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BULLETIN VOLUME XCIII / ISSUE 1 September-October 2016 East Midwood Jewish Center Elul 5776-Tishri 5777 THEY SHALL BUILD ME A SANCTUARY AND I SHALL DWELL AMONG THEM FALL PREVIEW 5777 / 2016 HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES
Best wishes to you and your family for L’Shanah Tovah U’metukah: A happy, healthy and sweet 5777! We look forward to greeting you at our beloved Shule during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Our services will be conducted as usual by Rabbi Matt Carl, Cantor Sam Levine and Assistant Cantor Aryeh Nussbaum-Cohen in our beautiful Sanctuary. More details are inside on pages 4-5!
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SERVICES AT EMJC CANDLELIGHTING
MORNING SERVICES SEPTEMBER 2016 / 5776 OCTOBER 2016 / 5777
Sundays & Legal Holidays: 8:00 AM 16 Friday: 6:43 PM 7 Friday: 6:08 PM 23 Friday: 6:31 PM 14 Friday: 5:57 PM Mondays – Fridays: 7:30 AM 30 Friday: 6:20 PM 21 Friday: 5:47 PM Saturdays: 7:30 AM & 9:00AM 28 Friday: 5:38 PM EVENING SERVICES CALENDAR Sundays – Thursdays: 7:30 PM For more info see emjc.org or call 718-338-3800
Fridays & Saturdays: 6:30 PM High Holidays in October: Rosh Hashanah: Sunday 10/2-Tuesday 10/4 Yom Kippur: Tuesday 10/11-Wednesday 10/12 TABLE OF CONTENTS Sukkot: Sunday 10/16-Tuesday 10/18 Simchat Torah: Monday 10/24-Tuesday 10/25 Page 3: A Special Kol Nidre Message from Service Times & Other Details on Pages 4-5 EMJC President Toby Sanchez Annual NYPD Shomrim Society Shabbat & Dinner: Page 4: High Holiday Ticket Order Form Fri. 9/16: 6:30-10pm (Details on page 12) Page 5: High Holiday Season Schedule: A New Year At EMJC Teen Night: Sat. 9/17: 8-10pm (Details on page 13)
(Details on events 9/24-10/25) Club Ricky Pen Presents Italian Night: Sat. 9/17: 8pm Page 6: Thoughts From Rabbi Matt Carl (Details on page 14) and Biography Interfaith Committee Planning Meeting: Page 7: More Biographies Of Our Clergy Thurs. 9/22: 7:30pm at Our Lady of Refuge Church (Details on page 14) Page 8: Greetings from East Midwood Hebrew Day School Selichot Service: Sat. 9/24: 7pm Evening Service, 8pm Havdalah, 9pm Program Page 9: Elie Wiesel (1929-2016) By Rabbi Alvin Kass Barrier Free Service, followed by Lunch, Sisterhood Challah Making Workshop and Day of Learning: Pages 10-11: You Can Help! Share the Care / Sunday 9/25: 11am Service, 12:15pm Learners Light Lunch, Lots of Helping Hands 12:45pm Challah Making, 1:45pm Adult Learning Circles (Details on pages 16-17) Pages 12-21: Details on Upcoming Events Page 22: Mazal Tov Shabbat in the Round: Fri. 9/30: 6pm Service followed by Dinner (Details on page 18) Page 23: Birthdays and Anniversaries Music at the Center: Sat.10/1: 8-11pm (Details on page 19) Page 24: We Mourn The Loss Shabbat-a-BimBom: Pages 24-25: Remembering Milton (Mickey) Fri. 10/7: 6:30-9:30pm (Details on page 20) Krasne Pages 26-29: Contributions: Thank You! Shabbat Katan: Sat. 10/8: 11:15am-12:15pm
Page 30: Welcome New Members! Annual Columbus Day Interfaith Trip: Mon. 10/10 (Details on page 14) Page 31: Staff List and Other Announcements Open House New York: Sun. 10/16: 2-6pm
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A SPECIAL KOL NIDRE MESSAGE FROM EMJC PRESIDENT TOBY SANCHEZ
Dear Friends,
The Fall season at East Midwood is, as usual, devoted to preparing ourselves and our building for the intense period of the High Holidays and Sukkot, with their numerous special prayers and music. At the same time our doors are open every day of the week to members and non-members for our many educational and recreational activities: study of the Torah and Mishnah with the Rabbi and the Cantor, Hebrew language and Jewish education for children and adults, concerts, yoga, karate, swimming, basketball, rhythmic gymnastics, interfaith events, etc. As you will read on pages 10-11, we are expanding our Bikur Cholim, (care of the sick) to recruit more volunteers to help more people. And we are trying to make the building more accessible for everyone, including the 100 seniors who make 1625 Ocean Avenue their home away from home from Monday to Friday, and the hundreds each week who attend our twice daily minyanim and our beautiful Shabbat and other services.
Our membership and programs are growing, but our beautiful building is aging, so please help us to keep things in good shape by contributing to our Kol Nidre Appeal. I am sure you understand that our large group of willing volunteers cannot do everything. Most of the work must be done by our paid staff (clergy, educators, maintenance people and office staff assistants). Light, heat and air conditioning cost $9,000 per month, every month of the year. We must carry a large amount of insurance to protect us in case of accidents and false claims, and we must employ plumbers, electricians, exterminators and other specialists to keep the building clean and safe.
When we were children, we thought everything was free, but now as adults, we know better. Everything costs money and the cheapest is not always the best.
So, please order your High Holiday tickets if you haven’t already done so, and make your Kol Nidre donation as generous as you can. Donations may be paid with a credit card or may be spread out throughout the entire year. You may submit the form on the next page, or call our office at 718-338-3800.
Thank you very much for your devotion to the East Midwood Jewish Center, still the leading Conservative Egalitarian synagogue in Brooklyn.
All of us at EMJC wish you and your family a happy, healthy, safe and enjoyable 5777.
Toby Sanchez President
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2016 HIGH HOLIDAY TICKET ORDER FORM
Name………………………………………………….. Address…………………………….. Telephone………………………………………………Email………………………………..
1. For EMJC Members: I wish to purchase ……….tickets for EMJC’s High Holy Day Services @$125 each. Same seats as last year? Yes? No? Total Amount: ……… For Non-Members: I wish to purchase ……….tickets for EMJC’s High Holy Day Services @$175 each. Same seats as last year? Yes? No? Total Amount: ………
2. I wish to receive……. free tickets to EMJC’s Family Services as follows: ……tickets for children ages 0-6; ………tickets for children 7-12 ……tickets for ……….high school & college ages youth.
3. I wish to donate $...... in support of EMJC’s Children’s Programming
4. I wish to reserve ………..hearing receiver(s) with headphone(s) at no additional charge.
5. I wish to support the growth of the East Midwood Jewish Center with my Kol Nidre Appeal donation of $......
Total Order: ………………………………………….Amount Donated …………………. I enclose my check for $...... OR Please charge my credit card (Discover, Master Card, Visa – circle one) Number……………………………………………… Expiration Date………………… Security Code………… Tickets may be purchased in person in EMJC’s Office on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm on September 13, 15, 20, 22, 27 and 29, and on Thursday evening October 6.
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9/24 Saturday Evening service at 7:00 pm, followed by a special program Selichot service led by Cantor Levine and the EMJC choir at 9:00 pm. and after EMJC…Join us in Park Slope for a special Selichot Across Brooklyn!
9/25 Sunday Jewish New Year Barrier-Free Learning Service at 11:00 am, followed by 12:15pm Learners Light Lunch, 12:45pm Challah Making, 1:45pm Adult Learning Circles (Details on page 15)
10/2 Sunday Erev Rosh Hashanah service begins at 6:45 pm.
10/3 Monday Rosh Hashanah / day one ▪ Sanctuary service begins at 8:00 am. ▪ Program for babies and toddlers begins at 10:00 am. ▪ Program for kids ages 7-12 begins at 10:30 am. ▪ Teens + Early Twenties service begins at 10:30 am. ▪ Rosh Hashanah Katan (ages 0-6) service begins at 11:00 am. Evening service at 6:30 pm.
10/4 Tuesday Rosh Hashanah / day two ▪ Sanctuary service begins at 8:00 am. ▪ Program for babies and toddlers begins at 10:00 am. ▪ Rosh Hashanah Katan (ages 0-6) service begins at 11:00 am. ▪ Program for kids ages 7-12 begins at 10:30 am. ▪ Teens + Early Twenties service begins at 10:30 am. Evening service at 6:30 pm.
10/11 Tuesday Erev Yom Kippur Mincha service at 2:00 pm. Kol Nidre service begins at 6:15 pm.
10/12 Wednesday Yom Kippur ▪ Sanctuary service begins at 9:00 am. ▪ Russian-language service begins at 9:30 am. (includes Torah reading and Yizkor). ▪ Program for babies and toddlers begins at 10:30 am. ▪ Program for kids ages 7-12 begins at 10:30 am. ▪ Teens + Early Twenties service begins at 10:30 am. ▪ Mincha service at 4:45 pm. ▪ Neilah service at 6:00 pm. ▪ Russian-language Neilah service at 5:30 pm. Break the Fast immediately following Maariv Services (Reserve your spot by September 28.)
10/16 Sunday All welcome to decorate the courtyard sukkah at 10:30 am. Erev Sukkot service at 6:30 pm.
10/17 Monday Early Sukkot day one service at 7:30 am; main service at 9:00 am. Mincha/Maariv service at 6:30 pm.
10/18 Tuesday Early Sukkot day two service at 7:30 am; main service at 9:00 am. Mincha/Maariv service at 6:30 pm. Sukkot Workshop for Bereaved Jews
10/21 Friday Friday evening service at 6:30 pm.
10/22 Saturday Mincha/Maariv service at 6:15 pm. followed by Havdalah Party in the Sukkah.
10/23 Sunday Hoshana Rabbah service begins at 7:15 am.
10/23 Sunday Erev Shemini Atzeret service begins at Mincha/Maariv service at 6:15 pm.
10/24 Monday Early Shemini Atzeret service (with Yizkor) at 7:15 am; main service (with Yizkor) at 9:00 am.
10/24 Monday Mincha service followed by Simchat Torah program, “Unrolling the Scroll” at 5:45 pm. Erev Simchat Torah service, including Hakafot, begins at 6:45 pm.
10/25 Tuesday Early Simchat Torah service begins at 7:30 am, main service at 9:00 am. Purchase tickets for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur Sanctuary services through the mail or in the main office. Members: $125 ▪ Non-Members: $175 ▪ See Order Form on page 4 For services in Russian, tickets are not necessary. Headphone listening devices for Sanctuary services require advance rental reservations Children’s programming is free; obtain tickets from the main office. For questions, contact [email protected] FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.EMJC.ORG EAST MIDWOOD JEWISH CENTER BULLETIN: VOLUME XCIII / ISSUE I: SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2016: ELUL 5776-TISHRI 5777
Page 6 THOUGHTS FROM RABBI MATT CARL
Parshat Re’eh offers one of the most interesting mitzvot in the Torah, that of Ir HaNidahat, the city that ‘has gone astray’, i.e. begun to worship idols. The details are basically “if you hear of a city that has gone astray, blah blah, kill them all”, so, y’know, no biggie.
Obviously I’m joking. The mitzvah is amazing, actually, but that’s a topic for another time. The context of the rule is among a group of rules relating to possible idol worship that should be investigated. In his comment on this particular mitzvah among the group of mitzvot, however, Rashi notes that it is questionable when one should investigate even on this matter, where the investigation is made explicit, let alone, whether an investigation is needed in the other cases. The assertion seems to be that we don’t go around investigating people’s behavior unless and until we have a very good reason to.
It is fortunate that we always read this part of the Torah near Rosh Hodesh Elul and this year on Rosh Hodesh itself. Hopefully the reminder will still be clear: in building a relationship with God, in opposing immorality and evil, and in relating to each other, it is self-investigation that is most necessary. To be sure, we’ll hear about things and we’ll need to make sure the right people check them out. But we must start, this season and hopefully always, with an eye inward. When we investigate the other person, as mentioned in the parsha, when we spend our time looking at the behaviors of the other city, the other shul, the other country, we deny ourselves and the world our greatest opportunity, that of introspection. Unless and until we have done this, we cannot further our relationships with one another or with God and it is these relationships for which Tradition tells us this month is named: an acronym for ani l’dodi v’dodi li. When we view our responsibility to others more highly than our suspicion of them, when we view what we can offer to others more highly than what they owe us, we can fulfill the verse “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.”
BIOGRAPHY OF RABBI MATT CARL RABBI MATT CARL was born and raised in Long Beach, California. He graduated from Vassar College with Honors in 2000, majoring in religion and minoring in environmental geography, and from the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and Machon Schechter in 2008, where he specialized in Talmud and Rabbinics. While at JTS he trained as a chaplain at Sloan Kettering Medical Center. For several years, he was the day-to-day rabbi for 150 families at Brooklyn’s Congregation Mount Sinai, where he created programs for the younger generation and unaffiliated Jews. He co-founded the Brooklyn United Jewish High School Program with several other local synagogue educators, and created the Brooklyn Bridge Community Supported Agriculture program. He also served as rabbi of Battery Park Synagogue and also as Director of Community Engagement at Hazon. Rabbi Carl has been EMJC's Rabbi since July 2014.
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CANTOR SAM LEVINE has been EMJC’s Cantor since 2004. He was born in Jerusalem, raised in Toronto, Canada, and spent a decade in California’s Monterey Bay area before moving to New York. He graduated from H.L. Miller Cantorial School and the Seminary College of Jewish Music at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. His musical interests are diverse: he is an aficionado of traditional Jewish liturgical music, plays in a Ladino ensemble, and has played in various folk-rock-country groups. He directs EMJC’s Chorus, composes and arranges music for the synagogue, and writes and records original songs. Cantor Levine lives in Brooklyn with his wife Courtney and his sons Micah and Matan. This fall he will begin rabbinical training at the Jewish Theological Seminary.
ASSISTANT CANTOR ARYEH NUSSBAUM COHEN, countertenor, is quickly beginning to make his mark in the worlds of opera and early music. He recently received rave reviews of his performances at the San Francisco Opera—the second most important opera house in the US—where he is now singing. In the 2014-2015 season, he made his European professional operatic debut at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria. He has attended the Baroque Vocal Programme at Early Music Vancouver, the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, and the American Bach Soloists Academy. In addition, Aryeh was a National Finalist in the Classical Singer Competition in 2011 and 2013 and the first ever freshman winner of the Princeton Handel Singing Competition in 2012. He currently resides in New York City, and recently received his BA from Princeton University, where he majored in History and received certificates in Vocal Performance and Judaic Studies. Upon graduating, he was awarded the Isidore and Helen Sacks Memorial Prize for extraordinary achievement in the arts, granted each year to the student of greatest promise in the performance of classical music. He has spent extended time studying with Max van Egmond in Amsterdam, and he currently studies with Dr. Robert C. White, Jr. in New York. More information is at aryehnussbaumcohen.com.
RABBI EMERITUS DR. ALVIN KASS was the spiritual leader of EMJC for 36 years until his retirement in 2014. He earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in History from Columbia University, and a B.H.L. and M.H.L. from the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he also received rabbinical training. He earned a Ph.D in History and Philosophical Foundations of Education from New York University. Besides graduating Summa Cum Laude and being the Class Salutatorian of his undergraduate class at Columbia, he was also a Quackenbush Foundation Scholar and a Harry J. Carman and National Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Rabbi Kass was appointed to the New York City Police Department in 1966, making him the most tenured chaplain in the NYPD. In 2002 he was promoted to Chief Chaplain. He teaches at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and lectures at Temple Emanuel's Skirball Center. He is the author of Politics in New York State, 1800-1830 (Syracuse University Press, 1965).
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This month, September 2016, the East Midwood Hebrew Day School celebrates its 60th anniversary of service to the Jewish community here in Brooklyn. Since its founding in 1956, hundreds of young men and women have graduated from this Day School and gone on to achieve great success in high school, college, graduate and professional schools, and in their careers, as did my own children. I am proud to say that I have spent 31 years of my professional career as an educator here at EMHDS.
Just as “back in the day”, we continue to provide our students with a warm and nurturing environment blended with high academic expectations and positive social/ emotional growth. Our students are immersed in a bi-cultural environment combining Jewish culture and religion with 21stCentury secular studies. We offer classes from Early Childhood (Nursery, UPK, Kindergarten) through 8th grade. Our class sizes remain well under that of other schools, enabling our capable and dedicated faculty to provide differentiated instruction across all disciplines.
Over the years we have added many new programs and facilities to our already rigorous program. We have acquired a state of the art science lab, expanded our computer/ technology program beyond the lab and into the classrooms with Smart Boards, and have added a variety of after school programs. Our students share and enjoy extracurricular activities that embrace the diversities of our Jewish heritage and cultural backgrounds.
With a strong bond and partnership between school/parents/students and with a Board of Trustees who are dedicated and committed, we look forward to many more years ahead that will allow us to continue to educate our children in the future.
Shirley Weichselbaum Principal, EMHDS
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Page 9 ELIE WIESEL (1929-2016) BY RABBI ALVIN KASS
One of the saddest events of the summer season just past was the death of Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor, who made the whole world aware of the most agonizing event in all of Jewish history. I had the privilege a few years ago of meeting Wiesel in person while making a shivah call to a mutual friend. His shy, self-effacing demeanor contrasted sharply with his status as a Nobel Prize winner whose writings awakened the conscience of the world.
I found fascinating his personal struggle to harmonize belief in God with the bestiality and brutality that were experienced by him and six million other Jews during World War II. Indeed, that was the subject of a trial he had witnessed in Buna, a sub-camp at Auschwitz, conducted by three observant Jews, against God. The event inspired the play he wrote entitled “The Trial of God.” Although he never could reconcile the existence of such cruelty with the reality of a compassionate and caring God, he continued to live an observant and exemplary life as a Jew. He loved to study Talmud and abided by the discipline of traditional Jewish law. He is, of course, not the first Jew who was troubled by the way that God ran the world. Protests go back to the first Jew, Abraham, who challenged the Almighty; “Shall the Judge of all the Earth not do justly.” Job insisted: “Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.” The Hasidic sage, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, spent his whole life, serving as the defense attorney of the Jewish people; and, on more than one occasion announced that he was taking God to court for a “din Torah” because He made the Jews suffer so much. Recognizing that the culpability for so much that is wrong in the world belongs to human beings who were given free will, Wiesel gave God the benefit of the doubt. He assumed and hoped, like the rest of us, that God knows what He is doing, and in the long run, justice will prevail.
Seeing how Jews suffered at the hands of an uncaring humanity, he could never bring himself to utter a word of criticism about Israel. Whether he agreed or disagreed on a point of Israel’s public policy was irrelevant to him. His job was to support Israel. He felt the Jews had enough enemies so that he didn’t need to add to their ranks.
Perhaps his greatest achievement was to demonstrate the resilience of the human spirit. Wiesel had witnessed and suffered first-hand the worst behavior ever perpetrated by people; yet, it made him, not bitter, only better. Rather than allow what happened to him to suppress the human inclination towards love and compassion, he was determined to turn it all around and make it an object lesson to one and all. He refused to let the world forget what the Nazis and their sympathizers did to the Jewish people. But the message cannot be one of vengeance and one-upmanship. The only way to make the world better is through love and kindness.
As we strive to reconcile our lives to a world which is so much poorer and darker because of Wiesel’s absence, the obligation rests upon all of us to remain faithful to his legacy: Never forget! Speak truth! Transform hatred into love!
Miryom, Sarah, Lewis and Sarah, Danny and Debby, Judah, Bennett, and Nava join me in wishing you all a shanah tovah u’mtukah – a good, happy, healthy and sweet year.
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YOU CAN HELP! SHARE THE CARE / LOTS OF HELPING HANDS THE EMJC CARING / CHESED PROGRAM
We are happy to announce that EMJC is expanding its Bikur Cholim program of visiting the sick, and giving it a new name and expanded focus.
We are launching the “Share the Care / Lots of Helping Hands” Program: A caring, compassionate community of clergy and congregants committed to supporting each other in times of joy, sorrow, and challenge. EMJC volunteers already do a great job visiting the sick at home and in hospitals, acknowledging births, attending funerals and shivas, and looking after some of our older congregants. Many of us volunteer often to help EMJC families in need with meals, rides, phone calls, visits, etc.
Now we wish to do more by recruiting more volunteers to help more people. Here’s how it will work...
Sign Up To Volunteer: [email protected] or 718-338-3800 Weekly, monthly, or seasonally: whatever time you can commit to such things as: Calling someone who is ill or unable to go out Sending a card Visiting a home Running an errand Providing a ride to an appointment Going shopping Taking someone for a short walk Providing a meal Helping with mail
And other small, but effective ways to help another person
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Let us know what you can do, and we’ll get you started: Contact our office: [email protected] or 718-338-3800. Tell us your name, what skills you have, and how you would like to help. Tell us the days and hours you can be available, and what skills you have that might help someone in our community. A volunteer will set up a Share The Care Page on Google Docs to match helpers with people in need. Sally Hipscher, the overall project coordinator, will recruit volunteers via our weekly EMJC e-mail newsletter, bulletins, and personal calls.
Let us know of people who need help: Our care of one another depends on being kept informed about our community. Please tell us if there is someone in your circles of family and friends who could use some help. Confidentiality is respected. Please e-mail Rabbi Matt Carl: [email protected] or our Office: [email protected] or call us at 718-338-3800.
Our social worker, Shira Felberbaum, MSW, is also available: Shira is from the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, and she can help with long-term planning, caregiving issues, loss and bereavement, coping with illness, referrals to needed services, and access to community resources. You can contact Shira at 212-632-4735 or [email protected]
Spread the word and share information with people in your circles about what we are trying to set up.
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EMJC is committed to community engagement and nurturing each participant’s personal connection to Judaism and social action. We foster a learning environment in which participants can explore and expand their passions, providing opportunities for teen-led initiatives. EMJC inspires youth to experience and embrace diverse ideas and cultures while training them to become leaders who effect change locally and globally.
The program will provide two regular meetings per month where we will develop skills and have meaningful dialogue through games, food and other adventures. In addition, special events will be planned by the participants throughout the year, and will include anything from seeing a movie with friends, to meeting teens of other faiths and backgrounds, to volunteering in underserved communities. These events will be proposed, planned and directed by our teens with the support and supervision of the Teen Coordinator.
This program is only open to participants currently attending High School. Our first event on Saturday, September 17th at 8 PM, is free of charge and will include an introduction to each other and to the program. The program’s cost is $100 for EMJC members and $200 for non-members; this includes two Saturday evening events per month (18 events) from September 2016-May 2017. Additional special events will be offered separately, at prices to be determined.
I look forward to seeing you at our first event Saturday, September 17th, at 8 PM!
Thank you, Shai Rosenfeld, Teen Coordinator
PS: More info about me is below:
Shai Rosenfeld has been EMJC’s Teen Coordinator since January 2016, and he has been in NYC for the past two years. He was born in Israel in a dusty desert town where he was an active educator in the youth movement. He spent his summers going to camp in New York, has many years of experience in experiential Jewish education, and is currently a graduate student of Applied Theatre. When he is not playing on stage, using theatre to connect with communities, educate and heal, he is playing on table tops, preferably with cool miniatures.
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Mark Your Calendar for These 2 Interfaith Committee Events
Thursday, September 22, 7:30 pm: First Planning Meeting of the Year (Our Lady of Refuge Church, 2020 Foster Avenue at Ocean Avenue). We welcome past members and anyone who is interested in being a part of this dynamic group of people as we plan for and begin work on new projects for the year.
Monday, October 10: Annual Columbus Day Trip: This year, we will be going on a guided tour of our Brooklyn treasure, Greenwood Cemetery, followed by a bring-your-own-lunch picnic. More details to come.
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Opening night of the new season of Music at the Center features the only “piano windtet” of its kind, Ensemble 4.1. Made up of FOUR wind soloists from German orchestras, keen to chamber music and ONE unmistakable pianist Thomas Hoppe, Ensemble 4.1 devote themselves to this still undiscovered wonderful musical genre. In addition to the masterpieces for chamber music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, the ensemble is devoted to discovering rarely played compositions from the turn of the 20th century. EMJC is proud to be a stop on their first North American tour. Donations welcome. This event is produced with the help of:
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MAZAL TOV TO
Congratulations to Rochelle and David Eckstein on the birth of their new grandson, Max Brian.
Congratulations and Bon Voyage to Rebecca Grossman, daughter of Randy and Rachelle Grossman, who left recently for Israel, where she will spend a gap year between high school and college. Good luck Rebecca!
Congratulations to Joanne and Howard Honigman on the birth of their new granddaughter, Ruby Isla Simon, daughter of their daughter Amy and son-in-law Mitchell Simon.
Congratulations to Barbara and Stan Hopard on the engagement of their son Daniel to Amanda Roxland.
Congratulations to Michele and Larry Isaacson on the birth of their first grand child, Eve Liora, daughter of Mollie Isaacson and Eric Sumberg.
Congratulations to Rabbi Emeritus Alvin Kass and Miryom Kass on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Judah, son of Dr. Daniel Kass and Dr. Debbie Gilman.
Congratulations to Hannah Levine's great-grand daughter Rebecca Hayley, daughter of Alyssa and Todd Kussin and grand daughter of Sharyn and Steven Kussin will become a Bat Mitzvah in October.
Congratulations to our indispensable Office Assistant Marina Lukina on the engagement of her daughter, Kristina Krivileva, to Jason Maslin.
Congratulations to Seema & Bob Rosenthal on the marriage of their granddaughter Rebecca Celia Ravsky to Rabbi Mitchell Berkowitz.
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SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS
Paul Adler Madeleine Appell Carolyn Deborah Baskin Naomi Aronowitz Rubin Braunstein Joyce Ashe Robin Finkelstein Inna Bauman Kenneth Frishberg Joan Berkowitz Eric Goldberg Rubin Berlinerblau Gail Horowitz Carole Berman Beth Jacobs David Burg Doris Kimmich Linda Chang Horowitz Madeline Kraner Andrew Chertoff Stephanie Luxenberg Migden David Eckstein Sybil Paley Ilia Khaduri Rita Paris Kathleen V. Khan Fuhr Aleksandr Portnoy Myra Krady Nora Robell David Kranis Betty Rosenstock Harvey Lubowitz Marjorie Sanua Lowell Miron Eliot Solomon Robert Resen Tomer Vatury Jessica Saratovsky Nathan Weissman Michael Saratovsky Matthew Wells Stuart Witt Blake Zidell SEPTEMBER ANNIVERSARIES
Paul & Marcia Adler Zachary & Rachael Bernstein OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES David & Shirley Burg Eric & Goldie Arrow Michael & SueAnne Hurwitz Howard & Carol Feldsher Arthur & Francine Katz Arthur & Susan Geen Joseph & Myra Krady Stan & Barbara Hopard Marshall & Alissa Levine Aleksandr & Rimma Portnoy Harvey & Susan Lubowitz Michael & Jessica Saratovsky Joseph & Emily Pariente Michael & Stephanie Schapira Robert & Sharon Resen Joe Slott & Daniella Topol
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We Mourn The Loss Of Milton (Mickey) Krasne, who served as EMJC’s esteemed President from 1979-1984, and again 1993-1994. Beloved daughter of Madeline and Ronnie, step-father of Mark Sirota, and grandfather. For more information, please see below and the following page.
Rabbi Allan Blaine, who served as an Associate Rabbi at EMJC from 1960- 1969. Also, for over 40 years, he was the rabbi of Temple Beth-El in Rockaway, was well regarded in the wider community, and was a columnist for the popular Rockaway newspaper, The Wave. His obituary is at rockawave.com/news/2016-08-05/Front_Page/Rabbi_Allan_Blaine_Dies.html
Shirley Berkowitz, the mother of Harry Berkowitz, long-time friend of EMJC.
Florence J Bickell, the mother of Dr. Nina Bickell, EMJC Trustee. The family requests that donations be sent in her memory to the Hebrew Free Burial Society or the Workmen's Circle Yiddish for Kids Program. Nina wrote: “I would like to thank the EMJC community for enveloping me in their warmth and comfort during shiva for my mom. I am truly blessed to be included in such a group.”
Robert Chonoles, father of Adrienne Traktman and father-in-law of Henry
Helene Selter, formerly the Business Director of the East Midwood Hebrew Day School
Remembering Milton (Mickey) Krasne
Milton or Mickey Krasne, our 16th President and an active member of East Midwood Jewish Center since 1957, passed away a few weeks ago. He served as president from 1979 to 1984, and then again from 1993-1994, the only person ever to do so. He was married for 43 years to his beloved wife Helen, and then shared the next 30 years of his life with Lorraine Sirota, to whom he and his family were devoted.
At his funeral he was praised with great emotion by his daughters, Madeline and Ronnie, his grandchildren and by his step-son Mark Sirota, all of whom tearfully described him as an “honest and caring person, whose life touched many people. Mark said, “He was the most decent human being I have ever known.”
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Remembering Milton (Mickey) Krasne
Mickey came to the US from Russia with his parents and brother at the age of 13. His father started out with a small grocery store, which his sons later expanded, but for most of his business career, he focused on the wholesale tomato business.
He and Helen were honored at EMJC’s 60th anniversary celebration in 1984, during which Milton was praised as a “compassionate and warm human being, a prominent business man, distinguished leader and generous philanthropist.” To the staff of the Harry Halpern Day School, he was regarded as a fair and trustworthy negotiator. Before becoming EMJC President, he served as Financial Secretary, Trustee, Vice President, Chairman of the Catering and Social Committee, Member and Past President of the Kaddish Club, and Chairman of EMJC’s Israel Bond Drives.
In a tribute to him written at the time of the 60th anniversary, Julius Nierow, former Executive Director, wrote: “Mickey Krasne served with distinction as president and established an unusual record of programming and fund raising projects. He projected a blue print for the future in the areas of building rehabilitation and enriched programming for children and adults. He also introduced programs for singles, young married couples and Russian Jewish immigrants. To implement them, he instituted new, imaginative and very productive fund raising areas, such as the Bedek Habayit, Tree of Life and Memorials. He introduced the annual journal advertising campaign, revitalized the Kol Nidre appeal and ran a very successful gala musical concert featuring pianist and conductor Peter Nero. He made EMJC a true House of Learning and a true instrument for improved social service and social action, encouraged more meaningful participation by our young people, school children and women. He provided the resources for adult women to become Bat Mitzvah. His wife Helen served as Member of the Board of Sisterhood and Vice President of Deena Hadassah.”
Mickey was equally devoted and hardworking during his second presidency from 1993-1994, when he confronted several difficult controversies. He will always be remembered for the important contributions he made to the history of East Midwood Jewish Center.
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East Midwood Jewish Center Gratefully Acknowledges the Following Generous Contributions
ADULT INSTITUTE FUND Dr. David & Gail Hammerman Phyllis & Joseph Rothstein In honor of Rochelle & David Eckstein In honor of Rochelle & David Eckstein on Judith Berman on the birth of their grandson Max Brian the birth of their grandson Max Brian In honor of Joanne & Howard Honigman on the birth of their In memory of Robert Chonoles, father In memory of Milton Krasne granddaughter Ruby of Adrienne Traktman In memory of Florence Bickell, mother of In honor of Joanne & Howard Dr. Nina Bickell Honigman on the birth of their In honor of Joanne & Howard Honigman ALAN ROSENBLUM FUND granddaughter Ruby on the birth of their granddaughter Ruby Marilyn Litwak In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for In honor of Rabbi & Miriam Kass Joanne Honigman In memory of William Krance on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Judah In memory of Sidney Litwak Steven & Stephanie Kaner Shirley N. Strauss In honor of Barbara & Stan Hopard on In honor of Rochelle & David Eckstein on the engagement of their son Daniel to the birth of their grandson Max Brian BIKUR CHOLIM FUND Amanda Roxland In honor of Barbara & Stan Hopard on the Steve Finkelstein Thomas & Madeline Kraner engagement of their son Daniel to Amanda In honor of a Refuah Shlemah In memory of Milton Krasne Roxland for Susan Lubowitz Hannah Levine In honor of Joanne & Howard Honigman In honor of a Refuah Shlemah In honor of Harvey Berkowsky’s on the birth of their granddaughter Ruby for Mel Klein birthday In honor of Rabbi & Miriam Kass
In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Judah
Joanne Honigman & a speedy recovery In honor of Danny & Debbie Gilman Kass BUILDING FUND In memory of Betty Rose on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Judah Carol Brown In honor of Rochelle & David Eckstein In memory of Florence Bickell, mother of In memory of Marcia Sheiman on the birth of their grandson Max Brian Dr. Nina Bickell Rochelle & David Eckstein In honor of Rebecca Grossman on her In honor of Marina Lukina on the In memory of Tova Weichselbaum adventure engagement of her daughter Kristina to Jason Maslin Steve Finkelstein Susan & Harvey Lubowitz In honor of Edith Maiman for excellent In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for service at EMJC Joanne Honigman LISA EHRLICH EDUCATION FUND In memory of Robert Chonoles, father In memory of Florence Bickell, mother Sandra Green of Adrienne Traktman of Dr. Nina Bickell In memory of Sondra Lindenbaum, In memory of Florence Bickell, mother Sharon & Robert Resen beloved mother & grandmother of Dr. Nina Bickell In honor of Rebecca Grossman’s H.S. In memory of Andrew Friedler Frances & Avrom Fischer graduation In honor of a Refuah Shlemah In honor of Rochelle & David Eckstein In honor of Rochelle & David Eckstein for Joanne Honigman on the birth of their grandson Max Brian on the birth of their grandson Max Brian In honor of Joanne & Howard Honigman In honor of Joanne & Howard In memory of Henry Schmidt on the birth of their granddaughter Ruby Honigman on the birth of their In honor of Reva Friedman’s birthday granddaughter Ruby Richard Ross In memory of Marcia Sheiman In honor of Rachelle & Randy Grossman Victoria Freyberg on their 21st wedding anniversary In memory of Betty Rose Shereen Rosenthal In memory of Jacob Rosenthal Andrea Green & Frank Valenti Reva Friedman In memory of Florence Rosenthal In memory of Sondra Lindenbaum, In honor of Sandra Green’s birthday beloved mother & grandmother In memory of Andrew Friedler In honor of Rachelle & Randy Grossman on their 21st wedding anniversary
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East Midwood Jewish Center Gratefully Acknowledges the Following Generous Contributions
LISA EHRLICH EDUCATION SIMCHA FUND YAHRZEIT FUND FUND CONTINUED Judith Berman Herbert Alwais Peter & Florence Handler In honor of Rabbi & Miryom Kass on In memory of Louis Alwais In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Arthur Katz Marina Antonyan Judah In memory of Mark Abramsky Milton & Ellen Pincus Rochelle & David Eckstein In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Anita Baskin In honor of Barbara & Stan Hopard In memory of Claire Gould Joanne Honigman on the engagement of their son Daniel
to Amanda Roxland Freda Berger PRAYER BOOK FUND In honor of Joanne & Howard In memory of Philip Carne Honigman on the birth of their Carole Berman Sandy & Miriam Goldhaber granddaughter Ruby In memory of Sondra Lindenbaum In memory of Harry Bresler In honor of Rabbi & Miriam Kass on In memory of Edith Tuber the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson Moris Berman In honor of Rochelle & David Judah In memory of father Louis Berman Eckstein on the birth of their grandson Warren & Iris Brahms Max Brian Steve Finkelstein In honor of Barbara & Stan Hopard In memory of Selma Chrystal In honor of Joanne & Howard on the engagement of their son Daniel Rubin Braunstein Honigman on the birth of their to Amanda Roxland granddaughter Ruby In memory of my father Abraham In honor of Joanne & Howard Braunstein In memory of Milton Krasne Honigman on the birth of their In memory of Florence Bickell, granddaughter Ruby Ernest Braverman mother of Dr. Nina Bickell In memory of Rosalind Braverman Susan Jainchill Susan & Harvey Lubowitz In honor of Murray & Moran Lantner Jacqueline Cohen In memory of Ethel Sobel In memory of David Mischel Leah & Eugene Krakowski In memory of Helen Kupsinel Leonard Nurkin In honor of Barbara & Stan Hopard In memory of Jennie Mischel In memory of my wife Phyllis Nurkin on the engagement of their son Daniel to Amanda Roxland Carol & Richard Curci In memory of Belle & Jesse Estroff RABBI AARON POMERANTZ FUND Ephraim & Estelle Leibowitz In honor of Rochelle & David Esther Daiell Judith Berman Eckstein on the birth of their grandson In memory of Julia & Nessin Benzion In memory of Florence Bickell, Max Brian Lydmila Doroshov mother of Dr. Nina Bickell In honor of Joanne & Howard In memory of Gita Kisel Sandra Green Honigman on the birth of their Hannelore Dreifus In memory of Milton Krasne granddaughter Ruby In memory of Henriette Stern Marilyn Pearce Susan & Harvey Lubowitz Judith Engel In honor of Rochelle & David In honor of Barbara & Stan Hopard In memory of Eliezer Luria Eckstein on the birth of their grandson on the engagement of their son Daniel to Amanda Roxland Max Brian Stanley Fabricant In honor of Rabbi & Miriam Kass on In memory of Audrey Fabricant Milton & Ellen Pincus the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson In honor of Rochelle & David Judah Reva Friedman Eckstein on the birth of their grandson In memory of my step father Rabbi Tovia Max Brian Angiel In memory of Florence Bickell, WELFARE FUND Sally Frishberg mother of Dr. Nina Bickell Reva Friedman In memory of Leon Engelberg In memory of Robert Chonoles, father In honor of Seema & Robert of Adrienne Traktman Rosenthal on the marriage of their Arthur Geen granddaughter In memory of my mother Dorothy Geen
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East Midwood Jewish Center Gratefully Acknowledges the Following Generous Contributions
YAHRZEIT FUND CONTINUED Raisa Litvak Naomi Smith In memory of Chaya Funberg In memory of Charles Smith Stephen Geffton In memory of Abraham Geffton Susan & Harvey Lubowitz Eric Strauss In memory of Paul Schreiber, father of In memory of Dr. Carl Strauss Miriam Gemson Susan Lubowitz In memory of Evelyn Solender Shirley Strauss Joyce Magenheim In memory of my beloved husband Dr. David Gilner In memory of Sylvia Sussman Dr. Carl Strauss In memory of Dr. Abraham Gilner Eleanor Marcus Sarah Wang Dr. Lynne Glasser In memory of William Simon In memory of Elsie Rosenblum In memory of Marilyn Glasser In memory of Jonas Moskowitz In memory of Howard Glasser Ida Wein Janet Marcus In memory of Leo Wein Lloyd Goldsmith In memory of Samuel Saltz In memory of Fannie Gortz Dr. Alan Weinstein Blossom Offenkrantz In memory of Joseph Weinstein Edith Gothelf In memory of Joseph Hirsch In memory of my mother Minnie Rhoda Weiskopf Berkowitz Gary Papierman In memory of Sophia Weiskoph In memory of my father Morris In memory of Paul Papierman Berkowitz Barbara Wiener Sheldon Papierman In memory of Joan Feinberg Roberta Heiden In memory of Paul Papierman In memory of Robert Rosenblum Daniel Wilchins In memory of Herbert Rosenblum Barry Pearce In memory of Margaret Wilchins In memory of Max Pearce Jack Heller Janet & Jacob Young In memory of Irving Schultze In memory of Shirley Heller Brenda Rosenbaum In memory of Anna Rose In memory of Florence Klein Joanne Honigman In memory of Robert & Anna Starling In memory of Susan Klein In memory of Arthur Edelson Shereen Rosenthal Sara Zuckerman Sandra Jacobowitz In memory of Gussie Rosenthal In memory of Laura Shiffman In memory of Boris Satz In memory of Nina Satz Dr. Joseph Rothman In memory of Alex Rothman Roberta Klinger OTHER DONATIONS In memory of Ida Hertan Toby Sanchez In memory of Lillian Friedman Many thanks to Herman Lepson for Norma Kohan donating fruit platters for our 8/27 In memory of William Heilbraun Nathan Schiff In memory of Sidney Schiff kiddush in memory of his revered father In memory of Julius Abraham In memory of Mildred Schiff Abraham Lepson and his beloved wife Carol. Eugene Krakowski In memory of Frances Bromberg In memory of Leon Krakowski Michael Shaw Many thanks to the ever generous Judith Berman and Harvey Lubowitz for their Eugenie Kroop In memory of Eva Horowitz contributions to improved lighting in the In memory of Irving Kroop Blossom Shelton Beth Hamidrash. Sharyn Kussin In memory of Minnie & Louis Honig Many thanks to Reva Friedman and to the In memory of my beloved father Levine family (Sam, Courtney, Micah Benjamin Levine Seymour Sheren In memory of Sarah T. Brenner and Matan) for donating recycling bins Hannah Levine to our campaign to place colorful In memory of my mother Ethel Jacobs Alex Shvartsapel recycling bins for paper, cans, and waste In memory of my beloved father Max In memory of Polina Shteingolts throughout the building. Our aim is make Jacobs recycling easy and convenient, so that it becomes habit forming.
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East Midwood Jewish Center Thanks The Following New Year’s Greetings Contributors
Evelyn & Norman Abes Hannah M. Levine & Family Rose F. Adler Janet & Michael Marcus Goldie & Eric Arrow Rita Meyer Joseph & Shelley Benezra Rita S. Miller Enid & Jack Benezra Amy & Jay Nitzky Dr. & Mrs. Rubin Berlinerblau Mark Nizhner Judith Berman Len Nurkin Anne Binder & Family Emily, Joseph, Jonathan & Gabriel Pariente Flora Bloom Frances B Pearce Shirley & David Burg Marilyn Pearce Ina Cooperman Luna Poplausky & Family Carol Dachs Aleksandr & Rimma Portnoy Diane & Edward Dweck Sharon, Robert & Joanna Resen Rochelle & David Eckstein & Family Rosenthal-Tawil Family Lynn, Joseph & Adam Feuerman Phyllis Roth Steve Finkelstein Lisa & Joseph Rothman Robin & Mark Finkelstein Roslyn Rubinstein Frances & Avrom Fischer & Family The Sanua Family Reva Friedman Arlene & Abraham Schmutter Susan & Arthur Geen Estelle Schaffer Lynne Glasser M.D. & Mark Glasser Blossom & Martin Shelton Jacob, Ethel, David & Jaclyn Gold Seymour Sheren Rachelle & Randy Grossman & Family The Shimshi Family Nikhama & Boris Goltsberg Eda & Jacob Solome Janet Gurvitch & Family Shirley N. Strauss & Family Max & Jean Gurvitch Diane & Leonard Susseles Ed Guterman The Teitelbaum Family Lyubov & Boris Gutin John & Susan Turis Dr. David & Gail Hammerman & Family Adrienne & Henry Traktman Sally & Mike Hipscher Dr. Alex Trakhtman & Galina Zbarskaya The Isaacson Family Francine & Ronald Weiss Lois Jackson & Michael Gerstein Irving & Barbara Wiener The Klein & Greenberg Family The Phillips-Wilchins Family Melvyn Klein Stuart Witt Leah & Eugene Krakowski Civia Witt Estelle & Ephraim Leibowitz Jacob & Janet Young Robin & Barry Leitman & Family
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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! Zachary & Rachael Bernstein David & Elaine Leifer
Richard & Shulamit Charles Dena Levinson
Kenneth & Merle Deane Sandra Lindie
Steven Drachman Zina & Feliks Lyakhovetsky
Tabitha & Glenn Easterling Frances Pearce
Howard & Kathleen Khan Fuhr Yelena Ruzin
Anatol Gavrilov Michael & Stephanie Schapira
Jim & Deborah Glauner Shira Stone & Gail Horowitz
Alex & Ryan Goldberg Nonna Tolchinskaya
Eric & Sherry Goldberg Daniela Topol & Joe Slott
Lauri & Jason Van Anden Golkind Stephanie Torr
Steven & Linda Chang Horowitz Stephanie Wolkoff
Michael Kaufman Dr. Michael Yudelevich & Daphna Bar Yosef Harold Klein Blake & Shoshana Zidell Joseph & Myra Krady
Irwin Leibowitz
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East Midwood Jewish Center Thank You to Lisa Rothman, BULLETIN Bulletin Editor Emeritus, Published 6 times per year
Online at emjc.org For her many years of service!
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Rabbi: Matt Carl Congratulations to EMJC on
Rabbi Emeritus: Dr. Alvin Kass winning a social action grant from UJA-Federation of NY, Cantor: Sam Levine who wrote “your synagogue’s President: Toby Sanchez commitment to integrating
Executive Director: Randy Grossman Social Action into the fabric of your community is truly Executive Director Emeritus: Edith Maiman inspiring” Director of Youth and Family Education: Audrey Korelstein More details coming soon! Bulletin Editor: Carolyn A. Schultz
Bulletin Assistant Editor: Toby Sanchez
Bulletin Editor Emeritus: Lisa Rothman
Birthday, anniversary & donation compilations: Marina Lukina
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