November 2016 30 Tishrei – 29 Cheshvan 5777
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November 2016 30 Tishrei – 29 Cheshvan 5777 World Jewish Report - page 15 On the Hallel Prayer - page 21 High Holiday Recap - page 26 Keys Jewish Community Center P.O. Box 1332 • Tavernier, FL 33070 • 305-852-5235 • keysjewishcenter.com Chai-Lights November 2016 1 November 2016 30 Tishrei – 29 Cheshvan Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 Cole Cole Silverman & Silver- Gloria Avner man’s Bar Mitzvah Jane Silverman 10 a.m. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Challah- Gary Margolis Making at Lorena & KJCC Michael Kaufman Dorothy & 6:00 p.m. Larry Wolfe KJCC Dinner 6 p.m. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Erica Rabbi Lieberman- Agler Garrett & Service Art Itkin 10 a.m. Gloria Avner 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Thanks- Medina Roy & giving Art Itkin Art Itkin & Roy Pollack 27 28 29 30 2 Chai-Lights November 2016 2016 - 2017 Officers and Board President’s Message President Sam Vinicur Sam Vinicur I hope you’ll take some Vice Presidents time to carefully peruse this Gloria Avner – Susan Gordon – Steve Hartz issue. Most of it is dedicated part of an Treasurer to a report on the recent opening night, knows that Linda Pollack High Holidays at KJCC. It outward calm is often built on Recording Secretary might sound immodest, but I backstage chaos and angst. Arthur Itkin think we have a wonderful So I thought it might amuse Corresponding Secretary story to tell here. I try to give you to hear some of what Joyce Peckman you snippets and texture and went on behind the scenes. Financial Secretary tone each week in my e- About a month out the Mitch Harvey mails, but I can’t include sewer system back-up alarm Directors photos there. (I could, I sup- broke. Bathroom problems Ken Atlas • Marc Bloom pose, but it’s not the right during High Holidays would- Dave Feder • Linda Kaplan Michael Kaufman • Skip Rose medium.) Gloria has written n’t do at all, so that was hur- Medina Roy • Gene Silverman a graceful and enthusiastic riedly fixed. Replacement of Sisterhood report on the entire High half our air-conditioning sys- Erica Lieberman-Garrett Holiday period, and I urge tems actually went smoothly. Adult Education you to read it both for what Not so for finding out why I Yardena Kamely it says and also how beauti- kept getting late-night calls Librarian fully she says it. But we also from the alarm company Medina Roy have lots (lots) of photos in about fire sensor signals; I Historian this issue. Even without cap- had visions of alarms going Mary Lee Singer tions, they, too, radiate with off randomly during Yom Kip- pur. Until two days before Resident Scholar the KJCC vibe. Look at the Rabbi Richard Agler, DD faces, the joy, the quiet Rosh Hashanah we had a big Past Presidents pleasure, the ease, the sense pile of mulch outside that Joel S. Cohen of community. needed to be spread. I’d Robert Faeges I spend a lot of time tell- bought special two-sided tape Ronald Horn Lester Nieman ing you about the big pic- to affix labels for our new Irving Stein ture, and the ever-developing paintings on the walls, yet Myron Rubin Bea Graham story here. That’s my job. (I just before Erev Rosh Hasha- George Swartz never exaggerate, by the nah dinner found labels Susan Horn way. I just reflect.) But be- strewn all over the floor. Jim Boruszak Joel Pollack hind every big story there’s (Thanks, 3M.) And where, oh Jeff Schocket also a small story (or three). where was the cantor thirty Steve Steinbock Alan Beth So far, all Gloria and I have minutes before showtime? Stuart Sax heard about this High Holi- Happily (gratefully), the new Bernard Ginsberg days was how great it was, a/c worked perfectly. But Editorial & Production the best ever, so smooth and then, after each service some- Joyce Peckman well-organized. That’s terrif- one would tell me the sanctu- Lisa Richardson Rutherford ic. Your happy experiences ary was too hot and then CHAI-LIGHTS is the monthly publication of the are the reason for all the another would grab me and Keys Jewish Community Center work. complain that it was freezing P.O. Box 1332, Tavernier, Florida in there. [email protected] Still, anyone who’s ever put on a conference, or been And so it goes… Chai-Lights November 2016 3 Social Hall Chair Plate Nosh Torah Learning Service Nov. 19th In Memory of If you were present for High Holidays and Louis Smith Rabbi Agler's talks, you know how warm and By Steven and Barbara Smith engaging his Torah Learning Services are. Don't miss this one on Saturday morning, November 19th, as his monthly in-season services resume. The dress code is informal, the service uplifting, is to develop her continuing students' skills to the conversation stimulating, and there will be the point where they can follow along in the Sid- refreshments afterwards. Services begin prompt- dur and find increased meaning in the prayers. ly at 10:00 a.m. This level 2 class will meet on Saturday mornings from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. (Beginners are also wel- Bar Mitzvah Coming Soon come to join this class.) There will also be an Come celebrate a special rite of passage with advanced class that engages in contemporary the Silverman family on the weekend of Novem- Hebrew conversation. This level 3 conversational ber 4th and 5th. On Friday night, Cole will lead class will meet on Friday mornings from 11:30 services with his tutor, Gloria Avner, and on a.m. until 1:00. New students are welcome, be- Saturday ginner or advanced. Whatever your level, con- morning, Rab- tact Yardena directly with any questions: phone bi Agler will 305-393-1768 or e-mail at yardena@morah- lead the Shab- yardena.com. All classes will be held in the David bat morning Kamely Classroom at KJCC. service in which Cole will be called Social Hall Chair Plate up to the To- rah and be- In Memory of come Bar Margrit Davis Mitzvah. By Steven and Barbara Smith (Friends and Cole and mom Jane family of the Silverman and Blumenfeld sides will be joining us from England and from throughout all of the United States.) The Saturday service begins promptly at 10:00 a.m. Our KJCC mishpocha joins Cole's friends, Social Hall Chair Plate family and visitors from afar in wishing him "mazel tov." In Memory of Thomas Davis Hebrew Classes Begin By Steven and Barbara Smith Yardena Kamely is pleased to announce that her Hebrew reading classes will resume this month on Friday, November 4th. Yardena's goal 4 Chai-Lights November 2016 Scrabble Anyone? lightful Shabbat dinner sponsored by Sisterhood There seems to be a spontaneous bubbling-up (also in honor of the worldwide Shabbos Project) of interest in games of Scrabble among assorted with dozens of handcrafted challahs in attend- new and long-time members. Yes, we could of ance, eager to be enjoyed. Please see the ad on course play in our own homes, but wouldn’t it be page 10 for RSVP details. fun to have a mini-tournament in our own KJCC Social Hall? If you’re interested, please jot a note Three Torahs, Three Yads at Last to [email protected]. Let us For as long as anyone can remember, one of know whether you’d prefer afternoon or even- our Torahs has been missing a yad. (That’s He- ing. We’ll make sure there are good snacks brew for “hand,” of course, the word also used (some even healthy) and plenty of coffee. to describe the pointing device — there’s actual- ly a little hand on the Social Hall Chair Plate end — that’s used, since we’re not supposed to In Memory of touch the Torah’s Selma Smith parchment with fingers, By Steven and Barbara Smith as an aid to reading and chanting.) But now we at KJCC are yad- deficient no longer. Rab- bi Agler has donated Shabbos Project Time Again one. (Can you see the You know what they say. Follow the dough! little clusters of grapes No, it’s not about money. It’s about challah, and in the photo?) Our sin- once more, KJCC and Sisterhood will participate cere thanks for this kind in a worldwide project to raise Shabbat con- rabbinic gesture. sciousness and deepen observance. We have just come through what most Jewish people consider the most important Jewish Holiday of the Year – Social Hall Chair Plate Yom Kippur, and all the multiple chags associated with it. November was coming up as a rare In Memory of month, one with not a single Jewish holiday. Ah, Steven Feldman but that was not to be. Despite Yom Kippur hav- By Barney O. Coltman ing the reputation as most important holiday, there is another, even more significant, Jewish Holiday, and we observe it 52 times a year. Yes? You in the back row? You are right. It’s Shabbat. Save the date: Thursday, November 10th, for Social Hall Chair Plate getting your hands well-coated with flour. We’ll be making our own challah from scratch. Sug- In Memory of gested donation is $10 for supplies. All materials Kim Peck and instruction will be provided, even wine and a By Judy and Frank Greenman nosh. (We also did this last year, and everyone had a wonderful time.) And on the following night, the 11th of November, there will be a de- Chai-Lights November 2016 5 November Birthdays 2nd……………………...……...Madalyn F.