HEBREW TABERNACLE BULLETIN Y November-December 2017 TISHREI-CHESHVAN/CHESHVAN-TEVET 5778 VOLUME XCVII | ISSUE 346 RABBI’S m e s s a g e ast summer, I was greatly saddened to learn that our country T’FILLAH SCHEDULE chose to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. Even more November 2017 CHESHVAN-KISLEV distressing was President Trump’s curt phrase, “I was elected to L Friday, November 3, 2017 CHESHVAN 14 represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not the citizens of Paris.” In essence, Kristallnacht Service it was a restatement of the buzz phrase, “America First”. As the journal- 7:30 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat – ist Fareed Zakaria of CNN points out, “we now have a Trump Doctrine”. It is posited on the belief that the world is not a global community but Kristallnacht Commemoration an arena where nations, nongovernmental actors and businesses en- Saturday, November 4, 2017 CHESHVAN 15 gage and compete for advantage. To put it bluntly, the “America First” Parashat Vayera mentality is morally bankrupt. 10:00 am: Shabbat Service Just as we must reject the concept of “America First” in the stron- gest possible terms, so we must reject the concept of “Hebrew Taber- Friday, November 10, 2017 CHESHVAN 21 nacle First.” Our health as individual faith communities is connected 6:30 pm: Family Service to the overall health of our neighborhood. What takes place east of 7:30 pm: Buffet Dinner (Reservations Required) Broadway impacts upon those who live west of Broadway and visa versa. When Yeshivah students are harassed by anti-Semites, the Saturday, November 11, 2017 CHESHVAN 22 whole community suffers. When Latino and Afro-Americans are the Parashat Chayel Sara victims of discrimination, the whole community suffers. When Mus- 10:00 am: Shabbat Service lims are singled out because of the fanaticism of a handful of self-radi- 12:00 pm: Study of the Zohar calized terrorists, the whole community suffers. When Afro-American men are shot for no good reason or when police officers are targeted Friday, November 17, 2017 CHESHVAN 28 as reprisals for the senseless killing of Afro-Americans, the whole com- 7:30 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat munity suffers. When undocumented immigrants are scapegoated Saturday, November 18, 2017 CHESHVAN 29 and unfairly targeted for deportation, the whole community suffers. At present, Amanda Morales and her three beautiful children are Parashat Toldot receiving sanctuary at Holyrood Episcopal Church, about ten minutes 10:00 am: Shabbat Service down the road. Amanda is a political refugee from Guatamala who seeks asylum . While she is an undocumented immigrant, she has Friday, November 24, 2017 KISLEV 6 been working in this country for thirteen years and paying taxes. If 7:30 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat she is deported to Guatamala, she will be in harm’s way and there is Saturday, November 25, 2017 KISLEV 7 the real risk that her children, who are American citizens, will become Parashat Vayetzei orphans. Amanda’s plight sadly coincides with the President Trump’s 10:00 am: Shabbat Service pardoning of Joe Arpaio, an Arizona sheriff who was recently convict- ed for defying an injunction which barred him from further “immigra- tion round-ups”. The pardon sends the frightening message that vio- lators of human rights are above the law and can come after Amanda at will. Why should we care about Amanda Morales and her three children? The mitzvah to love the stranger is mentioned 36 times in the Tanach, more than any other commandment. We must not oppress them for we were strangers in Egypt. The Jewish people began as political refu- gees from Egypt. Many of our own congregants were once political refugees from Nazi . Thus, our hearts naturally go out to a political refugee from Guatamala. Continued on page 3 HEBREW TABERNACLE T’FILLAH SCHEDULE CONGREGATION December 2017 KISLEV/TEVET 5778 A Liberal Congregation & Friday, December 1, 2017 KISLEV 13 Progressive Community Center 6:30 pm: Tot Shabbat

Jeffrey Gale ...... Rabbi 6:30 pm: Shabbat Youth Group [email protected] 7:30 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat Robby Wittner ...... Student Cantor Saturday, December 2, 2017 KISLEV 14 ???????@???????? Parashat Vayishlachi Dr. Robert L. Lehman, z”l ...... Rabbi Emeritus 10:00 am: Shabbat Service Joan Serrano Laufer ...... President [email protected] Friday, December 8, 2017 KISLEV 20 Dr. Ralph M. Selig ...... Vice President 7:30 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat [email protected] Saturday, December 9, 2017 KISLEV 21 Mike Klein ...... Vice President mkleinnyc@rcn .com Parashat Vayeshev 10:00 am: Shabbat Service Denny Kelk ...... Vice President [email protected] 12:00 pm: Study of the Zohar Mort Orentlicher ...... Treasurer [email protected] Friday, December 15, 2017 KISLEV 27 Desma Holcomb ...... Secretary Chanukah: 4 Candles [email protected] 6:00 pm: Tot Shabbat Mitchell Gershonowitz ...... Webmaster 6:30 pm: Family Service and [email protected] Menorah lighting Diana Douglas ...... Sisterhood President Saturday, December 16, 2017 KISLEV 28 [email protected] Chanukah: 5 Candles Richard Ehrenreich ...... Men’s Club President Julia Klein Bat Mitzvah [email protected] Parashat Miketz Sheldon Koy ...... Hebrew School Principal 11:00 am: Shabbat Service [email protected]

Craig M. Cannon ...... Bulletin Designer Friday, December 22, 2017 TEVET 4 [email protected] David Hirsch ...... Bulletin editor 7:30 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat [email protected] Saturday, December 23, 2017 TEVET 5 Fredy Seidel ...... Chair, Chesed Committee Parashat Vayigash 347-843-7111 10:00 am: Shabbat Service Youth & Family Committee ...... [email protected] Harriet Bailer, Diana Douglas & Regina gradess GoldWing Curators Friday, December 29, 2017 TEVET 11 [email protected];[email protected]; 7:00 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat [email protected] Saturday, December 30, 2017 TEVET 12 Web address: www.hebrewtabernacle.org Published bi-monthly by the Parashat Vayechi Hebrew tabernacle of Washington Heights 10:00 am: Shabbat Service 551 Fort Washington Ave. New York, NY 10033-1908 a member of the union for Reform Judaism SAVE THE DATE: Deadline for inclusion in the January-February Bulletin is December 1st Interfaith material received after that date Thanksgiving Celebration will be held until the March-April 2018 issue. [email protected] November 19th at 3:00 pm. 2 | NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2017 RABBI’S Message Continued from page 1 Furthermore, why should we care about the real possibility that DACA--Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, could be repealed? Such a move risks the deportation of roughly 800,000 young adults who were born outside of the , but who have lived in this country for a decade. Aside from the fact that it will lead to a skilled labor shortage, $60 billion loss in tax revenue and $280 billion hit to economic growth over ten years, it is downright cruel. Moreover, President Trump’s desire to drastically reduce the num- ber of refugees admitted to our country is also cause for great con- cern. It would create a nightmare scenario for thousands of people like Amanda Morales. As Jews, we remember the fate of the 937 pas- sengers who sailed from Hamburg on The St. Louis in 1939. The pas- sengers were refused entry into Cuba and the United States. The ship ultimately returned to Germany and 254 Jews met their deaths at the hands of the Nazis. It was truly “a voyage of the damned”! As so many of our own congregants were once political refugees from Nazi, we dare not turn our backs on Amanda Morales and her family. In the celebrated words of Pastor Martin Niemoller: First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

​Hebrew High’s Alec Farber Drash on Leviticus, Ch. 12-15. n the Friday Kabbalat Shabbat Service celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut, OHebrew High student Alec Farber presented a drash on Parshah Vayikra. This is an excerpt of that drash. Photo by Mike Klein “Up until now in Genesis and Exodus, the Torah has covered im- portant, and eventful stories that touch universal themes. Leviticus is where the Torah, it seems to me, slows down. The section from Chap- ters 12-15, takes place in between—when the Jews have left Egypt and are in exodus in the Sinai Desert. The Jews are in limbo. There are no compelling stories and characters: no Adams, no Abrahams, and no Isaacs, dealing with high aspirations or existential battles of good and evil. There are only God’s words, told to Moses through the Tab- ernacle. God tells the Jewish people how to live their lives: How to be “pure,” by maintaining a pure body and a pure home. If we don’t get Leprosy anymore, and hold modern, scientific views of our bodies, why must we still read this Torah portion about biblical- era problems? And why on Yom Ha’atzmaut, when we should be cel- ebrating Israel? The Jewish people, during Leviticus, are preparing themselves to enter Canaan. Although they don’t know it yet, they will have to sur- vive without Moses to guide them. They will face external threats from belligerent Canaanites and the threat of loss of wealth through inter- marriage. Internally, there is the threat that, once Jews live in an all- Jewish society, as opposed to being the oppressed minority in Egypt, they will lose their Jewishness. In order to create an actual, successful Jewish society in Canaan, the Jews of the Sinai cannot live off just the Ten Commandments and sto- ries of Abraham. There will not be biblical struggles with the forces of good and evil every day. Instead, God is preparing the Jewish people to deal with the everyday evils, the everyday challenges that loom to remaining pure. This makes the Jewish people stronger, because it equips them to live in the real world. ​​ So we see that Leviticus represents the beginning of Judaism as a religion of customs, and regularity. Without customs for everyday life, Judaism is not a religion, it is just a philosophy. Similarly, believing in Continued on page 10 HEBREW TABERNACLE BULLETIN | 3 WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THESE RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS: CLERGY ASSIST FUND received a donation from… Hebrew Tabernacle Sisterhood Assists to cover clergy payroll costs – High Hol. Donation Harriet Bailer Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Joel Levin & Tara Collins Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Miriam Frank & Desma Holcomb Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund

GENERAL FUND received a donation from… Laura Altschuler In memory of our dearly departed Rita Leopold Norman & Lauren Kleiman In memory of our dearly departed Richard Ehrenreich Michael & Melanie Klein In memory of our dearly departed Rita Leopold Michael & Melanie Klein In memory of Richard Ehrenreich from Michael, Melanie, and Julia Klein Joseph & Joan Serrano Laufer In memory of Richard Ehrenreich and In honor of Rita Rosenthal Eve & Marvin Reinheimer Leopold In memory of our dearly departed Rita Leopold Ellen T. Reiss In memory of our dearly departed Rita Leopold Rita Rosenthal In memory of Richard Ehrenreich and Rita Leopold Vera Selig In memory of Richard Ehrenreich - A true Mensch from Ralph and Vera Selig Laura Altschuler In memory of the Yahrzeit of William Altschuler Arthur Baer In memory of the Yahrzeit of Leonie Neuburg Mrs. Harriet Bailer In memory of the Yahrzeit of Abraham Greenberg Bella Y. Bankof In memory of the Yahrzeit of William Bankoff Jeff & Marjorie Bauml In memory of the Yahrzeit of Elsa Bauml Hilda Blum In memory of the Yahrzeit of Gary Blum Helen Blumenthal In memory of the Yahrzeit of Arthur Blumenthal Leslie Deman In memory of the Yahrzeits of Paula and Richard Deman Fred Fields In memory of the Yahrzeit of Martha Dingfelder Charles & Lilli Friedman In memory of the Yahrzeit of Arthur Friedman John & Laurie Frolich In memory of the Yahrzeit of Harry Frolich Barry & Irene Gilbert In memory of the Yahrzeit of Ella Maier Edith Strauss Goldsmith In memory of the Yahrzeit of Kurt Strauss Goldsmith Barbara Gonzo In memory of the Yahrzeit of Sarah Dlugatch Ellen Gross In memory of the Yahrzeit of Walter Gross Michael & Della Haft In memory of the Yahrzeit of Stanley Haft Ingrid Hirsch In memory of the Yahrzeit of Gertrude & Martin Hirsch Donald J. Isler In memory of the Yahrzeit of Berta Kuba Donald J. Isler In memory of Margot Hochberger Gary & Malthilda Joseph In memory of the Yahrzeit of Else Warms Hannelore Noe In memory of the Yahrzeit of Martha Militzer Rafael & Susan Rishik In memory of the Yahrzeit of Jacob Rishik Rita Rosenthal In memory of the Yahrzeit of Peter Rosenthal Rita Rosenthal In memory of the Yahrzeit of Walter Rosenthal Werner & Audrie Rothschild In memory of the Yahrzeit of Dr. Siegmund Rothschild Joan & James Savitt In memory of the Yahrzeits of Martin, Elaine, & Frederic Neuburger Larry & Janice Stolzenberg In memory of the Yahrzeit of Ruth Jost Ursula Strauss In memory of the Yahrzeits of Paul Kohlmann and Paul Strauss Hermann & Georgette Gestely Teifer In memory of the Yahrzeit of Imre Gestely Kurt & Anita Vooss In memory of the Yahrzeit of Clementine Vooss Gwynne H. Wohlgemuth In memory of the Yahrzeit of Arnold A. Secunda Carl Wolf In memory of the Yahrzeit of Erna Wolf Continued on page 5 4 | NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2017 DONATIONS Continued from page 4 GENERAL FUND – MISC. received a donation from… Anonymous General Fund Donation Mark & Rita Hamburgh In honor of birthdays of Muriel Vogel-Moss and Leonard Moss Eve & Marvin Reinheimer Leopold Permanently enter the name of Rita Leopold into the Book of Life, add this name to the Kaddish List Marga Marx In honor of Rita & Mark Hamburgh Frank Moshman Donation to Temple Anita Stern Enter the name of Walter Stern to the Kaddish list Eleanor Stein HT Gala Gary Thalheimer Donation for the honor of Rosh Hashanah Aliyah (called to Torah)

MUSIC FUND received a donation from… Miriam Frank & Desma Holcomb Klezmer Band Simchat Torah

HIGH HOLIDAYS FUNDS received a donation from… Laura Altschuler Kol Nidre Donation Michael & Vivian Anapol Yiskor Donation Bella Y. Bankoff Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Jeff & Marjorie Bauml Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Muriel Beer Yiskor Donation Edoardo Bellando Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Nina Buchert Yiskor Donation Arnold S. Cohen & Lucy Kelly-Cohen Kol Nidre/Yiskor Donations Diana Douglas Yiskor Donation Arthur Eisner Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Charles & Lilli Friedman Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Lana Glaz Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Edith Strauss Goldsmith Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Mark & Rita Hamburgh Kol Nidre Donation Michael & Melanie Klein Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Joseph & Joan Serrano Laufer Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Eve & Marvin Reinheimer Leopold Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Daniel R. Macht Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Miriam Frank & Desma Holcomb Yizkor Donation: in Memory of Rita Leopold Rita Rosenthal Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Rona Stein Yiskor Donation Margot K. Stern Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Gary Thalheimer Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Renee Toueg Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations: In honor of the Garelik Family Renee Toueg Yiskor Donation: In memory of Dr. Elie Toueg David Townsend Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Kurt & Anita Vooss Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Susan Weiner Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Dr. Ruth Westheimer Kol Nidre / Yiskor Donations Robert Zatz Yiskor Donation

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Three inspiring neighbor who know how to help others move from “Me” to “We” Coach Dave Crenshaw Mediator Dr. Mary Gratereaux Earth Mom Diana Douglas

Poets for the theme: Artists for Elizabeth Balaguer, Kathleen Hogan, the theme: & Lester Howard Virginia Ayress, Katori Walker & Evan Bishop

Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration with Art Christian, Moslem, Jewish, and Native American Spiritual and Community Leaders

Rabbi Jeffrey Gale, Interfaith Celebration Coordinator

Regina Gradess, Gold Wing Curator

Held at the Hebrew Tabernacle, 551 Ft. Washington Ave @ 185 St. NY 10033 Call 212-568-8304 for gallery hours or visit HebrewTabernacle.org. – Free admission – Gold Wing exhibit open through December 29th. Hebrew Tabernacle

6 | NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2017 IN MEMORIAM Florence Friedland Sidi Herzberg In grateful memory of the departed whose names are taken from the re- Fred Furnberg Jindrich Hoffman cords of Hebrew tabernacle and Beth am and which appear on a separate David Goldfarb Siegfried Jonas weekly Yahrzeit list. It is our minhag to read Yahrzeit names at the Shabbat Leah Haines Eric Kaufman services following the date. If you would like a name read, please call the Helen W. Hart Marie Klopfer office in the preceding week. Hans Hermann Henry H. Kramer YAHRZEIT LIST Walter M. Meyers Marta Herz Ilona Lehman November 5 – 11, 2017 Emma Michel Erna B. Herzfelder Bertel Lowenstein Hermann Altmann Eugene M. Moses Miriam Hess Rose Maas Emanuel Arnstein Cecelia Nadler Bertha Hirschowitz Dr. Ernest Marso Isaac Bauland Josef Nesselroth Debra Hoberman Hugo Meininger Ilse Bergman Gerhard Ollendorff Felice Kalfus Sussana Meyer Siegfried Bernheim Markus Oppenheim Abraham Kestenbaum Hansi Morbach Herman Bloch Hedy Oppenheimer Adolph Koestler Dr. George S. Naftulin Isidor Bloch Robert Ottensooser Ethel Kohon Emmy Nathanson Berta Choron Paul Pergamenter Henrietta Konig Hannah Neuhaus Boris Choron Sarah Pergamenter Hedi Levenback Leiser Neuman Jane Collin Rudolph R. Pfeffer Ida Levy Harold Neumann Harry Danzig Laura Pollack Lucy Loscocco Frederika Ober Jane Danzig Samuel D. Propper Ruth R. Maier Sophie Phillips Richard Deman Lucie Riess Herbert Marx Jacob Rosenberg Rosalie Englaender Walter Robert Adolph Mastbaum Lisel Rosenthal Viola Eschelbacher Joel Robinson Hede Meyerstein Lina Rubel Regina Frankenberg Harriet Rothschild Corinne H. Neuburger Carl Ruwalski Lily Freedman Sol Seelig Aaron Oppenheim Katherina Schnurmacher Edgar Friedberg Hans Walter Sittenmann Max Oppenheimer Ernest W. Stein Felix Galimir Arthur Sommer Rose Rosenthal Thekla Strauss Pepi Gartner Lillian Sontheimer Jack Rubinstein Phyllis Stream Julius Goldschmidt Jakob Spaeth Lottie Sapadin Margot Tannenwald Helene Goldstein Ilse Stadthagen Theresa Schaye Sarah Tanz Ida Gordon Ida Stern Gertrude Singer David Turiel Rudolf Grunewald Rosa Steuerman Lucie Wiesengrund Henrietta Vogel Resi Hamburger Julius Stiefel Mark Wolff Max Wallenstein Lillie Henoch Paul Ullman Thekla Wolff Lilly Weil Max Henoch Kurt Wallner Beatrice Weinberg Erich Herz Abraham Ward November 19 – 25 Elsa Weinberg Karoline Herz Fanny Weber Abraham Arndt Hermann Wellisch Samuel Herz Bernard F. Wickert Julie Bachenheimer Blanche Wurzinger Martin Herzfeld Gunther Will Jeannette Berger Sarah Herzfeld Yettchen Collin November 26 – December 2 Siegbert Herzfeld November 12 – 18 Irving Doniger Helene Adler David Heumann Fred Beer Moses Edberg Joseph Adler Louis Hopp Nathan Bendheim Allen J. Elias Bertha C. Austern Miriam Isaac Otto Bissinger Morris W. Flaster Ernest Bergman Ernest Jakobsberg Sylvia Dlugatch Dr. Walter C. Fleck Frieda Berney Max Kern Fred Ebel Ada Forscher Ruth Bloch Rose Kuehnrich Lotte Einstein Lotte Frolich Joseph A. Blum Gerald Land Herbert Elias Sidney Glickman Ludwig Brandt Lore Lewy Joseph Elias Kurt Goetz Annie Charig Rene Loeb Ricarda Clemente Elvirez Betty Gold Norman Eisner Dr. Fred Marx M ax Erman Margot H. Heilbut Morton Eligator Felix Marx Gertrude Fleischman Pvt. Samuel J. Heller Continued on page 8 HEBREW TABERNACLE BULLETIN | 7 YAHRZEIT LIST Walter Biermann Moses Dittmann Rita Cohn Continued from page 7 Emmy Blankenstein Erna Englander Nathan Eckstein Susanne Erman Moritz Blumenthal Oscar Englander Hilde Englander Anna Fein Ilse Brodman Aaron Friedland Ira Eulau Rae Fiber Ann Callman Lea Goettinger Marx Finstone Ilse Flehinger Gus Einstein Martin Goldman Thekla Frank Max Fried Fanny English William Haberman Hedy Ginzburg Ida Friedland Erich S. Federmann Ruth Heinecke Julius Gold Rose Glantz Meloni Frank Emma Katz Anne M. Greenbaum Gerry Goldberg Walter Frank Joseph Kavaler Sydelle Greenhut Irving Goldman Abraham Heilbronn Rita Eulau Kern Frida Hecht Curt S. Goldsmith Bruno Herz Hedy Klinger Julius Heilbronn Isidor Guggenheim Friedel Heynemann Martha Kohlmann Paul Heinecke Grete Habermann Amalia Hirschfeld Jamie Kohn Jacob Isaacs Manfred Hahn Ella Jacobs Max Levine Adolf Israel Justin Hanau Paul S. Jonas Nanni Loeb Arthur Jacoby Nettie Hausman Rochel Greenberg Kleiner Paula Marx Leopold Jourdan Samuel Kestenbaum Pauline Koy Fred Meyer Esther Klein Julie Koerpel Adolf Lachmann Ottilie Meyer Rose Lauer Samuel Levy Walter F. Lebrecht Ernest Michel Emilie Lowenstein Bernard S. Lowenthal Grete Lehmann Rosa Michel Lee Luft Fred Luft Alfred Levy Rodolfo Neustadt Bertha Orchard Metzner Emil Mandel Sarah Lewis Erna Nussbaum Valerie Muetz Charles Meyer Max Lexandrowitsch Moses Ottenheimer Fanny Neumann Betty Myerson Henry Lipkin Dakota Pite Armin Oppe Rose Nadelman Hugo Meier Dr. Maurice Rashbaum Rabbi Jacob Polish Frances Pulsifer Jenny Meier Mamie Rosenfeld Gerde Pollack George Rawle Dr. Solomon Perlroth Oscar Rosenthal Charles Rosenfeld Martha Reiter Honora Reiss Tillie Schwartz Siegfried Rosenthal Gershon Remiz Samuel Rind Julius Seligsberg Otto Rubel Fannie Rind Jeanne Rubinstein Rudy Steinhardt Jean Rubinsky Rose Rosenfeld Benjamin L. Saloshin Dr. Alfred Strauss Philip Sandler Hugo Sander Selma Sarner Dr. Justin Strauss Elmer Sapadin Susan Berger Schack Irma Scharf Fay Sturman Kurt Schickler Ernest Schmidt Bertha Schwab Julius Ullmann Bella Schnitzler Ingeborg Schorsch Samuel Sollender Henry Wallach Herbert Schwartz Willy Schwab Harry Solow Aaron Weigert Tillie L. Schwartz Dorothy Schwartz Ann Sonnenfeld Morris Weigert Lillie Sink Ilse Seelig Hanna Stern Dr. Walter Weil Max Smerka Jacob Stern Louis Strauss Jakob Weinheim Shari Solow Mollie Stutz Abram A. Weigert Dennis H. Wolf Leo Steindler Richard Weis Herman Weiler Bertha Weikersheimer Max Westheimer Minnie Wolff December 17- 23 Frieda Winter Jacob Wielar Hedwig Wollner Muriel Baar Henry Wolf Markus Wollner Lottie Bachenheimer Regina Wolf December 10 – 16 Mimi Bachrach December 3 – 9 Bella Adelman Herman Benjamin December 24 – 30 Irving Axelrad Emma Arndt Lucie Bergmann Lea Allweil Ruth Baer Lina Arndt Sophia Block Ruth Baer Werner Bauer Amelia Cohen Franziska Boas Margot Baumgart Sofie Baumgart Henry L. Cohen Bessie Braunstein Gisela Beer Sophie Berger Ronald Cronin Joan Brennan Alfred Besser Bertha Bertheim Maxim Decoin Ellen Clipper Continued on page 9 8 | NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2017 YAHRZEIT LIST Alice Kingsley Florence Tanenzaph Alice Katz Continued from page 8 Siddy Krisch Carrie Weil Arthur L. King Walter Blankfort Mascha Kupfer Max H. Weinberg Charles Kluge Herta Bloch Paula Laubheim Alice Weissman Shirley Lesser Esther Blum Bertha Laufer Rosel Wodowski Tillie Sneudaira Lesser Dr. Maria Blume Martha Levy Monroe Wohlgemuth Jennie S. Levy Julius Bock Dr. Richard Lewin Herta Wollner Leon Lewin Peter Brandt Bernard Lewis Pauline Morris Margaret Breitbarth Leon Loeb December 31 2017 – January 6, 2018 Alfred Mortge Michael Breshaw Max Marx Margarete Adler Morris Newman Isidore Brown Hans Militzer Nathan Thomas Austern Henry Oestreicher Sarah Dessauer Anna Neubrunn Warner Baer Jacob Oppenheimer Herman Engel Ruth Neumann Gertrude Bloch Ella Reiner Mildred Engel Otto Nothmann Fred Bodenheimer Elizabeth Rich Charles Eppstein Dr. Ulrich Ollendorff Lucy P. Cahn Dagmar Rosenbaum Victor Feibelman Frieda Oppenheimer Rochelle Cantor Ascher Rosenbluth Julius Feist Mina Oppenheimer Sofie Cohen Susan Rosenfeld Herta Fleck Oskar Pomper Caesar Cohn Sophia Ross Simon Fleishman Elsa Poortje Ernst Damitt Anna Saul Rose Forscher Edward Preis Jacob Dessauer Julius Schloss Hilda Fuld Jacob S. Rosen Kurt Elias Belle Schoenwetter Bianca Geist Jeanette Elfriede Rosenwald Emma Eschelbacher Therese Schwarz Walter Goldstrom Carrie Samuels Nora Frajer Gumpert Seide Simon M. Greene Barbara Scholler Leonard Friedland William Seideman Emma Gutmann Rose Schulman Grigori Glaz Rose Silverman Martin Haas Ilse Selowsky Inge Goodkind Minna Sommer Bruno Heart Julius Silberstein Bina Hamburger Zita Stern Sonder Robert Hyman Werner Simon Frieda Hamburger-Schmer Max Steinberg Sophie Israel Morris Sokolowski Daniel Hamelburger Alice Stern-Peters Laura Karlsruher Gerald Solomon Sidney Hausman Martin Thalheimer Doris Karp Lena Spector Theresa Heiman Selma Tobias Berti Katz Erna Strauss Aaron Jacobs Leopold Ullman

Photo Taken Saturday October 28th,2017 at Hebrew Tabernacle With Rafi Rothenberg and wife Rabbi Gale Cantor Wittner and Ralph Selig. Service featured the Music of Emanuel Kirschner. Rafi Rothenberg, is The Great Grandson of Emanuel Kirschner ,who was one of the last Cantors of Prior to World War 2

HEBREW TABERNACLE BULLETIN | 9 SAVE THE DATE for our Annual Rummage Sale Seeking Volunteers to Make this a Succe$$ Julia Klein Bat Mitzvah his year’s annual Rummage Sale will be held on Sunday, Novem- Tber 12 and Monday, November 13 from 10 am to 4 pm. December 16, 2017 Clean out your closets and cabinets, ask neighbors for their gen- tly used items and share this information with your friends and com- ulia was born in and has been going to the Hebrew munity. The Rummage Sale is one of the Hebrew Tabernacle’s largest JTabernacle on a regular basis ever since she had her Hebrew baby fund-raisers and we so need the funds! naming ceremony, “Yehudis Gavriella”. Since then she has been very We accept donations of housewares, furniture, software, CD’s, active in synagogue life. Julia has attended Hebrew School since Kita DVD’s, books, toys, games, artwork, jewelry, linen, handbags, and chil- Aleph and will be enrolling in Hebrew High School next semester. She dren’s clothing. All items must be in good working order and in has participated in baking Hamantaschen for Purim, decorating the saleable condition. You may bring in donations during regular of- Sukkah, volunteering for the annual Rummage Sale and Purim Carni- fice hours but please call ahead at 212 568-8304 to confirm. val and lending a hand with Tot Shabbat. For the last two years, she Our Corner Café will be open again. We gladly accept donations has been a member of the HT Shofar Choir during the High Holidays of fresh baked brownies, muffins, cookies, bread, etc. that can be and has also assisted her dad with synagogue projects such as plant- dropped off the mornings of the sale. The delicious aromas wafting ing bulbs around the perimeter of the building and helping to clean from these treats encourage shoppers to stay longer and buy more! up at events. As always we beseech your help! Volunteers are needed prior to the Julia is currently in the 8th grade at PS / IS 187, The Hudson Cliff Sale for sorting, pricing and setting up. Each day of the sale floorwalk- School, which she has been attending since pre-K. She has been very ers, concessionaires, cashiers, and baggers are needed. Please contact active there as well. She has participated in the choir and musicals and Mike or I and let us know your availability. has been in the school productions of “Annie” and “The Lion King.” Ju- Thank you in advance for your help and support. lia will be auditioning for this year’s production “High School Musical.” Rose Ellen Neidish & Mike Klein , Co-Chairs Julia has staged an awesome solo singing performance in the talent show, is learning how to play the clarinet and has made the Dean’s and Honors list. Raising and Decorating the Julia has done a fair amount of traveling. She has been to the United Kingdom on several occasions, Israel, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Sukkah Together frequently travels to Florida. Being an outgoing person, Julia has many en volunteers from Tabernacle and Beth Am and synagogue build- international friends. Some of them will be attending her Bat Mitzvah. Ting staff had the sukkah up by lunchtime. Lush foliage including Julia has been going to day camp for several summers but last year holly and laurel was laid across the bamboo slats. “We were chucking was her first time at the sleep away camp at Crane Lake. She had such great big bushes up there,” said member John Authers and his three a great time, while also learning more about being Jewish, that she children. Meanwhile, eight Hebrew School students and their parents plans on returning next summer. made paper chains, pipe cleaner creatures, Tikkun Olam ribbons and Besides traveling, her interests are wide and varied. She is an excel- painted Popsicle-stick Stars of David, which adorned the interior. The lent swimmer, loves to write, draw, sing, dance, ice skate, play basket- sukkah, lit by a lamp from inside the storage room, was well used all ball, ride her bike and hang out with her friends. She also volunteers week long. with the Friends of Fort Tryon Park and is a Girl Scout. She is a recent graduate of the Barbizon School for Acting and Modeling and is pre- ALEC FARBER paring for auditions. Julia is very family oriented and likes hanging Continued from page 3 out with her big brother and sister and her cousins. She enjoys do- “the idea” of Israel doesn’t build kibbutzim, or drain swamps, or estab- ing many activities with her mom and dad such as dining out, explor- lish borders, or guarantee human rights to all Israelis. The Torah ac- ing the city, going to concerts, shows and movies and also spending knowledges the world of leprosy and disease, and the T​almud doesn’t fun days down in Asbury Park, NJ. To quote Julia, “I can’t believe I’m try to be above politics and daily challenges. We are lucky to be part of getting Bat Mitzvahed! Now I start a new chapter in my life. It will be a religion that recognizes the struggles of daily life, which are usually a tough but there are always amazing moments as you move on.” step lower in intensity than those of Noah and Abraham. 10 | NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2017 High Holidays for People of All Ages tudent Cantor Robbie Wittner’s warm baritone combined for a koach. Afterwards, Tabernacle hosted its 2nd Rosh Hashanah potluck Ssecond year with Rabbi Jeffrey Gale’s deep bass throughout the meal in the community room of Castle Village and on the lawn, where High Holiday services. This year, they were accompanied by organist children picnicked and played. David Shuler and a stunning four-person choir. The well-chosen sing- Rabbi Gale’s daughter, Leanne, left her studies at Yale Law School to ers, with just one voice to each part, delivered beautifully clear har- read the haftarah on the second day of Rosh Hashanah. The passage monies. Best heard from the mezzanine seats in back, they reminded talks about G‑d’s everlasting love for the people of Israel, and how its all how music can help us to focus on prayers rather than be a perfor- exiles will be gathered in future. The last verse speaks of the beloved mance. Ephraim, who stands for the children of Israel, and follows the day’s While all Aliyah’s are honors, the entire congregation was honored attempts to have G‑d remember us in a positive light on Yom Kippur. to see Rita Rosenthal, 106, Hebrew Tabernacle’s oldest member recite Several Hebrew School parents also led readings during each service. the blessings before reading the Torah on the first day of Rosh Ha- Our new president Joan Laufer made the synagogue’s annual ap- shanah. A Holocaust survivor and proud grandmother, Rita agreed to peal sweet, asking that those in the audience join us, as members, for move her Aliyah up from Yom Kippur to take the place of a congregant Shabbat services, and in supporting the congregation. The somber who was ill. She did insist on having two handsome escorts, the Glass atmosphere of Yom Kippur was lightened by our service for families brothers, who were spending the holidays with their parents. in the afternoon. Normally hoarse from singing for so long without Hebrew Tabernacle was blessed by a phalanx of shofar blowers. water, our clergy had clear voices for this session, which led into the Leader Miriam Frank has taught a new generation to blow the shofar Ne’ilah and Havdalah services. – and directed much-needed business to Westside Judaica in the pro- Giant thanks to all those who made the services possible by volun- cess. Miriam and three teens – Alec Farber, Andie Authers, and 12-year- teering to welcome visitors, hand out prayer books, take tickets, col- old Julia Klein, form the Shofarellas. With more rams horns than found lect donations, to serve refreshments and to tidy afterward. in many herds, the players sustained the 30-blast shofar service with

the larger and older Camp Eisner in Great Barrington, Mass., and the Family Camp Guitar Service new Six Points Sci-Tech camp for those who desire a more academic he sounds of Bob Marley and campfire prayers filled our first summer. Camp scholarships are available through the URJ and the TFriday night Family Shabbat of the season on October 5, which Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund for the children of Tabernacle members. focused on Crane Lake Camp. Brett Hausler, assistant director of, the Reform camp in West Stockbridge, Mass and his guitar led a fresh Kab- balat Shabbat service, which linked Marley’s “Redemption Song” to Social Action – our own prayers for redemption. Praying with Guatemalan Immigrant Amanda Morales n September 6, Rabbi Gale led a brief prayer service Four students from our community spoke about their weeks away inside the sanctuary of the Holyrood Episcopal Church from screens and their families, and what drew them together and to- O where Amanda Morales has taken sanctuary with her three ward a new sense of peace. Each bonded with their bunkmates after children. Members of Tabernacle, including President Joan moving as a group through a daylong concatenation of meals, prayers, Laufer, Regina Gradess, Denny Kelk and Fredy Seidel spoke swimming, hiking, bunk tidying, art, Israeli dancing and sports includ- to Amanda of their family’s experiences of the Holocaust ing soccer, rugby and lacrosse. and how strongly they feel about protecting immigrants Jasper Saar, 15, who went for the sports, sports and more sports, today from discrimination, arrest and deportation to a dan- was surprised to discover a religious identity in his fourth and final gerous country. Morton Orentlicher and Harriet Bailer gave year at the camp. Julia Klein said Crane Lake’s warm waters and abun- warm personal greetings and our commitment of solidar- dant inflatables felt like a second home, giving her space to recreate ity. Sara Silver shared her personal and professional expe- herself the summer before her bat mitzvah. Ellie Levin, age 11, did a riences in Guatemala and Mexico and her pledge to be as great impression of her mother asking if her daughter was SURE about welcoming to this Guatemalan family, as Guatemalan and going to a sleepaway camp that she knew about only through Brett’s Mexican families had been to her. Desma Holcomb high- talk a year ago and a cool, freebie pencil. Once there, Ellie described lighted the part of the service that called for “freeing the feeling centered in a way she had not thought possible, and even captive” and her hope that Amanda may win true freedom managed to limit her showering close to the three-minute rule. And at the end of this period of sanctuary. Hebrew Tabernacle 8-year-old Josie Levin, an unabashed public speaker, said she “had no is part of a network of Northern Manhattan Clergy who are complaints, and that’s saying something.” working together on this case as well as on the upcoming Hausler also spoke about Union of Reform Judaism’s other camps, Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration on Nov. 19.

HEBREW TABERNACLE BULLETIN | 11 Letter from one of the Vice Presidents WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The Executive Committee and the entire Board would like to welcome all our new members to our congregational family. We look forward to greeting you at services and enjoying many life cycle events as well as festivals and holi- days in the years to come. If you have any questions please feel free to contact David in the office or reach out to one of the officers.

Gabriel Blau and Dylan Stein - Elijah Blaustein; Loren Christian - Maddy & Xander; Gisele & Anatoly Garelik - Boaz & Lior; Eve Leopold & Marvin Reinheimer; Meredith & Joshua Rubin - Sylvie & Arlo; Stacy Silver - Amitai; Matthew Scherer & Roy Kushner - Emmett & Natalie; Robinanne Turiel & Todd Rubinstein; Lori & Michael Uysal - Zachary & Rachel; Susan Weiner

TOT SHABBAT Jason & Lori Laufer - Jonah

OUR NEW CUSTODIAN Please help me welcome the newest member of our custodial staff Dervish Hasani. Dervish is a local resident who grew up in Washington Heights. He has general maintenance and custodial experience. I look forward to working with Dervish for many years to come.

OUR AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM Our ancient Air Conditioning system held up during the high holidays, but since it was installed back in 1973 we know that its days are numbered. A committee has been created to investigate the various types of systems that are available, and to determine what would be the best replacement. Appointments have been set up with various com- panies to survey our existing system and submit various proposals. I will keep you updated during this long process. Mike Klein, Vice President

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