Temple Beth El goes to Israel
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Temple Beth El goes to Israel
TEMPLE BETH EL OF BOCA RATON JULY/AUGUST 2014 | TAMUZ-AV-ELUL 5774 Temple Beth El goes to Israel High Holy Days 5775 PAGE 17 Chanukah in the Holy Land PAGE 5 Blue Jeans Shabbat PAGE 9 24-hour personal response and care 888-616-0707 Summertime on the Balcony BY RABBI DAN LEVIN [email protected] At the end of May, Aimee and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. As we do each year, we pull out the wedding album and look at all the pictures of our family, the celebration, and that wonderful day. One of my favorite pictures in our wedding album is a photograph of the Horah taken from the balcony in the ballroom. I love the perspective that picture affords of the celebration from above. My entire experience of our wedding was on the dance floor – you see things differently from the balcony. You see the patterns of the dance, you see how everyone has chosen to participate, and most importantly, I get to see myself from a completely different perspective. Jewish life in our synagogue and our community is amazingly vibrant. I love the spirit of our congregation, and the energy that comes from our celebration of Shabbat, holy days, life-cycle events and daily Jewish living. But as much as I love how we study and practice Judaism at Temple Beth El, I look forward with great anticipation each year to our congregation’s trip to Israel. There is something different about the energy in the land of Israel. Walking through the narrow streets of the Old City of Jerusalem, touching the ancient stones of the Temple mount, hiking the “snake path” on my way up Masada, and excavating a basement of a house from more than two thousand You can’t see everything from the dance floor – you’re simply too involved in the dance. But time on the balcony offers an opportunity to see things differently and to ask: “what’s really going on here?” Drs. Ron Heifetz and Marty Linsky of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard note in their book Leadership On The Line how important it is for leaders to get off the “dance floor” and get up on the “balcony” from time to time. You can’t see everything from the dance floor – you’re simply too involved in the dance. But time on the balcony offers an opportunity to see things differently and to ask: “what’s really going on here?” years ago connects me with the amazing ancient history of our people. Sharing Shabbat with members of Kehilat YOZMA, our sister Reform congregation in Israel, feeling the energy of the shops and restaurants along the coast in Tel Aviv, traveling through the Golan and Galilee all help me better understand who I am as a Jew today. A visit to Israel, no matter where you are in life’s journey, is a transformative event. Getting away from home to our ancient and modern homeland takes you up on the balcony to help you see yourself and your relationship with the Jewish people from a completely different perspective. In addition to leading our congregation’s trip to Israel, I am extremely grateful to Temple Beth El for providing time for me to take a sabbatical this summer. For the first time in my eighteen years in the rabbinate, my sabbatical will provide me time to get off the dance floor and onto the balcony of my own life. I will use my time this summer to read the many books I’ve stacked up next to my bed that I haven’t had the opportunity to read. I hope to use this time to engage in some writing projects that I have never had the time to pursue. I also look forward to using this time for some needed study. All of these projects I hope will inspire me to see our congregation, and my role as your rabbi, from the perspective that only time on the balcony can afford. I am confident that Rabbi Brockman and Rabbi Weisman will take good care of Temple Beth El in my absence, and I look forward to sharing what I’ve learned when I return after Labor Day. I hope we all can take a little time this summer to get off the dance floor, and try to reflect on life’s journey from a new perspective. July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 3 A MESSAGE FROM PATTY BECK LET’S TRAVEL TO ERETZ YISRAEL Temple Beth El President Patty Beck in Israel My first visit to Israel was in 1989 when Louis and I took our three children on the Temple Beth El mission led by Rabbi Merle Singer. I remember the awesome feeling I had as I stepped off the plane and set foot on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport. I WAS HOME! I was going to see all of the sights I had heard my grandparents speak about. My great-grandparents are buried on Mt. Scopus and I would try to find their graves. My uncle had written several books about the history of the Jews and, A Host At Last, about Israel’s statehood. Israel had always been part of our family. I have taken five subsequent trips to Israel and each time that same feeling of being home comes over me when I feel the plane’s wheels touching the Israeli runway. As I walked in Mea Shearim (one of the oldest Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem), I knew that my Orthodox great-grandparents walked those same paths during their lives. Standing many times at the Western Wall and praying, I know I am standing on the shoulders of those who came before me. Now, our son and daughterin-law-to-be live in Jerusalem. Our son, Steven, works for IRAC (the Israeli Religious Action Center) helping to achieve pluralism for all Israeli citizens. Once again, we see how important Israel is in our lives and how we can help our Israeli brothers and sisters. L’Dor V’Dor, we are now planning to take our grown children and three grandchildren to Israel with Rabbi Jessica this coming December. We will see new sights and experience Israel through the eyes of the next two generations. Israel is our homeland and we must pass down to the future generations the importance of learning and supporting the land that our forefathers fought so hard to establish. We would love to have you join us as we travel to Eretz Yisrael in December! WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Ashley Alter-Aviv and Adam Arviv and their children, Alyson, Jordan and Ethan Brady and Madison, Meaghan and Scarlett Arviv Dawn and Dr. Robert Gaynor and their children, Zachary, Mandi and Alex Melissa and Adam Moldof and their sons, Aidan and Brandon Jessica and Eric Goepfert and their daughter, Elyse Vivian and Paul Nelson and their children, Sarah and Eli Marlene Goldberg Sharon Paggi Allison and Adam Canter and their children, Danielle and Andrew Jill and Gregory Goldstein Helene and Richard Paul David Lazerson Jon Perper Lisa and Dr. Brian Cauff and their children, Evan, Aiden and Madison Tobi and Sean Lebowitz and their son, Jonah Adrian and Neil Pollack Miriam and Leonard Leeds Sarah and Jason Rathaus Alice and Ron Cohen Stephanie and Dr. Gary Levenston and their children, Alex, Ruby and Joey Lois Saltzman Lauren and Jerry Batoff and their daughters, Lexie and Sammi Jessica and Bruce Cohen and their son, Asher Joanna and Scott Duran and their daughter, Alana 4 Nicole and Patrick Loughlin and their daughter, Fiona Jennifer Schultz and her son, Jake Elaine and Martin Surnamer Robin Visnov Sabrina and Jason Epstein Jessica and Mark Matiash and their children, Abigail and Maxwell Amy and Jordan Weiss and their son, Jacob Hagit and Michael Gartner and their daughters, Skylar and Emma Jennifer and Adam Mayer and their daughter, Dylan Jessica and Dr. Marc Winnick and their children, Olivia and Max THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org Chanukah in the The Best of Israel CLERGY RECOMMENDATIONS CHILDREN’S BOOK RECOMMENDATION FROM RABBI GREG WEISMAN Good Night Israel by Marc Jasper, illustrated by Anne Rosen. (This is a PJ Library selection). Holy Land WINTER TRIP TO ISRAEL WITH RABBI JESSICA SPITALNIC BROCKMAN & TEMPLE BETH EL MUSIC RECOMMENDATION FROM LAWRENCE DERMER The Idan Raichel Project idanraichel.com Ambitious, cross-cultural collaborations that changed the face of Israeli popular music. ADULT BOOK RECOMMENDATION FROM RABBI DAN LEVIN The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership by Yehudah Avner The first and only insider account of Israeli politics from the founding of the Jewish State to the near-present day. HUMMUS RECOMMENDATION FROM RABBI JESSICA BROCKMAN Abu Shukri in the Old City has the best hummus in the world. This restaurant, one of the best and most affordable in Jerusalem, can be found where the Via Dolorosa and Al Wad Road meet. SHOPPING RECOMMENDATION FROM LORI SHAPIRO Sarah’s Tent in Tsfat has the best jewelry, judaica and art. Hadaya in Jerusalem for custom engraved silver jewelry. Tour to Israel December 20 – December 31, 2014 $3,300 land only, per person, based on double occupancy TRIP HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE • B’nai Mitzvah Service at Army Base • Exploring Ancient and Modern Jerusalem • Special Machne Yehuda Market Chef Program and Chanukah Celebration • Masada and Dead Sea • Genesisland Camel Rides • Mystical Tsfat • Jeep Ride and Golan wine-tasting TOUR INCLUDES • Luxury Accommodations • Breakfast Daily • Tel Aviv Modern Israel sites and Ayalon Institute • Sde Boker – Ben Gurion’s house and grave • Tzedakah project at Israeli Guide Dog Center • Much more • Welcome dinner in Jerusalem, and dinner at several of Israel’s finest restaurants • All touring and sightseeing For more information and full itinerary contact Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Brockman at [email protected] or 561-391-8900. July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 5 Israel Travel and Study OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEENS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS NFTY-EIE HIGH SCHOOL IN ISRAEL Grades 10-12 NFTY-EIE High School in Israel is an accredited semester or summerlong program for Reform Jewish high school students in grades 10 to 12 that offers an unparalleled opportunity to be immersed in the richness of the land, culture, people and history of Israel, all while earning high school and college credit. Call 212-650-4073 nftyeie.org Temple Beth El teens on a recent Journey Through Judaism trip to California NFTY IN ISRAEL L’DOR V’DOR SUMMER PROGRAM Grades 10-12 (majority of participants are entering 11th grade) Spend one week in Europe, followed by four weeks in Israel. Together with NFTY friends from across North America, begin your adventure in Europe, exploring more than 1,000 years of our rich European Jewish heritage. Truly appreciate the culture our ancestors created and its virtual destruction during the Holocaust. With the Czech Republic and Poland as an introduction, you’ll arrive in Israel with an understanding of the importance of Eretz Yisrael – the Land of Israel in our time, ready to enjoy four wonderful weeks discovering your personal connection to our history. nftyisrael.org/programs/ldorvdor NFTY IN ISRAEL ADVENTURE SUMMER PROGRAM Grades 10-12 (majority of participants are entering 11th grade) You’ll have opportunities to meet Israeli teens, ride a camel, snorkel in the Red Sea, mountain bike, join in a real archeological dig, swim in the Mediterranean Sea, celebrate Shabbat in Jerusalem, eat a falafel, and have the most amazing time of your life. With a great summer of shared fun and friendship, you’ll return home with an intense personal connection to the land, history and people of Israel. nftyisrael.org/programs/adventure MITZVAH CORPS ISRAEL SUMMER PROGRAM Grades 11, 12 and Entering College Freshman Mitzvah Corps Israel is an amazing opportunity to combine meaningful social action work LI ISRAE with the classic E ON tradition of NFTY RECIP 3 3 Israel. Participants PAGE will travel through Israel, immersing themselves in the culture while forming relationships with Israelis and engaging in hands-on service projects. Call 212-650-4071 or email [email protected] mitzvahcorps.org/programs/israel BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL KESHER College through age 26 A free 10 day trip to Israel is part of your Jewish Birthright. URJ Kesher is a project of Reform Judaism, and trips are open to anyone seeking an inclusive, open-minded experience in Israel. Registration is open seasonally. If you would like to attend a Kesher Birthright trip, please contact [email protected] for priority status as a member of Temple Beth El. gokesher.org MARCH OF THE LIVING Grades 11-12, Adult trip also offered The March of the Living is a 2-week international, educational program from Sunday, April 12, 2015- Sunday, April 26, 2015, that brings Jewish teens to Poland on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, to march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, and then to Israel to observe Yom HaZikaron, Israel Memorial Day, and Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel Independence Day. Generous scholarships are available. Contact Jack Rosenbaum at 561-852-6045 or email [email protected] molsouth.org Juliane Wolfberg, Director of Youth Engagement, will be working at URJ Camp Coleman this summer. Feel free to contact her by email during the month of July or you can call her after August 4 to discuss these Israel programs for high school or college students. [email protected] or 561-391-8900. 6 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org SAVE THE DATE Selichot with Ari Shavit AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, My Promised Land SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 8:00PM TEMPLE BETH EL SCHAEFER FAMILY CAMPUS FOLLOWED BY DESSERT RECEPTION AND SELICHOT SERVICE. ON ARI SHAVIT AND HIS BOOK My Promised Land R A B B I J E S S I C A S P I TA L N I C B R O C K M A N The week Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon slipped into a coma an article about him was published in The New Yorker. The timing is remarkable because the interview with Sharon took place before, but the article was published after he fell into the coma in 2006. The content of the article is brilliantly crafted and eloquently written and when it became clear earlier this year that Sharon was nearing the end of his life, I looked up the article and was surprised to see the author is Ari Shavit. Shavit, our speaker for Selichot, created a buzz this year in the Jewish world with his book My Promised Land. A detailed and beautifully crafted look at the creation of the Jewish state and modern Zionism, it will be a powerful and purposeful way to experience Selichot, the Saturday night before Rosh HaShanah, and enter the High Holy Days reflecting with Shavit on the meaning of the Jewish state in the course of Jewish history and in our lives today. Israeli-born Shavit is an eloquent and purposeful reporter for the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz and we are offering two opportunities over the summer to reflect on the book and its message. Whether you read the book or not, take advantage of these opportunities to reflect and join us for Selichot with Ari Shavit on Saturday, September 20, 2014. In preparation for Shavit’s visit there will be two opportunities to discuss the book. Copies will be available for sale in the Sisterhood Gift Shop. MY PROMISED LAND DISCUSSION #1 “The Problem of Pluralism” with Rabbi Brockman and Gavin Hirsch Dessert and coffee at the home of Dr. Jack and Bobby Kalmanson Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 7:00 PM Join us for a frank discussion on the issues of what pluralism looks like both within the Jewish population and the non-Jewish residents of Israel. RSVP to Joanne Kabel at jkabel@ tbeboca.org or 561-391-8900 for the address. MY PROMISED LAND DISCUSSION #2 AND TISHA B’AV SERVICE “The Intersection of Our Personal and our People’s History” with Rabbi Brockman Monday, August 4, 2014 at 7:00 PM Temple Beth El Schaefer Family Campus Tisha B’Av – the 9th of the Hebrew Month of Av - marks the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and is considered the saddest day on the Jewish calendar and is observed as a fast day. Shavit’s book serves as a backdrop to understand how historical events –ancient and modern- have led to our relationship with the Jewish state today. Our discussion will be followed by a Tisha B’Av service. July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 7 Greetings from Israel! BY LO R I S H A P I R O I’m so excited to have finished my second year of the Cantorial Certification Program at Hebrew Union College (HUC): I’m halfway there! This past year our focus was on the High Holy Days, both the music and liturgy. I also took classes in Midrash and Mishnah, Pastoral Counseling, and Music Education. I’ve also been studying Modern Hebrew weekly. Yes, indeed, it has been a challenging, but very rewarding year! On July 3, I depart for my HUC Summer in Israel program. I will be studying Hebrew in an Ulpan (language immersion program) 4-5 hours a day. I’m thrilled to also be taking a class called, “The History of Israel Through Music” where I will study Israeli modern history while at the same time learning about Israeli composers and singing their music. The highlight of my trip will be spending Shabbat on the beach in Tel Aviv with Rabbi Brockman, who will be on the AIPAC Rabbi’s Mission. It will be great to see Israel with my rabbi and friend. Lori Shapiro with Issy Block at her Bat Mitzvah in Israel in 2011. I want to thank you, my beloved congregants, for allowing me this time away to study and grow. I will miss you all but I can’t wait to share all I’ve learned with you when I return. It is a privilege to be your Cantorial Soloist and in two years, your Cantor! LUNCH AND LEARN ZUGOT BEACH CLEANUP, BARBEQUE, AND HAVDALAH Saturday, August 9 at 5:00pm South Inlet Park Join Zugot, Temple Beth El’s Young Adults and Young Families, for a beach cleanup, barbeque and Havdalah! On Saturday, August 9, we will gather at South Inlet Park (1100 S. Ocean Boulevard, Boca Raton) at 5pm to do a beach clean-up. Afterwards, we will have a barbeque dinner ($18 per adult, $8 per child) and mark the end of Shabbat by celebrating Havdalah. For more information, contact Rabbi Greg Weisman at 561-391-8900 or [email protected], or visit tbeboca.org/20s-30s. 8 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org “Psalms, Power and Potpourri” Tuesdays, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, August 5 and 12 12:00-1:00pm Temple Beth El Schaefer Family Campus This summer Temple Beth El Clergy and Education Staff will teach lunch and learn. They will study and share with you some of their favorite topics. BLUE JEANS SHABBAT COME SEE FRIENDS AND FAMILY YOU HAVEN’T SEEN ALL SUMMER! If you or your guests are prospective members, let us know when you RSVP and that night you will receive a sweet treat! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 6:00 PM BBQ DINNER catered by Lucille’s Bad to the Bone BBQ 6:30 PM Tot Shabbat Service 7:30 PM Shabbat Evening Service RSVP at tbeboca.org/special-events or call 561-391-8900 $18 per person, $12 per child ages 4-10 ($20/person, $15/child after August 27) Sponsored by Temple Beth El Brotherhood & Sisterhood WELCOME BACK FROM SUMMER CAMP FOR CAMPERS AND ALUMNI AT BLUE JEANS SHABBAT Do you still have that camp spirit in your head and down in your feet? Pair your blue jeans with your favorite camp tee shirt as we welcome all of our campers back to Temple Beth El. URJ campers will hear some familiar tunes and feel like they are right back at camp! All generations of campers are encouraged to wear their favorite camp shirt. Questions? Contact Jules Wolfberg at [email protected]. July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 9 SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE WANTS YOU! Join Temple Beth El Homework Helpers to provide study and homework help for children in need. In The Pines, Inc., is a not-for-profit housing community that works hand in hand with and on the grounds of In The Pines Farm Worker Children’s Council, Inc. (FCCI), an organization devoted to the enhancement of learning, academic achievement and opportunity for children residing at In the Pines. FCCI conducts two primary programs, Campo Allegre and Help with Homework. The Help with Homework program, for which Temple Beth El is currently seeking volunteers, is an after school program available to all students residing at In the Pines. In order to effectively assist the 100+ children who attend and rely on the assistance of the Help with Homework Program, we are reaching out to members of Temple Beth El to volunteer some of their time. Any amount of time is appreciated and you will undoubtedly find the experience to be rewarding. The children are wonderful and are so thankful for any assistance you may provide. If you are interested in learning more about FCCI, please visit the FCCI website at www.starfcci.org. To volunteer for this worthwhile project, please contact temple member, Rebecca Elman at 561-441-7214. Senior Survival NAVIGATING SENIOR CARE: FROM EMERGENCY TO RECOVERY Friday, August 22, 2014, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm TempleBethElSchaeferFamilyCampus•333SW4thAvenue,BocaRaton Liliana K. Abramson, CRRN, CCM – Nurse Case Manager, specializing in geriatric rehabilitation Dianne Matthew, LCSW – Clinical Director at Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services Rabbi Greg Weisman – Temple Beth El of Boca Raton This seminar will explore the various choices a patient must make as he or she navigates the experience from being brought to the emergency room to a full, healthy recovery. Topics include: • Comparing home health care and skilled • Medicare/Medicaid resources and rehabilitation facilities limitations • Choosing a skilled rehabilitation facility • Transportation between care facilities • Advanced medical directives This educational seminar is compliments of Beth El Mausoleum, Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services, Regents Park and Gutterman Warheit. A light lunch will be served. RSVP to Dave Oney at 561-391-8901. 333 SW 4th Avenue | Boca Raton, FL 33432 | 561 391 8901 | bethelmausoleum.org 10 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org n sisterhood u pdate Trish Schaum, Sisterhood President [email protected] The theme of The Chronicle this month is about travels to Israel, so I dug out the journal I kept while my husband Mark and I traveled to Israel on a Federation Mission trip 19 years ago. It was the first time for both of us and I am so happy that I took such detailed notes because reading them caused me to feel like we were just there. I remember this was not my first choice for a vacation, but as my journal revealed, it was “by far the most meaningful, educational and spiritual experience of my life.” For those traveling to Israel or elsewhere this summer, I wish you a safe and meaningful trip. However, if you are in town, Sisterhood has a couple of summer events that have been very popular in the past. Please join us for our annual Girls Night Out on July 10 which will include dinner and a movie and our Book Discussion evening on August 21. More information regarding the movie and book discussions will follow. Best wishes to everyone for a happy and healthy summer! View upcoming events at tbeboca.org/sisterhood • Girls Night Out: Thursday, July 10 — Dinner at Bogart’s/Cinemark Boca at 5:45pm followed by the movie Tammy • Book Discussion: Thursday, August 21— The Sisters Weiss by Naomi Ragen n brotherhood u pdate Larry Hotz, Brotherhood President [email protected] I was fortunate to spend two summers in Israel in the mid-1980’s immediately after I graduated from university. My Great Aunt Laika and Great Uncle Moshe were pioneers who emigrated from Poland in the mid-1930’s to British Mandate Israel. They lived at Kibbutz Usha near Haifa and I spent several days working with Moshe in the cow shed and dairy farm. The sun was so hot and the work so hard I remember filling my tray with food for lunch in the cafeteria and still falling in love with the communal life where each resident contributed and benefited. I reluctantly flew back home after those summers, but the profound feeling of being there has remained with me. I have seen first- hand the necessity for a Jewish homeland and of the hope, faith and optimism of a people faced with challenges from inside and out but who still believe, due to the foundation laid by those pioneers, that peace and prosperity are worth fighting for. Speaking of prosperity, I want to thank the Brotherhood EVP Andrew Zwick and the entire Board for a successful 2013-14 year. Our programming will pick up again in August with our NFL Pick ‘Em Contest. Make a note now to attend our golf tournament in October. Look out for a new event in September — our Sports Night Fundraising Dinner with a guest speaker from a major sports team. Enjoy a safe and adventurous summer! View upcoming events at tbeboca.org/brotherhood • NFL Pick ’Em Contest: August 14 • Sports Night Fundraising Dinner: September • Brotherhood Annual Golf Tournament: October 20 JOIN US FOR SUMMER SHABBAT SERVICES IN THE ATRIUM AT TEMPLE BETH EL Visit tbeboca.org/worship for a complete service schedule. July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 11 n maimonides institu te for jewish learning LEARNING ABOUT ISRAEL IT’S COMPLICATED BY G AV I N H I R S C H A S S I S TA N T D I R E C TO R O F J E W I S H L E A R N I N G A N D L I V I N G G H I R S C H @ T B E B O C A .O R G At Temple Beth El we never want a student Israel is a perfect country that is full of good to grow up and feel that they were lied to and moral people. Israel always makes good for years about a country with which they and just political decisions with the best of hopefully have a strong emotional connection. intentions. And of course all Israelis love We want them to grow up knowing all of Judaism, eat falafel and live on kibbutzim what Israel is, good and bad, and loving that produce the world’s best technology. the country despite or even because of the Only… we know that no extreme statement about ALL Israelis or ALL decisions the Israeli complexity. We do not want their feelings to be simple because simplicity does not government makes could ever be true. invite engagement. Engagement is found in However for years this is how Israel education was done in schools across America wrestling with a subject or place, exploring all the moments of greatness and failure. and in some places still is today. Jewish So you may ask, “how do we try to achieve students learned about the geography of this connection?” Israel is best experienced Israel, about her all Jewish or mostly Jewish using a variety of learning modalities and population and that all of the enemies of the state were external forces. At Temple Beth El we never want a student That might have even been to grow up and feel that they were lied to for the Israel education you years about Israel, a country with which they received in your youth. hopefully have a strong emotional connection. The real Israel is a much more complicated through a number of paths including the place. There are enemies inside and outside senses, the arts and texts. Another way is to her borders from many different political or religious backgrounds. Israel’s citizens follow use technology to its fullest. Our students can “visit” Israel in real time. They can “go” to the different religions and have different skin Western Wall and “walk” through the shuk. colors. They do not all agree on politics or They can connect to students in our sister city every action their government takes. So why Kiryat Bialek and other places where Temple should we teach our American children that Beth El has relationships. The best, the very they do? best, is of course, to visit Israel. Whether on a The new wave of Israel education focuses family trip, a NFTY program (be it summer or much more on presenting Israel as it is: a full semester in high school), High School in complicated country with many wonderful Israel or Birthright Israel as a college student, moments and many complicated challenges. there is nothing like actually being there! Temple Beth El offers financial assistance for Israel travel. Applications are available School prices go up August 1, 2014. in the school office. Register today at REGISTER TODAY Religious tbeboca.org/religious-school-registration or call 561-391-8900 SAVE THE DATE! First day of Religious School is September 7, 2014. 12 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org GOOD NEWS FOR JULES IS GOOD NEWS FOR OUR KIDS Please congratulate Jules Wolfberg on her acceptance to Hebrew Union College – Wolfberg, Jewish Institute Juliane Director of Youth Engagement [email protected] of Religion, Graduate Certificate of Jewish Education for Adolescents and Emerging Adults program. The 9 month remote learning program will focus on Judaic studies, organizational dynamics, experiential education, and social psychology. Jules is excited to learn from some of the best and brightest in the Jewish Education field and apply her new knowledge to her work at Temple Beth El. In addition to studying at HUC-JIR, Jules has also been selected to serve as a URJ Camps Senior Service Corps member. “Jewish summer camp played an integral part of my life as a teen and young adult,” said Jules. “Serving as a member of this elite group of Jewish youth workers will allow me to share my love of camp and URJ summer programs with the congregation.” For our participation in this program, Temple Beth El will receive $2,500.00 towards URJ Camps scholarship funds. Stay tuned for some awesome camp events! If you have any questions about URJ Summer Camps or programs, please feel free to contact Jules at [email protected]. PASSPORT TO ISRAEL BY J U DY L E V I N E , D I R E C TO R O F E A R LY L E A R N I N G C E N T E R J L E V I N E @ T B E B O C A .O R G The children in our Early Learning Center went on an imaginary trip to Israel. With passports in hand, they showed their boarding passes to the ticket agent. When they landed at Ben Gurion Airport, they sang “Hatikvah”. They followed their itinerary and one of the cities they visited was Jerusalem. There they learned about the Holy Temple that used to be there. All that is left of the Temple is one of the surrounding walls – the Kotel, or Western Wall. They wrote notes and placed them at the Kotel that was in the classroom. They danced to the song “Mayim” – which means water and “Achshav” – which is about going now to the land of Israel. Their travels continued… they visited a kibbutz, had pita and hummus at the Israeli Café, participated in an archeological dig, decorated flags, negotiated at the Shuk and had Shabbat. On the return trip, back to Temple Beth El, the children shared what they liked best about Israel. B’NAI MITZVAH Jacob Mass Rebecca Lopatukhin Ryan Marcus Jacob Mass Son of Edward and Andrea Mass August 16, 2014 11:30 am Luke Hillman Son of Dana and Sheri Hillman August 30, 2014 9:00 am Rebecca Lopatukhin Daughter of Eugene and Bronia Lopatukhin August 23, 2014 9:00 am Ryan Marcus Daughter of Andy and Robyn Marcus August 30, 2014 11:30 am Matthew Lieberfarb Son of Marshall Lieberfarb and Elizabeth Ciano August 23, 2014 11:30 am July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 13 AT TEMPLE BETH EL, OUR PHILOSOPHY IS TO ENSURE that anyone who wants to worship or obtain a Jewish education is able to join our Beth El family, regardless of financial constraints. This year Temple Beth El made it possible for every man, woman and child who entered our door to become part of our family. As a congregation we provided over $470,000 of financial assistance this past year. 296 families received membership assistance, 175 children received religious school scholarships, and 28 children were given aid for early childhood education. We are extremely grateful to each of you who made a contribution to last year’s Annual Giving Campaign. For more information on how to contribute to Annual Giving, please contact Eliza Prince-Atias, Director of Development, at 561-391-8900 or at eprince-atias@ tbeboca.org. ANNUAL GIVING 2013-2014 TORAH (OUR GREATEST GIFT) $10,000 AND OVER Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Beck Ms. Lorraine Becker Mr. Lewis Gould Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Schmier TZADDIK (RIGHTEOUS PERSON) $5,000-$9,999 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bluestein Mr. and Mrs. Michael Frost Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gimelstob Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Barry Honig Ms. Ilyne Mendelson & Mr. Steven Terk Mr. Marvin Miller Dr. Jane Skelton Mr. and Mrs. Martin B. Stein NER TAMID (ETERNAL LIGHT) $3,600-$4,999 Mr. and Mrs. M. Richard Asher Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Finch Gutterman Warheit, Inc. Ms. Sandra Sokolof & Mr. Stephen Soble CHAI (LIFE) $1,800-$3,599 Dr. and Mrs. Arnold D. Berliner Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Block Mr. and Mrs. Edward Burns Mr. and Mrs. Richard Court Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Dopkins Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Edelheit Ms. Joan Goldburg Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Granet Mr. and Mrs. Martin Grass Mr. Howard Guggenheim Mr. and Mrs. Barry S. Halperin 14 THE CHRONICLE Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Katz Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Levy Ms. Christy McElhaney & Mr. Mark Sunshine Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Morton Dr. and Mrs. Brad E. Oren Mr. Jerry Podolsky Mr. and Mrs. Philip Procacci Ms. Andrea Raab Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ricken Mr. and Mrs. Morris Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Norman Saferstein Mr. and Mrs. Lance Shaner Dr. and Mrs. Craig Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Art Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Sam Spiegel Mr. and Mrs. Jay Weinberg CHACHAM (WISE PERSON) $1,000-$1,799 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Abrams Mrs. Marilyn Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Glen Berngard Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Brockman Mrs. Dana Brown Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Chetek Ms. Laurie R. Cohen Drs. Robert M. and Andrea Colton Mr. and Mrs. Craig Donoff Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Dragin Mr. and Mrs. David Dubov Mr. and Mrs. Martin Fromowitz Mr. and Mrs. Dale Frost Mr. Robert C. and Dr. Sheila Furr Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hess Mr. and Mrs. Herb Hirsch Mrs. Sondra Homer-Warner | tbeboca.org Mr. and Mrs. Sundel Judson Mr. Stanley Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Henry Katz Mr. Stanley Kaufelt Drs. Donald and Cristina Keusch Mrs. Sara Jo Kobacker Mrs. Marcia Langley Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Lepene Mrs. Marianne Minkoff Lerner Mr. and Mrs. Allen Lev Rabbi Daniel and Mrs. Aimee Levin Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lind Dr. Edward Listengart Dr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Lowen Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Merson Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Moldow Dr. and Mrs. David Morse Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nachlas Mrs. Arlene Oppenheim Ms. Diane Perkins & Mr. Paul Mandel Mr. and Mrs. Barry Podolsky Ms. Dorothy L. Pomerance & Mr. Jack A. Jaffe Dr. and Mrs. Edward Poller Dr. and Mrs. Frederic Reitman Donald D. Rogers Foundation, Inc. Drs. Joshua and Tobe Rubin Mrs. Miriam H. Sadler Mr. Matthew Sakolove Dr. and Mrs. Steven Schuster Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Schwartz Mrs. Dorothy Seaman Ms. Lori Shapiro Mrs. Myrna Skurnick Mr. and Mrs. Neal Slafsky Mrs. Carol Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sommers Mr. and Mrs. Isaias Sudit Ms. Joanne Weiner Mr. and Mrs. Howard I. Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Norman Weiss Mr. Henry Wolff, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Zipper KAVOD (HONOR) $500-$999 Mr. and Mrs. John Addleson Dr. and Mrs. Michael Aronsohn Mr. and Mrs. David Bargas Mr. Stephen F. and Dr. Judith Beiner Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Berg Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bergner Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Berkman Ms. Mindy Berlin Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bishins Mrs. Marianne Bobick Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bolner Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cherry Mr. and Mrs. Richard Chestnov Mr. and Mrs. Dan N. Cohen Mr. Stuart Cummings Dr. and Mrs. Grant Disick Ms. Robin L. Eisenberg and Ms. Andrea S. Broido Mrs. Jean Erdheim Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Feinberg Mrs. Adele Feinerman Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Feller Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Finkelstein Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Finston Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Frank Mr. and Mrs. Howard Freeman Mrs. Adele Friedland Mr. and Mrs. Robert Geller Dr. and Mrs. Jason Goldman Ms. Suzan Goldstein Ms. Leona Grell and Ms. Shirley Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Hershey Mrs. Ida B. Herst Mr. and Mrs. Ross Higier Ms. Marcia Hoffman Mr. Herbert Hutt Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jaiven Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Kalmanson Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kaplan Mrs. Natalie Klebanoff Mrs. Sheila Krichman Mr. Steven Levin Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Levins Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Lewin Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lieberman Mrs. Zelda Luxenberg Mr. and Mrs. Ira Magod Mr. Martin Malaga Mr. and Mrs. William Malnove Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Manton Mr. Alan Markowitz Ms. Diane More Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Perlstein Mr. and Mrs. Maurice D. Plough, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joel Rosenberg Mrs. Tammy Ross Mr. and Mrs. Ben Roth Mr. and Mrs. Ken Sack Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Savelle Mr. and Mrs. Jim Scherr Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schneiderman Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Schnier Mr. Melvin Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Shagrin Mr. and Mrs. Michael Singer Mrs. Rochelle Smith Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Solomon Mr. Michael Solomon Mr. and Mrs. Barry Tartarkin Dr. and Mrs. David Taub Dr. and Mrs. Marc E. Taub Mrs. Thelma Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Steven Walin Mrs. Janice Wallach Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Warheit Mr. and Mrs. George Weinberg Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Weiss Mrs. Evelyn Weitzman Mrs. Leonore Whiteman Mr. and Mrs. Eric Workman Mr. Jerry Zensky SIMCHA (JOY) $250-$499 Anonymous Ms. Liliana Abramson Ms. Maxine Arno Ms. Marian Aronson and Mrs. Irene Aronson Ms. Donna Aubuchon Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Bader Dr. Stanton Bass Mr. and Mrs. Richard Benrubi Mr. and Mrs. Ian Berger Mrs. Barbara Bernheim Mr. and Mrs. Michael Blackman Mr. and Mrs. David J. Blechman Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ecoff Mr. and Mrs. Jay H. Eichler Ms. Jennifer Eisenberg Mrs. Carol Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Feldman Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fink Ms. Sybil Firestone Mr. and Mrs. Roy S. Fleishman Mr. Steven Frankel Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Freeman Mr. and Mrs. David Gart Mr. Irving M. Goldstein Mrs. Frances Greenbaum Dr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Grenn Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Grossman Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Haberman Mr. and Mrs. Brian Halpern Drs. Michael and Clarissa Harris Mr. Bruce Hausman Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hirsch Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hoffman Dr. and Mrs. Paul I. Homer Mr. and Mrs. Barry Hymowitz Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Jackman Mrs. Ruth Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. David L. Kahn Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kaufman Mr. Michael Kirshon Mr. and Mrs. David Langsam Mrs. Jane Leventhal Mr. David Lewis and Ms. Natalie Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Bernd Lewkowitz Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lifton Ms. Lysa Long-Burke & Mr. John Burke Mr. Gregory Lutin and Ms. Angela Lutin Dr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Lyons Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Marcus Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marton Ms. Susan Mawyer Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mayerchak Ms. Debra B. Mochan Dr. and Mrs. Nathan Nachlas Mr. and Mrs. David Oppenheim Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Pachter Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Pecker Ms. Natalie Pelavin Mr. and Mrs. Philip Pina, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Pollock Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Potkin Mr. and Mrs. Ken Pritzker Mr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Raskin Mr. and Mrs. H. Stanley Rassler Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Richman Mrs. Judith Rosenwater Mrs. Barbara Rovin Mr. and Mrs. Allen J. Sabath Dr. and Mrs. Mark Saltzman Mrs. Jean Satin Mr. Barton Satsky Ms. Gladys Schaffer & Mr. Steven Frankel Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schaum Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Schmier Mr. and Mrs. Jan Schuman Mr. and Mrs. Craig Schwamm Dr. and Mrs. David Schwartzfarb Dr. Martin and Mrs. Amy Segel Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shernicoff Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Sherr Ms. Laurie Silvers & Mr. Mitchell Rubenstein Mr. Robert Silverstein Mr. and Mrs. Michael Simon Dr. and Mrs. Alan Slootsky Mr. and Mrs. Larry Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sosin Mr. Gerald Spiegelman Mr. and Mrs. Dana Gary Stamler Mr. and Mrs. Rick Steinberg Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Steinberg Mrs. Bernice Teltser Mr. and Mrs. Milton Thurm Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Unger Mr. and Mrs. Glenn I. Waldman Dr. and Mrs. Harold Wayser Mr. and Mrs. Alan Weiner Ms. Gail Weisbaum Rabbi Chaim J. and Mrs. Lorraine Wender Mr. and Mrs. Alvin G. Wheeler Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Wulkan Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Zwick BRACHA (BLESSING) $100-$249 Anonymous Dr. and Mrs. Jay Abrams Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Ackerman Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Agler Mr. and Mrs. Joel Altman Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Appel Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Aron Mr. and Mrs. Charles Averbook Mr. and Mrs. Irving Baker Mr. and Mrs. Myron Baker Mr. and Mrs. Michael Beckerman Dr. and Mrs. Scott Berenson Mrs. Ruth Berg Mr. and Mrs. William Berger Ms. Barbara Miller Blue Mr. Burton Bongard Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bort Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brand Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Brauser Mr. and Mrs. Brian Broad Drs. Craig and Mindy Brodsky Ms. Victoria Bronfman Ms. Judith Chason Mrs. Hannah Chestnov Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Cohen Ms. Claire Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Joel D. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cohn Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Copulsky Mr. and Mrs. Erik Covitz Dr. and Mrs. Warren Deutsch Mr. and Mrs. Richard Diamond Mr. and Mrs. Morton F. Dranoff Mrs. Selma Drucker Mrs. Sandra Eastman Ms. Marsha Lynn Eisenberg & Mr. Ezra Krieg Mr. and Mrs. Scott Elk Mrs. Rebecca Elman & Mr. Andrew Levy Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Endelson Mrs. Ursula Falk Mr. and Mrs. Milford Faust Ms. Aline Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Ronen Gabbay Drs. Jeffrey and Karen Galin Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Gefen Mr. Ivan Gefen Dr. Gregory Gertsen Mrs. Deborah Gilchrist Mrs. Cindy Gitlitz Mr. and Mrs. Eric Glazer Mr. Bernard Goffin Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gold Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Goldburg Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Goldring Mr. and Mrs. Michael Goldstein Mr. and Mrs. Eric Gordon Dr. and Mrs. Michael Gordon Mrs. Eileen Gottsegen Ms. Emily R. Gould Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gould Mr. Timothy Graf and Mrs. Ronni Namerow-Graf Mr. and Mrs. Devin Grandis Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Gray Mr. Bryan Greenberg Mr. Marvin Greenberg Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Greene The Estate of Sybil Greenfield Mr. Seymour Greenspan and Ms. Thelma Goldenberg Mr. Joseph Gremillion Ms. Rhona Guberman Mr. and Mrs. Al Hacker Dr. Harold Goodman DDS PA Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hampton Mr. Jack Handburg Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harrow Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Harwin Mr. and Mrs. Adam Harwood Mr. and Mrs. Edward Haymes Mr. and Mrs. Bill Heller Mr. Paul Heller Ms. Laurel Herman Mrs. Rhea Herman Dr. and Mrs. Marc Hirsh Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holiber Mr. and Mrs. Saul Hoppenstein Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Horn Ms. Ruth Howard Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jablon Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. Jay Josephson Dr. and Mrs. Brett Juliano Mr. and Mrs. Marc Kallen Mr. Sidney Kaminsky Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kaufman Mr. and Mrs. Norman Kaufman Dr. and Mrs. Chester Kay Mrs. Myrna Keisman Mr. and Mrs. Jon Kimmel Mr. and Mrs. David Klein Mrs. Leonie M. Klein Mr. Alan Kneller Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kornblath Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Kotlove Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Kreger Ms. Talya Kupin Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kuritz Mr. Melvin Kuritzky Mr. Michael Lane Mr. and Mrs. Cory Laufer Dr. Bruce Lein and Mrs. Heidi Malamud Lein Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Lerner Mr. Bill Levine Mr. and Mrs. Harold Levine Mr. and Mrs. Irving Levine Mr. Jack Lipsey Mr. and Mrs. Larry London Mr. Eric Lubitz Mr. and Mrs. Tony Malatino Mrs. Renee Maltz Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mann Mrs. Barbara G. Manning Ms. Sandra Martin Mrs. Marcia Matles Dr. and Mrs. Terry Max Mr. and Mrs. Russell Meyers Dr. and Mrs. David Miller Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mogell Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Moses Ms. Pam Nadler & Mr. Mark Sickles Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Namerow Mr. Michael Nanosky Dr. and Mrs. Elias Neuren Mr. and Mrs. Justin Niles Mr. Newton Oshinsky Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Ouslander Mrs. Judith Parmet Mrs. Anne Paskin Mr. and Mrs. Michael Passeroff Mr. and Mrs. Paul Patti Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Pavsner Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Payson Mrs. Dorothy Pearl Dr. Susan Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Jay Pisik Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Pusar Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Putesky Ms. Sherry Redler Mr. and Mrs. Warren Redlich Mr. and Mrs. Owen Rheingold Mr. Mitchell Rippe Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Romer Mrs. Enid Rosenthal Ms. Julie Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rose Mr. and Mrs. John Ross Mr. and Mrs. Norman Roth Mr. and Mrs. Adam Runsdorf Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sack Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Schilit Mrs. Elaine Schlessberg Mr. and Mrs. Gadi Schnabel Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schreiber Mr. and Mrs. Allan Schuman Mr. and Mrs. Cole Schuster Mrs. Leslie L. Schwam Ms. Mary Schwartz Mr. Mark Seigel Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Seren The Estate of Minnie Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Hal Shapot Dr. and Mrs. Aaron Sheinfeld Ms. Linda Sheridan & Mr. Jeffrey Wasserman Mr. and Mrs. Adam Shonson Mr. and Mrs. David Shore Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Siegel Mrs. Madeleine Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Steven Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sigesmund Mrs. Deborah Silver Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Silver Mr. and Mrs. Scott Silver Mr. and Mrs. Victor Silverstein Mr. and Mrs. Leon Simon Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Sklar Mrs. Pearl Smiley Ms. Janet Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Starin Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Stein Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Stewart Mrs. Cecile Talesnick Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Tamchin Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Tartarkin Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Terkel Mr. and Mrs. David Tolces Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Tufel Mr. and Mrs. Michael Turetzky Ms. Alice Kaye Turner Mrs. Dorothy Uchin Ms. Renae VanWagner Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Wachtel Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Warren Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Weidenfeld Mr. and Mrs. Paul Weiner Mr. Richard Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Steven Weiss Ms. Rachel Whipple Mr. and Mrs. Alex Zakson Mr. Stuart Zeuner Mr. and Mrs. Neal Ziegler Herbert Zimelis Living Trust Ms. Rachel Zinn Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Zoberman Mr. and Mrs. Jason Engelman Dr. and Mrs. Merrill H. Epstein Mrs. Ruth B. Fagan Dr. and Mrs. Brian Feinstein Mr. and Mrs. Michael Feuerman Ms. Laura Flannery Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fram Mrs. Bernice Frank Ms. Helen Frankel Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Frazin Mr. Gordon Fredricks Dr. and Mrs. Alan I. Freedman Mr. and Mrs. Justin Freedman Ms. Isabel Friedman Mrs. Carol L. Garcy Mr. James and Dr. Brianna Garrett Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gaspari Mrs. Betty Ginsburg Mr. and Mrs. Gary Glick Mr. and Mrs. Ira Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Mark Goldstein Ms. Sara Goldstein & Mr. Mark Dormer Ms. Jodi Goodell Mrs. Adelle Goodman Mr. and Mrs. James Gottlieb Dr. and Mrs. Lorin Graef Dr. and Mrs. Charles Graubert Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Greenbaum Mrs. Sylvia Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gropper Mr. Merwin K. Grosberg Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gross Mrs. Lynn S. Guez Mr. and Mrs. Gary Halperin Mr. and Mrs. Murray Halperin Ms. Susan Heimberg Ms. Milli Hershman Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Hershon Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Himelstein Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Hock Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Honig Ms. Roslyn Hopin Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Isackson Mr. and Mrs. Irwin L. Isert Ms. Lenore Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. Scott G. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Monte Kahme Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kanfer Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kassover Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Klein Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kline Mr. Roger Kline Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Koffman Mr. Saul Kopeika Mrs. Selma Koppelman Mr. Michael Kotler Mr. Jason Kravetz Mr. and Mrs. Murray Lacher Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Lazarovic Ms. Peggy Lebensfeld Mr. Jay Leicher Mr. and Mrs. Ken Lerner Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Levine Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Levine Mr. and Mrs. Herman Levitt Mr. Richard Levitt Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lopatukhin Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lusskin Mr. and Mrs. George Madiou Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Malnik Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Mandel Ms. Jille Marc Mr. and Mrs. Aldo Marchena Ms. Sandra Marcoe Mr. Brian and Dr. Nicole Mark Marketshows, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Martin Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mason Ms. Dorothy Merlin Ms. Rachel Miller Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mitchel Mr. and Mrs. Adam Moss Mr. and Mrs. David Neustein CONTINUED ON PAGE 32 CHAVER (FRIEND) $1-$99 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Charles Abell Miss Paula Abrahams Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Adler Mr. and Mrs. Stan Alekman Mrs. Joanna Altner Mr. and Mrs. Robert Altner Mr. and Mrs. Karl Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Ely Attman Mr. and Mrs. Fred Axelband Mr. Bruce Bakerman Mrs. Pearl H. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Milton Barbarosh Mrs. Harriet Barres Ms. Florence Baumwell Mr. and Mrs. Seth Benedon Ms. Joanne Benenati Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Berg Mr. and Mrs. Steven Berg Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Berman Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bernstein Mr. Paul Bernstein Dr. and Mrs. Jack J. Blanco Miss Holly Borgmann Mr. and Mrs. Jack Boshes Mr. and Mrs. James M. Brachman Dr. Bruce Brodsky Mr. Lawrence Brown Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bucher Dr. Alison Carter & Mr. David Katz Dr. Elizabeth Ciano Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cohen Dr. and Mrs. Steven Cohen Ms. Lois Cohen Ms. Lori S. Cohen-Vogel Mr. and Mrs. Randy Colman Dr. and Mrs. Marc Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cooperman Dr. Andrea Corn Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dermer Mr. and Mrs. Ardsley Donnelly Mr. and Mrs. Eric Donner Mr. Kenneth Donner Mr. Franklin Drachman Mr. and Mrs. Jason Drake Mrs. Nancy Eisenberg July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 15 SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP ADDITIONAL BENEFITS PER LEVEL: PATRON ($2,600) HAS ITS BENEFITS! •5ComplimentaryTributeCards*PerYear PILLAR ($3,100) •5ComplimentaryTributeCardsPerYear •2ComplimentaryHighHolyDayTicketsatFAU There is no way to put a value on what our synagogue does. What is the value of creating a new generation of young men and women who build their lives on the bedrock of our people’s ethics and morals? Of building a community who take seriously their commitment to repairing our broken world? Of providing a sacred home where all can find comfort in troubling times? Priceless. Sustaining Members, who pay above and beyond standard dues, allow us to provide membership, religious school education and early childhood learning for all who wish to participate. With their generosity, Sustaining Members make up the difference between what we ask members to contribute in dues compared to the actual cost it takes to run the synagogue. To give you an idea, standard family dues for 2014-15 will be $2,120 while the actual expense to Temple Beth El is over $4,500 per family. This need remains pressing despite the recent, generous gifts made to the Fulfilling the Promise Campaign which are restricted to future capital improvements and enhancing the endowment. To demonstrate our immense gratitude to our Sustaining Members, Temple Beth El offers unique benefits for this generous group. Please consider becoming a Sustaining Member or if you are already, please think about stepping up a level. For more information, or to become a Sustaining Member, please contact Eliza Prince-Atias, Director of Development at 561-391-8900 or [email protected]. GUARDIAN ($3,600) •5ComplimentaryTributeCardsPerYear •2ComplimentaryHighHolyDayTicketsatFAU •2ComplimentaryTicketstoOne Blue Jean Shabbat Dinner FOUNDER ($5,000) •5ComplimentaryTributeCardsPerYear •2ComplimentaryHighHolyDayTicketsatFAU •2ComplimentaryTicketstoOne Blue Jean Shabbat Dinner •AnnualDinnerandChatwithClergy BENEFACTOR ($7,500) •5ComplimentaryTributeCardsPerYear •4ComplimentaryHighHolyDayTicketsatFAU •2ComplimentaryTicketstoOne Blue Jean Shabbat Dinner •AnnualDinnerandChatwithClergy •2Complimentary2ndNightPassoverSederTickets GRAND BENEFACTOR ($10,000) •5ComplimentaryTributeCardsPerYear •4ComplimentaryHighHolyDayTicketsatFAU •2ComplimentaryTicketstoOne Blue Jean Shabbat Dinner •AnnualDinnerandChatwithClergy •2Complimentary2ndNightPassoverSederTickets •PrivateShabbatdinnerwithTBEPresident for your family WE PROUDLY OFFER ALL SUSTAINING MEMBERS: • Recognition on the Sustaining Member Wall of Honor • Shabbat service and oneg in your honor • Listing in The Chronicle • Membership dues are included for each level *ATributecardisanacknowledgmentTBE mails to a recipient of your choice in honor, memory or celebration of a person or event. WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE OUR 2013-2014 SUSTAINING MEMBERS GRAND BENEFACTOR Freyda and Ed Burns Lewis Gould Velia Sweet BENEFACTOR Maddi and Wes Finch Sara Jo Kobacker FOUNDER Anonymous Anonymous Patty and Louis Beck Jill and Steven Hacker Stephanie and Nathaniel Lowen Simone and Sam Spiegel Edith and Martin Stein Ellie and Norman Weiss GUARDIAN Sheila and Dick Asher Lorraine and Howard Freeman Joan Goldburg Kenny Goodman Glenda and Ken Gordon Silvana and Barry Halperin Ida Herst 16 THE CHRONICLE Meredith and Marc Hirsh Nilma and David Igdaloff Lee Kallen Marilyn Kraus Bonnie and Lew Lepene Joanna and Bob Meisel Susan and Bruce Moldow Myrna and Norm Ricken Linda and Bobby Schmier Francine and Art Siegel PILLAR Marjorie and Dennis Berg Dorothy and Maurice Bucksbaum Lindy and Steven Cohen Andrea and Robert Colton Marilyn and Robert Dragin Elaine and Herb Gimelstob Diane and Gary Glick Corrine and Jerry Gorelick Stuart Grossman Susan and Meyer Haberman Ruth and Bert Harnett Siobhan and Joe Kleinman Charna Larkin Arlene and Ira Lazar Jan and Allen Lev | tbeboca.org Arlene and Robert Merson Mary Perper Susan and Barry Podolsky Dale and David Pratt JoAnn and Philip Procacci Deana and Hy Richman Tobe and Joshua Rubin Stephanie and Steven Schuster Debbie and Larry Silver Laurie Silvers and Mitchell Rubenstein Jane Skelton Frances and George Weinberg Ilene and Peter Wohlgemuth Wendy and Sol Zoberman Lisa and Andrew Zwick PATRON Sandi and Bob Altner Debbie and Chas Averbook Marcia and Michael Beckerman Ferne and Bill Berger Toni and Arnold Berliner Barbara and Jonathan Berman Betsy and David Blechman Marlene and Richard Bluestein Andrea and Roy Bresky Robin and Ken Bresky Edith Clayman Patricia and Dan Cohen Shirley and Warren Deutsch Tia and Grant Disick Lois and Leonard Dopkins Edythe and Morton Dranoff Jean Erdheim Sheila and Robert Furr Rani Garfinkle Lucille and Bob Geller Gladys and Arnold Granet Marian and Marvin Gruber Lorri and Clifford Hark Sheilah and Bob Harrow Cindy and Paul Homer Pam and Tom Kaplan Deanna and Hank Katz Ann Kelman Cristina and Donald Keusch Harold Kirstein Melissa Friedman-Levine and Bradley Levine Robert Levinson Sarina and Jerry Lind Brooke and David Lukes Nancy and Bill Malnove Fran and Nathan Nachlas Stacy and Steven Needell Jennifer and David Oppenheim Carole and Len Pedvis Margie and Maurice Plough, Jr. Renee and Mitch Rauch Charlotte and Morris Robinson Linda and Norman Rose Debbi and Larry Rosenblum Paula and Larry Runsdorf Mimi Sadler Jackie and Mark Saltzman Trish and Mark Schaum Marcy and Barry Schultz Mara and Michael Shapiro Jill and Alan Slootsky Esther and Mike Solnik Wendy and Steve Walin Beverly and Walter Warheit Marilyn and Jay Weinberg *As of May 15, 2014 This does not include new Sustaining Members for 2014-2015 NEW MORE CONVENIENT PARKING AT FAU NEW ALL YOM KIPPUR AFTERNOON SERVICES WILL TAKE PLACE AT TEMPLE BETH EL High Holy Days 5775 2014 NEW HIGH HOLY DAY FAMILY PARTICIPATION SERVICE TEMPLE BETH EL OF BOCA RATON July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 17 High Holy Days 5775 2014 Request your High Holy Day tickets, reserve babysitting and children’s programs and complete your Annual Giving information online at tbeboca.org or complete the forms on the following pages and return to Temple Beth El by September 5, 2014. TICKET REQUESTS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2014. TICKETS WILL BE MAILED IN SEPTEMBER. REMEMBER member tickets will be provided when at least one third of your 2014-2015 dues have been paid. MEMBER TICKETS FAU PARKING NEW Each adult member of Temple Beth El is entitled to one ticket. Children ages 8-26 will receive tickets at no charge. You must include your children’s names and ages with your ticket request. Tickets will be provided to members “in good standing,” that is at least 1/3 of your 2014-2015 Temple membership obligations and any past–due balances have been paid. FAU Student Union/Kaye Auditorium is located on FAU’s Boca Raton Campus at 777 Glades Road just east of I-95. On Rosh HaShanah morning, you may park in any available spot in lots 10, 12, 13 or 14. On Yom Kippur Eve (Kol Nidre) and Yom Kippur morning, you may park in any available spot in any parking lot. If the spot is metered, you must pay for it. Please do not park in special reserved spots. To get to the lots, enter the main entrance of FAU at Glades Road and 10th Avenue (West University Drive). Turn left at the second traffic light onto Volusia Street. Make the first right into lot 10. If lot 10 is full, you may take the third right into lots 12, 13 and 14. Shuttle buses will run regularly, starting one hour before services. Pick up will be clearly marked at both the south entrance of the Basketball Arena (directly across from the athletic field house) and at the entrance to the Tom Oxley Athletic Center. It is also a quick walk east on Volusia Street, crossing over West University Drive and following the covered walkway into the north entrance of the student union. SERVICE LOCATIONS NEW Members may choose to celebrate services either at FAU or at Temple Beth El. • Simultaneous services will be held at the Student Union/Kaye Auditorium at Florida Atlantic University and in the Rabbi Merle E. Singer Sanctuary at Temple Beth El for the First Day of Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur Evening, and Yom Kippur Morning. • If you are a member and are bringing a guest you must attend services with them at FAU. • Guests who are not members of Temple Beth El must attend services at FAU. • Services for Rosh HaShanah evening, children’s services for Rosh HaShanah afternoon and Second Day Rosh HaShanah services will take place at Temple Beth El ONLY. • Services for Yom Kippur afternoon and children’s services for Yom Kippur will take place at Temple Beth El ONLY. • There will be a community Yizkor service free and open to the public on Yom Kippur afternoon at 3:30 pm in the Cohen Atrium at Temple Beth El. PURCHASE GUEST TICKETS FOR $150 EACH We welcome your family and friends to High Holy Day services. Guest tickets are $150/person for the entire holiday, or $75 for each holiday. Due to space considerations, guest tickets are for FAU services only, except for Rosh HaShanah Evening Services, Second Day Rosh HaShanah, and Yom Kippur afternoon services when we celebrate together at Temple Beth El. RECIPROCITY REQUESTS For Temple Beth El members who will be attending services out of our area, please fill out the Reciprocity Request and we will make the request for tickets on your behalf. 18 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org ANNUAL GIVING Each year we ask our congregation to contribute to the Annual Giving Campaign because at Temple Beth El we always take care of each other. With your continued support, Temple Beth El will make it possible for everyone who enters our doors to become part of our family by providing financial assistance to members who cannot afford our regular membership, religious school or early childhood commitments. Remember departed loved ones and friends in our Services and Tributes for the Days of Awe – 2014/5775 booklet, used at both Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur Services. Listings are $25 each and the amount you contribute through the booklet will become part of your total Annual Giving contribution. You may also contribute online at tbeboca.org. ANNUAL GIVING CATEGORY TOTAL CONTRIBUTION Chaver (Friend) $1 - $99 Bracha (Blessing) $100 - $249 Simcha (Joy) $250 - $499 Kavod (Honor) $500 - $999 Chacham (Wise Person) $1,000 - $1,799 Chai (Life) $1,800 - $3,599 Ner Tamid (Eternal Light) $3,600 - $4,999 Tzaddik (Righteous Person) $5,000 - $9,999 Chesed (Loving Kindness) $10,000 - $14,999 Bonim (Builders) $15,000 - $17,999 Torah (Our Greatest Gift) $18,000 & over SERVICES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AND FAMILIES HIGH HOLY DAYS Family Participation SERVICE NEW ON ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR MORNING TEMPLE BETH EL COHEN ATRIUM 10:00 AM TICKETS ARE REQUIRED. Share the High Holy Days together as a family, with family-friendly liturgy and a festive, participatory environment. This service is suggested for families with children in 3rd grade and up and will be a meaningful High Holy Day experience for all. Are there younger children in the family? They can participate in our complimentary babysitting (ages 2-5) or in our Children’s High Holy Day program (grades K-2) which runs simultaneously with the Family Participation Service and Adult Worship Service. Registration is required for babysitting and children’s programs (see page 23). All Temple Beth El youth and teens are encouraged and welcomed to help lead and participate in the High Holy Day Family Participation Service. For questions about which service is most appropriate for your family, please contact Juliane Wolfberg, Director of Youth Engagement at 561-391-8900 or [email protected]. You may always call the clergy office for more information. HIGH HOLY DAYS Young Children’s SERVICE ON ROSH HASHANAH AT 3:00 PM AND YOM KIPPUR AT 2:00 PM TEMPLE BETH EL SINGER SANCTUARY TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED. Bring your young children ages 8 and under to this afternoon service designed especially for them and filled with music, story and holiday fun. July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 19 SERVICES FOR TEMPLE BETH EL MEMBERS Please note important new service choices. Rabbi Dan Levin, Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Brockman and Rabbi Greg Weisman will rotate between services at Temple Beth El and FAU. Cantorial Soloist Lori Shapiro will be at FAU and Cantorial Soloist Lawrence Dermer will be at Temple Beth El for morning Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur services. All Clergy will be together for Yom Kippur Afternoon Services at Temple Beth El. DATE ROSH HASHANAH – FAU WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Rosh HaShanah Evening Service (No service at FAU – we will all worship together at Temple Beth El) Rosh HaShanah Evening Service at 8:00 PM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Rosh HaShanah Morning Service at 10:00 AM* Rosh HaShanah Morning Service at 10:00 AM High Holy Day Family Participation Morning Service at 10:00 AM Alternative service for Temple Beth El member families to enjoy a full High Holy Day experience together, with familyfriendly liturgy and a festive, participatory environment. (Suggested for families with children in 3rd grade and up) High Holy Day Young Children’s Service (ages 8 and under) at 3:00 PM Tashlich Service at 4:00 PM Meet in front of Temple Beth El and walk to a nearby stream to cast off the sins of the previous year. *Park in lots 10, 12, 13 or 14. See details on page 18. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Second Day Rosh HaShanah (No service at FAU - we will all worship together at Temple Beth El) Second Day Rosh HaShanah Morning Service at 10:00 AM YOM KIPPUR – FAU YOM KIPPUR – TEMPLE BETH EL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3 Yom Kippur Eve (Kol Nidre) Service at 8:00 PM* Yom Kippur Eve (Kol Nidre) Service at 8:00 PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 Yom Kippur Morning Service at 10:00 AM* Yom Kippur Morning Service at 10:00 AM High Holy Day Family Participation Morning Service at 10:00 AM Alternative service for Temple Beth El member families to enjoy a full High Holy Day experience together, with familyfriendly liturgy and a festive, participatory environment. (Suggested for families with children in 3rd grade and up) High Holy Day Young Children’s Service (ages 8 and under) at 2:00 PM Service of Spiritual Renewal at 2:15 PM Yom Kippur Afternoon Service, Yizkor and Ne’ilah at 3:30 PM Community Yizkor Service open to the public in the Cohen Atrium at 3:30 PM *Park in any available spot on both Friday evening and Saturday morning. See details on page 18. (No afternoon services at FAU – we will all worship together at Temple Beth El) YOM KIPPUR AFTERNOON STUDY SESSION TESHUVAH: AN ONGOING PROCESS WITH RABBI GREG WEISMAN Saturday, October 4 1:00 PM at Temple Beth El Please join us on Yom Kippur as we engage in study and discussion about how we can continually improve ourselves in the new year. 20 ROSH HASHANAH – TEMPLE BETH EL THE CHRONICLE OTHER SERVICES DURING THE HIGH HOLY DAYS TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED SELICHOT Saturday, September 20 at 8:00 PM at Temple Beth El With Ari Shavit, author of MY PROMISED LAND Enter the High Holy Days wrestling with the history of the State of Israel and what our collective history teaches us about our own moral choices. SHABBAT SHUVA – THE SABBATH OF REPENTANCE Friday, September 26 at 7:30 PM at Temple Beth El | tbeboca.org KEVER AVOT (CEMETERY SERVICES) Sunday, September 28 Beth El Mausoleum at 12:45 PM Eternal Light Cemetery, Boynton Beach at 12:45 PM (meet at the central Mausoleum Chapel) SUKKOT Wednesday, October 8 at 7:00 PM Sukkot Family Service at Temple Beth El Thursday, October 9 at 10:30 AM Sukkot Festival Study Session at Temple Beth El SIMCHAT TORAH Wednesday, October 15 at 7:00 PM Simchat Torah Family Service at Temple Beth El Thursday, October 16 at 10:30 AM Simchat Torah Service with Yizkor at Temple Beth El TICKET ORDER FORM Save time and request tickets online at tbeboca.org beginning July 15, 2014. MEMBER TICKET REQUESTS Children (Admission tickets will be issued only to children aged 8-26 on your membership) Print Member Name Print Co-member Name Address City, State Zip Phone SECTION 1 Print Name Age Print Name Age Print Name Age Print Name Age Email PLEASE DO NOT CUT FORM Please choose which location you would like to attend q FAU Kaye Auditorium OR q Temple Beth El Schaefer Family Campus If you are attending services at Temple Beth El, which service would you like to attend? q Adult worship service OR q Family Participation Service (recommended for families with children 3rd grade and up) GUEST TICKET REQUESTS Print Name As a member, you may request tickets for your guests. You may also request tickets for members of your immediate family (parents, siblings, & children over the age of 26). Print Name Print Name Tickets are $150 per person for both Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur or $75 per holiday. Are you a Sustaining Member? If yes, please refer to the Sustaining Member benefits card for guest ticket information. I am requesting tickets for (Check one or both.) q # _______for Rosh HaShanah q # _________ for Yom Kippur Total number of guest tickets Remember, if you have guests attending our services, you must attend services with them at FAU. Amount due for guest tickets: $ SECTION 2 RECIPROCITY REQUEST If you are a member in good standing and plan to be out of town during the High Holy Days, we will request tickets at another synagogue on your behalf. Print Your Name Temple Name Temple Address City State Phone Zip Fax I am requesting tickets for (Check one or both.) q # _________ for Rosh HaShanah q # _________ for Yom Kippur KINDLY RETURN BY SEPTEMBER 5 Please retu rn to Temple Beth El of Boc a Raton 333 SW 4th Avenue | Boca Raton, FL 33432 P 561 391 8900 | F 561 395 8913 tbeboca.org July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 21 ANNUAL GIVING Save time and contribute online at tbeboca.org Due to our printing and production schedule, tributes will be accepted only through September 5. HONOR AND REMEMBER TRIBUTES APPEAR IN THE SERVICES AND TRIBUTES FOR THE DAYS OF AWE 2014/5775 BOOKLET. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF TRIBUTES IS SEPTEMBER 5. SHOULD A LOVED ONE PASS AWAY AFTER THIS DATE, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND THE RABBIS WILL READ HIS/HER NAME ON YOM KIPPUR. IMPORTANT: Print your name as you would like it to appear in the booklet: HONOR HONORS LOVED ONES AND IS USED DURING THE SHOFAR SERVICE ON ROSH HASHANAH MORNING. $25.00 per tribute. For Simchas: Please print names and occasions you wish to honor. Please print clearly as names will appear exactly as written. Attach extra sheets if necessary. SECTION 3 In honor of (name) Occasion In honor of (name) Occasion Number of tributes x $25 $ REMEMBERS LOVED ONES AND IS USED DURING THE YIZKOR SERVICE REMEMBER ON YOM KIPPUR AND OTHER YIZKOR SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. $25.00 per tribute. In memory of: Please print names of departed friends and loved ones whom you wish to remember. Please print clearly as names will appear exactly as written. In memory of (name) In memory of (name) In memory of (name) In memory of (name) In memory of (name) Number of tributes CONTRIBUTE x $25 SECTION 4 $ YOUR CONTRIBUTION HELPS SUPPORT THE TEMPLE AND MAKES ITS SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. $ I/We will make a contribution in the amount of Your Total Annual Giving Contribution = $(add sections 3, 4 and 5) SECTION 5 SECTION 6 q Please do not list me as an Annual Giving contributor in Temple Beth El publications. PAYMENT INFORMATION You may pay either by check made payable to Temple Beth El, or by credit card. You may also contribute online at tbeboca.org Total Amount Due for High Holy Days Tickets and Annual Giving I agree that Temple Beth El of Boca Raton will charge my credit card for the amount due. q Visa q Mastercard q Discover q American Express Amount Due $ (add sections 1 and 6) q Check Enclosed Card Number (please print clearly) Security Code Expiration Date Print name as it appears on credit card Signature X KINDLY RETURN BY SEPTEMBER 5 22 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org Please retu rn to Temple Beth El of Boc a Raton 333 SW 4th Avenue | Boca Raton, FL 33432 P 561 391 8900 | F 561 395 8913 tbeboca.org YOUTH PROGRAM AND BABYSITTING Save time and register online at tbeboca.org YOUTH PROGRAM Grades K-2 For our members, we’ve designed our High Holy Days Youth Program to give your kindergarten-2nd grade students an opportunity to participate in an enriching, handson experience while parents are praying in the morning worship service. This exciting program is offered at Temple Beth El only, and will start at 10:00 AM and finish simultaneously with the morning worship service on the first day of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. Children will participate in art projects, stories, song-sessions, snacks and Tefillah. This program is not meant to replace the High Holiday Days Young Children’s service, but it is an additional experience that will allow parents to attend the adult worship services at the Temple. Reservation forms must be received by September 5 to ensure proper staffing and group placements. There is a $5.00 contribution per child per holiday experience. Students will be grouped by age. Siblings will not be in the same group unless they are in the same grade level at school. COMPLIMENTARY BABYSITTING Ages 2-5 Complimentary babysitting for children ages 2-5 is available at Temple Beth El and FAU on Rosh HaShanah evening (Temple Beth El only), Rosh HaShanah Morning, Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur Morning. Babysitting starts and finishes simultaneously with the adult worship service. Reservation forms must be received by September 5 to ensure proper staffing. YOUTH PROGRAM — AT TEMPLE BETH EL 10:00 AM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 2ND GRADE Child 1 K Child 2 2nd 1st q Rosh HaShanah $5.00 q Yom Kippur $5.00 2nd q Rosh HaShanah $5.00 q Yom Kippur $5.00 Grade (circle one) K Child 4 1st Grade (circle one) K Child 3 q Rosh HaShanah $5.00 q Yom Kippur $5.00 Grade (circle one) 1st 2nd q Rosh HaShanah $5.00 q Yom Kippur $5.00 Grade (circle one) K 1st 2nd Parent Name Total Amount Enclosed $ These programs are available for children who are members of Temple Beth El. Advanced enrollment in these programs is required. Unfortunately, we cannot accept walk-ins on the day of this program. For details please call Gavin Hirsch, Assistant Director of Jewish Learning and Living at 561-391-9092. COMPLIMENTARY BABYSITTING AT TEMPLE BETH EL AND FAU DURINGADULTWORSHIPSERVICE•AGES2–5 Child 1 Birth date Child 2 Birth date Child 3 Birth date Parent Name Parent Home Phone Parent Mobile Phone Check all the services for which you would like babysitting. r Rosh HaShanah Evening (Temple Beth El only) r Rosh HaShanah Morning (Day 1) r Yom Kippur Eve (Kol Nidre) r Yom Kippur Morning Physician’s name (in case of emergency) Physician’s Phone Does your child have any medical condition(s), food or drug allergies, or other needs of which we should be aware? ____Yes _____No If yes, please list: In case of an accident or other health-related emergency, I do hereby authorize the childcare providers to call the above named physician and follow his/ her instructions. If it is impossible or impractical to contact the physician, other appropriate emergency measures may be taken. Parent signature KINDLY RETURN BY SEPTEMBER 5 Date Please retu rn to Temple Beth El of Boc a Raton 333 SW 4th Avenue | Boca Raton, FL 33432 P 561 391 8900 | F 561 395 8913 tbeboca.org July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 23 14 21 28 13 20 27 Week (OOT) 7/27 - 8/02-Family Promise Host 7 6 SUNDAY SFC-Schaefer Family Campus BFC-Beck Family Campus MONDAY 29 12:00 PM-Lunch and Learn discussion (#1) (OOT) 22 12:00 PM-Lunch and Learn 7:00 PM-My Promised Land book 15 12:00 PM-Lunch and Learn 8 12:00 PM-Lunch and Learn 12:00 PM-Lunch and Learn 1 TUESDAY 30 23 16 9 2 WEDNESDAY 10 31 24 17 (OOT) 6:00 PM-Sisterhood Girl’s Night Out 3 THURSDAY FRIDAY 25 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Service 18 6:00 PM-Shabbat at 6 Service 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Family 11 Service: Celebrate America 6:00 PM-Early Shabbat Evening Offices Closed Independence Day - School & 4 2014 2014 2014 JULY MAY 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan Study 26 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan Study 19 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan Study 12 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan Study 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah 5 SATURDAY 18 25 17 24 31 11 10 First Day of Early Learning Center (BFC) 4 MONDAY 7:00 PM-My Promised Land book discussion with Tisha B’Av service (#2) 3 SUNDAY SFC-Schaefer Family Campus BFC-Beck Family Campus 26 19 12 12:00 PM-Lunch and Learn Tisha B’Av 12:00 PM-Lunch and Learn 5 TUESDAY 27 20 13 6 WEDNESDAY 28 and Book Discussion 21 6:00 PM-Sisterhood Potluck Dinner 14 7 THURSDAY 8 29 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Service 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Service 22 15 6:00 PM-Shabbat at 6 Service 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Family 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan 11:30 AM-Bat Mitzvah of Ryan Marcus Study 9:00 AM-Bar Mitzvah of Luke Hillman 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah 30 6:00 PM-BOFTY’S Opening Event (OOT) Lieberfarb 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan 11:30 AM-Bar Mitzvah of Matthew Study 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Lopatukhin 9:00 AM-Bat Mitzvah of Rebecca 23 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan 11:30 AM-Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Mass (BFC) 10:00 AM-Welcome Back Tot Shabbat Study 9:00 AM-Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Miller 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah 16 BBQ Havdalah service (OOT) 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan 5:00 PM-Zugot Beach Clean-Up and Study 9 Study 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Service 2 SATURDAY 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah FRIDAY First Day Childcare (BFC) 1 2014 2014 AUGUST Yahrzeit Gifts received between 3/20/2014 – 5/19/2014 Irving Abrams by Henriette & Jay Abrams Patricia Frank by Priscilla & Len Adler Albert Aron by Marlene Aron Daniel Barry by Marilyn & Stanley Barry Edward Batavia by James Batavia Lesley Meckler by Randi & Mitch Berg Lillie Lee and Pauline Berger by Ferne & William Berger Lillian Zuckerman by Linda & William Berger Hyman Levy by Stanley Berkovitz & Family Mary Berliner by Toni & Arnold Berliner Jimmy Goldgeier by Toni & Arnold Berliner Benjamin Berzon by Jewel Berzon Mollie Blackman by Judy & Mike Blackman Ida Bloch by Estelle Bloch Herman Blum by Lori & Bruce Blum Rose Blum by Lori & Bruce Blum Irene Findler by Marianne Bobick Anna Bobick by Marianne Bobick Sara Titefsky by Bernice Brauser Miriam Mehlman by Andrea & Roy Bresky Stephanie Afromsky by Suzy Broad Hannah Fleck by Dana & Steve Brown z’’l & Family Yetta Eiseman by Denise Calderon Eugene Fomom by Judith Chason Evelyn Gleaves and Elliott Benjamin by Linda & Jay Cherry M. Roy Cohen by Lauren Cohen Roy Cohen by Laurie Cohen Erwin Colton and Charlotte Colton by Andrea & Robert Colton Yetta Schneier by Maxine & Joseph Copulsky Rita Wolf by Stuart Cummings Joan W. Cummings by Stuart Cummings Anna Rabinovitz by Ann Dershowitz Jack Rabin by Ann Dershowitz Evelyn Hess by Shirley & Warren Deutsch Diane Robin Hammer by Saralyn & Gerry Dicker Charles David Rosenfeld by Sandy & Allen Dickerman Sadie Niznick by Judi & Craig Donoff Ira Bankofsky by Phyllis & Ed Elman Harry Green by Ruth Fagan Ella Faust by Milford Faust Rose Reich by Phyllis & Frank Fink Henry Goldstein by Andy Fiorillo Alan Firestone by Sybil Firestone Eva Ouziel by Sybil Firestone Abner Friedland by Adele Friedland Richard Fisher by Carol Friedsam Stella Friedsam by Ronald J. Friedsam Mollie Ginsberg Fromstein by James Fromstein Rabbi Milton Grafman by Ruth Fromstein Shirley Kaplan by David Fuente Claire Garfinkle by Rani Garfinkle Mildred Finkelstein by Lucille & Bob Geller Selma Serenco by Cindy Gitlitz Dr. Sanford Glanz by Franklin Glanz Irving Glatzer by Ronald Glatzer Carolyn Lowe Schwartz by Joan Goldburg Lil Kopman by Irving Goldstein Helene Goldstein by Irv Goldstein Lillian Goldstein by Irv Goldstein Harriett Mellinger by Suzan Mellinger Goldstein & Family Charlotte Miller by Glenda Gordon Fannie Shakin by Corrine & Jerry Gorelick Norman E. Jutras, Sr. by Kimberly Jutras Graham Eva Schmidt by Sylvia Greenberg Benjamin Greene by Laurie & Jon Greene Annalee Schwarz by Laurie & Jon Greene Faye Melinoff by Judith & Gordon Grenn Morris Grossman by Stuart Grossman Pauline Hampton by Ben & Liz Hampton Reba Kadin by Bruce Hausman Benjamin Kadin by Deborah Yokel & Bruce Hausman Dr. Harry Weiner and Charlotte Weiner by Norma Heit Pauline Hershkowitz by Lester Hersch Molka Hersch by Lester Hersch Bessie Elson by Dorothy Hewett Izzy Bernhard by Bonnie &Herb Hirsch Joseph Hirsch by Bonnie & Herb Hirsch Bee Shaine by Meredith & Marc Hirsh & Family Sadie Homer by Sondra Homer-Warner Belle Fine and David Warner by Sondra Homer-Warner Joseph and Pola Gelcman by Frieda Jaffe & Family Matilda Sokal by Maida & David Kahn Herbert Kirschner and Martha Kirschner by Bobbi & Jack Kalmanson Rosa Bloch by Alice Kaufman Aaron Kazanow and Sarah Kazanow by Jeffrey Kazanow Meite Isenstein by Myrna Keisman Rex M. Klein by Leonie Klein Kenneth Brooks, Sylvia Friedman, and Murray Friedman by Penny Klein Harry Krieger by Muriel Krieger Bernard Marx by Eva Laski Helena Lazarovic by The Lazarovic Family Martin Leshman by Henry Leshman Nettie Friedman by Jane Leventhal Haya Shtaygrood by Manya Levina Ruth Kieran by Barbara & Jerry Lewin Max Kieran by Barbara & Jerry Lewin Abraham Grunwald, Jansje Grunwald and Sella Spellman by Sarina & Jerry Lind Emanuel Meth by Susan Litchfield Moe Anapoell by Shelley Marcus Ruth S. Davidson by Arlene & Robert Merson Sam Davidson by Arlene & Robert Merson Beverly Miller by Marvin Miller Jim Moran by Jan Moran Reuben Neuren by Eli & Arline Neuren Irving Cooper by Eli & Arline Neuren Sanford Wine by Cheryl & Bob Newman Dora Oppenheim by Arlene Oppenheim Rose G. Labowitz by Fred Perlstein Irvin Perper by Hedy Perper Samuel Pielet by Joan Pielet Harold Serlin by Jerry Podolsky Irvin Isaac Staas by Sarah Pollak Herman Pollock by Ellen & Edward J. Pollock the engagement of Liana Barbarosh to Kyle Konhauzer by Michael Gelfand HY & DEANA RICHMAN JEWISH EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUND in honor of Rabbi Dan Levin and for bima blessing for Hy’s 90th birthday by Deana & Hy Richman the 45th wedding anniversary of Patty and Louis Beck by Burton Bongard the 45th wedding anniversary of Patty and Louis Beck by Rita &Tully Schuster In Honor of Gifts received between 3/20/2014 – 5/19/2014 ANNA BEITSCHER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND in honor of Lori Shapiro by Jim & Lenore Brachman BENJAMIN & PEARL BAKER MAUSOLEUM PERPETUAL CARE FUND in honor of Barbara Baker by Noa & Jeremy, Etai & Jodi, Kyla, Sylvie, Sophie & Harrison Alper Pearl Baker by Noa & Jeremy, Etai & Jodi, Kyla, Sylvie, Sophie & Harrison Alper CANTOR STEPHEN DUBOV CONCERT ENDOWMENT FUND in honor of the 65th wedding anniversary of Joan and David Dubov by Rhona Guberman by Evelyn & Meyer Levine by Dottie Segal by Deborah Sehres by Beverly Sisisky by Rhoda & Marshall Tobin CONTINUING EDUCATION FUND in honor of Sheryl Fromowitz by Marian & Marvin Gruber EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND in honor of Rabbi Levin, the Director, the PK4 Teachers and all the ELC Teachers by Elise & Bob Dolgow GELFAND/ARPE YOUNG CHILDRENS INNOVATIVE EDUCATION FUND in celebration of 26 THE CHRONICLE GENERAL FUND for the recovery of Tamas Darvas by Marianne Halasz in honor of the aliyah during services by Jannette Abejean the 45th wedding anniversary of Patty Louis Beck by Myra & Rabbi Merle Singer the engagement of Shira Bramnic to Yoni Macogan by Eliza Prince-Atias & Kobi Atias the birth of the grandson of Andrea and Robert Colton by Jill & Paul Weiner the special birthdays of Sari and Gerry Dicker by Linda & Elliott Goldstein the 50th wedding anniversary of Ina and George Hankin by Myra & Rabbi Merle Singer by Sharon Lewis & Mayor Shankman the 95th birthday of Lester Hersch’s by Debra & Jerry Kramer the 80th birthday of Irwin Isert by Judy & Harvey Glatt the continued health of Debi Jackman by Marcia Hoffman the Bat Mitzvah of the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kline by Ilyne Mendelson & Steve Terk Marba Mallet for her wonderful work in Shared Care by Pearl Baker Barry Podolsky by Shane Appelbaum the 60th wedding anniversary of Judy & Sid Silver by Dina & Stephen Schwartz the speedy recovery of Cis Teltser by Ruth Berg Rabbi Greg Weisman by Lester Hersch | tbeboca.org ISRAEL YOUTH TRAVEL FUND in honor of Wes Finch by Aline Fisher MUSIC FUND in appreciation of Lori Shapiro by Myrna & Norm Ricken Lori Shapiro for the concert and thanks to Rabbi Greg Weisman by Rita & Spencer Kreger in support of Temple Beth El by Helenfae Zatcoff MYER WEINGARTEN ENDOWMENT FUND in celebration of the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Stone by Iris Weingarten NUREMBERG PROJECT DONATION in honor of Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Brockman for the bris of Ashton Beau Gottlieb by Cara & Josh Gottlieb of Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Brockman for the officiating our wedding by Jill & Brian Smith PATTY AND LOUIS BECK FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND in appreciation of Patty and Louis Beck’s hospitality for Shabbat dinner by Karen & Jan Kaplan in honor of PODOLSKY FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Garvey RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND in appreciation of Rabbi Jessica Brockman for Olivia’s Bat Mitzvah by Alison & Brian Gross Rabbi Dan Levin and Lori Shapiro for a beautiful wedding ceremony by Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Press Rabbi Dan Levin and Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Brockman for their support by Faith Birnberg Rabbi Greg Weisman for the unveiling of Marilyn Morris by Seth Morris in celebration of Alex Goldschmidt’s Bar Mitzvah by Freyda & Ed Burns Mitch Kaplun’s birthday by Liliana Abramson the marriage of Benjamin Kyle Werber to Laura Chaya Rogozinski by Serena & Rick Werber in honor of Rabbi Jessica Brockman officiating at the unveiling of Gladys Rubin by Nan & Larry Pollack Rabbi Dan Levin and for bima blessing for Hy’s 90th birthday by Deana & Hy Richman the naming of Danielle Maya Wulkan by Marilyn & Hubert Wulkan by Jamie & Jonathan Wulkan the birth of Leah Miriam by Liliana Abramson & Jerry Zensky Rabbi Dan Levin by Marjorie & Dennis Berg Yahrzeit Estelle Labiner by Dorothy Pomerance Sonia Rosin by Helene Raisin Irene Weitzner and Sayde Rassler by Ellie & Stan Rassler Nettie Silverstein and Irving Silverstein by Helen Ratner Meer Redensky by Fira & Joseph Redensky Dr. Martin Press & George Redler by Sherry Redler Irving Regenstreif by Helen Regenstreif Arthur Regenstreif by Helen Regenstreif Sara Tavel by Idah Robins Lou Robins by Idah Robins Maurice Rosenthal by Lisa & Ken Rosenthal Herbert Schlesinger by Lisa & Ken Rosenthal Louis Robins by Judy Rosenwater Samuel Sadler by Miriam Sadler Morris Kahn by Jean Satin Norman Schlessberg by Elaine Schlessberg Samuel Sandhaus by Elaine Schlessberg Karl Neimand and Eva Slupow by Stephanie & Steven Schuster Ida Schwamm by The Schwamm Family Reeva Kolstein by Elaine & Rabbi N.W. Schwartz Lois R. Schwartz by Mel Schwartz Bernard Schwartz and Ronald Schwartz by Ray Schwartz Sandra Siegel by Lawrence Siegel Jeff Shiroky by Jane Skelton Jean Zucker by Dr. Alan, Jill, Erick, Jodi & Jen Slootsky Jeanette Stewart Fink by Beverly & Harvey Stewart Rose Perel by Beatrice Strent Burt Karr by Velia Sweet Irvin Talesnick by Cecile Talesnick Betty G. Davis by The Tartakin Family Motya Grozzman and Sara Vexler by Mikhail Teslyar Asher Marder by Harriet Lee Toback Sidney Kandel and Louis Resnick by Elinor Toberoff Rose Sullivan by Ann & Sherman Tufel Alex E. Tufel by Ann & Sherman Tufel Charles Twer by Daniel L. Twer Bosha Schwartz by Dorothy Uchin Mildred Urban, Louis Urban and Zvi Shpilner by The Urbans Morgan Patterson by Renae VanWagner Esther Arno by Susan & Murray Vogel Dr. Bernard Hoffman by Wendy & Steve Walin Elsa Wagner, Berthold Wagner, Amalia Wagner and Adolph Wagner by Tobie Wagner Myra Wayser by Harold Wayser Leah Epstein and Abraham Epstein by Paul Weiner Abraham Epstein by Paul Weiner Marilyn Solomon by Randi and Steven Weiss Joseph Lessans and Albert Weitzman by Evelyn Weitzman Rose G. Labowitz and James. I. Applebaum by Laura Whiteman Frances Abramson by Laura Whiteman Marilyn Kehlmann by Wendy Zoberman Exclusively for Temple Beth El The Hilton Boca Raton Suites offers discounted rates to all members, affiliates, family & friends. 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Be sure to ask for the special discounted Temple Beth El Rate. 7920 Glades Road Boca Raton, FL 33434 www.bocaratonsuites.hilton.com In Honor of Rabbi Dan Levin’s 18th year by Marianne Bobick Rabbi Dan Levin by Bruce Hausman Rabbi Dan Levin by Myrna & Norm Ricken Rabbi Levin officiating at the unveiling of Beverly Miller by Marvin Miller being grateful for avoiding a medical crisis by Mrs. Marianne Bobick Alex Schimmel’s Bar Mitzvah by Ann & Sherman Tufel the naming of Shelby Eden Sommers by Linda & Richard Sommers the naming of Asher Gordon Rubenstein-Spoont by Laurie Silvers & Mitchell Rubenstein RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND in honor of the birth of Joshua Harrison Abell by Robin Eisenberg the engagement of Alyson Berg to Brad Schmier by Robin Eisenberg the engagement of Deborah Bodganoff to Joshua Marcus by Robin Eisenberg the speedy recovery of Carol Cohen by Adrienne & Irwin Kotlove the marriage of Jill Freedman to Gregory Goldstein by Robin Eisenberg the marriage of Jill Robbe to Brian Smith by Robin Eisenberg the birth of Asher Gordon RubensteinSpoont by Robin Eisenberg Alex Schimmel’s Bar Mitzvah by Marjorie & Dennis Berg the marriage of Sabrina Weiss to Jason Epstein by Robin Eisenberg RICHARD ALLEN BRANSDORF MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT FUND in honor of the marriage of Jill and Greg Goldstein by Robin & Gary Warren & Family SAMUEL & MOLLIE LUKS MORNING MINYAN ENDOWMENT FUND in appreciation of the professional dedication and friendship of Dr. Michael Lewis by Frances & George Weinberg SAMUEL & MOLLIE LUKS ENDOWMENT FOR SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION FUND in honor of the wedding of the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Rattner by Frances & George Weinberg Fran Weinberg by Marilyn & Richard Comiter on the occasion of celebrating Passover dinner with Fran and George Weinberg by Ann Teitelbaum THE REVA & HERBERT STERNECK CAMP KUTZ ENDOWMENT FUND in honor of the 45th wedding anniversary of Patty and Louis Beck by Barbara & Norton Sterneck the 45th wedding anniversary of Patty and Louis Beck by Carol & Barry Sterneck TREE OF LIFE FUND in honor of the 45th wedding anniversary of Patty and Louis Beck by The TBE Board, Clergy & Staff the Bar Mitzvah of Simon Shugar by Gina Shugar TREES TO ISRAEL in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of the grandson of Paulette Aaronson by Sybil Firestone the Bar Mitzvah of A.J. Gildin by Sheryl & Rollie Martin Sisterhood Contributions TZEDAKAH FUND in honor of Joe and Beth Mishkin by Ursula & Lenny Hess in support of the Easter Dinner at Wayne Barton Center by Tia & Grant Disick by Carol & David Gart by Midge Pasternack by Natalie Lavinie the JFS Passover Appeal by Charlotte & Morris Robinson by Freyda & Ed Burns by Robert Ruben Gifts Gifts received between 3/20/2014 – 5/19/2014 GENERAL FUND Barbara & David Kirsh NUREMBERG PROJECT DONATION Marilyn & Jay Weinberg YES FUND in honor of David Morse’s 50th birthday by Dr. Merrill and Irene Epstein Jan and Allen Lev by Ruth and Gary Berg The engagement of Josh Marcus, son of Shelley and Larry Marcus, to Debra Bogdanoff by Jan and Allen Lev in memory of Steven Brown by Jan and Allen Lev MITZVAH FUND in memory of Steven Brown by Dr. Merrill, Irene, Jennifer and Melissa Epstein GENERAL FUND in memory of Steven Brown by Debi and Dr. Herb Jackman Tribute cards are a great way to honor someone. The cost is $18.00, and the money is used to fund various Women of Reform Judaism projects. For further information and to purchase a card, email Glenda Gordon at [email protected] or contact Glenda at 561-495-2980. RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Renee & Barry Honig Nan & Larry Pollack Amy & Ronald Reshefsky Rita & Tully Schuster July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 27 In Memory of Gifts received between 3/20/2014 – 5/19/2014 ANDREA & ROBERT J. RAAB FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND in memory of Seymour Schwartz by Andrea Raab ANNA BEITSCHER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND in memory of Anna Beitscher and Belle Eder by Lenore & Jim Brachman Steve Brown by Jackie & Louis Robinson BENJAMIN & PEARL BAKER MAUSOLEUM PERPETUAL CARE FUND in memory of grandfather by Noa & Jeremy, Etai & Jodi, Kyla, Sylvie, Sophie & Harrison Alper BUD LEVIN ENDOWMENT FOR ADVANCED JEWISH EDUCATION FUND in memory of Bud Levin by Shirley & Julie Bowen CANTOR STEPHEN DUBOV CONCERT ENDOWMENT FUND in memory of Terry Bloom by Ruthann & Asher Alpern by Vicki, Carey & Bob Dubinsky by Harriet Ackerman & Marlene & Ted Moss DR. MELVIN HOMER ENDOWMENT FUND in memory of the father of Robert Matz by Cindy & Paul Homer EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOLARSHIP FUND in memory of Jack Cohen by Terri & Stephen Chetek Saul Sapper by Terri & Stephen Chetek GELFAND/ARPE YOUNG CHILDRENS INNOVATIVE EDUCATION FUND in memory of Alice Berger by Michael Gelfand Arthur Bland by Michael Gelfand Steven Brown by Michael Gelfand GENERAL FUND in memory of Garrison Davis by Stephen Meltzer by Shelley Chermak by Judy Friedman Sybil Greenfield by Delray Grande Residents Association Molka Hersch by Audrey & Michael Gordon by Debra & Jerry Kramer Henry Lewin by Elaine & Howard Roth Irving Newsome by Nike Inc. Football by Diane & Daniel More by Ms. Laurie Burdett by Mr. & Mrs. Cliff King Owen Schwam by Jackie Sigesmund Arsen Sohigan by Debra Soffer Larry Vavala by Marilyn & Stanley Barry by Barbara Bosses by Harriet & David Bubes by Marilyn Rush by Joni & Michael Zavis LINDA SNYDER KINDERGARDEN & NURSERY SCHOOL FUND in memory of 28 THE CHRONICLE Steve Brown by Debra & Roy Fleishman MILTON KOTLER MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT FUND in memory of Dr. Morris Erdheim by Jean Erdheim Milton Kotler by Jean Erdheim MUSIC FUND in memory of the beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kite by Helene Avidon David Friedlieb by Eric Reid & Friedlieb Family Amy Hausman by Bruce Hausman Larry Vavala by Myrna & Norm Ricken Jean Zucker by Helene Avidon MYER WEINGARTEN ENDOWMENT FUND in memory of Ellen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morton Howard by Iris Weingarten PATTY AND LOUIS BECK FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND in memory of Eleanor Kahn by Patty & Louis Beck Mike Vesio by Patty & Louis Beck PAUL AND ELLEN HIRSCH ENDOWMENT FUND in memory of Freda Lemke by Ellen & Paul Hirsch Harold Lemke and Dr. Theodore Hirsch by Ellen & Paul Hirsch PLOUGH FAMILY FUND SUPPORTING RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND in memory of Alice Berger by Margie Plough & Maurice Plough, Jr. Steve Brown by Margie Plough & Maurice Plough, Jr. RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND in memory of Steve Brown by Mrs. Susan Pachman Garrison Davis by Lori Bargas Amy Hausman by Bruce Hausman Molka Hersh by Louise & Fred Perlstein Florence Hymowitz by Shelley & Barry Hymowitz Lucy & Dan Levy and Hortense & Daniel Klein by Carolyne & Ed Levy Cynthia Schiller by Louise & Fred Perlstein Owen Schwam by Cindy Gitlitz & Paul Frieser Larry Vavala by Norm & Myrna Ricken RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND in memory of the beloved grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Davis by Adrienne & Irwin Kotlove Alice Berger by Robin Eisenberg Shirley Crespi by Robin Eisenberg Garrison Davis by Robin Eisenberg Nelson Klein by Robin Eisenberg & Andrea Broido Rivelle Magid by Robin Eisenberg & Andrea Broido Mildred Niad by Adrienne & Irwin Kotlove Marie Sherman by Robin Eisenberg Gerald Wolprin by Robin Eisenberg RICHARD ALLEN BRANSDORF MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT FUND in memory of Ann Berman Seff by Beverly Bransdorf Stanley Garfinkel by Marvin Bransdorf | tbeboca.org STEVE BROWN ENDOWMENT FUND in memory of Steve Brown by Ilene Brooks, Ross Adickman, Erika Adickman & Family by Priscilla and Len Adler by Susan & Joseph Ament by Benita & Stuart Appel by Carole & Robert Armon by Sally & Paul Arnold by The Arnowitz Family by Cynthia & Richard Aronsohn by Eliza Prince-Atias & Kobi Atias by Jason Attermann by Helene Avidon by Ricki & Milton Barbarosh by Susana & Pierre Barjun by David & Tina Beale by Sheryl & Robert Bellick by Lois & Max Bender by Audra Berg & Josh Feinberg by Ruth Berg by Mimi & Dick Bergel by Cindy Bergman by Keith Berk by Gita & Allan Berk by Arthur Berman by Debbie & Elliott Berman by Betsy & David Blechman by Arlene & Buddy Block by Laurie Block by Marlene & Richard Bluestein by Hope & Philip Borish by Stephen Bowles by Cindy & Jeff Braun & Family by Suzanne, Brian, Helen & Isaac Broad by Dee & Seymour Brode by Suzanne & Donald Brooks by Brotherhood of Temple Beth El by Fredda & Leonoard Broverman by Harriett & Keith Bruns by Caroline & Howard Cayne & Stanley Kiser by Judith Chason by Cindy & Shabtai Chassan by Charles Cohen by Connie & Roy Cohen by Stacy & Daniel Cohen by Harvey & Susan Cohen by Randi Cohen & Jamie Tonkon by Lori Cohen-Vogel by Congregation B’nai Israel Senior Youth by Benay Cooper by Dolores & Elliott Cowen by Marci Danzansky by Jami & Steven DeGraff by Maureen & Brock DeLorenzo by Suzanne & Jeff Deutch & Families by Steve Dishler by Amy Doran by Arlene & David Draiman by Gail & David Eisenberg by Helen Eisenberg by Robin Eisenberg & Andrea Broido by Janis & Harvey Eisman by Donna Etheridge by Wendy & Richard Fenton by Nancy & Maury Fertig by Barbara & Lawrence Field by Connie Fields & Fred Steinberg by Maddi & Wes Finch by Finn Partners by Shari & Stanley Finsilver by First Citizens Bank by Barbara & Howard First by Aline Fisher by Linda Fisher by Stuart Frankenthal by Patti & Mike Frazin by Freed, Kanner, London & Millen by Roberta Greenspan & Michael Friedlander by Noreen, Jayson & Karen Friedman by Matthew Garrison by Karen Husek & Michael Gart by Mindy, Chip & Jamie Gelfman by Betsey & David Geller by Scott Geller by Dennis Gilbert by Erin & Jordan Gilman by Girls of Grace Youth Center by Barbara Glass-Corwin by Judith & Laurence Gold by Debby & Bob Goldenberg by Joan Goldwasser by Daniel Goldwin by Jared Goltz by Audrey & Michael Gordon by Jen Leemis & Jeremy Gordon by Elaine & Marvin Gottlieb by Eileen Gottsegen by Iris & Bill Greenberg by Gail & Warren Greenspoon by Bobbie & Larry Greenwald by Gordon & Judith Grenn by Judy & Joe Gross by Tracey & Gabe Grossman by Andrea Grostern by Michael Guyard by Meyer & Susan Haberman by Dianne & Steve Hanus by Stuart Hochwert by Ira Holtzman by Cindy & Paul Homer by Betsy & Bryan Isackson by Shelly Jaffe & Lauri Jaffe by Betsy Kallor by Adrienne & Michael Kamp by Greg Kamp by Cyndi & Nick Katz by Suzanne & Jeffrey Katz by Charlotte Katz by Penny & Brett Keeshin by Sandra & Howard Kellner by Rhona & Marvin Kirsner by Ann-Louise Kleper by Debby Kohn by Cary Kravet by Laura & David Kreiger by Miriam Krovetz by Mindy & Randy Kurtz by Scott Lebovitz by Patricia Leff by Cindy & David Levitt by Julie & Richard Levitz by Nancy & Keith Libman by Erna & Sam Liebovich by Jonathan Loew by Maureen & Brock De Lorenzo by Jill Lowenstein by Brooke, David, Josh & Sophi Lukes by Stephen & Phyllis Lyons by Dominique & Irwin Majzner by Karen & Stephen Malkin by James Manson & Family by Judith & Tom Manson by Gail, Gary & Kimberly Marino by Susan & Marty Markowitz by Marilyn & Howard Marwill by Lisa McNerney by Mark Mehlman by Donna & Jim Mercer by Lawrence & Lisa Miller by Stephanie Miller by The Mishkel Family by Rachel Mishner by Charles & Leslie Mishner by Cindy, Duncan, Ian & Jason Morton by Much Shelist PC by Elaine & Allan Muchin by Marjorie & Ronald Murstein by Sandra & Ralph Myrow by Caron Schreiber & Robert Neiman by Linda & Norm Newman by Lisa & Jonn Nicolson by Ilene & Steve Novack by Sandy Nuccio In Memory of by Marcie & Rob Orley by Arlene & Steven Paul by Caryn Peretz byJoan & Rob Perkins by Harriette & Ted Perlman by Jackie Pickus by Vicki & Gary Pines by Pino Tile and Marble by Planned Furniture Promotions, Inc. by Susan & Barry Podolsky by Deborah & Daniel Poje by Patricia & Neil Posner by Jane & Jerry Pressman by J.B. & M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation by JoAnn & Philip Procacci by Robin & Mark Proman by Quality Carpet Cleaners, Inc. by Susan Rifas by Melissa & Carlos Romero by Beth & Michael Rosenbaum by Marilyn Rosenblum by Lisa & Steven Rosenfeld by Harriet & Leslie Rosenthal by Lane & Louis Rosner by Sandy & Larry Roth by Jeffrey Rubenstein by Susan & Jeffrey Rudnick by Jordana Rutkoff & Jared Greenberg by Bunny & Allen Sabath by Maddi & Steve Sackel by Caroline & Melvin Sacks by Phyllis & Michael Sadoff by Susan & Alan Sataloff by Julie Dann & Brad Schneider by Stephanie & Steven Schuster by The Schwamm Family by Cynthia & Ben Schwartz by Toni Jo Schweitzer Giving Tree by Roberta & Lorrie Shafer by Midge Shafton by Much Shelist by Fran & Jonathan Sherman by Margaret & John Shuff by Kim & Perry Shwachman by Lovey & Robert Sider by Kate Siegel by Sondra & Norman Silverman by Cory & Gary Simon by Janet & Julian Sincoff by Stephanie & Brendon Sklar by Rita & Joseph Slootsky by Jill, Alan, Erick, Jodi & Jen Slootsky by Sharlene & Steven Slootsky by Sue & Art Smith by Libby Snyder by Cynthia Solls by Sue & Myron Solomon by Jane Sonenshein by Doris & Wallace Specter by Melissa Spellman by Shalva’s Board of Directors & Staff by Anita & Earl Starkoff by Erica & Jason Stein by Lynn Steinberg by Lois & Sonny Stern by Abraham Stern by Katie Stocker by Caryl & Ricahrd Stone by Gayle & Jon Stone by Wendi & Howard Stone by Jessica & John Supera by Susie, Mark & Greg Tabor by Marilyn Spracker & Frederic Tannenbaum by Nancy & Sy Taxman by Bruce Taylor by Karen & Sanford Teplitzky by Evie & Chuck Topcik by Amy & Brian Trust by Shelly & Ed Turetzky by Marilyn & Michael Vender by Brian Weed by Randal Weigel by Jill & Paul Weiner by Nancy Weingard by Caroline Weissman by Paula & Ken Weissman by Jonathan Westin by Whisper Trace Board of Directors & HOA by Royale Wiggin by Bette & Paul Wohlgemuth by Jim Woldenberg by Michael Wolfe by Andrea & Marshall Yablon by Lee Axelrad, Beth Zemach & Families by Zeta Beta Tau Rho Chapter by Christopher Zitelli by Raymond Zoref by Jared Zweeben & Family THE REVA & HERBERT STERNECK CAMP KUTZ ENDOWMENT FUND in memory of Lionel Kaiser by Patty & Louis Beck Gifts received between 3/20/2014 – 5/19/2014 GIVING TREE FUND Rabbi Merle E. and Mrs. Myra Singer in memory of Steve Brown by Maxine Arno by Emily Gould by Michelle & Todd Wolff and Family Bruce Cohen by Emily Gould Sybil Greenfield by Rhonnie & Sam Leder in appreciation of of the kindness of others by Cecile and William Dykas in celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of Ina and George Hankin by Bill and Serena Skwersky in honor of The Winn Family by Maxine Arno in support of Easter Dinner at Wayne Barton Center by Boca West Community Charitable Foundation by Edith and Martin Stein TREES TO ISRAEL FUND in memory of beloved mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother, Fran Mayer by Esta Gross the beloved father of Jeffrey Adler by Sandra & Reuben Ungar Steven Brown by Ronni NamerowGraf and Tim Graf Leona Juris by Susan Pachman Julius Rosenberg by Natalie Klebanoff Maurice Selner by Beatrice Ainsztein Marilyn Topcik by Norma Locker July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 29 Frequent breakdowns. Sluggish email. Stalls and slow startups. It’s not a pretty sight. And the damage takes its toll in lost time, wasted money, and hard work that goes up in smoke. PJ Tech has been a proud partner of Temple Beth El for 16 years. We built and maintain the network that keeps things moving. TBE’s network works because we do. So if you’re ready to get up and running, and stay that way, give us a call for a free assessment. 30 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org Our Congregation Mourns Marilyn Hark*, mother of Cliff & Lorri Hark, grandmother of Jeffrey & Charles Hark Leonard (Lenny) Weiss, father of Jordan & Amy Weiss Dorothy Heller, mother of Bill & Allison Heller, grandmother of Ryan, Samantha & Lindsey Heller Alice Berger, mother of Donald & Ricki Berger Sidney Cohen*, father of Ron & Alice Cohen Aaron Cohen, brother-in-law of Bill Schwartz Sara Adler, mother of Barbara Butan, grandmother of Mariel Butan Shirley Rabin, grandmother of David Lazerson Lawrence Vavala*, husband of Michelle Vavala, father of Samantha & Daniel Vavala, son-in-law of Myrna & Norman Ricken *Laid to Rest in the Temple Beth El Mausoleum Mazel Tov To Lonnie & Andrew Rosenthal on the birth of their daughter Tessa Lauren Rosenthal, and big brother Brody Elizabeth & Jud Wolfe on the birth of their daughter Beatrice Grace Wolfe, grandparents are Sherry & Ken Endelson Melissa & Charles Abell on the birth of their son Joshua Harrison Abell Lauren & Alan Gross on the birth of their daughter Hailey Mya Gross, and big sister Stella Carolyn Rubenstein & Ben Spoont on the birth of their son Asher Gordon Rubenstein-Spoont, grandparents are Laurie Silvers & Mitchell Rubeinstein Roberta & Lorrie Shafer on the engagement of their son Jason to Whitney Holmstrom Cara Snyder, MD Ophthalmic Plastic sugery 561-395-7616 accepting new patients Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery Reconstructive Eyelid Surgery Tear System Non-Surgical Cosmetic Enhancements Member of Temple Beth El 120 West Palmetto Park Rd • Boca Raton, FL www.CaraSnyderMD.com Liliana Abramson on the engagement of her son Ronald to Meredith Axisa Shelley & Larry Marcus on the engagement of their son Joshua to Debra Bogdanoff Linda & Bobby Schmier on the engagement of their son Brad to Alyson Berg Morris & Charlotte Robinson on the engagement of their granddaughter Shira Bramnic to Yoni Macagon Jordan Lewis & Daniel Tamaroff on their recent marriage Karen & Michael Goldstein on the marriage of their son Gregory to Jill Freedman Margie Baer on the marriage of her grandson David to Emma Simpson July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 31 Annual Giving Mr. and Mrs. Erik Nilsen Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Nozik Ms. Gail B. Oren Ms. Shirley Osur Ms. Martha Pepper Mrs. Selma Perper Mr. and Mrs. David Pincus Mrs. Esther Poritz Ms. Klarina Portnoy Mr. and Mrs. Sherwin Potter Mr. and Mrs. Peter Quinter Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Raciti Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rand Mrs. Helen C. Regenstreif Mr. and Mrs. Alan Reichstein Mr. and Mrs. Carl Reitman Mrs. Barbara Robin Mr. and Mrs. Randall Roger Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rosen Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rosenberg Mrs. Iris Rosenberg Mr. and Mrs. Erik Rosenstrauch Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Rosenwater Mr. and Mrs. David Rossler Dr. Robert Ruben Dr. Virginia Salus Ms. Joy Scher Mrs. Tracey Scherr & Dr. Richard Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Neil Schiller Mr. and Mrs. Larry Schner Mrs. Hynda Schuman Ms. Myra Schwartz Mr. Theodore L. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sefton Mr. Michael Shapiro CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 Mrs. Ronni Shelley Ms. Marilyn Shlank Mr. and Mrs. Marc Silverman Mr. and Mrs. Scott Silverman Mr. David Silvers Ms. Beverly Simon Mr. and Mrs. Eric Snyder Mr. Lawrence Solomon Ms. Nancy Spielman Mr. and Mrs. Martin D. Springer Mr. and Mrs. Andy Stallone Mr. and Mrs. Earl L. Starkoff Mr. and Mrs. Norman Stolack Mr. and Mrs. Allan Sussberg Mrs. Velia Sweet Mrs. Betty Taub Ms. Elissa Tobin Ms. Randi Tompkins Mr. and Mrs. Edward Turetzky Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Udwin Mr. and Mrs. David Urban Ms. Hali Utstein Rabbi and Mrs. Samuel Vainberg Dr. and Mrs. Mark Warren Mr. Myron Wasserman Mr. and Mrs. Alan Waxman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weiner Dr. and Mrs. Frank Weinstock Mr. Milton Weitzer Joseph Wender Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jay Wolfberg Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wolkoff Mrs. Darlene Wulkan Mr. Richard and Dr. Rachel Wurman Ms. Janet Zale Dr. and Mrs. Jeff Zipper Chez Gourmet C A T E R I N G AT T E M P L E B E T H E L Creative Culinary Magic Professional Event Orchestration Let Chez Gourmet make your next event an affair to thrill and delight you and your guests. 561.395.3690 www.chezgourmettbe.com MATH Robin Donner Mathematics 1:1 tutoring pre-algebra algebra I&II geometry [email protected] 561.894.8967 32 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org SPINACH AND VEGETABLE FALAFEL WITH LEMON YOGURT SAUCE From Chez Gourmet INGREDIENTS 2 ½ cups cooked chickpeas Handful of chopped scallions ¼ cup diced red bell peppers ¼ cup diced carrots 2 tbsp minced onion 1 tsp minced garlic 2 eggs Juice of 1 lemon 1 teaspoons ground cumin LEMON YOGURT GARLIC SAUCE 1/4 cup plain yogurt Zest and juice of 1 small lemon 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoons ground coriander 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper ¼ cup finely chopped parsley 1 cup chopped cooked spinach – well drained 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 cup flour Vegetable oil, for frying Salt and pepper to taste ½ tsp minced garlic Chopped fresh parsley Salt and pepper to taste DIRECTIONS Sauté in a little vegetable oil the onions, carrots, garlic and peppers briefly until softened and let cool. In a food processor, combine the chickpeas, spinach, scallions, cumin, coriander, cayenne, parsley, eggs, and lemon juice. Pulse to combine and season with salt and pepper. Do not puree too smooth. The mixture should be coarse. Add in the mixed vegetables, baking powder and 1/2 cup of the flour and pulse to mix. Chill in the refrigerator for 20 -30 minutes. Add a generous amount of oil to a large sauté pan and heat it over medium-high heat until a tiny drop of the mix sizzles. Meanwhile, form balls of the chickpea spinach mixture onto a plate with remaining flour. Roll each ball on the floured plate and flatten a little. Fry in batches of hot oil for about 3 to 4 minutes each side and drain on paper towels. FOR THE SAUCE Blend all ingredients together well and chill. Serve the falafel on a bed of the cucumber salad with warm pita bread and the lemon yogurt sauce. Companions Plus Home Care Services 954.255.6787 Broward 561.495.4771 Palm Beach Audrey Berkowitz & Arlene Marder Owned & Operated by Our Family for You and Your Family July/August 2014 • THE CHRONICLE 33 TEMPLE OFFICERS Patty Beck Barry Podolsky Shari Schwamm Neal Slafsky Mark Sunshine • Caring Service for 20 Years • Where our Commitment Means Something Kenneth Gordon Karyn Hoffman Lisa Zwick Marcy Schultz • Special Consideration for Temple Members Wendy Walin Allen Lev Jeffrey Katz Joseph Rubin Owner/Funeral Director President Executive Vice President Secretary Vice President of Finance Vice President of Leadership Development & Governance Vice President of Religious Activities Vice President of Education Vice President of Development Vice President of Membership & Engagement Vice President of Social Action Vice President of Mausoleum Vice President of Facilities & Technology BOARD OF TRUSTEES RUBIN Memorial Chapel Serving All of Palm Beach County (561) 496-3000 Danielle Butler Aline Fisher Tracey Grossman Stephen Manton Marjorie Minor Bruce Moldow David Morse LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Charles Abell Marc Applebaum** Richard Asher Daniel Beckerman Donald Berger Mike Blackman Alvin Cohen** Michael Frost Herbert Gimelstob** Stanley Gray Cliff Hark Ida Herst** Larry Hotz Barry Krinsky Richard Levitt Stephanie Lowen Robert Marton Kenneth Mogell Lisa Oken David Pincus Mark Platt* Maurice D. 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