November/December Newsletter

Temple Sinai Newsletter
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Rabbi Joel M. Schwab Cheshvan 8/Kislev 8 5775/Kislev 9/Tevet 9 5775
Cantor Judith Naimar k
SERVICES
Fri., November 14
Evening Service
7:00 p.m.
Vov class service
Sat., November 15
Morning Services
9:15 a.m.
Kiddush luncheon in honor of Rabbi Joel and
Aviva Schwab
Minhah service
12:40 p.m.
Fri., November 21
Evening Service
6:00 p.m.
Sat., November 22
Morning Services
9:15 a.m.
Minhah service
12:40 p.m.
Fri., November 28
Evening Service
6:00 p.m.
Sat., November 29
Morning Services
9:15 a.m.
Minhah service
12:40 p.m.
Fri., December 5
Evening Service
6:00 p.m.
Our Scholar-in Residence, Dr. Alan Mittleman, will speak.
Sat,, December 6
Morning Services
9:15 a.m.
Our Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Alan Mittleman, sponsored by Sandra & Joel Hofflich in memory of Joel's parents Etta and Ted
Hofflich and his brother Richard Hofflich, will speak at a Kiddush
luncheon sponsored by Jack and Suzanne Berkowitz, Ed and Josephine
Bloomfield, Joe and Abbe Distelburger, Gwen and Richard Lerman and
Matt and Hayley Lederman. The entire congregation is invited to attend.
Minhah service
1:30 p.m.
Fri., December 12
Evening Service
6:00 p.m.
Sat., December 13
Morning Services
9:15 p.m.
First Hebrew School Shabbaton of the year
Jr. Congregation
10:15 a.m.
Minhah/Ma'ariv services
3:30 p.m.
Fri., December 19
Evening Service
6:00 p.m.
Sat., December 20
Morning Services
9:15 a.m.
Minhah service
12:40 p.m.
Fri., December 26
Evening Service
6:00 p.m.
Sat., December 27
Morning Services
9:15 a.m.
Minhah service
12:40 p.m.
Save The Date
VOV Class Shabbat
11/14/14
Kiddush Luncheon
In Rabbi’s Honor
11/15/14
WWII Veteran Al Moskin
Speaker & Brunch
11/16/15
Shabbaton
12/5 & 12/6
Annual Holiday Boutique
12/7
Candle
Nov. 14
Nov. 21
Nov. 28
Dec. 5
Dec. 12
Dec. 19
Dec. 26
Lighting
4:22 p.m.
4:17 p.m.
4:13 p.m.
4:11 p.m.
4:11 p.m.
4:13 p.m.
4:26 p.m.
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Rabbi
Joel M. Schwab
Email:[email protected]
Cantor
Judith Naimark
Executive Director
Lisa Miller
Email: [email protected]
Hebrew School Principal
Lucy Fox
Gabbai
Allen Dickstein
Administrative Assistant
MaryLou Frazer
Email: [email protected]
Officers & Board of Trustees
President Jack Berkowitz
1st VP Paula Blumenau
2nd VP Nancy Jonas
Treasurer Ed Bloomfield
Fin’l Sec’y Mark Stern
Rec. Sec’y Gwen Lerman
Corr. Sec’y Janet Davis
Past Pres. Joseph Distelburger
Member Emeritus Matthias Schleifer
Trustees
Joan Augello
Eric Blumenau
Sharon Dickstein
Linda Dubin
Arline S. Friedman
Cheryl Goodwin
Cherie Gluckman
Vern Lazaroff
Matthew Lederman
Jacques Levine
Edward Levy
Hal Marcus
Vicky McDonald
David Neves
Jonathan Newmark
Stephen Ostrow
Monica Ostrow
Harold Parnes
Alan Shanker
Michael Schwartz
Ronald Sherman
Lenard Taub
Joel Weintraub
Honorary Trustee Dr. Owen Falk
Sisterhood President Cheryl Goodwin
Men’s Club President David Nevers
Member Emeritus Florence Levine
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Hebrew School News
Hebrew School now is in full swing and we
are very happy to announce that we had a
wonderful Consecration Ceremony for the
Alef Class. The three students were Max
Fox, Camryn Kodgis and Allyson Levin.
November is here and the upcoming events
are our annual fall fundraiser which is our
"Grandma’s Coffee Cakes". Everyone please
help us reach our fund raising goals by selling
and purchasing these delicious cakes. The
deadline for selling the cakes is November
12th.
The Vov Class Shabbat is on November 14th
please come and celebrate with this class's last
Class Shabbat.
We are so pleased to announce that the Hebrew School is sponsoring a Kiddush Luncheon in honor of Rabbi Schwab’s retirement.
Please save the date of December 13th. It will
be a day filled with lots of fun activities for the
students and lots of surprises for the Rabbi.
Our Annual Chanukah Party is December
17th. Any child in our congregation who
wants to bring a menorah and celebrate is
welcome.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving
and Chanukah.
SIMHAT TORAH HONORS
Our congratulations, and a hearty yashar
ko’ah, to those who had the honor of the
aliyot for the end and the beginning of
the Torah on Simhat Torah.
Hatan Torah: Rabbi Joel Schwab
Kallat B’reishit: Cantor Judith Neimark
THANKS FOR THE HELP
As always, our High Holiday services
would not be as meaningful as they are
without the help and leadership of so many
in our congregation. Our thanks to the
ushers for helping to regulate the
movement of so many in and out of the
Sanctuary, to our gabbai, Allen Dickstein,
for getting those with honors to the bimah
for their parts. Special thanks are due to
Cantor Judith Naimark for all of the effort
and hard work that goes into leading a
community on the High Holy Days and to
Debbie Bloom who so ably led the
wonderful Family/Junior Congregation
Services on both days of Rosh Hashanah
and on Yom Kippur. We also want to thank
the following for their wonderful
participation in services:
Ba’al Shaharit: Dr. Alan Shanker
Haftarot: Joe Distelburger, Janet Davis,
Allen Dickstein
Shofar Blowing: Jeremy Dunitz,
Samantha Newmark
Ba’al Minhah (Yom Kippur): Allen Dickstein
Maftir Yonah: Len Taub
Yashar ko’ach to all of them.
THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF ORANGE COUNTY AND TEMPLE SINAI
ARE CO-SPONSORING A TALK BY ALAN MOSKIN - A WORLD WAR II VETERAN WHO WILL SPEAK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES AS
AN INFANTRY COMBAT SOLDIER AND A “CONCENTRATION CAMP” LIBERATOR.
In 1944 , at age 18, Englewood ,New Jersey native, Alan Moskin, was drafted into military service and served in the U.S. Army from
September 1944 until August 1946. He was a member of the 66th Infantry, 7lst Division, part of General George Patton’s 3rd Army. He
fought in combat through France, Germany and Austria and was promoted to Staff Sergeant. At the beginning of May, 1945, his Company participated in the liberation of the Gunskirchen Concentration Camp , a sub camp of Mauthausen. After the war ended, Alan remained in Europe until June 1946, as a member of the U.S. Army of Occupation.
After World War II, He graduated from New York University Law School with a J.D. degree in June 1951. He practiced law as a civil
trial attorney in New Jersey and worked in the private business sector until he retired in 1991.
In recent years he spends his time participating in both Holocaust and World War II Veterans Programs. He has done video recordings
at the Museum of Jewish Heritage and at the Holocaust Museum and Study Center in Suffern, He has also participated in programs at
West Point, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and The Jewish Americans” documentary, on PBS. He presently serves as a Vice President on the Board of Trustees of the Holocaust Museum & Study Center and is also a Past Commander of the Rockland/Orange District
Council of the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. In 2014 Alan was inducted into the New York state Senate Veterans Hall of Fame.
Most important to Alan is the time he spends speaking to Middle School and High School students about his experiences as an
infantry combat soldier and a “Concentration Camp” liberator. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear , an account of World War
II and the liberation of a concentration camp, from the first hand observations and memories of a WWII Veteran who experienced it
A light brunch will be served. This program is FREE and open to the public, for more information call 845-343-186l or 562-7860.
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A CHANGE IN TIME
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Over the decades Temple Sinai has maintained
a Shabbat afternoon minhah/ma'ariv service
that has included se'udah sh'lishit (the traditional 3rd meal on Shabbat). Recently, obtaining a minyan for that service has not occurred
at all regularly, and so the Ritual Committee has
decided that, over the winter, the Shabbat afternoon service will normally take place at the end
of the Kiddush following the morning service,
except on special occasions. (Please check the
SERVICES schedule in this Newsletter and the
weekly Shabbat Shalom eblast for those special
occasions.) Those who are observing Yahrzeit
on Saturday evenings who wish a minyan in
order to kaddish are asked to contact Rabbi
Schwab to schedule a ma'ariv service.
Shabbaton at Temple Sinai
Friday, December 5 & Saturday December 6, 2014
Scholar in Reidence, Dr. Alan MIttelman,
Professro of Jewish Thought , The Jewish Theological Seminary
Sponsored by Sandra and Dr. Joel Hofflich in memory of Joel's
Parents Etta and Ted Hofflich & his brother, Richard Hofflich.
We are fortunate to have as our Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Alan Mittleman, a distinguished
professor of Jewish Thought at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is the author of five
books and his current project is a work entitled Human Nature and Jewish Thought .
Dr. Mittleman will speak about “What is Holiness”. We use the word “holy” rather casually in religious settings but what does it actually mean ? What does holiness refer to and how
does it differ from goodness? When we say that a person or place or time is holy , what can
that mean?Does it refer to something supernatural or just something notable ,special or precious? Is holiness even real? This talk
will look at selected texts from the Bible. Dr. Mittleman will explain how holiness is compelling to modern, thoughtful people.
The talk will be followed by a Kiddush luncheon, sponsored by Suzanne and Jack Berkowitz, Josephine and Ed Bloomfield, Abbe
and Joe Distelburger, Hayley and Matthew Lederman, and Gwen and Richard Lerman. Visitors are welcome. Any questions,
please call the temple office at (845)-343-1861
NOVEMBER
Nov. 2 Jacob Barie
DECEMBER
Dec. 1
Ruth Birnbaum
Dec. 26
Bruce Weiner
Dec. 28
Pearl Goldberg
Nov. 3 Ronald A. Jacobson
Barry Kass
Alan Joseph
Nov. 5 Leonora Gerspach Siegel
Barry Rothman
Pamela Shanker
Linda J. Stern
George Woolf
Nov. 6 Clara Chudow
Elaine Smith
Dec. 4
Lawrence Dambrot
Dec. 6
Michelle Appelbaum
Nov. 7 Fredda Markovits Finell
Helen Wolf Suresky
Benjamin A. Gilman
Dec. 8
Nov. 8 Janet Davis
Nov. 12 Jack David Slobod
Helen R. Sherman
Nov. 18 Sue Ben-Dor
Nov. 21 Owen L. Falk
Brain
Fox
Boris Roshko
Nov. 22 Jay Karasik
Nov. 23 Jennifer Teitelbaum
Dec. 10
Dec. 13
Miriam Holtzman
Dec. 15
Robert Goldfarb
Dec, 16
Thomas Mackiel
Paul Bauer
Herbert Zaritsky
Donald Sacarob
Dec. 17
Martin Evers
Dec. 18
Shirley Gordon
Jennifer Levin
Dec. 20
Anita Glick
Dec. 22
Daniel Dunitz
Alex Fruchter
Dec. 23
Feigue Cieplinski
Marian Morris
Dec. 24
Sharon Lefberg
Dec. 25
Martin A. Dlugatz
Nov. 26 Geoffrey Chanin
Dec. 30
Arthur Shapiro
Gerald M. Kline
Max Sommerstein
Alan Madnick
Susan Lazaroff
Dec. 19
Nov. 25 Joel Hofflich
Richard Lerman
Alan Shanker
Nov. 16 Edward Dubin
Hayley Lederman
Robin Dambrot
Dec. 29
Rhoda Pollock
Jennifer Greenberg, M.S., L.C.S.W.
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Cantor’s Corner
WANDERING JEWS
Summer is a time when many of us go on vacation trips. In the
“olden” days before digital cameras, internet and Facebook, we
might have converted our vacation photos into slides and invited
our friends over to see how we spent our summer vacation.
We’d flip quickly through the slide carousel, stopping occasionally to elaborate on what was happening in a particular slide.
Parashat Mas’ei, the final Parashah of the Book of Numbers,
which will be read on July 26, presents just such a slideshow.
The first 49 verses of the Parashah could easily be subtitled,
“How We Spent Our 40 Years in the Wilderness.” The word
mas’ei, translated in the Etz Hayim Commentary as “marches of”
the Israelites, is understood more commonly as “travels.”
Moses and Aaron have traveled as far as they are going to go; in
fact, Aaron will die in this Parashah. But Moses needs to recount the history of their journeys from Egypt to their current
position, on the Plains of Moab, across from Jericho, to remind
the people how God has taken care of them, before he, too,
must die and leave Joshua to lead into the Promised Land.
There are a few verses with details such as “…they camped in
R’fidim, where there was no water to drink” (Num 33:14), but
most are short verses just telling which place the Israelites left
and where they camped next. Therefore, it is a custom in the
Ashkenazic tradition to chant pairs of these short verses in the
special tune that we use for the Song of the Sea and for the
phrase “Hazak, hazak v’nit’hazek,” chanted at the conclusion of
each book of the Torah. Come to Temple Sinai on Shabbat
morning July 26 and you will hear me chant this section with
the special tune.
Speaking of wandering, I will be wandering down to Atlantic
City on August 10-11 for the Midsummer Retreat of the
Cantors Assembly Delaware Valley and New Jersey Regions. We always present a concert on the Sunday night of the
Retreat. This year, our concert is called Our Favorite
“Sings.” Should you be down in the AC area on August 10,
you’ll enjoy a spirited program, which will include my rendition
of “Abi Gezint,” the same song I performed on the Mr. Phil
Show. Look for our concert flyer in the bulletin and posted at
Temple Sinai.
B’shalom,
Cantor Judy Naimark
Dear Sisterhood Ladies,
Thank you for sending in you membership and if you have not already
there is still time to do so.
Our annual Paid up Membership Dinner will be Tuesday, November
11, 2014 at 6:30. Nancy Jonas will be making her famous and very
good tasting quiches.
Along with the quiches we will have our signature salad bar with all
the fixings. Raffles, Raffles and more Raffles will be sold during dinner.
Sunday, December 7, 2014 is the Sisterhood Holiday Boutique. We
have some new venders in store so it will be a great time to come and
get your holiday gifts.
We are asking for some help to set up for the Boutique on Saturday
night at 5:15pm. The more help we get the faster set up will go. So
thank you in advance if you can help.
Sunday December 14, 2014 at 1:00 Sisterhood will have Torah Fund.
Invitations will be mailed out soon.
Respectfully,
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HANUKKAH OBSERVANCE
The eight days of Hanukkah, which this year begins with the lighting of the first candle on Tuesday night, December 16th, is the youngest of all
the traditional Jewish holidays, since it commemorates events that occurred less than 2200
years ago. For that reason, and because it is a
holiday that is not recorded any-where in the Bible, Hanukkah is considered the most minor of
holidays on the Jewish calendar.
The major ritual of the holiday is, of course, the
lighting of the nine-branched menorah, known
specifically as a hanukkiyah, on each of the eight
nights, if possible at or about sunset, or, if the
family cannot gather together at that time, before
dinner. (On Friday afternoon, the Hanukkah candles are lit before the Shabbat candles.) It is traditional for each member of the family to have his
or her own hanukkiyah. Candles are placed in the
hanukkiyah from the right side towards the left,
one candle for each night of the holiday plus a
shamash (helper) candle to light the others.
The ceremony for lighting the candles is as follows:
1. We light the shamash.
2. We recite the blessings:
Barukh Atah Adona’i Elohaynu Melekh Ha-Olam,
Asher kid’shanoo beh-mitz-vo-tav veh-tzeevanoo l’had-leek ner shel Hanukkah. (Praised are
You, Adona’i our G-d, Ruler of the Universe, Who
has sanctified us with the commandments and
commanded us to light the Hanukkah candles.)
Barukh Atah Adona’i Elohaynoo Melekh HaOlam, Sheh’asah nissim la’avo-taynoo, bahyameem ha-haym, bahz’man ha-zeh. (Praised
are You, Adona’i our G-d, Ruler of the Universe,
Who did miracles for our ancestors in those days,
at this time of year.)
First night only:
Barukh Atah Adona’i Elohaynoo Melekh HaOlam, Sheh-heh-cheh-yanoo v’kee-y’manoo, v’higee’anoo lahz’man ha-zeh. (Praised are You,
Adona’i our G-d, Ruler of the Universe, Who has
kept us in life, sustained us, and enabled us to
reach this time once again.)
3. Using the shamash, we then light the candles
from left to right. The singing of Ma’oz Tzur at this
point makes for a beautiful ending to the ceremony.
4. The hanukkiyah is then placed in a front room
window so that all outside can see our publicizing
of the great miracle that G-d wrought for us during the original Hanukkah 2179 years ago.
RABBI SCHWAB TO SPEAK AT ANNUAL THANKSGIVING SERVICE
During the week before Thanksgiving Day, we in Middletown pause to give our thanks to G-d for G-d’s care at a
formal religious service organized and sponsored by the
Greater Middletown Interfaith Council. This is the one opportunity we have each year to worship with our Christian,
Muslim and Hindu neighbors, and it is a wonderful way to
begin a holiday of giving thanks for all we have received
in this life. The service this year will be held at 7:00 p.m.
on Tuesday, November 25th, at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church, 2250 Goshen Turnpike in Scotchtown.
Rabbi Schwab will deliver the sermon that evening. A
good turnout of synagogue members supporting him
on that special evening would be welcome.
All who attend are encouraged to bring canned or boxed
foods for the Interfaith Council Food Pantry.
From the First Book of Maccabees
In those days there arose out of Israel lawless men
who persuaded many, saying “Let us go and make a
treaty with the heathen around us, for ever since the
time we became separated from them, many misfortunes have overtaken us.” This plan seemed good in
their eyes and some of the people went eagerly to the
king, and he authorized them to introduce the practices
of the heathen. And they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem, in the heathen fashion, and submitted to uncircumcision, and disowned the holy agreement; they allied with the heathen and became the slaves of wrongdoing. (I:11-15)
Then the king’s officers who were forcing the people to
give up their religion came to the town of Modi’in, to
make them offer sacrifices. And many Israelites went
to them, and Mattathias and his sons gathered together…..a Jew went up before the eyes of all of them
to offer sacrifice as the king commanded, on the altar
in Modi’in. And Mattathias saw him and was filled with
zeal, and his heart was stirred, and he was very properly roused to anger, and ran up and slaughtered him
upon the altar. At the same time he killed the king’s
officer who was trying to compel them to sacrifice, and
he tore down the altar. Then Mattathias cried out in a
loud voice in the town and said, “Let everybody who is
zealous for the Torah and stands by the covenant
come after me.” And he and his sons fled to the mountains and left all they possessed in the town. (II:15-16,
24-28)
THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
We, the Jewish people, were described by the early Muslim community as “The People of the
Book”, because our national destiny, our culture, has revolved around The Book, that is, the Torah. It is
for that reason that literacy has always been a high priority in our society throughout history, for one
must be able to read in order to follow The Book. And it is this history and this commitment to learning
that has prompted the American Jewish community to set aside the month before Hanukkah – this year
running from November 16th to December 16th – as Jewish Book Month, a reminder to “make books
your companion”, as the medieval translator Ibn Tibbon put it.
Books are indeed central to Jewish existence. In particular, there are three books that served
as the basis for Jewish culture throughout the ages, and our forefathers assumed that any educated
Jew would have a fairly extensive grounding in all three. The first of the books is the Bible, including, of
course, the Torah itself. In addition to the Torah, the Bible also contains two other sections: Prophets
and Writings. The Torah begins with the story and Creation and then runs through the stories of our
forefathers: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt and their subsequent exodus, ending with Moses’ death at the entrance to the Promised Land. In addition, the Torah
contains the account of the Covenant our people has with G-d and its content, that is, the laws we are
expected to follow as our part of the bargain. The Prophets contain a history of the Israelites in the
Promised Land from the conquest under Joshua through the stories of such heroes as Deborah, Samson, Samuel, Saul, David, Solomon, Elijah and Elisha, to the destruction of the First Temple, followed
by the lengthy admonitions and prophecies of such men as Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. The Writings
are a collection of various literary creations on such widely divergent subjects as prayer (Psalms), advice (Proverbs), theology (Job), philosophy (Ecclesiastes) and love (Song of Songs), as well as the stories of Ruth and Esther and the history of the return from Exile under Ezra and Nehemiah. Despite the
large amount of material, our ancestors made sure they had a good grasp of the contents of every book
in the bible, especially the Torah.
The second central book of Jewish culture is the prayer book, the Siddur (from the Hebrew root
“seder”, meaning “order”, since the prayers in the Siddur were “ordered”, that is, organized), and its holiday equivalent, the Mahzor (from the word “hozer”, meaning “returning”, since the holidays return regularly every year at the same time). The prayer book contains many passages from the Book of Psalms,
but most of its prayers were written and then organized by the rabbis of the Mishnaic period from about
100 B.C.E. to 200 C.E. And, of course, our forefathers knew the Siddur intimately, because they considered the relationship with G-d that they had developed through the use of the Siddur to be the most
important relationship in their lives, leading them to use the Siddur daily.
The third central book of Jewish tradition is actually not just one solitary book, but rather 20 thick
volumes – the Talmud. The Talmud is the record of the Oral Law, that is, the rabbinic interpretations of
the Torah that have formed and focused the Jewish way of life. It consists of two uneven parts: the
Mishnah, edited by Rabbi Judah the Prince in Palestine in about 200 C.E., which consists mostly of
concise statements of law, and the Gemara, the long, sometimes rambling discussions of the Babylonian rabbis based on the Mishnah’s laws and edited in approximately the year 550 C.E. Without knowing the Talmud, it is impossible to understand Judaism as it is practiced today, for the rituals and values
of modern Judaism are described mostly in these 20 volumes.
Jewish Book Month reminds us every year of the crucial part books play among our people. It is
also a reminder to us to make Jewish books – and in particular the three central books of Judaism – an
integral part of our lives. Our congregation is fortunate to have a well-stocked library of Judaism to suit
all interests. Especially during Jewish Book Month, I hope every congregant takes advantage of the
books we have available. We are, after all, the People of the Book.
NEWS FROM TEMPLE SINAI GIFT
SHOP . . . The Temple Gift Shop is
beginning to fill up with lots of new
merchandise. Please stop by a preview
of the lovely items we will be selling at
the Holiday Boutique (Sunday, Dec.
7th). To entise everyone to start shopping early for the month of November
everything in the shop will be 20@ off
any full price items.
Help is needed for set up and
break down on Saturday, December 6th
at 5:15 p.m. and Sunday, December 7th
at 3:00 p.m. To encourage everyone to
help if you do take part you will receive 20@ any full price items purchased the day of the Holiday Boutique, Dec. 7th. If anyone is interested,
please call Temple office (343-1861)
or
email
Gwen
Lerman
[email protected] and leave message.
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Our heartfelt condolences to . . .
Ronald Sherman on the loss of his beloved mother.
Dr. Joel Hofflich on the loss of his beloved brother,
Richard Hofflich.
TODAH RABAH TO . . . .
Debbie Bloom for conducting the Jr. Congregation for the High Holidays so beautiful and
meaningful.
Jeremy Dunitz for his inspiring shofar blowing and his generosity in sharing that honor.
Dr. Stephen & Dr. Ellen Solomon and Jack & Dr. Suzanne B. Berkowitz for sponsoring the
Kiddush on the First Day of Rosh Hoshanah.
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Distelburger and Dr. Sterling and Dr. Claire Chudow for sponsoring the
Kiddush the Second Day of Rosh Hashanah.
Mr. Jacques Levine and Dr. & Mrs Gunther Goldsmith for donating the beautiful flower
arrangements for Rosh Hashanah.
Dr. & Mrs. Elliott Friedman for donating the beautiful flower arrangement for Yom Kippur.
Dr. Lawrence & Dr. Emily Gordon for donating the lovely flower arrangements for Sukkot.
Todah Rabah to Sisterhood for all the Kiddushes and Kiddush Luncheons prepared throughout
the year.
Todah Rabah to the generosity and kidness of many of our shul members for sponsoring the
Break-The-Fast on Saturday, October 4th. Thank you all again!
Todah Rabah to Martin & Linda Dlugatz for donating the cleaning service for all the Torah
covers, table-cloths, curtains and tallitot.
Special Todah Rabah to Samantha Newmark for the wonderful shofar blowing that she does
every High Holidays so wonderful.
Todah Rabah to all members of the Men’s Club for put together a beautiful Sukkah and
sponsoring the Pizza in the Hut.
Mazel tov . . .
Dr. Alex Fruchter and Dr. Helen Rothberg Fruchter on the marriage of their daughter
Zoe. Congratulations to the happy couple!!
Mazel tov to . .. Rabbi Michael Wolk on his engagement to Heidi Bennett – lovely story
from Louisville and best wishes to both of them.
CORRECTION FROM SEPT/OCT NEWSLETER:
Mazel Tov to Margie & Dr. Robert Douglas on becoming grandparents!
Congratulations to the happy parents, Elizabeth and Alex Klevitsky on the birth of
Evan Klevitsky (no Alex).
Congratulations to Mr. Jacques Levine on becoming great grandfather for fifth
time, a beautiful baby girl, Ace Griffin Levine.
YAHRZEIT
We always remember those who
are no longer with us.
FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER
Heshvan 8, 5775 to Kislev 8, 5775
Nov. 1 Martin Geller
Samuel Zwick
Nov. 2 Brian David Gottlieb
Nov. 3 Edith Bermanm
Ann Rosenman
Nov. 4 Celia Bilmes
Helen Rosowsky
Blanche Kleinfeld
Lena Rose
Nov. 5 Florence Grabel
Regina Salzman
Nov. 6 Willie Greenfeld
Bertie Reiss Distelburger
Nathan Gettenberg
Nov. 7 Kate Hartman
Nov. 8 Paula Baum
Nov. 9 Celia Dickstein
Herbert Silverman
Nov. 10 Regina Anderman
Alfred Howard
Joseph Elias Finger
Nov. 11 Robert H. Bloom
William Lewis Glass
Rose Geisenheimer
Nov. 12 David Masia
Ellen Gilman
Morris Gomolinski
Nov. 13 Hyman Osser
Sheldon Dambrot
Selma Robbins
Jennie Skolnick
Pauline Zara
Nov. 14 Alfred Geisinger
Ida Grossman
Nov. 15 Paul Meistrich
Nov. 28 Elayne Pasternack
Leah Aronowsky
Claire Dlugatz
Ida Yegidis
Michael Kline
Nov. 16 Kenneth Goldstein
Sylvia Stern
Joseph Rehns
Nov. 17 Cora Silverberg Meyers
David Krauthammer
Jennie Geisenheimer
Helen Weisenfeld
Nov. 18 Robert Edelstein
Pauline Falick
Nov. 19 Max Wald
Charles P. Gross
Sam Shanker
Nov. 20 Robert Augello
Max Koffler
Claire Josephine Shapiro
Nov. 21 Rose Gordon Hersch
Rivka Cohn
Frieda Hammerschlag
David Fishman
Jacob Schloss
Nov. 22 Irving Isaac
Morris Goldfarb
Joseph Sinkowitz
Rose Henderson
Nov.23 Daniel Lovitch
Gertrude Teitelbaum
Nov. 24 Benjamin Grossman
Frances Zaritsky
Nov. 25 Renee Weinstock
Nov. 26 Richard Kronman
Hyman Hirsch
Martin Ruthberg
Josef Gruenfeld
Nov. 27 Phoebe Bowden Goldberg
Herman Shapiro
Harold Sherwin
Libby Weber
Nov. 29 Paul R. Babbin
Anna Hofflich
Morris Appelbaum
Nov. 30 Evelyn Joseph
Beatrice Rosenberg
Dec. 1
Dec. 2
Dec. 3
Dec. 4
Gertrude Fass
Martha Bascher
We always remember those who are no longer with us.
Lina Katzenstein
Melvin Marcus
FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER
Samuel Millman
William G. Geisenheimer
Albert Liederman
Selma Robbins
Arthur Weis
Dec. 23 Abe Genee
Jennie Sturman
Mayer Glazer
Dec. 24 Max Dlugatz
Adolph Millman
Dec. 14 Susanne Distelburger
Elsie Pell
Louis Cohen
Kurt Barmann
Sidney Medress
Hannah Sitrin
Ellen Parnes Mercado
Lillian Seplowin Kit-
Walter Ashkenas
Eleonor Fuchs
Rose Borenstein
Walter Poortje
Nancy Fox
Elaine Ireland
Jeanette Guttenplan
Baruch Shafran
Harriet Shapiro
Annie Foreman Schloss
Rebecca Rudman
Sarah Siegel
Manfred Joseph
Lillian Lewis
Abraham Goodman
Rubin Shafran
Evelyn Rubin
Joseph Laskowitz
Abner Millon
Carrie Marks
Dec. 10
Irving Isseks
Howard Siegel
Sarah Weber
Dec. 11
Dec. 16 Olivia Strauss
Jeanette Babyatsky
Samuel Hornreich
Dec. 9
Irwin Levine
Celia Polenberg
Thea Taub
Dec. 8
Dec. 13 Sylviai Feldsher
Sam Tomkin
Robert Brady
Dec. 7
Kislev 9, 5775 to Tevet 9, 5775
Ronald Sherman
tower
Dec. 6
YAHRZEIT
Max Yasuna
Jack Glazer
Dec. 5
Dec. 12 Abraham Kutler
Judith Cohen
David Selkowitz
Samuel Sandler
Dec. 25 Ruth Blustein
Dec. 17 Joseph Falick
Arthur Greenwald
Michael Klein
Harry Tananbaum
Steven Goodman
Betty Geiger
Philip Friesler
Dec, 18 Miriam S Berman
Dec. 26 Ida Rosenthal
Jesse Dunitz
Rosalie Lerman
Morris Jabitsky
Edith Weiner
Murray Katz
Dec. 19 Sarah Jacobs
Ruth Judelson
Lena Atlas
Isidore Schmerier
Harry Rosenberg
Dec. 27 Marvin Bruce Goldberg
Simon Wolf
Dec. 28 Joseph Greenwald
Helen Sern
Sylvia Birnbaum
Dec. 20 David Cohen
Harris Robbins
Dec. 29 Solomon Kinigson
Seymour Rosenfeld
Sanford Schwartz
Jennie Barmann
William Baratz
Naomi Barmann
Gertrude Schweiger
David Goldblum
Lillian Weber
Sadie Berman
Nathan Michaels
Samuel Zara
Dec. 21 David Jay Chiron
Dec. 30 Rachel Jabitsky
Irving Slavin
Ira Kauffman
Mildred “Mimi” Ocko
Murray Mandel
Rose Cantor
Dec. 31 Jacob A Schragis
Roberta Novick
Sarah Honig Halpern
Louis Lonstein
Abraham K. Kalmowitz
Abraham Woolf
Max VanGeldern
General Donations
By: Jay N. Deckelbaum
Joel & Jane Kleiman
Rabbi Morton Levine and Carmel Levine
Mazel Tov to Janet Davies for successfully chairing
Journal Dinner
Congratulations to Debbie & Howie Bloom on
the birth of their first Grandchild!
By: Susan & Jonathan Newmark
Mazel Tov to Jacques Levine on the birth of his
5th Great Grandchild.
By: Susan & Jonathan Newmark
By: Cynthia & Joel Weintraub
Mazel Tov to Alex & Helen Fruchter on the
forthcoming wedding of their daughter Zoe.
Thank you for the honor of an Aliyah on Rosh Hashanah
By: Harriet & Gunther Goldsmith
By: Roberta Baum
Lucie Ragin
Dr. George Woolf
In honor of Samantha Newmark on her inspiring
Shofar blowing
Cynthia & Joel Weintraub
Wishing a complete and rapid recovery to
Jacques Levine
By: Cynthia & Joel Weintraub
By: Susan & Jonathan Newmark
Mazel Tov to Joan Augello on her son Charles’
forthcoming wedding.
Donation in honor of Debbie Bloom in appreciation for
By: Cynthia & Joel Weintraub
Debbie conducting the Jr. Congregation for the High
Holidays
Happy Wedding Anniversary to
By: Beverly Goetschius
Mazel Tov to Bryant Berkowitz’s Bar Mitzvah
celebration!
By: Terri Small and Richard Shapiro
Beverly Goetschius
Tedd and Lisa Klein
Suzy & Jonathan Newmark
Congratulations to Margie & Dr. Robert Douglas on
the birth of their first grandson, Evan Klevitsky
By: Harriet & Gunther Goldsmith
Boris & Arlene Roshko
Happy Wedding Anniversary to
David & Lorrie Goldsmith
By: Harriet & Gunther Goldsmith
Wishing the best to Ruth & Herbert
Zaritsky. Enjoy Florida!!
By: Paul & Linda Bauer
Mazel Tov to Lillian Judelson on the birth of her
first Granddaughter, Charlotte!
By: Harriet & Gunther Goldsmith
Cynthia & Joel Weintraub
Susan & Jonathan Newmark
Wishing speedy recovery to Terry Winter
Cynthia & Joel Weintraub
By: Daryl Goldberg
Mazel Tov to Joanie Augello’ s son,
Charles’ recent wedding.
Our deepest sympathy to Stuart Kleeman on the
loss of his mother, Sylvia Kleeman.
By: Susan & Jonathan Newmark
By: Cynthia & Joel Weintraub
Get well wishes to Frances Bilmes
In memory of Blanche Zukor and Shirley Novick
By: Cynthia & Joel Weintraub
By: Adele Zukor
Mazel Tov to Heather & Elliott Friedman on the birth of
their first grandson, Meyer Friedman
In memory of Ronald Sherman’s mother
By: Harriet & Gunther Goldsmith
Happy Birthday to Arlene Roshko
By: Harriet & Gunther Goldsmith
By: Shirley Gordon
Susan & Jonathan Newmark
Joel & Sandra Hofflich
Janet R. Davis
In memory of Dr. Joel Hofflich’s beloved brother, Richard
Hofflich.
By: Heather & Elliott Friedman
Helene Shafran
Wishing a rapid recovery to Harriet Goldsmith
By: Suzy Merin and family
DONATION TO THE LIBRARY FUND
Sharon & Allen Dickstein
In memory of Dr. Joel Hofflich brother
Richard Hofflich
Janet R. David
By: Pam & Sue Ellerin
Michael Schwartz and
DONATIONS TO THE J. DUNITZ FUND
Irma S. Scherz
In honor of Jeremy Dunitz for his always
Terri Small & Richard Shapiro
inspiring Shofar blowing and his generosity in
sharing that honor.
William & Lois Siegel
Marian Zaritsky
Cynthia & Joel Weintraub
In memory of Sarah Goldberg
By: Renee & Dr. George Woolf
Wishing a rapid recovery to Yvette Baum
By: Susan & Jonathan Newmark
In memory of Anne Dunitz’s sister,
Susan Roesch Butler
By: Ellen & Stephen Solomon
Susan & Jonathan Newmark
By: Sharon & Allen Dickstein
DONATION OF A SIDDUR SIM SHALOM
FOR WEEKDAY
Wishing a rapid recovery to Harriet Goldsmith
In memory of Ron Sherman’s mother,
By: Sharon & Allen Dickstein
By:
Margie & Robert Douglas
Wishing a complete and rapid recovery To Bruce Friedman
By: Lisa & Tedd Klein
Marian & Sasha Zaritsky
Beverly Goetschius
Sharon & Allen Dickstein
Cynthia & Joel Weintraub
Wishing a rapid recovery to Dr. Joel Hofflich
By: Beverly Goetschius
Wishing Carol Lovitch a rapid recovery
By: Paul & Linda Bauer
DONATION TO THE J. & R. JUDELSON FUND
In memory of Lillian Judelson’s husband,
Charles Judelson
By: William & Lois Siegel
DONATIONS TO THE M. & B. SOLOMON FUND
In honor of Dr. Robert & Margie Douglas, Dr. Elliott &
Heather Friedman and Lillian Judelson – Mazel Tov on
be coming grandparents !
By: Ellen & Stephen Solomon
In memory of Anne Dunitz’s sister, Susan Roesch Butler
By: Ellen & Stephen Solomon
Michael Medress
Temple Sinai Men’s Club Update – November 2014 to January 2015
The Men’s Club would like to thank all of those people that came out on October 6th and October 19th to construct and
take down the Sukkah respectively. We hope to have a greater number of congregants helping
with this project next year, as this is a “Temple Sinai Sukkah” and a congregational task. The Men’s Club will always be
happy to help out.
Unfortunately, the November 9th trip to Ellis Island and the 9-11 Memorial Museum had to be cancelled due to
insufficient registrations. We hope to attempt this trip again in the spring or early summer 2015.
On December 7th the Men’s Club will be hosting a brief breakfast of bagels, donuts and coffee in the morning
from 9:00am to 11am, followed by a luncheon from 11:30am to 3pm featuring hot dogs with all the fixins’, potato
knishes, soda, water and iced tea. Coffee and tea will also be available during the entire day. The Men’s Club has always
supported the Sisterhood’s annual Chanukah/Holiday Boutique. The event is planned from 10am to 3pm. If you would
like to help the Men’s Club with the set-up, cooking, serving and clean-up, please contact Ed Bloomfield at 386-4444.
On December 14th, from 9:30am to 12pm we will be having a “Hot Breakfast Feast” for all paid up Men’s Club
Members. The meal will feature an “All-you-can-eat” buffet of scrambled eggs, home fries, onions and mushrooms,
bagels, lox, whitefish salad, pickled and creamed herring, orange juice, coffee and tea. This will be our final event for
2014, and we will have an in-depth discussion about how to improve our Men’s Club in the future. If you have not
joined our Men’s Club, please complete the Membership Application included below in this newsletter. If you will be
attending this event and/or would like to help the Men’s Club with the set-up, cooking, serving and clean-up, please
contact Hal Marcus at 355-8303.
In 2015, our Men’s Club will be ringing in the New Year with a “Family Day at the Movies” at the Middletown
Cinemas. For $18/person, come enjoy a movie, soda and popcorn with the movie of your choice starting at 1PM.
Donations beyond the Men’s Club’s cost for this event will be given to the Hebrew School. Come have fun and support
the Hebrew School at the same time! If you are interested in this event, contact Rusty Stouber at 386-5577.
Other 2015 events to mark on your calendar and look forward to attending include:
Feb. 1st: Winter Family Fun Day - Snow Tubing at O.C. Park in Montgomery- $25.00/person.
1½ hour session. Time TBA
Feb. 8th: 15th Annual World Wide Tefillin Wrap (WWW) 9:30am to 11:30am Includes a Bagel Breakfast
for participants.
March 8th: M.C. Purim Carnival Luncheon, 10am to 2:00 pm.
April 19th: Joint M.C. & Sisterhood & Temple Sinai Tricky Tray Event, 12:30pm to 4:30 pm. Congregant
donations are welcome!
April 22nd:Yom HaShoah Program – MC will be selling Yellow Memorial Candles $5.00 each or 3 for
$12.00.
April 25th: M.C. Shabbat, 9:15am to 12:15pm, Lunch-and-Learn Kiddush from 12:15pm to 1:30pm.
Topic TBA.
May 10th: M.C. Mother’s Day Pancake & Egg Breakfast, $10.00 per person: Mother’s eat Free with one
paying guest. 10:00 am to 1:00 pm in our Social Hall.
May 17th: Annual Man/Youth of the Year Dinner hosted by the Hudson Valley Region – FJMC (location
and time TBA)
June 7th: Trip to Ellis Island and the 9-11 Memorial Museum or a Broadway Show. Details to be announced.
June 14th: M.C. Comedy Show - $10.00/person; 2:30pm to 5:00 pm, Snacks for sale.
July 8th to 12th: FJMC Bi-Annual International Convention, Miami, Florida (Information to follow)
August 2nd, 2015: 5th Annual Congregational Bar-B-Q at Ed and Josephine Bloomfield’s house.
Membership Application 2014-2015
Dear Men’s Club Member,
Our Men’s Club Brotherhood has been instrumental in contributing to various family and religious activities and fundraising events, training opportunities for our Members, financial support of the Synagogue and Hebrew School, and
involvement in the Community-at-Large. Your 2014-2015 Membership goes from July 1st 2014 to June 30th 2015.
Through your Membership contributions and physical involvements we have had a very successful year. We continue to
contribute financially to Temple Sinai and the FJMC, as well sponsor several successful programs and fund-raisers
including: going to NYC and Broadway Theatre; Family Fun Day Events; our Annual Men’s Club Shabbat and Lunch
and Learn, and hosting a well-attended the Annual Congregational BBQ.
We depend on your Membership contributions to present quality programming and financially support our Synagogue.
Please join our Temple Sinai Men’s Club both financially and by participating in our events. A Schedule of Events for the
2014-2015 season is available at the Temple office, can be found in future newsletters, and is in the weekly Shabbat
Shalom e-mail updates. Please mark these dates on your home and office calendars and plan to join us for some fun.
There is a discounted rate for those who wish to become a 3-Year or 5-Year Member. See application below.
Thank you for your continued support and involvement.
Your Temple Sinai Men’s Club Executive Board
Membership Application 2014-2015
This Membership Application offers discounts for longer-term Memberships. Please complete the application and mail it
to the letterhead address above along with your tax-deductible contribution made out to the “Temple Sinai Men’s Club”.
Your 2014-2015 Membership is good from July 1st 2014 to June 30th 2015.
Type of Membership: 1 Year ($36) _____, 3 Year ($100) _____,
5 Year ($165) _____, First-Timer Member _____
I am unable to participate but wish to contribute “Multiple Chai” to our Men’s Club: $54 _____, $72 _____, Other: _____
Name: ____________________________________________________________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________________________________________________________
Tel #: __________________________ Cell #: __________________________ Other #: __________________________
E-Mail Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________
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