The IsraeLight July/August 2018 Temple Israel Ner Tamid Av/Elul 5778 dymt rn larfy lkyh Volume 32 Number 6
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August 19th: First Day of Religious School with Cookout & August 19th: DunkG -Tank. Jewish Heritage Day at the Lake County August 27th: Captains. Annual 100-Hole See page 6 Golf Marathon Fundraiser. J See page 9 But wait...there’s MORE! See page 3
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Rabbi’s Message: Temple Israel Ner Tamid
A message for summer... As we view television, social media Rabbi Matthew J. Eisenberg posts, and read the newspapers, it is difficult to remain on an [email protected] even keel. There is a 24/7 news cycle and every topic is “breaking news.” Too often the reportage is incomplete or filled Founding Rabbi Emeritus: with editorial commentary. We are left to research significant Frederick A. Eisenberg factual details. We try to digest the images and make sense of the issues. Cantorial Soloist: Rachel Eisenberg Temple Administrator: This is a very incomplete list: Children with their families at our southern bor- Marcie Oelbracht der — some children separated from their parents at the border — violence in [email protected] our metropolitan area and other cities — human trafficking — opioid epidemic in Ohio and elsewhere — every election is “the most important election” ever TINT Board of Trustees — every election is a referendum on those in power — epidemic amount of shootings in Chicago — shootings at restaurants, schools, and anywhere — Is- Executive Board: rael under attack from Hamas protestors and rockets — Hamas continues to President: Richard Freedman build terror tunnels in attempts to infiltrate Israel and kill her citizens — the V.P. Administration: Gary Rosenthal United States Embassy moves from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem — President Trump V.P. Membership: Kori Karas meets with Kim Jong-un of North Korea to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula V.P. Capital Campaign: Richard — the Cleveland Cavaliers lose to the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals Freedman — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy retires —etcetera, etcetera, V.P. Operations: Craig Appell etcetera. It is enervating just reading the “incomplete” list. There is little V.P. Special Events: Joanne Guerra civility as people discuss, more likely raise their voices, in discussion. V.P. Religious Practices: Bill Droe Member-at-Large: Richard Berkowitz A profound question — is it fair to enjoy the pleasures of this world while oth- Secretary: Judy Aplis ers suffer? Give this some thought. If you believe it isn’t, then you will never Treasurer: Douglas Wieder know enjoyment, for the world is always filled with suffering — at the hands of Legacy Giving: Steve Newman others, through the vagaries of volcanic vents in Hawaii, by being at the wrong place at the wrong time, so on and so on. Also, the world is filled with great Committee Chairs: happiness. Some of you are recovering from a medical diagnosis, which you Adult Education: Bill Droe, were told was very unlikely. Yet, here you are, alive and still standing. Cou- Joy Gray ples marry, healthy children are born, you awake each morning to the routine Communications: Rick Brown functioning of a healthy body — thank God. House: Doug Wieder Tzedakah: Peter Freimark However, the world is filled with suffering. The Torah reminds us in Deuteron- omy 15:11, “for there will never cease to be needy people in your land, which IsraeLight Staff: is why I command you: open your hand to poor and needy.” Editor: Linda McMullen
So, in light of the above, what does God want me to do? Our Rabbis note the Temple Office Phone: Torah begins and ends with divine acts of loving kindness (gemilut chas- (440) 473-5120 Office Fax: (440) 646-9585 sadim). In the beginning, God provided clothes for Adam and Eve (Gen. 3:21) Website: www.tintcleveland.org and at the end, provided for Moses’ final resting place (Deut. 34:6). In Genesis 18:1, God made a “hospital visit” to Abraham shortly after his circumcision at the age of 99. Temple Israel Ner Tamid What shall we do? Our tradition esteems the giving of tzedakah (charity), how- Mission Statement ever it ranks performing acts of kindness even a little higher. Our Rabbis teach in the Talmud: Acts of kindness are greater than charity in three ways. (1) Charity is done with one’s money, while kindness may be done with one’s Temple Israel Ner Tamid is a money or with one’s person. For example, visiting a sick person. (2) Charity is caring, accepting, Reform given only to the poor, while kindness may be done for both the poor and the Jewish Congregation rich. For example, consoling mourners or those who are depressed. (3) Charity providing a welcoming place is given only to the living, while kindness may be shown to both the living and to gather, pray, learn and the dead. For example, arranging for the burial of an indigent person or helping engage in acts of kindness to maintain a cemetery. (Sukkah 49b) Continued on page 11 and tzedakah.
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Thank You to our Oneg & Bima Flower Sponsors! SAVE THE DATE!
May 4 - Oneg sponsored by Jay & Wednesday, July 4 Office Closed for Independence Day Sandy Kaufman & David & Roseann Kaufman, in memory of mother, Friday, July 6, 13, 20, 27 Shabbat Services 7:30 p.m. Dotty Kauffman. Also, Abe & Sharon Join us as Cantorial Soloist Rachel Eisenberg leads services with a guest Herskovitz, in memory of father, Jack Davar Torah. July 6, Mark Siegel. July 13, Joy Gray. July 20, Bill Droe. Herskovitz. July 27, Alan Miner.
May 11 - Bima flowers sponsored by Friday, August 10 Shabbat at Lakeside Yacht Club” AND Janet & Steve Newman, in memory Membership Picnic AND Boat Rides 5:45 p.m. of mother, Rita Spitzer. Rescheduled from June. Bring your own picnic dinner & beverages...we supply dessert. After a short Shabbat service, we’ll take to the Lake for a May 25 - Oneg co-sponsored by sunset cruise. PLUS July and August birthday and anniversary blessings. Jewish War Veterans, Post 44. Bima flowers sponsored by Carol Kass, This is also a “Friend-Raiser”...bring a guest — particularly if they might Ruth Kass, Brian Lever & Gavin be interested in membership. See page 8 for details.
Kass, in memory of husband, father & grandfather, David Richard Kass, Sunday, August 19 First Day of Religious School 9:00 a.m.-Noon & mother & grandmother, Ruth We’ll have classes, meet new friends, and follow-up with a cook-out and Lever Jirousek. the dunk-tank!
June 8 - Oneg sponsored by Bill & Carol Droe & Richard Droe, in Sunday, August 19 Jewish Heritage Night at Lake County Captains memory of mother, Dora Droe. See page 6 for time and ticket information.
Celebrate a special occasion, like a Tuesday, August 28 Dinner at St. Aloysius Hunger Center baby naming, anniversary, birthday or 4:00 p.m. set up. 5:00 p.m. serve. Sponsored by Allan Miner, in remembrance, with flowers and food! memory of his mother, Pearl Miner. Call the office at 440-473-5120. Help us with this mitzvah. Directions in the pamphlet tower.
Next dinner: September 25.
A recent study has found Would you like to sponsor a St. Al’s dinner? Please contact Marcie that women who carry a in the TINT office if you are interested. Donation is $180. little extra weight, live longer than the men Monday, Aug. 27 100-Hole Golf Marathon 6:30 a.m. Our biggest fundraiser of the year! See page 9 for details.
who mention it.
MITZVAH OF THE SEASON TINT Office Hours Don’t forget one of TINT’s most important Monday: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. projects! We are collecting:
Tuesday: Closed School supplies: notebooks, paper, Wednesday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. crayons, pencils, calculators, scissors, markers, Thursday: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. mini-tissue boxes, glue, etc.
Friday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Goods for “Blessing Bags” Saturday: Closed Travel-sized toiletries: toothpaste, soap, deodorant, shave cream & Sunday:* 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. razors, baby wipes, shampoo, soap, etc.
(*when Religious School is in session) Supplies for PB&J: Smooth peanut butter (not “natural) & jam You can leave a message on the Temple (not “jelly”); quart-sized zip-lock bags answering machine.
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From the President’s Desk
By Richard Freedman
I am writing this as the summer solstice is about to begin. Summertime at Temple Israel Ner Tamid means that our esteemed Rabbi will be heading north to Alaska. He will spend the month of July resting, communing with nature and his family, and recharging his batteries. During his absence, Bill Droe, Joy Gray, Alan Miner, and Mark Siegel will each help Rachel lead a service. I thank these brave volunteers for going above and beyond in taking their turn on the bima.
Remember, each of them needs some help. Your presence and voices will ease their burden. Please attend as many of these Shabbat services and you can. They will be fulfilling spiritually and you will have performed an act of gemilut chassidim. This act of kindness toward our volunteers will be rewarded.
Save the date of August 10, 2018. We will combine our “Shabbat at Lakeside Yacht Club” service/boat ride event with an Open House designed to introduce our congregation to potential new members. Please see page 8 for details, and bring friends you think might be interested in joining TINT. Be proactive in telling those with school-aged children about our congregational commitment to provide learning opportunities as part of their membership. While almost every other congregation charges for religious school, Temple Israel Ner Tamid continues to provide tuition as a value added benefit to membership.
Please patronize the businesses that donate food and products that allow our synagogue to engage in our mission of Tikun Olam. Let them know you’re a member and appreciate their generosity. There will be a nice feature about our PB&J efforts at the Panera website. Mitchell’s Ice Cream has provided treats for many events including teacher appreciation. Bialy’s Bagels, Costco, Chick-Fil-A and Jack’s Deli...all have provided goods or services to our congregation this year. A new bakery called Goldie’s—owned by a member of our congregation—has opened on Mayfield Road. I’ve sampled their coconut bars and Russian tea biscuits. You should, too, trust me. Goldie’s has agreed to become the official donut shop and bakery of Temple Israel Ner Tamid. Jack’s Deli has agreed to become the official delicatessen of Temple Israel Ner Tamid. Please see their ads elsewhere in this bulletin.
The High Holidays are just around the corner. The choir begins practicing soon. For the members of our shofar choir, you too should begin to warm up. But most importantly, use this summer to recharge your batteries. Take a page from Rabbi Matt and spend time with your family and friends, enjoying the wonderful Cleveland weather.
I hope to see you somewhere soon.
Do you write checks to pay your dues or make a donation?
Be sure to fill in the “Memo” line to tell the Office what your check is for.
If it is a donation, let us know to which fund you want it applied, i.e. General Operating, Religious School, Tzedakah, etc.
If you send money electronically through your bank, again, please be sure to indicate what it is for.
Celebrate with a Leaf for our Remember to feed THE PAPER Simcha Tree. RETRIEVER in TINT’s parking lot! An engraved leaf is a lasting expression of TINT gets a rebate for the celebration or appreciation. recyclable paper we collect!
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Temple Israel Ner Tamid Capital Campaign “Vision 2020” Last month the city of Mayfield Heights gave preliminary approval to our plans for the addition to our building. The architect’s rendering is pictured below. As you can see, this is a beautiful addition, designed to fit in with our existing structure. The addition will include two classrooms, restrooms, office space for our teachers, a courtyard/gathering area for outside events, a river (for Taschlich) and other features that will modernize the learning experience for our religious school students of all ages.. At the same time, we expect to modernize the Sanctuary with an updated sound system, an improved heating and cooling system, new lighting and more. Each of these improvements will help lower our overall operating costs while providing a better atmosphere for our congregants. You will also begin to see new lighting and safety features around the synagogue. A member of the community, Jim Wallack has conducted a security review for us and will be presenting the results shortly to the Board of Trustees. Our facility must remain a place where we can study, pray, and gather with complete confidence that all will be well. These security features will be incorporated into the design of the building and we expect them to be aesthetically pleasing. Further, we will seek bids for repaying our driveway and parking lot. We will also incorporate new signage, and repair minor cracks in our existing structure. Temple Israel will be a more modern facility designed to last for many years. Obviously, none of this work is free. Already, more than 40 congregants have donated, or pledged to donate, over $600,000 to kickstart our efforts (see list on page 15). Thanks to the efforts of Rick Brown and Craig Appel, a grant was received as well. Less obvious improvements have been made. These include the new chairs in the Sanctuary, a new roof, a new phone system and other improvements. We still need to raise more money. The Board believes that an additional $400,000-$600,000 will be needed. I ask each congregant to make a donation to help meet these costs. Pledges can be fulfilled over a five-year period. A pledge of just $18 per month results in $1080 towards our capital campaign. Many congregants have pledged $12,500 over the five- year period. Some have been even more generous. Please join those of us who have provided the seed capital and we will realize our goal of a modern facility with no debt.
New Wing
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Religious School begins Sunday, August 19th. All grades K thru 10
Wednesday Hebrew School will begin in September.
Parents of 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th graders: Is a bar or bat mitzvah on the horizon? Call the office NOW to discuss dates and other information you need to plan a successful and meaningful event.
Take Yourself Out to the Ballgame!
Jewish Heritage Day at the Lake County Captains
with Fireworks!
Sunday, August 19 6:30 p.m.
Join other TINT members in our section and cheer the Lake County Captains as they take on the West Michigan Whitecaps.
There will also be the Captains’ usual Family Fun Sunday activities: face painting, kids running the bases, pre-game player autographs. Other promotions are also planned.
Box seat tickets are $9.00 per person. Call the Temple office at 440-473-5120 to reserve yours.
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TINT Responds to Immigrant Children Separation Crisis
In keeping with Temple Israel Ner Tamid’s commitment to Tikum Olam, Peter Freimark, chairman of our Tzedakah/Social Action committee, along with past president Joy Gray and Larry Heller, packed and shipped several boxes of soft, cuddly teddy bears to ease the stress of children kept from their parents in Texas.
The bears headed off to McAllen, Texas on the first day of summer. They would be handed out by Catholic Charities and other relief organizations.
Left: Larry Heller. Above: Joy Gray & Peter Freimark.
It’s Not Too Early to Make Your New Year’s Resolution: Get More Involved in 5779.
There’s an amazing magic trick that always happens around the 1st of Tishri. Every year, over 400 people come to High Holy Day services...and then—POOF!—most vanish from our halls until the following year. Why?
The usual excuse is “I’m too busy.” Followed by: the kids have soccer, I have book club, I like to sleep in on Sundays, I don’t know anyone on the committees, I’m tired, etc.
A congregation is only as strong as your commitment to its success. We need your input, as well as your dues, to thrive. On the Board of Trustees. On event committees. Attending adult education classes. In discussions about Religious School and Budget issues. We need to see you at Friday night services (there are 168 hours in a week; you can’t spare 2 for shul and nosh)?
Resolve NOW to become more involved in Temple Israel Ner Tamid. Your voice is important. Share it.
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“Shabbat at Lakeside Yacht Club” + “Bring-a-Friend” Membership Drive
Friday, August 10, 2018
We’ve rescheduled our lakeside get-together for August, and added something new. Bring one or more friends you think might be interested in joining the TINT family! Let’s meet, schmooze and show them what a great congregation we are!
6:00-ish p.m. You bring a picnic dinner & drinks (we don’t provide beverages)
We provide dessert.
6:30-ish p.m. Shabbat service + July & August birthday & anniversary blessings
7:00-ish p.m. 2 relaxing cruises on Lake Erie on the good ship “Holiday”
Directions: th • Take the Shoreway, exit at E. 55 St. • Turn left on North Marginal Drive, stay in right lane, then turn right. • Pass Cleveland Public Power (with the whales painted on it). • Lakeside Yacht Club is the next driveway. Ring the phone box. • Tell them you’re here for our Temple picnic. Drive back as far as you can without getting wet! We’ll be there to greet you.
Captain Rabbi Matt Eisenberg is looking for 18 Assistant Cruise Directors @ $108 to help defray the rental costs for the boat, tables and chairs. So far, we have 9: Anonymous; Dick Droe; Rabbi Matt & Pat Eisenberg; Richard & Lynda Freedman; Mr. & Mrs. Thurston Howell, III; Carole Kass; Mary Ann; Jerry & Susie Strom; Frank & Phyllis Weiss.
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Be a Golfer! Be a Volunteer! Be a Sponsor! Get Involved in TINT’s 11TH Annual Emil Spitzer Memorial 1 -Hole Golf Marathon
AuburnRd Rt. 6/Chardon Rd Monday, August 27, 2018
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Thwing Rd Legend Lake Golf Course 11135 Auburn Road, between Route 6/Chardon Road AuburnRd & Wilson Mills Road
Breakfast Lunch Dinner Prizes! Wilson Mills Rd Join Rabbi Matt, fellow congregants and friends for a fun day of golf...and TINT’s biggest fundraiser of the year. After a 6:30 sunrise and a little breakfast, we tee off around 7:00 a.m. and go until we drop...or 100 holes are played. Of course, this isn’t regulation PGA rules; no one counts if you tee-off 3 balls at a time or take 12 swings to reach the hole!!
Participate. Be a golfer for $250. Or get sponsors or bring friends and have them get sponsors. Men and women, young and old are encouraged to play. Sponsor Rabbi Matt or another golfer. Sponsor a hole for yourself or your company. $250 donation includes signage. Donate prizes. Gift cards, sports tickets or restaurant certificates are always welcome.
We’re looking for golfers and sponsors NOW! Call Marcie at 440-473-5120 or see the flyer in the pamphlet tower outside the office for details.
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Simchas!
Happy July Happy August Happy July Birthday to… Birthday to… Anniversary to…
1 Stephanie Guerra 1 Stephanie Weltman 1 Richard & Erika Gold 2 Mia Gen, Noah Mitchell, 3 Michael Mitchell, Tibor Szabo 6 Leah Merrit-Mervine & Nathaniel Miranda Vanek 4 Jessica Schaffer Merritt, Robert & Ronda 6 Ryan Stefancik 5 Elizabeth Bendycki daSilva, Rosenstein 7 Drew Goldberg, Allison Ledsky Deborah Derin 8 Don & Roberta Levenson 8 Kevin Adell, Jill Friedman, Elina Gen, 7 Marian (Babe) Tolin 11 Jerome & Lorraine Adell 9 Gerald Weiner, Max Weltman 10 Ketti Finneran, Ilan Gen, Isabella 15 Lawrence & Sandra Golden 10 Ruth Kass, Fanette Yelsky Gen, Sandy Kaufman 18 Andrew & Angela Silverman 11 Brandon Schneider 11 Tom Severovich 20 Philip & Karen Ozan 12 Jared Friedman 12 Sophia Derin 27 Nadine & Richard Bendycki 13 Mary Basch 13 Kyle Ozan 14 Nadine Bendycki 14 Kori Karas 15 Renee Belman 17 Janet Edelman, Joanne Guerra Happy August 16 Beverly Koslen, Daniel Oelbracht 18 Dawn Tolchinsky 17 Hannah Berrie, Dustin Goldberg, 19 Mark Friedman, Ann Levy Linda McMullen, Joseph Polevoi Anniversary to...
21 Ethan Appell, Richard Edelman, 18 Ileen Berk, Linda Kemmerer, Natalya Penkhasov, Alex Philip Harold Sternberg 6 Neil & Sondra Myers 22 Jerome Sanshuck 7 Melvin & Lola Kamins 19 Lynda Freedman, Kent Kemmerer 23 Janet Fox, Eunice Kalina, 20 Hailey Hoyat 8 Tom & Alice Severovich Sue Stark, Robert Weitzner 10 Bill & Carol Droe 21 Robin Baker, Anthony Madden, 26 Enid Friedman, Carol Friedrich Robert November 13 Jeff & Shari Bailey 27 Ilyana Leenheer 14 Jonathan & Kori Karas 22 Ron Kess, Vilma Kurtz, Julia 28 Jay Kaufman, Victoria Philip Penkhasov 15 Felix & Elina Gen, Joel & Donna 29 Rachel Eisenberg, Erika Gold Wallenstein 23 Rick Brown, Joy Gray, Alan Grown 31 Nate Weltman 25 Merle Ettinger 17 Rick Brown & Ketti Finneran 21 Paul & Diane Spohn 26 Benjamin Abramowitz, Karen Arnoff, Michael Goldstein Please join us at Shabbat 23 Merle & Marilyn Ettinger, 27 Maya Eisenberg Services... Jill & Bob Shemory 27 Larry & Barbara Mervine 28 Bryan Rosenstein, Annette Wakser ...on the last FRIDAY of the 29 Don Levenson 28 Martin & Jan Bursky month for BIRTHDAY and 31 Michael & Lynn Lustig 30 Lorraine Adell, Jack Krienen, ANNIVERSARY BLESSINGS Samantha Madden, Nori Wieder (and cake!) 31 Mildred Wohl
2018-2019 Schedule of Monthly Birthday & Anniversary Blessings.
September 28 March 29 Shimon the Shul Mouse says:
October 26 April 26 November 30 May 31 Life is like a roller coaster. You can either December 28 June 28 scream every time there is a bump or you can January 25 July 26 throw your hands up and enjoy the ride. February 22 August 30
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Rabbi’s Message, continued from page 2 Here’s a High Holy Days Heads-Up! This summer, if the spirit moves you — get The new year — 5779 — begins a week earlier than last involved. If the spirit doesn’t move you — year (Erev Rosh Hashanah is Sunday, September 9th). get involved anyway. You are needed. As Soon you will be receiving information about tickets for Rosh Hashanah you look through this IsraeLight, you will and Yom Kippur services. Remember, High Holy Day tickets are see and read about the acts of loving kind- required for services, and will be sent only to those members who have ness (gemilut chassadim) we perform at paid their 2017-2018 in full AND have either 1) made July and August Temple Israel Ner Tamid. Very recently, payments, or 2) have sent in written arrangements for paying your dues we sent more than 100 Teddy Bears, from by credit card for 2018-2019. our Teddy Bear Bank, to McAllen, Texas to help comfort the children in detention High Holy Day tickets are a benefit of membership. We encourage you centers at the southern border (page 7). We to show your support for your synagogue and fellow congregants by have done this before and, if need be, we fulfilling your financial obligation at this special time of the year. More will send more. After every Shabbat Ser- High Holy Day information will be available in the September/October vice, we make peanut butter and jelly sand- issue of The IsraeLight. wiches and deliver them to Cleveland’s homeless. We need help with those deliv- eries. We have done this for more than 10 years, on a weekly basis.
This summer be on the alert for opportuni- ties to perform acts of kindness. Do you see a frail person schlepping a package which seems too heavy for him? Have you come across an acquaintance who seems upset and distracted, and in need of some- one to talk with her? Do you spot a neigh- bor who is recuperating from an operation and needs a companion with whom to take a walk to build up his strength? Are you really so harried that you cannot let the driver pull into the traffic on the road? Your instinct might be to continue doing whatever you are doing — often I On May 20th, TINT religious school students presented Joe feel that way — but, as you rush from place Hendlin from the Friends of the IDF (FIDF) with a check for $1,070 in to place, ask yourself the question, “What honor of the 70th anniversary of Israel. The amount, to be used by The would God want me to do?” How about Impact Fund to provide college scholarships for Israeli veterans, doing an act of gemilut chassadim? It will reflected tzedakah money the youngsters donated throughout the make your day better, your summer better, 2017-2018 school year. and improve the lives of those you touch. And, it is the right thing to do.
Kol tuv (all the best) and shalom, Parents, Register NOW for the 2018-2019 school year!
Religious School for K thru 10 starts on
Sunday, August 19! Any remaining typos or mistakes in this newsletter have been left
Remember, children and grandchildren of members in good standing in to satisfy those who have to with their dues can attend Religious School with find fault with everything. NO tuition fee (just a $50 supply fee per child).
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Tree of Life They Still Live in Our Hearts
Yahrzeits that fall on Saturday are read on the previous Friday evening, as Friday and Saturday are one Shabbat, an Island in Time.
PLEASE NOTE: If a name is listed Newman Anna Setnik Polensky Irma Gross Florence Levin Jo twice or not on the date you expected, Pearl Miner Rita Silverman David Mandel Betty Brown Richard it is because some are listed according to the Hebrew calendar Ferber Lena Gordon Donald Hahn Rose Levy Phillip date, others by the civil calendar, as Howard Allen Ducker Irving Rabinovitz Mildred Steinberg per a family member’s request. Epstein Boris Ioffe Lena Spira
If you have any questions about when Week ending July 28, 2018 Week ending August 18, 2018 a yahrzeit should be observed or 10 Av to 16 Av 5778 1 Elul to 7 Elul 5778 when a name will be read at Shabbat Kay Shemory Bernice Jung Bertha Jack Brown Heini Goda Joe services, please call the office. Rothschild Jack Feinstein Ben Lovinger Rose Rudnick Eva Hart Aaron Landau Molly Lesser Cohen Eisenberg Frieda Eisinger In Memorium Gail Bash Michael Derin Danielle Our deepest sympathy to the families Helen Pearlman Sally Spira Ann Grossman David Ilem Leo Levin of Robert Roy, Lois Horvat, Green Blecher Harry J. Davis Yuri Weinstein, Sanford Scott and Charles Freedman Israel Solomon Albert Young Tillie Atkins Max Don Plasco. Schindler Ann Helen Skigan Louis Raskin Bessie Barr Dorthey Brouthers Nathan Feigeles Leo Klingman David Metz Albert Week ending July 7, 2018 Mitchell Skigan Howard Mayers Greene Anna Rickman Nathan 18 Tammuz to 24 Tammuz 5778 Herbert Cohen Pearl Miner Rubenstein Gustie Silverman Louis Tolin Sanford Ziff Jacob Leonard Signer Tessie Smith Anthony Fogel Suzanne Wengel Yelsky Sara Seltz Arnoff Karin Shirley Ziff Wasserman Press Israel Hyman Packer Morton Week ending August 4, 2018 B. Copperman David Solsky Anna 17 Av to 23 Av 5778 Week ending August 25, 2018 8 Elul to 14 Elul 5778 Weinberg Samuel Spira Blanche Betty Stolarsky Lillian Adell Morris Azine Grant Heller Jerry Sukenik Jacob Brick Milton M. Morris Blatt Albert H, Davidson Lefkowitz Adolph Fischer Herman Guzik William Levenson Zoltan Anna Erlechman Melvin Gold Kain Edna Lecht Sidelle Friedman Taubner Dr. Samuel B. Aronson Emery Klug William Kushner Eleanor Palchick Suzanne Wengel Harold Kaminsky Morris Rancman Florence Rosenstein Gertrude Weinzimmer Nathan Fellman Louis J. Rotman Week ending July 14 2018 Luisa Adelson Eli Chudakoff Adeline Strom Robert Katz Jack 25 Tammuz to 2 Av 5778 Susan Kirschenbaum Gonzales Anne Wohl Harry Feldman Rose Ziff Joe Press Sarah Bott Anita Brown Katzman Hyman Wolf Weinberg Himmel Shirley Young Jack Oettinger Joe Ziff Mildred Ben Weiner Dorothy Harmon Baker Lillian Barr Martin Berger Marilyn Kammer Ethel Wohl Week ending September 1, 2018 15 Elul to 21 Elul 5778 Evelyn Garber Daniel K. Solomon Susan Kopcsik Anna Setnik Sarah Davidson Morris Finkelman Rhea Gordon Mami K. Theodore Polensky Emil Glauber Korn Andrea Lynn Marshall Sam Frances W. Freedman Toba Miner Celie Teplitzky Jessica Ziff Week ending August 11 2018 Goldstein Lillian Tolin Elmer Ida Greene Mollie Lipman 24 Av to 30 Av 5778 Brouthers Leonard Robert Lubline Marvin Setnik Leon E. Abel Benjamin Linetsky Sophie Adler Ben Kurtz Elizabeth Lena Tickton Harry Wasserman Feigeles Joseph Feigeles Edward Week ending July 21, 2018 Lawrence Bassin Sylvia Landis Katz Deanne Bayer Sylvia Leiken 3 Av to 9 Av 5778 David Leuchtag Sam Scott Irving Levine Ruth Newman Sadie Dobrin Marion Goldman Leonard Speiser Harry Waldman Carol Rubenstein
Morris Schuster Rae Yelsky Herman Weitzner Dolores Feldman Continued on page 13
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Tree of Life (continued from page 12) Students from St. Edward High School Make Donation, Share Lunch with Rabbi. Week ending September 8, 2018
22 Elul to 28 Elul 5778 In April, 25 young men and their teacher from St. Edward High School in Ernest Emerman Barbara Signer Lakewood visited Temple Israel Ner Tamid for a morning of learning and Jessel David Meisner Morton discussion with Rabbi Matt. During the meeting, they presented TINT with a Myers Jack Saltzman Melvin $100 check for our Tzedakah Fund. Schneider Sarah Black Herman Eisenberg Helen Fein Joyce After the session, everyone reconvened at Jack’s Deli for a real taste of Friedrich Samuel Goldfarb Judaism...lunch! Morris Signer Leonard Marshall Lily Fellman Sam Zimmerman Goldie Kopolow William Belman Eva Rozsa Tillie Scott Irwin N. Abel Herman Howard Jack Malkin Elsie Menks Benjamin Zalben 11 Israeli Olympians: David Berger Ze’ev Friedman Yossef Gutfreund Eliezer Halfin Yossef Romano Amitzur Shapira Kehat Shorr Mark Slavin Andre Spitzer Yakov Springer Moshe Weinberg
What Do You See...and Feel?
During the TINT trip to Israel last December, this picture was purchased by Frank & Phyllis Weiss at Yad Vashem, the holocaust museum. It now hangs in our temple’s library.
Rabbi Matt asks that you study the image. How do you interpret it? What do you see? How does it make you feel?
Is it just a piece of cloth on barbed wire? Or is there something more?
Come, take a closer look at the original in the library. Write some of your thoughts and share them with Rabbi Matt at [email protected].
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HONORABLE MENSCHEN Donations may be made to: Belman Scholarship Fund: In Bill’s loving memory. For Rabbi Frederick Eisenberg Music Fund: Rabbi Fred’s fund Jewish camping, Israel trips, based on financial need. to support and enhance all things musical at TINT. Bima Fund: To maintain and enhance our Sanctuary Bima. Rabbi’s Philanthropic Fund: A fund Rabbi Matt uses for tzed- Building Fund: To maintain and enhance our building. akah and extra budgetary needs. Kari Friedman Memorial Religious Education Fund: Used Raskin Temple Beautification Fund: A family fund to beauti- to support our religious education programs. fy our temple and grounds. Mack & Estelle Bossin Library Fund: In Mack and Estelle’s Henry & Carol Schoenewald Endowment Fund: A family loving memory to maintain and enhance our library. fund for extra budgetary needs, at the Rabbi’s discretion. Tzedakah Fund: Supports all tzedakah projects, including the Irwin Abel Torah Fund: In Irwin’s loving memory. To main- Hunger Fund, St. Al's monthly dinners, PB&J and the Teddy tain, repair, and enhance our Torah scrolls. Bear Bank. Lenore November Memorial Fund: In Lenore’s loving General Operating Fund: Funds TINT’s daily operations. memory. A family fund for extra budgetary needs, at the Rabbi’s discretion.
Donations made as of June 15, 2018 • Jerry & Susie Strom, in memory of Lois Horvat, Goldie Markowitz, Robert Roy; and in honor of Reese General Operating Fund Singerman’s high school graduation & all TINT • Hilda Blatt, in memory of sister, Lee Jacobs confirmands • Sophia & Boria Torgov
• Mark Shoag, in memory of father, Warren Shoag Tzedakah Fund • Barbara Sofer, in memory of mother-in-law, Sally • Norma Klein, in memory of son, Larry Edward Klein Sofer • St. Edward High School students • Nadine & Richard Bendycki, in memory of • The Good People Fund, Inc., for the Sober Seder grandfather, Meyer Adelson; mother, Luisa Adelson; & • Forest City Hebrew Benevolent Association Rebecca Hesselbacher, niece of Joy & Marvin Gray • Allan Miner, in memory of father, Jack Miner • Bernice Kain, in memory of brothers Aaron, Maurice • Judy & Irv Aplis, in memory of mother, Anne Katzman & David Dachner & Robert Roy • Robert & Carol Weitzner, in memory of mother, Irene Weitzner; mother, Fay Sustin Religious Education Fund • Yuri Weinstein, in memory of father, Yakov Weinstein • Rabbi Matt & Pat Eisenberg, in honor of Victor & & in appreciation for prayers for his health Ellen Cohn receiving award • Frank & Phyllis Weiss, in memory of father, Lewis • Cheryl & Paul Miller, in memory of Robert Roy Rakusin & brother, Jerry Weiss • Marv & Marcia Gisser, in memory of parents Henry • Steve & Janet Newman & Rae Gisser • Joanne Guerra, in memory of friend, Alita Michael • Emma Korolyov, in memory of father, Boris Ioffe; Mack & Estelle Bossin Library Fund mother, Bertha Ioffe • Hannah & Tibor Szabo, in memory of mother, • Alice & Tom Severovich, in memory of brother, Gary Myrna Harad Severovich • Alan Grown, in memory of father, Samuel Grown Raskin Temple Beautification Fund • Ronda Rosenstein, in memory of mother, Florence • Marcia & Marv Gisser, in memory of brother, Rosenstein Michael Goldman • Judith Guzik, in memory of brother-in-law, • Cheryl & Paul Miller, in loving memory of son, Milton M. Guzik Jared Scott Miller • Alexander & Galina Gen • Jonathan Wengel, in memory of mother, Suzanne Irwin Abel Torah Fund Wengel • Jewish War Veterans, Post 712, in honor of • Erika & Dick Gold, in memory of father, Zoltan, 2018/5778 Confirmands Taubner; loved one, Melvin Gold • Gary & Sue Stark, in memory of father, Mort Stark Continued on page 15
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Continued from page 14 • Allan & Karen Hirth • Davida Howard Prayerbook Fund • Eunice Kalina • Joy & Marvin Gray, in memory of niece, Rebecca • Mel & Lola Kamins Hesselbacher • Jonathan & Kori Karas • Cheryl & Paul Miller, in loving memory of son, Jared • Carole Kass Scott Miller • Janis Kovan • Ben & Jill Ledsky St. Aloysius Hunger Center Sponsors • Jordan & Ann Levy • Mark & Jill Friedman, in loving memory of daughter, • Linda McMullen Kari Friedman (April) • Paul & Cheryl Miller • Peter Freimark, in loving memory of son, Adam Freimark (April) • Steve & Janet Newman • • Richard & Ann Schamberger, in memory of Floy Robert November, in memory of Lenore November Schamberger & Henry Koref (May) • Tom & Marcie Oelbracht • Jill & Bob Shemory (June) • Stan & Ruthie Raskin • Gary & Janie Rosenthal Rabbi’s Philanthropic Fund • Larry & Susan Scheps • Babes of 1916, in appreciation • Dr. Mark & Betsey Shoag • Shelly Plasco, in memory of husband, Don Plasco • Paul & Kim Singerman • Carol Schoenewald, in memory of father, Louis • Mort Stark* Klingman • Jerry & Susie Strom • Lev & Nancy Weinstein, in loving memory of father, • Michael Ungar & Deborah Warner Ungar Yuri Weinstein • Doug & Arlene Wieder
*Deceased
Rabbi Frederick Eisenberg Music Fund • Rabbi Fred & Helen Eisenberg, in memory of Don Plasco, Susan Shapiro & Harry Berkowitz • Cheryl & Paul Miller, in loving memory of son, Jared Scott Miller
“Vision 20/20” Capital Campaign Fund Pledges Need a hand up • Anonymous on a financial shortfall? • Irv & Judy Aplis • Gerald & Tracy Appel Hebrew Free Loan Association has a new loan • Craig & Jodi Appell fund, the ZaGiBe Fund, designed to help bridge • Jeff & Mary Basch • Nadine & Rich Bendycki the gap to pay for Jewish sleepaway camp, teen • Richard & Stephanie Berkowitz Israel trips, Israel year programs, or, for Jewish • Bill & Carol Droe widows and widowers, financial hardships…all • Richard Droe with interest free loans. • Steve & Janet Edelman • Elizabeth Eisenberg If you’ve explored all other scholarship, grand • Rabbi Fred & Helen Eisenberg and funding options and still need a helping • Rabbi Matt & Pat Eisenberg hand, call 216-378-9042, or email • Jeff & Sandra Fine • Richard & Lynda Freedman [email protected]. • Dick & Erika Gold Applications also available • Brett & Robin Goldberg at www.interestfree.org. • Dr. Joy & Marvin Gray • Joanne Guerra
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