2019 ZOY OCTOBER A “Is that so?” 5780 The Monthly Newsletter of Temple B’nai Israel The Reform Jewish Congregation of Bay County Mailing Address: PO Box 16556, Panama City, FL 32406 Located at: 1910 Frankford Avenue, Panama City, Florida 850-522-8685 / www.bnaiisraelpc.org

See page 3 for Yom Kippur Worship schedule Services will led by Rabbi Marla Joy Subeck Spanjer accompanied by cantorial soloist Dr Daniel Sternlicht

May you be inscribed in the Book of Life... From the Temple President have a rabbi in the building and we all a time when we ask for forgiveness. Robert Goetz welcome the return engagement of If at any time I have disrespected or Rabbi Marla Spanjer to Temple B’nai personally offended you please for- Israel. This past year has been ex- give me. I meant no disrespect or ceptionally challenging for so many harm. Yes, you will see me in syna- in our congregation and community gogue on Yom Kippur! in the aftermath of Hurricane Mi- chael. So many have had their lives Allow me to address our newcomers disrupted and incurred some level to our community. We welcome you of damage to their homes. We will and thank you for participating with miss those whom have left the area us. Please continue exploring B’nai as a result. Yet we continue to perse- Israel and all that our congregation vere, push forward, and rebuild, for has to offer. a better tomorrow. As Jews we have become good at that. On behalf of the board of trustees and leadership of Temple B’nai Is- As I reflect back on the year that rael, we wish each of you and your has ended, I want to thank each families a new year filled with good member, committee chair, religious health, happiness, and prosperity. school teachers, and each congre- May you be inscribed in the book gant for remaining engaged and en- of life for 5780. See you In Shul and With the New Year 5780 now un- abling us all to rebuild. We still have around the community! derway, and the high holy days in much work remaining so please re- full swing, I always enjoy seeing the main engaged, actively participate, L’Shanah Tovah excitement of so many synagogue and donate your time and money seats filled for services. It’s so nice to when possible. The high holy days is - Robert

TBI ANNUAL HIGH HOLY DAYS FOOD DRIVE Tzedakah is the obligation to see to the needs of fellow human beings unable to meet their own needs. In that spirit, please bring non-perishable foods – such as canned goods, spaghetti, cereals, dried beans, and soups – to any of our Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur Services. Your donations, including those dropped off at any other time, will go directly to the Family Services Agency of Bay County, a non-profit located at 114 East 9th Street, Panama City, is a partner in affiliation with United Way of Northwest Florida. All donations are tax-deductible and can be delivered during their regularly scheduled office hours. For more information, please call 850-785-1721.

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- 2 - OCTOBER JOYS & REMEMBRANCES

Y A H R Z E I T S - Their Memories are for us a Blessing

10/05 Herman Miller - Father of Nathan Miller 10/07 Nicole Stewart - Daughter of Nathan & Anne Miller 10/16 Melvin Zipes - Father of Paul Zipes 10/18 Harvey Jay Glass - Son of Sonny & Alma Glass 10/29 Ronald Gordon - Husband of Yvonne Gordon

B I R T H D A Y S A N N I V E R S A R I E S 10/13 Helaine Norman 10/21 Peter & Pamela Sostheim 10/23 Margaret Euzent 10/25 Lois & John Oswald

If your Joy or Remembrance is missing or incorrect please e-mail The AZOY Editors at [email protected]

OCTOBER CALENDAR

SUN 10/6 No Religious School TUES 10/8 7:00 pm Kol Nidre Service led by Rabbi Spanjer WED 10/9 10:00 am Yom Kippur Morning Service led by Rabbi Spanjer 3:00 pm Yom Kippur Children’s Service led by Rabbi Spanjer 4:00 pm Yizkor (Memorial) and Neilah (Concluding) Services led by Rabbi Spanjer followed by Havdalah and Break-the-Fast – hosted by TBI Sisterhood 6:30 pm Monthly Temple Board of Directors Meeting

SUN 10/13 9:00 am Religious School + building our Sukkah

WED 10/16 6:30 pm Sisterhood Meeting at Gayle Paynter’s house

SAT 10/19 12:00 pm Special Sisterhood-sponsored Lunch & Learn – please see below for details

SUN 10/20 9:00 am Sukkot with Religious School

FRI 10/25 7:00 pm Simchat Torah Shabbat Service led by ISJL Fellow Margo Wagner

SAT 10/26 12:00 pm Lunch & Learn with ISJL Fellow Margo Wagner 5:30 pm Havdalah on the Beach at Rick Seltzer Park PCB

SUN 10/27 9:00 am Religious School with ISJL Fellow Margo Wagner

Sisterhood-sponsored Lunch & Learn: “Recovering From Natural Disaster: How’s Your Mental Health?” The TBI Sisterhood is pleased to sponsor Kathleen Duval, effect of Hurricane Michael on our health and the post- Student Affairs Mental Health Specialist at FSU PC, for a traumatic stress caused by the storm. This event will be special Lunch & Learn. Counselor Duval will address the held noon Saturday, October 19.

- 3 - This year's Israel Festivals 2019 stamps feature apples and honey, on a souvenir sheet of 3. Issued Sep- tember 18, 2019, the colorful stamps were designed by Baruch Nae and Sharon Israel.

“It is customary to dip apples in hon- ey on the eve of the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah and to say: That will be renewed as a good and sweet year. This expresses the hope that the new year shall be a sweet one.

Wildflower honey yields depend largely on the intensity of winter rains. Natural Mediterranean plants grow wild in open areas and nectar gathered from plants such as the Common Sage is called Wildflower Honey. There is great demand for this high quality honey.

The main honey harvesting season for citrus honey in Israeli is in the spring, between March and May. Cit- rus blooms in the spring and citrus honey is of high quality. However, the citrus groves that once stretched from Hadera in the north to Gadera in the south and provided the main source of this honey have largely dis- appeared due to construction.

Eucalyptus blossoms are an impor- tant source of nectar during the pleasant autumn months, when they provide large amounts of nectar. The eucalyptus is one of the most signifi- cant honey plants in the world. In its native Australia, honey produc- tion is based mostly on eucalyptus trees and is among the highest in the world. The eucalyptus is known as an important source of pollination and of resin for producing propolis. The eucalyptus is also one of the main honey plants in Israel.”

Text by Sima Kagan, Agricultural Re- search Organization (ARO), Volcani Center.

https://jr.co.il/stamps/jrst0951flyer. pdf

- 4 - Mansoori, who will spend eight days on the ISS, will be SPACE - THE FINAL FRONTIER the first Emirati astronaut and the first Arab on the orbiting First Arab astronaut set for International Space Station laboratory, but not the first Muslim. “It is really an honor voyage, alongside a Jew | UAE’s Hazzaa al-Mansoori ready for and we are looking forward to make this mission successful takeoff Wednesday with Jessica Meir, whose father is Israeli and to come back with a lot of knowledge,” the pilot told a pre-flight news conference. He said the trip was a milestone By AFP (Agence France-Presse) | 24 September 2019 for his country and the Arab world. “This achievement will be in history and it will be continued,” he said. “The dream has come true.” Members of the main crew to the International Space Station (ISS), Mansoori said that he would record his prayer routine on the ISS and broadcast it to people on Earth. “As a fighter pilot I already prayed in my aircraft,” he said, explaining that he had experience of prayers at high speed. Mansoori also plans to conduct experiments and said he would take Emirati food with him to share with the crew. Skripochka, first-time flyer Meir and Mansoori will join a six-member crew on the ISS and for a brief period of time the ISS will be home to nine astronauts.

Meir, 42, said it was “quite an achievement” for the United Arab Emirates to have a man in space, given that its pro- United Arab Emirates’ astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri (left), Russian gram is so new. She said the crew communicated by using cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and US astronaut Jessica Meir pose during a press conference at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome “Runglish” - a mixture of Russian and English. “We still in Kazakhstan on September 24, 2019. (Vyacheslav OSELEDKO / AFP) need to work on our Arabic,” she joked.

An Emirati astronaut who will make history by becoming Mansoori is set to return to Earth with NASA’s Nick Hague the first Arab on the International Space Station said Tues- and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin on October 3. day he had received support from around the world before Skripochka and Meir are set to remain on the ISS until the his “dream” mission. spring of 2020.

Hazzaa al-Mansoori, 35, is set to blast into space accom- Times of Israel staff contributed to this report. panied by Russia’s Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir - a Swedish-American Jew whose father is https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-arab-astronaut-set- Israeli - onboard a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur in Kazakh- for-international-space-station-voyage/ stan on Wednesday.

Shabbat potluck dinner September 13, 2019

- 5 - CONTACT US Sickerman Stephen Wagner Margo Mike Starkman Marinuzzi Tammy Sternlicht Daniel Strynar Rick Mary Starkman Gingold Alvin Pavel Amromin Sternlicht Linette Sutton Pam Goetz Robert Spanjer Marla Rabbi

Azoy Editor Azoy Fellow Education ISJL President Past Immediate President Sisterhood Director School Religious Trustee Trustee Trustee Secretary Treasurer Vice-President President Leader HHD

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Havdalah on the Beach Havdalah the on September 28, 2019 28, September