HIGLAND PARK CONCERTS CONSERVATIVE TEMPLE CONGREGATION ANSHE EMETH JEWISH FILM SERIES

PROGRAM GUIDE

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CLASSES

SISTER HOOD

SCHOLARS- MEN’S IN-RESIDENCE CLUB

YOUTH &

LECTURES CHILDREN

FRONT COVER HIGLAND PARK CONSERVATIVE TEMPLE CONGREGATION ANSHE EMETH TABLE OF CONTENTS

Samuel Norich Publisher and CEO of CONCERTS The Forward speaks

p.p.p. ?8 ? about the War in Gaza Shirainu Concert James Goodman In memory of Norman Shiffman Professor and Author speaks Sat. February 7, 2015 about “The Akedah” at 8 PM Melissa Klapper featuring Basya Schechter & Pharaoh's Daughter

LECTURES Professor and Author speaks Afternoon Torah Study with Barry Mael about American Jewish n Torah on Mondays n Torah on Tuesdays Women’s Pre-World War II CLASSES with Rabbi Eliot Malomet n Talmud for Every- p. 6 Activision p. 3 one with Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz n Issues in the Bible with Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz n Development of the Haggadah with Phil SISTERHOOD Goldwasser n and Identity: p. 11 Society, Culture, Emotion, and Meaning with Cantor Randall Levin n Hebrew Ulpan Zumba n Sushi, Sake and Snacks in the Sukkah n with Ilana Rozett n Pre-Passover Workshop Simchat Torah Children’s Luncheon n 65th Annual with Rabbi Eliot Malomet Dinner & Fashion Show n Membership Dinner n Book Discussion n Mitzvah Day n Tu B’shvat Treats SCHOLARS-IN-RESIDENCE / SHABBATON for Kiddush n Sisterhood Shabbat n Money p. 7 Management for Women n Mishloach Manot n Dr. Julius & Ethel Mintz Scholar-in-Residence Shabbaton Passover Food Drive n Vashti Banquet n Mah Jongg Friday-Saturday, December 5-6, 2014 Tournament n Kabbalat Shabbat & Congregational Featuring Rabbi Ethan Tucker Dinner n Children’s Shavuot Luncheon n Installation/ 6th Annual Sandor & Suzanne Gross Memorial Cantorial Neshama Awards Dinner Shabbaton n Friday-Saturday, February 20-21, 2015 Featuring Chazzan Raphael Frieder

CAE Legacy Shabbaton n Friday-Saturday, April 24-25, 2015 Topic and Speaker to be announced

INSIDE FRONT COVER Our Adult Education Committee has put together another exciting program of classes, lectures and Shabbatons for next season. Save these dates and plan to attend.

Sukkah Assembly n Steak and Scotch in MEN’S the Sukkah n Man of the Year/Youth of the YOUTH & CHILDREN CLUB Year Dinner n Evening of Comedy, Music p. 12 p. 13 and Dancing n Touchdowns and Torah n Studio J Theater Arts Blood Drives n Fifth Annual Chili Cook-off with Stacy Horowitz Greenblatt, MA n World Wide Wrap and Breakfast Program Teaching Artist and Theater Director December 2014 - March 2015 n Men’s Club Shabbat n Yom HaShoah New theater opportunity for ages 7-17! Yellow Candle n Wine and Cheesecake Explore, rehearse and perform Only in America by Jerome Lawrence 13TH ANNUAL & Robert E. Lee Main Company: ages 12 to 17 JEWISH Apprentice Company ages 7 to 11 Auditions after Thanksgiving FILM Jan. 17 - H. I. Jew Positive Torah Time with Dr. Marlene Herman SERIES Geared for children ages 3 to 6 Saturday Nights Younger and older children, along with parents and at 8 p.m. grandparents are welcome. p. 9

Jan. 31 - In Between Mini Minyan and Junior Congregation directed by Sherri Lerner Mini Minyan designed for grades 1 to 3. Junior Congregation designed for grades 4 to 6.

Shabbat Teen Cohort with Danielle Cohen Nov. 22 - Handa Handa 4 Feb. 14 - Yossi Geared for teens and preteens.

Hebrew High School with Rabbi Eliot Malomet and Stacy Horowitz Greenblatt An afterschool program Dec. 13 - Bethlehem Feb. 28 - Lost Town for grades 8 to 12.

CLASSES

Shabbat Torah Study Torah On Mondays with Barry Mael Starts October 27, 2014 at 12:30 PM 75 minutes before Shabbat Mincha with Rabbi Eliot Malomet services, through November 1, 2014. Rabbi Malomet’s lively Monday lunch class continues this year with an in-depth look at Study resumes March 14, 2015. the conclusion of the Book of Vayikra, Leviticus and will embark on an exploration of Get into the spirit of Shabbat at this lively Bemidbar, Numbers. Each week we will continue to examine a different Torah text, and interactive text-based study session. looking for its literary, theological, spiritual and historical messages and its relevance to us today. Join us for a light lunch followed by an encounter with the travails and travels of Barry Mael has worked in the the ancient Israelites. Jewish not-for-profit world since 1982. He is currently the Members no charge. Non-members $10 per semester. Optional lunch is $3.00. Director of Kahilla, Operations and Finance for United Synagogue of Torah On Tuesdays Conservative Judaism – USCJ. Starts October 28, 2014 at 10:30 AM There is no fee for this class. Rabbi Malomet will lead a discussion of ethical, moral, and spiritual issues in the Torah

and rabbinic writings. Using Joseph Telushkin’s Code of Jewish Ethics as our guide, we will address questions, such as, how should one live? How do we, as Jews, make Development decisions about the most important things in our lives? What kind of characteristics of the Haggadah should we emulate and develop? What is an ideal Jew? with Phil Goldwasser Members no charge. Non-members $10 per semester. Mondays, November 24, and December 1 and 8, 2014 at 8 PM

This class will look at the origins of the Passover Haggadah and trace its Talmud for Everyone with Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz development up through today. Starts Sunday, October 19, 2014 at 9:30 AM Participants should bring a Haggadah to This year we will embark on a study of the 100 most important passages from the Talmud. We each session. will begin with 10 important passages from Tractate Shabbat. Members $18. Non-members $25. Members: $50 per course per semester or $100 per year. Non-Members: $60 per course per

semester or $120 per year. Participate in both Talmud and Thursday evening classes for $75 /$150 for members or $90 /$180 for non-members. Pay the full year in advance and get a 10% discount.

-3- Issues in Bible and Judaism Pre-Passover Workshop with Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz with Rabbi Malomet Thursdays at 8 PM – 6 week sessions Monday, March 23, 2015 at 8 PM

“Documentary Hypothesis” Begins October 23, 2014

The Documentary Hypothesis claims that someone or some group composed the Torah using four separate, complete, and coherent documents, the works of four distinct authors. It is the main modern scholarly challenge to the traditional notion that Moses wrote the Torah. We will examine the hypothesis critically to see if it does account best for the evidence, and also interrogate it religiously, to see if it can serve as part of a contemporary faith.

“Second Temple Judaism” Begins February 12, 2015 Rabbi Malomet will teach us more about the Halakhah, customs and traditions of Together, we will study the literature, history and culture of Judea and the Jews in the the Passover Seder and the holiday. He Second Temple period, from 550 BCE to 70 CE. Readings include apocalyptic texts, will share new ideas for entertaining our Wisdom literature, and selections from the Dead Sea Scrolls. children and educating our guests. Members: $50 per course per semester or $100 per year. Attend at no charge. Non-Members: $60 per course per semester or $120 per year. Participate in both Talmud and Thursday evening classes for $75 /$150 for members or $90 / $180 for non-members. Pay for the full year in advance and get a 10% discount.

Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz has a doctorate in Talmud and Rabbinics from The Jewish Theological Seminary, where he serves as Beit Midrash Director and Assistant Professor. Rabbi Schwartz is an alumnus of the University of Nebraska and holds Master’s degrees in Talmud and in Philosophy from The Jewish Theological Seminary. He was a multi-year recipient of the prestigious Saul Lieberman Fellowship for Talmud and Rabbinic Graduate Studies. He also has taught in the Jewish Studies Department at Rutgers University and at the Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion.

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Hebrew Ulpan with Ilana Rozett Jewish Music and Identity: Society, Culture, Emoon, and Meaning These classes aim to increase students’ abilities to communicate in with Cantor Randall Levin Hebrew in a relaxed and fun-filled atmosphere in Ulpan style – teaching Mondays, March 2, 9 and 16, 2015 at 8 PM Hebrew in Hebrew. Students of all backgrounds are welcome to these Throughout history, music has been a fixture of Jewish religious engaging and enjoyable classes. life, and it continues to play a central role in virtually every Jewish Beginner Hebrew occasion. Levin will lead a unique and engaging Thursday at 7 PM beginning October 23, 2014 exploration of the breadth of sacred and popular Jewish music, from folk songs, anthems, and chants, to theater pieces, with an This class covers basic reading, writing, and conversational emphasis on music as an expression of identity. Through audio, Hebrew, as well as simple vocabulary. video and personal experience, the class will examine the rise of Intermediate Hebrew popular music in the American synagogue, the emotional and Tuesday at at 7 PM beginning October 21, 2014 spiritual impact of worship music, the musical component of We concentrate on building vocabulary through conversation, Jewish holidays, and the different ways prayer-songs are reading and writing. A simple text and workbook will help students performed. Participants will gain an appreciation of both what master the basics of Hebrew grammar while telling enjoyable Jewish music is and what it does.

stories. Hazzan Randall Levin hails originally from Akron, Ohio Advanced Hebrew and attended Beth El Congregation, where he spent Tuesday at 8 PM beginning October 21, 2014 more than a decade singing in the Beth El Synagogue Choir under the tutelage of Hazzan Stephen Stein and The advanced course builds on the students’ knowledge conductor Mark Rosenthal. He received his B.A. in Vocal of basic Hebrew and focuses on comprehension, creative writing Performance from the University of Akron School of Music before and conversation. An advanced text will provide exercises in completing his graduate studies at the Cincinnati College- reading comprehension and enjoyable stories. Conservatory of Music. Hazzan Levin is also a past Fellowship Ilana Rozett is a certified Hebrew and Jewish Studies recipient at the Aspen Music Festival, where he performed a teacher and a Master Ulpan teacher. She taught at leading role under the baton of the legendary maestro Julius Solomon Schechter Day School for 23 years and is now Rudel. As a professional, he has appeared as a soloist in opera a teacher at Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva in Edison. Ms. Rozett and concert productions in the United States and Europe, in teaches Hebrew at several area synagogues. addition to teaching private voice lessons. Hazzan Levin was invested as a Hazzan in 2014 at the Jewish Theological Seminary Members $50 per semester or $100 per year. of America’s H.L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Non-members $60 per semester or $120. Music. Hazzan Levin, his wife Emily and their son, Henry, currently High school and college students are half price. reside in Highland Park, New Jersey where he serves as the Pay the full year in advance and get a 10% discount Cantor at the HPCT-CAE.

Members $36 Non-members $50 -5- LECTURES

Explaining the Gaza War The Akedah with Professor James Goodman How did it start? How did it end? Monday, February 9, 2015 at 8 PM with Samuel Norich James Goodman is a professor of history and head of non-fiction Monday, October 27, 2014 at 8 PM writing in the MFA program in creative writing at Rutgers University College-Newark.

His passion, as a writer, as a teacher, and as the U.S. editor of Rethinking History, has been to take literary form seriously—all writing as creative writing Samuel Norich has served as executive —in the reading and writing of history and every other form of non-fiction. director of the Forward Association and publisher of the Forverts since He has received fellowships and awards from NYU, Princeton, Rutgers, and the Guggenheim 1997, and as publisher of the English Foundation, and his first book, Stories of Scottsboro, a narrative history of the Scottsboro Forward since 2000. Case written from many different points of view, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His second book, Blackout, was about the blackout and blackout looting in NYC in the summer He was born in Germany in 1947 and of 1977. His latest book is But Where Is the Lamb?: Imagining the Story of Abraham and immigrated to the United States in 1957. Isaac, is about the long and twisted life of a famous and infamous bible story, Genesis 22. After a primary- and secondary-school education in the public schools, he Professor Goodman will also sign copies of his book attended Columbia University as an Members $6. Non-members $10. undergraduate, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Hebrew Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Pre-World War II University of as a graduate Activism with Professor Melissa Klapper student. He served as executive director Monday, April 27, 2015 at 8 PM of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Melissa Klapper Professor of History and former director of the Women's and from 1980-1992, and as vice president of Gender Studies program at Rowan University. the World Jewish Congress from 1975 to 1981. Norich is the author of What Will She is is the author of Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920 Bind Us Now?: A Report on the (NYU Press, 2005) and Small Strangers: The Experiences of Immigrant Children Institutional Ties Between Israel and in the United States, 1880-1925 (Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2007). American Jewry (1994). Her scholarship has been awarded numerous fellowships and grants, and she lectures frequently in the community. Dr. Klapper's most recent book, Ballots, Babies, and Banners Members $6. Non-members $10. of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism, 1890-1940 (NYU Press, 2013) won the 2013 National Jewish Book Award in Women's Studies.

Professor Klapper will also sign copies of her book.

Members $6. Non-members $10.

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DR. JULIUS AND ETHEL MINTZ 6TH ANNUAL SANDOR AND SUZANNE GROSS SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE SHABBATON MEMORIAL CANTORIAL SHABBATON

Rabbi Ethan Tucker Chazzan Raphael Frieder Scholar-in-Residence

Friday-Saturday, December 5-6, 2014 Friday-Saturday, February 20-21, 2015

§ Friday Night, following Shabbat dinner*: § Friday evening, Cantor Raphael Frieder will lead the Kabbalat Shabbat Jewish by Blood: The Power And Necessity service, followed by Shabbat dinner*, a talk and singing. of Kinship § Shabbat morning, Cantor Frieder will lead services and speak on a cantorial § Shabbat morning: Was Esau Jewish? music subject. The Limits of Kinship § After a special Shabbat Kiddush lunch, the Cantor will give a brief talk on § Shabbat afternoon (time to be announced): another interesting cantorial/Jewish music topic. Jewish by Faith: Building Communities on § At the conclusion of Shabbat, a lively Melave Malka will feature Cantor Belief and Practice Frieder with musical accompaniment. Rabbi Ethan Tucker is co-founder and rosh Raphael Frieder is a renowned Cantor and a performer of classical, Jewish yeshiva at Mechon Hadar and chair in Jewish and Israeli music. He has served as Chazzan of Temple Israel of Great Neck Law. He was a faculty member at the Drisha since 1991. His rich baritone and musical artistry are widely recognized, both Institute for Jewish Education, where he taught in America and in Israel. He has appeared in venues from Carnegie Hall to Tel Talmud and Halakhah in the Scholars' Circle. Aviv's Mann Auditorium and Vienna's Folkteatre. He has worked with some of He was ordained by the Chief Rabbinate of the world's leading conductors, including Zubin Mehta, Roger Norrington and Israel and earned a PhD in Talmud and Gary Bertini. Leonard Bernstein selected him to perform the world premiere of Rabbinics from the Jewish Theological his Arias and Barcaroles in Tel Aviv. A featured soloist for the Milken Archive of Seminary and a B.A. from Harvard College. A American Jewish Music on the Naxos label, he has made numerous Wexner Graduate Fellow, he was a co-founder recordings for Israel National Radio, and played the role of The Cantor in the of Kehilat Hadar and a winner of the first hit film Keeping The Faith. Cantor Frieder is also a sought after teacher of Grinspoon Foundation Social Entrepreneur Chazzanut, and has been teaching at the H.L. Miller Cantorial School of the Fellowship. He was named one of America’s Jewish Theological Seminary of America for over a decade. Top 50 Rabbis by Newsweek in 2011 and 2012. *Dinner cost and additional Shabbaton details to be announced at a later date. *There is a cost for Shabbat Dinner

(to be announced at a later date); CAE LEGACY SHABBATON – SAVE THE DATE there is no fee to attend the after-dinner talk. Friday-Saturday, April 24- 25, 2015 Topic and speaker to be announced.

-7- SHIRAINU JEWISH MUSIC CONCERT In Memory of Norman Shiffman

This Shirainu concert is being sponsored in memory of Norman Shiffman, a member of HPCT-CAE. Norman was a scholar who researched Yiddish culture, poetry and writings, bringing them back to life for the twentieth century. He was an author of short stories, a playwright and also taught writing, literature and English as a second language. Norman initiated the original Shirainu Jewish Music Concert Series to expand our community’s appreciation of their heritage through music.

Basya Schechter & Pharaoh's Daughter n Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 8 PM

Blending a psychedelic sensibility and a pan-Mediterranean sensuality, Basya Schechter Check out Pharaoh’s Daughter at: leads Pharaoh’s Daughter through swirling Hasidic chants, Mizrachi and Sephardi folk- pharaohsdaughter.com and rock and spiritual styling filtered through percussion, flute, strings and electronica. Basya frogtoon.com/Track/Basya+Schechter/Eicha Schechter’s musicianship has been described as “intricate and accessible” with Tickets: influences starting in Israel and ranging as far as India, Mali and Kurdistan. $25 in advance (before Monday February 2, 2015) Pharaoh’s Daughter has made four groundbreaking albums of psychedelic folk/rock or $30 at the door. infused music with Middle Eastern textures and echoes of the Chasidic music from Student tickets: $15 in advance (before Monday bandleader Basya Schechter’s childhood. Schechter and her band continue to broaden February 2, 2015) or $20 at the door. their musical horizons on the newly released album, Dumiyah. The lyrics are drawn from Sponsorship traditional Jewish prayer-poems, some dating back to the Second Century. The for Shirainu Jewish Music Lovers arrangements of the original melodies are influenced by African, Middle Eastern, Balkan, CONNOISSEUR - $180 includes two reserved Persian, Albanian, Celtic and Chasidic musical traditions. seats to the concert and the recently released Pharaoh's Daughter has toured America, Eastern and Western Europe, Greece and the Dumiyah CD. UK. Basya Schechter has produced two solo recordings: Queen’s Dominion and Songs DEVOTEE - $125 includes two reserved seats of Wonder, a collection of Yiddish songs based on the poetry of Jewish theologian to the concert. . She is musical director of Romemu, a Jewish spiritual community in City. During the summer, she is the cantor of the Fire Island Reserve tickets or sponsorship at Synagogue. www.hpct-cae.org -8- 13TH ANNUAL JEWISH FILM SERIES

Handa Handa 4 Bethlehem H. I. Jew Positive Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 8 PM Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 8 PM Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 8 PM

Israel/Poland, 2013, 70 min., Hebrew, and Polish: Israel, 2013, 59 min., Hebrew: English subtitles. Israel/UK/Belgium/Germany, 2013, 99 min., English subtitles. Hebrew and Arabic: English subtitles. Ronen and Orit have been together for Every day Catholic Poles discover that almost three years. Both come from Shuttling back and forth between their parents have kept their true identity highly respected Bukhari families. conflicting points of view, Bethlehem tells hidden from them – the fact they are According to the strict Bukhari tradition, the story of the complex relationship Jewish, second- and third-generation to couples must marry soon after meeting, between an Israeli secret service officer Holocaust survivors. It happens to people but Ronen and Orit refuse. With Orit’s and his teenage Palestinian informant. It of all ages from all socioeconomic parents demanding that they either marry is a raw portrayal of characters torn apart backgrounds, in villages and in big cities. or split up, their love is trapped between by competing loyalties and impossible These are the New Jews of Poland. tradition and modernity. Probes the dilemmas, giving an unparalleled glimpse This film follows four New Jews over the tensions between love and obligation into the dark and fascinating world of course of 15 years. It is a story about with wry humor and keen insight. human intelligence. their search for love and identity, a Additional Short! Winner of six Ophir Awards (Israeli journey that begins in Warsaw, moves to 70 Hester Street Oscars), including Best Feature and Best Israel, and returns to Poland. U.S., 2014, 10 minutes Director. Also Israel's submission to the Remarks by Malgorzata Bakalarz, a American Oscars. Director Casimir Nozkowski explores the doctoral candidate at the New School for history of his Lower East Side childhood Remarks by Eran Preis, Associate Social Research and tour guide at the home: a former synagogue, whiskey still, Professor of Film and Media Arts at Museum of Jewish Heritage. Born in raincoat factory and, finally, home to his Temple University. He worked for 17 Poland, Bakalarz has worked with artist parents. What traces of its ethnic years as a playwright and screenwriter schools, NGOs, and other institutions to past will survive gentrification? for the Israeli television, theater, and film develop local educational programs industries. A film he co-wrote, Me'Ahorei Remarks by Manashe Khaimov, about the Polish-Jewish past. Hasoragim, was nominated for the Coordinator, Bukharian Youth Services in Academy Award as a Best Foreign Film. Forest Hills, Queens. Born in Uzbekistan, he immigrated to the U.S. at age 14. Suggested Donation $7 For admission to each film -9- Help support a rich cultural life in our community. Become a sponsor. Visit hpct-cae.org for details.

In Between Yossi Lost Town Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 8 PM Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 8 PM Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 8 PM

Israel, 2013, 55 min., Hebrew: English subtitles. Israel, 2012, 83 min., Hebrew: English subtitles. U.S., 2012, 85 min., English: occasional subtitles.

Dana and Amit met at 25, married, and The sequel to Yossi and Jagger. The story of one man's dogged search to had two children. Soon after their second Following the death of Jagger, Dr. Yossi get closer to his deceased father by child was born Amit turned ultra-Orthodox. Hoffman has become a valued, work- uncovering the story of his family's town Dana stayed secular. They are still very aholic cardiologist who lives a solitary of Trochenbrod. much in love. Can their love overcome existence as a closeted gay man in Tel Made famous by Jonathan Safran Foer's the growing gaps between them? Aviv. His world is shaken when a woman Everything Is Illuminated, Trochenbrod from his past walks into his examination A personal, intimate look at the conflict was the only all-Jewish town ever to exist room. Their brief and distressing reunion, between religious and secular Jews, this outside of Palestine. Its 5,000 Jews were along with troubles at work, spurs Yossi film also explores how we reconcile obliterated by the Nazis, except for 33 to take an overdue vacation. relationships as we age and mature. What townspeople who miraculously escaped. happens when someone you know and On a road trip to Eilat, a chance This personal search triggers a love continues to change, to become encounter with a group of young Israeli resurgence of interest in the town and someone else? IDF officers, among them Tom, a reconnects the remaining survivors who handsome and openly gay man, allows hadn't seen each other in over 60 years. Remarks by Uriel Abulof, Assistant Yossi to move on from his grief and begin Professor of Politics at Tel Aviv University. Combines contemporary documentary to live again. Abulof has studied the shifts and tensions footage, original animation, and survivor between personal and group identity Remarks by Yoav Sivan, journalist and testimonials to portray how far one man among "small peoples," ethnic gay activist. Mr. Sivan has been goes to claim his sense of identity. communities unsure of who they are. He published in Haaretz, the Jerusalem Remarks by Agnieszka Legutko, has compared such communities in the Post, and The Forward. He has Director of the Yiddish Language , Canada, the Balkans, and served on the boards of Israel's LGBT Program at Columbia University. She South Africa. Association, the Aguda, and the specializes in modern Yiddish literature, Jerusalem Open House. language, and culture. Her publications include a historical guidebook to the Jewish Quarter of Krakow. -10-

SISTERHOOD

Zumba® with Andrea Orlando Mitzvah Day Vashti Banquet Mondays at 7:15 PM Sunday, January 4, 2015 at 9 AM Tuesday, September 15, 2014 March 17 , 2015

to June 29, 2015 at 6 PM

Pretty much the most awesome workout

ever. Dance to great music, with great people, and burn a ton of calories without Sisterhood Shabbat Book Discussion even realizing it. Tu B’shvat Treats Sunday, April 19, 2015 Open to the community. Members $8 a class or for Kiddush at 10 AM $72 for 10 classes. Non-Members $10 a class or Saturday, January 31, 2015 Offsite – location tbd 5 classes for $45. Money Management for Women Mah Jongg Sushi, Sake and Snacks Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 7 PM Tournament in the Sukkah Featuring our own Sunday, Monday, October 13, 2014 at 7 PM Sally Klinger Rogers April 26, 2015

th 65 Annual Dinner & Fashion Show Friday Night Kabbalat Shabbat Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 6 PM Congregational Dinner

Honoring Friday, May 8, 2015

Beverly & !Elinore Teich Ehrlich Purim Mishloach Manot Children’s Shavuot Luncheon Packing: Sunday, February 22, 2015 Monday, May 25, 2015 Dinner from Exquisite Caterers 9 AM to Noon Fashions by Rachel’s Boutique Deliveries:

Membership Dinner Wed. and Thurs. March 4 and 5, 2015 with Hanukkah Play Joint Meeting with Hadassah Monday, December 8 Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 6:30 PM at 7:30 PM

Book Discussion Passover Sunday, December 14, 2014 Food Drive at 10 AM Thursday to Sunday Offsite – location tbd March 12 to 15, 2015 Installation & Neshama Awards Dinner We will discuss the book Monday, June 8, 2015 at 6:30 PM

Raquela: A Women of Israel by Ruth Gruber -11-

MEN’S CLUB

4th Annual Touchdowns and Torah Steak and Scotch in the Sukkah Sunday, January 18, 2015 Sunday, October 12, 2014 at 6 PM

Glatt BBQ Steak dinner and Single Malt Scotch Tasting Open to Members & Non-members; Men & Women Blood Drive Monday, January 19, 2015 Sukkah Assembly September 21 Rain date Sept. 28 5th Annual Chili Cook-off Sukkah Dismantle Sunday, January 25, 2015 October 19

Man of the Year / Youth of the Year Dinner World Wide Wrap and Wednesday, November 5, 2014 Breakfast Program Sunday, February 1, 2015

Men’s Club Shabbat - Saturday, March 14, 2015

Yom HaShoah Yellow Candle April, 2015 Exact date tbd. Help pack and/or distribute the candles.

Evening of Comedy, Music and Dancing Pre-Shavuot Wine and Wednesday, December 24, 2014 Cheesecake Party May, 2015 Exact date tbd. Sample a variety of kosher wines, gourmet cheeses and delicious cheesecakes, baked on premises by Temple members.

Blood Drive - June, 2015 Exact date tbd

-12- CHILDREN & YOUTH PROGRAMMING

Torah Time Mini Minyan and Shabbat Age 3 to Junior Teen Cohort Kindergarten Congregation Grades 7 and up with Danielle Cohen Directed by Sherri Lerner, with Hebrew High School with Marlene Herman teen program leaders. Every Shabbat morning, in the Torah Time is an intergenerational Youth Lounge, our teens and Grades 8 to 12 Mini Minyan experiential Shabbat and Yom Tov preteens have a unique with Rabbi Eliot Malomet and program centering on Torah: Grades 1-3 opportunity to spend time Stacy Horowitz Greenblatt doing and learning about it Mini Minyan focuses on basic engaged in discussion, through songs, games, activities skills and concepts, such as competition or debate on any A lively after-school program that and food. Various learning styles prayer, as well as age-appropriate number of Jewish topics. These explores Jewish identity through are accommodated. We parsha discussions, plays, and interactions happen within the discussion of contemporary and welcome younger and older games, stories, and other setting of our Shabbat Teen relevant Jewish topics. children, along with parents, Cohort. Our middle and high activities. This program is offered for post- grandparents and visitors. Each school participants delve deeply B'nei Mitzvah students. Classes week we learn about the parshat Junior Congregation into some easy and not-so-easy meet Mondays at 5:30 PM, and hashavua and actually take out a Grades 4-6 discussions. Refreshments include pizza and salad. Torah and "read" from it. The Participants enjoy davening, (of course!) are provided. emphasis is on the joy of being For more information and learning, and conversation about and doing Jewish. Jewish values, customs, and the registration, contact the temple office at [email protected] or Dr. Marlene Herman is a recipient week’s parshat. Special year-long 732-545-6482. of the Women's League for curricula on topics such as Jews Conservative Judaism Baalot Around the World (including visits Mitzvah award for education and from special guests) and Jewish Heroes add a unique dimension to the Keter Shem Tov award from NJ Region of United Synagogue. this program.

Studio J Theater Arts with Stacy L. Horowitz Greenblatt, MA Teaching Artist and Theater Director New December 2014 - March 2015 theater You’re invited to join Studio J, integrating Jewish culture and values with theater arts. We’ll explore, rehearse, and perform the play Only in America by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Journey to program North Carolina and help integrate the South with Jewish humor and values. for ages Auditions after Thanksgiving. Nominal participation fees apply. Main Company: ages 12 to 17 Apprentice Company ages 7 to 11 7-17! Look out for details or contact Stacy at [email protected]

Studio J Theater, co-sponsored by Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County and supported by synagogues in Middlesex County. -13- BE A PROGRAM PATRON

Our synagogue offers a rich variety of exciting adult education programs and cultural events. These programs are made possible by donations from generous patrons. We urge you to become one.

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SPONSOR OPPORTUNITIES THANK YOU TO LAST YEAR’S SPONSORS

Benefactor - $500 OR MORE Benefactors Sponsors Includes free admission for two to all Temple Beth and Mark Brownstein Ada and Lew Bloom programs, including classes, lectures, films Dr. Eric Flam Barbara and Arthur Cohen and Shabbaton dinners. Does NOT include Bonnie and Sheldon Freidenreich Pamela Dorman and Dr. Jerry Langer any special events such as music programs. Dr. Rochelle Henner and Roy Marantz Elinore Ehrlich Barbara and Stephen Parkoff Susanna Levin Patron $360 Includes free admission for two Sally Klinger-Rogers and Skip Rogers Muriel Federman Levine to all lectures and one class each semester Joanne Rosenberg and Dr. David Siegman Gustine Matt Supporter $180 Includes free admission for Carol and Henry Teitelbaum Carolyn and Dr. Robert Metz two to all lectures Irma Rockoff Supporters Esther and Ray Sabin Sponsor $54 Includes free admission for one Susan and Dr. Phil Baron Linda and Phil Schmidt to all lectures Dr. Renée Gross and Stuart Feinblatt Victoria Zagorin Mona and Dr. Larry Zamick

MANY THANKS TO LAST YEAR’S FILM SERIES SPONSORS

Star $360 Includes 4 admissions Producers – continued Directors– continued Directors– continued to each film Lila and Dr. Ted Gutowski Phyllis Chudnick Judy and Steve Lerner Producer $180 Includes Helene and Dr. Robert Knee Rabbi Stephanie Dickstein and Muriel Levine 2 admissions to each film Dr. Stanley and Donna Messer Dr. Marc Weinstein Susanna Levin Gayle Brill Mittler and Uri Mittler Pam Dorman and Carolyn and Dr. Robert Metz Director $54 Includes Linda and Henry Salmon Dr. Jerry Langer Joan and Stuart Mitnick 1 admission to each film Drs. Steve and Amy Schonfeld Elinore Ehrlich Drs. Rachel Modiano and Brenda and Roy Tanzman Ruth and Lawrence Fineberg Jonathan Ehrlich 2013-2014 Linda and Al Tondow Dr. Debra Goldstein Phyllis Novick and Producers Men’s Club – HPCT-CAE and Barton Weinstein Murray Sternberg Susan and Dr. Phillip Baron Sisterhood – HPCT-CAE Susan and Dr. Mark Green Judy Petsonk and Dr. Leslie Fishbein and Lisa Zimmerman and Dr. Renée Gross and Steve Eisdorfer Zoltan Kemeny Seth Gross Stuart Feinblatt Sandy and Stanley Ravens Bonnie and Ed Guttenplan Linda and Phil Schmidt Gittel and Justin Footerman Directors Dr. Marlene Herman and the Amy Shakun Dr. Ora Gourarie and Udi Shorr Ada and Lew Bloom Honorable Edward Herman Marcia Shiffman Anne and Dr. Allan Greenberg Sondra and Donald Botvinick FILM SERIES SPONSORSHIP FILM SERIES SPONSORSHIP Diane and the Dr. Susan Slusky Dr. Frima Fox Hofrichter and Linda and Ted Choplick Honorable Barnett Hoffman Drs. Judith Swan and Lawrence Hofrichter z”l Barbara and Arthur Cohen Sue and Sam Kamens Michael Hecht Reva and Dr. Irving Kaufman Cathy and Ira Cohen Sue and Brian Kheel Victoria Zagorin Nanette and David Cohen -14-

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