Bulletin September 2017 אלול–תשרי Mah Hadash? What’S New?

Introducing for Young Families Ma see p.see 5 PAS h zor zor Bulletin September 2017 אלול–תשרי Mah Hadash? What’s New?

FROM THE RABBI RABBI ELLIOT J. COSGROVE

Mah steps we must take with our friends Jewish Lives biography series from and family toward healing, building Yale, community conversations to and deepening the connections that explore issues of Jewish identity, and Hadash? shape our lives? Each of us is the more! Together our educators and author of our own narrative; the clergy are providing a renewed and decisions we make will determine how grand vision for the year ahead. It the year ahead will differ from the one is a vision that reflects our desire to What’s now ending. provide compelling portals for our members to enter the riches of our And so too in our synagogue. This tradition. fall we will dedicate our Eli M. Black New? Lifelong Learning Center on 89th It is now up to you to decide if you will Street. Reflecting years of vision, hard step up to participate in our renewed work, and communal support, this commitment to community and learn- hanah Tovah! With the arrival building is an extraordinary statement ing. Will this be the year that you of a new year and the beginning of the past efforts, present vibrancy, endeavor to fill gaps in your Jewish S of the fall, a lot is new at Park and future hopes and dreams of Park literacy, whatever they may be? After Avenue Synagogue. As individuals, Avenue Synagogue. The new building you flip through the Mah Hadash we ask ourselves how this coming and the anticipated renewal of our catalog and browse our website, will year will be different from the past present building together reflect that this be the year that you sign up for a one. What resolutions shall we make we truly are a “synagogue in action.” class or lecture? Will this be the year in order to edge closer to becoming No different than the arrival of a new that you join a synagogue committee the people we aspire to be? Are there year, the opening of a new building and share your wisdom toward shap- will make a difference only to the ing our congregational vision? Will extent that we step up to the promise you come on our PAS trip celebrating it offers. We ourselves must be dedi- Israel’s 70th? The answers to these cated to being lifelong learners. The questions are not in any brochure or Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin education departments of our syna- webpage, but within each of us. VOLUME 70 · NO. 1 · SEPTEMBER 2017 gogue under Rabbi Savenor’s leader- אלול–תשרי · ELUL 5777/TISHREI 5778 ship offer abundant opportunities May this year ahead be filled with From the Rabbi...... 2 to deepen our connections with our health and happiness. May we begin Schedule of Religious Services...... 4 tradition and each other. The program this new year and enter this new Synagogue Family...... 7 catalog enclosed with this Bulletin is building ready to reflect on the kind of Caring Network...... 8 titled Mah Hadash, What’s New. In people, the kind of Jews and the kind From the Education Team...... 9 addition to listing all our continuing of community that we aspire to be. Adult Classes & Events...... 10 Gallery, Shapiro Audio Archive & Library ....12 programs and classes, it highlights Most of all, may we have the resolve Youth Education & Events...... 13 new initiatives that will accompany to dedicate ourselves towards fulfilling Young Family Education...... 13 the opening of the new building. Look our aspirations, to become authors of PASECC...... 13 for innovation in our Congregational our narratives, and be written for good Congregational School...... 14 Youth/RJNHS...... 15 School, small-group learning spear- into the book of life. 20s & 30s at PAS...... 15 headed by Rabbi Witkovsky, outreach Contributions...... 16 education led by Rabbi Zuckerman, Calendar...... 19 music salons led by our cantors, book A Look Ahead at PAS...... Back cover discussions in partnership with the Cover: Illustration from the PAS Mah zor for Young Families for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

2 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin

Shabbat at PAS Every 7th day. 52 weeks a year. Since Creation. Schedule of Religious Services For a full listing of Young Family Education (YFE) programs, see p. 13. For Congregational School (CS) Shabbat programs, see p. 14. For Teens, see p. 15. Friday, September 1 • 10 Elul Visit pasyn.org for all worship information. 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat

Saturday, September 2 • 11 Elul Ki Tetzei Every week, from Friday 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat evening through Saturday SHAHARIT & PARASHAT HASHAVUA | HaShavua EVERY SHABBAT 9:45 am | Sanctuary service evening, Shabbat at PAS P’sukei d’Zimrah, Shaharit, a light Kiddush, 20 minutes after services | Minha includes lively communal and an engaging study of the morning’s worship in the Sanctuary, Torah portion, ending in time to join the Torah service in the Sanctuary. alternative services, Friday, September 8 • 17 Elul parashah study, music, PRELUDE TO SHABBAT | SEP 8 5:00 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat and Ease into Shabbat with wine, cheese, and dinners, and other Dinner for Families with Young the music of George Gershwin. Music Children (p. 13) programs to refresh your Director Colin Fowler will discuss and spirit. See below what is perform some of Gershwin's music, as well 5:30 pm | Prelude to Shabbat 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat happening each Shabbat. as discuss how his Judaism affected both his life and his music. 7:15 pm | Ramah Minyan Look for “Shabbat at PAS” throughout the Bulletin RAMAH MINYAN | SEP 8 and in the enclosed Mah A spirit-filled service for any and all young Saturday, September 9 • 18 Elul adults, followed by drinks, snacks, and Hadash to find Shabbat oneg Shabbat. Ki Tavo programming in each 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan department. HASHKAMAH (EARLY RISERS) MINYAN | 9:00 am | Havurah EVERY SHABBAT BEGINNING SEP 9 9:45 am | Sanctuary service with Bar DAILY MINYAN A service with repetition of the Amidah Mitzvah of Max Blechman and Bat Shaharit Monday–Friday at 7:15 am. and annual cycle Torah reading, all in Mitzvah of Sophie Barkan September 18–20 and 25–29, selihot at Hebrew, at a pace that is comfortable for 20 mins after services | Minha 7:00 am. Sundays and Labor Day at 9:00 experienced daveners, and a Kiddush 4:00 pm | Parent & Teen Shabbat am. afterwards. Study Minha/Ma’ariv Sunday–Thursday at 5:45 pm, except where noted. Shabbat minha HAVURAH | SEP 9 A lay-led, child-friendly, intimate, and 20 minutes after the end of morning Friday, September 15 • 24 Elul services. informal Torah reading and discussion and musaf service open to individuals and 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat KABBALAT SHABBAT AND SANCTUARY families of all ages. People of all skill levels 7:30 pm | CS Welcome Back Kiddush are encouraged to participate. Contact SHABBAT MORNING SERVICE | EVERY – Ice Cream Party SHABBAT Rabbi Witkovsky at [email protected] Rabbi Cosgrove, Rabbi Zuckerman, and or x123. Rabbi Witkovsky preach and conduct the service together with Cantor Schwartz, ALL ARE WELCOME | ALWAYS Cantor Lissek, and Cantor Brook, with PAS is an inclusive community. To discuss Music Director Colin Fowler and the accommodations to make your visits and Synagogue Ensemble: Elisa Singer Strom, involvement more comfortable, please soprano; Yonah Gershator, alto; Alex contact Rachel Benichak, Membership Guerrero, tenor; Tim Krol, bass; Gil Manager, at [email protected] or Smuskowitz, double bass; Mike Cohen, x195. woodwinds; Ronen Itzik, percussion. Cantor Eric Wasser is our ritual director and Torah Can’t make it to the synagogue? reader. Park Avenue Synagogue services are livestreamed. Visit pasyn.org/webcast.

4 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin אלול–תשרי · September

Saturday, September 16 • 25 Elul Friday, September 22 • 2 Tishrei Nitzavim/Va-yeilekh Rosh Hashanah, Second Day 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan adult services 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat 8:30 am | Morning service HaShavua 9:45 am | Torah Service 9:45 am | Sanctuary service with Bar 10:00 am | Shofar Mitzvah of Richie Solomon Heller and 10:30 am | Sermon | 87th St. Bat Mitzvah of Bailey Rose Hecht 11:00 am | Sermon | 5th Ave. 10:00 am | CS Shabbat Experience, 6:15 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat | 87th St. Gr 3-6 youth & family services 20 minutes after services | Minha 9:30 am | Young Family Service Mahzor for Young 8:00 pm | Selihot Learning – Group 1 | 0–30 months with parents | Teshuvah Dilemma: What If I Really Darlington Hall Families for Rosh Can’t Change? | Shayna Golkow, 9:45 am | Gr K–7 Drop-off Services | Rabbinical Intern 87th St. Hashanah and Yom 8:30 pm | Havdalah and Selihot 9:45 am | Matan Special Needs Service Service | 87th St. Kippur 11:00 am | Teen Service | 87th St. he PAS Music Center proudly 11:30 am | Young Family Service Wednesday, September 20 • 29 Elul announces the next volume Group 2 | 31 months–Pre-K with in the Family Siddur Project. Erev Rosh Hashanah parents | Darlington Hall T Generously sponsored by Patricia 6:00 pm | Minha/Ma’ariv, 87th Street Braun Silvers and David Silvers, this prayer book is designed especially for Saturday, September 23 • 3 Tishrei young children and their grownups to Thursday, September 21 • 1 Tishrei Shabbat Shuvah/Parashat Ha·azinu use at services, at the family table, and Rosh Hashanah, First Day Generously endowed by Menachem Z. in prayerful moments at home, as well Rosensaft & Jean Bloch Rosensaft in loving as to visit the sounds of the synagogue adult services memory of Josef & Hadassah Rosensaft any day of the year. The new mahzor 8:30 am | Morning Service | All 7:30 am | Hashkamah Minyan will be used in YFE services and will be 9: 45 am | Torah Service | All 9:00 am | Shaharit & Parashat available for members to pick up over 10: 00 am | Shofar | All HaShavua the holidays. 10:30 am | Sermon | All 9:45 am | Shabbat morning service 5:00 pm | Tashlich | Central Park, 5th 20 mins after services | Minha The colorful and playful pages of this Ave. at 90th St. book not only show the words of the 6:00 pm | Minha/Ma’ariv prayers and what they mean, but youth & family service Sunday, September 24 • 4 Tishrei also the structure of the service and 8:45 am | Gr K–7 Family Service Fast of Gedaliah observed its choreography. In addition, all the | with parents and siblings | Brick 9:00 am | Morning minyan with music is available for download at Church Torah reading for public fast days pasyn.org/familysiddur2. The musical 9:30 am | Young Family Service selections include contemporary Group 1 | 0–30 months with parents | compositions commissioned recently Darlington Hall by the PAS Music Center, as well as 9:45 am | Gr K–7 Drop-off Services | familiar melodies closely identified 87th St. with the High Holidays. Singing will 9:45 am | Matan Special Needs help children learn the prayers, find Service | 87th St. meaning in the text, and become 10:00 am | Teen Service | 89th St. comfortable with the full range of 11:30 am | Young Family Service Jewish music. Group 2 | 31 months–Pre-K with To obtain a copy of the mahzor after the parents | Darlington Hall holidays, contact the Music Center at [email protected] or x115.

5 www.pasyn.orgPark Avenue Synagogue 212–369–2600 Bulletin September 2017 Elul 5777/Tishrei 5778 5 אלול–תשרי · Schedule of Religious Services · September

• Order a Lulav & Etrog High Holiday Friday, September 29 • 9 Tishrei Locations Erev Yom Kippur adult services 6:15 pm | Minha | All 87th St. 6:30 pm | Kol Nidrei | All youth & family services 50 East 87th Street 6:15 pm | Teen Service | 87th St./5th Ave. 6:20 pm | Gr 5–7 Service | 87th St. 89th St. 6:20 pm | Matan Special Needs 11 East 89th Street Service |87th St. On the first day you shall take the fruit of hadar Saturday, September 30 • 10 Tishrei trees, branches of palm Brick Church Yom Kippur trees, boughs of leafy 1140 Park Avenue adult services trees, and willows of 8:45 am | Morning Service | All 9:45 am | Torah Service | All the brook, and you shall 10:45 am | Sermon | All rejoice before Adonai your Darlington Hall 1:30 pm | Yizkor | Sanctuary/5th Ave. 2:30 pm | Learning | Sanctuary God seven days. 2 East 90th Street (p. 11) —Va-yikra (Leviticus) 23:40 3:50 pm | Minha | Sanctuary 5:10 pm | Ne’ilah | Sanctuary 5th Ave. 5:30 pm | Ne’ilah | Lower Level/5th Sukkot begins on Ave. Fifth Avenue 7:20 pm | Shofar | All Wednesday evening, between 89th & 90th 7:25 pm | Maariv | Chapel, 87th St. October 4. youth & family services Streets 8:45 am | Gr K–7 Family Service e wave the lulav every day | with parents and siblings | Brick during the week of Sukkot, Church W except on Shabbat. Enhance Ticket required except for Erev Rosh 9:30 am | Young Family Service your celebration of the holiday with Hashanah and Yizkor. Rosh Hashanah Group 1 | 0–30 months with parents | a lulav and etrog set from Israel. sermon and shofar times approximate. Darlington Hall Each set includes an etrog (fruit of No seating during sermons and the 9:45 am | Gr K–7 Drop-off Services | the hadar), a lulav (palm), hadassim chanting of Kol Nidrei. 87th St. (myrtle, leafy trees), aravot (willows), 9:45 am | Matan Special Needs as well as a holder and rings woven of Service | 87th St. palm to hold the branches together. 10:00 am | Teen Service | 89th St Cost: $40/set. To order, visit pasyn.org/lulav. 11:30 am | Young Family Service Those without internet access may call our ritual Group 2 | 31 months–Pre-K with director, Cantor Eric Wasser, at x102. Deadline to parents | Darlington Hall order: Tuesday, September 26 at 9:00 am. 6:30 pm | Young Family Ne’ilah Service | 87th St.

6 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin Synagogue Family

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS ברוכים הבאים BNEI MITZVAH בני מצוה

Nancy & Gabriel Brandeis Samantha & Jonathan Cohen Max Blechman | Sep 9 | Ki Tavo Toni and Richard Feinbloom Son of Lisa & Charles Blechman Lee & Andrew Fine Renee & David Fried Beth & Josh Friedman Amy & Howard Friedner Jordana & Andrew Fruchter Sophie Barkan | Sep 9 | Ki Tavo Danielle & Michael Goldstein Daughter of Marcy & Andrew Barkan Ellen & Robert Grimes Louise Kaminow Barbara & Richard Lane Shira & Brian Liebman Jodi & Patrick Milner Richie Solomon Heller | Sep 16 | Joshua and Beth Nash Nitzavim/Va-yeilekh Daryl Drabinsky & Daniel Nussen Son of Heather & Andy Heller Laura & Jeff Rapaport Marilyn & Michael Ratner Paul Rich Emilie & Paul Salama-Caro Bailey Rose Hecht | Sep 16 | Jessica & Joseph Scherban Nitzavim/Va-yeilekh Rachel & Adam Searles Daughter of Penny & Joshua Hecht Samantha & Adam Silver

CONDOLENCES המקום ינחם

Anita Cela & David Helfgott on the Karen Sacks Glanternik & Henry Jessica & Adam Hirsch on the loss of loss of his mother, Mae Helfgott Glanternik on the loss of her father, her father, Robert Sylvester Stanley Sacks Roseanne Klein and Lauren & Alan Corinne & Ernest Maginsky on Klein on the loss of their husband Tirzah Schwarz & Charles Goldblum the loss of her mother, Annette and father, Paul Klein on the loss of her mother, Malka Zimmerman Schwarz Beth & Mitchell Silber on the loss of Roslyn & Robert Haber on the loss of his father, Marvin Silber Sheri & Jimmy Rosenfeld on the loss his mother, Faye Haber of her mother, Arlene Poulos Alice Berger on the loss of her Jody Gorin, Allie and Matthew Gorin, husband, Morton Junger Mimi & Lorin Reisner on the loss of and Gail & David Furman on the loss his mother, Roberta Reisner of their husband, father, and brother, Steven Cohen on the loss of his William Gorin father, Marvin Cohen

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 September 2017 Elul 5777/Tishrei 5778 7 Synagogue Family

MAZAL TOV מזל טוב

Nadine Habousha Cohen & Ed Cohen on the Caring Network marriage of their son Reuben to Julianna Storch, and to the young couple Kever Avot – Cemetery Visits Sun | Sep 10 | 9:45 am Rachel & Brian Lustbader on the birth of a To assist members of the PAS grandson, Gideon Caleb Marantz, and to his parents, community in fulfilling the mitzvah Sarah Lustbader & Andrew Marantz of kever avot, visiting the graves of loved ones, we have organized Dana & Adam Lichtenstein on the birth of a transportation to several cemeteries. daughter, Eliza Gray Lichtenstein Travel will be by limousine provided by Plaza Community Chapels, Judy & Charles Temel on the birth of a grandson, departing from and returning to PAS. Benjamin Temel Levine, and to his parents, Erica & Participants may choose one of two Max Levine itineraries: • Westchester: Sharon Gardens and Cory & Mark Zablow on the birth of a son, Mason Mount Pleasant Gary Zablow, and to grandparents Pauline & Milt • Long Island: Montefiore, Zablow Wellwood, and Beth Moses If you do not know the location Amy & Neal Schultz on the birth of a of your loved one’s grave, the granddaughter, Willow Shay Schultz, and to her synagogue will assist you in finding it parents, Mallory & Stuart Schultz out. Space is limited. To sign up Aliza Fischer & Jason Pruzansky on the birth of , please email [email protected] or call Rabbi Zuckerman’s office at 212-369- a daughter, Sascha Naomi Pruzansky, and to big sister 4900, x121. Stella

Vania & Nicholas Freund on the birth of a son, For information about Ari Samuel Freund the Caring Network’s Cheri & Steve Friedman on the birth of a professional support, granddaughter, Remy Drew Friedman, and to her support groups, parents, Sally & Mark Friedman and educational opportunities, please Rachel & Michael Feldman on the birth of a son, Sasha Nolan Feldman, and to big brother Julian visit pasyn.org/ caringnetwork. If you Annelise & David Winter on the birth of twin sons, would like to volunteer, Axel Davin Winter and Gunnar Lewis Winter, and to please contact Rabbi grandparents Susan & Ben Winter Neil Zuckerman at [email protected] or 212-369-4900, x121.

8 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin FROM THE EDUCATION TEAM RABBI CHARLIE SAVENOR

“Didn't of our day through a Jewish lens and in every PAS education department. participate in what is technically called In our eyes, lifelong learning is not a a “spiral curriculum.” Just as learners product, but rather an ongoing pro- We Learn return again and again to mathemati- cess. As we look to 5778, our educa- cal concepts, scientific principles, and tors are continually identifying ways literary analysis, understanding them of working collaboratively to define in a more sophisticated way at every goals, map our spiral curriculum, and This developmental stage, so a Jewish spi- ensure smooth transitions, so that ral curriculum revisits topics through- learning at PAS is not only a progres- out our lives with the expectation that sion from one age level to the next, but each encounter will reinforce what a lifelong immersion in Jewish texts Before?” we have learned before so that we can and Jewish questions. build on that foundation. In the years to come, rather than a hen I talk to children in This educational approach is part learner who asks, “Didn’t we learn this our congregation, it is not and parcel of Judaism. In essence, before?” I imagine a learner who says, W uncommon for them to ask kri·at ha-torah, the weekly Torah “I studied this before, but I will never me: “Didn’t we learn this before?” This reading, makes us all members of a look it at the same way again.” I am forthright question has been applied book discussion group that reads the confident that our talented PAS edu- to everything from bible stories to same book every year. We could well cators can make this dream a reality, Yom HaAtzma’ut. The simple answer, ask every week: “Didn’t we read this and the Jewish future will be stronger frankly, is “yes.” But the full answer is before?” Of course we did, but each because of it. that everything we learn, at any age, is year, while the text is the same, we are meant to be revisited and reexamined not. Every time we open our sacred at a later time. Such is the nature of scroll is an opportunity to see it anew. lifelong learning. Another aspect of Jewish lifelong The opening of our Eli M. Black learning is dialogue. From the earliest Lifelong Learning Center this month commentaries on the Torah, Jewish is an invitation to our community to learning has been a centuries-long examine our commitment to Jewish conversation. Our education depart- education. By featuring the words ments are working together to bring “lifelong learning” in the name of this learners into this conversation not state-of-the-art facility we assert that only in discussions among peers but understanding Torah, wrestling with in multi-generational exchanges. spiritual questions, and striving to get closer to God through study is a In order to generate such a conversa- process that begins when we are small tion, this December we are launch- children and continues for the rest of ing a weeklong scholar-in-residence our lives. program. We are honored that Clive Lawton, a visionary educator who has Our vision is that at every stage of transformed Jewish learning around their educational journey members the globe through the organization of our community will see the issues Limmud, will meet and teach learners

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 September 2017 Elul 5777/Tishrei 5778 9 Adult Classes & Events This Month at PAS The majority of our weekly classes will begin meeting in October after Simhat Torah. Visit pasyn.org, and sign up now to study later. Those without internet access may call 212-369-4900, x143. RSVP = Advance registration required. $ = There is a cost for the event.

Sponsored by Tikkun Olam Sponsored by Women’s Network Sponsored by the Rothschild School Supply Drive Jewish Life in Poland 2017: Library Tue–Fri | Sep 5–15 | Bin in Is It Real and Why It Really Evening Book Discussion 87th St. Lobby Matters: A Conversation with Group In honor of the Eli M. Black Jonathan Ornstein, Executive Mon | Sep 11 | 8:00–9:00 pm | Lifelong Learning Center, we are Director of the JCC Krakow Pat Davidson partnering with UJA-Federation Wed | Sep 6 | 6:00 pm A Horse Walks into a Bar by of NY and The Jewish Community Join participants in the Women’s David Grossman Council of Canarsie to collect Poland trip to learn about the school supplies for children in history and complexity of the JTS@PAS Open Meeting need. Please bring new notebooks, rebirth of Jewish life in Poland Tue | Sep 12 | 5:45 pm protractors, glue sticks, small today. scissors, index cards, and pencil RSVP Learning in Elul/What Matters cases. Preparing our Hearts for the Library Lunch & Learn Days of Awe: Ethical Wills in Learning in Elul Thu | first and third weeks of the Jewish Tradition Midtown Lunch & Learn: High the month; begins Sep 7; no Tue | Sep 12 | 6:45 pm | Holiday Edition class on Sep 21 | 12:00 pm Elizabeth Leiman Kraiem and • Wed | Sep 6 | 12:30–1:30 pm Rabbi Neil Zuckerman | Unetaneh Tokef: The Seven Talmud Torah Stay afterwards for the CD Launch Questions We Ask Ourselves | Fri | weekly, begins Sept 8 (no Party (below). Rabbi Neil Zuckerman class on Sep 22, 29) | 8:00 am $ (nonmembers) RSVP • Wed | Sep 13 | 12:30–1:30 | Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky pm | “It’s Raining Men” – The Study passages of the Talmud to CD Launch Party: Moments of Vital Connection Between explore the world of the Rabbis, Awe, Music of the High Holy Holiday Liturgy and Water | their methodology, and how their Days Rabbi Charlie Savenor thinking affects us today. Tue | Sep 12 | 8:30 pm | Cantor $ (nonmembers) RSVP Azi Schwartz and Colin Fowler Raise a glass with the music team and enjoy a light snack while listening to the latest release from our Music Center. Space is limited. RSVP

10 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin Adult Classes & Events

Fall Kickoff Meeting for New Selihot Learning Open only to WN members and Returning VKW Mitzvah Teshuvah Dilemma: What If I Women’s Network Opening Day Volunteers Can’t Really Change? Event Thu | Sep 14 | 9:15 am Sat | Sep 16 | 8:00 pm | Shayna From King Solomon’s Table to Questions? Email Kimberly Molstre Golkow, PAS Rabbinical our Contemporary Table with at [email protected], Jamie Intern Joan Nathan Bahar at [email protected], Thu | Sep 26 | 7:00 pm or Blair Klaff at blairklaff@gmail. Sponsored by Tikkun Olam RSVP com. DOROT Rosh Hashanah Package Delivery Yom Kippur Learning Insights from Israel Sun | Sep 17 | 10:00 am–1:00 The State of Politics in 2017 Thu | Sep 14 | 12:00–1:00 pm | pm | meet at Sutton Place with Dr. Julian Zelizer Rabbi Michael Graetz (via Skype Synagogue | Individuals and Sat | Sep 30 | approx 2:30 pm | from Israel) families with children ages 8+ 87th St. | open to all RSVP to [email protected]. Cosponsored by Women’s Network Social Change Journey to the and the Music Center Tikkun Olam Interest Meeting South Find Your Key! Women Mon | Sep 18 | 6:30 pm Sun–Tue | Feb 18–20 | For Singing in Community Learn about exciting and inspiring adult learners and families Thu | Sep 14 | 6:30–7:45 pm | hands-on projects that assist people with teens Cantor Rachel Brook in our community and throughout Register now. One bus is full and a Our tradition teaches: Kol the world. Build friendships with second is filling fast. ha-n’shamah t’hallel Yah, Let other members of the synagogue everything with breath praise God. who share your interest in helping (Ps. 150) Explore the music of our others. PAS services and gain confidence RSVP to [email protected]. and competence to sing along. Open to women who participated in the summer session and to new participants. RSVP

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 September 2017 Elul 5777/Tishrei 5778 11 Gallery 2nd floor

Transforming the Word: Continuing the Tradition of Hebrew Manuscript Illumination The Art of Barbara Wolff Sep–Jan

arbara Wolff’s illuminated texts are created in the B tradition of the great medieval Hebrew manuscripts. Made with materials and techniques of the 14th century, and with an awareness of the history, archeology, geography, and customs of the region in which these ancient words were set, her illuminations yet reflect a 21st-century sensibility.

RITA AND GEORGE M. SHAPIRO AUDIO ARCHIVE Relive Our History Visit pasyn.org/shapiroaudioarchive As we prepare to open a new chapter in the PAS story with the dedication of the Eli M. Black Lifelong Learning Center, visit pasyn.org/shapiroaudioarchive to hear excerpts from the 1954 dedication of the Milton Steinberg House and the 1980 dedication of the Rita and George M. Shapiro House.

Rothschild Library at PAS Librarian Hours Whenever the synagogue is open, the library is open. Mon–Thu | 10:00 am–6:30 pm Visit pasyn.org/rothschildlibrary to browse the virtual shelves, and to Fri | by appointment search for particular authors and titles. For more information, contact Marga Hirsch.

12 www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 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 For more information, contact Pamela YFE email. Visit pasyn.org and click on Email Schwartz, Director, at [email protected] Sign-up. For more details, visit pasyn.org/ or x150. yfe or contact Jamie Diamond, Director, at [email protected] or x140. For parents of Orange, Purple & Yellow Rooms Separation Meeting BABY AND TODDLER CLASSES Wed | Sep 6 | 6:30 pm Choose from a variety of classes for babies, toddlers, and young children. Bring your friends and meet new ones! First Day of School $ RSVP Mon | Sep 11

DramaZone® Bridge Camp Welcome Coffee and Tue–Fri | Sep 5–8 | children 3–5 years Q&A with ECC Director Pamela Schwartz Fri | Sep 15 | 9:15 am Kabbalat Shabbat and Dinner for Families with Young Children Fri | Sep 8 | Service 5:00 pm, Dinner approx. 5:30–6:30 pm | Rabbi Witkovsky and Cantor Brook Join our clergy for a family-friendly Kabbalat Shabbat service, followed immediately by a child-friendly buffet dinner and short program. Children with September birthdays will receive a birthday blessing and a small gift. Space is limited. $ RSVP PASECC Applications for the 2018- 2019 School Year Are Available Now Shirat Shabbat Applications are due by Friday, October 20. Fri | Sep 15 | 9:10–9:35 am | For toddlers 3 and Children born on June 30, 2016 or before are under with an adult eligible to apply. For more information, visit Prepare to welcome Shabbat with songs, a short story, pasyn.org. and challah.

YOUNG FAMILY HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES If you have a child age 5 or below, your family will receive tickets in the mail for an age-appropriate family service.

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

13 www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 September 2017 Elul 5777/Tishrei 5778 13 Youth Education & Events For additional information about all youth events, please visit pasyn.org.

Congregational School

The Congregational School office is now located 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/congregationalschool. Tickets to age-appropriate youth and family services will be mailed this month to members in good standing.

POSTCARD FROM CAMP

Shabbat-o-grams 2017

ccording to a Jewish proverb, travel gives you a story to tell. This past summer, PAS A kids traveled to Jewish camps throughout the country and returned with abundant stories to tell about friends, adventures, and experiences suffused with Jewish values. While away, they were also warmly reminded of their connections to PAS when the camping and youth committees, educators, and clergy sent campers “Shabbat-o-grams.” These Shabbat messages helped campers celebrate their Jewish camp experience: an incredibly fun chapter in the story of a deepening Jewish identity.

If you are planning for your child to embark on a summer of fun at a Jewish camp and you have any questions, contact Jewish Camping Committee chair Lynne Bermont at [email protected] or Hallie Chandler, Director of Youth Programming and Engagement, at [email protected] or x147.

14 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin L’SHANAH TOVAH U-METUKAH! HAVE A SWEET NEW YEAR!

PAS Youth & RJNHS College Connections

For more information, and to register for any event, see the College students remain part F Teen or Youth email, visit pasyn.org/youth-rjnhs, or contact of the PAS family even when Hallie Chandler, Director of Youth Programming and away from home. One way we Engagement, at [email protected] or x147. keep in touch is by sending care packages for the holidays, along with updates 3RD–5TH GRADERS and insights from PAS clergy and educators. Family Apple Picking | Sun | Sep 17 | 10:30 am RSVP Please register or update your student’s information at pasyn.org/collegeconnections RABBI JUDAH NADICH HIGH SCHOOL (8TH–12TH GRADERS) now or whenever it changes. For more information, contact • Let’s Learn • Let’s Go Rabbi Witkovsky at [email protected] or Shabbat at PAS Cream, Cupcake, or Cocoa with x123. Parent and Teen Study with Hallie Rabbi Cosgrove Anytime Sat | Sep 9 | 4:00 pm RSVP Fantasy Football League Live Draft 20s and 30s at PAS Weekly Classes Wed | Sep 6 | 6:00 pm 22 Weeks & 22 Topics for Grades 8–9 Tea Tuesdays Events are open to all PAS Wed | begins Sep 27 | 6:00 pm Tue | Sep 12 | 4:00–5 :00 pm | young adults and their friends | Rabbi Witkovsky, Hallie Petite Shell, Lex at 85th St. (they need not be members). Chandler, and Pauline Zablow For information, visit pasyn. RSVP Barbecue on the Roof org/20s30s, or contact Rabbi Wed | Sep 13 | 6:30 pm Ethan Witkovsky at • Let’s Lead [email protected] or Teen High Holiday Services x123. PASTA: PAS Teacher Assistants For schedule, visit pasyn.org/ Training Session youth-rjnhs. Tickets will be mailed Thu | Sep 7 | 5:00–6:00 pm in September to members in good High Holiday Learning standing. Wed | Sep 6 | 7:30 pm Parkapellas (Teen A Cappella) RSVP Thu | weekly, begins Sep 7 | Ramah Minyan 5:00–6:00 pm | Cantor Rachel • Let’s Do Fri | Sep 8 | 7:15 pm Brook PAS Food Pantry Cup of Coffee with a Rabbi PAS Rock Band • Packing | Wed | begins Sep 6* Anytime Thu | weekly, begins Sep 7 | | 4:00–5:00 pm 6:00–7:00 pm | Josh • Distribution | Fri | begins Sep Intimate Learning Groups Rosenberg 8* | 3:45–beginning of Shabbat Meet once a month with a teacher and a few friends to engage your Teen Leadership Council PAS Pals brain, heart, and soul. Contact Training Workshop Wed | begins Sep 6* | 4:00 pm Rabbi Witkovsky to start a new Sun | Sep 10 | 2:00 pm *During the weeks of Rosh Hashanah and Yom group! Kippur, Food Pantry and Pals will meet once for both packing and distribution: Tue | Sep 19, 26 | 3:45 pm

www.pasyn.org 212–369–2600 September 2017 Elul 5777/Tishrei 5778 15 Contributions April 20–July 26, 2017

Adult Education Fund Cantor Schwartz’s Discretionary Fund Linda Yarden & Chris Smith, in memory of Natalie Barbara Weinstein & Louis Bernstein, in loving Anonymous. Rubin. memory of Natalie Rubin, mother of Howard Rubin. Ahou & John Abroon. Linda Yarden & Chris Smith, in memory of Ralph Ilisse & Craig Cohen, in honor of Robin Taubin’s Erica & David Friedman, in honor of Douglas Abraham Miller. birthday. becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Gale & George Gero, in honor of Robin Taubin’s Ellen & Larry Heller. Library Fund birthday. Laurie Malden, in honor of Marc Becker’s birthday. Arthur Ainsberg, in memory of Susan Lincoln. Ellen & Larry Heller, in honor of Rabbi Charles Vera Selig, in honor of Cantor Schwartz’s movie debut. Janice Shultz, in memory of Joseph & Jeannette Savenor. Jacqueline Simmon, in honor of her birthday. Kassel, Gabriel & Caroline Krakaur. Ellen & Larry Heller, in honor of Michael Taubin’s and Jacqueline & Michael Simmon, in honor of their Robin Taubin’s birthdays. anniversary. Music Fund Dena & Mark Hirsch, in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Jacqueline & David Simon. Raneet & Joseph Barr, in memory of Gershon Kekst, Douglas Friedman. Susan Barnett and Phyllis Spiro, in memory of Kevin beloved husband, father, and dear friend. Gladys George & Stuart Orsher, in honor of Robin Bauman. Raneet & Joseph Barr, in memory of Susan Lincoln. Taubin’s special birthday. Barbara Tannenbaum. Prayer Book Fund Bikur Cholim Fund ECC Fund Arthur Ainsberg, in memory of his parents, Zelda & In memory of Susan Lincoln: Dena & Mark Hirsch, in honor of Rachel & Brian William Ainsberg. Rick Atlas, Lustbader’s grandson, Gideon Caleb. Joanne Davis, in memory of her parents, Bertha & David Chasen, Wendy & Sanford Wax, in honor of the naming of their Samuel Victorsohn. Carolyn & Neil Coplan, grandchildren, Julianna and Madeleine Wax. Mahjong Friends of Ellen Heller, in honor of Ellen Karen & Barry Frankel, Heller. Andy Heller, Eileen Sue Bernstein Cohen Travel Scholarship Fund Lois & Terry Karnovsky, in memory of Edith Kurzweil. Louis Jaffe, Elkan Abramowitz. Sandy & Jonathan Merrill. Gail & Dennis Karr, Carole & Jerome Turk, in memory of Eileen Cohen Stefanie, James and Benjamin Rothman, in honor of Ruth Levenson, and in honor of Stephen, David, Ivy, Peter, & Jonathan. the Bar Mitzvah of Douglas Friedman. Bryce Markus, Stefanie, James & Benjamin Rothman, in honor of David Mitchell, Food Pantry Mark Fraier. Richard Nackenson, Anonymous (4). The Schreiber Family, in honor of Jack Edward Renato Negrin, Susan Amster, in honor of her birthday. Ruderfer. Estelle Roth, The Balaban Family, in memory of Susan Lincoln. The Schreiber Family, in honor of Harrison Wain James Rothman, Natalie & Brett Barth, in memory of Cecile Gertel, Ruderfer. Lite & Arnold Sabin, mother of Shereen Rutman. The Schreiber Family, in honor of William Meyer Jordan Solomon, Natalie & Brett Barth, in memory of Natalie Rubin, Ruderfer. Frances Stewart, mother of Howard Rubin. Barbara & Richard Sterling, in honor of Ronnie & Thom Waye, Natalie & Brett Barth, in honor of Nadine Habousha Arthur Kirsch. Tammy Weinfeld, Cohen & Ed Cohen on the occasion of their son Jacqueline & Robert Willens, in memory of Dr. Jerome Larry Zakarin. Reuben’s wedding. Zwanger. Morton Davis, in memory of Marilyn Lande. Natalie & Brett Barth, in honor of Laurie & Maury Jacqueline & Robert Willens, in memory of Elaine Dena & Mark Hirsch, in memory of Arlene Poulos, Harris on the occasion of their son Charles’ wedding. Levine. beloved mother of Sheri Rosenfeld. Natalie & Brett Barth, in memory of Paul Klein, father Jacqueline & Robert Willens, in memory of Myra Fox. Jane & Stanley Kreinik. of Alan Klein. The Women’s Network, in honor of Suzi Stadler. Ruth Levenson, in memory of her beloved mother-in- Natalie, Brett, Brian & Benjamin Barth, in memory law, Frances Levenson. of Arlene Poulos, mother of Sheri Rosenfeld and Rabbi Cosgrove’s Discretionary Fund Ruth Levenson, in memory of her beloved mother, grandmother of Alexa and Stephanie. Anonymous (3). Herta Levi. Karen Bass, in memory of Sylvia Kreitzberg, mother Phyllis Barber, in memory of Rachel & Theodore Rita Moser, in memory of Natalie Rubin. of Debby Tascher. Kahn. Jane Revasch. Michael Brenner, in memory of Philip Brenner. Nadine Habousha Cohen & Ed Cohen, in honor of the Frances Stewart, in honor of her birthday. Meryl Wiener & Barry Bryer, in honor of their marriage of Reuben Cohen & Julianna Storch. anniversary. Michael Cohen, in memory of Herbert Cohen. Cantor Lissek’s Discretionary Fund Meryl Wiener & Barry Bryer, in memory of Natalie Michael Cohen, in memory of Cynthia Cohen. Edna & Paul Burak. Rubin. Franklin Z. Davidson, in honor of the 70th anniversary Erica & David Friedman, in honor of Douglas Edward Cohen, in memory of his father, Herbert of his Bar Mitzvah. becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Cohen. Rebecca Raphael & Eric Feuerstein, in memory of James Goldman, in memory of Howard Ira Joselow. Dorit & Michael Corwin, in memory of the Naomi Yardeni. James Goldman, in honor of Cantor Lissek’s grandmother of Lani Bettinger. Rebecca Raphael & Eric Feuerstein, in honor of Isaac meaningful and memorable Yom HaShoah program Dorit & Michael Corwin, in memory of the Kopp. James Goldman, in honor of Risa and Alex Lippe on grandmother of Lisa Keller. Rebecca & Eric Feuerstein, in memory of Cecile their Bnei Mitzvah and congratulations to their parents, Barbara Delgado, in honor of her birthday. Gertel, mother of Shereen Rutman. Deborah Speyer & Rabbi Serge Lippe. Bernard Friedman, in honor of his birthday. Erica & David Friedman, in honor of Douglas James Goldman, in memory of Donna M. Rosenthal Esther Gelber, in memory of Herbert Donald Gelber. becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Kolar. Iris Goodgold, in memory of her mother’s 6th yahrzeit. Leslie Holland, in memory of Lila Holland. James Goldman, in honor of Cantor Lissek being Gail & Dennis Karr, in memory of Gershon Kekst. Sheri & Jimmy Rosenfeld, in honor of Stephanie featured in the Moment Magazine 2017 Guide to Gail & Dennis Karr, in honor of the birth of their Rosenfeld’s birthday. Cultural Arts. grandson, Adam Karr, son of Justin & Nani Karr. Shereen Rutman, in memory of Cecile Gertel. Debra Lehrman, in honor of Cantor Shira Lissek. Jane Kreinik, in honor of her birthday. Florence Seligman, a Mishebeirakh for Jack Clarke. Terry & William Solomon, in honor of Maya’s birth, Elisabeth Lerner & Laurence Lerner. Jacqueline & David Simon. granddaughter of Laurie & Maury Harris. Ruth Levenson, in honor of her birthday. Rochelle & Martin Spergel. Terry & William Solomon, in honor of the marriage of Dana & Arnoldo Moreno. Lynn & Samuel Stahl. Charles Harris & Lindsey Mitrani. Stefanie, James and Benjamin Rothman, in memory of Elana Bernstein Storch & Daniel Storch, in honor of Terry & William Solomon, in memory of Theodore Paul Klein, father of Alan Klein. the marriage of Reuben Cohen & Julianna Storch. Simon. Joan & Sylvan Schefler, in appreciation for everything Roxana & Bob Tetenbaum, in honor of their Mark Fraier has done for them, their family, and the anniversary. PAS community. Pauline & Milt Zablow, in memory of Dorothy Hirsch.

16 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin Contributions April 20–July 26, 2017

Rabbi Witkovsky’s Discretionary Fund Gail & Clifford Bassett. Vivian & Danny Bernstein, in memory of Natalie Nadine Habousha Cohen & Ed Cohen, in honor of the Vivian & Danny Bernstein. Rubin, mother of Howard Rubin. marriage of Reuben Cohen & Julianna Storch. Lisa & Michael Borodkin. Vivian & Danny Bernstein, in memory of Susan Ellen & Alain Roizen. Michael Brenner. Lincoln, wife of Rabbi David Lincoln. Elana Bernstein Storch & Daniel Storch, in honor of Caralee Caplan-Shaw. Vivian Bernstein, in memory of Peter Erban. the marriage of Reuben Cohen & Julianna Storch. Carol H. Cohen. Vivian Bernstein, in memory of Herbert Glaser. The Episcopal Church, in honor of Rabbi Witkovsky. Susan Edelstein. Daniel Bernstein, in memory of Ernestine Bernstein. Rebecca Raphael & Eric Feuerstein, in honor of Aldo Rosa Lee Emerson. Lynda Blumberg, in memory of her father, Irving Witkovsky. Sheila Erlich-Pruzansky. Blumbgerg. Lisa & Michael Leffell, in honor of the wedding of Ben Phyllis & Bernard Feinberg. E.J. Borrack, in honor of Mark Fraier on the occasion Leffell & Julie Fleischman. Harriet Feiwel. of his retirement. Shirley Sarna & Steven Nelson. Erica & David Friedman. E.J. Borrack, in memory of Susan Lincoln. Nicky & Dan Shatz. Paula & Mitch Gendel. Constance & Bernard Breslin, in honor of their Joyce & Steven Wolitzer, in loving memory of her Marge Goldschein. anniversary. father, Charles Lindower, on his yahrzeit. Ellen & Larry Heller. Bernard Breslin, in memory of Charles Breslin. Andrew Heller. Constance Breslin, in memory of Susan Lane Rabbi Zuckerman’s Discretionary Fund Nancy & Joel Hirschtritt. Montessarchio. The Balaban Family. Dennis Karr. Phyllis Brochstein. Phyllis Barber, in memory of Rachel & Theodore Kahn. Vivienne & Paul Koreto. Nancy Bronstein, in memory of Norman Katz. Marsha & David Edell, in memory of Natalie Rubin, Ruth Levenson. Nancy Bronstein, in memory of Grace Mandel. mother of Howard Rubin. Miriam London. H. Paul Burak, in memory of Harry Burak. Erica & David Friedman, in honor of Douglas Robert Miller. Cathy Callender, in memory of Susan Lincoln. becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Rabbi Mayer Moskowitz. Steven Carabell, in memory of Susan Lincoln. Nancy Goldspink, in memory of her beloved father, Morris Podolsky. Toni Ceisler, in memory of her beloved father, Albert Lawrence Perlstein. Brian Pollack. Natelson. Maris & Andrew Rosenberg, in memory of Natalie Joann & Sidney Rosoff. Katherine Chavkin, in honor of her birthday. Rubin, mother of Howard Rubin. Lite & Arnold Sabin. Jeffrey Chavkin, in honor of his birthday. Sheri & Jimmy Rosenfeld, in memory of Natalie Rubin. Susan Schwartz. Carol Cohen, in honor of her birthday. Sheri & Jimmy Rosenfeld, in memory of Susan Marion & Sherwood Schwarz. Libby & Richard Cohen, in honor of Jane Salmon & Lincoln. Heidi & Rob Silverstone. Jerry Gliklich. Sheri & Jimmy Rosenfeld, in memory of Cecile Gertel. Jack Topal. Deborah & Alan Cohen. Nan & Howard Rubin. Ray Treiger. Anita & Stephen Comite and family, in memory of Eduardo Weinstein. Liliane & Abraham Yurkofsky. Susan Lincoln, beloved wife of Rabbi David Lincoln. Kirk Zachary, in honor of Mark Fraier. Susan Smirnoff & Kirk Zachary. Anita & Stephen Comite and family, in memory of Kirk Zachary, in honor of Abe Lebovic. Bernard Slosberg. Young Family Education Fund Caren & Arturo Constantiner, in memory of Arlene Sarah I. Gelman Memorial Fund Harriet & Herb Feiwel, in honor of the 50th Poulos, mother of Sheri Rosenfeld. Evelyn Gelman, in memory of Frederick Goldstein. Anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Howard Muson. Arturo Constantiner, in memory of Jamie Constantiner. Arturo Constantiner, in memory of Teddy Constantiner. Shapiro Audio Archives General Contributions Caren Constantiner, in honor of her birthday. Suzanne & James Aisenberg, in honor of Mark Fraier. Anonymous (4). Kathy & David Cook, in honor of their anniversary. Suzanne & James Aisenberg, in memory of Yosi Debra Abramovitz, in loving memory of her father Sol Kathy Cook, in honor of her birthday. Smuskowitz. Gruber. Ellen Schwartz Cooley, in memory of Jean Schiller Joanne Davis, in honor of her birthday. Debra Abramovitz, in loving memory of her brother, Schwartz. Elisabeth Lerner and Laurence Lerner. Harry Gruber. Barbara & Samuel Cooper, in honor of their Arthur Ainsberg, in memory of Gershon Kekst. anniversary. Stephanie Lynn Kossoff College Connection Fund Susan Amster, in memory of Loretta Denerstein. Bradley Corben, in memory of Minnie Cohen. Phyllis Kossoff, in cherished memory of her beloved Albert Appel, in honor of his birthday. Ronald Daitz, in memory of P. David Daitz. daughter, Stephanie Lynn Kossoff, and her husband, Irena & Albert Appel, in honor of their anniversary. Ronald Daitz, in memory of Anne Daitz. Burton Kossoff. Lea Avigdor, in memory of Aaron Levy. Ronald Daitz, in memory of Abraham Daitz. Inna Bakker, in honor of her birthday. Suzanne Drachman, in memory of Pearl Appelbaum. Tikkun Olam Fund David Balgley, in memory of Ethel Balgley. Mark Drucker, in memory of Roslyn Drucker. Barbara Weinstein & Louis Bernstein, in honor of Dorothy Bamberger, in memory of Ruth Frank. Mark Drucker, in memory of Harry Edward Drucker. the aufruf and wedding of Charles Harris & Lindsey Dorothy & Joseph Bamberger, wishing Dr. Robert Post Douglas Eisert, in memory of Jack Eisert. Mitrani. a complete and speedy recovery. Sheila Erlich-Pruzansky, in honor of her birthday. Barbara Weinstein & Louis Bernstein, in honor of Dorothy & Joseph Bamberger, wishing Jane Kreinik a Bernard Feinberg, in memory of Fred Feinberg. Candy & Leon Gould on the birth of their grandson, complete and speedy recovery. Phyllis & Bernie Feinberg, in honor of their Jamie Gould. Herbert Bard, in memory of Harry Schwartzbard. anniversary. Barbara Weinstein & Louis Bernstein, in honor of Herbert Bard, in memory of Sophie Schwartzbard. Richard Feinbloom, in memory of Evelyn Feinbloom. Rachel and Brian Lustbader on the birth of their Herbert Bard, in honor of his birthday. Toni & Richard Feinbloom, in honor of their grandson, Gideon Caleb Marantz, son of Sarah Susan & Herbert Bard, in honor of their anniversary. anniversary. Lustbader and Andrew Marantz. Janice Barnard, in memory of Michel Leiman. Toni Feinbloom, in memory of Abraham Levin. Lucy & Robert Becker, in memory of Susan Lincoln. Rhetta Felton, in memory of Mildred Felton. Welfare Fund Susan Bender, in memory of her parents, Lillian & Lori & Mark Fife, in memory of Sam Berg. Elissa & Scott Drassinower. Israel Bender. Lori & Mark Fife, in memory of Leah Berg. Jean Miller, in honor of the birth of Gideon Caleb Shirley Benowitz, in memory of Victor Capelluto. Lori Fife, in memory of Sherry Rutman. Marantz, grandson of Rachel & Brian Lustbader. Shirley Benowitz, in memory of Laura Capelluto. Lori Fife, in memory of Henry Rutman. Muriel Morris. Edith Bergen, in memory of Rita Karp. Laraine Fischer, in memory of Rosemarie Lee. Dale Berger, in memory of Alfred Koslow. Susan Fischer, in memory of Helen Glatzer. Yom HaShoah Candle Program Susan Berman-Eisenhart, in memory of Arthur Martin Fischer, in memory of Frances Fischer. Shari & Edward Adler. Berman. Dawn Fischer, in memory of Ray Gilman. Irena & Albert Appel. Linda Fish, in memory of George Pullman.

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

September 2017 Elul 5777/Tishrei 5778 17 Contributions April 20–July 26, 2017

Myra Freed, in memory of Gladys Vener Freed. Linda Donald & Nathan Levin, in memory of Susan Joan & Sylvan Schefler, in memory of Stanley Sacks, Karen & David Freedberg, in honor of their Lincoln. father of Karen Glanternik. anniversary. Marian Levitt, in memory of Harry Pascal. Joan & Sylvan Schefler, in memory of Malka Schwarz, Karen Freedberg, in memory of Abraham Hertz. The Bertha & Isaac Liberman Foundation. mother of Tirzah Schwarz. Erica & David Friedman, in memory of Howard Sylvia Liff, in memory of her mother, Pearl Gottleib Joan Schefler, in memory of David Kanstoren. Rubin’s beloved mother, Natalie. Barchenko. Lyris Schonholz. Herbert Frommer, in honor of his birthday. Scott Litner, in memory of Richard Litner. Gwen Schultz, in honor of Sheila Pruzansky’s special Wayne Fuchs. Sivia Loria, in memory of Samuel Warshauer. birthday. Andrew Gaspar, in memory of Steven Gaspar. Larry Lurin, in memory of Shella Lurin. Carol Schulweis, in memory of Herman Morgenroth. Sarah Gelber, in memory of Ruth Azaryad. Marion Lust-Cohen, in memory of Herbert Cohen. Harvey Schulweis, in memory of Fannie Schulweis. Sarah Gelber, in memory of Michael Azaryad. Marion Lust-Cohen, in memory of Dr. Franz J. Lust. Florence Seligman, in memory of Betty Seligman. Sarah Gelber, in memory of Catherine Gelber. Andy & Ivan Lustig, in memory of Arlene Poulos, Nesli & Guy Shapira. Sarah Gelber, in memory of Jacob Gelber. mother of Sheri Rosenfeld, with condolences to the Esther & Joel Silver, in honor of their anniversary. Maxine & Marvin Gilbert, in honor of their entire Rosenfeld family. Esther Silver, in memory of Rose Hockmeyer. anniversary. Marjorie Magner, in memory of Ethel Magner. Esther Silver, in honor of her birthday. Maxine Gilbert, in memory of Abe Senter. Marjorie Magner, in memory of Max Magner. Heidi Silverstone, in honor of her birthday. Marshall Gluck, in memory of Gertrude Shapiro. Risë Norman & Ross Markman, in memory of Paul Elaine Sollar Eisen, in memory of her father, Ira Sollar, Jane Gold, in honor of her birthday. Klein, father of Alan Klein. and her sister-in-law, Siema Sollar. Carole & Howard Goldfeder, in memory of Marvin Jane Matthews, in memory of Kenneth Matthews. Diane Solomon, in memory of Murray Lederman. Cohen. Erika Maurer, in memory of Pauline. Irene Sommerfeld, in memory of Lilly Bronsky. Harrison Goldin, in memory of Harry Goldin. Karen Merns, in memory of Janet Benz. Amy & Neil Steiner, in honor of Lucy Troy becoming Victor Goldsmith, in memory of Herman Goldsmith. Robert Miller, in memory of Michael Garston. a Bat Mitzvah. Barbara Gertel Goltzer, in memory of Matilda Topole Robert Miller, in memory of Hyman Miller. Amy & Neil Steiner, in memory of Paul Klein, father Gertel. Sheila Miller, in memory of Abraham Baker. of Alan Klein. Barbara Gertel Goltzer, in memory of Pincos Topole. Sheila Miller, in memory of Jacob Werbin. Frances Stewart, in memory of Henny Voehl. Stephen Goodman, in memory of Jacob Goodman. Cheryl & Michael Minikes. Frances Stewart, in memory of Leopold Meyer. Stephen Goodman, in memory of Joyce Goodman. Cheryl & Michael Minikes, in memory of Jack Hugh Straus, in honor of his birthday. Judy & Mark Goodman, in memory of Arlene Poulos. Minikes. Hugh Straus, in memory of Helen Straus. Stephanie & Les Gorman, in honor of their daughter’s David Mitchell, in memory of Florence Mitchell, Leone Straus, in memory of Helen Straus. baby naming. beloved mother. Barbara Tannenbaum, in memory of Herman Kupetzky. Richard Green, in memory of Joan Green. Nathan Moser, in memory of Alex Moser. Arline Buxbaum Tarte, in memory of Edward Linda Greenblatt, in memory of Isidore Goldstein. Rita Ungar Moser, in honor of her birthday. Buxbaum. Efraim Grinberg, in memory of Jane Grinberg. Howard Muchnick, in memory of Sophie Muchnick. Robin Taubin, in memory of Arlene Livingston. Sarahbeth Grossman, in memory of Alice Ulmer. Felice Muchnick, in memory of Morris Greenberg. Nancy & Ray Treiger, in honor of their birthdays. Sarahbeth Grossman, in memory of Adele Grossman. Carol Mutterperl, in memory of Gertrude Frieser. Harold Unger, in honor of his birthday. Sarahbeth Grossman, in memory of Meyer Fortgang. Carol Mutterperl, in memory of Amalia Frieser. Arnold Ursaner, in memory of his father, Philip Louise Hamilton, in memory of Milton Myers. Charles Mutterperl, in memory of Celia Mutterperl. Ursaner. Andrew Heller, in memory of David Heller. Charles Mutterperl, in memory of Isidore Mutterperl. Arnold Ursaner, in memory of his brother, Joel Dena Hirsch, in memory of Ralph Penberg. Barton Nisonson, in memory of Rebecca Nisonson. Ursaner. Mark Hirsch, in memory of Kermit Hirsch. Lisa Ohebshalom, in honor of her birthday. Roberta Ursaner, in memory of her father, Hyman Alan Hirschfeld, in memory of Leo Hirschfeld. Nancy Olnick, in memory of Robert S. Olnick. Smith. Nancy Hodin, in memory of Phillip Jackson. Morris Orden, in memory of Dinah King. Lauren & John Veronis, in honor of their anniversary. Della Honig, in memory of Max Reinkraut. Morris Orden, in memory of Dr. Joseph Orden. Lauren Veronis, in honor of her birthday. Shirley Horn, in memory of Susan Lincoln. Morris Orden, in memory of Esther Orden. Miriam Waldman, in memory of Meyer Koblenc. Olga & Taras Hunczak, in memory of Susan Lincoln. Seth Orlow, in memory of Martin Orlow. Marvin Weinberg, in memory of Frances Weinberg. Lenore & Michael Hyatt, in honor of David Janet Penn, in honor of Ilene & Arthur Penn’s 25th Marvin Weinberg, in memory of William Weinberg. Freedberg’s 80th birthday. wedding anniversary. Phyllis & Malcolm Weinsaft, in memory of their Barbara Jacobs, in memory of Sylvia Schlissel. Blossom Peretz, in memory of Benjamin Rinzler. parents. Helen Judlowe, in memory of William Lautenberg. Blossom Peretz, in memory of Shirley Cohen Rinzler. Janet Weisberg-Samuels, in memory of Vivian Joseph Kekst, in honor of his birthday. Walter Peretz, in honor of his birthday. Weisberg. Dorothy Kirsch, in memory of Sylvia Tejw. Brian Pollack, in memory of Vera E. Pollack. Diane & Bruce Wilensky, in honor of Julia Faith Linda Klempner, in memory of Louis Klempner. Brian Pollack, in memory of Doris Roberts. Gorman. Ellen & Murray Koppelman, in honor of their Joan Rosen, in memory of Louis Bleecker. Jacqueline Willens, in memory of Raymond Snitow. anniversary. Joan Rosen, in honor of her birthday. Debbie Winn, in memory of her brother, George Dash. Hannah Koslow, in memory of Walter Luss. Natalie Rosenbloom, in memory of Helen Rosenbaum. Liliane & Abraham Yurkofsky, in honor of their Phyllis Kossoff, in memory of Susan Lincoln. Estelle Roth, in memory of Nathan Roth. anniversary. Elizabeth Leiman Kraiem, in honor of Brian Lustbader Robert de Rothschild, in memory of Marie Brandolini. Abraham Yurkofsky, in memory of Sara Yurkofsky. becoming a grandfather. Shereen & Howard Rutman, in memory of Dorothy Dale & Rafael Zaklad, in memory of Susan Lincoln. Donna Kramer, in memory of Lew A. Stricof. Hirsch, beloved mother of Mark Hirsch. Marlene Zausner, in honor of her grandson, David Susan Wiener Krevat, in memory of Rhoda Wiener. Shereen & Howard Rutman, in memory of Natalie Zausner. Ms. Phyllis Levinberg & Dr. Brian Kushner, in Rubin, beloved mother of Howard Rubin. Marlene Zausner, in memory of her parents, Bertha & memory of Susan Lincoln. Howard Rutman, in memory of Sam Berg. Jack Klausner. Florence Lapidus, in memory of her mother, Anna Howard Rutman, in memory of his mother, Sherry Marlene Zausner. Schmerzler. Rutman. Arlyne Zeichner, in honor of her birthday. Joan Leiman, in memory of Ida Rubenstein Maisel. Howard Rutman, in memory of his father, Henry Jean & Michael Zinn, in memory of Susan Lincoln. Joan Leiman, in memory of Wilbur Cowett. Rutman. Roberta & Bernard Zuckerman, in honor of their Joan Leiman, in honor of Mark Fraier. Shereen Rutman, in honor of her birthday. anniversary. Joan Leiman, in honor of Abe Lebovic. Lite & Arnold Sabin, best wishes to Mark Fraier for Bernard Zuckerman, in memory of Sylvia Zuckerman. Barbara & Jay Lerman, in honor of their anniversary. his retirement. Bernard Zuckerman, in memory of Samuel Joan Levenson, in memory of Linda Olarsch. Wendy & Jay Sabin, in honor of Douglas Friedman’s Zuckerman. Martin Levenson, in memory of his mother, Edith Bar Mitzvah. Roberta Zuckerman, in honor of her birthday. Levenson. Richard Samuels, in memory of Dorothy Samuels. Joan Levenson, in memory of Mildred Levine Finkel. Shirley Sarna, in memory of Jack Sarna.

18 Park Avenue Synagogue Bulletin PAS Calendar of Events · September 2017 · Elul 5777/Tishrei 5778 September Information is subject to change. Confirm at pasyn.org or with the synagogue office. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 10 Elul 11 Elul 1 Candles, 7:09 pm 2 Ki Tetzei • Weekday Shaharit Minyan: Monday–Friday at 7:15 am; Sundays at 9:00 am. • Minha/ma’ariv: Sunday–Thursday at 5:45 pm. Minha on Friday at 6:00 pm. • Shabbat minha 20 minutes after the end of morning services. For a complete listing of Shabbat programming, see p. 6. 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 9:45 am Sanctuary svce 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 20 mins after svces, Minha

12 Elul 13 Elul 14 Elul 15 Elul 16 Elul 17 Elul 9 18 Elul 3 4 5 6 7 8 Candles, 6:57 pm 9 Ki Tavo

9:00 am YFE Bridge Camp 8:00 am Talmud Torah 12:00 pm Midtown L&L 9:00 am YFE Bridge Camp 9:00 am YFE Bridge Camp 4:00 pm Food Pantry Packing 12:00 pm Library L&L 4:00 pm Food Pantry 7:30 am Hashkamah 6:00 pm Fantasy Football 5:00 pm PASTA Training 5:00 pm YFE Kab Shabbat 9:00 am Havurah PAS offices closed 6:00 pm Jewish Life in Poland 5:00 pm Parkapellas 5:30 pm Prelude to Shabbat 9:45 am Sanctuary svce 9:00 am Morning minyan School Supply Drive begins 7:30 pm 20s&30s HHD 6:00 pm Teen Rock Band 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 20 mins after svces, Minha 5:45 pm Evening minyan 9:00 am YFE Bridge Camp Learning 6:30 pm ECC Separation Mtg 7:15 pm Ramah Minyan 4:00 pm Parent/Teen Study

19 Elul 20 Elul 22 Elul 23 Elul 24 Elul 25 Elul 10 11 12 13 14 15 Candles, 6:45 pm 16 Nitzavim/Va-yeilekh

School Supply Drive ends 8:00 am Talmud Torah 7:30 am Hashkamah 9:15 am VKW Mitzvah Day 9:10 am YFE Shirat Shabbat 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 4:00 pm Teen Tuesdays Kickoff Mtg 9:15 am ECC Welcome Coffee 9:45 am Sanctuary svce 5:45 pm JTS@PAS Meeting 12:00 pm Insights from Israel 4:00 pm Food Pantry 10:00 am CS Shabbat Exper 9:00 am ECC first day 6:45 pm What Matters Ethical 12:00 pm Midtown L&L 5:00 pm Parkapellas 5:00 pm YFE Kab Shabbat 20 mins after svces, Minha 9:45 am Cemetery Visits 3:45 pm CS first day Wills 5:00 pm CS Meet the Team 6:00 pm Teen Rock Band 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 8:00 pm Selihot Learning 2:00 pm Teen Ldrshp Training 8:00 pm Book Discuss Grp 8:30 pm CD Launch Party 6:00 pm Teen Kickoff BBQ 6:30 pm Find Your Key 7:30 pm CS Welcome Kiddush 8:30 pm Havdalah & Selihot

26 Elul 27 Elul 28 Elul 29 Elul 1 Tishrei 2 Tishrei 3 Tishrei Erev Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah Shabbat Shuvah 17 18 19 20 21 22 Candles, 6:33 pm 23 Nitzavim/Va-yeilekh

8:30 am Morning svce 8:45 am Family svce 10:00 am DOROT Package 9:45 am Gr K-7 & Matan 8:30 am Morning svce 7:30 am Hashkamah Delivery 11:00 am Teen svce 9:45 am Gr K-7 & Matan 9:00 am Shaharit & Parashah 10:30 am Gr 3-5 Family Apple 5:00 pm CS Meet the Team 9:00 am CS Meet the Team 5:00 pm Tashlich 11:00 am Teen svce 9:45 am Sanctuary svce Picking 6:30 pm Tikkun Olam Meeting 3:45 pm Food Pantry 6:00 pm Evening svce 6:00 pm Minha/Ma’ariv 6:15 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 20 mins after svces, Minha

4 Tishrei 5 Tishrei 7 Tishrei 8 Tishrei 29 9 Tishrei 10 Tishrei Fast of Gedaliah Erev Yom Kippur Yom Kippur 24 observed 25 26 27 28 29 Candles, 6:22 pm 30 8:45 am Morning svce 8:45 am Family svce 9:45 am Gr K-7 & Matan 1:00 pm PAS offices close 1:30 pm Yizkor 6:15 pm Minha 2:30 pm Learning, 87th St. 6:15 pm Teen svce 3:50 pm Minha, 87th St 3:45 pm Food Pantry 6:20 pm Gr 5-7 svce 5:10 pm Ne’ilah, Sanctuary 6:30 pm WN Opening 5:00 pm Parkapellas 6:20 pm Matan svce 5:30 pm Ne’ilah, LL & 5th Av. Reception 6:00 pm RJNHS classes begin 6:00 pm Teen Rock Band 6:30 pm Kol Nidrei 7:00 pm Shofar NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID New York, NY 50 East 87th Street, New York, NY 10128 Permit No. 8526

Synagogue Office: 212-369-2600 www.pasyn.org

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

Arthur Penn, Chairman of the Board Paul M. Corwin, President

A Look Ahead at PAS

Sukkot Evening Services & Dinners in the Sukkah • Wed | Oct 4 | 6:30 pm, Service; 7:00 pm, Catered dinner* • Thu | Oct 5 | 6:30 pm, Service; 7:00 pm, BYO dinner • Fri | Oct 6 | 6:15 pm, Service; 7:00 pm, Catered dinner* • Tue | Oct 10 | 7:00 pm | Men’s Club & Women’s Network supper** • Wed | Oct 11 | 7:30 pm | Teen family dinner** *$ RSVP by Sep 25 ** $ RSVP by Oct 3

Sukkot Morning Services • Thu | Oct 5 | 9:15 am • Fri | Oct 6 | 9:15 am • Fri | Oct 6 | 11:00 am | Day School Community Family Service • Sat | Oct 7 | 11:15 am | YFE Shabbat Sukkot Service

Simhat Torah 5778 • Thu | Oct 12 | 6:00 pm • Fri | Oct 13 | 9:15 am | Honoring Craig Solomon as Hatan Torah and Pauline Zablow as Kallat B’reishit

Dedication of the Eli M. Black Lifelong Learning Center Sun | Oct 15 | 4:00 pm