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In This Issue July/August 2015 Tammuz Elul, 5775 Mazel Tov to all our Religious school students for another great year of learning. IN THIS ISSUE Special kudos to the Zayin Class who graduated in Host an Oneg…………………………. 2 President’s Column …………………. 3 May: Rabbi’s Column ……………………… 4 David Arlen Holiday Services ………..…………… 7 Ari Bernstein Yahrzeits July ……………………… 9 Adam Belkin-Rosen Yahrzeits August …………………10 Contributions ……………………..... 11 Rose Chusid In Memoriam ………………………… 13 Leah Lurie Education Director’s Column ...….. 14 Benjamin Margolis Gala Update …………………………. 16 Nathan Stein Kosher Korner ……………………. 17 Sisterhood News ………..…….…… 18 Jack Hyams Gift Shop …………………………… 19 Philly Soul Arena Football Team … 20 UPCOMING EVENTS Film Festival Schedule ……………. 21 Classes w/ Rabbi Jacob …….…….. 26 Please visit Donation Form……………………….. 27 orshalom.com/ Monthly Calendar ……………….. 28 calendar for the latest Advertisers ……………………….. 30 information about Office Hours: Monday 10:30 to 3:30 events. Tuesday 11 to 4 Wednesday 10 to 3 Thursday 10 to 3 September Horizons Friday 10:30 to 3:30 articles will be due August 21st Office Closed June 30 July 3 HORIZONS July/August 2015 Tammuz Elul, 5775 TD Bank Affinity Program One of our best opportunities to increase Or Shalom’s revenue is through TD Bank. The bank has a program which pays Or Shalom a percentage of the total balances of the accounts that are enrolled in Horizons is published monthly. Material the program and affiliated with Or Shalom. If you already have an submitted for publication may be edited account at TD Bank, you can easily enroll your account in the Affinity for style, length and content. Program by calling Jeff Salvo, the TD Bank branch manager in Devon. Jeff’s phone number is 610-254-9150. Please contact the office to report any errors or omissions. Thank you. 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Executive Committee President: Stuart Lurie Vice President: Treasurer: Alan Daroff /Ellen Gross Do you know Unaffiliated Jews in Secretary: Larry Bilker Membership: Scott Markovitz Chester County, Montgomery Events/Fundraising: Wendy Markind IPP: Fred Leibowitz County and Delaware County? Auxiliary & Community Groups Do you have Jewish friends or acquaintances who live in Chester County, Montgomery County and Delaware County who are not Sisterhood: Mindy Bernstein already members of a synagogue? If you do, why not invite them to Men’s Club: Dan Bernick Social Action: Gina Arlen one of the upcoming events at Or Shalom, for example our next Education Chair: Melissa Schneider Friday night dinner? They may have a good time and decide to come Ritual Committee: Murray Klug back. They may have such a good time that they decide to become members themselves. According to a recent survey by the Jewish Advertising rates Federation, there are many, many unaffiliated Jews in Chester county. Advertising contracts are arranged We’d love to contact them, but don’t know who they are. You can through the Temple office. All advertis- help. ing is due the first of the month for next month’s edition of Horizons. We accept Todah rabah! ads with a check made out to Congrega- tion Or Shalom and the ad copy sent at the same time. Celebrate with an Oneg Size 11 issues Per issue Full Page $900 $100 Or Shalom Sisterhood is delighted to announce that 1/2 page $450 $50 you can sponsor an Oneg for any celebration you wish! 1/4 page $225 $25 Friday night and/or Saturday morning. The Sisterhood 1/8 page $180 $20 will be happy to purchase it and set it up, we only want you to join us and celebrate! Call Mindy Bernstein at (610) 647-1128 or email Mindy at [email protected]. HORIZONS 2 July/August 2015 Tammuz Elul, 5775 From your newsletter editors The President’s Column Stuart Lurie Do we have your correct email address? If you have not been receiving the weekly update, We Are Family we probably don’t have a cor- rect address. Please email the As we all prepare for summer, let me recap some office with your correct address recent events that underscore the importance of our Or Shalom community, our extended family. Just in the last few weeks, we’ve had a number of events, both happy and sad, that perfectly encapsulate how important Or Shalom is to all of us. Do we have a complete list of your Yahrzeits? We send out a In May, we had a terrible accident befall one of our reminder letter each month. If you young congregants and his family, and we saw our don’t get one, we don’t have your community spring into action with words and deeds Yahrzeit records up to date. Email the office with the name, relation- of love and compassion. On May 31 alone, we had ship to member, and civil date in- our Hebrew School graduation, our annual meeting, cluding year and we will add it to and our fundraiser gala. What an action-packed day. our records. We got to “talk business,” see our kids advance, and enjoy each other’s company. Then, in June, we experienced the joy of two Bar Mitzvahs, as well as Mazel Tov to the Graduating Zayin the sorrow of three untimely deaths. class, after eight years of Jewish Education at Or Shalom. We hope For all of these things, having a supportive you will come visit from time to time. Thank you so much to the families, community is critical. Whatever the occasion, Or who gave our school a beautiful Shalom is here for us. It’s our extended family. Havdalah set and a big movie screen Enjoy your vacations, but don’t be a stranger. for the synagogue. With your help we See you real soon. will be able to upgrade both our religious ceremonies and social events. Stuart Lurie, President This newsletter is for all communicate, to share thoughts, to tell simchas, to speak of our losses, our joys, and to say “did you know?” Let us know! E-mail us: [email protected] HORIZONS 3 July/August 2015 Tammuz Elul, 5775 Mitzvah of the Month Rabbi Jacob Rosner tzedaka/gleanings Everyone knows that it is a mitzvah to give tzedaka-commonly translate as charity. In addition to the commandment to “open up your hand to the poor your brother”, the Torah specifies certain types of gifts. These mitzvoth reflect the agrarian society of the time. The most well known of these mitzvoth is to leave a corner of the field for the poor. I am sure you have often heard a rabbi teach that charity is a bad translation for the Hebrew word tzedaka (righteousness). Charity implies doing something above and beyond, out of the goodness of your heart. Tzedaka is a mitzvah-a commandment- and the courts could force the farmer to leave that corner open to the poor. This concept is brilliantly illustrated by a colleague rabbi, Ronnie Cohen with the following story that I shared in a recent sermon. I want you to use your imagination. You are a married couple or a single with a friend. If you have kids, you left them at home with bubbie and zeyda. It’s vacation time and you have been looking forward to getting away. you come to this resort recommended to you by your rabbi. He doesn’t tell you anything about it, but you trust his judgment….maybe a mistake. The resort is pretty enough, it’s like any other resort; comfortable bungalows, swimming pool, tennis courts, golf course, restaurant, game room. Nothing special. You decide to have your first meal at the restaurant….after all you are on vacation. The rabbi knew you kept kosher Conservative style, and there were many fish and vegetarian options; but there was something a bit strange about this restaurant. There seemed to be not one, but two lines of people waiting for tables. The lines moved fast. In less than five minutes, the hostess showed you to your table, gave you menus and took your drink order. "Is this your first time here?" she asked. You tell a little white lie saying you had been there be- fore, since you're not particularly interested in that little spiel hosts go through on the history of their restaurant. It was a nice menu with a decent wine list, just a little bit pricey, but you figure, "hey, what are vacations for?" As you get ready to order, the people get up from the table next to you, and you noticed that they had actually left quite a bit of food on their serving dishes. Apparently, this was a family- style restaurant, with all the food served in serving dishes, so everyone at the table could try everything. You wait for your food, nurse your drinks, munch on the bread-sticks and look around at the tables surrounding you. At the next table a party of 4 was being seated.
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