Your Gateway to Judaism THE PALM BEACH SYNAGOGUE

Prayer Services Holiday Celebrations Adult Education Scholars-In-Residence Cantorial Series Guest Lecturers Women’s Classes and Events JPS Singles Youth Events Film Festival Book Club Bikur Cholim Chesed Joffe Maimonides Michaan HIP Teens Langfan Teens Advocacy Program Nechamkin Hebrew School Bat Mitzvah Club Bar Mitzvah Club Israel Mission

2012/2013 SEASON PROGRAM SERIES SPONSORED BY THE KAYLIE, STEINBERG AND ZELMAN FAMILIES Palm Beach Synagogue

In January 1994, a small group of dedicated people started holding traditional Shabbat services at Temple Emanuel, in Palm Beach. This gathering was transformed into a community with the arrival of Moshe and Rebbetzin Dinie Scheiner.

Based on their philosophy of outreach and inclusiveness, the Scheiners were passionate in their desire to “make a difference.” From its humble beginnings, Palm Beach Synagogue has blossomed into a flourishing center of Jewish life and activity CONTENTS with approximately 300 members. Palm Beach Synagogue prides itself on being a place of warm Rabbi’s Letter...... 1 welcome for Jews from all walks of life and all levels of Jewish President’s Letter...... 2 observance, while maintaining its abiding adherence to traditional Synagogue Directory...... 3 Jewish law and observance of mitzvot. With its inviting spirit, our Synagogue is a place where people are committed to the love Prayer Services...... 5 and support of our fellow Jews, religious traditions, the community Eruv...... 5 at large, and the State of Israel. Holiday Celebrations...... 6 Today, the Synagogue is housed in a beautifully renovated edifice, Adult Education...... 10 in the heart of Palm Beach Island, two blocks north of the Breakers Scholars-In-Residence...... 15 Hotel. It is a center for traditional Jewish life and education for Cantorial Series...... 19 adults, teens and children. The Synagogue offers unique programs in Jewish education and communal life, numerous youth activities, Community Events...... 20 holiday celebrations, daily morning and afternoon/evening minyanim Guest Lecturers...... 24 and weekly Shabbat as well as holiday services. Women’s Events...... 28 In the summer of 2011, the Synagogue entered the last phase Singles’ Events...... 32 of its recent building renovations and the entire east façade on Youth...... 34 North County Road was transformed into a unified exterior keeping with the existing architecture. Tweens & Teens...... 37 Jewish Film Festival...... 42 Book Club...... 43 Chesed...... 44

Support...... 45 The Educational and Community Programs described in the Program Building Benefactors...... 46 Guide ~ 5773 are sponsored by Gloria & Harvey Kaylie, Judy & Dr. Edward Steinberg, and Lois & Martin Zelman. Calendar of Events...... 48 Gala...... 52 Palm Beach Synagogue thanks the Kaylie, Steinberg and Zelman families for their generous support, dedication and commitment 120 North County Road to Jewish learning and culture. Palm Beach, Florida 33480 Tel: 561-838-9002 Fax: 561-838-5356 [email protected] www.palmbeachsynagogue.org

Dear Friends,

We proudly present to you the Kaylie, Steinberg and Zelman Palm Beach Synagogue Program Guide for 2012/2013 -5773, Your Gateway to Judaism in Palm Beach.

King David says, “Tov Lihodot L’Hashem” — it is good to give thanks to Hashem. This past year, Palm Beach Synagogue celebrated its Chai anniversary, and we are grateful to have experienced the phenomenal growth of our Synagogue from its inception as a small minyan to its current vibrancy and dynamism. Today, we are blessed to be a spiritual home to a broad community of families and adults of different backgrounds and affiliations, all seeking to deepen their connection to Hashem and their understanding of Torah.

Palm Beach Synagogue is a synagogue filled with warmth and friendship, as well as intellectual, emotional and spiritual fulfillment. Our Synagogue has a dazzling array of programs to offer which reflect the diversity of our community and the many different ways that individuals access the beauty and meaning of Torah. There are adult beginner and advanced courses, children’s and teen education, holiday celebrations, a book club, cantorial and musical events, a film festival, women’s events, guest lecturers, a mission to Israel, singles programs, as well as Chesed and volunteering opportunities. I invite you to participate in these programs and help us continue building our community.

Traditionally, a Synagogue has been referred to by two names, a “beit ha’kneset,” a house of gathering and a “beit ha’medrash,” a house of learning. Our Synagogue exemplifies an amalgam of both concepts. We are a community lighthouse which draws together people traveling from different directions but gathering around the warm light of Torah. The Torah is our beacon that has guided us and kept us together as a nation for thousands of years, while our synagogues served as the portable homeland of the Jewish people.

The keys to P.B.S.—Prayer, Benevolence and Study—are literally in your hands. We are delighted to welcome you to join us throughout the year, so we can learn, pray and grow together as we respect diversity and celebrate unity.

Looking forward to greeting you in Shul,

– Rabbi Moshe E. Scheiner

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Dear Fellow Members and Friends,

The Program Guide for 5773 exemplifies the philosophy of Palm Beach Synagogue as a center for Judaism that is welcoming, dedicated to Jewish values and traditions, and spiritually inspiring. Under the leadership of our beloved Rabbi Moshe Scheiner, we open our doors and hearts to those who want to pray together and become part of our community. We welcome all—adults, teens, children, newcomers, seniors and singles—and offer opportunities for social connection, and spiritual and intellectual growth. We are very proud to boast that we are the only synagogue in Palm Beach that conducts morning, afternoon and evening services every day of the year.

As you peruse this Program Guide, you will find a full range of programs for the coming year. Our adult education classes provide stimulating classes in Bible, , Jewish law and customs, Hebrew language and Yiddish, and there are programs in arts and culture, including our Jewish film series, book club and current affairs roundtable. We have assembled a wide spectrum of guest lecturers and Scholars-in-Residence who will enrich our knowledge of Torah, and deepen our understanding of issues of interest to the Jewish community and the State of Israel. Our women’s programs, under the guidance of our wonderful Rebbetzin Dinie, are guaranteed to motivate and strengthen our knowledge and bonds of friendship. We trust that our prayer services will be elevated through the voices of our visiting cantors, and that you will enjoy our celebratory events associated with the Jewish holidays. There is also a full array of special programs and educational opportunities for our children and youth.

We look forward to serving your needs. Our only requirement we ask of you is your attendance—to take advantage of all that we offer for your personal growth and development, including world renowned scholars and personalities.

As your newly elected President, it is my honor to wish everyone a very Happy and Healthy New Year, and a wonderful New Season enriched by the many activities, classes, lectures, programs, celebrations and events enumerated in this Program Guide in the year to come. I look forward to greeting you there!

– Barbara T. R. Zimet, President

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directory 120 North County Road Palm Beach, Florida 33480 www.palmbeachsynagogue.org P 561-838-9002 F 561-838-5356

The Rabbi [email protected] 561-838-9002, ext. 2 Rabbi Moshe Scheiner was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He holds a masters degree in Talmudic Studies and Jewish Philosophy from the Rabbinical College of America. He completed a two-year internship at the Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand, and returned to New York to receive his rabbinic ordination at the United Lubavitcher Yeshivah. Rabbi Scheiner has lectured to communities in Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore, Colombia and other communities in South America, as well as in the United States. In 1994, he became the founding Rabbi of The Palm Beach Synagogue. He also founded the Ethel & Eugene Joffe Maimonides Leadership Institute for post-Bar and Bat Mitzvah students. In 2010, the Rabbi was awarded an honorary Ph.D. from the Rabbinical College of America. Rabbi Scheiner resides in Palm Beach with his wife Dinie and their five children.

The Rebbetzin [email protected] 561-838-9002, ext. 5 Rebbetzin Dinie Scheiner was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Seminary. Before moving to Florida with her husband, she taught in early childhood programs in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, English studies to elementary school children in New York City, and spent summers teaching in the former Soviet Union (Moscow, Kiev and Riga). The Rebbetzin is Director of the Nechamkin Hebrew School at PBS. As Director, she is responsible for the development and implementation of the School’s curriculum and programming; supervision of the teaching staff; as well as teaching classes. She worked with her husband in establishing the Synagogue and is actively involved in all aspects of the Synagogue’s programs and events, espe- cially the Women’s, Singles and Youth Events, and teaches regularly scheduled classes to women.

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Teen Director [email protected] 561-838-9002, ext 4 Rabbi Didy Waks grew up in Melbourne, Australia and is the 11th of 17 children. He studied at College Melbourne, the Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand, and yeshivot in Israel, Argentina and the United States. For several years during and subsequent to his rabbinical studies, he conducted youth programs and helped supervise summer camps, where he was responsible for curriculum development and staff supervision. He has taught Talmud at the Jewish Technical Vocational School in Brooklyn, New York. This is Rabbi Waks’s second year at Palm Beach Synagogue and he is looking forward to making PBS one of the best Synagogues for teens and youth programs.

Youth Director [email protected] 561-838-9002, ext. 4 Rebbetzin Devorah Waks was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended Beth Rivkah School, continuing her studies at Chana Seminary in Melbourne, Australia. She has been a program director and teacher at primary schools and has run summer camp programs in several states. Since 2009, Devorah has been an educator and program coordinator at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn. Devorah married Didy Waks on July 11, 2010, and they have a baby boy, Menachem Mendel. Together with Rabbi Waks, Devorah will be running all the Synagogue’s youth programs.

Executive Director [email protected] 561-838-9002, ext. 3 Maxine Kaufman originally from York, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. Maxine moved to Florida in 1996 and has worked in the Jewish community in Palm Beach County since 1997. She has taken graduate level courses at Hebrew College and Siegal College in pursuit of a Master’s Degree in Jewish Studies. Maxine has been with Palm Beach Synagogue since November of 2009. Maxine has two children, Evan 21 and Aimee 19.

Office Manager [email protected] 561-838-9002, ext. 4 Amy Szoke was born and raised in New City, New York. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education from the State University of New York at Oswego. After moving to Florida in 1996, she became a middle school science teacher. Amy rekindled her college romance in Florida and married Steve in 1999. Steve and Amy have two children Traci 11 and Ashley 9. Both girls are members of the PBS Birthday Club. Traci is a member of PBS NCSY Jr. and Ashley is a member of the Kids Club.

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Shacharit (Morning)

Monday–Friday ...... 8:00 am Shabbat...... 9:00 am Sunday...... 8:15 am

Mincha/Ma’ariv (Afternoon/Evening)...... Fall/Winter Late Spring/Summer

Sunday–Thursday ...... 5:30 pm 6:30 pm Friday evening...... 5:15 pm 7:00 pm Shabbat...... 5:00 pm 7:30 pm

Eruv Palm Beach Synagogue community Eruv extends from Barton Avenue (one block south of the Breakers Hotel) to the northern tip of the island of Palm Beach. The Eruv does not include the beach area.

Please contact Rabbi Scheiner, at [email protected], for further information.

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The Jewish day starts at sunset on the prior date and ends at nightfall.

Rosh Hashanah...... Sunset, September 16 through nightfall, September 18 Tzom Gedaliah (Fast)...... September 19 Yom Kippur (Fast–Yizkor)...... Sunset, September 25 through nightfall, September 26 Sukkot (First Days)...... Sunset, September 30 through nightfall, October 2 Hoshanah Rabbah ...... October 7 Shemini Atzeret (Yizkor)...... Sunset, October 7 through nightfall, October 8 Simchat Torah...... Nightfall, October 8 through nightfall, October 9 Chanukah...... Sunset, December 8 through nightfall, December 16 10th of Tevet (Fast)...... December 23 Tu B’Shevat...... January 26 Ta’anit Esther (Fast)...... February 21 Purim...... Nightfall February 23, through nightfall, February 24 Passover...... Sunset, March 25, through nightfall, April 2 First Seder...... Sunset, March 25 Second Seder...... Nightfall, March 26 Last Days (Yizkor -2nd Day)...... Sunset, March 31, through nightfall, April 2 Yom Ha’Shoah...... April 7 Yom Ha’Zikaron...... April 15 Yom Ha’Atzmaut ...... April 16 Lag B’Omer...... April 28 Yom Yerushalayim...... May 8 Shavuot (Yizkor-2nd day)...... Sunset, May 14 through nightfall, May 16 17th of Tammuz (Fast)...... June 25 Tisha B’Av (Fast)...... Sunset, July 15 through nightfall, July 16 Selichot...... August 31, in the late evening

Times for candle lighting may be found on the Palm Beach Synagogue calendar and the website www.palmbeachsynagogue.org

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Please join Rabbi Moshe Scheiner, guest Cantor Meir After we have Goldberg, and the entire Palm Beach Synagogue completed the community for powerful and meaningful services as solemn days of we usher in the New Year 5773 and ask to be inscribed the High Holidays and sealed in the Book of Life for the coming year. we now enter into the holiday of Sukkot, the season of our rejoicing. Join us as Rosh Hashanah we express our joy in the confidence that Community Dinners G-d has inscribed and sealed us in the Book of Life Sunday and Monday, September 16 and 17 and perform the mitzvot of sitting in the Sukkah and shaking the lulav and etrog. Enjoy joyous holiday Community Lunches meals in the Palm Beach Synagogue Sukkah! Monday and Tuesday, September 17 and 18 Details to follow. Reservations required for all meals. Sukkah on the Sea with the Majestic Princess Sunday, October 7 11:00 am–1:30 pm Yom Kippur (Majestic Princess departs promptly at 11:30 am)

Community pre-fast dinner The Riviera Beach Municipal Marina Tuesday, September 25 200 East 13th Street, Riviera Beach Before Kol Nidre evening services. Reservations (561) 845-4000 required. Details, including pricing, to follow. Cost: $18/adult and $10/child (under 12) Reservations required.

Complimentary Sail away & celebrate the joyous holiday Break-the-Fast dinner of Sukkot on Palm Beach Synagogue’s Wednesday evening, sukkah on the sea. Join friends and family September 26 for an afternoon of surprise entertain- All are welcome. ment, music, lunch and participate in the mitzvah of blessing the lulav and etrog in a uniquely built sukkah on the sea!

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Shalach Manot Participate in the mitzvah of sending Shalach Manot to members and friends of the Synagogue. Your beautiful and creative gift basket will include Simchat Torah Dance Party hamantashen, treats and surprises. All proceeds will benefit the Nechamkin Hebrew School Monday, October 8 6:30 pm Scholarship Fund. PBS is the place to be on Simchat Torah! Enjoy a night you won’t remember and celebrate the joy of This project is generously sponsored by Nancy & Stefan Richter this special holiday with other very “happy” people! and Fiona & Michael Scharf Non-alcoholic bar for youth and teens. Saturday, February 23 Generously sponsored by Steven Strulowitz Megillah Reading 7:30 pm Followed by an unforgettable Masquerade Party and dinner

Chanukah Masquerade Dinner & Party 8:30 pm Arrive incognito and join us for a masquerade dinner Palm Beach Community Chanukah and party that you will never forget! You haven’t really Candlighting & Festival experienced Purim until you celebrate at Palm Beach Thursday, December 13 5:30 pm Synagogue! Join us for the annual community Chanukah celebra- tion and festival with lively entertainment, music and Sunday, February 24 festive celebration. Complimentary Chanukah cuisine Shacharit Service 8:00 am and food concessions. Festivities and entertainment for all ages. Candlighting is at 6:00 pm with Megillah Reading 9:00 am and Town Officials. Many thanks to Esther and Leslie Special Purim breakfast will be served. Evans for their constant support of the community-wide Chanukah celebration.

Passover

Tu B’Shevat Community Seders March 25 and 26 led by Rabbi Moshe E. Scheiner Sunday, January 20 10:30 am–12:30 pm Mounts Botanical Gardens, 531 North Military Trail Kiddush Lunches West Palm Beach (561) 233-1757 March 26 and 27 following Morning Services Cost: $3.00/person Pesach Dinners Discover paradise in West Palm Beach! Celebrate Tu March 31 and April 1 B’Shvat among tropical and subtropical beauties from around the world at Mounts Botanical Gardens— Kiddush Lunches the oldest and largest public garden in Palm Beach April 1 and April 2 following Morning Services County. With the insight from our Mounts Garden guide, we will connect with nature and enjoy the A special Passover packet will be mailed with beauty of G-d’s creations. Kids will enjoy a scavenger complete details on times of services, meals, hunt and creative activities in the Gardens. and special instructions for Passover observance.

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Memorial Program Power Point Presentation Lag B’Omer Celebration Monday, April 8 7:00 pm Sunday, April 28 Join us to commemorate Yom Ha’Shoah with Mr. Join PBS for a community Lag B’omer celebration. Howard Herskowitz, author of “Aaron’s Journey,” Enjoy live music and entertainment for all ages. and watch his riveting Power Point presentation Venue & time to be announced. on his family’s story.

Mr. Howard Herskowitz convinced his father, Aaron, to tell his story Yom Yerushalayim despite resistance to revisiting those nightmarish memories. In Wednesday, May 8 1990, when Aaron was seventy-five Special morning service, followed by a festive years old, Howard Herskowitz and breakfast in honor of our capital Jerusalem. his brother Louis accompanied their parents to Bilke (presently in the Ukraine) for the first time since the end of World War II. Howard Herskowitz documented his father’s story, both on film and in writing, captur- ing all the dramatic elements of Aaron’s Journey. Mr. Herskowitz’s upbringing by two Jewish Holocaust survivors fostered a life-long interest in history, with an especially passionate curiosity about the lack of Jewish resistance during World War II. When Mr. Her- skowitz became a lawyer, he always maintained em- pathy for the innocent underdog in a conflict against seemingly insurmountable odds.

Dinner and Tikkun Leyl Shavuot

Yom Ha’atzmaut Tuesday, May 14 Experience the beauty of Shavuot and join PBS for Special morning service an evening of inspiration. Complimentary community Tuesday, April 16 dairy dinner will be served followed by All-Night- Followed by a festive breakfast in honor of the Learning and sunrise Minyan. “Sleepless in Palm State of Israel. Beach!” Learning will be led by Rabbi Scheiner and Generously sponsored by a member of the Synagogue members of the Synagogue. Details to follow.

Tisha B’Av

Reading of the Book of Eichah (Lamentations) Monday evening, July 15

Tuesday, July 16 Meaningful films will be shown during the day. Complimentary break-the-fast will be served.

5773 Program Guide | 9 Adult Classes Join Rabbi Moshe E. Scheiner

Living With the Times: Contemporary Our Weekly Torah Commandments Jewish Issues Shabbat One hour before Mincha/Ma’ariv Monday 1:00 pm Israel Henry Beren Library Oct. 22, Nov. 26, Dec. 24, Jan. 28, and Feb.25 Hosted by Asia Bar and Grill The weekly portion to-do list: explore the practical 7600 West Camino Real, Boca Raton 561-544-8100 application of the commandments contained in the weekly Parsha. This intimate class enjoys an envi- Join Rabbi Scheiner for a stimulating class on contem- ronment of learning, socializing over se’udat shlishit porary Jewish Issues. This class will examine a variety (Shabbat’s third meal) and inspiration from Shabbat. It of philosophical, ethical, social, and political issues, concludes with Ma’ariv and Havdalah services. including medical and ethical dilemmas, antisemitism, lifecycle events, Jewish identity, relationships, and marriage. Each person is responsible for his/her own Judaism 102: Beyond the Basics lunch. Sunday 11:30 am Sept. 9, 23, 30; Oct. 14, 21, 28; Nov. 4, 11, 18; One of the premiere kosher restaurants in Boca Dec. 2, 9, 16; Jan. 13, 20, 27; Feb. 3, 24; Raton, Asia Bar and Grill will be hosting a lunch and learn series given by noted South Florida Rabbis. March 3, 10, 17; April 7, 14, 21, 18; May 5, 12, 19 The Michelle Stein-Shaviv Rabbi’s Study

If you want to master the fundamentals of Judaism, Lunch and Learn this is for you; Judaism 101 is not a necessary pre- Tuesday 12:15 pm requisite. Discover the foundations of Judaism and Heyman-Munder Social Hall its treasury of 3,500 years of wisdom. Judaism 102 Cost: $10 per person for lunch. will provide a broad overview of Jewish thought and RSVP to the Synagogue office, ext. 4. insight. The class will cover Judaism’s basic credo, Enjoy an energizing discussion and learn the high- belief in G-d, the Torah, the laws governing daily life, lights of the weekly Torah portion, with insights into Israel, the Jewish calendar, and the cycle of life. The the relevance of the stories and commandments in class is based on the popular book To Be a Jew, by our daily lives. Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin, a classic guide to Jewish life, philosophy, and law.

10 | The Palm Beach Synagogue Joan and I have attended the classes from the very beginning and while we some - times contemplate and ponder concepts new to us, we look forward to each new session. Interacting with our teacher, Rabbi Scheiner, and other “students” enhances the experience. We also enjoy the wit and charm of Rabbi Didy Waks which keep us all alert and interested.

- Harry Porter

Join Rebbetzin Dinie Scheiner

Tanya Ladies Latte and Learning Wednesday 7:30 pm Wednesday 10:00 am Israel Henry Beren Library Oct. 17, 24, 21; Nov. 7, 14, 21, Enrich your soul and mind with the brilliance 28; Dec. 5, 12, 19, 26; Jan. 2, and inspiration of Kabbalah! 9, 16, 23, 30; Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27; March 6, 13, 20; April 10, The Ten Sefirot ~ Garments of the Soul ~ Free Choice 17, 24; May 1, 8, 22, 29 ~ Why do Bad Things Happen to Good People ~ Israel Henry Beren Library Love and Fear of God ~ Self-Sacrifice ~ Spiritual Welcome to Ladies Latte & Schizophrenia ~ Kavanah ~ The Divine Soul and the Learning—an exciting source- Animal Soul ~ Reward and Punishment ~ Ego and based Torah study class for women with Rebbetzin Humility ~ Love ~ Thought versus Deed ~ Depression Dinie Scheiner. This year LL&L will probe into the and Negativity ~ Joy ~ The Spiritual Psyche ~ Unity depths of contemporary Torah thought, with a of God ~ Generational Decline ~ The Tzaddik ~ Men special focus on issues surrounding spirituality, the and Women ~ Tzimtzum ~ The Spiritual Worlds human psyche, love, and relationships. Every class offers meaningful and timely lessons from the most Think Talmudic timeless of texts. You will walk away surprised and inspired, knowing more about who we are as Jews, Thursday 10:15 am and who we are as individuals. Lattes & Dinie’s Israel Henry Beren Library pastries will be served. The class will focus on Chapter 4 of Tractate Bava Metzi’a and the laws dealing with interest (the im- permissibility of charging interest) and the definition of what constitutes interest, as well as laws dealing with commerce, fair pricing, and the general precept Learning about the importance of of not doing harm to others. These laws, based on Jewish women throughout our history several verses in the Torah, give fascinating insight has been an empowering experience. into the Torah’s —and the Rabbis’—understanding of community—insights which are applicable in our day Dinie, our spiritual teacher, is an just as surely as they were at the time the Rabbis of exceptional speaker. She has helped the Mishnah and the Talmud. No Hebrew or Aramaic me learn and relate my everyday life knowledge is required for the class, nor is previous study of Talmud. to the Torah’s ancient teachings.

- Patricia Gottenger

5773 Program Guide | 11 Conversational Yiddish Club For Everyone! Monday 4:00 pm

Perhaps you learned Yiddish from your family while growing up but you no longer have someone with whom to speak; or you understand Yiddish, but cannot seem to respond with correct expressions; or you just want to join in the fun and learn this great language. We have just the right place for you! Whatever your background, join us and prepare yourself for lots of laughter and fun. Malka Amster’s Hebrew and Prayer courses have given me the confidence - Conversational Hebrew to elevate my participation and under Monday 5:30 pm standing of mitzvot, brachot and serve Join our Conversational Hebrew class and learn to as the foundations for my daily worship. speak and read the language of our forefathers. Using a complete language learning kit, including the new - Yosef Ariel Pregadio CD software, “Hebrew in 10 Minutes a Day,” you will be speaking Hebrew by the end of the very first class. This innovative system has many unique features for you to enhance your learning experience and improve Monday Language Lab your reading skills. Those who complete the course will be able to read basic Hebrew. Whatever your reasons Fall Session for wanting to learn Hebrew, this is the class for you! Oct. 15, 22, 29; Nov. 5, 12, 19, 26; Dec. 3 Winter Session Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28; Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25 Spring Session March 11, 18; April 8, 15, 22, 29; May 6, 13 Summer Session June 6, 10, 17, 24; July 1, 8, 15, 22

Cost: Each 8 week session $64/per course or $10/class

Drop-ins and guests are always welcome! Please call 561.838.9002, ext. 4 to enroll today! Siddur Hebrew Malka Amster has been involved professionally Monday 7:00 pm in Jewish education since 1974 after receiving the first degree awarded in Judaic Studies at the University Utilizing the beautiful Artscroll Siddur, students are of Denver. Her students, whether youth, teens, or taught skills to help them follow the service with ease. adults, laud her as, “the most patient teacher I have Participants from different backgrounds and levels ever had!” Ms. Amster has been the principal of enjoy the fluidity that this class has to offer. Enhance several schools and has appeared numerous times on radio and tele- and strengthen your reading and prayer skills while vision. She is the founder and instructor of “Jewish Programs Now” which promotes courses in Yiddish language and culture, Hebrew and broadening your understanding of Synagogue services. Siddur. She also runs Superior Services of Palm Beach, a personal concierge service and has been in private practice as a trigger point muscle specialist since 1987.

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Art Classes Israel Uncovered

Discover the Artist Within Returning to Palm Beach Synagogue is Rabbi Tuesday 7:00 pm Avrohom Stolik who will continue his presentations on archeological explorations in Israel. Fall Session Oct. 16, 23, 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27; Dec. 11 Winter Session Jan. 8, 15; Feb. 5, 12, 19,; 26; March 5, 12

The goal of this course is for students to build confidence and develop a clear sense of personal style while unlocking their creative potential. Students will master techniques of painting, perspective, composition, brush techniques, mixing color, lighting, and shadow. In addition, students will study the works of special artists and learn about their unique styles and influence in art history. Teaching will be individualized and each student will work at his/her own level and pace. This class is open to all students with diversified backgrounds in art. Underground Secrets of the

You will need to supply your own materials. A material Part One list will be given out at the first class. Registration is re- Thursday, January 17 7:00 pm quired. Call the Synagogue office 561-838-9002, ext. 4 Part Two Ms. Suzanne Rosman was born in Manhattan, New York. Thursday, January 24 7:00 pm She was accepted into The Art Students League at the age of 11. Although the Temple mount was destroyed by the Ms. Rosman was awarded an art scholarship to the Fashion Institute of Technology where she earned her degree in textile design. Upon Romans close to 2000 years ago, clues to its glorious graduation, she began her career as a textile designer for one of New past have remained hidden over the centuries and York’s leading textile manufacturers, with many of her original concealed in the rubble of time. In recent years designs having helped change the industry. She went on to work as a archaeologists have revealed these clues, some freelance designer for such clients as Noritake and Sears Roebuck and of which have been exposed for the first time in Company. Ms. Rosman is currently teaching drawing and painting centuries. It is now possible to reconstruct the for the Community College of Baltimore County in the Department glorious edifice that once stood upon the Mount, of Continuing Education. corroborated by ancient Jewish texts and history books. Learn secrets of the Western Wall, discover the history of the Temple Mount, and uncover the exact location of the holy Temple. Experience a thrilling virtual tour as a visiting pilgrim.

5773 Program Guide | 13 adult classes

The Science of G-d

Sunday 7:00 pm Is it possible to reconcile a belief in the Divine with our understanding of modern science? Join us on an extraordinary journey as we examine the conver- gence of ancient biblical wisdom and contemporary science. This four-part series explores the fascinating relationship between Judaism and science and will discuss, among other topics, the origin of man, the age of the universe, the Revelation at Sinai, miracles, The Archaeological Claim to Jerusalem and the extraordinary lifespan of biblical characters. You may be inspired to reconsider your understand- Thursday, February 7 7:00 pm ing of both Scripture and Einstein. Hidden under thousands of years of dust and debris lies a treasure trove of relics containing the biblical se- February 17: Adam & Eve Meet Einstein crets of our nation and the claim to our homeland. In When did it all begin? Can we reconcile biblical recent years, archaeological discoveries in the ancient accounts of the origin of the universe and humankind city of Jerusalem and throughout the Land of Israel with scientific accounts of the Big Bang and evolution? have uncovered key findings that present a powerful March 17: Revelation or Reason? and convincing case for the biblical story and for the Does the Revelation at Sinai force us to choose Jewish claim to Israel. Journey back in time to discov- between our spiritual inheritance and our intellectual er your Israelite roots in the land of our ancestors with integrity? Are Divine Revelation and our sense of this transformative audio-visual presentation. reason mutually exclusive? Join us on a logical in- vestigation as we explore the moment that changed Biblical Archaeology Roundup the world forever. Thursday, February 14 7:00 pm April 7: Just One More Miracle, Please! Does science allow for modern-day miracles? Would Recent Fascinating Discoveries in the Holy Land our faith be stronger if miracles were more apparent? In this roundup of recent discoveries from Jerusalem and across the Holy Land, we highlight the dramatic April 14: May You Live Until 120 new finds that are reshaping our understanding of Is- How did biblical characters live for several hundred rael’s ancient history. These include earliest evidence years? Were such lifespan really feasible? What of local cultivation of the etrog, discovery of a Kosher secrets can they offer for our longevity? bread stamp and a shocking revelation discovered in a cave adjacent to the Temple Mount. We’ll also ex- plore brand new archaeological evidence of Judean Mr. Laurence Milstein, an active member ritual dating from the time of King David, including of the New York and Florida Bars, is the founder of Shemesh Productions. For nearly 25 years, he ritual shrines which correspond to the biblical has designed and created innovative digital presen- descriptions of these events. tations which explore the complementary relation- ship between Judaism and science. Mr. Milstein is a frequent guest lecturer and scholar-in-residence Rabbi Avrohom Stolik is the Director at venues nationwide. His use of modern technology to illuminate of of Downtown Coral Cables and has ancient wisdom joins forces with his multidisciplinary grasp of science earned a reputation as a biblical archaeological and Judaism to produce fascinating interactive lectures. His presen- scholar, specializing in Jerusalem. He has lectured tations are often noted for their remarkable combination of content, for over ten years on the subject. clarity and style. He was educated at Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University (Jerusalem) and Hofstra University School of Law. Mr. Milstein is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

14 | The Palm Beach Synagogue SCHOLARS-IN-RESIDENCE

Moshe Orange Rabbi Shmuel Friends of the IDF Shabbaton “Shmuley” Boteach October 12–13 November 16–17 A Salute to the Brave Soldiers of the Israel Defense Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is an Forces Who Defend and Protect Our Jewish American Orthodox Rabbi, author, Homeland. TV host and public speaker. Rabbi Boteach is the author of Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Join us in saluting Mr. Moshe Orange, a former com- Passion and Intimacy, which openly discusses intimacy bat soldier in the Nahal Brigade of the Israel Defense and sexual intercourse, and his outspokenness has Forces. Mr. Orange was selected as a Friend of IDF earned him praise and criticism. Newsweek magazine IMPACT! Scholarship recipient, and was honored with named him one of the 50 most influential rabbis in an award of excellence for his exceptional volunteerism the United States three years in a row. In 2006, Rabbi as a medical first responder responsible for keeping Boteach hosted the TV reality series Shalom in the Israeli citizens safe from terrorist attacks. Home, which ran for two seasons, and in which Rabbi Boteach counseled families and gave advice about relationships. He also hosted a weekly radio show called The Shmuley Show, and has made numerous Dr. Lisa Aiken guest appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show and November 2–3 other television programs. He writes two syndicated columns and is a frequent op-ed contributor to The Dr. Lisa Aiken was born in Balti- Wall Street Journal and other newspapers. more, Maryland. She received her B.A. summa cum laude with special honors in psychology from Towson State College, and her M.A. and Yona Metzger Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Loyola University Chief Rabbi of Israel of Chicago. Since 1988, Dr. Aiken has given lectures to diverse Jewish audiences in more than 200 cities November 23–24 worldwide. Since 2010, she also coordinated and Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger was born provided psychological services for Yedidut Toronto, in Haifa in 1953. He served in the and teaches Jewish women’s issues at Midreshet IDF 7th Armored Brigade, fought in Tzvia. She is listed in thirteen Who’s Who books, has several wars, and was discharged as an army chaplain appeared on television and radio, and authored/ with the rank of captain. Rabbi Metzger completed his co-authored 11 books. rabbinic studies at the Kerem Be-Yavne Yeshiva and continued to teach in yeshivot and in schools. He served as Rabbi of the Tiferet Zvi Synagogue in Tel-Aviv and was later appointed regional Rabbi of northern Tel-Aviv. He published several books, two of which were awarded prizes by the President of Israel. In 2003, Rabbi Yona Metzger was appointed Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel.

5773 Program Guide | 15 Rabbi Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel December 7–8 December 28–29 World-renowned author, counselor, After making aliyah in 1991 and lecturer and philosopher, Rabbi learning in Yeshivat , Rabbi Manis Friedman uses ancient wisdom Jeremy Gimpel served as a pla- and modern wit as he captivates toon sergeant in the IDF’s Givati audiences around the U.S. and the world. He hosts his infantry brigade. He received a law degree from the own critically acclaimed cable television series—Torah Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya and completed Forum with Manis Friedman—syndicated throughout his Rabbinical ordination at the Isralight Institute in North America. Rabbi Friedman’s first book, Doesn’t the Old City of Jerusalem. He is currently pursuing a Anyone Blush Any More? was first published in 1990 Ph.D. in Tanach (Bible Studies) at Herzog College and and is currently in its fourth printing. Following the Bar Ilan University. He is a renowned commentator publication of the book, he was featured internationally on the current situation in the Middle East and his in over 200 print articles, and interviewed on more articles have appeared in the Jerusalem Post, Israel than 50 television and radio talk shows. Rabbi Friedman National News and other Israeli publications. He has is a noted Biblical scholar, recognized for his sagacious also been featured on Fox News, CNN and Al Jazeera grasp of Jewish mysticism. In 1971, he founded Bais to voice his opinion on behalf of the State of Israel. In Chana Institute of Jewish Studies in Minnesota, the 2010, Rabbi Gimpel began developing The Prophets world’s first yeshiva exclusively for women, where he of Israel Revealed lecture series, filmed in front of live continues to serve as dean. audiences in the Old City of Jerusalem overlooking the Temple Mount and the Western Wall. The series was Generously sponsored by Dr. Joel Passik and Margot Friedman created to offer people from all religious backgrounds insight into the depth, meaning and power of scripture and its profound relevance to our personal and nation- Rabbi Marvin Tokayer al lives today. December 21–22 After his ordination as a rabbi, Rabbi Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Marvin Tokayer served as US Air Force chaplain in Japan. Upon dis- Weinreb charge, he returned to Tokyo to serve for eight years as the Rabbi for the Jewish community January 4–5 of Japan. He wrote 20 books in Japanese, including Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, a several bestsellers; discovered the last of the Chinese talented teacher, writer and orator, Jews; located a long-lost Jewish cemetery in Nagasaki; is currently the Executive Vice contributed to the Encyclopedia Judaica; and acted as President Emeritus of the Orthodox Union (OU). In a bridge for many travelers between East and West. He this position, he serves as senior advisor to the lay also conducted an extensive investigation, including and professional leadership of the OU, develops interviewing numerous Jews and Japanese, to discover educational programming for its website, and more about the rescue of Jews from the Holocaust. Af- consults for its various publications. He is in the ter leaving Japan, Rabbi Tokayer was head of the Cherry process of editing a book on positive Jewish parent- Lane Minyan Synagogue in Great Neck, New York, for ing for OU Press. He acts as “ambassador at large” 14 years, while leading tours of Japan, China, India and for the organization, traveling to synagogues and Southeast Asia. Rabbi Tokayer is now in high demand communities across America, and representing the for his dynamic presentations, scholarship, and annual OU at conferences and forums all over the world. tours of Jewish Asia. He and his wife are the parents of four children and grandparents of thirteen. Generously sponsored by The Orthodox Union

Generously sponsored by Michelle and Paul Shaviv

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Rabbi Benjamin Blech Rabbi Shlomo Riskin

January 11–12 February 2 Rabbi Benjamin Blech is an inter- Rabbi Shlomo Riskin was born in nationally recognized educator, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York. Al- religious leader, author, and lecturer. though his family was not religiously Rabbi Blech has served as an asso- observant, he attended the Yeshiva ciate professor of Talmud at Yeshiva University (YU) of Brooklyn, where he was influenced to adopt a more since 1966. He is a recipient of the American Educa- Orthodox lifestyle. He graduated from YU in 1960, tor of the Year Award and has formed thousands of and became an ordained Rabbi under the guidance student-teacher relationships through his warm and of Rabbi Joseph Soloveichik. In 1963, Rabbi Riskin caring style. A tenth-generation Rabbi, Rabbi Blech is received his Master’s degree in Jewish History, and in Rabbi Emeritus of Young Israel of Oceanside, where 1982 he completed his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Lan- he served for 37 years. Presently, Rabbi Blech is ac- guages and Literature from New York University. He tively involved in meetings with the Vatican, including was the founding Rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue the Pope, to arrange for the return of precious manu- in New York City from 1964-1983. During the 1960s scripts held by the Church to the Jewish people. and 1970s, he was a leader of the movement to allow free and unfettered emigration for Soviet Jews and made several trips to visit and strengthen the Jewish communities in the former Soviet Union. In 1983, Rabbi Consul General Riskin emigrated to Efrat, Israel, with his family to Chaim Shacham become the city’s Rabbi, a position he holds today. January 25–26 Consul General Chaim Shacham Rabbi Jeremiah is presently the Consul General of Israel to Florida and Puerto Rico, Wohlberg assigned to Miami, Florida. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Director of the Ministry of Foreign February 8–9 Affairs Information & Internet Department. He Rabbi Jeremiah Wohlberg was participated in the Israeli delegation to the Madrid ordained as a Rabbi at YU’s Rabbi Peace Conference (1991) and the subsequent rounds Issac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Middle East peace negotiations in Washington, (RIETS), and thereafter served as the founding Rabbi D.C. In this capacity, he drafted the speech given by of Congregation Ohav Sholom in Merrick, New York, the late Prime Minister Rabin at the signing of the for 47 years. He also served as a Hillel campus Rabbi, Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles on the as a faculty mentor at Yeshivat Chovevai Torah, and White House lawn on September 13, 1993. Consul as a past President of the New York Board of Rabbis, General Shacham immigrated to Israel after com- the largest interdenominational rabbinic group in the pleting high school. He served as an IDF armored U.S. Rabbi Wohlberg also holds a law degree from company commander, and has a degree in interna- NYU Law School, is a member of the Bar of New York tional relations and political science from the State State, earned a master’s degree in social work and is University of New York. a certified social worker. His father, obm, was also a pulpit Rabbi and his two brothers currently serve in pulpits in New York and Maryland.

Generously sponsored by Fran and Herb Alexander

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Rebbetzin Esther Dr. Alan Mendoza Jungreis March 8–9 February 15–16 Dr. Alan Mendoza is a Co-Founder and the Executive Director of The Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis was Henry Jackson Society, a Director born in Hungary to a great rabbinic of the Friends of Israel Initiative UK dynasty. The Rebbetzin experienced and Director of the Israel-Diaspora Trust. His partic- the Holocaust and has dedicated her life to com- ular research interests are the Trans-Atlantic rela- bating the spiritual holocaust of today. Founder and tionship, the Middle East and Russia. Dr. Mendoza is president of Hineni, one of the first outreach organi- the founder and president of the Disraelian Union, a zations, the Rebbetzin has authored four best-selling London-based progressive conservative think-tank books, Jewish Soul on Fire, The Committed Life, and discussion forum, and has worked to develop The Committed Marriage and Life Is a Test, which relationships and ideas between political networks in have been translated into seven languages. She is the U.K., U.S. and Europe. He is also Chief Advisor to one of the most inspirational speakers on the world the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trans-Atlantic & scene, having spoken to overflow audiences on every International Security and the All-Party Parliamentary continent, and impacted untold numbers through her Group on Homeland Security, a board member of weekly television program and newspaper column. the British-American Project, and a member of the She can be viewed on Shalom TV and live on her Advisory Board of the Electric Infrastructure Security weekly web cast. In 1992, Rebbetzin Jungreis was Council, and of Just Journalism. appointed by the President to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Rabbi Steven Weil Rabbi Dr. March 15–16 Reuven P. Bulka Rabbi Steven Weil is Chief Executive Officer of the OU, the umbrella orga- March 1–2 nization for hundreds of Orthodox Rabbi Dr. Reuven P. Bulka has been synagogues in the United States and the spiritual leader of Congregation Canada, involved with community and synagogue Machzikei Hadas in Ottawa since services, outreach, youth programs through NCSY, 1967. In addition to being an accomplished author adult education, political action and advocacy for of more than 30 books and countless articles in the persons with disabilities. Raised on a cattle farm fields of religion, health, and psychology, he is also in upstate New York, he resided in the only Jewish host of Sunday Night with Rabbi Bulka on CFRA and a home within a 40-mile radius. At 14, Rabbi Weil came regular contributor to Ask the Religion Experts in the to New York City to pursue a high school yeshiva edu- Ottawa Citizen. Rabbi Bulka was cited by Canadian cation. He attended YU, where he earned a degree in Blood Services for more than 300 blood donations health sciences, and obtained his rabbinical ordina- and is actively involved in the promotion of organ do- tion at YU’s RIETS while at the same time earning his nation programs. He received his Rabbinic ordination MBA in Finance from NYU’s Stern School of Business. from the Rabbi Jacob Joseph Rabbinical Seminary, in After working as an educator in the metropolitan New New York, in 1965 and his Ph.D. from the University of York area, he assumed his first pulpit at the Young Ottawa in 1971. Israel of Oak Park, a suburb of Detroit, where he doubled the size of the congregation and introduced Generously Sponsored by Israel Bonds many new social and educational programs.

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Cantor Meir Goldberg Cantor Gideon

Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, November 17, Zelermyer December 15, January 12, March 9 February 8–9 Cantor Meir Goldberg was born and Cantor Gideon Zelermyer is a raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, and came to graduate of the Tel Aviv Cantorial the US with his family at the age of Institute, where he studied with 14. At an early age, he received his Naftali Herstik and Raymond Goldstein. Prior to his passion for singing and chazzanut studies in Israel, he completed his undergraduate from his father who was a cantor in degree at George Washington University, where he the IDF. Cantor Goldberg had voice performed a number of oratorios in the presence of coaching with teachers from the President Bill and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Julliard School in NYC but most of his knowledge of He has officiated on numerous occasions at Shabbat music, nusach and being a tzibur emanates and festival services at the Jerusalem , from his father Arie Goldberg. Cantor Goldberg has and has made frequent appearances as the soloist officiated as the full time Chazzan of Congregation with the Jerusalem Great Synagogue Choir. He has Etz Chaim of Flatbush (Brooklyn, NY) since he was 19, appeared with Boris Brott and the McGill Chamber and has been their Chazzan for 11 years. He appeared Orchestra. Since 2004, Cantor Zelermyer has been on the Chabad Telethon in 2010 and has been the the Chazzan of Congregation Sha’ar Hashamayim, and guest Chazzan in many synagogues around the U.S., has a series of recordings of that congregation. including Park East Synagogue (NYC), Congregation Kneseth Israel (The White Shul), Cong Ohr Torah Generously sponsored by Bernice and Morton Brownstein (Highland Park, NJ), and Kingsway Jewish Center (Brooklyn, NY).

Cantor Netanel Herstik Cantor Avi Albrecht March 15–16 January 25–26 Cantor Netanel Herstik was born in Israel in 1978. His musical talent Cantor Avi Albrecht appears in soon became apparent through his every major city in the United States, regular appearances as a child soloist Canada, and world-wide. He has in the Jerusalem Great Synagogue with his father, appeared as a guest soloist with Naftali Herstik. At the age of seven, he sang with this major symphony orchestras such as the Prague father in Australia, and throughout America and Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Queens Europe. A graduate of Israel’s Sha’arei Mishpat Symphony, Jerusalem Symphony and the Israel College of Law he recently completed his LLM at Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also a composer of the University of Miami School of Law. His concert note and many cantors sing his melodies to Shabbat appearances, both in Israel and worldwide, include prayers during their services. Presently, he is the performances with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, cantor of the well-known Beth Tefiloh Congregation the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and the Symphonet in Baltimore, Maryland, one of the largest modern Ra’anana. Cantor Herstik has performed in the world’s Orthodox synagogues in North America. most acclaimed concert halls such as Lincoln Center, the Sydney Opera House and Casino de Paris, and is the first cantor to be invited to perform at the U.N. in a Holocaust remembrance ceremony in 2006.

5773 Program Guide | 19 community events Friday Night Onegs Join us for lively Shabbat dinners at the homes of PBS members. Share the Shabbat experience with your PBS friends in a warm and intimate setting as we enjoy Kiddush, Ha’motzi, a tasty Shabbat dinner, ze’mirot (songs), engage in lively conversation and make new friends.

Friday, October 26 Hosted by Synagogue Staff (Rabbi Didy and Devorah Waks, Maxine Kaufman and Amy Szoke) Location to be announced

Friday, December 14 Shabbat Dinners Hosted by Ayelet and Hal Matheson Palm Beach Towers Following Friday Evening Services 44 Cocoanut Row, Palm Beach

October 12...... with Mr. Moshe Orange Friday, February 1 November 2...... with Dr. Lisa Aiken Hosted by Howard Amster, Malka Amster, Elana November 16...... with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Allan Lieberman, Mindy Martin and Eric Sikes November 23...... with Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger Location to be announced December 7...... with Rabbi Manis Friedman December 21...... with Rabbi Marvin Toyaker Friday, February 22 December 28...... with Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel Hosted by Rabbi Moshe and Dinie Scheiner January 4...... wirh Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb 230 Park Avenue, Palm Beach January 11...... with Rabbi Benjamin Blech January 25...... with Consul General Chaim Shacham and Cantor Avi Albrect February 8...... with Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg February 15...... with Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis March 1...... with Rabbi Dr. Reuven P. Bulka March 8...... with Dr. Alan Mendoza March 15...... with Rabbi Steven Weil and Cantor Netanel Hershtik March 22 ...... “No Cooking Before Passover”

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An Evening of Judaic Art Family Camping Retreat and Music with Violinist Sunday, January 20–Monday, January 21 Dmitry Daniel Askerov Quiet Waters Park December 2 7:00 pm 401 South Powerline Road, Deerfield Beach 954-357-5100 Cost: $30 per person Enjoy a glorious evening filled with Judaic art, entertainment and music. What can be more fun than camping with your family There will be beautiful paintings, and friends? Enjoy tug of war, tossing horse shoes, photography, sculptures, mixed media, handmade football and basketball, hiking, biking, BBQ, & lots Judaica holiday and hostess gifts available to view of adventure! Bring your own blow-up mattress and purchase. Artists will be on hand to share the or sleeping bag, pillow, sports equipment, musi- message and inspiration of their creations. Musical cal instruments, towel, flashlight, camera and your entertainment by violinist Dmitry Daniel Askerov, favorite board games. Contact Stacey Lampert at Academy of Music, Tel Aviv. Special photographs by 561.234.5241 for more information. Reservations must Rina Castelnuovo on exhibit. Wine, hors d’ouevres & be made through the Synagogue office, ext. 4. refreshments will be served. Palm Beach Synagogue Gala Save Wisdom On Worth this Thursday, January 31 Join Rabbi Scheiner at the home of Gail Worth Date to learn about G-d and the Torah. Limited space. For more information, see the inside RSVP early by calling the Synagogue office, back page of this Guide. 561-838-9002, ext. 4 Co-hosted by Gail Worth and Harris S. Fried Adults Night Out Learning to Trust in Hashem, Thursday, November 15 7:00 pm a Halachic Construct Golda Restaurant Wednesday, November 14 12:30 pm 706 West Boynton Beach Blvd., Boynton Beach A Primer on Kabbalah Sunday, April 21 Wednesday, March 14 12:30 pm Mozart Café Lunch will be served 7300 West Camino Real, Boca Raton

Adults love a night out and Palm Beach Synagogue is Palm Beach Synagogue on Ice more than happy to make that wish a reality! We’re Monday, December 24 6:30–9:30 pm pleased to announce the creation of Adults Night Out, Palm Beach Ice Works a fun-filled evening. Join Rabbi and Rebbetzin Scheiner 1590 North Florida Mango Road at these casual get-togethers as we offer a unique West Palm Beach (656-4046) opportunity for adults of all ages to kick back, enjoy a Cost: $15 for adults; $10 for children. Price includes meal, maybe a drink, with old and new friends. Details skates, dinner, and our very own private skating rink. to follow. (Adults only; 21 and older) Each person is responsible for his/her meal. RSVP by calling the Skate with your PBS Family at Ice Works in West Synagogue office, 561-838-9002, ext. 4 Palm Beach. Bring friends, all are welcome! RSVP by calling the Synagogue office, 561-838-9002, ext. 4

We look forward to the annual ice skating event each year. It has become a tradition for our family.

– Stacey Lampert 5773 Program Guide | 21 community events Even though we attend services regularly, Palm Beach Synagogue it is still amazing to hear the Rabbi speak in an Community Tour 2013—Spain & Israel intimate setting on the different holidays and Sunday, June 16–Saturday, June 30 connect it all to today’s climate. Rabbi guides An exhilarating 14 day experience of us on how we as parents of young children and Historical Spain & our Holyland! teens can keep up with our Judaism.

SPAIN - Orly and Christopher Popik Amazing Spain—a lost and rediscovered land

Spain is an exquisite symphony of experience, with a vital connection to world history and enduring Spanish Jewish heritage. Seville, Cordoba, Grenada, Girona, Barcelona, Madrid and Toledo are cities which contain the rich legacy of Sephardic Jewry. This timeless land of explorers vibrates with the colorful passions of swirl- ing flamencos and guitars; you will find its deep beauty unforgettable. From this exotic land emerged great Jewish sages and Kabbalistic mystics of the “Golden Age,” as well as the origins of Sephardic Judaism. Join us as we travel through the legendary land of Maimon- ides, Nachmanides, Cortez and Ponce de Leon.

ISRAEL Discover Israel like you’ve never experienced it! Family Chavurah Parents are invited to join Rabbi Didy Waks in dis- Explore with Rabbi and Dinie Scheiner the land of cussing relevant topics pertaining to Jewish family our heritage, the land that has been in our prayers for life in the intimate setting of a congregant’s home. millennia, on an Israel adventure of a lifetime! Whether you have visited Israel before or are a first timer, this tour Sunday, October 14 7:30 pm is a colorful composition of the best of Israel. You will Hosted by Orly & Chris Popik visit spectacular sites, experience a variety of cultural encounters and cuisines, and see popular and off the Sunday, January 13 7:30 pm beaten track places, all of which will make this tour an Hosted by Ilana & Darryl Miller unforgettable experience. Meet with dignitaries and Sunday, March 10 7:30 pm personalities to gain insight into life in Israel and take Hosted by Lisa & Dr. David Lickstein some time to get to know its citizens by volunteering.

INformational Meeting Monday, December 3 7:00 pm At the Synagogue RSVP to Synagogue office 838-9002, ext. 4

Join us to learn more about the itinerary, pricing and details of this fabulous tour. The tour is open to the community!

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Special Kiddushim

Ahavat Chesed

The Love of Devoted Service Award To Outstanding Congregants Shabbat, March 2

A special Kiddush and presentation to outstanding congregants for their devoted service to our beloved Palm Beach Synagogue. AIPAC Annual End of Season Kiddush Policy Conference Shabbat, April 20

A spectacular Kiddush awaits you with delicious March 3–5, 2013 food and joyous singing as we mark the conclusion of another wonderful season at the Palm Beach Synagogue. Join the Palm Beach Synagogue delegation at AIPAC’s Policy Conference held in Washington, D.C., led by Rabbi Moshe Scheiner and Rabbi Current Affairs Roundtable Didy Waks.

Shabbat after Kiddush Oct. 27; Nov. 17; Hear from top leaders whose decisions Dec. 15; Jan. 26; Feb. 9; March 23; April 20; shape the future of our world May 25; June 15; July 13 Israel Henry Beren Library Come together with thousands of pro-Israel As the world continues to change at an unprecedented activists and congregants from all 50 states pace from events in the Middle East and Europe to domestic issues, PBS Current Affairs Roundtable will meet monthly with various guest speakers to discuss Lobby members of Congress on critical leg- how these events affect Israel and the Jewish commu- islation affecting the US-Israel relationship nity at large and how our advocacy can help make a difference. Make our Synagogue well represented in Chaired by Rachel & Akiva Arnold and our nation’s Capital Gaby & Sandy Kuvin Register on-line: www.aipac.org/pc Telephone Registration Desk: 202-639-5363

In addition to the AIPAC registration fee, participants are responsible for their own hotel accommodations.

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Sarah Stern Douglas Kear Murray Executive Committee Member of the American Associate Director of the Henry Jackson Society Jewish International Relations Institute Sunday, November 18 7:00 pm Shabbat, October 20 1:30 pm Douglas Kear Murray is a British Sarah Stern is a member of the writer and commentator. He was Executive Committee of the Amer- the director of the Centre for Social ican Jewish International Relations Cohesion from 2007 until 2011, and Institute, which works with various is currently an associate director members of the diplomatic com- of the Henry Jackson Society. Mr. munity in establishing deeper ties Murray appears regularly in the with the State of Israel. She also has British broadcast media and he is published many articles on current often critical of Islamic fundamentalism. He writes for events in various publications, including Commentary, a number of publications, including Standpoint and The New Republic, InFocus, FrontPageMag.com, The The Spectator. He is the author of Neoconservatism: Jerusalem Post, the Washington Jewish Week, and Why We Need It (2005) and Bloody Sunday: Truths, the Middle East Quarterly. She is the editor and au- Lies and the Saville Inquiry (2011). thor of the highly acclaimed book, Saudi Arabia and the Global Islamist Terrorist Network: America and the West’s Fatal Embrace, is the author of the novel Cherished Illusion, and has written a chapter in Frank Jennifer Roth Gaffney’s widely acclaimed book War Footing. Senior Vice President – Fine Arts, Sotheby’s Tuesday, December 4 7:00 pm Jennifer Roth is a director of Sotheby’s Mark Langfan Fine Arts mid-season sales, and Pro-Israel Activist and Entrepreneur a director of Sotheby’s—Tel Aviv. During her long and dynamic career Thursday, October 25 7:00 pm at Sotheby’s, she has worked on Mr. Mark Langfan is a New York a number of single-owner collec- attorney who writes frequently on tions, including the estates of Andy Middle Eastern affairs and security Warhol; Greta Garbo; Michael and issues confronting Israel. He has Doris Zagayski; Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; and created a three-dimensional topo- Raymond and Patsy Nasher. Since the early 1990s, graphical model of Israel to explain she has been deeply involved in all sales of Israeli the implications of strategic height Art and Judaica at Sotheby’s, organizing the annual and depth for Israel’s security, and Israeli art and Judaica sales in New York City. Mrs. has published many articles and produced videos on Roth volunteers for many benefit auctions, primarily Israel’s security, which are available on his website, for Jewish and Israeli organizations. She has lectured www.MarkLangfan.com. In 1994, Mr. Langfan presented on Israeli art at The Jewish Museum, UJA Federation a pivotal Congressional lecture series, under the in New York City, The Hampton Synagogue, the Santa auspicious of the Center for Security Policy, concerning Barbara JCC and Hadassah. Mrs. Roth was born in the possible deployment of U.S. troops to the Golan South Africa, received her B.A from the University of Heights. He was awarded several prizes, including the the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and her M.A. from Defender of Jerusalem Prize for work advancing Israel’s Columbia University. She lives with her husband and and Jerusalem’s security. Mark Langfan is the son of son in Manhattan. Synagogue member William Langfan.

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AIPAC Speaker Tuesday, December 20 7:00 pm The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is the only American organization whose sole mission is to lobby Congress about legislation that strengthens the relationship between the United States and Israel. Join AIPAC at Palm Beach Synagogue for a stimulating and memorable evening.

Steven Emerson, Executive Director, the Investigative Project on Terrorism Thursday, January 10 7:00 pm Rabbi Dr. Laibl Wolf Mr. Steven Emerson is considered Author of Practical Kabbalah one of the leading authorities on Islamic extremist networks, financing Monday, December 10 7:00 pm and operations. He serves as the For the past 32 years, Rabbi Dr. Executive Director of The Investi- Laibl Wolf has been a spiritual gative Project on Terrorism, one of mentor and teacher of the mystical the world’s largest storehouses of side of Judaism, having developed archival data and intelligence on a system of “Behavioral Kabbalah,” Islamic and Middle Eastern terrorist groups. Mr. Em- which transmutes the teachings of erson and his staff frequently provide briefings to U.S. Kabbalah into a pathway of personal government and law enforcement agencies, members fulfillment. He calls his approach of Congress and Congressional Committees, and MindYoga®. Rabbi Wolf addresses groups as di- print and electronic media, both national and inter- vergent as the American Psychological Association, national. Since 9/11, Mr. Emerson has testified before the Fortune 500 convention, and Buddhist monks, is and briefed Congress dozens of times on terrorist often the keynote speaker at worldwide conferences, financing and the operational networks of Al Qaeda, and has met with leaders of other spiritual communities, Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and other worldwide including the Dalai Lama. He is also the founding Islamic militant groups and organizations. lecturer in Jewish Mysticism and Spirituality at Mel- bourne University, and the author of the bestselling book, Practical Kabbalah. The son of Polish Holocaust survivors, Rabbi Wolf is a lawyer and educational psychologist, specializing in teenage rebellion. He is the Founder and Director of the Human Develop- ment Institute, dedicated to human progress through insight and personal mastery. He received his rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbi of Israel, and studied under great Chassidic masters, including the late Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, obm. Rabbi Wolf lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife Leah and the younger two of their seven children.

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Morton A. Klein Alan M. Dershowitz President of Zionist Organization of America Felix Frankfuter Professor of Law at Harvard University Law School Tuesday, January 22 7:00 pm Tuesday, January 29 7:00 pm Morton A. Klein is National Presi- Professor Alan M. Dershowitz is dent of the Zionist Organization of a Brooklyn native who has been America, the oldest pro-Israel group called “the nation’s most peripatetic in the U.S., founded in 1897. He is a civil liberties lawyer” and one of its member of the Executive Commit- “most distinguished defenders of tee of AIPAC and is widely regarded individual rights,” “the best-known as one of the leading Jewish activists criminal lawyer in the world,” “the in the U.S. He is a child of Holocaust top lawyer of last resort,” “America’s survivors, born in a displaced persons camp in Ger- most public Jewish defender” and “Israel’s single many. Mr. Klein was an economist in the Nixon, Ford, most visible defender – the Jewish state’s lead at- and Carter administrations. His successful campaigns torney in the court of public opinion.” He is the Felix against anti-Israel bias in leading textbooks, travel Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. guides, universities, churches, and the media, as well Professor Dershowitz, a graduate of Brooklyn College as his work on Capitol Hill, were the subject of 30 and Yale Law School, joined the Harvard Law School feature stories both here and in Israel. In recognition faculty at age 25 after clerking for Judge David Ba- of his efforts, Mr. Klein has received numerous awards zelon (US Court of Appeals for the District of Colum- and honors. He has led a series of successful pro- bia) and Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg. Israel efforts in Washington, and has testified before the US Congress and the Israeli . Space is limited. RSVP required. Generously Sponsored by William Langfan

Auschwitz Liberation Day Dr. Mordechai Kedar Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger Assistant Professor at Bar Ilan University Author of A German Life Sunday, February 10 7:00 pm Sunday, January 27 7:00 pm Dr. Mordechai Kedar is an Israeli Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger is the son scholar of Arabic literature and of a highly decorated World War II an assistant professor at Bar Ilan German tank commander, who was University, from where he received personally awarded the Iron Cross by his Ph.D. in Arabic. His expertise is Adolf Hitler, and a German refugee the issue of Israeli/Arab population. from the Sudeten region. He was Dr. Kedar served for 25 years in raised in Germany, and his parents IDF Military Intelligence, where he tried to conceal their past and pro- specialized in Islamic groups, the political discourse of tect him from the effects of World War II. With unsatis- Arab countries, the Arabic press and mass media, and factory answers to his questions about the Holocaust, the Syrian domestic arena. Dr. Kedar has published Dr. Wollschlaeger explored Israel and Judaism, and numerous articles and drew wide public attention went on a spiritual journey leading to his conversion with his June 2008 al-Jazeera interview during which to Judaism and emigration to Israel. He explores how he challenged the moderator’s assertion that “you history can impact and devastate a family, and through cannot erase Jerusalem from the Quran,” and point- introspection and turmoil, he found a true sense of ed out that Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Quran. belonging to the Jewish people and their beliefs. Sponsored by Bonnie and Steven Stern

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Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi José María Aznar Foundation for Defense of Democracies Former Prime Minister of Spain Thursday, March 7 7:00 pm Date to be announced A unique combination of analytical José María Aznar was born in skills, scholarship, and grasp of inter- Madrid in 1953. He is currently national crises make Dr. Emanuele Executive President of FAES Ottolenghi a valued member of the Presidente Ejecutivo de FAES (The staff of the Foundation for Defense Foundation for Social Studies and of Democracies. Dr. Ottolenghi is Analysis). One of his most serious a leader for his work on Iran, has concerns is the battle against ter- advised several foreign ministries in rorism. He became Prime Minister Europe, and testified before the Canadian and Euro- of Spain in 1996, following the electoral victory of the pean parliaments. Dr. Ottolenghi’s extensive research Partido Popular. With the party’s subsequent elector- exposed the connections between Iran’s energy al victory in the year 2000, this time with an absolute companies and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, majority, he led the country again for a new term. His the paramilitary organization responsible for the re- time as Prime Minister lasted up until the elections of gime’s political repression and international terrorism 2004, when he voluntarily chose not to run for office activities. again. Mr. Aznar founded the Friends of Israel initiative in 2010.

Dr. Avivah Zornberg Author and Educator in Jewish Studies Rabbi Dr. Abraham WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 7:00 pm Joshua Twerski Dr. Avivah Zornberg was born in Founder and Medical Director Emeritus London and grew up in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father was a Date to be announced Rabbi and the head of the Rabbin- Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Twerski, ical Court. Dr. Zornberg studied an ordained Rabbi, held a pulpit with him from childhood; he was her until 1959 when he graduated most important teacher of Torah. from Marquette University Medical She holds a BA and PhD in English School and went on to complete Literature from Cambridge University. After teaching his psychiatric residency at the English literature at the Hebrew University in Jeru- University of Pittsburgh Western salem, she turned to teaching Torah. For the past Psychiatric Institute. For 20 years, twenty-five years, she has taught Torah in Jerusalem he served as clinical director of the Department of at Matan, Yakar, Pardes and the Jerusalem College for Psychiatry at St. Francis Hospital (Pittsburgh) and Adults. Dr. Zornberg also holds a Visiting Lectureship was an associate professor of psychiatry at the at the London School of Jewish Studies. She travels University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He has widely, lecturing in Jewish, academic and psychoana- been awarded honorary degrees from St. Vincent’s lytic settings. College, Duquesne University and University of Pennsylvania based on his scientific contributions and Generously sponsored by Barbara T.R. Zimet community efforts. Rabbi Twerski stems from a long line of Chassidic greats of the Chernoble and Sanz dynasties, and traces his ancestry to the Baal Shem Tov, founder of the Chassidic movement.

5773 Program Guide | 27 Women’s Events Shabbat Women’s Teas March 16 at the home of Lauren Feinberg Guest Speaker: Rebbetzin Yael Weil Shabbat 1:30 pm Rebbetzin Yael Weil grew up in Memphis, Rebbetzin Dinie Scheiner Tennessee. She attended Michlala in Jerusalem and Stern College in New York, as well as Join the women of the Congregation for an afternoon earning a master’s degree in special education of socializing and a look into the feminine side of the at Bank Street College in Manhattan. She has weekly Torah portion. Connect and relate to the Torah taught in day schools, Hebrew schools and high in a way only women can; and take home relevant schools in New York, New Jersey and Los lessons to live by as women of the 21st century. Angeles. Also involved in adult education, she gives weekly shiurim November 3 at the home of Nancy Richter (classes) and kallah classes for soon to be brides. Rebbetzin Weil is Guest speaker: Dr. Lisa Aiken the wife of Rabbi Steven Weil. (See Scholar-in-Residence, pg 15) April 27 at the home of Rebbetzin Devorah Waks December 8 at the home of Lynn Brodsky With Rabbi Manis Friedman May 18 at the home of Rebbetzin Dinie Scheiner (See Scholar-in-Residence, pg 16)

January 19 (Hostess to be announced)

February 23 at the home of Ayelet Matheson Guest Speaker: Melinda Ribner

Melinda Ribner is the author of the books The Secret Legacy of Biblical Women, Kab- balah Month by Month, New Age Judaism, and Everyday Kabbalah. Internationally recog- nized for her pioneering work in resurrecting kabbalistic and Jewish meditative practices, she travels throughout the U.S. and Israel offering workshops in meditation, healing and “Kabbalah of the Feminine” for women only. I always enjoy hosting and participating in the Women’s Shabbat Teas. The intimate home setting lends to extremely interesting discussions among the women.

– 28 | The Palm Beach Synagogue N a n c y Ri c h te r women’s events The Women’s Tehillim group is a wonderful opportunity to experience a deep connection with Hashem and Chodesh Group other women. The power of Tehillim cannot be underestimated. Rebbetzin “The phases of the moon validate and Scheiner is a wonderful teacher and sanctify women at all stages of our it is a joy to share this time spiritual, emotional and physical lives.” with her every month.

Rosh Chodesh, the celebration of the beginning of – Mindy Martin the Jewish new month, is an especially meaningful day for Jewish women and has blossomed into a celebration of women and femininity. According to tradition, when the children of Israel built the golden Women’s Tehillim Group calf, the women refused to participate. As a reward, they were given the day of Rosh Chodesh as a special Shabbat October 13; November 10; December 8; women’s holiday. Women throughout Jewish history January 5; February 9; March 9; April 6; May 4; have celebrated Rosh Chodesh by taking a break June 1; July 6; August 3 1:30 pm from their everyday lives and gathering together. Israel Henry Beren Library Women are invited to join our monthly Chodesh Group as we gather to celebrate the new month and For generations, the power of Psalms has shattered our lives as Jewish women. all barriers. Psalms ascend to the heaven like no other form of prayer, as Tzemach Tzedek, the third Chabad , said, “If one only knew the power of verses For ALL Chodesh Group events below, of Tehillim and their effect in the highest heavens RSVP to the Synagogue office, ext. 4. one would recite them constantly.” To continue this special tradition, the women of Palm Beach Syna- gogue meet to recite collectively the entire Tehillim on Shabbat Mevurchim Hachodesh (the Ladies Night Out at Uptown Art Uncorked! Shabbat when we bless the new month). We invite you to submit Monday, October 29 7:00 pm City Place the names of those who are in 700 South Rosemary Avenue Suite #102 need of special prayers. May 561-899-3980 our prayers help all those in Cost: $25 per person need of blessings for health, happiness and all their desires for Mix your favorite drink good. Hebrew/English recitations. and paint your own strokes as you create a masterpiece to take home and enjoy. Teens are welcome to join! With step-by-step instruction, your piece of art will look like an exquisite painting.

The month of Cheshvan is referred to as SAVE THE DATE Mar (bitter) Cheshvan for it does not contain Spa for the Soul a holiday. Transform this month into one of laughter and join us for an evening of art, Sunday, February 17 drinks and great socializing. Cost: $36 per person Sponsorships: $500, $360, $180

Join the women of PBS for our annual Women’s Day, celebrating Jewish femininity. Invitation to follow.

5773 Program Guide | 29 Oil’s in the Air The Garden of Eden Wednesday, November 28 7:00 pm Wednesday, January 23 10:30 am Hosted by Ayelet Matheson Palm Beach Synagogue 44 Cocoanut Row Palm Beach Towers — Cyprus Lounge Revel in nature and celebrate the holiday of Tu B’shvat (New Year for Trees) as we discover the art of clean Join the women of PBS and create gourmet tasting eating and delicious organic plant based foods with a and exquisite bottles of Infused Oil in a variety of critically acclaimed vegan Chef Dina Lauro, consulting flavors and looks. Perfect for holiday gifts and for chef of Darbster Restaurant. Learn to prepare recipes preparing your Chanukah delicacies. Share and of superior nutritional integrity and delicious taste. hear miraculous stories that will inspire! Dina Lauro is a certified Health Educator trained at the Natural The sum and substance of Chanukah is the miracle of Gourmet Institute of Health & Culinary Arts in New York City. the small cruse of pure oil that burned for eight days. From there, she moved to West Palm Beach and continued her culinary Kabbalah teaches us that Torah is compared to oil. education as an Assistant Chef at the Hippocrates Health Institute. In Oil rises above all liquids indicating its superior qual- June 2011, Ms. Lauro launched her cookie business called Chunkie ity. Oil as Torah is the essence of everything. Come Dunkies. She has developed and created a full line of gourmet raw/ celebrate the miracle of oil and all it represents! vegan cookies that are gluten-free, dairy-free and soy-free.

Knead Spirituality? Wednesday December 19 11:00 am Hosted by Rebbetzin Dinie Scheiner 230 Park Avenue Palm Beach

Challah has many spiritual and some would say magical components. What starts as just six basic ingredients—flour, yeast, eggs, water, sugar and salt—can transform into meditation, blessings and prayers. Learn the deeper spiritual elements of each ingredient and make the most “heavenly” loaves using Dinie’s new Challah recipe!

There is something about preparing Challah dough that can only be described as “real.” The rhythm of kneading and the fragrance of the loaves are as close as one can get to In addition, join Rebbetzin Dinie Scheiner and explore blending the two worlds in which we live— Maimonides teachings on nutrition. spiritual and physical. Shabbat is the soul of the week. Bread-making becomes something “If you follow the directives outlined in this more, something part and parcel with the chapter, your body will remain complete in way Shabbat bonds these two worlds. all its parts and remain healthy all its life.” – Maimonides

Women’s Chodesh Group Committee: Stacey Lampert, Lisa Lickstein, Ayelet Matheson, Orly Popik, Nancy Richter, and Lisa Schreier

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Passover Delights Tuesday, March 12 7:00 pm Palm Beach Synagogue

Just in time for Passover! Join fellow PBS dessert lovers for an evening of baking with Pastry Chef Paula Shoyer, author of the new dessert cookbook, The Kosher Baker -160 Dairy-Free Desserts from Traditional to Trendy. Perfect your parve baking skills and create delicious desserts for your Passover seders. Pastry Chef Paula Shoyer owns, operates and teaches in Paula’s Parisian Pastries Cooking School in the Washington, D.C. area. She received her pastry diploma from the Ritz Escoffier Ecole de Gastronomie Francaise in Paris, France, in 1996. My story is one you’ve probably heard before. Young Jewish woman in pre-med Petal Power in college, ends up in law school after a April showers bring May flowers! Thursday, May 2 7:00 pm chemistry accident. After a few years of - Palm Beach Synagogue glamorous environmental law, she was off to Geneva and finds herself at the UN lis Join us for an evening of blossoming beauty with our very own Jackie Walsh, owner of the Lake Worth tening to terrorists discuss human rights. and Boynton Beach Villager Florist Shops. Learn How to top that? Pastry school in Paris how to arrange the most beautiful and creative was the obvious choice. A catering business floral arrangements in time for the Shavuot holiday.

in Geneva, taught a few cooking classes in On Shavuot it is customary to adorn our homes French and then came back to the U.S. to and Synagogues with flowers to commemorate start a cooking school in the D.C. area. Oh how Mt. Sinai bloomed and blossomed as the Torah was given on it. yeah, had four kids at some point. Now I travel the country teaching kosher cooking and baking, and proving that kosher food can be beautiful, elegant and delicious. Along the way I set out to start a kosher baking revolution. Join me.

–Paula Shoyer

Women’s Chodesh Group Committee: Stacey Lampert, Lisa Lickstein, Ayelet Matheson, Orly Popik, Nancy Richter, and Lisa Schreier

5773 Program Guide | 31 jewish professional singles at PBS

JPS is in its fourth successful year of bringing Shabbaton with Rabbi Manis Friedman together Jewish Singles ages 35–55 from South Florida to meet in fun informal settings with highly entertaining and creative programs.

Sunset Beach Party and Drum Circle in Fort Lauderdale Sunday, November 4 4:00 pm Fort Lauderdale Beach House Cost: $25 in advance reservations; $36 at the door

JPS presents in conjunction with Downtown Jewish Singles a BBQ dinner on the beach. Experience the joy of interactive drumming. This world class enter- Friday night services and Shabbat dinner tainment builds relationships and friendships through December 7 its group beats and rhythms—truly a unique and fun Heyman-Munder Social Hall way to meet other South Florida singles! Cost: $25 in advance reservation $36 after noon on December 6

Join the Synagogue and singles from South Florida for Friday night services and Shabbat dinner with world-renowned author, counselor, lecturer and philosopher Rabbi Manis Friedman.

Saturday night dinner December 8 Heyman-Munder Social Hall Cost: $18 advance reservation $25 at the door

Participate in a Saturday night program exclusively for singles and learn from Rabbi Friedman’s brilliant inspirational messages.

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Martini Mixer & Game Show Night Beer Tasting in Boca Sunday, March 3 Thursday, May 9 7:00 pm The Shul of Bal Harbour Mozart Café: Newest Kosher Restaurant 9540 Collins Avenue, Surfside 7300 West Camino Real, Boca Raton 33433 (305) 868-1411 Cost: $30 advanced reservations; $36 at the door Cost: $36 in advance reservation; $40 at the door

Your evening begins with a mixologist who will prepare an array of martinis for you to sample. Enjoy Game Show Mania with all the “bells and whistles” of a real TV style game show with sound effects, elec- tronic scorekeeping and a professional game show host. Join JPS in conjunction with The Shul of Bal Harbour for a wild night out!

Polo Party Date to be announced Mix and mingle at the all new Mozart Cafe. Sample an array of unique tasting beer from a micro brewery and enjoy a dairy cuisine dinner.

The International Polo Club 3667 120th Avenue South Wellington

Tailgate beside the polo field at the International Polo Club in a private JPS tent. IPC is considered one of the most prominent and well equipped polo facilities in the world, attracting the world’s top players. Join us for lunch and an afternoon full of great socializing and entertainment. Details to follow.

5773 Program Guide | 33 youth Shabbat Youth Programs Education

Shabbat With the Arts Nechamkin Hebrew School A Shabbat Cultural Enrichment Program for Children The Nechamkin Hebrew School is a dynamic after-school program for Jewish education. This Shabbat 10:00 am–Noon School enjoys a well-earned reputation as a trend- This structured, fun-filled Shabbat program is sure setter in creative and hands-on Jewish educational to give your child a fabulous Shabbat experience. programming and Hebrew language instruction for Through innovative games and our sing-along mini children in pre-K through grade 7. PBS is especially service, Shabbat truly comes alive for kids at Palm proud of the dynamic staff and the inclusiveness of Beach Synagogue. our student body, with children from various private and public schools, and with varying backgrounds and affiliations. Thanks to the generosity of Mr. William Langfan, the students now enjoy weekly computer classes that support the school’s impressive curriculum. In addition, the students enjoy a monthly rotation of a variety of Fun Shops, which include culinary arts, fine arts, specialty games, innovative crafts and music.

Sunday morning classes focus on Hebrew reading, Judaic studies, holidays, history, culture, current the program includes: events, contemporary issues, mitzvot and Israel.

Torah Tales, Torah Tunes, Prayer Time, Tuesday afternoon classes focus on Hebrew reading, Edible Crafts, Parsha Games and our very writing, prayers, and the Hebrew language. popular trademark Treasure Chest!

Only healthy snacks are served! Our Shabbat Graduation Celebration of Program children are featured at the conclusion PBS Nechamkin Hebrew School of our Synagogue Shabbat morning service with Sunday, May 19 11:00 am–2:30 pm their weekly song performance. Join us for a graduation performance by the students Mini Minyan Ages 3–5 of PBS Hebrew School. Lunch will be served. (younger children welcome when accompanied by a parent) Hebrew School Parent Committee: Meryl Avni, Alex Bergman, Stacey Lampert, Junior Congregation Ages 6–12 Tara Pearl, Cara Pregadio, and Cari Slonimski

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The Holidays

High Holiday Kids Kick Off Sunday, September 9

Become a High Holiday Pro and prepare for the High Holidays in a fun and creative way! Play special holiday games, visit various stalls and booths, and even make your very own shofar!

Chanukah Extravaganza Sunday, December 9 10:30 am–12:30 pm Heyman-Munder Social Hall

All Ages Welcome! Compete in a live TV style Cha- nukah Game Show! Enjoy delicious Chanukah sweets, treats & create your very own menorah. Lots of fun Chanukah surprises and crafts are in store for you!

Purim Limo Ride Celebration High Holiday Youth Services and Programs Sunday, February 24 10:30 am–12:30 pm Age: 6–12 September 17–18 9:00 am September 25 6:45 pm Celebrate Purim in style and enjoy the mitzvah of September 26 9:00 am delivering Shaloch Manot in a stretch limo on Palm Beach Island. Depart from PBS. Come experience a fun and engaging Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. An interactive and dynamic service featuring music, drama and holiday experiences. Chil- Spectacular Seder Party dren will be fully supervised and appropriate activities are planned for each age group. Sunday, March 17 10:30 am–12:30 pm Heyman-Munder Social Hall Generously Sponsored by Giovana & Abe Haruvi All Ages Welcome! Experience true freedom as you make your way through a “makkot” (plagues) obstacle Sukkah Hop for Kidz course. Make your own crispy matzot, and then enjoy a student-led Seder with traditional Pesach delicacies. Shabbat, October 6 11:00 am–12 noon

Hop on over for some Sukkah Hop fun and enjoy surprises in every Sukkah we visit! Meet at the Synagogue. All Youth Holiday Programs generously sponsored by Darcie and Joel Kassewitz

5773 Program Guide | 35 Youth Zone PBS Birthday Club Open to children turning 5, until Bnei Mitzvah.

PBS Kids Club Join this brand new club and experience your Jewish Calling on all kids birthday like never before! Be honored at the Torah, in grades 1–5 from Palm Beach County! enjoy a Kiddush birthday bash after services, and in- In this fun, action-packed club, you’ll meet lots vite your friends to celebrate with you, go on birthday of new friends, while enjoying amazing and club member-only outings and much more. adventure-filled outings! Shabbat, October 13 / Cheshvan Shabbat, November 10 / Kislev Fun Depot Shabbat, December 8 / Tevet Sunday, October 28 1:30–3:00 pm Shabbat, January 5 / Shvat Fun Depot Shabbat, February 9 / Adar 2003 10th Avenue North, Lake Worth (561-547-0817) Shabbat, March 16 / Nissan Cost: $15 Shabbat, April 13 / Iyar Shabbat, May 4 / Sivan Enjoy a blastful afternoon of go-carting, batting Shabbat, June / Tammuz and Av cages, laser tag and Mezz Arcade. No driver’s license required. Snacks will be served. Story Time at Barnes and Noble Monday, September 10 10:00 am Bowling Barnes and Noble Sunday, February 17 1:30-3:00 pm City Place - 700 Rosemary Ave. Jupiter Lanes West Palm Beach (561) 514-0811 350 Maplewood Drive, Jupiter (561-743-9200) Ages 6–36 months Have a ball bowling with friends and family, and let the good times bowl! Snacks will be served. PBS and PJ Library invite you to get into the spirit of the High Holidays with story time at Barnes and Noble. Read the story Apples and Honey, sing Rosh Hashanah Bounce U songs and create a fun craft to take home! Sunday, April 7 1:30–3:00 pm 582 U.S. 1, Tequesta, FL 33469 (561-744-5867) Torah Tots @ Leapin Lizards Join PBS Kids Club as we spend the day at one of Tuesdays 10:00–11:00 am South Florida’s favorite kids’ venues, Bounce U. Fall Session: Oct. 16; 23; 30; Nov. 6; 13; 20; 27; Dec. 4 Bounce, jump, roll, run and so much more, in the Winter Session: Jan. 8; 15; 22; 29; Feb. 5; 12; 19; 26 mammoth stadium-sized, kids—safe playground, with Leapin Lizards so many other Jewish kids from around the County. 416 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach (561-659-5991) Cost: $100 per session (includes all day admission to Leapin Lizards) Ages 6–36 months

“Leap, Laugh & Learn” Jump start your child’s lifelong love of Judaism! Join us for a weekly magical experience with your tot, as we sing and dance to Jewish music, learn ba- sic Hebrew and discover the beauty of Shabbat and the Holidays. RSVP to the Synagogue Office, Ext. 4

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Eugene & Ethel Joffe The William Langfan Maimonides Leadership Institute Teens for Israel Advocacy Training Program This program is designed for young adults in the com- Sundays, October 14; November 18; munity, grades 8–12, to study the classical Jewish texts December 16; January 13; February 3; March 24 that are the source of religious, spiritual and ethical Jewish values. This tuition-free program allows the The mission of this Program is to educate students in students to be awarded merit compensation for their Grades 10–12 about current political developments studies. More than an academic exercise, the interac- in the Middle East and the image of Israel in the tive curriculum makes Judaism relevant and applicable world arena, thereby equipping students to respond to a teenager in the modern world, and contributes to the dissemination of inaccurate information and profoundly to the students’ identity as Jews. anti-Israel propaganda on college campuses and in the media. It is anticipated that students will become pro-active advocates of Israel’s right to exist as the Jewish national homeland. Participants are viewed as future leaders of the Jewish community and will meet periodically in seminars to enrich their knowledge of the region and its historical development. The program will include presentations by local and regional politicians, Israeli government officials and experts in the field of public relations. Select students will participate in the AIPAC policy Maimonides Graduation conference in Washington, D.C. Sunday, May 19 11:00 am–12:30 pm B’nei Mitzvah Program

The youth of PBS enjoy the unique privilege of study- Join us as we celebrate another successful year at ing with Rabbi Moshe Scheiner and Rabbi Didy Waks the Eugene and Ethel Joffe Maimonides Leadership privately, on a weekly basis, starting one year prior to Institute. Faculty will address the audience, and their Bar/Bat Mitzvah. As part of the preparation for students will share their thoughts and inspirations. the children’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah, the Rabbis mentor Merit awards will them in Jewish Ethics and Obligations, the applicable be presented. Parshah and Haftorah portions, Ethics of our Fathers, Lunch will be special topics selected by the child, and for the boys, served. the ritual trup for reading aloud the Torah and Haftorah portions on their special day.

5773 Program Guide | 37 Roneet Allison Jared Sapir

Palm Beach Synagogue’s B’nei Mitzvah

Jared Hamilton Sapir Fridman October 27, 2012 november 24, 2012 Jared is the son of Stephanie Mordes-Ives Sapir is the daughter of Ayelet and Boaz Fridman. and Matthew Ives. Jared attends Bright Futures Sapir attends the Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy Academy, is in the 7th grade, and attends the and is in the 6th grade. She attends the Nechamkin Nechamkin Hebrew School. In his free Hebrew School. Sapir enjoys ice skating time, Jared enjoys paintball and photography. and anything nail related. Proud Grandparents Proud Grandparents Elayne and Dr. Marvin Mordes Aster and Michael, obm, Fridman Amnon and Rina Ben Dov • • • • • • Allison Berkner november 10, 2012 Roneet Hadar Dardashti Allison is the daughter of Karen and Ilan Berkner, december 1, 2012 and the sister of Stephen Berkner. Allison attends Roneet is the daughter of Rhonda and Chazzan the Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy, and is in the Howard Dardashti. She attends Donna Klein Jewish 6th grade. Allison loves making all aspects of Academy and is in the 8th grade. In her free time, visual arts from painting to drawings to ceramics. Roneet enjoys singing and gymnastics. Roneet She also enjoys biking, swimming, reading, and is a member of Palm Beach Synagogue Jr. NCSY. spending time with family and friends. Allison is an active member of PBS Bat Mitzvah Club. Proud Grandparents Mrs. Gloria Werner and Mr. Jerry Kaplan Proud Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Yonah Dardashti, obm Sheila and Edwin, obm, Shalloway Sophie and Akiva Berkner

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We extend a heartfelt Mazal Tov and best wishes to these children and their families on the occasion of their Bar or Bat Mitzvah!

– Palm Beach Synagogue

Deborah Gottenger Nicole Lickstein january 19, 2013 june 8, 2013 Deborah is the daughter of Patricia and Emanuel Nicole is the daughter of Lisa and Dr. David Gottenger. Deborah attends the Arthur I. Meyer Lickstein. Nikki is a 7th grade student at Bak Jewish Academy and is in 6th grade. Deborah is MSOA, where she is a guitarist in jazz band and an active participant in PBS Girls Club and the a talented dancer. Nikki loves music, dance, Camp PBS Bat Mitzvah Club. Deborah enjoys Eisner, almost anything chocolate and the Miami reading and gymnastics. Heat. She truly enjoyed Bat Mitzvah Club with Morah Dinie and Morah Devorah and her Proud Grandparents Pirke Avot studies with Rabbi Scheiner. Nikki has Amalia and Andre, obm, Gottenger two sisters, Haley (16) and Jessica (8). Margoth and Guillermo Babilonia Proud Grandparents • • • Eleanor and Al Goz Bobbi and Fred Lickstein Emma Baldinger may 25, 2013 • • • Emma is the daughter of Tami and Jim Baldinger. Moshe Morris Emma is a 7th grader at the Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy. In her free time, Emma enjoys dance and July 13, 2013 being with her friends. Emma is a member of the Jr. Moshe is the son of Sandy and Robert Morris. NCSY and the PBS Bat Mitzvah Club. Moshe is a 6th grader at Independence Middle School. Moshe is a student at the Nechamkin Proud Grandparents Hebrew School. He enjoys soccer, kayaking Staci, obm, and Stan Brenner and eating chocolate. Shep Lesser, Janet Baldinger, and Shelly Baldinger, obm Proud Grandparents Lynn & Sid Kaufman Sylvia Kaufman Ann & Ed Morris

5773 Program Guide | 39 HIP opened my eyes to a new, wonderful side of Israel that I wasn’t as familiar with before. Coming home with this knowledge of all of these amazing organizations, I can now raise awareness about them in my own social circles and community. HIP provided me with an unforgettable summer experience.

Teen Programs – Jessica Baldinger Suzanne & Joseph Michaan HIP Teen Israel Program

An incredible opportunity for public school teens to explore the exciting sites of Israel. Participants will visit from the Golan Heights to the shores of Eilat and everywhere in-between, with NCSY TJJ (The Jerusa- lem Journey ) followed by a week of PBS HIP. PBS HIP is learning and experiencing the good deeds of Tikun Olam—social action programs. Teens volunteer at various organizations that help those in need—sports center for disabled kids & teens, soup kitchens, pick- ing produce for homeless shelters, shabbat pack- aging for victims of terror and Ethiopian absorption centers, just to name a few. Giving back to Israel by volunteering is the most rewarding feeling ever! Shabbat Around The World October 19, November 16, December 21, January HIP SAVE THE DATES 25, March 1, April 12, and May 10 TJJ: July 3–July 31 Hosted by Devorah and Rabbi Didy Waks 2013! 250 Bradley Place, #306, Palm Beach HIP: August 1–9 Join dozens of teens from around Palm Beach County to celebrate Shabbat in a global way! Each Shabbat NCSY dinner takes us to another country and culture. We meet the locals, experience their traditions, and Fall Regional Tampa savor their cuisines. But no matter where the Shabbat November 9–11 takes us, we always have an abundance of lively song, Winter Regional Cocoa Beach moving and thought provoking divrei Torah, and fun February 15–17 socializing with friends. Spring Regional Miami May 31–June 2

NCSY is the premier organization dedicated to Jr. NCSY connect, inspire and empower Jewish teens and Why wait until high school to enjoy the benefits of encourage passionate Judaism through Torah and NCSY? We agree! This year we are proud to intro- “I loved the Bat Mitzvah Club! We had so tradition. Founded in 1954 by the Orthodox Union, duce Jr. NCSY. The program is designed to engage much fun learning and making the scrapbook. this world-recognized organization provides teens middle school pre-teens, providing them with enrich- Best of all, I loved the stories Dinie told us about with an opportunity to build a strong connection ing programs, fun and social events that will help the to their Jewish roots and to become passionately students build a stronger connection to Judaism, to the women in the Torah. I can’t wait until next committed leaders of the Jewish community. carry them through their high school years. year to be in the Bat Mitzvah Club again!”

– Sydney Borowsky 40 | The Palm Beach Synagogue TWEENS + TEENS

Shabbaton in Palm Beach Bat Mitzvah Club November 23–25 Wednesdays, Sept. 5; Nov. 7; Dec. 5; Jan. 9; Feb. 6 Tuesday, March 5; April 10; May 1 Join other middle school kids from Palm Beach 3:35–4:45 pm County for an amazing Shabbat experience! Stay over Meet: CJE 3267 North Military Trail, West Palm Beach on the island; enjoy delicious Shabbat meals, great Annual Cost: $100 Grades 5–7 games, activities and much more! Good Friends, Good Deeds, Good Times Have fun participating in all of the interesting activ- Weekend Wonderland ities at the Bat Mitzvah Club, as you form friend- Date to be announced ships, learn life lessons, and discover Jewish Culture. Become part of the new hip generation of Jewish What better way to enjoy Disney World than with girls who are confident, knowledgeable and proud to good friends, delicious food and amazing activities be a part of the kehilah (community), as they mature and games? Join other middle school kids on an un- into young Jewish women. A truly meaningful way to forgettable weekend to Disney World. You will spend spend your extracurricular time. Shabbat with a warm Jewish community in Orlando, and the entire Sunday at Disney World, experiencing the park like never before!

Bar Mitzvah Club – New Club! Tuesdays, Sept. 4; Nov. 6; Dec. 4; Jan. 8; Feb. 5 Wednesday, March 6; April 9; April 30 3:35–4:45 pm CJE 3267 North Military Trail, West Palm Beach Annual Cost: $100 Grades 6–8

Learn, Discover, Experience B’nei Mitzvah End of Year Celebration Join the Club and you’ll be privy to so much about Sunday, May 5 7:00 pm what it means to be a Bar Mitzvah. Whether you’ve al- Heyman-Munder Social Hall ready become a Bar Mitzvah, or you’re still preparing for your big day, the Bar Mitzvah Club will give you Parents and students of the Bar and Bat Mitzvah Clubs the opportunity to experience first-hand many of the are invited to join together for an end of year dinner, things you were taught conceptually. marking the conclusion of the year’s program. Gifts and certificates of accomplishment will be awarded to Club Committee: Amy Dow, Patricia Gottenger, all club members. Unlike a traditional graduation, the Dr. Avi Mendelson, and Amy Nazinitsky Bnei Mitzvah celebration does not mark the conclusion of studies, rather the first major steps in a long road of Jewish growth and learning! Party Attire

Annual Girls Sleepover Saturday, March 16– Sunday, March 17 Graciously hosted by Marisa and Meryl Avni “I loved the Bat Mitzvah Club! We had so 801 South Olive #1403, Downtown West Palm Beach much fun learning and making the scrapbook. Hop on over for some slumber party fun and join the Best of all, I loved the stories Dinie told us about Bat Mitzvah Club for a great time! Karaoke, pizza and the women in the Torah. I can’t wait until next Rita’s Italian Ice, movies, manis/pedis and a hilarious year to be in the Bat Mitzvah Club again!” fashion show. Make sure to bring your own pillow and sleeping bag! – Sydney Borowsky 5773 Program Guide | 41 Jewish Film Festival

Generously sponsored by a member of the Synagogue

Welcome to the Waks Family (2003) Follow Me, The Yoni Netanyahu Story Saturday, January 12, 2013 7:30 pm (2012) Tuesday, February 5, 2013 7:00 pm Welcome to the Waks Family is a portrait of the largest family in Australia. The parents—Zephaniah The story of Yonatan Netanyahu, commander of and Haya Waks—follow strict Orthodox Judaism, as an elite Israeli army commando unit who was killed do their seventeen children born into this wonderful during Operation Entebbe. Learn about the hos- and loving family. They live in Melbourne, within a tage-rescue mission carried out at Entebbe Airport in Jewish community that is largely closed to the out- Uganda on July 4, 1976, after members of the Popular side world. Yet, hidden within the tight social fabric Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the German of school, work, synagogue and family life are many Revolutionary Cells hijacked an Air France plane with surprises that challenge the common assumptions 248 passengers aboard. about the lifestyle and values of such a family. Fea- turing our very own Rabbi Didy Waks, with special guest appearances by Rabbi and Mrs. Zephaniah For My Blood You Shall Live Waks from Melbourne. Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:00 pm

Learn the story of Avraham (“Yair”) Stern, who found- Killing Kasztner, The Jew Who ed the Fighters for the Freedom of Israel (Lehi), also Dealt with Nazis (2009) known as the Stern Gang. Coming to Israel from Poland at the age of 18 , Stern studied at the Hebrew Thursday, February 28, 2012 7:00 pm University and joined the Irgun in 1932, a more militant Hero or Traitor? The movie is about a Jew accused of army than the Haganah which was under the author- collaborating with the Nazis. Rezso Kasztner, known ity of the local labor movement. In 1940, Stern split as the Jewish Schindler, negotiated face to face with from the Irgun when it supported the British in their Adolf Eichmann, rescuing 1700 Jews on a train to fight against the Nazis. Stern dedicated his life to the Switzerland. Yet Kasztner was condemned as a traitor establishment of an independent State of Israel, free in his adopted country of Israel. He was accused as a of British colonialism. His new underground army was collaborator in a trial and verdict that divided a nation not as successful as Stern hoped due to the lack of ad- and forever stamped him as the “man who sold his equate funding. The British eventually captured Stern soul to the devil.” He was ultimately assassinated and he was killed on February 12, 1942. His son, Yair, by Jewish right wing extremists in Tel Aviv in 1957. was born a few months after his death and is a verteran Director Gaylen Ross investigates this tale of mur- broadcast journalisht and TV news anchor in Israel. der, intrigue, and heroism through accounts of the In this film, Stern’s son takes us on a moving personal inflammatory political trial, startling revelations after journey of his father’s heroic and daring life. 50 years by Kasztner’s assassin, Ze’ev Eckstein, and a chilling meeting between the killer and Kasztner’s daughter, Zsuzsi.

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Shabbat, December 1

Saving Israel How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End By Daniel Gordis Shabbat, April 13 In Saving Israel, Daniel Gordis offers a new defense of the Jewish state, asking first why Israel is nec- What We Talk About When essary, and then discussing what Israel has to do We Talk About Anne Frank in order to survive its enemies. Mr. Gordis begins By Nathan Englander with a novel discussion of Israel’s purpose, reflect- ing on the overlooked ways in which Israel has The characters in the stories are all Jewish, and changed the existential condition of Jews every- they’re all scarred in some way by the events of the where. In the process, he grapples with controver- 20th century, even if they didn’t live through them. sial questions about Israel, Israeli Arabs, Muslims, The Holocaust hangs heavily over the proceedings, and the international community that many Israelis as do Israel’s wars with Egypt, and the casual and American Jews are loath to confront. Mr. anti-Semitism many Jewish people encounter. Gordis refutes myths about Israel, such as: Jews in the US could thrive without Israel; Israeli Arabs just (We will discuss two of the short stories, Sister Hills want equality; Palestinians simply want their own and Free Fruit for Young Widows) state; peace will come if Israel is willing to make appropriate territorial compromises; and fighting and winning wars is antithetical to Judaism. Chaired by Gaby and Sandy Kuvin

5773 Program Guide | 43 Chesed Bikur Cholim Bubby Buddies

Palm Beach Synagogue Bikur Cholim volunteers are Sundays, Dec. 2; Jan. 13; hard at work with hospital visits, sunshine calls at Feb. 24 ; March 10 home, sending Shabbat-In-A-Box, just to name a 11:30 am–12:30 pm few. Additional volunteers to participate in this very Traditions of the important work are always welcome. If you are able to Palm Beaches help in any way or if you know someone who needs 4920 Loring Drive assistance, please contact Nancy Steinfeld, at West Palm Beach 561-601-2358. All Ages Welcome! The children of Palm Beach Synagogue meet before Holidays to share gifts Committee Chair: Nancy Steinfeld and perform songs for the residents at Traditions Committee Members: Ethel Joffe, Harry Porter, of the Palm Beaches, an assisted living facility. Barbara Rozen, Rebbetzin Dinie Scheiner, Parents are invited to join their children and Judy Weintraub, and Sherri Zand share in this special mitzvah.

Toy Drive Shabbat/Holiday Hospitality Thursday, November 1— Thursday, November 29 Experience Shabbat at Palm Beach Synagogue. If you are in town for Shabbat or a holiday feel free to call the Bring a smile to a child’s Synagogue regarding meals and arrangements with local face this Chanukah! hotels that offer our members and guests special rates. Do a mitzvah for your own sake! Donate new Local hotels in our Eruv: The Breakers Hotel (not gift wrapped) toys by bringing them to the 1 South County Road, Palm Beach Synagogue office. Jewish Families Children Services 561-655-6611 will pick them up and distribute, together with our The Palm Beach Hotel students at the Nechamkin Hebrew School, the toys 235 Sunrise Avenue, Palm Beach to needy Jewish children in South Florida just before 561-655-4580 Chanukah. Bradley Park Hotel Chaired by Amy Szoke 280 Sunset Avenue, Palm Beach 561-832-7050

44 | The Palm Beach Synagogue support Chai Society

Palm Beach Synagogue thanks the following donors for sustaining annual membership gifts of $18,000 or more: Jay Bauer Robert M. Beren Vanessa and Anthony Beyer Carol and David Feinberg William Langfan Suzanne and Joseph Michaan Fiona and Michael Scharf Michelle and Paul Shaviv

Please contact Maxine Kaufman, Executive Director, if you wish to become a member of the Chai Society.

Membership

Couples/Family ...... $ 1150 Singles...... $ 750 Singles (under 40)...... $ 360

Building Fund

Honor or memorialize a loved one or a family mem- ber with an everlasting dedication in the Palm Beach Synagogue. Your legacy will provide for a Jewish tomorrow. All gifts will be recognized on a distinctive Tribute Wall. Donations may be paid over five years.

Remaining Building Fund Opportunities

Education Center...... $500,000 Sanctuary Window (1)...... $120,000 Social Hall Kitchen...... $100,000 Classroom (2)...... $ 50,000 Main Office...... $ 25,000 Security System...... $ 25,000 Mezuzah (11)...... $ 1,800 Seats in the Sanctuary (90)...... $ 1,000

5773 Program Guide | 45 Those Who Provide for the Needs of the Community – May the Holy One, Blessed Be He, Give Them Their Reward.

– Shabbat Service Prayer

THANK YOU Palm Beach Synagogue Thanks Our Generous Building Benefactors

Sanctuary Double Main Entrance Talit Rack The Robert M. Beren Foundation Windows Sarah, obm, & Leonard Raffel Eileen Berman Social Hall Air Conditioning System Ronnie & Samuel, obm, Heyman Artistic Sanctuary Windows Fiona & Michael Scharf Laura & Lee Munder Bernice & Morton Brownstein Carol & David Feinberg Parochet (Ark Curtain) Library Charlotte & Sidney Feuerstein The Aryeh Family Israel Henry Beren Charitable Maria & Joel, obm Finkle Trust – Robert M. Beren, Trustee Gayle & Michael Kalisman Double Sanctuary Washing Fiona & Michael Scharf Stations Children’s Computerized Lloyd Shulman Lola & Alan Weisfeld Library Judy & Edward Steinberg William Langfan Gayle & Armond Waxman Ner Tamid Michelle Stein-Shaviv Charlotte & Sidney Feuerstein Aron Hakodesh Carol & Martin Goldenberg The Aryeh Family Social Hall Windows Nina Feldman Prayer Book Case Sanctuary Foyer Joseph Feldman Michelle & Stanley Jacobson Maria & Martin Mochorowski, obm Anita Neiman Mechitza Karen Robinson Bimah Frida Riederman Jan Mitchell, obm Amud-Cantor Podium Prayer Preperation Room Jerilyn & Ken Kronen Main Entrance Lobby Janet & Ken Schur Fiona & Michael Scharf Main Entrance Mezuzah Hand Washing Station Lynn Brodsky Rabbi’s Study Barbara T. R. Zimet Michelle Stein-Shaviv Sanctuary Mezuzah Sanctuary Menorahs Steven Strulowitz Anonymous Sanctuary Speaker Podium Harris S. Fried

46 | The Palm Beach Synagogue Administrative Office Audio Visual Hookup Rochelle & David Hirsch Bonnie & Donald Dwares

Classroom Page Number Stand Jay Bauer Nancy & Stefan Richter

East Façade Torah Table Cover Michelle Stein-Shaviv Joan & Bernard Shapiro

Main Entrance Way Doors Sanctuary Seats Michele & Lawrence Beyer Blanche Bank Brooke & Jay Berger Michelle Ginsberg Photo Artwork In Hallway Ruth & Milton Birnbaum Pearl Ginsburg Jill & Avie Glazer Marcy & Bill Forster Sheryl & Tommy Davidoff Linda & Malcom Glazer Giovana & Abe Haruvi Nina Feldman Marjorie Fink Anne Gold Renae & Edward Goldberg Reception Room Linda & Daniel Fortier Tamra Gould The Robert M. Beren Foundation Jim Gawron Helen Goodfriend, obm Hana & Allan Green Helen Gross Mezuzot Giovana & Abe Haruvi Evelyn Henis Sara & Henry Harary Meryl & Freddy Avni Maurice Harary Tami & Jim Baldinger Rosemarie & David Kanter Sarah Kaplan Giovana & Abe Haruvi Shmuel Bar-Or Nechemia Ichilov Amy & Larry Bernstein Jerome S. Kaufman Gerda Levy Gayle & Michael Kalisman Limor & Robert Briskin Jeanne & Joshua Kieval Kilmeny & Michael Chernys Richard Lynn Phyllis Garner & Morris Rombro, Rebecca & David Knoll Sheila & Edward Cohen Lynn & Charles Kramer Nadine & Herbert Eckstein, Obm obm Anita & Larry, obm, Stein Gabrielle & Sanford Kuvin Susan & Evan Goldstein Sharon & Jay Lerner Sherry & Michael Katz Michelle Stein-Shaviv Nancy & Murray Steinfeld Seth Leventhal Jerome Kaufman Gerda Levy Gloria & Harvey Kaylie General Building Donations Kate Levy Jeanne & Joshua Kieval Paul Levy Fran & Herb Alexander Stacey & Michael Lampert Lucille Lowenstein Moshe Amram Caron & Sheldon Regenbaum Fredrick Lurie Howard Amster Chana & Gary Salins Dee Fried & Marvin Marks Phyllis Aronson Dinie & Rabbi Moshe Scheiner Esther Ophir Tami & Jim Baldinger Carol Ann & Herbert Sternlieb Martin Perlman Karen & Ilan Berkner Israel Sutton Orly & Christopher Popik Batzion & William Berman Sandy Watts Nancy & Stefan Richter Gloria & Isaac Berman Esther & Alan Williams Gail & Sheldon Salzman Elaine Budning Carol & Steven Winig Carole & Alvin Schragis Rhoda & David Chase Ron Schwartz Clara Cohen Porthole Window Above Debbie & David Shapiro William Diamond Entrance Sandra & Rick Smith Nadine Eckstein Nina Krever & Eric Weiner Pamela Stoneman Neil Efron Nini Krever & Eric Weiner Janie & Robert Fisher Reception Room Window Shirley & Robert, obm, Wyner Nina Feldman Sandra & Rick Smith Linda & Al Winick Lori Gelobter Avram Robert & Susan Zeff Lori & Bruce Gendelman

5773 Program Guide | 47 Calendar September

4 Bar Mitzvah Club 5 Bat Mitzvah Club 9 First Day of Hebrew School and Maimonides Leadership Program High Holiday Kids Kick Off 10 Story time at Barnes and Noble 15 Women’s Tehillim Group 16 Erev Rosh Hashanah Community Dinner 23 Art class for adults’ first class 17 Cantor Meir Goldberg 25 Mark Langfan, Guest Speaker Rosh Hashanah Community Lunch 26 Friday Night Community Oneg and Dinner 27 Current Affairs Roundtable 18 Rosh Hashanah Community Lunch 28 Kids’ Club 23 Teen Sukkah Building Project 29 Women’s Chodesh Group 25 Community Dinner before 30 Torah Tots Kol Nidre Services 26 Cantor Meir Goldberg Yom Kippur Break-the-Fast Dinner 30 Eve of Sukkot November

1–29 Chanukah Toy Drive October 2–3 Guest Lecturer, Dr. Lisa Aiken 2 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner 2–4 NCSY Fall Regional 6 Sukkah Hop for Kidz 3 Women’s Tea with Lisa Aiken 7 Annual Sukkot Party – Sukkah on the Sea 4 Singles’ Beach Party 8 Simchat Torah Dance Party 6 Bar Mitzvah Club 12–13 Moshe Orange FIDF – 7 Bat Mitzvah Club Scholar-in-Residence 10 Shabbat Birthday Club – Kislev 12 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner Women’s Tehillim Group 13 Shabbat Birthday Club - Cheshvan 14 Wisdom on Worth Women’s Tehillim Group 16–17 Rabbi Smuley Boteach 14 Langfan Teens for Israel Advocacy Training Cantor Meir Goldberg Program 16 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner Family Chavurah 17 Current Affairs Roundtable 15 Fall Session begins Yiddush Club, 18 Langfan Teens for Israel Advocacy Conversational Hebrew and Siddur Hebrew Training Program 16 Lunch and Learn resumes Douglas Murray, Guest Lecturer Fall Session begins Torah Tots 23–24 Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger, First day of Tuesday Hebrew School Scholar-In-Residence 17 Ladies, Latte and Learning resumes 23 Friday Night Community 18 Think Talmudic resumes Shabbat Dinner 19 Teen Shabbat Meal 23–25 Jr. NCSY Sleepover Shabbaton Hebrew School Shabbat Dinner 28 Women’s Chodesh Group 20 Sarah Stern, Guest Speaker 22 Contemporary Jewish Issues

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December January

1 Book Club 4–5 Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb – OU, 2 Bubby Buddies Scholar-in-Residence An Evening of Judaic Art and Music with 4 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner Dmitry Daniel Askerov 5 Shabbat Birthday Club- Shevat 4 Bar Mitzvah Club Women’s Tehillim Group Jennifer Roth, Guest Speaker 7 Winter Session begins Yiddush Club, 5 Bat Mitzvah Club Conversational Hebrew and Siddur Hebrew 7–8 Rabbi Manis Friedman, 8 Winter Session Begins for Torah Tots Scholar-In-Residence Bar Mitzvah Club Singles’ Shabbaton with 9 Bat Mitzvah Club Rabbi Manis Friedman 10 Steven Emerson, Guest Lecturer 7 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner 11–12 Rabbi Benjamin Blech – JPS –Rabbi Manis Friedman Scholar-in-Residence 8 Shabbat Birthday Club – Tevet Cantor Meir Goldberg Women’s Tehillim and Tea Group 11 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner with Rabbi Manis Friedman 12 Jewish Film Festival JPS–Rabbi Manis Friedman 13 Bubby Buddies 9 Chanukah Extravaganza Langfan Teens for Israel Advocacy Training 10 Rabbi Dr. Laibl Wolf, Guest Lecturer Program 13 Chanukah Candle Lighting Party and Festival Family Chavurah 14–15 Cantor Meir Goldberg 17 Israel Uncovered 14 Friday Night Community Oneg 19 Shabbat Women’s Tea 15 Current Affairs Roundtable 20 Tu B’Shevat Trip 16 Langfan Teens for Israel Advocacy 20–21 Family Camping Retreat Training Program 22 Morton Klein, Guest Lecturer 19 Women’s Chodesh Group 23 Women’s Chodesh Group 20 AIPAC Speaker 24 Israel Uncovered 21–22 Rabbi Marvin Toyaker, 25–26 Chaim Shacham, Consul General Scholar-In-Residence of Israel- Scholar-in-Residence 21 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner Cantor Avi Albrect Teen Shabbat Meal 27 Bernd Wollschlaeger, Author of A German 24 Contemporary Jewish Issues Life PBS on Ice 25 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner 28–29 Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel , Guest Lecturer Teen Shabbat Dinner 28 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner 26 Current Affairs Roundtable 28 Contemporary Jewish Issues 29 Professor Alan Dershowitz—Guest Lecturer 31 Annual Gala

5773 Program Guide | 49 March

1 Teen Shabbat Dinner 2 Special Kiddush- Ahavat Chesed Award 3 Singles Game Show Night February 3–5 AIPAC 5 Bat Mitzvah Club 6 Bar Mitzvah Club 1 Friday Night Community Oneg Women’s Chodesh Group 2 Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Scholar-In-Residence 7 Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi, Guest Lecturer 3 Langfan Teens for Israel Advocacy Training 8–9 Dr. Alan Mendoza, Guest Lecturer Program Cantor Meir Goldberg 5 Bar Mitzvah Club 8 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner Jewish Film Festival 9 Women’s Tehillim Group 6 Bat Mitzvah Club 10 Bubby Buddies 7 Israel Uncovered 11 Spring Session begins Yiddish Club, 8–9 Rabbi Jeremiah Wohlberg, Conversational Hebrew and Siddur Hebrew Scholar-In-Residence 12 Women’s Chodesh Group Cantor Gideon Zelermyer 14 Wisdom on Worth 8 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner 15–16 Rabbi Steven Weil, Scholar-in-Residence 9 Shabbat Birthday Club – Adar Cantor Netanel Herstik Women’s Tehillim Group 15 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner Current Affairs Roundtable 16 Women’s Tea with Rebbetzin Yael Weil 10 Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Guest Speaker 16–17 Annual Girls Sleepover 14 Israel Uncovered 16 Shabbat Birthday Club – Nissan 15–17 NCSY Winter Regional 17 Spectacular Seder Party 15–16 Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, Torah and Science Series Scholar-in-Residence 22 “No Cooking Before Passover” Family 15 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner Shabbat Dinner 15–17 NCSY Winter Regional 23 Current Affairs Roundtable 17 Spa for the Body and Soul 25 Community Passover Seder Kids Club 26 Community Passover Seder Torah and Science Series 22 Friday Night Community Onegs 23 Shabbat Women’s Tea with Author Melinda Ribner Megillah Reading (evening) Purim Bash 24 Megillah Reading (morning) Purim Limo Ride Celebration Bubby Buddies 25 Contemporary Jewish Issues 28 Jewish Film Festival

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6 Women’s Tehillim Group 7 Kids Club Trip Torah and Science Series 8 Yom Ha’Shoah Memorial Program Mr. Howard Herskowitz, Author of “Aaron’s Journey” 9 Bar Mitzvah Club 10 Bat Mitzvah Club 12 Teens Shabbat Dinner 13 Shabbat Birthday Club – Iyar Book Club 14 Bubby Buddies Torah and Science Series 16 Yom Ha’aztmaut service, followed by June special breakfast in honor of the State of Israel 1 Women’s Tehillim Group 20 Annual End of Season Kiddush 3 Summer Session begins Yiddish Club, Current Affairs Conversational Hebrew and Siddur Hebrew 25 Jewish Film Festival 15 Current Affairs Roundtable 27 Shabbat Women’s Tea 16–27 Israel and Spain 2013! 28 Lag B’Omer Celebration 30 Bar Mitzvah Club July

May 6 Women’s Tehillim Group 13 Current Affairs Roundtable 1 PBS Bat Mitzvah Club 16 Tisha B’Av Dr. Avivah Zomberg, Guest Lecturer 2 Women’s Chodesh Group 4 Shabbat Birthday Club – Sivan Women’s Tehillim Group August 8 Yom Yerushalayim 9 Singles Beer Tasting 3 Women’s Tehillim Group 5 End of year celebration for our B’nei Mitzvah Clubs 11 Book Club 14 Shavuot Dinner followed by Tikun Leyl Shavuot, all night learning 18 Shabbat Women’s Tea 24–26 NCSY Spring Regional 25 Current Affairs Roundtable

Save this Date

Palm Beach Synagogue Gala Thursday, January 31 Returning to the Ritz Carlton hotel

Please generously support the Synagogue by attending, purchasing journal ads and/or purchasing raffle tickets! The Gala is the main fund-raising event for the Synagogue and supports many of the ongoing programs, classes, lectures, scholars-in-residence, films, holiday parties and guest speakers.

Gala Chairs: Ayelet Matheson and Lisa Siemens

52 | The Palm Beach Synagogue This year’s entertainment: Comedian Elon Gold

Mr. Elon Gold is one of the top comedians in the country, having appeared on numerous television shows, including four recent ap- pearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Mr. Gold’s comedy takes everyday life and turns it on its head. His point of view of the world is uniquely delivered through absurd observations and by mocking conventions, and beneath much of the laughs, lies a sharp, acerbic social commentary. But wait, that’s not all... He’ll also regale you with his hilarious original characters and offbeat impressions...at no extra charge! The Palm Beach SYnagogue

120 North County Road Palm Beach, Florida 33480 Tel: 561-838-9002 Fax: 561-838-5356 [email protected] www.palmbeachsynagogue.org

5773 SEASON PROGRAM SERIES SPONSORED BY THE KAYLIE, STEINBERG AND ZELMAN FAMILIES