Volume 47 Issue 1 Elul 5777-Tishrei-Heshvan-Iyyar 5778 August-November 2017 Volume 46 Issue 6 Tammuz – Av – Elul 5777 July-August 2017

Temple Beth El – Your Personal Connection to Judaism www.TBEBellmore.org Royi Shaffin, Rabbi Eitan Binet, Cantor Ira Minkoff, President David Hiesiger, Cantor Emeritus Upcoming Events September 5 Sisterhood Sukkot Craft project - See page 23 for more details September 9 Shabbes Shul September 12 Sisterhood Chinese Auction - See page 21 for more details September 16 Selichot Program and Services September 20-22 Rosh Hashanah September 29 Erev Yom Kippur - Kol Nidre September 30 Yom Kippur - Congregational Break Fast See page 8 for more details October 4 Erev Sukkot - Sukkot dinner #1 See page 12 for more details October 5 Sukkot - Sukkot dinner #2 See page 12 for more details October 5-11 Sukkot October 10 Sisterhood Pizza in the Hut - See page 22 for more details October 12 Shemini Atzeret - Yizkor - Erev Simchat Torah - Family Service October 13 Simchat Torah - Simchat Torah Luncheon - See page 12 for more details October 15 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk - See page 18 for more details November 5 Fiddler on the Roof by Plaza Theatrical Productions - See page 23 for more details November 9 Sisterhood Paid-Up Membership Dinner - See page 28 for more details November 19 Holiday Shopping Day - See page 21 for more details Complete High Holiday Schedule on Page 3

Please join us Saturday night, September 16 at 8:30 p.m. for SELICHOT SERVICES As we usher in the beginning of the High Holiday Season Our special services will be led by RABBI SHAFFIN & CANTOR BINET Memorial Plaques will be dedicated. Dessert Reception will follow

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TALK TEMPLE TABLE OF CONTENTS TALK TEMPLE Published By Complete High Holiday Schedule 3 Temple Beth-El of Bellmore Rabbi’s Message .4 1373 Bellmore Road, N. Bellmore, NY 11710 President’s Corner…………………………………....5 Tel. (516) 781-2650 From Exec V.P./Kol Nidre Appeal……………………6 Kol Nidre 7 www.tbebellmore.org Lulov & Etrog/Break Fast 8 Question? [email protected] Ritually Speaking 9 Royi Shaffin…………………………………Rabbi Fall Holidays 10 - 11 Eitan Binet………………...….…………...Cantor Sukkot Dinners/Simchat Torah Luncheon 12 David Hiesiger...... …...... …. Cantor Emeritus Education/Food Donations 13 Ira Minkoff…...……………...... President Learning with Levana/Blood Drive 14 Sue Zwick....…….…………Sisterhood President Charlottesville 15 - 16 Harvey Kletzkin…...... Men’s Club President Wellness/JULIETS/Mah Jong Cards 17 David Wayne………….Executive Vice President Breast Cancer Walk/Tashlikh/Men’s Club 18 Stuart Jaffe…………………………….Treasurer Sisterhood Tzedakah of the Month 19 - 20 Gary Nathan……………...…Assistant Treasurer Mazel Tov/Sandwiches for INN 20 Chinese Auction/Holiday Shopping Day 21 Fern Summer………………...Financial Secretary Pizza in the Hut/Friedberg JCC 22 Lowell Wayne……….Fundraising Co–Vice Pres. Sukkot Craft/Fiddler on the Roof Outing 23 Ed Senenman We Get Letters 24 Dan Checkla………….Education Vice President Rabbi Goldscheider Concert Sponsors 24 Adam Raclaw……………..Ritual Vice President A National Treasure: The Israel National Trail 25 Carole Friedman…………..Recording Secretary Sisterhood News/Paid - Up Membership Dinner 28 Shari Nadelman………Corresponding Secretary Women’s League Convention 29 Betty & Gary Flaum……………....House Chairs Condolences 29 Shari Nadelman………Immediate Past President Holiday Flowers/Men’s Club Softball Team 30 Sisterhood 2017-2018 Board 31 EDITORIAL STAFF FOHJS 32 – 33 Nell Landman……………………………Editor Holiday Recipe 33 Barbara Cohen………………. Editorial Assistant Shabbes Shul/Kiddush Donations 34 Aaron Landman……………… Editorial Assistant Donations/Condolences 35 Sara Lustbader………………...Editorial Assistant Shabbat Service Schedule 36 Gail Magzamen………………. Editorial Assistant Sandy Minkoff…………………Editorial Assistant David Silvermetz……………...Editorial Assistant Office Hours: Fern Summer…………………Editorial Assistant Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - 9am – 4pm, Stuart Zeitlin…………………………Columnist Wednesday – 9am – 4:30pm, Susan Wald…………………………..Columnist Friday - 9am – 1pm Levana Lichter………………………..Columnist

HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICE SCHEDULE 5778-2017 THE RABBI’S MESSAGE Shalom and Shanah Tovah. I am thrilled to be writing my first article for Talk Temple as

Name Day Date Occasion Service Candle Lighting Time Selichot Saturday Sept. 16 Program 8:30 pm Services 9:30 pm Rosh Hashanah Wed. Sept. 20 Mincha/Maariv 6:30 pm 6:36 pm Thursday Sept. 21 Morning 8:45 am Tashlikh #1 @Forest City Park 4:30 pm Mincha / Maariv 6:30 pm 7:33 pm (from existing flame) Friday Sept. 22 Morning 8:45 am Shabbat Shuvah Friday Sept. 22 Mincha / Maariv/Kabbalat 6:15 pm 6:07 pm (from existing flame) Shabbat Ha’azinu Shabbat Saturday Sept. 23 Morning 9:15 am Mincha / Maariv 6:15 pm Tzom Gedaliah Sunday Sept. 24 Morning 9:00 am Maariv 7:30 pm Tashlikh #2 Sunday Sept. 24 Wantagh Park near boat ramp 1:00 pm Yom Kippur Friday Sept. 29 Kol Nidre 5:45 pm 6:21 pm Saturday Sept. 30 *Morning 8:30 am Mincha 4:15 pm Private Meditation at Ark 5:30 pm Neilah / Maariv 6:00 pm Fast Ends 7:18 pm Sukkot Wed. October 4 Mincha / Maariv 6:00 pm 6:13 pm Thursday October 5 Morning 9:15 am Mincha / Maariv 6:30 pm 7:10 pm (from existing flame) Friday October 6 Morning 9:15 am Shabbat Chol Friday October 6 Mincha / Maariv / Kabbalat 5:55 pm 6:10 pm (from existing flame) Hamoed Sukkot Shabbat Saturday October 7 Morning 9:15 am Mincha / Maariv 6:00 pm Sukkot IV Sunday October 8 Morning 9:00 am Breakfast in the Sukkah Mincha / Maariv 7:30 pm Sukkot V Monday October 9 Morning 7:30 am Breakfast in the Sukkah Mincha / Maariv 7:30 pm Sukkot VI Tuesday October 10 Morning 7:30 am Breakfast in the Sukkah Mincha / Maariv 7:30 pm Hoshana Rabbah Wed. October 11 Morning 7:30 am Shemini Atzeret Wed. October 11 Mincha / Maariv 5:45 pm 6:01 pm Thursday October 12 *Morning 9:00 am Simchat Torah Thursday October 12 Family Simchat Torah Service 5:40 pm 6:59 pm (from existing flame) Mincha / Maariv Friday October 13 Simchat Torah Morning 9:00am October 13 Honors / Hakafot 10:15 am October 13 Mincha / Maariv/Kabbalat 5:45 pm 5:59 pm (from existing flame) Shabbat *Yizkor will be said during these morning services.

the new rabbi of Temple Beth-El of Bellmore. As the new year is about to begin, I look forward to an exciting year at our synagogue filled with inspiring services, tantalizing Torah study, warm social occasions and spiritual growth for us as individuals and as a community. I look forward to working with the very warm and talented Cantor Binet as well as with the newly elected Board. I already have a sense of a very strong and capable Board leadership. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who worked so hard on bringing me to Temple Beth- El. Thank you to the previous and newly elected Boards, the Rabbi Search Committee, the Negotiating Committee, the Shabbes Shul Committee, the House Committee, the Ritual Committee, those in the Office, and all those who attended the Skype class and my Guest Rabbi Weekend. By seeing how many people worked on the meals, I could tell how caring the Congregation is and how dedicated people are. There is a Jewish tradition of eating the head of a fish on Rosh Hashanah so that we may be the head and not the tail, so that we may look forward more than backwards and so that we may look up and not down. In this spirit of positivity and faith in the future, I wish us all a sweet new year. Shanah Tovah Umetukah RABBI ROYI SHAFFIN

Rosh Hashanah is just around the corner -- 2016 High Holiday Tickets notice We are anticipating a meaningful Holiday experience with Rabbi Royi Shaffin and Cantor Eitan Binet. High Holiday tickets will be mailed to members in good standing on or about September 5, 2017. Ticket prices will be the same as last year. This year, we again have a special one-year gift option for members’ children who are between the ages of 23 and 39. Called The Gift of Affiliation. This unique opportunity will allow your child(ren) to maintain and increase their involvement in Judaism and enhance their connection to Temple Beth-El. The Gift of Affiliation entitles your young adult to participate in Temple programs at the member rate, to receive Talk Temple and to be part of the TBE News phone chain. The cost for this new affiliation is only $100 for the year and will include High Holiday tickets for the 2017-2018 year. We urge you to take advantage of it. If you would like to be an usher, please contact Adam Raclaw at 221-2753 in August. If you have other questions about your High Holiday tickets, please call Fern Summer at 785-6957.

PRESIDENT’S CORNER It is always difficult to find the words that will carry us into the High Holiday season and carry us through. Luckily, this year, we have a year-long Rabbi who joined us on August 27. So, my message can be purely about temple business instead of trying to touch on the spiritual. As of this writing, we just completed a Congregation Meeting at which we passed all the following items: the Board Slate, the annual Budget, the Rabbi’s Contract and the Cantor’s Contract. It was a long meeting, but we got it all done respectfully and as a community. I am very thankful to everyone who was there to share their viewpoints and ideas. As I promised the folks at the meeting, there will be no Consolidation business discussed between Selichot and Simchat Torah. This is because we want to have a peaceful, meaningful and successful holiday season. I am proud to, once again, take over the reins of Temple Beth-El, but could not do so without thanking our Immediate Past President Shari Nadelman. Shari carried us through some major changes in our synagogue and she handled it all with grace and dignity (OK, she exploded at me a few times, but that is par for the course). I am proud to have at my side another past president, David Wayne, as my Exec VP. I don’t know that I could have stepped in again without someone like David, who knows the inner workings of our organization like the back of his hand. We will be lifted and supported by a great Board of Trustees with several new faces and new ideas. It should be an exciting year. We have plans for a very active year filled with exciting programs from both the Temple and Sisterhood and Men’s Club has some tricks up its sleeves as well. Of course, because this article will come out pre-Selichot, I will quickly mention that the Long-Term Planning Committee, under the leadership of Ed Senenman and the Merger Exploratory Committee, under the leadership of Ivy Roberts, are hard at work securing new directions for the future of Temple Beth-El that will take us to new adventures and new heights. Not to worry, as has always been our tradition, we will remain transparent and keep you up to date. As a matter of fact, I plan for a Congregation Meeting in October so you can be as up to date as we are. Remember, this is your community and your Jewish home. We respect it and will fulfill any dream you may have. But we need to know what those dreams are. So, do not be shy. Call us or catch us and talk to us. As always, you can reach me on my cellular phone at 516-782-5270, 24/6. This is not a time of despair. It is an exciting time when we get to honor those that came before us and started Temple Beth-El of Bellmore. It would be a tribute to them to make us a blessing for many decades to come. Together we can find that direction. Since I am writing this on August 17, I could not complete my thoughts without sharing my feelings about the sad occurrences in Charlottesville, VA last Shabbat. It was a disgusting display of Neo-Nazism, White Supremacy and Anti-Semitism. This type of behavior cannot be tolerated in 2017 America no matter what some people may say. Hopefully, our leaders will wake up and get this under control in quick fashion so we don’t have to live through any dark days like this anymore. Further in this issue of Talk Temple, you will find an article from the president of a shul in Charlottesville, sent to us by former members of our Congregation. It is startling. Deep cleansing breath please; and let me wish you the warmest and most special High Holidays. I look forward to seeing you all in the weeks to come. It is my favorite time to be at TBE and I hope we see more of you than we did last year. Please consider spending some quality time with us. Good Yom Tov from Lisa, myself and our children. Our wishes are for all of you to be inscribed in the Book of Life for another year. IRA MINKOFF

FROM THE EXECUTIVE VP… Nine years ago, I finished a second go around as President of the congregation and I was sure that my days of sitting on the Bima were done. Somehow, once again, I’m sitting on the left side on the Bima. It really is an honor to sit there and be close to the dovening and the Torah. I suppose I’ll have to do some things to merit this privilege! Seriously, I volunteered for this position so that I could work with Ira to provide experienced leadership during the upcoming year. Many important decisions will be made and I hope that I can contribute and help formulate the direction we will take and the means to put us on that path. I have always listened to input and suggestions and have never backed down when it comes to the good of the congregation. I hope that you believe that. I also hope that Ira and I have your trust and good faith without which leading the congregation is not possible. Please do not go forth saying, “This is our last year.” Whatever path we take, our congregation is more than a location and the ties that bind us are strong enough to keep us together regardless of what we choose to do. I sincerely believe that. Phyllis and I wish you all a Shanah Tovah u’Metukah…a wonderful and sweet New Year. DAVID WAYNE

KOL NIDRE APPEAL 2017 In August, you received the letter of appeal to participate in this year’s Kol Nidre Appeal. On the reverse side of the letter is a tear off to return with your pledge. Your previous two years’ donations are also listed to guide you. We hope that you will contribute this year at least the larger of the two amounts. Your support and donations enable us to go forward and maintain our full plate of services and programming. Our goal for this year is $60,000 from Regular AND Associate members AND from other friends of TBE. It would be a wonderful thing to announce on Yom Kippur that we are near our goal. Please respond with a pledge as soon as you know what you would like to give this year. Thank you in advance for your donation and commitment to our congregation. DAVID WAYNE Kol Nidre Appeal 2017 Chair

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Kol Nidre Donors 5777, 2016-17 The entire congregation, its leadership, its clergy and support staff wish to thank all those who have helped to insure our well-being and our programming by generously participating in last year’s Kol Nidre Appeal. A special Yashar Koach to Ira Minkoff who led this appeal for the past two years. (An asterisk * indicates that the donor increased their pledge from the prior year) Gold Benefactors Silver Benefactors Bronze Benefactor Alan & Marilyn Gordon Leonard & Corinne Cohen Gary & Bette Flaum* Arthur & Joan Kay* Irving & Reda Freedman Manfred Korman Larry & Carole Friedman David & Phyllis Wayne* Harry & Sandra Mahn Harry & Carin Miller* Alan & Debbie Ryan* Edward & Barbara Senenman Barbara Zuch Benefactors Harvey Brody & Barbara Deutsch Paul Kotik Norman & Ivy Roberts Mark & Linda Dolinger Eric & Lauri Last Richard & Debbie Rosenkrantz Allan Dorushkin Harold & Sara Lustbader Deborah Wasserman Steve & Carol Feldman* Paul & Gail Magzamen Lowell & Lynne Wayne Judy Goldscheider Ira & Lisa Minkoff Allen Weinstein Gary & Joy Goldstein Sandra Minkoff Lawrence M. Greebel* Joseph & Renee Mirman Donors Rae Arbesfeld Iris Goldberg* Fred & Beth Leighton* Robert & Karen Seltzer William & Jane Beinin Janice Goody Harold & Janet Levin David & Rita Silvermetz Israel & Miriam Belski Walter & Elaine Hearns Stephen & Nathalie Levine Anita Stark* Mark Berman & Diana Berkowitz Barry & Marlene Hess Levana Lichter Allan & Arlene Sulzer Martin & Phyllis Blum Edward & Lisa Hilfer Janice Lubin Fern Summer* Susan Blumberg* Renee Hirsh Merele Milim Seymour & Suzanne Susswein Robert & Esther Boriskin Kenneth & Susan Honig* Barbara Millman Rose Treshan* Daniel & Sherri Checkla Doris Joltin Lea Mlawer* Jonathan & Anna Ullmann Annette Cymrot Philip & Joanne Kaminowitz Sheila Needleman Tommy & Zipora Weber Irving & Frances Einhorn* Ruth Kantor Edith Passin Sandra Wechsler* Michael Eitingon & Nancy Kaplan* Ira & Irma Kass* Harvey & Jana Rabinowitz* Jerrold & Adele Weissman* Lewis Ertel* Theodore Kastenbaum* Adam & Laura Raclaw* Shepperd & Joyce Woda* Brian & Dina Fine Emil Kesselman Seymour & Barbara Rand* Cory & Amy Wolin Bernard Fleissig Sandra Kinney* Barry & Phyllis Reich Gerald & Ethel Yasner Laurence Frankfort* Steven & Rachel Kleinfeld Charles & Phyllis Rothman Steven & Sue Zwick Gloria Garten Max & Lila Kleinman Jesse & Elaine Scharf* Stanley & Pearl Geller Martin & Terry Kole Gloria Schoenbach* Joshua & Gayle Genn Gloria Kramer Robert & Janie Schwartz Ellen Glatt Edith Kursman Jerry & Mira Sclair* David & Debbie Gold Linda Lander* Arthur & Sheila Sekuler

LULAV & ETROG

It is a mitzvah for every family to have their own Lulav and Etrog. To order, call the Temple Office (781-2650) or fill in the order blank below and return to our office. Cost for the Lulav & Etrog set - $40.00. Please make checks payable to Temple Beth-El. ------NAME______EMAIL ADDRESS ______PHONE ______I want to order ______sets of Lulav & Etrog PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM NO LATER THAN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH

TBE Annual Congregational Yom Kippur Break Fast will be held in the rear of the social hall at the end of Yom Kippur, Saturday, September 30, 2017 Meet your friends, Bring your family. A dairy dinner will be served. Cost will be $22 for adults; $8 for children under 18. Absolute deadline for reservations is: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Send or bring reservation form and check to the Temple office. For further information: Contact Laura Litwack at [email protected] or (516) 783-5443 or Phyllis Wayne at [email protected] or (516) 785-5908 ***************************************************************************** Reservation for Congregational Break Fast. Make checks payable to Temple Beth-El Name______

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Number of Adults @ $22 each ______= ______

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RITUALLY SPEAKING

The coming year – 5778 – will be upon us soon, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone in the Temple to celebrate together on the High Holidays. The New Year always brings a renewal of hope, a renewal of friendship and a renewal of spirit. I look forward to working with our new Rabbi, Royi Shaffin, to keep us evolving and progressing in the New Year. Last year at this time, the Ritual Committee came up with a list of suggestions about temple decorum. For some it was a refresher, for others it was brand new information. Overall, however, people took these ideas to heart and the past year ran fairly smoothly. But of course, nobody’s perfect. Sometimes we need a reminder to keep us focused on what is important. Here, once again, is the list we came up with: 1. Please do not bring a cell phone to the shul on Shabbat or Yom Tov. For those who absolutely need a phone, such as for monitoring the health and well-being of a family member, please keep the ringer off in the sanctuary, and step outside to make or receive a call. 2. Please be prompt to the shul to receive an aliyah. On Shabbat, we give aliyot to our members because of a yahrzeit, birthday, benching gomel or a recent simcha (e.g. birth of a grandchild). Prompt attendance ensures that our gabbaim will find you in time to give you the honor. 3. Regarding the amidah: • Please spread out to give everyone room. • Please avoid walking directly in front of or behind someone saying the amidah, even to give tzedakah. We want to avoid any collisions. • Please accommodate those who are saying the amidah by waiting for them to finish before going past them in the row. If possible, please exit to the aisle before the amidah starts. • Please remain quiet while others are saying the amidah around you so as not to disrupt their prayer.

4. Please do not walk around the sanctuary during the kedushah, chanted when we repeat the amidah. 5. Please do not walk around the sanctuary during the Torah reading, but wait until a break between aliyot to enter or leave. If an usher asks you to wait on the side, he is only ensuring that the proper respect is afforded to the Torah being read. To accommodate those who may have to wait and cannot comfortably stand, extra chairs have been placed near the back of the sanctuary. 6. Other timing issues: • For those scheduled to lead the congregation for Shacharit on Shabbat, please be in shul when services begin. • For those scheduled to read Torah or read the Haftorah, please be in the sanctuary within half an hour of the start of davening. • For those scheduled to daven Musaf or give a D’var Torah on Shabbat, please be in shul no later than 9:45 a.m. 7. Please do not sing any portions of the service when davening at a shiva house. This past year, we had a D’var Torah learning group which met several times to discuss upcoming Torah portions, and how to craft a D’var Torah to be presented to the congregation on Shabbat. While we will be yielding this job back to the Rabbi, those interested in continuing to learn about the Torah portions may contact me to schedule a new study group. Shana Tova U’Metukah. ADAM RACLAW Ritual Vice President Holidays: The Fall Festival Beginning in the month of Elul the Jewish people Reprinted from Talk Temple 2013. Written by Rabbi Howard Hoffman constructed a cycle of days to mark the need for human improvement and the mending of our relationship with G-d the partner in our mutual covenant. Although we daily

ask for forgiveness of our sins in the amidah we say foods hinting at our hopes for the year to come, carrot morning, afternoon and evening, and add penitential stew – Mehrin tzimis, for instance is a hope for mehr - prayers called Tachanun daily, the mending of relationships more, or prosperity in the year to come. Apples and with our fellow human beings is something we cannot fulfill Honey, pomegranates, fish heads and leeks are other items by any ritual. We need to seek out those we have appearing on traditional menus. wronged, make amends and ask forgiveness. The sounding of the shofar, picks up the theme of Yom Jews set aside this special season for that purpose. Teru’ah. A hundred blasts are sounded in the synagogue The month of Elul is a time for soul searching and each day. When Rosh Hashanah comes out on Shabbat, reconciliation. It leads to the cycle of the High Holy Days, the shofar is not sounded. a loose translation of Yamim Noraim, or the Days of Awe: In the afternoon of the first day it is customary to visit a today these are called Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. body of water to perform Tashlikh, the symbolic casting Beginning a minimum of four days prior to Rosh Hashanah, away of sins. This can be done later if no suitable body of Selichot or prayers for forgiveness are added prior to the water is nearby. morning service with the first such taking place on a The proper greeting offered from Saturday night prior to Rosh before the festival “L’shannah Tovah Hashanah often at midnight. Tikkatevu” May you be inscribed for a In the bible, Rosh Hashanah is good year refers to the belief that G-d called Yom Teru’ah, the day of judges us on this festival and inscribes sounding alarms, referring to the us in a book for a good year – the shofar sound made in ancient times sefer Chayyim - the book of life. to call the people to war. It is also The Ten Days of Repentance. referred to as Yom Hazikaron, the day of remembrance, and Yom Though Rosh Hashanah is a holiday Zichron Teru’ah, the day of remembering the sounding of on its own, it is part of a cycle of ten days beginning on the alarm. It was not called Rosh Hashannah until the rabbinic first day of Tishrei and ending on Yom Kippur which the period and was originally marked in the temple with rabbis called the Aseret Yimei Teshuvah, the ten days of additional sacrifices. Its penitential usage is not specified in repentance or return. Like Elul this is a time of asking for the Torah, but the book of Ezra indicates that it was forgiveness and soul searching. Since aside from the holy celebrated as a day of joy and of eating festive meals. It is days at the beginning and end there are seven days, a not clear that people other than the priests assembled in week, there is one day of each of our weekly schedule. the temple for this day. We can look at how we spend our time and resolve to change it for the better, even trying it out during this By the time of the rabbis, the single day had been week. The Shabbat is called after the first words of the transformed to two days because of the impossibility to let Haftarah. Shabbat Shuvah, is particularly important for people know that the new moon had arrived. They called setting the tone of how we will celebrate this holy day in it one long day and it is marked that way in Israel now as it the year to come. still is in the Diaspora. The first day of the seventh month was one of the four Jewish new years. This one was the Continued on page 11 New Year for kings. On it, Jews who viewed G-d as their ultimate King, crowned G-d king with the recitation of prayers of coronation: Malchuyot. They picked up the The day after Rosh Hashanah is a fast day, Tzom theme of Yom Hazikaron, remembrance and said that on Gedaliah, marking the anniversary of the assassination of this day G-d remembers all life and added another theme, the Jewish governor, Gedaliah ben Achikam by Jews who Shofarot, saying that G-d would continue G-d’s redemptive wanted to continue fighting the Babylonians after the exile. relationship with humanity as understood by the biblical This act of treachery marked the last gasp of Jewish tradition. We still have these themes in the musaf service independence and concludes the cycle of fasts around the of the days of Rosh Hashanah. mistakes Jews made in running their own independent country in the period of the kings. The fast is observed The festival is generally a happy one, though the idea that from morning until evening on the Third of Tishrei, or on we are called to account for our lives is worked into the fourth if the third comes on Shabbat. prayers. Among the special customs of the day are the eating of sweet foods, a special seder-like menu including

Yom Kippur in the Bible was called Yom Hakippurim, the season and the falling away of sin – according to the day of the atonements, when the High Priest cleansed the Kabbalists. sanctuary of the sins of the Israelites once a year through a The final days of the festival are special yom tovs, like the series of sacrifices and the sending off of a scapegoat to first two days. Jews abstain from work and celebrate. The the desert. The individual Israelites all over the land were first, Shmini Atzeret, is a separate holy day, marked by all required to afflict themselves, fasting, not wearing Yizkor, and the prayer for rain, Geshem, since this marks leather, washing or engaging in any work, like on the the beginning of the rainy season in Israel. Sabbath. It became customary to wear white, to wear non- leather shoes and to observe a fast lasting from before The second, Simchat Torah, was a medieval invention of sunset on the eve of the day until after dark the following the Jews of Europe marking the conclusion of the yearly night. The eating of a festive meal on the eve of the festival cycle of the reading of the Torah and the immediate showed our confidence in our forgiveness and the beginning again. Before reading it, we take the Torahs from remaking of our covenant with G-d. Yom Kippur begins the ark and parade them around the sanctuary, dancing with Kol Nidre, a court procedure for nullifying oaths and with them in joy with singing and simchah dances. Seven vows we make rashly in the year to come. Each service hakafot or circuits are made in the evening and again in the features a confessional, Selichot section and the Musaf morning. The Torah is read in the evening, the only time service recalls the Avodah, the cleansing service of the during the year this occurs, and in the morning, we finish High Priest in the temple and a martyrology, recalling the last parshah of Deuteronomy, V’Zot HaBerachah, those Jews who gave their lives for the sanctification of calling up all the Jews present to have an aliyah, even the .G-d’s name. A fifth service, Neilah in remembrance of the children. Then the special Chatan Torah, the groom of the closing of the Temple gates is added to Yom Kippur and Torah, is called for the last aliyah. Afterward another after the evening service and Havdalah an affirmation of Torah rolled to Genesis is begun and the first aliyah of the the covenant is made, and the shofar is blown. next week’s reading, the creation story is read for the The Jewish mystics allowed for an extension period for Chatan Bereshit, the groom of Genesis, a special honor. repentance until Hoshanna Rabbah on the seventh day The Maftir is read from a third Torah and then the of Sukkot. Haftorah, also a special honor. The Torahs are returned to the ark and a very lively Musaf service often features Sukkot, one of the biblical Pilgrim Festivals is celebrated pranks. Feasting in the afternoon often follows. It is now today from the 15th to the 21st of Tishrei. Originally a the 23rd day of Tishrei and the holiday cycle of the fall is festival of the general harvest it was the first thanksgiving coming to a close. Havdalah is made over wine in the festival for G-d’s bounty and the origin of the American evening and the following day is called Isru Chag, carrying Thanksgiving. It is celebrated by the construction of over the festival, an afterglow of the joy of Sukkot and the Sukkot, booths in which, depending on climate, we dwell feeling of recharged mission we got from renewing our in during the days of the festival. Practically speaking it relationship with G-d and the community on which we means we take our meals there, invite guests and celebrate have worked all month. the harvest and the memory of the period of living under G-d’s protection in the desert. The other main requirement of the festival is the taking of the Lulav and Etrog, four species representing the signs of the harvest and waving them in a pattern to thank G-d and praise G-d. A citron, palm frond, willows and myrtles are the four species. In addition to taking them each day and saying a blessing over them they are used during the Hallel, praise service, each morning and during the Hoshanot, processions at the end of the Musaf each day of the festival. There are longer services each morning with a Torah reading and Hallel reminding us of the many sacrifices offered for the wellbeing of the whole world in ancient times which marked this festival. The seventh day of the festival has a particularly elaborate set of processions giving it the name Hoshanna Rabbah, with seven circuits, six with Lulav and Etrog and the last with willow branches symbolizing the coming of the rainy

YOM TOV FAMILY DINNERS In Our Congregational Sukkah With Rabbi Shaffin Sukkot Dinner #1: Wed., Oct.4 Services@6:00pm Dinner to follow: Catering by Wing Wan Sukkot Dinner #2: Thurs., Oct. 5 Services@6:30 pm Dinner to follow: Catering by Nassau Kosher Cost for dinner: Adults - $23 per meal Children under 12 - $12 If you have any special dietary needs, please contact: Sandy Minkoff – 826-4923 or Nell Landman – 826-8169 RSVP: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH – NO EXCEPTIONS. The caterers need the final count

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SIMCHAT TORAH Join us for prayer & joyous singing and dancing with the Shalom Singers* on Friday, October 13: services begin at 9 am HONOREES: Chatan Torah: David Silvermetz Chatan Beresheet: Larry Frankfort Kallah Mafterit: Karen Seltzer * To defray the cost, SPONSORS ARE NEEDED – PLEASE SEE BELOW.* A meat luncheon catered by Nassau Kosher will be served following services. Please make sure your reservations are in the office no later than Tuesday, Oct. 3. Cost for luncheon: Adults - $23 per meal Children under 12 - $12 Make reservations in the Temple Office with your check no later than Tuesday, Oct. 3 Contact: Sandy Minkoff – 826-4923 or Nell Landman – 826-8169 *OPTIONAL: WE WILL HELP SPONSOR THE SHALOM SINGERS FOR $50. ____ OR A DONATION OF: $___ ALL RESERVATIONS AND CHECKS MUST BE IN THE TEMPLE OFFICE NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, OCT. 3. NO EXCEPTIONS. The caterer needs the final count.

EDUCATION As “back to school” season and the holidays approach, our thoughts naturally turn to education. In order to provide a high level of adult educational programing for our congregation, we will be conferring with Rabbi Shaffin on classes that would be of interest to our members. These include his own teaching, as well as outside speakers, and of course the continuation of the Rabbi Rosenbaum Scholar-in-Residence program. This is where you come in, as we are always looking for your input regarding topics that you would like to see discussed. In addition, we could always use congregants who have a keen interest in education to serve on the Education Committee. The time commitment is minimal, but the rewards are substantial. Please feel free to contact me or the Temple office if you have ideas, suggestions or would like to be a part of the committee. We will also be working to set up and to participate in educational events at other congregations in our area. Please look for information as soon as programs are announced. Wishing everyone a L’Shana Tova and a Sweet New Year from my family to yours. DANIEL CHECKLA Education Vice President

FOOD DONATION PROJECT We at TBE have continued to provide hundreds of pounds of food to Long Island Cares and to Hatzilu. Long Island Cares feeds people in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and provides additional services and goods, including toiletries to the needy. The Hatzilu organization helps feed and financially support many of the Jewish poor residing in Nassau County. Our mission doesn’t end. Unfortunately, thousands and thousands of families on Long Island potentially go hungry every day. • Approximately 283,700 people on Long Island receive emergency food each year. It is projects like ours that help the food banks do the good work that they do. Sometimes, they lose the grant money that was allowing them to provide food and skill-training to promote self-sufficiency for those whom they help. Our donations are crucial, especially when that happens. Please continue to donate. Our committee asks for pop-up-top cans of food because that is what is asked of us. So please try to pick up a can or two (or more) and place it in the bin next to the Temple Office. Toiletries and personal items are also welcomed. We’ve made a difference! Let’s keep it up!!! COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Eileen Fingerman, Harold Lustbader Sara Lustbader

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Learning with Levana: Learning about our Asher – an olive tree. Asher was a peacemaker – oil Sanctuary smooths things over. Naftali- very quick and his symbol is a fast running deer. Looking forward toward the Ark with the Torah inside, Yoseph - The bundle of wheat from his dream this is what you see: The background behind the Ark And Binyamin - a wolf. contains parallel lines that form Stars of David. There is the flag of Israel to the right of the bima with a Star of Just in case you were wondering what the Hebrew David on top and the American flag on the left with an writing is on the two sides of the Ark: Those are two eagle decorating the top. Hebrew words: zachor and shamor. In “Lecha Dodi” that we sing every Friday night, we say: “Shamor v’Zachor There are two colorful glass windows on the top on Bedibur Echad” - God said those two words at the exact two sides of the bima, each depicting six of the twelve same time. (HE can!) The Ten Commandments appear tribes of Israel with their symbols. in the Torah twice: once in the book of Exodus and the On the right side are: other in the book of Deuteronomy. They are almost Reuven - the red flower of fertility (mandrake) that identical, except for in the fourth commandment about Reuven, Jacob’s first born, found and gave to his mother keeping the Shabbat. In Deuteronomy, it says Shamor: Leah. She in turn exchanged it with her sister Rachel for guard the Shabbat - so your servants will rest like you. their mutual husband's favors for that night. In Exodus, it says Zachor - remember the Shabbat and Shimon - the picture of the gate of Shechem. The the reason so you’ll remember Hashem created the connection? The punishment Shimon gave the people of world and He made a covenant with us to keep the Shechem for what happened to Dinah. Shabbat. On the Ark in Hebrew letters it says: “Torat Levy - the Choshen. The 12 colorful stones that were Hashem Temimah.” - God’s Torah is whole and on the breastplate of the high priest. Each color complete without blemish. On the curtains, the parochet represents a tribe and there are letters on the colors. – it says “Torah Or”- the Torah is a light for us to follow. Yehuda- the lion. Symbol of royalty. The kings that It was donated by Roz Galinson (z”l) as well as the Ner came out of the tribe include David and Solomon. Tamid – the eternal light above the ark. The silk flower Zebulun – a ship. They lived by the sea and were sailors. arrangements on the bima were donated by Sisterhood. Yissaschar - a donkey (ass) who is schlepping a heavy All this is just what you see in the front, without even burden. Those are the teachers, always schlepping opening the Ark. Hopefully, next time, I’ll find out about books and teaching materials. the many Torahs and the other things you see in the On the left side are: sanctuary. Dan - there’s the scale wrapped by a snake. The scale Be well. Stay Healthy and Happy. Shanah Tova. symbolizes justice as they were the judges. The snake is Be well. stay Healthy and Happy. Shanah Tova. as Jacob described him, hiding in the path and biting at the heels of horses. LEVANA COHEN LICHTER Gad - tents representing a military encampment.

DONATIONS TO TBE Did you know that you can make donations to SAVE THE DATE Temple Beth-El on-line? TEMPLE BETH-EL BLOOD DRIVE Visit the Donations page on our website tbebellmore.org SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2017 This is a secure transaction process handled by PayPal. You can donate with any major credit card or with your own PayPal account.

In Charlottesville, the Local Jewish Community Presses On BY ALAN ZIMMERMAN , 8/14/2017 Sent to us by former congregants Sue and Don Goldman At Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville, VA, we are deeply grateful for the support and prayers of the broader Reform Jewish community. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of Heather Heyer and the two Virginia State Police officers, H. Jay Cullen and Berke Bates, who lost their lives on Saturday, and with the many people injured in the attack who are still recovering. The loss of life far outweighs any fear or concern felt by me or the Jewish community during the past several weeks as we braced for this Nazi rally – but the effects of both will each linger. On Saturday morning, I stood outside our synagogue with the armed security guard we hired after the police department refused to provide us with an officer during morning services. (Even the police department’s limited promise of an observer near our building was not kept — and note, we did not ask for protection of our property, only our people as they worshipped). Forty congregants were inside. Here’s what I witnessed during that time. For half an hour, three men dressed in fatigues and armed with semi-automatic rifles stood across the street from the temple. Had they tried to enter, I don’t know what I could have done to stop them, but I couldn’t take my eyes off them, either. Perhaps the presence of our armed guard deterred them. Perhaps their presence was just a coincidence, and I’m paranoid. I don’t know. Several times, parades of Nazis passed our building, shouting, “There's the synagogue!” followed by chants of “Seig Heil” and other anti-Semitic language. Some carried flags with swastikas and other Nazi symbols. A guy in a white polo shirt walked by the synagogue a few times, arousing suspicion. Was he casing the building, or trying to build up courage to commit a crime? We didn’t know. Later, I noticed that the man accused in the automobile terror attack wore the same polo shirt as the man who kept walking by our synagogue; apparently it’s the uniform of a white supremacist group. Even now, that gives me a chill. When services ended, my heart broke as I advised congregants that it would be safer to leave the temple through the back entrance rather than through the front, and to please go in groups. This is 2017 in the United States of America. Later that day, I arrived on the scene shortly after the car plowed into peaceful protesters. It was a horrific and bloody scene. Soon, we learned that Nazi websites had posted a call to burn our synagogue. I sat with one of our rabbis and wondered whether we should go back to the temple to protect the building. What could I do if I were there? Fortunately, it was just talk – but we had already deemed such an attack within the realm of possibilities, taking the precautionary step of removing our Torahs, including a Holocaust scroll, from the premises. Again: This is in America in 2017. Continued on page 16:

Charlottesville continued: At the end of the day, we felt we had no choice but to cancel a Havdalah service at a congregant’s home. It had been announced on a public Facebook page, and we were fearful that Nazi elements might be aware of the event. Again, we sought police protection – not a battalion of police, just a single officer – but we were told simply to cancel the event. Local police faced an unprecedented problem that day, but make no mistake, Jews are a specific target of these groups, and despite nods of understanding from officials about our concerns – and despite the fact that the mayor himself is Jewish – we were left to our own devices. The fact that a calamity did not befall the Jewish community of Charlottesville on Saturday was not thanks to our politicians, our police, or even our own efforts, but to the grace of God. And yet, in the midst of all that, other moments stand out for me, as well. John Aguilar, a 30-year Navy veteran, took it upon himself to stand watch over the synagogue through services Friday evening and Saturday, along with our armed guard. He just felt he should. We experienced wonderful turnout for services both Friday night and Saturday morning to observe Shabbat, including several non-Jews who said they came to show solidarity (though a number of congregants, particularly elderly ones, told me they were afraid to come to synagogue). A frail, elderly woman approached me Saturday morning as I stood on the steps in front of our sanctuary, crying, to tell me that while she was Roman Catholic, she wanted to stay and watch over the synagogue with us. At one point, she asked, “Why do they hate you?” I had no answer to the question we’ve been asking ourselves for thousands of years. At least a dozen complete strangers stopped by as we stood in front the synagogue Saturday to ask if we wanted them to stand with us. And our wonderful rabbis stood on the front lines with other Charlottesville clergy, opposing hate. Most attention now is, and for the foreseeable future will be, focused on the deaths and injuries that occurred, and that is as it should be. But for most people, before the week is out, Saturday’s events will degenerate into the all-to-familiar bickering that is part of the larger, ongoing political narrative. The media will move on — and all it will take is some new outrageous Trump tweet to change the subject. We will get back to normal, also. We have two b’nai mitzvah coming up, and soon, Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur will be upon us, too. After the nation moves on, we will be left to pick up the pieces. Fortunately, this is a very strong and capable Jewish community, blessed to be led by incredible rabbis. We have committed lay leadership, and a congregation committed to Jewish values and our synagogue. In some ways, we will come out of it stronger – just as tempering metals make them tougher and harder. Alan Zimmerman is the president of Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville, VA.

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Volume 46 Issue 6 Tammuz – Av – Elul 5777 July-August 2017

October 22 at JULIETs is expanding, but we 11:30 am— need your help. The Wellness Beginning Tuesday, October 3, JULIETs (Just Us Committee will be Long Islanders Invited to Enjoy Together) will be presenting a open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays cooking demo of for cards, mah jongg or other games. In order to healthy Kosher accomplish this, help is needed. Little or no mah jongg or card knowledge is needed. dishes. Can you organize cookies on a platter, cut cake, More information to put out soda and keep the snack table filled? Those follow are the only requirements.

JULIETs has become a major fund raising effort for DIANA BERKOWITZ & DINA FINE, Co-Chairs, Wellness Committee TBE, and we need some men and/or women to help out between the hours of 11:30 and 4 on Tuesdays. You can choose to help the early or the late shift and if there are enough people to help us out, weeks could be alternated. Please step up to the plate and give Linda 581- 7812 or Martha 448-3476 a call. Thank you in advance. ORDER YOUR 2018 MAH JONGG CARD NOW Tired of this year's card? Ready to order your new one? Place your order and help the Sisterhood of Temple Beth-El at the same time. Ask your friends and family to order their 2018 cards from Sisterhood too • $8 for the regular size • $9 for the large size DEADLINE IS JANUARY 5, 2018 Clip and send with your check made payable to Sisterhood of Temple Beth-El to: Edith Passin: 2198 Jackson Place, N. Bellmore, NY 11710 or leave in Sisterhood mailbox If you have any questions, call Edith Passin: (826-5630) or Nell Landman: (826-8169) 17

Making Strides Against Sisterhood Breast Cancer TASHLIKH There is a beautiful tradition Sun. Oct. 15, 7:30 a.m. of families going to a body of water in the afternoon of Join the Sisterhood Team at the Rosh Hashanah and “Making Strides Against Breast reciting special selections from Psalms and a prayer from the Prophet Micha, Cancer” Walk “You shall cast away (Ve’Tashlikh) all the sins into the sea.” This observance takes its name from this on the Jones Beach Boardwalk verse and is called “Tashlikh.” Become a Lifesaving This year we will be having two Tashlikh services: • Join us with your family at the lake in Forest Superhero City Park for Tashlikh on the first day of To Carpool from Temple Beth-El Parking Lot Rosh Hashanah, Thursday, September 21 at 4:30 PM. Arrive No Later Than 7:15 a.m. • You and your family can also join us for To join the Sisterhood Team Tashlikh at Wantagh Park, next to the boat ramp, on Sunday, September 24 at 1PM. call Carole Friedman

516-783-1954 MEN’S CLUB [email protected] The Men's Club would like to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year. Deadline 10/13/2017 Thanks to all members of the TBE softball team for their generous donations to the TBE Men's Club. Reminder to our Sukkah builders to get your tools ready for our Sukkah building date: Sunday, September 24 right after morning minyan.

September Tzedakah of

the Month

For over 100 years, ACS has been working tirelessly to save lives and create a world with less cancer. Together, with supporters like you, they Long Island’s regional food bank was founded are able to help people get well, stay well, find as the first food bank on Long Island, in 1980 cures, and fight back against cancer. The American by the late singer, Grammy Award-winning Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based songwriter and social activist Harry Chapin. voluntary health organization dedicated to The organization now provides nutritional eliminating cancer as a major health problem. Make food and support services for a network of your donations NOW so we can send money in more than 580 community-based member time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in agencies, including food pantries, soup October. That will also supplement what is kitchens, emergency shelters, child care collected during Sisterhood’s walk with ACS. programs, disability organizations, veterans’ services programs and more. While the annual distribution of more than six million pounds of nutritious food is the heart of Long Island Cares, we’re more than just a food bank. Our broad array of programs includes: Hunger Education, Job Training, Children’s Nutrition, Mobile Outreach, Pet Pantry, School Tools, Emergency Response & Recovery, Veterans’ Services, Government Affairs and Public Advocacy. You can help Long Island Cares in To contribute to a charity, please make your check out toour Sisterhood fight against of Templehunger andBeth make-El and a difference either leave the check in the Sisterhood mailbox in the Temple office, inor themail lives your of chec yours in. neighbors. Please include the name of the tzedakah in the memo line. Thanks, in advance for your generosity and cooperation! PLEASE INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE CHARITY WITH YOUR CHECK.

MAZEL TOV To Judy and Stu Zeitlin on the engagement of their daughter Jessica to Andrew Lugerner. Andrew is from Potomac, Maryland and is the lawyer for the new hockey team, The Golden Knights. Jessica works for the NBA. This very sport oriented couple hopes to get married on Labor Day 2018

To Phyllis & Marty Blum. Marty has been appointed

the chairman of the Nassau County Youth Board.

SANDWICHES FOR THE FREEPORT INN I want to thank everyone who has joined this Sisterhood Mitzvah Project by buying large cans of tuna, preparing the tuna, making tuna This holiday season support the John Theissen sandwiches, bagging these sandwiches or taking Children’s Foundation by making a monetary them to the Freeport INN. donation that will help this organization provide hospitals and child -care facilities with For 27 years, this volunteer organization has been therapeutic and recreational equipment. JTCF serving a daily nutritious lunch to approximately also supports families with financial assistance 100 men, women and children. Temple Beth-El for medical expenses. John Theissen also has been doing its part to help by providing offers sick and needy children toys approximately 120 tuna sandwiches and other throughout the holiday season as well as foods, as available, on the third Wednesday of fulfilling patients’ wishes throughout the year. each month.

Make your donations today to ensure that we We will be making sandwiches September

can send money in time for the holidays. 20, October 18, November 15 and

December 20 at 9:30 am. To contribute to a charity, please make your check out to Sisterhood of Temple If you are available and would like to help Beth-El and either leave the check in the brighten the day of some less fortunate man, Sisterhood mailbox in the Temple office, or woman or child, please come join us. mail your check in. Please include the name You can contact Rose Treshan for more of the tzedakah in the memo line. Thanks, in advance for your generosity and information.

cooperation! [email protected] or 516-781-4064 PLEASE INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE CHARITY WITH YOUR ROSE TRESHAN CHECK. Chairperson

Chinese Auction

Save the Date: September 12, 2017 Doors open at 6:30pm Raffles begin at 7:30pm sharp! Entry costs $10 Entry price includes 20 tickets, door prize ticket, and refreshments Additional ticket sheets and 50/50 raffle will be available Auction is located in the Temple Social Hall located at 1373 Bellmore Road North Bellmore, NY 11710 To reserve seating (up to 10 seats), please email [email protected] For questions or concerns, please contact Rachel Minkoff at [email protected] or 516-770-0541

Holiday Shopping Day Sunday, November 19, 2017 Open to the public from 10 am – 4 pm Free admission Sponsored by Sisterhood of Temple Beth-El Look for: Hanukkah gifts, Christmas gifts and decorations, gift baskets, children’s books and toys, make - up, handmade scarves, jewelry, hats, ponchos, Avon, Pampered Chef, handbags, accessories and much, much more. We have had great merchandise for sale in the past, and we are sure this year will not be any different. You may just find the perfect gift! For further information: Lisa Minkoff [email protected] 516-902-4903 Martha Kreisel [email protected] 516-448-3476

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When: Join us at 6:30 PM on October 10th Where: In the Sukkah! Cost: $12/Sisterhood Members and $15 for non-members RSVP: Please RSVP by October 3rd For further information, please contact: Rae Arbesfeld, 516-227-6690

Happy New Year from the Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC Partners in Caring Program: Coming this Fall, The Friedberg JCC has exciting new programs which are available to all synagogue members as well as to the general community. We are so excited to be able to partner with Temple Beth-El and ten other South Shore synagogues as recipients of UJA’s wonderful Partners in Caring grant to provide UJA funded services to the Jewish community. We will be starting new bereavement groups this Fall. We are holding a Bereavement I group for those who have been bereaved under a year at Congregation Beth Ohr in Bellmore on Tuesday mornings at 11 am as well at our Center in Oceanside on Thursday nights and Monday mornings. We are also providing bereavement groups for Adult Children who are dealing with the loss of a parent and for Parents who may have lost an adult child. We have a monthly caregiver support group for those family members who are caring for someone with dementia and a Senior Day Program on site for those with cognitive impairment who would benefit from socialization and stimulation. It is run by a well-trained highly experienced licensed clinical social worker. This program is up to three days a week and takes place on Mon, Wed and Fri from 10 to 2. Transportation is available and lunch and a morning snack are provided. Our free individualized career counseling services are ongoing and available to anyone who needs assistance with their job search, resume writing and interviewing. We will be holding a workshop called Applying to Jobs Online: How to Beat the System on Tuesday October 17 from 6:30-8:00 pm. Please call to reserve an individual slot or to attend the group. Look for new and exciting programs in the Fall. These will include a four session healing meditations led by a clinical social worker/meditation specialist, a group called “What’s Eating You” to discuss your relationship with food and a Balance Work Session for those who need to gain better balance to navigate physical tasks better and to gain strength. Our special program on Caregiving will take place on Thursday November 8 at 5:15 pm at Congregation Ohav Shalom for those who have questions related to acquiring home care, learning about Medicaid and pooled income trusts and asset protection. This is a FREE program but requires an RSVP. Individual mental health counseling is always available to Partners in Caring synagogue congregants. For Information on any of these programs, please contact Gloria Lebeaux, LCSW, Director of Social Work Services and the Partners in Caring Program at the Barry and Florence Friedberg Jewish Community Center at 516-634-4010 or at [email protected] From our Center to all of you we wish a Shana Tova and a sweet, healthy and happy new year.

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Sisterhood’s Sukkot Craft Join Sisterhood at Plaza Event Theatrical Productions, Inc. at THE SHOWPLACE at the Bellmore Movies production of:

Sunday, November 5th 2pm - 222 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, New York 11710 $20/person To reserve your ticket please drop off cash or a check in the Temple office by October 1st. For questions or concerns, please contact Rachel Minkoff at [email protected] or 516- 770-0541 This lower priced tickets are dependent on a 15-person minimum – please encourage your friends to join!

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WE GET LETTERS RABBI GOLDSCHEIDER MEMORIAL I extend my sincerest thanks to the many members of the CONCERT SPONSORS Temple Beth-El community who made shiva calls, sent Esther & Cantor Eitan Binet condolence cards, and/or made donations in memory of Arlene Brickner & Marty Kaminsky my beloved father, Howard Androphy. Barnett Brickner The overwhelming support my family and I received during Barbara Deutsch & Harvey Brody our time of sadness brought us tremendous comfort. Barbara & Larry Cohen We truly felt the loving embrace of the wonderful Temple Linda & Mark Dolinger Beth-El family. Thank you, and may God bless all of you for Allan Dorushkin the kindness and thoughtfulness you showed us. Alyssa & Mark Eisenberg Rabbi Ronald Androphy Ethel & Eugene Fischer Elana & Kenny Fisher Gloria Garten To the Congregation of Temple Beth-El, Zahava Glambosky Thank you to everyone who donated items to our Third Ellen Glatt Annual School Supply Drive. Once again, the supplies will Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Goldberg go to benefit the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless in Amy & Jeremy Goldscheider their effort to provide homeless children with much Karen & Aaron Goldscheider needed school supplies. Lori & Hillel Goldscheider Your generosity and support is much appreciated. Carole Goldberg Tizku l'Mitzvot! Thank you, Larry Greebel & Brenda Raden Carren & Stuart Jaffe Rachel Minkoff Nancy Kaplan & Michael Eitingon Drs. Theodore & Denise Kastenbaum To the Congregation of Temple Beth-El, Sharon & Kenny Kolinsky Martha Kovel & Paul Konigstein I would like to thank all those who sent cards, made donations and expressed their condolences on the passing Manfred Korman of my sister, Paula Kaufman. Edith Kursman Linda Lander Special thanks to Ira Minkoff for officiating at the service Nell & Aaron Landman and to Howard Litwack and the Gemilut Chesed Laura & Howard Litwack Committee for providing a Shabbat meal. Gail & Paul Magzamen I am grateful to work with such a caring and understanding Sandra Steinhaus Mahn & Harry Mahn congregation. Carin & Harry Miller Ruth Tucker and Family Dr. Joseph & Renee Mirman Lisa & Ira Minkoff

Sandy Minkoff To the Congregation of Temple Beth-El Anita Minor Saying thank you doesn’t seem to be enough to all of you Beatrice Putter who came to pay their respects and those who made Phyllis & Charles Rothman minyan possible. To the people who made sure there was Sheila Rudoltz a minyan each night, my heartfelt thanks. To those who try Judith & Alvin Schecter ensure that there is a minyan every night at the shul, my David Silvermetz sincere thanks. The unfortunate and upsetting part is that Muriel & Hy Smith when there aren’t’ enough people for a minyan, I am not Phyllis & David Wayne able to say Kaddish at Temple Beth-El. Please show up at minyan whenever possible. Laura Yablonsky Thank you. Judy & Stu Zeitlin Barbara Nathan & Family Barbara Zuch

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A NATIONAL TREASURE: Equally interesting was the human landscape. I joined a group of THE ISRAEL NATIONAL TRAIL Israelis who walk the trail together every year, including a girl who grew up in a heavily guarded enclave of Jewish settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron, a farmer who grows date palms near the Sea שביל :The Israel National Trail (INT), (Hebrew Shvil Yisrael), is one of the only trails of its of Galilee, and a 76-year-old kibbutz member with a passion for ,ישראל kind in the world. erotic poetry. They had little in common except for the love of Many countries have nature and hiking. hiking trails, but few are so small that you The group is organized by the parents of an Israeli soldier who died can walk clear across in a helicopter accident in 1997, and who believe the best way to them in two months or commemorate their son is to bring people together and walk. less, and even fewer The trail tells the story of the history of this land starting from have landscapes so long before Israel's current conflicts: the Romans, the varied that they allow a Ottoman Turks and the British are all in evidence. To avoid hiker to pass from modern-day frictions, the trail's planners made sure it would desert hills of red go through only land that is not in dispute, leaving out the stone to flat West Bank and the Golan Heights, which Israel captured in wastelands to green 1967. forests and lakes and rugged mountain tops The route, especially in the largely arid south, was also in such a short period influenced by the need to skirt army training grounds, which of time. take up around 60 percent of the Negev desert. The trail is Inspired by the Appalachian Trail in the US, the trail was approximately 1100 officially marked in 1995. Largely patched together by linking km (683 miles) long. existing trails throughout the country, it is marked by It stretches from the distinctive white, blue and orange-striped trail markers. Parts Dan Kibbutz, near the of the trail follow camel or goat paths, while others follow dirt Lebanese border, to roads and others follow no recognizable path at all. Eilat on the Gulf of Recognizing that few will be able to hike the trail in its entirety, Aqaba, and was the route's planners divided it into smaller sections which can named by National be hiked separately, depending on the season and time Geographic as one of the 20 best "epic hiking trails" in constraints. Some sections can be completed in day trips or the world. For those willing to invest time, sweat and brief weekend excursions. blisters, the Israel National Trail (INT) is an amazing way to see Israel. Trail Angels, people who help hikers along the trail, offer services like rooms for the night, warm showers, a place to There are no buses, no guided tours, no crowds, and often cook and Internet connection for free or a low fee. no cell phone reception or running water. Instead, there is a chance to discover Israel's people, history and culture on For more information, see https://www.israeltrail.net/ the country's less-traveled paths. or http://www.avi-beshvil-israel.org.il/ (in Hebrew but has many pictures). Also read the book Hike the Land The trail is beginning to catch on with Israeli hikers, but of Israel: A Complete Guide to the Israel National Trail by few foreign travelers have discovered it yet. One traveler Jacob Saar. You can also watch a brief video about it described his experience this way: on YouTube at On a rare cold day last winter, I followed the footsteps of caravan https://www.youtube.com/embed/YFXPpMDRn- traders along the ancient Perfume Road in southern Israel's Arava M?rel=0 wilderness as the movement of clouds dotted the mountains with Submitted by Nancy F. Kaplan, Chair, TBE Israeli Affairs light. I took a break where those forgotten merchants would have Committee — at the stone ruins of the Moa station, an inn built here by Nabateans two millennia ago for weary wayfarers bringing their wares from the interior to the bustling cities and ports of the Mediterranean coast.

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ARE YOU READY ARE YOU READY Discounted Discounted FOR THE SAT/PSAT? Tuiton! PlantingFOR THE trees SAT/PSAT? in Israel is a beautiful wayTuiton! to $445 show you care. It connects us to the land,$445 it SAT/PSAT PREP SAT/PSATcelebrates our joys, PREP it memorializes those we ON SUNDAYS holdON dear, SUNDAYS and it plants a stake of optimism Classes held at Temple Beth El on Sunday Classesin the held future at Temple of Beth Israel. El on SundayEach tree certificate is mornings from 10:00am-1:00pm starting mornings$12. from 10:00am-1:00pm starting September 10th. September 10th. If you would like to order a tree certificate, Live Make-ups Live Make-ups call Linda Lander 516-826-5575 or email her Small Class Sizes Small Class Sizes Lentz & Lentz at [email protected]. PleaseLentz &include Lentz Individual Attention Individual Attention SAT Prep the following information: name SATof person Prep Experienced Teachers being honoredExperienced orTeachers memorialized and 44 Years of Experience CALL TO relationship 44 Years to of theExperience recipient , your nameCALL TO and RESERVE A SEAT! RESERVE A SEAT! Moderately Priced Tuition address, Moderately name Priced and Tuition address of person to Test-taking Skills and Techniques whom Test- takingthe certificate Skills and Techniques is to be sent. Send your checks payable to Temple Beth-El, to Linda (845) 638-2826 www.LentzSATPrep.com Lander,(845) 638909-2826 Helen www.LentzSATPrep.com Court, North Bellmore, NY 11710. Please remember to include a ARE YOU READY stampARE for YOU each READY person to whom the certificate is to be mailed. Discounted Discounted FOR THE SAT/PSAT? Tuiton! FOR THE SAT/PSAT? Tuiton! SAT/PSAT PREP $445 SAT/PSAT PREP $445 ON SUNDAYS ON SUNDAYS Classes held at Temple Beth El on Sunday Classes held at Temple Beth El on Sunday mornings from 10:00am-1:00pm starting mornings from 10:00am-1:00pm starting September 10th. September 10th. Live Make-ups Live Make-ups Small Class Sizes Small Class Sizes Lentz & Lentz Lentz & Lentz Individual Attention Individual Attention Experienced Teachers SAT Prep Experienced Teachers SAT Prep 44 Years of Experience CALL TO 44 Years of Experience CALL TO RESERVE A SEAT! RESERVE A SEAT! Moderately Priced Tuition Moderately Priced Tuition Test-taking Skills and Techniques Test-taking Skills and Techniques

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Sisterhood has many exciting upcoming and Sisterhood Temple Beth-El invites you to its PAID-UP MEMBERSHIP DINNER ongoing events on our agenda thanks to our And dedicated and creative members!!! chico’s outlet On August 22, we headed out to watch the Long Fashion Show Island Ducks play at Bethpage State Park against the Jersey City Skeeters. Hopefully, this will become an Thursday, November 9 at 6:15 PM annual event. At our September 5 Sisterhood Including Chinese Auction Raffle Prizes meeting, we will be making beautiful decorations for our Sukkah. Weather permitting, we will be Remember to bring your Torah Fund decorating our Sukkah on Sunday, October 1 at Tzedakah box to the dinner. The person 10:00 am. Tuesday evening, October 10 is our ever with the heaviest box wins a prize. popular “Pizza in the Hut” Sukkot dinner. Get your If you need a new box contact Freya Novack at reservations in early!!! 516-781-1757 September 12 is Sisterhood’s second annual Chinese Auction. This is a very popular event, so Please contact Cookie Cohen at come early to make sure you secure your place. [email protected] or 516 -781 - 1807 or Doris Joltin at 516 – 546 - 6613 High Holiday parts for women are currently being distributed. Contact Rose Treshan if you would with any questions about the dinner or like to participate. As always, we are offering to have new raffle donations picked up. beautiful Holiday Flowers for sale to be delivered PAID-UP MEMBERSHIP DINNER to your home in time for Rosh Hashanah. RSVP by November 2 – Reservations For its sixteenth year, our Sisterhood will Absolutely Required - No Admission at Door participate in the Making Strides against Breast Please tear off and return with your payment Cancer Walk at Jones Beach on Sunday, October 15, 2017. Our Paid-Up-Membership Dinner will be Name: ______on Thursday evening, November 9, and our Phone: ______Email: ______Holiday Gift Fair is scheduled for November 12. Sisterhood Member Dues (if not already paid) Watch your mail and email for future events: $36______Couvert (to secure reservation) $8___ Sisterhood’s Wine and Cheese Evening, Pink Associate Member Dues (if not already paid) Shabbat and Evening of Learning. Enjoy the rest of $18______Couvert (to secure reservation) $8____ the summer. Non TBE Member Dues (if not already paid) On behalf of Steven, Dixie and myself, I would like $40______Couvert (to secure reservation) $10____ to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year. Total Enclosed: _____ SUE ZWICK (Your check should be made payable to Sisterhood Temple Beth-El.) Sisterhood President

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I was fortunate enough this July to be able to attend the were held on Israel-America relations, the future of 100th anniversary convention of Women’s League for Women’s League and Women’s Health Issues. There Conservative Judaism (WLCJ) and I would like to share were speakers from Planned Parenthood, Support the some of my experiences with you. Although the Girls, Sharsheret and other Women’s Health attendance was down a little this year there was no lack organizations who encouraged the group to get of ruach among the participants. It was truly involved and make a difference. TBE donated 125 bras inspirational to be able to study, daven, share meals and to the 4,000 collected and donated to the needy schmooze with amazing people from all over this through the organization Support the Girls. country, Canada, Israel and more. At one of the luncheons our Sisterhood was presented In an historic moment, the heads of all five Conservative with the Jewels in the Crown award for our creative seminaries came together to celebrate the 100th programming and participation in WLCJ activities. I was anniversary of WLCJ as well as the 75th anniversary of honored to accept the award on behalf of our Torah Fund. They spoke of the importance of the work wonderful members. our women do to support the seminaries through Torah Fund. You may not be aware that this year marked a great milestone with the establishment of a Conservative Rabbinical School in Germany. There were many speakers and workshops to attend over the course of the convention. I was able to attend two of the four sessions with the Scholar in Residence Pamela Nadell. She spoke about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in the first session and the impact of Jewish Women on the Labor Movement. In another session, the Yentl Syndrome was discussed. How the term is used not only to describe the lengths women went through in the past to study not only in the famous story/movie, but in many aspects of our lives. I was also This is just a short description of some of the events privileged to hear Dr. Anne Lapidus Learner, Dr. and speakers. I encourage you to go the Women’s Arnold Eisen, Hazan Alisa Pomerantz, author Pam Jenoff League website, http://wlcj.org/womens-league- and more. convention-2017, where you can see photos and hear I also attended a some of the events that were recorded and perhaps technology plan to attend the next convention three years from workshop and one now. on one sessions CAROLE FRIEDMAN with the Communications Team to improve my skills as the BQLI Region Webmaster. Plenary sessions

CONDOLENCES

To Ruth Tucker on the loss of her sister Paula Kaufman.

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Volume 46 Issue 6 Tammuz – Av - Elul 5777 July – August 2017

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As in the past, Colonial Florist will provide you with a beautiful basket filled to the brim with flowers (fall colors) or a lush dish garden of live houseplants to grace your home or table for the High Holidays. Temple Beth-El made the playoffs for the 14th season in a The cost of the beautiful flowers is $42.00 row. We lost in the quarter finals to the league champions per basket or $45 per dish garden. The Chai Jewish Center. Despite being on the disabled list for flowers and/or plants will be delivered on most of the season Mitch Sternbach made it back for the last Wednesday, September 20, 2017, by 1 pm. two weeks of the season helping Beth-El make it to the The price includes delivery to Bellmore, East playoffs. Ed Senenman, despite his bad knees, showed his Meadow, Levittown, Wantagh, Seaford or hitting is as good now as it was back in 1999 when Temple Merrick ONLY. There is an additional charge Beth-El won its last championship. No team makes it to the for delivery outside of these areas. playoffs without good pitching and Irwin Reiter and Jerry Novack were the key components in the Temple’s success. Please place your order in the Temple office A fun season was had by all and we hope to do it again next with your check payable to Sisterhood year. Temple Beth-El. Be sure to include a list of recipients (name, address, telephone number, and choice of basket of flowers or dish garden) on a separate sheet of paper. PLANT A TREE IN ISRAEL This should include your own information if you are ordering flowers for yourself. Planting a tree in Israel is a beautiful way to show you care. It memorializes those we hold dear. It connects Please let us know how you want the gift us to the land. It celebrates our joys and plants a card signed. stake of hope and optimism in the future of Israel. THE DEADLINE FOR ALL ORDERS IS If you would like to send a tree certificate to THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 someone, call Linda Lander at 516 – 826 - 5575 or email [email protected]. Questions? Please call Sara Lustbader: (516) 679-9287

2017-2018 Sisterhood Board

POSITION HELD BY PHONE NUMBER EMAIL ADDRESS PRESIDENT Sue Zwick 623-0126 [email protected] EXECUTIVE VP Fern Summer 785-6957 [email protected] TREASURER Lisa Minkoff 489-4418 [email protected] SECRETARY Rose Treshan 781-4064 [email protected] PARLIAMENTARIAN Cookie Cohen 781-1807 [email protected]

CULTURAL VP Carren Jaffe 783-8366 [email protected] Ritual Chairperson Rose Treshan 781-4064 [email protected] Torah Fund Chair Freya Novack 781-1757 [email protected] Israeli Affairs Nancy Kaplan 781-7272 [email protected] Social Action Rachel Minkoff 770-0541 [email protected] Sukkah Dinner Rae Arbesfeld 227-6690 Toy Drive Phyllis Blum 679-9616 [email protected] Sisterhood Shabbat Carole Friedman 783-1954 [email protected] Sandy Minkoff 826-4923 [email protected] Program Rachel Minkoff 770-0541 [email protected]

EDUCATION VP Freya Novack 781-1757 [email protected] Community Liaison Hilary Gursky 783-9321 [email protected] Women’s Institute Phyllis Wayne 785-5908 [email protected]

MEMBERSHIP VP Laura Yablonsky 804-9607 [email protected] Good and Welfare Sandy Minkoff 826-4923 [email protected] Retention Suzanne Susswein 785-5680 [email protected] Historian Sue Zwick 623-0126 [email protected] Women’s League Carren Jaffe 783-8366 [email protected] PUM Dinner Cookie Cohen 781-1807 [email protected] Communication Fern Summer 785-6957 [email protected]

WAYS & MEANS VP Mira Sclair 781-9897 [email protected] Judaica Chairperson Laura Yablonsky 804-9607 [email protected] Leagrams Martha Kreisel 448-3476 [email protected] New Year Leagrams Janice Goody 221-3119 [email protected] Tree of Life Ellen Glatt 785-8015 [email protected] Holiday Gifts Sara Lustbader 679-9287 [email protected] Wine and Cheese Laura Litwack 783-5443 [email protected] Holiday Gift Fair Lisa Minkoff 489-4418 [email protected] Martha Kreisel 448-3476 [email protected] Mah Jongg Cards Edith Passin 826-5630 Nell Landman 826-8169 [email protected] Mah Jongg Tournament Martha Kreisel 448-3476 [email protected]

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than usual. On August 5, Judy and I made a big celebration thing. I answered it wasn’t a Jewish thing more like a in the shul after services. It was in honor of my wife’s rite of passage thing when you reach a certain age. She retirement from the Town of Hempstead and in honor of jokingly said in a Spanish invitation you underline bring our 40th wedding anniversary. Although we considered gifts or everyone will show up empty-handed! other venues we gravitated to the Harvey Goldscheider Besides Bernice, other friends began asking me for a Social Hall. For one, we both loved Harvey Goldscheider charity to donate in our honor. So, I was giving it some z”l very much and also the room has a lot of memories thought. I have a friend who is an Orthodox Rabbi and for the Zeitlins. 15 years of Oneg Shabbats with Faye he always told me that tough decisions always resolve Rothenberg, the Bar Mitzvahs of our sons Saul and Shaun, themselves, and G-d puts signs in your path to help you Jess’ first birthday party (shared with her cousin Dana) make the right decision. That weekend, Judy and I and later bris celebrations for our grandchildren. What walked to the shul for our shopping certificates; Stop better place to share a simcha with our Temple family, and Shop and Walmart (so we ain’t the classiest). I family friends and neighbors. don’t remember how the conversation started, but Nell We used Phil Berkowitz and his crew at Oasis Catering my food certificate lady/friend/editor food committee who did a great job. The party was a Zeitlin version of macher began to tell me that the Food Committee, with the old TV show “This is Your Life.” It was so nice to dwindling membership and sponsorships, was in trouble. celebrate the mosaic of our 40 years together. The The bell went off! This was the answer. In honor of crowd included regular shul goers and our diverse Judy’s retirement and our anniversary whoever wanted group of friends, many of whom had never been in a to make a donation could contribute to the Kiddush Jewish Temple before. The moderator was our good fund. Half-way through my walk home I even coined a friend Shep Woda (great on crowd control). Many of name for the fund: FOHJS or Feeding Old Hungry Jews our dearest spoke: Judy’s sister Elaine, our daughter on Shabbes. As in all Jewish charities, it’s never too late Jessica, good friends Rob (my kidney recipient) and to make a donation. Kenny (my friend who convinced me to test to become Now for the story of the committee put together by a kidney donor), Judy’s friend Jay, executive leader of Nell and Sandy Minkoff…It all started in 1973 with an the North Bellmore Republican Club, Town Clerk idea from Rabbi Nathan Rosenbaum z”l. He felt that a Naserin Ahmed as well as friends who just got up to say way to enrich the Temple Beth-El community was to a few words. It was a combination tribute/roast and we have a special Shabbat every month to celebrate could not have been more touched. When Yogi Berra anniversaries and children’s birthdays. He often said, “If would say something, his expressions were called you feed them, they will come.” Thus, began the “Yogisms.” When Judy would say something with her Shabbes Shul tradition and the Shabbes Shul Committee. Brooklyn accent, we called them “Judyisms.” For Our chairperson, Sandy Minkoff has been there from example: on getting to work late, “They can mark you the beginning. She joined after Shirley Rosenbaum late they can’t mark you ugly.” On being jealous, “If you encouraged her to become part of the original are jealous of someone its ‘cause you don’t know them committee. She has been involved ever since. Some of well enough.” Many other “Judyisms” were quoted during the party. Continued on page 33 It’s a rare day when I am in the same room as my three siblings and surrounded by so many people who have meant so much to us. Seeing our seven grandkids running around (only six running! Hannah is too young to walk) reminded us how truly blessed we have been on our road together. The last few parties I have gone to specified to please bring no gifts. So, when I sent out the invites (to the outside gang), I wrote, “Your presence is your present.” My coworker and dear friend Bernice is a Hispanic woman who grew up in East New York. When she saw the “no gifts clause,” she asked if that was a Jewish

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FOHJS continued her husband Aaron and they became the Shabbes Shul shoppers. They also started ordering many items in bulk the other founding members were Ruth Kantor, Shirley to save the Temple money and make it easier for Kotik z”l and Mickie Goldstein. The menu didn’t change everyone to get the supplies they needed for their much, but the presentation took a step up when Saralee events. This became the impetus for the development Levine joined the committee in the mid 80’s. Saralee of the Culinary Committee (AKA Food Committee). took over the kitchen and Sandy became the person The suggestion for this committee came from David who orchestrated the table settings and arrangements. Wayne who thought it would be useful for someone to Sandy says that she and Saralee argued monthly about oversee all food events to make them more efficient. how many tables to set up!! In those days, 14-16 tables Sandy& Nell have co-chaired this committee since its were needed every month. While we still discuss how inception. many tables we need every month, the basics haven’t really changed except for the addition of the salad bar This past June, the Bat Mitzvah Class of 2007 celebrated several years ago. We still welcome our TBE family and the tenth anniversary of their Bat Mitzvah with an are always looking for new members for the committee expanded Kiddush that was produced by the Culinary Committee. As many members of the congregation sat Shabbes Shul is an important part of our Congregation around eating and chatting at the Kiddush, it was and has always been instrumental in creating the suggested that having food at Kiddush would be a way warmth and friendliness that is a hallmark of Temple to expand on both Rabbi Rosenbaum and Rabbi Beth-El. It also encourages Shabbat attendance and Goldscheider’s legacies. “If you feed them, they will many families make sure to attend to celebrate their come” and they will stay and talk and socialize and feel Simchas. good about our temple. Sandy shared a story about Rabbi Goldscheider z”l. She The next thing we knew, Stu Zeitlin heard the said that he hated the paper plates that were used. He conversation and suggested that he would ask the felt they were flimsy and that they made it difficult for people who were attending the celebration of Judy everyone to enjoy the food. They then started a test to Zeitlin’s retirement and their fortieth wedding try and determine the right plates to make the luncheon anniversary to donate to the Kiddush Fund in their more user friendly. Eventually they settled on the honor instead of bringing gifts. Now we have a Kiddush Chinet plates that we use to this day. They definitely Fund that will enable us to expand on the offerings we make carrying food more manageable. provide every week at Kiddush. Nell Landman joined the committee in 2010 and This article was written jointly by Stu Zeitlin, Nell Landman became an integral part of the committee when she and Sandy Minkoff started shopping with Saralee and Sandy. After Saralee fell and Sandy had her heart surgery, Nell was joined by

HOLIDAY RECIPE – submitted by Dina Fine The joys of a holiday meal are those traditional foods that we knew as a child, but no longer take the time to make ourselves. What meal would be complete without horseradish to go with the gefilte fish. My aunt used to make horseradish that would blow out your sinuses, and in our family, if it didn't take five minutes to be able to breathe again, it wasn't real horseradish. While this recipe isn't that strong, it is easy to make in a food processor, and much better for you nutritionally that the store-bought version. Uncooked Beet Relish 2 cups raw beets shredded 1/2 cup lemon juice or apple cider vinegar. 1/2 cup olive oil 1/2 tsp mixed herbs, (oregano, thyme, basil etc.) 2 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce 2 Tbsp horseradish, grated (from a fresh Root if possible) Combine all ingredients in a food processor and pulse till chopped and mixed well. Keep refrigerated in a jar.

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2017 Shabbes Shul and Kiddushim SHABBES SHUL SPONSORS Sponsorship Menu PLATINUM SPONSOR Alan Dorushkin in memory of his wife Estelle Dorushkin A new, more inclusive way for everyone to participate! SILVER SPONSOR TBE Bingo Committee in memory of Estelle Dorushkin Shabbes Shul Sponsorship BRONZE SPONSORS Sponsor Level Cost to You Lea Mlawer Platinum Sponsor $450 KIDDUSH SPONSOR Gold Sponsor $250 Silver Sponsor $100 Sandy Minkoff in memory of her mother Bronze Sponsor $36 Sylvia Gesunterman and Bernie’s aunt Sylvia Lulkin • Platinum Sponsor receives two reserved tables KIDDUSH FUND and a sheet cake • Gold Sponsor receives one reserved table and a Genoveva Blanco & Teodoro Portes in honor of Judy & Stu Zeitlin 10” table cake • Silver Sponsor receives an 8” table cake Glenn Carlson in honor of • Platinum through Bronze receives recognition Judy & Stu Zeitlin in all mailings and programs related to that event Annette Cymrot in honor of • Expanded Shabbes Shul costs $300 extra for Judy & Stu Zeitlin’s 40th Anniversary platinum and gold sponsors and includes: bagels, lox Laurence Frankfort in honor of and cream cheese. It can be split by one or more Judy & Stu Zeitlin sponsors. Nell & Aaron Landman in honor of • Any additional tables or food items can be discussed Judy & Stu Zeitlin with Sandy Minkoff or Nell Landman. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Liptzin in honor of • Most important is that multiple sponsors Judy & Stu Zeitlin’s 40th Anniversary are allowed for Platinum and Gold levels. This means that you can share a level. Sara & Harold Lustbader in honor of Judy & Stu Zeitlin’s 40th Anniversary & Judy’s Retirement Kiddushim Sponsorship Gail & Paul Magzamen in honor of Sponsorship of a traditional Kiddush - $100 Judy & Stu Zeitlin per sponsor. Includes: cake, fruit, wine, grape juice, Gloria Schoenbach in honor of flavored seltzer, soda Judy & Stu Zeitlin Sponsorship of an expanded Kiddush - $300 Barbara & Ed Senenman in honor of per sponsor. Expanded Kiddush additionally includes: Judy’s retirement hummus, guacamole, babaganoush, vegetables, crackers, Joyce & Shep Woda in honor of herring, occasion cake (optional). Other options can be Judy & Stu Zeitlin discussed with Sandy Minkoff or Nell Landman.

Please reserve the event of your choice and generously support The Temple Beth-El Culinary Committee as we strive to provide newer, healthier ways of filling your bellies after Shabbat services on a weekly basis. Thank you in advance from both the New Culinary Committee and the Shabbes Shul Committee of Temple Beth-El of Bellmore. SANDY MINKOFF and NELL LANDMAN Co-Chairs

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YAHRZEIT Hermine Kalman in memory of her father Shirley Rosenbaum in memory of her George Toplitzky father-in-law Samuel Rosenbaum Ruth Altenhaus in memory of her mother Philip Kaminowitz in memory of his father Sheila Rudoltz in memory of her mother- Annie Goldsmith Yonah ben David in-law Rose Rudoltz Diana Berkowitz in memory of her Anita Karr in memory of her husband Arlene Schallop in memory of her father mother Sylvia Berkowitz Samuel Karr Lawrence Pear Jonathan Blucher Dr. Theodore Kastenbaum in memory of Robert Seltzer in memory of his father Sharon Broder in memory of her mother his father-in-law Morris Siegel Jack Seltzer Ida Bahn Albert Kent in memory of his father Philip Joan Siegel in memory of her husband Daniel Checkla in memory of his mother Katz Gerry Siegel Gladys Checkla Terry Kole in memory of Laura Goeler Lennie Sirover in memory of her brother- Barbara Cohen in memory of her mother David Kremsky in memory of his father in-law Gerry Siegel Mildred Bronstein Joseph Kremsky and his sister Estelle Nina Soloman in memory of her parents Lawrence Cohen in memory of his father Zwaaf Beatrice Stolowitz Kornweiser & Sidney Irving Cohen Nell Landman in memory of her father Stolowitz Barbara Deutsch in memory of Joseph William Victor Seidenberg Fern Summer in memory of Frieda Harry Gillies Linda Leff in memory of her mother Pearl Steinman Helen Dubin in memory of her mother Schlesinger Lisa Treitman in memory of her sister Molly Wasserstein Barbara Levinsky in memory of her Susan Zamanian Thelma Epstein in memory of her mother mother-in-law Fannie Levinsky Rose Wald in memory of her father Jane Bender Raye Liptzin in memory of her husband Samuel Krieger Bernice Feller William Liptzin Susan & Jody Wald in memory of Susan’s Joan S. Field in memory of her father Lola Lobel in memory of her parents father Sidney Weinberger Edward D. Kaplan Sidney Stolowitz & Beatrice Stolowitz Susan Wald in memory of her grandfather Gary Flaum in memory of his father Kornweiser Fritz Oppenheimer Donald Flaum and his grandmother Janice Lubin in memory of her husband Phyllis Wayne in memory of her father Martha “Bubby” Greenberg George M. Lubin Isadore Schreiber Bernard Flessig in memory of his mother- Harold Lustbader in memory of his Barbara Weinbaum in memory of her in-law Rose Malinsky parents Celia & Roman Lustbader grandmother Ethel Tannenbaum Carole Friedman in memory of her father Nori Lustig in memory of her father Harriet Weinberger in memory of her Rubin Holland Howard Lustig husband Sidney Weinberger Barbara Giloni in memory of Gussie Silver Harry Mahn in memory of his wife Allen Weinstein in memory of his father Yehuda Giloni in memory of his father Barbara Mahn Julius Weinstein Yitzchak Moshe Giloni Merele Milim in memory of her father Adele Weissman in memory of her father Zahava Glambosky in memory of her Bernard Newman Samuel “Shike” Goldblatt father Max Mautner Merele & Alan Milim in memory of their Jerrold Weissman in memory of his Iris Goldberg in memory of her mother son Brian Keith Milim mother Marcia Weissman Jennie Schwartz Joseph Mirman in memory of his mother Marc Z. Zaretsky in memory of Celia Barbara Goldstein in memory of her Katherine Mirman Zaretzky & Isadore Zaretzky mother Hilda Cooperman Lea Mlawer in memory of her aunt Zlate RITUAL Katz Joy Goldstein in memory of her father Annette Cymrot in appreciation of a Joseph Honigman Edith Passin in memory of her father-in- Misheberach prayer law Hyman Passin Janice Goody in memory of her father Gloria Kramer in appreciation of Stu Jaffe Sandra Peltz in memory of her mother Herman Kellar for saying kaddish for her husband Mary Bresalier and her husband Morris Lawrence M. Greebel in memory of his Kenneth Kramer brother-in-law Murray N Glassman Peltz Gloria Schoenbach in appreciation of a Adam Raclaw in memory of his Leon Greenberg in memory of his father Misheberach prayer Herman Greenwald grandmothers Genne Snyder & Pearl Raclaw GENERAL FUND Roberta & Edward Haiken in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Julius Lampert his father Benjamim Haiken Esta Regent in memory of her husband Morris Bergman Elaine Hearns in memory of her mother Beatrice Greenberg Mark A. Rieger MD in memory of his grandparents Lena & Morris Clurman

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Date Fri. Kabbalat Shabbat Torah Portion Mincha/ Shabbat Ends Candles Shabbat am Study/Maariv 9/1-2/2017 7:07 PM 6:45 PM 9:15 AM Parashat Ki Teitzei 7:00 pm 8:14 PM 9/8-9/2017 6:55 PM 6:45 PM 9:15 AM Parashat Ki Tavo 6:45 pm 8:02 PM 9/15-16/2017 6:43 PM 6:30 PM 9:15 AM Parashat Nitzavim 6:30 pm 7:50 PM 9/22-23/2017 6:32 PM 6:15 PM 9:15 AM Parashat Ha’Azinu 8:00 pm 7:39 PM 9/29-30/2017 6:21 PM 5:45 PM 8:30 AM Yom Kippur 4:15 pm 7:18 PM 10/6-7/2017 6:08 PM 5:45 PM 9:15 AM Shabbat Chol HaMoed 6:30 pm 7:15 PM 10/13-14/2017 5:57 PM 5:45 PM 9:15 AM Parshat Bereshit 5:45 PM 7:04 PM 10/20-21/2017 5:47 PM 5:30 PM 9:15 AM Parashat Noach 5:45 PM 6:54 PM 10/27-28/2017 5:37 PM 5:15 PM 9:15 AM Parashat Lech-Lecha 5:30 PM 6:44 PM 11/3-4/2017 5:29 PM 5:15 PM 9:15 AM Parashat Vayera 5:15 PM 6:36 PM 11/10-11/2017 4:21 PM 4:00 PM 9:15 AM Parashat Chayei Sara 4:15 PM 5:28 PM 11/17-18/2017 4:16 PM 4:00 PM 9:15 AM Parashat Toldot 4:15 PM 5:23 PM SEE PAGE 3 FOR COMPLETE HIGH HOLIDAYS SCHEDULE Shabbat ending times are based on a “42 minute” Havdalah for our latitude and longitude. Please listen to Shabbat morning announcements to see if there has been a change of time or cancellation of Shabbat mincha services. Daily Minyon Monday/Thursday mornings: 7:15 am. Sunday & Legal Holidays: 9:00 am. Weekday Evenings: 7:30pm. If you are interested in chanting a Haftorah, please contact Harry Miller or leave your name in the Temple Office. We will help you prepare.

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