Shalom Welcome to Congregation Beth Yeshurun Rhona and Bruce Caress Family Campus www.bethyeshurun.org September 4 - 5, 2020 16 Elul 5780 Parashat : Deuteronomy 26:1 - 27:10, EH p. 1140 : Isaiah 60:1 - 22, EH p. 1161

Brian Strauss, Senior Rabbi Meir Finkelstein, Cantor Steven Morgen, Associate Rabbi Sarah Fort, Assistant Rabbi Daniel Horwitz, Rabbi, J.B. Greenfield Chapel David Rosen, Rabbi Emeritus Jack Segal, Rabbi Emeritus Jerrad Bloome, President Andy Burger, Executive Director We’re delighted to have you with us!

this week next week FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 6:00p Shabbat Renewal 6:00p Shabbat Renewal with 6:45p Shabbat Table Talk with the Cohen and Melamed Families Khambrel Marshall SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 9:30a Museum Minyan SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 9:00a Member Led Service 9:30a Museum Minyan 9:30a Main Sanctuary Service 9:30a Main Sanctuary Service B’nai Mitzvah: 7:15p Mincha/Ma’ariv Blake Cohen & Jake Melamed 8:05p Museum Minyan 10:00a Shabbat Morning Service Bat Mitzvah: Emily Newman 7:00pm Mincha/Ma’ariv 7:55p Havdalah Museum Minyan 10:00p Selichot Services

All services are streamed via our website, social media and/or zoom Shabbat Shalom from Beth Yeshurun! Beth Yeshurun is a community institution with a vital mission: to educate children and adults, to offer spiritual experiences that inspire and uplift all ages, and to provide a setting in which Judaism can be joyously lived and experienced.

Virtual Admin Office Hours TUE-THU., 11:00A TO 2:00P JMCTX Meditation Book Club FRI., SEP. 18 | ROSH HASHANAH WED., SEP 9TH 6:00P TO 7:00P Meal Includes the choice of: Jewish Meditation Group Herb Roasted Chicken with Herb WED., SEP 9TH 7:00P TO 8:00P Roasted Potatoes; Green Beans with Tomatoes and Onions; Honey Cake Israel Bonds:Chef Michael Solomonov with Diced Apples; Apples and Honey THURSDAY, SEP 10TH 7:00P TO 8:00P - or- Parsha Study with Rabbi Horwitz Braised with Potatoes and Carrots; Green Beans with Tomatoes THU., SEP 10TH 7:30P TO 8:30P and Onions; Honey Cake with Diced Selichot Night Live Apples; Apples and Honey SHABBAT, SEP 12TH 7:30P TO 2:00A Each order (1-6 meals) also includes: Selichot Service (1) set of Shabbat Candles and (1) MOTZEI SHABBAT, SEP 12TH 10:00P Round Your Sisterhood Giftshop is here SUN., SEP. 27 | YOM KIPPUR Salads: Tossed House Salad; for all your Judaica needs! To Southwest Kale Salad; Tuscan Pasta make an appointment call them Salad; Fresh Cut Fruit Salad at 713.666.1881 and leave a (Per person) By the ½ Tray (16 pieces) message or email them directly or Full Tray (32 Pieces) [email protected] ♦ Baked Blintzes served with PreserveS & Sour Cream ♦ Sweet Noodle ♦ Southwest Quiche served with Fresh Salsa ♦ Mushroom, Spinach & Artichoke Quiche Tuesday, September 8, 2020 Approximately 2 oz. of Smoked Orange Chicken; Asian Slaw; Salmon served with (2) Cocktail Bagels, Cream Cheese, Capers, Fried Rice & Stir Fry Vegetables; Onions & Lemons (Per person) Cinnamon Sugar Wontons Whitefish Spread - by the Pint (Feeds 6-7) and Quart (Feeds 10-12) Friday, September 11 2020 Beth Yeshurun’s Famous Traditional Chicken Piccata; Pesto Pasta; Tuna Salad - by the Pint (Feeds 2-3) Ratatouille; Chocolate Cherry Tart and Quart (Feeds 4-6) bethyeshurun.org/cbymealstogo BETHYESHURUN.ORG/HIGHHOLYDAYS The program begins with Havdalah at 7:30p. The learning sessions run from 8:00p until 2:00a. We will usher in the High Holiday season focusing on: Teshuva (Repentance: If I Am Not For Myself, Who Is For Me?); Tefilah (Prayer: And If I Am Only For Myself, What Am I?); Tzedakah (Righteous Acts: And If Not Now, When?); Shema Koleinu (Hear our Voice, Accept our Prayer). For more information visit: BETHYESHURUN.ORG/EVENT/SELICHOTNIGHTLIVE2020 8:00p CDT - Rabbi Ariel Sholklapper presents “Mindfulness: Days of Awe” 11:30p CDT - Rabbi Steven Morgen presents “What if the Torah Reading for Rosh Hashanah Was the Story of Creation?” Please join us virtually for our traditional Selichot Service at 10:00p from the Barg Sanctuary. BETHYESHURUN.ORG/PRAYING/LIVE-STREAM

A special email series to help guide you into the Jewish New Year Donations To make a donation please visit our website at www.bethyeshurun.org/donations. You may also mail your donation to the synagogue office. A minimum donation of $18 per listing is required to have your donation published in the weekly bulletin and a notification letter sent to the honoree or a deceased person’s family member. One such notification letter will be sent per donation. The deadline for donations to be published in the weekly bulletin is the previous Friday at noon. Donations are published upon submission and will not be “held” for future publication. Please be sure to provide all of the necessary information, if it’s incomplete, we are unable to process your donation efficiently. Donations with no specific fund indicated will be credited to the Synagogue General Fund.Thank you for your continued generous support of the synagogue. IN HONOR OF n Marriage of Jordi Miller & Dr. Sam Pollock by Mr. Norman Miller n Wedding Anniversary of Alan and Diane Levin by Shirlee and Mark Rosenthal Rabbi Steve Morgen and Cantor Diane Dorff by Shirlee and Mark Rosenthal Woody and Esther Fox by Shirlee and Mark Rosenthal n Birthday of Fredell Belasco by Phyllis and Sheldon Kaufman Glen Rosenbaum by Jennifer Sutton Shirley Mandel (90) by Bobbi and Tom Asarch; Joe Rice n In Honor of Bruce Stein by Suzanne & Bryan Siegel Cantor Dorf by Andy, Stacy, Katie and Abby Robinson Cantor Finkelstein by Andy, Stacy, Katie and Abby Robinson Rabbi Fort by Andy, Stacy, Katie and Abby Robinson Rabbi Strauss by Andy, Stacy, Katie and Abby Robinson n IN MEMORY OF Helen Charski by Mrs. Nancy Dziengel; Esther and Woody Fox Jaime Cheskes by Mr. & Mrs. Hertzel Aron Dorothy Heffler Davidoff by Susan and Steve Berdinis; Wendy and Andy Bernstein; Karen and Howard Bookstaff; Helen Brounes; Susan and Michael Davidoff; Tootie and Steve Fradkin; Patti and Marc Hanfling; Julie Hershorn, Halie & Samantha & David; Lusia and Geri Joskowitz, Pepi & Steve Nichols; Jeanie and Larry Krim; Randy and Joni Levy; Cheryl and Jim Lerdal; Marsha McAlpin; Lauren and Jordan Mintz; The Rassiner Family; Shirlee and Mark Rosenthal; Annette and Larry Sondock; The Varadi Family; Cindy and Barry Weinstein; Naomi and Brian Wittlin Kyle Drennan by Susan and Steve Berdinis Sandy Fein by Ed Fein Florence Gerber by Sid and Marsha Gerber Vicki Greenberg by Elissa Varadi Dr. Stuart Grossman by Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Miller Willard Harris by Mrs. Shirley Katz Rabbi Leo Heim by Joel Sachs Arnold Herskovitz by Adele & Steve Croft; Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Miller; Rochelle Saltz Sinderbrand Henia Leibman by Lara Leibman & Neil Sherlock Helene Lubel by Randy & Heather Reichstein Bessie Nelkin by Mr. & Mrs. Benard Nelkin Donna Price by Jolene Friedman and Harold Eisenman Lynette Brown Proler by Kelli Cohen Fein and Martin Fein; Mrs. Hava Rothman Mia Rubenfeld by Sheldon Rubenfeld Morris Sadoff by Dr. & Mrs. Irving Wishnow A. I. Schepps by Nancy & Arthur Brand & family, Gilda & Warren Sprung & family Nathan Schepps by Nancy & Arthur Brand Israel Shulak by Lorri and Jon Feiwell Meyer Siegel by Dr. & Mrs. Irving Wishnow Kathryn Lewis Spears by Max Spears Family Abe Stein by Barbara & Ben Eisenbaum and Family Chaim Steinberg by Barbara and Allen Pauly Dr. Milton L. Wagner by Bobbi and Tom Asarch; Helen Brounes; Nirayl & Brian Cororve; Karen Merkel; Dr. W. Kenneth Horwitz; Gerry Karkowsky & family Edna Wesler by Dr. Alanna Silverstein Avrohm Wisenberg by Irving and David Levinson A Notice About Bereavement Communications Bereavement notices for our synagogue family are distributed with the permission of the deceased’s family, and the timing of these notices is dictated by the family’s request. Of course, each family grieves in its own way, and we are grateful for our congregation’s patience and understanding with different families’ preferences about how their loss is publicized. This Week’s Yahrzeits 16 Elul, Sat. 18 Elul, Mon. 20 Elul, Wed., cont. Manuel Basel Mary Altman Joseph Brown Jennie Gertrude Benjamin Faro Irving Cohen Bossin David Geigerman Stanley Epstein Henry Sonny Brandt Louis Goldenberg Jack Julius Farbstein Bebe Cohen Abe “Al” Gordon Abraham I. Gelfand Harry Diamond Benjamin Jaffee Dan Benjamin Gerson Beniamin Feldberg Sherman A. Kaplan Oscar Kaplan Rabbi Leo Heim Milton Meyer Freda Levit Walter Karl Hess Harry Miller Edward Lightman Della Kaplan Florence Polakoff Bari W. Mintz Frances Batush Blanche Oltman Rose Leon Robbins Levinson Nathan Schepps Alexander Shnur Max Louis Lotzof Israel Shulak Gerald Silber Tessie Pearl Gertrude Bertha Donald M. Prenowitz Speier 21 Elul, Thu. Jerry J. Smith Morris Alexander Shirley Aptekar Alta Rivka Teutelbaum Bernard Bresalier Vladyslavovski Edna Barbara Wesler Perry Z. Cohn Albert Worth David Dubie Zuber Anita Golman Adda Harris 17 Elul, Sun. 19 Elul, Tue. Louis F. Israel Max Berkman Esther Pines Goldberg Norma Rosenson Kost Bernice Bloome Sophie Caplan Shelley Wolf Langham Jaime Cheskes Goodman Herbert Lupuloff Esther Dubman Lillian Halprin Harry Redman Esther Grossman Boris Korchmar A.I. Schepps Klara Lisker Natalie G. Lenzner Sidney Slavin Hilde Levi Mazow Jeremy Israel Musher Pearl Testa Turk Shirley Faber Lester Plotkin Rosenberg Israel Hyman 22 Elul, Fri. Meyer Sakowitz Rosenberg Arthur Chasnoff Sadie Schneider Miriam Silversteen Alick Frankel Eudis Eudy Schwartz Mollie R. Specter Alfred Hersh Gertrude Schwartzberg Samuel Szereszewsky David Jaffe Margaret Silver Tolbert Kronthal Dorothy Bistrow Tapper 20 Elul, Wed. Paula Helen Lang Carol Turboff Manya Abramovitz Ben F. Leff Herman Zimmerman Hope Sarah Alper Sidney Morgen Boris E. Aranovich Robert Rudolph Meyer I. Bell Abe Stein

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