November 2018 Cheshvan/Kislev 5779 Schedule of Services Friday, November 2nd November 6th is voting day. Voting, to me, is a responsibility of being a 6:15 p.m. Family Shabbat w/Shelley citizen of this country. It is also a right we should not take for granted. I Schweitzer have been voting since I turned 18 in 1972. I was part of that first Shelley Schweitzer is singing generation of 18-year-old voters. A table was set up in our high school cafeteria, and we waited for our turn to fill out the voter registration card. Saturday, November 3rd I’ve never missed voting in an election since. Sometimes, I voted 9:30 a.m. Stollen Moments absentee when I lived in Israel. I voted absentee from college. I voted in 11:15 a.m. Morning Service presidential election years, off year elections, and off off year elections. Once, living in Indianapolis, I even went to my polling place on the first Friday, November 9th Tuesday of the month only to find that there wasn’t anything to vote for— 6:15 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat the polling place wasn’t open. Birthday/Anniversary Blessings Shelley Schweitzer is singing Every election is important, but for many reasons, interest in this year’s election seems to be higher than other years. I don’t need to detail for you Saturday, November 10th the division our country is going through and the passion that people are 9:30 a.m. Stollen Moments bringing to their candidates. The stakes are high for the movement on 11:15 a.m. Morning Service immigration reform and border security, trade, gender rights, taxes, social security, health care and more. In Ohio, there is a senate election and a Friday, November 16th gubernatorial election, as well as the state legislature and a Constitutional 6:15 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Amendment known as Issue 1. Your vote can make the difference. Zachary Charlick is singing The Jewish community tends to vote at a higher rate than the rest of our Saturday, November 17th nation. I believe that this stems from the centuries of living under the rule 9:30 a.m. Stollen Moments of others with no say in our self-determination. We were at the whims of 11:15 a.m. Morning Service kings and cardinals and generals with little recourse. When we weren’t 7:00 p.m. Sisterhood Donor Program needed anymore, or the leaders needed to make an example, we were persecuted or driven away. As Jews, our voice, needs, and desires Friday, November 23rd meant nothing. We were expendable. 6:15 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat No Oneg When we came to this country and became citizens, our voices counted, Sandy Adland is singing and our votes mattered. The Jewish community tended to vote their Admin offices closed conscience over their pocket book. We leaned left and voted with the Democratic party. It still seems that many Jews vote Democrat, but it isn’t Saturday, November 24th 90% or 80%, but more like 70%. There are many reasons for the shift, but No Stollen Moments I want to remain non-partisan in my writing so as not to side with one party 10:30 a.m. Smuckler Baby Naming over another. Let me add this—at one time, the two parties tried to work across the aisle, tried to be more moderate, tried to get things done. Right Friday, November 30th now, this isn’t the case, and the fabric of our society is being torn apart. 6:15 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat We need leaders who don’t just give lip service to working with the Shelley Schweitzer is singing opposition, but who will really do it. We can’t afford this internal Pre-Hannukah Shabbat Dinner following destruction any longer. You need to figure this out for yourselves. When services voting is a strong option, sitting home and doing nothing is not taking your right and responsibility seriously. Saturday, December 1st 9:30 a.m. Stollen Moments Vote on Nov. 6th —exercise your duty as a citizen. 11:15 a.m. Morning Service TEMPLE BULLETIN November 2018 Cheshvan/Kislev 5779 TEMPLE ISRAEL 432 - 30th Street NW Canton, OH 44709 Phone: 330-455-5197 The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC) will be holding a Fax: 330-455-5268 Consultation on Conscience in Washington D.C. May 19-21. The Temple Office Hours: purpose is to strengthen the connection among social justice advocates Monday - Thursday through sharing experiences and successes with other delegations from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. across the Reform movement. If you are interested in attending, contact Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. the Temple office at 330-455-5197. The staff’s direct phone numbers are listed Our Social Action committee has added a few new programs to our below their email addresses already existing list of Tikkun Olam, to go along with our community Rabbi Jon Adland garden, Urban Ark Dinners, Habitat for Humanity, and Thanksgiving [email protected] Baskets. 330-445-2406 Temple Israel will now be participating in the Family Living Center Rabbi Emeritus John H. Spitzer Homeless Shelter Adopt-A-Room Program. This program provides a [email protected] safe haven for some of Stark County’s homeless. This is the essence of Julie Zorn Tikkun Olam. For more details see the Social Action committee section Chadash Director in this bulletin. 330-445-2853 “You don’t have to attend every argument you’re invited to.” [email protected] Temple Office Mark Tenenbaum [email protected] President 330-445-2852 Temple Brotherhood [email protected] Prophetic Power & Politics: How Reform Jews Can Create a Temple President—Mark Tenenbaum More Just World (and make sense of the recent elections...) [email protected] November 8, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. Temple Israel website at Beit Ha’am www.templeisraelcanton.org “Rabbi Pesner will tell the inspiring story of the historic decision by the Reform LIVE STREAMING OF SERVICES Movement to launch the Temple Israel’s Friday evening and High Holy Religious Action Center nearly Day services are live streamed. You may sixty years ago at the peak of watch the services via your computer by using the link below. Choose either the large the Civil Rights Movement. or small prayer space as indicated. He will lay out the compelling Link: http://religion.trz.cc/jcc/ challenges we continue to confront as we seek a world of ROBERTA’S NETWORK wholeness, justice and peace, Roberta’s Network provides for live given the rise in white broadcasts of High Holy Day services, once a supremacy and bigotry. He will deal with racial disparities, voting rights, month Shabbat services and requested life mass incarceration, and more. He will describe the challenges that cycle events. If your telephone is not vulnerable communities are confronting, and he also will reflect on the equipped with a speakerphone feature, political polarization in our culture and the need to honor diverse Roberta’s Network will provide you with a speakerphone amplifier which attaches to perspectives and find common ground around shared values. Since your phone. Rabbi Pesner will be speaking shortly after the mid-term elections, he will If you are homebound, hospitalized or out of offer some analysis and lay out opportunities going forward. He will close town, Roberta’s Network can be made with a call to action, with concrete steps we can take as individuals, as a available to you by touch dialing 1-800-846- congregation, and as a movement for Tikkun Olam.” 4709. Since the service is free to you, enter our account code, 944709. Dial in just before the scheduled beginning time and remember to hang up when the program is over. 2 TEMPLE BULLETIN November 2018 Cheshvan/Kislev 5779 Teaching Gratitude by Julie Zorn With Thanksgiving upon us this month, it is a perfect opportunity to bring to mind the Jewish value of Samayach B’chelko or being happy with one’s lot.. In the Pirkei Avot 4:1, Ben Zoma said, “Who is rich? Those who are happy with their portion." What does it mean, however, to be happy with what we have, and how do we pass along this message to our children? The concept of gratitude is challenging in a world built on consumerism with a constant feed of advertisements, blogs, and social media posts in support of the hottest trends. Teaching children the difference between wants and needs is a life-long pursuit, and at Chadash, our goal is to create the next generation of menches as they spend time with us each week. We try to instill the lessons of Tikkun Olam and a general care for others as the Torah teaches us to. Gratitude, however, is not a once a week endeavor. Rather, gratitude is something that must be taught each and every day. It must be modeled by parents and teachers and an entire community. We are blessed in Canton to have such a caring Jewish community, and our Chadash students have so many amazing role models. Below are some tips from Parenting Magazine on how to teach gratitude to children. From all of us at Chadash, we wish you and yours a very happy and meaningful holiday. We are so grateful for all of you. Tips for Parents on Teaching Children Gratitude 1. Work gratitude into your daily conversation 2. Find a goodwill project 3. Encourage generosity 4. Insist on thank you notes 5. Practice saying no 6.