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CONGREGATION ADATH JESHURUN
November/December 2016 • Tishri/Heshvan 5777 • Vol. 101 • No. 3
THIS MONTH’S ISSUE
This month’s issue is chock-full of
congregant stories and they are
as varied as the members of our
congregation! If you have a story
to share, please let us know!
SOME OF WHAT’S INSIDE
Ignoring the Mud on Your Shoes.............. 1
A Mitzvah Challenge................................ 5
Artist in Residence: Robbo!...................... 8
A Personal Torah Story:
From Generation to Generation.............. 11
Pareve Thanksgiving and
Hanukkah Recipes.................................. 13
AJers in the News................................... 14
Remembering Temple Painter................ 19
The School at the Shul............................ 19
REGULAR DEPARTMENTS
AJ Person of the Month.......................... 10
B’not Mitzvah This Month......................... 8
Blast From the Past................................ 16
Calendar for November............................ 5
Calendar for December............................. 6
Donations.............................................. 25
Kid’s Corner............................................ 22
Seasons of Our Lives............................... 23
Service Schedule...................................... 2
What’s Happening at AJ........................... 4
Yahrzeits................................................ 24
Ignoring the Mud on Your Shoes
By Sara and Deb Strauss
If you were not able to join us for Day II of Rosh HaShanah,
you missed a special sermon. Past President Deb Strauss
and her daughter Sara Strauss delivered the remarks below
to the congregation. At the conclusion of the remarks, the
entire sanctuary stood to honor and thank Deb for sharing
her insights and to Sara for her help in sharing Deb’s
sentiments. Deb is appropriately beloved by our congregation.
My sincere thanks to Rabbi Kobrin for inviting Deb to deliver
the Day II sermon. – Bruce
Ten years ago my mother stood on this beautiful bimah and
asked you to financially support AJ. And you did. But today
I’m not asking you for money, I’m asking you to sit back and
listen to my mother’s words of wisdom, and of compassion.
My mother and I want to thank Rabbi Kobrin for this
opportunity for us to speak to you. Some of my mother’s
friends have expressed concern that speaking this morning
might have been too much for her. She and I appreciate their
affection and concern, but writing this speech has allowed
my mother to reconnect to this congregation that we both
love, and for that we are both thankful beyond words.
Last month while Rabbi Kobrin was visiting us, my mother
mentioned that she was compiling some essays she’d written
four years ago for her 60th birthday to put into a selfpublished book. She called it 60 at 60. It is a list of 60 events
or people who’ve impacted her life. Some of the events are
difficult, and some are transformative. I’d like to share a
few with you, with the hope that these stories inspire you
to look for those small moments that have changed your
lives. We all write our own Book of Life, choosing to find
meaning. My mother thinks the key is to pay attention to
those small moments; to look up and to see the little things
that truly make up our lives.
In 1982, Dr. Manny Fliegelman made two short phone calls.
Manny was my mother’s Aunt Shirley’s older brother, and
a well-respected obstetrician. The first phone call was to
Arty Elgart, founder of the Golden Cradle Adoption Agency.
Then Manny called to tell my parents that they’d been
accepted by Golden Cradle. They didn’t even know what that
meant. Two short phone calls from Manny, who understood
that starting a family was a dream for my parents. But for
Manny, it was a small kindness that changed their lives.
Manny passed away when my brother and I were 12 and 15,
ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT: Ed Strauss, Deb Strauss, Sara Strauss,
Gabe Strauss, Stephanie Strauss and Isla Strauss
but every time we saw him at a family event, my mother
made sure he saw our family, and made sure we all knew
what he’d done for us. And of course, as it is with many
thoughtful, kind people who understand that repairing the
world is their mission, Manny paid attention, just as Abraham
paid attention to the angels in his midst. Paying attention,
focusing was what my mother learned from Manny.
But paying attention and focusing is harder than she thought.
Last summer my mother broke her leg and recuperated at
Moss Rehab in Elkins Park. One Sunday, my parents were
eating lunch, and my mother’s back was to the door. “Are
you the Miss Strauss who tutored at Elwood Elementary?”
My mother turned around and saw a lovely young woman.
“That was a long time ago, maybe 15 years?” She walked
over and said, “I’m Darnisha, I was in second grade and you
tutored me.” My mother barely remembered her, but she
was smart enough to realize al those years ago that Darnisha
needed a little help. “You taught me that I didn’t have to be
bad to get attention. You taught me that I could be good
and like to learn and that I didn’t have to be ridiculous in
class, and when I saw your name I thought, “this must be my
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Service Schedule
ROSH HODESH HESHVAN
SHABBAT VAYERA
October 31, November 1, 2, 2016
30 Tishri, 1 Heshvan 5777
November 18, 19, 2016
TUESDAY MORNING
•Chapel Service..........................................7:00 AM
WEDNESDAY MORNING
•••
SHABBAT NOAH
November 4, 5, 2016
4 Heshvan 5777
Light Shabbat Candles..............................................5:35 PM
FRIDAY EVENING
•Kabbalat Shabbat With Strings Attached...6:15 PM
•Moed Shabbat................................................TBD
SATURDAY MORNING
•Sanctuary Service.....................................9:30 AM
Bat Mitzvah
of
DAHLIA UFBERG
Daughter of
Larry and Melissa Ufberg
•Havurah Service......................................10:00 AM
SATURDAY EVENING
•Minhah-Ma’ariv-Havdalah........................5:35 PM
•••
SHABBAT LEKH-LEKHA
November 11, 12, 2016
11 Heshvan 5777
FRIDAY EVENING
•Kabbalat Shabbat.....................................5:30 PM
SATURDAY MORNING
Note special start time!
Bat Mitzvah
of
ANNA DANIELLE TURK KARAN
Daughter of
Douglas and Elizabeth Turk Karan
SATURDAY EVENING
Sunday, November 6
2:00 AM
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FRIDAY EVENING
•In-Town Shabbat......................................7:30 PM
SATURDAY MORNING
•Joint Service at Beth Sholom at BSC...........9:15 AM
The Shabbat Experience
•Havurah Service at BSC...........................10:00 AM
SATURDAY EVENING
•••
THANKSGIVING
November 24, 2016
23 Heshvan 5777
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SHABBAT HAYE SARAH
25 Heshvan 5777
FRIDAY EVENING
SATURDAY MORNING
•Joint Service at Beth Sholom at AJ.............9:30 AM
•Hazzan’s Tisch............................following services
SATURDAY EVENING
•••
ROSH HODESH KISLEV
November 30, December 1, 2016
1 Kislev 5777
THURSDAY MORNING
•••
SHABBAT TOLDOT
December 2, 3, 2016
•••
SHABBAT VAYISHLAH
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17 Kislev 5777
FRIDAY EVENING
•Kabbalat Shabbat with Robbo...................5:30 PM
SATURDAY MORNING
•Joint Service at Beth Sholom at AJ.............9:15 AM
New Torah Readers Dedication
Hanukkah Bowl
•Tot Shabbat with Robbo*........................10:45 AM
SATURDAY EVENING
•••
EREV HANUKKAH | SHABBAT VAYESHEV
December 23, 24, 2016
24 Kislev 5777
FRIDAY EVENING
•Kabbalat Shabbat with Strings Attached...6:15 PM
SATURDAY MORNING
•Hazzan’s Tisch............................following services
SATURDAY EVENING
•••
3 Kislev 5777
FRIDAY EVENING
SATURDAY MORNING
Third Grade Consecration
SATURDAY EVENING
HANUKKAH, DAY I | CHRISTMAS DAY
December 24, 25, 2016
25 Kislev 5777
SUNDAY MORNING
•••
HANUKKAH, DAY II
December 25, 26, 2016
26 Kislev 5777
MONDAY MORNING
(National holiday for Christmas Day)
*Other programs with Robbo will be announced as they are scheduled.
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FRIDAY EVENING
SATURDAY MORNING
SATURDAY EVENING
December 16, 17, 2016
THURSDAY MORNING
•Chapel Service at AJ..................................9:00 AM
November 25, 26, 2016
SHABBAT VAYETZE
December 9, 10, 2016
Service Schedule
HANUKKAH, DAYS III, IV, V
December 26, 27, 28, 29, 2016 27, 28, 29 Kislev 5777
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY MORNINGS
•••
HANUKKAH, DAY VI | ROSH HODESH TEVET
December 29, 30, 2016
1 Tevet 5777
FRIDAY MORNING
•••
HANUKKAH, DAY VII | SHABBAT MIKETZ
December 30, 31, 2016
2 Tevet 5777
FRIDAY EVENING
SATURDAY MORNING
•Joint Service at Beth Sholom at BSC...........9:15 AM
SATURDAY EVENING
Lunch and Learn Noontime
Torah at AJ
Tuesdays, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
The Rabbinical Assembly–Mid-Atlantic Region invites
you to join us weekly at noon for the study of Torah.
A rabbi and other like-minded individuals await you
to engage in exciting discussion and thoughtful
analysis of the weekly Torah portion or other
stimulating topic. Each class is self-contained so you
can plug in at any given week. Bring your lunch and
a Bible; drinks will be provided. All are welcome. For
more information or a list of other locations, call AJ
at 215.635.6611 or the main coordinating office of
Rabbi Gary Charlestein (610.239.6003).
ATTENTION: PARENTS! Do you have adult
children who live in the Philadelphia area?
If so, please send us their contact information. We
are planning events for young adults in the city and
would love for them to participate! Thanks in advance.
DAILY MINYAN MORNING SERVICES
Sunday....................................................................9:00 AM
Monday and Thursday.............................................7:20 AM
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday..............................7:30 AM
Rosh Hodesh Services (weekday)............................7:00 AM
EVENING SERVICES
Monday through Thursday......................................7:00 PM
In the month of October, Monday through Thursday
evening services will be at Beth Sholom (BSC) at 7:00 PM.
In the month of November, Monday through Thursday
evening services will be at AJ at 7:00 PM.
SUNDAY EVENING MINYAN
In November...............................................at AJ at 7:00 PM
In December............................... at Beth Sholom at 7:00 PM
In January...................................................at AJ at 7:00 PM
EVERY SHABBAT AT AJ…
Parashat HaShavuah
12:30 PM,
Braemer Auditorium
TOT SHABBAT SERVICES
(on Joint Shabbat Mornings)
A fun way to pray with your friends. Join our 11th and 12th
grade service leaders for that special Shabbat feeling!
Make sure to stay for lunch afterwards.
JR. CONGREGATION (THE TRIBE!)
(on Joint Shabbat Mornings)
We invite preschool and kindergarten families to join us for
a fun, age-appropriate Shabbat experience! Make sure to
stay for lunch afterwards.
Share the Sponsorship
of an Extended Kiddush!
What a wonderful way to celebrate
on a Saturday afternoon!
Do you have a birthday, anniversary, or a bar or
bat mitzvah anniversary coming up? Sponsor a
kiddush for any special occasion, or just because!
Contact Robert Friedman at 215.635.6611,
ext. 112 for more information.
Catering
Babayit In-House Catering
Congregation Adath Jeshurun
“Stay Home with Us”
Ask the Rabbi
(or Hazzan or Executive Director)
Is there a question you have about Jewish religious
practice? Have you always wondered how a part of the
“AJ Way” came about? Do you want to know if a particular
Jewish practice is law, or just tradition? Send your
question to Rabbi Kobrin ([email protected]),
Hazzan Glantz ([email protected]), or Robert Friedman
([email protected]) and find the answer in
the next edition of the AJ News. Alternatively, you can
mail your question via snail mail to the synagogue office.
Just let us know in your email or letter that your question
is for the “Ask the Rabbi” column.
Attention Readers!
Do you plan to visit an interesting city, museum
or event?
Have you read a great book that you’d like
to share with others?
Did a recent experience help you to see
things in a different way?
Have you found a great web site that you
find valuable in your Jewish life?
We’d like to hear about it!
If you have a topic that you think would be of
interest to other congregants, let us know.
We’ll ask you to write a short article (emphasis
on short!) about your experience for possible
insertion into the AJ News. Provide photographs if
relevant. Writing should be conversational in tone.
If you mention other congregants in your article,
please confirm their approval in advance.
Contact Marjorie Trager at 215.635.6611 or
[email protected] if you would like
to submit an article.
Note: All articles will be edited for grammar and
clarity, and their use will be dependent on space.
Please, no shoutouts for local businesses. Any
photographs should be high resolution (300 dpi
at 3” x 4”); color photos will be reproduced in
black and white.
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PRESCHOOL CLOTHING SWAP
Bring clothing (newborn to 6 years old) that your child has
outgrown and “swap” them for lightly used garments
brought by a fellow Preschool parent! Each piece of clothing
will be $1. Donations are due by Tuesday, Nov. 1.
Questions? Email [email protected].
KABBALAT SHABBAT WITH “STRINGS ATTACHED”
Unplug from a busy week with an acoustic Shabbat
service led by Hazzan Howard Glantz with familiar
tunes that will put a smile on your face and a song
in your heart. For all ages, from babies to bubbies.
Bring your friends for this relaxed, casual, and
enjoyable service! Then stay for Oneg Shabbat
(lite dinner bites and gathering with friends).
6:15 PM
MOED SHABBAT
See page 17 for details.
BLESSING OF THE PETS
ROBYN ORODENKER BOOK CLUB
The Marriage of Opposites, by Alice Hoffman.
Please read the book before the meeting!
8:00 PM. Sponsored by AJWA Sisterhood.
SHABBAT DINNER FOR 5TH AND 6TH GRADERS
Stay tuned for details.
HELEN F. FOX SEMI-ANNUAL FALL CLOTHING DRIVE
Bring your gently used clothing, linens and shoes* to AJ!
Bins will be on the lower level of the synagogue from
November 14 to November 20. *Please bag items and”
tie or bag shoes in pairs. All items will be donated
to Impact Thrift, a local non-profit that donates
all proceeds to local charities.
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THIRD GRADE CONSECRATION
Join us for Shabbat services in the Sanctuary to celebrate
our Third Grade Consecration. 9:30 AM
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AJMA BREAKFAST PROGRAM
The AJMA will present Marcus Hayes, a sports columnist
for the Daily News. Hired more than 20 years ago as a
features writer, he has since covered the Eagles, Phillies,
and Sixers beats, as well as Big Five basketball, college
football, golf, and the Olympics. The program starts with
minyan at 9:00 AM, followed by breakfast and program.
The cost is $5.00, at the door, no RSVP necessary.
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ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM
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ROBYN ORODENKER BOOK CLUB
One Jewish Community selection, Zahav: A World of
Israeli Cooking, by Michael Solomonov and Steven
Cook. The discussion will include a potluck dinner!
Time TBD. Sponsored by AJWA Sisterhood.
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ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE WEEKEND
Singer and entertainer Robb “Robbo” Zelonky will join us
for the weekend. See pages 8–9 for details.
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HANUKKAH BOWL
Come to Shabbat services and see how much you know
about Hanukkah. Prizes for every answer! Special start
time: 9:15 AM (Joint service with Beth Sholom at AJ)
AJWA SISTERHOOD BRUNCH AND LEARN
19TH ANNUAL MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION FJMC
MAN OF THE YEAR DINNER
Robert Dromboski has been chosen as the AJ’s Man of the
Year! He will be honored at the Man of the Year Dinner at
Temple Har Zion in Penn Valley, PA. See page 17 for details.
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IN-TOWN SHABBAT
Shabbat service for our Center City members.
At the Rothbard home. 7:30 PM
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NEW TORAH READERS DEDICATION
We’ll be honoring new Torah readers at morning services,
followed by an extended Kiddush luncheon. 9:15 AM
THE SHABBAT EXPERIENCE
A joint service with Beth Sholom Congregation
at Beth Sholom. 9:15 AM
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PRESCHOOL PJ PUPPET HAVDALAH
Bring your children in their PJs for a show from
Puppets Pizzazz and milk and cookies! Stay tuned for
more info.
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KEHILLAH HANUKKAH FAMILY CELEBRATION
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AJMA SPORTS AND SPIRITS
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HAZZAN’S TISCH
Singing, more singing and a little nosh. Sit at Hazzan’s table
(tisch), sing and enjoy the melodies of Shabbat. Following Shabbat morning services in the Orleans Auditorium.
HAZZAN’S TISCH
Singing, more singing and a little nosh. Sit at Hazzan’s table
(tisch), sing and enjoy the melodies of Shabbat. Following
Shabbat morning services in the Orleans Auditorium.
KABBALAT SHABBAT WITH “STRINGS ATTACHED”
Unplug from a busy week with an acoustic Shabbat
service led by Hazzan Howard Glantz with familiar tunes
that will put a smile on your face and a song in your
heart. For all ages, from babies to bubbies. Bring your
friends for this relaxed, casual, and enjoyable service!
Then stay for Oneg Shabbat (lite dinner bites and
gathering with friends). 6:15 PM
A Mitzvah Challenge
By Bruce Armon, President of Adath Jeshurun
I hope that everyone enjoyed
the High Holy Days at AJ. The
High Holy Days are important for our congregation
and our community for so
many reasons. When we are
all together, we gain strength
from one another. We can
comfort one another. We can
challenge each other. For many of us, the High Holy Days
force us to think about how we can be better in our professional life. How we can be stronger in our personal life.
We can re-affirm our commitment to AJ and to Judaism.
AJ means something different for each of us. We each use
AJ in different ways. We each give back to AJ in different
ways. I remain firmly convinced that as a community we
can ensure that AJ’s possibilities are unlimited. We have
so much potential. We are changing. We are adapting.
We are thriving.
During my Kol Nidre speech, I asked everyone to think about
the importance of a mitzvah and to commit to doing regular
mitzvot to make AJ a better place. We can commit to helping one another in large ways and with small gestures.
I recently visited the website of all useful and useless knowledge: Wikipedia. (See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitzvah and
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/613_commandments.) I know (but
have not memorized) that there are 613 commandments.
The 613 mitzvot can be divided into three general categories:
mishpatim (laws); edot (testimonies); and chukim (decrees).
Some of the mitzvot are positive commandments. Some of
the mitzvot are negative commandments. Perhaps ascribing
to Jewish “guilt,” there are 365 negative commandments
(corresponding to the number of days in the solar year) and
248 positive commandments (which apparently corresponds
to the number of bones and main organs in the human body).
Some scholars believe that following the destruction of the
Second Temple, there are only 77 positive commandments
and 194 negative commandments that can be observed today.
So why am I sharing this background relating to commandments with you? I recently had a dream about the major
party candidates who want to be our nation’s next
commander-in-chief: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
They were debating their ability to command.
Donald Trump: I am a strong leader. I am a great leader.
I am a huge fan of strong leaders from the United States
and abroad.
Hillary Clinton: I lead by example. I have spent my
entire professional life as a leader.
DT: Secretary Clinton, you have no stamina. You have no
energy. You haven’t accomplished anything.
HC: Donald, you are exactly what a leader should not be.
You think you know everything and listen to no one.
The dream continued to spiral downward. I woke up
anxious and alarmed.
As AJ’s president, I do not have the ability, the will or
the stamina to command any of our congregants to do
anything. I do not view that as a disadvantage. I do have
the power of a smile, the ability to listen, the opportunity
to connect people, and a willingness to embrace a positive
and can-do attitude.
My challenge — not a commandment — to each of our
congregants is to do one new mitzvah a week. It can be
one of the 613 commandments, or something you create
on your own. Inside or outside of AJ. For a family member
or an AJ member. For a Jew or a non-Jew.
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Ignoring the Mud on Your Shoes, continued from page 1
Miss Strauss,” and as soon as I saw you, I knew it was you.”
She told my parents she was the weekend television person,
but during the week she was an accounting student at
Temple University. She gave my mom a hug and also
comp’ed the TV service — please don’t tell Ty Steinberg,
our own Mr. Moss Rehab — and then she left. My mother
looked at my father and burst into tears. Because that’s all
she’s ever wanted, to make a small difference in someone’s
life. Darnisha made the decision to change. But we all have
that opportunity to pay attention, to be aware, to make
eye contact, to change, to really listen, to look up. We can
never know what our one gesture of kindness can mean.
When the Israelites were crossing the Red Sea, they complained about the mud on their shoes instead of looking up
and seeing the miracles around them. We have the same
opportunity, to look up, to ignore the mud on our shoes.
Last story, in Deb’s words…
Many of you know that I have had health challenges over
the past 25 years. I think if we went around the room we’d
find that many of us have had similar challenges so I’m
telling you that we share a lot. And I’m sure you could
have written exactly what I’m going to say.
Here’s some of what I’ve learned. Not all of it, I hope,
because we’re all learning all the time.
1. Never assume. Twenty-five years ago I was sitting on
the baseball bleachers on a beautiful Sunday morning,
watching 5-year-old Gabe play T-ball, listening in on the
conversations of the women around me, dismissing their
“woes” as petty and shallow. A woman joined the group
amidst much “How are you, how are you managing…”.
My thought was, “What happened, did her housekeeper
quit?” I wondered, feeling so morally superior. Well, no.
Her sister just had a bone marrow transplant. So never
assume. And listen before you make a judgment.
2. Understand what people are telling you when
they don’t even know it. I had just finished radiation
therapy; my children were nine months and three years
old. My friend had gotten into a fender-bender and had
whiplash. She told me that I was lucky because at least
I knew that my treatment was over; but that she will
never know when she’ll be better. (Really.) She thought
that whiplash was more serious than breast cancer. So
I learned that there was nothing of substance in the
friendship. There was nothing there for me. Good lesson.
3. It’s about today. Ed told me for years that we would
worry when we had something to worry about, and not
before. After years of telling Ed he didn’t know what he
was talking about, I finally got it.
4. And it’s about asking for what I need, directly.
This still is hard for me, but I’m aware that it’s hard, and
I push myself to do it.
5. Realizing that not a whole lot of what I think is
important is really important.
6. And most importantly, that I have a lucky, lucky
life. My husband, my children, my new granddaughter,
my brothers, my friends, and my health. All good. Maybe
for right this very minute only, but still very lucky.
So my charge to you is to start your list. There are no right
or wrong answers. May you be sealed in the Book of Life.
And may you continue to find meaning through the choices
you make. Oh, and one more thing: ignore the mud on
your shoes, and look up and see your amazing world.
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Board of Directors Meeting 7:00 pm
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Helen F. Fox Semi-Annual Clothing
Drive Begins
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Robyn Orodenker Book Club 8:00 pm
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26 heshvan 28
Helen F. Fox Semi-Annual Clothing
Drive Ends
AJMA Sports and Spirits
Location TBD
12 heshvan
Blessing of the Pets 12:15 pm
Daylight Savings Time Ends:
Turn your clocks back!
5 heshvan
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*Synagogue Offices Closed
EVENING SERVICES
Sunday through Thursday.........................7:00 pm
At AJ in the month of November
6 heshvan
monday
1 DAILY MINYAN MORNING SERVICES2
Sunday......................................................9:00 am
Monday and Thursday...............................7:20 am
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday................7:30 am
Rosh Hodesh Services (weekday)..............7:00 am
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Thanksgiving*
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Synagogue Offices Closed
Morning Service 9:00 am
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Veterans Day
10 heshvan
44 Light Shabbat Candles 5:35 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat With
Strings Attached 6:15 pm
Moed Shabbat
Preschool Clothing Swap
3 heshvan
friday
17 heshvan
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Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm
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Vayera
18 heshvan
Mincha-Ma’ariv-Havdalah 4:35 pm
Anna Danielle Turk Karan,
Bat Mitzvah
Special Start Time: 9:00 AM
Lekh-Lekha
11 heshvan
Dahlia Ufberg, Bat Mitzvah
Noah
4 heshvan
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Please see JTC, JQuest
B’Yachad and AJ Preschool
calendars for their events.
Haye Sarah
Joint Service with Beth Sholom at AJ
Hazzan’s Tisch
25 heshvan
PJ Puppet Show
Joint Service with Beth Sholom at BSC
9:15 am
The Shabbat Experience:
Act Against Hunger 9:15 am
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In-Town Shabbat 7:30 pm
Preschool Mesibat Erev Shabbat
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saturday
29 Heshvan 5777
AJ and Beth Sholom
5th and 6th Grade Dinner (at AJ)
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2 heshvan
thursday
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29 heshvan 27
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8 heshvan 10
Rosh Hodesh Heshvan
1 heshvan
wednesday
21 heshvan 23
14 heshvan
Election Day
7 heshvan
Rosh Hodesh Heshvan
30 tishri
tuesday
November 2016
sunday
1 Kislev 5777
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Hanukkah, Day I
Christmas Day
19 kislev 20
Hanukkah, Day II*
26 kislev 27
Board of Directors Meeting 7:00 pm
25 kislev 26
Kehillah Hanukkah Family Concert
Featuring “Robbo” at AJ 1:00 pm
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Hanukkah, Day IV
28 kislev 29
21 kislev 22
Rosh Hodesh Tevet
Hanukkah, Day VI
Hanukkah, Day VII
Miketz
2 tevet
Joint Service with Beth Sholom at BSC
9:15 am
1 tevet 31
29 kislev 30
Hazzan’s Tisch
Light First Candle
Kabbalat Shabbat
with Strings Attached 6:15 pm
24 kislev
Erev Hanukkah
Vayeshev
23 kislev 24
Artist in Residence Weekend
with Robb “Robbo” Zelonky
(through Dec. 18)
Vayishlah
17 kislev
Joint Service with Beth Sholom at AJ
Special Start Time: 9:15 am
Hanukkah Bowl
New Torah Readers Dedication
Tot Shabbat with “Robbo” 10:45 am
16 kislev 17
Vayetze
10 kislev
Preschool Mesibat Erev Shabbat
22 kislev 23
Hanukkah, Day V
9 kislev 10
AJWA Sisterhood Brunch and Learn
with Rabbi Kobrin
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8 kislev
3 kislev
Toldot
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Consecration
2 kislev
saturday
Rosh Hodesh Kislev
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friday
2 Tevet 5777
1 kislev
thursday
Challah for Hunger Bake for Teens
4:00 pm
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14 kislev 15
Adult Education Program with
General Carmi Gillon
7:30 PM
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6 kislev
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january
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wednesday
november
December 2016
tuesday
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5 kislev
Robyn Orodenker Book Club 8:00 pm
18 kislev 19
Mid-Atlantic Region Man of the Year
Dinner, Har Zion Temple, Penn Valley
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11 kislev 12
AJMA Breakfast with
sports columnist Marcus Hayes
9:00 AM
4 kislev
EVENING SERVICES
Sunday...................................................... 5:00 pm
Monday through Thursday........................ 7:00 pm
*Synagogue Offices Closed
At Beth Sholom in the month of December
Please see JTC, JQuest
B’Yachad and AJ Preschool
calendars for their events.
monday
DAILY MINYAN MORNING SERVICES
Sunday......................................................9:00 am
Monday and Thursday...............................7:20 am
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday................7:30 am
Rosh Hodesh Services (weekday)..............7:00 am
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Artist in Residence: Robbo!
Save the dates of December 16, 17, and 18 for events
for all ages with our Artist in Residence, “Robbo” Zelonky!
By Hazzan Howard Glantz
When representatives of our Kehillah of Old York Road
asked me to host the Kehillah Hanukkah event this year
at AJ, I immediately thought of Robb Zelonky, known by
many as “Robbo” for this family-oriented Festival of Lights
Annual Program. I had the pleasure, really the meaningful
delight, of seeing Robb engage our children with his songs,
his energy, and the messages woven within them.
While we have been in contact periodically since those
years seeing him perform for our Detroit Jewish
community, I wasn’t aware that Robbo had such a variety
of programs to offer. When we spoke, I became certain that
his presence at Adath Jeshurun as an Artist in Residence for
the whole weekend of December 16–18 would only add
to the excitement for and attendance at the Kehillah event.
Robbo has been performing classic Yiddish music since he
was a child in Chicago. In fact, he made a promise to his
bubbie years ago to try to keep Yiddish music alive. With a
sprinkling of English and Hebrew classics as well, nothing
makes Robbo happier than to see his audiences singing
along with him, bringing back touching memories of his
childhood. I am so glad that we will partner with KleinLife,
where Robbo will present his Yiddish program at more
than one of their locations of active adult life centers.
Robbo will be with us for all of Shabbat (Dec. 16 and 17)
and have a presence in much of what we offer. This edition
of AJ News will go to print sooner than all of the details
can be promoted here so watch your emails, check the AJ
website, or call our friendly office staff for more information.
I can and am delighted to announce that Robbo will
participate in a fabulous Tot Shabbat program Shabbat
morning, December 17. For those who have enjoyed Tot
Shabbat in the past, Robbo’s Shabbat morning program is
not to be missed. It begins at 10:45 AM and will conclude
in time to join our Kiddush Luncheon that is open to the
entire community.
The AJ Choral Society
A prolific writer and performer of music as well as drama,
Robbo will present another show, entitled “A Kid’s Life.“
This is a show about the choices kids make. Robbo plays
seven characters; from the bullied kid, to the disabled
person; from the troubled neighborhood youth trying to
make money unethically, to the store owner from whom
merchandise is stolen. There is humor, but also meaningful learning that takes place. This program will be
presented on Sunday morning as a special assembly
during our JQuest B’Yachad program.
The Adath Jeshurun Choral Society is returning to our family
beginning Monday, November 14, from 7:30–9:00 PM
at AJ. Under the direction of Alyssa Davidson, in
coordination with Hazzan Glantz, the Choral Society will
continue to explore and perform Jewish repertoire within
the community. Being part of a choir is an exhilarating
journey; to be part of a memorable and musical
experience is a treasured gift. For further information,
please contact Alyssa at [email protected].
Finally, at 1:00 PM on Sunday, December 18, at AJ,
Robbo will be our featured performer at the Kehillah
Hanukkah Family Celebration. Youth Choirs from shuls
and organizations all along the Old York Road corridor will
present some Hanukkah songs all together, after which
Robbo’s fun-filled concert will begin. Tickets are only $5
each and they can be purchased at AJ and at participating
congregations. Let’s fill our AJ sanctuary with all ages.
Bring your children, grandchildren, neighbors and friends.
Alyssa Davidson (musician, teacher,
pianist, singer, conductor, theater
producer)
Here are just a few samples of Robbo’s energy and the
meaning of his songs (note: shortened URL’s like these
require exact entry with upper- and lowercase as shown.)
“Fry Some Latkes”: goo.gl/K9Gb7R
“Part of a Chain”: goo.gl/l2kbQ2
“A Kid’s Life”: goo.gl/ylqswc
Did You Know That We Offer a Torah Reading Incentive for Teens?
The Talmud asserts, “Im ein kemach ein Torah”: if there is no bread (meaning sustenance in a financial way), there can
be no Torah. The expression is reflexive and thus can be stated, “Im ein Torah, ein kemach”: When there is no Torah,
there is no true sustenance.
Only a few years after the Bernstein Torah Reading program began, a decision was made
by the AJ leadership to offer $1 per verse to any teenagers who continued to read Torah
at AJ after their B’nai Mitzvah. This practice is still in effect today and teens are paid
even more! Three dollars for well-prepared readings each time they reach 25 verses.
It is up to the teenagers themselves to keep a list of all their readings and make the
request at each 25-verse interval.
Our students who participate in this program do not have to choose between
rematch and Torah: they can have them both. Funds can be received in check form in
their name, or they may request that we direct the funds to a charity of their choosing
including one at AJ.
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When you hear this name, many images come to mind:
community, expression, singing, sharing, enjoyment,
creativity, fun…and of course, Davidson.
Ms. Davidson is the choral
director and music teacher
in the Jenkintown School
District. She teaches
general music for grades
4–6, and conducts the
elementary school choirs:
the Mini-Singers and Grade
School Singers. She also
directs the upper school
choirs: The Vocal Experience, The JHS Concert Choir,
The JHS Honors Chorale, and the Female Vocal Ensemble,
The BelleTones. Ms. Davidson is also the producer/director
of Flutterbye Theater Company, a non-profit children’s
theater company, which creates innovative musicals
at the Cheltenham Art Center. She holds a Bachelor’s
Degree in Music Education from Rutgers University,
and a Master’s Degree in Multicultural Education from
Eastern University.
Did you know that we have established an Adath
Jeshurun Choral Society Fund? This fund will help
the AJ Choral Society meet its financial obligations,
including the costs for our conductor, music
purchases, and concert expenses. Contributions
are greatly appreciated and can be given in person
or by phone through the AJ office.
AJ•ARTIST•IN•RESIDENCE•WEEKEND
Robb “Robbo” Zelonky
December 16–18, 2016
Robbo will be involved with all
of our Shabbat programming
so look at upcoming weekly
emails for details.
Robb Zelonky, also known as Robbo,
is one of the most sought-after
children’s performers in America. He
is a John Lennon Songwriting Award
Winner and a Parents Choice Gold
Award winner for his five children’s
CDs. Robbo has performed in more
than 38 states. His resumé includes
his having written for Mary Kate and
Ashley Olsen, co-headlining with folk
legend Arlo Guthrie, and performing
three times at the White House.
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Kehillah Hanukkah Family Celebration
Sunday, December 18 • 1:00 PM • At AJ
The words “filled with fun” aren’t an overstatement when talking about
a Robbo show. Dads join him on stage for a Booku Tooku dance. Moms
and daughters join him for a tribute to the good old days of Bubbe’s
Chicken Soup (all, of course, by wearing giant chicken wings and
chicken heads) and kids have been seen soaring over the stage as the
characters Blanket Kid and Mitzvah Man. And for dessert, you must join
him in the Milk and Cookie Rap, where kids don the milk and cookie
costumes and rap with pride!
Preceding the Robbo show, Youth Choirs from shuls and organizations
all along the Old York Road corridor will sing Hanukkah songs all
together.
Tickets are only $5.
A Portrait of Excellence: A Jubilee Musical Celebration of Hazzan Charles S. Davidson
On May 22, 2016, Congregation Adath Jeshurun honored Hazzan Charles Davidson for fifty years of dedication to our community.
We still have copies of the CD available if you have friends or family that would like one. The CD is free of charge, but a donation would
be gratefully accepted. Please contact Hazzan Glantz at 215.635.6611 or [email protected].
In November, We’ll Celebrate Two B’not Mitzvah!
With great thanks to our religious
school teachers and clergy,
Adath Jeshurun continues to witness
the joyous bar and bat mitzvahs of
our young people each month.
We are so proud of the tremendous
thought and effort they put into
preparing for their special simcha.
Month after month, our congregation is fortunate to join
together to celebrate the b’nai mitzvah of our young
people. This month marks the joyous occasion of both
Dahlia Pauline Ufberg and Anna Turk Karan becoming
a bat mitzvah. From their first days at AJ Preschool, to their
years of study at Perelman Jewish Day School, to their
present-day preparations, these girls have worked tirelessly
at building their Jewish education and identity. We are so
proud of the tremendous thought and effort they have put
into preparing for their special simcha. Dahlia and Anna
graciously took time from their busy schedules to share
with us a bit about themselves and their experience in
preparing for their bat mitzvah.
Dahlia Pauline Ufberg (11/5/2016 ~ 4 Heshvan, 5777)
When I am not preparing for my bat mitzvah, spending my
summers at Pinemere Camp or attending Abington Junior
High School, I can be found dancing, playing guitar, acting,
singing and spending time with my friends and many,
many cousins. My Jewish education first began here at
AJ’s Preschool and has continued with Perelman Jewish
Day School, and now, the AJ/BSC Jewish Teen Connection
program.
On the day of my bat mitzvah, I will be reading from
the same Torah from which my great-grandfather read
numerous times and from which my grandfather read
from when he became a bar mitzvah in Shamokin,
Pennsylvania. The Torah that has such significance to
our family was generously brought to AJ by the Brest
family as the Shamokin shul was closing. Additionally,
my father, his four siblings, and four of my first
cousins will have the opportunity to read from this
special Torah at my simcha. (The article on the
next page tells the full story of the Brest Torah.)
ABOVE: The Brest Torah that Dahlia Ufberg will read from
at her Bat Mitzvah. See the story of the Torah on page 11.
I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Hazzan
Glantz for all of his patience and his innate ability to always
make Torah reading practice fun. Additionally, many thanks
to all the wonderful teachers, camp counselors, clergy
and AJ staff who have helped to lay the foundation of
my Jewish education that I will continue to build on and
carry with me throughout my life.
Anna Turk Karan (11/12/2016 ~ 11 Heshvan, 5777)
I enjoy creative writing at school. Aside from school, I really
enjoy theatre, music, and dance. I have been dancing
since I was two years old! Also, I’m really thankful that
I have been able to read Torah since I was a young girl.
I’m happy that AJ and Perelman Jewish Day School were
able to teach me and give me opportunities to practice.
My Torah portion is Lekh-Lekha. A lot of interesting things
happen in this parasha. For example, Abraham went to
Canaan, Lot’s wife turned into salt, and Abraham had
Ishmael and Isaac. This parasha stuck out to me even
before I knew it was going to be my bat mitzvah portion,
so I was very excited when I heard I could have it.
My bat mitzvah project is helping in the kitchen with
BaBayit (I have been helping in BaBayit since I was
about nine years old), helping with challenger baseball
(a baseball team for kids who have special needs), and
raising money for the IDF. Instead of a candle lighting
ceremony I have decided to have a tzedekah ceremony.
My friends and family will put our donations into the
tzedekah box.
I’m the third generation in my family to have Lekh-Lekha
for my Torah portion. My great-grandfather Warner Victor
and my cousin Rabbi Daniel Victor also had this parasha.
I am proud to continue this family tradition.
My Torah portion is Noah. Although most are
very familiar with this story, I will be focusing on
the rainbow that occurs at the end of the flood; why it
occurs, what it meant for our ancestors, and how it applies
to our Jewish community today.
A Mitzvah Challenge, continued from page 5
Over the next several months, I hope to gather examples
of the new mitzvot performed by our congregants and
assemble a list. No names are needed, though congregants can certainly be public about their mitzvot if they
choose. If we each do a new mitzvah each week, we will
make a positive difference in our AJ community and our
larger community of friends and family and acquaintances.
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If I did not have a chance to greet you during the High
Holy Days, I hope you forgive me for anything I may have
done to offend you this past year. Wendy, Ross, Spencer,
Tess and I wish you and your family a happy and healthy
new year. I look forward to learning about our collective
mitzvot.
See you at AJ.
A Personal Torah Story: From Generation to Generation
By Dr. Albert Brest
In 1884, my great-grandfather (Eliezer), a Lithuanian Rabbi,
commissioned a Torah in memory of his young son Israel
Yosef, who had died. The Rabbi presided over the Torah’s
use until his death in 1905. At that time, the custody of
the Torah passed to his daughter, my grandmother, Freda
Rachel and her husband, my grandfather Shraga (Frank)
Brest, who lived in Latvia.
The Rabbi had eleven children, but only three survived him,
Freda and two brothers. Both brothers were sent to safer
havens by the Rabbi to avoid their conscription into the
Russian army, which would likely lead to loss of their lives
or their freedom.
When my grandfather first asked the Rabbi for permission
to marry Freda, the Rabbi refused. My grandfather was a
tenant farmer in Latvia, having rented land from two local
Barons. (Jews at that time could work the land but could
not own it.) My great-grandfather wanted his daughter to
marry a man of great distinction, perhaps another Rabbi.
But he relented after my grandfather went on a partial
fast for 30 days to demonstrate his love and devotion
for my grandmother.
Freda and Shraga had three children. My father Hirsha
(Harry) was born in 1900, and a few years later his two
sisters, Molka (Molly) and Pera Eike (Pearl).
After my great-grandfather died, the Torah was kept in
my grandparents’ farm house. It was used regularly for
services. It was their most precious possession.
My father was Bar Mitzvah in 1913, and of course, the Torah
was used in that service. Shortly thereafter, he was sent
to a Yeshiva in Lithuania. But in 1914, the First World War
erupted and the Yeshiva had to close; the students were
sent home. By 1915, the war with Germany was going
badly for the Russians, and they declared that the Jews
were responsible! So notice was sent to the Jews, abruptly
one day, telling them they must gather at the train station
immediately. They were permitted to bring with them
only what they could carry. Of course, my grandparents
carried the Torah.
My grandparents, my father and his two sisters, were sent
by train to Russia, where they stayed until 1919. During that
period, they suffered multiple brutalities (pogroms), but
they somehow survived, and so did the Torah. When the
family returned to Latvia in 1919, they were not permitted
to return to their farm, and so they settled in Riga.
My father was approaching the age of twenty-one, when he
would have to go into the Russian Army. My grandfather
was determined that this should not happen. So a secret
plan was devised. On a given Shabbat, the family would
set off for shul. (Usually the Jews were left alone by the
gentiles on Shabbat, because they went to shul, and therefore the gentiles knew where to find the Jews if they wanted
to do mischief.) On this particular Shabbat, instead of
going to shul, the family — along with the Torah — made
their way into the nearby forest, and stayed there until
Shabbat ended. Then they made their way, by “hook-andcrook” (bribery included), into Lithuania, then Poland,
and finally Bremen, Germany.
On this particular Shabbat,
instead of going to shul,
the family — along with the
Torah — made their way into
the nearby forest, and stayed
there until Shabbat ended.
They left Bremen, by boat, using money sent to them by
my grandmother’s brother David, who had emigrated to
the USA years earlier, also to avoid conscription. By the
time they got onto the boat, they had little to carry, other
than themselves — and, of course, the Torah.
After reaching the USA, the family settled in the tiny
village of Milheim, Pennsylvania, where David had lived
and, by that time, owned a general store. There was no
shul in Milheim. The Torah was kept in the living room,
and continued to be used for services.
In 1924, my grandmother died of pneumonia, apparently
related to underlying lung disease suffered during her
time in Russia, due to exposure to toxic gases.
In 1926, the remaining family — my grandfather, my father
and his two sisters — moved to Shamokin, Pennsylvania,
where my father established, owned and operated two meat
packing plants where kosher (with Rabbinic supervision)
and non-kosher meats were produced. Shamokin, in 1926,
had about 30,000 townspeople, among them 100 Jewish
families — and a “real” synagogue. The Torah found a
home there for the next 75 years (1926-2001).
My grandfather died in 1954, in an automobile accident.
Custody of the Torah passed to my father, now the third
generation.
When I was Bar Mitzvah in 1941, I, of course, read from
this Torah. My father, a perennial president of the shul,
always referred to the Torah, as the “Brest Torah.” He
always made clear to me that I was to move the Torah
to my shul after his death. In his will he named me the
beneficiary and guardian of the Torah.
In 1990, my father died, and shortly thereafter, I traveled
(from Philadelphia) to Shamokin to retrieve the Torah.
But the Shamokin congregation (Bnai Israel Synagogue)
refused to release it to me. The Torah was there for so long,
they said, that it rightly belonged to the congregation!
After some spirited negotiations, a compromise was
reached in May 1991. The Brest Torah would stay in the
Shamokin synagogue for ten years. At the end of that
time, it would be turned over to me.
On June 17, 2001 (it was Father’s Day — not a Jewish
holiday, but symbolically important to me), I traveled to
Shamokin, to be reunited at last with my grandfather’s
Torah.
The shul was immaculate, even though the congregation
had dwindled. When I went into the Sanctuary, I was
immediately struck by the beauty of the eight large
stained glass windows (four on each side). Only an
ordinary amount of light filtered through the windows
but their beauty was serene. The pews were empty.
A hush prevailed.
I went to the bima, opened the Ark, took out the Torah,
wrapped it in a special cloth, and turned to face the empty
seats. Immediately I was again struck by the stained glass
windows but now, there was a remarkable, brilliant
incandescence (glow), not present when had I entered a
few minutes earlier. The glow slowly receded in a minute
or two, and the coloring of stained glass windows
returned to normal. And then I left the synagogue, with
the Torah, now having passed to the fourth generation.
Was the radiance of the windows due simply to the
transient passage of the sun, which quickly fell behind
a cloud, or was it my father smiling down, knowing the
Torah had returned to our family? I will always believe the
latter. I will never forget this special, spiritual experience.
On June 19, 2001, the Torah was placed in the Strauss
Chapel at Adath Jeshurun Synagogue in Elkins Park, PA.
This new home for the Torah was made possible by and
with the special assistance of Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom — and with the full cooperation of the synagogue.
It seems especially fitting that the Torah should come to
this synagogue, where my wife Suzanne (of blessed
memory), underwent her Confirmation. I wish she were
alive to see it!
Rabbi Eliezer could never have imagined the travels of the
Torah he commissioned. But his faith in God and in the
words of the Torah, and that faith, is the greatest legacy
of the fourth generation that now guards the Brest Torah
and the heritage of the fifth generation and beyond, that,
God willing, will consider it their treasured possession.
Meet the September AJ Person
of the Month!
Get to Know Your
AJ Board Members
We are pleased to honor our current Gabbai, Jacob McAfoos,
as the September AJ Person of the Month and to introduce
you to our 2016–17 Torah team of Samantha Goldberg,
Anna Leventhal and Aviva Minkoff. AJ has a long
tradition of our teens serving as Gabbai. Congregants of
all ages know that reading Torah is a wonderful mitzvah
and our congregation is blessed with many skilled readers.
If you are interested in reading Torah, please volunteer
to do so.
Although Ed Moses is starting a new Board term this
year, he is no stranger to our Board of Directors. He and his
family first came to Adath Jeshurun in 2004, with the
Oxford Circle Jewish Community Center-Brith Israel
(OCJCC-BI) merger and they quickly became invaluably
involved in the shul community. In the early years of his
membership, Ed was instrumental in the creation of the
OCJCC-BI memorial and exhibit space, and also assisted in
arranging bus transportation for OCJCC-BI congregants to
High Holy Day services. He has served several Board terms
and has been greatly involved in the Men’s Association
and Caring Committee. You may also have seen him
photographing various AJ activities or in last year’s Beth
Sholom/AJ Players’ rendition of Fiddler On the Roof. When
asked to summarize his feelings about AJ in one word,
he replied “camaraderie.” He also adds that he is “highly
impressed with the Jewish ‘literacy’ of AJ congregants and
the exceptionally warm welcome extended to OCJCC-BI
congregants in 2004.” Special thanks to Ed for his
immeasurable and continued commitment to
the growth and success of our congregation.
If you would like to nominate someone as the AJ Person(s)
of the Month, please alert Tracy Greenbaum in the office
at [email protected].
See you soon,
Bruce
***
On most Shabbats at AJ, congregants hear the soothing
voice of Jacob McAfoos as he calls up Torah readers to
the bimah by their Hebrew name. Saturday morning after
Saturday morning, for the past two years, Jacob has selflessly served as AJ’s Gabbai, standing beside our Torah
readers and offering guidance as they read from the
Torah. His commitment has greatly impacted not just
the community members reading Torah, but also the
congregation as a whole. Thanks to Jacob’s kind and
patient manner, Torah reading at AJ continues to be a
rewarding and momentous occasion for so many in our
community. As he begins his third, and likely final year
as AJ’s Gabbai, we are honored to feature Jacob McAfoos
as AJ’s September Person of the Month. Although he is
currently in the midst of a very busy senior year at
Cheltenham High School, Jacob graciously took some
time to reflect on his experience as Gabbai.
Jacob’s connection to Adath Jeshurun first began long before
he was born. His mother’s family have been long-time
congregants and have shared many simchas within our
synagogue, including the wedding of Jabob’s parents,
Elisa and Larry. For Jacob, AJ has been a constant part
of his life since infancy. He has grown up here through
Preschool, Religious School, bar mitzvah and confirmation. Jacob tells us of his first Torah reading experiences:
“I first learned to read Torah at Camp Ramah in the
Poconos. In the youngest edah, Notzitzim (8 years old),
I read the first three verses of parshat Balack. The next
year, I continued to learn to read Torah at Perelman Jewish
Day School, and at the AJ Bernstein Torah Academy.”
When he was in 10th grade, Jacob took over the role of
Adath Jeshurun’s Gabbai from his sister, Ilana, who had
previously held the position. As AJ’s Gabbai, Jacob stands
next to the Torah reader and corrects any words or trope
that the reader mispronounces. Hazzan Glantz reflects,
“With Jacob on the bimah, dedicated to our traditions,
committed to Shabbat, and such a great Torah reader
himself, I have always felt inspired and at ease.”
For Jacob, the most enjoyable part of the Gabbai role is
helping people learn to chant Torah. He offers this advice
for Torah readers: “Always give yourself more time than
you think you need, and practice A LOT!” Jacob further
encourages everyone to read Torah for AJ through one of
the many options available. “We have long parts and small
parts. You can read your old bar mitzvah part or a part you
like to read often. If you don’t want a particular part you
can talk to the Hazzan about reading whatever is open.”
Looking towards filling Jacob’s shoes, he and Hazzan Glantz
will be working this year with three young women who
have joined the newly formed Teen Torah Team. This year’s
current Team includes Samantha Goldberg, Anna Leventhal
and Aviva Minkoff. Hazzan recently came up with the idea
and name as a complement to the system that has been in
place for decades. Hazzan tells us, “With so many capable
post bar/bat mitzvah readers* and no individual ready to
assume the title of Gabbai, I see this as an opportunity for
each of these teens to read regularly and make calls to post
Bernstein Torah Reading Academy grads and other post
b’nai mitzvah kids to inspire them to keep reading Torah.”
For additional teens wishing to become involved, Hazzan
offers this advice: “Read, read and keep reading! When you
know at least two to three weeks prior that you can be in
shul without other conflicts inevitable in life, be in touch
with one of the members of the Teen Torah Team or me for
a part. The Torah readings can all be seen on the Google
calendar which is updated in real time as the readings
get covered.”
We offer our sincere appreciation to Jacob McAfoos for
his dedication to his role as Gabbai and we look forward
to getting to know the incoming Teen Torah Team.
For more information regarding the Teen Torah Team
and/or Torah reading opportunities at AJ, please contact
Hazzan Glantz.
Scouting For Future
Scouts!
Boy Scout Troop 185 and Cub Pack 185 are looking
for boys who are ready for adventure, fun, making
new friends and learning new skills.
Boys ages 6–10, contact Dan Robbins
at [email protected], or
215.782.8931; boys ages 11–17,
contact Neil Schmerling at
[email protected] or
215.742.1758.
Come play Mah Jongg and
meet new friends!
We meet Wednesday mornings in the AJ Library
from 9:00 AM–12:00 noon.
November dates:
2, 9, 16, 23 and 30
December dates:
7, 14, 21 and 28
For more information,
contact Judy Szekely
at 215.635.8812 or
[email protected].
ALL LEVELS WELCOME!
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Pareve Thanksgiving and Hanukkah Recipes
These recipes sounded so good we couldn’t resist sharing them!
Dairy-Free Cornbread Muffins By Giora Shimoni, Kosher Food Expert at kosherfood.about.com
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup soy milk
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a large 12-cup muffin pan, or line the cups with paper or foil liners.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the honey, oil, and eggs until well mixed.
In another large bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.
Alternate adding the flour mixture and soy milk to the dry ingredients, mixing after each addition, just until
the batter is smooth and lump free.
Pour the batter into muffin cups, filling each until it is about 3/4 full.
Bake in the preheated oven for 18 to 20 minutes, or a the muffins are firm and golden, and a tester inserted in
the center toothpick comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Sugar Pumpkin Pie with Olive Oil Crust By Miri Rotkovitz, Kosher Food Expert at kosherfood.about.com
1 sugar pie pumpkin,
at least 3 pounds, OR
1 15-ounce can pure
pumpkin (NOT pie filling)
For the crust:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 to 4 tablespoons ice water
For the pumpkin filling:
2 cups roasted pumpkin, OR
1 15-ounce can pure
pumpkin (NOT pie filling)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup pareve soy milk
2 tablespoons pure maple
syrup, preferably Grade B
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla
extract
2 eggs
Preheat the oven to 400° F. Lightly oil a rimmed baking sheet or roasting pan (or line it with parchment paper
instead). Stem the pumpkin and cut it in half. Scoop out the seeds and stringy flesh. (Save the seeds if desired — roasted pumpkin seeds make a great snack!) Lightly oil the cut sides of the pumpkin, and place on the
prepared baking sheet cut-side down. Roast the pumpkin for 45 minutes to an hour, depending on size.
When the pumpkin is tender, remove from the oven, and set aside until cool enough to handle. Lower the
heat to 350° F.
While the pumpkin is cooling, make the crust: In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon,
salt, and baking powder. Whisk in the olive oil. Add the ice water, one tablespoon at a time, mixing after each
addition. Stir just until the dough holds together. Press the dough evenly into a pie pan. Flute or crimp the
edges if desired, and set aside.
Make the filling: When the pumpkin is cool enough to handle, turn the halves over, and scoop the flesh out of
the skin. Measure two cups of pumpkin and place in a large bowl. (Store any remaining pumpkin in a sealed
container in the refrigerator for another use.) Add the cinnamon and ginger, and whisk into the pumpkin until
smooth. (Or, if you prefer a silkier filling, you can puree the pumpkin with an immersion blender.)
Add the sugar, soy milk, maple syrup, vanilla, and eggs, and whisk until well mixed and smooth.
Pour the filling into the pie crust. Bake in the preheated 350° oven until the crust is golden and the filling is
set, about 50 to 55 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Curried Sweet Potato Latkes By Miri Rotkovitz, Kosher Food Expert at kosherfood.about.com
1 1/2 pounds (about 2 large) sweet
potatoes, peeled and shredded
1/2 cup flour (all purpose OR
white whole wheat)
2 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup coconut milk
(canned, preferably full fat)
Grapeseed or canola oil for
frying (you can also use a mix
of olive and grapeseed oil)
Serves 4 to 6
Preheat the oven to 200° F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
Place the grated sweet potatoes in a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the flour, curry powder, baking soda, and salt. Add
the flour mixture to the sweet potatoes and toss together to coat. Add the eggs and coconut milk to the sweet potatoes and mix well.
Add 1/4 inch of oil to a large, heavy skillet.
Heat over medium-high heat until the oil is shimmering but not smoking. Test the temperature by dropping a few sweet potato shreds
into the oil — if it sizzles, it is warm enough to begin frying latkes.
Drop the latke batter into the hot oil by the heaping tablespoonful, and flatten each slightly with the back of the spoon. (Take care not
to crowd the pan — depending on the size of your skillet, you’ll probably be able to fry 4 or 5 latkes at a time.) Fry the latkes on the
first side for 2–3 minutes, or until the undersides are golden brown. Flip the latkes and fry for 2–3 minutes more. (If the latkes are
browning too quickly, lower the heat slightly.)
Transfer the latkes to a paper towel-lined plate to drain, then place on the baking sheet and keep warm in the oven while you fry the
rest of the latkes. Serve immediately with applesauce and/or sour cream or raita. Enjoy!
AJers in the News
Taking Care of Our Township
Lorna Rosenberg (second from left, front) received an official resolution from the
Cheltenham Township Board of Commissioners in honor of her retirement after nine years
of volunteer service on the Cheltenham Township Environmental Advisory Council (EAC).
A founding member of the EAC, Rosenberg served multiple terms as chair and vice chair
and provided vital support to the development and implementation of a Cheltenham
Sustainability Plan, the launch of Bird Town in the community, and the expansion of
sustainable practices throughout Cheltenham School District.
•••
Emmy Winners in Our Midst
ABOVE: Lorna Rosenberg is in the front row, second from left.
On September 24, the 34th Annual Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards were handed out and
Yoni Greenbaum and Eli LaBan were amongst the honored recipients.
Yoni is the husband of Adath Jeshurun Administrative Assistant, Tracy Greenbaum,
and father of AJ Preschool student Omari. Eli is the son of our congregants Terry LaBan
and Patty Rich.
Yoni and Eli were part of an NBC10 team that was recognized overall with three Emmy
awards for their work on “Generation Addicted,” a revealing and powerful look at the
opioid and heroin epidemic sweeping our area and the country.
Eli was recognized for his editing and Yoni for his role as Executive Producer and Director
of Integrated Media (his full time job at NBC10).
In addition, on Monday, October 10, Yoni received an Edward R. Murrow award for his work
at NBC10. The Edward R. Murrow Awards are presented by the Radio Television Digital News
Association (formerly the Radio-Television News Directors Association) in recognition of
what the Association terms “outstanding achievements in electronic journalism.”
ABOVE LEFT: Yoni Greenbaum with his three Emmys. ABOVE RIGHT: Eli LaBan’s Emmy.
•••
Making an Impact on Breast Cancer
We, Judy and Jerry Herman, are incredibly proud of our children, Andi and Abe
Morris, who will be honored by Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC) at this year’s annual
Butterfly Ball Gala receiving the first Impact Award on Saturday, November 12, 2016.
This year, LBBC’s board of directors and staff were honored to inform Andi and Abe
that they had not only been chosen to receive the first Impact Award but that, moving
forward, the award will be renamed the “Andrea and Abraham Morris Impact Award.”
This award will only be presented if and when LBBC identifies a person(s) who
demonstrates the same passion, longevity, and generosity that Andi and Abe have
brought to LBBC since Andi’s first breast cancer diagnosis.
Andi and Abe have been a part of LBBC for 20 years and are among a handful of
its most important volunteers and donors.
They both lost their mothers to cancer and the two of them have faced the disease
as well. But, instead of retreating, these challenging experiences propelled them
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to give back to the community and live life to the fullest.
They are being honored because they infuse their lives
with “Acts of Kindness” Tikkun Olam. They set their
standards high by making the world a better place. They
are courageous, loving, generous, dedicated and admired.
This is a much deserved honor and on Saturday night,
November 12, 2016, the culmination of LBBC’s 25th year
anniversary, they will be presented with the first LBBC
Impact Award as the highlight of the 2016 Butterfly Ball.
As parents, we are KVELLING!
You can learn more about LBBC by visiting LBBC.org.
Camp and Costa Rica
By Rory Glantz
For the past six summers, I’ve been going to Camp Laurelwood. It’s a small overnight and
day camp in Madison, Connecticut that you have probably never heard of before. It’s been
around for so long that my grandma actually went there before they had bathrooms, and
her entire bunk would have to walk the outhouses in the middle of night whenever someone
had to go, which is a story she likes to tell a lot. The first year I went, I was practically forced
by my parents, and I remember my brother trying to memorize the street signs on the
highway so he could sneak out and walk back home.
Looking back, I am so grateful for my parents making me go because Camp Laurelwood
is where I met my best friends. Since they all live in Connecticut and I live in Pennsylvania,
I usually never see them during the year except for at camp, but that just makes our time
together even more special and memorable. Camp has so much more to offer than just
sports or arts crafts, though those activities are fun, it’s more about all the traditions
that we’ve had for years. Wearing white on shabbat, song sessions, shul in the pool,
and Maccabiah, are just a few that everyone looks forward to.
Another tradition that everyone loves is the Bonim summer program. Bonim, meaning
builders, is a certain age group at Laurelwood, too old for campers but too young for
counselors. For the past eight years, Bonim has gone to Costa Rica to tour the country
and do tikkun olam. This past summer, I had the opportunity to go on this trip. It was
an amazing, life-changing experience. Not only do you form even closer bonds to your
friends that you travel with, but you also get a chance to help others. I got to visit a home
for seniors and help them celebrate someone’s 101st birthday. None of them spoke
English, but we tried our best with the little Spanish we know to talk to them and ask
questions about their families and lives. It was clear how grateful they were for us
coming, and it was such a great feeling to be helping others.
Another project we did was with a turtle rescue program. Their goal was to take laid turtle
eggs and move them to a safer environment to develop, away from predators. The organization had been doing well, until they didn’t have enough volunteers out on the beaches
at night to find turtle eggs. So, we split into two groups and walked about two miles down
either side of the beach. My group actually got to see a turtle come to shore, dig the hole
for the eggs, lay them, then go back into the water. We were all surrounding the turtle
in a semi-circle, completely silent, watching. It was pretty amazing to see this happen.
Jewish Media Matters
ABOVE: Rory Glantz, third from the left, enjoying Costa Rica with friends
Other than community service, we also did really fun, touristy things on the trip: white
water rafting, hiking a volcano, ziplining, visiting hot springs and waterfalls, etc. I also
really loved going into the towns and seeing what Costa Rican life was like. Everything
was handmade, and you could actually see the vendors making the different bracelets
and things that they were selling. “Pura vida” is Costa Rica’s national saying. It literally
translates into “pure life” but the ticos (a nickname for Costa Ricans) use it for almost
anything, like hello, goodbye, everything’s great, and more. I think that really captures
the Costa Rican spirit; everyone there is always happy and grateful for the life they have
because they really do live a pure life. I had an amazing time on the trip and I can’t wait
for another opportunity to visit there again, hopefully sometime soon.
“Jewish Media Matters” is a new AJ News department. Periodically, we’ll provide information
about Jewish books, movies, websites, music, etc., that you may be interested in.
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, by Eric A. Kimmel Ages 4–8
The 25th anniversary edition of a now-classic tale relates how Hershel outwits the goblins
that haunt the old synagogue and prevent the village people from celebrating Hanukkah.
In this issue of AJ News, we bring you a short list of great Hanukkah books for children!
Hanukkah is Coming!, by Tracy Newman Ages: 1–4
A delightful, rhyming story that follows a family as it celebrates Hanukkah: lighting the
menorah, frying up potato latkes, trading bow-wrapped gifts and spinning a dreidel.
The colorfully illustrated board book is a perfect read-aloud for young kids, each page
ending with the easy-to-repeat refrain, “Hanukkah is coming.”
Latke the Lucky Dog, by Ellen Fischer Ages: 2–7
Latke is one lucky pup! A family adopts him from an animal shelter on the first night of
Hanukkah and names him after the golden potato pancakes that his scruffy fur resembles. Now
it’s time for him to learn the rules of the house and the traditions of the Festival of Lights.
Sammy Spider’s First Hanukkah, by Sylvia A. Rouss Ages 4–8
After longingly watching the Shapiro family celebrate the different nights of Hanukkah,
Sammy Spider is sad that he cannot participate in what he sees as a colorful celebration.
But Sammy finds that in the end he gets to share the holiday with the Shapiros.
Moishe’s Miracle: A Hanukkah Story, by Laura Krauss Melmed Ages 4–8
Moishe, a milkman who is kind to everyone in his poor village of Wishniak, receives a
magic frying pan that produces an unlimited supply of delicious Hanukkah latkes. The
magic gift, of course, comes with one condition: only Moishe can use it. But what real
harm could breaking this rule bring?
Oskar and the Eight Blessings, by Richard Simon and Tanya Simon Ages 4–8
The fictional tale takes place on the seventh night of Hanukkah, which on this year is also
Christmas Eve, in 1938. Oskar, a young Jewish refugee arrives on his own by ship, sent on
the journey from Germany by his parents following the frightening events of Kristallnacht.
As he makes his way up the length of the island, Oskar is mesmerized by the city’s wintry
glow. He crosses paths with strangers who share blessings — a piece of bread, a Superman
comic book, a whistle from Count Basie and a kind encounter with Eleanor Roosevelt.
Upcoming Events
AJ Adult Education Committee
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7
Keeping Israel Secure, Democratic, and Jewish:
A Conversation with General Carmi Gillon
A prominent figure in Israeli security, diplomacy and business,
Carmi Gillon headed the Shin Bet (Israeli Security Service) during
the heart of the Oslo peace process. He was recently featured in
The Gatekeepers, an Oscar-nominated documentary film featuring
six former heads of the Shin Bet highlighting the need for a
two-state solution. A graduate of Harvard Business School, Gillon
has served in such varied leadership posts as mayor of the city
Mevasseret Zion near Jerusalem, Ambassador of Israel to Denmark,
and CEO of the Peres Center for Peace. General Gillon is in the
United States under the auspices of JStreet. The program will begin after 7:00 PM minyan.
•••
Helen F. Fox
THE
SEMI-ANNUAL CLOTHING DRIVE
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20: AJMA Sports and Spirits. Libations, food, brotherhood, and
watching the Eagles ascend to victory against the Seahawks. The game starts at 4:25 PM.
Details and location TBD.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4: AJMA Breakfast Program. The AJMA will present Marcus
Hayes, a sports columnist for the Philadeplphia Daily News. Hired more than 20 years ago
as a features writer, he has since covered the Eagles, Phillies, and Sixers beats as well as
Big Five basketball, college football, golf, and the Olympics. The program starts with
minyan at 9:00 AM followed by breakfast and program. The cost is $5.00, at the door,
no RSVP necessary.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11: 19th Annual Middle Atlantic Region FJMC Man of the
Year Dinner. Robert Dromboski has been chosen as the AJ’s Man of the Year! See page
15 for details.
Monday, November 14 to Sunday, November 20
*Please bag items and tie or bag shoes in pairs
This year, all donations will be given to Impact Services, a local non-profit that
supports a variety of charitable organizations, including JCFS. They operate four
thrift stores in the area in Norristown, Montgomeryville, Feasterville and Hatboro.
Go to impactthrift.org for more info. Thanks in advance!
Blessing
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Whether four-legged or more, furry or feathery,
big or small (stuffed animals count too!), come on out
for this great day of FUN and celebrate those very special
members of your family! Rabbi Kobrin will bless each pet
(real or stuffed) that is brought to her!
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Don’t miss it!
President’s Message
Community Event
By Bruce Armon
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13
The Arnold and Esther Tuzman
Memorial Holocaust Teach-In
Moed:
Soulful, down-to-earth Judaism
in the heart of Center City, Philadelphia
Mo•ed (mo-ade’), noun.
1. Sacred and celebratory time
2. Holy place of gathering
3. A new and dynamic Center City Jewish community
Kabbalat Shabbat Services and Dinners • Talmud and Tequila • Social Action
Details for November 4 event to be announced!
For more information, contact:
Rabbi Rachel Kobrin [email protected]
George Shotz [email protected] Cody Greenes [email protected]
Sponsored by Congregation Adath Jeshurun
7763 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027 215.635.6611 www.adathjeshurun.info
Dr. Deborah Lipstadt will be the Keynote speaker
at this educational event at Gratz College. She is
one of the nation’s foremost experts on Holocaust
denial and modern anti-Semitism. Her 2005 book,
History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving,
is the story of her libel trial in London against
Irving, who sued her for calling him a Holocaust
denier and right wing extremist.The case grew
into a six-year legal battle. The story is now the
subject of a major motion picture, DENIAL,
starring Rachel Weisz as Dr. Lipstadt. Don’t miss
this exciting opportunity to hear the story first
hand from Deborah Lipstadt herself.
Attendees will hear Dr. Lipstadt before attending two
sessions of their choice. Some of the sessions are
eligible for continuing education credits. You can get
more info at www.gratz.edu/page/-/Tuzman.pdf.
The event begins at 1:30 PM and ends at 5:45 PM.
FJMC Middle Atlantic Region • 19th Annual Man of the Year Dinner
We congratulate
Robert Dromboski
AJMA Man of the Year
Join the AJ Men’s Association
as we celebrate at the
Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs Middle Atlantic Region
19th Annual Man of the Year Dinner
Date:
Sunday, December 11 • Cocktail Hour begins at 4:30 PM
Location:
Har Zion Temple, 1500 Hagys Ford Road, Penn Valley, PA 19072
Cost:
$70 per person
Full Cocktail Reception with Hot and Cold Hors D’Oeuvres
and three-course dinner catered by Food Designs.
Black tie optional.
Please RSVP by November 15 with payment
in full using the form at right.
Questions? Contact Adam Lieberman at [email protected].
Interested in placing a congratulatory ad in the Tribute Journal?
Get an ad form in the weekly email or from the Sanctuary lobby.
FJMC Middle Atlantic Region
19th Annual Man of the Year Dinner
Please return this form, along with payment, to:
Adath Jeshurun • Man of the Year Dinner •
7763 Old York Road • Elkins Park, PA 19027
Make checks payable to “AJMA.” Please put
“Man of the Year” on the memo line of your check.
Be sure to make your entree selection(s) below.
Name ___________________________
Phone___________________________
Email ___________________________
# of individual tickets at $70 each _______
Total enclosed __________________
CHOOSE ONE ENTREE FOR
EACH TICKET PURCHASED:
Pecan Encrusted Chicken
Grilled Salmon Teriyaki
Portobello Mushroom Napoleon
Blast From the Past!
In honor of Veteran’s Day on November 11, the page below is from the Adath Jeshurun News-Letter dated January 5, 1942.
It contains a reprint of a letter written by the AJ Board of Directors to President Roosevelt on December 11, 1941.
The letter is in response to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, just four days earlier on December 7, 1941, and pledges the
congregation’s support for the resulting U.S. declaration of war. Below the Board’s letter is a response from President
Roosevelt’s secretary.
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Remembering Temple Painter
By Charles S. Davidson
Adath Jeshurun’s premier organist, Dr. Temple Painter, 83,
died on August 6, 2016. I am honored to have been asked
to write about Temple and his long association with AJ.
soloist and lecture recitalist. Recorded by Artia-Parliament
Records, his harpsichord recording eventually went to its
eleventh pressing.
According to our published history, during the period when
AJ was located on Juliana Street, in 1873, Mr. Raphael
Brunswick, the lay leader for Congregation Adath Jeshurun,
introduced choir music into the “Divine Service.” Although
an organ as accompanying instrument is not mentioned
there or in subsequent chapters, one assumes that organ and
choir were part and parcel of the service from then on, as
was the custom of non-Orthodox synagogues at that time.
Temple was the organist at AJ with four cantors during his
tenure: Cantors W. Belskin Ginsburg, Malcom James, Merrill
Fisher, and myself. During that time he taught at Haverford
College and became the harpsichordist with the famous
Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia. He was often seen on stage
playing the harpsichord with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
In 1957, with the congregation seeking to find a replacement for its organist who was retiring, Rabbi Klein and
Cantor Ginsburg interviewed a young Curtis Istitute of
Music graduate for the position. He was Temple Painter
who was born in Pulaski, Virginia, in 1933 and had come
to Philadelphia to study at Curtis as a scholarship student.
There he majored in harpsichord and organ. Although
only 24, Temple had already given major concerts on the
harpsichord and had achieved widespread attention as a
Most synagogue organists are church musicians who
transfer their style of hymn playing to the Jewish service;
notably, a chordal approach with firm-sounding bass
notes on the pedals. Not so with Temple at AJ.
Temple was largely responsible for what became known as
the AJ style, particularly because of his skill and musicality
in playing “background” during the silent Amidah. Drawing
on his experience as an harpsichordist, he improvised,
subtly continuing the musical motives of the service that
we had just chanted; in effect extending the prayerful
atmosphere.
Because of his ability to improvise and his judicious use of
the organ’s pedals, his accompaniment to my singing was,
for want of a better analogy, like that of a string ensemble
which had a jazz bassist who could improvise. Unlike in
other synagogues where an organ is used, with Temple at
the console the sound never inhibited the congregation but
always invited and encouraged its singing.
When Temple retired he had been at Adath Jeshurun for
44 years. In his remarks at a special service in his honor he
said that he had been playing for church services since he
was 15 years old and now, adding his years at AJ, he felt
that it was time to stop for a while and to turn to something
else. At his retirement service, Temple, a devout Catholic,
thanked AJ for giving him the opportunity to “hear God’s
word every Saturday morning.” He was a humble and
kind person.
At that special service and, at Rabbi Rosenbloom’s suggestion,
a unique silver baton was created for him and presented
as a gift. The inscription on it was as true then as it is now:
“We love you and will miss you.”
The School at the Shul
Abe Piwosky and His Contribution to Education at AJ
By Ruth W. Schultz (reprinted from 2008)
Abe Piwosky was raised in an Orthodox home in
Northern Liberties. Every day after public school he
attended the Northeast Talmud Torah. And on Sunday
his Polish-immigrant parents sent him to the Hebrew
Sunday School Society which had been founded by
Rebecca Gratz in the latter part of the 18th century.
In the following years, he would earn a wall full of degrees:
Central High School, the School of Pedagogy, Temple
University, Gratz College, Temple Law School.
He was the head of the Math Department at Northeast High
School, the first time a Jew was appointed a high school
department head and he was the superintendent of the
26th Street School of the Hebrew Sunday School Society.
In 1921, ten years after Rabbi Klein became the spiritual
leader of Adath Jeshurun, he decided to reorganize the
religious school. There were 371 children enrolled, a weak
curriculum and not enough classrooms at the new Broad
Street Synagogue. Abram P. Piwosky became the principal
of the school that year, while Rabbi Klein remained superintendent. (Piwosky taught math in the morning, practiced
law in the early afternoon, and directed AJ’s Hebrew School
from 4:00 to 6:00).
Since AJ’s founding in 1858, it had maintained a religious
school. It was usually taught by the rabbi and/or cantor and
was supplemented by volunteers from the congregation.
Originally, German and Hebrew were taught. But German
was dropped in 1896, and sometimes Jewish history and
Bible studies were taught at a Sunday school, or in other
years, at a Sabbath school. Sometimes was the operative
word; the school, often off-site, was a work in progress.
With Piwosky in charge, however, it became a very different
institution. He hired 15 experienced teachers, all of whom
held degrees in pertinent subjects, many of them from Gratz
College. The only novice was his sister-in-law Matilda Tubis,
a recent Normal School graduate who created a Sunday school
kindergarten class that she taught for the next 25 years.
In 1926, AJ’s new three-story classroom building, under and
at the rear of the sanctuary, was completed and the new
curriculum was up and running. It covered four subjects:
Hebrew, history, literature and religion. Piwosky was also
instrumental in forming an oversight education institution
for Conservative synagogues including Mikveh Israel. It was
called the Council of Jewish Education (now the Board of
Jewish Education), for which he served as president. At AJ,
ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT: I. Jerome Stern, Leonard Goldfine,
Rabbi Yaacov G. Rosenberg, Elizabeth T. Pilowsky,
Abram P. Piwosky
school hours were increased from one day to three times
a week (Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday). He retired after
30 years as principal in 1951 after seeing his own children,
Joan Wohl and Nona Abrams, complete that curriculum.
Today, wouldn’t Abe be amazed to see how the school has
expanded to include daycare starting at three months; a
preschool for two-, three- and four-year-olds, and a kindergarten for five-year-olds; a high school department, and a
special education program? Adults are similarly engaged
in learning through the Old York Road Kehillah. At AJ
Jewish education is a lifetime experience.
AJWA Sisterhood
Co-Presidents: Amy Blum and Robin Minkoff
Gladys Bernstein: AJWA Sisterhood
2016–17 Woman of Achievement
AJWA Sisterhood Fall Event Schedule
The Torah Fund committee is delighted to announce our 2016–17
honoree, Gladys Bernstein. On Sunday, March 26, 2017, AJWA
Sisterhood will present Gladys with this well-deserved award. There
will be more information about Gladys and her contribution to AJ in
upcoming issues of AJ News. I know you will want to put this date on
your calendar.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7: Robyn Orodenker Book Club. We’ll be discussing The
Marriage of Opposites, by Alice Hoffman. Please read the book before the meeting! 8:00 PM.
The theme for this year’s Torah Fund Campaign of Women’s League for Conservative
Judaism is “Pri Yadeha — The Fruit of Her Hands.” It is a phrase from Eishet Chayil,
in the Book of Proverbs. In the 100th year of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism
and the 75th year of the Torah Fund Campaign, we celebrate women’s achievements and
creativity — the fruit of her hands — in the family, in the workplace, in the home,
in the synagogue and community, as dedicated volunteers, as leaders in the Jewish and
secular worlds, as scholars, scientists, artists, business leaders, teachers and more. What
would we do without women’s hands here at AJ?
Since 1942 women have proudly contributed to Torah Fund and worn their pins as a
symbol of their commitment to Conservative Judaism and its continuation from one
generation to the next. We here at Adath Jeshurun have generously done our part to
ensure the success of the campaign each year.
NOVEMBER (in the first week): Evening Rosh Hodesh event. Stay tuned for details.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9: Brunch and Learn with Rabbi Kobrin. “To Tallit or Not to
Tallit.” Stay tuned for details.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12: Robyn Orodenker Book Club. Zahav: A World of Israeli
Cooking, by Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook. To celebrate the book we’ll have a
potluck dinner! Time TBD.
BELOW: On Wednesday, September 28, the AJ Stitchers created a Whimsical Tree of Life
with instructor and designer Ellen Manson (standing on the right with her finished wall
hanging). The Stitchers are open to any AJ member who would like to learn and create
contemporary Judaic needlework. For more info, call 215.627.4698 or 215.782.8041.
Thanks to your donations, the lives of our Conservative community’s student rabbis,
cantors, and educators have been enhanced by providing scholarships, capital improvements and enhancing of sacred space at The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York,
The Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles, The Schechter Institutes of Jewish
Studies in Jerusalem, The Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano in Buenos Aires, and as
July 1, 2016, The Zacharias Frankel College in Potsdam, Germany!
Please respond to the letter you received and return the envelope with your Torah Fund
donation or pledge. With a donation of Benefactor ($180), Guardian ($300), or higher
you will receive this year’s beautiful Pri Yadeha pin. You may choose to pay in full or in
installments, by check or credit card. You can double your contribution if your company
has a matching gift program. Please make checks payable to Torah Fund-JTS. Remember,
you have until June 2017 to honor your commitment. Every donation is important to us
and we appreciate every contribution. For more information contact Violet Zeitlin at
215.635.1587 or [email protected].
We Would Like To Connect With Your College Student!
Surprise your college student with a taste of home! College students enrolled
in the AJ College Connection Program will receive the monthly AJ News and
enjoy holiday packages sent to school. Children of member families only.
Please send the following information to Sandra Goldberg at sgoldberg430@gmail.
com or call the synagogue office at 215.635.6611: Student Name, School Address,
Student Email Address, Parent Email Address and Expected Year of Graduation.
This program is enthusiastically sponsored by AJWA Sisterhood.
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STITCHERS!
If you are interested in learning about creating Judaic hand crafts, come be
a part of “Stitchers.” We are primarily stitchers, practitioners of the needle arts.
No special experience is necessary. New learners are welcome.
Wednesday mornings, AJ Library, 10:00 AM to noon
Information: Dr. Rita C. Altman, 215.627.4698 or [email protected].
Sponsored by AJWA Sisterhood.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4
AJWA Sisterhood Ongoing Events
Save the Date for Women’s Shabbat
We are thrilled to announce that Sister Mary Scullion will be
our Annette W. Black Memorial Lecture speaker at this year’s
Women’s Shabbat.
Join us for one or all of these AJWA Sisterhood-sponsored activities!
If you’d like to become a Sisterhood member, please fill out the form below.
Sister Mary Scullion, RSM is a Philadelphia-based American
Roman Catholic religious sister and activist, named by Time
magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the
World” in 2009, alongside Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey.
For ALL levels of ability! Taught by Esther Goldberg, Certified Zumba Instructor.
Zumba®
Monday evening class
6:30 to 7:15 PM
Wednesday evening class 6:30 to 7:15 PM
Scullion joined the Sisters of Mercy and began working on behalf of the homeless in
1976. She has been involved in service work and advocacy for homeless and mentally ill
persons since 1978. She was a co-founder in 1985 of Woman of Hope, which provides
permanent residences and support services for homeless mentally ill women.
In 1988, she founded the Outreach Coordination Center, the nation’s first program that
coordinated city private and public agencies to assist people living on the streets with
special needs in finding housing and shelter in a more systematic way. The following year,
she and her associate, Joan Dawson McConnon, co-founded Project HOME, a nationally
recognized organization that provides supportive housing, employment, education and
health care to enable chronically homeless and low-income persons to break the cycle of
homelessness and poverty in Philadelphia. Under their guiding vision, “None of us are
home until all of us are home”, Project HOME is committed to ending and preventing
chronic street homelessness.
Project HOME has grown from an emergency winter shelter to over 600 units of housing,
with an additional 200 units in development, and three businesses that provide
employment to formerly homeless persons. It includes the Honickman Learning Center
and Comcast Technology Labs, a state-of-the-art technology center in North Central
Philadelphia that offers after-school enrichment opportunities for students, a college
access program, and educational and occupational programming for adults. In 2015,
Project HOME opened the Stephen Klein Wellness Center, a federally qualified health
center (FQHC) that provides integrated health care including primary care, behavioral
health, dental, a YMCA, pharmacy and wellness services.
Sister Mary is also a powerful voice on political issues affecting homelessness and
mentally ill persons. Her advocacy efforts resulted in the right of homeless persons to
vote as well as a landmark federal court decision that affects the fair housing rights of
persons with disabilities.
Yoga
Welcoming all levels of ability andexperience. Taught by Esther Goldberg,
Certified Yoga Instructor.
Friday morning class
9:30 to 10:30 AM
$12 per class. Walk-ins are welcome.
For more information on Zumba or yoga, contact Esther Goldberg at
[email protected] or 215.676.8685.
Robyn Orodenker Book Club
A guided discussion group held on designated Monday nights at 8:00 PM
in the Braemer Auditorium. Reading of the book is required! Look for a
link to our 2016–2017 Book Club list in the weekly email, or pick one
up from the Sanctuary lobby counter.
Upcoming Meetings:
December 12, 2016 A World of Israeli Cooking,
by Michael Solomonov and
Steven Cook
January 23, 2017 The Secret Book of Grazia
Dei Rossi,
by Jacqueline Park
February 27, 2017 Leaving Berlin,
by Joseph Kanon
Questions? Contact Liane Sher at 215.635.4613 or Judy Szekely
at 215.635.8812.
Interested in being a discussion leader? Contact Liane or Judy for more info.
Cook for A Friend
AJWA SISTERHOOD DUES 2016–2017
Cook For A Friend, a unique program that prepares meals for those in need,
is in search of volunteers (a.k.a. friends) to cook. Cook For A Friend meets once
a month on a weekday evening and once a month on a weekday morning.
Please mail this form and your (still only!) $50 dues contribution to:
AJWA Sisterhood Dues • 7763 Old York Road • Elkins Park, PA 19027
The deadline for 2016–2017 dues is December 31, 2016.
Evening sessions
Daytime sessions
Make checks payable to “AJWA Sisterhood Dues”.
Sandy Basickes (215.782.8586)
Sue Lawson (215.680.7112)
Laurel House Shelterand Domestic Violence Services forAbused Women
Name ____________________________________________________
and Their Children
Phone #____________________________________________________
For a list of needed items, go to laurel-house.org. Only new, requested items,
please! NO gift-wrapped items, clothing, shoes or accessories. Please bring
NEW items to the Braemer Auditorium coat closet and place in the box marked
“Laurel House” or bring toany AJWA Sisterhood event.
Email ____________________________________________________
Address____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
I would also like to get involved in the tiniest or grandest way! Contact me.*
Now just $5 a class (no card needed)! Walk-ins are welcome.
Cooking at Ronald McDonald House
I have an idea for a program, event, outreach project, etc. Contact me.*
Join us to prepare meals for families staying at the House. Contact Judy Stutman Izes at
267.254.6633 or [email protected] for more information.
*Feel free to explain on a separate note.
By Rabbi Stacy Rigler
JQuest B’Yachad, the Sunday/Tuesday educational program for AJ, BSC and KI, is in full
swing at AJ this semester. Conservative students in grades K-6 gather together for t’fillot
each Sunday morning, led by our clergy and Melissa Raub. Students then participate in
four different types of learning activities. Quests (grades K - 5): Students have a quest to
solve throughout the semester. What is a synagogue? What’s make a Jewish home? What
are our Jewish holidays? What are Jewish life cycle events? And how did Jews come to
America? Each week you can see students researching their topics and debating how they
can share the information they have learned with others. The teachers work as guides,
helping them focus their learning and ensuring that they are learning about the big
questions in Jewish life. When not in Quest time, students have Ivrit. Younger students
learn modern Hebrew words and synagogue and holiday objects in a call and response
aural Hebrew program. Older students focus on alef bet recognition and decoding of
t’fillot. Younger grades also have music and holiday learning each week.
In its second year, teachers and students are more comfortable with the newer style of
learning and express how happy they are to be part of a program that works hard to
ensure that children are able to use modern tools (like iPads, laptops, and Hebrew
homework on their smartphones) to teach ancient truths. As directors, Ana Apter and I
have three goals for year two: (1) To increase the connections students feel toward each
other and the new community; (2) To deepen the learning; and (3) To make logistics
easier for everyone involved. While we are still early in the year, it does feel that we are
making strides in each of these categories.
JQuest B’Yachad is always looking for help. If you read Hebrew and would be willing
to work with a small group of students to enhance their decoding skills, or if you are
interested in coming in once or twice a year to answer basic questions about Jewish life,
please email Rabbi Rigler at [email protected].
AJ Teens Partner with Challah for Hunger
to Form a Social Justice Bakery Network
Challah for Hunger (CfH) is a non-profit, that that brings college students together on
over 80 college campuses across the country to bake and sell challah. The money raised
by Challah for Hunger student led chapters goes to raising awareness of the issues of
hunger in our communities. Half of the funds raised go to Mazon, while the other 50%
goes to local hunger relief organizations. CfH has been in existence for twelve years and
has raised over 1 million dollars to assist in repairing the world.
This year CfH has been awarded a grant to expand its mission to teach about the issues
of hunger and philanthropy through Jewish values education to teens via the CfH Social
Change Bakery Project. Challah for Hunger has selected Congregation Adath Jeshurun’s
USY to be the pilot for this grant. CfH and AJ staff and volunteers will come together with
our youth four times this year to teach challah baking while having an intensive program
about hunger issues that plague our world, country, and local community. One of the
issues that will be shared is facts about food insufficiency on our local college campuses
and how CfH is addressing this newly identified dilemma. This experience will hopefully
assist our teens in the college selection process, help them stay connected and
strengthen their Jewish values and identity while developing young entrepreneurs,
social activists and philanthropists.
Our first bake for teens will be Thursday, December 1 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
We are proud that Congregation Adath Jeshurun is the first synagogue to be involved
in the Social Bakery Project and excited to have Challah for Hunger working with us.
November 19: Junior Congregation at Beth Sholom
YOUTH
EVENTS
JQuest B’Yachad
at AJ Off to a
Great Start
November 26: Junior Congregation at AJ
December 1: Challah for Hunger Bake for Teens
December 17: Junior Congregation at AJ
December 31: Junior Congregation at Beth Sholom
kid’s corner
Hanukkah’s coming!
Stan and John are walking to school one day and Stan is describing his new PlayStation 2
to John. “Where did you get that?” John asked “I got it last night for Hanukkah,” said
Stan. “What’s Hanukkah?” John asked.
“It’s the Jewish holiday where we get presents every night for eight nights to celebrate
the festival of lights.”
“Wow, I wish we got that!” John exclaimed. The next day on the way to school John
runs up to Stan, curious to see what he got. He sees that Stan is upset, “What’s wrong?
Where’s your present from last night?” asks John.
Stan holds up a ball of crumpled wrapping paper, “It was leftovers night.”
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silly riddles!
Q: Why is Hanukkah the most fun holiday for potatoes?
A: Because they find it so a-peel-ing!
Q: Why can’t you keep a secret on Hanukkah?
A: Because the potatoes have eyes on you!
Q: How do you drive a Hanu-car?
A: Easy, just start it with the lat-keys!
Q:Did you hear about the angry latke?
A: He just flipped!
The Seasons of Our Lives
Adath Jeshurun looks forward to acknowledging significant milestones in the lives of our members. Announcements
for The Seasons of Our Lives should be sent to the synagogue office in writing or by email to brownj@adathjeshurun.
info with the notation “Seasons of Our Lives” in the subject line. Information received by the first of the month will
appear in the following month’s issue. Please include your phone number.
Births
November Milestone Anniversaries
Elias Evangelos Saul Kurtzman, son of
Alex and Suzy Kurtzman and grandson
of Ken and Lorna Schwartz
September 12, 2016
35 YEARS
• Richard and Ruth Genter.................... November 1, 1981
• Mitchell and Karen Meyer.................. November 1, 1981
Maya Lillian Rosenberg, granddaughter of
Judy and Sam Rosenberg and great-granddaughter
of Barbara and Warren Josephs z’l
October 5, 2016
December Milestone Anniversaries
Marriages
Eric Marmon, grandson of Stephanie Felzer, were married
Alix Pollack on September 17.
Simchas
Lindsey Jade Feinstein, granddaughter of Arnold and
Shirley Feinstein, became a Bat Mitzvah on September
10, 2016 at Temple Emmanuel in Dallas, TX.
Michael Montague, son of Maxine and Barry
Montague, graduated from Jack M. Barrack Hebrew
Academy on June 9, 2016. Michael is attending
The George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Honors and Achievements
Roberta D. Liebenberg, Senior Partner at Fine, Kaplan
and Black, R.P.C. in Philadelphia, PA, was awarded The
Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award
on Sunday, August 7. Established by the ABA Commission
on Women in the Profession in 1991, the honor recognizes
and celebrates the accomplishments of women lawyers
who have excelled in their field and have paved the way
to success for other women lawyers.
60 YEARS
• Kenneth and Sylvia Golden................ December 9, 1956
55 YEARS
• Allan and Elaine Jaffe .......................December 16, 1961
35 YEARS
• Alex and Linda Katz..........................December 27, 1981
15 YEARS
• Max and Robin Minkoff.....................December 16, 2001
Don’t See Your Milestone Anniversary?
If we have missed your Milestone Anniversary
this month, please call the office and provide us
with your information for next year.
Kol HaKavod to our
September
Torah and Haftarah Readers
Roy Berliner
Rabbi Sandra Berliner
Joshua “Bradford” Bluestine
Deborah Seltzer Cohen
Dr. Allan Freedman
Robert Friedman
Howard Gershman
Hazzan Howard Glantz
Bikkur Holim
The Wings of Healing
Give healing wings. Please let us know if you, a
family member, or a fellow congregant is ill or hospitalized. A call to the office will ensure that the rabbi, hazzan
and volunteer leadership can follow up with visits, calls
and healing prayers from the bima. Take a moment and
keep us informed. Call Rabbi Kobrin at 215.635.6611, or
email her at [email protected]. When emailing,
put “Illness Notification” in the subject line.
Mindy Goldstein
Susan Novack
Morey Smerling
Melena Walter
Robyn Walter
Marcia Webber
Richard Zeises
Deaths
Mildred Demchick, a trustee of
Congregation Adath Jeshurun, and mother
of Wendy Demchick-Alloy (Curt Alloy)
October 12, 2016
Okug rfzk
In Remembrance
Anyone interested in perpetuating the memory of a loved one at AJ should contact the office for information at
215.635.6611. Yahrzeits of the following individuals will be observed as follows:
NOVEMBER 6, 2016 to NOVEMBER 12, 2016
5 Heshvan 5777 to 11 Heshvan 5777
To be read on Friday, Nov. 11 and Saturday, Nov. 12
Sophia Aarons
Anna Altman
Pearl Ann Arost
Elaine S. Baker
David Bernstein
Allen B. Blankfield
Harold A. Bolen
Ralph Tandlich Buchsbaum
Joseph Caplan
Pearl Caplan
Bernice Shambelan S. Dyshel
Beatrice Feinstein
Roslyn Fineman
Ruth Arnopol Ford
Isadore Jacob Freedman
William Freeman
Ann O. Fuller
Reba Fuller
Hyman Gettlin
Mollye Glick
Blanch Turoff Goffman
Robert D. Goldblum
Herbert H. Grossman
Max Jasner
Freda Joseph
Carl Katz
Jack Kramer
Sylvia Krevitz
Dr. Lila Stein Kroser
Isadore Liedman
Sophie London
Louis C. Luber
Samuel Markowitz
Minnie Metzger
Anna P. Moldawer
Dr. Jacob P. Morrison
Doris Pashman
Ida S. Reisman
Edward Shapiro
Yetta Sigman
Joyce V. Skaler
Anne Steerman
David A. Vigderman
Michael Wasserman
Hyman Max Weigman
Philip Weiss
Saul Willig
Lillian Wurzel
Sidney Abrams
Stanley L. Ashe
Hannah Barenkopf
Lena Barow
Joseph Braverman
Edward H. Casper
William Chernow
Rose Segal Cohen
Moses Engel
Jonah Fabricant
Sam Finder
Sadye Hoffman Finestone
Jay S. Fuller
Terry M. German, MD
Max Glauser
Elizabeth Goldfarb
Minnie Grossman
Irving Isdaner
Max Kanoff
Harry Kattelman
Sylvia Ruth Koff
Sidney Raymond Krupnick
Harry Lamb
Max Largman
Rose Laster
Isaac Lessem Levi
Cecelia Lewis
A. Alfred Lipschutz
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Murray H. Mellman
Mortimer H. Menaker
Anna D. Metz
Nellie Nicholson
Freda Ostrum
Bernice B. Oswald
Sylvan J. Oswald
Irwin A. Parnis
Ruben Perl
Jennie Rachel Reinhart
Hermann Rosenberger
Albert Boomie Rubin
Goldie B. Schwartz
Flora Seligman
Max Sherman
Mary Siegel
Herman Siplet
Ida L. Smith
Harry Snader
Goldie Steinberg
Paul Steiner
I. Jerome Stern
Daniel R. Udell
Benjamin Van Collen
Mirjam Vorenberg
Fannie Wachstein
Bertha Witkin
Joseph I. Abrams
Rosa S. Adams
Abraham L. Albertson
Simon Arronson
Carrie Bacharach
Jerome Back
Eva F. Barenkopf
Samuel Beilan
Leah Blumberg
Rushell Broder
Pina Brooks
Martin M. Burd
Rae Cowan
Pearl Dean
Isaac Domansky
Reuben Donsky
Sarah M. Engel
Anne K. Fidelman
Ella Fingles
Samuel Fisher
Eva Fox
William L. Fox
Anna Goldfine
Dana Beth Goldsborough
Cantor Morris Goldstein
Nathan Greenberg
Lillian Hartman
Minnie Hoffman
Benjamin Jacobson
Josef Joseph
Bertha Bandler Katz
Henrietta Klein
William Krevitz
Fannie Leshnick
Dr. Israel Levin
Sophie Levy
Sophia D. Levyn
Milton H. Lipschutz
Frances T. Mann
Jerome M. Marcus
Robyn W. Orodenker
Louis Oswald
Samuel M. Parker
Helen Halpern Parnis
Leonard J. Pasternak
Jennie Perl
Katie Piwosky
Norman Platowsky
Arthur David Pollock
Fannie Protas
Jennie Schneeberg
Rose L. Schwartz
Fannie Sigel
Goldie Sklar
Yetta Spiegel
Isadore M. Spiller
Benjamin F. Weiss
Betty Weiss
Harry Wilf
Lehman Wollenberger
NOVEMBER 27, 2016 to DECEMBER 3, 2016
26 Heshvan 5777 to 3 Kislev 5777
To be read on Friday, Dec. 2 and Saturday, Dec. 3
Samuel Balter
Edna W. Baylson
Ida Beilan
Bessie Berkowitz
David Berkowitz
Sarah Block
Etta Spector Bloom
Sarah Bonnem
Harry Brandschain
Hannah Brav
Rachel Brown
Max David Chalphon
Harry Aaron Clair
Lester Claster
Lena Cohn
Minnie Constantine
Morris Coverman
John Ellis
Louis J. Fox
Frances Goodman
Lola Green
Dora Greenberg
Aaron S. Grossman
Anna S. Grossman
Herman Heilbron
Samuel Heilbron
Morris Hoffman
Clara Isaacman
Max Israel
Harry Jaffe
Cecelia Frieder Kahn
Leopold Kahn
Anna Kassel
Sadie Katz
Emma Kaufmann
Sarah Freedman Klein
Florence Budin Kroser
Lyllyan Langerman
Charlotte Lavin
Rose Lockstanow
Bernard H. Love
Louis Mann
Rose Tolen McKenna
Alfred P. Orleans
Morris Piwosky
Eve R. Plotnick
Sonya Podell
Aaron Pressman
Henrietta Rosenbaum
Rose Rosenstein
Herman Rosenthal
Dr. Morris Rudolph
Daniel Allen Schmerling
Emma Schweriner
Elaine Beverly Seidman
Rose Senet
Eli Shaffer
Nisson Sher
Bessie Sherman
Joseph Sherman
Rebecca Sherman
Jack Shorr
Emanuel Shuster
Marie Silk
Simon Spector
Martin Steiner
Sidonie Stern
Sarah Rebecca Trifield
D. Leonard Vigderman
Max H. Vigderman
Lizzie Wise
DECEMBER 4, 2016 to DECEMBER 10, 2016
4 Kislev 5777 to 10 Kislev 5777
Helen Abrams
Mamie G. Ashe
Tillie Balis
Benjamin Barenkopf
Phyllis Wolff Baylson
Arnold H. Bloch
Joel Claster
Sheva Cohen
Mordecai Dean
Miriam Epstein
Louis Feldenkreis
Joseph C. Fleisher
Rose Freedman
Myer Friedman
Dr. Frank Glauser
Rae Goldfarb
Freda Gorinstein
Pinchas Gorinstein
Morris Haber
Saly Hirsch
Louis Jaffe
Lillian Jawer
Max Kassel
Felix Max Katar
Annie Klein
Rabbi Max D. Klein
Bessie Kornstein
Ruth S. Lessig
Gertrude S. Levi
Nathan Levy
William Lockstanow
Joseph Marcus
Fritzie S. Meyer
Hyman Nitzberg
Samuel J. Parness
Julius Pashman
Abraham Joseph Plone
C. Willard Robinson
Gussie Thierman Rosen
Rose Rosenfeld
Jay Harry Rubenstein
Raye Neiman Sacks
Fanny Samuel
Benjamin Schnapp
Bessie Sher
Solomon Sickles
Morris Slotnick
Lippman R. Steinberg
Jennie Stern
Marcia Tabby
Oscar Tarshish
Stephen H. Taylor
Arlene Treegoob
Samuel Unterberger
Eva Weingast
Edgar Wise
Louis Aaron Wise
Ida Jaffe Zaslow
Irving Zucker
Okug rfzk
Edel Aronson
Rose Back
Charles S. Barsh
Ford Meyer Bayuk
Bernard H. Berger
Pincus W. Blitstein
Roseline Bloch
Benjamin E. Block
Moshe M. Bloshtein
Mary Bodine
David Boorstein
Elsie Butler
Abraham Constantine
Alvin D. Davidson
Philip S. Eiseman
Rose Farber
Rosalind Berman Feinstein
Solomon Fisher
Anna Foreman
Abraham Freedman
Joseph Gainor
Clara Gerstley
Samuel Goldstein
Bessie Goodis
Pauline Gradwohl
Robert Gross
Hersh Haber
Rosy F. Hammerschlag
Harry Hoffman
Mary Hoffman
Elias Jacobson
Albert Joseph
Matthew Kramer
Harry Leidner
Henrietta Levi
Anna Elka Levine
Bertha Wiernick Lewkowicz
Johanna Loeb
Morris Lowenstein
Gertrude Odza
Abram P. Piwosky
Kenneth Rossman
Solomon Schechter
Herman L. Scheibman
Caroline Scheuer
Jenny Schiff
Anna Schlossberg
Louis H. Schnall
Tessie Schwartz
Max Smith
Beatrice L. Solis
Joseph Spiegel
Blondine Strauss
Selma Vogel
Abraham G. Weisman
John H. Wertheimer
Miriam Wohlberg
Esther Yarish
Fanny Sickles Ayres
Madeline Berman
Benjamin Bernstein
Rachael Grueman Bernstein
Alexander Elias Bless
Gustav Bonnem
Rose Cohen Brandschain
Carrie Breen
Ruth L. Brister
Arthur M. Brody
Harry Brooks
Harris Claster
Diana Cohen
Esther Cohen
Meyer E. Cooper
Mildred H. Damsker
Max Dannenhirsch
Isadore Farber
Benjamin Fine
Gussie Fine
Lowell Howard Fishman
Fannie Flaxman
Irwin Charles Fox
David Friedmann
Dr. Leonard D. Fuller
Benjamin Fyne
Esther Getzow
Morris Goodman
Elihu Greenhouse
Frances S. Gross
Simon Gross
Arthur Guggenheim
David Hoffman
Joseph Hoffman
Dr. M. David Hoffman
Laban Jacobs
Ernest Katz
Moses Klein
In Remembrance
Bernard K. Shapiro
Sarah Singer
Jack Sitron
Rebecca Smolever
Edith Snyder
Sarah Stapler
Herman Stern
Rose Stevens
Bessie Strauss
Lewis Beryl Wagman
Harold Wertheim
Theresa Witz
Cilda B. Young
Sarah Zager
Philip G. Krause
Morton J. Kravitz
Bernard Laster
Ann Levin
Bessie Levy
Samuel David Lindeman
Rose Lyons
Jacob L. Metzger
Louis Metzger
Gussie Miller
Reuben Poritsky
Rachel Rabinowitz
Max Rosenbloom
Edith Silberman Samuel
25 Kislev 5777 to 2 Tevet 5777
Philip Goldsman
Harry Goldsmith
Minnie Mindal Green
Samuel Gross
Ruth K. Helfand
Chane Huscher
Regina Hyman
Isidor Jacobi
Maurice M. Jacobs
Fredric S. Krupnick
Michael Kuh
Bertha Rosenbaum Lamb
Georgia Frances Levinson
Anna Levinson
Daniel Lowenstein
Ganessi Manduke
Maurice Marmon
Rosalia Melgin
Benjamin Moss
Milton Richard Pasternack
Mollie Pearlstein
Marion H. Reet
Samuel Richman
Caroline Rider
Blanche Rosenberger
Benjamin Rotko
Harry A. Schnapp
Morris L. Schneeberg
Albert Schwartz
Maxwell M. Schwartz
Benjamin Scolnick
Evelyn Miller Snyder
Robert Stanek, MD
David Starr
Charles Steinlauf
David Stillman
Dorothy Hollander Titman
Jack Wellenbach
Rosa Abrahams
Lena Abrams
Meyer Alpern
Anne G. Altman
Sgt. Morton Arinsberg
Dr. Edward Arnopol
Toba Arnowitz
Isadore Aronson
John M. Ashe
Rosa Bachenheimer
Benzion Berman
Rose Bernheim
Clara (Claire) Blitz
David Blumberg
Simon Breen
Suzanne Brest
Ida Brody
Anna Willig Brody
Lillian D. Brownstein
Sylvia Burg
Irving Cohen
Father of Philip Cohn
Mother of Philip Cohn
Philip Cohn
Eli N. Donsky
Martin Eckdish
Gabriel Elias
Jacob S. Engel
Miriam Epstein
Rosalie Fabricant
Edith S. Finkel
Ruth M. Fisher
Irving S. Gelber
Dr. Abraham Ginsburg
Yaakov Sholom Goldberg
Theodore Goldblum
Leonard Goldfine
Morris H. Goldman
vcr vsu,
Thank you for your
generous donations
to our synagogue funds
Humash Etz Hayim
Fund
IN MEMORY OF
Rose Strauss
Steve Strauss
Seder Avodah Fund
IN MEMORY OF
Nathan and Miriam Brillman
Shirley and Allan Levick
Elaine Donsky
Harriet and Mervin Hartman
Phyllis and Charles Kirschbaum
Warren Josephs
Marlene Green
Al and Sandy Nadel
Marcy Nadel
Beth and Jack Rosenbloom
Rose Strauss
Deena, Mindy and Steve Strauss
IN HONOR OF
Stephanie Felzer
In honor of your grandson’s
marriage
Jerome and Raelea Charen
Pam and Joe Yohlin
In honor of the birth of
Logan Milo
Margie Green and Family
Memorial Fund
Nathan Accardi
Rena Weizer Weiss
Mathew Address
Anne Levine
Roberta Babbitt
Nona Levin Abrams
Gilbert and Rhoda B. Cohen
Doris Felzer
Stephanie Felzer
Merv and Harriet Hartman
Ann Krupnick and Joseph
Loewenberg
Ruth Lipschutz
Marty Manson
Sharon and Ed Masarsky
Gerry Rudman
Bernice Saks
Nettie Schnapp
Carol Shackmaster
Yaira A. Shapiro
Shirley Tauber
Joan P. Wohl
Lester and Irma Wurtele
Pam and Joy Yohlin
Sophie L. Beilan
Carol Shackmaster
Annette W. Black
Barbara and Mickey Black
Esther Blank
Michael Blank
Stephen Blank
Martin Bloom
Esther Bloom
Elaine Braveman
Naomi and Skip Atkins
David and Jen Brier
Bernie and Lana Dishler
Shira, Alan, Jason and
Brandon — The GoodmanWoronoff Family
Resa Levinson
Sharon and Ed Masarsky
Robin, Max, Aviva and
Jonah Minkoff
Karen and Ed Moses
Al and Sandy Nadel
Marcy Nadel
Denise and Jeff Portner
Carol Shackmaster
Jay and Sandy Sobel
Roland and Helen Victor Turk
Paul Breslow
Renate Breslow
Harry Brest
Michael, Jamie, Carol and
Norman Brest
Nathan Brillman
David and Jen Brier
Miriam Brillman
Elmer and Lillian Friedman
Merv and Harriet Hartman
Carol Shackmaster
Joan Wohl
Albert J. Caplan
JoAnn and Steve Caplan
Beatrice Cohen
Gerry Rudman
Goldie Davidson
Carolyn and Frank Platt
Michael P. Donatucci
Saul and Shelley Reibstein
Elaine Donsky
Irene Katz
Dorothy Eisenberg
Morton and Rene Stein
Mae Elster
Thelma Linder
Bella Feinstein
Scott Abramson
Jeanne Fine
Kalman and Suzan Fine
Marion Getzik
Eileen Dwell
Aaron Gold
Esther Bloom
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Elaine Goldberg
Naomi and Skip Atkins
David and Jen Brier
Elon and Beth Kaplan
Carra, Scott, Eli and Sydra
Minkoff
Robin, Max, Aviva and Jonah
Minkoff
Barbara and Steven Shotz
Rose Goldsman
Eleanor G. Kravitz
Louis Gottlieb
Judy and Jerry Herman
Sam Gottlieb
Louis Greenfield
Joan Greenfield
Dr. Glenn Horowitz
Paul and Sandra Steinfield
Warren Josephs
Carroll Baylson
Steve, Chellie and Lisa Davidoff
Ann and Warren Kalmanor
Janet and Harris Lewin
Susan and Paul Steerman
Pam and Joe Yohlin
Charles Kahaner
Joyce Brill
Seymour Kalos
Marty Kalos
Eric Kamin
Joan Loeb
Max Kasachin
Marcia Stecki
Charles Katz
Cheryl, Edward, Robert
and Chuck Katz
Nathan Kirschbaum
Charles Kirschbaum
Anna Klein
Stephen Klein
Robert Kogen
Bruce and Bonnie-Kay Marks
Sue and Ken Myers
Nettie Schnapp
Shirley Tauber
Joan Wohl
Anna Mandel Korman
Dr. Albert S. Kroser
Nathan Lazar
Doris Lazar
Liesl Loeb
Joan Loeb
Harry Markowitz
Amy M. Zeckhauser
Molly Masbitz
Freda Torrens
Edward Mason
Melvyn B. Mason
Freda and Martin W. Mellman
Marty and Mitch Mellman
Harry Minkoff
Max Minkoff
Selma Nones
Rona and Len Egan
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Thank you for your generous donations to our synagogue funds
Isadore Ostrum
Joan and Philip Pearlstein
Temple Painter
Yaira A. Shapiro
Harry Pasternack
Lisa Pasternack
Judith Rose Picard
Cantor Deborah Arden Stern
Edith Rosen
Rina Rothaus
Dr. Sidney Rosenblatt
Elise Miller
Lena Rothstein
Steve Strauss
Abraham Schneeberg
Helen Schneeberg
Dr. Herbert Schwartz
Luba and Barry Schwartz
Joseph Lewis Schwartz
Bettyruth and Allen Aisenstein
Sheldon Senoff
Judy and Sam Rosenberg
Hon. Norma Shapiro
Marvin Black and Family
Shira, Alan, Jason and
Brandon — the GoodmanWoronoff Family
Ruth Lipschutz
Jean Shull
Marty and Barry Manson
Carra, Scott, Eli and Sydra
Minkoff
Karen, Ed and Lonny Moses
Barbara and Steven Shotz
Sandy and Jay Sobel
Leslie Sokolow, Claire Stup
and Merril Stup
Karen and Stuart Wohl
Louis Singer
Gail and Mark Schwartz
Paul Sloan
Steve Strauss
Rabbi Dr. Leivy Smolar
Robin Minkoff
Anna Sofian
Bernice Rhodes
Samuel Spector
Marlene Spector
Chaim Leib Stecki
Jack Stecki
Sophie Stein
Dr. Albert S. Kroser
Max Stup
Claire Stup, Merril Stup
and Leslie Sokolow
Nathan Torrens
Freda Torrens
Thomas Torrens
Freda Torrens
Helen Turoff
Sadie Wagman
Shirley Wagman
Jean Weinstein
Gail and Mark Schwartz
Ethel Weller
Suzan and Kalman Fine
Sarah Pepp Winegrad
Ruth Lipshutz
Nettie Wolf
Suzanne and Charles
Danenberg
Irving Zaslow
Jerome M. Zaslow
Joy Fund
AJ Friends and Family
For honoring the birth of
our newest grandchild,
Brett Jacob Jaffee
Allan and Elaine Jaffee
Rabbi Sandra Berliner
Mazal Tov on the marriage of
your son Benjamin to Imelda
Marcia and Jack Stecki
Hal and Barbara Cobert
Mazel Tov on your 40th
anniversary
Harriet Sigel
Stephanie Felzer
In honor of the marriage of
Eric Marmon to Alix Pollack
Rhoda Coben
Barbara Rudnick and Irv
Matusow
Marilyn and Bob Vogel
Alice Fisher
For a speedy recovery
Eileen Dwell and Chuck
Steinberg
Milton Fuchs
In honor of your 90th birthday
Fran and Sid Salkovitz
Mindy Goldstein
In honor of your special
birthday
Al and Sandy Nadel
Libby Goodman
Best wishes for good health
Harriet Sigel
Bernie and Ellen Gottlieb
Mazel Tov on your first
anniversary
Harriet Sigel
Allan and Elaine Jaffe
In honor of the birth
of Brett Jacob
Aviva Jaffee
Al and Sandy Nadel
Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom
In appreciation
Bernard and Marcia Babbit
Bernice Saks
Happy Birthday and
Happy New Year
Nettie Schnapp
Andrea and Steve Selbst
In honor of the engagement
of Lonn Selbst
Barbara and Hal Cobert
Barb and Mickey Black
“Tante” Shari and
“Unkee” Dave Seltzer
Thank you, we had a great
time in Florida
Hope and Max Zidel
Carol Shackmaster
In honor of your extra
efforts at The Shabbat
Experience, table 16
Sharon Kasdin
Jack Stecki
In honor of my aliyot
Chuck Steinberg and
Eileen Dwell
grandson, Benjamin
Menaker Steinberg
Nona Levin Abrams
Murry and Shirley Levyn
Janet and Harris Lewin
Al and Sandy Nadel
Sandy and Jay Sobel
Joan Wohl
Michael and Tammy
Steinberg
Brody Alexander
The Black Family
Stephanie Felzer
Nina Frisch
Al and Sandy Nadel
Ty and Marge Steinberg
In honor of the birth
of Brody Alexander
Stephanie Felzer
Helen Schneeberg
Janet Sigman
Stephen Sussman
For a quick return to
good health
Libby Goodman
Steve and Sima Sussman
Happy New Year
Nettie Schnapp
Lawrence Trepeck
In honor of your special
birthday
Gladys Steinslofer
Pam and Joe Yohlin
Logan Milo
The Black Family
Barbara and Hal Cobert
Stephanie Felzer
Al and Sandy Nadel
Marcy Nadel
Saul and Shelley Reibstein
Beth and Jack Rosenbloom
Education Fund
IN MEMORY OF
Robert Kogen
Bruce and Bonnie-Kay Marks
Marcia Webber
Rena Weiss
Jean Shull
Barbara and Steve Shotz
Marcia Webber
IN HONOR OF
Berta and Baruch Schwartz
their granddaughter,
Hannah Leigh
Nancy and Howard Wenocur
Joe and Pam Yohlin
Mazal Tov on the birth
of Logan Baill
Debbie and David Miner
and Family
Minyan Fund
IN MEMORY OF
Nathan Brillman
Anita Nemez
Elaine Goldberg
Michael and Sandra Goldberg
Warren Josephs
Penny Parker
Susan Starr
Marge and Ty Steinberg
Robert Kogen
Bruce and Francine Levin
and Fay Warshaw
Betty Obus
Diana Kanoff
Roberta Babbitt Rosen
Diana Kanoff
Jean Shull
Rena Weiss
IN HONOR OF
Sandy Berkowitz
Sheva Cohen
Rena Weiss
Barry and Linda Roth
your granddaughter
Bettyruth and Allen Aisenstein
Hazzan Howard K.
Glantz Discretionary
Fund
IN MEMORY OF
Elaine Goldberg
David and Sandy Axelrod
Warren Josephs
Rene and Morton Stein
IN HONOR OF
Lillian Friedman
Happy you are on the
road to recovery
Harriet Sigel
Hazzan Glantz
Deep appreciation for the
meaningful Brit ceremony
for Brett Jacob Jaffee, our
grandson
Allan and Elaine Jaffee
Hazzan Howard and
Dayna Glantz
Mazal Tov on the
engagement of your son
Rafi to Mike Palevsky
Gerry Rudman
Hazzan Howard and
Dayna Glantz
Mazel Tov on the
engagement of your son
Rafi to Mika Palevsky
Marcia and Jack Stecki
Chuck Steinberg and
Eileen Dwell
Benjamin Menaker Steinberg
Barbara and Mickey Black
Pam and Joe Yohlin
Logan Milo
David and Sandy Axelrod
Rabbi’s Discretionary
Fund
IN MEMORY OF
Roberta Babbitt
Anita Nemez
Elizabeth “Betty” Kilmer
Elizabeth Ronky
IN HONOR OF
Alvin Applebaum
In honor of your 80th birthday
Myrna and Alvin Goldberg
Rabbi Kobrin
We are grateful for all of
your support
Carra Minkoff and Family
Donations to the
Congregation’s Torah
VERSE
PARASHAT NOAH
Genesis 6:9
To Alvin Applebaum in honor
of your 80th birthday
Harriette and Alan Cohen,
Sharyn and Michael Colon, and
their children Matthew, Ryan,
Brett and Ayina,and Beth
and Douglas Hahm, and their
children Ethan and Kayla
Making Donations to AJ’s Funds
Joy Fund
Memorial Fund
Education Fund
Library Fund
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
Hazzan’s Discretionary Fund
Morning Minyan
Breakfast Fund
AJ Choral Society Fund
By mail or in person and accompanied by
check payment...................................................................$10 minimum donation
If added to your synagogue bill..........................................$20 minimum donation
Seder Avodah Fund (new edition)................................$36 donation
Humash Etz Hayim Fund.................................................$72 donation
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund...........................................$25 minimum donation
The Congregation’s Torah
Donations to the Congregation’s Torah are a unique opportunity to help fund AJ’s Endowment to ensure
the future of the Congregation while celebrating a special occasion or remembering a loved one.
Each donation will be acknowledged in the Congregation’s Torah display case outside the Strauss Chapel.
Pasuk (a verse of Torah).................................................................................. $150
Aliyah (each section of a weekly portion)....................................................... $250
Patriarchs, Matriarchs, Biblical Symbols, Names........................................ $500
Maftir (final Aliyah each week).................................................................... $1,000
Parasha (weekly reading)............................................................................ $2,500
Favorite Torah Story................................................................................... $3,600
Please contact Robert Friedman at 215.635.6611,
ext. 112, for more information about donations to
the Congregation’s Torah.
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS
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a resting place with historical significance, beautiful trees,
convenient location and affordable pricing.
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1855 Bridge Street, Philadelphia, PA
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Congregation
Adath Jeshurun
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
Founded 1858 – 5619 OCJCC-BI • Founded 1948
7763 Old York Road • Elkins Park, Pennsylvania 19027
www.adathjeshurun.info
Permit No. 2275
Jenkintown, PA
Rachel Kobrin, Rabbi
Time-Sensitive Material
Deliver by November 1, 2016
Howard K. Glantz, Hazzan
Robert Friedman, Executive Director
Debbie Miner, Education Director
Michelle Bernstein, Early Childhood Director
Seymour J. Rosenbloom, Distinguished Service Rabbi
Charles S. Davidson, D.S.M., Hazzan Emeritus
OFFICERS
Bruce Armon...............................................................................President
David L. Reibstein................................................Executive Vice President
Edward F. Chacker................................................................Vice President
Judy Stutman Izes................................................................Vice President
Melissa Ufberg.....................................................................Vice President
Alex Katz..................................................................................... Treasurer
Jennifer Brier............................................................... Assistant Treasurer
Tamra Zebovitz...........................................................................Secretary
Anne Fassler...................................................... Immediate Past President
TRUSTEE OFFICERS
Joseph M. Yohlin........................................................................ Chairman
Saul V. Reibstein..................................................................Vice Chairman
Rickey Goodman.........................................................................Secretary
TELEPHONES
Synagogue............. 215.635.6611 Cemetery............... 215.743.2524
Religious School..... 215.635.1337 FAX......................... 215.635.6165
Preschool............... 215.635.3490
CATERERS
Betty the Caterer............................................................... 215.224.8400
Food Designs..................................................................... 215.843.3904
Affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Congregation Adath Jeshrurun is an inclusive, egalitarian Conservative synagogue. All are welcome irrespective of
gender, race, or sexual orientation. We welcome dual-faith families who want to be involved in the Jewish community.
Editor: Marlena R. Kleit
[email protected]
Design: Marjorie Trager
Printing Coordinator: Silver Graphics
Printer: Tri-County Printers, Oreland, PA
ALL MATERIAL FOR THE OCTOBER 2016 NEWSLETTER MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN AUGUST 31, 2016.
UPCOMING NEWSLETTER DEADLINES: January/February 2017 > November 30, 2016
Kabbalat Shabbat with
March 2017 > January 31, 2017
DID YOU KNOW?
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…You can add AJ’s Google calendar to
your personal Google calendar!
Come for services.
Stay for an Oneg Shabbat!
AJ’s Google calendar is part of the AJ website, but you can make it part of your personal Google calendar
if you’d like. You can view it on your computer, phone, or tablet.
AJ’s Google calendar is actually several calendars rolled into one: we’ve created a calendar for each of
our primary constituent groups and activity areas so that you can view only the ones you want to. Each
calendar is color-coded, so that you can distinguish one group’s events from another. You can add one or
all to your personal calendar. You won’t be able to make any changes to these calendars (add or change
events) but you can set notifications in your personal calendar for any of the events.
November 4 and
December 23:
6:15 - 7:15 PM
Remaining
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Dates in 5777:
February 17, March 31, May 12
From your personal Google calendar:
1. Click on arrow to the right of Other Calendars (beneath My Calendars in your Google calendar).
2. Select Add a friend’s calendar from the menu.
3. Enter the appropriate email address in the field provided, then click the Add button. You can find the
email addresses of the AJ calendars in the weekly email. (The email addresses are a string of characters
and numbers provided by Google and it’s easiest to just copy and paste from the weekly email!)
The AJ Google calendar should now appear in your list of calendars. Like any other Google calendar that
you have in your list, you can choose to display it or not.

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