the door.
Please submit this registration form and payment by Wednesday, September 17. Although no one will be
turned away, we will ask those non-members who arrive without tickets to share contact information so that we
may send them a reminder about making a donation. This ensures that we all do our part to support the Jewish
community. Wishing you all a sweet New Year, the CBI Board.
Non-member residents of the Pioneer Valley: $100 each
Number of guests: __________
Students are free
Number of guests: __________
PLEASE REGISTER ALL GUESTS
Name:____________________________________Email/Phone: _____________________________
Address:______________________________________________________________________________
Name:____________________________________Email/Phone: _____________________________
Address:______________________________________________________________________________
Name:____________________________________Email/Phone: _____________________________
Address:______________________________________________________________________________
Name:____________________________________Email/Phone: _____________________________
Address:______________________________________________________________________________
Total Amount Enclosed: $_________________ (Make check out to CBI with HH Guest in memo line)
Return this form and donation payment to:
CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL • 253 PROSPECT STREET • NORTHAMPTON, MA 01060
Form and payment must be received by September 17, 2014
THE HIGH HOLY DAY GUEST REGISTRATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE
www.cbinorthampton.org
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HIGH HOLY DAYS 2014
Honors Registration
The High Holidays are a sacred and joyful part of our Jewish calendar. One part of the holiday
observance is having many members of the congregation participate in some way in the conduct of
the prayer services. We hope that YOU will volunteer to participate (accept an honor).
Please include the following information and respond by Wednesday, September 17. Please return
to the CBI Office.
1. Name:____________________________________ Phone: ____________________________
Email:_____________________________
2. On which day would you like an honor?
___ Rosh Hashanah Day 1
___ Rosh Hashanah Day 2 (On the second day of Rosh Hashanah, we especially encourage people between the ages of 13 and 20 to volunteer for an honor. Parents - you are encouraged to raise this mitzvah opportunity with your son or daughter
___ Kol Nidre
___ Yom Kippur AM
___ Yom Kippur PM
___ Other (please specify)
3. What time of day will work best for you?
____ RH1 before 10:30 am ____ RH1 after 10:30 am
____ RH2 before 10:30 am ____ RH2 after 10:30 am
____ Yom Kippur Kol Nidre
____ Yom Kippur Before 10:30 am ____ Yom Kippur After 10:30 am
____ Other (please specify)
4. What type of honor would you like?
____ Opening the Ark ____ Carrying the Torah Scroll
____ Aliyah during Torah reading ____ Other
(please specify)
THANK YOU ~ CBI RITUAL COMMITTEE
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HIGH HOLY DAYS 2014
Yizkor Book Form
Dear Members,
It is a long-standing custom on Yom Kippur to memorialize loved ones at the Yizkor Service. Again this year,
we plan to publish a Memorial Booklet in conjunction with the Yizkor service in which the names of our loved
ones are recorded and remembered. In order to be included in the booklet, it is important that you send in such
names no later than Monday, September 22 in order to arrange publication. This list of names will be read
silently from the Bimah during the Yizkor Service.
WE URGE YOU TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
PLEASE PRINT NAMES FOR THE YIZKOR BOOK VERY CLEARLY - THANK YOU
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
Suggested Contribution: $10.00 per name
Name:____________________________________ Phone/Email: _______________________________
Total Amount Enclosed: $ ___________
Make checks payable to CBI with Yizkor Book in the memo line, and mail with this form to:
Congregation B’nai Israel
253 Prospect Street, Northampton, MA 01060
REMEMBER! PLEASE RESPOND NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 22
PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE ABOVE MENTIONED DATE
THE MEMORIAL BOOKLET FORM IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE
www.cbinorthampton.org
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LULAV & ETROG ORDERS
Lulav
&
Etrog
Order your Lulav & Etrog for Sukkot
Name______________________________
Phone # or email______________________
# of Sets______ Amount Due____________
$40.00/Set (Israeli)
Please send checks to:
CBI, 253 Prospect St.,
Northampton, MA 01060
Payment must be made at time of order
Orders Due By
OCTOBER 1, 2014
PLEASE—NO EXCEPTIONS
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SLICHOT
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High
Holy
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Four Communities, One Service
“Confronting Isolation: A Community
Slichot Experience of Prayer, Song
and Compassionate Conversation”
Saturday, September 20, 8:30 pm
Please join us as we join with Beit Ahavah, the Jewish Community of Amherst
and Temple Israel for an evening of prayer, song and meditation to mark Slichot.
Traditionally, Slichot is a spiritual preparation for teshuvah, the turning inward,
toward each other, and to God, that is central to the High Holidays. In this service, led by Rabbis Justin David, Riqi Kosovske, Efraim Eisen and Benjamin
Weiner, we will blend the creative range of traditional and contemporary practice
for an evening that we hope will draw us more deeply into the Days of Awe.
Held At Beit Ahavah, 130 Pine St., Florence, MA, (413) 587-3770
ALL ARE WELCOME
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AUGUST 2014
SUNDAY
5774
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
JULY 27
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5 TISHA B’AV
8:00 PM: EREV TISHA
B’AV, OBSERVANCE AT
CBI (see page 19 for info)
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5:30 PM: WEEKLY
MINYAN IN THE
SANCTUARY
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5:30 PM: WEEKLY
MINYAN IN THE
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5:30 PM: WEEKLY
MINYAN IN THE
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MINYAN IN THE
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AUGUST 2014
THURSDAY
5774
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
AUGUST 1
2
6:00 PM: KABBALAT SHABBAT
EVENING SERVICE
7:53 PM: SHABBAT CANDLE
LIGHTING
9:30 AM: SHABBAT MORNING
SERVICES
Parashat Devarim
DURING SHABBAT SERVICES:
Discussion on Hospital Chaplaincy in
Israel with Rabbi Miriam Berkowitz
8:54 PM: SHABBAT ENDS
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8:00 AM: LECHA DUMIYAH
TEHILLA MEDITATION
6:00 PM: KABBALAT SHABBAT
EVENING SERVICE
7:44 PM: SHABBAT CANDLE
LIGHTING
9:30 AM: SHABBAT MORNING
SERVICES
Parashat Va’et· hannah
8:45 PM: SHABBAT ENDS
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8:00 AM: LECHA DUMIYAH
TEHILLA MEDITATION
6:00 PM: KABBALAT SHABBAT
EVENING SERVICE
7:34 PM: SHABBAT CANDLE
LIGHTING
9:30 AM: SHABBAT MORNING
SERVICES IN THE SANCTUARY
Parashat Ekev
DAVID WEISMAN BAR MITZVAH
8:35 PM: SHABBAT ENDS
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8:00 AM: LECHA DUMIYAH
TEHILLA MEDITATION
6:00 PM: KABBALAT SHABBAT
EVENING SERVICE
7:23 PM: SHABBAT CANDLE
LIGHTING
9:30 AM: SHABBAT MORNING
SERVICES IN THE SANCTUARY
Parashat Re’eh
CALEB STAPLES BAR MITZVAH
8:24 PM: SHABBAT ENDS
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7:30PM: CBI BOARD MEETING
6:00 PM: KABBALAT SHABBAT
EVENING SERVICE
7:12 PM: SHABBAT CANDLE
LIGHTING
9:30 AM: SHABBAT MORNING
SERVICES IN THE SANCTUARY
Parashat Shofetim
BENSON LUDDY-DUNN BAR
MITZVAH
8:13 PM: SHABBAT ENDS
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B’NAI MITZVAH IN AUGUST
David Weisman
Bar Mitzvah
August 16, 2014
Hi, my name is David Weisman, and I was born in Nazret, Ethiopia. I
lived there with my parents Habtamu and Emabet, my brother Biniam and
my sister Kebrom, for four years until Kebrom and I were put up for
adoption. We waited six months till my adoptive parents came and
brought us to America.
I now live here in Florence with my sister Kebrom (Tess) Weisman, my
brother Emilio, my dog Billy Bob and my mom Simona and my dad Ed.
Son of Simona Pozzetto &
Ed Weisman
Caleb Staples
Bar Mitzvah
August 23, 2014
My bar mitzvah is important to me because it will finally mean that I am
an adult representative of the Jewish community.
My name is Caleb Staples. I was born and raised here in Northampton
and have been attending services ever since I was very young. I attended Gan Keshet as a preschooler and graduated from Lander Grinspoon
Academy. Now, I am heading into eighth grade at John F. Kennedy
Middle School. I enjoy doing arts and crafts, archery, and playing guitar.
I am happy to now be a full fledged member of the synagogue and be
able to be part of a minyan. I am really looking forward to my bar mitzvah.
Son of Rosalind Torrey &
Mark Staples
I hope to see you there.
Benson Luddy-Dunn My name is Benson Luddy-Dunn. I now attend the Williston Northampton School after graduating from Lander-Grinspoon Academy.
Bar Mitzvah
August 30, 2014
When I am not in school I love playing sports, such as soccer, baseball,
lacrosse, squash, and swimming. I am looking forward to my bar mitzvah
because I have worked hard on it with my teacher, Becky Lederman and I
am proud to demonstrate what I have learned to the community.
Son of:
Jennifer Luddy &
Seth Dunn
I am also honored to now become an adult member of the community that
I grew up in. My mother, father, and sister Abby are looking forward to
seeing everyone August 30th.
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Tisha B’Av Observance
Join us on
Monday, August 4 at 8:00 pm
as we observe Tisha B’Av with a Ma’ariv (evening) service,
a traditional reading of Eichah (Book of Lamentations), and reflections.
Held in the CBI Sanctuary
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CLUBS & NOTES
TUESDAY TEXT STUDY
with Rabbi Justin David
TUESDAYS AT 12:15 PM
September meeting:
Book: Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Date: Sept. 15, 7:30pm
Place: Home of Joan Schaffer
41 Cloverdale Street, Florence
413-586-7440
Join us weekly—or as often as you can— for an
informal study of Jewish texts and lively discussion. Held in the CBI library every Tuesday.
Registration is not required and there is no
charge. Contact Rabbi Justin David for more
information at [email protected] or call (413)
584-3593 ext. 208.
October meeting:
Book: Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
Date: Oct. 20, 7:30pm
The study group will resume on September 2.
Books for the coming months:
Mak’hela
The Jewish Chorus of
Nov. 17: I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Western Massachusetts
Dec 15: The Light Betweeen Oceans by ML Stedman
Open Reherasal
Jan 26: Round House by Louise Erdrich
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014 at 7:30pm
Lander~Grinspoon Academy
257 Prospect Street, Northampton
Feb 23: Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Mar 23: either Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson OR
Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter by Peter Moriseau
Prospective members welcome: We seek
choral singers for all voice parts
Apr 27: My Promised Land by Avi Shavitt
May 18: Will pick books for the following year
For more information contact:
Bonnie Mikesh at [email protected] or
413 567-3297 or www.makhela.org
Jun 8: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
On Tuesday, July 22, a check for $10,188 arrived in our mailbox. We were delighted and overwhelmed
by the generosity of this anonymous act of Tzedakah. A story about the gift appeared in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on Friday, July 25, and we have sent a thank you on behalf of the entire congregation to the
donor.
For many, our synagogue is a beloved spiritual center, but we are keenly aware that a synagogue is also
bricks and mortar, a place where the roof might leak or the Abundance Farm (our new farm that grows and
donates produce to the local Survival Center) might have to deal with an infestation. This donation allows us
more room to walk the line between spiritual and material needs, between bare essential programming and
the kind of rich variety of spiritual experience we are, at our best, able to offer. We hope that someday this
donor will visit CBI and give us an opportunity to offer a warm welcome.
Norbert Goldfield and Gillian Murray Kendall, co-Presidents
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ISRAEL COMMITTEE NEWS
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STRATEGIC PLANNING UPDATE
Greetings. Here is an update from the CBI Strategic
Planning Steering Committee.
We are currently holding our final meetings before,
after thorough discussion, making recommendations to
the Board for adoption this Fall, 2014. At present,
based on the past 11 months of research, discussion,
and planning, we have 7 major recommendations that
we are continuing to hone. Each of these was
presented and discussed at the 2014 CBI Annual
Meeting in June.
Recommendations:
1. We recommend the reconstitution of the
Membership Committee and propose a new charge for
the committee to reflect CBI's current needs. These
needs include:
a) Establishing a culture of welcoming for diverse
community members.
b) Creating a plan for repairing and upgrading
existing space, thus making the building more inviting,
and considering the possibility of professional
assistance to help plan and execute goals.
c) Exploring the idea of engaging in a membership
drive and outreach to potential members.
d) Taking an integrated approach to CBI
beautification and maximizing the input of our
congregants' artistic talents.
2. As we implement our strategic plan, we will need
increased assistance from our congregants. Therefore
we recommend a survey of our congregants to identify
their interests and skills, to enable us to update our
membership database, and to endeavor to pair our
members with meaningful volunteer opportunities.
This kind of congregant assistance will help CBI move
forward with its strategic planning goals.
3. We recommend the creation of a new standing
Stewardship Committee to cultivate and steward
donors. The charge for that Committee will be to
work with donors in order to meet CBI's ongoing need
to maximize annual and capital funds. The committee
should also consider the efficacy of securing
professional consultation.
4. We should invite other Jewish institutions in the
Valley to join in an ad hoc Inter-institutional
Committee to advance cooperation and collaborative
programming. The Committee will also be authorized
to further examine the viability of an integrated, multiorganization Jewish campus in the upper Pioneer
Valley.
5. We support the continuation of a strong Jewish
Preschool at CBI. To that end, we recommend the
establishment of a Gan Keshet Task Force to conduct
a comprehensive review of the preschool, its current
operations, finances, and goals; its potential to serve
young Jewish and non-Jewish families; and its
valuable role as a portal to CBI membership and
lifelong engagement for Jewish families. The
committee should report its findings to the Board by
April 1, 2015.
6. We should authorize the Adult Education
Committee, chaired by Barbara Lerner, to:
Create a pilot program for a Sunday Learning Café
that will consist of two 7-week programs for the Fall,
2014 and Spring, 2015 terms. In selecting a theme for
the Café, the committee should consult with Alma,
Gan Keshet and other program providers.
For year two, the committee should coordinate with all
entities at CBI that do learning-programming in order
to present a coordinated calendar that will be made
available to the congregation in a timely fashion.
7. We recommend authorizing the Rabbi and others to
continue developing Friday night events, as well as
Shabbat—and other—programs, as we further explore
the idea of a Spirituality Institute. Because of overlap,
we recommend that exploration of a potential
Spirituality Institute, as proposed by the Spirituality
Task Force during the Strategic Planning Process, be
closely coordinated with the similar goals of other
Task Forces. Working together a common annual
theme and programming for that theme can be
established.
8. Establish a new, standing Communication
Committee that will be responsible for developing and
establishing a cohesive approach to CBI's public
relations, branding, and engagement with social
media.
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MINUTES OF THE CBI BOARD
APRIL 2014
Board Agenda – May meeting – May 20 from 8-9pm
Note: The reason the meeting was held at this time is that from 6-8 there was a joint meeting between the
CBI Board and the Strategic Planning Committee together with Task Forces. Entitled “From Strategic Planning to Strategic Implementation”, on May 20, from 6-8 pm there was a joint meeting between the Congregation Bnai Israel Board, the Strategic Planning Committee and Strategic Planning Task Forces to review
what we’ve accomplished thus far in our efforts to shape the CBI of the future.
Board Meeting Members Present: Lauren Weinsier, Hanneli de Vries, Amy Siege, David Berkman,
Jim Sagalyn, Joel Feldman, Stephan Wurmbrand , Jennifer Hoffman, [email protected]. Also present: Rabbi Justin David, Executive Director Ben Cuperman.
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-Rabbi’s D’var – Rabbi David
-Approval of March and April minutes – we were unable to approve the minutes as we did not have a
quorum.
-Director’s Report – with a focus on finances – Ben Cuperman.
Ben highlighted the following issues:
Fundraising needs another $20,000 to reach the budget of $100,000
ALMA income is $1,500 better than projected by the budget
There is an overall surplus of $3,000 today; it will not be easy to have a surplus by 6/30/14
The new internet provider is working well
We are looking at quotes for property/liability CBI coverage: there is a Jul 1 renewal
We have wo resignations: one moving and one living in Amherst and not attending a synagogue
TOTAL CBI Membership: 342
-Updates from Education : Amy Siege. Alma had a spectacular year. 50% increase in enrollment. An issue that will need to be addressed is sustainability. Rabbis David and Jacob are working on this issue.
With respect to the farm, 100 bowls, each for $100, is well underway.
-Strategic Planning Committee Suggestions and Review. The SPC (soon SPI) will recommend and the
Board with Community Input will decide how to pursue these suggestions. The annual meeting will
largely focus on SPC recommendations together with CBI Committee Reports. Discussion ensued on
some of the committees that will be needed to begin to implement change e.g. physical plant, membership, Gan Keshet, community outreach.
-Gala Update – Norbert. This is the big event – most importantly recognizing an amazing couple that has
made such a dramatic impact on our community. Recognition was given to Jenn Hoffman and Katya
Missry for their incredible work on this event. In addition, recognition was given to Johnny Joelson
for his work on fund-raising.
The meeting was adjourned at 9 pm.
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Erev Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah
Erev Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur
Erev Sukkot
Sukkot
Shemini Atzeret
Simchat Torah
First night of Chanukah
Tu B’Shevat
Purim
First night of Passover
Passover
Yom HaShoah
Yom HaAtzmaut
Lag BaOmer
Yom Yerushalayim
Shavuot
Tisha B'Av
September 24, 2014
Septe mber 25, 2014
October 3, 2014
October 4, 2014
October 8, 2014
October 9 & 10, 2014
October 16, 2014
October 17, 2014
December 16, 2014
February 4, 2015
March 5, 2015
April 3, 2015
April 4-11, 2015
April 16, 2015
April 23, 2015
May 7, 2015
May 17, 2015
May 24 & 25, 2015
July 25, 2015
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At– A–
Glance
DONATIONS
ABUNDANCE FARM
Lou Davis
CEMETERY FUND
In loving memory of Stephen Colodny. From Shirley Colodny
many years of fantastic adult education. From Jan Hackman
To the Abundance Farm for the
planting of a tree in memory of Mel EDUCATION FUND
Prouser – CBI’s Gabbai.
Dorothy Nemetz and John Todd
From the Pulpit Fund committee
(Ron Ackerman)
In memory of Harry Aaron Dubin &
Shirley Garmaise Dubin. From Lois
Dubin
ANNUAL FUND
To Bob Cohen, lots of fond memories from our long days of friendENDOWMENT FUND
ship. Happy Birthday. From Sally To Doris & David Cohen, Mazal
& Hy Edelstein
Tov on your 50th anniversary. May
you enjoy many more great years
To Janet & Al Chevan, congratula- together. From Penina & Mickey
tions on the Bat Mitzvah of your
Glazer
granddaughter. From Barry & Julia
Federman
To Bobby Cohen, Happy special
birthday. L’chaim and love, Marcia
In loving memory of Robert & Ruth Burick and Ed McColgan
Federman. From Barry & Julia
Federman
ISRAEL COMMITTEE
To Rabbi Justin David, in appreciaTo the Bond family, in memory of tion for the Tuesday Torah Text
our dear friend, Florence Bond, who Study Group. From Henia Lewin
first introduced me to CBI. With
love and gratitude, Marcia Burick.
KURIAN KIDDUSH FUND
Barry Feingold & Marci Yoss
To Joann Kobin, in memory of Flor- Lucy Greenburg
ence Bond. From Penina & Mickey Bonnie & Joel Gordon
Glazer
Rosemarie Karparis
Lois Dubin & Ben Braude
To Judy Bond Pogany, in memory
Peter Steinberg
of Florence Bond. From Penina &
Mickey Glazer
In honor of Shelley Steuer. From
Joel & Bonnie Gordon
To Howie Bond & family, in
memory of Florence Bond. From
To Bianca Cuperman, in memory of
Penina & Mickey Glazer
your mother, with love. From Lauren & Steve Weinsier
To Howard Bond & family & Judy,
my deepest sympathy on the loss of In honor of Rachel Besserman &
your unforgettable mother, Flo.
Emmet Blanchette. From Judith
From Adele Steinberg
Pomerantz Besserman
To Howard Bond & Judy Bond
Pogany, in memory of Florence
Bond. From Jan Hackman
To Joann Kobin, condolences on the To Shoshana Zonderman, in honor
loss of your brother, Louis. From
of your retirement. Thanks for so
Adele Steinberg
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To Howie Bond & family, in
memory of Flo Bond. From Katie
Hicks & Henry Rosenberg
To the Moss-Horwitz family, Mazal
Tov on the wonderful occasion of
Ben’s Bar Mitzvah. From Doris &
David Cohen.
To Bianca Cuperman, in appreciation of the wonderful dinner.
Thanks for going above and beyond.
From Doris & David Cohen
In memory of Liliana & Albert
Goldfield. From Jane Goldfield
Mazal Tov to Debra Bercuvitz, Nancy Felton, Sandra Matthews, Joan
Schaffer & Tiertza-Leah Schwartz
on the occasion of their B’not Mitzvah. From Henia Lewin
PEGGY WALKER FUND
Nanci Martine
PULPIT FUND
To Jane Herzenberg & Jim Sagalyn,
sorry for your loss. Keep the happy
memories alive. May you know only joy form now on. From Janet &
Al Chevan
RABBI'S DISCRETIONARY
FUND
Christine Benvenuto
To Rabbi David, thanks for your
guidance and inspiration. From
Sandra Matthews, Nancy Felton,
Tiertza-Leah Schwartz, Joan Schaffer & Debra Bercuvitz.
DONATIONS
To Rabbi David, thank you for the
inspiring Bible seminar – much appreciated by me and all the other
attendees. Fondly, Miriam Slater
To Jan Hackman, my sympathy on
the loss of your mother. From Eileen Rutman
To Lior David –with appreciation of
your music, the passion and virtuosTo Rabbi David, thanks again for
ity. Fond respect and admiration.
the kindness shown over the years to From Cleo Gorman & Ron Ackerour mother, Dutchie. From Stephen man
August and Linda Weene
To the family of Flo Bond, in loving
To Rabbi David, in appreciation for memory of a wonderful mother,
your invaluable help with and loving grandmother, and friend. From Doparticipation in our recommitment
ris & David Cohen
ceremony. From Doris & David
Cohen
To Joann Kobin, deepest sympathy
on the loss of your brother Lewis
To Abrams family, our condolences Stern. From Doris & David Cohen
on the passing of Linda, who so enjoyed family. From Sally & Hy
To Judy and Gene Pogany, in loving
Edelstein
memory of your dear mother, Florence. From Adele Oppenheim
In memory of Florence Bond. From
Paul & Susan Griffin
To Howard Bond and Family, in
loving memory of your dear mother,
In memory of Berth Levine. From Florence. From Adele Oppenheim
Edward & Barbara Levine
To Howie, Mina and Isaac Bond,
thinking of you in your loss of our
SAM & MILDRED WOLFE
beloved Flo, mother, grandmother,
BAR/BAT MITZVAH FUND
To Howard Bond & Judy Bond
friend and Sisterhood past president.
Pogany, in memory of your beloved Lovingly, Cleo & Ron
mother, Florence Bond. From David & Beverly Hirschhorn
To Judy & Gene Pogany and Family, thinking of you in your loss of
SISTERHOOD ALL OCCASION our beloved Flo, mother, grandmother, friend and Sisterhood presiFUND
To Jane Herzenberg, with sincere
dent. Our condolences, Cleo Gorsympathy on the death of your faman & Ron Ackerman
ther. From Carol & Bill Jolly
To Gillian Kendall, Mazal Tov on
To Jane Herzenberg, we’re thinking the publication of your novel and on
of you, sending our condolences on your fantastic reading. What an
the death of your beloved dad.
event. Thanks for sharing. Fondly,
From Cleo and Ron
Cleo & Ron
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TZEDAKAH-CHESED FUND
Mark & Janet Fagan
In loving memory of my mother,
Pearl Herman. From Adele Steinberg
In loving memory of Louis Rabin.
From Monroe Rabin
In loving memory of Cesia Swing.
From Adele Oppenheim
In loving memory of Miriam Zeller.
From Alan Zeller
In loving memory of Irene Rothberg. From Irving Rothberg
In loving memory of Max Levine.
From Edward & Barbara Levine
In loving memory of Norman Hyman. From Arthur Hyman
In memory of Sara Rosenthal. From
Jane Stein
VALLEY JEWISH SENIORS
In memory of Flo Bond. From
Ricki Kantrowitz
YOUTH FUND
In honor of Jason Cooper’s Bar
Mitzvah. From Lilly & Harold Felsen
2014 GALA DONATIONS
Adele Steinberg
Alvin & Shirley Cohen
Barbara & Richard Lerner
Barry Feingold & Marci Yoss
Beth & Marta Lev
Betty & Paul Koss
Blair Barondes
Bruce Goldstein
David & Doris Cohen
David & Eleanor Quint
David & Jodi Kaufman
Eileen Wingard
Eleanor Rothman
Eric Roth & Anne Werry
Esther Budgar
Esther Rothblum
Frieda Baskin
Gillian Kendall & Rob Dorit
Helen & Richard Rescia
Henia Lewin
Henry Rosenberg & Katherine Hicks
Hill Boss
Irving Rothberg
Jean Zimmer
Jeffrey Korff & Shelley Steuer
Jim Sagalyn & Jane Herzenberg
Joan Schaffer & Alan Berkenwald
Joann Kobin & Jules Chametzky
Joel & Bonnie Gordon
John Clayton
John Joelson & Joanne Levin
Jonathan Ginzberg & Lisa Harvey
Joseph & Cathy Cohen
Judi Haskell
Larry Hott & Diane Garey
Lauren & Steven Weinsier
Linda & Keith Minoff
Lois Dubin & Ben Braude
Louise Bloomberg
Marcia Burick
Michael & Ronnie Bulman
Morris Gould & Greta Kessler
Niel Kudler & Nancy Flam
Rabbi Justin David & Judith Wolf
Rabbi Yechiael & Rose Lander
Rachel & Pam Hannah
Ricki Kantrowitz
Robert & Virginia Rechtschaffen
Rosemarie Karparis
Samuel & Cathy Topal
Sandra Dennis & Martha Knieriem
Seth Dunn & Jennifer Luddy
Sharon Krause
Stephanie & Gerald Schamess
Stephen Arons & Ada Medina Arons
Sterling & Margaret Hopkins
Vivian & Jerry Portnoy
Wendy & Seth Stein
William & Margo Cooley
Zamir & Leah Nestelbaum
BUSINESS DONATIONS
Alternative Recycling Systems
Catering by Meital
Florence Savings Bank
Gateway City Arts
Jewish Federation of Western Mass.
Northampton Cooperative Bank
Rick Kristek Tax & Business Services
Valley Home Improvement, Inc.
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YAHRZEITS
AUGUST 1 / AV 5
Saul Leo Cooper
Harold Gelfman*
Herbert Rubel
AUGUST 2 / AV 6
Ruth C. Frolove*
George Goldberg
Gussie Goldberg*
Susan Levi*
AUGUST 3 / AV 7
Rae Feld
Eunice Kantrowitz*
Nathan Marcovitz
Anna Zonderman*
AUGUST 4 / AV 8
Morris Olim*
AUGUST 5 / AV 9
Carol Kendall
Boyce Schaffer
Bernice Tarshus*
AUGUST 6 / AV 10
Lena Cohen*
William Miliefsky
AUGUST 7 / AV 11
Robert Goldstein
Bernice Torrey
AUGUST 8 / AV 12
Rhoda Michelman
AUGUST 9 / AV 13
Leslie Goodman
Evelyn Hecht
Bernard Kadinoff
Theodore Kessler*
Ira Jay Udes
Dora Weber
Harriet Weinroth
AUGUST 10 / AV 14
Sunny Bat-or
Helen Cohen
Irving Fishman
Daniel Giber
Eleanor Tabor*
Marilyn Vogel
AUGUST 11 / AV 15
Dorothy Tennen
AUGUST 12 / AV 16
Benjamin Migdal
Milton Weinroth*
David Wolff
AUGUST 13 / AV 17
Albert B. Landis*
AUGUST 14 / AV 18
Sara Allen*
Irving Bittman
AUGUST 15 / AV 19
Morris Bean
Liliana Golfield
Jonathan Klein
Max Stricker
AUGUST 16 / AV 20
Fay R. Bodner
Elly Halprin
AUGUST 17 / AV 21
Sarah Gould*
AUGUST 18 / AV 22
Esther R. Freedman*
Irving Kaplan
Sarah Silverman
AUGUST 19 / AV 23
Sarah Arbeitman
Moses Kamel
Ann Miller*
AUGUST 20 / AV 24
Michael Hillel Rothman*
Leon Tunkel
AUGUST 21 / AV 25
Morris Weiss
AUGUST 22 / AV 26
Herbert Eckstein
Jennie Greenbaum
Hansi Tenenbaum*
Minnie Udes
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AUGUST 23 / AV 27
Ruth Prince Federman*
Esther Perlmutter
AUGUST 24 / AV 28
Victor D’Lugin
Adolf Emmerich
Jack Norden
Betty Oppenheim*
AUGUST 25 / AV 29
Saul B. Rorrey
Saul Torrey
AUGUST 26 / AV 30
Fannie Barger*
AUGUST 27 / ELUL 1
Simon Seewald
AUGUST 28 / ELUL 2
Mollie Greenfield*
Alex Zimmer
AUGUST 29 / ELUL 3
Ruth Cohen
Julius Fradkin
AUGUST 30 / ELUL 4
Scott Bacherman
Simon Geilich
Gayla Lovzin
Florence Newman
Frank Shapiro*
CBI FUNDS
ABUNDANCE FARM FUND
Funds support the creation and maintenance of
an innovative food justice farm & outdoor
classroom on the 1 acre piece of land between CBI
& the Dept. of Public Works. We produce
healthy, fresh produce for donation to the
Northampton Survival Center while serving as an
outdoor classroom & community building space
for the broader community.
ANNUAL FUND
Funds will be used for the synagogue’s most
pressing needs. Enhanced dues are a part of this
fund. Please send d o natio ns to CBI.
BENJAMIN GOLDSMITH FUND
Used for the learning disabled in the Religious
School.
BIKKUR HOLIM FUND
Donations for this fund are used for gifts from the
whole congregation for members of the
congregation who are fighting illness. Check s
may be made payable to CBI with “Bikkur Holim” in
the memo line.
CEMETERY FUND
Funds are used for cemetery maintenance &
related activities.
CHEVREI MITZVOT FUND
Funds used towards gemilut hasadim, to honor
Bar and Bat Mitzvot, and fund worthy endeavors.
Please send donations to CBI.
COMMITTEE FOR JEWISH CONNECTIONS
Funds provide for programming to
celebrate and promote the practice of
Judaism. Please send d o natio ns to CBI.
DANIEL & SHIRLEY LEVIN
EDUCATION FUND
Money will assist qualified families with
Religious School Tuition. Check s m ad e payable
to “Levin Education Fund” should be mailed to CBI.
DIVINE FUND
An endowment used to attract and retain
outstanding religious school educators for our
Religious School. Please send d o natio ns to CBI.
EDUCATION FUND
Donations help support all educational activities
and programs for children and adults at CBI.
Please send donations to CBI.
ENDOWMENT FUND
Minimum Contribution is $10.00. A $600
contribution or more is necessary for a plaque to
be affixed in the main lobby. Principle stays
intact; interest earned is used to defray general
operations of the synagogue. Please send
donations to CBI.
HOUSE/PROPERTIES/AESTHETICS
FUND
Funds will be used to beautify the
synagogue. Please se nd d o natio ns to CBI.
THE ISRAEL FUND
Funds used to support CBI sponsored trips
to Israel, Yom Ha’atzmaut events and other
activities in celebration of Israel. Please send
donations to CBI.
KITCHEN FUND
Donations for this fund will be used for
purchases and maintenance of CBI’s Kosher
Kitchen. Please send d o natio ns to CBI.
LANDSCAPE FUND
Funds used to beautify and maintain
synagogue grounds. Please send d o natio ns to
CBI.
LEONARD AND BERNICE ALBERTS
PRESCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
$10.00 minimum contribution. Fund assists
qualified families with Preschool tuition. Please
send donations to CBI with “Alberts Fund” in the
memo line.
LIBRARY FUND
Money in this fund will go towards the
purchase of CBI library books. Please send
donations to CBI.
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION FUND
Money from this fund will go to the
preschool for equipment and teaching
materials. Mak e check s payable to CBI w ith
“Preschool Fund” in the memo line.
PULPIT FUND
Funds used to procure necessary items that are
not covered by the operating budget. These
funds will be used to enhance our services.
Please send donations to CBI.
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Ple ase
send donations to CBI.
SANDRA GOLDSMITH ENDOWMENT
FUND
Donations are used to endow activities for
Tikkun Olam. Please se nd d o natio ns to CBI.
SAM & MILDRED WOLFE BAR/BAT
MITZVAH FUND
All students studying for Bar/Bat Mitzvah
require a private tutor. This fund offsets
tutoring costs for families. We encourage all
families, friends and relatives to contribute.
Minimum contribution is $10.00. Make checks
payable to CBI with “Wolfe Fund” in the memo
line.
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SHABBAT CHILD CARE FUND
Money from this fund will go towards
providing quality child care to all who need it
(at no charge) during Shabbat services. Please
send donations to CBI.
SISTERHOOD ALL OCCASION FUND
Minimum contribution is $5.00. Money is used
for specific synagogue needs voted upon by the
Sisterhood membership. Mail checks made
payable to “CBI Sisterhood” to Cleo Go rm an,
32 Winthrop St., Northampton, MA 01060, 413
584-4497. A card will be mailed for any
occasion.
SUE KURIAN KIDDUSH FUND
Donations will be used to enhance our
Shabbat services with festive Kiddushes. Please
send donations to CBI.
TIKKUN OLAM FUND
Funds are used to benefit programs that help
people in need in the Northampton-Amherst
area, in Israel, and, occasionally, when
catastrophes strike in other parts of the world.
Please send donations to CBI.
TORAH CHAI FUND
Donations to this fund assist the restoration
and repair of Congregation B’nai Israel’s
existing Torah scrolls, and have made possible
the purchase of a new Torah. Please send
donations to CBI.
TZEDAKAH-CHESED FUND
Fund for engaging in acts of tzedakah (charity
and generosity) for the benefit of CBI members.
Please send donations to CBI.
VALLEY JEWISH SENIORS
Fund to help support seniors’ activities
through CBI. Please send d o natio ns to CBI.
WOMEN’S FUND
A $5.00 minimum contribution. Funds are
directed to women in need in our community.
Send checks payable to Sisterhood Women’s
Fund to: Jan Hackman, 37 Prospect Heights,
Northampton, MA 01060
YOUTH FUND
Donations will be used to help fund
activities for our youth programs.
Please send donations to CBI.
YAHRZEIT (MEMORIAL) PLAQUE
$200 donation for each name. Please m ak e
checks payable to “CBI Cemetery Fund” and mail to
CBI.
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Congregation B’nai Israel
253 Prospect St.
Northampton, MA 01060
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