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Temple Beth El Jewish Community Center, Aptos, California Vol. 51, No 2 October 2017 Tishri‒Heshvan 5778

Rock Shabbat The Tent of Abraham

Spiritual, The Tent of Abraham is communities in our Musical, sponsoring a presentation community and the Mystical and small group discussions country. on the topic of The Historic Nathaniel Deutsch is October 20, 7:30 PM Roots and Current Implications a Professor of History at of Anti-Semitism led by Dr. the University of California, Santa The magic of Rock Shabbat is made Nathaniel Deutsch at Temple Beth Cruz, where he holds the possible by the rich, creative sounds of our El on Sunday, October 29, from Baumgarten Endowed Chair and is Rock Shabbat Band: Michael Levy (piano), 2:00 to 5:00 PM. the Director of the Center for Rabbi Paula Marcus (guitar, vocals), Rabbi This is the first of a three part Jewish Studies and the Institute for Shifra Weiss-Penzias (vocals), Peter Weiss series addressing challenges facing Humanities Research. He is also a (guitar, vocals), Dror Sinai (percussion, Jewish, Christian and Islamic member of our board of directors. vocals), Shahir El-Shaieb (bass), Shmuel Thaler (harmonica), and guest artists. Andy Yanowitz handles the sound and light systems. Sponsored by Judi Wyant, Marilyn Rigler Simcha Torah and Marcia Meyer. All School Celebration and Kindergarten Consecration Followed by Israeli Folk Dancing Friday, October 13th, at 6:30 PM

In the Sukkah Saturday, October 7th, 6:00 PM

The third annual Pajama Havdallah and sukkah You won’t want to miss this year’s Simchat Torah at TBE! sleepover at the temple is all set for Saturday, October Every Temple School class will present a part of this fun and 7th. Last year's event was so much fun! We hope you dynamic service. We will begin in the sanctuary at 6:30 PM, join us in this new temple Young Families Project honoring our kindergarteners as they begin what we hope will tradition. For those of you who want to stay the night, be 11 wonderful years of Jewish exploration with Temple you can choose to sleep with your family in the temple's School. This is very moving for us because we can envision beautiful sukkah or bring a tent. The Coleman family them growing up to be the confident and brilliant 10th grade will bring one tent available for "big kids" without students presenting at confirmation, the other bookend of parents which sleeps 4‒6 children. We are adding a Temple School. After the service we move into the Social Hall, potluck this year, so bring something to share. We will where we all help to unroll the whole Torah in a huge circle so be led in a havdallah service and song circle and there that we can have the unique opportunity to glance at the will be sukkot children's books for story time. Feel free Torah's entire glorious cycle. Then, with our own variation of to bring wine and snacks for after the children's the joyous Simchat Torah traditional hakafot, the whole bedtime. Pancake breakfast will be a community affair congregation will dance around with the Torah with fabulous in the morning before temple school. This is a great Israeli dance teacher Ilana Goldstein (also a Temple School way to celebrate the holiday and fulfill the of Hebrew Teacher). Sleepy children (and adults) will be able to sitting in the sukkah. Come celebrate with leave early, but those who stay will nosh (snack) and schmooz friends and make new ones! (chat) together as we wrap up the celebration with a delicious oneg.

Temple Beth El Jewish Community Center • 3055 Porter Gulch Road, Aptos, CA 95003 • 831-479-3444 Spirituality THOUGHTS FROM RABBI PAULA

With the intensity vulnerable to the weather—if it rains on of the High my sukkah, it’s raining on yours too. Holidays behind One of the things I loved about Sukkot Celebrations us, only a few being in Israel for Sukkot, is that days later we’re everyone built a sukkah, even secular Wednesday, October 4, at 6:30 PM asked to go . It’s part of the general cultural outside and build First night Sukkot potluck with Chadeish ambience. We could walk around town Yameinu at Vets Hall a sukkah. Some and see sukkahs on the roofs of people actually Thursday, October 5, at 9:30 AM Rabbi Paula apartment buildings all over Jerusalem hammer the first and Tel Aviv. First day Sukkot service and potluck at nail right after breaking the Yom TBE Sages call Sukkot “z’man Kippur fast. But aren’t we tired? Why simchateinu,” the time of our Thursday, October 5, at 6:00 PM can’t we wait a bit before we get to rejoicing, and heHag, the holiday par Sisterhood/Rosh Hodesh potluck in the work? One reason is that harvests won’t excellence, and yet we celebrate this sukkah at TBE wait until we’re ready. Since Sukkot, joyful holiday by leaving our Friday, October 6, at 7:30 PM like other Jewish holidays is tied to the comfortable homes and dwelling in a Erev Shabbat/Sukkot service at TBE agricultural calendar, when it’s time to rickety hut, exposed to the wind and with oneg in the sukkah harvest, the harvest booths had to be rain. Saturday, October 7, at 6:00 PM ready. Torah teaches that the festival of Potluck Pajama Havdalah in the sukkah Maybe there’s a blessing in this Sukkot is about the journey from at TBE timing. After all the days of sitting in national homelessness to home, our Sunday, October 8, at 11:45 AM the sanctuary, Sukkot invites us out ancestors’ journey from Egypt through into the natural world. It reminds us After Temple School BYO picnic in the the wilderness to the land of Israel. sukkah at TBE that the beauty of creation is just as Here at Temple Beth El, we have a important as the prayers and wide range of organized opportunities Sunday, October 8, from 6:00‒8:00 PM meditations inside ourselves. We are to celebrate Sukkot. Please check the Young Yids Henna in the sukkah—bring invited to look up at the sky through a veggie dish to share calendar for Sukkot celebrations. If you the branches of the sukkah’s roof and just want to drop by for lunch or dinner Tuesday, October 10, 5:00‒8:00 PM to gather together to eat, talk, sing in the Sukkah please call the office to Sukkah is open and available to TBE learn in the sukkah, and to wave the be sure that nothing else is being members for BYO dinners lulav and Etrog in the six directions. planned for that time. Wednesday, October 11, 7:00‒8:30 PM Sukkot also reminds us that we can May we find bounty, security and Hebrew High Ice Cream Social in the live without all of our material joy during this Sukkot festival. sukkah possessions and comforts. On sukkot, it doesn’t matter if we live in a large or ‒Rabbi Paula Marcus Thursday, October 12, 10:00 AM Shemini Atzteret with Chadeish small home, each one of us are Yameinu at the Vets Hall

Friday, October 13, 6:30 PM Women's Sukkot Celebration Simchat Torah, all school Torah celebration, & kindergarten Thursday October 5, 6:00 PM consecration The women's Rosh Hodesh group and Deborah, Hannah, Abigail, Huldah, TBE Sisterhood invite all women to join Esther.” (Babylonian Talmud, Tractate us in the TBE community sukkah. Megillah). Rosh Hodesh Together, we'll invite our ushpizot (our Please contact Shelly Nadelman- Marhešvan ancient fore-mothers) and seven Douglass with any questions or to RSVP Please join TBE Women's Rosh prophetesses* to join us. Rabbi Paula at [email protected] or Hodesh Group in the library on will lead us as we share food and (831) 428-6208 or (831) 687-0567. Thursday, October 19, 7:00 PM, as we blessings and songs. Please bring a welcome the month of Marḥešvan. veggie potluck dish to share. Dress Marḥešvan literally means the eighth warmly and bring your friends & family! month of the ecclesiastical year (which * The rabbis taught: “Forty-eight starts on 1 Nisan). The holiday of Sig'd, prophets and seven prophetesses one of the unique holidays of the Beta preached to Israel…Who were the Israel (Ethiopian Jewish) community, is seven prophetesses? Sarah, Miriam, celebrated on the 29th of Marḥešvan. Sig'd is now an official holiday in Israel.

2 The Shofar • October 2017 • www.tbeaptos.org • [email protected] Synagogue News Become More August Board Meeting Library Lending Involved in Temple Notes The launch of the new lending Life—Join a Project! The temple board met on August service continues. We've printed borrower cards for most temple There are currently opportunities 22nd with a full slate of agenda items. members and are in the process of for individuals with expertise in any of Vice President of Operations, Wally the following areas: human resources, Brondstatter, reported on the beautiful getting them to you. If you haven't organizational structures, marketing, building expansion and the wonderful received yours, contact Lee Jaffe at [email protected]. The new self- communications and social media to new Simcha playground, as well as service kiosk will allow library card assist the board with various tasks. The many upgrades which have been made amount of time you invest is flexible to our security system. Staff will now holders to check out books on their and completely up to you. Please be equipped with key fobs for entry and own (anytime the room is accessible). For more information and updates consider this highly rewarding a-phones which have remote doorbell about the lending service, see opportunity to use your real-world and visual capabilities. We all take security very seriously; therefore the https://tbeaptos.org/library/lending. expertise toward strengthening our temple community. Please contact TBE community is asked to ensure that ‒The Library Team Michelle Dennis if you would like to doors are not propped open while lend a hand or have any questions at unattended. We want to continue to be [email protected]. Thank You! the welcoming community we have always been while being cognizant of the challenges of the current social Enjoy Life. Enjoy Fins Coffee! climate. A big thank you to the Ow family, TBE Brotherhood, Harry and Wally for bringing our amazing Gift Shop playground to fruition! In October the TBE Gift Shop will be open on Sundays from 9:30 1104 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz AM‒12:00 PM and Wednesdays from 2:30‒6:00 PM. Our new Israeli imports, jewelry, ritual items and gifts will delight everyone. Can't make Sunday or Wednesday? Call us to open the shop for you—Shirley 685-2710 or Ruth 476- 1154.

In The Temple Family

MAY THEIR MEMORIES BE FOR A BLESSING

Stanley I. Morstein, beloved father of Debra Sloss, father in-law of Tony, grandfather of Rowan, Galen and Jasper NEW MEMBERS John Vincent Wood, son of Lovene Cece Pinheiro Wood

Jane & Sheldon Cohen Robert G. Barr, beloved father of Shana & Ryan Sisti Donna Barr, father-in-law of Dr. Janice Rose Harvey Halperin and grandfather of Jason & Charlene Lash Daniel Halperin Ivan Rosenblum & Mary Fran Archer

[email protected] • www.tbeaptos.org • October 2017 • The Shofar 3 Youth TEMPLE SCHOOL NEWS TEMPLE SCHOOL CALENDAR

By all indications, experience this for yourself (see the Sunday, October 1 Temple School is off front page of this Shofar). No Temple School to a great start. Our We are so grateful to the Wednesday, October 4 terrific students and Brotherhood and Sisterhood and No Temple School staff started the everyone who helped make our annual Saturday, October 7 year with a bang of Temple School opening day picnic a Potluck Pajama Havdalah in the sukkah events, energy and huge success. I particularly want to give Wednesday, October 11 enthusiasm, and we a shout out to Mike Rein for involving so TS grades 4‒6, KEF & Hebrew, 7th have wonderful new many kids in games out on the field. I grade & Hebrew High Rabbi Shifra and returning staff. am looking forward to the parent tea, Friday, October 13 The theme for this year at Temple which as I am writing this is just a few Simchat Torah, kindergarten School is total physical response days away. consecration, all school Torah learning. We are experimenting with Please check your emails for celebration every possible way to experience information about upcoming parent Sunday, October 15 Jewish learning with our bodies and participation sessions, field trips, grade TS grades K‒6 senses. For example, in our KEF level picnics and opportunities for Wednesday, October 18 program for 5th and 6th grades, parents to learn and meet other TS grades 4‒6, KEF & Hebrew, 7th students choose either drama with Josh families at Temple School. If your child grade & Hebrew High Karter, cooking with Benjamin has special needs, please come in and Friday, October 20 Flatauer, or arts and crafts with Jess talk to me so that we can work Rock Shabbat Mitchell. People spend so much of their together to come up with a plan that Sunday, October 22 lives sitting in front of screens. At will help them succeed. There are all TS grades K‒6, 5th grade parent Temple School, every class is filled with kinds of learners and I am committed to participation field trip to cemetery, activity and our students aren’t just working with every Jewish child who Jewish Parenting Group sitting in their chairs. Our annual comes to us. The Temple School staff Wednesday, October 25 Simchat Torah celebration is a great and I look forward to a great year with TS grades 4‒6, KEF & Hebrew, 7th example of this, so please come on you and your kids. grade & Hebrew High

Friday, October 13th, at 6:30 PM, to ‒Blessings, Rabbi Shifra Weiss-Penzias Sunday, October 29 TS grades K‒6, kindergarten parent participation, Jewish Parenting Group

Simcha Preschool As a new year begins at Simcha, we have said our bittersweet goodbyes to many children who are moving on to excel in kindergartens throughout the community. At the same time, we are happily welcoming many new children to celebrate Shabbat. It is a real honor and families. This year there are eight to be here! new Simcha graduates going to Temple We presently have forty-four School! As I embark on my eleventh families, including ten siblings, enrolled year as the Director of Simcha, I still this year. We only have a few thrill to the sounds of happy children remaining Tuesday/Thursday morning busily engaged in play, and the sweet openings in the Preschool classroom. aroma of their challah baking in the Please call 479-3449 for more kitchen as Rabbi Paula or Rabbi Shifra information. sing a Hebrew song with the children ‒Silvia Ferguson, Director

NOVEMBER 2017 SHOFAR DEADLINES Copy is due October 4. Advertising deadline is October 6. Email copy or advertising questions to [email protected] or call 831-460-1389. The SHOFAR is published September‒June by Temple Beth El Jewish Community Center, 3055 Porter Gulch Road, Aptos, CA 95003. Phone 831-479-3444, fax 831-475-7246. A TBE membership benefit. Non-member subscription rate is $40/year. Vol. 51, No 3. Marcia Stein, Editor/Publisher.

4 The Shofar • October 2017 • www.tbeaptos.org • [email protected] Lifelong Learning Torah Study Shabbat Learner’s with Rabbi Paula Service & Potluck Study Torah on October 21, with Rabbi Shifra November 18 and December 16 (the Join us on Saturday, October 28, third Saturday morning of the month), 10:00 AM‒1:00 PM, in the library. from 9:00‒10:00 AM, before Shabbat Whether or not you are accustomed to Services. Come early for Shabbat and Shabbat morning services, this Shabbat study the Torah portion of the week. prayer experience will deepen your Free. relationship to the liturgy by introducing easy melodies and Rabbi Paula Marcus’ explaining the hidden structure, Jewish Parenting Group meaning and context of the prayers. with Rabbi Paula Lunch and Learn Returns Free. Five Sunday mornings—October 8, Every Thursday, beginning October 22 & 29, November 5 & 12, from 9:45‒ 19, from 12:00‒1:00 PM, the study 11:15 AM, the group will meet In Rabbi group will meet at Temple Beth El. We Paula’s office. We will continue sharing will continue exploring the parshat about the book, Nurture the Wow: ha’shavuah, weekly Torah portion. Finding Spirituality in the Frustration, Hebrew is not required. Join this class Boredom, Tears, Poop, Desperation, at any time! You can come to all or and Radical Amazement of Parenting by some of the classes. Free. Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg. Free. Silk Painting Holly Blue Hawkins and Rose Ashford Jewish Parenting Group continue the conversation about end-of Make a tallit or scarf, October 15, -life planning on October 19, 7:00‒8:30 for Parents of Teens 1:30‒4:30 PM, at Temple Beth El. Join PM, at Temple Beth El. How we die is artist Debra Dolsberry to learn and part of our legacy, but few of us have with Rabbi Paula create a tallit or scarf for yourself or communicated our end-of-life wishes Four Wednesday evenings—October for a gift. Debra will share her to our loved ones. Your Advance Care 18 & 25, November 1 & 8, from 7:45‒ knowledge and all materials for this Directive is only the beginning. Gain 8:45 PM, in the Rabbi’s office. We will exciting project. No previous insights and strategies for having the continue sharing about the book, How experience needed. You will have the conversations that will help ensure to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the opportunity to purchase additional your wishes for care through the end-of Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your materials to take home. The fee is $60. -life are respected and implemented. Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott- RSVP to [email protected] by Co-sponsored with Chadeish Yameinu. Haims. Free. October 6th. Free.

[email protected] • www.tbeaptos.org • October 2017 • The Shofar 5 Calendar Highlights TBE Book Group Senior Connections She’s Beautiful When Our next selection will be David October 9 Grossman's A Horse Walks Into A Bar, She’s Angry Senior Network Services/ HICAP on winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize. protecting yourself from Medicare We will meet on Tuesday, October 10, fraud and abuse and a review of some 7:30 PM, at the home of Leta and Alan current changes in Medicare. Miller. We try to begin our discussion promptly at 7:30 so please arrive a little October 23 early to allow us to start on time. Retired UCSC Anthropology Professor, In a little dive in a small Israeli city, Stuart A. Schlegel will talk about living Dov Greenstein, a comedian a bit past with the Teduray people in the his prime, is doing a night of stand-up. TBE Sisterhood presents the film Philippines—an enriching and life- In the audience is a district court She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry on changing experience. justice, Avishai Lazar, whom Dov knew Sunday, October 22, from 12:30‒3:30 as a boy, along with a few others who PM, at Temple Beth El. This film remember Dov as an awkward, scrawny resurrects the buried history of the kid who walked on his hands to outrageous, often brilliant women who confound the neighborhood bullies. founded the modern women’s Gradually, as it teeters between hilarity movement from 1966 to 1971. and hysteria, Dov’s patter becomes a Sponsored by TBE Sisterhood with a kind of memoir, taking us back into the conversation facilitated by Professor Programs are on the 2nd & 4th Monday terrors of his childhood. Bettina Aptheker. All are welcome. of each month, 2:00‒3:30 PM, in the Free. TBE Library. (Come at 1:30 to nosh & Continued on the next page schmooze.) Open to the public. Free.

6 The Shofar • October 2017 • www.tbeaptos.org • [email protected] Calendar Highlights/Mark Your Calendar Save the Date for the Chanukah Extravaganza The annual celebration returns on Friday night, December 15, preceding the Rock of Ages service (featuring our Rock Shabbat Band). A baked chicken Justice Shabbat Service dinner with Brotherhood’s famous on Climate Change latkes, Sisterhood’s fabulous side Friday, November 10, 7:30 PM dishes and a special holiday Oneg return for this long-time TBE Mazel Tots—Shabbat tradition. Watch upcoming editions of November 12, 9:45 AM the Shofar and the Temple Weekly (TBE Book Group continued) emails for details. RSVP’s will be a Again we will have some copies from Beth El Bim Bam Shabbat must because this event always sells the Jewish Community Library. Contact Friday, November 17 out! Lee Jaffe to reserve a copy. The book 5:45 PM Potluck is also available in hardback and Kindle 6:30 PM Shabbat Activities and an audio version can be downloaded from the SC Public Library Brotherhood Brunch at http://bit.ly/2jtOKPB. Sunday, November 19, 10:00 AM

Chanukah Story Time with Billie Harris Thursday, November 30, 5:30 PM

[email protected] • www.tbeaptos.org • October 2017 • The Shofar 7 Mark Your Calendar/General News/Recognition Teshuvah and the Temple Justice Shabbat Another Great Library Community Picnic on Climate Change With the coming High Holidays, we The annual TBE Community Picnic Friday, November 10, 7:30 PM thought we should remind members on September 10, was a wonderful way about an important act of teshuvah Tikkun Olam commands us as for the kids and families enrolled in (return) they can perform: return your to do our part to repair the world. Life Temple School to start the new school library books. Quite a number of books on our planet is threatened by the year. Temple School held their first have been removed from the collection effects of climate change and it is day of classes in DeLaveaga Park and without being checked out. We'd like to critical for us to take action to reverse Brotherhood provided (for free) their get them back or check them out this trend before it's too late. The TBE always-delicious BBQ lunch, followed officially. Examples of some missing Social Action Committee is working on by a field full of fun kiddie games and books include classics such as Milton actions we can take to combat climate activities (with prizes!). About 150 kids Steinberg's Basic , Arthur change. and adults had a great time. Green's Guide to the Zohar and To kick off this effort, the Social A BIG THANK YOU must go out to Heschel's Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Action Committee is sponsoring a Brotherhood’s cooking crew: Jay Audacity. If we don't get them back Justice Shabbat service on November Lerman, Wally Brondstatter, Andrew soon, we'll have to consider them lost 10, that will focus on the impacts of Goldenkranz, Glenn Millhauser, Richie and spend our limited funds to buy climate change; local, state and Solomon, Dan Iuster, Dan Seftel, replacements. We national efforts to address it, and what Robert Feldman, Steve Greenburg, would really we, as a congregation and as John Oppenheimer, Michael Stone, Lee appreciate getting individuals, can do to help. Speakers for Jaffe, and Jerry Dubin (who also these, and any the event include California Secretary doubled as a strolling magician). other library for Natural Resources John Laird and THANK YOU to Sisterhood for providing books, back Supervisor Bruce McPherson. a ton of homemade cupcakes and lots as soon as Representative Jimmy Panetta has of edible decorations. Kudos to possible, perhaps agreed to speak if his schedule allows. Brotherhood’s “games and activities before Yom Kippur while teshuvah is on If you would like to help with this department” of Michael Rein, Bernie your mind. Books can be returned effort, please contact Bob and Michele Lerman and Peter Weiss. And SPECIAL easily and anonymously using the new Kibrick at [email protected]. APPRECIATION to Temple School’s book return found just inside the Sarah Clarkson and the many teachers library. Or, if you wish to have books and volunteers as well as Rabbi Shifra checked out to you, email and Rabbi Paula for all their planning [email protected]. and work on this fun-filled annual community event.

Community Picnic 2017

8 The Shofar • October 2017 • www.tbeaptos.org • [email protected] General News/Recognition

Do You Have Airline Miles You Could Donate? The Mazon project is proudly Temple Beth El’s longest-running social action Many board program—since 1988. members, our Rabbis and congregants, will soon be attending a wonderful and Thank you to our inspirational event—the 74th URJ compassionate North American Biennial. It will run congregants that have from December 6th through 10th in generously provided One of the games at the Community Boston, Massachusetts. We will be dinner to the Santa Picnic involved spelling joining thousands of other Jews from Cruz Homeless Shelter Jewish holidays with letters on the across the U.S. and the world. Airfare, every Sunday of the year on behalf of backs of the children. hotel, and registration for this once- Temple Beth El! every-two-year event is costly. To Our fabulous August volunteers defray some of the financial burden were: Meryl Selman, Catherine and Bob we are asking for donations of excess Cooper, Susan and Steven Karon, Fay airline miles. If you would be willing to Levinson, Susan Karz, Rachel Katz, contribute, please contact Scott Rowan Jones, Louis Steinberg, Penny Roseman at [email protected]. Chesluk, Dennis and Cheryl Caspe, Zena Krakowsky, Wilma Gold, Margaret Brose. Nominate a Our marvelous September volunteers were: Marcia Meyer (4X!), Woman of Valor Zena Krakowsky, Rachael Katz and Do you know a Woman of Valor? friends (5X!), Deborah Jacobson (2X), Nominate her for the Candy Catherine Cooper, Penny Chesluk, Coonerty Woman of Valor award! Martha Jacobson (2X), Lois Steinberg, Kerith Koontz (2X), Dennis and Cheryl Do you know someone worthy of the Caspe. Candy Coonerty Woman of Valor award? To sign up for the MAZON Project, The committee gathers nominations please go to the MAZON SignUpGenius year round and selects a Jewish woman link at: http://bit.ly/2vGEWUT. who meaningfully serves the Jewish Inquiries can be directed to MAZON Co- community and the community at large. chairs: Chris Goldstein at Email [email protected] [email protected] or Robin Belkin at with any nominations and include a few [email protected]. lines about why you think they are a Woman of Valor.

[email protected] • www.tbeaptos.org • October 2017 • The Shofar 9 Contributions August 1‒30, plus a few from June & July BUILDING FUND In memory of Jane Michaelis RABBI RICK & NANCY LITVAK In memory of my husband, Alan Gail Michaelis-Ow & George Ow CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Hendin In memory of Isaac Edelstein In honor of Sylvie Tillman Vicki Hendin Scott & Kerry Edelstein Dennis & Cheryl Caspe In memory of Joe Saxer JEWISH CULTURAL FESTIVAL RABBI WEISS-PENZIAS DISCRETIONARY Cyn & David Baskin FUND In memory of Dr. Gordon King A gift A Gift The Silberstein Family Wilma & Gus Gold Norma & Ed Sacks Paul Frommherz CAMP KAYETZ FUND ROSE LEVINE YOUTH CAMPERSHIP In memory of Rosamay Guiney LIBRARY FUND In memory of Vincent John Wood, FUND Steve & Mimi Guiney beloved son of Lovene Wood In memory of our dear son, Mark In memory of Jacob Guthartz Levine Steve & Mimi Guiney Rabbi Richard & Nancy Litvak In memory of Donald Oppenheimer Estelle Levine CANDY COONERTY WOMEN OF VALOR John & Merry Oppenheimer In memory of Isaak Schoenfeld, my FUND dad A gift MINYAN FUND Estelle Levine In memory of Rozia Stotltzenberg Anina Van Alstine Scott & Kerry Edelstein SENIOR CONNECTIONS CHOIR FUND In memory of Lovene Wood's son, A gift In honor of Rabbi Rick's 40 years of Vincent Wood Lorrene Gelb service to TBE Lenore Hindin Anita Lande Sheet Music Plus In memory of Joel Zelin In memory of Ellis Levy Aver, my ONEG FUND Karen Zelin & Bill Underwood A gift father In memory of my mother, Lillian Kathleen Avraham Dennis & Cheryl Caspe Needlman In memory of Donald Oppenheimer Shirley Forsyth GARDEN & PARK FUND John & Merry Oppenheimer In memory of my husband Joel Zelin In memory of Bernice Arnold SOCIAL ACTION FUND Gilda Zelin Adelle Tomash In memory of Terry Rein's father Paul Roth & Renee Winter GENERAL MEMBERSHIP SERVICES FUND In memory of Sade Tannenbaum, In memory of my parents, Ruthy A gift Renee's grandmother Dave & Renee Roberts & Family Bortnick Berrin and Samuel Stanley Toby & Michael Alexander Berrin In honor of my guardian angel, RABBI LITVAK DISCRETIONARY FUND Andrea Berrin grandma Ruth Levine Chandross A Gift In memory of Scott Sandow Elana & Alexander Titus Lawrence Abitbol Marilyn Sandow Speedy recovery to Judi Novik RABBI MARCUS DISCRETIONARY FUND David Novik YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP/CAMPERSHIP In memory of Mabel Hyman In honor of Emilia's naming FUND Marilyn & Richard Ferreira Sarah Cowan In memory of Harvey Meltzer Thank you for sheltering the Saturday In memory of Moses Barss, brother of Bart Meltzer morning minyan Julia Cornblatt Julia & Milton Cornblatt Shlomo & Miriam Vilozny In memory of Dorothy Shkolnik, sister In honor of Rabbi Paula, thank you so much for helping us welcome our son of Milton Cornblatt Seth & Erendira Rubin Julia & Milton Cornblatt In memory of Stanley Wapner In memory of my father Irv's Dr. Roger Wapner headstone unveiling Estalee Weill JANET ROTHCHILD ROCK SHABBAT In memory of my father, Jack Gelb FUND Priva & Michael Tarbet A Gift In memory of Jack Gelb, beloved Ray & Jennifer Kaupp husband, father, grandfather Wilma & Gus Gold Lorrene Gelb Carolyn & Curt Coleman In memory of Asiea Micinic Robert Katz & Leola Lapides Alex Moraru

10 The Shofar • October 2017 • www.tbeaptos.org • [email protected] October 2017 Temple Beth El Jewish Community Center • Tishri‒Heshvan 5778 All events are subject to change. Please check the Temple website. www.tbeaptos.org or call the office at 831-479-3444 to verify information.

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Brotherhood Sukkah TBE & CY First Night in Sukkot Service & Simcha Sukkot Jacob John Bar Mitzvah

Set-up 9:00am the Sukkah Potluck Potluck 9:30am Celebration 5:45pm 10:00am 6:30pm (out) Library Open 3:00pm Erev Shabbat Service Shabbat Morning

7:30pm Service (Chol HaMo'ed Rosh Hodesh Sukkot) 10:00am Shofar Deadline Sisterhood Potluck Oneg in the Sukkah

Erev Sukkot 6:00pm after Shabbat Service Pajama Havdallah No Temple School Potluck in the Sukkah No Temple School Sukkot Sukkot 6:00pm 8 6:28pm Sukkot 9 10 11 12 Temple School K‒6 Senior Connections Sukkah Open to Mbrs TS Grades 4-6, KEF Shmini Atzeret with CY 13 9:45am 14 1:30pm for BYO Dinner 5:00pm 4:00pm 10:00am (out) Simchat Torah, Intro to JPG 9:45pm ShabbASANA Shabbat Simcha Back to School 7th Grade & Hebrew Lunch & Learn 12:00pm Kindergarten Yoga 10:00am Mazel Tots 9:45am Night 6:30pm High Ice Cream Social Consecration, All Library Open 3:00pm in the Sukkah 7:00pm School Torah Shabbat Service with Young Yids Henna in Celebration 6:30pm CY (B'reisheet) the Sukkah 6:00pm 10:00am (out) Simchat Torah Sukkot Sukkot Sukkot Sukkot Shmini Atzeret 6:18pm 15 16 17 18 19 21 20 Temple School K‒6 Meditation Workshop Social Action Healing Circle 12:30pm Lunch & Learn with Torah Study with Rabbi 9:45am 5:30pm Committee 7:00pm Rabbi Paula 12:00pm Rock Shabbat Service Paula 9:00am TS Grades 4-6, KEF 7:30pm Adult B’nai Mitzvah 4:00pm Library Open 3:00pm Shabbat Morning Class 12:00pm Service (Noach) 7th Grade & Hebrew Rosh Hodesh 10:00am ADHD Conference High 6:45pm Cheshvan 7:00pm

1:30pm JPG for Parents of The Conversation Silk Painting 1:30pm Teens 6:45pm Continues 7:00pm 6:09pm

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Temple School K‒6 & Senior Connections General Board Meeting TS Grades 4-6, KEF Lunch & Learn 12:00pm Erev Shabbat Service Shabbat Morning 1:30pm 7:00pm 4:00pm 7:30pm Learner’s Service & 5th Grade Ganiza Field Library Open 3:00pm Trip 9:45am Potluck (Lech Lecha) 7th Grade & Hebrew 10:00am JPG 9:45am High 6:45pm

Adult B’nai Mitzvah 7th Grade parent Class12:00pm Meeting 6:45pm

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Temple School 9:45am

Jewish Parenting Group 9:45am

Kindergarten Parent Participation 9:45am

Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class 12:00pm

Tent of Abraham Speaker 2:00pm Advertise your business in the Shofar! Contact Marcia at [email protected] or (831) 460-1389.