Temple Shalom Bulletin

Temple Shalom Bulletin
William and Charlotte Bloomberg Jewish Community Center
Phone (781) 396-3262/3263
Fax
(781) 393-4864
www.templeshalommedford.org
475 Winthrop St., Medford, MA 02155
October 2012/Tishrei-Cheshvan 5773
Message from Rabbi David
This year, Temple Israel in Uniontown, PA,
officially shut its doors after over 100 years. Jews first
came to Uniontown in the 1860's and by the turn of the
century a Reform and Conservative synagogue were
established. There was a kosher market, although it
was long gone by the time my family arrived in 1976
when my father took over as rabbi at Temple Israel. I
remember many people greeting our family. The high
holidays were full, and a seating chart was required to
fit everyone in the sanctuary. There was a joint
Hebrew school with the Tree of Life (Conservative)
shul held at the Uniontown JCC, where summers were
spent on the swim team and lifeguard crew. Now, with
the synagogue closing, my dad, the Rabbi Emeritus of
Temple Israel, is busy making arrangements for the
Torah scrolls, memorial plaques, and other sacred
items. It is only a matter of time before the other synagogue in town and the JCC close their doors as well. It
is more than a little sad to see the dissolution of one's
Jewish community. At my Bar Mitzvah, I remember a
packed house at the old Temple Israel building and the
reception at our house.
This process is happening in small towns all
over the country. In Western PA, my primary source
of Jewish connection was BBYO, my youth group.
Each sizable town in Western PA and WV had a small
chapter, and each month we came together for
wonderful social and Jewish programs. Very few of
those towns still have viable Jewish communities
today. There simply is nothing to bring people back.
Only a small number of Jews remain. Of my few
childhood friends who stayed behind, all live in
Pittsburgh, not their small towns of origin.
I have mixed feelings about the fading of small
town Jewish communities. It is sad to see once
thriving communities disappear. On the other
hand, I have had the privilege of living in the
thriving Jewish communities of Jerusalem, New
York, and now, Eastern Massachusetts. With
increasing urbanization, viable synagogues, JCC's,
schools and all of the other institutions of Jewish
life are only found only in larger urban areas.
Moving to such an area opens opportunities for
Jewish engagement, enrichment and community.
I am writing this after an amazing Shabbat
here at Temple Shalom. Shabbat morning we had
our thriving Tot Shabbat and our new Shabbat
Yeladim service for children. The adult service
was also full in the sanctuary, and in the evening
we had a wonderful crowd for our Selichot
program and service. On Sunday, kids filled the
"bouncy house," with many current and new
members enjoying our end of Summer open house.
I was not alone in feeling the energy, excitement,
and optimism for both our present and our future.
Pretty soon we'll have to expand our sukkah!
Hag Sameach,
Rabbi David
Please continue to help our Religious School raise money by donating your
redeemable cans and bottles!
Just drop them by the custodian’s closet across from the main office.
Temple Shalom
Contact information
Temple Shalom Office Hours
Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Rabbi Braham David
Temple phone………(781) 396-3262
Cell phone………….(617) 519-1827
[email protected]
Rabbi David’s Office Hours
Wed. & Thurs: 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Cantor Howard Stern
[email protected]
Service Schedule
Officers
Friday
7:30 p.m.
Saturday
10:00 a.m.
Sunday - Thursday minyan 7:00 p.m.
President
David Sayres... …………….(781) 395-6283
[email protected]
All are welcome. Please join us!
Vice Presidents
Religious School
Steve Gold...……………….(781) 219-3940
Gan Katan (pre-K) One Sunday per month
September - May
Kita Gan (K) Two Sundays per month
September - May
Kita Aleph (G 1)
Sundays, September - May
Kochavin (G2&3)
Sundays, September - May
Treasurer
Marcia Delatizky……..…….(617) 294-0562
Financial Secretary
Herb Sandberg……………..(781) 396-2441
Clerk
Tot Shabbat (birth-age 6)
Second Saturday each month at 11 a.m.
Shabbat Yeladim (ages 6-9)
Second Saturday each month at 11 a.m.
Pam Levine
Board of Directors
Joan Klane
Lisa Skorownek
Yoav Timsit
Stephen Kenion
Donna Miller
Arnie Baer
Rueven Cohen
All past presidents
Newsletter Deadline
Office Secretary
Submissions and donations for the
November bulletin are due October 15.
Please make sure your information is
included by getting it to us on time!
Laurie Lydon……………….(781) 396-3262
[email protected]
Please email all information to
[email protected]
Next Board Meeting
The next Board meeting will be held on
October 18 at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Newsletter Editor
Tamar Siegel
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Message from the President
On the second day of Rosh HaShana we read in our Torah the story of the Akedah. It starts out with Adonai calling Abraham, who responds very simply with the word hineini, which in English we translate as “Here I am”. But unlike
in English, where the phrase can simply be a statement of ones physical presence, in Hebrew, it indicates a readiness to
serve and a responsiveness to what is asked. Throughout the Bible, and in fact throughout Jewish history, there are examples of people who answer hineini when called upon.
Now at Temple Shalom we strive to be able to answer hineini, or the plural hineinu, “here we are.” Here we are,
is, of course, what everyone wants to hear from synagogues when autumn comes and we need a place to have High Holiday services. We want Temple Shalom to say hineinu, here we are ready, the chairs are set, the Rabbi’s sermon is written, the Cantor’s voice is warmed up, and the lunch is served. When our children are ready to begin Hebrew School and
attend services appropriate for their age, we want Temple Shalom to respond hineinu, here we are for you. When we
need a synagogue to be there because we just had a baby and we need to do a bris or have a baby naming or later a Bar
or Bat Mitzvah, we want Temple Shalom to be here ready to say hineinu. And when we are in need of counseling or advice or we lose a loved one, we want Temple Shalom to say hineinu, here we are, with clergy and minyans ready for
you. If there is a program we want to see or an event we want to go, to we ask for Temple Shalom to say hineinu. And to
be perfectly honest, we are happy to do it. Because after all, that is why we are here. We are here to provide for the
needs of our diverse Jewish community.
And because we continue to say hineinu, this past year has been a year of continued growth for Temple Shalom.
This year we have already welcomed 19 new families, 45 new faces. If we add that to those who joined us last year and
over the past five years and to those who have been here since the start, we have about 290 adults and children who are
part of the Temple Shalom community. In fact, our numbers have swelled over the past two years by 80 individuals. At a
time when many synagogues, including those in this area, are shrinking, we are actually expanding at a very fast pace.
And I think it is something we should all be very proud of.
I don’t think the reason for this growth is too hard to figure out. Over the past few years we have put considerable effort into expanding our programming and offerings, especially for children and families. Our Tot Shabbat program continues to draw big crowds and now that many of our children have outgrown Tot Shabbat, we have started a
children’s service to continue to teach them about Shabbat. Our Hebrew School, which we restarted 3 years ago, now
serves 22 children in it; in four classes. And our new Director and teaching staff are excited about helping us build our
school. We’ve also expanded our programs and services for adults and our whole community. During the year we had
meditation services and learners’ minyans, a Hebrew reading class, and a Talmud class. This summer, we enjoyed Shabbat Under the Stars, pool parties, movie nights, and adult education courses. We even brought back Bingo for a night.
With all this going on, and of course we already started with an incredibly warm and friendly congregation with a long
history to build upon, it’s not surprising that Temple Shalom is growing.
Now, in order to keep all of this going and to make sure that we have the financial, the structural, and personnel
resources to continue providing for the needs and wants of our ever growing community, we need to plan for the future.
That is why this past year I formed a Strategic Planning Committee consisting of 14 members of our congregation, and
tasked them with evaluating where we are, identifying areas that we want to enhance and areas where we are lacking,
and to come up with recommendations for steps we can take to better serve the Temple Shalom community and be prepared for the challenges and opportunities the next five years will bring. The committee has been working hard to identify successful areas that we want to strengthen and weak areas that we want to improve. To begin with, we divided into
five subgroups to focus on five areas: Ritual and Observance, Social Interaction, Education for both children and adults,
Outreach, and the Temple’s Organization Structure. At the fall congregational meeting we will present an interim report
and at the spring congregational meeting I hope to have a full report and recommendations for the all of us to look at and
work towards.
But as we have started to prepare recommendations and over the past year as we have worked to keep our programs going and add new programs to the calendar, it is abundantly clear that we need more people saying hineini, here
I am. We need more volunteers to run programs, be active on our committees that really do the work of the Temple, and
become leaders of our community. Without all of us doing our part and becoming more involved, all the plans, all the
strategy, will be to no avail. Over the next year, we will be asking for volunteers to help us plan, and more importantly,
to help us implement. My hope is that when we call, we can count on you to respond, hineini, here I am. Together, and
only together, I know this year will continue to be a joyous and prosperous new year for the Temple Shalom community.
Gemar Chatema Tovah. May you have an easy and meaningful fast, and may this year be a sweet and fulfilling
year for each of you and for our whole community. Shanah Tovah U Metukah
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Service and Event Times for Sukkot 5773/ 2012
Sunday, September 30
12:00 p.m.– 2:00 p.m. Sukkah Building - Come help build the Temple's Sukkah. We need adults to
help put up the skach (roof branches) and children to help decorate. Light lunch will be served.
Erev Sukkot (Day 1) - 6:09 p.m. Candle Lighting
7:00 p.m. Maariv Service
Monday, October 1
Sukkot (Day 1)
9:30 a.m. Morning Services followed by Kiddush
Erev Sukkot (Day 2) - 7:08 p.m. Candle Lighting
7:00 p.m. Maariv Service
Tuesday, October 2
Sukkot (Day 2)
9:30 a.m. Morning Services followed by Kiddush
Yom Tov ends at 7:06 p.m.
Friday, October 5
6:00 p.m. Falafel dinner in the Sukkah (or inside in case of rain)
Cost: $10/adult; $5/child under 12; RSVP to Temple office by Monday, October 1
Saturday, October 6
9:30 a.m. Shabbat/Chol haMoed Services
Sunday, October 7
Erev Shmini Atzeret - 5:57 p.m. Candle Lighting
7:00 p.m. Maariv Service
Monday, October 8
Shmini Atzeret
9:30 a.m. Morning Services with Yizkor followed by Kiddush
Erev Simchat Torah - 6:56 p.m. Candle Lighting
6:00 p.m. Simchat Torah Celebration
Tuesday, October 9
Simchat Torah
9:30 a.m. Morning Services (Dancing with the Torah) followed by Kiddush
Yom Tov ends 6:54 p.m.
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Simchat Torah
the joy of the Torah
A time for celebration, dancing, and singing
This is also a time when we honor people who have made ongoing and lasting contributions to the temple.
This year the Ritual Committee and the Board of Directors of Temple Shalom is pleased to offer the honors of
Hatan and Kallat Torah to Bob & Shirley Kaplan
and
Hatan and Kallat Bereishit to Roy & Maxine Belson
Please join us for Simchat Torah to help thank two people who have given so much to Temple Shalom.
Tuesday, October 9
- Psukei D’zimra and Shacharit at 9:30 a.m.
- Torah Service with much dancing and merriment at approx. 10:15 a.m.
- Kiddush will follow immediately after services
*Two special aliyot are given on Simchat Torah: The first very special honor is the final aliyah for this reading
from Deuteronomy. The aliyah is designated as the Hatan Torah or Kallat Torah (literally, "Bridegroom of the
Torah" or "Bride of the Torah"). The second special honor is the aliyah for the Torah reading that begins the
new annual cycle--the one at the very beginning of Genesis. The recipient of that aliyah is designated Hatan
Bereishit or Kallat Bereishit (literally, "Bridegroom of Genesis" or "Bride of Genesis"). Both are reserved to
honor distinguished members of the congregation.
**Origins of Simchat Torah: It was the 10th century Jewish Community of Babylonia (present day Iraq) which
invented the holiday, gave it the name Simchat Torah, and began the custom of dancing with the Torah. From
Babylon it spread to the entire Jewish world, with each ethnic group contributing new customs which were
then absorbed by Klal Yisrael.
The special celebration of Torah begins in the evening after the first day of Sh'mini Atzeret . . . .After Maariv,
the congregation takes all the Torah scrolls it owns out of the Ark in order to do seven hakkafot, or circlings
with them. In the hakkafot, the scrolls are carried by dancing congregants around the raised pulpit area or
around the prayer hall -- or even around the building itself, with excursions into the streets. [Note: In order to
allow for the participation of families with young children, we will be having our Erev Simchat Torah
celebration at 6:00 pm.]
The actual carrying of the scrolls is shared among all the congregants, and children join in the processions. After the
dancing, all but one of the Torah scrolls are returned to the Ark, and the congregation reads the last two chapters of
Deuteronomy, dealing with the death of Moses. It is the only Torah passage that is read at night, and the only one never
read on Shabbos. Aside from the practicalities, perhaps this has to do with the relationship between night, sleep, and
death -- and with an unwillingness to recount the death of Moses on Shabbos.
Next morning that passage is reread and the first chapter of Genesis, dealing with the seven days of Creation, is added.
Thus the readings reassert the cycle of death-into-life at two levels: the cosmic level in which Moses' death leads straight
to the creation of the world, and the historical level in which it leads straight to new leadership and the beginning of a
new task. We are being taught, as it were: "The building of a new society is like the creation of a new world."
On Simchat Torah, the Torah dancing begins with the physical dance with physical scrolls; but the dancing mood is then
extended into the process of reading the Torah. The reading takes a playful turn, one in which the text itself is tossed
from reader to reader as ballet dancers might toss one of themselves. The whole congregation -- even those who usually
populate the fringes -- gets involved.
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Temple Shalom welcomes as new members
Robert & Sandee Ellis of Medford
Lori Glazier & Keith Marill and their children Hannah, Austin,
and Jessica of Boston
Andy and Gisle Ellis and their children Lila and Isaac of Medford
Jeffrey & Samarrah Clayman of Arlington
Mark & Rachel Krebs and their daughters Helina and Johanna of Arlington
Justine Kahn & Rachel Berry and their daughter Willa of Medford
Anna Greenberg of Medford
Vicki Fleisig of Yorba Linda, CA
Erich Weinstein & Lisa Lusczynski of Woburn
We are so pleased to have you as part of our community!
Introducing “Shabbat Yeladim”
Shabbat Yeladim is for children who have outgrown Tot Shabbat but would still
like to enjoy Shabbat with their friends while learning songs,
prayers and stories from the Torah.
Shabbat Yeladim is a drop-in program for children ages 6-9 that takes place at the
same time as Tot Shabbat (the 2nd Saturday of
each month at 11a.m.) in the synagogue library.
Contact David Sayres at [email protected] with any questions.
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Family-Friendly Hike in the Middlesex Fells
Sunday, October 14 at 11 a.m.
Sponsored by Dor Hadash
Meet in front of the Temple at 11 a.m. We will be hiking out from there by 11:15 a.m.
We will walk in the Fells for about an hour and a half and return to the Temple.
Please bring a water bottle.
Contact Steve Hayes by phone or email with any questions: 781-395-8624
or [email protected]
Call the morning of event if you want to go on the hike but are running
slightly late and want us to wait for you.
Celebrate Sukkot with a community falafel dinner.
Friday, October 5, at 6 p.m. Services to follow at 7:30.
There will be seating in the Sukkah as well as in the social hall.
RSVP to the office by Monday, October 1.
Cost: $10/adult; $5/child under 12
‫זמן סיפור‬
Books and crafts are geared for kids ages 2 and up
Sunday, October 7 from 11-11:45 a.m.
RSVP so there will be craft supplies for everyone: [email protected].
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Rosh Chodesh
Tuesday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Helen Epstein
During this busy election season, how does being Jewish effect the way we view politics?
Join us for a thoughtful discussion
Questions? Contact Debbie Steiner Hayes 781 395-8624 or [email protected].
Cantor’s Class
Thursday, October 25 at 7:30 p.m. after the evening minyan.
We will be discussing a selection of readings on Israel and the Diaspora
Reading material will be available on the table outside the office the week before the class.
As usual, all are welcome to the class.
Please email Cantor Stern with questions or for information at [email protected].
Temple Shalom Book Discussion Group
Wednesday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Foreskin’s
Our next book selection is
Lament: A Memoir by Shalom Auslander
For more information, please contact Marilyn Goldberg at [email protected]
Temple Shalom Annual Red Cross Blood Drive Monday, November 12
Call 1-800-GIVELIFE or email redcross.org to donate blood.
Email [email protected] to donate time.
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Cheshvan is Jewish Social Action Month
October 16 - November 14
Temple Shalom’s Month of Mitzvahs and Events
Lecture by Rabbi Ellen Berstein - Sunday, October 21 (see next page for details)
Lap Robes: Sunday, October 28 at 10 a.m. Join the Social Action Committee in the
Temple Shalom social hall to make no-sew fleece lap robes which will be to be distributed
to congregants in nursing homes as well as donated to the wheelchair bound at the
Chelsea Jewish Home. No experience is necessary. We will provide materials.
Volunteer at Cradles to Crayons—Sunday, November 4 (see next page for details)
Blood Drive: Monday, November 12 from 1-6pm. Email Marcia Delatizky at
[email protected] to give your time, Call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or email redcross.org
to give your blood!
Pie Baking: Sunday, November 18 at 10 a.m. Our 5th annual pie baking in the
synagogue kitchen. We will prepare and freeze pies for Thanksgiving dinner for needy
Medford families. RSVP to [email protected]. If you can peel an
apple, you can help!
Book and Toy Drive: Help children in our community by donating throughout October
and November to Cradles to Crayons. They are in most need of baby board books and
new, unopened toys to be given as birthday gifts.
Thanksgiving Food Collection: During October and November, we will be collecting
canned cranberry sauce, turkey gravy, and instant mashed potatoes, and $10 gift cards
to Stop & Shop, Shaws and Johnnies Foodmaster to be donated to needy families
through the Medford family Network. Please think of your hungry neighbors in Medford
when you shop for your family.
For more information about Social Action Month please email
[email protected]
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Temple Shalom Social Action Committee invites you to
“Creation and the Environment:
Exploring Genesis from an Ecological Perspective”
A Lecture with Rabbi Ellen Bernstein
Sunday, October 21
Coffee and Pastries at 9:30 a.m., Lecture at 10 a.m.
Together we will study the early chapters of Genesis and the deep ecological perspective they offer.
No Hebrew or Biblical background necessary.
Rabbi Ellen Bernstein founded Shomrei Adamah, Keepers of the
Earth, the first national Jewish environmental organization in
1988. She is author of several books on Judaism and ecology: "Let
the Earth Teach You Torah," "Ecology & the Jewish Spirit" and "The
Splendor of Creation." She teaches widely on the topic of "Reading
the Bible Ecologically."
Lend a hand at Cradles to Crayons
Sunday, November 4 from 1-3 p.m.
You and your family (children over the age of 5) are invited to join Temple Shalom for a
volunteer shift at Cradles to Crayons Giving Factory in Brighton sorting and packaging
clothes, toys and other essentials for needy children all over the state.
Spaces are limited. RSVP to Beth Pilling by October 21 at [email protected]
We will also be holding a book and new, unopened toy drive for Cradles to Crayons
during October and November.
They are in most need of baby board books and new toys to be given as birthday gifts.
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Religious School News
Students have been busy learning about all of our fall holidays, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Sukkot and
Simchat Torah. Our students in Kochavim Class are working on their reading fluency, as they learn the
meaning of the Shabbat morning blessings. In addition, this combined class of Grade 2 and 3 is beginning to
review Hebrew on the computer, using online review games. Kochavim class will also begin its study of
Israel. Students will be involved in following a third grader and his Israeli cousin on their travels through
Israel in The Great Israel Scavenger Hunt. Aleph Class will also begin to learn about Israel, using their Let’s
Discover Israel folders and Moreh Alec’s first hand experience of Israel from his teen trip to the Jewish State.
Gan Yiladim, Kindergarten will begin their Hebrew pre-primer which introduces the students to the alef bet
letters and vowels, and key vocabulary for each letter. In addition, the Gan students will be learning a
mitzvah, or commandment, each time they come to class. Gan Katan, focuses on Jewish holidays and
incorporates Jewish children’s music, dance, games and craft projects, in addition to the ever popular snack
time. The teaching staff, has been busy collaborating on curriculum and classroom management in addition to
sharing our resources and stories, thanks to the well-stocked Temple Shalom Library.
Thank you to Roy Silverman for assembling the IKEA furniture for the new religious school office – we
appreciate your assistance! The office is comfortable and a pleasure thanks to Roy’s effort. I am looking
forward to printing out documents from the religious school computer, thanks to David Sayres, who recently
installed the necessary drivers. As always, Tamar Siegel has been a great support - a shopper, decorator and a
sounding board for various aspects of the religious school. Todah rabbah (thank you very much), Tamar!
Please feel free to contact me at my email address: [email protected] or by phone at the
Temple: 781-396-3262, and I will return your call. My direct line and cell phone is 781-576-9150 – parents,
please call this line until further notice in regard to absences or other important information about your child,
especially before 9:00 a.m. on Sunday. We are waiting for the new phone line to be installed in the religious
school office. I will let you know when it is working.
Wishing you all a fulfilling and enjoyable 5773 year, and much happiness and good health in the year ahead!
Sincerely,
Andrea Katz, Head Teacher/Director
Religious School
TOT
Saturday, October 13 at 11 a.m.
Songs, stories, crafts, prayer, and a Kiddush
luncheon afterwards.
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What is Scrip?
“Scrip” is a term that means “substitute money.” When you purchase scrip, you’re purchasing
negotiable gift certificates and prepaid cards that are used just like cash. You can use scrip to
purchase everyday items like food, clothing, and other essentials, and with every purchase, you earn
revenue for Temple Shalom.
How scrip generates revenue for you
The Great Lakes Scrip Center acts on behalf of non-profit organizations to purchase large amounts
of scrip from grocery stores, department stores, and other retailers. Because the scrip is purchased
with cash up front, the participating retailers offer a substantial discount. Temple Shalom buys the
scrip from Great Lakes Scrip Center at a discount and re-sells the certificates to families like yours
for full face value. The discount - from two to fifteen percent or more – is Temple Shalom’s revenue.
You pay nothing more than the face value of the card.
Scrip is "shopping cart fundraising”
Scrip is a popular fundraiser because families don’t have to sell anything. Organization members
produce revenue by making regular household purchases they would make anyway. Groceries,
clothing, toys, gifts, even gasoline can be purchased with scrip.
Find Out More
Download the complete list of scrip retailers at glscrip.com and email Tamar Siegel at
[email protected] with any questions or to place your order. Then put your
shopping dollars to work for Temple Shalom!
Game Night is a monthly gathering to play your favorite games
and learn some new ones.
We will focus on Bridge, but other card and board games are encouraged.
A selection of games will be available for people to try or bring your favorite to share with others.
Game night will be the first Thursday of every month.
October 4 from 7:30-9 p.m.
For more information, contact Brian Duran at [email protected]
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Donations to the Temple Shalom General Fund
Mazel Tov to Roy & Maxine Belson on the birth of grandson Archer Belson from Harvey & Eileen
Shapiro
In memory of Samuel Bookman from Stanley & Dorothy Eckstein, Arthur & Myrna Freedman, Bernard &
Marcia Arnofsky, Joel & Helaine Saperstein, Harold & Tillie Brenner, Melvin & Lucille Shneider, Ethel
Nanes, Lois Tankel, David & June Klein, Robert & Jeanne Shohet, Vincent & Joan Petroni, Harvey & Eileen
Shapiro, Mark & Elyce Pearlstein & Family, Nettie Cores, Eli & Ceil Cohen, Marc & Ellen Tesler, Saul &
Jeanette Landy, Enid Ross, Edward Fleishman, Abby Schwartz, Phyllis Kline, Roberta Steinberg, Melvyn &
Pamela Levine, Burton & Evelyn Price, Gershon & Marilyn Goldberg, Gertrude Perlitsh, and Emilia Black
In memory of David Sayres’ grandmother from Stanley & Dorothy Eckstein
In honor of the birth of Brian Duran & Nicole Weiner’s new son Noam Samuel Weiner Duran from
David & June Klein, and Michael & Donna Miller
Mazel Tov to Carl & Carole Toltz on Bat-Mitzvah of granddaughter Jamie Callum from Harvey &
Eileen Shapiro
Mazel Tov to Murray & Roslyn Smith on Bar-Mitzvah of grandson Aaron Miller from Harvey & Eileen
Shapiro, and Bernard & Marcia Arnofsky
Wishing Nettie Cores a full and speedy recovery from Bernard & Marcia Arnofsky, Ruth Weiner, Lois
Tankel, Arthur & Myrna Freedman, and Melvin & Lucille Shneider
To Rabbi David & Cantor Stern in appreciation of your Wednesday evening classes from Jay
Weinberger
Wishing everyone a Happy & Sweet New Year from Laurie Lydon
Happy Birthday to Melvin Shurmaster from Arthur & Myrna Freedman
Get well wishes to Isabelle Krasker from Bob & Phyllis Lerner
To Temple Shalom from Robert & Maura Baker & Robert Bluestein
Donations to the Sumner and Peggy Sinrich Playground Fund
In memory of beloved mother and grandmother Peggy Sinrich from Diane Sinrich, Phil, Deb, Leah &
Evan Sinrich
In memory of Great Uncle Maurice Swartz from Phil & Deb Sinrich
Happy New Year Wishes to Helen Epstein, Daniel & Shirley Freedman, Milton & Ruth Shaffer from
Phil & Deb Sinrich
In memory of Samuel Bookman from Milton & Ruth Shaffer
In honor of the marriage of Evan Sinrich to Nicole Miller from Milton & Ruth Shaffer
If you are planning to attend one of the many wonderful events our synagogue offers at 7:30
p.m. Sunday-Thursday, please consider coming a little early and attending minyan at 7 p.m..
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October Yahrzeits
October 19-25/3-9 Heshvan
October 5-11/19-23 Tishrei
Abraham Greenbaum
Rose Glimcher
Louis Arnofsky
William W. Wolfson
Rebecca Gallant
Dr. Daniela Rath
Annie Hurwitz
Aaron Frankel
Sophie Silverstein
Hyman Farber
Bernard Goldman
Harry Weinstein
William Dress
Nathan Stanger
Mollie Witten
Kiva Lemberg
Max Kertzman
Richard Cubell
John Marks
Rita Zazula
Esther Rose Kaplan
Terry Cubell
Samuel Taylor
Ivan Elion
October 26-Nov. 1/10-16 Heshvan
October 12-18/26 Tishrei-2 Heshvan
Fred Cole
Joseph Goldman
Hyman Stromer
Goldie Bereznick
Reuben Riletz
Leo Darish
Abraham L. Kaplan
Bessie Kraskin
Edyss Hoffman
Irving Sharaf
Joseph J. Peyser
Alan Tankel
Bernard Ross
Rose Leshinsky
Stanley Black
Nathaniel Tuck
Mary Sherman
Rose Adler
Beatrice Gamrin
Helen Cohan
Violet Nahman
Eva Shultz
Jacob Altschuler
Benjamin Newman
Edith Palanker
Herbert Tuck
Eva Weiner
Bessie Galaid
Abraham Cohen
Etta Boodman
Henry Kahn
Marion Savrann
"I will dwell in the House of the Lord Forever"
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the entire community for the outpouring of compassion and
sympathy at the loss of Samuel. It has given us strength, comfort and peace,
knowing we are not alone with our sorrow.
Sincerely, Anne Bookman & family.
Check things out at the Temple Shalom Library
The library is always open during office hours and when Hebrew School is in session. Instructions for using
the computer to check out and return books are clearly posted in the library. (If for some reason the
computer is not working, there is a book in which to record your checkouts or returns).
In addition, the library will be open during the monthly GAME NIGHT
on the first Thursday of every month.
If you have any questions, please email Leandra Elion
at [email protected]
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Donations to the Religious School Fund
In memory of Samuel Bookman from Herbert & Harriet Sandberg
In memory of David Sayres’ grandmother from Richard, Tamar, Rebecca & Jonah Siegel
In honor of the birth of Brian Duran and Nicole Weiner’s son Noam from Richard, Tamar, Rebecca &
Jonah Siegel
Yahrzeit Remembrance Donations
In memory of Phillip W. Shaffer from Milton & Ruth Shaffer
In memory of David G. Penchansky from Susan Blau, Laurie Lydon & family
In memory of Joel Marsh from Lisa Marsh
In memory of Nathan Zamansky from Saul & Jeanette Landy
In memory of Julius Patrick & Samuel Oppenheim from Maxine Oppenheim
In memory of Nathan Stanger from Elyce (Wolfson) Pearlstein & Sherrie (Wolfson) Weinstein
In memory of Helen Miller from Jonah Miller & Bonnie Levy
In memory of Louis Shneider from Melvin& Lucille Shneider
In memory of Max Benedict Rakisky from Sarah Freedland
In memory of Hyman Farber from Ellen Farber-Libowitz
In memory of Arnold Barruw from Vincent & Joan Petroni
In memory of Samuel Perlitsh from Gertrude Perlitsh
In memory of James Freedman from Ruth Freedman
In memory of Leonard Rubin from Arthur Rubin
In memory of Jacob & Fannie Cooperstein from Harold & Tillie Brenner
In memory of Beatrice Gamrin from Herbert & Harriet Sandberg
In memory of Lillian Camiel from Joel & Pearl Camiel
In memory of Sonia Mandelbaum from Lois Tankel
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