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LIFE CYCLE EVENTS

As of October 23 2018 NEW FAMILIES

Michael & Jen Bahler, Benjamin, Emanuel, Riva MAZEL TOV Murray & Cynthia Bartky Lisa & Andrew Spielman, son, Tyler, becoming a Bar Mitzvah Adam & Penni Beckerman, Roen, Dalia Apryl Gassman, son, Drew, becoming a Bar Mitzvah Hal & Charlotte Chefitz Michelle & Warren Greenberg, son, Ryan, becoming a Bar Mitzvah Gary Denburg Rebecca & Todd Bialick, daughter, Amanda, becoming a Bat Mitzvah Rob & Becky Du Boff, Danielle, Max Marci Seidman, son, Luke, becoming a Bar Mitzvah Jason & Marisa Dworkin, Charlie, Max Jonathan Seidman, son, Luke, becoming a Bar Mitzvah Todd & Amy Ruth Finegold, Jake, Madeline Deborah Davis, son, Jacob, becoming a Bar Mitzvah Jason & Laurie Fischer, Micayla, Ethan Caryn & Eric Epstein, son, Benjamin, becoming a Bar Mitzvah Iris Fisher Sari & David Gallinson, son, Cooper, becoming a Bar Mitzvah Jack & Deborah Gillman

Heath & Taryn Glassman, Mackenze, Luke Marilyn & Peter Spielman, grandson, Tyler, becoming a Bar Mitzvah Chris & Allie Harwood, Alexander, Abigail Joan & Harry Cagin, grandson, Tyler, becoming a Bar Mitzvah Mark & Sharon Ingber, Abigail Diana & Jim Daniels, granddaughter, Isabella Daniels, becoming a Ross & Stacey Krasnow, Aiden, Jordyn Bat Mitzvah Andrew & Tara Lilien, Leo, Alexa Betty Ende, grandson, Luke, becoming a Bar Mitzvah Michael & Allyson Schwartz, Lilah Susan & Alan Gallinson, grandson, Cooper Gallinson, becoming a Bar Stephen & Elyce Shapiro, Cole, Emma Mitzvah Steve & Michelle Sullivan, Jared, Arielle, Alexander Jane & Howard Ehrenkranz, grandson, Cooper Gallinson, becoming Mark & Jaime Toubin, Grady, Peyton a Bar Mitzvah Paul & Debbie Velelis, Jolie, Chase

Jay & Melissa Weinberger, Jack, Sasha Peter Jackowitz, daughter, Shelby, marriage to Alexander Muller Rich & Nikki Wernick, Charli, Dylan Julie & Max Silbermann, on the engagement of their daughter, Ka- Jonathan & Melanie Wurtele, Max, Julie, Abby ren Silbermann to Ross Brandes Marilyn Ziemke

Cathy & Bruce Fischberg, on the birth of their granddaughter, Har- per Maddie Cohn Kerri & Jared Levine, birth of daughter, Lara Jade Levine Randi & Marc Berson, on the birth of their granddaughter, Lara Jade Levine Lucie & Matthew Kahn, birth of daughter, Malia Kahn Gallite & Josh Kestler, birth of son, Luke Julian Kestler

CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF Michael Lenchner father, Harvey Lenchner Alison Scher father, Stanley Scher Sloane Gillman father, Melvin Meckler Robert Kravetz sister, Carole Ann Milroad Herbert Brien brother, Steven Neal Brien Eric Ross father, Dr. Robert Ross Lory Bernstein father, Alfred Isaacson Jamie Geltzeiler stepfather, Martin Greenwald Carey Pack mother, Rachel Pack

2 TBA ANNUAL GIVING PARTNERS IN LEADERSHIP 2018-2019

We thank you in advance for your participation in TBA’s Annual Giving program. Let’s ALL support Temple B’nai Abraham together and be Partners in Leadership! Pledge payments are due by February 28, 2019.

Merle H. Kalishman Chair: TBA Annual Giving—Partners in Leadership Committee Julie Silbermann, Chair, Development Committee

As of October 23, 2018

President’s Circle Gittlin & Rosen Families Helene & David Mintz Bobbi & Barry Kolton Randi & Marc Berson Sandy & Stephen Greenberg Christine & Jeremy Neuer Jessica & Jay Kooper Charles M. Greef & Shawn Lech Lesley & Neil Greenstein Beth & John Schachtel Richard Kosson Susan & Alan Hammer Randi & Greg Jeddis Mindy & Greg Scheier Alyssa & Avery Kranz Sherry & Robert Lieb Ellen & Peter Klein Adrienne & Stan Schwartz Jill & Brett Krasnove Leslie & Jay Mayesh Karyn Klein Elaine & Stanley Shapiro Beth & Claude Krause Sandi & Mark Rosenbaum Susan & Richard Kogan Lynn & Bruce Schonbraun Bette & Stan Kurzweil Sara-Ann & Robert Sanders Patricia & Frank Kolodny Harvey & Frances Sonnenberg Esther Laufman Julie & M. Steven Silbermann Jacqueline & Ira Kopito Honi & Bennett Wasserman Debbi & Max Lebersfeld Maya & David Silbermann Harriet & Marvin Kirschner Staci & Glen Weiss Andrea & Larry Leff Trudy & Fred Slater Robin & Jeffrey Kollin Marjorie Yonteff Scott Levy Michael Lewis Marjie & Scott Zucker Ilena & Paul Lieberman Torah Circle Ellen & Richard Lincer Debbie & Wayne Locke Deborah & Scott Berger Ellen & Scott Loventhal Circle of Friends Evi Meinhardt Bernice & Kenneth Garbade Judy & Eric Perlmutter Phyllis & Barry Becker Dr. Ronald Meyers Ellen & David Hyman Marian & David Rocker Karen & Frank Bisk Cynthia R Pfeffer, M.D. Sheila & Lester Kalisher Barbara & Michael Rosenbaum Joel Bornstein Sandy & David Posner Jane & Alan Mark Ruth Ross Louise Buchbinder Nancy & Scott Ritch Marcy & Mark Schwartz Ginny & Jeff Roth Leonard Cohen Karen & Steven Rockoff Ethel & Bob Singer Andrew Salz & Nyssa Reine-Salz Allyn & Larry Cooper Lori & Peter Rosenbaum Ellen & Barry Wagenberg Bunny & Stephen Schwartz Steve Delman Marilyn Rosenbaum Terry & Ken Starr Donna & Marc Ellenbogen Renee & Edward Rosenthal 1853 Society Christine & Wayne Strassman Helen Farber Enid & Fred Rothman Suzanne & Saul Berkowitz Myrna & Marvin Wertheimer Sharon & Larry Feinsod Geri & Milt Schaeffer Nancy & Ken Bernstein Annette & Herb Feldman Jay Scharer Joni & Alan Cohen Mitzvah Circle Marsha & Steven Fiske Luba & Mark Schonwetter Isabella & Joshua Fiske Robin & Richard Bernstein Rheda & Raymond Folkman Abby & Barry Silverman Susan & Bruce Greene Andrea & Philip Bershad Joyce & Bruce Freeman Arlene & Herb Tarutz Merle & Martin Kalishman Arlene & Richard Bookbinder Evelyn & Amos Gern Debbie & Glenn Turtletaub Eileen & Jeffrey Klein Elizabeth Buchbinder Denice & Arnold Gerst Allison & Jonathan Wasserstein ShariEve & Mark Meller Renee & Jeffrey Cohen Barbara & Mark Gersten Phyllis Weingarten Eileen & Marc Mellman Ruth Dolinko Debbie & Carey Gertler Judith & Amnon Weinstock Barbara Drench Richard Goldsmith Barbara G. Weisenfeld Rabbi’s Circle Cathy & Bruce Fischberg Bonnie & Keith Gurland Randi & Scott Wolfson Jaryn & Ronnie Bloom Andrea & Scott Gillman Madeline & Harold Hoffman Naomi Zeitel Lucy & Joe Borg Fran & Mitch Handman Susan Stark & Peter Jackowitz Terry & Denis Bovin Jayne & James Jacoby Valerie & Robert Katz Nancy & Richard Dinar Cindy & Shawn Klein Barbara & Warren Klein Nancy & Bob Eskow Julie & Gregg Klein Karen & David Klugman Iris Fisher Leslie & Fred Lavinthal Antoinette & Michael Koenig Caren & Herb Ford Dr. Alyce Sands Miller Arlene & Dan Kollin Terri & Mark Friedman

3 CONGREGATIONAL LEARNING

TBA Congregational Learning: These programs are free and most are open to the community. If you have any questions, please call the Temple office at 973.994.2290.

Monthly Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Dantowitz Bring your appetite for learning as well as your dairy lunch! Beverages will be provided! Love, Lust and Power: David, The Biblical Character Study the Books of Samuel and learn about David and his relationships. Through this exploration we will delve into the themes of love, lust, power and friendship. Thursdays, November 29 & December 20, 2018, 11:30 AM Thursdays, January 24, February 28, March 28, April 25 & May 23, 2019, 11:30 AM

Rosh Hodesh with Rabbi Dantowitz, sponsored by Sisterhood—The Women’s Connection

The new moon or new month is a special holiday that women celebrate together. Join Sisterhood in a warm atmosphere of sharing, learning and noshing to welcome each new Hebrew month!

Monday, December 10, 7:30 PM—Tevet Tuesday, January 8, 7:30 PM—Shevat Wednesday, February 6, 7:30 PM —Adar I Thursday, April 4, 7:00 PM—Nissan, A Women’s Seder Wednesday, May 22, 7:30 PM—Sivan, Lag B’Omer

Myths, Legends and Magic in Judaism with Cantor Jessica F. Epstein

Golems, Liliths and Hamsas, oh my! This class will explore some of the most famous legendary creatures, people and stories in the folk tradition of Judaism. From Biblical amulet bowls to Gan Eden, we will read and delve deep into mysteries often heard of but never explained. No Hebrew required and open to all. Thursdays, November 8, 15 & 29, 7:00 PM

Parashat HaShavuah Join the lively discussion of legend and lore, the ancient world and the modern one, the Jewish people’s feelings about its God, and God’s feelings about His people. Through our reading of the weekly portion, and occasional forays into the traditional commentators, we seek not only to understand the profundities of Torah, but also to understand the world and ourselves a little better. Parallel English/Hebrew texts will be used. We hope you’ll stay for services, but even if you can’t, stop by for a weekly dose of Torah! Saturdays, Parashat HaShavuah, from 9:00 AM to 9:45 AM

4 CONGREGATIONAL LEARNING

TBA Book Group with Rabbi Kulwin 2018 – 2019 Book Group members know that modern Jewish fiction falls mainly into three categories: books about Israel, books about the Holocaust and books about Jewish life in the Diaspora. In our twentieth year, we read works from each. Some are classics, some are new, and some approach their subject in unusual ways.

Thursday, November 1, 7:30 PM Sadness Is A White Bird by Moriel Rothman-Zecher In Rothman-Zecher’s debut novel, 17-year-old Israeli American, Jonathan, returns to Israel, eager to join the army. Waiting for his induction, he becomes friendly with Israeli Arabs, Nimreen and Laith, twin children of his mother’s best friend. As their friendship deepens, his feeling toward Israel is no less strong, but it is not as simple as it once was. Thursday, December 6, 7:30 PM Let It Be Morning by Sayed Kashuah A young journalist, recently married and a new father, seeks a quieter life away from the city and buys a large house in his parents' hometown, an Arab village in Israel. Reviewers have written that Kashuah, an Israeli Arab who writes in Hebrew, is comparable to Orwell and Kafka in his ability to convey otherworldly futility.

History Through Text with Rabbi Kulwin Each class is a stand-alone unit so that an inability to attend all (or even most) of the sessions will not be an impediment to an enjoyable and simulating learning experience.

Jews, Art and Jewish Art : The Ten Commandments insist that we are not to make graven images. Nevertheless, graphic arts—to say nothing of music, literature and other artistic forms—have long been associated with Jews and Jewish life. The Torah itself contains prose and poetry of unparalleled beauty; a Renaissance rabbi “proved” that all orchestra instruments were found in the Bible; and Marc Chagall is on anyone’s list of the greatest paint- ers of the 20th Century. We will examine Jewish writings about art, and works of art themselves, to try to understand Judaism’s historic relationship with art, and the prominence art enjoys in Jewish life today.  Art and the Torah—The Torah contains texts about art and many believe it is a work of art itself. We will look at both perspectives. Thursday, January 10, 7:30 PM  Art and the Rabbis—Through the reading of Talmudic texts, we will learn about the unease the rabbis felt about art, even as many of them yet had a sense of aesthetic appreciation. Thursday, February 28, 7:30 PM  Art and the Jewish Renaissance—Especially in Italy, Jews caught the Renaissance spirit, mining their own past for early examples of the most admired civic culture of the day. Thursday, March 14, 7:30 PM  Jews and Music—Liturgical music, folk music, Mahler, Schoenberg, Copland…what makes it Jewish music? Tuesday, April 9, 7:30 PM  Jews and Painting—Jewish themes, like Abraham’s near-sacrifice of Isaac, have long been subjects of the greatest western artists; many of those great artists were Jews. How did this happen? Thursday, May 16, 7:30 PM  Art and the Holocaust—From before the war, from the camps, and certainly since, the Holocaust has in- spired artistic works beyond number. Does this say something about the importance of art to the Jews? Thursday, June 13, 7:30 PM

5 GIL HOFFMAN, THE JERUSALEM POST BLOOM FAMILY MEMORIAL LECTURE

Gil Hoffman, Chief Political Correspondent, The Jerusalem Post To Speak at TBA

On Sunday, November 11, 2018, at 6:30 PM, Temple B’nai Abraham Congregational Learning will present a lecture on Best Ever or Destroyed Forever: The US-Israel Relationship in the Era of Netanyahu and Trump with Gil Hoffman, Chief Political Correspondent, The Jerusalem Post. This event is free and open to the community. One of Israel's most respected journalists, Chicago native Gil Hoffman is well- connected to Israeli and Palestinian leaders, has interviewed every major figure across the Israeli political spectrum, has been interviewed by top media on six continents and is a regular analyst on CNN and Al-Jazeera.

As an American- born Israeli— a graduate of Northwestern University's famed Me- dill School of Journalism—Hoffman is uniquely prepared both to explain this tumul- tuous and unique time of the United States/Israel relationship...and to contemplate Gil Hoffman where it is headed. Free and open to the community.

A Historian Reflects on Israel’s Past and Future Professor David N. Myers Sadie and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History, UCLA

Thursday, March 28, 2019, 7:30 PM, at TBA

Israel was founded 70 years ago, but its future is as unknowable today as it was in 1948. Israel’s army is the most powerful in the region. Recent governments have sought new strategic alliances, making friends with former enemies, and alienating longstanding allies. Its economy is one of the most robust in the world, even as economic disparity widens. The Occupation, majority-minority relations, a serious housing shortage, innumerable matters of “church and state” and other domestic matters fuel ongoing tumult. The struggle to remain both democratic and Jewish grows more and more complex.

What is Israel’s future? Prof. David Myers, a frequent visitor to Temple B’nai Abraham, believes that to understand Israel’s future, it is important to understand its past. Author of numerous definitive works on Jewish and Israeli history, a frequent visitor to Israeli universities, and commen- tator on contemporary Israel, Myers will explore what Israel’s history can teach us about its future, both that which we can know, and that for Prof. David N. Myers which we hope. Photo credit: Scarlett Freund

Prof. David Myers has been on the faculty of UCLA since 1991, and has served as both Chair of its Depart- ment of History and Director of its Center for Jewish Studies. For the year 2017-2018, Myers was also Pres- ident of the Center for Jewish History in New York City. One of his generation’s most respected Jewish his- torians, Myers is the author or editor of fifteen books, has written hundreds of scholarly and popular arti- cles, and has lectured at universities throughout North America, as well as in France, Germany, Russia, The Netherlands, and, of course, Israel.

Supported by the Bloom Family Memorial Fund

Free & Open to the Community!

6 PRIME TIME TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA ANNUAL FALL MARKETPLACE

For information, please contact Ethel Singer.

7 A MUSICAL INTERLUDE A MUSICAL INTERLUDE AT TBA

Please join us on Sunday, November 4, at 3:00 PM, for a musical interlude celebrating and welcoming our new Johannus Ecclesia Organ to Temple B’nai Abraham. In addition to our organist, Sandor Szabo, and our cantor, Jessica Epstein, we will be joined by cellist Andrew Kim and violinist Christopher Collins Lee.

Works by Handel, Saint-Saëns, and Vierne will show the many styles, settings and tunings of this wonderful digital instrument. Light refreshments will be served.

We look forward to acknowledging at this event the generosity of the benefactors who funded the purchase of the new organ.

Sándor Szabó has a well-established reputation as “one of the leading organists in the state” and is “the busiest musician in New Jersey” [Classical New Jersey Society Journal]. Dr. Szabó is actively engaged as conductor, organist, pianist, harpsichordist, vocal coach, arranger and adjudicator throughout Europe, Canada and the United States. He has performed in major concert halls and cathedrals in Europe and North America. Dr. Szabó was educated in Yugoslavia, graduating from the University of Novi Sad with the diploma “Academic Musician in the Piano Art.” Subsequently, he received his master’s degree from the University of Music Arts, Belgrade. Dr. Szabó holds master’s degrees in organ performance and sacred music from Westminster Choir College, where he was awarded the full-tuition Currin scholarship. In addition, he has earned a DMA in piano performance from Boston University. He also holds the Fellowship Certificate (FAGO) from the American Guild of Organists. Currently, Dr. Szabó is the Minister of Music at The Reformed Church of Bronxville, NY, Music Director/Conductor of The Oratorio Sándor Szabó Society of New Jersey, and Organist/Choir Director at Temple B’nai Abraham.

Andrew Y. Kim, cellist, is Founder and Music Director of the monthly chamber music concert series at Andy Kim Music Studio in Northvale, New Jersey since July 2011; Andrew Kim is originally from Seoul, South Korea. Mr. Kim was invit- ed to study with Heidi Litchauer at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria in 1976. In 1978, he came to the United States to study with the world famous cellist Aldo Parisot at Yale University School of Music. Kim was a frequent participant of the master classes given by Janos Starker at Yale Uni- versity. He subsequently became a member of the upstart Essex Quartet, and from 1988 through 1996 he performed extensively throughout North America as a member of the quartet under the auspicious Columbia Artists Managements. The tour engagements with the Essex Quartet included critically acclaimed recitals in Chicago, Los Angeles, Phil- adelphia, and New York. As an active chamber musician, Mr. Kim collaborated with such artists as Alexander Schneider, Josef Gingold, Emanuel Ax, Yo Yo Ma, Joseph Kalichstein, Stanley Drucker, Ani Kavafian, Nathaniel Rosen, Ariel Rudiakov, and many of this coun- try’s great string quartets including the Tokyo, Cleveland, Emerson, and the Juilliard. He served as a teaching assistant to Joel Krosnick of the Juilliard String Quartet at the Juil- liard School. Also he served as a chamber music faculty member at the Arcady Music Festival in Bar Harbor, Maine, Palisades Arts Summer Festival in Englewood, New Jersey, Andrew Y. Kim and Bay View Music Festival in Bay View, Michigan. He often visits Manchester, Vermont to join the Manchester Music Festival with which he toured the state of Vermont and New York exclusively.

8 Celebrating & Welcoming Our New Johannus Ecclesia Organ to TBA

Mr. Kim was a member of the promising Young Audience of New York and gave frequent string quartet lec- tures for the public schools in the five boroughs of New York City. He currently serves on the faculty of the Summertrios in Pennsylvania. Known as a missionary cellist, Mr. Kim frequently travels to the Peruvian side of the Amazon villages with a several doctors to play for the indigenous children and adults while they receive medical treatment. He plays Carlo Antonio Testore cello, circa 1699.

Christopher Collins Lee, violinist, became a protégé of Zino Francescatti at the age of sixteen, traveling with him throughout Europe on his final tours. He studied violin and composition at Curtis and Juilliard, earned a Doctorate degree, was a Fulbright Scholar, and has been awarded four Honorary Doctorate degrees. His other principal teachers were Dorothy DeLay, Arthur Grumiaux, Henryk Szeryng and Nathan Milstein. He has received top prizes in the Carl Flesch International Competition, the Tibor Varga International Competition, the J.S. Bach International Violin Competition, The Lion D’or of the French government, a Guggenheim Grant, the Belgian Ameri- can Award, and The Fritz Kreisler Prize. As an Official Musical Ambassador of the U.S. Department of State, he has played thousands of concerts worldwide under their auspices, including forty solo concert tours of Asia. In his youth, he introduced the violin to parts of Tibet, Singapore and the island of Macao. It is interesting to note that one of his recordings was chosen to represent human Christopher Collins Lee culture on the Voyager Time Capsule, which is now leaving our solar system.

Christopher Collins Lee has long been a favorite at the Marlboro, Aspen, Mozarteum, Maggio Musicale and other celebrated music festivals around the world. Christopher Collins Lee has performed violin concerti with Leopold Stokowski, Leonard Bernstein, Sergiu Commissiona, Lucas Foss, and Arthur Fiedler among many other conductors. Works which have been premiered by him, some also in their first recording, include Aaron Copland’s Ballades for Violin and Piano with Leonard Bernstein playing the piano; Variations from the opera, “Daphne” by Richard Strauss; Darius Milhaud’s “Second Sonata"; "Final Alice” by David del Tredici; and the Concertino by Xavier Montsalvadge at an internationally televised gala attended by the octogenarian composer and the King of Spain, still frequently rebroadcast in Latin American countries. Christopher Collins Lee has recorded for CBS, Desto, Everest, Delos, Arista and the Quattro Corde labels. His popular concert and lecture series on Mozart’s Life and Times are in great demand. He plays the celebrated 1771 “Accardo” violin made in Turin, Italy by Giovanni Baptista Guadagnini.

9 MITZVAH DAY NOVEMBER 18, 8:30 AM -1:30 PM

Mitzvah Day 2018 Sunday, November 18, 8:30 AM- 1:30 PM To register for any of these projects, please go online www.tbanj.org or email: [email protected]

DRIVES/COLLECTIONS PERIOD PROJECT Pre-Mitzvah Day The Period Project (TPP) collects menstrual products for women, trans men and non-binary individuals in DIAPER DRIVE for Moms Helping Moms of NJ poverty and donates them to shelters and schools in Diapers (all sizes needed – open packs and loose diapers need of period products and education on menstrual warmly accepted), Wipes (unopened packs only) and new health. Please bring boxes of pads and tampons to baby toiletry items. the temple before or during Mitzvah Day so we can

fulfill the mission of TPP. PERIOD PROJECT Volunteers needed to assist in sorting items. 10:30 – The Period Project (TPP) collects menstrual products for 11:30 AM. Registration required. women, trans men and non-binary individuals in poverty and donates them to shelters and schools in need of period MSTERIO PROJECT products and education on menstrual health. Please bring Children decorate dolls that travel to other children boxes of pads and tampons to the temple before or during around the world. At each destination, the receiving Mitzvah Day so we can fulfill the mission of TPP. children are encouraged to play with the dolls and

enjoy them for a short time before the dolls travel TOILETRIES COLLECTION for Franciscan Ministries at St. on to their next destination. Ann's Church in Newark Volunteers of all ages are welcome (age 5 and up) Items to be donated: toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouth- 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Registration is required. wash, soap, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, body lotion and deodorant. CALMING COLORING CARD STATION

People of all ages are welcome to decorate pre- ANNUAL TURKEY & ALL THE TRIMMINGS DRIVE─ made cards for Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and write November 14– 20. Frozen turkeys and non-perishable meal Lone Soldier Thank You Letters. Recipients: The Lone trimmings : canned cranberry sauce, canned yams, stuffing, Soldier Project and the Daughters of Israel. etc. 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. No registration required.

DAY OF MITZVAH DAY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES LONE SOLDIER PROJECT 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM Write inspirational letters of friendship, solidarity

MEN’S CLUB SPONSORED MINYAN, 8:30 AM and strength to Israeli soldiers, who will love to hear Breakfast to follow from you. 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. No registration required. BLOOD DRIVE Community Blood Services/Vitalant 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM Walk-ins welcome; pre-registration is LUNCHES OF LOVE helpful Volunteers needed to assemble bagged lunches for distribution to local shelters. TOILETRIES COLLECTION for Franciscan Ministries at St. 10:00 to 11:00 AM. Registration required Ann's Church in Newark Volunteers needed to assist in sorting items: 9:30 to 10:30 LOAVES OF LOVE - COMMUNITY CHALLAH BAKE AM. Registration required People of all ages are welcome to share the amazing act of making challah and learn its history. DIAPER DRIVE for Moms Helping Moms of NJ Two time slots: 10:00 AM and 11:30 AM Volunteers needed to assist in sorting items: 11:00 AM to Registration required. 12:00 PM. Registration required

10 MIDDAY RUN COLLECTION

11 SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, MARCH 30,2019 NOMINATING MEETING

12 GENEROUS GIFTS FROM THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE

All listings as of October 23, 2018 In memory of Stanley Scher Thank you Patti & Barry Roberts for The Appelbaum Family their thoughtfulness CLERGY DISCRETIONARY FUND Isabella & Josh Fiske The Wasserman Family In honor of their High Holy Day Aliyah Susan & Gerry Silberman Deborah & Gregg Jacob Andrea & Richard Ribakove KOGAN FAMILY BIRTHDAY FUND Bobbi Bromberg Lynn Finkelstein In honor of Cooper Gallinson becoming In honor of the marriage of his daughter In honor of Drew Gassman becoming a a Bar Mitzvah Shelby to Alex Muller Bar Mitzvah Susan & Richard Kogan Peter J. Jackowitz The Loventhal Family In honor of David carrying the Torah for In memory of Melvin Meckler ALBERT MEINHARDT FUND FOR Yom Kippur In memory of Carole Ann Milroad LEARNING Lori & David Schlanger In memory of Vita Orenstein In honor of the 35th wedding anniver- In memory of Harold Clearfield, father of In honor of the engagement of Karen sary of Julie & Max Silbermann Janice Fuerstman Silbermann to Ross Brandes In honor of the engagement of Karen Froma T. & Jules Willen In honor of the 35th wedding Silbermann to Ross Brandes In honor of her Aliyah anniversary of Julie & Max Silbermann Evi Meinhardt Phyllis Modell In honor of Ryan and Zachary Fried- In honor of Bruce Greene’s special man becoming a B’nai Mitzvah PRAYERBOOK FUND birthday Merle & Marty Kalishman In memory of Myron S. Weinberg Evi Meinhardt In memory of Rachel Pack Robyn Licht In honor of their special anniversary Ginny & Jeff Roth In honor of Benjamin Silverman becom- Julie & Max Silbermann In honor of Cooper Gallinson becoming ing a Bar Mitzvah In memory of Stanley Scher, father of a Bar Mitzvah Gail Hecht Alison Halper, grandfather of Jordan, Marilyn Wald In honor of the birth of Harper Maddie Bennett & Jesse In memory of Edith Levin Cohn Ron, Betsy, Sam & Ryan Ladell Ginny & Jeff Roth In memory of Harold Clearfield In honor of their daughter Jessica’s Merle & Marty Kalishman marriage to Lee Pepper SHEILA GROSSMAN EARLY SCHOOL Debbie & Glenn Turtletaub FUND PRIME TIME In honor of their son Jonathan’s marriage In memory of Mel Meckler In honor of Tyler Spielman becoming a to Anna Lurye, with thanks to Rabbi Patti & Barry Roberts Bar Mitzvah Kulwin Ethel & Bob Singer Arlene & Richard Bookbinder JEWISH LEARNING PROGRAM In honor of Abigail Nengel becoming a In memory of Martin Greenwald, step- SCHOLARSHIP FUND Bat Mitzvah father of Jamie Geltzeiler In memory of Stanley Scher Tina Greenberg Jamie & Brian Geltzeiler Nancy & Michael Wolk

In honor of Cooper Gallinson becoming PAULINE SCHNACK REINFELD & SAMU- ONE FAMILY FUND a Bar Mitzvah EL REINFELD MEMORIAL FUND In honor of the Yom Kippur Aliyah Ben Epstein In memory of Vita Orenstein David Mintz In honor of Ruth Ross’ granddaughter, Ila & Jan Press In honor of Ben Silverman becoming a Bar Abby, becoming a Bat Mitzvah Mitzvah Marjorie Yonteff Rachel & Jon Meisel ELLEN & PETER KLEIN GARDEN In memory of Harvey Lenchner FLOWER FUND Robin & Jeff Kollin In honor of Tyler Spielman becoming a Isabella, Josh, Jason & Jared Fiske Bar Mitzvah Staci & Glen Weiss In honor of Isabella Daniels becoming Conforti Family a Bat Mitzvah In memory of Hy Abrams In honor of the birth of Harper Maddie Charles Cooperstein Cohn In memory of Seymour Grebow In honor of Cooper Gallinson becoming Isabella & Josh Fiske a Bar Mitzvah In memory of Melvin Meckler In honor of the engagement of Karen The Jeddis Family Silbermann to Ross Brandes In memory of Steven Neal Brien Ellen & Peter Klein Marilynn Greenberg

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YAHRZEIT FUND It is a traditional duty of Jews to recite Kaddish for a deceased parent, child, spouse, or sibling (daily during the first year, annually thereafter on the anniversary of death). We thank those who have contributed to the Yahrzeit Fund in memory of their loved ones. May their memories forever be for a blessing…

Yahrzeit of Contributor Beverly Weinstein Judith & Carter Dutch Lewis Goldfinger Judith & Carter Dutch Sherwin Schumer Darren Schumer Dr. Moussa Brookhim Diana Daniels Margaret Gerst Denise & Arnold Gerst Pat Schupper The Schupper Family Irving Rudman Myrna & Marvin Wertheimer Isaac Namer The Namer Family Ruth Lebowitz Sylvia & Alan Lebowitz Louis Lebowitz Sylvia & Alan Lebowitz Dr. Robert Bonda Ann Bonda Miriam D. Lerner Eileen Greenberg Scott Lane Rita Lane Louis Geller Sande Levey Max Henechowitz Jacqueline & Howard Levine Ina Golub Myrna & Marvin Wertheimer Morten Lewis Michael S. Lewis Judy Greenberg Larry Greenberg & Family Stanley Roth Jeff Roth Eugene Wald Fran & Mitch Handman Dorothy Scher Jen & Elliot Scher Benjamin Kollin Arlene & Dan Kollin Claire Schneider Terry & Denis Bovin H. Leonard Levine Jackie & Howard Levine Max Spindel Norman Spindel Eugene Wald Marilyn Wald Harvey B. Yonteff Marjorie Yonteff Alvin S. Koppel Marjorie Yonteff Matilda Sherman Helene & Ron Kurlan Daryl Riva Snow Levy Scott Levy Alice Levithan Beth & Allen Levithan Lou Levithan Beth & Allen Levithan Abraham Harris Brody Robin & Arthur Brody Fannie Becker Phyllis & Barry Becker Helen Siegel Sharon & Norman Spindel Myer Bernard Barr Stephen Barr Irving Cooper Shari Weiner Joseph Weiner Shari Weiner Ilene Ross Shari Weiner Florence Cooper Shari Weiner

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IN THE COMMUNITY

TEMPLE SPONSOR

WAE Center Join the Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled (JSDD) for doorways to infinite possibility – Gala Reception Sunday, November 4, 6:30 – 8:00 PM Gaelen Gallery East, JCC MetroWest, W. Orange

Join us in recognizing: Barry R. Mandelbaum as an Outstanding Advocate and Humanitarian and Alfred Anthony, Deputy Mayor of Livingston for their work in helping JSDD in Shifting Perceptions of Ability, Art and Community.

Call Dena Kevelson 973.272.7153

15 NOVEMBER 2018 SERVICES

Friday, November 2 Friday, November 23 6:30 PM Family Shabbat Service 6:30 PM Shabbat Service November birthdays will be celebrated. Bob Mellman, guitarist, singer and composer, will Toby Singer, composer and musician, will join us for services. join us for services.

Saturday, November 3 Saturday, November 24 9:00 AM Parashat HaShavuah: Chaye Sarah 9:00 AM Parashat HaShavuah: Vayishlach 10:00 AM Shabbat Morning Service 10:00 AM Shabbat Morning Service Jamie Heskett, daughter of Samantha and David Heskett, will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah. Friday, November 30 Ryan Tepper, son of Michelle and Brandon Tepper, will be 6:30 PM Shabbat Service, Third Grade Consecration called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah. Service

Toby Singer, composer and musician, will join us for Friday, November 9 services. 6:30 PM Shabbat Service

TBA Shabbat Band will join us for services. Saturday, December 1

9:00 AM Parashat HaShavuah: Vayeshev Saturday, November 10 10:00 AM Shabbat Morning Service 9:00 AM Parashat HaShavuah: Toldot Alexander Weiss, son of Donna Weiss and Barton 10:00 AM Shabbat Morning Service Weiss, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Daniella Jacob, daughter of Deborah and Gregg Jacob, will be Mitzvah. called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah. Jackson Weiss, son of Donna Weiss and Barton Weiss,

will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah. Friday, November 16 10:30 AM Service in the Brody Youth Lounge 5:45 PM Tot Shabbat and Pizza Dinner Benjamin Aronson, son of Larry Aronson and 6:30 PM Shabbat Service Suzanne Aronson, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Toby Singer, musician and composer, will join us for services. Mitzvah.

Saturday, November 17 9:00 AM Parashat HaShavuah: Vayetze 9:00 AM Jr. Congregation 10:00 AM Shabbat Morning Services Miles Dakss, son of Marcy and Jonathan Dakss, will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah. Sydney Dakss, daughter of Marcy and Jonathan Dakss, will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah.

Bruce H. Greene, D.O., President Jeffrey Klein,Vice President Jeffrey Kollin, Vice President Scott Loventhal,Vice President Kenneth Starr, Vice President Stacey Rosenberg, Secretary Isabella Fiske, Asst. Secretary Carey Gertler, Treasurer Craig Kantor, Assist. Treasurer 300 East Northfield Road Livingston, New Jersey 07039 Julie A. Silbermann, Immediate Past President mailing address: PO Box 46, Livingston, NJ 07039 www.tbanj.org Jakob B. Halpern, Counsel

Clifford M. Kulwin, Rabbi Temple 973.994.2290 Fax: 973.994.1838 Faith Joy Dantowitz, Rabbi The Early School 973.994.7016 Fax: 973.994.7999 Jessica Epstein , Cantor Jewish Learning 973.994.3950 Fax: 973.994.7999 Lee Coppersmith, Cantor Emeritus Program (K-12) Gail Milchman, Executive Director Debbie Aronson Ziering, Director of Early Childhood Education November 2018 Melissa G. Weiner, Director of Jewish Learning The Temple B’nai Abraham Bulletin is published monthly. Tina Greenberg, Communications Coordinator 16