LASZLO BERKOWITS Temple Robej Shalom Rabbi AMY SCHWARTZI4hJ4 Assistant Rabbi BULLETIN Preskk)nt SEPTEMBER 1993 2100 WESTMORELAND STREET, FALLS CHURCH VA 22043 (703) 532-2217 1993 NO. 8

HIGH HOLIDAY SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SCHEDULE OF SEPTEMBER SHABBAT SERVICES ROSH HASHANAH Friday, September 3 Wednesday evening, September 15 7:45 pm Adult Service (A-L) and Alternative Family Service 6:30 pm Family Shabbat Service Adult Service (M-Z) and Alternative Family Service 9:00 pm Saturday, September 4 Thursday, September 16 11:00 am Adult Service (A-L) and Youth Service 8:45 am Bnai Mitzvah of Adult Service (M-Z) and Youth Service Alex Krohn 11:30 am Clay Krohn Tot Service 3:30 pm Friday, September 10 YOM KIPPUR 8:15 pm Shabbat Evening Service Friday evening, September 24 Kol Nidre Service (M-Z) and Alternative Family Service 6:30 pm Saturday, September 11 Kol Nidre Service (A-L) and Alternative Family Service 11:00am 9:00 pm Bat Mitzvah of Anne Warren Saturday, September 25 Adult Service (M-Z) and Youth Service 8:45 am Friday, September 17 Adult Service (A-L) and Youth Service 11:30 am 6:30 pm Discussion 2:00 pm Tot Shabbat Tot Service 2:30 pm 8:15 pm Afternoon Service Shabbat Evening Service 3:30 pm Installation of New Officers Alternative Family Service 3:30 pm Memorial Service 5:00 pm Saturday, September 18 Neilah Concluding Service 5:30 pm 11:00 am Break the Fast Bar/Bat Mitzvah of Harry German NEW .... NEW .... NEW .... NEW .... NEW .... NEW .... NEW .... NEW .... NEW .... NEW Katherine Mandel

Friday, September 24 see High Holiday schedule ALTERNATIVE FAMILY SERVICE Saturday, September 25 WORSHIP AS A FAMILY IN A SERVICE ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR see High Holiday schedule PARENTS AND CHILDREN OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE Torah Study Every Saturday Led by Student Rabbi Elizabeth Dunsker. 9:30 am, Library Use regular High Holiday tickets; no special tickets necessary. NO TORAH STUDY Enter through main doors and follow signs to SEPTEMBER 25 multi-purpose room for the service. (Paralleling all evening High Holiday services.) AS I SEE IT.... ROSH HASHANAH 5754

Farewell to the old year -- 5753 -- and ring in the new -- 5754. But we do not exactly ring in the new, do we? It is the sound of the shofar that ushers in the new year for us. It is more like an alert than a ring. To what are we alerted, you might ask; to the fact that we are about to receive a gift. First of all, the gift of time -- hours, days, weeks and months, an entire calendar for our use. But this gift, as the saying goes, is non-refundable. Use it or lose it. Here comes the shofar to alert us. Use it! Do not lose it As you know, time is neutral, a blank page on the calendar. Only we can fill it with meaning by what we consider important. Thus in Jewish life we bend time to our will. That is how we transform a simple Thursday into Rosh Hashanah and all other significant Jewish moments. To a person whose life revolves around the cycle of the seasons, time has a natural profile. To a farmer, the seasons are defined. To urban/suburbanites, time is an abstraction. Not so in the Jewish calendar. A shofar alerts us to reflect on how we use this precious gift because, considering it from the Jewish perspective, time is life -- nothing abstract about it. Perhaps the shofars alert raises the question: what are you doing with your life? The haunting sound of the shofar awakens us to take a good look at ourselves and take our bearing. The call of the shofar beckons us to ascend to a higher level of living, ever ascending to make our life a sacred pilgrimage. When the shofar sounds, it is time to get going. You do not want to be left behind. To one and all, a year of renewal from our house to yours.

Shanah Tovah, Rabbi Amy Schwartzman Rabbi Laszlo Berkowits

RABBI BERKO WITS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR WILDER

It-is-with great pride that we announce that Rabbi Laszlo Berkowits has received a commission of appointment to the Council on Human Rights of the Commonwealth of Virginia from Governor L. Douglas Wilder. Rabbi Berkowits became a member of the Council on Human Rights effective July 1, 1993 to serve for four years ending June 30, 1997. Rabbi Berkowits considers this a great opportunity to serve the larger community and the Commonwealth of Virginia in the field of human rights, which is of special interest to him.

LONG RANGE PLANNING THE EZRA TEAM

After a delightfully lazy summer, our Long To ensure that our congregation is indeed a Range Planning effort is picking up speed again. caring community, a new team has been formed at Early in September, each temple family will receive Temple Rodef Shalom. It is called the Ezra Team. a questionnaire asking for specific suggestions that Ezra is Hebrew for "helping." the long range planning committee will try to The Ezra Team is prepared to act at the incorporate into the overall plan. request of our rabbis in providing support to families The membership and long range planning and individuals in our congregation who are committees also will be inviting all members to experiencing a life crisis: illness, loss of a loved small, informal coffees to give everyone an one, loss of a job, coping with a transitional stage of opportunity to speak directly with committee life such as aging or divorce. members. This is your chance to tell us what else, The members of our team are more than in addition to our already thriving programs, Temple willing to help. They have special skills and Rodef Shalom can be doing to meet your familys resources to offer substantial help. needs. Please take advantage of this opportunity If a need for such help arises in your family and help us with our planning. or with a friend, please call on our rabbis and let As the process moves along, we will be them and the Ezra Team try to ease the burden. reporting to the congregation about recommendations and options. We anticipate that the plan will be completed by mid-winter. Thanks for your continued interest and support! nM A Word From the President

We have finished an extremely busy year at our temple and a lot has been accomplished. Our two new professional staff members are on the job, Judy Seiff as our administrator and Dina Burt as our educator. I am extremely pleased to have two professionals of such high caliber with us and look forward to working with both Judy and Dina in their new jobs. Major decisions are facing us this coming year. We are poised for major progress in our long-range planning effort, and the congregation will be asked to consider a range of options in addressing our member needs, building and land use, property values, staffing requirements and overall finances. As our membership continues to grow, we are working harder to ensure that both new and older families continue to feel welcome at Temple Rodef Shalom. A new year signals the start of a new page in our own Book of Life. As we welcome the coming of our New Year 5754, we need to take stock of our lives and our priorities. Some of the things to think about.. .When was the last time I actually sat down and talked to my spouse or my children? How often do I take time just for myself? How frequently do I make the extra effort to weave Friday night services and a Shabbat dinner into our family life? In the midst of our busy and hectic schedules the greatest joy we can share with others is to show we care, ignoring the little things that may bother us and really dont make any difference in the grand scheme of things. May you have a New Year filled with health, happiness and success. LShanah Tovah, N. Richard Friedman RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

FROM THE EDUCATOR DATES TO REMEMBER: Sunday, Sept. 12 - Sunday classes opening day! As a little girl, September always meant new Sunday, Sept. 19 - Religious school in session. shoes, new clothes, new school supplies and a Tzedakah Sunday: Arlington Womens Safe House whole new school year. There was always also the Wednesday, Sept. 22 - Wednesday classes thrill of seeing old friends and wondering who, of old opening day. Tzedakah Sunday continues. or new, would be a friend by May. I loved the Wednesday, Sept. 29 - Erev Sukkot. Special anticipation of forging new teams. Though poor at family program 5:30-8:00 pm. Class attendance will sports, I was always a team player. be taken. Watch for more information on this great This September again marks the beginning celebration! of a new school year, of new experiences and of new teams. I am delighted to be a part of the Rodef A TRAFFIC REMINDER Shalom team and I am looking forward to working Please remember to follow the assigned together with each of you to help our school soar to traffic patterns when you drop off and pick up your greater heights. Its been a wonderful summer in the religious school students. These simple rules are religious school office as I have learned the ins and set up to insure the safety of all of our students and outs of Judy Seifts impeccable system and have their families. begun to meet many of our congregational family. 1. Drop off only at the upper level and Everyone has been so warm and welcoming. With drive completely around the circle to leave the such a greeting and with such support, it cant help premises. Do not leave your car unattended in the but be a fantastic year. circular driveway even for a minute. (If you wish to Let me emphasize that together" is the key escort your child(ren) into the building, enter through word here. The stone that cannot be moved by one the pick up entrance and park in the parking lot. individual can be moved by two and even more 2. PIck up only at the lower level. All easily by many people together. students will be dismissed through the lower level Join me as we begin another school year. doors and will be helped into cars by the traffic We need your help! We need your support! We parents on duty. DO NOT instruct your child to run need your commitment! Get ready, were going to out to you in the parking lot or to get into the car in move some stones and it will be great! the upper half of the car pool line. Shana Tova Umetuka -- best wishes to Please be patient and courteous to the traffic each of you for a good and sweet year! control supervisors; they are doing their best to keep Dina L. Burt, RJE everyone safe. Dismissal does not take very long if Principal everyone is patient and cooperative! SISTERHOOD

ISSUES FOR WOMEN IN THE 19901S BEST BLOOD DRIVE EVER!! Wednesday, September 22 10:00 am On June 7 Fairfax Hospital held a blood drive Social Hall at our temple, and we were all so pleased with the Sisterhood will start off its 1993-94 program results. Sixty-five donors presented themselves and year with a bang! With new co-presidents Ronnie 52 were able to donate blood. The hospital staff Schulman and Su Hale, the program will feature were pleased that 27 people were donating to the guest speaker Judith Mueller, executive director of hospital for the first time. A note from the hospital the Womens Center of Northern Virginia. Ms. said, "Great drive! Wonderful food!" Mueller is an active advocate on behalf of women, No doubt the reason for our success was the and has become a leading spokesperson in the press fact that our own Joel Jacknow would be needing a and other forums. Under her visionary leadership, large number of blood units for his bone marrow the Womens Center has grown from a $25,000/year transplant. The best news of all is that Joel came operation to one with a budget of $2 million. through this procedure so well and is home from the Come hear Ms. Mueller share her thoughts on hospital. the issues facing women in the next decade! We thank you all -- donors, workers, and those of you who donated food for the drive. Because of the large number of volunteers we are EVENING SISTERHOOD MEETING unable to list all the names. That does not mean that Tuesday, September 28 7:45 pm your efforts are less appreciated. How to stay fit and eat right Our next blood drive will be held on Monday, when your schedule is hectic! December 6. Hopefully, none of our congregation will Start the new year and kick off our first be in a position to need donations; however, we hope evening meeting by hearing Virginia Inglese of Total we will be able to provide for the needs of others. Health Concepts talk to us about strategies that work to get all of us to exercise and manage our weight. Ginny has an M.A. in sports medicine and For All Your has written a book entitled H.A.B.I.T. Articles on her Bar/Bat Mitzvah & accomplishments have appeared in the Washington Post and USA Today. She offers practical advice Wedding Gift Needs, and is fun to listen to, so bring a friend and support Try Our our evening sisterhood programming! Judaica Shop Sisterhood Temple Rodef Shalom MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Be sure to send in your dues and make Call Eleanor Linde at 821-3767 reservations for the upcoming membership event. The interest form is important to us too, so please remember to return it.

LOOKING AHEAD -- Save the BOOK CLUB date ... November 7. Want to participate more Wednesday, September 29 10:00 am fully in service and Jewish ritual life? Learn (Please note change of date) Hebrew! Participate in our Hebrew Marathon Day Sisterhood book club will meet at the home of led by Rabbi Gollinkin and learn to read Hebrew Edith Pressman, 8370 Greensboro Drive, Apt. 501, in one day. Yes -- it can be done! Details to McLean (The Rotonda). Norma Gerstenfeld will lead follow. the discussion of Sotah by Naomi Regan (fiction). Please note date change to September 29 NEW ADULT BNAI MITZVAH CLASS due to the High Holidays. Did you miss the chance to become This is our first meeting of the 1993-94 FORMING ... a Bar/Bat Mitzvah when you were thirteen? Join season. Please make every effort to attend and help us at this years organizating meeting on October us select the books for January-May 1994. Call 3 at 9:30 am to become part of a unique adult Edith at 893-1171 and say you will attend. Hope you had a great summer and look forward to seeing you! learning experience. Lillian Pilzer, chair IRS YOUTH ISRAEL TOU IV

December 22, 1993 - January 2, 1994

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Its tall again and the membership committee David & Elizabeth Berry is looking with great excitement at our schedule of 4104 Mason Ridge Drive activities for the 1993-94 year. We will begin this Annandale, VA 22003 658-1510 year with our new and prospective member open Sarah 1/7/83 (Columbia) house which will be held on September 9 at 7:30 pm in the library. This special evening will give new and David & Iris Burnett prospective members an opportunity to meet our 1915 N. Upton Street rabbis and staff, tour the temple and learn the history Arlington, VA 22207 527-2388 Jordan 2/6/86 (Glebe) and important facts about Temple Rodef Shalom. Later this fall we will be holding our second Ric Cooper annual new member Shabbat. Our new members will 2810 West Glen Dr. #33 be honored and greeted by our officers and Falls Church, VA 22046 641-0034 congregation. Also this fall we are planning several coffees Kenneth & Sydney Duberstein at our members homes at which we will meet and 7215 Dulany Drive greet all our existing members and discuss long range McLean, VA 22101 356-1502 planning issues, and as always we will be planning in Jennifer 7/1/75 (U. of Michigan) November our new member tea at Rabbi and Judy Jeffrey 1/12/85 (Churchill Road) Berkowits home. Andrew 6/29/87 (Churchill Road) On behalf of the membership committee, we Samantha 1/22/90 (Town & Country) want to wish the entire congregation a very happy Frank & Marion Gross and healthy new year. 8380 Greensboro Drive #522 Bonnie Logan Susan Zlmrnet McLean, VA 22102 821-2818 Ruth Kraemer Wendy Fox Rose Silversmith Judy Berk Sheila Kisthe 1541 N. Longfellow Street #24 TO OUR MEMBERS... Arlington, VA 22205 534-9464 Renee 12/31/70 MAZEL TOV TO Joan & Peter Andrews on the marriage of their Peter & Sheryl Kongstvedt daughter Molly to Pat Briscoe 1213 Pine Hill Road Ian and Louise Reingold on the birth of Jessica McLean, VA 22101 734-0693 Cory Amron & Curtis Ritter on the birth of Brendan David 9/13/87 (Langley) Jessie and Valerie Aronson on the birth of Theodore Maxwell Aronson Eliahu & Nancy Kreis Ed & Heidi Naidamast on the birth of Ilana 1222 Somerset Drive Marilyn & Henry Hahn on the birth of a grandson McLean, VA 22101 821-0876 Stuart, son of Jeffrey & Kathy Hahn Sarah Kreis 3/27/71 Adam Kreis 09/28175 (NC State Univ.) CONDOLENCES TO David Kreis 10/29/76 (New School of N. VA) Charlie Price on the death of his mother Anna Ullman Linda Hams on the death of her father Robert & Amy Reif 1303 Timberly Lane McLean, VA 22102 847-0169 GET WELL WISHES TO Eric 4/22/88 (Springhill) Dick Cloth Monte Skall Melissa 9/9/91 (Roclef Shalom) Joel Jacknow Bess Radding James & Karen Whitman WELCOME NEW MEMBERS 7982 Foxmoor Drive James & Esthy Adler Dunn Loring, VA 22027 280-8309 5600 Wisconsin Avenue Lindsay 9/5/87 (Stenwood) Chevy Chase, MD 20815 (301) 656-3547 Dara 4/25/90 (Parkwood)

Jay Bass & Barbara Cohen 6911 Mt. Daniel Drive KING DAVID CEMETARY PLOTS Falls Church, VA 22046 534-9475 Two plots for sale at $100 under list price. For Geremy Bass 11/2/85 (Haycock) more information, contact the temple office. Emily Bass 6/9i88 (Haycock) Jordan Bass 6/26/92 YOUTH GROUPS OUTREACH

ATTENTION TRS YOUTH The outreach committee is reaching out with NOW IS TIME TO JOIN A TRS YOUTH GROUP! coffee and pastry on Sunday, October 3 to introduce ourselves and our programs for the coming year. 5-6 graders - Rody Katan Whether youre dropping off the kids at religious 7-8 graders - Jr. Rody school or just looking for some morning company, 9-12 graders - LII Rody stop by to that and learn about outreach from 8:30 to 9:30 am or a bit later from 12:15 to 1:15 pm. INFORMATION COMING TO ALL IN THE MAIL Bring your ideas, too. Organized to welcome A FULL-FILLED YEAR AWAITS YOUI interfaith families and Jews by choice to Rodef Shalom and make them part of the congregational Junior Rody and Rody Katan activities include skiing, family, the outreach committee wants to hear from theater, miniature golf and Kings Dominion. First all temple members. event is white water rafting on October 11. Watch And after the coffee, circle Wednesday nights the mail for details. on your calendar for three weeks beginning October .I.AAAAAAAAA.AA.IAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJ.AAA 27. Those are the days for an outreach-sponsored TO ALL LIL RODY MEMBERS -- mini-class at which Rabbi Berkowits will discuss the Shalom! We, the board of LiI Rody, are relationship between Jewish theology and our really looking forward to seeing all of you in this new, services, practices and traditions. The course exciting and eventful year. should provide insights for all members of the To start off the fun well be taking a trip filled congregation. with friends, museum hopping, lunch, shopping and Weve also begun work on an evening an I-Max movie at the Baltimore Inner Harbor on meeting, probably in January, to introduce temple September 12. Stay tuned for more details. members to havurot. In addition, this years Future events include a white water rafting Introduction to Judaism class is set to begin in trip, ice skating, skiing, bagel sales and lots of social February. action programs. For more information on outreach See you in September and GET PSYCHED! programming, join us for coffee on October 3 or call 93-94 Lil Rody Board the temple office at 532-2217.

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JENNIFER BI.ALOCK SCHOLARSHIP FUND of Ellen Ashs stepfather Sherie & Arthur Silverman In loving memory Edward & Edith Alexander Rose & Peter Silversmith In memory of Marc of Tina Rosenthals mother Mildred Gross Stephen Aitheim Finks grandmother Address Bill, Cherie and Rachel Artz Rose & Peter Silversmith in honor of Rabbi Rob & Leah Rubenstein & family In memory Allie & Ellen Ash Berkowits of Shelley Princes mother Alanna & Larry Bach Jean, Phil & Audrey Ross in honor of Ziva Annette Goldberg In memory of Robbie Joan Beerman Zysmans loving, nurturing pre—paration of Cohrssens mother Renee Hershenhart and Holand T. Bell Audrey for her Bat Mitzvah Daniel Goldbergs mother Margaret Rose Mrs. Arnold Berman Marty & Debbie Bril, Tamar & Danny in Goldberg Selma & Arnold Berman honor of Sheila and Bob Peltzer becoming Joseph & Ida Auerbach in memory of Jacob M.C. Brodigan grandparents Auerbach, father Eugene & Kmtee Camilleth, Jr. Cliff & Kevin Logan in honor of Rabbi The Kraemers in memory of Charlie Prices Friends of grandmother Nancy Carpelow Berkowits and Rabbi Schwartzman for their mother Nancy M. Caipelow very special service for Bonnies Bat Mitzvah Dottie Bennett in memory of Mildred Gross Lawrence E Carr Ill Bettye Anna & Sid Lauick in memory of Address, mother of Tina Rosenthal Cot. & Mrs. Edward A Cercone Rabble Cohrssens mother, Leah Rubensteins Dottie Bennett In memory of Peggy Ruth Checkncff father and Ellen Ashs stepfather Goldberg, mother of Dan Goldberg Dorothy Chiarieli Marsha Sirkin in memory of her father Sam Darrell & Judith Cole Levine RABBI LASZLO BERKOW1TS 30TH Gene & Carol Davidson Eric & Ilse Bernstein in memory of Margaret ANNIVERSARY FUND Law of War Detachment Goldberg, Daniel Goldbergs mother Rob & Leah Rubenstein Jim Duffy Blanche & Joe Cohen in memory of Rabble Larry & Barbara Herman Sheila, Steven, Sharon & Seth Gale Cohrssens mother Renee Hershenhart The Strout family Douglas L Gates Sam & Susan Simon in memory of Rabble Henry & Harriet Epstein Mark Pekala & Sarah Givens Cohrssens mother, Dan Goldbergs mother, Seth Goodman & family Shelley Princes mother and Leah SOCIAL ACTION FUND M. Holmes Rubensteins father Lillian Zucrow in honor of Marc Cohens Bar John & Mary Jester Bill & Judi Hooker with deepest sympathy to Mitzvah Nancy Kane the many members of our temple family who In memory of Lillian Moskowitz, Shelley Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kaplan have lost loved ones this year Princes monther Doris & Morris Katz Leo & Alma Rosenbaum in honor of our Peter & Rose Silversmith Marge & Marty Kestenbaum recent fellow grandparents, especially the Laurie & Norman Goldberg & family The Kraemers Proctors, the Joe Cohens, the Bekensteins, Judy & Hank Self Lois Kulesa the Roneys, Nan Rudin, the Lipseys and the The Gale family Cliff & Bonnie Logan Davidsons Susan, Steve, Amy & Emily Zimmet Ms. Marcia Macdonald Shirley Littman in memory of Renee Margery & Gerson Sher FTY Hershenhart, Rachel Sher and Michael Susan & Jimmy Pittleman Linda & Joe Marshall Zysman McLean Highlander Band Boosters Gale A Mattox The Silversmith family in memory of Tina Sandy & John Elligers Sandy, Jerry, Darren & Matthew Moore RosenthaVs mother Beth York & Art Rubin Office of Counsel, Space and Naval Chris & Midge Holmes in memory of Been Carol & Michael Bartlett Warfare System; Command Sheffermans father Leon G. Scherr Beatrice & Milton Prince Lydia & Ralph Olser Sam, Susan & Rachel Simon in memory of The Gale family in memory of Mark Grass Kevin J. ONeill Charlie Prices mother dad Louis Gross Martha & Philip Ong Lawrence & Bevin Grylack in honor of John & Ilene Pachler RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND Shelley Princes Bat Mitzvah Susan, Jimmy & Jacey Pittleman Debra Levin Jardot in memory of Mrs. Marc Cohen & Linda Hoffman in honor of Francis & Leah Porzel Maudie Lynn, beloved mother of John Lynn Rabbis Berkowits and Schwartzman Linda & Peter Rohrbach Ellen & Allie Ash in honor of the appointment Marge & Marty Kestenbaum in memory of Sally Rood of Judy Seiff as the new temple administrator the father of Leah Rubenstein and the Betty Rose Annette and Philip Braver in memory of Dr. grandfather of Adam, Lisa and Allison Mr. & Mrs. Emanuel Rosenberg Harold J. Harris, father of Linda Harris Harold & Ida Silverstein in memory of Renee Rob & Leah Rubenstein & family Doris & Morris Katz in memory of Rabble Hershenhart, mother of Rabble Cohrsssen Barbara Ryan Cohrssens mother The Gale family in memory of Rabble Bernice & Alan Schapiro The Gerstein family in honor of Ziva Zysman, Cohrssens mother Harriet & David Schapiro whose patience and love made Sarahs Nan Rudin in honor of Rabbi Berkowits 30th Dr. & Mrs. W. Scott Schroth experience as a Bat Mitzvah a joy anniversary Lillian Schwab Robert & Nancy Bloch in memory of Ellen Bettye Anna & Sid Louick in honor of Rabbi Larry & Sandy Schwartz Blalocks daughter Amy Schwartzmans enlightening and Dvora Horvitz & Yossi Segal The Rab family in memory or Michael enjoyable Women in Judaism series Kaye Shedlock Zysman and with thanks to Naava Feder and Hazel Wilson in memory of Margaret Rose & Peter Silversmith in honor of Sara Rabs confirmation Goldberg, mother of Dan Goldberg Alice V. Skalnik Evelyn Fox in memory of her loved ones Pat & George Zug in memory of Rabble Kathy Smith whose yahrzeits are within the next month, Cohrssens mother and Dan Goldbergs Anita & Chuck Thornton and family Marcus Simon, Frieda Simon and Harriet stepmother Diane Townsend Simon Mona Milberg in memory of Shelley Princes The Dennis Turner family The Dauber family In honor of Ziva Zysman parents Richard & Joan Tutelman for her tireless concern and her love for our Dick & Joan Friedman Ken & Andrea Weckstein son Michael Steve, Eileen, Josh, Adam & Michael Mark & Linda Wilkoff Mandell in memory of Shelley Princes parents Susan, Steve, Any & Emily Zimmet OHEL YAAKOV FUND and in memory of Gottlieb Hammer, Leah Bill, Cherie & Rachel Artz in memory of Rubensteins father TEMPLE TZEDAIKAH FUND Doug Poretzs mother and Robbie Cohrssens Ruth & Jay Kraemer In memory of Shelley Andrea & Marc Schwartz & family in memory mother Princes mother and In memory of Marc Finks grandmother Steven & Stephanie Komarow in honor of The Fell family in deep appreciation of Ziva Beatrice & Milton Prince In memory of Lillian the naming of Catherine Elena Komarow Zysman for her super terrific- effort In Moskowltz, mother of Shelley Prince Rose & Peter Silversmith in honor Rabbi preparing Jordan for becoming a Bar Mitzvah Karen & Elliot Cohen in memory of Lillie Amy Schwartzman Moskowitz, beloved mother of Shelley Prince Renee & Bill Andrews in memory of Renee BARBARA N. LEVIN MEMORIAL FUND Eleanor, Roberta, Daniel & Elizabeth Shapiro Hershenhart Donald & Sybil Lubin in honor of Harvey in honor of Rabbi Schwartzman for her Dan & Marian Goldberg for Rabbi Levins birthday cheerful visits to Howard during his recent Schwartzmans deep concern and caring in Harvey Levin In memory of David hospitalization time of grief Summerlin, father of Mrs. Carl (Katy) Levin Shene & Arthur Silverman in memory of Jean & Phil Ross in honor of Rabbi Shelly Princes mother Berkowits and Rabbi Schwartzman with deep PRAYERBOOK FUND Elinor Light in honor of marriage of Sharon & appreciation for the beautiful Bat Mitzvah for Susan & Myron Peck in memory of Leon Moe Levys son Jay to Susannah Martin Andrey Scharr, father of Ilene Sheffemian Gerson & Margery Sher in deep appreciation Dottie Bennett in memory of Robbie OFFICE REFURBISHMENT FUND to Rabbi Berkowits and Rabbi Schwartzman Cohrssens mother The White House Federal Credit Union, Board for the beautiful and meaningful service for Rb & Alan Frey in honor of the new of Directors, and staff with deepest sympathy Adams Bar Mitzvah grandchildren of Blanche & Joe Cohen, Fern for the John Cohrssen family Lisa Blumenthal McBride in honor of Rabbi & Bill Bekenstein and Myra Roney In memory of Renee Hershenhart Schwartzman Alice Cohrssen Margaret, Mark, Adam and Rachel Marder in MEMORIAL FUND Judy & Hank Seiff memory of Gene Marder Herman Levy in memory of Philip Levy Margery & Gerson Sher Lea and Samuel Levy in honor of Rabbi Samuel Schulman in memory of Sarah Joyce & Ken Robbins Bekowits who performed a very special and Schulman Marge & Marty Kestenbaum beautiful wedding service for our children Dara Lucille Weener in memory of H. Goldfeder Barbara Cohrssen & Charlie Powell and Hugo Woerdeman Herman Levy in memory of Herman Peter & Rose Silversmith Eileen & Steve Mandell in honor of Rabbis Friedman Nona & Elmer Lipsey Berkowits and Schwartzman for guidance and Flo & Alan Frey in memory of Renee Mike & Elinor Pinkert humor in the preparation of the 93 Bnai Hershenhart, mother of Robbie Cohrssen Sandy & Jerry Moore Mitzvah class Flo & Alan Frey in memory of Gottlieb The Skip Wilder family Raymond & Shirley Galant in honor of Ellen Hammer, father of Leah Rubenstein Gail & Robert Dezube in memory of Robbie & Dave Wirschings wedding Joel M. Drucker in memory of Herman Cohrssens mother and Mark Gross father Karen Jordan in loving memory of Robbie Drucker The Cincinnati family in memory of Robbie Cohrssens mother Doris & Morris Katz in memory of Gene Cohrssens mother and Mark Gross father Ken & Andrea Weckstein in honor of Rabbi Marder Berkowits and Rabbi Schwartzman for the CHOIR FUND memorable Bat Mitzvah service for Hilary RABBI LASZLO BERKOWTTS Ken & Andrea Weckstein in memory of Andy Karen & Ken Kaplan in memory of Robbie EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT FUND Stoppleman Cohrssens mother Pat & David Simon Ken & Andrea Weckstein with thanks to Carol, Hal & Anne Epstein in appreciation of Laurie & Norm Goldberg Naava Feder for preparing Hilary so perfectly our babys naming Jay Epstein for her Bat Mitzvah Sharon & Moe Levy in appreciation to Rabbi Joel M. Drucker Bill, Cherie & Rachel Artz in memory of Andy Berkowits for the lovely sensitive, wedding Herbert & Alice Dern Stoppelman ceremony he performed for Jay & Susannah George Cohen Susan, Jimmy and Jacey Pittleman in The Fell family in appreciation of Rabbi Richard J. Weinberg memory of Andy Stoppelman Berkowits for his helping to make Jordans Bar Bill & Cherie Artz Stephanie, Norman & Steven Wallis in Mitzvah service meaningful to him, our family, Patty & Dave Freeman memory of Andy Stoppelman and friends. Mark & Lisa Schneider The FeiI family in appreciation of Rabbi The Robert F. Rosenbaum Family RABBISS DISCRETIONARY FUND Schwartzman for her helping to prepare Myra & Morton Roney The Cohrssens in honor of Rabbis Jordan for his becoming a Bar Mitzvah Mr. & Mrs. James B. Pittleman Berkowits and Schwartzman and in memory of Harold I. Steinberg Jane, Drew & Katie Mullen Renee Hershenhart Bettye Anna and Sid Louick in memory of Cyril & Bernard Leland Paul & Flo Levine for Leah Rubenstein and Dan Goldbergs mother Bobbie & Bill Kilberg family on the loss of her father Doris & Morris Katz in honor of our Kenneth & Phyllis Jacobs Paul & Flo Levine for Shelley Prince and grandsons Benjamin Zair, son of An & Lisa Anne & Steve Himelfarb family on the loss of her mother Katz Elon and Adin Roderick, son of Heidi & Sylvia & Warren Cikins Paul & Flo Levine for Robbie Cohrssen and Stephen Katz Bonnie & Lou Weissman family on the loss of her mother Harriet & Henry Epstein in appreciation of John Lynn The Rab family in honor of Rabbi Berkowils the beautiful marriage ceremony of our The Goldsmiths and Rabbi Schwartzman for Lisa Rabs daughter Linda to Larry Herer Stephen & Terry Gold beautiful Bat Mitzvah Morton & Harriet Moss Peter & Katherine Greenspun Sidney & Brenda Stone in honor of the Holden family Alice & Don Gross naming of our son Danny The Gerstein family in honor of Rabbi Bob, Karen & Bob Jordan Shelley Prince in memory of Leah Berkowits and Rabbi Schwartzman for making Klausner Family Rubensteins father and Robbie Cohrssens Sarahs Bat Mitzvah so special Benetta Mansfield mother Alanna & Larry Bach in honor of Rabbi Peter & Molly Ross The Gales for Rabbis Berkowits and Schwartzman Sidney & Ardith Polk Schwartzman for conducting a lovely service Robert & Helene Schlossberg for Seth Gales Bar Mitzvah MICHAEL ZYSMAN MEMORIAL FUND Samuel Schulman Joanne.& Mike Hurwitz in honor of Lisa & In memory of Michael Zysman: Mike Silverstein & Roberta Gartside Marlys wedding The Dauber Family Gary & Ellen Squire Debbie & Henry Danaceau in honor of Bill, Cherie and Rachel Artz Sylvia Shenk Harvey Levins 70th birthday Stephen Aftheim Peter & Linda Rohrbach Linda Betz & Gary Kamorow in honor of The Tarr family David & Cheryl Nashel Rabbi Berkowits Sherie & Arthur Silverman Shelley Dunham Robert & Sylvia Komarow in honor of the Dottie Bennett & Bill Bandas Judith Wish & Steven Kuney naming of Catherine Elena Komarow Paul & Flo Levine Burton & Rose Thorman Harold I. Steinberg Andy Stoppelman, an exceptional and and Howard Buisicins fathers Gail & Rick Rubin sensitive young man Judy Gelber & David Lee Susan & Jeffrey Maka In memory of Don CARL CHECKNOFF PERFORMING ARTS Stanley Ebner Poretzs mother FUND Pamela, Dan, Jordan & Adrienne Fell Joseph & Ida Auerbach In memory of Sara Ruth Chec$cnoff Bruce & Joanne Wyman Gibson, sister John & Ilene Pachter In memory of Robbie ftjlie & Ellen Ash Susan Malka in memory of Ben Rubenstein Cohrssens mother Gerson & Margery Sher Ian & Louise Reingold LIBRARY RENOVATION FUND Thanks to Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Herer of Jerry & Sandy Moore and family Lynn & John Stoppelman in gratefulness to Pittsburgh, PA for donating the Bimah flowers The Frey family our rabbis for their compassion at the time of on Friday night July 16, in honor of the Helene & Robert Podell Andys death marriage of Linda R. Epstein and their son Randall & Debra Rich Lawrence Z. Horer. Mr. & Mrs. David Goldstein YOUTH FUND Barbara & Jack Meyer Penny Krug in honor of Ida & Harold SPECIAL THANKS TO: The Holden family Silverstein Hy Cohen for his donation to the Morton & Harriet Moss The Tart family in memory of Andrew temple of his personal library. It will greatly Dottie Bennett Stoppelman enhance our own collection of Judaic literature Cory Amron & Curt Ritter The Kraemer family in honor of Rabbi and American Jewish resources. Berkowits and Rabbi Schwartzman for all their Joanne Seiff and her parents Hank ENDOWMENT FUND support in preparing the adult Bnai Mitzvah and Judy for hosting an informal Torah study Betty Nan & Obie Obermayer in honor of class and for making the Havdalah service so group on Shabbat mornings during July and Adele & Davids wedding memorable August. This group studied the portion for the Allie & Ellen Ash in honor of the marriage of The Kraemer family in honor of Ziva Zysman week, rather than going through the Torah Ray and Shirley (3alants daughter and Naava Feder for their wonderful tutoring page by page as our regular September-June Richard J. Weinberg and support of the adult Bnai Mitzvah class group has been doing. We all look forward to Sheila, Steven, Sharon & Seth Gale in the resumption of our regular Torah Study LIBRARY FUND memory of Andy Stoppelman group in September. Naava & Dr. Gershon Feder in memory Gail & Robert Dezube in memory of Gloria SOCIAL ACTION

SOCIAL. ACTION PLANS ACTIVE YEAR TZEDAKAH SUNDAY

We hope all of you had an enjoyable and The social action committee sponsors a restful summer! We, of course, wish all of you program called Tzedakah Sunday. On a designated wonderful holidays and a "sweet" year. Sunday (and Wednesday) of each month, religious We are also looking forward to another school students are asked to contribute specific items productive and active year. As you may know, the to certain charities or organizations. The term social action committee of our temple is involved in a tzedakah, derived from the Hebrew root tzedek, wide variety of activities. You will be notified monthly means "justice" or "righteousness"; therefore, about our Tzedakah Sunday projects and we look tzedakah has been translated as "righteous living". forward to your continued warm response. We invite the entire congregation to In addition, we plan to continue our efforts in participate in donating for our Tzedakah Sunday the affordable housing area, food drives, Soviet project. The following is a list of designated Jewish resettlement, ARZA, recycling, etc. We are organizations and dates for donations. When food, planning to continue our caring committee and are clothing or other items are requested there will expanding a tutorial program at a local shelter. usually be a large table in the temple foyer for The strength of our committee is derived from collection. If specific items are requested, there will its dedicated members and the support it receives be flyers on tables near the office and/or in the foyer. from the temple community -- including the religious Sept. 19 & 22 Arlington Womens Safehouse school, sisterhood, brotherhood, and the many caring Oct. 17 & 20 SHARE (food, clothing, etc.) members of our congregation. We look forward to Nov. 14 & 17 Toys for Tots continuing and expanding our efforts and to additional December Ohel Yaacov (housing) involvement from any of you who might be interested. Jan. 12 & 16 Our Daily Bread/JNF (Trees for Israel) We plan to meet the third Thursday of each Feb. 13 & 16 Yom Rishon AIDS Food Drive month. On October 21 we will have a coffee for Mar. 13 & 16 Mens Shelter people interested in the social action committee. Apr. 17 & 20 Lazarus at the Gate Check the October Bulletin for more details. Please May to be announced contact us if you would like to know more or just Drivers are often needed to deliver items to come to our next meeting. organizations or to people living in temporary housing. If you have questions, are interested in Shelley Prince (356-6874) helping, or have ideas of other organizations in need, Margery Sher (734-0616) please call me in the evening at 533-8851. Mona Milberg SEPTEMBER 1993

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Offkms Trustees N. RICHARD FRIEDMAN DO1TIE BENNE1T President ALAN FREY SUSAN SIMON JAMES PITTLEMAN 1st Vice President ELLEN BLALOCK JUDY SEIFF 2nd VIce President MmlnlsEator JOEL EISENBERG DINA BURT, RJE Richard & Joan Friedman 3rd Vice President Religious School Principal 1204 Stable Gate Court PETER ELINSKY KAREN SIMPSON Treasurer Nursery School Principal McLean, VA 22102 MICHAEL PINKERT FRANK CONLON Assistant Treasurer Director of Music JOHN COHRSSEN Financial Secretary KAREN KAPLAN R.00r5ng Secretary ELINOR LIGHT Corresponding Secretary kkyv)) Bulletin Staff Editor. JUDY BERKOWITS Production: MARTHA GERSTEIN VV Affiliated with the Union of American SEPTEMBER Hebrew Congregation