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September/October 2013
Tishri/Cheshvan 5774
Volume 28 Number 1
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Temple Israel NerThe
Tamid
dymt rn larvy lkyh
Our Past Lights Our Future
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5773
5774
High Holy Day Services
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Wednesday, Sept. 4th
7:30 p.m.
Sermon by Rabbi Matthew Eisenberg
Rosh Hashanah
Thursday, Sept. 5th
10:00 a.m.
Children’s Service
Thursday, Sept. 5th
2:30 p.m.
Kol Nidre
Friday, Sept. 13th
7:30 p.m.
Yom Kippur
Saturday, Sept. 14th
10:00 a.m.
Sermon by Rabbi Fred Eisenberg
Children’s Service
Yizkor & Ne’ilah
2:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Tickets are required for all services, except for Children’s, Yizkor and Ne’ilah.
College students and military personnel with ID do not require tickets.
Additional tickets for family members may be purchased for $80.00 each. For non-family members,
tickets are $180.00. Please call Marcie at the Temple Office before September 4th at 440-473-5120.
For more High Holy Day details, see page 5.
Check out our website at www.tintcleveland.org
September/October 2013  Tishrei/Cheshvan 5774
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Temple Office Phone:
(440) 473-5120
Rabbi’s Message
The threefold benediction found in Numbers 6 is the blessing
with which many parents bless their children on Friday night.
It is the blessing with which rabbis bless B'nai Mitzvah, and
with which they bless brides and grooms when they stand under the chuppah. It is the blessing, it is the b’racha, everybody
knows and loves.
Yi’va’re’che’cha Adonay V’yish’ma’recha, Ya’er Adonay
Panav ay’lecha, vi’chu’necka, Yisa Adonay Panav ay’lecha,
v’ya’sem l’cha shalom. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord’s countenance shine upon you and be gracious unto you. May the Lord lift up His countenance
to you, and grant you peace.
A deep lesson is gleaned from Rabbi Yitzchak Arama (1420-1494). Rav Arama lived
in Spain and wrote about the condition of the Jewish community just prior to our ancestors’ expulsion in 1492. He is the author of an unusual and influential commentary
on the Chumash called Akeydat Yitzchak (the binding of Isaac). Arama drew disinctions between the three blessings. Concerning the climactic third b’racha, he wrote:
“Great is shalom... great is peace. It is the climax of all the blessings, for without
peace what good are all of the other blessings? If you have peace, then it is as if you
have a silver thread which joins you together with those whom you love.”
It is like a silver thread? What does that mean as we enter the New Year 5774? Ask
yourself, “why does Rabbi Yitzchak Arama compare shalom to silver? If you were
going to compare shalom to something valuable and precious, would not it be better
compared to gold?”
The answer is brilliant. Gold needs almost no maintenance, whereas silver needs constant polishing. Silver needs to be burnished. It needs attention. Do you have sterling
silver or any other valuable item made out of silver?
If so, then you know you have to polish it often. Gold you can buy and put away, and
when you take it out, it will be unchanged... but if you buy silver, you have to work at
it, you have to pay attention to it, you have to care for it. Silver, as they say, is high
maintenance.
And THAT, is what Rabbi Arama meant, when he said if you want to have a relationship of shalom with other people, it has to be a relationship you work at maintaining.
Whether it is the relationship between a husband and a wife, or between parents and
children, or between dear friends, or between congregants, we either maintain it, we
either work at it, or else the threads which bind us to each other tarnish and deteriorate. Harmony is only achieved, if and when we pay attention to each other.
This Torah teaching has universal application. I am in the middle of my chaperone
week at the Brush High School Marching Band Camp in Edinboro, PA. The 160 students are learning new music and marching steps and polishing up their skills. They
are connected with many silver threads which they are maintaining and polishing to
make a beautiful and harmonious sound.
As 5774 begins, let us maintain and strengthen the threads which bind us to each other
-- the personal threads, the spiritual threads, the congregational threads -- let us burnish them least they tarnish and deteriorate.
Office Fax: (440) 646-9585
Website: www.tintcleveland.org
Rabbi Matthew J. Eisenberg
[email protected]
Temple Administrator: Marcie
Oelbracht
[email protected]
Founding Rabbi Emeritus:
Frederick A. Eisenberg
[email protected]
Cantorial Soloist: Rachel Eisenberg
Executive Board:
President: Jerry Strom
V.P. Administration: Jordan Levy
V.P. Membership: Mark Friedman
V.P. Development: Judy Aplis
V.P. Religious Practices:
Allan Miner
Secretary: Linda McMullen
Treasurer: Steve Newman
Member-at-Large: Craig Appell
Committee Chairs:
Adult Education: Erika Gold
Marketing: Rick Brown
House: Doug Wieder
Tzedakah: Peter Freimark
IsraeLight Staff:
Editor: Linda McMullen
Content Contributors: Rabbi Matt
Eisenberg, Jerry Strom, Marv Gisser
Advertising: Linda McMullen
Temple Israel
Ner Tamid
Mission Statement
Temple Israel Ner Tamid is a
caring, accepting, Reform
Jewish Congregation
providing a welcoming place
to gather, pray, learn and
engage in acts of kindness
and tzedakah.
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Thank You to our Oneg
&
Bima Flower Sponsors!
July 5th – Bima flowers sponsored
by Liz and Bob Fertel in memory of
Ruth Nagelbush Fertel and Ben
Fertel.
July 12th – Oneg sponsored by Jeff
and Mary Basch in honor of
Samantha Basch leading the
Shabbat service.
A special “thank you” to Allan Miner,
Bill Droe, Rabbi Fred Eisenberg and
Samantha Basch for leading
Shabbat services while Rabbi Matt
was in Alaska.
Celebrate a special occasion, like
a baby naming, anniversary,
birthday or remembrance, with
flowers and food! Call the office
at 440-473-5120 and talk to
Marcie Oelbracht, our Temple
Administrator, about being a
Friday Night Oneg or Bima
Flower Sponsor.
Rabbi’s Message from page 2
Pat and I send warm regards and
prayers for health, happiness, prosperity and blessing. May God come
close and listen to our congregation’s
prayers for the Jewish people and all
people; for Israel, America and all
humanity.
L’shanah Tovah,
SAVE THE DATE!
Friday, Aug. 23rd
7:30 p.m.
We will roast marshmallows during the Oneg.
Shabbat n’ S’mores
Sunday, Aug. 25th
1. 9:00 a.m.
“First Day of Religious School” Party
K through 5 – Temple gardening
2. 9:00 a.m.
6 through 10 – Annual cemetery clean-up
3. 11:45 a.m.
Cookout and dunk tank.
Dunk the Rabbi to raise Tzedakah for the TINT Teddy Bear bank.
Everyone, and anyone, is welcome to be dunked for Tzedakah.
Tuesday, August 27th
4:00 p.m. preparation
St. Aloysius Dinner
5:00 p.m. serve dinner
Wednesday, September 4th
Erev Rosh Hashanah
See details on all High Holy Day services on Pages 1 and 5.
Friday, Sept. 20th
6:15 p.m.
Pizza in the Hut
See page 6, plus the flyer on page 8 and in the pamphlet tower for details.
Wednesday, Sept. 25th
10:30 a.m.
Sukkot Yizkor
Friday, Sept. 27th
7:30 p.m.
Consecration & Simchat Torah
MITZVAH OF THE MONTH 5773
Buy a few extra items when you shop and drop them off at the box
outside the Temple office.
Peanut butter, jelly & quart-sized zip-top bags
always needed!
September:
NEW adult and children’s socks and underwear
October:
NEW or CLEANED, GENTLY USED blankets to be
handed out to the homeless
November:
Hats, gloves, scarves, NEW or very gently used
CLEAN coats
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From the President’s Desk
By Gerald Strom
I trust that you are having a restful, satisfying, and productive summer. Our Cleveland weather has yet to decide if it is
summer, spring, or fall. At our Yacht Shabbat in June it was jackets and umbrellas. Our 4 th of July was shorts, shirts,
tops, and our favorite shoes, flip-flops. Our August has been a roller coaster. With the High Holy Days so early this
year (where does the time go?), I do not know what we can count on.
I do know that we are rapidly approaching the most Holy time of our year, a time of reflection, a time of reminiscing of
past years and significant others, and a time of personal renewal and dedication. I wish all of you well in your personal
journeys.
The fall means a significant increase in activities at Temple Israel Ner Tamid. Religious school begins on Sunday, August 25th, Rosh Hashanah Services on September 4th and 5th, Yom Kippur Services on September 13th and 14th, and Sukkot beginning on September 19th with festivities on the 20th. Shabbat Services are held every Friday night of the calendar year, with P.B.&J., an Oneg tradition, Adult education led by Rabbi Fred Eisenberg, gift shop hours with T.J. Summers, and our never ending tzedakah and fundraising activities are also held on Sunday mornings. Your presence at
these functions add to both your life and to the life of our vibrant congregation.
Susie and I look forward to spending quality time with you.
Wishing you a New Year filled with the good things in life: peace, good health, happiness, and enduring friendships.
L’shalom uveracha – In peace and blessing,
Jerry
“Taste Of Judaism” and Adult Learning
For The New Year
What does God expect of me? What do I expect of God? When shall I give some thought to these questions? And
how shall I behave in relation to others? If you would like to consider these questions, and many more, with Rabbi Matt
Eisenberg, then “Taste of Judaism” is for you.
“Taste” is a free, three week course taught at TINT through the sponsorship of the Jewish Education Center of
Cleveland (JECC) and the Union for Reform Judaism. It is very accessible. The topics: God and Spirituality, Torah and
Ethics, the People Israel and the Jewish Community. We will learn in the Sanctuary on Wednesdays, September 18, 25
and October 2 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. To register for Taste, call Sherri Kaufman at the JECC (216) 371-0446.
“Bagels and Bible” meets on Religious School Sundays from 10:15-11:15 a.m. Teachers include Rabbi Fred, Cantor Larry Josefovitz, Dr. Joy Gray, Peter Freimark, and others. Note: Religious School begins Sunday, August 25, however “Bagels and Bible” will not begin until after Yom Kippur on Sunday, September 22.
“BLT - Begin Learning Torah” meets on the first two Mondays of the month, 10:30-11:30 a.m. BLT is on
“summer holiday” and will resume October 7.
The Adult Education calendar will be available during the High Holy Days. Erika Gold is our Adult Education
chair. She and the Rabbi will be happy to field your questions and suggestions. Check the Shabbat Announcements for
the latest news or visit www.tintcleveland.org. If you wish to receive email reminders, visit the website and contact us.
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Want to Park
Close to Temple?
Buy Raffle Tickets
to Win the Best
Parking Spots for
Holiday Services!
Be the envy of the congregation
with a prime parking spot for either
Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur
services (or both!).
The Rabbi, Founding Rabbi,
President, Temple Administrator and
Cantorial Soloist have generously
given up their parking spots for you!
Buy a ticket or many, and win one of
these coveted parking spaces. The
more you buy, the better your
chances.
Rosh Hashanah spots will be drawn
on September 3rd. The remaining
tickets and all new tickets will go into
the bin for Yom Kippur. Yom
Kippur spots will be drawn on
September 12th. Winners will be
notified by telephone.
Here’s your chance to arrive 5
minutes before the service and still
park up-close!
$
$
$
$
$
$
1 for 1 ticket
10 for 18 tickets
25 for 55 tickets
5 for 8 tickets
20 for 40 tickets
36 for 100 tickets
Purchase your tickets at the Temple
office. Good luck!
High Holy Days Information
O Lord God, as the new year 5774 begins, bless this congregation, those who
lead and serve it, those who contribute to its strength. Bless our land and all
its inhabitants. Bless the household of Israel, wherever they dwell. May Your
favor rest upon Israel, her land, her people. May this new year bring health
and happiness, prosperity and peace - to each of us, to all of us. Amen.
Bimah Flowers. Help beautify the Sanctuary by making donations for
Bimah flowers. Donations may be made in memory of, or in honor of, loved
ones, or as greetings for the New Year. Donations will be acknowledged in
the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Service programs. Call the Temple
office for arrangements.
Share A Ride. We have members of our congregation who cannot easily
drive, or cannot drive at all. (1) Would you be willing to give someone a ride
for services? Call the Rabbi to let him know. This would be a beautiful act of
g’mi’lut chassadim, an act of loving kindness. (2) Do you need a ride? The
Rabbi will try to make a match.
Tzedakah is a Jewish imperative. On Yom Kippur morning, we hear the
words of Isaiah 58, “share your bread with the hungry.”
(1) On Rosh Hashanah, we will distribute empty bags. On Yom
Kippur, please bring your bags filled with non-perishables. We distribute
them through the Jewish Family Service Association (JFSA). This is a
“teachable moment” for your children and grandchildren, nieces and
nephews. Take them with you for “tzedakah shopping.” Let them help to fill
the bag.
(2) During this time of “spiritual renewal” make a generous donation
to the “TINT Tzedakah Fund” to support our congregation’s monthly
tzedakah at the St. Aloysius Hunger Center in Glenville. The Tzedakah Fund
also allows us to engage in many and various tzedakah opportunities. The
wood tzedakah box is on the prayerbook shelf as you enter the Sanctuary.
Shofar Choir. Rosh Hashanah morning, the call of the shofar awakens us
from our spiritual slumber, saying, “Wake up, change your ways, become a
better Jew, become a better person!” We will have one brief Shofar Choir
rehearsal after Religious School on Sunday, August 25 from 12:00-12:20
p.m. Please call the Rabbi (440-473-5120) to RSVP and let 5774 be the year
with our loudest ever shofar choir. No prior experience is necessary, just
BYOS - bring your own shofar.
Is Your Child at College?
Please send us the address and email
address to the temple office at
[email protected] with College
Address in the subject line. The TINT
College Committee will send out a
package for Sukkot and Pesach. They
may be away from home, but they are
in our hearts.
Babysitting. Jan Tucker is an experienced TINT
Religious School teacher and sitter. Mrs. Tucker will
be in the Bridal Room of our building which allows
easy access to parents. Age: preschoolers and up.
Time: from 1/2 hour before, until after services.
Donation: $5 per child per service. Activities? Yes.
Snack? Yes, animal crackers and juice. Reservations
would be helpful, but are not required. Please call the
temple office.
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Lots of Events are on
the TINT Calendar!
(Be sure to add them to yours!)
Pizza In The Hut
Friday, September 20th
6:15 p.m.
It’s Temple Israel Ner Tamid’s annual, cherished tradition
of sukkah building, decorating, pizza eating and Shabbat
celebration. Join us in the Stark Family Social
Hall to welcome Shabbat and fress on pizza,
salad and challah. Details and a flyer are coming soon.
Yizkor
Wednesday, September 25th…...10:30 a.m.
Held on the seventh day of Sukkot, this is the time to remember our cherished
family and friends.
Consecration & Simchat Torah
7:30 p.m.
During our Shabbat service, our first graders will be
surrounded by loved ones and the Torah, as we unroll
the entire Irwin Abel Youth Torah throughout the
Sanctuary and Stark Family Social Hall. Everyone is
welcome to attend and enjoy this joyous celebration.
Sunday, September 29th
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
We inaugurated our blood drive
the autumn after September 11,
2001. This will be our twelfth year
holding a Fall Blood Drive! Over the
past several years, we
have also held a Spring
Blood Drive. In the
words of the Red Cross
director, “the April
Blood Drive did very
well! Our goal was 24
pints and we collected 28, potentially
touching the lives of 84 people.
Thank you for your continued partnership on our life saving mission.”
This year’s Blood Drive and Religious School Bake Sale will be a
couple of weeks after Yom Kippur,
on Sunday, September 29, in the
Stark Family Social Hall.
June 2014 Israel Trip...It’s Not
Too Early to Make Your Plans!
In June 2014, travel to Israel with our congregation! We will leave Cleveland on Sunday, June 8 and return Tuesday, June 17.
This will be a meaningful and exciting, escorted tour of Israel going from Tel
Aviv to the Dead Sea to Jerusalem, with visits to Safed, the Golan Heights,
Masada, Yad VaShem, Haifa, our holy places and archaeological sites.
Very tentative pricing: land package $3500, airfare $1800 -- will include
hotel, some meals, motorcoach transportation and more. FYI, the congregational trip in June 2009 cost about $2500 land, $1800 air.
Call Rabbi Matthew Eisenberg if you are interested, (440) 473-5120.
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12th Annual
Blood Drive and
Bake Sale
For the Blood Drive, everyone is
welcome to donate blood, with the
following criteria: you must be at
least 17 years old, weigh at least 105
pounds and be in good general
health. You can safely donate every
56 days. There is no upper age limit.
Bring some form of identification.
Help raise money for
our Religious School!
Please bake items and
individually wrap them
for ease of sale. You
need not be a Religious School family to bake or to enjoy the yummy
delicacies. Bring your friends and
buy a nosh or two...or three!
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Simchas!
Happy September
Birthday to…
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3
6
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Leonard Katz, Don
Plasko
Vicki Adelman, Caroline
Jacobs, Mort November,
Rebecca Smith, Monty
Weltman
Sondra Myers
Max Edelman, Shelley Hoyat, Alec
Krienen, Jean Ruben, Lisa Tracht,
Nita Weltman
Jeff Bailey, Ben Ledsky
Stephanie Baden, Stacey Gunn
Andrea AdeLl, Hannah Borow,
Norma Klein, Vadim Tsing
Frieda Eisinger, Kyra Horvat,
Jody Pickle
Lola Kamins
Bart Baker
Sandra Fine, John Kovan
Sara Hillegas, Darcy Horvat,
Matthew RoBbins
Allison Fox, Amanda Sims,
Marissa Sims
Ellen Brick, Pamela Vanek
Gerald Appel
Jana Leenheer, Ludmilla Sorkin
Priscilla Baker, Jeff Sorkin, Kevin
Ziegler
Marcia Grossman, Lauren Jacobs
Bernard Bader, Irina Khmeinitsky
Joel Wallenstein
Cher Miles
Frederick Cook
Margarita Denenburg, Howard
Leuchtag, Shelly Plasco
Happy October
Birthday to…
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6
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15
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Kellie Derin, Marcie Elpiner,
Michelle Madden, Shaina Malkin,
Erica Rosner, Hannah Szabo,
Ronald Weitzner
Marv Gisser, Jonathan Koslen,
Leslie Rotsky
Elaine Setnik
Rayanne Bassin
Bridgitte Feldman, Ryan
Lichtenstein, Michael Rosenstein
Dale Goldstein
Barbara Schiff
Judith Guzik
Tillie Atkins
Ben Kneen, Jerry Moore, Nick
Severino
Toby Bader, Carol Schoenewald
Diane Fox
Rose Allen
Melanie Friedman, Robert
Friedrich, Jill Ledsky
Michael Khmeinitsky, Benjamin
Mitchell
Randy Fox, Nelle Mitchell,
Jacqueline Rippin, Gayle Rubin
Mikhail Lemkov
Alexander Vanek
Irvin Aplis, Melanie Kriwinsky,
Ronda Rosenstein
Katie Basch, Thomas Koberna
Hermien Schneider, Jennifer
Stefancik
Rosalyn Redpath
Brian Butvin, Elizabeth
Eisenberg, Leo Feher
Andy Haas
Rachael Ledsky, Steven Ozan,
Stephanie Peshek
Jacqueline Newman, Tracy
Peshek, Deborah Warner-Ungar
Happy September
Anniversary to…
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2
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Rabbi Fred & Helen
Eisenberg, Daryl &
Kathy Rothenfeld
Irina & Mike
Khmeinitsky
Frederick & Arlene
Cook
Joshua & Lisa Jacobs
Leo & Madelyn Feher
Jordan & Ann Levy
Marvin & Estelle Epstein
Vadim & Irina Tsing
Robert & Marcie Meagher
Happy October
Anniversary to…
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26
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Tom & Marcie Oelbracht
Alan & Judith Grown, Sanford &
Lois Horvat
Terrence & Allison McBrady,
Randy & Stephanie Weltman,
Doug & Arlene Wieder
Chuck & Susan Grieshammer
Brett & Susan Goldberg
Robert & Babe Tolin
John Krienen & Tamara Strom
Rabbi Matthew & Pat Eisenberg
Kevin & Carrie Ritter
Richard Sims & Jody Pickle
Steve & Arlene Comet, John &
Ellen Stefancik
Joseph & Marcia Polevoi
Ronald & Annette Wakser
Please join us at Shabbat Services...
...on the last FRIDAY of the month
for BIRTHDAY and
ANNIVERSARY BLESSINGS
(and cake!).
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Make Reservations Now for:
PIZZA IN
THE HUT
Dinner – 6:15 p.m.
Sukkah Decorating – 6:45 p.m.
Shabbat Sukkot Service – 7:30 p.m.
Share a pizza dinner with salad before Services, then help
decorate the Sukkah and the bima for Sukkot.
Advanced reservations are a must so we can order enough for everyone!
Adults and children 11 and older - $6.00
Children 10 years and younger are FREE
RSVP no later than Monday, September 16th
Call 440-473-5120 or drop off your payment at the Temple office.
-----------------------------------------------------------Yes! We’ll be there for Pizza and Sukkah decorating!
Name _________________________
Phone # _______________
# of Adults & children 11 and over @$6.00 each
Total Enclosed:
______________
$ ______________
Please return this form and your check to the Temple Office no later than Monday, Sept. 16th .
You must have a paid reservation in order to have dinner with us.
DETAILS AND A COPY OF THIS FLYER ARE ALSO
IN THE PAMPHLET TOWER.
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Temple Israel Ner Tamid’s
4th Annual Speaker Series
Sunday, October 27th
Meet-and-Greet: 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Lecture: 7:00 p.m.
Featuring
Professor and Nobel Prize Nominee
Michael Scharf
on
“The Day After: Justice for the Assad Regime”
Michael Scharf, author, advisor to the United Nations, radio host, musician and the first professor in the world
to offer an international law MOOC (massive open online course). His “Introduction to International Criminal Law” has
21,000 students around the globe.
The evening will include a meet-and-greet with hors d’oeuvres for patrons, lecture and question-and-answer
period.
A native of Shaker Heights, he is the John Deaver Drinko – Baker & Hostetler Professor of Law and Associate
Dean for Global Legal Studies at CWRU’s School of Law, and is president of the Hague-based International Criminal
Law Network.
The Public International Law and Policy Group (an NGO), which Scharf co-founded, and its directors, were
nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by six governments and the prosecutor of an International Criminal Tribunal for
the work it did to help in the prosecution of major war criminals such as Slobodan Milosevic, Charles Taylor and
Saddam Hussein.
General admission tickets for the lecture are $25.
Tickets at $100 are available for a Meet-and-Greet with Professor Scharf prior to his talk in addition to
preferential lecture seating and post-appearance DVDs of the presentation.
Sponsorships at $500 include tickets for eight people, preferred table seating, promotional signage and postappearance DVDs.
Tickets at all prices will go on sale after the High Holy Days.
WANTED:
New Editor of IsraeLight.
We’re looking for someone to take over
assembly of our temple’s bulletin that comes out
6 times a year. Familiarity with Publisher is a
definite plus. Contact Marcie at the Temple
office or Linda McMullen at 216-291-2351.
Remember to feed
THE ABITIBI PAPER
RETRIEVER
In the rear of TINT’s
Parking Lot!
TINT gets a rebate for the
recyclable paper we collect
and the money goes to our Religious School!
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The Kotel in Jerusalem and Our Religious School Replica
By Rabbi Matt Eisenberg
There is a very holy place, in the holy city of Jerusalem, called the Kotel, known as the Western Wall in English. Why did our religious school students build a replica in our Stark Family Social Hall?
The following is a brief rendition of a very, very long history. You may find the complete history of the Kotel at
english.thekotel.org. The Western Wall is the western wall of the Temple Mount, the structural support platform upon
which Solomon’s Temple and the Second Temple stood. Jews from all over the world gather there to pray. People write
notes to God and place them between the ancient stones.
(This summer, we wrote dozens of prayers and sent them to Israel with our Israeli teacher Yuval Mordechai. Recently, Yuval went back home to Bet She’an and took our prayers with her. In the coming weeks, she will
travel to Jerusalem and place our prayers in the Kotel. She will send us a picture, or a video, from Jerusalem. If in the
meantime you would like to see the kotel on the web, do a search on “kotel cam.”)
Mount Moriah, according to Jewish tradition, is a place of profound significance. It is the place God began the
creation of the world. It is also where Adam, the first human, was created.
When Abraham was commanded to prepare his son Isaac for sacrifice, they went up to Mount Moriah. On Rosh
Hashanah morning, we will read from the Torah about the “binding of Isaac” in Genesis 22. Also, Jacob’s “ladder
dream,” with angels coming down and going up, is linked to Mount Moriah.
About 1000 BCE, the Holy of Holies – the innermost
part of the sanctuary of the First and Second Temple - was built
around the Foundation Stone at the peak of Mount Moriah. The
First Temple (also known as Solomon’s Temple) was destroyed
by King Nebuchanezzer and the Babylonians in 586 BCE. The
Second Temple was built about 60 years later, but was less impressive.
In 37 BCE, the Romans ruled Judea and appointed Herod the king in Jerusalem. Herod initiated an enormous renovation project. He hired many workers to make the Temple more
magnificent and to widen the area of the Temple Mount by flattening the mountain peak and building four support walls
around it. The Western Wall is the western support wall built
Yuval Mordechai stands at the Kotel she built with
during
the widening of the Temple Mount Plaza.
Temple Israel Ner Tamid religious school students.
What makes the Western Wall, and not one of the other
three remaining support walls, so special?
When the Second Temple was destroyed in the year 70
CE, all four Temple Mount support walls remained standing. The Western Wall is the remnant closest to the site of the
Temple’s Holy of Holies. Therefore, it became a place of prayer and yearning for Jews around the world. When Jews expressed their longing for Jerusalem through song, Judaica, jewelry, and prayer, the image of Jerusalem was conveyed via the
image of the Western Wall.
To be continued in the November/December 2013
issue of the The Temple IsraeLight.
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The K-1 class joyfully helping build the Kotel.
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HONORABLE MENSCHEN
Donations may be made to:
Belman Scholarship Fund: In Bill’s loving memory. For Jewish camping, Israel trips, based on financial need.
Bima Fund: To maintain and enhance our Sanctuary Bima.
Building Fund: To maintain and enhance our building.
Chapel Education Fund: For religious items, i.e. prayerbooks.
Emily Goldsmith Memorial Fund: In Emily’s loving memory.
Makes religious school possible for students in financial need.
Mack & Estelle Bossin Library Fund: In Mack and Estelle’s
loving memory. A family fund to maintain and enhance our
library.
Tzedakah Fund: Supports all tzedakah projects, including the
Hunger Fund, St. Al's monthly dinners, PB&J and the Teddy
Bear Bank.
General Operating Fund: Funds TINT’s daily operations.
Rabbi Frederick Eisenberg Music Fund: Rabbi Fred’s fund
to support and enhance all things musical at TINT.
Rabbi’s Philanthropic Fund: A fund Rabbi Matt uses for
tzedakah and extra budgetary needs.
Raskin Temple Beautification Fund: A family fund to beautify our temple and grounds.
Henry & Carol Schoenewald Endowment Fund: A family
fund for extra budgetary needs, at the Rabbi’s discretion.
Irwin Abel Torah Fund: In Irwin’s loving memory. To maintain, repair, and enhance our Torah scrolls.
Tree of Life Fund: For leaves on the simcha tree in the Stark
Family Social Hall
Lenore November Memorial Fund: In Lenore’s loving
memory. A family fund for extra budgetary needs, at the
Rabbi’s discretion.
Yahrzeit donations, unless otherwise specified, are applied to the General Operating Fund.
If you would like to dedicate a prayer book in honor of, or in memory of someone, it is a $36.00 donation.
Donations made as of August 1, 2013
Tzedakah Fund
 Judy & Irv Aplis, in honor of grandson Brian Goldsmith’s
Bar Mitzvah; Sarah Borow’s Bat Mitzvah, & in memory of
father Abraham Katzman and son Scott Aplis
 Joy &B Marvin Gray, in memory of mother, Marjorie
Aronson Marks and Father Malcolm J. Marks
 Robin Baker, in memory of mother-in-law Mildred Baker &
husband Stanley Baker
 L. & E. Katz, in memory of Stanley Baker
 Lauri Katz, in honor of Robin Baker’s birthday
 Natalie Goodman, in memory of Helene Robins
 Mildred Wohl, in memory of husband Jack Wohl
General Operating Fund
 Greg & Lisa Basch, in honor of Samantha Basch leading the
July 12th Shabbat service
 Nadine Bendycki, in memory of mother Luisa Adelson
 Richard & Stephanie Berkowitz, in memory of mother
Lillian Barr
 Hilda Blatt, in memory of husband Morris Blatt, & Arnold
“Buddy” Axel & Helene Robins
 Semen & Bella Bordsky, in memory of Sofya & Shika
Froym Gorodetskaya
 Rick Brown & Ketty Finnerman
 Elaine Cosner, in memory of father Hyman Packer
 Robert Feldmen, in memory of wife Dolores Feldman
 Marv & Marcia Gisser
 Richard & Erika Gold, in memory of father Zoltan Taubner,
loved one Melvin Gold
 Emma Korolyov, in memory of father Boris Ioffe
 Max & Vilma Kurtz, in memory of sister Susan Kopcsik,
brother Ben Kurtz
 Sally Leftkowitz, in memory of husband Jerry Leftkowitz
 David & Sheila Lovinger, in honor of Rose Lovinger’s 90th
birthday
 Cher Miles, in memory of father Leonard Marshall
 Carol & Leonard Naft, in memory of father Eli Chudakoff
 Harvey & Hilda Palchick, in memory of mother Sarah
Bergman, mother Eleanor Palchick, relative Robert Katz
 Arlette Rappoport, in memory of sister Danielle Grossman
 Robert & Ronda Rosenstein, in memory of mother Florence
Rosenstein
 Daryl & Kathy Rothenfeld, in memory of mother Bernice
Jung
 Sanford Scott, in memory of father Sam Scott
 Alice & Tom Severovich, in memory of father Jack Brown
 Shirley Sofer, in memory of father Louis Tolin
 Philip & Elieen Stolarsky, in memory of mother Betty
Stolarsky
 Marvin & Irene Weiner in memory of brother Ben Weiner
 Carol & Robert Weitzner, in memory of mother Fay Sustin,
Father Herman Weitzner
 Mildred Wohl, in memory of mother-in-law Ethel Wohl
 Sally & Sanford Ziff, in memory of father Joe Ziff &
granddaughter Jessica Ziff
Rabbi Frederick Eisenberg Music Fund
 Judith Guzik, in memory of brother-in-law Milton Guzik
Continued on page 13
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Tree of Life
They Still Live in Our Hearts
Yahrzeits that fall on Saturday are read the previous Friday evening, as Friday and Saturday are one Shabbat, an Island in Time.
PLEASE NOTE: We are having
problems with our yahrzeit software. If
you have any questions about when a
yahrzeit should be observed or when a
name will be read at Shabbat services,
please call the Temple office. We
apologize for any inconvenience.
● ● ●
You may notice names repeated on
different days. Some congregants wish
to observe their loved ones’ yahrzeits
according to the Hebrew calendar,
others by the English calendar. Please
check with the Temple Office if you
have any questions.
In Memorium
Our deepest sympathies to the families of
Betty Zaremsky, Rosella Rosenberg,
Morris “Larry” Greenberg, Martin Grossman and Leonard Singer.
Week ending September 7, 2013
26 Elul 5773 to 3 Tishrei 5774
Kenneth Baptie  William Belman 
David Berger  Mack Bossin  Harry
Cooper  Jack Edelman  Phillip
Feathers  Helen Fein  Benjamin
Friedman  Ze’ev Friedman  Joyce
Friedrich  Betty Gold  Arnold Green
 Yossef Gutfreund  Eliezer Halfin 
Marvin Helf  Anna Benesch
Helfenbein  Herman Howard  Jacob
Jones  Yakov Kutsilovich  David
Meisner  Elsie Menks  Isadore Metz
 Yossef Romano  Anna Sacks 
Tillie Scott  Kehat Shorr  Barbara
Signer Jessel  Mark Slavin  Andre
Spitzer  Yakov Springer  Moshe
Weinberg  Silvia Weiner  Benjamin
Zalben  Lena Brody Zaremsky
4 Tishrei to 10 Tishrei 5774
Helene Brumi  Milton Cadkin 
Marianne Edelman  Julia Falcon 
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Gary Ferber  Herman Fogel 
Theodore Garber  David Marvin
Goldberg  Mollie Guttman  Melba
Harrison  Elvera Herbstman 
Thelma Kapner  Laura Lee  Leona
Rappaport  Ruth Ann Richman 
Donald Rothstein  Max Sacks  Leon
Segal  Fay Simkow  Samuel Weiss
 Robert Wessler  Mildred Zelman
Harold Berkowitz  Lola Berkowitz 
Gizella Blankfeld  Frank Bruml 
Anna Diamond  Jerry Eisner  Sam
(Lou) Fisher  Vivian Frye  Igor
Gertsensteyn  Jerome Gutentag 
Albert Hirsh  Bruce Klein  Marvin
Klein  Eleck Levine  Sally Rubin 
Jerry Shapiro  Esther Spielman  Jack
Strom  Mary Toth  Richard G.
Wallenstein  Stan Weingart  Sylvia
Weiss  Louis Wesoky  Baruch
Zaremsky
Shirley Adelman  Ruth Greenhouse
Bailin  Joseph Cadkin  Sylvia
Chesler  Martha Cooper  Sally
Fecter  Julia Falcon  Gary Ferber 
William Fierman  Samuel Goda 
Della Klein Gould  Raisa Krasnyansky
 Betty Malitz  Shirley Markowitz 
Sarah Meltzer  Estelle Mendelsohn 
Clara Rosenfeld  Jeanette Rosner 
Robert Sabin  Diane Simon  Dora
Waterman
Week ending October 5, 2013
25 Tishrei to 1 Cheshvan 5774
Nathan Adell  Myra Babin  Sylvia
Bader  Virginia Conti  Gloria
Dubick  Fannie Federman  Betty
Gold  Warren Goldstock  Ben
Kemelhar  Tillie Leuchtag  Marvin
Moss  Joseph Rakusin  Bruce
Schumacher  Anne Schwartz  Max
Spielman  Harry Stolarsky  Max
Weiner  Samuel Weisman  Mildred
Wessler  Jacob David Zaremsky
2 Cheshvan to 8 Cheshvan 5774
Ruth Bader  Evelyn Barr  Samuel
Bochner  Sylvia Chesler  Theodore
Cohen  Sol Copperman  Lois Snyder
Crash  Aimee Edelman  Violet
Eisenberg Hirshon  Newton Feldman
 Celia Freedman  Hilda Goodman 
Mark Richard Greenberger  Esther
Grossberg  Leo Guzik  Irvin Heiser
 Rafael Kaplun  Joseph Kopcsik 
Gladys Korn  Richard Madden 
Sarah Meltzer  Ida Orel  Bill Ridell
 Celia Schindler  Bennett Schoen 
Harry Siegel  Albert Stark  Lewis
Weinberg
Marc Balin  Toby Bartell  Bill
Berrie  Jean (Jenny) Fisher  Morton
Gandal  Sanford Charles Goldfarb 
Olga Hahn  Arnold Klein  Oscar
Kronfeld  Sue Ozan  Harold Ross 
Sidney Schiff  Rose Siegel  Hyman
Tolchinsky  Deanna Wylen
Pat Aplis  Joseph Chervin  Faye
Davis  Gloria Dubick  David
Eisenberg  Mollie Friedman  Arthur
Harad  Harry Helfenbein  Anna
Hirsh  William Hodge  Julius Kades
 Lena Kurtz  Fay Landau  Celia
Markofsky  Meyer Joseph Meckler 
Dorothy Miller  Rebecca Myers 
Milla Nabutovsky  Beh Palchick 
Melvin Ruben  Carl Schorr  Bertha
Somers  Peter Tenenbaum
Continued on Page 13
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“Tree of Life” continued from
page 12
Week ending November 2, 2013
Ruth Bader  Fanny Bieder 
Norma Cohen  Gloria Dubick
 Avrom Edelman  Sarah
Edelman  Moses Joel
Eisenberg  Sophie Eisenberg 
Violet Hirschon Eisenberg 
Morris Friedman  Brian
Stephen Goldberg  Frieda
Goldfeld  Joseph Goldfeld
 Anne Goldstock  Ida
Isaacson  Helen Kaminsky 
Irwin Landau  Marge Lipman
 Harold Mailman  Sarah
Milstein  Sally Moss 
Wanda Petzel  Marion Risman
 Hennah Schmeiser  Leon
Schmeiser  Jerry Schneider 
Mark Speyer
“Honorable Menschen” continued from page 11
Emily Goldsmith Memorial Fund
 Richard Goldsmith, in memory of Emily Goldsmith
 Joy & Marvin Gray, in memory of uncle Dr. Samuel B. Aronson
Rabbi’s Philanthropic Fund
 Hermien Schneider
Lenore November Fund
 Robin & Brett November, in support of Rabbi Matt in the Golf Marathon
Henry & Carol Schoenewald Fund
 Carol Schoenewald in memory of father Louis Klingman
Raskin Beautification Fund
 Stanley & Ruth Raskin, in memory of Mickey Shagrin, Eve Phinick & Len Signer,
& mother of Marilyn Goldberg
Chapel Education Fund
 Eunice Kalina, in memory of father Philip Goldstein & mother Bertha Goldstein
It’s in the Hole! Here are more of our generous
Golf Marathon players and sponsors!
(List as of June 25 through August 1, 2013)
REMINDER
Names are not automatically
added to the computerized
Yahrzeit list.
Please call the temple office to
update our computer list when
the need arises. Your
cooperation is appreciated.
Remember to
bring in your
Box Tops for
Education and put them in the
collection box in Marcie’s
office. That extra money goes
to cover religious school
Mark Abramovitz
Jerome & Lorraine Adel
Advanced Roofing
Gerald Appel
Nadine Bendycki
Marc Berkowitz
Richard Berkowitz
Joseph A. Bobeck, Jr.
Howard & Mary Brondfeld
Rick Brown & Ketti Finneran
Michael & Cindy Bruder
CT Logistics
Ron Derwaldt
Charles Dubick
Steve & Janet Edelman
Elizabeth Eisenberg
Donald & Barbara Ettkin
Denise Farkas/Sigman Investments
Liz & Bob Fertel
Mark Friedman
Paul Galese
Robin & Brett Goldberg
Dale Goldstein
Joy & Marvin Gray
Andrew Haas
Peter Jacobs
L & E Katz
John Kovan
Angela Markowitz
Robin & Jeff Mayers
MDW Motors, Inc.
Marcie Meagher
Cher Miles
Mill Distributors
Robert & Betty Miller
Sharon Moster
Carole & Leonard Naft
Rita Nagusky
Philip Ozan
Harvey & Hilda Palchick
Fred Pearlman
Rich & Associates , Inc.
Darryl & Kathy Rothenfeld
Jean E. Ruben
Barry Rubin
Carol Schoenewald
Alice & Tom Severovich
Singerman, Mills, Desberg &Kauntz
Heidi Solomon
Paul Speyer
Gary Stark
TJ Summers
William & Joan Tosko
Mr & Mrs. Michael Ungar
Harvey Wiseberg
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Jewish Heritage
Day at the Lake
County Captains
On Sunday, August 11, 2013 the Lake
County Captains held their annual
Jewish Heritage Day. Temple Israel
Ner Tamid was well represented with
40 people cheering on the Captains. It
was a great day for baseball as the
Captains defeated the Bowling Green
Hot Rods 6 to 4.
Rabbi Matt Eisenberg threw out the
first pitch. It was a "heater" and made
it all the way to catcher Richard Stock,
a Jewish ball player from Los
Angeles. The Rabbi invited Richard to High Holy Days, but he will be at
home with his family. As it should be.
Pictured: David Cohen and Rabbi Matt sounding "tekiah gedolah" during the
4th inning in celebration of the beautiful weather and in preparation for Rosh
Hashanah.
Q: If a doctor carries a black bag and a plumber
carries a toolbox, what does a mohel carry?
A: A Bris-kit
Happy Campers Make
a “Wise” Move this
Summer
This summer, our congregation had three
happy campers at Camp Wise in Burton. First session, Bridget Feldman and
Molly Moran attended. Second session,
Reece Singerman Schmitt attended. All of
the campers had enriching Jewish experiences and made new friends. Our Israeli
teacher, Yuval Mordechai was a counselor
all summer! Above: Rabbi Matt, Reece and
Yuval at a late summer camp visit. Next
summer, consider attending Camp Wise.
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