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CBS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | NOVEMBER 2017 | KISLEV—TEVET 5778 Cantor’s Corner Sunday, Nov. 5 (see page 19) anukkah is coming! Breakfast for EVERYONE! Chanukah is coming! Presented by the CBS Brotherhood That’s right! Even though we will celebrate PLUS special guest speaker: Thanksgiving this month, we also begin the Hebrew Michael Benjamin Salonius to month of Kislev in November that contains share his life story…. Hanukkah! Now I know that is exciting as we all prepare to buy presents Kristallnacht and give and receive gifts Commemoration Cantor Bruce Shapiro from our families and friends. In Tol’dot, Isaac meets Rebekah! Eventually they Robert Geminder have 2 children…twin boys no less! What a gift Holocaust Survivor to have children! One child was red and hairy all over (Esau) and the other was holding his brothers heel so he was named Jacob (Ya’akov- November 8—see page 13 ekev being a heel!). Each brother possessed qualities that the other did not have. Is that the way it is/was with your siblings? Has there been a struggle in your household with a sibling? Sometimes we find struggles in our children for dominance for a parent’s attention or love. This is the gift of growing up with a sibling. We generally don’t recognize this as positive during those years. The mere fact that we struggle with relationships in our family teaches us that we can’t always get what we want or have our way. Various situations in a family CBS BOOK CLUB provide leadership opportunities and sometimes see page 12 not. We as children all vie for attention. These are the facts of life. One thing is for sure. We sometimes cannot overcome an argument with a BBB sibling….but in a larger percentage of the time we can either negotiate or talk through an issue if Bazaar both parties are willing. Are you willing? Read Brunch the story…you’ll see the struggle…one parent Book Faire favors one child over another, one brother struggles with the other…exciting stuff! please see In Cantorial school at the Academy for Jewish Page 7 Religion CA (AJRCA.org), I took a class on “How See CANTOR on page 2 CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM | 500 HARRINGTON ST.Kol STE. Echad A1 CORONA, Page CA1 92880 | (951) 734-4033 | WWW.CBSOFCORONA.ORG 2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS CANTOR from page 1 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS to read the Bible”. My professor suggested to the class, President “Identify yourself as each character in the Bible”. What lessons did you teach? What lessons did you learn? What Bruce Rouman (951) 735-6814 would you have done differently or would you have done the Secretary same thing? I encourage you to join in the discussion and Stacy Pineiros (951) 833-2454 become a “player” in the story! Treasurer Adon Olam, Master of the Universe, we as parents Shirli Driz (951) 201-9779 encourage our children to be the best that they can become. Personal agendas are put aside in order to understand our children and recognize what we can do as VICE PRESIDENT OFFICERS parents to help our children reach their highest level of VP of Finance competence and to achieve their greater purpose in this Renee Miller (909) 228-5945 world. VP of Membership May we all be elevated by our own actions as well as the Bob Stone (562) 818-9137 interactions with our children and may we all have Nachas VP of Ritual and be thankful for them and from the fruits of our labors. Happy Thanksgiving! Jackie Williams (951) 734-8045 VP of Education *********** Marci Rouman (951) 735-6814 VP of Ways & Means Save the Dates: Dennis Itzkowitz (951) 675-0300 1) November 5: 8:30 AM Men’s Club sponsored VP of Operations Breakfast. Guest Speaker Chaplain Michael Mark Koren (951) 204-0635 Salonius from 9 AM-10:15 AM. How he came to identify with Judaism growing up in an Anti-Semitic VP of Social Action environment, attending Yeshiva, and serving in the IDF David Severson (714) 365-2131 (Israeli Defense Force). I encourage all congregants, VP of Sisterhood parents of students and students over the age of 10 to attend this event. Noemi Schulman (909) 262-6938 VP of Brotherhood 2) November 18: Torah Study at 9 AM. Come and argue Joel Friedberg (951) 817-0713 Followed by Rabbi Bruce Skolnick delivering the Youth Chair D’Rash at 10AM Shabbat Services. Andrea Vasquez (951) 741-5903 Jessica Rouman (Kadima) (951) 733-2231 3) 2 (maybe 3) Sundays left in November. NJOP Read Hebrew Across America. IMPORTANT CONTACTS Spiritual Leader 4) TRIP to ISRAEL Summer 2019. We are about 18 months Cantor Bruce Shapiro (949) 697-7641 out now from our proposed trip. Please send an email to [email protected] to let me know of your Birthday/Anniversary/Yahrzeit interest. Noemi Schulman (909) 262-6938 Gift Shoppe & Israel Outreach Stephanie Sachs (951) 736-3058 Newsletter Bobby Spiegel (951) 733-1836 Onegs Gail Koren (951) 688-1709 Garden of Shalom Contact Saul Shulman (951) 277-4027 Legacy Luncheon Renee Miller (909) 228-5945 Scrip Program Shirli Driz (951) 201-9779 Kol Echad Page 2 A Message from the President In recent months our synagogue will take Q&A after, so please be there. had the High Holy Days services starting with S’lichot and recently Then on Wednesday, November 8, is our concluded with Simchat Torah. But Kristallnacht program at the Corona Library. Please leading up to and into October we be there early to get a good seat as this is usually have been blessed with many standing room only. Our speaker is Robert donations from generous people Geminder, a Holocaust survivor who will talk from not only our CBS family but about his life as a child and escaped from Auschwitz from friends of CBS. concentration camp. You won’t want to miss this Our donations in recent months are event which gets underway at 6:30PM, so be there Bruce Rouman early. President from our immediate membership, small but mighty. This includes On Saturday, November 18, Rabbi Bruce Skolnick fantastic support for our Yizkor booklet – a very will be delivering the D’Rash at CBS. Please be there well done Thank You to everyone who supported for this special speaker as well. this annual tradition of remembering our loved ones. Also in November our education program has their largest fundraiser, the Holiday Bazar, Brunch and Next is our High Holy Days contributions for tickets Book Faire. This will be Sunday November 19, and annual pledges. Another great response. from 11AM to 3PM, Brunch is served from 11AM till Plus we had several CBS friends and members 1PM. Tickets for brunch are just $10pp. Our vendors purchase Memorial plaques. These are donations will be set up for your shopping pleasure. Amongst that last a lifetime and get recognized each year them our CBS gift shop will have many discounts on automatically in the Yizkor booklet – again thank Chanukah items, menorahs, etc., LuLaRoe will also you. And of course, a thank you to our families be out there , Hair and beauty products will be that donated a new freezer to CBS. It arrived at a available too. Our caterer, Shirli Driz, is coordinating perfect time for our ice cream social at Simchat the Brunch so expect a beautiful array of great food Torah. And we reached out to everyone walking including lox and bagels, homemade baked items, through our doors for our food donations this year. etc. So plan to support this event with a donation for A fantastic response by our members & friends for Brunch tickets. many in our community that depend on Settlement House food bank to get through the month. Then comes our Annual Chanukah Party in December, Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament in In November we’ll have 2 speakers. On Sunday, th January, but let’s get through all our November November 5 our CBS Brotherhood will start us events first. off with a breakfast at 8AM followed by our guest speaker, Chaplain Michael Salonius at 9AM. He Kol Tuv, will talk about how he came to identify with Bruce Rouman Judaism growing up at home in an Anti-Semitic environment, his attending Yeshiva as an adult and serving in the IDF (Israeli Defense Force). He CBS Welcomes Lake Elsinore Family as New Members The Devor family from Lake Elsinore have Amber has already started to get involved by officially joined our congregation. The family joining Cantor Shapiro in his Hebrew class on includes Jason, a realtor with an office in select Saturday mornings. She has indicated Trabuco Canyon, Amber, a stay at home mom, interests in Torah study, education, and possibly and Madison (Maddie) a 14 month old bundle an adult bat mitzvah. Both Amber and Jason of joy. Jason and Amber wed on December 28, were interested in being involved in activities 2008. The family were attendees of Temple they could share with their daughter. Beth El in Aliso Viejo, where Jason was a member for 27 years and Amber for 7 years. Please be sure to introduce yourself and welcome this young family to our synagogue When asked what they were looking for by family. joining CBS, the response was: "Being part of a community filled with warmth and love feeling a By Bob Stone, Membership VP connection for an education for our daughter." Kol Echad Page 3 The Day the Cantor went to Prison On Sunday, October 22, Cantor went to prison. It was My takeaway from our day together is that people are a celebration! Reb Moshe Halfon and Joyce Severson the same.