February/March 2012 - Congregation B`nai Yisrael of Armonk

CONGREGATION B’NAI YISRAEL is the Jewish home we share.
We are a community creating positive experiences with individuals of
every age. CONGREGATION B’NAI YISRAEL is our spiritual center,
where together, our family of families celebrates, commemorates, worships,
learns, nurtures, gives, and grows. We constantly strive to achieve the
beauty that comes from experiencing the world through Jewish eyes.
CONGREGATION B’NAI YISRAEL
2 Banksville Road • Box 7 • Armonk, NY 10504 • www.cbyarmonk.org
The Bulletin
February/March 2012
Shevat/Adar/Nisan 5772
NURTURING OUR JEWISH IDENTITY
NURTURING OUR JEWISH IDENTITY
Rosh Chodesh Luncheon and Study Group
Friday, February 3, 12:00 p.m.
Friday, February 24, 12:00 p.m.
Friday, March 23, 12:00 p.m.
Purim Megillah Reading, Spiel & Carnival
Sunday, March 11, 11:00 a.m.
Text in the City
Wednesday, February 8, 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 14, 12:00 p.m.
Tu B'Shevat Family Seder
Wednesday, February 8, 6:00 p.m.
IN THIS ISSUE
Discoveries in the Land of Israel........................... cover
Study in the Suburbs
Wednesday, February 15, 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 28, 12:00 p.m.
Early Service
Friday, February 17, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, March 16, 6:30 p.m.
Book Fair
Sunday, March 25-Thursday, March 29
Turkey Sandwich and Lemonade.......................... 5
Tu B'Shevat Family Seder..................................... 7
Purim Megillah Reading, Spiel & Carnival.......... 8
Buy a Share in Roxbury Farm............................... 9
Eastern Europe Trip............................................... 13
Another Successful Midnight Run!....................... 15
DISCOVERIES IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL
Rise up and walk in the land, the length of it and the breadth of it.
—Genesis 13:17
JERUSALEM, January 18, 2012. Again yesterday, I walked the streets of Jerusalem in the neighborhood in which I lived 42
years ago, 1970-1971. Golda Meir, whom we all met my first year in rabbinic school, was Prime Minister. Moshe Dayan was
Defense Minister, and David Ben Gurion was living in Sde Boker in the Negev when we visited that kibbutz. The dormitory in
which I lived, the religious dormitory of the Hebrew University at 1 Itamar Ben Avi, was torn down a few weeks before Joan
and I arrived in the summer of 1990. Joan and I walked to see my old dormitory only to discover a pile of stones. In place of the
stones there has been, for these past 22 years, a beautiful residence. I walked from 1 Itamar Ben Avi to see if the Post Office,
in which I spent so much time buying commemorative Israeli stamps and mailing literally hundreds of aerograms back to the
United States in 1970-71, was still there. The Post Office appears to be in the same location, but in a new building. I walked
down the street to see if the laundry to which I took my shirts was still there. The laundry remains in the same location. Yet I
can’t imagine that the owner from the academic year 1970-71 is still the same. The people I saw in the laundry were simply not
old enough.
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DISCOVERIES IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL
I walked the route from what was my dormitory down past the President’s residence—which was still under construction 42
years ago—down Rehov Balfour, past #19—a place where I spent a lot of time with a wonderful rabbi and his family—toward
the house that was occupied in those days by Abba Eban, then Foreign Minister of Israel. Now that house is the house of the
Prime Minister. As I walked those streets in what remains for me the center of the Land of Israel, I was in touch with both the
young man I once was, and the older man I have become with the gift of years.
That time in Israel, almost 42 years ago, was a transformative adventure, a time during which I developed a fascination
with Israel, and a time when my imagination was too small to understand the potential of the life that awaited me, both by way
of a sustaining family, and by way of a privileged life as a congregational rabbi in Armonk, New York. In those days, I wondered
where my future would take me, and what I was going to do. At the time, I was set on a course toward academics, which
changed because I became so fascinated with Jews. I realized back then that my struggles as a rabbi and as a human being would
be located not in the land of Israel to which I grew so deeply attached, but in the United States. The United States would be the
arena for my career and my future life—that much I remember knowing. I suppose, though I can’t remember clearly through the
lens of self-serving memory, that I assumed my life would be lived on the West Coast, in California where I grew up, the place to
which I returned when I left Israel. As I walked those streets, so familiar to me, so deeply a part of the man I am, I was aware of
the joys of my life over these years, and I felt grateful for the unexpected blessings that have come my way.
As I walked those streets, I was aware of the extraordinary gift of a marriage that still, after more than 30 years, is rich
in love and dependence. Our children have grown, discovered love of their own, creating their own families and raising three
beautiful granddaughters. Who could have possibly imagined such wonders 42 years ago? Not I. And the wonder of Armonk was
impossible to know. The abiding privilege of being the founding rabbi of a community has been rich in rewards I could not have
imagined. I have been, and continue to be, richly blessed to have shared so many significant moments in the lives of so many
precious human beings, that I am overwhelmed as I contemplate the years that lie behind me. Yet those memories were with me
as I walked the streets of Jerusalem, which I first walked unable to imagine the life I live today.
Yet I recognize that I am the same man I always have been. Walking those streets put me in touch with some of the
glory and the tragedy of being human. I can’t escape who I am. My past, littered with both failures and successes, is my constant
companion. Mostly I am grateful that my insecurities have served me so well, and that I am blessed by an abiding awareness
that we human beings are subject to failure. A healthy respect for both failure, and a fear of failure, have always been my
companions as I have navigated each and every day of my life since those days when I walked the streets of Jerusalem for the
very first time.
My sensibilities about human life and nature have not really grown as perhaps they should have developed over the
many days that are now behind me. In those days I was keenly aware that the women and men who cleaned the dormitory in
which I lived were Israelis who came from Arab lands. They were sometimes people with darker skin tones than mine. Their
Hebrew was slightly Arabic in its character. Israel was then becoming a first-world country, but at that time maybe it was still a
second-world country. Donkey carts were constantly vying with the handful of cars for room on the small roads of Jerusalem.
The road to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, Route 1, was a two-lane highway—one lane in each direction. The buses were not air
conditioned. There were of course no computers and no cell phones. There were virtually no telephones at all. When I called
home to Los Angeles, I had to walk to the Post Office in downtown Jerusalem, wait in line, and then make the connection to
California. In the year I was in Israel, I called home four times. Each of those telephone calls cost me $100. My room at the
dormitory was $20/month. Now I call the States without hesitation, and email is virtually instantaneous. Photos and voice
recordings can be zoomed back and forth across our world. Surely technology has changed, but our human condition has not
changed as much as I would have hoped. I knew then that we were living in a predatory world. Such is the nature of our human
condition: we are all of us predators. We must take from the world around us in order to survive. Many of us, myself included,
are in possession of, or have taken, more than our fair share. I was in those days burdened by an awareness of social justice, yet
unaware of privilege or the responsibilities that should come with privilege.
As I walked those streets in recent days, other memories came to my mind from more than 40 years ago. I remembered
being taken by the commitment of Israelis to serve their country in what was then called, in Hebrew, “a people’s army.” I, on the
other hand, while living in Jerusalem, received by mail my coveted 4 F. (My 4 F left me medically disqualified from serving in
the United States Armed Forces. I had dislocated my shoulder when I was 16 years old, and therefore could not serve. Years later
I had my shoulder repaired and shortly thereafter joined the Armonk Fire Department.)
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DISCOVERIES IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL
But that 4 F meant not only that I would not have to go into the army and to Vietnam, but that my choice of a career as a rabbi
would not be in any way a maneuver to escape military service. In recent days my careful reading of the Israeli press has shown
me that Israel has changed. Not everybody goes into the army as was once the case. Not everyone serves their reserve duty, as
was once considered an honor. All of life must change as we walk thought time. Israel has grown and built a vital and wonderful
country in which people can discover love and meaning and the significance of being human, just as so many of us have in our
lives here in Westchester, New York.
I was aware as I put one foot in front of the other walking those streets, that failure is always a companion
of success. Failure to make peace was on my mind. Forty-two years ago Israel was a much bigger country, from the
Suez Canal to the Golan Heights. Even in those days, I was the one in our group—not quite the only one—suggesting
that Israel should return the Sinai to Egypt in exchange for peace, and the West Bank and Gaza should be given
to the Palestinians. In 1973, while a rabbinic student, I was actively involved in the formation of a group called
Breira, meaning “alternative.” We thought there was an alternative, the potential for a two-state solution and for the
normalization of Israel as a nation-state within the context of the Middle East.
I sat with my friend of almost 20 years, Yossi Sarid, in his lovely apartment in Tel Aviv. I asked him if there
was an alternative to the two-state solution. The frame of my question was: If we have been working for a two-state
solution for these past 40 years, and not been successful in achieving our goal, is there not an alternative? Yossi told
me, explaining his reasons carefully, that there is no alternative to the two-state solution that leaves Israel either as a
democracy or as a homeland for Jews; he asked rhetorically: What are we going to do, join the Arab League? A onestate solution is impossible because the Jewish state would disappear. A two-state solution requires enormous sacrifice.
My hope remains powerfully strong that we will find our way into a future that is marked not by fear but by
hope. There is much fear. We easily discover our fears in the newspaper. So much of Israeli reality is determined by
questions of military security. Our fear today is with Iran. While in Israel I read the thoughts of Roger Cohen, who
wrote urging Israelis not to initiative a military attack on Iran. As Cohen writes, “An Israeli attack unites Iran in fury,
locks in the Islamic Republic for a generation, cements the Syrian regime, radicalizes the Arab world at a moment
of delicate transition, ignites Hezbollah on the Lebanese border, boosts Hamas, endangers U.S. troops in the region,
sparks terrorism, propels oil skyward, triggers a possible regional war, offers a lifeline to Iran just as Europe is about to
stop buying its oil, adds a Persian to the Arab vendetta against Israel, and may at best set back Iran’s nuclear ambitions
a couple of years.” [Herald Tribune, Tuesday, January 17, 2012]
While in Israel, I was not granted permission to travel to Gaza to visit the family with whom our family is so
particularly close. I don’t know if the Border Control, the Israeli Armed Forces, or the Security Services either failed to
process my application, or set it aside without any conclusions. I never heard yes or no. I never heard anything.
As I was walking those familiar streets, I was overwhelmed by the stochastic life that I have lived, so filled
with wonder and blessing. I thought about all that was so unimaginable to me: the great love of my life, the gift of our
marriage, our children and grandchildren, and all who have so blessed me with moments of privilege in the life of our
congregation.
As I walked on the stone and on the asphalt, I could not believe how overwhelmed I am by the life I have
lived, and by the career I chose, now in its waning year-and-a-half. I suppose I have come to the realization that I
don’t know what awaits me in the future, and I never have. Surely no one of us does know the future, and for that I
suspect we ought to be grateful. But I do know that I came to Jerusalem to be in touch with my dreams and my hopes
from my childhood years: not for me and my family but for all of us, and for the future that we leave to our children
and grandchildren. In Israel, what I discovered about my hopes is that they have not faltered in all these years. And
that is why I remain so moved by the Israeli National Athem and its words: ‫–עוד לא אבדה תקותנו‬still our hopes have not
perished.
—Rabbi Douglas E. Krantz
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OUR COMMUNITY WILL STUDY
February 3
The Place of Poetry
February 10
The Language of Judaism
February 17
Early Service
February 24
Science and Judaism
March 2
The Gift of Laughter
March 9
Calves and Congregations
March 16
Early Service
March 23
Report on the Convention of the Central Conference
of American Rabbis
March 30
Report on J Street Conference
OUR CLERGY IN THE COMMUNITY
Rabbi Krantz participated in the 140th anniversary of Temple Israel of the City of New York, and delivered some remarks at what was a wonderful
celebration. Rabbi Krantz was the first ever Assistant Rabbi at Temple Israel, and only the fourth rabbi to serve in its then almost 110-year history.
Rabbi Krantz attended the URJ (Union for Reform Judaism) Biennial convention in Washington, D.C., which included many meetings, the highlight
of which was the address by President Obama.
While in Washington, Rabbi and Mrs. Krantz had dinner with the Serwer family. Daniel Serwer is a former member of the U.S. Institute of Peace
who teaches at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Study, and is a scholar at the Middle East Institute.
Rabbi Krantz visited Israel at the beginning of January. In Israel Rabbi Krantz met with former Member of the Knesset, former Minister of
Education, and current columnist for the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz Yossi Sarid. Rabbi Krantz spent time with his long-time friend Ali Qleibo,
professor at Al Quds University. Rabbi Krantz met with Ana Hoffman, who runs the Israel Religious Action Center in Israel. Rabbi Krantz met with
Shimon Romach, the former number two person of the Israeli Security Services known as Shin Bet, who is also recently retired as the Commissioner
of Israeli Firefighters. Rabbi Krantz met with Ester Lavanon, the CEO of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, and was reintroduced to Stanley Fischer,
Governor of the Bank of Israel. Rabbi Krantz had a meeting in Tel Aviv with Oded Rose, who is starting the Eastern Mediterranean College, an
international college for students from around the world to come and study and learn in Israel, which is part of a larger consortium of international
colleges and study programs. While in Jerusalem, Rabbi Krantz had a chance to be in touch with a number of people to be updated in detail of what's
happening in Israeli political and cultural life. Rabbi Krantz was able to experience his time in Israel as a mini-sabbatical.
Rabbi Krantz participated in a meeting of the Ethics Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
On Thursday, December 1st, Rabbi Limmer participated in a panel discussion at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion focused on
"Creating a Culture of Social Action in a Congregation". During this discussion, which is a required part of the rabbinical curriculum, Rabbi Limmer
spoke about the work of our Social Action committee, our connection to Roxbury Farm, and our involvement in Westchester United.
In his capacity as Chair of the Justice, Peace and Civil Liberties committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Rabbi Limmer helped
chair two conference calls among colleagues: On December 6th, as part of a working group helping to provide rabbis with the resources they need to
learn about, teach about and work on issues of social import, and on December 7th with a group of colleagues working to see if the Reform Rabbinate
might want to organize itself to take a leadership position on a Social Justice issue.
During the week of December 3rd, Rabbi Limmer attended the Biennial Convention of our Union for Reform Judaism. Highlights included
participating in the Resolution Committee, which governs the process through which the URJ takes stands on various issues, and teaching Mishnah as
part of the "Back to Basics: Torah and Tikkun Olam" session.
Rabbi Limmer serves our Westchester Jewish community by serving on the Synagogue Financial Stability Task Force of UJA's Synergy project. In
Meetings on December 19th and January 24th, Rabbi Limmer worked with a small group of Jewish leaders on exploring new models of insuring that
synagogues can be financially stable in order to continue to provide all that synagogues add to our communities.
On January 5th, Rabbi Limmer chaired a meeting of the officers of Westchester United. This session helped plan a strategy for the year for listening
to our 17 congregational communities and moving, by late spring, to sustained action to make improvements in our county.
Cantor Kobilinsky sang as a member of the faculty/alumni/student choir at the rededication of the Hebrew Union College's School of Sacred Music as
The Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music on December 7, 2011.
At the Biennial conference of the Union for Reform Judaism, Cantor Kobilinsky was a soloist in the American Conference of Cantors choir
at the celebration honoring outgoing President Eric Yoffie on December 17, 2011.
Along with several area cantors and musically inclined rabbis, Cantor Kobilinsky performed in an informal production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The
Gondoliers at Temple Israel Center of White Plains on January 29, singing the role of Giulia.
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TURKEY SANDWICH AND LEMONADE
Last month I schlepped down to lower Manhattan to rehearse for our annual Cantor’s Concert. Singing
secular and/or classical music these days is a rare treat, and so, upon leaving the rehearsal, I was in a good
mood. My husband had the day off and was home with the baby, and since I hadn’t eaten lunch, I decided to take
advantage of my leeway time and make a pit-stop to pick up a bite for the road. I headed up 1st Avenue towards
the 23rd Street entrance to the FDR Drive, found a metered parking spot, threw in a quarter or two and walked
through the biting wind to the nearest deli. After waiting for my order, I jogged back to my car lest I receive a
ticket for an expired meter. I had already blown past the elderly, homeless man standing in a doorway by the time
his words reached my consciousness. “Does anybody have anything to eat? Anything?” It only took me a couple
of seconds to decide I would head straight into the drugstore beside me to find him something to eat. Luckily, I
discovered a “meal on the go”-style cooler at the front of the store. I chose a sandwich, banana, and drink (nothing
warm, unfortunately), paid, and exited. Where did he go? I soon spotted his hunched-over form a block or so away,
slowly trudging downtown. “I haven’t gone this far to give up now,” I thought, “…but that meter is going to expire
any minute.” I ran down the avenue, and said something like, “Excuse me? Did I hear you say you were hungry?”
He answered yes, and so I handed him the bag of food, saying, “Well here’s some lunch for you.” I immediately
turned to run back uptown towards the car as he began to call after me, saying “Thank you, Bless you, Have a
Happy New Year and may all your wishes come true...” Not wanting to be rude, I turned to express that it was no
problem, and that he should enjoy. Back to the car I headed, when I heard another voice behind me, this time a
woman’s voice. It stuck out of the background city noise because she was near, and was yelling, “Hey you! Hey!”
I again turned, wondering if I had perhaps dropped something as I ran, and I saw the woman approaching me. She
said, “That was a really nice thing you just did.” I again made light of it: “Oh, that was no big deal. I heard him
say he was hungry, so I just got him lunch.” She responded that she had just been thinking about how numb people
have become to the hunger crisis, and thanked me for changing her mind! I hadn’t intended for anyone to see
my small action of tikkun olam (“fixing the world”) but was glad I had in some way impacted this other person.
What she said next, however, left me dumbstruck. “Well, what do YOU need?” I gave her a questioning look and
responded, “Me? I don’t need anything.” She repeated her question. I assured her I was in need of nothing. (Merely
the process of thinking of how to answer her question was a reality-check; I was reminded of how lucky I am to be
able to say that I didn’t need anything.) The concept that this stranger wanted to somehow “pay it forward” (the
term is a reference to the movie by the same name, starring Haley Joel Osment), and, for lack of a better term, “help
the helper,” shocked me.
We often remind ourselves and our children of the importance of helping those less fortunate than ourselves,
but how often do we consider helping the one who helps others? I truly did not desire some sort of praise or even a
payment of good karma. Frankly, it made me think of the act of providing the man’s lunch as somehow cheapened,
done for my own benefit, if even only a good feeling about myself. After all, I spent less than $10. How much
more should I actually be giving to charity if I were to live according to the plan described in the Torah? Until that
moment, I had only thought of “helping the helper” in pastoral terms, e.g. giving moral support to someone who
takes care of an infirm parent, or sending a thank-you note to a member of our armed forces overseas. Helping the
helper is certainly a noble deed, as well as an under-served cause.
A little more than 800 years ago, the great Jewish scholar and philosopher Maimonides wrote about there
being eight levels of charity. The lowest, level 8, is giving charity, but doing so unwillingly. The next, level
7, is giving gladly, but not really giving enough. Level 6 is giving gladly when asked, level 5 is giving before
being asked, but knowing to whom you are giving. Levels 4, 3, and 2 “up the ante” by different combinations
of anonymity, the best being when the person who gives doesn’t know to whom they give, and the person who
receives doesn’t know who gave. Level 1, the highest level of charity, entails helping someone become able to help
themselves. I’d rank the lunch I provided to that man somewhere between levels 6 and 7. I gave gladly after having
been asked, but I know I could have given more.
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TURKEY SANDWICH AND LEMONADE
Back to that cold, January day: My mind was racing. My initial intention was simple tzedakah: to feed
the hungry. I helped someone else as a result, an unintended result, which might very well have led to other acts
of tikkun olam by the woman who observed me. I became the recipient of the hungry man’s blessings, the term
“bless” being both coincidental and almost amusingly fitting for a clergy person who thinks often of blessings in
many circumstances. Might he have been an angel in disguise, like those whom visited Abraham and Sarah? Our
forefather and foremother welcomed the strangers who appeared, gave them food and shelter, and were given in
return the blessing of a child after years of barrenness. I was also reminded of being a child on trips to the city with
my father. When we came across a homeless person, he would reach into his overstuffed pocket of loose change,
and pull out a handful for him or her. My mother would point out how one shouldn’t even look at how much they
give; I understood that it was somehow more holy that way. I suddenly felt embarrassed that I could recall the total
that displayed on the register.
The day this transpired? January 16, 2012. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. It is a day which most often
reminds me of the struggles of a minority population, the unjust acts of a self-righteous, bigoted society, and the
tragically premature loss of such an inspiring leader. This year, January 16 most reminded me that we are all
equal. One may walk around with hundreds in his pocket, the other with less money in her account than the lowest
denomination bill given by the ATM. One may wear clothing from this season’s hottest new designer, the other,
whatever fits at the second-hand shop. I live in a house. He may live on a sidewalk grate, or perhaps in a small
apartment he can barely afford on Social Security payments. But hunger is felt equally. Hunger is universal.
I decided to write about this experience in our bulletin this month, not for a selfish desire for
acknowledgement, or to seem “holier than thou,” I promise you. I had second thoughts about the topic for exactly
that reason. What would Maimonides say, I wonder? Help this helper’s conscience by taking some small action to
help another. If you’ve read this far… Well, you haven’t gone this far to give up now.
Musically Yours,
Hayley
ARE YOU AN ADULT BUT ENJOY ACTING LIKE A CHILD?
DO YOU ENJOY MOCKING OTHERS?
DO YOU HAVE A DEEP-SEATED NEED TO CRACK CORNY JOKES AT THE SYNAGOGUE?
THEN PERFORM IN OUR ANNUAL PURIM SPIEL!
Sunday, March 11, 11:00 a.m.
(rehearsal begins 9:30 a.m.)
Sense of humor and acting skills helpful but not required.
To join us, contact Cantor Hayley Kobilinsky at
(914) 273-2220 or [email protected].
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TOT S HABBAT
for Families with Children Ages 3-6
Fridays 5:30-6:15 p.m.
February 10, March 9, April 13, May 11
Tot Shabbat is a time for children and their parents to experience Shabbat through storytelling and
music. Our program is led by our clergy and features the music, fun and excitement of Kenny Green.
KI N D E RGART E N
Sundays 9:30-10:15 a.m.
February 5, March 4, April 1, May 6
The whole family is invited to our delicious pancake breakfast served at 9:00 a.m.
Our Kindergarten program follows immediately afterward.
Our program for Kindergarteners and their parents is an opportunity for all to learn about the upcoming Jewish holidays, Jewish food, and Jewish living.
To sign up for our TOT Shabbat or Kindergarten program, please contact Rabbi Limmer at
Join us in Going Green
Come celebrate with our CBY family the New Year of the Trees at our
TU B‛SHEVAT FAMILY SEDER
Wednesday, February 8 • 6:00 p.m.
Led by our clergy together with our 7th graders
• Come sample different fruits of the land of Israel;
• Share four cups of grape juice to be in touch with the seasons; and,
• Learn from our 7th graders how we can better fulfill our Jewish obligations
to the environment.
RSVP to Joanna Nevins at [email protected] or (914) 273-2220
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Come celebrate Purim with our CBY Families
PURIM MEGILLAH READING &
PURIM PLAY (SPIEL)
Sunday, March 11 • 11:00 a.m.
Hear the Story of Esther Read!
See the Story of Esther acted out by a zany cast!
Make LOTS of noise when you hear Haman’s name!
PURIM CARNIVAL
Sunday, March 11
Immediately following the
Megillah Reading & Purim Play
Come celebrate Purim with us
at our Carnival
Bring the whole family and enjoy
all the rides, games, and food
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Roxbury Farm CSA
*
Buy a share in Roxbury Farm this year
receive fresh organic vegetables, and
provide direct support to a bio-dynamic New York farm
Vegetable shares: $571 for the season, June-November
Fruit shares: $70 for 20 weeks
(locally-grown but not organic)
Pick up time: Wednesday, 5:45-7:00 p.m.
There are a limited number of shares. SIGN UP SOON!
Print out an application form from the Roxbury Farm website, www.roxburyfarm.com, and
mail it to them with your check, or contact Rosie in the temple office: 914-273-2220, [email protected]
* Community-supported agriculture
• Shares may be split but one member is individually responsible for managing the split.
• All shareholders are responsible for helping one evening (about 3 hours) during distribution
throughout the delivery season. Part of the volunteer job is to bag and deliver surplus vegetables
to Neighbors Link in Mt. Kisco.
• All communication is via e-mail. In addition, e-newsletters are sent by the Farm each week that
give news of the Farm, and provide recipes and tips for storing and preparing produce.
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Last Year We Had a Great Evening at Our Wine Tasting Dinner
This Year We Will Share Another Memorable Night!
Stay Tuned for Details...and Save the Date:
Thursday, April 26
WORK IN NYC?
EAT LUNCH ON WEDNESDAYS?
Join our clergy for TEXT
IN THE CITY
A monthly opportunity in midtown to connect with Congregation B’nai Yisrael, our Jewish tradition,
and the side of your brain not occupied with your mobile device. This year we will be exploring
Midrash: Understanding our Rabbi’s Interpretations and Imaginations of the weekly Torah Portion
Wednesdays at noon, February 8, March 14, April 18, & May 9
Thank you to our hosts, Pryor Cashman LLP located at 7 Times Square, NYC
Lunch will be served, maximum 20 people. You MUST RSVP to Alicia in the temple office at [email protected] no later than the Tuesday prior.
Security precautions require that you show photo ID to be admitted to the building.
Adult Education
S T U DY
in the Suburbs
Join Rabbi Limmer for a monthly lunchtime opportunity for those near Armonk to come
together and explore how key values of our Jewish tradition can enrich our lives and the lives
of our families. Bring your lunch and an appetite for conversation.
Our focus this year will be: Holy, Holy, Holy: Building Lives of Meaning out of the teachings of our Jewish tradition
So please join us Wednesdays at noon, February 15, March 28, April 25, & May 16
For questions or to sign up, contact Rabbi Limmer at (914) 273-2220 or [email protected].
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SHABBAT SERVICE TIME CHANGE
We are beginning to move our Friday night Family Shabbat Services to 6:30 p.m. in order to
adjust our service atmosphere and to afford us new opportunities after our services conclude.
Beginning in October, once every month, our principal
Shabbat Service will be at 6:30 p.m. Our 6:30 p.m. Services will
be on February 17, March 16, April 20, May 18, and June 15.
Rosh Chodesh Celebrations
Food to Eat and Food for Thought
We are a grassroots gathering of women who meet each Hebrew month to celebrate the new moon.
We serve lunch, get to know each other, and share in informal programs focusing on Jewish and/or women’s issues.
Rosh Chodesh is a special holiday where we find peace, enrichment, and sisterhood.
Fridays at noon, once a month
Shevat – February 3 • Adar – February 24 • Nisan – March 23 • Iyar – April 20 • Sivan – May 25
Please RSVP if you plan to attend, so we can plan for lunch—or call with any questions. Carolyn Salon 273-8281 or Pearl Vogel 769-7170
Saturday Morning
TORAH STUDY
9:00-9:45 a.m.
Every non-holiday Shabbat morning from October until June, our clergy lead an informal,
participatory discussion of the week’s Torah portion.
Come every week, or just once in a while; bring your breakfast and an open mind.
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Enrich your family’s Jewish Journey with
FREE CHILDREN’S BOOKS
from The PJ Library®
The PJ Library mails free, high-quality Jewish children’s books and music
to families with children 8 years old and younger on a monthly basis.
Today, more than 70,000 families in more than 135 communities in the United States and
Canada are able to explore the timeless core values of Judaism through the art and literature
of these free children’s books.
This gift of stories and song is sponsored by Congregation B’nai Yisrael.
Families with children up to the age of 8 are invited to enroll.
Sign up online at www.pjlibrary.org.
Questions? Contact Rabbi Limmer at [email protected] or (914) 273-2220.
The PJ Library: Building a stronger Jewish people, one book at a time.
PJ Library is available to members of Congregation B’nai Yisrael and families unaffiliated with another synagogue
who live in Armonk, Bedford, Pleasantville, Chappaqua, Mount Kisco, and Greenwich.
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Join Rabbi Douglas Krantz
TOUR INCLUDES
3 nights at the Kings Court Hotel in Prague
 3 nights at the Intercontinental Hotel
in Budapest
 2 nights at the Holiday Inn in Krakow
 2 nights at the Polonia Palace Hotel
in Warsaw
 All touring and sightseeing in a deluxe
motor coach
 Breakfast daily
 Welcome dinner in Prague
 Shabbat dinner in Budapest
 Dinner at Beit Warshawa in Warsaw
 Farewell dinner
 Group transfers and airport assistance upon
arrival and departure
 Entrance fees
 Porterage

OPTIONAL EXTENSION TO KIEV,
KIROVOGRAD AND ODESSA
$1,487.00, land only based on double occupancy
2 nights at the Radisson Blue Hotel in Kiev
 3 nights at the Bristol Hotel in Odessa
 Shabbat dinner in Kiev
 Lunch in Kirovograd
 Lunch in Odessa
 Farewell dinner in Odessa
All touring and sightseeing per an agreed upon
itinerary in a deluxe motor coach with
an English speaking guide
 All transfers with group
 Entrance fees as per itinerary

& Congregation B’nai Yisrael
on a memorable tour to
Eastern Europe
October 14 - 25, 2012
$2,899.00
Land only, based on double occupancy
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Explore the world’s largest castle
 Marvel at the world’s only remaining
astronomical clock
 Learn about the rich Jewish history of Prague
 See the hidden synagogue at Terezin
 Shabbat services at the Hero’s Synagogue in
Budapest
 Visit the magnificent Dohany Street
Synagogue
 See the revival of Polish Jewry at
Beit Warshawa
 Visit Schindler’s factory, as featured in the
Oscar-winning film
 Make moving visits to Plashow and
Auschwitz-Birkenau
 Drive through the Solvakian countryside
 Go back in time as you tour the medieval
streets of Krakow
 Walk the streets of the Warsaw Ghetto

...AND SO MUCH MORE!
19 Aviation Rd. * Albany, NY 12205 * www.ayelet.com
(800) 237-1517 * (518) 783-6001 * FAX (518) 783-6003
DAY 1, Sunday, October 14, 2012: We depart on our overnight flight to Prague.
DAY 2, Monday, October 15, 2012: Arrival in Prague. Check into hotel. Afternoon tour of Golden Prague, including the 1,000-year-old Hradcany Castle,
the Charles Bridge, the Astronomical Clock and St. Vitus's Cathedral. Welcome dinner. Overnight in Prague.
DAY 3, Tuesday, October 16, 2012: Breakfast. Sightseeing tour of Jewish interest sites, with a visit to the Old City to view the Josefov, Prague's Jewish
Town with its Old Town Hall, the Alt-Neu Synagogue, the Pinkas Synagogue, the Maisel Synagogue, the Jewish Cemetery, and the State Jewish Museum.
Overnight in Prague.
DAY 4, Wednesday, October 17, 2012: Breakfast. Full day tour to Terezin, the former Nazi "model" concentration camp, where we visit the Jewish
Museum, the small fortress and the hidden synagogue, as well as the town of Terezin itself. Overnight in Prague.
DAY 5, Thursday, October 18, 2012: Breakfast. Transfer to the airport for our short flight to Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Situated on the opposite
banks of the Danube River, the former cities of Buda and Pest are linked by a series of graceful bridges. We enjoy a panoramic bus tour of Budapest,
including Parliament, the Royal Palace, the Castle Hill area, Fishermen's Bastion, Coronation Church, Hero's Square and Gellert Hill. Overnight in Budapest.
DAY 6, Friday, October 19, 2012: Breakfast. We begin our day at the Raul Wallenberg Memorial Statue, and then visit the Dohany Synagogue, the 2nd
largest synagogue in Europe, and continue on to the Jewish Cemetery and Museum. In the evening there will be Shabbat services at the Hero's Synagogue,
followed by Shabbat dinner together. Overnight in Budapest.
DAY 6, Saturday, October 20, 2012: Breakfast. Optional morning Shabbat services available at one of the local Reform congregations. Day at leisure.
Overnight in Budapest.
DAY 7, Sunday, October 21, 2012: Breakfast. This morning we depart for Krakow, driving through the lovely hills and countryside of Slovakia, past the
Tatras and into the Great Plains of Poland. On arrival, enjoy a city tour that includes Wawel Castle, St. Mary's Church, the Renaissance Cloth Hall and other
ancient landmarks. Dinner and overnight in Krakow.
DAY 8, Monday, October 22, 2012: Breakfast. This morning we travel to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the infamous Nazi concentration camps where many Jews
and others perished in World War II. Here we see the Museum and pay tribute to the victims. Overnight Krakow.
DAY 9, Tuesday, October 23, 2012: Breakfast. Jewish Heritage Tour includes the Old Jewish District, Kazimierz, where we see the Old Synagogue
(a massive fortress-like building erected in the 15th and 16th centuries), the "Temple," and the Ramuh Synagogue. We continue to the Little Museum at the
Drug Store inside the Jewish Ghetto, Schindler's Factory, and the Plashow Concentration camp. We then travel by train to Warsaw and check into our hotel.
We enjoy dinner and hospitality with members of Beit Warshawa, the new Progressive congregation in Warsaw, as we learn more about the Judaism alive in
today’s Poland. Overnight Warsaw.
DAY 10, Wednesday, October 24, 2012: Breakfast. City tour of Warsaw including Chopin's Monument, the Royal Castle, the Jewish Historical Society,
and walk to Old Town Market Square. Afternoon Jewish Heritage Tour including the Ghetto Wall, the Monument to the Ghetto Fighters, Mila 18, Umschlag
Platz and the Gensa Cemetery. Tonight we enjoy a special farewell dinner together and a wonderful gala event! Overnight in Warsaw.
DAY 11, Thursday, October 25, 2012: Breakfast. We transfer to the airport for our flight home.
OR Continue to Kiev, Kirovograd and Odessa
DAY 11, Thursday, October 25, 2012: Breakfast. We transfer to the airport for our flight to Kiev. Transfer to hotel. Visit to International Solomon
University. After dinner enjoy a short walk of the city. Overnight Kiev.
DAY 12, Friday, October 26, 2012: Breakfast. Morning tour of Jewish Kiev including Podol and other historic Jewish neighborhoods. Babi Yar. Two
Orthodox synagogues. Prepare for Shabbat. Shabbat dinner with Rabbi Alex Dukhnovy and members of the Hatikva Reform Congregation. Kabbalat Shabbat with Hatikvah Reform Congregation. Overnight Kiev
DAY 13, Saturday, October 27, 2012: Departure by bus to Kirovograd. Lunch, tour and meeting in Kirovograd and continue to Odessa. Overnight Odessa.
DAY 14, Sunday, October 27, 2012: Walking tour of Odessa port. Potemkin Steps. Shopping district. Dinner together. Overnight Odessa.
DAY 15, Monday, October 28, 2012: Breakfast…Tour of historic Jewish Odessa including Brodsky Synagoguge. Sholem Aleichem House. Jabotinsky
House…Sites related to early 20th century Zionist Movement. Lunch at Rosmarin, kosher Israeli-style restaurant. Afternoon tour of modern Jewish Odessa
including Reform Congregation building. Jewish Community Center. Chabad and Ohr Someach Synagogues. Farewell dinner with Jewish community
members. Overnight Odessa.
DAY 16, Tuesday, October 29, 2012: Breakfast. We transfer to the airport for our flight home.
The Memories Last Forever!
Itinerary subject to change
Tour does not include: Airfare. Departure taxes and fuel surcharges (approximately $600.00 per person – subject to change until ticketed), any border taxes or visas, tips to
guides, driver and dining room waiters ($15.00 per person, per day, pre-collected), travel insurance (highly recommended), or items of a personal nature. The single supplement
for the main tour is $1,099.00 per person. The extensions is $1,487.00. The extension single supplement is $599.00. CANCELLATION POLICY: $100.00 per person charge if
cancelled once booked plus any applicable airline penalties. $250.00 per person plus any additional airline penalties charged if cancelled 60-31 days before departure. 100%
penalties apply if cancelled 30 days or less before departure. Please note that this price reflects a cash discount and is only for payment by cash or check. If you wish to
pay by credit card, the land only price is $2,976.00 and the single supplement is $1,132.00. The extension price is $1,532.00 and $617.00 for the single supplement.
Disclaimer: Ayelet Tours, Ltd., Rabbi Douglas Krantz and Congregation B’nai Yisrael act only as agents for the tour members in making arrangements for hotels, transportation, touring, restaurants or
any other services in connection with the itinerary. We will exercise reasonable care in making such arrangements. However, we do not assume any liability whatsoever for any injury, damage, loss,
accident, delay or irregularity to person and property because of an act of default of any hotel, airline carrier, restaurant, company, or person rendering any of the services included in the tour. The right is
reserved to cancel or change itineraries, accommodations, speakers or scholars, operation staff or to substitute comparable service without notice. The right is reserved to decline to accept or retain any
tour passengers should such person's health or general deportment impede the operation of the tour to the detriment of the other tour passengers.
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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL MIDNIGHT RUN!
The Caring and Social Action Committee wishes to extend a heartfelt “thank you” to the 100 plus volunteers
and donors who made our Midnight Run on January 28 another overwhelming success.
We are grateful to the many CBY member families who donated food for bag lunches, toiletries, warm, new
and used clothing, and their time and energy. Although we cannot list all the individual names here, we especially
do want to thank:
• Head Chef, Caryl Hahn, and cooks, Reese Berman, Leslie Cziner, Gary Glauber and Carol Gold, who
prepared beef stew and macaroni—enough hot food to feed 75 hungry folks in the city.
• New York City volunteers: Larry and Laura Fox, Bob and Sue Okin, Elyse Lazansky with Teddy and Zoe
Kreutzer, Ross and Sam Honig, Sarah Cziner, Monique Shire and Rachael Slap, Susan and Gabrielle Levy,
Jeff and Ali Hahn, Marla Sukoff and Ari Shechtman, and Bonnie and Allison Katz
• The too numerous to count parents and children who created sandwiches and filled 100 bag lunches, the team
who assembled 100 toiletry kits and the dozens of volunteers who sorted, labeled and organized the new and
used clothing for distribution in the city.
The Midnight Run project is successful year after year only through the tremendous effort and contributions
of so many individuals in so many ways. The Caring and Social Action Committee is already looking forward to
planning next year’s event. Thank you for your continued support of this valuable and life-enhancing program.
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B'NAI MITZVAH STUDENTS
February/March 2012
Erin Adler
February 4
I have discovered a sense of community through our temple. The experience of getting ready for my bat
mitzvah has created a new beginning for me because I learned that you have to work really hard to be successful. As
a Jewish teenager I may learn to work really hard for what you want and to not slack off. I love to go to camp and
hang out with my friends. I also love to play soccer and ski. I have a mom named Nancy and a dad named David. I
also have a sister named Whitney. I like how my family can relate to each other even in the worst situations.
Allison Weis
February 4
The preparation for my bat mitzvah has benefited me in many ways. I appreciate the encouragement provided
by my parents and my sister. Having almost completed the bat mitzvah experience, I am excited for my bat mitzvah
day. I am very proud to be able continue the Jewish tradition. I am also proud of the accomplishment of becoming a
bat mitzvah in view of the months of work it took to complete my training. Since I could not have done this alone, I
want to thank everyone who has helped make my bat mitzvah day possible.
Max Levy
February 11
On my trip to Israel with the temple and my family I learned about my ancestors, my Jewish heritage,
traditions, and how everything unfolded through the thousands of years the Jewish people have been around. After this
journey I felt more connected to the religion because I got to know where it really all began. I am really into sports
and music. I really think that music is a great way to just let go and forget. One day, I really want to travel to every
continent in the world and discover the great diversity our planet has. I want to thank my parents and my sister for
helping me read and perfect my Hebrew.
Samantha Mayers
February 18
One thing I have discovered about being Jewish through my experience with my family and the temple is
that community service and helping others in need is a big part of our lives. The experience of getting ready for my
bat mitzvah has created a new beginning for me because of the mitzvah project. I discovered that I really like to help
others, so I will continue to volunteer to help various causes. In my free time, I play soccer, do gymnastics, read,
and do my new volunteer job. I have a younger sister, Meredith, a mother, Beth, a father, Matthew, and an adorable
doggie, Kricket. I want to thank my family (and Kricket) for helping me prepare for my becoming a bat mitzvah and
for supporting me in all I do.
Alexander Kaminer
March 3
I am enjoying my mitzvah project this year with Adopt-A-Dog, I like to work with animals especially dogs.
My dog Mack is a great pet, part of our family and inspired my project choice. To help dogs find homes and stay
healthy is a goal of mine because it is sad to see stray dogs begging for food on the street and no one caring for them.
When dogs find homes it is bitter sweet, I’m sad to see them go, but happy they have a home and a family. I also
enjoy doing outside activities with my family, including hiking with Mack, skiing and rock climbing. I want to thank
my parents and brothers for their support.
Caroline Siple
March 10
Becoming a bat mitzvah has been a goal since the day I started Hebrew School. It is not just about learning
your part of the Torah, it is about learning why being raised a Jewish child is important. However, studying
prayers and Torah portions is a lot of work and cannot be accomplished without dedication. My family has been
very supportive through my studying, and has helped me accomplish a lot. The Rabbis and Cantor have also put a
lot of effort into preparing me for my special day, and future as a Jewish adult. Becoming a bat mitzvah is just the
beginning of my religious education. I look forward to sharing a lifetime of Jewish traditions with my family and
friends.
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B'NAI MITZVAH STUDENTS
February/March 2012
Gabrielle Freund
March 17
Becoming a bat mitzvah is important to me. I have been studying very hard, and as I have progressed I
have learned a great deal about myself and what it means to be a Jew. I am really passionate about cooking and I
have realized that preparing for my bat mitzvah and preparing a recipe for a meal is very similar. You must follow
directions, take your time, pay close attention to details, and most of all, you must learn how to be patient. It takes
patience and hard work for anything important to develop in life. At this time, I would like to thank both my mom
and my dad for helping me prepare for my bat mitzvah and for helping me to grow up to be the person that I am. I
also want my sister Emma to know how much she means to me and to tell her that I really love her. Thanks also to
everyone at the temple for all the support and caring that they have shown me through the years.
Bryan Fisher
March 17
I have a lot of things to say about CBY but I'm only going to say a few. When I was in fourth grade, I skipped
Hebrew school. I heard a few people talking about things that happened in Hebrew school and it sounded like fun. I
was right. Fifth grade Hebrew school was fun because it didn’t always feel like learning. There was also time for fun
and games. I think that Hebrew school isn’t just about reading but it’s also about the culture which is the class I enjoy
the most.
Devon McNeley
March 24
Congregation B'nai Yisrael is a caring and welcoming place. Even with such an Irish name I have always
felt completely welcomed and it has encouraged me to enjoy being Jewish. During the preparation for my bar
mitzvah, I discovered that the Jewish religion is actually very interesting. As a Jewish teenager I want to learn more
about the history and beginning of the religion. I am excited that I am learning how to read Hebrew so I can follow
along at services in the future. My family loves to hang out and watch movies. My two sisters Sarah and Lauren
especially love the popcorn that I make. My favorite hobby is skateboarding. I want to thank my family for being
so supportive and for forcing me to practice my Hebrew.
Marlee Deutsch
March 31
On March 31, 2012, with my family I will celebrate my bat mitzvah. I actually turn thirteen on April 1st,
which is pretty exciting. My favorite things to do are dance, play tennis and spend time with friends. I take dance
classes during the school year and I really enjoy it. I am really excited about my mitzvah project this year and I
hope to continue supporting The Cottage School for many years. Each week, I visit the Cottage School and tutor a
12 year old girl. The Cottage School is a facility that cares for children that are challenged in many ways. Usually
children that reside there have difficult family situations and are both academically and emotionally challenged.
During our time together we play games and I try to teach her basic math and reading. It can be difficult at times,
but I know how much it means to her to have someone spend time and care for her. We go to dinner once a month
and try to give her special time to help her feel good about herself and know that we love her.
Jason Katz
March 31
Ever since I started Hebrew school, I have discovered many different things about our culture. I have
learned about the history of our religion and how the Jewish people act. Preparing for my bar mitzvah has created
a realization for me about how I will go through many changes. I will be expected to have more responsibility for
what I do in the world. For the times when I am not focused on Hebrew studies, I enjoy playing soccer and tennis
with friends and family. I would like to thank my two sisters Allison and Jessica and my parents Bonnie and Neil
for supporting me through the whole process of becoming a bar mitzvah. I hope to stay focused in college and
beyond on my Jewish identity just like my older sister Jessica has. I also look forward to continue my studying in
confirmation like my older sister Allison.
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IN OUR TEMPLE FAMILY
Congratulations to:
Melanie and Michael Garfinkle, on the engagement of their son, Marc, to Amanda Steren
Ilyse and Alan Bauer, on the engagement of their daughter, Amanda, to Joshua Stein
Marcia and Kenneth Schlechter, on the marriage of their son, Benjamin, to Kenneth Bolduc
In Memoriam:
Dorothy Mann, step-mother of Paul Skurman
Naomi Fisher, mother of Caren Berlin
Debra Leipman-Yale, wife of David Yale, mother of Griffin, Cameron and Jared
Lila Savada, aunt of Robert Belson
Lillian Nevins, mother of Leslie Gerson
Bernard Berman, father of Stanley Berman
Gary Greene, father of Jeffrey Greene
DONATIONS
To the General Fund from:
Michelle and Alan Cohen, in memory of Anne and Sol Gold
Amy and Joel Dworetzky, in memory of Dorothy Mann
The Rosenson and Barnhard Families, in memory of Naomi Fisher
Joanne, Alison and Ross Peyser, in memory of Howard J. Peyser
Zelda and Justin Newman, in memory of Howard J. Peyser
Laurie and Eric Roth and Family, in memory of Howard J. Peyser
The Siegel, Glazer and Fagan Families, in memory of Debra Leipman-Yale
Cynthia Shmerler and Ford Levy, in memory of Debra Leipman-Yale
Jerry Vittoria, in memory of Debra Leipman-Yale
Judi and Peter Wasserman, in appreciation
Stacy Wilder and Allen Blum, in appreciation
Linda Ortwein, in honor of Barbara Mendelson and David Brody and Family
To Rabbi Krantz’s Discretionary Fund from:
Caren and Edward Berlin and Family, in memory of Naomi Fisher
Barbara Mendelson and David Brody, in memory of Isabelle Mendelson
Nucene Blumenthal, in memory of Rose Grossman
Beth and Earle Yaffa, in memory of Louis, Beatrice and Michael Yaffa
Marcia and Kenneth Schlechter, in honor of the marriage of their son, Benjamin Schlechter, to Kenneth Bolduc
Linda and Eric Roth, in honor of the bat mitzvah of their daughter, Katie
Ellen and Stuart Rosenstein, in honor of the bar mitzvah of their son, Michael
Alka and Brian Kaminer, in honor of the bar mitzvah of their son, Alexander
To Rabbi Limmer’s Discretionary Fund from:
Barbara Mendelson and David Brody, in memory of Isabelle Mendelson
Linda and Eric Roth, in honor of the bat mitzvah of their daughter, Katie
Ellen and Stuart Rosenstein, in honor of the bar mitzvah of their son, Michael
Alka and Brian Kaminer, in honor of the bar mitzvah of their son, Alexander
Anonymous
To Cantor Kobilinsky’s Discretionary Fund from:
Barbara Mendelson and David Brody, in memory of Isabelle Mendelson
Linda and Eric Roth, in honor of the bat mitzvah of their daughter, Katie
Ellen and Stuart Rosenstein, in honor of the bar mitzvah of their son, Michael
Alka and Brian Kaminer, in honor of the bar mitzvah of their son, Alexander
We thank Rosie and Simon Aronin for the donation of a tzedakah box. Our new tzedakah box was designed and
fabricated at the Kakadu Design Studio in Israel, and is a gift to us all.
We thank the Soloway family for donating the Torah and Haftarah translation and modern commentaries
that you will now find in our sanctuary for use during all of our services.
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February 2012
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
1
Thursday
2
Friday
3
Rosh Chodesh
Luncheon & Study
Group 12:00 p.m.
Family Shabbat
8:00 p.m.
5
6
Kindergarten
9:30 a.m.
7
Board of Trustees
8:00 p.m.
8
9
Text in the City
12:00 p.m.
Tu B’Shevat Family
Seder 6:00 p.m.
Caregivers Support
Group 7:00 p.m.
12
13
1st and 2nd Grade
Family Day 9:30 a.m.
14
Committee Meetings
8:00 p.m.
15
16
10
Saturday
4
Torah Study 9:00 a.m.
Erin Adler bat mitzvah
10:00 a.m.
Allison Weis bat
mitzvah 1:00 p.m.
11
TOT Shabbat 5:30 p.m.
Torah Study 9:00 a.m.
Family Shabbat
8:00 p.m.
Max Levy
bar mitzvah 5:00 p.m.
17
18
Early Service 6:30 p.m.
Study in the Suburbs
12:00 p.m.
CBY Family Israel Trip
Departs
19
20
21
22
23
24
Rosh Chodesh
Luncheon & Study
Group 12:00 p.m.
February Break:
No Religious School
26
CBY Family Israel Trip
Returns
February Break:
No Religious School
February Break:
No Religious School
27
February Break:
No Religious School
28
Executive Commitee
8:00 p.m.
February Break:
No Religious School
29
February Break:
No Religious School
Family Shabbat
8:00 p.m.
25
March 2012
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Family Shabbat
8:00 p.m.
Saturday
3
Torah Study 9:00 a.m.
Alexander Kaminer
bar mitzvah 5:00 p.m.
4
5
Kindergarten
9:30 a.m.
6
7
Board of Trustees
8:00 p.m.
11
12
Purim Megillah Reading
and Spiel 11:00 a.m.
Purim
13
Committee Meetings
8:00 p.m.
8
14
15
9
TOT Shabbat 5:30 p.m.
Torah Study 9:00 a.m.
Family Shabbat
8:00 p.m.
Caroline Silpe bat
mitzvah 5:00 p.m.
16
Early Service 6:30 p.m.
Text in the City
12:00 p.m.
17
Torah Study 9:00 a.m.
Gabrielle Freund
bat mitzvah 10:00 a.m.
Purim Carnival
immediately following
the Spiel
Bryan Fisher
bar mitzvah 5:00 p.m.
18
19
20
1st and 2nd Grade
Family Day 9:30 a.m.
21
22
Caregivers Support
Group 7:00 p.m.
25
Book Fair
10
26
Book Fair
27
28
Executive Commitee
8:00 p.m.
Study in the Suburbs
12:00 p.m.
Book Fair
Book Fair
29
23
24
Rosh Chodesh
Luncheon & Study
Group 12:00 p.m.
Torah Study 9:00 a.m.
Family Shabbat
8:00 p.m.
Jason Nichols
bar mitzvah 5:00 p.m.
30
Devon McNeley
bar mitzvah 10:00 a.m.
31
Torah Study 9:00 a.m.
Marlee Deutsch
bat mitzvah 1:00 p.m.
Book Fair
Jason Katz
bar mitzvah 5:00 p.m.
CONGREGATION B’NAI YISRAEL OF ARMONK
2 Banksville Road at Route 22 • Box 7 • Armonk, New York 10504-0007 • (914) 273-2220 • Fax (914) 273-2285
A wonderful way to acknowledge those we love is to contribute to the Temple in honor of birthdays,
anniversaries, holidays, yahrzeits, high school and college graduations, b’nai mitzvah, weddings, births....
or any other special occasion.
_____ General Fund (supports all aspects of the community’s works, including all our Religious School)
_____ Capital Fund (supports capital projects associated with the building and the grounds)
Discretionary Funds:
_____ Rabbi Krantz’s Fund
_____ Rabbi Limmer’s Fund
_____ Cantor Kobilinsky’s Fund
Donor Name ________________________________________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________________________________________________
In honor of ___________________________________ on the occasion
of_____________________________________
OR
In memory of
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Please send an acknowledgement card to:
Name _____________________________________________________________________
Address____________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Make check payable to Congregation B’nai Yisrael. Mail to: CBY, 2 Banksville Road, Box 7, Armonk, NY 10504
Thank you for supporting Congregation B’nai Yisrael
914-273-2220
FAX 914-273-2285
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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
PAST PRESIDENTS
Executive Committee
Lewis Schaffer
John Stern
Lawrence Fox
President
Ross Honig
Michael J. Gross ‫ז״ל‬
Vice President, Finance
Lisa Mazure
Mike Jacobs
Vice President, Programs; Caring and Social Action
Brian Socolow
Lyle Halperin ‫ז״ל‬
Treasurer
Debra Ezratty
Ann Leber
Secretary
Ivy Levien
Ellen Bernstein
Member-At-Large
Charles Shapiro
Robert Regal
Members of the Board
Marilyn Heimerdinger
Allison Berman
Shelly Jacob
Felicia Buebel
David Brody
Caring and Social Action
Sheldon Ganis
Barby K. Siegel
Liz Goldman-Sider Communications
Joel Dworetzky
Brian Kaminer
Frederic J. Siegel
House and Grounds
Neil Katz
William Katz
Kara Klein
Membership
Martin Schwimmer
Rich Waksman
Budget and Finance
David Zimmerman Jewish Identity Program
Temple Phone
273-2220
MAIN OFFICE SCHEDULE
Temple Fax
273-2285
Monday-Thursday
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Rabbi Douglas E. Krantz
[email protected]
Friday
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Rabbi Seth M. Limmer
[email protected]
Cantor Hayley Kobilinsky
[email protected]
Monday
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Ava Saperstein
Administrator
[email protected]
Tuesday
12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Rosie Aronin
Staff Secretary
[email protected]
Wednesday
11:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Alicia Allison
Communications/B’nai Mitzvah Program
Thursday
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Bulletin Editor
[email protected]
Sunday
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Cookie Markhoff
Assistant Educator
[email protected]
Joanna Nevins
Religious School Assistant
[email protected]
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL OFFICE SCHEDULE