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6 Shevat 5769 January 2009 5 Tevet - 6 Shevat 5769 A Righteous Gentile In The White House - page 22 A Personal View of Birthright Israel - page 24 In One Year, Out The Other - page 27 Keys Jewish Community Center P.O. Box 1332 • Tavernier, FL 33070 • 305-852-5235 • keysjewishcenter.com January 2009 5 Tevet – 6 Shevat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 Alan Beth Rabbi Agler Names denote leaders of Friday services. Amelia & Steve Shabbat Italicized names are Oneg sponsors. Kasinof Service 10 a.m. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ken Atlas Linda Rutkin 11 12 13 14 15 16 Meredith A. 17 KJCC Cline Fashion Franne & Barry Alter Show Patricia & Henry Luncheon Isenberg Meredith A. Cline 18 19 20 21 22 23 Membership 24 Expressive Drive Dinner Art With Jim & Gloria Gloria Carol & Steve Steinbock Pamela & David Marmar 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Lauren & Stuart Sax 6:30 service Arthur Feinberg 2007-2008 Officers and Board President Steve Steinbock Steve Steinbock Executive Vice President Mark Wasser I hope you all had a Vice Presidents Happy Thanksgiving and Alan Beth – Susan Gordon Neal Rakov Chanukah. It seems the hot cocoa, ice cream, cookies snowbirds are all here and and raspberry chocolate Treasurer season is in full swing. Wel- candy while seated at the Linda Pollack come back. There are a few outdoor café on a lovely De- Recording Secretary more coming down in Janu- cember night. Carol and I Beth Hayden ary and we look forward to certainly broke our diet that Financial Secretary seeing them too, especially night. As I write, this Friday Rene Rose Elinor and Herb Grossman, night is our Chanukah Shab- Corresponding Secretary our Canadian contingent. bat dinner and children’s Roberta McNew What have we been up to play. Chanukah begins Sun- in December? The KJCC day evening. I’m sure I will Directors Barry Alter — Marc Bloom Men’s Club sponsored a trip break my diet again. Joan Boruszak — Bernie Ginsberg to North Miami Beach to at- I look forward to attend- David Goldfinger — Kurt Kluger tend the 23rd Israeli Film Fes- ing Gloria Avner’s art class Ron Levy — Stan Margulies st Joyce Peckman — Stuart Sax tival. We saw the U.S. pre- on January 21 and meeting Steve Smith miere of “Lost Islands.” The future mishpocha at our an- Sisterhood movie was touching and nual membership dinner on Joan Stark thought-provoking. I don’t Friday, January 23rd. Don’t often see movies in another forget to bring anyone who Adult Education Yardena Kamely language with sub-titles and I might be interested in learn- was not sure I would enjoy ing more about the KJCC. Historian this one but I did and I would This past year, 2008, was Meredith A. Cline recommend it to all of you. long and in some ways diffi- Past Presidents After the movie, we drove to cult. Thanks to all of you Joel S. Cohen Robert Faeges the Lincoln Road Mall on who helped to make it a little Ronald Horn South Beach, where we en- less so. Special thanks go to Lester Nieman Irving Stein joyed people-watching and the editors of Chai~Lights Myron Rubin saw a seven-foot, sea-shell- and to all our members who Bea Graham George Swartz covered dreidel and an even contribute with articles, pho- Susan Horn larger menorah, both de- tos and responses to our Jim Boruszak Joel Pollack signed and created by Roger requests. I know it is not Jeff Schocket Abramson. As it happened, easy to respond to deadlines while there we actually met Newsletter and send material in (believe Lisa Richardson Rutherford Roger and his granddaughter me, I know), but without you Editor Scarlett. We were all marvel- we would not have a publica- Marty Graham Editor 1987-2007 ing at the creations (there tion that we all look forward are photos in Photo Gallery), to each month. CHAI-LIGHTS is the while Roger was standing Carol and I wish you all a monthly newsletter of the Keys Jewish Community Center there eating ice cream and happy, healthy and peaceful P.O. Box 1332 eavesdropping. 2009. Tavernier, Florida 33070 [email protected] Happily, we found the Ghirardelli shop and enjoyed Steve Chai-Lights January 2009 1 YAHRZEIT PLAQUE In Memory of A Rare Saturday Shabbat Service Peter S. Lubert On Saturday, January 3rd, we will again be 12/24/1941 - 7/14/2008 honored by Rabbi Agler conducting a Shabbat Service. A few months ago we asked Rabbi Agler Loving Wife, Mary Lubert if he’d lead a Shabbat service for KJCC during one of his occasional visits to the Keys. He agreed. Rabbi Agler led an informal service in his own The KJCC extends deepest condolences to special way. It was casual; he gathered us all around, told spiritual stories, and led a service the Peckman family that included prayer and song. We discussed the on the death of Joyce’s mother-in-law Torah portion for the week. Then we took the Torahs out and invited everyone up to the bimah Gertrude Peckman for an aliyah. Approximately twenty peo- ple attended. Later on, everyone told me we KJCC Adult Education Series Begins should invite him back again. We have, and he’s On Wednesday, January 21st at 7:30 p.m. again accepted. with Gloria Avner’s Expressive Art Class. If you have not attended a Shabbat service in DON'T FORGET TO RSVP ME at 305-619-0216 awhile, you will find this service educational, en- if you want to have an entertaining, satisfying, joyable, meaningful and perhaps even spiritual. stimulating evening, being creative without fear of Please join us on Saturday, January 3rd at 10 a.m. failure. You are guaranteed to walk out with at Shabbat Shalom and Happy New Year. least one small frame-able gem of an India ink and -Alan Beth watercolor painting. You will be proud to put your name to it. (Um, if you are interested in January Anniversaries learning how to draw a straight line, this might not be the class for you. Otherwise, join us.) Years Open to both men and women. You need bring 1st Thomas & Leslie Dillon...............................12 nothing but the eagerness to learn, experiment 4th Steve & Amelia Kasinof...............................27 and have fun. Leave your day's worries behind. 12th George & Muriel Swartz.............................28 -Gloria 17th Alan & Elaine Schulberg..............................15 26th David & Pamela Marmar.............................23 Welcome Back, Snowbirds We’ve missed you and look forward to see- ing you on Friday nights. We have onegs in Feb- Books for Veterans ruary and March that are open and awaiting I delivered our three boxes of donated your sponsorship. Wouldn’t it be lovely if each books to the office of the Jewish Chaplain at the member family paid for one oneg during the Miami VA Hospital. Thanks to all from the con- year! A basic oneg shabbat sponsorship is only gregation that donated to the cause. I hope $50. Please notify me as soon as possible, so they have a warm feeling in their hearts know- that you can be appropriately thanked in Chai- ing that their kindness will bring a bit of sun- Lights. My phone is 451-4665 or shine into the lives of some worthy veterans. e-mail [email protected]. -Stuart Sax -Joyce Peckman 2 Chai-Lights January 2009 YAHRZEIT PLAQUE The KJCC extends deepest condolences to Dr. Sandra Samuels the Bloom family on the death of Marc’s father A Most Courageous Joseph Bloom Physician, Teacher, Humanitarian And Beloved Wife 11/12/1934—11/15/1996 New Year, New Members Loving Husband, Sid Samuels The KJCC is pleased to announce new members Ivan and Jean Bader of Pine Brook, Food Bank Request New Jersey and Sunne Rego of Key Largo. We are collecting non-perishable food for the Welcome! We hope to see all of you often. Burton Methodist Church food bank. This food bank services all people without regard to race, creed or color. The need has increased over 50 BOOK PLATE percent in the last few months. A box marked In Loving Memory of for the food bank is in the KJCC lobby. Please Stephen K. Cimkowski leave food there or at the door; we will deliver to the food bank. Your neighbors need your By Carol and Steve Steinbock help. I and they thank you. -Jim Boruszak Ongoing Projects General Donations – can be earmarked to our various ongoing funds; e.g. Holocaust Education Fund, Scholarship Fund, Sara Cohen Memorial Tzedukah Fund, or General Fund. Honorarium and memorial cards can also be requested. Call Linda Pollack 852-8575. Gift Shop - We have many lovely gift and holiday items on hand and can special order for you as well. Contact Joan Boruszak 852-0833. Jewish Youth Enrichment Program - will assist in involving our children in Jewish activities. Call Neal Rakov 852-9400. Sunshine Committee - If you know of any member who should receive a get-well, congratulations or condolence card from the Center, call Rene Rose, 852-3959. Cemetery Information - If you wish to plan for the very distant future, you can reserve space at the Kendall Mt. Nebo Cemetery in the KJCC section. Call Bea Graham, 852-0214. Picture Postcards - We have beautiful picture postcards bearing the Millard Wells representation of the KJCC, which was commissioned by Sisterhood. Quantities can be packaged to fit your needs and mailed to you or your gift recipient. The price is $36 per hundred but we will sell lesser quantities. Contact Joan Boruszak, 852-0833.
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