THE WEEK AT A GLANCE 8:00 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH COMMUNITY, Sunday, 12/1 ~ 3 Kislev 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel LIFELONG JEWISH LEARNING, & SPIRITUAL GROWTH J-JEP closed. 8:30 pm Online Parashah Study Group - Textual, Zoom Video Call 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:15 am Talmud Study, Lehman Center 6:00 pm BSUSY Lounge, Shear Youth Lounge Monday, 12/2 ~ 4 Kislev 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:15 pm Latin Cardio, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 7:30 pm Security Subcommittee Meeting, Lehman Center Shabbat Shalom! 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 12:00 pm Lunch and Learn, Zweig Library 2 Kislev, 5780 4:15 pm J-JEP, Beth Shalom Classrooms Tuesday, 12/3 ~ 5 Kislev 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel This week’s parashah is Toledot. 7:30 pm Bylaws Committee, Lehman Center 8:30 pm Online Parashah Study Group, Zoom Video Call 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 11:00 am Life and Text: Weekly Parashah Study, Lehman Center Wednesday, 12/4 ~ 6 Kislev 6:00 pm Homestead Cemetery Meeting, Lehman Center 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel Friday, November 29, 2019 Youth Services 4:15 pm J-JEP, Beth Shalom Classrooms Thursday, 12/5 ~ 7 Kislev 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel Candle lighting 4:36 p.m. Saturday 7:30 pm Anti-Racist Reading Group, Eisner Commons 10:00-10:30 am - Meet in 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel Friday, 12/6 ~ 8 Kislev 5:45 pm Shababababa and Shabbat Haverim, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm the Shear Youth Lounge Candle lighting 4:34 pm 6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat, Helfant Chapel Helfant Chapel or Rice Gym. 6:30 am Early Morning Shabbat Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel Toddler - Pre-K with Manny Theiner 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary 10:30 am - 12:00 pm 10:00 am Youth Tefillah, Meet in Shear Youth Lounge, then to respective services rd 12:15 pm Congregational Kiddush, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Hoffman & Zweig Libraries, 3 floor Saturday, 12/7 ~ 9 Kislev 12:45 pm Shabbat Shi’ur: Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Helfant Chapel Saturday, November 30, 2019 Mini-Minyan, Pre-K - 2nd Grade Havdalah 5:34 pm 4:05 pm Minhah, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 4:30 pm Se’udah Shelishit, in the Eisner Commons Havdalah 5:35 p.m. Youth Tefillah 5:15 pm Ma’ariv, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 11:15 am - 12:00 pm 6:00 pm Men’s Club Sweepstakes Dinner, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Homestead Hebrew Chapel 6:15 pm Pajama Havdalah with PJ Library, Eisner Commons Early Morning Shabbat Service 6:30 am 3rd - 5th Grade Youth Tefillah Homestead Hebrew Chapel 10:30 am - 12:00 pm th Yahrzeits FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 30 - DEC. 6, 2019 2 - 8 KISLEV, 5780 Youth Lounge, 4 floor The following Yahrzeits will be observed today and in the coming week. This list comprises those dear departed for whom there are dedicated plaques in our praying spaces, and those for whom contributions have been made to have their names listed here. Fred Abraham Gertrude Glasser Rachel Levy Harry Rosen Goldie Wilson Stein Shabbat Morning Service 9:30 am Goldie C. Alpern Leo Goldstein Florence London Sol D. Rosen Norman Stoller Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Stanley Baer Abe Goldvarg Sam London William Rosenbloom Michael Supowitz Ellen Ruth Berman Mamie Goodman Jacob Lurie Madelyn Rosenthal Jacob L. Surloff Israel Binstock Philip Greenberg Sidney J. Lyttle Rose Rosenzweig Max Tapolsky Fanny Bloom Isidor Grossman Morris L. Machen Jack L. Rubenfield Isadore Tenebaum Congregational K iddush 12:15 pm Charles Bogdan Isabella Hamburg Rebecca Markley Lois Lurie Rubin Joseph Torin Yakov Chudnovsky Frances M. Harrison Harry W. Mervis Leonid Rybchinsky Fannie S. Ulanoff Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Abe M. Cohen Beatrice Hoffman David Miller Irving D. Samuels Max Walters Isaac Cohen Jean G. Horne Seymour H. Miller Goldie Sandhaus Violet Weinberger Romola R. Cohen Abraham Horowitz Lesa Morrison Andrea G. Schachter Samuel Weisberger Minhah 4:05 pm Please refrain from using Schana M. Cohen Hyman Hurwitz Esther Morrow David Schandler Milton B. Weiss Homestead Hebrew Chapel electronic devices in the Tillie Coltun Joseph Jaffe Morris Naimark Lena Schwartz Harry Widom synagogue during Shabbat Bennett Z. Cooper Louise Joyce Abraham H. Neaman Fannie Segel Jennie Wolfson Robert Davud-Zade Minnie S. Kaliski Frank Newman Sarah Shapiro Sarah Wolovitz and holidays. Israel Dunn Jeannette Kanner Sylvia Nydes Robert Sheer Anna O. York Thank you. Max Eisner Eileen Sherman Klay Ann Venger Oseroff Yefim S. Shenderovich Vivian Levith Zucker Se’udah Shelishit 4:30 pm Margola Eliashof Ethel Zelda Klein Kate Pittler Constance S. Sherman Eisner Commons Mollie Finn Florie Krell Masha Promyshlanskay Jacob Shrut Nathan Friedland Bernard Leff Adeline Levitt Reich Johanna Silberberg Rabbi Neil Gillman Louis L. Levine Herbert Robin Sherwin Smalley Please look for this symbol inside Hymen Ginsberg Mary Levine Nellie Rocklin Meyer Solomon Ma’ariv 5:15 pm for info on accessible entrances at 5915 BEACON STREET ° PITTSBURGH, PA 15217 ° 412.421.2288 ° BETHSHALOMPGH.ORG Homestead Hebrew Chapel Beth Shalom. SHABBAT SHALOM Rabbi Adelson joins the Officers and Trustees in welcoming all members and guests to our The Rabbi’s Assistant answers questions that someone might be too shy to ask. services. We look forward to seeing you again soon. Who Was , Whose Birthday Is December 2nd?

All are welcome to the congregational kiddush immediately following services in the Adolph Green (12/2/1914-10/23/2002), was born in the Bronx, son of Helen & Daniel Green. He was to become a Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom. beloved lyricist, playwright and actor. Perhaps his long-time collaborator’s name, , will help you remem- ber him. For some six decades this pair produced some of the most revered and enjoyed Broadway and Hollywood hits. This week’s Se’udah Shelishit will be sponsored in memory of David Rosenbloom (z”l) by Adolph was working as a runner on Wall Street while trying to get a foothold in an acting career. In 1938, when Betty his family. Comden was studying drama at NYU, they met through mutual friends. Along with such future luminaries as Judy Holliday (who was then Judy Tuvim) and Leonard Bernstein, they formed The Revuers, a troupe which performed at the Village Vanguard. They went west to make a movie called Greenwich Village, with Don Ameche and Carmen Miranda, and soon went back to New York to seek further (or any) fame and fortune. And then came . You see, choreographer had teamed with composer Leonard Bernstein on OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY a ballet, Fancy Free (1944), which the American Ballet Theatre produced. The production team, including scenic designer Oliver Smith and businessman Paul Feigay, decided the ballet could become a musical if only they had Comden Condolences to and Green writing the book and lyrics. directed, and MGM put up some production money in return for the film rights. (Your correspondent laments the best song, “I Can Cook, Too” with lyrics by Bernstein, was left out of Larry (Adrienne) Savitz on the passing on November 23 of his mother Ruth “Cookie” the movie. Search it, sung by Nancy Walker. But we digress.) Comden and Green also performed in the production. Savitz. Their two subsequent musicals, Billion Dollar Baby and Bonanza Bound, were not profitable and so they headed back to California where they wrote Good News and , before adapting On the Town for film with Natalie (Lonnie) Wolf on the passing on November 23 of her sister Ruth “Cookie” Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin. (Judy Holliday even had a small uncredited voice-over role.) Savitz. Among their hits have been S ingin’ in the Rain, , It’s Always Fair Weather, the Mary Martin version of , Bells Are Ringing, and so much more, up through (1991). Family and friends on the passing on November 25 of long-time member Helen Klein In 1958, they created A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green, a Broadway revue of their early work. They Lazarus. revived it (updated) in 1977. Adolph Green was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 1980, and into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981. The team was honored by the Kennedy Center Honors in 1991. Green and Comden were married to others, but they were a tight team. Green appeared in Candide in 1991, an episode of Frasier in 1994 (“ Burying a Grudge”), and The Substance of Fire in 1996. Showpersons do not leave us; they simply await the next cue.

We look forward to your questions. We have these columns online at http://bethshalompgh.org/ive-always-wondered/ . Observances If you are observing something special - a birthday, anniversary, yahrzeit, e.g., please let OUR LEADERSHIP Clergy Staff one of the ushers or gabbayim know so that we might offer you an honor if one is available. Rabbi Seth Adelson, Ext. 115 Ken Turkewitz, Interim Exec. Director, Ext. 226 Rabbi Mark Staitman, Rabbinic Scholar Dale Caprara, Controller, Ext. 109 Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, Dir. of Derekh and Youth Tefillah, Ext. 111 Anthony Colaizzi, Communications & Design Manager, Ext. 108 Executive Officers Audrey Glickman, Rabbi’s Assistant, Ext. 112 Have you or your guests lost something in the shul? Are you missing something important? Deborah Firestone, President, Ext. 106 Rabbi Larry Freedman, J-JEP Director, Ext. 323 Please call our Receptionist for general articles, at 412-421-2288 x114. Kate Rothstein, Executive Vice President Kate Kim, Assistant J-JEP Director, Ext. 323 Alan Kopolow, Vice President Hilary Yeckel, Early Learning Center Dir., Ext. 390 Jordan Fischbach, Vice President Rosie Valdez, ELC Administrator Fred Newman, Treasurer Marissa Tait, Dir. of Youth Programming, Ext. 463 Se’udah Shelishit / Third Shabbat Meal Dan Eisner, Secretary Ethan Einhorn, Kadima Youth Advisor Adi Kadosh, BSUSY Youth Advisor Every Shabbat afternoon from Oct. 19 until Pesah, we dine together at se’udah shelishit (the third Shabbat David Horvitz, Past President Auxiliary Presidents Michelle Vines, Events Coordinator, Ext. 113 meal). Free to attend; all are welcome. We meet in the Eisner Commons, starting one and a half hours before Ira Frank, Men’s Club Lonnie Wolf, Cemetery Director, Ext. 293 havdalah time (check this Bulletin or the website for the schedule). We are seeking sponsors, please! Honorary President Judy Kornblith Kobell, Sisterhood Tika Bonner, Receptionist, Ext. 114 To sponsor the a third meal, please contact Ira Frank: 412-281-4064 or [email protected] Ruth Ganz Fargotstein (z”l) Elana Kolko, USY Carole Salisbury, Bookkeeper, Ext. 110 LOCATING THE MOST ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE Palkovitz Lobby, Helfant Chapel, ELC, Front Offices: Enter at Beacon Street (or Rear Parking Lot Entrance with key) Kiddush Sponsorship Eisner Commons, Homestead Hebrew Chapel: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 2nd floor Celebrating a simhah or honoring the memory of a loved one? To sponsor a catered Kiddush, Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 3rd floor Shear Youth Lounge, Rice Auditorium: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 4th floor contact Michelle Vines, at 412-421-2288 x113, or [email protected] Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom: Enter at Shady Avenue SHABBAT - 2 KISLEV 5780 M C Sweepstakes Tickets Are On Sale E L Men’s Club 2019 Sweepstakes tickets are available now, at $75 each. PARASHAT TOLEDOT N U Drawing every Friday, based on PA Lottery number. ’ B Tickets must be paid to win. Etz S  The final event will be held on December 7, 2019, 6:00 p.m.  Aliyah Verses Readers Hertz Hayim Genesis 25:19-22 Akiva Weinkle 93 146 ראשון Contact Ira Frank for tickets, 412-849-2937 or [email protected]. 1st Akiva Weinkle 93 147 25:23-26 שני 2nd Sheldon Catz 94 147 25:27-34 שלישי 3rd

Ari Chester 94 149 26:1-5 רביעי Sisterhood Hanukkah Party & Gift Exchange 4th Sunday, December 8, 2019, 10:00 a.m., Ari Chester 95 150 26:6-12 חמישי in the Eisner Commons 5th Marlene Behrmann Cohen 96 150 26:13-16 ששי Fun and refreshments! Cost: $5 to be paid at the door. 6th Bring a wrapped gift to get a gift. $10 value gift Marlene Behrmann Cohen 96 151 26:17-22 שביעי or re-gift is welcome! 7th Marlene Behrmann Cohen 96 151 26:19-22 מפטיר RSVP: Judy Kobell at [email protected] or 412-422-3226. Maftir We are also asking our attendees to contribute new Haftarah Malachi 1:1 - 2:7 Jordan Fischbach 102 163 הפטרה or gently used hats, scarves, gloves, and socks to be donated to local shelters.

ENJOY Books S The Sisterhood is selling Enjoy Books, $30. Please contact Dorothy Greenfield I at 412-521-5217 or Lonnie Wolf at 412-421-2288 x293 for more information. S T E R Sisterhood Judaica Shop - Great Gifts! H Open Friday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (except holidays), Divrei Hashavua — Words of the Week or by appointment The vision of Divrei Hashavua is to teach novice Hebrew readers the Hebrew words found in the Torah a few words at a O time so they will be more comfortable in our synagogues. We will do this by providing five Hebrew words with their O Barbara Kaiserman, 412-422-5677 English translation and transliteration each week from the Torah portion in our Friday weekly email. You can read more D November - 30% off menorahs and dreidels about this program in this CJ Voices Magazine article: http://www.cjvoices.org/article/words-of-the-week/. Visit the Gift Shop for your Hanukkah shopping and see the Bus in the Hole display! Better yet, buy the bus! toledot tomim

Sisterhood Book Club torotai The Sisterhood Book Club will discuss tehi Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates vatikkah Monday, January 6, at 7:30 p.m., at Linda’s home. UPCOMING EVENTS For additional information, please see the flyers in the racks, or go to our website. Textual Analysis: Sundays at 8:30 p.m. Torah & Modern Life: Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. Check the calendar on our website for daily event information Dig into the language of the parashah A wide-ranging discussion on how Torah and unpack a difficult section of Torah. affects our modern life, beliefs, and practice. at http://www.bethshalompgh.org Join these lay-led discussion groups! All classes meet online. No Hebrew knowledge required. Interested in either or both? Contact [email protected] We are excited to announce a reading group for Ibram X. Kendi’s new book How to Be an AntiRacist. We will be reading the introduction through Chapter 3 - Power for our first conversation on December 5th at 7:30 p.m. Contact Rabbi Jeremy Markiz at [email protected] if you have any questions or want to know more. 11:00 a.m. Wednesdays Bring the parashah alive and make it personally relevant and meaningful with Rabbi Mark Goodman!

Saturday, December 7, 12:45 p.m. Chief Rabbi of Poland Rabbi Michael Schudrich will be joining us, discussing how he became the chief rabbi of Poland, the challenges Jews face there, and the future of their community.

Monday mornings at 9:15 a.m. in Lehman Center Rabbi Jeremy Markiz learns Massekhet Rosh Hashanah, a tractate of the Talmud about the many new years that fill out the Jewish calendar. If you'd like to join the Talmud Class Google Group, 6:15 p.m., Saturday, December 7, in the Eisner Commons follow this link: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/talmudcbs We are excited to announce a shared event with PJ Library for families with children up to age 8 (siblings welcome). We will be making our own Havdalah sets. Wear your pajamas, hear a story, and get a little crafty after Shabbat! Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park Sunday, November 24, at 12:00 p.m., 2nd - 12th grade December 14, 12:45 p.m., Helfant Chapel. Explore the laws of Hanukkah with Rabbi Jeremy Markiz. Meet at Rodef Shalom. Together we will dig into the values we reflect when we light the candles. Contact Marissa Tait at [email protected] or 412-421-2288 x463.

The next Discussion Service will be Dec. 14th at 10:30 a.m., in Weinberg Pavilion. Latkepalooza Social Action Program Rabbi Adelson leads a discussion-oriented service for all ranges of davener, from the uninitiated to Y the veterans. We seek meaning behind the words, and personal connections within tefillah. Join BSUSY teens for Latkepalooza with donated items for Free; all are welcome. This year’s theme is “The Intertextuality of Tefillah.” O the NCJW Back To School Store. The language of prayer was not exactly handed to us on Mount Sinai. U We encourage you to go Hanukkah shopping for brand new items of all sizes to donate Where did it come from? What are the sources behind it? How does it connect to other areas of during Latkepalooze, which will be on December 15th. The NCJW allows children to choose Jewish literature? How might these connections inspire us in prayerful moments? T their own clothing and accessories from among the donations, even socks and undies! H

Dec. 3rd at Beth Shalom, Dec. 17th Downtown at David Horvitz’ office, 535 Smithfield Street Egalitarianism has become part of the core of the Conservative Movement, but whence did it come? Youth Department Annual All-Age Hanukkah Party This year, we will explore the Jewish legal basis of egalitarianism through responsa literature and December 18, 2019, 5:00-6:30 p.m., grades K-12. halakhic sources. Please register for Sq. Hill classes at http://bethshalompgh.org/lunchandlearn/ Join other Beth Shalom Youth for dinner, Hanukkah activities, To include lunch in your registration for the Lunch and Learn classes that are and decorating your very own sufganiyot! at Beth Shalom, you must register by noon on the Friday prior to the class. Cost is $10 for YD members, $15 for non-members. (Lunch cannot be ordered for downtown, but may be taken with you. Registration not required.) Please RSVP to [email protected] by December 15.