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Congregation Beth El
November 2016 • Cheshvan-Kislev 5776
Immigrating
From the Clergy
Theme
Coming to America• 1, 4-7
From the Clergy • 1
Be Brave and Shave • 2
Departments
Men’s Club • 2
Library Corner • 3
Sisterhood • 9
Contributions • 10
Bulletin Board • 12
The Scroll is a recipient
of three Solomon Schechter Gold Awards from
the United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism.
Vol. 65 No. 3
TO THE UNITED STATES
By Rabbi Fabian Werbin
Jewish immigration to America has been were not going to continue our lives in
going on for more than 360 years. Jews
the country where we were born. That
arrived in the United States in three big
was a decision we made during the first
waves. In 1654, Sephardic immigration
or second week we started dating. There
began with a small group of Jews from
was something in our souls that told us
Brazil sailing to New Amsterdam (now
we needed to look for a life with difNew York City) on the St. Cathrien. Ash- ferent opportunities for ourselves but
kenazim outnummainly for our
bered the Sepnot-yet-born
hardim by 1730,
kids.
but the character
We left Arof the American
gentina in 2001,
Jewish communiand after a year
ty remained Sepand a half in
hardic through
Israel, we began
the American
working in BarRevolution. The
ranquilla, Cosecond wave, be- Werbin/Gradel family at their farewell par- lombia. After five
ty in Colombia. From left, Catalina, Patricia,
ginning around
years, we realized
Ari, Rabbi Werbin (he and Ari wearing traditional Colombian Guayabera shirts).
1840, consisted
the time to look
of Jews from Germany. The third wave
for a better future for us (now as a famwas composed primarily of Eastern Euily) had arrived.
ropean Jews, who began to immigrate to Broken Computers, Rings, A-C
the United States in large numbers after
Coming to America was not easy, and
1880. Those who arrived from Russia
the first days were very complicated. The
and other Eastern European countries
first morning the children woke up very
became the majority of Jews in the U.S. early. Our errands (Social Security, etc.)
Large-scale Jewish immigration to the
started at 1:00 pm, so I turned on my
United States ended in 1924.
computer to see if I could find some free
Difficult Process
Wi-Fi from a neighbor, but the comSince then, people like my family still
puter broke. The second day my wedimmigrate to this country, but restricding ring broke. The third day the air
tions have made the process more difconditioning in our rental house broke.
ficult and limited.
The fourth day a generous member lent
For many reasons – safety, a strong
us a van so we could do some errands. I
Jewish identity, and the desire for a betdrove to the synagogue (just a couple of
ter future – my wife and I knew we
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Be Brave and Shave
More than $100,000 was raised by 31 men and women who
had their hair shaved at Beth El’s Be Brave and Shave
event on October 18 to raise funds for the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Children’s National Medical
Center. Photo by Carly Glazier and Mitchell Solkowitz
Men’s Club
UPCOMING MEN’S CLUB EVENTS
Sunday, November 1, 10:00 am Franklin H. Portugal
will discuss his book The Least Likely Man, a portrait
of Marshall Nirenberg, who shared the Nobel Prize
for cracking the genetic code. Professor Portugal
served on the scientific staff of the National Institutes
of Health with Marshall Nirenberg. He is currently a
clinical associate professor of biology at The Catholic
University of America in Washington.
Thursday, November 5, 8:30 pm Hearing Men’s Voices.
Martin Sieff will speak on “Key Friendships That
Changed (and Enriched) Our Lives.” Sunday, November 8, 10:00 am Hazzan Matt Klein and
Hazzan Emeritus Abe Lubin will discuss “The Sights
and Sounds of Jewish Spain.” They will share information on the upcoming Beth El congregational trip to
Jewish Spain, July 3-14, 2016, organized by the Cantors Assembly.
Sunday, November 15, 10:00 am Rabbi David Rose,
Jewish Social Service Agency hospice chaplain, will
lead a discussion about hospice and end-of-life issues.
Co-sponsored with the Female Physicians Affinity
Group.
Sunday, November 22, 10:00 am Herb Tannenbaum will
present his second audio concert, “Jews in Jazz.”
Sunday, November 29, 10:00 am Open discussion
Library Corner
Welcoming Refugees: How the Statue of Liberty
Became the “Mother of Exiles”
By Robin Jacobson
For millions of immigrants, their first glimpse of America
was the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. The statue
– with its famous engraved poem about embracing the
“huddled masses, yearning to breathe free” – greeted ships
carrying the poor and persecuted. Today, amid the Syrian
refugee crisis, the Statue of Liberty has become newly relevant; a humane symbol of tolerance and welcome, it stands
in counterpoint to harrowing reports of razor-wire fences,
tear gas, and water cannons at closed borders.
Surprisingly, though, the Statue of Liberty originally had
no connection with immigrants or refugees. The statue’s
meaning and mission were transformed by
an American Jewish poet, Emma Lazarus
(1849-1887). Read about her in biographies by Esther Schor, Bette Roth Young,
and Eve Merriam (all in our library). Here
are highlights from a remarkable story.
A Monumental Gift
In 1875, French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi began work on a massive statue entitled
Liberty Enlightening the World. The statue was to be a gift from
the people of France to the people of the United States. It
would celebrate both the American centennial and the Franco-American commitment to liberty. The statue, a robed
goddess, was to evoke the legendary Colossus of Rhodes,
one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. That gargantuan statue had also guarded a harbor entrance.
Although the Liberty statue was a gift, the United States
had to fund and build a pedestal for it. Fundraisers planned a
gala art exhibition accompanied by the auction of a portfolio of artwork and writings by notable Americans.
Emma Lazarus
In 1883, the pedestal fundraisers asked Emma Lazarus, an
eminent poet and essayist, for a poem to be included in the
arts auction. Lazarus initially demurred but later wrote 14
immortal lines. Her poem reimagined the statue’s identity as
the “Mother of Exiles” and America’s mission as providing a
haven for the homeless:
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Why did Emma Lazarus identify with the plight of immigrants? She was not an immigrant
herself or even the child of immigrants.
Rather, she was a wealthy fourth-generation American, a secular Jew at home
with the cultured Manhattan elite. But
Lazarus did have deep, personal experience with refugees.
Beginning in 1881, thousands of Russian Jews emigrated, fleeing violent pogroms. Many were
housed in miserable conditions on Ward’s Island in New
York City. Lazarus made these refugees her cause: she visited,
taught classes, and advocated for better housing, food, and
sanitation. She even promoted a Jewish national home in
Palestine years before Herzl became a Zionist.
At the statue’s dedication in 1886, no one mentioned
refugees or The New Colossus, but by 1903, Lazarus’s friends
succeeded in having the poem engraved on a plaque within
the statue’s pedestal. The poem and the statue have been
united ever since, beloved by immigrants and their descendants for the promise of a new life in America. n
Beth El Book Chat
Sunday, November 15, 11:30 am Join
us to discuss All the Light We Cannot See, a
World War II historical novel by Anthony
Doerr, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize
for Fiction. Book chats are jointly sponsored by Sisterhood, Men’s Club, and the Library Committee. All are
welcome. For more information, please contact Margery London or Robin Jacobson.
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Peter and Carolyn Vollmer: Wearing Furs to Scrubbing Floors
By Sue Bruser
My parents, engaged but not yet married, arrived separately
they found work through a Jewish refugee agency. Employed
in New York City from Nazi Germany in 1938, thanks to
as a cook/maid and butler/chauffeur, they experienced
sponsorship by family friends. Dad, age 27, arrived in late
diverse upper-income Jewish families – from those who
spring, bringing with him a new baby carriage for his sister
demanded 15-hour days and provided bedbug-ridden ac(also recently arrived), then expecting my cousin. My moth- commodations to those who treated them with respect and
er, 19, left Germany three months later wearing a white
kindness.
dress and matching jacket and entered the United States
My father, not yet an American citizen, was drafted into
carrying a silver fox jacket; my maternal grandmother didn’t the Navy at age 30 and served in the Pacific; he said his
want her only child to arrive in America wearing a schmatte. experiences in the Navy (wonderful stories!) shaped his
In many ways, my parents were
concept of “being American.” He
stereotypical refugees from Germany,
noted that the American boys easalthough in other ways they were not.
ily shared the treats sent from home;
My mother, Hannelore Caroline Hess
the German-born boys were more
(known in the United States as Carolikely to squirrel away the goodies
lyn), came from an upper middle-class
they received. For Mother, an initial
merchant family. Father’s family were
impression of America was a sign in
cattle dealers, not an unusual occupaBaltimore reading, “No Jews or dogs
tion for Jews in southwestern Gerallowed.” What had she gotten herself
many. My father, Helmut Vollmer
into?
Peter and Carolyn Vollmer
(known as Peter), much desired and had the aptitude to be
At the close of the war, Dad was posted to California,
an engineer, but his mother was adamant that a job that
and Mom joined him. While in New York City, they had
might require wearing Levis was no job for her son. (Had
lived in an apartment in Washington Heights – known as the
she only known…)
“Fourth Reich” among the many German Jewish refugees
Finding Work
who settled there – and their friends were German Jews.
They were married in September 1938 by a Reform rabbi
Living in the San Francisco East Bay area introduced them
– a sore point for Mom, whose grandfather was a Conserva- to lifelong, American-born friends (most were members of
tive rabbi. With no money, no family able to help financially, their synagogue, Temple Beth Shalom) as well as the joys of
no connections, no higher education, and passable English,
homeownership and California living. God bless America! n
Honest Work, Family, and Faith
By Elizabeth Goldman
My zadie was born in a village near Kiev into a family
too poor to buy his way out of service in the Czar’s army.
Conscripted into service in the 1890s, his goal became to
survive. That involved feigned illness (he stole sick people’s
urine to pass off as his own) and the safety of the hospital.
The alternative was the front lines and certain death. Eventually, he escaped by crossing Siberia and managed to reach
Canada, where he almost died. A kind woman saved his life
by nursing this total stranger back to health.
In America, where streets were paved with golden opportunity, he carried a pack and collected discarded goods
that he sold. Through frugal living, he saved enough in three
years to bring his wife, two daughters, ages four and two, his
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father, and his sister to New York.
Moving South
Zadie’s father and his sister stayed in New York, while my
grandparents, my mother, and my aunt relocated to Birmingham, Alabama, at the urging of a Jewish group that
resettled newly arriving Jews to other parts of the United
States where they believed there would be more opportunities.
My bubbe had been taught by her father to read and
write, and she was also a dressmaker and furrier. In Birmingham, she set up a dressmaking shop, but she never learned
English because she had been deaf since childhood. Zadie
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COMING TO
America
Escaping Mussolini and Hitler
By Edoardo Kulp
three months after arriving in the United States, leaving my
My parents fled Europe during World War II. My father,
Richard Kulp, came from a very wealthy family in Frankfurt, grandmother alone to raise four young boys. My father attended Yale University and became a successful investment
Germany. In 1933, with the rise of the Nazis, my grandfabanker. His three brothers became a cantor, a professor, and a
ther thought it best to leave Germany. They fled to France
businessman.
with limited possessions and lived in Paris and its suburbs.
Leaving Venetian Roots
In 1940, when the Germans invaded France, the Kulps
My mother, Paola Oreffice Kulp, comes from one of the
fled south to Chateaubriand. The French subsequently put
my grandfather into various labor camps, but he was always, oldest lines of Jews in Venice. She, too, was from a wealthy
family. Her uncle (my great-uncle, Giorgio Cavaglieri) was
thankfully, released – by the Germans! (The enemy of my
an architect in the Italian army, designing air strips for Musenemy is my friend.) While living in Chateaubriand, my
solini (he was called “Mussolini’s architect”). But when the
grandfather, for fear of being identified as Jewish, would
racial laws went into effect in 1938, he felt it was time to
leave the apartment only at night. At one point, a German
leave Italy. He was able to get himself, his mother (my greatgeneral in charge of the German corps stationed in the area
grandmother), and his sister (my
moved into the apartment below
great-aunt) out of Italy and to
my father’s. One day, the general
New York in 1939. He eventually
made a visit to the family’s apartjoined the U.S. Army and greatly
ment. My grandparents were terhelped the war effort. He helped
rified that they would be caught,
pave the way to get my grandfaespecially if the general heard the
ther, Giulio Orrefice, out of Italy
children speak German; they had
in 1940. My grandfather was an
been told never to speak Gerattorney for a large insurance
man because that would identify
company in Italy, but when he
them as foreigners and, as such,
came to America, the only job he
Jewish. Luckily, they were never
could get was as a factory workcaught. Five months after the famer. He subsequently sponsored my
Kulp family in France in 1936: Edoardo’s grandily came to Chateaubriand, the
mother, his father (second from left), and uncles grandmother, my mother, and my
Germans arrived in full force. The
aunt to come to the United States. They flew from Rome to
family moved south to live in a friend’s factory in Limoges,
Lisbon and waited for their visas. They took only what they
part of Vichy France and not yet occupied. could carry and arrived by ship in New York City on August
Sailing to America
30, 1941. They first settled in New Haven, Conn., where
In 1941, with the help of a wealthy family member althey lived for a number of years before moving to New York
ready in the United States, the Kulps obtained the affidavits
City.
needed to get U.S. visas. All nine family members traveled
through Spain and Portugal, where they boarded a ship for
the United States. They arrived in September 1941, two
days before Rosh Hashanah. My father was 11 years old. The family settled in New York City’s Washington
Heights neighborhood, then called “Frankfurt on the Hudson,” because many German Jews had settled there. (My
father grew up playing stick ball with Henry Kissinger, also
a Washington Heights resident.) The Kulps essentially had
to start over. Tragically, my grandfather died suddenly only
American Success Story
What is amazing about my mother’s family is not so much
what they left behind in Italy and their escape to the United
States but what became of them when they settled here. My
great-uncle became a well-known architect and preservationist in New York. His sister, my great-aunt, was accepted
into Yale’s PhD program for organic chemistry - without a
college degree (and only an Italian high-school degree) and was one of the first women to get a PhD at Yale and one
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Coming to America Continued
ESCAPING MUSSOLINI AND HITLER continued from page 5
of the youngest at age 21. She became
a well-known chemist and invented
fire-retardant fabrics. My grandmother
continued her education and received
a master’s degree, also from Yale, and
eventually taught French at the New
York School for Performing Arts. My
mother became a stock broker and, of
course, the best mother ever!
Coincidentally, my father and mother arrived in the United States a little
over a week apart. Additionally, as my
father studied in his dorm at Yale Uni-
versity in the early 1950s, my mother
was “pulling taffy” with her Girl Scout
troop downstairs in the same building, although they would not meet
until the early 1960s and married in
1962. But what my parents have in
common that helped them and their
families escape the Nazis in Europe and
then become successful in the “New
World” was a deep, well-rooted family
foundation and the belief that a good
education was the key to survival. n
HONEST WORK continued from page 4
dealt with the customers.
My grandparents had six more children in Birmingham.
When my mother, the eldest, was nearly grown, the family
moved to Nashville. There my mother learned secretarial
skills and soon moved to New York City, where she met my
father. After the marriage failed, she moved with me, then
three years old, back to Nashville. Bubbe died when I was
13, and I spent Shabbat and holidays together with Zadie all
through my teen years. He walked me down the aisle at my
wedding. In his final years, he read Tolstoy in Russian. His
dream to be a doctor was fulfilled through grandchildren
and great-grandchildren (three grandsons and one greatgrandson became doctors).
Paola and Richard Kulp with grandchildren Geoffrey (left), Daniella,
and Ryan
I wrote this poem in memory of Zadie, who died a few
years after I moved away from Nashville.
A man is gone
A soldier stiffened straight
To meet the snapshot call
A tender heart encased
Within a fiery temper ball
He had a crippled seed
Who earned the portion
That was his to give
A captive’s prize
Mustached endurance
Merry eyes n
Elizabeth and her zadie
Join us at BUMC for the
Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
Tuesday, November 24, 7:30 pm
Rabbi Gregory Harris, Rabbi Fabian Werbin,
Hazzan Matthew Klein, Reverend Jenny Cannon,
and Reverend Kara Scroggins
Beth El’s Ahavat Shir
Hazzan Matthew Klein, Director
Bethesda United Methodist Church Choir
Chris Warrington, Director
Beth El’s Shir Atid
Leah Kocsis, Director
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Coming to America Continued
The Old Country
By Jeff Annis
One time he invited me to sit with him in the back bedroom. “Not for a lecture,” he said, but so we could talk quietly. He had a story to tell me about the old country. He’d
never mentioned that before. Grandpa sat in the comfortable
chair by the window, and I sat on the bed gazing out the
fourth-floor window toward the ocean.
“When I was a small boy,” he began.
More focused on watching the Ambrose
Lightship flashing in the distance, I said,
“Yeah, I remember.” At that absentminded remark, my 80-year-old grandpa
roared in laughter. He shuffled into the
living room to announce my most amazBen and Rachel Annis in Queens ing ability to remember his childhood!
Bounce the Quarter
On weekends when our grandparents didn’t drive out to
He never did finish telling me the story.
visit us on the Island, we drove to Arverne in Queens to visit
Years later, I asked my uncle what he knew about his
them. I was about eight, and Grandpa took a special interest
father’s boyhood. Uncle Martin knew only one story about
in me. He took my hand and walked me around the block
an incident in the Sukachov market. While holding her into the corner luncheonette, where he helped me select a
fant son, Ben’s baby brother, their mother got into an argunew Pensie Pinkie (a small pink rubber ball used in stickball) ment with a nasty peddler, who struck her and dashed the
so we could play bounce the quarter. Win or lose, I kept the infant to the ground. That was Grandpa’s only story about
quarter. Those walks always involved a lecture on life and
the old country – but a good enough reason to head to Ellis
how to behave like a mensch.
Island.n
They rarely talked about the old country. Ben Annis (“Bananas” to his friends) arrived in New York in the late 1890s
from Sukachov, a Polish town about 40 miles south of
Plonsk. According to a book in the archives at Yad Vashem,
our family’s Jewish roots there go back to
1426-1455. The Annis name comes from
a small river in the area, the Anucz. By
the early 1900s, Ben was a founding
member of the Independent Sukachovi
Young Men’s Sick Support Society. “Say
it with rhythm so it sounds like a train
leaving the station,” he would say.
FROM THE CLERGY continued from page 1
blocks) and got a flat tire. The fifth day was most hilarious of
all. We wanted cell phones. Because we didn’t yet have Social Security numbers, the phone company required a $500
deposit for each phone. We came back home so happy with
our new phones only to realize that in our house there was
no signal.
It took 95 days for our belongings to arrive, so we lived
for three months with whatever we had brought in our
suitcases. The freight company told us nearly every day that
the truck with our things would arrive the next day. I remember one time they told us they were able to “localize”
the truck, and it would arrive at our home around 4:00 am.
That night I think nobody slept at the Werbin home, but the
truck wasn’t there at 4:00 am or 6:00 am or 10:00 am. For
weeks we waited. Because we were promised every day that
“tomorrow” the truck would arrive, we didn’t buy replacement items.
Learning the Hard Way
There were many things we learned the hard way. For example, nobody told us that the emergency room is only for
real emergencies. We discovered that after the bill arrived.
Nobody told us that it is not customary to add mayonnaise
to the hamburger or the pastrami as it is in Argentina; we
discovered that when people started to ask if we were really
Jewish. Nobody explained to us that you do not leave the
car when a policeman stops you for a ticket.You can imagine this rabbi with hands up when the cop almost took out
his gun.
There is a Jewish phrase that says, “We survived Pharaoh;
this too will pass.” We survived all these unforeseen events, so
we knew the rest was going to be easier. We have been very
fortunate to have two congregations, Beth Israel in Roanoke and Beth El in Bethesda, filled with lovely people who
immediately adopted us, offered help and assistance, and
opened their hearts to our family.
Another Jewish phrase states, “Kol haatchalot kashot,”
meaning “Every start is difficult.” Adapting to and adopting
a new culture is a process, and it takes time. Overall, we are
very happy with our decision, and we cannot thank enough
those who received and welcomed us. n
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Build the Joy
Eighth Annual
Latke-Hamantasch Debate
Sunday, December 6, 10:00 am
Beth El’s Latke-Hamantasch Debate has regaled packed
houses for the past seven years, with debaters on both
sides offering extremely clever and humorous arguments
and leaving the audience yearning for more.
The debate over the relative merits of the Latke vs. the
Hamantasch began several decades ago at the University
of Chicago. It has since been taken up in several venues
outside Chicago, and we hope you will join us again here
in Bethesda to explore this compelling question.
You won’t want to miss this entertaining, educational, and
fun morning!
Families with children in Edith Sievers’s kindergarten class help build and decorate a sukkah at the Religious School’s annual Build the Joy last month.
Maccabeats in Concert
Congregational Spain Trip
Information Session
Sunday, December 13, 1:00 pm
Sunday, November 8, 10:00 am
Come learn about our trip to Jewish Spain, led by Hazzan
Matt Klein and Hazzan Emeritus Abe Lubin on July 3-14,
2016. We will partner with the Cantors Assembly and tour
the breadth of Jewish Spain while based in Barcelona, Madrid, and Seville.
Come join us after the Men’s Club breakfast on November
8 to learn more about this unique, exciting Jewish adventure, as we enjoy the gems of Spanish tourism while celebrating our Sephardic heritage.
Beth El Preschool Open Houses
Learn more about Beth El Preschool (BEPS) at one of our
upcoming open houses for those who are interested in
enrolling their children for the 2016-17 school year. Thursday, November 12, 9:30 am
Thursday, November 19, 7:30 pm
Monday, December 7, 9:30 am
To sign up for an open house tour, contact BEPS at 301652-8569, ext. 307.
A Conversation on Interfaith Dating
Come hear the renowned Maccabeats perform a capella
favorites.
Tickets: $25 for adults • $20 for children under 13
$80 family maximum (immediate family only)
Purchase tickets online at bethelmc.org/events/
maccabeats, or make checks payable to Congregation
Beth El, 8215 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Hebrew Conversation Group
This informal, friendly group is a way for participants to
hone their Hebrew conversation skills. Meetings will be
held at Beth El this month on Tuesday, November 3 and
Wednesday, November 18, at 1:30 pm.
For more information, contact Art Salwin.
Monday, November 23, 7:00 pm
Interfaith relationships are a reality. In our session with
Marion Usher, PhD, a clinical professor at The George
Washington University School of Medicine, we will discuss
how we can actively and positively transmit the importance of Judaism in our lives.
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Jewish Calendar/Diary for 5776 (2015-16)
While supplies last. Contains all Jewish and secular holidays. Makes a useful gift for family and friends. Pick up
your copies at the Beth El office or the Judaica Shop. Only
$10 per calendar.
Sisterhood
UPCOMING SISTERHOOD/ZHAVA EVENTS
Tuesdays, November 3, 10, 17, 24, 6:30 pm Mah Jongg
Friday, November 6-Sunday, November 8 Sisterhood
Retreat, Bolger Center, Potomac
Sunday, November 8, 10:30 am Zhava Hope
Connection 5K
Monday, November 16, 7:30 pm Rosh Chodesh: It’s a
Woman Thing
Thursday, November 19, 7:30 pm Board Meeting
Sunday, November 22, 6:30 pm Sisterhood/Zhava
Membership Dinner
Grandparent’s Memory Book
for Jewish Families
For each and every grandparent in your life, this book
contains 72 pages with space to include individual life
stories, family traditions, recipes, photographs, etc.
The memory book is a unique way to preserve your
family’s history and precious memories for succeeding
generations. A great gift idea. Only $16.95 per copy,
available at the Beth El office or at the Judaica Shop. Mail
orders, please add $2.00 per copy.
Questions? Contact Ina Young.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Use this form to order the Grandparent’s Memory Book by
mail. Please print.
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Please Join Us for the
Annual Sisterhood/Zhava
Membership Dinner
Sunday, November 22, 6:30 pm
Torah Fund Award for Service to Sisterhood
Michelle Gips and Mindy Davis, z”l
The cost of dinner is $18, open only to
Sisterhood and Zhava members
Please bring toiletries to be donated to Bethesda Cares
and tzedakah for the Torah Fund.
Please make reservations by Wednesday, November 11
Name of member(s)___________________________
Phone ______________________________________
Amount of check ($18 each) payable to Beth El
Sisterhood $ _________
Respond by November 11 to Linda Herman at
[email protected].
Mail checks and form to Beth El Sisterhood,
8215 Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda, MD 20814
Artisan Boutique
Sunday, December 6, 10:00 am-2:00 pm
The Artisan Boutique will feature handmade gifts – from
jewelry to Judaica – for the whole family. Purchase last
minute Hanukkah presents; the holiday begins that
evening. Wares are sold by Beth El congregants and local
vendors. For more information, contact Geryl Baer at
[email protected].
Address_________________________________________
Email____________________________________________
Please enclose check for $18.95 (includes postage) to Beth
El Sisterhood and mail to Ina Young, Beth El Sisterhood,
8215 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Israel Framed
New and beautiful Israeli art you
can order online. Just go to www.
IsraelFramed.com to view all the
options and prices. Order your selections for yourself and for holiday
gifts. Please use the checkout code
BethEl5775. This will ensure that
you receive a 10 percent discount
and that Sisterhood will receive a
contribution from Israel Framed.
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Contributions
Please remember that contributions can be made
easily, quickly, and securely via our webpage –
www.bethelmc.org
Donations made from August 28 to October 1
Beth El Forest
In Honor Of:
Harold Gorvine’s second bar mitzvah by Naomi Greenwood and
Tom Dahl and family
In Memory Of:
Nancy Laning by Julia Copperman
Nathaniel T. Cohan by Rita Barr
Dorothy Beverly Kitchen Fund
In Memory Of:
Bess Sickel by Hugh and Ruth Sickel
Helene Gruenberg and Regine Gruenberg by Helene Weisz and
Richard Lieberman
Cantor’s Fund
In Honor Of:
George Shalom Austerklein, son of Hazzan Klein and Rabbi
Auster, by Roz Sporn
Hazzan Klein davening on Rosh Hashanah by Paul Schweizer
Hazzan Klein for officiating at Eli Kale’s bar mitzvah by Andrew
and Davida Kales
In Memory Of:
Fanny Lieber, grandmother, and Ruth Rehns, mother, by Marsha
Rehns
Herman Jutkowitz by Cary and Nancy Feldman
Capital Campaign / Building Fund
By: Joel Moss
In Memory Of:
Jane Schimel by Ronald and Gail Schimel
Chevra Kadisha Fund
By: Zissman Shiur
In Memory Of:
A. Marvin Nattel by Twila Nattel
Abraham Chinn by Sarah Kalser
Leonard Rubin, my father, by Sharyn Schlesinger
Disabled Access Fund
In Memory Of:
Anna Chinn, my beloved mother, by Sarah Kalser
Lillie Lefkowitz, my mother, by Anita Ash
General Fund
By: Robert and Miriam Adelstein
In Honor Of:
Libby Shapiro Feinman by Annabelle Band
Our children, Jonathan and Eileen Kay, by Frederick and Priscilla
Kay
Rabbi Harris, for the Yom Kippur honor for Larry and Lisa Lerner
and Reina Lerner, by Larry and Lisa Lerner
Ricardo Munster, for his help with preparation for Eli’s bar
mitzvah, by Andrew and Davida Kales
In Memory Of:
Aaron Burman by Bea Berger
Arthur L. Adams by Natalie Adams
Barbara Balsam by Jennifer Hirsch
Bernard Berger, my husband, by Bea Berger
Bertha Simkowitz by Faith Walerstein
Blanche Fersh by Rob Fersh and Sharon Markus
Bruce Israel by Carolyn Elefant
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Edith Weisz, beloved mother, by Helene Weisz, Bernie Weisz, and
families
Esther and Louis Kohn by Jacqueline Kohn
Esther Chubin, mother of Herbert Chubin and grandmother of
Ellen Chubin Epstein, by David and Ellen Epstein
Fred Mandler, beloved father of Susan King, by Susan and Bert
King
Harry Weinstein by Frank Weinstein
Helene Gruenberg and Regine Gruenberg by Bernard and Janyse
Weisz
Herbert Brenner by Jeffrey and Lynne Ganek
Ira Kline, my beloved husband, by Etta Kline
Joseph King by Bert and Susan King
Lia Hirsch, mother of Walter Schimmerling and Raquel Masel, by
Walter Schimmerling
Lillian Ehrenstamm by Faye Ehrenstamm
Lou Cohen, husband of Susan Cohen, by Rita Kopin
Madelynne Schulman and David Neustein by Rick and Sharon
Schulman
Marjora Minska by Helene Weisz and Bernie Weisz
Masha Cohen Baras, beloved mother of Sheila Cohen, by Judith
Marcus
Rose Chotkin by Rhea Troffkin
Samuel Simkowitz by Faith Walerstein
Sophie Levy by Paul Levy
Wanda Brasseur-Perez by Yvonne Perez-Mirengoff and Paul
Mirengoff
Elaine Silverman Gessow College Activities Fund
In Memory Of:
Elaine Gessow, my beloved friend, by Annette Goldberg
Warren Rosing by Barbara and Douglas Rosing
Groner Camp Ramah Scholarship Fund
In Memory Of:
Harry Goldstein, my beloved father, by Judith Levin
Kimball Nursery School Fund
In Memory Of:
Rubin Horwitz by Ellen Darr
Bernard Kotelanski, M.D., Marriage Education Fund
In Memory Of:
Morris Gorden by Phillip and Vivian Gorden
Library Fund
In Memory Of:
Bernard I. Miller by Jay and Sharon Berzofsky
Zalman Ginderov by Boris Ginderov
Mazon
In Memory Of:
Dorothy Rubin, my mother, by Sharyn Schlesinger
Emily Drachman by Richard and Elizabeth Drachman
Jack Babbin by Mona and Jerry Gabry
Deborah Gabry by Mona and Jerry Gabry
Sonia Varsano by Ricardo Varsarno
Mintz Landscaping Fund
In Memory Of:
Herman Altschul by Carolyn and Kenneth Feigenbaum
Morning Minyan Fund
In Honor Of:
Judith Epstein by Jack Epstein
Contributions Continued
In Memory Of:
Burton Rudman by Rick Rudman
Dora Brody, my beloved mother, by Gerald Brody
Goldie Sturm, my beloved sister, by Mary Dubrow
Isadore Edgar Fassberg by Benjamin Fassberg
Jacqueline Abrams by Andrew and Katey Koblenz
Leon Weintraub by Mark and Blanche Wine
Nathaniel Degutz by Bert and Judy Spector
Rita Minker by Jack Minker
Prayer Book Fund
In Memory Of:
Bernard Siegler and Sylvan Siegler by Gary and Judy Liberson
Henry M. and Rose W. Schwartz, beloved parents of Ina Wernick,
by Ina and Jerome Wernick
Rabbi’s Fund
By: Morton and Lillian Davis
Jeff and Ellen Shrago
Jane, Barry, and Elinor Schimel
In Honor Of:
Our Yom Kippur honor by Jack Minker and Johanna Weinstein
Rabbi Harris, for officiating at Eli Kales’ bar mitzvah, by Andrew
and Davida Kales
Rabbi Werbin for his support by Sarah Birnbach
In Memory Of:
Carl Berger by Henrietta Asen
Charles Aubrey Snyder by David Snyder
Hannah Schneider by Libby Gordon
Harvey Gordon by Libby Gordon
Herman Jutkowitz, father of Stan Jutkowitz, by Peter and Debbie
Friedmann
Howard Thomashauer by Robin Thomashauer
Nathan Richman by David and Marjorie Richman
Sam Hermon by Jerry and Linda Herman
Sidney Sklar by Kathy Sklar
Sol Feldman, my father, by Cary Feldman
Scolnic Adult Institute Fund
In Honor Of:
Peter Cohen’s birthday by Rita Kopin
In Memory Of:
Eugene Sporn, my beloved husband, by Roz Sporn
Herman Abromowitz, my beloved father, by Ellen Bezner
Howard Copperman, beloved husband, by Julia Copperman
Nancy A. Laning by Susan Cohen
Senior Caucus
In Memory Of:
Susan Cohen’s sister by Naomi Levy
Dr. Elaine L. Shalowitz Education Fund
In Memory Of:
Adam Shalowitz, my beloved father, by Erwin Shalowitz
Pearl Shalowitz, my beloved mother, by Erwin Shalowitz
Simos Music Fund
In Memory Of:
Marlene Korn by David Korn and Shara Aranoff
Sidney Kaplan, my beloved brother, by Roz Sporn
Sisterhood Kesher Nashim Fund
In Memory Of:
Jean Miller by Jay Miller
Sisterhood Kiddush Fund
In Honor Of:
Hallie Werbel, for helping with Eli Kales’s bar mitzvah kiddush
luncheon, by Andrew and Davida Kales
Susan Cohen’s birthday by Rita Kopin
In Memory Of:
Barbara Kam by Barbara Spitzer
Doll Laboe by Barbara Friedman
Kate Wernick, beloved mother of Jerome Wernick, by Jerome and
Ina Wernick
Marjorie Friedman by Barbara Friedman
Marjorie Pokroy by Rita Liebowitz
Sisterhood Shiva Meal Fund
In Memory Of:
Shoshana Vainstein by Sharona Sapoznikow
Elaine Tanenbaum Religious School Enrichment Fund
In Honor Of:
Bat mitzvah of Jordan Elias by Andrew and Davida Kales
In Memory Of:
Isidor Leventhal by Carl Leventhal
Torah Scroll Fund
In Honor Of:
Gideon Sanders, for reading Torah at Eli Kales’s bar mitzvah, by
Andrew and Davida Kales
In Memory Of:
William Mirengoff by Mark Mirengoff and Yvonne PerezMirengoff
Transportation Fund
In Honor Of:
Doris Povich, for her support, by Rose Saady
Esther Isralow’s special birthday by Rose Saady
Lucy Ozarin’s birthday by Rose Saady
Refuah Shleimah to Dan Yastrov, son of Hattie Goodman, by Rose
Saady
Ricardo Munster, for his attentiveness to Beth El seniors, by Rose
Saady, Mary Dubrow, and Annette Goldberg
Roz Sporn, for her support, by Rose Saady
Birth of George Shalom Austerklein by Rose Saady
In Memory Of:
Harry Kossman, my dear brother, by Mary Dubrow
Isak Grunberg by Helene Weisz, Bernie Weisz, and families
Lillian Kessler by Julia Copperman
Louis Cohen by Susan Cohen
Samuel Sporn by Roz Sporn
Selma Beckowitz by Judith Zassenhaus
Yehuda Brownstein, my beloved father, by Rita Kopin
Wolf Israel Quest
In Honor Of:
Birth of Madeline Juliette Wolf, granddaughter of Douglas and
Annette Wolf, by Debby and Menachem Shoham
In Memory Of:
Masha Cohen Baras, beloved mother of Sheila Cohen, by Debby
and Menachem Shoham and Evelyn and Isail Wagenberg
Young Equality Fund
In Memory Of:
Nathan Weinstein by Joe and Ina Young
Rena Young by Joe and Ina Young
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8215 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814-1451
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Bulletin Board
Mazal Tov to
Abbie and Bill Eckland on the marriage of their son, Samuel
Eckland, to Claire Thibeau
Condolences to
Steven and Marlene Aisenberg on the death of Steve’s father,
congregant Irwin Aisenberg
Julie Bender Silver and David Silver, David and Nan
Bender, and Barbara Bender on the death of their father,
long-time congregant Howard Bender
Sheila Cohen and Phil Ochs on the death of Sheila’s mother,
Masha Cohen Baras
Susan Cohen on the death of her sister, Nancy Laning
Gale and Ron Dutcher on the death of Gale’s father, Aaron
Freedman
Bill and Abbie Eckland on the death of Bill’s mother, Elaine
R. Eckland
Stan and Gail Jutkowitz on the death of Stan’s father, Herman
Jutkowitz
Noteworthy
Roundtable with the Rabbi, Wednesday, November 4, 2:00
pm. Join us to celebrate November’s birthdays (yours and those of
others) with desserts, coffee, and a lively discussion led by Rabbi
Harris. Birthday celebrants receive a special invitation, but all are
welcome.
Send submissions to the Scroll to [email protected]
Dor L’Dor, Thursday, November 5, noon. The Beth El
Preschool (BEPS) 4s Class and a group of Beth El seniors blend
together to form Dor L’Dor. To participate and share pizza with
the preschoolers, RSVP to Susan Bruckheim or contact Ricardo
Munster at 301-652-2606, ext. 316, or [email protected].
Senior Caucus, Thursday, November 12, noon. Brown Bag
lunch. Come and socialize with your friends and enjoy refreshments and dessert.
Senior Caucus-Vatikkim Luncheon Program, Thursday,
November 19. Starts with lunch at noon. Following lunch, Hazzan Matthew Klein, accompanied by pianist Leah Kocsis, will
perform a concert of Broadway musical songs. Hazzan Klein is a
classically trained baritone with a background in musical theatre.
Lunch costs $10. To RSVP for lunch, contact Ricardo Munster at
301-652-2606, ext. 316, or [email protected] by Tuesday,
November 17. The program is free and begins at 1:00 pm.
Bridge – the greatest game ever! Join us every Monday, and
Thursday (except the 3rd and 4th Thursdays this month) from
12:30 to 3:00 pm. Drop in and join a game; no partner necessary.
For information or transportation, contact Ricardo Munster at
301-652-2606, ext. 316, or [email protected].
Follow us for pictures, upcoming events, and
more: fb.me/congregation.beth.el
Weekly Parashiot
Source: Siddur Sim Shalom
Hayei Sarah
Vayetzei
Upon Sarah’s death, Abraham acquires the Cave of
Makhpelah as a burial ground. Before his own death,
Abraham dispatches his servant, Eliezar, to Haran in
search of a wife for Isaac from among his kin. Rebecca,
Abraham’s great-niece, is gracious to Eliezar and agrees
to the marriage.
As he begins his journey, Jacob dreams of angels, ascending and descending. Awed, he vows to return from this
journey and follow God’s ways. After reaching Haran,
he marries Laban’s daughters, Leah and Rachel, sires
children and prospers while raising cattle for Laban. After twenty years, Jacob finally fulfills his pledge to return
to Canaan.
November 7, 25 Cheshvan
Tol’dot
November 14, 2 Kislev
Rebecca bears twin sons, Jacob and Esau, rivals from
birth. Esau sells Jacob his birthright. Rebecca helps
Jacob secure Esau’s blessing by deceiving Isaac, to Esau’s
fury. Fearing for Jacob’s life, Rebecca implores Isaac to
send Jacob off to her brother Laban, in Haran, to seek a
wife.
November 21, 9 Kislev
Va-yishlach
November 28, 16 Kislev
As he prepares to face his brother, Esau, upon returning
to Canaan, Jacob wrestles with an angel, who confers
upon him the name of Israel. The meeting with Esau
goes well, yet Jacob, fearful still, is quick to part company
with him. Jacob’s camp reaches Shechem, where his
daughter, Dinah, is raped; two of Jacob’s sons take brutal
revenge. Jacob then builds an altar at Bethel, as God
instructs. Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin. Later,
Jacob and Esau bury Isaac.
Beth El Calendar
&Weekly Parashiot
Descriptions of Services
Minyan Chaverim offers the
ruach of the Shabbat services in USY,
BBYO, and Hillel. We have a lay-led,
traditional, participatory, spirit-filled
service, including full repetition of the
Shacharit and Musaf Amidah, as well as
the full Torah reading with an interactive Torah discussion. A pot-luck lunch
follows the service at a nearby home.
For information, contact Debbie
Feinstein at debbie_feinstein@yahoo.
com or Sheryl Rosensky Miller at
[email protected].
The Worship and Study Minyan
is conducted by members of the
congregation and combines evocative
Torah study with ample singing
and ruach. Children are welcome,
although the service is oriented
toward adults. For information, contact
Dan Hirsch at 301-654-7289,
[email protected]
Sid Getz at 301-530-2215,
[email protected]
Mark Levitt at 301-365-5365,
[email protected].
Minyan Olamim, led by Hazzan
Klein and guests, includes chanting,
niggunim, meditation, and a
focus on the inner journey of the
prayers. Mixing Hebrew and English,
it is an opportunity for people of
different backgrounds to sing, pray,
converse, and find a deeper spiritual
meaning in their Shabbat experience.
Zhava Shabbat Morning
Service Gathering is an
opportunity to learn more about this
service with a member of Beth El’s
clergy in a small group setting. Oct.
10, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, March 12, and
May 14 at 10:30 am.
Daily Services M-F
7:30 am
Sun-Th 8:00 pm
Fri
6:30 pm
Sun
9:00 am
Shabbat Services (all services are weekly, except as noted)
Early Morning Service
Main Service Babysitting (2-6 years old) Minyan Chaverim (3rd Shabbat)
Minyan Olamim (4th Shabbat)
Worship and Study Minyan (1st Shabbat)
7:30 am
9:30 am
9:15 am
9:30 am
10:45 am
9:45 am
Youth Shabbat Services
Teen Service (1st Shabbat)
10:00 am
Junior Congregation (5th grade +; Library) 10:00 am
Shitufim 10:30-11:30 am
(2nd– 4th grades; 2nd & 4th Shabbat; Zahler Social Hall)
Gan Shabbat
(kindergarten-2nd grade; 1st & 3rd Shabbat; MP 1&2) 10:30-11:30 am
Nitzanim
(birth - kindergarten; 2nd, 4th, 5th Shabbat; MP 1&2) 10:30-11:30 am
For information, contact Elisha Frumkin, 301-652-8573,
ext. 319, [email protected].
Congregation Beth El
November 2015
Monthly Calendar
Sunday
Cheshvan-Kislev 5776
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
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2
3
4
5
No Religious School - Professional
Day
9:00 am Minyan
9:30 am Men’s Club Breakfast
10:00 am Men’s Club Program
10:00 am Beth El Spain Trip Meeting
7:30 pm Talmud Class
12:30 pm Bridge
7:15 pm Boy Scouts
8:15 am A Taste of Talmud
10:00 am Scolnic Institute
1:30 pm Conversational Hebrew
6:30 pm Mah Jongg
9:30 am Rabbi Harris’s Torah Class
9:30 am Rabbi Werbin’s ‘King David’
9:30 am M. Fine Torah Class
Noon Senior Caucus Dor L’ Dor Lunch
1:00 pm Bridge
7:00 pm BEPS Shop and Sip
8:30 pm Hearing Men’s Voices
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10
11
8
Sisterhood retreat (offsite)
Zhava Hope Connection 5K - offsite
9:00 am Minyan
9:30 am Men’s Club Breakfast
10:00 am Men’s Club Program
10:00 am Ahavat Shir Rehearsal
7:30 pm Talmud Class
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9:00 am Minyan
9:30 am Men’s Club Breakfast
9:30 am Book Club
10:00 am B’nai Mitzvah Family
Education Program
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9:30
am Knitting Group
12:30 pm Bridge
7:15 pm Boy Scouts
8:15 am A Taste of Talmud
10:00 am Scolnic Institute
6:30 pm Mah Jongg
7:30 pm BEPS Board Meeting
Class
2:00 pm Roundtable with the Rabbi
7:30 pm Scolnic Institute
Veterans Day
9:30 am Rabbi Harris’s Torah Class
9:30 am Rabbi Werbin’s ‘King David’
Class
7:30 pm Scolnic Institute
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Rosh Hodesh Kislev
9:30 am BEPS Open House
9:30 am M. Fine Torah Class
Noon Senior Caucus Brown Bag Lunch
1:00 pm Bridge
7:30 pm Executive Committee Meeting
Friday
Saturday
6 Candles 4:45 pm
7
Sisterhood Retreat (offsite)
6:30 pm Friday Evening Service
7:15 pm B’nai Mitzvah Family Shabbat
Dinner
Sisterhood Retreat (offsite)
7:30 am Early Shabbat Service
9:30 am Main Shabbat Service
9:30 am Jordan Lerner Bat Mitzvah
9:30 am Samuel Ferber Bar Mitzvah
9:45 am Worship & Study Minyan
10:00 am Jr. Congregation
10:00 am Teen Service
10:30 am Gan Shabbat
12:45 pm Shabbat Mincha Service
13 Candles 4:39 pm
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Rosh Hodesh Kislev
6:30 pm Kol Haneshama Friday Evening
Service
7:30 am Early Shabbat Service
9:30 am Main Shabbat Service
9:30 am Jolie Rosenstein Bat Mitzvah
9:30 am Talia Shapiro Bat Mitzvah
10:00 am Jr. Congregation
10:30 am Zhava Shabbat Morning
Service Discussion
10:30 am Nitzanim
10:30 am Shitufim
12:45 pm Shabbat Mincha Service
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12:30 pm Bridge
7:15 pm Boy Scouts
7:30 pm Rosh Chodesh: It’s a Woman
Thing
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8:15 am A Taste of Talmud
10:00 am Scolnic Institute
6:30 pm Mah Jongg
7:30 pm Board of Directors Meeting
10:00 am Men’s Club and Female
18
9:30 am Rabbi Harris’s Torah Class
9:30 am Rabbi Werbin’s ‘King David’
Class
1:30 pm Conversational Hebrew
7:30 pm Scolnic Institute
19
9:30 am M. Fine Torah Class
Noon Senior Caucus Luncheon
7:00 pm Knitting Group
7:30 pm BEPS Open House
7:30 pm Sisterhood Board Meeting
20 Candles 4:33 pm
10:00 am BEPS Shabbat
6:30 pm Friday Evening Service
6:30 pm Nitzanim Friday Evening Service
Physicians Program
7:30 pm Talmud Class
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7:30 am Early Shabbat Service
9:30 am Main Shabbat Service
9:30 am Isabel Engel Bat Mitzvah
9:30 am Jocelyn Mintz Bat Mitzvah
9:30 am Minyan Chaverim
10:00 am Jr. Congregation
10:30 am Gan Shabbat
12:45 pm Shabbat Mincha Service
6:30 pm 2nd Grade Family EducationHavDeli
7:30 pm Israel Media Series
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9:00 am Minyan
9:30 am Men’s Club Breakfast
10:00 am Men’s Club Program
10:00 am Ahavat Shir Rehearsal
10:00 am 5th Grade Family Education
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12:30 pm Bridge
7:15 pm Boy Scouts
7:30 pm Age & Stage: Are Your Children
Interfaith Dating?
24
8:15 am A Taste of Talmud
6:30 pm Mah Jongg
7:30 pm Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
(at BUMC)
Religious School Closed
9:30 am Rabbi Harris’s Torah Class
9:30 am Rabbi Werbin’s ‘King David’
Class
Schools and Offices Closed
Thanksgiving
9:00 am Morning Minyan
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27 Candles 4:30 pm
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29
30 Candles 5:53 pm
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25
Schools and Offices Closed
6:30 pm Friday Evening Service
Program
6:30 pm Sisterhood/Zhava Membership
Dinner
7:30 am Early Shabbat Service
9:30 am Main Shabbat Service
9:30 am Daphne Kaplan Bat Mitzvah
10:30 am Minyan Olamim
10:30 am Nitzanim
12:45 pm Shabbat Mincha Service
4:00 pm Asher Rubin Bar Mitzvah
7:30 pm Talmud Class
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Schools and Offices Closed
9:00 am Minyan
9:30 am Men’s Club Breakfast
10:00 am Men’s Club Program
7:30 pm Talmud Class
30
12:30 pm Bridge
7:15 pm Boy Scouts
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