May/June - Temple Beth El

Temple Beth El
Huntington, New York
Highlights
Thursday, May 2nd
Chai Club Program, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 3rd
3rd Grade Family Dinner, 6:00 p.m.
Family Shabbat, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 4th
Shalom Friends, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 5th
Men's Club Meeting & Trip, 9:15 a.m.
SAC Spaghetti Dinner, 2:00 p.m.
Friday, May 10th
Sisterhood Dinner & Elections
6:30 p.m.
Sisterhood Shabbat
8:00 p.m.
Monday, May 13th
Hebrew High Graduation, 7:00 p.m.
at Temple Beth David in Commack
Tuesday, May 14th - Erev Shavuot
Office closed at 2:00 p.m.
Service & Tikkun Leil Shavuot,
7:00 p.m. at Temple Chaverim
in Plainview
Wednesday, May 15th - Shavuot
Office Closed
Thursday, May 16th
ARZA Program, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 17th
Shabbat Service with Torah Reading,
8:00 p.m.
Monday, May 19th
Hebrew High Confirmation, 7:00 p.m.
at Temple Beth David in Commack
Friday, May 24th
Kabbalat Shabbat, 6:15 p.m.
Chai Dinner, 7:00 p.m.
Monday, May 27th - Memorial Day
Office closed
Tuesday, May 28th
Congregational Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, May 31st
T.G.I.S., 7:00 p.m.
Friday, June 7th
Graduates & Confirmands Barbeque,
6:00 p.m.
Family Shabbat, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, June 14th
Shabbat Service, 8:00 p.m.
Wisdom and Wine, 9:00 p.m.
Friday, June 21st
Chai Club Dinner, 6:30 p.m.
Charlie Mayer Reception, 7:00 p.m.
Shabbat Service with New Board
Installation, 8:00 p.m.
Friday, June 28th
Kabbalat Shabbat, 6:15 p.m.
May - June 2013
One More Thought Before Summer Starts
Rabbi Jeffrey Clopper
I know, I know. The rabbi is talking about camp again. I canʼt help it! Perhaps it is because
the cold days and “craziness” of winter are finally behind us and the school year is almost
over. Soon we will be jumping headfirst into the blazing days of summer. And thatʼs when
CAMP STARTS! Can you tell I am excited?
I have focused quite a bit on camp this year. Study after study, report upon report,
continue to surface praising the virtues of summer camp experiences. It is where our kids
develop a whole host of skills: some sports-oriented, some academic and very often the fine
art of social negotiation. Camp can be a breeding ground for leadership skills, creativity,
and self-confidence. Plus, the friendships made are often lifelong and amazingly strong.
When it comes to the Jewish camp options, I am especially excited. The Reform movement
overnight camps (and you know I think they are tops!) are among many choices available
just in the New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania-New England area. Since overnight camp
is not for every kid, there also are fabulous day camp offerings, including the one at the
Suffolk Y/JCC. In all of these places, campers are immersed in the wonderful sights and
sounds of living Judaism. I truly believe sending our kids to camp represents among the best
investments the future of Judaism.
I am grateful to the leadership of Temple Beth El that they, too, understand the importance
of supporting our families in this endeavor. Over the years, we have been able to provide
a generous amount in scholarships to make camp more affordable. It would be my dream
that we garner enough funding to provide every single child at Temple Beth El the
scholarship or incentive to attend a Jewish camp.
It may take a while to get there, but I am willing to at least try. You will be hearing about
a few endeavors to help build up our Milton Gershon Youth Scholarship and Camp Fund.
Right now, a special raffle for a beautiful piece of work by Mordechai Rosenstein (last yearʼs
artist-in-residence) is taking place. All proceeds will go into this Fund to bring us closer to
that goal. Please contact Lisa in the temple office for more information. That is just one
example, and there are more to come.
Please join me in this important work. It truly is an investment in our children, their future and
the future of our People. Enjoy the summer!
The Cantor’s Corner
Cantor Deborah Zeitlen
As we come to the end of the school year, my thoughts turn to summer. I will be reaching out to many of you to help lead
summer services, and we will have a workshop or two to give you all the information you need. Please feel free to contact me
if you are interested.
In March, Cheryl Richman and Marcia Schwalb, two of our Adult Torah chanting students, chanted Torah beautifully in our Friday
night services. Our class participants are well-versed in the process and will continue chanting at various services throughout the
year, I am thinking ahead to my next Adult Education class. This class will be for 6th and 7th grade parents, and any other adults
who are interested. We will explore the Hebrew and prayers of the Shabbat services, helping to increase comfort levels in the
services and therefore, with the process of becoming a Bar and Bat Mitzvah.
An ability to read Hebrew is not a prerequisite; depending on the reading levels of the participants, we can begin with the
Aleph Bet (alphabet) and go on to more fluent reading of the prayers, and then to an understanding of the concepts in the prayers
themselves.
In order for me to provide what you need, it is important for you to call 631-421-5835, Ext. 206 or [email protected] and let me
know your interests and Hebrew reading level. I'd like to start this class in the beginning of June, so time is of the essence.
Please contact me by May 15th, since over the summer, we will have class on weekday nights. In the fall, we will change
to Sunday mornings.
I am looking forward to this class and to working with you!
Our Jewish Future
Michael Heiberger, President
At the Biennial of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), Rabbi Rick Jacobs, incoming URJ President, made the following statement:
“If we stay put and leave things as they are, we would have failed the test of Judaism. The Jewish future of our people depends
on transforming our congregations.”
Studies have shown that nearly half of Jewish adults raised Reform leave the denomination, most of them in favor of an
unaffiliated Jewish life. In recent years, the movementʼs growth has stalled, with affiliation holding steady thanks only to new
members replacing those who have left. The demographics are such, as shown by the recently released UJA Jewish Population
Study of the New York metropolitan area, that they work against significant growth of membership in the coming years.
So, as many of our leaders recognize that the future vitality of our Reform movement and our Reform synagogues depends on
retaining those individuals who enter our midst. Not just retaining their Temple membership, but rather retaining their connection
to Judaism. We need to identify and build upon those experiences that we have come to realize keeps people connected, and
we need to do it for all age groups.
For our children, it has been shown that a Jewish camping experience is a significant factor in keeping children connected to
Judaism. At TBE, we have been successful this past year, and for next year, in increasing the number of our young people who
are going to Jewish camps. This summer, twenty of our TBE children will be going to one of the Reform Jewish camps in the
Northeast. We are increasing scholarship funds for the purpose of expanding that number.
The Bar/Bat Mitzvah experience, now such a central factor in family affiliation with a synagogue must be and is being re-examined by the URJ in light of the statistic that fully 80% of Reform families leave the synagogue after the youngest childʼs
Bar/Bat Mitzvah. The URJʼs Bʼnai Mitzvah Revolution program is a multi-year effort to assess new ways to make this a more
meaningful experience for the family and not just a culminating experience. The concern is about the way Bʼnai Mitzvah are
celebrated, and the fact that Bʼnai Mitzvah preparation has, in many cases, supplanted other goals of synagogue educational
endeavors.
For adults, the problem may be confining our concern to synagogue membership as the issue. If we are to maintain
a connection to the large number of adults who now consider themselves “just Jewish,” the group that the studies call
“unaffiliated,” we need to look outside the synagogue and reach out to Jews wherever they gather and whoever they are.
Our goal has to be more than membership recruitment because a recruitment only approach is not working – witness the declining
numbers of affiliated Jews.
TBE has fared well compared to many of its peer institutions but we are not immune to demographics or to the issues that
our particular Jewish movement faces. We have the luxury of time to deal with many of these issues, and our leadership
is committed to doing this through thoughtful and inclusive planning for our future.
As I prepare to step down as your President and reflect on these past two years, I have every confidence that we have a strong
and dedicated lay leadership and professional staff which gives us the capacity to bring the joys and values of Jewish affiliation
to larger numbers of people and to enrich the spiritual lives of those who have affiliated with us over the years.
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“Yud” and Rabbi Clopper
Diane E. Berg, RJE
The first time I telephoned Rabbi Clopper, he was still the Associate Rabbi of Temple Emanuel El in Houston, Texas.
“Hi Rabbi, this is Diane Berg, Iʼm the educator at Temple Beth El of Huntington.” To which he replied, “Call me Jeff”. I was stunned,
as never having before called a rabbi by first name. That conversation set the tone for our ten year partnership.
It has been a decade of excitement, problem solving, program building, brain-storming, singing and beloved commitment to TBE.
Jeff and I were influenced by NFTY (Reform Youth Movement) where we both had powerful social and learning experiences.
This gave us a lifelong focus in creating opportunities that empower students to want to learn more, and they do! We see the
excitement that this type of learning engenders and how our students connect to each other and to Judaism. It is “holy work”.
Itʼs fun to collaborate with him. We donʼt do mediocre things. Holidays, life cycle events and rituals take on new meaning and
become extraordinary experiences. Together, we have created programs that use technology and informal programming to reach
and teach. It was Jeffʼs idea for CSI: “Congregational Shabbat Initiative” and “Wine and Wisdom”. His “Ten Minutes of Torah”
for the Temple Board always makes use of the Smart Board to find the most provocative meaning in a holiday, a text or a value
in life. He makes learning fun and easy, and is not the least bit hesitant to dress in costume, cook a meal or foot the bill for
special projects. Not only does Jeff always say “yes”, he will work tirelessly to bring an idea to fruition. Heʼll even shop for the
supplies.
We fully recognize that Jeff can do all that he does because he has the strong love and support of his wonderful wife Carol.
Carol is the “behind the scenes” support, often gluing, sewing or shopping for her husbandʼs projects at the last minute.
Thank you Carol for all you do, so Jeff is able to do all that he does for us.
Jeff is a visionary and dreamer. He is a person not always satisfied with status quo but a seeker of greater relevance,
with powerful and enjoyable connections to Judaism. He finds time to study Talmud once a week so that his need to learn
is satisfied. After all, how can you teach without being a learner yourself? He is an inspiration and an example of what all rabbis
should be.
The number ten in Hebrew is represented by the letter “Yud”. It is the first letter in Godʼs unpronounceable name. Jeff would not
want us to praise his work here, preferring to be like the unpronounceable name of God, leaving his deeds unspoken. But in order
to be an inspiration to others your story has to be told. Abraham Lincoln once said that, “Whatever you are, be a good one.”
In my delightful experience working alongside this remarkable man, I can say that he is a great rabbi and a blessing to all of us
who work with him. May our rabbi continue to guide us in wisdom and joy for many, many years. Kol HaKavod!
Debra Rich, Sisterhood, Past President
Sisterhood
A Centennial Celebration
Inspired by the past, committed to the future, Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) is one hundred years strong. It was founded in
1913, as the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. It is the collective voice and presence of women in congregational life,
and has strengthened the spiritual and religious life of Reform communities around the world. Since its inception, WRJ has
provided educational resources and tools designed to enhance Jewish worship and practice in the home as well as the
synagogue. Sisterhood women were pioneers in the establishment of religious schools and youth group. Through itʼs YES
(Youth, Education and Special Projects) Fund, WRJ supports NFTY, URJ Camp and Israel program and scholarships for students
at HUC-JIR. From its Covenant Book series filled with prayers, poems and reflections to The Torah: A Womanʼs Commentary,
WRJ has given a voice to womenʼs spiritual yearnings and scholarship.
WRJʼs centennial mission statement reads: The Centennial of Women of Reform Judaism celebrates and honors
our accomplishments as we continue on the path of those who came before us. We will educate, inspire and
energize our membership to look toward the future — creating a lasting legacy that ensures the vibrancy of our Sisterhoods, our
congregations and Reform Judaism.
In honor of the 100th year, WRJ has created a Centennial Erev Shabbat Service to be used by all Sisterhoods. Join us on Friday,
May 10th, as we celebrate WRJʼs 100 years, and TBE Sisterhoodʻs past and future. May this special Shabbat service enrich your
soul, while bringing words and music to your heart. May women and men join together to celebrate the legacy of our
foremothers, a history that changed the face of North American Reform Judaism, and may women around the world forever unite
to accomplish what they only dreamed to be possible.
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Marcia Schwalb – Vice President, Education
Taking Action on Israel
By now our Religious School students and parents enjoyed an “Israel Experience” brought to us by our Temple Educator,
Diane Berg, and made a success with the help of our wonderful parent volunteers and staff, many thanks to you all. “The Salute
to Israel” parade is just around the corner on Sunday, June 2nd and we hope our teens will enjoy participating in that experience
as well. We offer other ways to get involved and learn more about Israel. Congregant, Bob Lifson, is spearheading - Israel Action
Committee and Audrey Gold, ARZA Committee chairperson, has arranged for Rabbi Orkand, past President of ARZA, to speak
to us on Thursday, May 16th on “Progressive Judaism in Israel and Women of the Wall”. We hope you will join us.
Have you lived in, travelled to, heard a speaker from or about Israel, seen a movie or read a book about Israel, and would like
to share your interest and knowledge with our community? We are always looking for topics of interest and teachers/presenters
for Continuing Education programs and would love to hear from you. Please feel free to contact me at [email protected]
or Rachel Frankel with ideas and suggestions. To learn more about current events in Israel, Jackie Hasson, our library
coordinator recommends reading “Midstream – A Quarterly Jewish Review” that can be found in our library. For younger readers,
Religious School Hebrew teacher, Ann Wieder, recommends Zvuviʼs Israel by Tami Lehman-Wilzig – a beautifully illustrated book
about a house fly named Zvuvi who travels around Israel visiting cities, ancient ruins, nature reserves and more.
Can you find Zvuvi?
Iʼd like to share a simple yet delicious recipe, which is a favorite food of one of my friends from Israel.
This delicious treat can be eaten for breakfast or any other meal and serves 4 to 6 people.
Egg and Tomato Scramble – Shakshooka (from Cooking the Israeli Way by Josephine Bacon)
(1) 14 oz. can whole peeled tomatoes
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter or margarine
3 eggs
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Place tomatoes in a colander and drain well. Transfer tomatoes to a bowl and break into small pieces with a spoon.
Melt butter in a deep skillet or saucepan. Add tomatoes, chili powder, and flour and stir until smooth.
Reduce heat and simmer gently, uncovered for 1 hour.
In a small bowl, beat together eggs and salt. Just before serving,
add eggs to tomato mixture and stir lightly, cooking until eggs are set. Serve hot with pita bread.
Enjoy and Lʼhitraot!
Audrey Gold, Committee Chairperson
ARZA
What is ARZA? ARZA is the funding source for the Israel Progressive Judaism movement in Israel. In addition ARZA supports
the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) which fights to make all forms of Jewish worship equal in Israel. ARZA works to build
support for Israel in the U.S. and aids congregations to increase their knowledge of Israel.
Why is ARZA important? ARZA looks to make Israel more democratic by working to end the control of the Ultra-Orthodox on
marriage, military service, and religious funding etc. Seating on government run buses is now out of the control of the Ultra
Orthodox after a long struggle. You are able to learn more by going to their website http://www.arza.org.
Please join us on Thursday, May 16th, at 7:30pm in the Great Room as we welcome Rabbi Robert J. Orkand DD, Senior Rabbi
of Temple Israel of Westport, CT and immediate past president of ARZA, past Chairman of the National Commission on Jewish
Education for the Reform Movement, and past chairman of the Program Committee of Eisner Camp Institute in Great Barrington,
MA. Rabbi Orkand will discuss Progressive Judaism in Israel, its future and how we can help, the Israel Religious Action Center
(IRAC) and its director Anat Hoffman and Women of the Wall. There will also be a question and answer portion. Light
refreshments will be served. For more information or questions, please contact me at 631-470-3579 or email
[email protected]
Look for “ARZA dues” on your temple bill in June and please check off the box to help support Progressive issues in Israel.
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Bob Lifson, Trustee
What is an Israel Action
Committee?
Interested members of the synagogue should be aware that the TBE Board is considering the feasibility of establishing an Israel
Action Committee. Many may wonder what is an Israel Action Committee; what would it do, and why is it needed?
Formation of an Israel Action Committee in local temples is an idea promoted by the several national Jewish affiliated
organizations. Its primary mission is two-fold. First is the educational component, which is intended to provide programs to inform
and educate interested people about the various threats to the existence and /or the security of our co-religionists in the State
of Israel. In this regard, the committee will sponsor programs designed to inform interested persons as to the challenges facing
Israel and suggest potential courses of actions individuals can pursue to enhance support for the State of Israel.
Equally important is the second objective, to wit, to establish an organizational infra-structure in case of a crisis in the Middle East
– a “minute man” concept wherein people are willing to pitch in to get the wheels rolling to provide humanitarian aid, financial
assistance and to mobilize broad spread public support for whatever assistance the circumstances may warrant to ensure the
safety of our fellow Jews in Israel. It is the hope that our templeʼs efforts will serve as a model, which other synagogues on
Long Island can utilize to set up similar committees in their synagogues. Those interested should contact Bob Lifson,
Audrey Gold or Florence Roffman.
Tom Cohn, Brotherhood President
Brotherhood
“But the Reason is Surprising”
A Brotherhood member recently sent me an email to let me know that he and his family had resigned from Temple Beth El.
I had caught wind that their decision had to do with a feeling that the temple was not the “right fit” for the family. Nevertheless,
this fellow told me that the Brotherhood was one of the best things about our synagogue.
I came away from reading this with bittersweet feelings. I regretted he was not able to find the right situation for his family,
and would probably no longer see him at temple. It was kind of him, however, to let me know what the Brotherhood meant to him.
Moments such as this make me stop and consider what the Brotherhood is about. Our “doings” on the weekend of March 2nd are
good examples. On Saturday night we held our Annual Wine Tasting and Dinner, which drew 78 attendees and raised
needed funds for our ongoing capital improvement projects for the temple. We havenʼt yet finalized our next project, but it will
probably involve the repurposing of the playground area on the hill in back of the parking lot. If you havenʼt been there,
it is a majestic promontory that lends itself to a number of different uses that will afford an opportunity for our temple members
to congregate in the fresh air.
On March 3rd, the Brotherhood hosted Cantor Matt Axelrod, brother of our former President – Bob Axelrod, who spoke about his
recently released book “Surviving Your Bar or Bat Mitzvah: The Ultimate Insiderʼs Guide”. Cantor Axelrod was by turns witty and
sage and his book will be an excellent resource for parents and young people planning for a day that all too often becomes
needlessly stressful.
Above and beyond our events and our fundraising, however, the Brotherhood is about the connections our members make with
each other. As well-known author Bruce Feiler recently noted in the Jewish Week, “Research consistently shows that religious
families are happier, but the reason is surprising. It is not about how close you are to God or how many services they attend.
It is about relationships. Happiness is deeply related to having close relationships, and religious people tend to feel part of
a larger community.”
In the next issue of the Bulletin, I will share with you what The Brotherhood has personally meant to me.
Please join us on Sunday May 5th for our annual meeting and a field trip to:
The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center, at The Welwyn Preserve in Glen Cove.
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Friends of the Library
In celebration of Shavuʼot, 6-7 Sivan (May 14-15th), the festival commemorating the anniversary of the day that God gave
the Torah to the Israelites, and in keeping with the custom of Torah study, the library invites congregants to peruse our
shelves, read a book in the library, or borrow a few.
TBE Sisterhood Book Clubʼs current reading list includes Israeli novelist David Grossmanʼs “To the End of the Land” and
weʼve added a copy to our collection.
According to Colm Toibin, who reviewed the book for The NY Times Sunday Book Review, “this book is a testament to
Grossmanʼs novelistic talent, indeed perhaps his genius, that ʻTo the End of the Landʼ manages to create and dramatize
a world that gives both the reality and the echo their full due. He weaves the essences of private life into the tapestry
of history with deliberate and delicate skill; he has created a panorama of breathtaking emotional force, a masterpiece of
pacing, of dedicated storytelling, with characters whose lives are etched with extraordinary, vivid detail. While his novel
has the vast sweep of pure tragedy, it is also at times playful, and utterly engrossing; it is filled with original and
unexpected detail about domestic life, about the shapes and shadows that surround love and memory, and about the
sharp and desperate edges of loss and fear.”
“Shared Narratives – A Palestinian-Israeli Dialogue” posted on Jstor, a web-site that provides free access to hundreds
of thousands of articles in the public domain, can be accessed via our Patrons Computer located in the library:
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=israelstudies
The Library is open whenever the temple is open.
Jackie Hasson, Staff Library Coordinator, 631-427-0484, [email protected]
Rachel Frankel, Library Chairperson, 631-549-5216, [email protected]
Jackie Hasson,
Staff Library Coordinator
[email protected]
631-427-0484
Ira Richman, Chai Club President
Elaine Eig, Membership Chairperson
Rachel Frankel,
Temple Beth El Trustee
[email protected]
631-549-5216
Welcome to the Chai Club
Our Roots
National Public Television has been doing one of its periodic fund raisings. As you may know, some of their fund raising
programming targets specific ethnic groups, as the one about Jewish composers, featured Irving Berlin and Leonard Bernstein.
Other programs, like the mini-series “Roots,” stimulate both memories and the awareness of Black History, American History and
history in general. So I got to thinking about both the ethnicity and the history that is all around us. We can find it if we search.
But you donʼt have to look far; it is right here in the Town of Huntington and in our own temple.
During the coming months the Chai Club will host presentations by two congregants who have much to tell us about our roots.
First, Rachel Frankel will be doing a follow-up to her seriously great presentation based on her research, “The History of Jews
of the Caribbean during the 17th century”. Then, Ruth Lilker, whose family has been in Huntington since the 1950ʼs, will discuss
her experiences, the Jewish history of Huntington, and the history of TBE. While thinking about Ruthʼs topic, I recall seeing a few
Jewish names in one of the turn-of-the century era photographs mounted on the wall in Mundayʼs restaurant. The images show
advertising signs for “Goldsteinʼs Dry Goods” and “Shapiroʼs” printed on a couple of Main Streetʼs buildings. Who were these
merchants? Does anyone have information about the early history of Jewish businesses in our area that they might share
with us?
Let me close by thanking ourselves for enhancing present history by contributing to programs that support Jewish values.
Let me also mention two programs that provide meals for those less fortunate: Project Hope and the Huntington Interfaith
Homeless Initiative (HIHI). Letʼs also remember to feed ourselves healthfully by supporting the “Golden Earthworm” and by
breaking matzo, and then bread, in the coming weeks.
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Ann Simon
The Mothers Circle
Wikipedia defines interfaith marriage in the following way:
“Traditionally called mixed marriage, is marriage (either religious or civil) between partners professing different religions.
Interfaith marriage typically connotes a marriage in which both partners remain adherents to their distinct religion, and as
such it is distinct from concepts of religious conversion, religious assimilation, cultural assimilation, religious disaffiliation,
and apostasy. Nevertheless, despite the distinction, these issues typically are associated with many aspects of interfaith
marriage. Some religious doctrines prohibit interfaith marriage. Others traditionally oppose interfaith marriage but may
allow it in limited circumstances”.
In our modern world, interfaith marriage is prevalent. We, at TBE embrace interfaith couples and look forward to the
diversity such unions bring to our community. With that acceptance comes the responsibility to offer support and
educational opportunities for the non-Jewish partner to feel comfortable with Jewish rituals, customs, prayers and foods.
When the family decides to raise Jewish children it is incumbent upon us to ensure that we do everything possible to
educate the non-Jewish family member in a nurturing and respectful setting without any pressure to convert. Herein lays
the strength of the Mothers Circle curriculum as written and sponsored by Jewish Outreach Institute. In our meetings, we
openly discuss the challenges of an interfaith family, while exploring the beautiful traditions of our Jewish heritage and
sharing parenting strategies. We discuss craft projects, books and ways to present Jewish values into everyday dialogues
with our children. Above all, we are a group of women who share the common goal of raising menschen.
I have had the privilege of facilitating this program at TBE, and hope to continue as long as there are mothers in our
community who have made the choice to raise their children in the Jewish faith, even though they were raised
in a different religious background. If you know someone who is interested in our classes, please have them contact me
at [email protected] or by phone 631-271-3053. We will begin a new cycle of classes in the fall.
Thank You
To Nanci Weber and Sisterhood, for a wonderful Women's Seder.
To Rita Anilionis, Elaine Eig, and everyone who helped make this
year's Second Night Passover Seder an amazing success, and to
Cantor Zeitlen, for leading the Seder this year.
To Amy and Ella Podhurst, Louise Spangle, Audrey Gold,
Debi Fallenberg, Janet Widawsky, Nanci Weber, Heidi Aronson,
Lisa Fishman and any of the members of Sisterhood who
brought delicious desserts for our Oneg after the March T.G.I.S.
To Carol Werblin and all of her H.I.H.I volunteers for their hard work
making the program an outstanding success.
To Denise Montague, Howard Schneider, Ann Simon,
Elisa McDonagh, Jennifer Freed, Sue Seiler, Rita Anilionis,
Peter Chiacchiaro, Mike Heiberger, Mimi Rosen and everyone else
who helped coordinate and organize the special
event honoring Rabbi Clopper.
To the Religious School children who helped gather items to
create the beautiful centerpieces displayed on the tables at the
special event honoring Rabbi Clopper.
To Robin Zucker, for coordinating the Blood Drive
sponsored by Sisterhood.
A very special thank you to Ilene Messina, for volunteering
to take professional photographs at the brunch in honor
of Rabbi Clopper.
Mazal Tov
To Marcia and Barry Schwalb, on the birth of their granddaughter, Tessa Lynn.
To Howard Gary, on the celebration of his 90th birthday.
Myra Feeney, on the baby naming for her granddaughter.
To Iris and Steve Herman, on the birth of their grandson, Luke Rubin Herman.
To Alan Walfield and Louise Spangle, on the marriage of their son Daniel to Jaime Theilen.
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SOCIAL ACTION NEWS
Carol Werblin, Social Action Chairperson
In March, we held our Annual Purim Baby Boutique. The Great
Room was transformed into a baby emporium where families
from the Dolan Family Health Center, Family Service League
and Tri-CYA “shopped” with their children. We had so many
wonderful donations this year that we were able to fill the atrium with strollers, walkers, car seats, and high chairs. Many of
our shoppers were expectant mothers who left with their arms
and hearts contented. Thanks to all of you who helped to give
these newborns some of the basics they need to get started in
life.
We are again providing Motherʼs Day Baskets for local shelter
residents. We are collecting toiletries, unused make-up,
stationary, large baskets, and candles, perfumes and small
frames making these baskets ʻextra specialʼ.
Please place donations by May 8th in the large basket in the
temple atrium.
Project H.O.P.E. Sunday Supper - May 19th.
We will be holding our Annual Community Barbecue in July.
Information is available in upcoming flyers.
Give and Receive
TBE Social Action Committee acts as a liaison between social
service agencies, shelters, and health care facilities, and the
clients they service. We rely on congregants for donations to
meet all of these needs and have established the program
“Give and Receive” for this purpose. Please consider a donation of furniture, house wares or slightly used clothing before
putting
them
at the curb.
Then, Project HOPE served almost a hundred and eighty
guests at a St. Patrick's Day feast given at The Moose Lodge,
thanks to a very generous donation from the “Friends of
Students for 60,000”. Alan Zox was the chef of the day, serving
an outstanding meal of corned beef, cabbage, carrots and
potatoes. Nanci Weber Schaeffer and co-chef Jen didn't disappoint our guests either. Once again they prepared a delicious
soup, which has been the highlight of many dinners. While
guests dined, they were entertained by the dancers from the
Petri School of Irish Dancing - what a special treat that was!
Please join us and you will see how our wonderful dinners function. These programs have really caught on, as our many
Huntington neighbors have come and enjoyed a hot meal in the
company of their friends. The next Sunday Supper will be on
May 19th at 4:00 p.m. If you would like to be included in this
program, either as a volunteer that day or to donate a food
item, please send me an email: [email protected]. Then
I can add your name to our mailing list.
Food Pantry
As you might know, food pantries across Long Island are having an extremely hard time stocking up recently, as the need for
food constantly increases. Please continue to bring food items
whenever your family comes to temple and place them in the
bin in the lobby. We especially need donations of "complete
meals" such as Hearty Soups, Chef Boy-r-Dee or Turkey and
Beans. We are also in need of canned fruits, condiments and
paper goods.
Upcoming Events
TBE Social Action Annual Community Spaghetti Dinner and
Boutique is set for Sunday, May 5th 2:00 pm.
Volunteers are needed in the kitchen and boutique, and to help
clean-up, serve and drive.
Please call me at 631-261-6029 to volunteer.
Special Thanks to “Neil's Wheels” for providing many of the
much needed provisions for our programs.
Take Action! Make a Difference!
B’nei Mitzvah
To Emily Siegel (May 4th), Sam Liebman and Sofia Ornato (May 11th), Stefanie Walsh (May 18th), Julia Stollow
and Jake Tetlak (June 1st), Joshua Joseph (June 8th), Alexander Pinals (June 15th)
and Emma Johnston (June 22nd) on becoming B'nei Mitzvah!
project has been to help the music teacher at her school introduce this
and other instruments to children of the Lower School and she will
also be tutoring some of the younger children. Her creative project
will be to play the French horn at her service. Her Tzedakah project
will be to donate money to the North Shore Animal League, an important charity in her life.
Emily Siegel – May 4th
We are so proud of Emily for becoming a Bat Mitzvah and truly
embracing this moment.
Three generations of our family belong to Temple Beth El, our Jewish
home. Emily has been a student at TBE since kindergarten, and has
participated in the Junior Choir and attended services regularly. We
have been especially proud the last two years for Emily to assist our
congregation by blowing the Shofar on the High Holidays.
In addition to being a warm, kind and good person, Emily has the
determination to succeed at whatever she wants. It has been no more
evident in her studies for this service, where she has truly mastered
the Hebrew language, and all aspects of the service, and asked
to learn some additional prayers for her service. With the support
of the TBE family, Emily has devoted much time and dedication to her
preparation for this service. We are excited and extremely proud to
have Emily join her brother Brian as an adult in the TBE community.
Music has been a central theme in Emilyʼs life. After playing the
French Horn in All County for three years, Emily decided that the
theme of her service project should involve music. Her service
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As a family, we have been volunteering at the Huntington Interfaith
Homeless Initiative that provides bagged meals to the homeless.
We have all been grateful to be able to assist in such an amazing
program.
Sam Liebman – May 11th
We are very proud to have Sam become a Bar Mitzvah.
The TBE Community has helped Sam learn about his religion,
embrace his heritage and feel pride for being a Jew.
We hope Julia will continue to practice Judaism as well as family
traditions throughout her life and pass on her Jewish beliefs to her own
children one day. With her drive to succeed, her kind heart, and her
musical talent, Julia has been a huge blessing to our family.
Samʼs creative project is to build a “Star of David” made from Legos,
because building Legos has been one of Samʼs most favorite hobbies
since very young childhood. Sam is anonymously sponsoring
a Long Island family in need of assistance through MʼYad LʼYad, Long
Islandʼs Helping Hands, for his community service project. Four times
a year, Sam will send letters of emotional support along with things
that the family has requested to improve their quality of life. For charity,
we are donating a portion of Samʼs gifts to the American Heart
Association, because heart health is especially important to our
family.
Joshua Joseph – June 8th
Since we joined TBE, we have been warmly welcomed and feel very
much a part of the community. We have always taught Joshua to love
and respect himself as well as others, while TBE has reinforced these
lessons.
Sam is both excited and nervous to become a Bar Mitzvah. He is an
intelligent young man whose kindness,enthusiasm and sense
of humor will be shared when he stands on the Bimah.
Our son is blessed with a combination of creativity, intelligence and
kindness. Joshuaʼs service project, tutoring at the religious school, has
taught him the joys of working with younger children. Josh loves to
draw. He is creating artwork featuring original Jewish-themed
characters, which he will present to the Temple as his creative project.
For Tzedakah, Josh is donating a portion of his Bar Mitzvah gifts and
the proceeds from sales of his original character neckties and art
intellegenc to “Island Harvest”.
Please visit: www.joshBarMitzvahart.webs.com
We are certain that these qualities will serve him well through life.
Stefanie Walsh – May 18th
Stefanie Rose is our third daughter to become a Bat Mitzvah.
Following in the path of her two older sisters and older brother who
also became a Bʼnei Mitzvah at TBE, Stefanie has studied extremely
hard for this very special day.
As we mark this milestone, we giving to see glimmers of the man that
Josh will be. We are very proud of him today, and excited to see what
he will accomplish in the future.
For Stefanieʼs service project, she has made many delicious lunches
for the homeless men that sleep at Temple through the HiHi program.
She also volunteered her time with special needs children in the
community through an organization called “Kids Plus”. She assisted in
developmental sports programs and recreational activities including
basketball and “Just for Kicks” - soccar for children with disabilities.
Stefanie has decided to donate a portion of her Bat Mitzvah gifts to this
program for new sports equipment. Stefanie loves to take pictures. For
her Creative Project she has decided to make a collage of
“all things” Jewish in our community.
Alex Pinals – June 15th
TBE has been a part of our lives for many years. Some of Alexʼs earliest memories of life at TBE include “Mommy and Me”, attending
Nursery School, and coming to watch his entire family rehearse and
preform in “Joseph”. One of Alexʼs first experience on state was with
the Chutzpah Repertory Theatre, which led to a love of performing and
dance. Alexʼs creative project is a dance he is choreographing to
Matisyahuʼs “One Day”. Alex likes this song, which he learned at
Crane Lake Summer Camp, because its lyrics tell about the ending
violence, while promoting peach and understanding.
Stefanie and her family would like to thank Cantor Zeitlen for helping
her prepare for this day. It has been an amazing journey and would not
have been the same without Rabbi Clopper and Cantor Sherry who
have been there for our family for the past ten years. We wish to thank
Rabbi Clopper for his guidance and patience while preparing Stefanie
for this very special time in her life, and of course, Cantor Sherry for
always being there both for Stefanie and her family.
Alex knows there are many less fortunate people in our community, so
he has helped provide food and shelter by participating in a haunted
garage and selling lollipops to collect food & donations for local food
pantries. He helped setup shelter and dinner for HIHI. Alex is
volunteering once a week at his dance studio, teaching boys hip-hop
because he enjoys encouraging other boys to learn how to dance.
Alex will be donating a portion of the gifts he receives to help fund
Cancer research.
Julia Stollow – June 1st
TBE has helped guide Julia through Judaism, teaching her about
traditions, customs, and the significance of what it means to be
Jewish. It has brought us joy to see her participate during the
Passover Seders, blessings over the Shabbat candles, as well as
many other traditions we have in our home.
We are happy that Alex has reached this first milestone in his Jewish
education and look forward to his continued growth within the TBE and
Jewish Community.
Julia will be performing a piano piece, “Ani Ma'amin”, during her Bat Mitzvah
service. She has chosen this piece because of its significance to the
Jewish people. Many Jews sang this song in the concentration camps
because it affirms the belief in the oneness of God.
Emma Johnston – June 22nd
We are very proud of Emma as she becomes a Bat Mitzvah. Emma is
a loud, vibrant, heartfelt and caring child in a big family. She is thrilled
to become a Bat Mitzvah at Temple Beth El where both her older
sister and mother also became Bat Mitzvah. Emma also enjoys her
volunteer work with the JJWL of Huntington.
As a family, we try to be charitable in our daily lives: being a good
friend, helping someone who is struggling. Julia has chosen to
collect DVD's to donate to “Smiles for Scott”, a foundation formed
in honor of her friend, Scott, who died from brain cancer at the age
of five. These DVD's will be donated to LIJʼs - Cohen Children's Center
through this foundation.
Emma has chosen a theme of books for her special day. Books have
great meaning for Emma and she is rarely far from her beloved Kindle.
As her service project she will be volunteering to read to children and
also continuing to volunteer for Project H.O.P.E. For her charity
project she plans to donate books and money to childrenʼs libraries
in need. Her creative project is still “in the works”.
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Kol Nidre Campaign Report
Surelle Heiberger, Chairperson
The 2012 Kol Nidre Fund Campaign took a bit longer this year extending into 2013. Our objective is for as many congregants to
participate with an amount that they are comfortable with. The Kol Nidre Fund is TBEʼs way of providing help for those members
who cannot afford the full cost of temple membership and it keeps us from having to raise temple dues more than the small
increases now necessary to meet increasing costs.
The bottom line is that we have raised just about the same amount as we did in 2011, which was just a few thousand dollars short
of our $60,000 budget line. The good news is that member participation was up by 14% over last year. More of our members are
joining together to help even if some could not give as much as they were able to last year.
It is not easy to ask people for donations, particularly when they are already paying dues, assessments, school tuition and
memberships in Brotherhood, Sisterhood or The Chai Club, but unfortunately it is necessary.
I would like to thank our phone squad who this year as in past years, have contacted those congregants who have not returned
their pledge cards. Volunteer callers were: Ira Richman, Peter Schapero, Howard Schneider, Loren Silverman, Denise Montague
and Mike Heiberger. Also, many thanks to Lisa Bennett and Irma Talbot for keeping me updated on receipts and please allow me
to extend the greatest Thank You to you, the members of TBE who again have generously donated to our The Kol Nidre Fund.
Kol Nidre Honor Roll 5773
Richard & Susan Aaronson
Philip Adelman
Glen Ames
Chris Anastos & Rachel Frankel
Barry & Barbara Aronowsky
Mark & Heidi Aronson
Lennard & Ann Axinn
Charles & Sherry Baran
David & Julie Barton
Gloria Barton
Mark & Carol Baskir
Robert & Eileen Baumann
Arnold Becker
Diane Berg
Arthur & Bridgette Berger
Stanley M. & Marion J. Bergman
Robert & Debra Bergson
Alan & Carol Berliner
Michael & Elyse Besso
Mark & Andrea Biblow
Sharon Block
Harold & Joan Blog
Lawrence & Suzanne Blum
Mark & Amy Blumenthal
Linda Braun & Ilene Davis
Edward Brozinsky & Janet Singer
Salvatore & Monica Caravella
Barry & Ferne Chase
Peter & Suanne Chiacchiaro
Jeffrey & Carol Clopper
Howard & Ruth Cohen
Tom Cohn & Victoria Craven
Robert & Sandra Crain
Brian Dalton & Jennifer Freed
Michael & Carol Dannenberg
Howard & Linda Davis
Rick Davis
Vincent & Jill DeMarco
Sheldon & Adrianne Dietz
Scott & Audrey Dinstell
Steve & Janis Dombrower
Arlen & Rebecca Donders
Howard & Sherry Eckstein
Andy Edelstein & Beth Sherman
Barry & Elaine Eig
Daniel & Lynne Eig
Jerold & Judith Epstein
Michael & Hillary Epstein
Mike & Randee Epstein
Stephen & Doris Faber
Judith Fairbanks & Bryce Bronstein
Deborah Fallenberg
Michael & Cecile Fallon
Eric & Melissa Farina
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Myra Feeney
Peter & Joan Feilbogen
David & Debora Feinblatt
Jeffrey & Elyse Feldman
Rosalind Finkel
Robert & Lisa Fishman
Brian & Rachel Fogel
David & Kirstin Forman
Alan & Sharon Freeman
Kenneth & Franci Freilich
Gregg & Noreen Fremed
Joanne Fried
Jonathan & Ruth Fuller
Richard & Jennifer Fusco
Howard & Molla Gary
Lynn Geisler & James Howard
Stuart & Vicki Gelberg
Barbara Gettinger
Stanley & Elsa Gewanter
Herbert & Gloria Gildin
Jennifer Gittelman
Evan & Janet Glass
Audrey Gold
Alan & Jackie Goldberg
Robert S. & Toby Goldberg
Seymour & Audrey Goldberg
Jane Goldblatt
Mark & Susan Goldman
Robert & Carol Goldman
Norman & Marjorie Goldner
Dan & Rosalie Goldstein
Robert & Joan Goodman
David & Elissa Gordon
Robin Grass & Una Warde
Richard & Linda Greenwald
Scott & Danielle Greenwood
Christopher & Stacey Grieco
Sergio & Nelly Gallardo
Steven & Lisa Hartman
Brian & Tammy Hasenzahl
Stephen & Sandra Hechler
Michael & Surelle Heiberger
Andrew & Gail Helfand
Steven & Iris Herman
David & Melanie Herzfeld
David & Nancy Hirsch
Jeanne Hirschfeld
Daniel & Carol Hittleman
Steven & Jennifer Honickman
Michael Hutt & Amy Korobow
Francine Hyde
Richard & Beverly Iserson
Ron & Nancy Israeli
Gerald & Laura Jackson
Steven & Debra Jarmon
Matthew & Marla Johnston
Jeffrey & Abbe Joseph
Jeffrey & Susan Jurrist
Roy & Maria Kahane
Steven Kaish & Julia Mermelstein
Richard & Rosalie Kammerling
Ely & Elaine Kaplan
Richard & Danna Kaplan
Stuart & Debbie Kaplan
Andrew & Tanya Karpf
Richard & Marlene Kasman
Brian S. & Susan E. Kaufman
Jonah & Lynn Kaufman
Stephanie & Jenny Kellerman
Andrew & Jill Kipnes
Burton & Laura Klayman
Mary Klein
Jacob Kotler
Paul & Nancy Krawitz
Herbert & Barbara Kreindler
Patricia Kresner
Alan & Brycie Kristel
Steven & Lisa Kristel
Harley & Karen Kudler
Jesse & Amanda Laserson
Andrew & Andrea Levenbaum
Stephen & Marjorie Levy
David Lieberman & Paula Klein
Steve & Lisa Liebman
Robert & Joan Lifson
Ruth Lilker
Jeff & Carol Lipman
Brad & Suzie Lustig
Joseph & Judith Madenberg
David & Linda Mahler
Bernard & Toby Markowitz
Burt & Sandra Masnick
Debbie & Andrea Mattera
Thomas & Elisa McDonagh
Ilene Messina
Barry Mildener & Richard Pitch
Robert Miller & Naomi Edlin-Miller
Alison Mishkit
Gladys Mishkit
Marvin & Ethel Molny
Lawrence & Roberta Monat
Arthur & Linda Mont
Todd & Denise Montague
Claudia Morett
Richard F. Moses & Carol Werblin
Israel Moskovitch & Joanna Negro
Kenny Moskowitz
Steven Nathanson
Stephen & Amanda Nesis
Harry Newman & Barbara Reiss
Kenny & Susan Ng
Roberto & Jane Ornato
Edward & Marilynn Perlin
Joseph & Eleanor Perlman
Howard & Rhoma Phillips
Barbara Pickell
Michael & Rebecca Pilson
Andrew & Ann Pinals
Martin Podgainy
Robert & Amy Podhurst
Sara Pokross
Howard & Susan Postel
David & Deena Purow
Mark & Lucy Raskin
Martin & Gail Redler
Michael & Lauren Resnikoff
Charles & Debra Rich
Ellen Richer
Ira & Cheryl Richman
Jeff & Harlee Richmond
Mark & Debbie Rimler
Alan & Michele Roberts
Robert & Debra Roday
Steve & Florence Roffman
Carol Rosen
Mary Rosenvinge
Edward & Laura Ross
Peter & Naomi Rothenberg
Neal Rotter & Shelley Camens
Barry Rozen & Sarah Lichtenstein
Jeffrey Rubin & Cora Brettler
Jeffrey Rudner
Marc & Rita Jones Safian
Eugene & Edith Sard
Donald & Christine Sarner
Neal & Viviene Saslow
Bernard E. Schaeffer & Nanci Olivere Weber
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Peter & Ilene Schapero
Alan & Linda Schatten
Barbara Schenk
Robert & Suzanne Schindel
Albert & Marcia Schmier
Edythe Schneider
Howard Schneider & Miriam Rosen
Michael & Amy Schnitzer
Rich & Erin Schoor
Susan Schreiner
Barry & Marcia Schwalb
Jack & Elizabeth Schwartz
Robert & Susan Seiler
Minna Seligson
Barton & Jane Shallat
Gary Shaw & Helen Zuckerman
Arnold & Eileen Shindler
Clifford & Lorie Siegel
Harriet Silverman
Loren & Leeanne Silverman
Pearl Silverman
Rita Simmons
Laurence & Ann Simon
Frances Simowitz
Julie Sitler
Paul Siudzinski & Ellen Gray
Dianne Slavin
Michael & Carol Slippen
Sheldon & Toby Smolokoff
Gil & Denise Spencer
Lois Spritzer
Aaron & Sasha Stein
Melvyn & Rosanne Stein
Howard & Barbara Stern
Selma Cohen Swaim
Howard Szarfarc & Gemma Toner
Irma Talbot
Ira & Teresa Tane
Helene Tiger
William & Phyllis Toran
Michael & Ellen Vahling
Rick & Elizabeth Viesta
Janet Walerstein
Alan Walfield & Louise Spangle
William & Linda Wattel
Michael & Jane Weinkrantz
Erika Weiss
Michael & Janet Widawsky
Carolyn Widerman
Steven Widerman & Linda Bookheim
Widerman
Victoria Wilson & Gerald Cupit
Isabel Winokur
Robert & Linda Winter
Jerry & Susan Wolff
Cantor Deborah & Mac Zeitlen
Bob & Robin Zucker
Keith & Carrie Zuckerman
Barry & Margo Zusman
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Tributes
50th ANNIVERSARY FUND
In memory of:
Raymond Feifer at yahrzeit
- Charles and Sherry Baran
Florence Matthews at yahrzeit
- Lawrence and Roberta Monat
Minnie Kanigel at yahrzeit
- Gerald and Laura Jackson
Edward Rosen at yahrzeit
- Howard Rosen and Miriam Schneider
Rae Phillips at yahrzeit
- Howard and Rhoma Phillips
Doris Kaplan at yahrzeit
- Ely and Elaine Kaplan
Beatrice and Charles Schwalb at yahrzeit
- Mike and Elyse Besso
Joseph Kalish at yahrzeit
- Ely and Elaine Kaplan
Morris Mildener at yahrzeit
- Barry Mildener and Richard Pitch
Eli Sherman at yahrzeit
- Stephen and Sandra Hechler
Carl Bagnall, Beatrice and
Charles Schwalb at yahrzeit
- Barry and Marcia Schwalb
Douglas Gray at yahrzeit
- Warren and Diane Kleet
Betty Friedman at yahrzeit
- Burt and Laura Klayman
Ann Millstone at yahrzeit
- Burt and Laura Klayman
Gloria Silverstein at yahrzeit
- Michael and Susana Silverstein
Henry Jackson at yahrzeit
- Gerald and Laura Jackson
Warren Bronstein at yahrzeit
- Judy Fairbanks and Bryce Bronstein
Frieda Bronstein at yahrzeit
- Judy Fairbanks and Bryce Bronstein
Russell Chernick at yahrzeit
- Cindy Halpern
Grace Koutrouby at yahrzeit
- Dianne Slavin
Robert Slobodien at yahrzeit
- Evan and Janet Glass
Harry Prince, Berta Feilbogen and
Rosa Kupferberg at yahrzeit
- Joan and Peter Feilbogen
Benjamin Danis at yahrzeit
- Martin Podgainy
Joe Sitler at yahrzeit
- Julie Sitler
Sidney Israel at yahrzeit
- Mark and Heidi Aronson
Estelle Bard at yahrzeit
- Kenny and Susan Ng
Arthur Gilman at yahrzeit
- Robert and Joan Goodman
Selma Satran at yahrzeit
- Robert and Joan Lifson
Martin Greenwald at yahrzeit
- Richard and Linda Greenwald
Morton Blum at yahrzeit
- Lawrence and Suzanne Blum
ADULT EDUCATION FUND
In honor of:
The birth of Tessa, granddaughter
of Barry & Marcia Schwalb
- Barbara Schenk
CANTOR'S DISCRETIONARY FUND
In honor of:
David Brown becoming a Bar Mitzvah
- Lynn Geisler and James Howard
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND
In memory of:
Richard Slippen
- Adrianne and Sheldon Dietz
- Arnie and Eileen Shindler
Sam Shindler at yahrzeit
- Arnie and Eileen Shindler
In honor of:
Zachary Toran becoming a Bar Mitzvah
- Adrianne and Sheldon Dietz
- Joe and Judy Madenberg
CARING COMMUNITY COMMITTEE FUND
In memory of:
Eva Strauss and Bernard Strauss at yahrzeit
- Melvin and Dolores Weinzimer
Sylvia Walfield at yahrzeit
- Alan Walfield and Louise Spangle
CAROLE VOLKMAN KITCHEN FUND
In memory of:
George Kaeman at yahrzeit
- Debra and Charles Rich
Sam Spiegel at yahrzeit
- Alan and Carol Berliner
Gail Iris Klayminc at yahrzeit
- Howard and Sherry Eckstein
CHAI TRIBUTE FUND
In memory of:
Herb Walerstein
- Fran Simowitz
Robert Simowitz at yahrzeit
- Fran Simowitz
In honor of:
Howard Gary's 90th Birthday
- The Kirschner's, Wax's and Waxman's
To the recovery of:
Janet Singer
- Elaine and Barry Eig
GENERAL FUND
In memory of:
Roberta Fremed
- Harry and Barbara Newman
Zena Camens
- Fran Simowitz
Carol Fleischman
- Fran Simowitz
Alexander Coleman at yahrzeit
- Mike and Surelle Heiberger
In honor of:
The birth of Tessa, granddaughter
of Barry & Marcia Schwalb
- Mike and Surelle Heiberger
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M. GERSHON YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP
& CAMP FUND
In memory of:
Lenore Rand
- Harriet and Norman Copel
Herb Walerstein
- Harriet and Norman Copel
Rita Kammerling at yahrzeit
- Richard and Rosalie Kammerling
Eva Widawsky at yahrzeit
- Mike and Janet Widawsky
In honor of:
The baby naming performed by
Rabbi Clopper
- Molly Wood and family
Zachary Toran becoming a Bar Mitzvah
- Herb and Barbara Kreindler
Rabbi Clopper
- Sisterhood TBE
The birth of Tessa, granddaughter of
Barry & Marcia Schwalb
- Milton and Barbara Elis
MARJ BLAUMAN MEMORIAL FUND
In memory of:
Richard Slippen
- Barbara Schenk
To the recovery of:
Barbara Reiss Newman
- Mike and Surelle Heiberger
- Barbara Schenk
RABBI CLOPPERʼS
DISCRETIONARY FUND
In memory of:
Sherry Eisner
- Alan and Joyce Pifko
Josephine D'Agostino
- David and Elissa Gordon
Philip Risika at yahrzeit
- Mollie Sugarman and Charles Sherman
Louis Baker at yahrzeit
- Herb and Barbara Kreindler
Jack Schatten at yahrzeit
- Alan and Linda Schatten
Roslyn Wohle and Roy Gordon at yahrzeit
- David and Elissa Gordon
In honor of:
Rabbi Clopper
- George Bosworth
- Jerold and Judith Epstein
Alex Kaish becoming a Bar Mitzvah
- Steven Kaish and Julie Mermelstein
The birth of Tessa, granddaughter of
Barry & Marcia Schwalb
- Andrew and Gail Helfand
The birth of Oliver, grandson of Diane Berg
- Andrew and Gail Helfand
David Brown becoming a Bar Mitzvah
- Lynn Geisler and James Howard
Rabbi Clopper, for performing a beautiful funeral service
- The Fremed Family
To the recovery of:
Barbara Reiss Newman
- Mollie Sugarman and Charles Sherman
Emily Siegel becoming a Bat Mitzvah
- Mike and Surelle Heiberger
RHEA LIEBMAN MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUND
In honor of:
The birth of Tessa, granddaughter of Barry & Marcia Schwalb
- Marjorie and Stephen Levy
SEYMOUR LILKER MIROSLAV HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FUND
In memory of:
Abraham Korner at yahrzeit
- Cindy Halpern
In honor of:
Sam Gelberg becoming a Bar Mitzvah
- Deborah Madow and Bernice Steinberg
SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE FUND
In memory of:
Alan Hendrickson
- Mary Rosenvinge
Carol Fleischman
- Ed Brozinsky and Janet Singer
Helen Cohn at yahrzeit
- Ed Brozinsky and Janet Singer
The father of Robert Geonie
- Mary Rosenvinge
Edythe Finkler at yahrzeit
- Judy Fairbanks and Bryce Bronstein
Louise Yeazell and Meyer Walfield at yahrzeit
- Alan Walfield and Louise Spangle
Leo Seiler at yahrzeit
- Sue and Rob Seiler
In honor of:
The birth of Tessa, granddaughter of Barry & Marcia Schwalb
- Mary Rosenvinge
- Harry and Barbara Newman
YOUTH & FAMILIES ENRICHMENT FUND
In memory of:
Edith Brooks
- Minna Seligson
Stanley Seligson and Frances Goldberg at yahrzeit
- Minna Seligson
Ner Tamid
Please join those who have made a
provision for Temple Beth El in planning
their estate. Your planned gift helps to
assure the long-term viability of the
temple. Please call the temple office
at 631-421-5835, ext. 200 and ask Lisa
to have someone contact you directly.
Contributions can be made by:
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL ENRICHMENT FUND
In memory of:
Lori Solomon and Rose Podgainy at yahrzeit
- Martin Podgainy
In honor of:
The birth of Tessa, granddaughter of Barry
& Marcia Schwalb
- Barbara Schenk
- Charles and Debbie Rich
- Elaine and Barry Eig
- Diane Berg
The birth of Oliver, grandson of Diane Berg
- Marcia and Barry Schwalb
____ Making a bequest to the temple in your will
____ Making a life-income charitable gift annuity
____ Making a gift using real estate
____ Other
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Yahrzeits
May 1-7
Edward Gettinger
- father-in-law of Barbara Gettinger
Louis Sprung
- father of Sara Pokross
Molly Thaler
- grandmother of Harriet Silverman
Edward Bensinger
- father of Marcia Schmier
Dorothy Friedman
- mother of Rosalind Finkel
Stuart Chernick
- brother of Cindy Halpern
Ruth Smolokoff
- mother of Sheldon Smolokoff
Ruth Klesman
- mother of Laura Klayman
Rose Newman
- aunt of Beth Gilman
Frances Spangle
- mother of Louise Spangle
Claire Sperber
- grandmother of Debra Jarmon
Tony Ullmann
- brother of Jane Goldblatt
Eleanor Epstein Browne
- mother of Jerry Epstein
Jacob M. Cohen
- father of Ruth Lilker
- father-in-law of Selma Cohen Swaim
Milton Barton
- father of Neil Barton
Celia Bonoff
- mother of Barbara Gettinger
Jean Bensinger
- mother of Marcia Schmier
Benjamin Zeldin
- grandfather of Eve Morales
May 8-14
Norma Brainin
- grandmother of Marla Johnston
Edgar Mayer
- uncle-in-law of Lucille Mayer
Glenda Rosenblum
- mother of Barry Rosenblum
Julius Schmier
- father of Albert Schmier
Libby Seiler
- mother of Robert Seiler
Louis Steinberg
- grandfather of Laurel Atkinson
Terry Sugarman
- brother of Ellen Storch
Alexander Fastow
- father of Gloria Gildin
Louise Organ
- mother of Susan Kaufman
Bernard Shindler
- brother of Arnold Shindler
Sally Solomon
- aunt of Sherry Eckstein
Eileen Summer
- mother of Tracy Summer
Stanley Barnett
- stepfather of Michael Weinkrantz
Tony Toran
- brother of William Toran
Harry L. Sherman
- father of Sandra Hechler
David Mont
- father of Arthur Mont
Rubin Rachman
- grandfather of Danielle Greenwood
Leonard Shallat
- father of Bart Shallat
Fran Shapiro
- sister of Bart Shallat
Carl Weinstein
- nephew of Cecile Fallon
Robert Feilbogen
- father of Peter Feilbogen
Irene Funt
- mother of Stacey Funt
Alfred Kammerling
- uncle of Richard Kammerling
Phyllis Karin
- mother of Marjorie Levy
Ruth Lando
- mother of Mark Lando
Abraham Rimens
- father of Gloria Barton
Mollie Schonbrun
- mother of Linda Mahler
Blanche Silverman
- mother of Judith Madenberg
Robert Weinstein
- father of Cecile Fallon
Martin Feldman
- father of Jane Ornato
Morris Fisher
- grandfather of Carol Calev
Nathan Gottlieb
- grandfather of David Susswein
Joan Purow
- mother of David Purow
May 15-21
Michel Copel
- father of Norman Copel
Celia Epstein
- mother of Elaine Eig
Irving Levy
- father of Lucy Raskin
Fred Licht
- uncle of Phoebe Krane
Dot Radgowski
- mother of Tom Radgowski
Harold Satran
- father of Joan Lifson
Edith Silverman
- grandmother of Loren Silverman
- grandmother of Micah Silverman
- mother-in-law of Harriet Silverman
Herbert Weisinger
- brother-in-law of Cecile Fallon
David Goldman
- father of Mark Goldman
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Stanley Wang
- brother of Peter Wayne
Francis Elson
- husband of Adele Elson
June London
- mother of Bernard London
Sidney Madenberg
- father of Joseph Madenberg
Sadie Sherman
- mother of Charles Sherman
Sidney Schmukler
- father of Sandra Masnick
Ruth Greenberg
- mother of Michael Greenberg
Arnold Hirsch
- father-in-law of Lisette Hirsch
Celia Mayer
- mother of Toby Markowitz
May 22-31
Calvin Axinn
- father of Lennard Axinn
Jack Pifko
- father of Allan Pifko
Jerry Holtzman
- uncle of Beth Gilman
Michael Pehel
- ex-husband of Wendy Grand
Cynthia Slavin
- mother of Dianne Slavin
Naomi Feldman
- mother of Denise Tieman
Dorothy Licht
- mother of Phoebe Krane
Barbara Rosen
- mother of Carol Rosen
Mary Saimond
- great-aunt of Ruth Fuller
Sophie Sarner
- mother of Donald Sarner
Mildred Weisinger
- sister of Cecile Fallon
Louis Pakula
- father of Janet Walerstein
Gretchen Rothenberg
- mother of Peter Rothenberg
Anthony Vajda
- father of Rosalie Kammerling
Cindy Bertuch Rosencrans
- sister of Michael Bertuch
Stanley Hoffman
- brother of Sanford Hoffman
Ruth Bergman
- mother of Stanley Bergman
Joel H. Cohen
- brother of Ruth Lilker
- husband of Selma Cohen Swaim
Sylvia Schmeltzer
- grandmother of Danna Kaplan
June 1-7
Fanny Cupit
- mother of Gerry Cupit
William Phillips
- father of Howard Phillips
Michele Hall
- sister of Anne Sacks-Berg
Albert Charles Penny, III
- father of Ann Pinals
Judith Peters
- mother of Stan Peters
Hattie Toran
- mother of William Toran
Abraham Masnick
- father of Burt Masnick
Ronnie Palmet
- mother of Deena Purow
Henrietta Lewis
- aunt of David Eysler
Anna Masnick
- mother of Burt Masnick
Leonard Rotter
- father of Neal Rotter
Frances Landau
- mother of Betty Schram
Minnie Rosen
- grandmother of Carol Rosen
Bruce Schwartz
- brother of Ferne Chase
Louis Stuchinsky
- father of Sidney Stuchin
Bridget Warde
- mother of Una Warde
Led Hyde
- husband of Fran Hyde
David Kreindler
- father of Herbert Kreindler
Adele Waldgeir
- mother of Linda Winter
June 8-14
Madelon Engel
- sister-in-law of Helen Zuckerman
Sarah Lipsius
- grandmother of Barbara Schenk
Arline Schram
- mother of David Schram
Judith Aronowsky
- mother of Barry Aronowsky
Robert Hechler
- father of Stephen Hechler
Fanny Lew Siegel
- grandmother of Jane Shallat
Richard Podhurst
- father of Robert Podhurst
Lena Siegel
- grandmother of Carol Calev
Beatrice Statman
- mother of Bart Shallat
Alois Robert Eysler
- father of David Eysler
Sam Honickman
- father of Steve Honickman
Louis Kaplan
- father of Sylvia Wertheim
Andrew Pokross
- husband of Sara Pokross
Milton Weinkrantz
- father of Michael Weinkrantz
Sidney Wohle
- father of Elissa Gordon
James Cohn
- father of Clare Cohn-Brown
George Goldberg
- father of Alan Goldberg
Florence Jarmon
- mother of Steven Jarmon
Ethel Spiner
- mother-in-law of Martin Podgainy
Fanny Donigi
- grandmother of Ruth Fuller
Stephen Gettinger
- husband of Barbara Gettinger
Edwin Jedeikin
- uncle of Miriam Rosen
- uncle of Patricia Kresner
Constance Kreindler
- stepmother of Herbert Kreindler
June 15-21
Dorothy Fallenberg
- stepmother of Deborah Fallenberg
Arthur Gelberg
- father of Stuart Gelberg
Arthur Perlin
- brother of Edward Perlin
Mark Ruskin
- father of Joanne Fried
Morton Slippen
- father of Michael Slippen
Morris Hafetz
- uncle of Carol Berliner
Toby Wattel
- mother of William Wattel
Mary Weil
- grandmother of Mary Klein
- grandmother of Lynn Kaufman
- mother-in-law of Irving Klein
Alex Morgan
- father of Ruth Cohen
Isabel Weiner
- relative of Fran Simowitz
Keith Weiner
- relative of Fran Simowitz
Lisa Weiner
- relative of Fran Simowitz
Jack Everett
- father of Joyce Pifko
Arthur Kaplan
- father of Ely Kaplan
Daniel Vertal
- cousin of Janice Groden
Dorothy Goldman
- grandmother of Susan Seiler
Reva Edberg
- mother of Jackie Bergeron
June 22-30
Theodore Landau
- father of Betty Schram
Hyman Rosen
- father of Carol Rosen
Vivian Gettinger
- mother-in-law of Barbara Gettinger
Garson Karin
- uncle of Marjorie Levy
Reida Pifko
- mother of Allan Pifko
Charles Alter
- father of Irma Talbot
Eleanor Coleman
- mother of Surelle Heiberger
Wayne Palmet
- father of Deena Purow
Margaret Prince
- aunt of Joan Feilbogen
Arthur Zellermayer
- father of Molla Gary
Sidney Perlin
- father of Edward Perlin
Irving Schneider
- father of Howard Schneider
- husband of Edythe Schneider
Sam Szarfarc
- father of Howard Szarfarc
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Win Braun
- mother of Edward Braun
- grandmother of Linda Braun
Ruth Mezz
- mother of Madeline Mezz Hoest
Charles Mayer
- husband of Lucille Mayer
Paul Mandel
- father of Liza Tenner
Irwin Schram
- father of David Schram
Ann DeMarco
- mother of Vincent DeMarco
Doris Taffel
- friend of Mike & Surelle Heiberger
Leon Weil
- grandfather of Mary Klein
- grandfather of Lynn Kaufman
- father-in-law of Irving Klein
Condolences
To Amy Kaplan and family, on the death of her
father, Murray Weinstein,
on February 2nd, 2013.
To Vicki Gelberg and family,
on the death of her aunt and uncle,
Shirley and Harold Krasnoff,
on February 12th, 2013.
To Debbie Rich and family,
on the death of her aunt,
Roslyn Desser,
on February 19th, 2013.
To Li Josenhans and family,
on the death of her cousin,
Roberta White, on February 25th, 2013.
To the family and friends of
our congregant, Arnold Becker,
who died on March 4th, 2013.
To Michael Slippen and family,
on the death of his brother,
Richard Slippen, on March 13th, 2013.
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