PAS Mahzor for Youth for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur

PAS Mahzor Introducing for Youth see p.see 7

Bulletin September/October 2018 אלול–תשרי–חשון FROM THE RABBI RABBI ELLIOT J. COSGROVE

We are all getting acclimated to years. Our celebrations of Israel’s 70th alternative spaces for prayer, classes, go hand-in-hand with a knowledge meetings, and otherwise. Synagogues that our strength is not so much in are meant to provide comfort and “where” we are, but in the “who, security, and it can be unsettling to what, how, and whens” that define be thrust into the unfamiliar. In the us. For the next 15 months we will be year of construction to come, it will be wandering a little bit, and that is a the people, the classes, the services, good thing. It reminds us what really Beyond Bricks and other shared experiences that will matters. I look forward to journeying bind our community together. together. and Mortar As you page through this Bulletin May this year be a year of health and the enclosed Mah Hadash, I and happiness for each of you, your encourage you to find the places families, the Jewish people, and all of hanah Tovah! Jewish where you will find your home. humanity, and may we all be inscribed community has never been Commit to signing up for an adult in the Book of Life. S defined solely by bricks and education class, volunteering on a mortar. From Abraham and Sarah’s committee, or coming to synagogue first journey to “the land that I on Friday night. This fall we continue will show you” to the wilderness to celebrate our people’s return to wanderings of the Israelites, to the the Land with Israel’s 70th birthday: dispersions of the Jewish people a semester of learning and lectures following the destruction of the open to all, culminating in December Temples in Jerusalem, our people with our congregational trip to Israel. have always survived and thrived The lay and professional leadership of Bulletin independent of physical structures. our synagogue has developed a robust VOLUME 71 · NO. 1 The creation of the Jewish literary and dynamic vision of education, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018 canon made us the world’s first prayer, and programming for the ELUL 5778/TISHREI/HESHVAN 5779 אלול–תשרי–חשון online” community, a “People of months ahead; there is something for“ the Book,” where your identity was everyone. From the Rabbi...... 2 defined not by where you lived, but by Schedule of Religious Services what you read. Our palaces, as Rabbi Most of all, in this year of wandering, & Shabbat at PAS...... 3 Abraham Joshua Heschel famously I encourage the members of our Simhat Torah Honorees...... 8 explained, are not structures of community to step forward with your Synagogue Family...... 10 From the Education Team...... 13 physical space, but of time – Shabbat, most powerful tool of community Adult Classes & Events...... 14 the festivals and the rhythms of the building – YOU! Open up your home Shapiro Audio Archive & Library ...... 14 Jewish year. Strange as it is to say, for Shabbat dinner, invite new and Youth Education & Events...... 16 our people’s joyous return to the Land old friends to celebrate around your Young Family Education...... 16 seventy years ago was a paradigm PASECC...... 16 table, call our membership director Congregational School...... 17 shift away from the wandering norm to see if there are new members who Postcard from Camp...... 17 of the prior two thousand years. It has could use an invitation, create a home Youth/RJNHS...... 18 always been our connection to God, study circle, email a friend to come College Connections...... 19 a sacred calendar, a literature, core to services with you. We all know PAS 20s & 30s...... 19 Welcome New Staff...... 20 values and, most of all, to each other intuitively that a sense of belonging Contributions...... 21 that has made us who we are, not any does not depend on physical space or Caring Network...... 25 one building. a form that we fill out. Community is Calendars...... 26 constructed when we are welcomed A Look Ahead...... Back cover As our 87th Street building undergoes warmly when we enter a room and Cover: From the PAS Mahzor for Youth a generational transformation this are missed when we leave. Let’s year, it is important to remember make this the year that we leverage where the strength of our Jewish our own personal capital towards community is to be found. With the strengthening our communal bonds, clergy, administrative staff, and the wherever we may be. ECC located in temporary space at 4 East 90th Street, the return this The Jewish people existed without a fall is a bit disorienting for everyone. place to hang our hat for two thousand

2 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin Shabbat at PAS Every 7th day. 52 weeks a year. Since Creation. Schedule of Religious Services • For Young Family Education (YFE) programs, see p. 16. • For Congregational School (CS) Shabbat programs, see p. 17. • For Youth and Teens, see p. 18. • Visit pasyn.org for all worship information.

Every week, from Friday evening through Saturday evening, Friday, August 31 • 20 Elul Shabbat at PAS includes lively communal worship in the Sanctuary, 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat | alternative services, parashah study, music, dinners, and other PAS@90th programs to refresh your spirit. See below what is happening each Shabbat, and find more Shabbat programming in each department throughout the Bulletin and in the enclosed Mah Hadash. Saturday, September 1 • 21 Elul Ki Tavo DAILY MINYAN 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat Shaharit Monday–Friday at 7:15 am. September 4–7 and 12–18, selihot at 7:00 am. HaShavua September 26–28, intermediate days of Sukkot, 7:00 am. Sundays and Labor Day at 9:00 am. 9:45 am | Sanctuary service Minha/ma’ariv Sunday–Thursday at 5:45 pm, except where noted. Shabbat minha 30 minutes 30 minutes after services | Minha after the end of morning services. 8:00 pm | Learning with Rabbi Zuckerman | PAS@89th KABBALAT SHABBAT AND SANCTUARY SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE | EVERY SHABBAT | PAS@87th 8:30 pm | Havdalah & Selihot Service Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, Rabbi Neil Zuckerman, and Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky preach and conduct | PAS@89th the service together with Cantor Azi Schwartz and Cantor Rachel Brook, with Music Director Colin Fowler and (beginning September 7) the Synagogue Ensemble: Elisa Singer Strom, soprano; Kristin Gornstein, alto; Jason Weisinger, tenor; Tim Krol, bass; Gil Smuskowitz, double Between Tuesday, September 4 and bass; Mike Cohen, woodwinds; Ronen Itzik, percussion. Rabbi Rachel Salston is our ritual Yom Kippur, weekday shaharit will be at 7:00 am, not 7:15 am. director and Torah reader.

SHAHARIT & PARASHAT HASHAVUA | EVERY SHABBAT | PAS@87th P’sukei d’Zimrah and Shaharit, a light Kiddush, and an engaging study of the morning’s Torah Friday, September 7 • 27 Elul portion, ending in time to join the community in the Sanctuary for the Torah service. When there 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat is Havurah, this service merges with that one.

HASHKAMAH (EARLY RISERS) MINYAN | EVERY SHABBAT BEGINNING SEP 8 | PAS@89th A service with repetition of the Amidah and annual cycle Torah reading, all in Hebrew, at a pace Saturday, September 8 • 28 Elul that is comfortable for experienced daveners, and a Kiddush afterwards. Nitzavim 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan HAVURAH | SEP 29, OCT 20 | PAS@89th 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat A lay-led, child-friendly, intimate, and informal Torah reading and discussion and musaf service open to individuals and families of all ages. People of all skill levels are encouraged to HaShavua participate by leading a part of the service, reading Torah or Haftarah, or by facilitating a Torah 9:45 am | Sanctuary service discussion. Contact Rabbi Witkovsky at [email protected] or x123. 30 minutes after services | Minha

RAMAH MINYAN | OCT 12 | PAS@89th A spirit-filled service for Camp Ramah alumni and any and all other young adults, followed by drinks, snacks, and oneg Shabbat.

ALL ARE WELCOME | ALWAYS PAS is an inclusive community. We are interested in discussing with you any accommodations you might need to make your visits and involvement more comfortable. Please contact Rachel Zorbaron, Director of Membership, at [email protected] or x195.

Can’t make it to the synagogue? Park Avenue Synagogue services are livestreamed. Visit pasyn.org/webcast.

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High Holiday Locations

A ticket is required for admission to all services except Erev Rosh Hashanah and Yizkor.

There will be no seating during sermons and the chanting of Kol Nidrei.

Can’t make it to the synagogue? Park Avenue Synagogue services are livestreamed. Visit pasyn.org/webcast.

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• Order a Lulav & Etrog

Friday, September 21 • 12 Tishrei Friday, September 28 • 19 Tishrei Sukkot begins on 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat Sunday evening, September 23. Saturday, September 22 • 13 Tishrei Saturday, September 29 • 20 Tishrei Ha·azinu Shabbat Hol haMoed Sukkot 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat HaShavua HaShavua 9:45 am | Sanctuary service 9:45 am | Sanctuary service 30 minutes after services | Minha TBA | CS Family Sukkot Service 30 minutes after services | Minha

Sunday, September 23 • 14 Tishrei Sunday, September 30 • 21 Tishrei Erev Sukkot 6:30 pm | Festival Evening service Hoshana Rabbah, last day of On the first day you shall take the Sukkot fruit of hadar trees, branches of 10:00 am | Minyan with Hallel, Torah palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, Monday, September 24 • 15 Tishrei reading, musaf, hoshanot, and beating of willows and willows of the brook, and you Sukkot, Day 1 5:45 pm | Festival Evening service shall rejoice before Adonai your 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan God seven days. 9:45 am | Festival Shaharit service —Va-yikra (Leviticus) 23:40 5:45 pm | Festival Minha/Ma’ariv Monday, October 1 • 22 Tishrei 6:00 pm | BYO Dinner in the Sukkah | dairy or pareve | PAS@89th Shemini Atzeret e wave the lulav every 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan day during the week 9:45 am | Festival service W of Sukkot, except on Tuesday, September 25 • 16 Tishrei 5:15 pm | Quiet Simhat Torah Shabbat. Enhance your celebration 5:45 pm | Minha Sukkot, Day 2 of the holiday with a lulav and etrog 6:00 pm | Simhat Torah Evening 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan set from Israel. Each set includes Celebration an etrog (fruit of the hadar), a lulav 9:45 am | Festival Shaharit service (palm), hadassim (myrtle, leafy 11:00 am | Day School Community Sukkot Family Service trees), aravot (willows), as well as a Tuesday, October 2 • 23 Tishrei holder and rings woven of palm to 30 minutes after services | Festival hold the branches together. Minha Simhat Torah 5:45 pm | Evening service 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan Cost: $40/set. 6:00 pm | BYO Dinner in the Sukkah | 9:45 am | Simhat Torah service Deadline to order: Friday, September 14 at dairy or pareve | PAS@89th honoring Mel Schweitzer as Hatan 9:00 am. Torah and Lisa Grinberg as Kallat To order, visit pasyn.org/lulav. Those without B’reishit internet access may call Rabbi Rachel Salston at x102. 5:45 pm | Minha/Ma’ariv Pick up your lulav and etrog in the Eli M. Black Lifelong Learning Center lobby, 11 E. 89th St., on Friday morning, September 21 or Sunday morning, September 23.

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L’shanah tovah u-m’tukah! Friday, October 5 • 26 Tishrei Friday, October 19 • 10 Heshvan 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Have a sweet new year! Saturday, October 6 • 27 Tishrei Saturday, October 20 • 11 Heshvan B’reishit Lekh L’kha 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat HaShavua HaShavua 9:45 am | Sanctuary service 9:45 am | Sanctuary service 10:00 am | CS Shabbat Experience, Gr 30 minutes after services | Minha 3–4 5:00 pm | YFE Havdalah (p. 16) 30 minutes after services | Minha

Friday, October 26 • 17 Heshvan Tuesday, October 9 • 30 Tishrei 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat Rosh Hodesh 7:15 am | Morning minyan includes Hallel, Torah Reading, and musaf Saturday, October 27 • 18 Heshvan PAS Mahzor Va-yera for Youth 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan Wednesday, October 10 • 1 Heshvan 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat for Rosh Rosh Hodesh HaShavua Hashanah 7:15 am | Morning minyan includes 9:45 am | Sanctuary service Hallel, Torah Reading, and musaf 30 minutes after services | Minha & Yom Kippur he PAS Music Center proudly announces the next volume Friday, October 12 • 3 Heshvan T in the Family Siddur Project. 5:00 pm | YFE Kabbalat Shabbat and Designed for children in 3rd Dinner (p. 16) through 7th grade, the new mahzor 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat will be used in family and CS 7:15 pm | Ramah Minyan services. Every member is invited to pick up a copy during the holidays or to request one from the Music Saturday, October 13 • 4 Heshvan Center at [email protected] or x115.

Noah The Family Siddur Project is generously 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan sponsored by Patricia Braun and David 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat Silvers. HaShavua 9:45 am | Sanctuary service 30 minutes after services | Minha

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went to NYU for a liberal arts degree retirement age of 70. He now and then on to Fordham University conducts a part-time practice for an School of Law. organization known as NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation). As a young partner in a Manhattan firm 41 years ago, Mel looked for a Of all Mel’s accomplishments, he is Conservative congregation like the most proud of his role in discovering one where he had grown up. A friend Cantor Azi Schwartz and persuading invited him to Park Avenue Synagogue him to come to PAS, as well as of Hon. for Rosh Hashanah to hear the new the growth of the PAS Music Center young cantor, David Lefkowitz. Mel under Azi’s guidance during the came, found what he was looking for, past five years, when Mel served as and joined. a Vice President of the congregation Melvin L. and Chair of the Music Committee. Mel assisted Cantor Lefkowitz Mel had heard Azi sing when he with his work on the compositions was Assistant Cantor at Park East Schweitzer of the famed Choir Master of the Synagogue and had thought to himself Brody Synagogue in Odessa, David that this young man could be a Nowakowsky. Mel drafted the worthy successor to Cantor Lefkowitz. contracts that the cantor negotiated When Cantor Lefkowitz announced Hatan with Nowakowsky’s family to bring his retirement, Mel tracked Azi all of Nowakowsky’s manuscripts to down on the internet, gave his CDs PAS, where the cantor edited and to the cantorial search committee, arranged the music and incorporated and arranged for him to meet Rabbi Torah it into the liturgy at PAS. With Cantor Cosgrove. Ultimately, Azi auditioned Lefkowitz’s encouragement, Mel for the High Holy Days, and the rest is I will sing to Adonai as long as I learned the entire High Holy Day history. live; all my life I will chant to my liturgy and sang tenor in the PAS God. concert choir on Rosh Hashanah and Park Avenue Synagogue salutes Mel —Psalms 104:33 Yom Kippur. Schweitzer, Hatan Torah.

All the while, Mel pursued his legal career, which included heavy ynagogue music has been central involvement in New York State and to Mel Schweitzer’s life since national politics. As a result of his S he was a young boy. Mel grew work, he was at the White House for up in the Bronx, where his family the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty signing belonged to a prominent Conservative and was seated at the celebratory synagogue, Temple Adath Israel. The dinner with Yitzhak and Leah Rabin. congregation had a major emphasis on Simhat Torah liturgical music, with a concert mixed In 1984, Mel acted as Counsel for choir, an organ, and a succession of Geraldine Ferraro’s Vice Presidential at PAS distinguished cantors. When one of campaign and flew around the those cantors heard 9-year-old Mel country with her as she campaigned Mon | Oct 1 sing in Hebrew class, he picked Mel as the first woman on a national • Quiet Simhat Torah | 5:15-5:45 pm out to become a boy cantorial soloist. party ticket. In 1993, Governor Mario • Evening Celebration | 6:00-7:00 pm Outfitted in a white satin hat and Cuomo appointed Mel to the Board of robe, Mel sang at weddings all over Commissioners of the Port Authority Tue| Oct 2 the city and sang solos and duets of NY and NJ. Later, Governor George • Simhat Torah Morning | 9:45 am | and joined the concert choir at some Pataki appointed Mel to be a Judge Festival Morning Service Shabbat services and at all High Holy of the NY State Court of Claims. Still Honoring Mel Schweitzer, Hatan Day services. That ended when Mel’s later, Mel became a Supreme Court Torah, and Lisa Grinberg, Kallat voice began to change after about five Justice for the highly prestigious B'reishit years, but Mel attended Music & Art Commercial Division in Manhattan. High School and thought seriously of Mel sat on the bench for 10 years, studying for the cantorate. Instead he until he reached the mandatory

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she spent a semester as an “exchange Committee, the Synagogue Advisory student” at JTS. A Jewish philosophy Board, and as a Trustee. In recent course with Professor Neil Gillman, years Lisa was the founding chair of z”l, was a life-changing experience. the PAS Inclusion Initiative. Professor Gillman welcomed every question, opening doors to thinking Lisa and Alex have three children, who about God in ways that Lisa had not are the third generation of Grinbergs imagined. She spent the subsequent to worship and grow up at PAS. The summer in Israel studying, working, younger two, Gideon and Lilliana, Lisa and volunteer teaching. When each attended the ECC, but there she returned to Wellesley, she was no place there for oldest son remained a psych major with a Noah, who had significant delays as minor in education, but she became a toddler. As a family, the Grinbergs Grinberg active leader in the campus Jewish grappled with what it meant to be part community and began her lifelong of a community where they could not engagement with creating the kind of worship and study as a family. Lisa Kallat Jewish community that she envisioned opened the conversation repeatedly, for herself, and now, for her children. and thanks to her persistence and perseverance, doors began to open. After Wellesley, Lisa earned an MBA Noah began his Jewish education B’reishit at NYU and worked for 20 years in the Congregational School in in hospitality and entertainment, Kindergarten with a “shadow,” and “Teach these words of Mine to including as head of concessions for eventually, with the support of the your children. Repeat them at Loews Cineplex and Executive Vice- Congregational School staff, he home and away, night and day.” President of marketing and product began attending independently. His —Deuteronomy 11:18–19 placement for New Line Cinemas. She successes at PAS emboldened Lisa left the private sector to work in the and Alex to consider new academic nonprofit world, focusing her skills in environments and possibilities for development and communications in him. What had been the greatest isa Grinberg came to Park the arts and education. obstacles and challenges became Avenue Synagogue when she the sweetest victories. When Noah L and her husband Alex were Given the decidedly nontraditional celebrated his bar mitzvah last year, first dating, having been introduced path of Lisa’s Jewish education, Rabbi Cosgrove remarked that he may to one another by a longtime friend, access to a Jewish community, Jewish have been the first Bar Mitzvah whose and longer-time member of the Park education, Jewish identity, and family parents both celebrated their bnei Avenue Synagogue community. It is one of her guiding principles. As an mitzvah on the PAS bimah. was a joy to be welcomed into this adult with young children, Lisa was warm and established community, committed to setting an example for Lisa is a dedicated advocate for married by Rabbi Lincoln and Cantor them by celebrating a Bat Mitzvah. inclusion, accessibility, and education. Lefkowitz, and to celebrate so many She participated in the adult bat For Lisa, a synagogue community simchas amidst friends and family. mitzvah class with Cantor Nancy is first and foremost a place that is As Lisa and Alex started their own Abramson, and then Alex joined her as accessible to all, where everyone feels family, Lisa became involved at PAS they undertook Melton studies. While welcome and encouraged to question, in the ECC, in the adult education Lisa was at minyan one morning – a explore, participate, learn, worship, program, and volunteering in many requirement of the bat mitzvah class and contribute, without barriers. ways, engaging fully as she and Alex – Rabbi Cosgrove recruited her and Lisa and Alex are grateful for all the cultivated their own ties to the PAS a classmate to co-chair the PAS trip wonders and joys they have been community. to Cuba. The spiritual experience of fortunate to experience. They are studying for and completing the bat dedicated to sharing and enriching Lisa grew up in Roslyn, NY, the mitzvah ceremony and the communal the lives of those around them, in daughter of Holocaust refugees who experience of chairing the Cuba trip all the communities in which they gave her a strong sense of Judaism opened the doors to many more participate. as a culture, an ancient heritage of avenues for participation. Lisa has community, learning and celebration. served on the Congregational School Park Avenue Synagogue salutes Lisa But Lisa’s first formal Jewish study Parent Association, the Mitzvah Day Grinberg, Kallat B’reishit. came when, as a junior at Wellesley, Committee, the Congregational School

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BNEI MITZVAH בני מצוה

Sophie Abelow | Sept 8 |Nitzavim Hillary Silver | Sept 29 | Shabbat Hol Daughter of Susan Cantor and Ross haMoed Sukkot Abelow Daughter of Joanna & David Silver

Mia Goldblum | Sept 8 | Nitzavim Morgan Perlstein | Sept 29, minha | Daughter of Tirzah Schwarz & Charles V’zot ha-B’rakhah Goldblum Daughter of Melanie & Steven Perlstein

Bryant Blaine Berney | Sept 15 | Jordan Klein | Sept 30 | Hoshana Rabbah Va-yeilekh Son of Suzanne & Devon Klein Son of Lynn & David Berney

Nicole Chook | Sept 15 | Va-yeilekh Benjamin Barth | Oct 6 | B’reishit Daughter of Bonnie & Matthew Chook Son of Natalie & Brett Barth

Allison Hope Markman | Sept 22 | Ha·azinu Brian Barth | Oct 6 | B’reishit Daughter of Risë Norman & Ross Son of Natalie & Brett Barth Markman

Jacob Scott Markman | Sept 22 | Graham Smith | Oct 13 | Noah Ha-azinu Son of Rachel Bluth & Derek Smith Son of Risë Norman & Ross Markman

Abigail Silver | Sept 29 | Shabbat Hol Maxwell Fisk Steinberg | Oct 13 | Noah haMoed Sukkot Son of Rebecca S. Fisk & Kenneth Daughter of Joanna & David Silver Steinberg

To make a celebratory or memorial donation to PAS, please visit pasyn.org/giving or contact Sam Hopkins at [email protected] or 212-369-4900, x101.

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Dana & David Shani on the marriage of their daughter Talia to Tim Solomon, and to the young Alexander Bank | Oct 13, minha | Lekh couple L'kha Son of Kirstin & David Bank Sarah Burkhalter & Alexander Saper on their marriage

Karrie Crane & Ron Belldegrun on their marriage Sarah Kastell | Oct 20 | Lekh L'kha Daughter of Barbara & Paul Kastell Alexandra Schuster & Alexander Sloane on their marriage and to his parents, Jaar-Mel & Howard Sloane

Aliza Wolfe & Ryan Ahern on their marriage

Abigail Zimmerman | Oct 20 | Lekh L'kha Karen & Spencer Smul, in honor of the marriage of Daughter of Chana & Gary Zimmerman their daughter Abigail to Matt Stern, and to the young couple

Shereen & Howard Rutman on the marriage of their daughter Melissa to Daniel Nathan, and to the Matthew Edelman | Oct 20, minha | young couple Va-yera Son of Marni & Charles Edelman Laura & Jeff Rapaport on the birth of a daughter, Olivia Maren Rapaport, and to big brother Henry

Renee & David Fried on the birth of a son, Garrett Rachel Eisenhart | Oct 27 | Va-yera Randall Fried, and to big brother Harrison Daughter of Susan Berman-Eisenhart & Jeffrey Eisenhart Julia & David Roberts on the birth of a daughter, Alexandra Rose Roberts, and to grandparents Andrea & Cal Roberts

Jordan Peltz | Oct 27 | Va-yera Allison & Robert Sassower on the birth of a son, Son of Debra Peltz and Harlan Peltz Charlie Oppenheimer Sassower, and to big brothers Grandson of Lauren & John Veronis Max and Samuel

Toby & Barry Banks on the birth of a daughter, Belinda Hannah Banks Ava Lipsky | Oct 27, minha | Hayyei Emily Gindi and Natalie Barth on completing the Sarah Wexner Heritage Program, a two-year educational Daughter of Wendy & Michael Lipsky fellowship in Jewish Leadership

To make a celebratory or memorial donation to PAS, please visit pasyn.org/giving or contact Sam Hopkins at [email protected] or 212-369-4900, x101.

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS ברוכים הבאים

Rachel Wish & Robert Blaustein Hope and Lawrence Kessler Phyllis & Franklin Bocian Nessia & Taylor Kushner Meredith & Lorenzo Cavallaro Robin & Marc Landow Orly & Justin Elliott Rochelle Levine Gail Fellus Lisa & Philip Miller Barbara & Gerald Fine Jennifer Polland & Ronny Ostrow Barbara & Gordon Freed Ellen DeJonge-Ozeri & Zion Ozeri Alexandra & Eric Garfunkel Caryn & Barry Rudofsky Emma Miller-Gelberg & Craig Gelberg Elena & Bhushan Sethi Andrew Glaser Penny Simon Nina Mogilnik & Leonard Gold Carolyn Spector Jill Greenwald Mindy & Marc Utay Stacy & Jason Helfstein Jacqueline Waldman Wax & Stephen Wax Susan & Howard Hirsch Tali & Boaz Weinstein Sara & Ori Hollander Bari Yunis Schorr Judith Jay

CONDOLENCES המקום ינחם

Aaron Stern on the loss of his Friends and family of Beatrice Dennis Karr on the loss of his wife, father, Robert Stern Kaplan Gail Karr

Amy & Daniel Seltzer on the loss of Beth & Jared Greisman on the loss Arlene Weiss, Allyson & Jared her father, Stefan Anhalt of his mother, Linda Greisman Horowitz, and Marissa & Adam Forsted on the loss of their mother Aaron Malinsky on the loss of his Sandy & Stephen Greenberg on the and grandmother, Dorothy Lipitz mother, Frances Malinsky loss of his mother, Claire Lafer Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, Susan & Seth Perelman on the loss Danielle & Drew Anderman on Danielle Englebardt, and Lara & of his father, Moritz Perelman the loss of his mother, Melitta Corey Metz on the loss of their Anderman mother and grandmother, Jean Deanne & Charles Winnick on the Steinberg loss of her mother, Doris Greenberg Suzanne & Devon Klein on the loss of her mother, Sharon Weidberg Ronnie & David Parker, on the loss of her father, Bertram D. Weiss Dana & Adam Fine on the loss of her father, Arthur Alexander David Stone and Lucia & Ralph Davidson on the loss of their wife Family and friends of Renée and mother, Sara Stone Waldinger

To make a celebratory or memorial donation to PAS, please visit pasyn.org/giving or contact Sam Hopkins at [email protected] or 212-369-4900, x101.

12 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin FROM THE EDUCATIONAL TEAM RABBI CHARLIE SAVENOR

What Lies Beneath

rom the wall of the lobby in the Eli M. Black Lifelong Learning F Center the words of the Sh’ma broadcast boldly that engaging in Jewish learning encompasses our minds, hearts and souls. While this familiar text commands our attention, what lies beneath these words is equally worthy of note. In smaller script we find over ten Jewish values – Torah, Tikkun Olam, Hebrew, Zionism, Compassion, and more – that are the foundation of our community and that have been the cornerstone of Judaism for thousands of years. The placement of these words on the lobby wall subtly This year PAS will have the chance Roy E. Disney once said: “When reminds us that when these values to welcome an Israeli shelihah your values are clear to you, move to the forefront of our minds, we (emissary) to the Upper East Side as making decisions becomes easier.” can experience Judaism most deeply. part of a joint effort with KJ, Central In our fast-paced world, with so Synagogue, and 92Y, in partnership much competition for our time The goal of a Jewish educator is with UJA-Federation of NY and and attention, the Jewish values to make every encounter with the the Jewish Agency for Israel. Karen showcased in the lobby of the Lifelong Jewish community and with a sacred Lagziel has spent the past year in Learning Center are more than text a meaningful engagement. This Central America doing humanitarian decorations. They are our shared road frequently means encouraging our work as part of an Israel-based NGO. map for a lifetime of meaning, joy and students of all ages to look beneath Her presence at PAS and contact with purpose. the surface and to identify what all segments of our community will resonates personally and to build on enable us to deepen our engagement Best wishes for a shanah tovah that experience. with Israel, at a time when this u-m’tukah, a happy, healthy and sweet relationship needs strengthening. new year. In the coming year, our spectacular offerings will enable us to deepen our In addition to this new face from commitment to our Jewish values Israel, we are delighted to welcome and to each other. In November we the new members of our PAS will host our second annual weeklong education team. (See p. 20.) Each of Scholar-in-Residence with Shalom them will be a partner in making the Orzach, a master Israel educator. values of our community come alive For more information about him, see on a daily basis. the Mah Hadash enclosed with this Bulletin.

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Early Fall at PAS

RSVP = Advance registration required. $ = There is a cost for the event.

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PAS@ 89TH The majority of our weekly classes, whether drop- E 89TH ST E 89TH ST E 89TH ST in classes, short series, or semester-long courses, will begin meeting in October after Simhat Torah. You can learn Hebrew, discuss contemporary Jewish issues, discover the rich history of NYC 5TH AVE PARK AVE PARK synagogues, or consider current events in Israel. E 88TH ST E 88TH ST E 88TH ST To see the full line-up of fall classes, visit pasyn. org/adultlearning or refer to the enclosed Mah Hadash. Many of our Melton classes are already at capacity, but waiting lists are open. Don’t delay. Sign up now to study later. Those without internet access E 87TH ST E 87TH ST E 87TH ST may call Rebecca Cushman at 212-369-4900, x159. PAS@ 87TH Class in the spotlight Lunchtime Learning (formerly Library Lunch & Learn) 12:00–12:45 pm | PAS@89th E 86TH ST E 86TH ST New PAS staff (see p. 20) will be among the

facilitators during the course of the year. Come MADISON AVE whenever you can! · Sep 6 | PAS Facilitator TBA · Sep 20 | DOROT facilitator E 85TH ST E 85TH ST E 85TH ST · Oct 4 | PAS Facilitator TBA · Oct 18 | DOROT facilitator

Rita and George M. Shapiro Relive Our History | Visit pasyn.org/shapiroaudioarchive to hear excerpts from sermons, musical services, lectures, concerts, and special events recorded in the PAS Audio Archive Sanctuary from 1954 to 2004. You can also jump to the full database to choose recordings that interest you. Excerpts are also featured on Park Avenue Podcast.

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To see the full line-up of fall classes, visit pasyn.org/adultlearning or refer to the enclosed Mah Hadash.

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PAS@ 89TH E 89TH ST E 89TH ST E 89THCosponsored ST by The Jewish Week Focus on Israel Will There Be Jews in 100 Years? Shabbat Speaker Series with Ronen Bergman Tue | Oct 9 | 7:00 pm | Tal Keinan, Bret Stephens, Military and Intelligence Issues and Rabbi Cosgrove | PAS@87th Fri | Oct 19 | 7:30 pm | PAS@90th With the Jewish People concentrated in two hubs Israeli author and journalist Ronen Bergman’s 5TH AVE PARK AVE PARK E 88TH ST E 88TH ST E 88TH– America ST and Israel – a subtle but vital feature of most recent book is Rise and Kill First: The Secret diaspora life has been lost. For 2,000 years, Jews History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations. adjusted to evolving realities by redefining Judaism. $ RSVP Yet it seems that when confronted with the 21st century’s unprecedented rates of social, economic, and political change, we lack the tools to chart a E 87TH ST E 87TH ST E 87TH ST PAS@ new course. As a result, Judaism is faltering. Will 87TH we reconcile ourselves to the prospect of a world without Judaism, or will we draft and implement a new vision for the Jewish future? The choice is ours. $ RSVP E 86TH ST E 86TH ST Tal Keinan is a social activist, business leader,

MADISON AVE Israeli fighter pilot, and author of the critically acclaimed God Is in the Crowd: Twenty-First Century Judaism.

E 85TH ST E 85TH ST E 85TH ST Bret Stephens is a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, author and op-ed columnist for The New York Times.

Librarian Hours Visit pasyn.org/paslibrary to browse the virtual Mon–Thu | 10:00 am–6:30 pm shelves, and to search for particular authors and Library at PAS Fri | 10:00 am–3:00 pm titles. For more information, contact Marga Hirsch.

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 September/October 2018 Elul 5778/Tishrei/Heshvan 5779 15 Youth Education & Events For additional information about all youth events, please visit pasyn.org. RSVP = Advance registration required. $ = There is a cost for the event.

Young Family Education PASECC

For the latest information, sign up to receive YFE email. For more information, contact Pamela Schwartz, Director, Visit pasyn.org and click on Email Sign-up. For more details, at [email protected] or x150. visit pasyn.org/yfe or contact Jamie Diamond, Director, at [email protected] or x140. • Separation Meeting | For parents of first-year BABY AND TODDLER FAMILY & HOLIDAY students CLASSES PROGRAMS Thu | Sep 6 | 6:30 pm | Followed by Parent Association (PA) Committee Information Session Refer to the Mah Hadash • Young Family High or visit pasyn.org/yfe Holiday Services | • Rainbow Time Rosh Hashanah Delebration to learn about our wide PAS@90th · Fri | Sep 7 | 9:30 am | RSVP at pasyn.org/ecc. variety of classes for High Holiday tickets babies, toddlers, and were mailed in August • First Day of School young children. Bring to members in good Thu | Sep 13 | Phase-in schedule your friends and meet new standing, including tickets ones! Register at pasyn. to age-appropriate youth • Welcome Coffee and Q & A with ECC Director org/yfe. and family services. Pamela B. Schwartz Fri | Sep 21 | 9:15 am $ RSVP • Shirat Shabbat Fri | Sep 21, Oct 19| 9:10– • Sukkot Celebrations Wed, Thu, Fri | Sep 26, 27, 28 SHABBAT PROGRAMS 9:35 am | For toddlers ages 3 and under with an • Kabbalat Shabbat adult | PAS@89th • Rainbow Time · Fri | Oct 5 | Tishrei Holiday Review and Dinner for RSVP Families with Young · Mon | Oct 22 | TBA Children • YFE Trip to The Fri | Oct 12 | Service 5:00 Jewish Museum • Coffee & Conversation with our new Associate pm, Dinner approx. 5:30– Sun | Oct 14 | 10:30 am Director, Pam Schaner Fri | Oct 19 | 9:15 am 6:30 pm | PAS@90th RSVP $ RSVP • Class Visit for Blue Room Parents • Havdalah for Thu | Oct 25 | 9:00–9:20 am Families with Young Children Sat | Oct 20 | 5:00 pm | PAS@89th RSVP

• Tot Tefillah Sat | Oct 27 | 11:15 am –12:00 pm | PAS@90th

16 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin POSTCARD FROM CAMP

Congregational School

The Congregational School office is in the Eli M. Black Lifelong Learning Center at 11 East 89th St., and most classes will take place there. If you have any questions, please contact the office at x139. For up-to-date information about the school’s schedule, please rely on the weekly school newsletter.

For High Holiday programming, please visit pasyn.org/ highholidays5779. Tickets to age-appropriate youth and family services were mailed in August to members in good standing. CS Schedule

Opening Sessions of CS Gimel & Dalet (Gr 3–4) Weekday Classes Shabbat Experience Start times for each grade Programs | Sat | Oct 6, 13, are specified on our website. 20, 27 | 10:00 am–12:00 pm • Mon | Sep 17 | PAS@89th • Tue | Oct 9 • Wed | Sep 26 • Thu | Sep 27 Hey & Vav (Gr 5–6) Reaching New Heights Shabbat Experience Programs | Sat | Oct 6, 13, Welcome Back Friday 20, 27 | 10:00 am–12:00 pm amah means “elevation,” which a Jewish Evening Kiddush – Ice | PAS@90th camp offers spiritually with days permeated by Cream Party | Fri | Sep 28 Jewish values. Camp Ramah in the Berkshires | After 6:15 pm Kabbalat R also offers elevation in the most literal sense with its Shabbat | Hosted by the CS Zayin Bnei Mitzvah climbing tower and genuine rock climbing on Ramah Parent Association Family Trip: Museum of Mountain. Climbing is only one aspect of Ramah’s Al Jewish Heritage | Sun | Hagovah program, through which campers ascend Oct 21 | 9:45 am to new heights: There is also a high ropes course, Family Sukkot Service mountain biking, waterfall hikes, and backpacking | Sat | Sep 29 | Time & on the Appalachian Trail. Campers enjoy further Location TBA environmental adventures through Ramah’s canoe Parent Welcome Night & trips, organic farm-to-table program, fruit tree grove, Orientation | Mon | Oct 22 and animal care area, which is home to twenty animals. | 7:00–8:00 pm Gan, Alef & Bet (K–2) Family Shabbat If you are exploring options for your child’s next Experiences | Sat | Oct 6, summer adventure and have questions, please contact 20 | 11:00 am–12:00 pm | Jewish Camping Committee chair Lynne Bermont at PAS@90th [email protected] or PAS Director of Youth Engagement, Niki Fleishman, at [email protected].

At the back of the Sanctuary, look for the basket with Jewish books for children of all ages to enjoy while sitting quietly in their Kids’ Shabbat Book seats in the synagogue. Please return the books after services so Basket that others may read them next week.

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PAS Youth & RJNHS

For more information, and to register for any event, see the Teen or Youth email, visit pasyn.org/youth-rjnhs, or contact Niki Fleischman, Director of Youth Programming and Engagement, at [email protected] or x147.

3RD–8TH GRADERS RABBI JUDAH NADICH HIGH SCHOOL (8TH–12TH GRADERS)

• Pre-Simhat Torah Gaga Tournament | Mon | Oct 1 | 5:00– Let’s Learn Let’s Go 6:15 pm Weekly and Monthly Classes | Registration is open! To see the list of classes and • Teen High Holiday Services | RSVP to [email protected] seminars and to register, visit pasyn.org/ Tickets to age-appropriate teen, pasteens. youth, and family services were mailed in August to members in • Parent/Teen Study with Rabbi good standing. For the schedule, visit Cosgrove | Sat | Oct 13 | 4:00–5:00 pasyn.org/highholidays5779. pm RSVP RSVP • Nosh with Niki | Anytime Let’s Lead • Fantasy Football League Live • Teen Leadership Council | Tue Draft | Wed | Sep 5 | 6:00 pm | Sep 4, Oct 9 | 7:15-8:15 pm | Closed meetings • Sukkot Open House Barbecue | Wed | Sep 26 | 6:30 pm • PASTA: PAS Teacher Assistants | Training Session | Thu Teen Travel | Trip to the Windy | Sep 6 | 5:00–6:00 pm City of Chicago | Thu–Mon | Oct 4–8 | 8th–10th graders • PAS Rock Band | Thu | weekly, begins Sep 27 | 6:00–7:00 pm | Josh Let’s Do Rosenberg | PAS@90th • PAS Food Pantry–Now in partnership with CHR (Church of the Heavenly Rest) Packing | Wed | begins Sep 5* | 3:45– 5:00 pm Distribution | Fri | begins Sep 7* | 3:45 pm–beginning of Shabbat

• PAS PALs | Wed | begins Sep 5* | 3:45–5:00 pm *PAS Food Pantry will not take place the week of Yom Kippur.

• Midnight Run Drive | Wed, Oct 3 –Wed, Oct 31

18 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin College Connections 20s & 30s at PAS

We want our college students to know that they are still a Come to Ramah Minyan one Friday evening a month, bond part of the PAS community, even while they are away at with others in a Study Circle, or have coffee with a rabbi school. We send care packages during the school year and anytime. Programs are open to all PAS young adults and keep in touch via a monthly email from our clergy with their friends (they need not be members). For information, words of wisdom, holiday messages, and even a joke or visit pasyn.org/20s30s, or contact Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky two! To include your student(s) in this program, please at [email protected] or x123. visit pasyn.org/collegeconnections to submit their contact information. Do it right away, so that your student is sure to receive a Rosh Hashanah package this month. Note: We NEW! update our list every school year, so please fill out the form • Shabbat Dinner with Influential Thought even if a student has been included in the past and even if their address has not changed. For more information, please Leaders contact Niki Fleishman. Professor Julian Zelizer and Dr. Meg Jacobs Fri | Oct 26 | 7:30 pm Enjoy Shabbat dinner with a hundred of your best friends and then hear from two of our community’s most influential thought leaders in politics and economics. Dr. Zelizer and Dr. Jacobs will reflect on the state of politics in the US today and take questions about how the intersection of politics and economics affects your generation. $ RSVP

Julian Zelizer, a member of PAS, is Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University. A prolific author of books, articles, and book chapters, he is a regular news commen- tator on radio and television and in print. He has been one of the pioneers in the revival of American political history.

Meg Jacobs, a member of PAS, is a Senior Research Scholar in the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, teaching courses in public policy and history. Her books include Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and The Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s and Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America.or a stronger beverage.

Please visit pasyn.org/calendar for up-to-date information and additional details on all PAS programming.

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Welcome New Staff!

elcome to everyone who joined the PAS staff over Wthe summer!

Mara Bernstein Lina Miller Director of Synagogue Programming and Development Associate Adult Education [email protected], x148 [email protected], x146

Rebecca Cushman Rabbi Rachel Salston Adult Education Coordinator Ritual Director [email protected], x159 [email protected], x102

Niki Fleishman Pam Schaner Director of Youth Programming and Associate Director, PASECC Engagement [email protected], x156 [email protected], x147

Zack Friedman Rhonda Sexer-Levy Coordinator of 6th and 7th Grade, Bnei Mitzvah Coordinator Congregational School [email protected], x196 [email protected], x183

Jessie Lavintman Assistant Director, Congregational School [email protected], x184

20 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin Contributions April 19–July 19, 2018

FROM THE CHAIR OF THE KOL NIDREI APPEAL Karen & Spencer Smul, in honor of the LINDA YARDEN marriage of their daughter, Abigail Smul, to Matt Stern. Peggy Weiss, in memory of Bertram D. Weiss, father of Ronnie Parker (David).

CANTOR SHIRA LISSEK DISCRETIONARY FUND Michele Farber & Richard Berger, in honor of their wedding. Nancy & Alan Block, in honor of Eadin Block’s Bar Mitzvah. James Goldman, in memory of Donna Rosenthal Kolar. Sarahbeth Grossman, in memory of Alice Ulmer. Joan & Marty Levenson, in honor of Eadin AS is an extraordinarily connected, supportive, and remarkable Block’s Bar Mitzvah. community, thanks to each and every one of you. Our 5779 Kol Nidrei Appeal is now underway. Funds raised through the Kol Nidrei Appeal CLERGY DISCRETIONARY & WELFARE FUND* P Harriet & James Berg. constitute a significant portion of our financial plan, which supports all that is Lauren & Jared Erbst, in honor of Layla so special, that which connects and moves us. Please give generously. You may Erbst’s baby naming. donate online at pasyn.org/giving, or contact the Development Office at 212-369- Jill & Andrew Frey, in honor of Alana 2600, x138 or [email protected] to make your pledge. Thank you. Brooke’s baby naming. Erica & Philip Hermann, in memory of From our home to yours, L’shanah tovah! Arthur Alexander. Helen & Stephen Judlowe. —Linda Yarden Carolyn & Mark Schwartz, in honor of Alexa Schwartz’s Bat Mitzvah. Phyllis Spiro, in memory of Virginia Miller. Roxana & Bob Tetenbaum, in honor of their anniversary. ADULT EDUCATION FUND CANTOR AZI SCHWARTZ DISCRETIONARY FUND Anonymous. Anonymous (2). *Note: Effective July 1, the individual clergy Doris & Henry Murad, in memory of Nancy & Alan Block, in honor of Eadin discretionary funds and the Welfare Fund Raymond Rahmin. Block’s Bar Mitzvah. have all been combined into this single fund. Future discretionary fund and welfare fund David Shani, in memory of Joseph Elaine Gilde & Richard Green, in memory of donations should be designated for this fund. Nashenin. David Stone, husband of Sara Stone. Dana Shani, in memory of Naftali Sarahbeth Grossman, in memory of Elizabeth Lipof. ECC FUND Rosenstein. Michelle & Jonathan Newman, in memory Judith & Morton Grosz, in memory of of Doris Smith, mother of Chris Smith. Bernard Grosz. BIKUR CHOLIM FUND The Smul Family, in memory of Arthur Debra Abramovitz, in loving memory of her Helen & Stephen Judlowe, with gratitude Alexander. brother, Harry Gruber. to Cantor Schwartz for making their Debra & Stuart Abramovitz, in memory of granddaughter Abigail Smul’s marriage FOOD PANTRY FUND Suanne Weil, mother of Terry Solomon. to Matthew Stern such a beautiful and Susan Amster, in memory of Loretta Barbara Weinstein & Lou Bernstein, in meaningful ceremony. Denerstein. loving memory of Muriel Small, mother of Susan & Jeff Krevat, in memory of Bernard Susan Amster, in honor of her birthday. David Small. Chaiken, father of Barry Chaiken. Meryl Wiener & Barry Bryer, in honor of Barbara Weinstein & Lou Bernstein, in Eileen B. Landau, in memory of Robert M. their anniversary. loving memory of Doris Greenberg, mother Bell. Nadine Habousha Cohen & Ed Cohen, in of Deanne Winnick. Ruth Levenson, in honor of the birth of memory of Robert Stern, father of Aaron Darcy Dalton, in memory of Robert Stern, Tamar Ella Schwartz. Stern, grandfather of Rachel and Adam father of Aaron Stern. Joan & Marty Levenson, in honor of Eadin Stern. Ruth Levenson, in honor of her birthday. Block’s Bar Mitzvah. The Comite Family, in honor of Alexa Ruth Levenson, in memory of Herta Levi. Laura Ross, in honor of Nico Davidson’s Bar Rubinstein’s Bat Mitzvah. The Lichtenstein Family, in honor of Gary Mitzvah. Anita & Stephen Comite, in memory of Lichtenstein. Carolyn & Mark Schwartz, in honor of Alexa Florence Slosberg. Barbara Weinstein, in loving memory of her Schwartz’s Bat Mitzvah. Anita & Stephen Comite, in memory of twin sister, Robin Weinstein. Jacqueline Simmon, in honor of her Bernard Slosberg. birthday. Anne & Paul Corwin, in loving memory of Jacqueline & Michael Simmon, in honor of Robert Stern, father of Aaron Stern. their anniversary.

To make a donation, please contact Sam Hopkins at [email protected] or 212-369-4900, x101.

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Anne & Paul Corwin, in loving memory of Erica & Philip Hermann, in memory of RABBI NEIL ZUCKERMAN DISCRETIONARY Bertram Weiss, father of Ronnie Parker. Melitta Anderman. FUND Barbara Delgado, in honor of her birthday. Barbara & Joseph Hollander, in memory of Michele Farber & Richard Berger, in honor Iris Goodgold, in memory of her mother, Bertram D. Weiss. of their wedding. Sally Goodgold, on her 7th yahrzeit. Gary Israel. Ellen Schwartz Cooley, in honor of her Jane Kreinik, in honor of her birthday. Robin Landow, in memory of Lloyd grandson, Grady Cooley Gardener. Susan Lemor, in memory of Bernard Landow. Linda & Ronald Daitz, in memory of Doris Chaiken, father of Barry Chaiken. Marc Landow, in memory of Lloyd Landow. Smith, mother of Chris Smith. Ruth Levenson, in honor of the Bar Mitzvah Joan & Marty Levenson, in honor of Eadin Amy & Howard Friedner, in honor of Rabbi of Jed Cosgrove. Block’s Bar Mitzvah. Zuckerman and Shayna Golkow for teaching Ruth Levenson, in loving memory of her Rochelle & David Ludwig. the Pathways class. mother-in-law, Frances Levenson. David Miller, in memory of Deborah Jane Salmon & Jerry Gliklich. Michael Oberman, in memory of Hyman Bernstein. Judith & Morton Grosz, in memory of Oberman. Sheri & Jimmy Rosenfeld, in memory of Bernard Grosz. Suzette & Andy Rubinstein, in memory of Joyce Cohen. Gary Israel. Doris Smith, mother of Chris Smith. Jean Bloch Rosensaft. Helen & Stephen Judlowe, with deep Joanna & David Silver, in memory of Pauline & Milt Zablow, in honor of the appreciation to Rabbi Zuckerman for Herbert Frommer. birthday of their grandson, Mason Gary. performing the beautiful marriage ceremony for their granddaughter Abigail Smul to JEWISH CAMPING FUND RABBI ETHAN H. WITKOVSKY DISCRETIONARY Matthew Stern Paulette & Mel Levine, in honor of Natalie FUND Gail & Dennis Karr. Wolf Barth. Anonymous (2). Robin Landow, in memory of Lloyd The Bieber Family, in memory of Sharon Landow. LIBRARY FUND Weidberg. Marc Landow, in memory of Lloyd Landow. Anita Dimendberg, in honor of Sally Dwek. The Bieber Family, in memory of the Risa & David Miller, in loving memory of Candy & Leon Gould, in memory of Bertram mother of Yanina Feldman-Levitan. Irwin Meltzer. D. Weiss. Nancy & Alan Block, in honor of Eadin Brant Rosenberg, in appreciation and Lite Sabin, in memory of Bertram D. Weiss, Block’s Bar Mitzvah. gratitude. beloved father of Ronnie Parker. Steven Darling, in honor of Rabbi Mara Safra, in memory of Doris Smith. Witkovsky. Eytan Shapiro. MUSIC FUND Ruth Ezra. Karen & Spencer Smul, in honor of the Barbara Weinstein & Lou Bernstein, in The Fried Family. marriage of their daughter, Abigail Smul, to loving memory of Dr. Robert Stern, father Ellen & Joel Goldwasser, in honor of Rabbi Matt Stern of Dr. Aaron Stern. Witkovsky officiating at their granddaughter Diane & Craig Solomon. Jules King, in honor of the great music Perry Maurer-Hollaender’s baby naming. Peggy Weiss, in memory of Bertram D. of Cantor Azi Schwartz, and the many Lindsey & Joshua Green. Weiss, father of Ronnie Parker (David). blessings he brings to so many through his Judith & Morton Grosz, in memory of Pauline & Milt Zablow, in appreciation. gift. Bernard Grosz. Ruth Levenson, in honor of the birth of Dorit & Owen Heimer, in honor of Rabbi SARAH I. GELMAN MEMORIAL FUND Elias Brook-Holman. Witkovsky. Evelyn Gelman, in honor of her birthday. Lorraine Malden, in honor of Marc Becker’s Robin Landow, in memory of Lloyd Evelyn Gelman, in memory of Frederick E. birthday. Landow. Goldstein. Marc Landow, in memory of Lloyd Landow. PASSOVER WELFARE FUND Joan & Marty Levenson, in honor of Eadin SHAPIRO AUDIO ARCHIVE FUND Judith & Morton Grosz. Block’s Bar Mitzvah. Meri Schachter Bodoff, in loving memory of The Kekst Family. Susan Matlow, with gratitude for Rabbi Lippman Bodoff. Florence Seligman. Witkovsky’s leadership of their study circle. David Lefkowitz, in memory of his father, Kate & Greg Maurer-Hollaender, in honor Cantor Jacob Lefkowitz. PRAYER BOOK FUND of Perry Maurer-Hollaender’s baby naming. Elisabeth Lerner & Laurence Lerner. Mindy Propper & Fred Duchin, in loving Brant Rosenberg, in appreciation and Joanne Davis, in memory of Samuel memory of Doris Smith. gratitude. Victorsohn. Jacqueline & Robert Willens, in memory of Laura Ross, in honor of Nico Davidson’s Bar Rosalyn Tauber Scheidlinger, in honor of Donald Zinn. Mitzvah. Joanne V. Davis on her birthday. Susan Smirnoff & Kirk Zachary. Nesli & Guy Shapira. The Shatz Family, in honor of Aidan Micah TIKKUN OLAM FUND RABBI ELLIOT J. COSGROVE DISCRETIONARY Shatz. Barbara Weinstein & Lou Bernstein, in FUND The Sherrill Family. honor of Vivian Bernstein. Anonymous. Peggy Weiss, in memory of Bertram D. Harriet & Herb Feiwel, in memory of Nancy & Alan Block, in honor of Eadin Weiss, father of Ronnie Parker (David). Bertram Weiss, father of Ronnie Parker. Block’s Bar Mitzvah. Pauline & Milt Zablow, in appreciation. Dena & Mark Hirsch, in memory of Irwin Michele Green & Steven Gutwillig, in Meltzer, father of Dana Meltzer. memory of their son, Daniel Gutwillig. Dena & Mark Hirsch, in memory of Doris Smith, mother of Chris Smith.

To make a donation, please contact Sam Hopkins at [email protected] or 212-369-4900, x101.

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Dena & Mark Hirsch, in honor of the Barbara Weinstein & Lou Bernstein, in Linda & Ronald Daitz, in memory of marriage of Melissa Rutman & Daniel loving memory of Bertram Weiss, father of Bertram D. Weiss, father of Ronnie Parker. Nathan. Ronnie Parker. Joanne Davis, in honor of her birthday. Vivian Zelter, in memory of Nicole Zelter. Vivian Bernstein, in memory of Peter Erban. Gabrielle Davis, in honor of her birthday. Vivian Bernstein, in memory of Herbert Suzanne Drachman, in memory of Pearl WELFARE FUND Glaser. Appelbaum. Gail & Dennis Karr, in honor of Mendelle & Lori Bland, in memory of Robert Sharfstein. Mark Drucker, in memory of Roslyn Martin Milston on the Bar Mitzvah of their Heather & Ethan Bloom, in memory of Drucker. grandson, Jesse Milston. Stefan Anhalt. Mark Drucker, in memory of Harry Edward Cindy, Scott, Becca and Jennie Matte, Heather & Ethan Bloom, in memory of Drucker. in honor of Mark First becoming PAS Sharon Weidberg, mother of Suzanne Klein. Howard Edelstein, in honor of his birthday. Treasurer. Phyllis Bocian, in memory of Jesse Rosen. Terry Edelstein, in memory of David Stone. Carol Schwartz & Robert Sills, in memory of E.J. Borrack, in memory of her beloved Anita Ehrenberg, in memory of Steffie Bertram D. Weiss. father, Morris Borrack. Pukacz. Michael Brenner, in loving memory of Sheila Erlich-Pruzansky, in honor of her YOM HASHOAH CANDLE PROGRAM Philip Brenner. birthday. Carmel Cohen. Esther & Michael Brenner, in honor of their Joanne Feierman, in honor of Debbie & Jim Alan Greenwald. anniversary. Breznay for all the good things they do. Bernard Breslin, in memory of Charles Joanne Feierman, in memory of David YOUNG FAMILY EDUCATION FUND Breslin. Stone. Anonymous. Constance Breslin, in memory of Susan Bernie Feinberg, in memory of Fred Rebecca Raphael & Eric Feuerstein, in Lane Montessarchio. Feinberg. honor of the wedding of Melissa Rutman & Constance & Bernard Breslin, in honor of Phyllis & Bernie Feinberg, in memory of Daniel Nathan. their anniversary. Fred Feinberg. Phyllis Brochstein, in memory of Esther Phyllis & Bernie Feinberg, in honor of their YOUTH AND TEEN ENGAGEMENT FUND Brochstein. 50th anniversary. Anonymous. Nancy Bronstein, in memory of Norman Richard Feinbloom, in memory of Evelyn Sandra First, in honor of her son, Mark Katz. Feinbloom. First, becoming Treasurer of Park Avenue Nancy Bronstein, in memory of Grace Toni Feinbloom, in memory of Abraham Synagogue. Mandel. Levin. H. Paul Burak, in memory of Harry Burak. Toni & Richard Feinbloom, in honor of their GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONS Edna Burak, in memory of Archie Kottler. anniversary. Anonymous (3). Sandy & Stewart Cahn, in honor of Francine Rhetta Felton, in memory of Mildred Felton. Debra Abramovitz, in loving memory of her & David Holtzman. Rhetta Felton, in memory of Maxwell father, Sol Gruber. Sherry Cherwin, in memory of Jeanette Felton. Shari & Edward Adler, in memory of Doris Lang. Lori Fife, in memory of Sherry Rutman. Greenberg, mother of Deanne Winnick. Ed Cohen, in memory of Herbert Cohen. Lori Fife, in memory of Henry Rutman. Albert Appel, in honor of his birthday. Michael Cohen, in memory of Cynthia Susan Fischer, in memory of Helen Glatzer. Albert Appel, in memory of Morris “Dick” Cohen. Martin Fischer, in memory of Frances Appel. Michael Cohen, in memory of Herbert Fischer. Irena & Albert Appel, in honor of their Cohen. Kathy G. Frank, in memory of David Stone. anniversary. Rebecca & Raymond Coleman, in honor of Sandy Frank, in honor of Lite Sabin on her Louise Leipner Arias, in memory of David Cynthia Pfeffer’s birthday. special birthday. Stone. Caren Constantiner, in honor of her Myra Freed, in honor of her birthday. Lea Avigdor, in memory of Aaron Levy. birthday. Karen Freedberg, in memory of Abraham Jordana & Michael Bales, in honor of their Arturo Constantiner, in memory of Jamie Hertz. anniversary. Constantiner. Bernard Friedman, in honor of his birthday. Phyllis Barber, in memory of Irwin Meltzer, Arturo Constantiner, in memory of Teodoro Amy & Howard Friedner, in honor of Karen father of Dana Meltzer. Constantiner. Frankel’s birthday. Herbert Bard, in memory of his parents, Daniel Conway, in memory of his mother, Howard Friedner, in honor of his birthday. Sophie & Harry Schwartzbard. Rosita Conway. Kathy Sweren Garber, in loving memory of Janice Barnard, in memory of her parents, Kathy & David Cook, in honor of their Sheila Sweren. Sonya & Michel Leiman. anniversary. Andrew Gaspar, in memory of Steven Dale Berger, in memory of her father, Alfred Ellen Schwartz Cooley, in memory of Jean Gaspar. Koslow. Schiller Schwartz. Sarah Gelber, in memory of Catherine Susan & Harvey Berkey, in honor of their Irwin Cooper, in memory of his father, Gelber. dearest friend, Sylvan Schefler. Herman Cooper. Sarah Gelber, in memory of Jacob Gelber. Susan Berman-Eisenhart, in memory of Ronald Daitz, in memory of Anne Daitz. Sarah Gelber, in memory of Michael Arthur Berman. Ronald Daitz, in memory of P. David Daitz. Azaryad. Lynne & Bill Bermont, in honor of their Ronald Daitz, in memory of Abraham Daitz. Barbara Gertel Goltzer, in memory of Pincos anniversary. Linda & Ronald Daitz, in memory of Doris Topole. Daniel Bernstein, in memory of Ernestine Greenberg, mother of Deanne Winnick. Marvin Gilbert, in honor of his birthday. Bernstein.

To make a donation, please contact Sam Hopkins at [email protected] or 212-369-4900, x101.

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 September/October 2018 Elul 5778/Tishrei/Heshvan 5779 23 Contributions April 19–July 19, 2018

Maxine & Marvin Gilbert, in honor of their Joan Levenson, in memory of Mildred Blossom Peretz, in memory of Shirley anniversary. Levene Finkel. Cohen Rinzler. Marshall Gluck, in memory of Gertrude Martin Levenson, in memory of Edith Brian Pollack, in memory of Doris Roberts. Shapiro. Levenson. Brian Pollack, in memory of Vera E. Pollack. Victor Goldsmith, in memory of Herman Phyllis Leventhal, in honor of her birthday. Judith & Jeffrey Poss, in honor of Karen Goldsmith. Sylvia Liff, in memory of her mother, Pearl & Spencer Smul on the marriage of their Barbara Gertel Goltzer, in memory of Gottleib Barchenko. daughter, Abigail. Matilda Topole Gertel. Sylvia Liff, in memory of her father-in-law, Judith & Jeffrey Poss, in honor of Shereen Stephen Goodman, in memory of his wife, Samuel Liff. & Howard Rutman on the marriage of their Joyce Blum Goodman. Sivia Loria, in memory of Samuel daughter, Melissa. Stephen Goodman, in memory of his father, Warshauer. Colleen & Kenneth Rand, in loving memory Jacob B. Goodman. Andrea & Ivan Lustig, in memory of Irwin of David Stone. Judy & Mark Goodman, in memory of Joyce Meltzer. Jane Revasch, in memory of Arnold Cohen. Andrea & Ivan Lustig, in memory of Joyce Neustadter. Richard Green, in memory of Joan Green. Marilyn Cohen. Diana Riklis & Linda Jesselson, in memory Sarahbeth Grossman, in memory of Meyer Marjorie Magner, in memory of Ethel of Lee Rausnitz. Fortgang. Magner. Barbara & Mel Robinson, in memory of Sarahbeth Grossman, in memory of Adele Kathy Malanaphy Abramsky, in honor of Herbert Frommer. Grossman. Zachary Ludwig’s Bar Mitzvah. Joan Rosen, in memory of Louis Bleecker. Louise Hamilton, in memory of Milton Jane Matthews, in memory of Kenneth Joan Rosen, in honor of her birthday. Myers. Matthews. Joan & Robert Rosen, in honor of their Diana & Jim Henkel, in memory of Bertram Rita Matthews, in honor of her birthday. anniversary. D. Weiss, father of Ronnie Parker. Rita & Robert Matthews, in honor of their Brant Rosenberg, in memory of his mother, Edythe Heyman, in memory of David Stone, anniversary. Barbara Rosenberg. husband of Sara Stone. Barbara & Don Miller, in memory of Irwin Estelle Roth, in memory of Nathan Roth. Dena Hirsch, in memory of Ralph Penberg. Meltzer, father of Dana Meltzer. Laura Rubin, in memory of Rose Hoffberg. Mark Hirsch, in memory of Kermit Hirsch. Robert Miller, in memory of Michael Richard Samuels, in honor of his birthday. Alan Hirschfeld, in memory of Leo Garston. Richard Samuels, in memory of Dorothy Hirschfeld. Robert Miller, in memory of Hyman Miller. Samuels. Nancy & Joel Hirschtritt, in memory of Cheryl & Mike Minikes. Mimi Sandler, in memory of Lillian Berman. Doris Greenberg. Cheryl & Mike Minikes, in memory of Jack Shirley Sarna, in memory of Jack Sarna. David Holtzman, in memory of Lillian Minikes. Michele Schrader, in memory of Abraham Holtzman. David Mitchell, in memory of Florence Schrader. Helen Judlowe, in memory of William Mitchell. Michele Schrader, in memory of Dina Lautenberg. Benjamin Mizrachy, in memory of Judah Tiktiner Viterbo. Helen & Stephen Judlowe, in honor of their Mizrachy. Ellen Schranz, in memory of her husband, anniversary. Pamela & Malcolm Montgomery, in memory Allan Schranz. Joseph Kekst, in honor of his birthday. of Doris Smith. Carol Schulweis, in memory of Herman Jaclyn Kesler, in honor of her birthday. Howard Muchnick, in memory of Sophie Morgenroth. Dorothy Kirsch, in memory of Sylvia Tejw. Muchnick. Sheila & Arthur Schuman, in memory of Linda Klempner, in memory of Louis Felice Muchnick, in memory of Morris Moritz Perelman, father of Seth Perelman. Klempner. Greenberg. Florence Seligman, in honor of her birthday. Jody Konstadt, in memory of Bernard Doris & Henry Murad, in memory of Colette Setton, in memory of Rivka Medini Weinflash. Marjorie Peress. Gloria Shafer, in memory of Charles Siegel. Jody Konstadt, in memory of Ruth Stupell Doris & Henry Murad, in memory of Sandy Esther Silver, in memory of Rose Weinflash. Batkin’s daughter. Hockmeyer. Vivienne Koreto, in honor of her birthday. Carol Mutterperl, in memory of Gertrude Esther & Joel Silver, in honor of their Hannah Koslow, in memory of Walter Luss. Frieser. anniversary. Donna Kramer, in honor of her birthday. Carol Mutterperl, in memory of Amalia Arlene & Sheldon Simon, in memory of Susan Wiener Krevat, in memory of Rhoda Frieser. Bertram D. Weiss. Wiener. Charles Mutterperl, in memory of Isidore Helene Singer, in honor of her birthday. Phyllis Levinberg & Brian Kushner, in Mutterperl. The Solarsh Family, in honor of Jerry memory of Suanne Weil, mother of Terry Joshua Nash, in memory of his father, Jack Lascher’s Bar Mitzvah. Solomon. Nash. The Solarsh Family, in honor of Zachary Elyse Lackie, in honor of Natalie Barth. Barton Nisonson, in memory of Rebecca Ludwig’s Bar Mitzvah. Barbara Lane, in memory of Sylvia Olnick. Nisonson. Elaine Sollar Eisen, in memory of Ira Sollar. Joan Leiman, in memory of Wilbur Cowett. Melanie Franco Nussdorf. Elaine Sollar Eisen, in memory of Siema Barbara Lerman, in honor of her birthday. Nancy Olnick, in memory of Sylvia Olnick. Sollar. Barbara & Jay Lerman, in honor of their Morris Orden, in memory of Esther Orden. Diane Solomon, in memory of Murray Leo anniversary. Seth Orlow, in memory of Martin Orlow. Lederman. Joan Levenson, in memory of Linda Michael C. Palitz. Irene Sommerfeld, in memory of Lilly Olarsch. Blossom Peretz, in memory of Benjamin Bronsky. Rinzler.

To make a donation, please contact Sam Hopkins at [email protected] or 212-369-4900, x101.

24 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin Contributions April 19–July 19, 2018

Danielle Stadler, in honor of her birthday. Janet Zinberg & Joel Zinberg, in memory of Suzanne Stadler, in honor of her birthday. Shirley & Arthur D. Zinberg. Suzanne & Brian Stadler, in memory Roberta Zuckerman, in honor of her of Doris Greenberg, mother of Deanne birthday. Winnick. Bernard Zuckerman, in memory of Samuel Lisa Stark, in honor of her birthday. Zuckerman. Frances Stewart, in memory of Ilse Hahn. Bernard Zuckerman, in memory of Sylvia Hugh Straus, in honor of his birthday. Zuckerman. Leone Straus, in memory of Helen Straus. Roberta & Bernard Zuckerman, in honor of Debbie, Alan, Kimberly and Stephanie their anniversary. Summerfield, in memory of Doris Greenberg. Rica Tarnoff, in memory of David Stone. Arline Buxbaum Tarte, in memory of Edward Buxbaum. Robin Taubin, in memory of Arlene Livingston. Robin Taubin, in memory of Edgar Caring Network Livingston. Leah & Kevin Tehrani, in honor of their The Caring Network seeks anniversary. to nurture individuals Mary Sue & Ed Teplitz, in memory of David and families during times Stone. Beth & Jim Thomsen, in memory of Moritz of illness, suffering, loss, Perelman, father of Seth Perelman. and grief and also during Helene & Marvin Torker, in honor of their joyful transitions of birth, anniversary. Harold Unger, in honor of his birthday. adolescence, marriage, and Arnold Ursaner, in memory of his brother, beyond. Our “What Matters: Joel Ursaner. Caring Conversations About Lauren Veronis, in honor of her birthday. End of Life” initiative offers Marvin Weinberg, in memory of Frances Weinberg. guidance about advance care Marvin Weinberg, in memory of William planning, helping participants Weinberg. clarify their wishes and talk Tammy & Steven Weinfeld, in memory of Gail Karr. with their families about their Tammy & Steven Weinfeld, in memory of choices for future healthcare. Robert Stern, father of Aaron Stern. For information about the Tammy & Steven Weinfeld, in memory of Sharon Weidberg, mother of Suzanne Klein. Caring Network’s professional Janet Weisberg-Samuels, in memory of support, support groups, and Morris Weisberg. educational opportunities, Janet Weisberg-Samuels, in memory of please visit pasyn.org/ Vivian Weisberg. Arlene Weiss, in memory of Jack Lipitz. caringnetwork. Phyllis & Michael Westreich, in honor of their anniversary. If you or anyone you know Jacqueline Willens, in honor of her birthday. could benefit from the Caring Jacqueline Willens, in memory of Raymond Network, or if you would Snitow. like to volunteer, please Debbie Winn, in memory of George Dash. contact Rabbi Zuckerman at Deborah & Richard Winn, in honor of their anniversary. [email protected] or Richard Wolf, in honor of Natalie Barth. x121. Jo-Anne & Paul Yarden, in memory of Doris Smith. Dale & Rafi Zaklad, in memory of their parents. Marlene Zausner. Arlyne Zeichner, in honor of her birthday.

To make a donation, please contact Sam Hopkins at [email protected] or 212-369-4900, x101.

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 September/October 2018 Elul 5778/Tishrei/Heshvan 5779 25 PAS Calendar of Events · September 2018 · Elul 5778/Tishrei 5779 Information is subject to change. Confirm at pasyn.org or with the synagogue office. September SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 21 Elul 1 Ki Tavo • Weekday Shaharit Mon–Fri at 7:15 am. Sun at 9:00 am. • Minha/ma’ariv Sun–Thu at 5:45 pm, except where noted. • Shabbat minha 30 minutes after the end of morning services. For a complete listing of Shabbat programming, see p. 3. 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 9:45 am Sanctuary svce 30 mins after svces, Minha 8:00 pm Selihot Learning 8:30 pm Havdalah & Selihot

22 Elul 23 Elul 24 Elul 25 Elul 26 Elul 27 Elul 28 Elul 2 3 Labor Day 4 5 6 7 Candles, 6:59 pm 8 Nitzavim

3:45 pm Food Pantry & PALs 3:45 pm Food Pantry 7:30 am Hashkamah PAS offices closed 5:00 pm Teen Fantasy 12:00 pm Lunchtime Learning 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat and 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 9:00 am Morning minyan Football 5:00 pm Teen PASTA Training Installation of Cantor Brook 9:45 am Sanctuary svce 5:45 pm Evening minyan 7:15 pm Teen Ldrshp Council 7:00 pm HHD Learning 6:30 pm ECC Separation Mtg 7:30 pm Oneg Shabbat 30 mins after svces, Minha

29 Elul 1 Tishrei 2 Tishrei 3 Tishrei 4 Tishrei 5 Tishrei 6 Tishrei 9 Erev Rosh 10 Rosh Hashanah 11 Rosh Hashanah 12 Fast of Gedaliah 13 14 Candles, 6:47 pm 15 Shabbat Shuvah Hashanah Candles, 8:02 pm Va-yeilekh Candles, 6:56 pm 8:30 am Morning svce 8:45 am Family svce 9:30 am YFE Group 1 8:30 am Morning svce 9:45 am CS & Matan svces 9:30 am YFE Group 1 10:00 am Teen svce 9:45 am CS & Matan svces 9:00 am Lulav order deadline 7:30 am Hashkamah 11:30 am YFE Group 2 10:00 am Teen svce 9:15 am ECC Welcome Coffee 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 5:00 pm Tashlich 11:30 am YFE Group 2 PASECC First Day 3:45 pm Food Pantry 9:45 am Sanctuary svce 6:30 pm Evening svce 6:00 pm Minha/Ma’ariv 6:00 pm Minha/Ma’ariv 3:45 pm Food Pantry & PALs 12:00 pm Insights from Israel 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 30 mins after svces, Minha

7 Tishrei 8 Tishrei 9 Tishrei 10 Tishrei 11 Tishrei 12 Tishrei 13 Tishrei 16 17 18 Erev Yom Kippur 19 Yom Kippur 20 21 Candles, 6:36 pm 22 Ha-azinu Candles, 6:41 pm 8:45 am Family svce 8:45 am Adult svces 1:30 pm Yizkor 2:30 pm Learning 3:50 pm Minha 1:00 pm PAS offices close 5:40 pm Ne’ilah, Sanctuary 6:15 pm Minha 6:00 pm Ne’ilah, 5th Ave 7:30 am Hashkamah 6:20 pm Gr 5-7 & Matan 6:00 pm Ne’ilah, 71st St. 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 6:30 pm Teen svce 6:45 pm YFE Ne’ilah 9:10 am YFE Shirat Shabbat 9:45 am Sanctuary svce 4:00 pm CS First Monday 6:45 pm Kol Nidrei 7:39 pm Shofar 12:00 pm Lunchtime Learning 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 30 mins after svces, Minha

14 Tishrei 15 Tishrei 16 Tishrei 17 Tishrei 18 Tishrei 19 Tishrei 20 Tishrei 23 Erev Sukkot 24 Sukkot, Day 1 25 Sukkot, Day 2 26 27 28 Candles, 6:24 pm 29 Hol HaMoed Sukkot Candles, 6:32 pm Candles, 7:39 pm 10:30 am YFE & YCG Brunch 6:30 pm Festival svce 1 7:30 am Hashkamah 21 Tishrei 7:30 am Hashkamah 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 30 Hoshana Rabbah 9:45 am Festival Service 7:30 am Hashkamah 9:45 am Sanctuary svce Candles, 6:20 pm 30 mins after svces, Minha 9:45 am Festival Service 4:00 pm CS First Wednesday TBA am CS Family svce 6:30 pm Festival svce 30 mins after svces, Minha 3:45 pm Food Pantry & PALs 3:30 pm CS First Thursday 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 10:15 am Havurah 910:00 am Morning svce 7:00 pm BYO Sukkah dinner 7:00 pm | BYO Sukkah dinner 6:00 pm Teen Barbecue 6:00 pm Teen Rock Band 7:30 pm CS Welcome Kiddush 30 mins after svces, Minha 5:45 pm Festival Evening svce PAS Calendar of Events · October 2018 · Tishrei/Heshvan 5779 Information is subject to change. Confirm at pasyn.org or with the synagogue office. October SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 22 Tishrei 23 Tishrei 24 Tishrei 25 Tishrei 26 Tishrei 27 Tishrei 1 Shemini Atzeret 2 Simhat Torah 3 4 5 Candles, 6:12 pm 6 B’reishit Candles, 7:27 pm

7:30 am Hashkamah 9:45 am Festival morning 7:30 am Hashkamah service 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 5:00 pm Youth gaga 9:00 am Midnight Run Drive 9:45 am Sanctuary svce 5:15 pm Quiet Simhat Torah 7:30 am Hashkamah begins Teen Travel to Chicago 8:00 am Talmud Torah 10:00 am CS 3–6 Shabbat 6:00 pm Simhat Torah 9:45 am Simhat Torah 3:45 pm Food Pantry & PALs 12:00 pm Lunchtime Learning 3:45 pm Food Pantry 11:00 am CS K–2 Fam svce Evening Celebration morning svce 6:00 pm RJNHS Cmty Convo 6:00 pm Teen Rock Band 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 30 mins after svces, Minha

28 Tishrei 29 Tishrei 30 Tishrei 1 Heshvan 2 Heshvan 3 Heshvan 4 Heshvan 7 8 Columbus Day 9 Rosh Hodesh 10 Rosh Hodesh 11 12 Candles, 6:01 pm 13 Noah

8:00 am Essential Essays 8:00 am Talmud Torah 7:30 am Hashkamah 11:30 am Contemp J Thought 3:45 pm Food Pantry 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 3:30 pm CS First Tuesday 5:00 pm YFE Kab Shab & 9:45 am Sanctuary svce 6:00 pm RJNHS Schol Circle 3:45 pm Food Pantry & PALs Dinner 10:00 am CS 3–6 Shabbat 7:00 pm Keinan & Stephens 6:00 pm RJNHS Cmty Convo 12:00 pm Insights from Israel 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 30 mins after svces, Minha PAS offices closed 7:15 pm Teen Ldrshp Council 6:45 pm Melton Rambam 6:00 pm Teen Rock Band 7:15 pm Ramah Minyan 4:00 pm Parent/Teen Study

5 Heshvan 6 Heshvan 7 Heshvan 8 Heshvan 9 Heshvan 10 Heshvan 11 Heshvan 14 15 16 17 18 19 Candles, 5:51 pm 20 Lekh L’kha

7:30 am Hashkamah 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 9:00 am Window on Israel 3:45 pm Food Pantry & PALs 9:45 am Sanctuary svce 6:00 pm RJNHS Cmty Convo 9:15 am Melton Year 1 10:00 am CS 3–6 Shabbat 6:45 pm Melton Rambam 9:15 am Melton Vayikra 8:00 am Talmud Torah 10:15 am Havurah 6:00 pm Hebrew Aleph 7:00 pm Melton Bereshit 9:15 am Melton Synagogues 9:10 am YFE Shirat Shabbat 11:00 am CS K–2 Fam svce 10:30 am YFE Jewish 7:30 pm Hebrew Aleph Plus 8:00 am Essential Essays 7:00 pm Melton Year 2 12:00 pm Lunchtime Learning 3:45 pm Food Pantry 30 mins after svces, Minha Museum trip 8:00 pm Bk Discussion Grp 11:30 am Contemp J Thought 7:00 pm 12th Gr Seminar 6:00 pm Teen Rock Band 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:00 pm YFE Havdalah

12 Heshvan 13 Heshvan 14 Heshvan 15 Heshvan 16 Heshvan 17 Heshvan 18 Heshvan 21 22 23 24 25 26 Candles, 5:41 pm 27 Va-yera

12:30 pm Midtown L&L 8:00 am Talmud Torah 7:30 am Hashkamah 3:45 pm Food Pantry & PALs 9:15 am Women in Bible 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 6:00 pm RJNHS Cmty Convo 9:15 am Melton Year 1 3:45 pm Food Pantry 9:45 am Sanctuary svce 6:00 pm Hebrew Aleph 8:00 am Essential Essays 6:45 pm Melton Rambam 9:15 am Melton Vayikra 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 10:00 am CS 3–6 Shabbat 9:45 am CS Zayin Museum 7:00 pm Parashah & Pizza 11:30 am Contemp J Thought 7:00 pm Melton Bereshit 9:15 am Melton Syn History 7:30 pm 20s/30s Shabbat 11:15 am Tot Tefillah Trip 7:30 pm Hebrew Aleph Plus 6:00 pm RJNHS Schol Circle 7:00 pm Melton Year 2 6:00 pm Teen Rock Band Dinner 30 mins after svces, Minha

28 19 Heshvan 29 20 Heshvan 30 21 Heshvan 31 22 Heshvan

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Elliot J. Cosgrove, PhD, Rabbi Neil Zuckerman, Rabbi Ethan H. Witkovsky, Rabbi Azi Schwartz, Cantor Rachel Brook, Cantor David H. Lincoln, Rabbi Emeritus David Lefkowitz, Cantor Emeritus Beryl P. Chernov, Executive Director Liz Offenbach, Associate Executive Director Rabbi Charles Savenor, Director of Congregational Education

Marc Becker, Chairman of the Board Natalie W. Barth, President

A Look Ahead: November

Israel: Looking Good at 70! with Weeklong Scholar-in-Residence Shalom Orzach Mon–Sat | Nov 5–11

Reading Jewish Lives Author Event Neal Gabler, Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power Thu | Nov 15 | 7:00 pm

Sponsored by Tikkun Olam Vicki K. Wimpfheimer Mitzvah Day 2018 Sun | Nov 18 | 10:00 am–1:00 pm

Coming and Becoming: The Evolution of Identities in Israel with Rachel Korazim Opening session | Mon | Nov 19 | 7:00 pm

Guest Cantor Laurie Akers Kabbalat Shabbat | Fri | Nov 30 | 6:15 pm

Please visit pasyn.org/calendar for up-to-date information and additional details on all PAS programming.