SHABBAT WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Friday, October 31, 2014 6:00 p.m. Shabbat Worship (Note earlier start time) Portion: Lech L’Cha Saturday, November 1, 2014 9:45 a.m. Bible Study RAY HARTMANN Friday, November 7, 2014 6:00 p.m. Tot Shabbat TO SPEAK AT 7:30 p.m. Shabbat Worship with Chavurat Shira Choir SHABBAT SERVICE Torah Portion: Lech L’cha Join us for a special Shabbat on Friday, November 14. Saturday, November 8, 2014 Immediately following our 6:30 p.m. Shabbat B’Shir 9:45 a.m. Bible Study service in song, distinguished journalist and Temple Friday, November 14, 2014 member Ray Hartmann, the CEO/owner of 6:00 p.m. Pre-Oneg St. Louis Magazine and a weekly combatant on the 6:30 p.m. Shabbat B’Shir Nine Network of Public Media’s Donnybrook show, Guest Speaker: Ray Hartmann will speak on “Ferguson: Where are we Now?” Torah Portion: Vayeira Saturday, November 15, 2014 We hope you will join us for what is sure to be an 9:45 a.m. Bible Study informative and thought-provoking program. 11:00 a.m. Shabbat Worship Bar of Ryan Melnick son of Steven and Leslie Melnick SHABBAT BIRTHDAY Friday, November 21, 2014 6:00 p.m. Pre-Oneg BLESSINGS 6:30 p.m. Learners’ Shabbat & Birthday Blessings Torah Portion: Toldot Are you celebrating a birthday Saturday, November 22, 2014 in November? 9:45 a.m. Bible Study If so, be sure to join us for Shabbat worship on Friday, November 21, at 6:30 p.m. Friday, November 28, 2014 6:00 p.m. Shabbat Worship All adults and children with November birthdays (Note earlier start time) will be called to the bimah to receive a special birthday Torah Portion: Vayeitzei blessing from the . Saturday, November 29, 2014 We look forward 9:45 a.m. Bible Study 11:00 a.m. Shabbat Worship to celebrating with you! Bat Mitzvah of Lauren Goldberg daughter of Paul and Susan K. Goldberg

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We hope you enjoyed being “back home” for the High Holy Days in our beautiful new Gall Family Sanctuary. More exciting transformations of our worshiphighholydays and gathering spaces are coming soon! Our High Holy Day services were a tremendous success thanks to the generosity of our donors and the incredible work of our planning team, our dedicated ushers, greeters, and volunteers, and our Temple leadership and staff.

HIGH HOLY DAY APPEAL DONORS (Received as of October 14, 2014)

Anonymous and Jody Chassin John and Annette Fudemberg Leonard and Audrey Adreon Edward and Carol Cohen Burton Garland, Jr. and Amy Garland Michael Alper and Kay Cohen David Geddes and Sheila Stanton Rabbi Amy Feder Stanley and Phyllis Cohen David Gitt Thomas and Andreasson Harold and Paula Colton Stanley and Janice Gitt Lloyd and Harriette Arkin Jerrold Comensky Edward and Dorette Goldberg Randy and Cathy Arst Richard and Mary Dalton Paul and Susan K. Goldberg Joshua Badders and Michael and Pamela Dern Marvin Goldfarb Pam Becker Weilitz Eugene and Lee Deutsch Robert and Cathy Goldsticker Fred and Joy Balis Jack and Ellen Deutsch Stanley and Bette Goodman Barry and Susan Barber Eagle Accounting and Tax Solutions Mitchell Grand Theodore and Corinne Baumgarten Rita Eiseman Morton and Joyce Green William Becker Charles Elbert and Ted and Laura Greenberg Alex Belotserkovsky Karen Berry Elbert Ralph and Shirley Grosberg Igor and Raisa Belotserkovsky Allan and Susan Epstein Matthew Gross and Alex Berger III and Cynthia Berger Beverly Faber Tracy Goldberg-Gross Robert and Patricia Bernstein and Sandra Fenster Paul and Carol Gusdorf Maxine Blatt Marjorie Fenster Walter and Ruth Gusdorf Ruth Block Michael and Carla Feuer Chuck Halpern Jeanne Bloom Ryan and Laura Fields Harvey and Judy Harris Jonathan and Patty Bloom Jed Filler and Lisa Frieband Filler David and Renee Hartstein Harry Bluestein Barron Finer Eric and Sari Hausler Ivan and Linda Blumoff Mitchell and Jayme Fingerman Carolyn Henges Max Breadman Terrence and Pepe Finn Ralph Herzmark Max and Betty Bridge William and Dorothy Firestone Kenneth Hirsch and Scott Davis Marcia Broddon Ed and Susan Fliesher Douglas and Marilyn Hubert Donna Brodsky Sam and Marilyn Fox Linda Hyken Jeff Brown and Amy Fenster Brown Julius and Susan Frager Michael and Michelle Isserman Ronald Brown Rita Freed David Jacobson Byron Brownstein Sarijane Freiman Dale and Marcie Kalina Robert Burg Robert and Maryellen Freund Nancy Kalishman Gary and Kim Bussard Sonny Friedman Joel and Carol Kamil

www.ti-stl.org / November 2014 / 3 page David and Barbara Kantrovitz Sidney Martin and Marjorie Ross Martin Daniel and Joanne Schwartz Michael and Jodi Kaplan Marti Maurer Julian and Helen Seeherman Sidney Katz and Joy Lending Betsy Mehlman Jeremy and Beth Shook Ben and Rosalind Kessler Mark and Debi Mehlman Bernadine Shuman Earl and Essie Kessler James and Sheila Mills Joseph Silverman Larry and Deanna Kiel Morton Mitchell David and Barbara Smith Jonathan and Sally King Cary and Dee Mogerman Robert and Elizabeth Snidman Richard and Susan Kofkoff Donald and Sallie Mogerman Ruth Sobel Alene Kopolow Ronald and Stephanie Moidel Jeffrey and Leslie Koppel Gitel Eli Montague and Sheryl Breadman Carol Wolf Solomon William and Peggy Kornfein William and Susan Moriconi Mark Stein Alan Koshner Leslie Nackman Martin and Karen Stein Edward and Judith Koshner Jan Nykin Richard and Lecie Steinbaum Judi Kramer Alise O’Brien, Architectural Photography Jeffrey and Martina Stern Eugene and Joan Kraus Drew and Julie Olschansky Marcia Sterneck David and Martha Kreipke Bob and Kathy Ortbals Arthur and Susan Stiefel Carol Lasker Robert and Lori Ortbals Cary and Helen Stolar Suzanne Lasky Aaron and Frala Osherow Robert Stone Gary and Frances Lazaroff Michael and Diane Packman Jim Thomeczek and Jeffrey Leffron Jay and Heather Padratzik JoAnne Levy Benjamin and Lois Lefton Edwin and Lenore Pepper Steven Turner and Tami Martens Robert and Marlene Lefton Ella Raber Harold and Deborah Tzinberg Hans and Valerie Levi Daniel and Amanda Radman Scott and Rita Waldman Jeffrey and Louise Levine Merri Raphan Lynn Wallis Constance Levy Jake and Leslie Reby David and Liz Weinstein Eleanor Levy Scott and Stephanie Rhea Michael and Diane Weiss Mont and Karen Levy Herman and Hildegard Rochman Peter Weiss and Barbra Horn Sally S. Levy Ken and Judy Rothman Stuart and Marlita Weiss Stanley Levy Betsy Rubenstein Sanford Weissman Joe and Minnette Liberman Denny Rubin and Marilyn Berger Rubin Stephen and Linda Wielansky Larry and Elizabeth Linkon Timothy and Marla Ruff Kenneth and Eva Wilde Michael and Lynne Lippmann Gary Sacks Don Wiley Rob Litz and Nancy Nix Rice Maya Samoylovich Deborah Withington Louise Losos and Beth Wiggins Barbara Sandmel Howard and Joan Wittner Leslye Louis Geraldine Schiller Harvey and Leslie Wolf Kenneth and Loren Ludmerer Harold and Dorothy Schneider Brett and Kimberly Wolff Jeff and Andrea Lyell Benjamin Schulein Jr. and Lenore Schulein Stephen and Carolynn Wolff Debbie Manne Debbie Schultz Richard Wolfheim Neil and Ricki Marglous Arnold and Louise Schwab John and Lana Yunker

4 page / November 2014 / Congregation Temple Israel DATELINE 2014 MUSICIANS & CHOIR SPECIAL THANKS TO…. Rob Aronson, Guitar highholydays David Chassin and Ted Greenberg for overseeing our Byron Brownstein and Dan Vizer, Piano sanctuary renovation project and ensuring that we were Suzanne Harlamert, Cello “ready” for the High Holy Days. Patrice Kaplan, Choir Director Our many congregants whose participation in our Choir members: services enriched our worship. Rob Aronson, Anna Reby Bertman, Lindsay Bess, Our High Holy Days planning team of Linda Horwitz, Amy Cohen, Ed Goldberg, Harry Knopf, Jerry Kraus, Neil Marglous, and Dee A. Mogerman. Marti Maurer, Debbie Schultz, and Michelle Weltman Emma and Andrew Rehfeld, for their help in leading our children’s services.

Eric Biernacki and Ben Packman, for blowing the so beautifully.

Gary and Kim Bussard and College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving for providing us with additional manpower to assist with furniture moving and set-up of the Gall Family Sanctuary.

Ann Epstein for coordinating our bimah flowers.

Nancy Solomon, Chairperson, and our volunteers and members of our TIFTY youth group who assisted with our Personal Care Item Drive.

Ron and Lylas Chatmon, for coordinating our ushers aandn greeters. A special shout-out also goes to Ron for hihis help with our new sound system.

DoDonna Wilkerson-Light and Nancy (Wilkerson) Kreinberg ofof Art-bi-2 Creative Visuals, for designing all of our High HolyH Day publications and materials.

FrankFr Robbins, for leading our building team andan to our volunteer builders Jed Filler, Jeremy Hodess, LoisLo Perryman, Dan Radman, Monte Sandler, and AdamAd Wallis.

Derrick Bryant, Debbie Jennings and our entire Temple maintenance staff for going above and beyond to get everything ready and in place for the holidays.

www.ti-stl.org / November 2014 / 5 page USHERS, GREETERS AND VOLUNTEERS Ron and Lylas Chatmon, Usher Chairs Loren Ludmerer Robert Aisenfeld Neil Marglous David Aronson Hannah and Marti Maurer James Axelbaum Dee A. Mogerman Evie Bernstein Jan Nykin Lindsay Bess Charlie and Sheri O’Gorman Mark and Joelle Biernacki and Family Lois Perryman Jeff Brown and Amy Fenster Brown and Family Dana, Hope and Ross Pohlman David Chassin Ella Raber Carol and Ed Cohen Ken and Judy Rosenthal and Family Vera and Fred Cohen Marilyn Berger Rubin Brent and Karen Comensky Jeremy Shook Thelma Davidson Jeffrey and Martina Stern and Family Pamela Dern Art and Susan Stiefel Charles Elbert and Karen Berry Elbert Adam and Emily Wallis Allan and Susie Epstein Lynn Wallis Falkoff David Weinstein Jeff Feldman Michael Weiss Marge Fenster Peter Weiss and Barbra Horn Carla Feuer Mitchell and Jayme Fingerman Pepe Finn David Geddes Dorette Goldberg Elise and Jamie Goldberg Paul and Susan K. Goldberg and Family Marvin Goldfarb Bob and Cathy Goldsticker Harvey Harris Arnold and Myrna Hershman Linda Horwitz Joel Kamil Louise Levine Jerry and Judy Levy The Levy-Thomeczek Family Larry and Liz Linkon Rob Litz

6 page / November 2014 / Congregation Temple Israel DATELINE highholydays2014 HIGH HOLY DAYS BIMAH FLOWERS

Thank you to following donors for sponsoring our High Holy Days bimah flowers: Berger Memorial Chapel Rindskopf-Roth Chapel Norman and Michele Roth and Family Robert Burg In memory of his wife, Lorraine Burg, and daughter, Deborah Burg Marge Fenster, Jeff Brown, Amy Fenster Brown, Our Gift to You! Davis and Leo Brown, and Susan, Mike, On we distributed a wonderful new Nathan, and Freddie Mayer In memory of Ronald Fenster CD of Shabbat music performed by our rabbis, Rob Aronson, and other talented musicians. Lois and Buddy Goldberg and Louise and Barry Mandel This is our gift to you for a sweet and melodious year. In memory of Sylvia and Sam Levin If you missed receiving yours, please feel free to stop by the Temple to pick one up or contact us Carol Lasker and Family In memory of Thomas Lasker at 314-432-8050. Geri and Mel Rich In memory of their daughter, Michelle Sheryl Rich Jan Nykin and Family Honoring the memory of their father and grandfather, Harry M. Offenbach Bernadine Shuman In memory of her husband, Jack Shuman Sunny and Jarrett Silverman In memory of their son, Dr. R. Scott Berger, and father, Gabe L. Gould Fran & Steve Zamler In memory of Martha Gelber and Scott Zamler

www.ti-stl.org / November 2014 / 7 page PRESIDENT’S HIGH HOLY DAYS MESSAGE Dee A. Mogerman

Editor’s Note: Temple Israel President Dee Mogerman delivered the following remarks on Erev Rosh Hashanah.

Welcomeome Home! IsnIsn’t’t it wonderful wonderfu to be sitting together We had built a place for us. It was expensive. Sacrifice under our own roof this year? Our NEW roof? What a was involved. And this ambitious building has served difference a year makes. us well for over fifty remarkable years. But the building Whether you are a guest visiting Temple Israel for which housed our spiritual home — yours and mine — the first time, or you have been a member of this suffered the ravages of time and the elements. congregation for many years, I would like to welcome While it has continued to serve us, in the last ten years you to Rosh Hashanah services on behalf of the entire it became more than apparent that substantial repairs Temple Israel Board of Trustees. Thank you for being and upgrades were necessary to maintain our home. here. May each of you enjoy a happy, healthy and Now, let’s imagine it is 2008. Remember the Livnot sweet new year. campaign? “To Build?” This critical capital campaign was I would like to tell you a couple of stories this evening. carefully planned by a group of visionary and dedicated One is a Temple Israel story. Our story. The other is a leaders of a new time. Substantial gifts were made in the personal story. My story. beginning phase of the campaign, and all systems were “GO!” But shortly after we started this Livnot Campaign Let’s go back in time. Let’s imagine it’s 1958. We are the world economy collapsed. It tanked. The campaign standing in the middle of an open field at the corner of was suspended while the economy recovered. It has Ladue and Spoede Roads, on what is practically still a taken a long time. rural part of St. Louis County. We are standing here with our Rabbi, Ferdinand Isserman, and a group of visionary But our roof wouldn’t wait. Our beautiful, innovative and and dedicated temple leaders. We are standing here on symbolic wonder from 1962 had become a 2010 liability. a sunny, breezy, late September day, with stars in our The roof made us do it. The roof pushed us forward. collective eyes, dreaming of a new building, for a new What had started many years ago as a trickle of a age, for Congregation Temple Israel. nuisance of a leak that could be patched and re-patched We are imagining a structure for our congregation in each year, got worse and ultimately required placement which our children will raise their children to be ; a of numerous garbage pails throughout the building to place for worship, a place for community, a place for us try to catch the many torrents of water. You remember. to freely practice our own . I remember the drip, drip, dripping on my husband’s prayer book during Rosh Hashanah services two By 1962, we had built that home — one that would be years ago. permanent, durable and lasting. Seriously, our present day architect has likened it to Fort Knox. He was The famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright once casually impressed by the sturdiness of its construction — an mused that, while some can cover over their mistakes, indestructible, first-class institutional home; incidentally, “architects can only advise their clients to plant more a home that also qualified as a Civil Defense Fallout vines.” Vines were not going to work for us to fix our Shelter. Remember, it is 1962! I think we still have the roof. Believe me, we tried everything. It would not be sign downstairs somewhere. a quick fix and it would be expensive.

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Challenges present opportunities, and we took the Fast forward to 1985, and Cary and I were married time after suspending the campaign to re-envision and here, even though I was not yet Jewish. That proved re-prioritize our needs in the new economic climate. not to matter. Rabbi [Alvan] Rubin warmly welcomed With great effort, planning, a little luck, and with the me, and all of Temple Israel warmly welcomed me. permission of many who had already made their Livnot We took advantage of the complimentary membership gifts, we have been able to execute a plan to replace our that comes with being married at Temple Israel. In time, roof and renew many of the areas under it. we enrolled our sons in the Deutsch Early Childhood We have not borrowed any money to do it; we relied Center, where I learned about Judaism along with them, upon existing resources, and we stayed within budget. and where we connected with many other parents who remain good friends today. It is a bond that lasts. On In a few weeks, the transformation of the Gall Family my 31st birthday I chose to become a Jew — here. Our Sanctuary into a warm and beautiful, flexible, intimate children became b’nai mitzvah and were Confirmed here. space will be complete. You must come back and see it. You will love the new look and feeling. And you will I became a bat mitzvah here. I found MY place here, continue to be proud of it. and Temple Israel became and remains our family’s spiritual home. So here we are in 2014, Rosh Hashanah 5775. There is still much work to do as we reinvigorate the Livnot We all have a Temple Israel story, each one of us. Campaign to restore critical systems, fund future This is your place, too. In the coming year, we will improvements to the rest of our campus and fortify re-dedicate our beautiful sanctuary, and re-dedicate our endowment. We should all be excited about the ourselves to our congregational community. possibilities. In anticipation of our November “Illuminate the Night” gala, we will all be invited to share our stories, and in So now, the personal story. so doing, renew our bonds with the congregation that I take you back to 1966, and little Cary Mogerman is is such a central part of all of our lives. I hope you will just beginning first grade in Mrs. Susman’s religious participate, and I can’t wait. school class. He remembers, even today, the brand-new Thank you for listening to my story. I can’t wait to sidewalks, parking lots, and classrooms on our campus. hear yours. He remembers the big eye [in the bimah sculpture] with the needles in it, and he painfully remembers that May each of us each of us find and keep our place he is the only child in his first grade class who showed here at Temple Israel, and may we each be inscribed in up wearing a tie. He remembers his teachers over the the book of life for a most remarkable 5775. years — Dr. Rosenkranz, Mrs. Rosenthal, Dr. Young, and Ken y’hi ratzon — May this be God’s will. others. And he remembers the gleaming beauty of our congregational home, and that he had a place here.

www.ti-stl.org / November 2014 / 9 page IF NOT NOW, WHEN? Rabbi Amy Feder

A congregant recently asked me a very important and My response to the congregant was to turn the challenging question. He said, “We know that in the last question back to him, and to all of you. What do you few months, the need for social action in St. Louis is want to do about it? I have learned again and again greater than ever before. As Jews, and as members of that for any program, any project, any campaign to be Temple Israel, what are we going to do about it?” successful, it can’t be top down. It can’t be the rabbis

I wish the question were not as difficult to answer as picking our chosen cause, or the staff, or even the it is. In truth, there are some quick and easy answers. Board of Trustees. It is you, the congregants, not us, We can take opportunities to share thoughts on social who have made our Annual Thanksgiving Dinner such unrest by speaking from the pulpit, which Rabbi Alper a success. It is you who bring in toiletries by the carful, and I do at Shabbat services nearly every week. who attend events like our Fall Back to School Bash We can bring in speakers who have a unique perspective which supported Annie’s Hope, who stay after services on the subject, as we are doing with Ray Hartmann to pick vegetables from the garden. It is also you, our on November 14. We can help people in financial need congregants, who created every single one of those through projects like the Thanksgiving Dinner, our projects and programs. You dreamed it; we simply community garden, from which we harvest produce helped to make it happen. to donate to the Jewish Food Pantry, and through As the leaders of a congregation, our job is to be our Personal Care Items Drive. We can privately and connectors. Tell us your passions, give us your ideas discretely help those in our own community who may for how to make this world, and this city, a better place, need an extra boost to get them back on their feet and we will use the amazing resources that come from after difficult times, whatever they may be. being a community of 900 families to get you what

But it’s not enough. It’s not enough to help the very you need to make it happen. We can (and will continue real problems that our city is facing right now. It’s not to!) share you our dreams and hopes and plans from enough to heal the wounds opened after the events the bimah and in the classroom, but in the end, you are in Ferguson; it’s not enough to face the poverty and the one who will make the difference. It takes only one inequality that is almost a given in parts of St. Louis; spark, and only one person, to begin the work of fixing it’s not enough to make us feel that we’re actually the world. making a difference. Yet the overwhelming, overriding Maybe that spark is you. question is, of course, what is?

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10 page / November 2014 / Congregation Temple Israel DATELINE templeNEWS CHUTZPAH Rabbi Michael Alper

Last year, when the Isserman Auditorium and Gall But the experience of baking pies was so fantastic Family Sanctuary were under construction, you may and seemed to reach so many people! So what to do? remember that we had to take a hiatus from the Why not do both! This year, I am proud to say that Annual Thanksgiving Dinner for People in Need, which we will be both hosting a dinner that will serve more is a favorite both for our volunteers and for our guests. than 400 guests who would otherwise not have a Guests to the Thanksgiving Dinner come from all over Thanksgiving celebration, AND hold multiple baking the city, from organizations like the Urban League to sessions where congregants will bake hundreds of facilities such as the Gladys and Henry Crown Center for pumpkin pies. If you’re interested in volunteering either Senior Living. It truly is an honor to be able to provide for pie-baking or helping with the dinner, sign up quickly! them with a delicious meal served with class and dignity. Every year we have to turn away volunteers for lack of Those of you who have volunteered in the past know space, which is a wonderful problem to have. what a moving and meaningful experience the event To me, the Thanksgiving Dinner and Pies with a is every year. Purpose are a beautiful examples of the teaching We were disappointed, but not deterred by last year’s mitzvah goreret mitzvah, one mitzvah leads to another. construction, and knew that if we couldn’t host a big The Thanksgiving Dinner itself has inspired so many dinner, at the very least we could still help people have mitzvot. One year, the parents of our current education a happy holiday. So Pies with a Purpose was born. center secretary, Becky Wientge, came to the dinner Groups of congregants of all ages baked more than and brought hundreds of pairs of socks and gloves to 500 homemade pumpkin pies that were delivered to the give to guests, which is now its own tradition. Another Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry and given out for year, our Boy Scout Troop began helping out by Thanksgiving. We heard from staff at the food pantry directing bus traffic, walking guests in, and assisting that people were overwhelmed and even moved to with clean-up. We now rely on them each year to tears by the prospect of having a homemade pie to help things run smoothly. Each act of kindness help celebrate the holidays. and generosity has prompted another.

This year, with a beautifully renovated building and a May it continue to be this way for years to come! leak-free roof, we were faced with another dilemma. We knew we wanted to host the Thanksgiving Dinner again and continue this tradition that began in 1986.

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www.ti-stl.org / November 2014 / 11 page WOMEN’S connecTIon

AN AFTERNOON WITH JOANNE CARAS

AuthorAu of the Holocaust Survivor Cookbook and Miracles & Meals and cooking show host on Jewish Living Television (JLTV). SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 (The( anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass) 1:00 - 3:00 P.M. ISSERMAN AUDITORIUM ADMISSION: $18 PER PERSON (Proceeds(P will be donated to the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center.)

The afternoon will be even more special as we honor Holocaust survivors Sara and Leo Wolf.

Dessert reception to follow featuring recipes from Joanne’s cookbooks. Bring guests and let them be part of this special experience featuring recipes your family will enjoy and stories they will never forget.

Books may be pre-ordered or purchased at the event. RSVP by Monday, November 3, to Amanda Radman [email protected] or 314-432-8050.

AND SAVE THESE DATES! DECEMBER TBD – Senior Member Luncheon THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015 – Fortune Telling Event THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015 – Women’s Seder

12 page / November 2014 / Congregation Temple Israel DATELINE worth NOTING LUNCH WITH AUTHOR GERALYN LUCAS

Temple Israel is proud to partner with Sharsheret Support, Nishmah and the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival in hosting a lunch with author Geralyn Lucas. TIME TO SHINE Wednesday, November 5 Noon-1:00 p.m. Congregation Temple Israel’s Fundraising Gala, At Temple Israel Box lunches available for $10, or bring your own. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2014 Book signing following the presentation; books available for purchase at the event. 5:30 P.M.

RSVP to Ann Fingerhood, Sharsheret Coordinator, FOUR SEASONS HOTEL, ST. LOUIS 314-442-3266.

At age 27, Gearlyn Lucas was diagnosed with breast cancer and endured a mastectomy. She also WE HOPE TO discovered a courage and fearlessness inside herself SEE YOU THERE! she never knew before. She now tours the world SHARE YOUR TI STORY... educating women about early detection. She is the author of Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy Along with your invitation to our and Then Came Lfe: Living with Courage, Spirit and “Illuminate the Night” gala, you received a postcard Gratitude After Breast Cancer. asking you to share your favorite TI story or memory.

Lucas will also be taking part in a panel discussion We hope you will share your favorite TI moment — at the Jewish Book Festival’s Women’s event on whether or not you are able to attend the gala! Tuesday evening, November 4. For details, visit We plan to use these stories throughout the year www.stljewishbookfestival.org. as we strengthen our connections with

Sharsheret Support, a project of Nishmah, is a one another and resource for women of Jewish backgrounds facing rededicate ourselves breast cancer and strives to increase awareness in to our Temple Israel the community about the Jewish genetic risk around community. breast cancer.

www.ti-stl.org / November 2014 / 13 page DEUTSCH EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER OF TEMPLE ISRAEL Leslie Wolf, Director

Megan Higgins is our wonderful DECC music teacher. through song, movement, and verbalization. I strive to In addition to teaching music and Pre-K theater classes, create a fun and playful environment for the children she is also our Before Care teacher, nap room nurturer, to learn and explore these various musical concepts. and organizer of our Friday evening Tot Shabbat song Most importantly, I hope to instill a genuine love and sessions. All of our students love Miss Megan appreciation for music of all kinds that will last a lifetime. and she is an integral part of our program. Megan is an example of the outstanding staff who make up our MEGAN’S THEATER CLASS DECC family! I have asked her to write about her music Our Pre-K afternoon theater class is designed to and theater programs at the preschool. provide an introduction to the world of theater, opera, and musical theater performance for preschoolers. It is MEGAN’S MUSIC NOTES my goal to help nurture the creative spirit in all children. I am so proud and thankful to be able to make music Theater class is a process based learning experience with the children and families at DECC. where children can explore movement, drama, music, and art as we rehearse for our very own musical and My two overall goals of music class are to nurture a love theater production. Each week we act out a different and understanding of music and to help children achieve story as the children learn how literature and drama basic music competency. Music competency consists of are connected. We play movement and vocal warm- both tonal competency (the ability to match pitch and up games to develop our acting skills. We also discuss sing any song in any key) and rhythm competency (the theater terms like character, prop, and scenery. The ability to keep a steady beat in both the upper and lower children get to make their own props and scenery for part of the body). By singing simple songs, participating our final production. We conclude the session with a in echo and call/response music games, using rhythm performance of many of our projects from the semester instruments, and exploring both beat movement and to show off all of our hard work! expressive movement, these two basic music goals can be met. A FINAL NOTE FROM LESLIE I also target several of the National Association for Music is just one of our special programs at DECC. Music Education standards for early childhood music We also have art, movement, and Spanish during our education. Children should be able to us their voices morning preschool program. Afternoon programs, in expressively when speaking, singing and chanting. addition to theater, include yoga, gymnastics, baseball, Tonal and non-tonal instruments should be used to and Charlie Foxman’s anti-bullying program that teaches accompany song and play. Children should explore and kids about “stranger danger” and about how to help respond to music of various tempos, meters, dynamics, their friends. DECC is a happening happy place! genres and styles. Finally, children should be able [email protected] to demonstrate awareness of the elements of music

14 page / November 2014 / Congregation Temple Israel DATELINE school NEWS RELIGIOUS SCHOOL HAPPENINGS Jed Filler, RJE, Director of Youth Education

Shalom Chaverim! Hello friends — We celebrated all throughout the school and congregation – building a brand new sukkah (with GREAT help from school families). Sukkot helps us to connect to our ancestors and our past by living a little bit in their “sandals” — connecting to our agricultural roots and what it was like to live in Israel.

We had dinner in the sukkah, family services in our indoor sukkah, and all of our Sunday students learned all about our holiday symbols, the and , and used them in the sukkah with Rabbi Amy. [email protected]

CELEBRATING NEW BEGINNINGS Our Simchat Torah celebration included the Consecration of our new Religious School students, the installation of Jed Filler as our new Youth Education Director, and the beginning of the new cycle of Torah reading.

www.ti-stl.org / November 2014 / 15 page Last year’s Pies with a Purpose effort produced more than 500 delicious, homemade pumpkin pies for clients of the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry and was such a success, we’re doing it again this year! In addition to resuming our annual Thanksgiving dinner for those in need, we’ll be back in the TI kitchen baking pies for our dinner guests and for the Jewish Food Pantry. We welcome your participation as we strive to brighten the lives and create the holiday spirit for as many people in need as possible.

We hope you can join us in the Temple kitchen at one or more of the following baking sessions. Space at each baking session is limited, so register early to Sydney Masin, [email protected] or 314-432-8050!

Sunday, November 9, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Friday, November 21, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. There’s no religious school this Sunday, so round up the We’ll bake pies from 4:00 - 6:00, have a nosh at the entire family and join us for a morning of baking. pre-oneg, and attend the 6:30 Shabbat service together.

Friday, November 14, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Sunday, November 23, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. We’ll bake pies from 4:00 - 6:00, have a nosh at the Spend the morning baking pies with us while the kids are pre-oneg, and attend the 6:30 Shabbat service together. in Religious School.

Tuesday, November 18, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. For questions, RSVPs, or to arrange to donate supplies, Baking is great way to unwind after a long day. contact Sydney Masin at [email protected] or 314-432-8050.

VOLUNTEER FOR OUR THANKSGIVING DINNER OUR ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DINNER FOR THOSE IN NEED RETURNS!

We had to take last year off due to our building renovation project. Our Thanksgiving dinner will take place this year on

Wednesday, November 26, at 6:00 p.m.

Volunteers are needed to assist with set-up, check-in, and preparing and serving food. Plan to arrive at the Temple by 5:30 p.m. We expect to serve more than 500 guests this year. Your help is greatly appreciated! Adults and children in grades 6 and above are encouraged to volunteer. Can’t volunteer? Donations are also welcome!me!

Please RSVP to Sydney Masin, [email protected], or 314-432-8050.

16 page / November 2014 / Congregation Temple Israel DATELINE NEWS ENGAGING OUR YOUTH youth Stephanie Rhea, Youth Groups Advisor

SPECIALSP SNEAK MOVIE PREVIEW HugeH news! All 8th-12th graders inin the St. Louis Jewish community area invited to attend a special pre-screening of MockingJay – CLUB 56 LOUNGE NIGHT Part I (PG-13), the third movie in Club 56, our youth group for 5th and 6th graders thethe Hunger Games series, TWO DAYS will have another fun lounge night on Tuesday, BEORE ITS RELEASE. This event to promote hunger November 12, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The cost is $8, awareness and advocacy will take place Saturday, which includes dinner. November 8, at 7:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m.) at the AMC Creve Coeur 12 Theatre. Admission is just LEARNERS’ SHABBAT $10 per person plus two cans of food. Bring more than All post-B’nai Mitzvah students are invited to five cans of food to donate to the Harvey Kornblum participate in the Temple Israel Learners’ Shabbat on Jewish Food Pantry and receive a special treat from Friday, November 21, at 6:30 p.m. After the service, join Temple Israel. us for dinner at Granite City Food and Brewery. Pick-up Purchase tickets online at https://bbyo.org/hunger/ for non-drivers is 9:15 p.m. Please let Stephanie know stlouis. if you are interested in reading or writing a kavanah To celebrate this special event, Temple Israel’s TIFTY (in English), leading a prayer, singing, or playing a high school youth group will host a lounge night on musical instrument for this service. Tuesday, November 4, at 7:00 p.m. to watch the first J8M EVENT AT SPORTS FUSION two Hunger Games movies. This event is free to all Temple Israel 8th - 12th graders, whether or not they The 8th grade youth groups of all St. Louis area plan to attend the screening of Mockingjay – Part I. Reform congregations will join together for an night Snacks are included. Bring cans of food! of fun at Sports Fusion in Chesterfield on Saturday, November 8, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Admission is $20 for FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT Temple Israel members, $25 for friends, and includes TIFTY is hosting a Family Movie Night on Saturday, unlimited play and snacks. Bring extra money for November 1, at 5:00 p.m. Families with young children arcade games. are invited to bring a blanket or pillows and cozy up in For more information on any of these programs or the Muscle Room at Temple Israel for a free screening about our youth group programs for grades 5-12, contact of Tangled (PG). Dinner and movie concessions will be Stephanie Rhea, [email protected] or 314-432-8050. sold. Hair chalking and craft activities will be offered for a small donation.

www.ti-stl.org / November 2014 / 17 page FEED THE MIND... NOURISH THE SOUL

JUDAISM FOR BEGINNERSPleaseJoinUs (and we’re all beginners) CRAFTING FOR COMMUNITY Mondays, 10:00PleaseJoinUs - 11:00 a.m. (no class 11/3) Sundays, November 16 and 23, 9:30 - 11:45 a.m. Join Rabbi Feder for a casual introduction to Judaism in the Gathering Place at the Temple. Join Jody Chassin class. We discuss everything from life cycle to theology to in learning fun and easy crafts to make and donate to holidays, and everything in between! This class is perfect organizations that serve people in need. for Jews, those considering conversion, and those in For details, contact Jody at 314-566-1274. interfaith families. All are welcome to come and learn; TORAH TUESDAYS WITH RABBI ALPER no question is too basic or too tough. Babysitting will be available. Tuesdays, 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. (no class 11/4) Bring your lunch and a Bible and join our discussion of the FOOD FOR THOUGHT (formerly Rabbi’s Roundtable) week’s Torah portion. Thursday, November 6, 12:30 p.m. BIBLE STUDY WITH RABBI SHOOK Seniors, empty nesters, and all with mid-day time to spare are invited to join our rabbis for lunch and conversation Saturdays, 9:45 - 11:00 a.m. on the first Thursday of each month. We provide the All are welcome to attend Rabbi Emeritus Mark L. Shook’s lunch; you get to pick the discussion topics! popular Shabbat morning Bible Study class. Cost for lunch: $10. RSVP needed to Evie Bernstein, 314-434-3937.

For more information on adult education programs, contact Rabbi Alper, [email protected] or 314-432-8050.

NEW • NEW • NEW • NEW • NEW TI UNIVERSITY Sundays, 9:45 - 11:45 a.m. Join the rabbis on Sunday mornings as we explore the questions and issues YOU want to learn about to increase your Jewish knowledge and strengthen your own Jewish identity. Think of it as Sunday School for grownups! Babysitting is available and must be requested by the Tuesday before each session. RSVP to Sydney Masin, [email protected].

TORAH AND TAKEOUT Thursday, November 13, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Join Rabbi Michael Alper to talk Torah while eating delicious takeout from some of the best restaurants in St. Louis, right here at Temple Israel! Gather your friends for a night of learning, laughs, food, and fun. Torah and Takeout will be held monthly. Dinner this month will be from Crushed Red. Babysitting is available; advance reservations needed to Sydney Masin. by Monday, November 10, at 314-432-8050 or [email protected]. Dinner RSVPs are appreciated but not required.

18 page / November 2014 / Congregation Temple Israel DATELINE NOVEMBER SUN MON TUES WED2014 THU FRI SAT 1 For the most up-to-date news on TI programs and events, subscribe to our weekly 9:45 am - Bible Study e-newsletter, connecTIons. E-mail [email protected] or visit www.ti-stl.org. 5 pm - TIFTY Movie Night 2 374 5 6 8 9:30 am - Election Day 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm - 6 pm - Tot Shabbat 9:45 am - Bible Study Religious School 3:30 pm - Lunch with author Food for Thought 7:30 pm - 9:45 am - Homework Club Geralyn Lucas 6:30 pm - Shabbat Worship TI University 4:30 pm - 3:30 pm - Executive Committee and Oneg 11:45 am - Hebrew Lab Homework Club Meeting Confirmation 7 pm - TIFTY 4:30 pm - 1 pm - TIFTY Lounge Night Hebrew Lab Board Meeting 7:30 pm - Boy Scout Troop 11 Meeting 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 No Religious 10 am - Veterans’ Day 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm - 4 pm - 9:45 am - Bible Study School Judaism for 12:15 pm - Homework Club Torah and Takeout Pies with a Purpose 11 am - 9 am - Pies with Beginners Torah Tuesday 4:30 pm - 6 pm - Pre-Oneg Shabbat Worship a Purpose 7:30 pm - Boy Scout 3:30 pm - Hebrew Lab 6:30 pm - Bar Mitzvah of 9:30 am - Crafting Troop 11 Committee Homework Club 6:5 pm - Club 56 Shabbat B’Shir Ryan Melnick Meeting for Community 4:30 pm - Lounge Night Guest Speaker 9:30 am - TIFTY Hebrew Lab Ray Hartmann Torah Study with 7:30 pm - Boy Scout Rabbi Alper Troop 11 Meeting 1 pm - Women’s ConnecTIon Joanne Caras Book Event 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 9:30 am - 10 am - 12:15 pm - 7 pm - 4 pm - Pies with a 9:45 am - Bible Study Religious School Judaism for Torah Tuesday 3:30 pm - Board of Trustees Purpose Homework Club 9:30 am - Crafting Beginners 3:30 pm - Meeting 6 pm - Pre-Oneg 4:30 pm - for Community Homework Club 6:30 pm - Hebrew Lab 9:45 am - 4:30 pm - Learners’ Shabbat & TI University Hebrew Lab Birthday Blessings 11:45 am - 6 pm - Pies with a Confirmation Class Purpose 1 pm - TIFTY 7:30 pm - Boy Scout Board Meeting Troop 11 Meeting 5:30 pm - Illuminate the Night Gala 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 9:30 am - 10 am - 12:15 pm - DECC Thanksgiving Happy Thanksgiving! Temple Offices & 9:45 am - Bible Study Religious School Judaism for Torah Tuesday Break Begins DECC Closed 11 am - 9:30 am - Crafting Beginners 6 pm - 6 pm - Shabbat Worship for Community Thanksgiving Dinner Shabbat Worship Bat Mitzvah of 9:45 am - For Those In Need (Note early start time) Lauren Goldberg TI University 10 am - Pies with a Purpose 11:45 am - Confirmation Class 30 No Religious School 2:30 pm -Chavurat Shira Rehearsal www.ti-stl.org / November 2014 / 19 page IN OUR TEMPLE FAMILY TEMPLE ISRAEL THANKSGIVING DINNER Mazal Tov to Harry and Gale Hilburg on the engagements WISH LIST of their daughter, Mimi, to Wesley Darnell; and of GRANT A WISH FOR OUR their son, David, to Elizabeth Huber. PRE-THANKSGIVING DINNER FOR Mazal Tov to PEOPLE IN NEED Emily Becker and Ted and Esther Berger on the marriage of their son and grandson, A generous annual gift from an anonymous donor David Becker to Calli Bosse. covers most, but not, all costs for our Thanksgiving Dinner for People in Need. At this event, we provide a Mazal Tov to complete Thanksgiving feast, with entertainment, for David Geddes and Sheila Stanton Geddes more than 500 guests who come to us from senior adult on the birth of their granddaughter Lucia Ida, centers and social service agencies from throughout the to children Michael and Zuzana Stanton-Geddes of Brussels, Belgium. St. Louis area. Granting any of the following Wish List items will enable us to continue to provide this valuable Todah Rabah to resource to the community in need. our Board of Trustees members who served as Shabbat Greeters for September and October. $500 Sponsors entertainment $200 Sponsors a table of 10 $20 Sponsors one guest SHABBAT SPONSORS $300 Transports one bus of guests $80 Furnishes one food warming cabinet BIMAH FOOD BASKETS $200 Provides table linens and napkins October 10 - 11 Sponsored by Lauri Cearly To fulfill a wish list item, mail a check payable to In honor of her daughter, Ellie, Temple Israel: becoming a Bat Mitzvah TEMPLE ISRAEL THANKSGIVING WISH LIST October 17 - 18 P.O. Box 790379, St. Louis, MO 63179 Sponsored by Barbi and Howard Smotkin In honor of their daughter, Julia, Donate online by credit card: becoming a Bat Mitzvah www.ti-stl.org/Thanksgivingwishlist. Please specify the item you are funding. Contributions PRE-ONEG SHABBAT will be recognized in future issues of the Dateline, so October 17 please let us know if you prefer to donate anonymously. Sponsored by Barbi and Howard Smotkin For more information, contact Carol Wolf Solomon, In honor of their daughter, Julia, becoming a Bat Mitzvah Director of Development and Communications, [email protected] or 314-432-8050.

20 page / November 2014 / Congregation Temple Israel DATELINE TRIBUTES We gratefully acknowledge these tributes received as of Octobernovember 10. 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GILLERMAN BOOK AND MUSIC FUND J Janiceanice aandnd SStanleytanley GGittitt IInn mmemoryemory ofof LeonLeon CoriCori RRalphalph GoldstickerGoldsticker JJacqueline,acqueline, JessicaJessica aandnd CCurturt BBillhymerillhymer A Anitanita aandnd KKenen KKrausraus M Margaretargaret GGillermanillerman aandnd FFamilyamily C Carolearole aandnd LLouou LLoebneroebner IInn mmemoryemory ofof MichaelMichael FreimanFreiman J Jerreerre aandnd JJackack MMinnerinner MargaretMargaret GGillermanillerman K Karlaarla andand SteveSteve RosenblumRosenblum www.ti-stl.org / November 2014 / 21 page TEMPLE ISRAEL GENERAL FUND M Michelle,ichelle, EstherEsther aandnd JJoeloel WWeltmaneltman IInn hhonoronor ooff thethe birthbirth ofof EzraEzra MMilleriller M Marlitaarlita aandnd SStuarttuart WeissWeiss DDianaiana aandnd JJimim RRothbarthothbarth MMarilynarilyn WWernererner SusanSusan WWernererner IInn hhonoronor ooff TempleTemple IsraelIsrael VVivianivian ZZwickwick MMicheleichele aandnd CCarlarl NNeblockeblock IInn mmemoryemory ofof FriedaFrieda HandelmanHandelman IInn mmemoryemory ofof AlbertAlbert MelmanMelman SSusieusie aandnd AllanAllan EpsteinEpstein JJuneune BiermanBierman D Dianaiana aandnd JJimim RRothbarthothbarth J Jessicaessica aandnd CCurturt BBillhymerillhymer NNancyancy BornsteinBornstein IInn mmemoryemory ofof MahlonMahlon RubinRubin A Amy,my, Jeff,Jeff, DDavisavis aandnd LLeoeo BBrownrown DDarienarien andand StephenStephen ArnsteinArnstein B Barbaraarbara aandnd DDavidavid BoxerBoxer S Susieusie aandnd AllanAllan EpsteinEpstein M Mr.r. andand Mrs.Mrs. RichardRichard CCohenohen R Rabbiabbi EElizabethlizabeth HHershersh aandnd RRobertobert KleinKlein LehrerLehrer C Charlesharles EElbertlbert aandnd KKarenaren BBerryerry EElbertlbert M Mr.r. aandnd MMrs.rs. 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RosenbergRosenberg M Marilynarilyn andand FredFred FirestoneFirestone J Judyudy andand KenKen RosenthalRosenthal ArthurArthur GaleGale IInn mmemoryemory ofof RalphRalph LowenbaumLowenbaum D Doretteorette aandnd EEdd GGoldbergoldberg DDianaiana aandnd JJimim RRothbarthothbarth HowardHoward HearshHearsh IInn memorymemory ofof BevBev ToberTober CarolynCarolyn andand JayJay HengesHenges DDianaiana aandnd JJimim RRothbarthothbarth R Rabbiabbi EElizabethlizabeth HHershersh aandnd RRobertobert KleinKlein LehrerLehrer B Barbaraarbara aandnd DDavidavid KKantrovitzantrovitz HELEN AND MYRON SCHWARTZ J Jodiodi aandnd MMichaelichael KKaplanaplan ARK AND PRAYER BOOK FUND L Lynneynne KipnisKipnis aandnd SSteveteve RRothmanothman A newnew MishkanMishkan T’filahT’filah pprayerrayer bbookook hhasas bbeeneen ddedicated:edicated: CCarolarol LLaskerasker IInn memorymemory ofof MerleMerle SilversteinSilverstein L Louiseouise aandnd JJeffeff LLevineevine bbyy HHildegardildegard aandnd HermanHerman RRochmanochman L Liziz aandnd LLarryarry LinkonLinkon C Carolynarolyn andand JosephJoseph LososLosos JOHN AND ANNA LEE BROWN SCHOLARSHIP FUND L Louiseouise LososLosos aandnd BBetheth WWigginsiggins IInn mmemoryemory ofof AlbertAlbert MelmanMelman J Joyceoyce aandnd AArtrt MargulisMargulis JJoanneoanne aandnd DDanan SSchwartzchwartz BetsyBetsy MMehlmanehlman MMonetaoneta GGrouproup JOHN E. 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LIVNOT FUND IInn aappreciationppreciation ofof RabbiRabbi AmyAmy FederFeder andand RabbiRabbi MichaelMichael AlperAlper november JJoyoy MMelmanelman IInn mmemoryemory ofof AlbertAlbert MelmanMelman L Leslieeslie aandnd JJakeake RRebyeby IInn aappreciationppreciation ofof thethe HHighigh HolyHoly DaysDays EEllenllen DeutschDeutsch MILLARD S. COHEN CARING COMMUNITY FUND IInn honorhonor ofof thethe marriagemarriage ofof RebeccaRebecca andand SethSeth WWilliamsilliams IInn mmemoryemory ofof AlbertAlbert MelmanMelman J Jerryerry andand JudyJudy LevyLevy GGladysladys BarkerBarker IInn mmemoryemory ofof MyraMyra CohenCohen SILVERSTEIN EDUCATION FUND MMaryary GrantGrant AvinaAvina IInn memorymemory ofof MerleMerle “Ruffy”“Ruffy” SilversteinSilverstein GGladysladys BarkerBarker BBettyetty AAbramsbrams J Judyudy aandnd JJackack CCaterater E Ediedie aandnd HHarveyarvey BrownBrown S Susanusan GGutfreundutfreund WWatermanaterman aandnd RRobertobert WatermanWaterman JJoanoan CCarsonarson MMarthaartha InnesInnes G Gailail andand CharlesCharles EisenkramerEisenkramer T Thehe SchulteSchulte FFamilyamily J Julieulie aandnd LLennyenny FFrankelrankel DDebbieebbie SchultzSchultz L Loisois andand BobBob FFriedmanriedman MillyMilly SilversteinSilverstein C Cathyathy aandnd JJerryerry GidlowGidlow P Phyllishyllis andand SanfordSanford GoffsteinGoffstein NATHAN KAHN - ERNESTINE KAHN - R Rochelleochelle andand LesterLester GGoldbergoldberg CHARLES KAHN FOUNDATION FUND R Rhodahoda andand BuddyBuddy HHochmanochman IInn mmemoryemory ofof AlbertAlbert MelmanMelman M Maryary andand BruceBruce HorwitzHorwitz T Thelmahelma DavidsonDavidson JJudyudy KKirtianirtian L Lindainda aandnd JJerryerry KrausKraus M Marcinearcine andand TedTed KKomenomen L Lindainda aandnd JJerryerry KrausKraus OFFENBACH FUND FOR INTERFAITH EDUCATION CCarolarol LLaskerasker OF TEMPLE ISRAEL B Barbarb aandnd ScottScott LLibermaniberman IInn aappreciationppreciation ooff TTempleemple IIsraelsrael aandnd RRabbisabbis FFedereder aandnd AAlperlper M Martiarti R.R. MaurerMaurer BBarryarry KKatzatz T Thehe MarkensonMarkenson FFamilyamily B Barbaraarbara aandnd MMichaelichael NNewmarkewmark RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND J Janan OO.. NNykinykin IInn mmemoryemory ofof AlbertAlbert MelmanMelman RRonnaonna PPohlmanohlman AAudreyudrey aandnd LLeonardeonard AAdreondreon RRochelleochelle PPophinophin MargeMarge FensterFenster D D.. J.J. SerkesSerkes aandnd FFamilyamily C Carlaarla aandnd MMichaelichael FFeuereuer RRuthuth SSobelobel L Lauraaura aandnd TTeded GGreenbergreenberg N Nanan andand MikeMike SuffianSuffian C Carolarol andand PaulPaul GusdorfGusdorf VViscusoiscuso FFamilyamily NNancyancy KKalishmanalishman AAdeledele ZZermanerman S Sallyally aandnd JJonathanonathan KKinging F Fayay andand BernardBernard ZZimermanimerman A Adeledele aandnd AArthurrthur LitzLitz IInn mmemoryemory ofof AlbertAlbert MelmanMelman J Janan OO.. NNykinykin MMarceearcee andand MerleMerle ((z”l)z”l) SSilversteinilverstein B Barbaraarbara aandnd DDavidavid VVictorictor C Carolarol andand PeterPeter WinstonWinston IInn mmemoryemory ofof MahlonMahlon RubinRubin MMarceearcee andand MerleMerle ((z”l)z”l) SSilversteinilverstein IInn mmemoryemory ofof RobertRobert CohenCohen MMarceearcee andand MerleMerle ((z”l)z”l) SSilversteinilverstein

www.ti-stl.org / November 2014 / 23 page Tributes continued. YAHRZEIT FUND WHAT’S NEW AT IInn mmemoryemory ofof ArthurArthur BlattBlatt NEW MT. SINAI? MMaxineaxine BBlattlatt IInn mmemoryemory ofof DonaldDonald CornbleetCornbleet An important part of New Mt. Sinai’s past was recently SSuzyuzy aandnd JJimim CornbleetCornbleet discovered. Will Levy was a well-connected Jewish IInn mmemoryemory ofof BerniceBernice HHamburgamburg NNewmanewman architect in St. Louis in the early 20th century. Levy LLeslieeslie RRebyeby designed the cemetery’s chapel in 1905. That building IInn memorymemory ofof RebeccaRebecca RubinRubin JJuneune BiermanBierman still stands today, although it is no longer in use. Until IInn memorymemory ofof BenBen SShanfeldhanfeld now, that was believed to be Will Levy’s only connection AAudreyudrey SShanfeldhanfeld to the cemetery.

IInn mmemoryemory ofof ErwinErwin TTarylearyle The family of Will Levy recently donated a treasure trove TTerry,erry, DebbieDebbie andand RachelRachel TTarylearyle of Levy’s architectural drawings to the Jewish archive IInn mmemoryemory ofof DustinDustin PPhilliphillip TTerwilligererwilliger MMaxineaxine BBlattlatt collection of the Saul Brodsky Jewish Community IInn mmemoryemory ofof Dr.Dr. DanielDaniel WeinstockWeinstock Library, which is housed in the Jewish Federation MMarthaartha andand LeonardLeonard WeinstockWeinstock Kopolow Building in Creve Coeur. These drawings show that Levy designed the House of Comfort (our CONDOLENCES administrative office building), the Caretaker’s Cottage (Superintendent’s House) and the Maintenance Shop, as well as many of the family monuments and mausoleums We extend our deepest sympathy to the families of: in the cemetery and a number of homes and buildings Carol Lisette Littmann around the St. Louis area. The drawings will be housed aunt of Susie (Bob) Schulte great-aunt of Amy Cohen and at the archives, and plans are underway to display the Michele (Michael) Steinberg drawings here at the cemetery so that the public can see cousin of Gladys Barker the original designs for these buildings.

Genevieve Ortbals There is one more mystery relating to Will Levy. When mother of Bob (Lori) Ortbals, Sr. he died in 1962, Levy was cremated and his urn was grandmother of Bob (Kathy) Ortbals, Jr., placed on a pedestal on the Mahler Family lot here at the Lisa (Jim) Hare, Dan Ortbals, Laura Ortbals cemetery. Within a couple of weeks, the urn was taken and Leanne Ortbals from the cemetery and has never been returned. Watch Merle “Ruffy” Silverstein husband of Marcee Silverstein here for more information on Will Levy. father of Jill (Jonathan Mills) Silverstein Dan Brodsky brother of Sanford (Hazel) Silverstein Executive Director Kelsey Nicole Toebben cousin of Lori (Bob Ortbals), Sr. Esther Watel mother of Lucie Gates Watel Carl Weber husband of Geraldine Weber

24 page / November 2014 / Congregation Temple Israel DATELINE REMEMBER November 2 - 8 we Benjamin I. Bernard Corinne Fuller Glaser Lina C. Kahn Nathan Rosenberg Jerry S. Stein Kate Brick Ben Glassman Bessie Kaiserman Herman Schermer Henrietta S. Steiner Samuel S. Broderson Charles Sol Glassman Alvin N. Lasky Solomon H. Segal Milton S. Susman L. Brown Jack Goldring Loth Jacob Sheinbein Alfred Vorhaus Andrea Kosberg Carlson Paul Heiling Lillian Luster Manne Fae C. Silverman Lily Winner Harry H. Efron Bruno Hollander Marc Michael Mignon K. Siteman Alvin A. Wolff Harold Fink Juliette Schutz Hyman Betty Jane Mitchell Bessie ‘Babe’ Slein Herman S. Wolfheim, Sr. Jack Stanley Fishman Rennie Joachimsthal Harry S. Quicksilver Florence Sophir Ida Zelson

November 9 - 15

Larry Michael Arnold Harry L. Franc Estelle Watelsky Kalish Muriel Plummer Celeste Goldwasser Singer Eva Balk Sadie G. Franc Elliot M. Kalmes Frances Novick Prince Elwin R. Smith Alexander Brick Harvey M. Gillerman Herman Leber Harry E. Ritchey Samuel David Soule John E. Brown David F. Goldberg Bernard Levine Louis Rosen Rabbi Moritz Spitz Beverly Cohen Bertha Hirsch Lucille Davis Lipson Tillie F. Sale Dr. Jacob Stolar Annette Cornick Sidney Holtzman Julius L. (Jack) London Julius A. Schweig Samuel Trepner Maurice Boyarski Davis Jacob Honig Mae Melman Frances Shlenker Schweizer David Weinberger William Samuel Davis Eleanor May Isaacs Emanuel Mendelson Philip H. Sherman Simon M. Werner Justine Gordon Eiseman Betti Brodheim Isserman Lillian Nymark Stella H. Shoenberg Sidney Faber Julius Jossem Jacob Perlmutter Abraham Silverman

November 16 - 22

Harold Aach Samuel Friedman Sarah Hiller Ellis Carl Littmann August Louis Salinger Leona Marguerite Axel Leonard P. Fuchs Morris Hoffman Roslyn Epstein Littmann Esther Sclair Marie Pappenheimer Baer Flieg Gillerman Jerome Kalishman Martha Pollak Lowenbaum Louis F. Shanblum Johanna Bassist Morris Glaser Bessie Kaplan Shirleen Mehlman Hymen Shifrin Alex Berger Samuel Glassman Sylvia H. Kawin Benjamin A. Mendelson Gladys Wise Silverman Samuel L. Bierman Charles Goldberg Allen Keyser Irwin Mohr Joseph Stromfeld William Blumberg Rose Goldenson Harry Fredrick Koenigsberg David Perlmutter Benjamin Susman Sandra Sue “Sandy” Breadman Theresa Harrison Goldman Edith Fastman Kroner Rachel Isaacs Pitzell Alvin B. Vittert Zola H. Carp Gerald L. Greenberg Ben Landesman Rabbi William Reiches Samuel Freedman Ann Gusdorf Henrietta B. Lang Carol Ann Rittenbaum Stella Mayer Freund Dr. Theo Haimann James Edward Levine Adolph Rosenfeld Israel Max Friedman Louis W. Heyman Monroe Levy Louis Rubin

November 23 - 29

Lester P. Ackerman Sarah Goldstein Harry J. Kolburn Lillian Blum Reiches Sydney M. Shoenberg, Sr. Elizabeth R. Auer Morris Golman Bess Kronick Dorothy Rosenblatt Lorraine Klara Stern Clara S. Barack Arthur D. Hirsch Zalie Levin Charles Rubin Tillie Suffian Lulu Cohen Gerta Hirsch Dr. Oscar Lipschultz Nettie Cohn Samuels Sarah Victor Alvin Cohn Henrietta Blustein Horwitz Louise Mages Maurice J. Scallet Selma Susman Wax Dr. Lester Drubin Fanny Jungmann Florence G. May William H. Schield Leatrice Sanders Weinberg Dr. Fred Fabric David Kalishman Arthur Michelson Claude N. Schlesinger G. Scott Weinstein Aaron Joseph Fadem Sylvia Rose Katz Anna Z. Miller Karla Issebacher Schlesinger Bernat Wildman Julius Frensdorf Rose Bothman Kling Sophie Neumann Susie Selcer Harvey A. Friedman Charles Kodner Matanya Nykin Rose Shapiro Dr. Alfred Goldman Vallye W. Kohner Ruth W. Portnoy Rose B. Shapiro

November 30 - December 6

Joan Aach Joseph Russell Frager Lillian Green Mollie Kay Jennie Machol Salinger Rose Lander Aach Mabel Pitzel Frank Samuel F. Hacker Sofia Kodner Jacob Schuchat Clara Horwitz Anfenger Dr. Newton M. Freund Anna K. Hagen Margaret Wolff Kohn Lillie Schwartz Jennie Sacks Blumenfeld Max Friedman Dr. Alexander E. Horwitz, Sr. Pauline Ghertner Kutten Berthold Schweizer Kate Dubinsky Myrtle Scharff Fuller David Huber Anita Lockmyer Prel Oscar Wildman Lulu C. Enoch Mary Garber Alexander Isserman Annabelle Rittenbaum Arthur Zeve Carl K. Fireside Jeanne Goldenhersh Anna Jossem Adolph H. Rosenberg

www.ti-stl.org / November 2014 / 25 page GIVE-A-MEAL-A-MONTH GIFTS OF SECURITIES TO TEMPLE ISRAEL For the month of November, the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry is looking As you plan your year-end charitable giving, please for these specific items in order to assist the consider a tax deductible contribution to Temple Israel. community in need: Your generosity helps to sustain our congregation. If you plan to make a gift of securities to Canned Tuna Fish, Healthy Cereals, Temple Israel, please contact JoAnn Stephan Kosher Foods, Canned Red or Black Beans, in the offi ce, 314-432-8050 or [email protected] Any Type of Canned Vegetables, Dry Pasta, for our current routing and account information. Healthy Soup, Canned Fruit, Toothpaste, Shampoo, Hand Soap and Detergent

Items should be brought to our collection site by the May Chapel. For further information, please contact Louise Levine, 636-227-1259. TEMPLE ISRAEL DATELINE TEMPLE ISRAEL DATELINE PERIODICALS November 2014 #1 Rabbi Alvan D. Rubin Drive POSTAGE Cheshvan / Kislev 5775 St. Louis, MO 63141-7670 PAID AT ST. LOUIS Volume XXXIV / Number 2 MISSOURI www.ti-stl.org STAFF Amy Feder, Rabbi Michael Alper, Rabbi Mark L. Shook, Rabbi Emeritus Eli K. Montague, F.T.A., Executive Director Leslie Wolf, Director, Deutsch Early Childhood Center Jed Filler, R.J.E., Director of Youth Education Carol Wolf Solomon, Director of Development and Communications Amanda Radman, Director of Membership and Special Events Marisa Reby, Special Events Coordinator OFFICERS Dee Mogerman, President David Chassin, Vice President Carol Cohen, Vice President Harvey Harris, Vice President Jeremy Shook, Vice President Michael Weiss, Vice President Neil Marglous, Secretary Pamela Dern, Assistant Secretary Debbie Schultz, Treasurer Jeffrey Stern, Assistant Treasurer

SAVE THE DATE FRIDAY, DEC. 19TH CHANUKAH REDEDICATION CELEBRATION • 5:30 p.m. - Family Chanukah Dinner $12 for adults; $5 for kids ages 4-12; FREE for ages 3 and younger • 6:30 p.m. - Chanukah/Shabbat Service and Rededicationn of our Gall Family Sanctuary and Isserman Auditorium with special guest Rick Recht.

Special donut dessert following the service! Chanukah means “dedication” in Hebrew. We will celebrate with food, prayer, song, and a beautiful ceremony to rededicate our sacred spaces.

OFFICE HOURS CONTACT US Monday - Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Phone: 314-432-8050 Wednesday - Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Fax: 314-432-8053 Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. www.ti-stl.org

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