Congregation Beth David of Narragansett and South County

Congregation Beth David of
Narragansett
and South County Hebrew School
Aug 2012
5772
High Holydays are Early!
News
Watch for a Special High Holiday Edition of the Newsletter.
The High Holidays are coming early this year! We will be
sending out a special High Holiday edition of the newsletter
with all the information you will need to plan.
Our spring trip to Touro Synagogue, in Newport was a
terrific experience for students, their families and school
staff. Once again, we are thankful that the costs for this
outing were made possible by Jane Kondon, in behalf of her
mom, thru the Gertrude Solomon Education Fund.
For now, please mark your calendar for the schedule of
services:
Selichot
Sept 8, 2012
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Sept 16, 2012
Rosh Hashanah – Day 1
Sept 17, 2012
Rosh Hashanah – Day 2
Sept 18, 2012
Yom Kippur – Kol Nidre Sept 25, 2012
Yom Kippur
Sept 26, 2012
News from Program Committee
The lazy days of summer are here and that means many of
you will be on vacation. We are in the process of doing our
planning for programming in 5772-73 (aka 2012-13). If you
could take just a minute to call or email me and let me
know what programs (including day or time) we had last
year that you liked, didn’t, alternate suggestions, etc. Please
let me know at 789-6044 or [email protected]. Our
programming is for you – please help us to know what you
want. Have a great summer.
Meanwhile, the Book Club is going great guns with The Kill
Artist by Daniel Silva.
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The Closing Program held in May gave all of us an opportunity to reflect upon another successful year, and to express
our appreciation to Walter Horowitz who will be leaving
the school after ten years of devoted and loyal teaching.
I hope you enjoy a restful and enjoyable summer vacation,
and as they say, “See you in September,” and we would
also love to “See you in Shul” during the summer. See our
Temple schedule below.
In the meantime, please keep your eyes (and ears) open to
any new families who may be interested in receiving information about our school.
Calendar updates and changes are reflected in Constant
Contact emails and on the Temple and School web sites.
Mazal Tov and Yasher Koach to our recent Bnei Mitzvah
celebrants, who have all made us so very proud of our
young adults:
ELIZABETH SANTA, daughter of Robert and Rachel.
AYDAN WESTON, son of Mark and Denise.
TYLER GOTTHELF, son of Tom and Deb
Our recent Interfaith Service with Casey Shobe and members of St. Peter’s was well attended, as we shared prayers,
songs and a delicious Oneg.
Congratulation to Sam Karnes, son of Rick and Janice, this
year’s recipient of the Wendy Adler Scholarship award.
Way to go, Sam!
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SERVICE UNDER THE STARS – FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2012 –
7:30 PM – CENTER. Celebrate Shabbat at our beautiful
Center grounds, preceded by a Shabbat BBQ at 6:00 PM.
Please look for sign-up information. We will once again be
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Aug 2012
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joined by Rabbi Rick Perlman and members of Temple Am
David.
‘ESSEN’ & LESSON –WEDNESDAY –JULY 25, 2012 –
12:45 PM – AT BAGELZ, WAKEFIELD - (Essen is Yiddish
for ‘eating’) - an opportunity to get together during lunchtime and discuss Jewish matters. This is offered the first
Wednesday of every other month. (This month a bit later)
If planning to join us, please call Ethan. The following Essen
& Lesson will be on Wed, Sep 5, 2012.
TISHA B’AV SERVICE – SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 28 –
9:00 PM – BETH DAVID – We gather to commemorate
the destruction of the Temples in ancient Jerusalem. The
Book of Lamentations will be chanted, special readings will
be offered, as we sit on the floor with candles. We will be
joined at this solemn service by members of Am David.
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Anyone interested in joining our adult education classes for
just study and/or to prepare for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah (it’s
never too late) please contact Ethan.
OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO all who have recently suffered a loss.
May they all find comfort in the memory of their loved
ones.
Donations
In Memory of Helen Chernick, dear Mother of
Debra Chernick, Esquire
Sara & Art Little
Gladys Jacober
NEXT SHABBAT LUNCHEON – SATURDAY, AUGUST
4, 2012 – 9:30 AM –BETH DAVID - Shabbat Service, followed by a light luncheon. Please join us. If you would like
to sponsor a future luncheon, please contact Ethan. The
next luncheon will be held on Sat. October 6, 2012.
In Memory of Donald Schechter, dear Brother-inLaw of Walter Horowitz
Sara & Art Little
ADLER WEEK-END – FRI, SAT, AUGUST 8, 9 – BETH
DAVID – Ethan Adler’s parents and sister will be celebrating Shabbat with us. Come by so we can share a “Gut
Shabbes.”
In Memory of Martin Rogan
Sally & Harris Chorney
Goldblatt Bokoff LLC CPA
Sara & Art Little
Mary Sweeney
ADULT EDUCATION – Please look for information regarding our continuing program with the Providence Kollel,
and other learning opportunities.
Plaque in Loving Memory of Miriam Goldstein by
her Family
PRAYER BOOKS - Our Prayer Books can be dedicated in
honor of, or in memory of, at $50/ea. Checks payable to
Congregation Beth David can be sent to: Ethan Adler, 60
Neptune Street, Cranston, RI 02920.
CHUMASHIM – Please look for information regarding our
new bible books, and opportunities to dedicate them in
honor of or in memory of loved ones.
KOSHER FOOD PANTRY: We look for your continued
support of the Louis & Goldie Chester Full Plate Kosher
Food Pantry, which provides kosher food for needy RI
Jews. A collection box is now located at the Temple. Please
make sure that all food items are labeled as Kosher. If
questions, please call Ethan. Thank you
HIGH HOLY DAY CHANTING – It is a personal thrill for
me to welcome members to our Bimah to chant the
Haftara and Torah portion. If you would like to participate
this fall, please contact Ethan. He will provide you with an
MP3 file and a hard copy of your reading. Previous experience is not necessary, although some familiarity with Hebrew would be beneficial. Give Ethan a call – you’ll be glad
you did!
Yahrzeit
Deborah & Mark Abrahams
Yahrzeit of dear Father, Bernard Bulotsky
Arlene Rogol
Yahrzeit in Memory of dear Parents Hannah & Ben
Rabinowitz
Esta Avedisian
Thank You for CBD 50th Anniversary Book
Stephen Poulton
In Appreciation of CBD for Memorial/
Celebration Service for Martin Rogan
Betty Rogan
In Appreciation for Aliyah at Shavuot Service
Gerry Cohen
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Aug 2012
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CBD Annual Meeting
Clothing Drive
The Annual Meeting for Congregation Beth David will be held on August 5th at
10am at the Temple. A continental breakfast will be served. The following is our
Agenda for that meeting and the slate of Officers and Board of Directors for
2012/2013 to be voted upon for approval. Your participation is welcome.
With the approaching of the
next school year and the cleaning out of closets, the Social
Action Committee is looking for
donations of adult and children's
clothing including shoes that are
in good condition for donation
to a shelter in our area.
Agenda
1.
Opening Comments/State of CBD
R. Babat,
President
2.
Approval of Prior Annual Meeting Minutes
R. Fricklas
3.
Finance Report
H. Chorney
4.
Proposed Amendments to by-laws
R. Fricklas
5.
Vote to Approve Amendments to by
laws
6.
Nominating Committee Report
W. Horowitz
7.
Vote to Approve Officer/Directors for 2012/13
The deadline for donations is
August 31st which coincides
with the start of school. The
dates, times and location for
dropping off donations will be
determined at a later date. For
more information please contact
[email protected].
Any donations will be greatly
appreciated. Thank you!
Social Action Committee
Bob Fricklas and
Bernice Brandies
Proposed Slate of Board Members and Officers for Fiscal 2012-13
President:
1st Vice President:
2nd Vice President:
Corr. Secretary:
Rec. Secretary:
Treasurer:
Immediate Past President:
Harris Chorney
Peter Malinow
Meri Kaufman
Shelley Parness
Nancy Chorney
Robert Curhan
Robert Babat
Board Members
Stanley Barnett
Rick Karnes
Robert Fricklas
Brian Evans
Neil Rogol
Art Little
Robert Moskol
8.
Membership
9.
Questions/Comments
10. Adjourn Meeting
New President
Aug 2012
Reflections
By Shelley Parness
I find reading the Chumash a most comforting and enlightening experience. When I read a random parashat, I inevitably am able to apply it to my present day life. This time, I
read about the spies sent to survey the land for future settlement. I then went to aish.com and found the following
interpretation of the parshat to help me better understand
what I was reading.
“The Torah (Numbers ch. 13-14) describes the famous story of
the 12 spies -- one from each tribe -- who are sent into Israel to
explore the land. Their mission seems rather innocuous at first:
Determine how to battle the Canaanites and then settle 3 million men, women and children in the new land. The spies are
sent (ostensibly) to survey practical matters like fortification of
the cities, geography of the land, opportunities for farming and
commerce, the best access routes, etc.
In Israel, God shows them encouraging signs that the land is
indeed plentiful and rich: They find a cluster of grapes so enormous that eight men are needed to carry it (Numbers 13:23).
God also makes sure the spies encounter heavily fortified Canaanite cities -- which in fact is a sign of Canaanite weakness,
since anyone who is truly powerful does not have to hide behind
big walls. (see Rashi on 13:19)
Additionally, God planned the death of a Canaanite nobleman to
coincide with the spies’ visit, in order to busy the locals with funeral arrangements and mourning -- as a way to divert their
attention from the reconnaissance mission! Everything was perfectly orchestrated; nothing could possibly go wrong.
Yet somehow, things do go wrong. After 40 days, the spies come
back and 10 of the 12 recommend against entering the land.
They report: “We can’t succeed because everything is huge!” -- a
reference to the gigantic fruits. “We can’t succeed because the
land devours its inhabitants!” -- a reference to the funeral. “And
we can’t succeed because it’s too strong!” -- a reference to the
heavily fortified walls. (see Numbers 13:31-33)
The Israelite community accepts the report, and gives up their
dream of going into Israel. The consequence? If you don’t want
to enter the land, says God, then you won’t enter the land. All
Israelites will die out over the next 40 years in the desert, and
only their children will enter the land.”
I thought about how misleading the cues were for the 10
out of 12 spies and then thought about my own personal
experiences in my life that would have been very confusing
to the spies had they popped in on me while I was shopping
the other day.
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I started at the cleaners, and a woman with a heavy Italian
accent was trying to get directions to another cleaners
that might iron her last minute item. I stepped up,
univited, and told her, if she wanted to wait for me, I
would drive her to the other place. She looked at me a
little skeptical, as I was wearing my hot pink Hebrew imprinted “safta” (grandma) tee shirt, my frizzy white pony
tail was especially statically fully poofed and I guess to her
I was a "strange" stranger as far as she could see. She
awkwardly thanked me, as we determined that the other
place would probably not be able to do the pressing she
needed last minute anyway. I told her how I had tried last
minute (cause last minute is my M-O) to get some tablecloths done at that place prior to Passover and was
turned away. She left looking a little relieved which I
thought odd, since I was unable to help her. Go figure.
I went on to the grocery store, next door. All of a sudden
there she was, looking lost, and I smiled at her. I thought,
there is G-d with a sense of humor just watching to see
what I am gonna do next. She initially looked startled, but
then looked resigned that her destiny was to deal with me
again. “Dua yua nowah where I can find papeers for my
nosa?” I said “Tissues? Sure…” and she "limpingly" followed me to the aisle with the plethora of nose blowing
paper dispensers. She then pointed to the back of her
foot, and said, “ken yua telle me where papeersa for my
foota kuda bea?” I looked at the raw blister on the back of
her foot, and said, “Oh you need a band aid!” I dug into
my Let’s Make a Deal Pocketbook, pulled out my first aid
baggie of band aids, antiseptic cleanser packets and Neosporin, bent down, and began the process of cleaning the
wound, applying the “neo” magic ointment, and gently
placed my no name brand band aid to the shoe-rubbed
abrasion. I stood up with my usual groan now that I am
61, handed her two more band aids, and she had what I
like to think was a sincerely grateful though somewhat
dazed look on her face. She glanced at her ankle once
more, shrugged her shoulders, “Iya neva thoughta sumwona like youa wooda do sumthinga a like thata….multi
grazi,” and limped away with her box of nose papers and
two extra no name band aids.
Now if there were any spies or (observers if you watch
the series Fringe) around, I dare say they would have returned with 12 out of 12 spies saying something like....
We can’t succeed because the people there offer to take you
to places for no apparent reason. We can’t succeed because
the inhabitants show up to block your paths when you least
expect them. And we can't succeed because they are too fast
and strong.
Oy, as I re-read this, I cannot believe I did what i did to
our Italian visitor. May you continue to enjoy each day
with renewed health and find plenty of reasons to laugh
and make others laugh along with you!
Aug 2012
I‘m Glad You
Asked
by Ethan Adler
Q Why is Hebrew written right to
left?
A Hebrew is an ancient language, probably over
4,000 years old. In its early development stage, most
writing was either chiseled on stone or written in clay.
Since most people were right-handed, it seemed mechanically easier to chisel from right to left. As an example, right-handed people will hold a nail with the left
hand and hammer from the right side. Thus chiseling
right to left, represented a more natural angle of contact between hammer and chisel, and a less awkward
motion. Also, writing from right to left would allow the
writer to see the work already done better than if he
were ‘writing’ from left to right, in which case his left
arm would block what he’d already written.
By the time the Hebrew language was far enough in its
development as a written language, and people started
using paper, right to left was pretty much "set in stone"
as it were.
A further explanation is offered by Kabbalah. According
to mystical thinking, the right side of our body symbolizes greater spiritual revelation, as opposed to the left,
weaker side. Thus, the holy journey of reading Hebrew
begins on the right. Both Arabic and Hebrew, and the
non-Semitic languages using the Arabic or the Hebrew
alphabet, such as Persian and Yiddish, are also written
from right to left.
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(DONATIONS, continued from page 2)
In Honor of the Engagement of Jennifer Adler to
Seth Albaum
Ethan & Lorrie Adler
Judy & Allen Kronick
In Honor of Clarissa Kulman's Birthday
Janet Chaiken
Judi & Norman Goodman
Betty Pitchon
In Honor of CBD's Shavuot Service
Arlene & David Hicks
In Honor of the Marriage of Margalit and
Hisham Aharon's son, Amir to Mila Schmuel
Gladys Jacober
Sara & Art Little
In Honor of Sally & Harris Chorney's New
Grandson Brandon Shea Chorney
Judy & Stan Barnett
Gladys Jacober
Judy & Allen Kronick
Sara & Art Little
Stephanie & Peter Malinow
Marilyn & Robert Moskol
Shelley & Larry Parness
In Honor of Meri & Bill Kaufman's new Granddaughter, Emma Grace Rowlinson
Sara & Art Little
Tree of Life Leaf
In honor of Meri Kaufman from Husband William Kaufman
In Memory of the Six Million from Anonymous
And that’s it – I have nothing left to ‘right.’
In Sponsorship of Dr. Richard Freund Program
Erna Jane Kondon
(BOOK CLUB, continued from page 1)
Thursday, July 26 - 7:00 p.m. Sally's house - 4 Talia
Court, Narragansett
An article in this month's issue of AARP says "Escaping
your comfort zone can make you happier, smarter,
more confident, etc." So in that spirit we'll be reading
our first spy novel, starring Gabriel Allon (a restorer of
priceless art works and a key operative in secret Israeliintelligence missions). No shrinking violet is this character.
For more information contact Sally
at [email protected]
Join us for the fun!
Nikki M. Parness CFP(R), MBA
www.larrybparness.com
Congregation Beth David of Narragansett
P.O. Box 3299
Narragansett RI 02882-0798
Ethan Adler's Office Hours:
Wednesdays, from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM.
Please call Ethan at 486-0110 to schedule
a meeting.
SERVICE SCHEDULE “Summertime, and the schedule is weekly”
Sung to Summertime
JULY/AUGUST
Every Friday night at 8:00 PM;
Every Shabbat at 9:30 AM
FRI JUL
SAT JUL
FRI,SAT
FRI JUL
SAT
SUN
MON
TUE
TUE
WED
INCLUDING
13 7:30 PM Service Under the Stars
28 9:00 PM Tisha B’Av Service
AUG 10,11 Adler Week-end
1 TBA New Member’s Service
HHDEWS (High Holy Day Early Warning System)
SEP 8 10:00 AM
SELICHOT SERVICE
SEP 16 6:30 PM
EREV ROSH HASHANAH
SEP 17
Rosh Hashanah – Day 1
SEP 18
Rosh Hashanah – Day 2
SEP 25
Yom Kippur – Kol Nidre
SEP 26
Yom Kippur
HEBREW SCHOOL SCHEDULE SUN SEP 9 Opening Day Please watch for details.
SUN SEP 15 1st Jammin’ Juniors 10:00 AM The Center
CONTACT US
Newsletter
Please send articles to: Ella Davis, editor
[email protected]
Walter Horowitz, mailing list
[email protected]
Congregation Beth David (CBD)
102 Kingstown Road
789-3437
P.O. Box 3299 Narragansett, RI 02882
http://www.cbdri.org/
Rev. Ethan Adler, Rel. Leader 946-2604
Robert Babat, President
[email protected]
Meri Kaufman, Vice Pres.
[email protected]
Harris Chorney, Vice Pres.
[email protected]
Robert Fricklas, Recording Sec.
Shelley Parness, Cor. Sec.
[email protected]
Robert Curhan, Treasurer
Stan Barnett, Minyan Coord. 789-7435
The Center
375 Kingstown Road (Narragansett Rotary)
South County Hebrew School (SCHS)
The Center 783-7453
Ethan Adler, Director
[email protected]
Eric Axelrod, Chair, School Committee
[email protected]
http://www.schebrewschool.org/