SULAM Beth El - Seek. Understand. Learn. Act. Marvel. Our Back to Beth El Carnival had to be meeting one day mid-week cancelled for weather, but we hope in lieu of Sunday. SULAM registration is you'll join us for our next big event open and ongoing. We are eager to return to celebrating the holiday of Sukkot: Our The first session is in-person classes. We are Sunday, October 3. Lulav Shake and Breakfast on most excited to be able to September 26 (see bottom right). sing and pray, create, and experience together! We As I write this, we are six weeks from have planned a year of interactive experiences and the start of SULAM, and the pandemic is ever- lessons in Jewish living, literacy, history, holidays, changing. We are planning an in-person start to social responsibility – and celebrating our return to Sunday SULAM, but please know that the health and onsite learning here at Beth El. safety of our learners and educators are of the utmost We enthusiastically welcome our returning learners importance. Beth El Temple continues to monitor and the families new to SULAM. We also welcome federal, state, and local guidance and consult with our Rabbi Zerin to our learning community. Rabbi Zerin medical advisors. We can and will adjust our plans, will regularly participate with SULAM learners and adapting to implement an online format, as necessary. their families. I know you will find her passion for Weekday Hebrew lessons (for learners in grades 3-6, people infectious. Our learning community continues with an option for grade 2) are already set to be to be enriched by the varied perspectives, experiences, delivered online, with opportunities for families to talents, and skills each of us brings. We look forward, select from day and time offerings that best meet their with eager anticipation, to learning and sharing with families’ schedules. All learners (with the exclusion of one another after such along hiatus, and being our Bogrim – 7th grade learners) attend on Sunday together at Beth El. mornings. Bogrim initiates a reimagined program, B’vracha, Michelle
Engaging Generations - Family Programs Shanah tovah to our families with we hope that you will join us and a Havdalah program, or a holiday young children! make these special Shabbat celebration. Our first program will It is a delight to kick off the New gatherings a regular part of your be a Sukkah Stroll (see right) – an Year with all of opportunity to see old friends, you! Over the make new ones, and enjoy some summer, I have food and fresh air, all while enjoyed meeting celebrating Sukkot. Throughout many of you at the rest of the year, we have some Shabbat in the beloved classics such as Shababa Park, Mazel Tots, planned, as well as some exciting and Shabbat Club; new events (s'mores and Havdalah, and for those of you who were at movie after Shabbat, crafts for camp, on vacation, or wherever week. For those who want to come Pesach, and more). early or need a space to be more else your summer plans took you, I We hope these services and active, we have also re-opened am looking forward to meeting programs will help make Beth El a the playroom on Shabbat you soon! place you and your family can mornings. We hope this will be connect, celebrate, learn, and Jason Kay and I have a very a space to build community grow. Most importantly, we hope exciting year planned for our and have fun. Beth El families with babies, you will join us! In addition to our regular toddlers, and school age children. With blessings for health, joy, and Shabbat morning activities, we We are thrilled to offer Mazel Tots lots of fun with your Beth El family have also planned one other and Shabbat Club in the coming year, every week starting special program a month, ~ Rabbi Zerin September 25, and whether it be on a Friday night,
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Enjoying Beth El 10th Annual Sukkahfest: Distinguished Tequila & Tacos in the Sukkah Service Award: Honoring Barbara Thursday, September 23 and David Klau 6:00 - 8:30 PM Sunday, October 17 Eat, drink, and be merry! Enjoy 5:30 - 8:30 PM beef and vegetarian tacos, with non-dairy cheese, while a local expert Honorees: Barbara and discusses the various kosher tequila we’ll taste. David Klau, for their many years of devoted service to Beth El Temple, It’s a mitzvah to eat in the Sukkah! the Men’s Club, and the community. COST: $25 DETAILS: by 9/17, tinyurl/Sukkahfest2021 Keynote Speaker: CONTACT: Jacob Kovel, 860.651.9366, Pat Speer, Greater [email protected] Hartford Interfaith SPONSOR: Men’s Club Action Alliance MC: Naomi Cohen Book Discussion & Dinner in the Sukkah: COST: $54/person; $75/patrons; $100/sponsors Eva and Eve: A Search for My Mother's Lost $1,800 Platinum includes table of 12, full page ad Childhood and What a War Left RSVP: by 10/1, using reply card in the invitation, or tinyurl/DSAKlau Behind, with Author Julie Metz CONTACT: Jacob Kovel, 860.651.9366, [email protected] Sunday, September 26 DETAILS: invitation and ad/tribute information has 5:00 - 8:00 PM been mailed to all Beth El members SPONSOR: Men’s Club After a social hour with wine and appetizers, the author will share this unforgettable memoir of her late mother's harrowing childhood in Nazi-occupied Austria and the parallels Dessert and a Movie she sees in present-day America. Thursday, October 21 For more details about the book, see the Book Review 2:00 pm on page 11. Watch for the blue card in the mail for details REFRESHMENTS: catered dinner about the movie and registration information. COST: $36/50 (member/non-member) REGISTER: by 9/19, tinyurl/MetzintheSukkah NOTE: socially distanced seating CONTACT: Michelle Kunzman, 860-729-4201, SPONSOR: Chai Society [email protected] CO-SPONSORS: Women’s Network and Voices of Hope
Sukkah Stroll Lulav Shake and Breakfast SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 4:00 – 6:00 PM 9:00 – 11:00 AM REGISTER: by 9/22, tinyurl/StrollwithBET REGISTER: by 9/22, tinyurl/BETLulavShake AGES: families with children ages 0-12 COST: no charge NOTE: will be cancelled in case of rain AGES: families with children in grades 7 and younger Join us as we stroll from Sukkah to Sukkah for a Come shake the lulav in our Sukkah. Enjoy a light progressive Se’udah Shlishit – third meal of Shabbat. breakfast, Sukkot crafts, and songs. Greet clergy and All kosher and within walking distance. educators. Entertainment by The Amazing Andy.
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From the Rabbi’s Desk Shanah Tovah! It gives me such pleasure to extend the coming year. I pray that we will see good changes this greeting to you, for three reasons. in the pandemic, and that those changes will allow First, in the traditional sense: I want for new and renewed ways of interacting and to wish each and every one of you a building community. As I become more integrated shanah tovah, a good New Year. I into the community, I look forward to shifting from pray this will be a year of joy, health, being the newcomer to being a familiar face. As we and blessing for us all, and look eventually emerge from the pandemic, I hope that the forward to celebrating many good things with you in crisis of the past year and a half will give way to a the year to come. clarity of priorities and purpose, and I look forward While shanah tovah is most often understood as to a year of personal and communal transformation “have a good New Year,” that isn’t the only possible in light of that clarity. In all these ways and more, I shanah tovah – a year of good meaning of the phrase. The word shanah can mean look forward to a changes. “year,” but it can also mean “change.” And so, as I wish you a shanah tovah, I also want to wish you good Finally, shanah tovah can also mean to change for the changes as we begin the year 5782. good. The High Holiday season is meant to be a time This year is certainly beginning with good changes of introspection and personal growth, and so I wish for me and mine. Even in the few short months since for all of us that these holidays – wherever we may my arrival, you have been so warm and welcoming. I be, however we may connect – will inspire us to knew Beth El Temple was a special place when I change for the better. interviewed here. Over the past few months, you have And so, shanah tovah, shanah tovah, and shanah gone above and beyond my expectations, proving to tovah: may we all change for the better, may we have be a wonderful new home for me and my family, and a year of good changes, and may we have a good New we are delighted to call West Hartford and Beth El Year. Temple our new home. ~ Rachel Zerin As I reflect on the good changes that have occurred in my life, I also hope for good changes for all of us in
Coronavirus Beth El and Torah Values As you are aware, our building is open In Leviticus 19:14, the Torah states: for all services (except Havdalah) and "You shall not curse the deaf nor place a the office is staffed during daily office stumbling block before the blind..." This hours. But this is still a time for command (mitzvah) is very relevant when caution and prevention, as COVID-19 it comes to the issue of fragrance sensitivity. Very many (“Coronavirus”) continues on a very people are affected by fragrance sensitivity. Exposure to fluid basis. Please check our website for guidelines about coming to fragrances can have serious health effects on affected Services, the procedures we are asking individuals, and make it impossible for them to attend you to follow, and what we are doing services, classes, and other functions. So, next time, before to keep the building safe and secure. you apply fragranced materials, please think of Torah and www.bethelwesthartford.org/ its implications for Jewish values and behavior. coronavirus Let's keep the air we share healthy and fragrance-free for all.
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Reflections from the President Rosh Hashanah is make it even better. We are doing Innovation is both creating new a time of renewal. a lot and we can do even more. things and it is seeing old things It offers us the We are back in the building and with a new perspective. opportunity to we continue to offer services Think of everything we have going reflect on our lives online. for us and share your ideas about and look to the how we can be more engaging, We have an outstanding clergy future with fresh more welcoming, better. This is team and we have a new assistant eyes. This year in particular, our time for reflection and following 18 months of restricted rabbi who has already brought a fresh voice to our community. renewal. Your ideas and contact, we can reinvent ourselves. participation are vital. As we emerge from COVID We have a vibrant membership isolation, we have an opportunity and we are exploring ways to make We deeply value and treasure to renew acquaintances and our interfaith families feel more every one of our Beth El members. friendships and redefine our welcome. You contribute to making our relationships to each other. Where synagogue a Community You Can can we improve? What can we do Our committees do terrific Believe In. programming and we can now do to better support each other? Who On behalf of my fellow officers and them together again. are we? Who do we want to be? the entire Board of Trustees, I wish Beth El has the same opportunity. We are back in the classroom and you all a Shanah Tovah. May this It is a special place. We describe it we are using technology to be a sweet, happy, and healthy new as a Community You Can Believe improve learning. year for us all and may we all be In and we have the opportunity to inscribed in the Book of Life. ~ Steve Rabb
Cantor’s Corner As we enter another High Holiday both agree and disagree – about goodwill, about season in the clutches of COVID and forgiveness, about love. While there is so much that a country that seems broken, I am seems broken, so much in need of repair, we must use reminded of the fateful journey Moses these Days of Awe to trust in God, to take that first took as he brought down from Mt. step. Sinai the words of God inscribed on ְל ָד ִוד | י-הוה | ִאוֹרי ְו ִי ְשׁ ִﬠי ִמ ִמי ִא ָירא :Psalm 27 י-הוה ָמעוֹז ַח ַיּי ִמ ִמּי ֶא ְפ ָחד two tablets. What should have been joy, turned to tragedy as Moses looked out at God’s people worshipping the golden calf. Moses smashed God is my light and my life is a beautiful expression of the tablets, breaking into pieces the words that carried trust in God, that even though there is in our hearts, a the covenant between God and Israel: words of kind of “age of anxiety” with concern about our commitment and love, of hope and promise. present and future, we can pull back, in a way, starting over again, examining ourselves and, with So much seems broken today, and many wonder introspection, recommit and refashion our renewed whether God’s covenant, too, has been broken. But, personal and collective lives. just as Moses worked with his people to right their wrong and ascended Mount Sinai a second time to My hope and prayer is that all of us can experience bring down the words of God that would guide that renewal and wonderment that this New Year can countless lives for centuries to come, we take the time, bring us. during the high holidays, to speak to God – and to our Shanah Tovah! relatives, our friends, our neighbors with whom we ~ Joseph Ness
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Worshipping Together - Shabbat All services and classes can be accessed directly from the Egalitarian Services weekly e-blast to members (no login necessary); or by the Our congregation invites broad links on the home page of our website, login required. participation, within the limits of social distancing. Congregants of all ages and Men’s Club Shabbat genders read Torah, chant the Haftarah, and SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 lead our services along with our clergy. 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Livestream or in-person Many women choose to wear a tallit, and CONTACT: Arthur Freedman, 860-716-8384, [email protected] head coverings for women vary between LUNCHEON: co-sponsored by Men’s Club, follows kippot, hats, headbands, doilies, and no The regular service this day, and Men's Club members covering (unless they go on the bima). are encouraged to sign up for an English reading, Ark opening, Aliyah, to read Torah, chant the Haftarah, lead Shacharit, and assist with the luncheon arrangements. Shabbat Services – Friday Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Services – Saturday – weekly WEEKLY, 6:00 PM Zoom or in-person Every week, we welcome Shabbat with Shabbat Morning & Torah Service joyous song and prayer led by Cantor Ness, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Livestream or in-person d’var Torah from one of our rabbis, and A traditional service, although slightly abbreviated special guest soloists. during this time.
Shababa Children’s Playroom up to age 5 OCTOBER 15 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM 5:45 – 6:45 PM no Virtual Option NOTE: children must be supervised by a grownup QUESTIONS: Rabbi Zerin, [email protected]; A place to take a break with your energetic child. Jason Kay, [email protected] REGISTRATION: tinyurl.com/ShababaOct15; TARGET AGE: children 8 and younger (and Youth Shabbat Series (weekly, beginning 9/25) siblings, parents, and grandparents) 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM no Virtual Options RSVP: encouraged, not required, to enable us QUESTIONS: Jason Kay, [email protected] to better plan for dinner. Mazel Tots A fun, engaging “service” for our youngest Featuring songs and stories geared for generation. Experience the joy of Shabbat children 6 and under with their families. with dancing, singing, stories, prayers, and a Shabbat Club free chicken nugget dinner.
USY (gr. 9-12) & Jr. USY (gr. 6-8) Candle Lighting & Havdalah Times; MONTHLY plus Havdalah Service Time NOTE: programs to be announced soon
Friday Saturday Shabbat Shabbat Mincha & Ma’ariv Candle Havdalah Service The afternoon and evening services for Shabbat are Sep 3-4 7:04 PM 8:00 PM 8:20 PM on pause. Sep 10-11 6:52 PM 7:48 PM 8:10 PM Sep 17-18 6:39 PM 7:36 PM 8:00 PM Sep 24-25 6:27 PM 7:24 PM 7:50 PM Havdalah 0ct 1-2 6:15 PM 7:11 PM 7:30 PM LOCATION: Home Zoom OTE 0ct 8-9 6:03 PM 7:00 PM 7:20 PM N : see chart for timing; it follows sunset
0ct 15-16 5:52 PM 6:48 PM 7:10 PM We transition from Shabbat to the new week with this
0ct 22-23 5:41 PM 6:38 PM 7:00 PM brief service using the traditional symbols of a burning
0ct 29-30 5:32 PM 6:28 PM 6:50 PM candle, a spice box, and wine. Mourner’s Kaddish is recited at the beginning.
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Worshipping Together - Daily Mincha & Ma’ariv Shacharit SUNDAYS-THURSDAYS 7:30 PM SUNDAYS 8:45 AM LOCATION: Chapel Zoom or in-person MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:00 AM Our daily minyan (prayer service with at least 10 Jewish LOCATION: Chapel Zoom or in-person adults) includes Kaddish for those in mourning or observing NOTE: Mon, Sep 6 @ 9:00 AM yahrzeit (the anniversary of a person’s passing). NOTE: Mon, Oct 11 @ 9:00 AM The morning minyan also includes reading Torah on Mondays, Thursdays, andRosh HIGH HOLIDAY NOTE: daily service times, Shacharit = morning Chodesh. September 6 - 29, are impacted as noted below and in the High Holiday issue of Mincha = afternoon Temple Topics (mailed in early August). Ma’ariv = evening
Worshipping Together - High Holiday Update Based on the recent High Holidays We are committed to a layered Masks need to be worn properly, survey sent to our congregation, along strategy of COVID-19 protocols: covering your nose and chin. with guidance from our medical All adults attending High Holidays In the sanctuary, you will be advisors, we have a few changes to services are strongly encouraged to guided to socially-distanced seats. announce. be vaccinated. Outside services will not be See the chart below for the changes to Masks are required at all times livestreamed. the daytime service schedule. The when indoors at Beth El for afternoon/evening service schedule everyone age 2 and older, and At every service, children must be remains unchanged, except for Kol masks are strongly encouraged accompanied and under the close Nidrei. This information has also been when at our outdoor services. supervision of an adult at all times. emailed.
Rosh Hashanah, Day 1 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM Festival Service SANCTUARY LIVESTREAM Rabbi Rosen and Cantor Ness A traditional service with our choir and organ. 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM Family Service GROVE — Rabbi Zerin, Jason Kay, Limor Shefer A meaningful, interactive, outdoor family service, geared toward children age 0-12 and their grown-ups (older siblings welcome, too) 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Outdoor Service GROVE — Susan Gold and Jason Kay A two-hour engaging service, outdoors, featuring prayers, shofar, Torah reading, singing, discussion led by Rabbi Zerin, and community.
Rosh Hashanah, Day 2 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM Festival Service SANCTUARY LIVESTREAM Rabbi Rosen, Rabbi Zerin, A somewhat abridged service; that is also spirited and participatory. and Cantor Ness 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Family Experience GROVE — Rabbi Zerin and Rabbi Sowalsky An interactive family experience now out in the open air! Join us for songs, stories, activities, shofar, and more!
Yom Kippur, Kol Nidrei WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 6:30 PM - 8:45 PM Kol Nidrei Service SANCTUARY LIVESTREAM Rabbi Rosen and Cantor Ness A traditional service with our choir and organ. 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Kol Nidrei Service GROVE — Rabbi Zerin and Susan Gold A traditional service; participatory and intimate.
Yom Kippur, Day THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 *check email/separate mailing; specifics are subject to change* 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Festival Service SANCTUARY LIVESTREAM Rabbi Rosen and Cantor Ness 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Family Service GROVE — Rabbi Zerin, Jason Kay, Limor Shefer 10:15 AM - 12:45 PM Outdoor Service GROVE — Susan Gold and Jason Kay
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Making Connections Men’s Club We are proud to announce that, Feel free to reach out to anyone on the Board with for the 14th consecutive year, the any questions about Men’s Club and your ideas for Men’s Club was one of the few future activities. We would love to hear from you. Men’s Clubs nationally to receive the Federation of Jewish Men’s Wishing you and your family a Shanah Tovah.
Clubs (FJMC) Quality Club Men’s Club Board (2021 – 2022) Award. We also received Torch Awards at the bi-annual FJMC Tom Falik Co-President Jacob Kovel Co-President Convention held in June: Arthur Freedman Secretary Gold Teammates in Citizenship: An Bruce Shein Treasurer Evening with Doug Glanville Dave Klau Assistant Treasurer Dave Diamond Immediate Past Co-President Gold Representing Israel in Tough At-Large Places, with Former Israel Michael Bloom Harley Graime Phil Schulz Ambassador Arthur Lenk Gerry Garfield David Sabino Eli Simon Silver Best Overall Programs Bronze Programming for Younger Men: Axe Throwing Outing The Frisco Kid on the Big Screen Bronze Yom HaShoah Yellow Candles SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 AFTER SHABBAT during COVID-19 LOCATION: Beth El Parking lot on a 40’ outdoor screen
This fall, we are looking forward to our annual Distinguished Service Award, honoring Barbara and David Klau for their contributions to the Men’s Club, the Temple, and the Community. We have many other activities planned and several in the works. For details, see also page 3. We continue to be most appreciative of the Men’s Club membership and the Temple’s professional and Calling All Softball Players other staff for their support for our activities. The SUNDAYS, FALL 9:30 AM Warmups dedication and hard work of many people allows us 10:00 – 11:30 AM Game to continue bringing quality programs to Beth El LOCATION: CIGNA softball fields, men and the entire Congregation. off Simsbury Rd, Bloomfield COST: no charge If you have joined Men’s Club for the upcoming CAPTAINS: Alan Cetel, 860-232-9515, year, Thank You for your support! Men who have [email protected], Jake Kovel, joined the Temple since January 1, receive a 860-651-9366, [email protected] complimentary membership in Men’s Club. If you As summer is winding down, our great season of are not yet a member, please consider joining. You co-ed slow pitch softball is still going strong! Last can either send a $40 check to Beth El Temple year we played into mid-November, and weather (memo: Men’s Club) or go to the Temple website cooperating we plan to do so again this year. It isn't and follow the link to Men’s Club. too late to join in the fun with your fellow
congregants! We thank outgoing board members Steve Rabb (newly installed as President of Beth El Temple) and Ron Ferraro (retiring after serving the maximum Walk Around the Reservoir, number of terms) for their contributions on our followed by coffee Board over the years. We welcome Gerry Garfield TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 9:15 AM and two new, younger board members, David LOCATION: Reservoir on Route 44; meet in parking lot Sabino and Michael Bloom, who are helping us to CONTACT: Stu Bernstein, 860-232-2012, focus more of our activities for younger Beth El men. [email protected]
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USY - United Synagogue Youth BETH EL TEMPLE CRAFT GALLERY Sun, Sep. 26 USY Kick off with pizza and ice cream Come Thu-Fri, Oct. 7-8 Noah’s Rainbow Shabbat browse our Thu, Oct. 7 Rainbow Challah baking collection of Fri, Oct. 8 Shabbat Dinner hand- Sun, Oct. 17 Pumpkin Decorating and a Movie selected
Sat, Oct. 23 Shabbat morning with USY items from some of LOCATION: alternates between Beth El Temple and Israel’s top The Emanuel Synagogue COST: no charge artists as CONTACT: Cara Levine, [email protected] well as AGES: grades 6-12 artisans throughout the United States. From menorahs to mezuzahs, jewelry to Judaica, tallit to tzedakah boxes, the Craft Gallery is College Connection here to support your needs. HOURS: open on Sundays when SULAM is in Calling all parents of incoming and current college session students! Throughout the year, we send holiday BY APPOINTMENT: Shelley Barker, 860-232-6468; greetings and gifts to our college students. First up Jill Jones, 860-922-7300 is a High Holiday greeting. Please send us your NOTE: proceeds benefit the synagogue and we are child’s email and their current mailing address. staffed through the generosity of our volunteers CONTACT: Mina, [email protected] SPONSOR: the Gavens Family College Youth Fund
Kosher Gluten-Free Recipe Blog Recipes are coming in and there is plenty of room for more! We’re collecting recipes for an online, kosher, gluten-free recipe blog! Have a favorite kosher recipe (either gluten-free or easily converted) you’d like to share? Visit the blog for details; send your recipes to Lydia ([email protected]) and she'll post them on the blog!
Connect to the blog at www.bethelwesthartford.org/recipes
Directions
Arrange rack in middle of oven. Preheat to 450 degrees. Lightly grease baking tray with spray. Dry chicken on all sides with paper towels. Season with pepper and salt.
Arrange chicken in single layer on the greased baking tray. Place hummus evenly over each piece to Ingredients completely coat (roughly 1T over each). Cooking spray Sprinkle with paprika. 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (2lb.) Bake until completely cooked, approximately 20 minutes 1 t kosher salt (check with thermometer. Should read 165 degrees). ¼ t freshly ground black pepper Broil until hummus is dry to the touch and browned ¼ c hummus (approximately 3 minutes). ½ t smoked paprika Serve.
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Chesed (Kindness) Committee 3-Season Opportunities Supporting Our Members COORDINATOR: Leah Katz, [email protected] Jessie’s Community Garden at BET MEAL TRAIN: Barbara Checknoff, barbarachecknoff@aol.com Fresh organic produce for area food banks VOLUNTEERING/SCHEDULING: Betty Hoffman, Beth El is a community that cares. We are 860-233-4853, bhoff[email protected] prepared to provide assistance to our GARDENING: Herb Hoffman, members, especially during periods of hhoff[email protected] illness or the passing of a loved one, with a This has been a great year with lots of friendly phone call, preparing meals (Meal veggies, primarily tomatoes. Ongoing Train), or doing errands, such as grocery help is still needed; watch your emails shopping or for other essentials. for our fall “Clean-up” day! Unfortunately, with COVID restrictions Jessie’s Garden provides fresh we cannot provide any transportation at organic produce for the Kosher this time. Food Pantry at Jewish Family Contact us if you are need of assistance or Services and for other local food if you want to be part of our volunteer banks. Jessie’s Garden was established by the Kostin family, longtime Beth El members, in memory of their daughter, Jessica. KNITzvah Group SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 10:00 – 11:00 AM CONTACT: BJ & Fran, [email protected] The KNITzvah Group has continued Garden Club News creating lapghans and other knitted/ Gardening has been shown to lengthen your life! crocheted gifts from home during the past CONTACT: Sheila Fox, 860-828-3939; Alison Demarest, 18+ months. Our unique gifts are donated [email protected], 860-810-2084; Robin to organizations which reach out to people Santiago, 860-490-7661, [email protected] who can use the extra love that is woven Donations: of gently used garden tools, or the funds to purchase them, are gratefully accepted into our creations. So many little jobs – raking, We hope to gather soon for an in-person trimming, weeding, watering! meeting. All knitters and crocheters are Do you have an hour a week welcome as we make strings into things you would like to spend in the gardens? You can stroll the grounds or work in one area. Loaves & Fishes Soup Kitchen Relax on a hot day by watering CONTACT: Ellen Solomon, the various flower beds! [email protected] Gardening is a healthy and SCHEDULED: first Monday of the month COVID-friendly way to get During this time of COVID, beneficial exercise and v the Beth El community is itamin D (don’t forget your still supporting this program sunscreen!). in Hartford. We can no longer prepare or serve the food, but we do purchase and deliver the food on our usual day. To make a donation, contact Ellen. Both of these outdoor activities make great bar/t mitzvah projects. Volunteers are invited to come with friends, as a family, or solo.
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Lifelong Learning All services and classes can be accessed directly Ongoing Monthly Adult Class from the weekly e-blast to members (no login necessary); or by following the links on the Musical Chat with Cantor Ness home page of our website, login required. MONDAYS, 1:00 – 2:00 PM Zoom Resumes in October Ongoing Weekly Adult Classes New participants welcome! No registration, no charge. Library Corner Lunch & Learn Eva and Eve – Unusual Holocaust Memoir TUESDAYS Resumes Oct. 5 Roberta J. Buland 12:00 – 1:00 PM Zoom New York Times bestselling author Julie BYOL: lunch during class is optional Metz has written a riveting memoir about Now in its 28th year, Rabbi Rosen her mother, Eve, an Austrian survivor invites you to join us as we explore born to a comfortable, middle class the Hebrew Bible together. We will continue to Jewish family. When Germany annexed study the main teachings of the Writings this Austria on March 12, 1938, family life year. became terrorized, with survival a hard challenge. In this ode to her mother, Metz weaves the interwar Jewish life and culture as it intertwined with Viennese Talmud Study society. She skillfully tells a poignant family history of WEDNESDAYS loss, escape, and refugee life. 10:15 – 11:15 AM Zoom Eva, who becomes Eve in America, rarely spoke about CONTACT: Beth El Office her life in Austria. After her death, Metz found a We are a self-guided group of learners keepsake book her mother had hidden in a drawer for currently studying the tractate Sanhedrin. The over 50 years, filled with farewell notes from her only prerequisite is a desire to learn Torah as childhood friends and relatives. Inspired by this explored by our great sages. discovery, Metz set out in search of her mother’s lost childhood by traveling to Vienna, visiting familial Bible & Breakfast sights, and interviewing people who knew the family. THURSDAYS The memoir is very much like a real-life detective inter- generational story that illuminates how history is lived 8:00 – 9:00 AM Zoom and worlds overlap. Included are lessons when QUESTIONS: Michael Schenker, [email protected] Otherness existed as it does today, too. Guided by our rabbis, participants share their Metz filters through the past discovering unexpected viewpoints and insights about the weekly twists and turns. With an artist’s eye for detail and a parsha. We all learn by listening, thinking, and detective’s tenacity, she brings to life the generations sharing. People with all backgrounds are with great sensitivity and intelligence, and offers a welcome; an ability to read Hebrew or timely meditation on political power gone awry. The knowledge of Hebrew text is not needed. portrait of her mother’s bifurcated life is spell-binding weaving together past and present, blending research and imagination. Metz shares an absorbingly complex Pirkei Avot Study family legacy of complicated relationships with her FRIDAYS Resumes Oct. 8 mother and her own daughter. She evokes the sights, 1:30 – 2:30 PM Zoom smells, and tastes of her mother’s lost childhood. This small book of wisdom has been Note: Eva and Eve is the Book in the Sukkah selection to a source of inspiration for centuries. be discussed on Thursday, September 26. See page 3. Rabbi Rosen will lead us as we Library Corner provides information about books in explore the nature of the good life our library. Books are reviewed rather than critiqued. from an ancient (and still very relevant) To request that a book be reviewed, please contact [email protected]. Rabbinic perspective.
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Israel Engagement Committee Baseball in Israel is in the Swing As anyone who cheers for the Red Sox knows, you connection almost immediately. The intense and frank love your team whether they win or lose. So despite a conversations they shared about Israel with their sabra fifth place (out of six) in the Olympics I’m still peers was a major factor in creating this cohesiveness. cheering for Team Israel! It’s a miracle that despite all Six of the team’s 20 players have ties to Connecticut. obstacles, Israel made it to the Olympics! Josh Zeid, from New Haven, pitched for the Astros. Ian Kinsler, star Major League 2nd baseman, has an aunt, uncle, and cousins in West Hartford. Jeremy Bleich’s brother, Dr. Steven Bleich, is a Jeremy respected cardiologist Bleich, #30, and with here in CT and a Beth El his brother, member. Jeremy plays in Baseball in Israel began about 45 years ago in Petah mom, and the minor and major nephew Tikvah. It remains one of only three baseball fields in leagues. His mother, Karen, Israel. Recent successes have encouraged more players extolls his persistence and at every level, now numbering over 1000. The Jewish marvels at the life lessons National Fund and the Israel Baseball Association are baseball teaches, smiling building two new fields – in Ra’anana and in Beit broadly as she cheers him Shemesh. on. th in 2017 was a breakout year – Israel jumped to 19 Danny Valencia, another former Major Leaguer, the worldwide competition, despite being called the played for the New Britain Rock Cats. Scott Burcham Jamaican Bobsled Team of baseball by ESPN. In is a former Yard Goats infielder. Ryan Lavarnway, a Europe, the team jumped to 4th. Yale graduate, plays with the Cleveland organization. In 2019, Israel went on to win the European Ben Gurion Qualification Playoff series 2-0, then winning the 2020 Team Israel at their Exhibition said, “In Israel, Olympic Qualification tournament, ensuring the Game at the Yard Goats’ stadium in order to be country a place in the Olympics – one of 6 teams. before heading to Tokyo. a realist, you The Olympics must believe requires everyone to in miracles.” be a citizen of the Team Israel country they has come represent. So, in 2018, together from 10 American players almost all corners of the Jewish diaspora as well as made Aliyah and 4 Israel to gather into one dynamic team. One has to more followed suit in admire their chutzpah and determination, win or lose. 2019, thus fulfilling the Olympic requirements, by becoming Israeli citizens. This process helped many of the players COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS: connect with their Judaism and learn more about the Sharon Efron, [email protected] State of Israel, guided by the Israeli-born sabras on the Robin Santiago, [email protected] team. Team members have commented on how quickly they have bonded despite all the challenges, feeling a strong
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Engaging Generations Congratulations Welcome to New Members Of Blessed Memory Amy & Peter Barzach on the Rhoda Kaufman Libby Adler, sister-in-law of Evelyn Dvorin engagement of son Daniel Barzach Elizabeth & Douglas Dr. Eliot Barron, husband of Vida Barron, and Avery Hourihan Kartsen, with Kaitlin father or Marcia Garfinkel Katharine & Scott Kluger, on the birth Wendy & Allen Landerman Linda Green Beresen, sister of Robert Green, of son, Zachary Jeffrey Kluger Dr. Michele Malament aunt of Pamela Borer Bonnie & Paul Lewis, on the marriage Andrew Schoolnik Jay Bienstock, father of Kenneth Bienstock of daughter Rebecca Lewis and Nicole & Aaron Siegel, Carol Cunin, wife of Burton Cunin Michael Stoll with Isaac and Theodore Marshall Elman, husband of Jeanne Elman Gilda Liebowitz, on the marriage of Jane & Joshua Zigman, Richard Gould, brother of Martin Gould granddaughter Sydnie Laura Henkin with Charlotte and Sophia and Alexander Dean Piperis. Judyth W. Grant, wife of Alan Grant Diane Biegel & Joel Pachter, on the Appreciation for Leonard Guthart, member, companion of birth of grandson Eric Joseph Sponsoring a Grab Roberta Buland Konigsberg and Go Kiddush John Kunzman, father of Michelle Kunzman Elise & Jerry Rosenstock, on the birth Sally & Harris Chorney Samuel Leopold, son of Lori & Ken Leopold of granddaughter, Lennon Ceil Alexis Deitz & Adam Siegel Sylvia Robles, stepmother of Esther Aronson Lavoie Ayelet & Bruce Chozick Helene Silvers, mother of Bruce Silvers Lonnie & Phil Schulz, on the Bonnie & Paul Lewis Dorothy Zweig, mother of Richard Zweig engagement of daughter Rebecca and Elliott Zweig Schulz and David Gabay
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Bar Mitzvah Celebration Eben Asher Bauman Abigail Kaufman October 16, 2021 September 25, 2021 Information on Bar and Bat MitzvahEben, son of Melissa & Joel Bauman of Abby, daughter of Laurie & Josh celebrations is available Farmington, brother of Jude, grandson of Kaufman of West Hartford, sisterfrom of the Temple Office. Vicki & Charles Rethy and Eliza & Natan Sydney, granddaughter of Paula & Bauman, all from Cheshire, is an 8th grader at Lewis z’’l Steinberg from West Kingswood Oxford. He is collecting books Hartford and Tobie & Warren and raising money for a new multicultural Kaufman from Allendale, NJ, is an 8th grader at King library at Mayberry Elementary School in East Hartford. Phillip Middle School. Abby is creating and Jordan Brett Cipriano distributing "memory stones" for Jewish cemeteries. October 23, 2021 Samara Lowy Jordan, son of Alisha & Ron Cipriano of October 2, 2021 Avon, brother of Ella and Olivia, grandson of Samara, daughter of Jody & Josh Lowy Robin & David Gelles from West Hartford of West Simsbury, sister of Noah, and Roslyn Cipriano and Ron Cipriano, both Tovah, Dahlia, and Mia, grand- from Florida, is an 8th grader at Kingswood daughter of Gloria & Edmund Glazer Oxford Middle School. Jordan’s is raising and Jane Koley & Marcus Lowy z’’l, is money for SCOPE, an organization that provides summer an 8th grader at Henry James Middle School. camp opportunities to kids from financially disadvantaged backgrounds. Rachel Nina Simmons October 9, 2021 Sophia Emilie Borer Rachel, daughter of Elizabeth & Adam November 6, 2021 Simmons of West Hartford, sister of Sophia, daughter of Pamela & Steven Borer Eliana, granddaughter of Phyllis & of West Hartford, sister of Emma, Jack Plotkin from West Hartford and granddaughter of Barbara & Robert Green Lynda & Bob Simmons from Wells, from West Hartford and Ida & Gary Borer th Maine, is an 8th grader at King Philip from Fair Lawn, NJ, is a 7 grader at Middle School. Rachel is crocheting hats for babies in Watkinson School. She is raising awareness and providing the neonatal intensive care unit. support for children diagnosed with Celiac Disease.
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Supporting Beth El Camp Ramah Fund in Memory of We deeply appreciate the following Laura Kinyon, wife of Rick – Meryl & Thoughtful Contributions. Mitchell Danitz Dr. Eliot Barron, husband of Vida, father This list reflects contributions received and processed through of Marcia Garfinkel –Ilana Garber & July 20, 2021. Adam Berkowitz For the next edition of Temple Topics, contributions need to be Joseph Springut Security Fund received in the office by September 23, 2021. in Memory of Evelyn Moglove, mother of Honey Sue Beautification Fund Chai Society Springut – Sharon & Bob Efron, Korine in Honoe of in Memory of & Ron Ferraro, Barbara & Bob Green, Marriage of Sydnie Henken, Marvin Sperling, husband of Sidra – the Cheryl & John Hinze, Lois & Chuck granddaughter of Gilda Liebowitz, to Satlof family Koteen, Sue & Stuart Wachtel, Hilary Alex Piperis – Harriet & Jerome Gilson Linda Green Beresen, sister of Bob Green – Freedman & Howard Zern Cantor’s Music Fund Roz Rachlin, Aaron Rachlin for the Yahrzeit of in Appreciation of for the Yahrzeit of Sophie Altman, mother – Arnold Altman Cantor Ness – Lisa & Peter Fishman Martin Redlus, father; Charles Alban & Joel Dreese, Holocaust remembrance – Rabbi Rosen’s Discretionary Fund Cantor Ness for the bat mitzvah of in Appreciation of daughter, Ella – Mina & Barry Nemirow Judith & Al Greenspoon Martha Mae Ugelow, mother – Judith Rabbi Rosen – Ayelet & Bruce Chozick, in Honor of Satlof the Bursack family, Sandy Greenberg, Cantor Ness being given the Max the Dannhauser & Lazinsk family, Lisa Wohlberg Award – Shelley & Michael Education Fund & Peter Fishman, the Shakun family Barker in Appreciation of Rabbi Rosen for officiating at daughter 50th wedding anniversary of Diane & Michelle Konigsburg & all SULAM Emma’s simchat bat – Ariel Blum & Richard Lieberfarb – Norman teachers – Pamela & Steven Borer Benjamin Zweig Sondheimer in Honor of in Honor of in Memory of Brit Milah of son, Noah – Katie & Howie 50th wedding anniversary of Diane & Carol Cunin, wife of Burt – Harriet & Bob Dietch Richard Lieberfarb – Roberta Buland, Berland in Memory of Michele & Dane Kostin Linda Green Beresen, sister of Bob Green – Linda Green Beresen, sister of Bob Green – Bar mitzvah of Nate Bernstein, grandson of Meryl & Mitchell Danitz, Sharon Gayle & Edwin Fierer Carolyn & Stuart – Barbara & Bob Gorlick, Leah Katz Laura Kinyon, wife of Rick – Paula Green Alan Oremland, father of Len – Caryl & Schwartz 70th wedding anniversary of Sheila & Len Goldberg, Sharon & Neil Kochen, for the Yahrzeit of Howard Mark – Michele & Dane Kostin Jennifer & Steven Wolfberg Birth of great-grandson, Chase Lawrence Laura Kinyon, wife of Rick – Barbara & Vivienne & Herbert Jones, parents; Cyvia Scharmett, aunt; Susan Kornblutt, aunt; Emmons – Edie Meade Shiffman David Klau, Jeanne & Dan Kleinman 100th birthday of Dr. Norman Mann – Evelyn Moglove, mother of Honey Sue Nettie Epstein, grandmother; Munsey Scharmett Horwitz – Jill & Gary Jones Estelle Sherry Springut – Barbara & David Klau (continues on facing page)
Beth El Temple is again grateful to member Ann Rosow-Lucchesi for her contributions to beautifying our building. A new sculpture, created by her husband Bruno Lucchesi, is now hanging in the Sanctuary Lobby. In addition, the couple has updated the four bathrooms on our main level with new paint, light fixtures, couches in the Ladies’ Rooms, and many paintings by Bruno.
On the plaque: Title: “Reading Torah” Sculptor: Bruno Lucchesi For Honoring all Students at Beth El Gift from: Ann Rosow-Lucchesi, 2021
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in Memory of Support Beth El by doing what you Linda Green Beresen, sister of Bob Green – Judy & Steve Alderman, Carolyn & Stuart Bernstein, Amy & Jim Goldman, Miriam already do! (just a little bit differently) Lappen, Marny & Tom Stevens Laura Kinyon, wife of Rick – Carrie Berman & Ron Apter, Joanne & Arthur Rome, Lorraine & Farrel Vogelhut GIFT CARDS Dr. Eliot Barron, husband of Vida, father of Marcia Garfinkel – Carolyn & Stuart Bernstein, Felice Goldman, Peter Levine, Buy good-as-cash gift cards from Beth El for Sheila & Howard Mark, Emily & Stuart Rosen, Linda & Bruce your own shopping and dining and for gifts. Stanger Evelyn Moglove, mother of Honey Sue Springut – Carolyn & Stuart Pay face value, spend face value, and Beth El Bernstein, Gail & Barry Deutsch, Susan & Jesse Samuels gets a donation, up to 12% for some retailers. Hilda Shadlin, mother of Joyce Mandell – Elizabeth Byer Suzanne Fieldman – Faith Doub Commonly requested cards Joyce Ross – Amy & Jim Goldman are stocked in the synagogue Ernest Greenberg – Shelley & Nelson Riner office, including Big Y, Stop Alan Oremland, father of Len – Emily & Stuart Rosen & Shop, Amazon, and Elsie Farber, mother of Nancy Rosen – Nancy Schwartz Dunkin Donuts! for the Yahrzeit of Alice Greenberg Elman, mother; Laurence Leon Elman, brother; Other cards can be ordered Rhea Noll Herrup, mother; Rhea Ann Elman Melius, daughter – (allow at least 1 week). Jeanne & Marshall Elman Bette Guthart, wife – Leonard Guthart visit www.shopwithscrip.com for details David Finman – Charlotte Finman Jason & Brook Jason and updates about the Scrip program, Michael Akulitsch, Holocaust remembrance – Michele & Dane including a 6-page list of all the Kostin participating stores, restaurants, Daniel Roger Lyon, brother – Wendy Lyon Rosalyn Gloth, mother; Lena Lubowitz, grandmother; Murray entertainment, and more. Lubowitz, uncle – Joanne & Arthur Rome
Donald Habelow – Wendy Habelow & Robert Weinstein AMAZON SMILE Rabbi Zerin’s Discretionary Fund in Honor of Go to smile.amazon.com, type Welcoming Rabbi Zerin to Beth El – Ilana Garber & Adam in Beth El Temple, and shop as Berkowitz you normally would! Tsedakah/Chesed Fund in Appreciation of Amazon will donate a portion Judy Rosenthal – Leah Katz of the purchase price to Beth El. in Memory of Dr. Eliot Barron, husband of Vida, father of Marcia Garfinkel –
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Supporting Beth El, cont. Jewish Continuity Fund in Memory of Laura Kinyon, wife of Rick – Sharon & Neil Kochen, Lois & Chuck Koteen Judaica Fund for the Yahrzeit of David Cukier, Holocaust remembrance – Carol Johnson Prayer Book Fund CT Mohel in Memory of Dr. Eliot Barron, husband of Vida, father of Marcia Garfinkel – Ron Buckman, MD Susan Shimelman Temple Fund in Honor of 75th birthday of Barbara Green – Ida & Gary Borer 65th birthday of Tammy Levine – Sandy & Arnold Chase Judy Rosenthal, for her devoted service as President of Beth El – Gilda Liebowitz Stacey Shore – Janet & Joel Miller Judy & David Rosenthal for all they do for the community – Cyral & Richard Sheldon in Memory of Dr. Eliot Barron, husband of Vida, father of Marcia Garfinkel – Maria Altiere, Estelle & Abe Bernstein, the Wednesday Talmud class Evelyn Moglove, mother of Honey Sue Springut; Irene Salm, mother of Ron – Barb Barshay Richard Gould, brother of Martin – Harriet & Bob Berland, Iris Busch, Judy & Jerry Goodman Linda Green Beresen, sister of Bob Green – BJ & Lenny www.CTMohel.com Diamond, Jodi & Brett Wasserlauf Babby Siegelman – Nancy & Dennis Gottfried Laura Kinyon, wife of Rick – Friends at Lovely Nails in Avon Brit Milah Simchat Bat Carol Cunin, wife of Burt – Anita & Bill Mancoll Wishing a Speedy Recovery to Howard Weiner – Harriet & Bob Berland for the Yahrzeit of Donald Lehrer, father – Marci Alter Murray Steinberg, father – Cheryl Altman Bertha G. Berland, mother – Harriet & Bob Berland David Abrahamson, father; Robert L. Blumberg, father – Leslie & 77 Harold Blumberg Louis Illions, father – Barbara & David Brown Brian S. Stern, brother; Muriel H. Bubbs, mother – Marilyn & Roy Bubbs Sylvia Barton, mother – Elizabeth Byer Dr. Eugene L. Bodian, father – Alison Bodian Demarest Jacob Donshik, father – Ellen & Peter Donshik Barbara Falik, mother; Jennifer Falik, daughter – Tom Falik Sarah Friedman, mother; Ethel Corash, aunt – Matthew Friedman Beatrice Garber, mother & grandmother – the Garber family Sheila Saxe, sister – Bill Gartner Marion & Harry Gelber, parents – Loren & Joel Gelber Nathan Oren, father; Samuel Gilson, father; Lloyd Gilson, brother – Harriet & Jerome Gilson Barbara Cupial & Jozef Galazka, Holocaust remembrance – Eric Gladstein Fanny & Philip Gluck, grandparents – Susan Gluck Frank Rosenfield, father –Sandra Goldberg Solomon Gillman, father – Felice Goldman Marvin Grody, father – Jeffrey Grody Marcia S. Kaplan, mother – Marilyn K. Grody Max Spiegel, father – Cheryl & John Hinze Burton C. Hoffman, father – Kathy & Bradley Hoffman Maxim Janowsky, brother – Charlotte & Brook Jason Yale Kaplan, father – Michael Kaplan (continues on facing page) 16 Beth El Temple West Hartford, CT www.bethelwesthartford.org 860.233.9696
Temple Fund (cont.) Minnie Karasik, mother – Barbara & Robert Karasik Lillian Grodin; Fred Grodin; Milton Prince; Janet Prince Rosenberg – Debra & Howard Katz Edna Shain Farber, sister – Roslyn & Marvin Katz Dr. Maurine Kessler, mother; Dorothy Evnen, grandmother – Abigail Kessler-Hanna Harry Meier, father – Debbie & Steve Kleinman Elizabeth Kochen, mother – Neil Kochen Jonathan Levine, brother – Peter Levine Samuel Levy, father – Judie & Coleman Levy Benedikta Drabik, Holocaust remembrance – Andrea & Robert Lindenberg Marvin Treach, father; William Malkoff, father; Irving Treach, grandfather; Max Glasser, grandfather; Kate Rabinowitz, grandmother; Julius Rabinowitz, uncle – Linda & Joel Malkoff Dr. Brian Mark, son; Samuel Berger, father – Sheila & Howard Mark Bea & Newton Matty, parents – Bernice Matty Ben Fairman, father; Esther Meyer, mother-in-law – Jean Meyer Blossom Greenberg, mother – Janet Moskowitz David Nemirow, husband – Maura Nemirow Rochelle Fidler, mother; David Nemirow, father – Mina & Barry Nemirow Emanuel Zimmer, father – Marylin Noll Rachel Ann Order, daughter – Denise & Richard Order Benjamin Goldenberg, father – Sherri Pliskin Mollie & Samuel Pollack, parents – Eileen & Elliott Pollack Shirley Marcus, mother – Florence Portnoy Stuart Prince, father – Andrew Prince Virginia Rabb-Spolin, sister – Steve Rabb Zara Krasnow Leavitt, grandmother – Deborah R. Rosenfeld Bernard Salm, father – Diane & Ron Salm Anne Schupack, mother – Beth & Bernie Schilberg Amy Shakun, wife – Harlan Shakun Ann F. Cohen, mother & grandmother – the Sheldon family Judith Shore, mother – Stacey & Eric Shore Nathan Singer, father; Marsha Singer, sister – Irwin Singer Teppy Shein, mother – Regan & Barry Stein Amy Toyen, daughter; Ernest Blake, father; Barnet Toyen, father; Nathan Finkelstein, uncle; Rita Alexandrowitz, Holocaust remembrance – Dorine & Marty Toyen Dora Wilensky, mother – Shirley Wachtel Charlotte Simonovitz, mother; Sarah Stoltz, grandmother – Sue & Stuart Wachtel Addy Weinstein, mother – Elisa & Stephen Weinstein Betty Berkowitz, mother – Lenore Weisinger Samuel Lindenberg, father; Mildred Kurtz, sister – Judith & Joel Weisman Chawa Albert, Holocaust remembrance – Jennifer & Steven Wolfberg Freda & Isadore Freedman, parents; Michael L. Freedman, brother – Hilary E. Freedman
Alter Family Fund in Memory of Laura Kinyon, wife of Rick; Alan Oremland, father of Len – Marci & Jonathan Alter Naomi & Michael Cohen Endowment Fund for the Yahrzeit of Dr. Morris Cohen, father – Naomi & Michael Cohen Sharon & Bob Efron Family Fund in Memory of Linda Green Beresen, sister of Bob Green – Sharon & Bob Efron for the Yahrzeit of May Moses, mother – Sharon & Bob Efron (continues) Temple Topics Vol. LVII, No. 1 September-October 2021 Elul 5781 - Tishrei-Cheshvan 5782 17
Supporting Beth El, cont. Jane & Nathan Field Memorial Fund Friends Fund for Members in Need General Unrestricted Endowment Fund in Memory of in Appreciation of in Appreciation of Dr. Eliot Barron, husband of Vida, father Judy Rosenthal’s leadership as President of Seth Kabakoff & family –Mitch Wolf of Marcia Garfinkel; Linda Green Beth El – Sharon & Bob Efron, Abbey in Honor of Beresen, sister of Bob Green – Emmy & Kreinik, Denise & Richard Order, 50th wedding anniversary of Michele & Steve Fast Lorraine & Farrel Vogelhut, Whitney Dane Kostin – Annette Gavens Whitaker & Gerry Garfield Gavens Family College Youth Fund in Memory of in Honor of in Honor of Linda Green Beresen, sister of Bob Green – 75th birthday of wife, Barbara – Bob Green Bar mitzvah of Ben Friedman, grandson of Judy Borus, Annette Gavens, Lois & For the Yahrzeit of Sandy & Marc – Alys & Jack Krichavsky Chuck Koteen Steve Rabb becoming President of Beth El Dr. Eliot Barron, husband of Vida, father Esther R. Kandel, sister; Frances R. Kasdan, – Judy & David Rosenthal sister – Annette Gavens of Marcia Garfinkel –Pamela & David David Rosenthal’s birthday – Sharon & Garry, Annette Gavens, Abbey Kreinik Anna Heineman Memorial Fund Bob Efron, Lois & Chuck Koteen Evelyn Moglove, mother of Honey Sue for the Yahrzeit of in Memory of Springut – Annette Gavens Anna & Frank Heineman, parents – Dr. Eliot Barron, husband of Vida, father Linda Putterman, wife of Steve – Abbey Francine Stier of Marcia Garfinkel; Laura Kinyon, wife Kreinik Ruth & Harry Kleinman of Rick; Alan Oremland, father of Len – for the Yahrzeit of Endowment Fund Judy & David Rosenthal Marguerite Zumbado, mother; David in Honor of Marc S. Levine & Tamara Kagan Levine DeCastro Robles, father – Esther & 50th wedding anniversary of Diane & Family Endowment Fund Stephen Aronson Richard Lieberfarb; 50th wedding in Honor of Ruth Wertheim, mother; Benjamin Fisher, anniversary of Michele & Dane Kostin; 65th birthday of Tammy Levine – Donna father – Marsha & Warren Fisher 50th wedding anniversary of Ellen & Jerry Galin, Jane & Ken Gardner, Robin & Erna Alexander, Holocaust remembrance – Margolis; Jeanne Kleinman’s birthday – David Gelles, Louis Green, Andrea Annette Gavens Myra & Bill Kleinman Hotes, Cathy Kolovson, Alys & Jack Goldberg Endowment Fund In Memory of Krichavsky, Fran & Fred Landy, Joyce for Education Dr. Eliot Barron, husband of Vida, father & Richard Leibert, Annette & Jack in Honor of of Marcia Garfinkel –Jeanne & Dan Levine, Karen & Rob Ludgin, Debra The marriage of Evan Goldberg, son of Kleinman Macht, Linda Mendelsohn, Lori & Caryl & Len, to Laura Hammer – Lois & Linda Putterman, wife of Steve; Linda Douglas Meyerson, Jaime & Mark Chuck Koteen, Abbey Kreinik Seltzer, Kathy Smiley, Patti & Howard Green Beresen, sister of Bob Green; Alan in Memory of Oremland, father of Len; Stan Stier – Weiner Laura Kinyon, wife of Rick – Caryl & Len Myra & Bill Kleinman Goldberg
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Kreinik Family Endowment Fund Diane & Richard Lieberfarb Bruce Shein & Sharon Levine-Shein for the Yahrzeit of Endowment Fund Endowment Fund Belle G. Miller, mother; Arthur Kreinik, in Appreciation of in Appreciation of father-in-law; Hannelore Dreifuss, Rabbi Rosen & Cantor Ness – Diane & Rabbi Rosen, Rabbi Sowalsky, Sandy Sears, Holocaust remembrance – Abbey Miller Richard Lieberfarb Barbara & Robert Glider, Rita Schoolnik, Kreinik in Honor of Andrew Schoolnik, Howie Zisserson, Ludgin Family Endowment Fund 50th wedding anniversary of Diane & Barbara Berger & Alan Weiner, Andrea in Memory of Richard Lieberfarb – Jackie & Dan & Gerry Goldberg, Doris Ann & Fred Linda Greenberg Germaine – Karen & Cohen, Meryl & Mitchell Danitz, Markowitz, Ellen & Billy Lebensfeld, Rob Ludgin Annette Gavens, Caryl & Len Myrna & Arnold Edelman, Judy & Goldberg, Sharon Gorlick, Barbara & Ammy Weinstock, Sheila & Marvin Arthur & Stella Mostel Fund for Bob Green, Michele & Dane Kostin, Sherman, Susan & Rob Rostolder, Linda Adult Education Abbey Kreinik, Judy & David & Ron Rosen – Sharon Levine-Shein & for the Yahrzeit of Rosenthal, Randy Sherman, Jennifer & Bruce Shein William Mostel, grandfather – Carolyn & Steve Wolfberg in Honor of Jeff Weiser Diane Lieberfarb’s birthday – Randy Lois Koteen, volunteer pandemic hero; Rabb Family Fund Sherman Stuart Bernstein, volunteer pandemic Cantor Ness receiving the Max Wohlberg hero; Diane Lieberfarb, volunteer in Honor of th Steve Rabb becoming President of Beth El Award; 50 wedding anniversary of Lois pandemic hero; Sharon Efron, volunteer – Meryl & Mitchell Danitz, Abbey & David Prensky; marriage of Evan pandemic hero – Sharon Levine-Shein Kreinik Goldberg, son of Caryl & Len, to Laura & Bruce Shein Hammer; Judy Rosenthal; new home for in Memory of Santiago Family Fund Katie & Brian Lindenberg; marriage of Deborah Berson, sister of Ricky Weiner; in Honor of Emily Polinsky, daughter of Karen & Jeff, th Evelyn Moglove, mother of Honey Sue 70 wedding anniversary of Sheila & to Glen Kaplan – Diane & Richard Springut – Sharon Levine-Shein & Howard Mark – Annette Gavens Lieberfarb Bruce Shein For the Yahrzeit of in Memory of Wishing a Speedy Recovery to Dr. Brian Mark, brother – Robin & Rafi Linda Green Beresen, sister of Bob Green; Bruce Shein – Rita Schoolnik & Howie Santiago brother of Norman Sondheimer; Laura Zisserson, Andrew Schoolnik Amy E Toyen Endowment Fund Kinyon, wife of Rick – Diane & Richard Lieberfarb Clara & Mickey Sowalsky Gabbai Rishon in Memory of Endowment Fund Linda Green Beresen, sister of Bob Green – For the Yahrzeit of Dorine & Marty Toyen Albert Davis, father – Diane Lieberfarb in Appreciation of Rabbi Howard Sowalsky – Ayelet & Bruce I. Milton Widem Adult Education Fund Michael & Susan Schenker Chozick, the Bursack family, Lisa & for the Yahrzeit of Endowment Fund Peter Fishman Selma & Milton Widem, parents; Hilda in Memory of in Memory of Waxman, grandmother; Elsie Widem, Linda Green Beresen, sister of Bob Green; Jim Feeman, husband of Sheila – Cheryl grandmother; Allan Widem, uncle; Linda Putterman, wife of Steve – Susan Rodrick George Widem, uncle – Susan Widem & Michael Schenker
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