Bulletin June/July/August 2017 סיון–תמוז–אב–אלול from the OFFICERS ARTHUR PENN, CHAIRMAN of the BOARD

Summer at PAS 5777

Bulletin June/July/August 2017 סיון–תמוז–אב–אלול FROM THE OFFICERS ARTHUR PENN, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

135th Annual Meeting

ddressing the congregation on community, we identified five key May 16, I said that although focus areas. We are looking forward to A our institution may be old the implementation of this vision. (See in years, our lay and professional p. 20.) leadership always bring excellence to our members with a Since the first congregational trip fresh perspective. I to Israel about 15 years ago, Travel am thrilled that we with PAS has continually grown Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin are living up to our because it not only widens education VOLUME 69 · NO. 10 leadership culture of but also deepens community bonds. JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2017 respecting tradition This past year saw an adult learning SIVAN/TAMMUZ/AV/ELUL 5777 and encouraging trip to Prague and Budapest and a innovation. Bnei Mitzvah trip to Israel. We have סיון–תמוז–אב–אלול a young family trip to Israel in June The Sanctuary and a Women’s Poland Trip in late From the Chairman...... 2 Task Force and our clergy have October. In February there will be a High Holidays 5778...... 3 Capital Campaign...... 4 made Shabbat at PAS the focus of Civil Rights Mission to the South. We Schedule of Religious Services...... 6 our congregational life. Under their recently announced the December High Holidays: Shofar...... 9 guidance, our services are lively, 2018 Congregational Trip to Israel, Synagogue Family...... 10 relevant, and moving. Our Shabbat celebrating Israel at 70 and PAS Caring Network...... 11 From the Education Team...... 12 programming is robust, from musical at 136! This trip will have multiple Adult Classes & Events...... 13 preludes and conversation before tracks that will appeal to all of our Gallery...... 17 Kabbalat Shabbat to late afternoon congregational demographics from Shapiro Audio Archive ...... 18 study for parents and teens with Rabbi young families and bnei mitzvah to Youth Education & Events...... 19 Cosgrove. Shabbat at PAS may offer teens, college, young adults, and adult Young Family Education...... 19 PASECC...... 19 Friday evening dinners, discussions learners. Each track will have a unique Congregational School...... 20 on Israel, parashah study, family itinerary and all will join together for a Camp...... 20 services, study with visiting scholars, community Shabbat. (See p. 24.) Youth/RJNHS...... 21 and singing with Cantor Schwartz. The College Connections...... 21 PAS 20s & 30s...... 21 strength of our community is evident Consistent with our goal of meeting Contributions...... 22 every Shabbat. We encourage each of members where they are and our Travel with PAS...... 24 you to find the gateway that is right commitment to being inclusive while Calendars...... 25 for you and to make Shabbat at PAS a remaining true to our Conservative A Look Ahead...... Back cover habit for yourself and your family. traditions, we have formed an Interfaith Families Committee. The One of the most visible innovations committee is working on educational this past year was the High Holiday initiatives, developing pathways Family Service for families with to conversion, and studying best Kindergarten through 7th grade practices in serving the needs of children, with close to 300 participants interfaith couples and families. on Yom Kippur. Last year’s experiment will become a tradition in the fall. Within our Caring Network we have launched an initiative called “What Another new initiative is the Matters,” which creates individualized Congregational School Visioning advance care planning discussions process. With a leading educational with Jewish values for our members. consultant and participation by the The Caring Network continues to

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High Holidays 2017/5778 support the homebound and those with serious illness or injury, comfort the bereaved, and welcome new babies. (See p. 11.) FROM CANTOR SHIRA LISSEK I cannot end without mentioning Read Torah or Haftarah, lead part of fundraising. We deeply appreciate the a service, or blow shofar on the High community’s incredible generosity. The ingenuity and dedication of our Holidays lay and professional development Over the 20 years that I have been teaching, I have seen over and over team has resulted in our continuing to again how being involved in reading Torah or Haftarah, leading part of reach new heights in our annual giving a service, or blowing shofar can have a profound impact on a person’s even during a capital campaign. (See p. connection to Judaism and community. Though learning and practicing 4.) Our Kol Nidrei appeal generated a the Hebrew and the trope may seem mechanical, the preparation often record $2.9 million from nearly 1,100 leads to a spiritual experience. Reading from the Torah or participating families. Over 300 people celebrated in another way on the High Holidays provides a personal and intimate our community at the Gala, a warm, experience within the large community service. With a bit of dedication fun evening that generated over and time, you’ll be amazed that you too are able to participate in this $330,000 to support our synagogue. way. There are still openings for the coming High Holiday season. If you are interested, please contact Cantor Lissek at [email protected] x115 to get started.. In closing, I want to thank all of the lay and professional leaders who put their time, talent, and creative thinking into making this a vibrant community. High Holiday Basics In all that we do, our focus remains We look forward to the High Holidays, beginning with Erev Rosh on the PAS culture of one-on-one Hashanah on Wednesday, September 20. We will again conduct connection, caring, kindness, and services at our Fifth Avenue location as well as in the Sanctuary and warmth that is now going on 136 Lower Level on 87th Street, which will be reserved seating only. No years. The other Officers and I look tickets will be required for Erev Rosh Hashanah and Yizkor services. forward enthusiastically to continuing To ensure that every PAS member has seats for the High Holidays, to serve as we all – lay leaders, we ask that you purchase guest tickets only for your immediate family clergy, staff, and members – strive members, including children above the age of 23. All guest tickets are together to enhance Park Avenue for admission at the Fifth Avenue service only. Synagogue’s unique position in our lives as a Kehillah Kedoshah, a sacred PAS will again offer Family Services on the mornings of the first day of community. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. These services will offer a welcoming atmosphere for younger children, as well as their siblings and adult Visit pasyn.org to read the family members. chairman’s address to the annual meeting. More information will be coming throughout the summer. Tickets will be mailed to members in good standing in early September.

Questions? Please contact Rachel Benichak, Membership Manager, at 212-369-2600, x195 or at [email protected].

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 June/July/August 2017 Sivan/Tammuz/Av/Elul 5777 3 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN IMPACT: OPENING OF THE LIFELONG LEARNING CENTER

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What a difference a year makes!

s summer begins, we continue to be A Synagogue in Action: A Building the Future! The PAS Sunday, September 10 at 4:00 pm professional staff and lay leadership are hard at work preparing for the Please save the date for a festive, opening and dedication of our new Lifelong Learning Center. outdoor, community-wide

If you walk past our new building at celebration at 11 East 89th Street. 11 East 89th Street, you will see the exterior signs of the progress made by the contractors and craftsmen who have been working hard on every The various education teams have put effort. Teen and Youth leadership has detail of the physical construction over a lot of effort into making sure lifelong also been hard at work imagining all the past year. At the same time, plans learning programs will take advantage the ways they can use the new space, and processes are being put in place of the new, modern, state-of-the-art as has the 20s and 30s team. as has inside the walls to help ensure a facilities. Young Family Education is the 20s and 30s team. Rabbi seamless transition to this new home developing plans for their use of the Cosgrove, Rabbi Zuckerman, Rabbi for education at PAS. With move-in new building for our youngest Savenor, and Beth Levick are slated for August, the “89th Street learners. The Congregational School reimagining our premier Adult Transition Team,” a multi- team is going through every Learning programming, in partnership departmental staff team of classroom, closet, and bookcase to with the Adult Education Committee. educators and administrators led by pack up and prepare for their move to They are considering key themes, Beryl Chernov and Liz Offenbach, the new home for nearly 500 students. timely topics, and innovative kinds of began meeting regularly over the At the same time, they are enhancing programming that the new spaces at winter to plan for staffing, scheduling, the Congregational School curriculum, the Lifelong Learning Center make programming, supplies, and so much guided by this past year’s possible. Our many Arms and more. Congregational School Visioning Committees will also find vibrant,

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warm, welcoming, and technologically at 4:00 pm. We hope you and your Thank you again to the many of up-to-date spaces for their meetings families and friends will plan to join you who have donated to this and events. us as together we dedicate our effort. Our community is so very beautiful new building and embark on grateful for your support. If you To celebrate this milestone for our new beginnings for our community! have not yet donated, please community, Jean Bloch Rosensaft and We wish you a restful summer and help us achieve even broader Susan Silverman are collaborating look forward to welcoming you to the participation by making a closely with Rabbi Cosgrove and Lifelong Learning Center in donation. No gift is too small. Cantor Schwartz to plan a meaningful, September! You can make a donation by multi-generational, congregation-wide visiting pasyn.org/ celebration to dedicate our new capitalcampaign or by Lifelong Learning Center. Save the contacting Laura Yamner at date for this festive, interactive, [email protected] or outdoor, community-wide, multi- 212-369-4900, x138. generational celebration at 11 East 89th Street on Sunday, September 10

Photos on page 4 by Karen Smul. Photos this page by Marissa Zackowitz. Rendering by Murphy Burnham & Buttrick Architects.

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 June/July/August 2017 Sivan/Tammuz/Av/Elul 5777 5 Shabbat at PAS Every 7th day. 52 weeks a year. Since Creation. Schedule of Religious Services

JUNE Thursday, June 1 • 7 Sivan Shavuot, Day 2 Every Friday evening DAILY MINYAN 9:15 am | Festival service with Yizkor Shaharit Monday–Friday at 7:15 am; Sunday there is Kabbalat Shabbat 10:00 am | Tot Tefillah (p. 19) at 9:00 am; Monday, July 3 and Tuesday, 10:45 am | Day School Community at 6:15 pm, and every July 4 (Independence Day) at 9:00 am. Shabbat morning there is children’s service Minha/ma’ariv Sunday–Thursday at 5:45 SHAVUOT lively communal worship pm. Shabbat minha 20 minutes after the end of 12:30 pm | Day School Community morning services. Picnic in the Sanctuary. From 5:45 pm | Minha, no ma’ariv Friday evening through SANCTUARY SERVICE | EVERY SHABBAT Saturday evening, Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove, Rabbi Neil Zuckerman, summer Shabbat at PAS and Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky preach and conduct Friday, June 2 • 8 Sivan the service together with Cantor Azi Schwartz, 6:15 pm | Jerusalem-themed Kabbalat also includes alternative Cantor Shira Lissek, and Cantor Rachel Brook, Shabbat services, parashah with Colin Fowler at the keyboard, and in June, study, lectures, and the Synagogue Choir: Elisa Singer Strom, Yonah Following services | Dr. Richard Gershator, Alex Guerrero, and Tim Krol; and the Haass, The Six-Day War: 50 Years celebrations. This page Synagogue Band: Gil Smuskowitz, bass; Mike Later (p. 14) lists what programs are Cohen, woodwinds; and Ronen Itzik, percussion. taking place each week. Saturday, June 3 • 9 Sivan SHAHARIT & PARASHAT HASHAVUA | Look for Shabbat at PAS Naso EVERY SHABBAT THROUGH JUNE 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan throughout the Bulletin P’sukei D’zimrah and Shaharit, a light kiddush, 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat to identify Shabbat and an engaging study of the morning’s Torah HaShavua programming. portion, ending just in time to join the community in the Sanctuary for the Torah service. 9:45 am | Sanctuary service with Bar Mitzvah of Henry Jaffe HASHKAMAH MINYAN | EVERY SHABBAT 20 minutes after services | Minha THROUGH JUNE 5:00 pm | Late minha with Bar A service with repetition of the Amidah and Mitzvah of Ilai Amar annual cycle Torah reading, all in Hebrew, at a pace that is comfortable for experienced daveners, and a kiddush afterwards. Friday, June 9 • 15 Sivan

6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat and PARASHAT HASHAVUA | EVERY SHABBAT IN JULY AND AUGUST recognition of Melton Graduates (p. 10) An engaging study of the morning’s Torah portion, ending in time to join the community for 7:15 pm | 20s/30s cocktail hour on the the Shabbat morning service. roof 7:30 pm | Melton Graduation Shabbat ALL ARE WELCOME | ALWAYS Dinner PAS is an inclusive community. We are interested in discussing with you any accommodations you might need to make your visit and involvement Saturday, June 10 • 16 Sivan at PAS more comfortable. For questions B’ha·alot’kha or assistance, contact Rachel Benichak, 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan Membership Manager, at [email protected] or x195. 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat HaShavua Can’t make it to the synagogue? 9:45 am | Sanctuary service with Bar Park Avenue Synagogue services are live- Mitzvah of Douglas Friedman streamed. Visit pasyn.org/webcast. 20 minutes after services | Minha

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JULY Friday, June 16 • 22 Sivan Saturday, July 1 • 7 Tammuz Saturday, July 15 • 21 Tammuz

Tuesday, July 11 • 17 Tammuz Monday, July 24 • 1 Av Saturday, June 24 • 30 Sivan Fast of the 17th of Tammuz Rosh Hodesh Korah 3:48 am | Fast begins 7:15 am | Minyan with Hallel, Torah Rosh Hodesh 7:15 am | Morning service with Torah reading, and musaf 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan reading 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat 5:45 pm | Minha; no ma’ariv HaShavua 9:04 pm | Fast ends Friday, July 28 • 5 Av 9:45 am | Sanctuary service The fast of Sh’va asar b’Tammuz begins the 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat 20 minutes after services | Minha period known as “the three weeks,” a period of mourning culminating in Tisha b’Av, the 9th of Av. According to tradition, on the 17th of Tammuz Saturday, July 29 • 6 Av Sunday, June 25 • 1 Tammuz in 586 BCE, the walls of the First Temple were breached by the Babylonians, and on the same D’varim Rosh Hodesh date in 69 CE, the walls of the Second Temple Shabbat Hazon 9:00 am | Minyan with Hallel, Torah were breached by the Romans. Like the three 9:00 am | Parashat HaShavua reading, and musaf other minor fasts of the year, the fast of the 17th 9:45 am | Shabbat service of Tammuz is from dawn until dark, not from 20 minutes after services | Minha sunset to sunset. Friday, June 30 • 6 Tammuz

6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat Monday, July 31 • 8 Av Friday, July 14 • 20 Tammuz 7:00 pm | Minha 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30 pm | Erev Tisha b’Av learning with Erin Beser: Proportionate Sadness: Finding the Balance between Memory and Moving On (p. 16) TISHA B'AV 8:12 pm | Fast begins 8:30 pm | Evening service & reading of Megillat Eikhah, the Book of Lamentations

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AUGUST Tuesday, August 1 • 9 Av Saturday, August 19 • 27 Av 9:00 am | Morning service with Torah R’eih reading; tallit and tefillin are not 9:00 am | Parashat HaShavua worn. 9:45 am | Shabbat service 5:45 pm | Minha with Torah reading; 20 minutes after services | Minha

TISHA B'AV tallit and tefillin are worn. No ma’ariv 8:45 pm | Fast ends Tuesday, August 22 • 30 Av BAL Rosh Hodesh B A Friday, August 4 • 12 Av A T 7:15 am | Minyan with Hallel, Torah K FRIDAYS 5:15 pm | 5th Annual Kabbalat Shabbat reading, and musaf S 6:15 PM in the Hamptons H T Experience the joyous vibe of a PAS Kabbalat A A Shabbat on Long Island. Join Rabbi Neil Wednesday, August 23 • 1 Elul B B Zuckerman and Cantor Azi Schwartz in a PAS member's home to welcome Shabbat on the East Rosh Hodesh End with prayer, song, and a barbecue dinner. 7:15 am | Minyan with Hallel, Torah Open to all PAS members. RSVP by July 28 at reading, musaf, and shofar [email protected]. Shofar is blown from now until the day before “I feel the 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat at PAS Erev Rosh Hashanah, except Shabbat. peace of Saturday, August 5 • 13 Av Friday, August 25 • 3 Elul Shabbat” Va-et’hannan 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Nahamu Kabbalat Shabbat: Songs, 9:00 am | Parashat HaShavua Sweets, and Spirit 9:45 am | Shabbat service Saturday, August 26 • 4 Elul Fridays | 6:15 pm | Every week, all summer long! 20 minutes after services | Minha Shof’tim Our Kabbalat Shabbat service is musical, 9:00 am | Parashat HaShavua lively, social, and family friendly. If 9:45 am you’re already a regular, we hope that you Friday, August 11 • 19 Av | Shabbat service 20 minutes after services | Minha continue to participate in this uplifting 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat service. If you’ve not yet joined us, come soon!

Saturday, August 12 • 20 Av Eikev 9:00 am | Parashat HaShavua 9:45 am | Shabbat service 20 minutes after services | Minha

Friday, August 18 • 26 Av

6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat

8 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin HIGH HOLIDAYS

Transformed by the on the other side. I did not understand that fact does not escape me. Women Shofar the profound impact that blowing the of all ages congratulate me and shake shofar would have on my life, the lives my hand and I am proud of myself for of others, and my congregation until representing them all. This portal has after that first Rosh Hashanah. allowed me to break the singular mold of men blowing the shofar and create a EMILY ABELOW here are certain melodies I have blown the shofar on every new pluralistic mold where women can and lyrics that transcend the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur do it as well. differences between people since seventh grade. I was not very T religious before that, and I am still not The effects of sounding of the shofar and transport them to a place where those differences do not matter. These very religious, but the appreciation I reach even further, to encompass the sounds are portals. Hearing a Bruce have for religion and my role at my entire congregation. I could have never Springsteen song brings together a synagogue has grown immensely. I imagined myself having an impact on farmer from Kansas and a lawyer see the changes that have occurred in an entire community, but I hear the from New York. The National Anthem myself each year, as I understand my portal doors opening each time I blow brings together Democrats and the shofar. The sound transports the Republicans. The shofar brings Jews congregation from this year into the together. next. It connects each individual to Judaism. When the shofar sounds, The shofar has been blown as part everyone becomes one, listening to the of Jewish religious practices since same sound as our ancestors heard 1800 BCE. It ushers in the New thousands of years ago. Year and connects Jews around the world. No matter where they The shofar sounds are are from and no matter what transformative, breathtaking, their beliefs are, Jews know and uniting. Each note unlocks and respect the sounds of the a portal. This portal can shofar. take us wherever we want to become whatever we want. It I never could have imagined has brought me through my that my decision to learn to transition from a child to an play the trumpet at the age of adult. It has enabled me to affirm ten would one day connect me to religious beliefs that I did not have this rich history. All I knew was that before. It has made me realize that I wanted a solo in our fifth grade my actions can have an impact on band performance and there were too others. When I wanted the trumpet many kids who played the violin for solo in fifth grade, all I thought about me to compete against, so I chose the was myself, and how I wanted to be trumpet instead. I had to learn how position more and more. I was a child in the spotlight. Now I do not think to pinch my lips and cheeks together who used her trumpet skills to blow about myself. I think about all the so I could blow into the mouthpiece the shofar; I have become an adult people who have watched me over the correctly. Once I had that down, I who continues the traditions of my years and supported me. Sounds truly was on the road to a solo. Little did ancestors. do create portals that bring people I know that I was also on the road to together. something much bigger. Not only have I experienced a transition because of this portal, but I I finally got a solo, but it did not also see a transformation among the include playing the trumpet. I was other worshippers, mainly the women. asked to blow the shofar on Rosh Like many other positions in Judaism, the shofar blower has historically been Emily Abelow, daughter of Susan Cantor and Hashanah. Most portals take us by Ross Abelow, is a 2017 graduate of the High surprise. We do not realize we have male. I am the first woman to blow School of American Studies at Lehman College been pushed through one until we are shofar at my synagogue. The weight of and will attend Cornell University in the fall.

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 June/July/August 2017 Sivan/Tammuz/Av/Elul 5777 9 Synagogue Family

MAZAL TOV מזל טוב BNEI MITZVAH בני מצוה

Denise Davin & Allen Kozin on the birth of a Henry Jaffe grandson, Noah Quinn Kozin, and to his parents, June 3 | Naso Elyssa & Daniel Kozin Son of Lara Oboler & Louis Jaffe Phyllis & Bill Mack on the birth of a granddaughter, Scarlet Kennedy Mack, and to her parents, Kelly & Steven Mack

Ilai Amar Adrien & Chad Bernstein on the birth of a June 3, minha | B’ha·alot’kha daughter, Parker Sonia Bernstein Son of Louise Amar-Weller & Tony Weller Candy & Leon Gould on the birth of a grandson, James Alexander Gould, and to his parents, Alexis & Robert Gould Douglas Friedman June 10 | Sh’lah L’kha Hallie Chandler, Director of Youth Programming Son of Erica & David Friedman & Engagement, on being selected to participate in the 2017 Paideia Paradigm Program in Stockholm. Launched in 2013 with the generous funding of UJA-Federation of NY, the Paideia Paradigm Ariel Rose Brener Program brings together 20 participants from New June 17, minha | Korah York, Europe, and Israel to study with renowned Daughter of Inbal & Thomas Brener contemporary Jewish thinkers and discuss issues related to Judaism as a worldview. Paideia – The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden – was created in 2000 through grants from the Swedish government and the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation as an academic and applied institute of excellence, with the mandate of working for the rebuilding of Jewish life and culture in Europe, and educating for active minority citizenship.

MAZAL TOV TO THE GRADUATES OF THE FLORENCE MELTON SCHOOL CORE PROGRAM

Carmel Cohen Marilyn Gottlieb Paul Rich Tracie Toam Ruth Eisenberg Joan Lefkowitz Meri Schachter Dorothy Topper Ruth Ezra Diane Levin Gleniss Schonholz Marisa Fox-Bevilacqua Susan Matlow Michelle Schwartz Beverly Goldsmith Howard Muchnick Susan Schwartz

10 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin Caring Network WELCOME NEW MEMBERS ברוכים הבאים Kever Avot – Cemetery Visits Lisa Bialkin Sun | Sep 10 | 9:45 am Tracy Ederer & Matthew Gelles To assist members of the PAS Merrill & Charles Gottesman community in fulfilling the mitzvah Shelley & Robert Greebel of kever avot, visiting the graves Alexandra Bogen Prosser & Scott Prosser of loved ones, we have organized Dr. Audrey Rosinberg transportation to several cemeteries. Stacey & Keith Silverstein Travel will be by limousine provided Miriam & Robert Waldman by Plaza Community Chapels, departing from and returning to PAS. Participants may choose one of two itineraries: CONDOLENCES • Westchester: Sharon Gardens and המקום ינחם Mount Pleasant • Long Island: Montefiore, Lesley-Anne Gliedman & Eytan Shapiro on the loss of Wellwood, and Beth Moses her mother, Carole Gliedman-Weinberg If you do not know the location of your loved one’s grave, the Amy & Peter Miller on the loss of his father, synagogue will assist you in finding it Peter Miller out. Space is limited. To sign up Lisa & Bernard Noble on the loss of his father, , please email [email protected] or call Rabbi Zuckerman’s office at 212-369-4900, Gerard Washnitzer Noble x121.

Kathy & Gary Jacob on the loss of his mother, Ruth Jacob For information about Nan & Howard Rubin on the loss of his mother, the Caring Network’s Natalie Rubin professional support, support groups, Shahin Mruvka on the loss of her husband, Murray and educational Mruvka opportunities, please visit pasyn.org/ caringnetwork. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Rabbi Neil Zuckerman at [email protected] or 212-369-4900, x124.

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 June/July/August 2017 Sivan/Tammuz/Av/Elul 5777 11 BETH LEVICK, MANAGER OF SYNAGOGUE PROGRAMMING FROM THE EDUCATION TEAM BETH LEVICK, MANAGER OF SYNAGOGUE PROGRAMMING

A Journey of the her studies with an incredible Heart and Mind community of learners, who quickly became friends and a support system. Larry, who had not been interested in Melton, began to participate too. The Hellers attended services and Torah he Florence Melton School classes at Valley Beth Shalom and met MONDAY of Adult Jewish Learning is socially with their study buddies – all T marketed as “A Journey of the while livestreaming services and Heart and Mind.” For Ellen Heller it programs at PAS. After graduating the Shulhan Ivrit has truly been such a journey. core program, the Hellers were eager Jul 10, 17, 24; Aug 7 | 7:00–8:30 to continue learning in the fall, but pm | Facilitator: Brian Lustbader Ellen joined the PAS they didn’t know where they would be. Intermediate and advanced level two-year Melton Hebrew speakers are invited to spend core program in On September 20, the Hellers received an hour practicing conversational fall 2014 at the the call that Ellen’s heart transplant Hebrew. Come to one session or encouragement was scheduled for the following day. come to all to deepen your connection of her friend PAS After her surgery, they enrolled in a with Israel and the Jewish people by member Robin 20-session Melton Bereshit I and II speaking Hebrew. Taubin. Ellen was graduate course, and chose to stay in Cost: Free delighted to be California beyond Ellen’s three-month learning and became engaged in PAS recovery in order to finish it. beyond Melton. She and her husband TUESDAY Larry joined the congregation in 2015. In April 2017, Ellen and Larry In February 2016, after a period of returned to NYC, where I was illness, Ellen calmly informed me that thrilled to see the healthy, happy, Essential Essays she would be moving to Los Angeles energetic woman I met in 2014! Jun 6 | 8:00 am | Rabbi Elliot temporarily in order to receive a heart Ellen started the Melton journey to Cosgrove transplant. She was disappointed engage her mind. Along the way she Last class; will resume in the fall. that she would not be able to finish ended up with a new heart, two new the Melton year. But she could! communities of friends, and a wealth Contemporary Jewish Thought We arranged with the West Valley of new knowledge. Jun 6 | 11:30 am | Rabbi Neil Consortium to transfer Ellen. As she Zuckerman waited for a new heart, she continued Last class; will resume in the fall.

Cosponsored by the Women’s Network Find Your Key! Women Singing in Community Jul 18 | 6:30–7:45 pm | Cantor Rachel Brook Love to sing but told you shouldn’t? This is the place for you! We will explore the music of our PAS services and create a safe space to share our love of singing, gaining confidence and competence. Our tradition teaches us, Kol ha-n’shamah t’hallel Yah, Let everything with breath praise God. (Psalm 150) This includes you! Wine and cheese will round out the evening.

Ellen & Larry Heller

12 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin Adult Classes & Events Classes For additional information about classes listed here, please visit pasyn.org.

To register for Adult Education classes and events, unless otherwise noted in the description, go to pasyn.org/adulteducation. On the left side of the page, click on “Classes” or on the event and then on the appropriate registration link. Those without internet access may call Beth Levick at 212-369-4900, x146.

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

Sponsored by the Rabbinical Assembly Traveling Down Prophets Lane Agnon at 50: Rediscovering the Exploring Judaism Jun 7 | 8:00 am, after morning Great Hebrew Nobel Laureate • Jan class: Jun 8 | 7:00 pm | minyan | Abe Lebovic Jul 12, 19, 26; Aug 2 | 7:00–8:45 Ansche Chesed | Rabbi Joel Last class; will resume in the fall. pm | Dr. Wendy Zierler Shaiman S.Y. Agnon (1888-1970), the first • May class: (at PAS) Jun 8, 15, The Florence Melton School of and only Hebrew writer to receive 22, 29; Jul 6, 13, 20 | (at Sutton Adult Jewish Learning: Year 2 the Nobel Prize, remains the most Place Synagogue) Jul 27; Aug 3, Jun 7 | 7:00 pm | Rabbi important prose writer in the 10, 17, 24, 31 | 7:00 pm | Rabbi Shmuel Afek and Rabbi Ethan Modern Hebrew literary canon, Mira Rivera Witkovsky but precious few American Jewish readers are acquainted with his work. Library Lunch & Learn Midtown Lunch and Learn: Using newly available annotated 12:00 pm Parashah Preview: Exploration translations from the Toby Press, Jun 1 | Shavuot, no session of the Weekly Torah Portion this four-session course will focus on Jun 15 | DOROT facilitator Jul 12, 19, 26; Aug 2 | Agnon’s diverse body of short fiction, Jul 6 | Beth Levick 12:30–1:30 pm | Rabbi Neil which has been compared to the Jul 20 | DOROT facilitator Zuckerman work of both Franz Kafka and Rebbe Not meeting in August Study of the weekly Torah portion Nachman of Bratzlav. Register now; has always been a central part of this class is likely to fill. Insights from Israel Jewish life and learning. We will Cost: $110/members; $160/general discuss the last two portions of the Jun 8, Jul 13 | 12:00 pm | Rabbi book of Numbers and the first two Dr. Wendy Zierler is Sigmund Michael Graetz (via Skype from portions of Deuteronomy, exploring Falk Professor of Modern Jewish Israel) their themes and their lessons for Literature and Feminist Studies at our lives. Space is limited. HUC in New York. Registration required by Monday, July 3. FRIDAY Cost: Free/members; $36/general Daf HaShavua: Weekly Talmud Study Through Jun 30 | 8:00 am | Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky Last class; will resume in the fall.

NEW CLASS BEGINNING OCTOBER 18, 2017/SIGN UP NOW!

Adult Learning for the Wondering Jew, Year 1 | Wed | 6:45–9:00 pm | Rabbi Shmuel Afek and Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky Are you looking for a profound understanding of what it means to be Jewish? Join Melton to explore the texts of our tradition and discover how they relate to us today. The Melton School core curriculum is a comprehensive, sequential series of text- based lessons, studied over two years, most weeks from October–June. Over 275 individuals have participated in Melton at PAS since 2009. For more information and to register, visit pasyn.org or contact Leah Volynsky at 212-369-4900, x159. Space is limited; register soon!

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 June/July/August 2017 Sivan/Tammuz/Av/Elul 5777 13 Adult Classes & Events Summer 5777 at PAS To register for Adult Education classes and events, unless otherwise noted in the description, go to pasyn.org/adulteducation. On the left side of the page, click on “Classes” or on the event and then on the appropriate registration link. Those without internet access may call Beth Levick at 212-369-4900, x146.

Shabbat at PAS Men’s Club Pickup Basketball Sun | Jun 4, 11 | 8:00–9:00 am | Ramaz Middle School Gym Do you like to play basketball? Join our Sunday morning games! For more information, please contact Adam Fisher at [email protected].

Celebrate Israel Parade Sun | Jun 4 | Check pasyn.org for step-off time and location Join the PAS community to celebrate and support Israel. March up Fifth Avenue with tens of thousands of others. We will march behind our own PAS banner, together with the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism. All PAS participants will receive a PAS t-shirt. Please register on pasyn.org so we know you’re The Six-Day War: 50 Years Later coming, and we’ll save a shirt for Fri | Jun 2 | 6:15 pm | Jerusalem-themed Kabbalat Shabbat you. Please pick up t-shirts at the Congregational School (3rd floor) Immediately following services | Lecture by Dr. Richard Haass no later than Friday, June 3 at On the Shabbat before the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, join us to 1:00 pm. commemorate the war that has shaped Israel as it is today. Enjoy favorite Israeli melodies and learn new ones during a Kabbalat Shabbat service that celebrates the reunification of Jerusalem. Wish N’siyah Tovah, a good journey, to the families who will go on our Young Family Israel Trip departing on June 11. Stay after the service to hear Dr. Richard Haass discuss the issues of a war of choice versus one of necessity and where our homeland is today. Dr. Richard Haass, a member of PAS, is president of the Council on Foreign Relations, the preeminent independent, nonpartisan organization in the US devoted to issues of foreign policy and international relations. He has served as the senior Middle East advisor to President George H.W. Bush and as a principal advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell. His most recent book, A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order, was published in January 2017.

14 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin Women’s Network End-of- Lecture & Concert Year Wrap-up on the Roof Tue | Jun 6 | 6:30 pm Celebrate our great year with dinner and drinks. Free to Women’s Network members RSVP to [email protected].

Men’s Club End-of-Year BBQ Thu | Jun 8 | 7:00 pm Catered by Izzy’s Brooklyn Blowin’ in the . . . Sounds of . . . Hallelujah Smokehouse. Featuring the Tue | Jun 27 premiere of the Bible Players 6:45 pm | Lecture | Dr. David E. Kaufman Adult Comedy Improv Show, in a 8:00 pm | Concert | Cantor Shira Lissek, Cantor Rachel Brook, performance created for the PAS and Beth Styles Men’s Club. Music for Social Change: A Generation of Jewish Singer-Songwriters Cost: $36/Men's Club member, in advance; who Changed America. Some fifty years ago, stellar Jewish musicians $40/guest, in advance; $44/all, at the door. reinvented American music, reshaped American culture, and revolutionized Please RSVP by June 4 on pasyn.org. our very consciousness. In an era when culture and politics joined forces to initiate a series of social changes, a number of young singer-songwriters drew on the traditions of American folk music, Broadway’s Tin Pan 20s and 30s at PAS/Shabbat at PAS Alley, and the new Rock ‘n’ Roll to create the soundtrack for the new age Wine & Cheese on the Roof dawning. We still listen to this music today, and it still moves us as it did Fri | Jun 9 | 7:15 pm in the 1960s. But do Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and Leonard Cohen represent Join Rabbi Witkovsky and the “Jewish” music? 20s/30s for a cocktail hour on Dr. David E. Kaufman is a scholar and teacher of American Jewish the roof after Kabbalat Shabbat. history whose first book, Shul with a Pool: The “Synagogue-Center” Open to all PAS young adults and in American Jewish History, established him as a leading historian of their friends (they need not be American Judaism and Jewish communal life. He has served as a professor members). If you are interested in on the faculty of Hebrew Union College (HUC) in Los Angeles and Hofstra this network, either for yourself University on Long Island, and currently teaches on the New York campus or for a family member or friend, of HUC. contact Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky, Beth Styles is a producer, composer, musician, and vocalist who directs [email protected]. a multifaith choir in Stamford, CT and serves as Artist in Residence at Temple Sinai of Stamford. Beth collaborates with houses of worship, clergy, and leadership to produce compelling multifaith events and creates arts programs for people living with dementia. A writer/arranger of Jewish liturgical music, Beth is one of the winners of the 2016 Shalshelet award for new Jewish music.

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Summer 5777 at PAS

Lecture: Gender and Identity Film Screening & Talkback: Tisha b’Av Tue | Jul 11 | 7:00 pm | Abby On The Map Mon | Jul 31 Stein Tue | Jul 25 | 7:00 pm 7:00 pm | Minha Join us to hear Abby Stein speak Winner of many Audience Choice 7:30 pm | Learning with Erin about gender and identity in the Awards for Best Documentary, On Beser: Proportionate Sadness: context of our world today. The Map tells the story of Maccabi Finding the Balance between Cost: free, but advance registration is requested. Tel Aviv’s against-all-odds 1977 Memory and Moving On Abby Stein is a Jewish educator, European Championship, which 8:30 pm | Evening service and took place at a time when the speaker, and trans activist. Born and reading of Megillat Eikhah, Middle East was still reeling from raised in a Hasidic family of rabbinic the Book of Lamentations the 1972 Olympic massacre at descent, Abby attended yeshiva, Erin Beser most recently served Munich, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, completing a rabbinical degree in as the Director of Experiential and the 1976 hijack- 2011. In 2012, she left the Hasidic Education at the Solomon ing of an Air France world to explore Schechter School flight from Tel Aviv. of Westchester. different world views. Through the lens In 2015 Abby came A graduate of the of sports, On The Shalom Hartman out as a woman of Map presents a trans experience. In Institute’s much broader story Melamdim Teacher 2016 she was named of how one team by The Jewish Week Educator Program, captured the heart she earned an MA in the annual “36 Under 36” list of a nation amidst of young Jews who are effecting in Hebrew Culture from Tel Aviv domestic turmoil University after graduating from change in the world. Abby is a and the global machinations of the third-year student studying gender the List College Joint Program Cold War. Stay after the film for a with Columbia University and JTS. studies and political science at conversation with Jeff Bukantz. Columbia University. Erin lived and worked for a year Cost: free; advance registration is requested. each in the Jewish communities Open only to Men’s Club members Jeff Bukantz is the General of Bombay (Mumbai), India, and Men’s Club Board Meeting Chairman of the 2017 Maccabiah Izmir, Turkey. and Torah on Tap USA Organizing Committee and Thu | Jul 20 First Vice President for Maccabi 6:30 pm | Board Meeting USA. He has devoted much of his 7:30 pm | Torah on Tap with adult life to Maccabi USA and USA Fencing as a participant, captain, Rabbi Neil Zuckerman referee and NBC Olympic Analyst. RSVP by July 16 to [email protected] for location.

16 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin Gallery Torah 2nd floor Jordan Wasserberger We study Torah to remember the Jewish People’s stories and learn life lessons from it. ANNUAL PAS ZAYIN CLASS We protect our Torahs in the EXHIBITION ark in our synagogues. They shine and reflect back our Capturing Judaism: image; the image that God created us in—in the likeness Embracing of God. Curiosity, Community, and Culture Through August Jamie, Teacher Peri Dunn Learning is one of the most ach year students in our essential sources for fueling Zayin (Grade 7) class have Judaism. Teachers can be the option of taking a the most important keepers E of Jewish religion. Jamie photography elective. Combining arts and experiential education taught me the Hebrew through the universal medium of alphabet. Unknowingly, she photography, this class provides was instrumental in directing learners an entry point to Jewish me on my path to Jewish study and skill development. The learning. annual exhibition of their work is an opportunity for them to share their voice with others. This year, Zayin students discussed and illustrated important Jewish values through their photography. Untitled Annabelle Sole What might these students be thinking . . . ? “I look up to my teachers. They know so much and are so eager to share their knowledge.”

Rothschild Library at PAS Please return overdue Whenever the synagogue is open, the library is open. Follow the posted instructions for checking out and returning books. library books this summer Visit anytime at pasyn.org/rothschildlibrary. so that others may enjoy Librarian Hours: Mon–Thu | 10:00–6:00 pm them. Marga Hirsch, Library Director, [email protected]

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 June/July/August 2017 Sivan/Tammuz/Av/Elul 5777 17 RITA AND GEORGE M. SHAPIRO AUDIO ARCHIVE SUZANNE AISENBERG, ARCHIVES COMMITTEE CHAIR

FIFTY YEARS AGO AT PAS June 1967 – The Six-Day War

n the weeks preceding and the but it was clear that his concerns felt by Jews at the June victory in months following the Six-Day regarding the stability of the region “The Effects of a Miracle.” I War, Rabbi Judah Nadich and whether a lasting peace would delivered impassioned sermons be achieved were unresolved. Every Jew felt the bond of describing his fears as the Middle destiny linking him with the Jews East crisis escalated and his pride Two weeks later, on June 24, the of Israel . . . suddenly Torah and at what he hoped was its resolution. weekly Torah portion was Sh’lah prophecy and tradition came On May 27, Rabbi Nadich told the L’kha, the story of the twelve scouts alive and we realized that the congregation: sent by Moses to explore the land Bible is not a closed book. It is that the Children of Israel were to still being written. The sputtering powder keg of the enter. Alone among the scouts, Middle East seems about to Joshua and Caleb expressed Rabbi Nadich’s five explode . . . Will this be a war confidence that the Israelites would sermons as well as other marked for the first time by succeed in settling the land: The ICBMs – Intercontinental Lord is with us – do not fear them relevant recordings are Ballistic Missiles – with atomic – do not fear the foe. Rabbi Nadich posted at pasyn.org/ warheads? Will it be a took up from there: shapiroaudioarchive. thermonuclear war with atomic Please enjoy this fallout? And will it result in the The world was convinced but a devastation of the earth? And the few weeks ago that the people of remarkable piece of end of human history? Israel would be slaughtered. PAS history, and write Even we, the Jews of America, us at shapiroarchive@ On Shabbat morning, June 3, just we were seized by great fear for pasyn.org to tell us hours before war broke out, Rabbi the Jews of Israel. They did not Nadich said urgently that Israel was want war. But if war would come, your thoughts about the readying itself for “external they were convinced that they archive. aggression.” The Rabbinical would win. They would have to Assembly had met in Washington, win; for them there was no DC the previous week and had alternative. And to the spent much of the convention amazement of the world and to discussing what rabbis and our own sheer joy, they did win . American Jews could do to support . . and finally, after 2,000 years, Israel in the weeks ahead. By the the Jews have come home. following Shabbat, June 10, the Six- Day War had been launched and On the second day of Rosh concluded. On that date, Rabbi Hashanah, October 6, Rabbi Nadich’s voice was more at ease, Nadich highlighted the exultation

18 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin Youth Education & Events For additional information about all youth events, please visit pasyn.org.

Young Family Education PASECC

For more information, For the latest information, sign up to receive YFE email. Visit pasyn.org and click on Our Events and contact Pamela then on Email Sign up. Questions? Contact Jamie Diamond, Director of YFE, at [email protected] Schwartz, Director, at [email protected] or or x140. x150. For details, and to register for any YFE program, go to pasyn.org and click on Young Family Education. Under Upcoming Events, click on the event. PASECC Applications for the 2018–2019 School Year TOT TEFILLAH For the 2018–2019 school year we Shavuot Service and Ice Cream Party for Families with Young are extending the age range of our Children student body to include younger Thu | Jun 1 | 10:00 am children. Children born on or before Join Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky and Cantor Rachel Brook to celebrate receiving June 30, 2016, will be eligible for the Torah with song, dance, and ice cream! PASECC in fall 2018. In lowering our age requirement, we hope to continue to expand our excellent FALL BABY & TODDLER CLASSES programming for two-year-olds.

Our application process follows Sign up now for fall classes! ISAAGNY (Independent Schools Admission Association of Greater For the full list, and to register, New York) guidelines. visit pasyn.org/yfe. Members are

SUMMER FUN eligible to

Bridge Camp receive an Jun 5–23 | For children 3–5 years old Bridge the gap between school and summer camp having fun with the application on experts who lead our year-round afterschool programs. Sign up for one or two or all three weeks. August 1, and Jun 5–9 | Craft Studio® nonmembers Jun 12–16 | Mad Science® Jun 19–23 | DramaZone® on the day after Camp Keshet Labor Day, Jun 26–Aug 4 | For children 2.5–5 years old There are still places at Camp Keshet. Sign up on pasyn.org! September 5.

Sing and Swim Please call the office at 212-369- Jun 26–Aug 4 | For children 9–15 months and 16–22 months 2600, x151 to receive an application, with an adult and feel free to call us with any questions or comments.

pasyn.org/calendar GET UP-TO-THE-MINUTE INFORMATION ABOUT PAS PROGRAMS, EVENTS & SCHEDULE OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT WWW.PASYN.ORG/CALENDAR.

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Congregational School

If you have any questions about registration or classes for next year, contact Jennifer Stern Granowitz, Director of the Congregational School, at [email protected] or 212-369-2600, x139.

Report on the congregational leaders, CS faculty, 2. Strengthening Hebrew and clergy about the topics they reading to enable learners Congregational consider important in educating to be active participants in our students. Lastly, we spoke prayer services School Visioning with a variety of congregational schools across the country to 3. Ensuring teacher excellence Task Force better understand trends and best practices. 4. Improving communications and clarifying expectations Our consultant, Michele Levin JENNIFER STERN GRANOWITZ, DIRECTOR from Gestaltworks, helped us 5. Evaluation of a K–12 model s a result of the work of synthesize the data we collected our Congregational School with a thoughtful and organized We want to thank everyone who A (CS) Visioning Task Force, approach. Important themes participated in the process for we will start implementing new emerged, and we worked closely their commitment to excellent components in with the clergy, the CS education Jewish education. With Jewish our CS program team and the Board’s CS Education lifelong learning a core value of in September. Committee to transform these our synagogue and our Lifelong Over the past themes into five strategic areas Learning Center set to open this year, our of focus. The education team will fall, we look forward to furthering educational begin to address the first four focus the educational vision of our consultant areas this summer, and will initiate program in partnership with all of conducted implementing them in the coming our families. We are excited for fall! interviews with school year. The fifth area is a long- clergy, educators, term goal that we hope will develop and families and we hosted many in the coming years. Take photos of your family doing Jewish focus groups this past winter with things over the summer and email them to well over 100 parents and students Jennifer. We will display them during the 1. Enhancing core curriculum opening week of classes! attending. We also heard from scope and sequence

POSTCARD FROM CAMP It’s Camp Time!

n forests and lakes around the country, PAS children and teens are making friends, singing, swimming, riding ziplines, doing crafts, playing sports, having fun, and I making memories at Jewish overnight and day camps. If you’re planning to visit camps this summer with a view toward choosing one for your children, the Jewish Camping Committee is happy to answer questions. Contact chair Lynne Bermont, at [email protected], or Hallie Chandler, Director of Youth Programming and Engagement, at [email protected].

20 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin THE PAS YOUTH DEPARTMENT WISHES YOU AN AMAZING SUMMER! DON'T FORGET THE SUNBLOCK!

PAS Youth & RJNHS

For up-to-date information about youth programming, including details of the Rabbi Judah Nadich High School program, class descriptions, and how to register, sign up for the monthly youth and teen email, visit pasyn.org/youth-rjnhs, or contact Hallie Chandler, Director of Youth Programming & Engagement, at [email protected] or 212-369-4900, x147. Parents and teens, please make certain Hallie has your current contact information, so that you don’t miss any announcements or invitations.

5 Friends Make a Party | Any time over the summer Invite 5 PAS friends to hang out together, let Hallie know, and she will make sure that you have a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream cake for your enjoyment!

Cream, Crumbs, or Cocoa with Hallie | Anytime Hallie is around during the summer. Help her get out of the office. Contact her to set up one-on-one time.

A Look Ahead Welcome Back Barbecue Register Now for Rabbi Judah Nadich High School! Wed | Sep 13 | 6:00 pm | Grades 8–12 Wednesday evening dinner, lounge, and classes resume Welcome back from the summer! Dinner, schmoozing, in the fall. Watch your mail for announcements of and teen information session. Come see your friends classes, and visit pasyn.org/youth-rjnhs anytime to and learn about all the teen events happening in 2017– register and see latest updates. 2018!

College Connections

Mazal tov to all our high school graduates! Welcome to the PAS college community! Please visit pasyn.org, click on College Connections, and tell us your email address, so we’ll be able מזל to keep in touch. As soon as you know your college mailing address, give us .that, too, so that we can send you packages of goodies for the holidays טוב

20s and 30s at PAS

For 20s and 30s at PAS learning, mitzvot, and friendship opportunities, visit pasyn.org/20s30s.

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 June/July/August 2017 Sivan/Tammuz/Av/Elul 5777 21 Contributions March 23–April 19, 2017

Adult Education Fund Linda & Ronald Daitz, in honor of the Bat Raul Mitrani, in honor of the marriage of Sandy & Jonathan Merrill, in honor of Maury Mitzvah of Julia Daitz. Lindsey Mitrani & Charles Harris. Harris’s birthday. The Daitz Family, in honor of Rabbi Sheri & Jimmy Rosenfeld, in memory of Susan Weidman Schneider & Bruce S. Zuckerman’s recovery. Gershon Kekst. Schneider, in admiration and gratitude of Phyllis & Bernie Feinberg, in memory of Rabbi Ari Saks, in memory of Susan Lincoln. Barbara Weinstein. Frances Salovsky. Tracy Spitzer. Iris Goodgold, in loving memory of her only Suzanne & Brian Stadler. Bikur Cholim Fund grandparent, Dora Gottfried. Lucy & Robert Becker, in honor of the Aufruf Iris Goodgold, in loving memory of her uncle, Rabbi Witkovsky’s Discretionary Fund of Charles Harris & Lindsey Mitrani. Irving Goodgold, who heartbreakingly died Karen & David Freedberg, in appreciation Lucy & Robert Becker, in honor of the before she was born. for Rabbi Witkovsky’s presence at the bris of birthday of Maury Harris. Racheline Habousha, in honor of Meryl their grandson, Simon Bennett Burnstein. Barbara Weinstein & Louis Bernstein, in Wiener & Barry Bryer, wishing them a Dena & Mark Hirsch, in honor of the loving memory of Susan Lincoln, wife of wonderful Pesach. upcoming marriage of Reuven Cohen and Rabbi David Lincoln. Andrew Heller, in memory of David Heller. Julianna. Meryl Wiener & Barry Bryer, in memory of Jane & Stanley Kreinik, in memory of Miriam Harris-Kaplan & George Kaplan, in Susan Lincoln. Joseph Bamberger’s beloved sister, Hannah honor of Gail Silberman. Anne & Paul Corwin, in memory of Susan Bamberger. Lincoln. Jane & Stanley Kreinik, in honor of the Rabbi Zuckerman’s Discretionary Fund Darcy Dalton, in memory of Susan Lincoln, a marriage of Charles Harris & Lindsey Miriam Harris-Kaplan & George Kaplan, in true Eishet Chayil. Mitrani. honor of Gail Silberman. Harriet & Herb Feiwel, in loving memory of Lynne & Joel Mesznik, in memory of Cecile Susan Lincoln. Gertel, mother of Shereen Rutman. Sarah I. Gelman Memorial Fund Harriet Feiwel, in memory of her father, Hilary Ronner, in memory of Gladys Ronner. Evelyn Gelman, in memory of Sarah Gelman. Alfred Rich. Stefanie & James Rothman, in memory of Evelyn Gelman, in memory of Milton Dena & Mark Hirsch, in memory of Cecile Susan Lincoln. Gelman. Gertel, beloved mother of Shereen Rutman. Shereen & Howard Rutman, in honor of their Barbara Kahn, in memory of Susan Lincoln. anniversary. Shapiro Audio Archives Rita & Nathan Moser, in memory of Dorothy Darcy Dalton, in honor of Maury Harris’s Hirsch. Kol Nidrei Appeal 5777 Birthday and the Wedding of Charles Harris Dana & David Shani, in memory of Susan April 4–May 10, 2017 & Lindsey Mitrani. Lincoln. Ahou & John Abroon Barbara & Joshua Tannenbaum, in memory of Frances Stewart, in memory of our beloved Della & Lewis Honig Susan Lincoln. Susan Lincoln. Jana & Steven Markowicz Suzanne & James Aisenberg, in memory of Tina & James Snyder Susan Lincoln. Cantor Lissek’s Discretionary Fund Anonymous. Library Fund Welfare Fund Passover Appeal Rosalyn Tauber-Scheidlinger, in memory of Joan & Sylvan Schefler, in memory of Natalie Anonymous (5). Joseph Bamberger’s beloved sister, Hannah Rubin. Deanna & Robert Adler. Bamberger. Suzanne & James Aisenberg. Music Fund Sara & Howard Altschul. Cantor Schwartz’s Discretionary Fund Abraham & Helene Benyunes, in appreciation Susan & Harris Amster. Jennifer Rubinstein & Ryan Mash. of online streaming. David Balgley. Phyllis Spiro, in memory of Susan Lincoln. Louis Bernstein, in memory of Blanche Bernadette Banhidi. Bernstein. Phyllis Barber, in memory of Fred Lee Food Pantry Barber. Suzanne & James Aisenberg, in memory of Prayer Book Fund Marcy & Andrew Barkan. Cecile Gertel, mother of Shereen Rutman. Susan Smirnoff & Kirk Zachary, in honor of Susan Bender. Harris Amster, in memory of Anna Amster. Rabbi Zuckerman. Georgette Bennett. Meryl Wiener & Barry Bryer, in honor of Donald Bernstein. the marriage of Charles Harris to Lindsey Rabbi Cosgrove’s Discretionary Fund Naomi Birnbach. Mitrani. Efraim Grinberg, in memory of Golda Toby & Mark Birnbaum. Meryl Wiener & Barry Bryer, in honor of Crugliac. Ron & Roz Bloom. Maury Harris’s birthday. Laurie & Maury Harris, in appreciation of Anita Brown. Meryl Wiener & Barry Bryer, in memory of Rabbi Cosgrove officiating the wedding of Harriet Brownstein. Cecile Gertel, mother of Shereen Rutman. Charles Harris & Lindsey Mitrani. Jennifer Chaiken. Nadine Habousha Cohen & Ed Cohen, in Leona Leon, in loving memory of her Jennifer & Barry Chaiken. honor of Maury Harris’s milestone birthday. husband, Alexander Leon, on his yahrzeit. Jeffrey Chavkin. Anne & Paul Corwin, in honor of Carol Sandy & Jonathan Merrill, in honor of Richard & Libby Cohen, in honor of Jane Schwartz’s birthday. the marriage of Charles Harris & Lindsey Salmon & Jerry Gliklich. Mitrani. Lisa Cohen.

22 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin Contributions March 23–April 19, 2017

Kathy & David Cook. Andrea & Steven Mandelsberg. Young Family Education Fund Linda & Ronald Daitz. David Miller. Shira & Lee Bressler, in memory of Cecile Michael Davis. David Mitchell. Gertel, mother of Shereen Rutman. Sally Dwek. Edward Munves Jr. General Contributions Colleen Edwards. Doris & Henry Murad. Anonymous. Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg. Charles Mutterperl. Phyllis Barber, in memory of her beloved Susan Erlich. Barton Nisonson. husband, Fred Lee Barber. Dinah & Uri Evan. Morris Offit. Phyllis Barber, in memory of her father, Ethel Rubinstein & Elias Feuer. Cynthia Pfeffer. Theodore Kahn. Carol & John Finley. Suzanne & William Plotch. Phyllis Barber, in memory of her mother, Jill & Andrew Frey. Morris Podolsky. Rachel Goldman Kahn. Wayne Fuchs. Judy & Jeffrey Poss. Josephine Berger-Nadler, in memory of Susan Gail & David Furman. Jane Revasch. Lincoln. Ethel Gardner. Ellen & Alain Roizen. Vivian & Daniel Bernstein, in memory of Sarah Gelber. Estelle Roth. Gershon Kekst. Lauren Schor Geller & Marty Geller. Meg Roth. Ruth Boody, in memory of Jerome H. Jacobs. Gale & Anthony Gero. Ruth Rothseid. E.J. Borrack. Maxine & Marvin Gilbert. Fern Hurst & Peter Rubin. Michael Brenner, in honor of his birthday. Kirsten & Alexander Glantz. Nan & Howard Rubin. Bernard Breslin, in memory of Henriette Carol Goldberg. Shereen & Howard Rutman. Breslin. Harrison Goldin. Lite & Arnold Sabin. Constance & Bernard Breslin, in honor of James Goldman. Michele Schrader. the marriage of Laurie & Maury Harris’s Iris Goodgold. Barbara Benerofe & Harvey Schulweis. son Charles to Lindsey and Maury Harris’s Constance & Leonard Goodman. Susan Schwartz. birthday. Jason Gorman. Erica & Eric Schwartz. Barry Bryer, in memory of Sally Bryer. Beth & Keith Gottesdiener. Florence Seligman. Katherine Chavkin, in memory of Alex Ira Greenblatt. Annette Sherman. Showe. Efraim Grinberg. Marc Silberberg. Mitchell & Leslie Cohen, in honor of Maury David Grossberg. Diane & Gerald Smallberg. Harris’s birthday and Charles Harris & Linda Moses & Arthur Gurevitch. Karen Smul. Lindsey Mitrani’s wedding. Michele Green & Steven Gutwillig. Roslyn Spector. Carol Cohen, in memory of Reuben Herman. Martin Haber. Elizabeth Kurnetz & James Stahl, in memory David Cook, in memory of Edward Cook. Anita Cela & David Helfgott. of Susan Lincoln. Ronald Daitz, in memory of Janet Birnbaum. Ellen & Larry Heller. Amy & Neil Steiner. Linda Daitz, in memory of Harry Weiner. Lawrence Hite. Frances Stewart. David Dane, in memory of Bernard Dane. Bruce Hochberg. Hugh Straus. Howard Edelstein, in memory of Bernard Carol Judelson. Leone Straus. Edelstein. Helen & Stephen Judlowe. Roxana & Bob Tetenbaum. Howard Edelstein, in memory of Sara The Julie Family. Helene Torker. Edelstein. Marilyn Katz. Nancy & Ray Treiger. Robert Emden, in memory of Howard Emden. Carol Kekst. Roberta & Arnold Ursaner. Susan Erlich, in memory of Jacob Erlich. Linda Klempner. Roslyn & Harry Weinrauch. Sheila Erlich-Pruzansky, in memory of Jakob Michael Kogan. Gary Wexler. Erlich. Vivienne & Paul Koreto. Jacqueline & Robert Willens. Elizabeth Feiner, in memory of Irwin Feiner. Jane & Stanley Kreinik. Debbie & Richard Wilpon. Martin Fischer, in memory of Paul Fischer. Ileana Kutler. Ronda Wist. Robbie & Alan Franklin. Susan & Philip Lebowitz. Ronald Wolf. David Freedberg. Joan Leiman. Stacy & Steven Wolfe. Bernard Friedman, in memory of Clara Leona Leon. Howard Wurzel. Friedman. Joyce & Paul Levine. Rafael Zaklad. Bernard Friedman, in memory of Irving Alison & Alan Levine. Friedman. Carol Levitt. Tikkun Olam Fund Mahjong Friends of Ruth Jacob, in memory of Elizabeth Lewis. Dana & David Shani, in memory of Ralph Ruth Jacob. Eileen Lewis-Lurin. Abraham Miller. Marilyn Garcy, in memory of Irving Staum. Beth Lobel. Dava & Rabbi Eric Yanoff, in memory of Ethan Gologor. Judy Lobel. Gershon Kekst. Michele Green, in memory of Daniel Miriam London. Gutwillig. Boris Lustik. Lisa & Alexander Grinberg, in memory of Marjorie Magner. Susan Lincoln.

To make a donation, please contact Sam Hopkins at [email protected] or 212-369-4900, x101.

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 June/July/August 2017 Sivan/Tammuz/Av/Elul 5777 23 Contributions March 23–April 19, 2017

Michele Green & Steven Gutwillig, in Judy & Jeffrey Poss, in memory of Susan Travel memory of Cecile Gertel, mother of Shereen Lincoln. with PAS Rutman. Evelyn Kalish & Steve Heller, in memory of Jane Revasch, in memory of Arnold Susan Lincoln. Neustadter. Susan Hertog, in memory of Jay Gorell. Emily Roberts, in memory of Gerald Roberts, Mark Hirsch, in honor of his birthday. M.D. Jessica Levitas & Ari House, in memory of Barbara & Edward Rosen, in honor of Alison Susan Lincoln. & Alan Levine for hosting the family Passover Carol Hyman, in memory of Basil Hyman. Seder. Barbara & Alan Jacobs, in honor of their Joan & Robert Rosen, in honor of their anniversary. anniversary. Social Change Barbara & David Julie, in honor of their Estelle Roth, in memory of Morris J. Krasna. anniversary. Marvin Sandler, in memory of Max Sandler. Journey to the South Gayle Taubman Kalisman & Michael Michael Seiden, in memory of Martin Seiden. Feb 17–20, 2018 | For adults Kalisman, in memory of Susan Lincoln. Lili Mahlab, in memory of Farah Mahlab. and for teens traveling with Lois & Terry Karnovsky, in memory of Diane Florence Seligman, in honor of her birthday. an adult Chadow, mother of Rhonda Kurzweil. Stanley Siegelbaum, in memory of Samuel Learn about the Civil Rights Rabbi Lilly Kaufman, in memory of Isaac Siegelbaum. Movement, the struggles of African Kaufman. Helene & Barry Singer, in honor of their Jody & Steven Konstadt, in honor of Natalie anniversary. Americans which moved our Shaw’s Bat Mitzvah. Diane & Gerald Smallberg, in honor of the country forward, and how these Jody & Steven Konstadt, in honor of Spencer Bat Mitzvah Julia Daitz, grandaughter of challenges continue to resonate Rosenberg’s Bar Mitzvah. Linda & Ronald Daitz. today. Led by Rabbi Neil Zuckerman Allan Lercher, in memory of Edith Lercher. Diane Smallberg, in memory of her mother, and co-chairs Barry Frankel and Barbara Lerman, in memory of Abraham Jacqueline Hilf. Linda Yarden, we will journey from Tussman. Susan Smirnoff & Kirk Zachary, in memory Atlanta to Montgomery, Selma, Joan & Martin Levenson, in honor of the 50th of Cecile Gertel, mother of Shereen Rutman. and Birmingham, following in anniversary of their wedding, officiated by Susan Smirnoff & Kirk Zachary, in memory the footsteps of Black and Jewish Rabbi Nadich and Cantor Putterman. of their parents. activists. We will speak with those Bernard Leventhal, in memory of Mynne Linda Yarden & Chris Smith and family, in engaged in the struggle, walk where Leventhal. memory of Dorothy Hirsch. they marched, and experience Phyllis Leventhal, in memory of Leo Braun. Linda Yarden & Chris Smith and family, in Phyllis Leventhal, in appreciation for honor of Jared Harnick’s Bar Mitzvah. activities relevant both then and Nancy Treiger having formed the College Stephanie Hamada & Stephen Smith, in honor now. Connections Committee and initiating the of their anniversary. Registration will open on June 5. Friday evening Shabbat Dinners, many years Gary Sokol, in memory of his mother. Questions? Please contact Rabbi Charlie ago. Barbara Sonnenfeldt, in memory of Edythe Savenor at [email protected]. Phyllis & Bernard Leventhal, in loving Roland, mother of Amy Churgin. memory of Susan Lincoln. Giorgio Spanu, in honor of his birthday. Alan Levine, in memory of Florence Levine. Roslyn Spector, in honor of her birthday. Congregational Trip Alison & Alan Levine, in memory of Susan Arthur Spinner, in memory of Ignacy Spinner. to Israel: Celebrating Lincoln. Andrew Tananbaum, in memory of Stanley Laila Levitas, in memory of Susan Lincoln. Tananbaum. Israel at 70 and PAS Houlihan Lokey, in honor of Marc Becker. Dorothy Tapper Goldman, in memory of at 136! Jane Matthews, in memory of Sandy Zheutlin. Howard Goldman. Sandra Mayerson, in memory of Florence Michael Taubin, in memory of Fanny Taubin. Winter Break, December 2018 Mayerson. Jennifer Joseph & Adam Winik, in memory of | All ages David Mitchell, in memory of his beloved Gershon Kekst. Multiple tracks tailored to all gen- father, Albert Mitchell. Jodi & Charles Yellen, in memory of Susan erations and to a variety of interests Felice Muchnick, in memory of Richard Lincoln. with itineraries for first-time visi- Muchnick. Jonathan Zeichner, in honor of his birthday. tors to Israel and for travelers who Felice Muchnick, in memory of Rachel Muchnick. have been there many times. More Morris Orden, in memory of Anne Ordansky. information and descriptions of the Felicia Gerber Perlman & Michael Perlman, in different tracks coming in the fall. memory of Susan Lincoln. Registration will open in late 2017. Miriam & David Phalen, in memory of Susan Questions? Please contact Rabbi Charlie Lincoln. Savenor at 212-369-2600, x136.

To make a donation, please contact Sam Hopkins at [email protected] or 212-369-4900, x101.

24 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin PAS Calendar of Events · June 2017 · Sivan/Tammuz 5777 June Information is subject to change. Confirm at pasyn.org or with the synagogue office. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 7 Sivan 8 Sivan 9 Sivan 1 Shavuot, Day 2 2 Candles, 8:04 pm 3 Naso Daily minyan: Shaharit Monday-Friday at 7:15 am, except where noted. Sundays at 9:00 am. Minha/ma’ariv Sunday–Thursday at 5:45 pm. Shabbat minha 20 minutes after the end of morning services, except where noted. 9:15 am Service with Yizkor For a complete listing of Shabbat programming, see p. 6. 10:00 am YFE Service 7:30 am Hashkamah 10:45 am Day Sch Children’s svce 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 12:30 pm Day School 8:00 am Daf HaShavua 9:45 am Sanctuary svce Cmty Picnic 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 20 mins after svces Minha 5:45 pm Minha, no ma’ariv 7:15 pm Dr. Richard Haass 5:00 pm Late minha

10 Sivan 11 Sivan 12 Sivan 13 Sivan 14 Sivan 15 Sivan 16 Sivan 4 5 6 7 8 9 Candles, 8:08 pm 10 B’ha·alot’kha

8:00 am Daf HaShavua 7:30 am Hashkamah 8:00 am Essential Essays 12:00 pm Insights from Israel 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 8:00 am MC Basketball 11:30 am Contemp J Thought 8:00 am Prophets Lane 7:00 pm Exploring Judaism 7:15 pm 20s/30s Cocktails 9:45 am Sanctuary svce Celebrate Israel Parade 6:30 pm WN Wrap-up 7:00 pm Melton 2 7:30 pm MC Barbecue 7:30 pm Melton Grad Dinner 20 mins after svces Minha

17 Sivan 18 Sivan 19 Sivan 20 Sivan 21 Sivan 22 Sivan 23 Sivan 11 12 13 14 15 16 Candles, 8:11 pm 17 Shelah

7:30 am Hashkamah 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 9:45 am Sanctuary svce 12:00 pm Library L&L 8:00 am Daf HaShavua 20 mins after svces Minha 8:00 am MC Basketball 7:00 pm Exploring Judaism 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:00 pm Late minha

24 Sivan 25 Sivan 26 Sivan 27 Sivan 28 Sivan 29 Sivan 30 Sivan Candles, 8:14 pm Rosh Hodesh 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Korah

7:30 am Hashkamah 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 8:00 am Daf HaShavua 9:45 am Sanctuary svce 7:00 pm Exploring Judaism 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 20 mins after svces Minha

1 Tammuz 2 Tammuz 3 Tammuz 4 Tammuz 5 Tammuz 6 Tammuz 25 Rosh Hodesh 26 27 28 29 30 Candles, 8:14 pm

1 6:45 pm Lecture 8:00 am Daf HaShavua 8:00 pm Concert 7:00 pm Exploring Judaism 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat PAS Calendar of Events · July 2017 · Tammuz/Av 5777 5777 July Information is subject to change. Confirm at pasyn.org or with the synagogue office. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 7 Tammuz 1 Hukkat Daily minyan: Shaharit Monday-Friday at 7:15 am, except where noted. Sundays at 9:00 am. Monday, July 3 and Tuesday, July 4 at 9:00 am. Minha/ma’ariv Sunday–Thursday at 5:45 pm. Shabbat minha 20 minutes after the end of morning services, except where noted. For a complete listing of Shabbat programming, see p. 7. 9:00 am Parashat HaShavua 9:45 am Shabbat svce Immed after svces Minha

8 Tammuz 9 Tammuz 10 Tammuz 11 Tammuz 12 Tammuz 13 Tammuz 14 Tammuz 2 3 4 Independence Day 5 6 7 Candles, 8:13 pm 8 Balak

PAS offices closed PAS offices closed 9:00 am Parashat HaShavua 9:00 am Morning minyan 9:00 am Morning minyan 12:00 pm Library L&L 9:45 am Shabbat svce 5:45 pm Evening minyan 5:45 pm Evening minyan 7:00 pm Exploring Judaism 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 20 mins after svces Minha

15 Tammuz 16 Tammuz 17 Tammuz 18 Tammuz 19 Tammuz 20 Tammuz 21 Tammuz 9 10 11 12 13 14 Candles, 8:09 pm 15 Pinhas

9:00 am Parashat HaShavua 12:30 pm Midtown L&L 12:00 pm Insights from Israel 9:45 am Shabbat svce 7:00 pm Shulhan Ivrit 7:00 pm Abby Stein lecture 7:00 pm Agnon 7:00 pm Exploring Judaism 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 20 mins after svces Minha

22 Tammuz 23 Tammuz 24 Tammuz 25 Tammuz 26 Tammuz 27 Tammuz 28 Tammuz 16 17 18 19 20 21 Candles, 8:03 pm 22 Mattot/Mas’ei

6:30 pm Find Your Key 9:00 am Parasha HaShavua 6:30 pm MC Board Meeting 12:30 pm Midtown L&L 9:45 am Shabbat svce 7:00 pm Shulhan Ivrit 7:30 pm MC Torah on Tap 7:00 pm Agnon 7:00 pm Exploring Judaism 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 20 mins after svces Minha

29 Tammuz 1 Av 2 Av 3 Av 4 Av 5 Av 6 Av Rosh Hodesh Candles, 7:58 pm D’varim 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Shabbat Hazon 7:00 pm Shulhan Ivrit

7 Av 8 Av Erev Tisha B’Av 30 31 7:00 pm Minha 9:00 am Parashat HaShavua 7:30 pm Learning 12:30 pm Midtown L&L 9:45 am Shabbat svce 8:30 pm Ma’ariv & Eikhah 7:00 pm Film: On The Map 7:00 pm Agnon 7:00 pm Exploring Judaism 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 20 mins after svces Minha PAS Calendar of Events · August 2017 · Av/Elul 5777 August Information is subject to change. Confirm at pasyn.org or with the synagogue office. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 9 Av 10 Av 11 Av 12 Av 13 Av 1 Tisha b’Av 2 3 4 Candles, 7:49 pm 5 Va-et’hannan

7:15 am Morning minyan with 9:00 am Parashat HaShavua Eikhah 12:30 pm Midtown L&L 12:00 pm Library L&L 5:15 pm KS in the Hamptons 9:45 am Shabbat svce 5:45 pm Afternoon minyan 7:00 pm Agnon 7:00 pm Exploring Judaism 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 20 mins after svces Minha

14 Av 15 Av 16 Av 17 Av 18 Av 19 Av 20 Av 6 7 8 9 10 11 Candles, 7:40 pm 12 Eikev

9:00 am Parashat HaShavua 12:00 pm Library L&L 9:45 am Shabbat svce 7:00 pm Shulhan Ivrit 7:00 pm Exploring Judaism 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 20 mins after svces Minha

21 Av 22 Av 23 Av 24 Av 25 Av 26 Av 27 Av 13 14 15 16 17 18 Candles, 7:30 pm 19 R’eih

9:00 am Parashat HaShavua 12:00 pm Library L&L 9:45 am Shabbat svce 7:00 pm Exploring Judaism 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 20 mins after svces Minha

28 Av 29 Av 30 Av 1 Elul 2 Elul 3 Elul 4 Elul 20 21 22 Rosh Hodesh 23 Rosh Hodesh 24 25 Candles, 7:20 pm 26 Shof’tim

9:00 am Parashat HaShavua 9:45 am Shabbat svce 7:00 pm Exploring Judaism 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 20 mins after svces Minha 27 5 Elul 28 6 Elul 29 7 Elul 30 8 Elul 31 9 Elul Daily minyan: Shaharit Monday–Friday at 7:15 am, except where noted. Sundays at 9:00 am. Minha/ma’ariv Sunday–Thursday at 5:45 pm. Shabbat minha 20 minutes after the end of morning services. For a complete listing of Shabbat programming, see p. 8.

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Elliot J. Cosgrove, PhD, Rabbi Neil Zuckerman, Rabbi Ethan H. Witkovsky, Rabbi Azi Schwartz, Cantor Shira Lissek, Cantor Rachel Brook, Cantor David H. Lincoln, Rabbi Emeritus David Lefkowitz, Cantor Emeritus Beryl P. Chernov, Executive Director Liz Offenbach, Assistant Executive Director Rabbi Charles Savenor, Director of Congregational Education

Arthur Penn, Chairman of the Board Paul M. Corwin, President

NOVEMBER 15 | Book & Gift Fair opens 19 | Vicki K. Wimpfheimer Mitzvah Day

DECEMBER 12 | 1st Hanukkah candle