December 2011 Kislev–Tevet 5772
[Use photos of Galit Baram, Peter Beinert, Rabbi Yoav Ende and insert their names underneath as captions.] Adas IsraEL CONGREgatiON Chronicle VOL. 74, No. 5 DECEMBER 2011 KISLEV–TEVET 5772 Happy Hanukkah! Cong. Henry Waxman Selected for Shem Tov Hanukkah TeMfA RaBlD Award Shabbat Dinner and Service at Adas Dover Emet ► Religious School Dan Speaking the Truth on January 13 Kaufman Memorial Latke Rabbi Gil Steinlauf Adas Israel Congregation will Party, Sunday, December 11, present its prestigious Shem 11:15 am Not long ago, I was cleaning Tov Award to Congressman ► Gan Rabbi-Parent-Child out some bookshelves together Henry Waxman, announced Program, “Hanukkah,” with my wife, Batya, and I came synagogue president, Jo- Monday, December 12, 9:00 am across an old journal I had kept hanna Chanin, as part of a ► Shabbat Hanukkah, when I was kid. I opened it up congregational Tikkun Olam Saturday, December 24, 9:15 am to a particularly melodramatic Weekend on Friday evening, January 13, 2012. Visit the Ruth & Simon Albert Sisterhood passage that I wrote in seventh Established in 1963, the Adas Israel Shem Gift Shop for all your Hanukkah needs! grade: “If ever someday [some- Tov Award was created to recognize synagogue members who have contributed significantly to We look forward to lighting the exterior one] should read this, I would Hanukkah menorah dedicated in memory like to say PLEASE ACCEPT ME, the betterment of our congregation and com- munity. The inspiration for the award comes of Rose and Simon Laupheimer and to KNOW WHO I REALLY AM!” Gosh, using the beautiful silver Israeli hanukkiyah what a tragic passage! Instantly, from the passage in Pirke Avot (Ethics of Our Ancestors) that reads: “There are three crowns donated to the synagogue by Ryna and it brought back the misery of Melvin z"l Cohen in honor of their 50th being a seventh grader (and the within one’s reach—that of Torah, that of priest- wedding anniversary a few years ago.
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