Temple Israel of the Poconos Newsletter

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TEMPLE ISRAEL OF THE POCONOS
Drawing by Marilyn Margolies
Temple Israel of the
Poconos Newsletter
A monthly publication of Temple Israel of the Poconos
Edition 571
Edition 571
May 2012
Iyar/Sivan 5772
YOM YERUSHALAYIM IS HERE!
Inside this Issue
by Rabbi Baruch Binyamin Hakohen Melman
Rabbi’s Message
1
President’s Message
3
Norman Gelber
4
Shabbat Dinner
6
Election Information
7
Hebrew School
8
Ask the Rabbi
9
Donations
10
Hessed
11
Birthdays/
Anniversaries
12
Yahrzeit Lists
13/14
Kitchen Volunteers
are desperately
needed for every
Shabbat.
Please contact Lois
LaBarca at 421-6103
to offer your time in
the kitchen.
May 20 is Yom Yerushalayim- Jerusalem
Day! Just six weeks after declaring at our
seders, "next Year in Jerusalem," we are
celebrating the reunification of our holy
capital city in 1967. Jerusalem has been
the capital of Israel since King David conquered the Jebusites and declared it the
capital of the Kingdom of Israel after
ruling from Hebron for his first seven
years. Except for the period immediately
following the Roman victory over the forces
of Bar Kochba when Jews were banned
from setting foot in the city, and the period
of Crusader rule when all the Jews of the
city were massacred, Jews have been a
continual presence in the city for over three
millenia! When Mark Twain visited in the
1850's the Jews were a majority in
Jerusalem.
The Arab narrative, aided and abetted by
the ignorance and bias of academia, media,
International Solidarity Movement activists, Liberation Theology and Replacement
Theology Christian activists, asserts that
East Jerusalem was historically Arab and
therefore should logically serve as the Arab
capital of a future Palestinian Arab state.
Thus any Jews who assert their right to
live there, according to the Arab narrative,
are justifiably labeled as usurpers, trespassers, oppressors and evil settlers. But
for all their bluster and arrogance, the
truth is exactly the opposite.
It was Jordan that unilaterally and illegally occupied Jerusalem in 1948, expelling
all the Jewish residents and defenders of
the city. Through this expulsion, the myth
arose that the city, newly Judenrein, has
historically been known as "Arab East Jerusalem." We would all be millionaires today many times over if we were to have
gotten a dollar every time that phrase was
ignorantly repeated over
these last four decades since the unification.
Not only were the Jewish inhabitants of the
Old City (better term) expelled when Jordanian
forces conquered the city, but all fifty eight
Jewish synagogues and institutions of learning
were dynamited, thus eviscerating their presence and memory. Jewish tombstones were
used to build latrines. The Western wall, where
Jews prayed for the restoration of the Temple
for two millenia, was desecrated and turned
into a garbage dump.
The truth is that Jordan illegally annexed the
city in 1949 following the War of Independence.
It was illegal because all the world powers in
1920 in San Remo agreed that ALL the land
west of the Jordan River (22% of the Mandate
territory) was to be used for "thick Jewish settlement," as a future "home" for the Jewish people, while ALL the land East of the Jordan
River (78% of the Mandate Territory) was to be
allotted for the exclusive home of the Arabs of
Palestine. Jordan itself is an illegal entity, historically speaking, because Britain unilaterally
and illegally severed Transjordan from the
British Palestine Mandate, thus forcing all the
warring nationalistic aspirations of the Jews
and the Arabs to become manifest over the tiny
sliver of land west of the Jordan River- an impossible mission, considering that one side has
repeatedly offered concessions and one side has
repeatedly rejected any compromise. But if you
were a faithful reader of certain newspapers or
attended certain universities you could be forgiven for confusing which was which.
The League of Nations formally approved and
created a resolution formally supporting the
1920 San Remo Agreement. In fact, the founding Charter of the United Nations, Article 80,
explicitly states that it considers all resolutions
of the League of Nations official and binding.
(continued on page 5)
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TEMPLE ISRAEL OF THE POCONOS
Temple office: (570) 421-8781
[email protected]
www.templeisraelofthepoconos.org
Edition 571
Rabbi Baruch Melman
(570) 730-4799
[email protected]
711 WALLACE STREET, STROUDSBURG, PA 18360
President
Suzanne Tremper
588-6148
[email protected]
1st Vice President
Mitchell Marcus
588-0991
[email protected]
2nd Vice President
Lois LaBarca
421-6103
[email protected]
Secretary
Barbara Rosenberg
894-4537
[email protected]
Treasurer
Dave Rosenberg
894-4537
[email protected]
Asst. Treasurer
OPEN
3 yr Trustee:
Art Glantz
424-7876
[email protected]
2 yr Trustee:
Bernie Driller
Esther Graves
Sandra Alfonsi
421-6103
426-7020
223-7062
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
1 yr Trustee:
Elisheva Kosmerl
Sam Newman
856-1408
421-8243
[email protected]
[email protected]
Past President Trustee:
Chuck Feinstein
421-4423
[email protected]
Cemetery: 209/
Eliezer Gardens
Charlie Cahn
424-7955
[email protected]
Hebrew School
Debbie Smith
610-751-7692
[email protected]
Ritual
Bernie Driller
421-6103
[email protected]
Finance
Dave Rosenberg
894-4537
[email protected]
Membership
Sandy Magnes
476-6832
[email protected]
Kitchen
Yafit Entenberg
Lois LaBarca
424-5479
421-6103
[email protected]
[email protected]
House
Herb Rosen
Barry Tremper
424-1161
588-6148
[email protected]
[email protected]
Chesed & Wishograms
Suzanne Tremper
588-6148
[email protected]
Newsletter
Barbara Rosenberg
894-4537
[email protected]
Gift Shop
Debbie Smith
610-751-7692
[email protected]
Programming
Barry Tremper
Barbara Rosenberg
588-6148
894-4537
[email protected]
[email protected]
Publicity
Sandra Alfonsi
223-7062
[email protected]
Rabbi Melman’s Office Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
10:30 — 12:00 noon
To talk in person please call me to set up an appointment.
Please provide Barbara with
any information that is
missing for you in the above
grid. Thank you.
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TEMPLE ISRAEL OF THE POCONOS
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A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT ……
Dear Temple Family,
Pesach has come and gone. I hope everyone had enjoyable Seders with family and friends. Unfortunately,
we did not have enough reservations for our Passover dinner and it had to be cancelled. I am again
appealing to my Temple Family. I hope we had a nice attendance at our first Sunday brunch – this one
honored the memory of Tom Breslauer. Let’s have suggestions for future brunches. It is a great way to
relax on a Sunday morning and kibbutz a little with old friends.
We are planning a Shabbat Dinner on Friday evening, June 8th. The cost of the dinner is being picked up by
an anonymous donor but they are asking for a donation from those attending - $5 for members and $10 for
non-members. Our Hebrew school children will be free when accompanied by a paying adult.
Come on folks – last month I asked for ideas for a monthly brunch with speaker or movie? light evening
supper with movie? no suggestions. We want to see our building be more than a Shul (a place to daven
& learn). We want to see it also as a gathering place for friends to get together, eat, kibbutz, etc. We also
need fundraising ideas. In the past few months we have had large expenses at the Parsonage – heating,
plumbing, roof, sewer. We must replenish our funds
You will have a new Board of Directors as of July 1st but they need your assistance with suggestions, ideas,
etc. As you can see – WE NEED SUGGESTIONS & VOLUNTEERS. Please help.
Shalom
Suzanne Tremper, President
Rabbi's Weekly Class Schedule:
MORNINGS:
Tuesdays 10:30 - 11:20 AM Parsha of the week with Etz Chaim commentary.
Wednesdays 10:30 - 11:20 AM Understanding the Siddur, what our prayers mean.
Thursdays 10:30 - 11:20 AM Parsha of the week (continued) with Etz Chaim commentary.
EVENINGS:
Mondays: 5:15 - 6:15 PM Understanding the Talmud - Tractate Kiddushin, using the Vilna Shas edition.
Thursdays 5:15 -6:15 PM Understanding the Talmud -Tractate Kiddushin (continued)
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JEWISH VIEWS OF SATAN
By Norman Gelber
In Judaism Satan is portrayed as the adversary of God and humanity,
as a villain who seeks to defame humanity in the eyes of the Creator, and
as an envious angel.
You may be surprised to discover that these characteristics of Satan are rooted in our
Bible. Christianity has added its graphic version of Satan as a devil with horns, a tail,
and the power to assume a variety of forms, human or animal. In both Judaism and
Christianity, however, he embodies the presence of evil in the created universe.
In the Book of Genesis, Satan appears in the form of a serpent that subtly tempts Eve to
eat the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, and she persuades Adam to partake of the
fruit. As punishment for their disobedience, Eve must bear the travail of child-birth,
Adam must endure hard labor for his subsistence, and both of them must suffer mortality
and expulsion from Paradise. Even though the serpent Satan incurs Divine punishment,
he serves to illustrate the moral lesson that defiance of God’s commandment is a
seductive temptation with a heavy cost.
In Zechariah, Satan accuses Joshua, the high priest, and the returned exiles from
Babylonia of being unworthy of rebuilding the Temple because of their sinfulness. As
punishment for this accusation and the intent to discourage the Temple project, the angel
of God rebukes Satan and defends the high priest and the people. In this scene Satan
may represent the Samaritans, the heretical Jews who treacherously misinformed the
Persian king that the Jews in Jerusalem were planning to rebel against his rule.
The anonymous author of the Book of Job portrays Satan as one of “the sons of God”
who travels up and down the earth, so he appears to be an angel. In this story, he
questions God’s praise of Job as “a whole-hearted and upright man and challenges God
to test Job’s faithfulness through the ordeal of suffering. Satan’s motive for raising doubt
about job’s righteousness is not explained. However, according to the Jewish mystics, only
mankind was created with free will; and Satan, who was envious, resented Job’s
possession of this Divine gift.
By the medieval period, the presence of Satan and his offspring became an integral part
of Jewish folklore. The rabbis of the Talmud taught their congregations that “So long as
Israel studies the Torah, Satan has no power over them,” and that “the demons keep
away from anyone who recites the Shema before retiring.”
--Norman Gelber
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Rabbi’s Essay (continued from page 1)
Thus every single UN resolution condemning Israeli settlement enterprises in the disputed territories and
Jerusalem actually contravenes its own founding charter! The Arab wave of transformation of repressive regimes,
as seen all over the Arab world, will be coming soon to Jordan, at which point the minority Hashemite rulers will
be removed from power and a democratic Palestinian State in Jordan could be formally declared with the full
support of Israel and her supporters worldwide.
Despite calls for its internationalization, Jerusalem must remain the united eternal capital of Israel. Only under
Israeli rule has access to its holy places by all religious faith communities been guaranteed. And only where
Muslim and Christian rule have dominated has Jewish access to Judaism's holy places been consistently denied,
the latter during the Middle Ages and the former anywhere you look today, from the Jordanian expulsion of the
Old City's Jews to the Waqf's denial of any Jewish prayer or historical connection to the Temple Mount, Judaism's
holiest place. This is quite audacious, considering that the Torah mentions Jerusalem over 600 times, and it is not
mentioned even once in the Quran. It has been said that ten measures of beauty were created in the world, with
nine of those measures to be found in Jerusalem. Truer words have never been said! Have you been there yet to
visit and see the veracity of this statement with your own eyes?
Due to the 911 Emergency Readdressing, the addresses for Temple Israel and the
Rabbi's house have been changed. The new addresses are:
Temple Israel of the Poconos
711 Wallace Street
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Rabbi Melman
860 Conwell Street
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
And as a reminder, if you receive a new address for your home, please
notify the Temple office.
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The following slate of officers is presented before you for
consideration for the Board of Directors 2012 — 2013:
President:
Suzanne Tremper
1st Vice President:
Sandra Alfonsi
2nd Vice President:
Lois LaBarca
Secretary:
Barbara Rosenberg
Treasurer:
Dave Rosenberg
Asst. Treasurer:
OPEN
3 yr. trustee:
Art Glantz
2 yr. trustee:
Bernie Driller
Esther Graves
Mark Entenberg
1 yr. trustee:
Ed Krawitz
OPEN
Anyone interested in filling the open Assistant Treasurer or Trustee
slots, please contact the nominating committee as soon as possible.
Elections will be held at the June 6th Congregational Meeting. Please
make sure you come down to the meeting to have your vote counted.
We need your help to continue to live and grow.
Thank you,
Irv Effross 421-6802
Charles Cahn 424-7955
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From Debbie Smith
Tuesday, May 1
4:45 — 6:45
Hebrew School
Saturday, May 5
9:30 a.m.
Students and parents attend
Saturday morning service
Tuesday, May 8
4:45 — 6:45
Lag B’Omer Picnic
Tuesday, May 15
4:45 — 6:45
Hebrew School
Tuesday, May 22
4:45 — 6:45
Testing
Tuesday, May 29
4:45 — 6:45
Last day of Hebrew School. Party
and Graduation Ceremonies.
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ASK THE RABBI
Dear Rabbi Melman,
Why is it that on the last six days of Passover (and on Rosh Chodesh, as well)
we do not say the Full Hallel, but only a Partial Hallel? On Succoth we say a
Full Hallel, on Shavuoth we say a Full Hallel, and even on Chanukah we say a
Full Hallel! But not for the last six days of Pesach! Can you explain this to me?
- Curious -
Dear Curious,
Hallel consists of the recitation following the Amidah, of six Psalms, 113-118, which were
incorporated officially in the Book of Psalms by King David. During a Partial Hallel, we refrain from
reciting vs 1-11 of Psalm 115, and we omit altogether Psalm 116. Hallel comprises four fundamental
themes in Judaism: the Exodus from Egypt, the Giving of the Torah, the Resurrection of the Dead and
the coming of the Messianic Age.
Pesach (Passover), like Succoth (Tabernacles), is structured with the Holy days bracketing the
beginning and the end, with the Chol Hamoed, or less holy Intermediate Days coming in the middle,
between the two bracketing "Yom Tovim."
The last two days of Pesach emphasize the theme of the drowning of the Egyptians in the Yam Suf,
the Sea of Reeds. G*d sees all humanity as His children, and thus He limited our celebration and
rejoicing on the two last days of the Yuntiff, when this theme is expressed.
And since we have the principle that the Intermediate Days of the Festival cannot be more joyous
than the actual days of Yom Tov itself, we therefore also omit the Full Hallel on the Intermediate
Days and substitute the Partial Hallel in its stead.
We say the Full Hallel on Shavuoth (Pentecost), as it is one of the three Chagim, or Biblical
Pilgrimage Festivals.
We say the Full Hallel on Chanukah because the redemption took place in the Land of Israel, and
with the Hasmonean victory we threw off the oppressive and cruel Hellenistic yoke and achieved
national independence in our land.
We do not say Hallel at all on Purim because while we were redeemed from the evil decree of
Haman, we nevertheless remained in exile, outside the land of Israel, under foreign rule. We also
have the principle that for minor holidays outside the Land of Israel, we do not say Hallel at all.
Lastly, we do not say Hallel at all on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. This is based on the
Babylonian Talmud Tractate Arachin 10b, where it states that it is quite unseemly for Israel to be
singing praises to Hashem, all the while Israel sits in judgment with the Book of Life and Death
open before her. It would be like trying to curry favor with the Judge by offering a bribe, metaphorically speaking. As improper as it would be in a human court of law, it is equally out of place in the
Heavenly Court!
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THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROUS
DONATIONS TO TEMPLE ISRAEL OF THE POCONOS
GENERAL DONATIONS
Jeff Cohen
Daniel & Elayne Eskenazi
Sam & Maryjane Newman in honor of
Jacob Smith’s Bar Mitzvah
Anonymous
MEMORIAL PLAQUE
purchased by Ed Katz in
memory of his mother, Mary
YAHRZEIT DONATIONS
Edith Giblin in memory of Harold Giblin
Edith Giblin in memory of Lijsa Kaplowitz
Marc Levin in memory of Weisman
Marc Levin in memory of Levin
Rose Reader in memory of Henry Reader
Leni Eisemann in memory of Erna Eisemann
Marc Wolfe in memory of Sidney Wolfe
Harold Jacobs in memory of Irving Jacobs
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
Leigh Stelzer
Anonymous
Edition 571
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HESSED FUND
Hessed is a Hebrew word meaning kindness and a reaching out to other people.
It is the way you can express sympathy, warm wishes or celebrate simchas for any one within or outside the Jewish
community. If you would like something included here:
Call Suzanne Tremper at 588-6148.
Please leave all the information on the machine so Suzanne doesn’t need to call you back.
OR
Better than telephone, is contacting Suzanne by e-mail at [email protected]. That's the best!
If you would like us to send a card to a person who is not a Temple Israel person, you must include the recipient’s address when
giving Suzanne the information. Cards are usually sent within three days of the request.
To Sam Newman
Happy, Happy Birthday
from
Charlie Cahn
To Michael Cohen & family
In loving memory of your father
J.L. Cohen
from
Judy Brown
Ed & Bobbie Krawitz
To Shelley & Paul Giblin
in loving memory of your father
from
Sandra Alfonsi
Art Glantz
Mitchell Marcus
Paul & Mindy Solomon
Barry & Suzanne Tremper
Merle Turitz & the Ruben
Brothers
To Laurel Stahl
Mazel Tov on your
80th birthday
from
Art Glantz
To Dan & Marilyn Hertz
Much happiness & good health
in your new Florida home
from
Howard & Ruth Popkin
To Paul & Judy Schuchman & family
In loving memory of Howard,
loving brother, husband, father,
grandfather and great-grandfather
from
Lester Abeloff
Murray Abeloff
Sandra Alfonsi
Cathy Bittlingmeyer (United Way of Monroe County)
Judy Brown
Charlie Cahn
Bernie & Lois Driller
Irv & Eda Effross
Ed & Bobbie Krawitz
Ivan Margolies
Sam & Maryjane Newman
Herb & Sylvia Rosen
Barth Rubin
Paul & Mindy Solomon
Michelle & Dylan Star
Patrice Summa
Barry & Suzanne Tremper
Alan & Adrienne Westheim
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May Birthdays
May 01
Art Jolley
Jacob Cohen
May 02
Art Glantz
May 04
Andre McGowan
May 4
Jeff & Robin Bair
May 05
Barry Tremper
May 21
Radcliffe & Sara McGowan
May 06
Edith Jacobson
May 17
Pearl Rothman
May 19
Jordan Speicher
May 20
Daniel Harter
May 21
Mariel Rodriguez
May 22
Howard Klein
Bill Brown
Emanuel Fineberg
May 23
Bernie Helman
May 24
Marla Stein
May 26
Mitchell Marcus
May 28
Marion Koshar
May 29
Jacob Rubin
David Rosenberg
May 30
Abigail Stein
Note: Hessed Fund wishes
are $10 each.
May Anniversaries
If you are celebrating a milestone
year, whether it be birthday or
anniversary, please let me know so
others may celebrate with you.
Contact: Suzanne Tremper
588-6148 or [email protected]
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MayYahrzeit List
May 1
Iyar 09
Jerry Sugarman
Harry Forster
Annie Reader
May 2
Iyar 10
Masha Trumpaitzky
May 4
Iyar 12
Frances Forster
Sonya Fisher
May 5
Iyar 13
Abraham Lichetenbaum
May 7
Iyar 15
William Brown
May 9
Iyar 17
Beatrice Joseph
May 10
Iyar 18
Edward I. Odzer
Jacob Bernbaum
May 11
Iyar 19
Rachel Jollowskly
May 12
Iyar 20
Julius Reader
Florence Goldstein
Leo Feinsilber
May 13
Iyar 21
Philip Goldstein
May 14
Iyar 22
Harry Smulyan
May 15
Iyar 23
Arthur Silverwater
May 16
Iyar 24
Stanley Iskowitz
May 17
Iyar 25
Sadye Rosenzweig
Robert Dean Cohen
May 19
Iyar 27
Abraham Userowitz
May 23
Sivan 02
Minnie Glaser
Jane Spears
May 24
Sivan 03
Amanada Canarte
Ann Margolies
May 25
Sivan 04
Sophie Fleischmann
May 26
Sivan 05
Irma Reicher
Carl Greenberg
May 27
Sivan 06
Morton Silverman
May 28
Sivan 07
Evelyn Hill
Harry Trumpaitzky
May 29
Sivan 08
Tom Breslauer
May 30
Sivan 09
Lilian August
Jerome Freiberg
Anna Nadell
Esther Abeloff
May 31
Sivan 10
Max Blum
Esther Jacobs
Rose Goldberg
Edition 571
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June Yahrzeit List
June 1
Sivan 11
Louis Goldberg
Ludwig Schnog
June 2
Sivan 12
Joseph Greenberg
Samuel Whitman
June 3
Sivan 13
Elsie Lustgarten
June 4
Sivan 14
Irene Mandel
June 5
Sivan 15
Norman D. Cohen
June 7
Sivan 17
Susan Carol Glass
June 8
Sivan 18
Ida Newman
June 9
Sivan 19
Ethel Silverwater
Hilda Garaventi
Haiman Greenberg
June 10
Sivan 20
Joseph Farber
Charles Taxerman
June 11
Sivan 21
Minnie Dortort
June 14
Sivan 24
Abraham Levine
June 16
Sivan 26
Abraham Levine
June 17
Sivan 27
Richard Alan Goldman
Meyer Solomon
June 18
Sivan 28
Jack Joseph
June 20
Sivan 30
June 21
Tammuz 01
Mollie Gelber
Irving Shevrin
Irving Karpe
Alter Silverman
Bessie Yudelson
June 23
Tammuz 03
Ada Block
Samuel Caplan
Eli Getz
Jules Goldberg
Eugene Irving Iskowitz
June 24
Tammuz 04
Brenda Howitt Tucker
June 27
Tammuz 07
Pearl Weinberg
Max Eisemann
Leo Yudelson
June 29
Tammuz 09
Esther Martin
Richard Podhajny
June 30
Tammuz 10
Ethel Krumper
Noah D. Lambert
Beatrice Rosenberg
Nathan Goldstein
Edition 571
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NOW IT’S EASIER THAN EVER BEFORE TO SPONSOR AN
ONEG OR A KIDDUSH
YOU CAN CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY, ANNIVERSARY, LIFE
CYCLE EVENT OR JUST BECAUSE.....
TEMPLE ISRAEL OF THE POCONOS KOSHER
KITCHEN ANNOUNCES
SHABBAT ONEG AND KIDDUSH PACKAGES
Friday Night Oneg: $75
Package includes cakes, cookies, fresh fruit in season, hot
coffee, milk, sweeteners, seltzer, paper goods, cutlery, setup
and cleanup.
Shabbat Kiddush: $125
Package includes 4 different salads, veggie platter, fresh fruits
of the season, assorted cakes and/or cookies, hot coffee, milk,
sweeteners, seltzer/cold beverage, paper goods, cutlery, setup
and cleanup.
Each package is priced for 25 people.
Other special request items (including lox) are available upon
request and for an additional fee; please contact us to design
your own special event. For scheduling, availability and more
information contact: Lois LaBarca at 421-6103
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WE ALL HAVE SIMCHAS AND NACHES IN OUR LIFE
CELEBRATE AND COMMEMORATE WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING...
SEND WARM THOUGHTS
Give Suzanne Tremper a call at 588-6148 or e-mail her at [email protected] and let someone
know you’re thinking of them. For a small contribution to the Hessed Fund, Suzanne will
send a card wishing a Happy Birthday, Congratulations, Mazel Tov, Get Well or Condolences.
A notice will appear in this bulletin, as well. When you call, please leave all the information
needed.
TREE OF LIFE AND MEMORIALS
Add a leaf to the Tree of Life to celebrate births, birthdays, marriages, bar and bat mitzvahs, or
any other special event for a minimum contribution of $150. Remember loved ones with a
Memorial Plaque at a minimum contribution of $600 for members, $850 for non-members.
Contact Suzanne Tremper at 588-6148.
ENDOWMENT FUND
Hey, it’s always a great time to make a contribution. Make your check out to “Temple Israel.”
Another thought to consider, remember Temple Israel in your will.
Call Herb Rosen at 424-1161 with any questions.
Honor or Remember Someone Special
with a Bookplate
A bookplate can be placed in a Siddur, the
weekly prayer book we use every Friday evening
and Shabbat morning, or in a machzor, the prayer
book which is used on the High Holidays.
Remember a special occasion such as a birthday,
anniversary, bnei mitzvah or any other occasion you
want to note for a relative or friend. You can also
place a dedication in someone’s memory.
A
nameplate with the donor, recipient, and occasion
will be inserted. The minimum donation is $50.
Contact Herb Rosen, 424-1161, or at [email protected].
Do you need a Mi Sheberach Recited?
When you can’t make services, but would like a prayer said on behalf of someone
important to you, please don’t hesitate to call the synagogue and leave a message
on the Temple answering machine for Rabbi Melman so that your prayers
will be included in our services.
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FROM YOUR MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE…..
we offer you a challenge!
We need everyone to help with this. Surely you know individuals and
families who have no affiliation with a Synagogue.
Encourage them to become members of our Temple Israel Family!
If every family brings in one individual or family,
think of the possibilities!
At Temple events, be they regular Shabbat Services or a social occasion,
introduce yourself to anyone you don’t recognize. You’ll make new friends
and assist us in enlarging our family.
YOU CAN BE PART OF OUR SUCCESS!!
For information please contact:
Sandy Magnes
at 570-476-6832
or [email protected]
or Temple Israel 421-8781
Please leave a phone number so that we may return your call.
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Temple Israel Newsletter, Edition 571/May 2012, published
monthly at Temple Israel of the Poconos, 711 Wallace Street,
Stroudsburg, PA 18360. (570) 421-8781/[email protected].
STROUDBURG, PA
18360
For information concerning this publication contact Barbara
Rosenberg, Editor, (570) 894-4537/[email protected].
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Barbara Rosenberg
894- 4537 or [email protected]
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