2012 Mitzvah Day, Sunday, May 6

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the bulletin
N E W S L E T T E R
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C O N G R E G A T I O N
2012 Mitzvah Day, Sunday, May 6
S H A A R E
E M E T H
Thank you to all our participants at this
year’s Shaare Emeth 2012 Mitzvah Day!
We have been getting wonderful feedback
from all the agencies, and they are
appreciative of all your hard work and
assistance.
If you would like to volunteer for other
Mitzvah opportunities, see page 6 for our
Summer Mitzvah Series.
More Mitzvah Day photos are available on
Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/
cong.shaare.emeth.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
J U N E ,
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S I V A N / T A M M U Z
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In Focus & Worship Calendar.............. 2-3
President’s Note ........................................ 4
School & Youth News ............................. 5
Deeds of Kindness .................................. 6-7
D’var Torah ............................................. 8
Auxiliaries ............................................... 9
Honey Order Form ................................. 10
Calendar ................................................. 11
Save the Date .......................................... 12
Community ............................................. 13
Thinking of You ......................................14
Remembrances .........................................15
Tributes ............................................. 16-17
Special Thanks ........................................18
Ads .........................................................19
VOL. 92, No. 11
WORSHIP CALENDAR FOR
JUNE, 2012
FRIDAY, JUNE 1
6 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Service
June Birthday Blessings
SATURDAY, JUNE 2
9:30 a.m. Service of Confirmation
FRIDAY, JUNE 8
6 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Service
SATURDAY, JUNE 9
11 a.m. in the Sanctuary
Isabel Rose Schack,
daughter of Julie and Martin Schack,
becomes a Bat Mitzvah
FRIDAY, JUNE 15
6 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Service
SATURDAY, JUNE 16
11 a.m. in the Sanctuary
Morgan Elizabeth Jansson,
daughter of Edie and Niall Jansson,
becomes a Bat Mitzvah
FRIDAY, JUNE 22
6 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Service
SATURDAY, JUNE 23
At Goldman Union Camp Institute
Brett Dale Sayre, son of Linda Sayre,
becomes a Bar Mitzvah
11 a.m. in the Sanctuary
Jacob Alexander Sacks,
son of Kelly and Robert Sacks,
becomes a Bar Mitzvah
FRIDAY, JUNE 29
6 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Service
SATURDAY, JUNE 30
11 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service
Shabbat Morning: Torah Study, 9:30 a.m.;
Minyan, 11 a.m.; Weekday Minyans: M/Th, 7:15 a.m.
Homebound Services available every
Friday and Saturday.
Call 1-800-846-4808; enter ID #91088047 .
ALL SERVICES ARE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
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Counting Our Blessings
“The Blessing of Marriage – a Civil Right?”
President Obama’s recent announcement expressing
support for same-sex marriage has occupied the airwaves and bandwidth and commanded the attention of political commentators and religious
leaders. This controversy will most likely fade, as economic and other geopolitical concerns and the approaching election season demand our attention.
For us as Reform Jewish Americans, I believe this issue is of profound
significance and importance. Reform Judaism has long affirmed the dignity and
civil rights of each and every person, and this issue calls us to struggle with this
most fundamental value and affirm nothing less.
“It is a significant and historic step forward in the pursuit of equal
opportunity, individual liberty and freedom from discrimination,” the
Anti-Defamation League said in a statement, “and underscores the fact that no
American should be denied access to the benefits of civil marriage because of his
or her sexual orientation.”
President Obama shared publicly a struggle that many people face in
private. “I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to
friends and family and neighbors, when I think about members of my own staff
who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex
relationships, who are raising kids together,” he said, “when I think about those
soldiers or airmen or Marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf
and yet feel constrained, even now that ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ is gone, because
they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage, at a certain point I’ve just
concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm
that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.”
Our own Reform movement’s Religious Action Center described the
president’s remarks as “a key moment in the advance of civil rights in America.
These rights are due no less to same-sex couples than heterosexual ones, as the
president’s comments today acknowledge.”
If we are each created “B’tselem Elohim – in the image of God,” there
can be no doubt that each human being is entitled to the same protection, the
same rights, the same privileges, the same dignity, the same opportunities.
Marrying another adult in a loving, monogamous relationship is but one of
these rights. Politics aside, I believe Reform Jewish values compel us to join the
President in the struggle with our own conscience on this issue.
James M. Bennett, Rabbi,
[email protected]
in focus
Eden Once Again
This month, summer will officially be upon us. I always look forward to these months as a time to catch up
on the many books that have been piling up on my desk at home and in my office … books that have been
recommended to me or given to me, books I have stumbled upon in bookstores or that called out to me while I was
browsing on-line. People often seem curious about what I am reading and so I thought I’d take some time to share a couple
of my favorite Jewish books to spice up your summer reading lists this year. Some of these titles come from the piles of
books awaiting me this summer, and some are books I have read and loved and can’t wait to pass on.
Fiction
To the End of the Land, by David Grossman
This is, by far, one of my all-time favorite novels. Grossman, an Israeli author, tells the story of Ora, a woman whose
youngest son is serving in the military. Worried for his safety, Ora convinces herself that the only way to protect him is by
leaving her home and traveling to the north of Israel. There she plans on hiking and camping for the entire time of his
service without a cell phone or any means of communicating with the outside world. She reasons that if the “notifiers”
(the ones sent from the army to deliver tragic news to the families of soldiers) cannot find her to make their report, her son
can never be injured or die. Ora brings along Avram, an old friend, with her on her journey and as they meander across the
Upper Galilee their complex and interwoven pasts, including hidden feelings and secrets, begin to emerge. Countless
aspects of Israel’s land, culture and values come to life in this novel, and it is a beautiful, gripping, difficult story that
illuminates both the ferocity of love, as well as the fragility and fortitude of the human will.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, stories by Nathan Englander
I am excited to dig into this book of short stories by the author of For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, which I loved.
Englander does not shy away from uncomfortable topics, though his use of wit and humor does take a bit of the edge off.
He is constantly asking us to evaluate how our collective past continues to influence and inform our personal lives today.
Non-fiction
Future Tense, by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Rabbi Sacks, Great Britain’s Chief Rabbi, is one of the most well-respected and powerful voices of this generation’s Jewish
thinkers. In Future Tense he looks at the place of modern Israel in the minds and hearts of Jews around the world. For the
sake of Israel’s future, he urges us to reclaim our authentic story of a people whose purpose is to make real the values of
tikkun olam, instead of a people plagued by the forces of anti-Semitism.
The Bedside Torah, by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
This is a wonderful book for anyone who has wished to have a deeper understanding of our people’s most sacred text, but
feels a little lost at knowing where to begin. Rabbi Artson brings three contemporary, accessible interpretations to each of
the weekly Torah portions and helps us understand how Torah can deepen and enrich our lives today.
If you’re looking for more summer reading recommendations, don’t hesitate to be in touch. And if there’s a book you’ve
read recently that you think I’d love – please send along the title and author so I can add it to my own summer reading list.
Andrea Goldstein, Rabbi,
[email protected]
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president
Eden Once Again
Where Has the Year Gone?
It has been a year since I was installed as the Congregation’s 53rd president. I thought it might be
worthwhile to summarize some of the major events that have taken place over the last twelve months.
The completion of our strategic planning framework as described by Greg Yawitz in April’s bulletin might be viewed
as one of the most exciting milestones of the year. Stay tuned as our change teams hit the ground running. It is critical that
we obtain as much feedback from our congregants as possible; so if asked to participate, please volunteer.
Ronnie Brockman announced her retirement in January. Ronnie has been a fixture as a valued member of the
Temple staff. Ronnie was honored for her years of service on Friday evening, May 18.
We extended the contract of Rabbi Goldstein. We look forward to her continued presence as one of our spiritual
leaders.
We hired our new Director of Jewish Life and Learning, Debbie Bram, who joins us full time this July. Debbie’s
responsibilities will include joining with our professional staff and lay leadership in creating opportunities for Jewish
engagement, growth and learning for our entire congregation. Debbie will also have responsibility for working closely with
and supervising Liessa Alperin, Cheri Winchell and Jodi Miller, uniting and coordinating the efforts of our Religious
School, Early Childhood Program and Youth Program to create seamless opportunities for Jewish learning and engagement
for all of our children, as well as programs for adults of all ages. This supervisory role will free Rabbis Bennett and
Goldstein to devote their energies more fully to their rabbinic responsibilities and to work closely with all of our staff to
create the most vibrant congregation possible.
New bylaws were approved by the Board of Trustees. This came after over twelve months of work of the Bylaws
Committee ably led by Felice Joyce and Mike Geigerman. You can view a copy by going online.
We have welcomed 47 new families to the Congregation since last year’s annual meeting. The warmth and vibrancy
of our Congregation has inspired many to want to belong, and we are thrilled that they have chosen Congregation Shaare
Emeth.
More about what has transpired over the last year is described in this year’s annual report. Hard copies will be
available in the Temple office or you can view a copy online.
Thank you for allowing me to serve as President. It is an honor and a privilege.
Joe Pereles, President,
[email protected]
Shaare Emeth Offers Babysitting
Every Friday evening during Shabbat services we offer babysitting
for children up to age 7— at no cost.
Available from 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Located in Room 3 of our very own Shirlee Green Preschool.
Andrea Goldstein, Rabbi, [email protected]
Questions? Contact the Temple office, 314.569.0010.
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school & youth
Youth Update
Jodi Miller, Youth and Camp Director
[email protected]
The hand prints are on the wall in the Moadon
and we have said our good-byes to our seniors. The
memories will remain, and our hearts are bound together
by the love of NFTY and SETYG. We have had an
incredible year. We hosted Winter Chavurah which was
an amazing 4 day event and experienced our largest and
most active freshmen class ever! We are looking forward
to next year and would like to introduce the 2012-2013
SETYG Executive Board.
2012-2013 SETYG Executive Board:
President, Justin Bohm
Co-Programming Vice Presidents,
Michelle Bennett and Molly Thal
Social Action Vice President, Alyson Yawitz
Co-Religious and Cultural Vice Presidents,
Jordyn Miller and Ellie Pinto
Membership Vice President, Sam Shabsin
Co- Communication and Visuals Vice Presidents,
Benjamin Pomerantz and David Thal
Special Projects Coordinator, Rachel Houser
Future Leader, Miranda Rubin
Fundraising Vice President, Shana Waldman
If you are going to be in high school in the fall
(9-12 grade), we invite you to join our SETYG family!
Preschool
Cheri Winchell, Director,
Early Childhood Education
[email protected]
The excitement of summer and Camp Micah is
drawing near. You will have the opportunity to be a part
of a truly special community, one which takes pride in the
experiences our children participate in every day —
art, music, movement, science, water play, sports and more;
and the Jewish values brought to each of these experience.
This summer we are thrilled to offer MDO
(Mother’s Day Out) at Camp Micah. We look forward to
having our very youngest campers participate in all of the
activities which make Camp Micah a fabulous first
camping experience! See below for details.
MDO
(Mother's Day Out)
is coming to
Camp Micah!!!
When: Tuesdays and/or Thursdays
9:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
What: MDO is an exciting program for children
1- 2 years of age. Drop your child off for a morning of
arts and crafts, water play, music, interactive play and just
plain fun, all while being cared for by warm, nurturing,
highly qualified, experienced camp counselors.
You can register your child for MDO one day at a time,
one week at a time, or one month at a time. When you
register for five consecutive classes during camp,
the fifth class is FREE.
For more details or to register your child,
please contact Hannah Dayan,
Preschool/Camp Michah Admin. Assistant:
314.569.0048, or [email protected].
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deeds of kindness
Performing a Mitzvah Doesn’t Happen Only Once a Year.
Join us for our Summer Mitzvah Series
And help make a difference!
DATES
Sunday, June 10
TIME
10:00 a.m.– Noon
PROJECT
Jewish Food Pantry
Sunday, June 24
10:00 a.m.– Noon
Jewish Food Pantry
Sunday, July 15
6:00 -8:00 p.m.
Peter & Paul Community Services
Sunday, July 22
6:00 -8:00 p.m.
Peter & Paul Community Service
Sunday, August 5
10:00 a.m.-Noon
Cook meals for homebound seniors
(at Temple)
To sign up or for more information, please contact Marti Zuckerman, [email protected],
or Ronnie Brockman, 314.569.0010/ [email protected].
Tzedakah Box
Our Shaare Emeth Tzedakah Project agency this quarter is Community Women Against Hardship,
a non-profit organization dedicated to providing personalized and evidence-based programs and services to enable
families who are struggling with poverty issues to become more self-sufficient.
Please help by donating the following items:
Household Items:
Furniture, lamps, kitchenware, bedding, bath
towels, flatware, dishes, TV’s, DVD players, etc.
Clothing (all sizes and ages):
Pants, jeans, dresses, blouses, shirts, belts, shoes,
jackets, hats, handbags, skirts, etc.
All donated items should be in great and clean
condition.
Please make sure the clothing donated is seasonal;
summer clothing only.
Donated items are received at the main entrance door:
3963 West Belle Pl., St. Louis, MO 63108. M-Th 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Please call/email before coming. Phone: 314.289.7523 or
email: [email protected].
NOTE: large items can be picked up. All donations are tax deductible.
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gemilut chasidim
Join us for St. Louis Pride Fest —“Be You”
June is Pride Month for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community.
During the last weekend in June, the community comes together for Pride Fest, a festival in
Tower Grove Park with a parade on Sunday. Join us to show the St. Louis community that
Congregation Shaare Emeth is PROUD of our commitment to diversity and inclusion!
Volunteers & Parade Marchers Needed!
Walk in the Parade on June 24
We’ll be walking together under a giant rainbow tent
to demonstrate that our tents and communities are
open wide to all who wish to join us. Please meet at
11:00 a.m. near the intersection of Grand and Utah;
the parade begins at noon.
The parade is about a mile long and is considered
“family friendly” – this is a fun activity to do with your
kids! We are also working on arranging for limited
seating for people who would like to participate but
cannot walk the parade route – please contact us for
more information.
Staff the Jewish Communities Booth at Pride Fest!
We need people to staff the booth on Saturday and
Sunday. We’ll have information about Jewish organizations, including Shaare Emeth, where members of the
LGBT community can find a welcoming environment.
We’ll also have craft opportunities for festival-goers,
including supplies to make bracelets that celebrate the
diversity of our community.
Volunteers are needed for the following shifts:
Saturday, June 23: 10-12:30, 12:30-3, 3-5:30, 5:30-8
Sunday, June 24: 11-12, 12-2:30, 2:30-5, 5-7:30.
To sign up to walk with Shaare Emeth or to volunteer at the booths,
contact Rebecca Turner at [email protected] or Eileen Powers at 314.968.1730 / [email protected]
The Jewish Food Pantry Needs Our Help
In June the Harvey Kornblum
Jewish Food Pantry is looking for these
specific items to provide well-balanced
nourishment for the community in need:
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Macaroni & Cheese
Canned Tuna Fish
Healthy Cereals
Canned Fruits and Vegetables
Toilet Paper and Hand Soap
Toothpaste and Toothbrushes
Detergents and Bars of Soap
Items should be brought to the
Temple’s collection site.
Room at the Inn
Monday, June 4
Time: 5:00 p.m.—9:00 p.m.
Volunteer for either/all of the following:
Help make dinner, visit with adults and children,
sleepover, assist with making breakfast, and
transportation back to the shelter.
Upcoming Dates:
Mondays, July 2 & Aug 6
To volunteer, contact David Gerst,
636.349.3225 or [email protected].
(See pg. 8 for a D’var Torah inspired by a volunteer.)
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d’var torah
Showing Up: Room at the Inn and the Lessons
of Torah
By: Debra Baker
The Torah portion of Tzav (Hebrew for
“command”) is mostly about sacrifice. It’s about the
bringing of things to G-d because G-d asked. G-d
commands the priests, Aaron and his sons, to bring him a
whole host of offerings, the burnt offering, the meal
offering, the sin offering, the peace offering. And on and
on. He gives them exact instructions on how to prepare
for the delivering of these offerings. He tells them where
to do the sacrifices, what to eat, what not to eat, what to
do with the blood from the offerings. He even tells them
what to wear—they are to don their linen tunic.
What strikes me most, in thinking about this
portion is that, when given these exact instructions—do
this, don’t do that, wear this, don’t wear that, nobody says,
hey wait a minute, why can’t I do it this way? Nobody
complains about how hot they are in their linen tunics,
and how they want to go bare-chested instead. They don’t
whine about how heavy the animals are to schlep across
wherever to get them to where they need to be. They
don’t say that the sprinkling of the blood makes them
nauseous. They don’t quibble among themselves about
how they already have such a massive to-do list on that day
and now they have to add one, or even many, more tasks.
They just do it. The priests seem to sacrifice willingly.
With pure hearts. With clear intentions.
I don’t know about you, but that’s just not my
tendency. That okay-I’ll-do-whatever-you-want-just-becauseyou-commanded-me is just not my usual thing.
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But I think about how, this Monday night, yet
again, I will sleep right here on this floor with women and
children through the Room at the Inn program for people
who are homeless. On Monday night, my ten-year-old
daughter, Sarah, and I or eleven-year-old, Max, and I will
camp out at Temple overnight, and we will wake up before
the sun to prepare breakfast, to drive the women and
children back to the day shelter, to hurry and get our own
day started. We have been doing this for a few years.
I will have a moment, or two, or three, as I often
do, where I will wish that we had not committed ourselves.
I will think about how much my 43-year-old back aches in
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the morning when I sleep on that air mattress. I will
overworry about being late to teach my first period
students at Wydown. I will envision a sheer lack of energy
to teach classrooms of eighth graders the next morning,
imagine that I will collapse from the exhaustion of a night
of such fitful non-sleep. I will remember how there is
usually no time for a shower before work, only a quick
brushing of the teeth and hair, a rinsing of the face. I will
think about what others have said to me – Really? You let
your kids do this? And on a school night? I would never.
Or, really? You let your children sleep among strangers?
Aren’t you afraid? What if? What if? What if?
But, I guess just like, or maybe only vaguely like,
the priests who showed up to that altar, again and again, as
they were commanded to do, I, too, will show up . . .To
this overnight shift, to the one that is most difficult to fill
with volunteers, to the one that is deemed least desirable.
The plain fact is that I show up, we show up, my
kids and I, because women and children need us to be
there. We show up because, in the morning when I am
driving these women and children back to the day shelter
and I glance through my rearview mirror, I will see Sarah
holding hands with a girl she knows not as homeless, but
as human. I will see the girl clutching, with her other
hand, a magic wand that Sarah has pulled from her own
closet in our little ranch home. We show up because I
want my children to know that the world is filled with us,
not with us and them, that some kids don’t have
toothbrushes, but that we are not somehow better because
we have closets bursting with Wii games and stuffed bears.
In the end, we show up because I know that one
night on an air mattress, one day without a shower, one
morning where I need extra cups of caffeine, is a short trip
to the altar, a small sacrifice, in the face of a giant need.
I try, much like it seemed that Aaron and his sons tried, to
keep my focus clear, my perspective intact, my intention
holy. I try to listen to that voice that tells me, or maybe it
even commands me, to come to Temple on Monday nights
and offer this tiny sacrifice. Is that voice, G-d’s voice? I
don’t know. But when the women leave my mini-van and
whisper, as they often do, “G-d bless you, thank you so
much”, I think that, yes, maybe I have, in fact, heard G-d.
I think that G-d may have been sitting right there, in the
back of my Nissan Quest minivan.
auxiliaries
Senior’s Luncheon
Monday, June 18, at the Hallmark
(1 New Ballas Place)
Lunch is filledBut, please join us after lunch at 1:00 p.m. for musical entertainment
featuring harmonic, Sandy Weltman.
Upcoming Luncheon . . .
Lunch at the Brentmoor
Monday, July 16, at Noon
No charge– Space is limited!
RSVP to Vera Emmons in the Temple office, 314.569.0010.
Reform Singles Together
Join the High Holy Day Choir
60’s + Group
Saturday, June 2 – Dinner at the Cafe Provencal,
427 S. Kirkwood Road at 6:30 p.m.
Call Ruth for a reservation and carpool by May 26.
Saturday, June 9 – Movie and dinner of
participants' choice. Call Ruth for more
information.
Sunday, June 24 – Dinner and Movie at the
Holocaust Museum. See "Strange Fruit" at 1:00
p.m., a documentary telling a story using an
influential protest song as its epicenter. Eat a light
lunch, as we plan to eat out after the movie.
Wednesday, July 4 - All games party at Coeur de
Royale Clubhouse starting at 2:30 p.m.
Dinner will be served at $10.00 per person.
This year’s Shaare Emeth High Holiday music and
worship promises to be new, exciting and different, and
depends on you!
Cantor Warner and professional choir director,
Ben Silvermintz, invite YOU to join our High Holy Day
Congregational Choir.
Previous musical experience is welcome, but not
required. All ages are welcome, though over age of 13
is recommended; grandparents, parents and children are
encouraged to participate together.
Rehearsals begin July 31 and will be held on
Tuesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
To participate, please contact Cantor Warner at
[email protected] or 314.569.0010.
For more information, call Ruth Satz, 314. 432.4247.
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C O N G R E G A T I O N
S H A A R E
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T H
Founded in 1867
SUNDAY
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MONDAY
4
TUESDAY
5
7:15 a.m.
Minyan
11:30 a.m.
Mah Jongg
6 p.m.
Room at the Inn
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11
12
7:15 a.m.
Minyan
12:30 a.m.
Mah Jongg
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18
19
7:15 a.m.
Minyan
12:30 p.m.
Senior Lunch
(at Hallmark,
reservations
needed)
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25
7:15 a.m.
Minyan
12:30 p.m.
Mah Jongg
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WEDNESDAY
june 2012
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
2
5:15 p.m.
Nosh
6 p.m.
Shabbat Service
Numbers 4:21-7:89
9 :30 a.m.
Confirmation
Service
9:30 a.m.
Torah Study
11 a.m.
Shabbat Service
6
7
8
9
11:30 a.m.
Mah Jongg
7:15 a.m.
Minyan
11:30 a.m.
Bridge Group
5:15 p.m.
Nosh
6 p.m.
Shabbat Service
Numbers 8:1-12:16
9:30 a.m.
Torah Study
11 a.m.
Shabbat Service
11 a.m.
Informal Minyan
13
14
15
16
11:30 a.m.
Mah Jongg
7:15 a.m.
Minyan
11:30 a.m.
Bridge Group
5:15 p.m.
Nosh
6 p.m.
Shabbat Service
Numbers 13:1-15:41
9:30 a.m.
Torah Study
11 a.m.
Shabbat Service
11 a.m.
Informal Minyan
20
21
22
23
11:30 a.m.
Mah Jongg
7:15 a.m.
Minyan
11:30 a.m.
Bridge Group
5:15 p.m.
Nosh
6 p.m.
Shabbat Service
Numbers 16:1-18:32
9:30 a.m.
Torah Study
11 a.m.
Shabbat Service
11 a.m.
Informal Minyan
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28
29
30
11:30 a.m.
Mah Jongg
7:15 a.m.
Minyan
11:30 a.m.
Bridge Group
5:15 p.m.
Nosh
6 p.m.
Shabbat Service
Numbers 19:1-22:1
9:30 a.m.
Torah Study
11 a.m.
Shabbat Service
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community
Welcome New Members
Martin and Carolyn Altman
Dr. Alvin and Jane Gold
Cheryl Leamon
MAZEL TOV / SIMCHAS
To add your simcha in our Temple Bulletin, please call Gloria Schwartz in the
Temple office, 314.692-5302.
Ginny and Gerry Weiss on their 50th anniversary.
Daniel and Angela Cooper on their recent marriage.
Knitters Needed!
Knitters for Chesed is looking for volunteers to help knit.
All knitted items are donated to charity. Yarn will be
provided. Pick up yarn on Thursdays at the Temple.
If you are interested please, contact Vera in the Temple
office, 314.569.0010.
Leah Rubin and Jeff Cohen on the birth of granddaughter,
Julia Abigail Sandler.
Marsha and Larry Rothman on the birth of grandson,
Isaac Henry Rothman. Also, congratulations to
Marsha on her special birthday.
Jane and John Weiss on their son, Ben, having his book,
Malice in Wonderland, What Every Law Student Should
Have for the Trip, recently published.
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
Marisa and Alex Reby on the birth of son, Noah Andrew.
Join the Shaare Emeth Walkers for “Race for the Cure” on
Saturday, June 23. Please register by Monday, June 4.
Register for the race at www.koenstlouis.org, type in team
#112084. For more information, call Jerri Livingston,
314.469.3553.
Barbara Langsman Shuman who was honored as a
“Woman of Achievement” for her Community Service by
KMOX Radio, Suburban Journals and Ladue News,
at a luncheon on May 17.
Grief Support Group
A bi-montly grief support group meets on Mondays from
6:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Nusach Hari B’nai Zion,
650 N. Prince Rd. in Olivette. The sessions are coordinated
by psychologist, Louise Kaufman-Yavitz. Whether the loss is
recent or time has passed, the group aims to provide
empathy and a healing environment for participants.
The meetings are non-denominational and open to all ages.
There is no cost to join the group. To register or for more
information, contact Louis Kaufman-Yavitz at 314.872.9988
or [email protected].
Barry Glantz who was recently elected
Mayor of Creve Coeur.
Anne Newman and Stephen Shuh on the birth of
Granddaughter, Eleanor.
Paige and Stuart Noel on the birth of son, Sawyer Ross Noel.
Congratulations also to grandparents, Pam and Craig Toder.
Dan Geigerman for being accepted into Hebrew Union
College– Jewish Institute of Religion Debbie Friedman
School of Sacred Music. Congratulations also to
parents, Paula and Mike Geigerman.
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thinking of you
Condolence
Gary Barnholtz
Husband of Diana Barnholtz
Father of Debra Greer and Lorri Holts
Brother of Ronald Barnholtz and Mae Stangle
The Congregation
notes with deep
Arlene Eisen
sorrow the
Mother of Jack, Richard and Michael Eisen
passing of our
Grandmother of Emily, Josh, and Jordan Eisen
members and
extends our deepest
sympathy to their Sympathy
families
Wilma Gerstein on the death of her brother,
Ronald H. Tennenbaum.
Joy Millner on the death of her father,
Frank Benedick.
Robert Kodner on the death of his father,
Mike Kodner.
Ellen Gross on the death of her brother,
Lester Lowenstein, Jr.
Mitchell Lefkowitz on the death of his father,
Kenneth Lefkowitz.
Lillian Goldman on the death of her sister,
Cyrine Feldman.
Steven Lipstein on the death of his brother,
Bruce Lipstein.
Yahrzeit—Remembering the
Blessing
“May their memory be a
blessing”, the traditional
expression of condolence,
is permanently engraved on
the Weekly Perpetual
Yahrzeit Memorial in the Stiffman Sanctuary.
This beautiful memorial board is truly a work
of art and was presented to the Congregation to
display the names of our departed loved ones
each Shabbat and through the week that the
yahrzeit is observed, in addition to the permanent
plaques mounted in the Chapel.
Memorials, including both plaques, are $900.
Pricing for non-members purchasing perpetual
memorials is $1,400.
What's New At New Mt. Sinai?
At a recent meeting of the Board of the
New Mt. Sinai Cemetery Association, the officers
for 2012 were announced.
Perpetual Memorials
A new memorial
has been established for:
Frances Glazer
Established by Ida Kramer
Frances Sheinbein
Established by the Sheinbein Family
Sue Steiner Gallop
Established by Emily Coen, Elizabeth Dennis,
John Gallop, and Thomas Gallop
Fred M. Reichman
Established by Marti Reichman
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(Left to Right) Neil Handelman, 2nd Vice President; Robert
Loewenstein, 1st Vice President; Charles Eisenkramer,
President; Edward Hirsch, immediate Past President; Robert
Glik, 3rd Vice President; Louis Loebner, Treasurer; (seated)
Norman Roth, Secretary.
The Board of the association is made up of 6
members from each of the owner congregations,
plus Life Members who served as past
president. Currently, the Board consists of 23
members. The Board meets quarterly at one of
the owner congregations.
If you have any questions or concerns that you
wish to be contacted about, please call the
cemetery office at 314.353.2540.
remembrances
June 1 & 2
Abraham J. Alport
William Banashek
Nat Beitch
Morris Bialock
Minnie Bierman
Herz Crone
Jack Cutter
Bette Edelman
Gloria Berman Fingerhood
Milton Frank
Walter Gerber
Pearl Gertz
Paul S. Gittelman
Irving Goldberg
Harriet Goldenberg
Lena Gross
Adolf Gruenfeld
Saul Halpern
Sam Hamburg
Myron David Hopper
Benjamin Jaffe
Fred Julius
Rose Julius
Leonard L. Kaufman
Edith Kranson
Dorothy Esther Kurlander
Jack Lerman
Belle Levin
Dena Gubin Lipsitz
Morris Magid
Gert Mason Winter Marks
Bess Rubenstein McConnell
Joseph Montefoire Montague
Lena Pasternak
Jeannette F. Rachelman
Mark E. Raiffie
Ethel Robnak
Ida Rosenstroh
Anna Rosenthal
Jack D. Rotman
Irvin Satanovsky
Minnie Newman Schlanger
Bertha Schneider
Estelle G. Schwartzman
Minnie Berger Serkes
Esther Harris Shapero
Morris Weiner
Minna White Wolff
Sally (Sam) Wolff
Elizabeth Pauline Yalem
Jay Zerman
June 8 & 9
Helen Fleishman Banashek
Mollie Bialock
Sigmund Bloch
Estelle Blumoff
Walter Scott Brandvein
Clarice Brody
Irvin Samuel DeWoskin
Jacob Engel
Robert D. Finger
Elaine F. Fox
David Duddy Friedman
Philip Gallop
Jennie Gates
Gussie Kapp Glik
Morris Goldwasser
Estelle Brown Gudder
Harry Harris
A. Lawrence Hirsch
Ely Kaplan
Margaret Kash
Edward S. Kessell
Ervin Klearman
Julius Zeke Krasner
Minnie B. Levin
Ida G. Levitt
Blanche Felsenthal Levy
Lillie S. Lippman
Bertha Lite
Stanley Loeb
Harry Margolies
Shirley Moses
Rosalind Moss
Irving Neal
Gerald S. Reznik
Jacob P. Rice
Betsy Rosenthal
Rina Gordon Rubin
Harry E. Samson
Jack Schaffel
Betty Schneider
Ralph Schneider
Morris Shapiro
Frances Sheinbein
George A. Sherman
Israel S. Silver
Abe Smolens
Roger Bernard Sokolik
Evelyn L. Steinback
Julia Urkov
Myles Gordon Wartey
Anna Weiner
Goldie Weiss
Isadore Wolff
Lillian Zemelman
June 15 & 16
Thelma Baker Abrams
Maury Abramson
Nicholas G. Anton
Estelle Binowitz
Charles S. Bluestone
Birdie Blumenfeld
Louis M. Brod
Josephine Bromberg
Avery Carp
Emma Ittleson Cohn
Harry Davis
David Dillenberg
Mary W. Ebert
Corinne V. Epstein
Esther Flom
Abraham B. Frey
Sanford M. Gad
Harry A. Galosy
Jerome Glassman
Morris Goldstein
Fannie Friedman Goodman
Max Greenberg
Rebecca Greenberg
Irvin Greiman
Theodore Leopold Guntzler
Samuel Andrew Hoffman
Jennie Horen
Barry Jay Hyken
Wilma Kaplan
Rena E. Kaufman
Louis Kawin
Bessie Kesner
Harry Kessler
Tillie Krause
Louis Kubernick
Edward Lapin
Bernard L. Lebowitz
Bernard P. Levin
Sally Librach
Marjorie W. Mayer
Florence Meisenberg
Bertha Meyer
Philip Mostovoy
Robert E. Pereles
Schermen D. Price
M. Gilly Reifer
Maurice L. Roos
Abe Rovak
Edward G. Rubin
Edward L. Rudman
Ida Kushkin Schwartz
Necoma Seigel
Clara Katz Shapiro
Dolores Sherman
Dan Siegel
Hal Srenco
Ernestine Lubarsky Stiffman
Dorothy Ilene Strickland
Ann Gralnick Vangrov
Sam Weiss
June 22 & 23
Ernest Beauette
David L. Beck
Morris Bernstein
Stanley H. Bleiweiss
Albert Brody
Lena Delman Budan
Dr. Clarence Coffman
Elsie Cohen
Stanley O. Feldman
Minna M. Fendell
Judith R. Frank
Clara Freedman
Samson D. Frohlichstein
Frieda Olian Gallop
Elsie Glik
Evelyn Goldberg
Lena Goldberg
Edward Gralnick
Freda Handelman
Sylvester (Les) Harris
Rose Marx Horwitz
H. Lester Inger
Lillian Jacks
Dave Klearman
Esther Kohn
Peter Kotch
Nehoma Lerner
Jacob H. Levin
Milton E. Levy
Vernon J. Lowenstein
Eunice Mann
Sylvia Seaman Marx
Michael Matlof
Esther Ludwig Melman
Bertha Movitz
Samuel L. Nuell
Lewis B. Petchaft
Leo Pevnick
Sarah F. Phillips
Yetta Raiffie
Bertha Reichman
Florence Korngold Reichman
Shirley Frank Rosenbaum
Arthur L. Rosenbaum, M.D.
Lena Rudman
Leonard Schaffer
Ben Schneiderman
Emma Schnurr
Marla Jo Scissors
Etta Sherman
Charles Sigoloff
Morris Joseph Slenn
Sylvan W. Stein
Garry Summers
Harold J. Susman
June 29 & 30
Adam Norman Bernstein
Raymond H. Bialson
Naomi Harriet Brand
Samuel Brand
Sarah Brand
Anna M. Brandon
Mae Bresler
Etta Brilliant
Joyce Brody
Renee Brownstein
Irving Bryan
Mildred Charnas
Joseph Cutler
Irene Gertrude Dorrin
Joseph Eberhard
Hannah Feiss
Max Ferschtman
Irvin Fox
Marilyn Galosy
Edith Landau Garden
Sol Goffstein
Charles Goldman
David Goldstein
Frank A. Goldstein
Dubby Gomberg
Gloria Lona Harris
Sarah R. Inger
Frances Bearman Israel
Erna Glaser Jacobs
Lenore Katz
Phyllis Marie Kretmar
Harry L. Laba
Elizabeth Lerner
Emma B. Levy
Rose R. Levy
David Lipschultz
Paul Lyss
Ida Margulis
Edmund J. Marx
Morris Migden
LaVerne Sparber Morgan
Eugene Multin
Maurice Newberger
Florence L. Redler
David A. Resnick
Harry E. Robin
Brig. Gen. Martin F.
Rockmore
Dr. Henry Rosenfeld
Milton Scheuer
Edith Schreiber
Dorothy L. Schweich
Sam Scissors
Fannie Shapiro
Sarah Sigoloff
Arthur Silverstein
Elsie A. Sorger
Wilson W. Weinberger
Calvin H. Weiss
Emily Anne Weiss
Bess Wolff
Monroe Leland Wolff
Arthur Zlatnick
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RABBI'S SPECIAL FUND
IN APPRECIATION OF:
Rabbi Goldstein for Bat
Mitzvah preparations for
Allison,
Amy & Brad Worth
Beautiful wedding ceremony of
Keren Sachs and Landis
Kauffman,
Harvey & Marlene Sachs
Rabbi Bennett for stone
dedication for Richard
Schwadron,
Gloria Schwadron
Baby naming of Marley Ava
Protzel,
Ronald & Cheryl Protzel
Rabbi Bennett for his hospital
visits to Harvey,
Harvey & Sheila Cohen
Rabbi Goldstein officiating at
wedding,
Ilene Brooks & Richard
Scharnhorst
Rabbi Goldstein for Bar
Mitzvah preparation for Ethan,
Rochelle & Randy Aaranson
Rabbi Bennett for all his
kindness at time of sorrow,
Gloria Zelson
Rabbi Bennett for funeral
service for father, Sid Stone,
Janice & Lew Sanders;
Cheryl & Ron Protzel; Susan &
Shawn Rimerman
Rabbi Bennett for funeral for
Uncle Al Sievers,
Jackie & Ron Gaskin
Rabbi Goldstein helping with
wedding,
Alan Schwartz & Jaclyn
Tarloff
IN HONOR OF:
Complete recovery of Greg
Fox,
Daniel & Ellen Bluestone
75th birthday of Norma
Kaplan,
Elaine Koplar
90th birthday of Idelle Hirsch,
Margot Prinz
Bat Mitzvah of Morgan Brody,
Scott & Tina Silk & Family;
Alan & Sue Wallach
Speedy recovery of Marlyn
Essman and special birthday of
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Alyn Essman,
Daniel & Ellen Bluestone
Speedy recovery of Richard
Wasserman,
Alan & Sue Wallach
IN MEMORY OF:
Anna and Morris Weiner,
Mildred Poletsky
Florence Beldner,
Lew & Janice Sanders
Harry Barbach,
Vicki Pierce & Family
Julia and Max Weinberg,
Cassie Buerki
Mike Kodner,
Charles & Gail
Eisenkramer; Marlene Petrofsky
Ron Simon,
Berton & Lauren Solomon
Ronald Tennenbaum
Daniel & Ellen Bluestone;
Charles & Gail Eisenkramer;
Patti Wolf & Roger Kazaa
Ruth Weinberg,
Melvin & Marilyn
Weinberg
Thomas F. Craney,
Diana Barnholtz
Estelle Blumoff,
Sidney Guller
Walter Brandvein and Harry
Kessler,
John & Judy Brandvein
ALTAR FLOWER FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Gertrude Oberdorfer,
Hans & Marcia Oberdorfer;
Col. Harvey & Elizabeth Meyer
Esther Bierman and Jan Broll,
William & Suzanne
Bierman
Gertrude Mason Winter
Marks,
Frank & Maxine Gilner;
Dayan Family
Edward Kessell,
Florann Kessell
Alvin Jacks,
Ruth Rockmore
IN HONOR OF:
Morgan Jansson becoming a
Bat Mitzvah,
Jon &Mindee Meltzer &
family; Larry & Jo Gerstein &
family
Grandson, Jacob Sacks,
becoming a Bar Mitzvah,
Barbara Fleider
Retirement of Ronnie
Brockman,
Charles & Susan Frank;
John & Cheri Spitzer
50th wedding anniversary,
Gerry & Ginny Weiss
BROCKMAN-SIEGELMAN
GEMILUT HASADIM FUND
IN APPRECIATION OF:
Teaching, love and support of
Ronnie Brockman through the
years,
Vicki Pierce
Ronnie Bockman on her years
of service to Shaare Emeth,
Larry & Mona Swedroe
IN HONOR OF:
50th wedding anniversary of
Simon and Marsha Koski,
Betty Abrams
Bar Mitzvah of grandson of
Joan Goodman,
Betty Abram,
Birth of Genevieve Zigler,
Allen & Ronnie Brockman
Retirement of Ronnie
Brockman,
Harvey & Sheila Cohen;
Ina Landsbaum
IN MEMORY OF:
Oscar and Helen Brockman,
Joseph Zelson, Evelyn and Sid
Goldberg, Wilma Siegelman,
Ron Sher, Sidney and Evelyn
Goldberg, and Wilma
Siegelman,
Allen & Ronnie Brockman
Gary Barnholtz,
Ina Landsbaum
CANTOR'S SPECIAL FUND
A CONTRIBUTION:
Susan Kelter
IN APPRECIATION OF:
Cantor Warner for his
preparation and participation
as Allison became a Bat
Mitzvah,
Amy & Brad Worth
Cantor Warner,
Wednesday Mah Jongg
Cantor Warner for
co-officiating at wedding,
Ilene Brooks & Richard
Scharnhorst
Cantor Warner for his help
preparing Ethan to become a
Bar Mitzvah,
Rochelle & Randy
Aaranson,
IN HONOR OF:
Daniel Geigerman being
accepted into cantorial school,
Esther Lyss-Greenstein &
Harvey Greenstein
Senior recital of Dan
Geigerman and his being
accepted to cantorial School,
William & Judith Friedman
Marriage of Ilene Brooks and
Richard Scharnhorst,
Lois Gusdorf
IN MEMORY OF:
Alvin Sievers,
Bob & Lynn Barth
GLADYS FRANK CUTTER
CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Special Birthday of Donald
Friedman,
Melvin & Marilyn
Weinberg
MICAH DAVIS FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Maajid Siddiqui,
Norm Davis
Tom Gladders,
Alice Schwartz
ESTELLE AND ED FISCHER
CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP
FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Speedy recovery of Barry
Spiegelglass,
Roxann Greenberg
IN MEMORY OF:
Irv Friedman,
Roxann Greenberg
AL AND EVA FLEISCHER
HEALING FUND
IN HONOR OF:
50th anniversary of Marsha
and Simon Koski,
Gerald & Virginia Weiss
IN MEMORY OF:
Martha Stone,
Doris Goldman
june tributes
IN APPRECIATION OF:
LISHA GAYLE PRESCHOOL
ENRICHMENT FUND
IN APPRECIATION OF:
Hannah Dayan on her help
during the school year,
Vicki Pierce
IN HONOR OF:
Birth of Charlie Seltzer,
Harry & Joan Seltzer
Ronnie Brockman and her
devotion to Shaare Emeth,
Martin & Jacquelyn Lipsitz
IN MEMORY OF:
Sidney Strauss,
Alan Strauss
Virginia Robinson,
Eleanor Robinson
MANN FAMILY HUNGER FUND
ALAN GREENBERG EARLY
CHILDHOOD FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Grant Cohen and Mike
Kodner,
Barbara & Bob Hoffman
SHIRLEE GREEN PRESCHOOL
FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Birth of Isaac Henry,
Lew & Janice Sanders
Sheri and Barry Glantz’s
election to Ladue School Board
and Barry as Mayor of Creve
Coeur,
William & Carol Pomerantz
IN MEMORY OF:
Mike Kodner,
Preschool Advisory Council;
John & Eunice Reichman; Lew
& Janice Sanders
IN MEMORY OF:
Gary Barnholtz,
Ginny & Gerry Weiss
Morris and Anna Weiner,
Harry & Lillian Glassman
Anna Marie Schenberg,
Earl & Judith Schenberg
EUNICE B. MANN JEWISH
EDUCATION FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Ronnie Brockman for her
many years of service to Shaare
Emeth,
Lucy & Opher Moses
HARRY & LUCILLE MIDOWS
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Florence Beldner,
Harry & Lucille Midows
HARRIS KRAMER SOCIAL
ACTION FUND
AUDREY MONTAGUE
PRESCHOOL ENDOWMENT
FUND
IN HONOR OF:
IN HONOR OF:
Ronnie Brockman for her years
of service and dedication to
Shaare Emeth and the
St. Louis community,
Marilyn & Gary Ratkin
IN MEMORY OF:
Frances Glazer,
Jennifer Schwesig; Kenneth
& Peggy Brown; Kenneth Bono;
Ida Kramer; Mr. & Mrs. Steven
Kramer; Ron Glazer & Family;
Norman & Marsha Schwesig;
Virginia Bono
ANTHONY B. LAKE
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Danielle Sivan Heyman,
Frances Cohen
LIBRARY FUND
Birth of Libby Grace Gerstein,
Gloria M. Ruben
IN MEMORY OF:
Joseph M. Montague,
Audrey Montague
Mike Kodner,
Lawrence & Marjorie
Buxner
Alvin Sievers,
Ellen Schneiderman
Dorothy Goldman Movitz,
Richard & Sherri Goldman
Frances Glazer,
Dr. Robert & Judy Kramer
Gussie Glik and Morris Glik,
Joseph & Judith Glik
Ord Matek,
Alan & Renee Fredman
Ronald Tennenbaum,
John & Eunice Reichman
Ruth Weinberg,
Keith & Erin Guller
Sanford Comensky,
Mark & Leslie Temkin
Skippy Elman,
Shirley W. Cohen; Hanna
Strauss
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND
IN APPRECIATION OF:
2nd and 5th grade teachers and
Madrichim,
Glenn & Nancy Goldberg &
Family
Evan Pierce's religious
education this year,
Vicki Pierce
SAM & GOLDYE ROSEN MUSIC
FUND
IN HONOR OF:
50th wedding anniversary of
Sue and Mark Koritz,
Harvey & Wilma Gerstein
ESTELLE AND BERNARD
SCHWARTZMAN LECTURESHIP
FUND
IN APPRECIATION OF:
Hospital visits by Cantor
Warner,
Edsel & Lois Venus
IN MEMORY OF:
OPERATIONS ENHANCEMENT
FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Bat Mitzvah of Morgan Brody,
Leon & Susan Kravetz
97th birthday of Shirley
Rosenthal,
Jerome & Francine Seslen
Wedding of Jeffrey Stein and
Keira Wiatrak,
Joseph & Brenda Pereles
Dr. Bernard and Estelle
Schwartzman,
Edsel & Lois Venus
ROBERT J. SIEGEL SETYG
PROGRAM FUND
IN HONOR OF:
IDA STACK SCHOLARSHIP
FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Naomi Morrison,
Norman &Bonnie Solomon
MARSHALL WEISMAN FUND
FOR PRESCHOOL SPECIAL
NEEDS CHILDREN
IN APPRECIATION OF:
Cheri Winchell and a
wonderful school year,
Vicki Pierce
IN MEMORY OF:
Ronald Tennenbaum,
Jeff & Susie Horowitz
Shirley J. Taber,
Larry & Charlene Taber
JANE WOHL EDUCATION
FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Bat Mitzvah of Morgan Brody,
Alan & Nancy Bernstein
KATHY AND MARTY ZIGLER
ENDOWMENT FUND FOR
PRESCHOOL
IN HONOR OF:
Speedy recovery of Shirley
Novorr,
Kenneth & Sally Katzif
Birth of Genevieve Zigler,
John & Eunice Reichman;
Steve & Bonnie Rosen
IN MEMORY OF:
Mike Kodner,
Kenneth & Sally Katzif
SISTERHOOD FUNDS
Phyllis and Mark Kaplan
Children's and Youth
Scholarship Fund
IN HONOR OF:
Engagement of David
Livingston and Carrie Taylor,
Soozi & Scott Waxman;
Barbara & Mitch Schneider;
Charlene & Larry Taber
Birth of Ava Jillian Gilsinn,
Jerri & Bill Livingston
Deepest love and gratitude for
Ronnie Brockman,
Bob & Lynn Barth
IN MEMORY OF:
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special thanks
Candle Blessings
Advertiser of the Month for June
Friday, June 1
Vera Emmons
The Pasta House
8213 Delmar Blvd.
314-991-2022
Friday, June 8
Nancy Bernstein, Trudi Esses and Julie Schack
Friday, June 15
The Jansson Family
Friday, June 22
The Sacks Family
Friday, June 29
Louise Rovak
Social Hour Sponsors
Shaare Emeth Tree of Life
For more information about the
“Tree of Life” or to order a leaf for it, call
Gloria Schwartz in the Temple office,
314.692.5302.
Do A Car Mitzvah Today!
Shaare Emeth Car Donation Program
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Friday, June 15
Dolores Tennenbaum in honor of great granddaughter,
Morgan Jansson, becoming a Bat Mitzvah
Greeters
Friday, June 1
Neil Elias
Friday, June 8
Suzanne and Bill Bierman
Friday, June 15
Elaine Alexander
Friday, June 22
Carole Levin
Friday, June 29
Cheryl Perry
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When you make a charity car donation in 2012, you will:
•Receive free vehicle pick-up
(whether donated car is running or not).
•Avoid confusing Department of Motor
Vehicles paperwork.
•Qualify for an IRS tax deduction.
•Avoid all the headaches of selling a used
car—no expensive want ads, no phone
calls, no showing the car repeatedly, no
price haggling.
We make it simple and your vehicle donation helps
Shaare Emeth.
How Car Donations Work:
When you pledge to donate a car, Shaare Emeth will:
•Take the information over the phone, handle all of the
documents, pick up your vehicle for a charity auction sale,
AND, the best part is that you will receive a tax deduction
equivalent to Shaare Emeth’s gross receipt from the sale of
your vehicle or the fair market value if Shaare Emeth gives it
to a needy person. In addition, the fair market value can be
taken if the car's value is below $500. Contact Stacy
Jespersen, 314.692.5304, for more information.
The Bulletin is published monthly
by Congregation Shaare Emeth.
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the Temple office at 314.569.0010.
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Andrea M. Goldstein
Jeffrey B. Stiffman, Emeritus
Cantor
Seth P. Warner
Program Director
Ronnie Brockman
Executive Director
Rosalie R. Stein
Education and Youth
Director, Early Childhood Education
Cheri Winchell
Director, Religious School
Liessa Alperin
Director, Camp and Youth
Jodi Miller
Accounting Manager
Vilma Phillips
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