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May-June 2019 Shofar Nissan - Sivan 5779 • May/June 2019 In this issue...you can click on the Rabbi’s Message page you would like to read first. Acts of Tzedakah .........................................9 Shalom, Shalom! Brotherhood............................................. 17 Calendar .............................................26-27 Shalom, Cantor Emily! Cantor ........................................................ 3 As we come to the end of another wonderful year of sharing our Jewish journeys together at TBE, we must College Connection ................................... 17 anticipate the poignant moment of saying farewell to our Confirmation ............................................ 11 beloved Cantor Emily Pincus. We have had a truly wonderful eight years together, for which we have every reason to be grateful. Congregational Meeting .............................6 Cantor Pincus has touched our lives in so many ways, from the bimah on Shabbat and holy days, where her magnificent voice and soulful spirit have Cultural Arts .............................................. 18 lifted us in prayer; to bedsides and gravesides, where she has been a loving, Education Directors .................................. 10 caring, and consoling pastoral presence; to joyful lifecycle celebrations of Honorable Menschen ................................. 7 Continued on page 4 Ladles of Love .......................................... 16 Legacy Circle ............................................. 13 Lifecycle (TBE Family News) ........................8 Shavuot President’s Message ...................................5 Community Evening of Study & Discussion “Chai Anxiety: Insights to Help Navigate Rabbi’s Message..................................... 1, 4 Troubled Times” Recipes ..................................................... 15 Saturday, June 8, 7:00 p.m. Renaissance ............................................. 19 at Temple Sholom (see page 14) Sisterhood ...........................................20-21 Yom Tov Services and Yizkor followed by potluck brunch Social Action (IHN) ................................... 22 Sunday, June 9, 10:00 a.m. Worship Schedule ......................................2 Yahrzeits ..............................................23-25 Ceremony of Confirmation Youth at TBE ........................................12-13 Friday, May 31, 7:00 p.m. See page 11 Youth Person of Honor ...............................7 Volunteer Reception Monday, June 11, 7:15 p.m. Followed by Congregational Meeting at 8:00 p.m. See page 6 Temple Beth-El • 67 US Highway 206 • Hillsborough, NJ 08844 • (908) 722-0674 • www.ourbethel.org Click here to return to Page 1 Worship Schedule MAY Thursday, May 2 Thursday, May 9 Saturday, May 18 Yom HaShoah Yom HaAtzma’ut Parashat Emor, Leviticus 21:1−24:23 7:00 p.m. Yom HaShoah Community Observance 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study Friday, May 10 with Bar Mitzvah of Zachary Zaborenko Friday, May 3 6:30 p.m. Israeli-themed Shabbat Dinner 7:00 p.m. Family Shabbat Service 8:00 p.m. Israel Shabbat with the Choir and Friday, May 24 Tefillah Band 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening Service Saturday, May 4 Festive oneg hosted by the Gluck Family in Parashat Acharei Mot II, Leviticus 18:1–30 honor of the ordination of Rabbi Shira Gluck Saturday, May 25 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study Parashat B’har, Leviticus 25:1-26:2 with Bar Mitzvah of Daniel Rizzi Saturday, May 11 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Minyan Service and Torah Study Parashat K’doshim, Leviticus 19:1-20:27 Sunday, May 5 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study Friday, May 31 3:30 p.m. Community Yom HaAtzma’ut Celebration with Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Guss 7:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening Service with Ceremony (at the JCC) of Confirmation Friday, May 17 Wednesday, May 8 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening Service with Tribute to Yom HaZikaron Cantor Pincus JUNE Saturday, June 1 Parashat B’chukotai, Leviticus 26:3-27:34 Sunday, June 9 Friday, June 21 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study Shavuot 8:00 p.m. Erev Shabbat Service with Bat Mitzvah of Haley Papierman 10:00 a.m. Shavuot Services with Yizkor, followed by potluck brunch Saturday, June 22 Friday, June 7 Parashat B’haalot’cha, Numbers 8:1−12:16 7:00 p.m. Family Shabbat Service with Yad Chazakah, Friday, June 14 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Morning Service and Torah Study Youth Person of Honor and Farewell to 8:00 p.m. Shabbat Evening Service with Installation with Bar Mitzvah of Benjamin Cousineau Rachel Frish of Officers and Trustees, with the Choir Friday, June 28 Saturday, June 8 Saturday, June 15 8:00 p.m. Summer Shabbat Service Parashat B’midbar, Numbers 1:1−4:20 Parashat Naso, Numbers 4:21−7:89 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Minyan Service and Torah Study 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Minyan Service and Torah Study Erev Shavuot JULY Friday, July 5 Friday, July 19 8:00 p.m. Summer Shabbat Service 8:00 p.m. Summer Shabbat Service Friday, July 12 Friday, July 26 8:00 p.m. Summer Shabbat Service 8:00 p.m. Summer Shabbat Service AUGUST Friday, August 2 Friday, August 9 Friday, August 23 6:00 p.m. Shabbat Picnic Dinner (at the JCC) 8:00 p.m. Summer Shabbat Service 8:00 p.m. Summer Shabbat Service 6:45 p.m. Shabbat Under the Stars with the Tefillah Band (at the JCC) Friday, August 16 Friday, August 30 8:00 p.m. Summer Shabbat Service 8:00 p.m. Summer Shabbat Service Torah Portions Shofar Submissions and Deadline You can read a Weekly Torah The next issue of the Shofar will be In the subject line, please use the following Commentary by visiting the Union of Sept.-Oct. 2019. PLEASE NOTE: The deadline naming convention: Shofar Month/Shofar/ Reform Judaism’s web page: for submissions is August 15. Committee Name or Professional Staff Name. www.reformjudaism.org/learning/ Submit articles via email to: Temple Calendar Webpage torah-study [email protected]. http://www.ourbethel.org/luach-beth-el Temple Beth-El Shofar 2 IyarNissan - Tammuz - Sivan 57785779 Click here to return to Page 1 Thank you to our Torah Readers March - April May - June Gari Bloom Emma Kelner Joy Auerbach Michele Holler Liz Cohen Jim Lavranchuk Derek Boxer Bob Krovetz Karen Donohue Sean Maizel Zachary Cole Josh Lavroff Larry Epstein Ed Malberg Karen Donohue Harold Levin Allison Fischer Robin Osman Ben Cousineau Sean Maizel Rachel Frish Jack Parisi Michelle Engler Matthew McCloskey Maren Goldberg Marcy Rosenfeld Allison Fischer Robin Osman Julie Hirsch Lila Stark Shayna Friedman Haley Papierman Corey Iannucci Sam Yarkoni Jacob Guss Daniel Rizzi Zachary Iannucci Julie Hirsch Justine Smith Norah Holler Donna Tischfield Todah Rabbah to the 57 adults and students post b’nei mitzvah who have chanted or who will chant Torah this year. Joy Auerbach Ava Fox Emma Kelner Marcy Rosenfeld Jude Bergman Rachel Frish Bob Krovetz Talia Rubin Gari Bloom Shayna Friedman Jay Lavroff Vicki Schwartz Derek Boxer Carol Gardner Josh Lavroff Dhani Skole Beth Borrus Rabbi Arnie Gluck Harold Levin Justine Smith Bryce Brody Sarah Gluck Ryan Maizel Lila Stark Liz Cohen Shira Gluck Sean Maizel Sam Stark Zachary Cole Maren Goldberg Ed Malberg Donna Tischfield Ben Cousineau Jacob Guss Andrew Manrique Bill Waldorf Emily Dickholtz Julie Hirsch Matthew McCloskey Ella Wolkofsky Karen Donohue Norah Holler Robin Osman Sam Yarkoni Michelle Engler Michele Holler Haley Papierman Zachary Zaborenko Larry Epstein Corey Iannucci Jack Parisi Adriana Fetaya Zachary Iannucci Daniel Rizzi Allison Fischer Leslie Kass Kristen Rodrigues Join us on Friday, May 17 at 8:00 p.m. as we express our appreciation to Cantor Emily Wigod Pincus before she moves to New York City this summer. Let us show our love through song,G communal prayer, and words of appreciation. Temple Beth-El Shofar 3 Nissan - Sivan 5779 Click here to return to Page 1 Rabbi’s Message, continued from page 1 welcoming new life at britot and naming ceremonies; to experience as a teacher and student cantor in a variety consecrating new love under the chuppah. We have laughed of synagogue settings. All the members of TBE who have together at Purimspiels, been moved to tears at cantorial met and interacted with Student Cantor Emily have been concerts and soulful ritual moments, and have shared so impressed by her knowledge, commitment, and spirit, and many meaningful personal moments along the way. believe that she is a great match for the spirit and values Under Cantor Pincus’ guidance and through her vision, of TBE. musical expression has flourished at TBE, from our growing During the coming weeks we will be finalizing the details adult choir, which adds so much to shabbatot, holy of her service for the coming year, including when our days, and special occasions, to our spirited youth choir, community will have the opportunity to meet and welcome Soufganiyot, which makes family Shabbat services so joyful her. In the meantime, we wish her and her fiancé, Adam and uplifting, to our talented tefillah band that rocks the Halpern, a hearty mazal tov on their upcoming wedding house at Shabbat b’Shir, Shabbat Under the Stars, Simchat celebration in early July. Shalom, Student Cantor Emily! We Torah, and so many other special events. Cantor Pincus is look forward to having you as part of our TBE family! the spirit behind all of this, and for that we are grateful. During the years she has been with us, Cantor Pincus has Thank You, Jay Lavroff! been a wonderful member of our professional staff and a At our congregational meeting on June 10, Jay Lavroff creative partner in our efforts to revolutionize the bar and will conclude his two years
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