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TEMPLE BETH-EL OF GREAT NECK BULLETIN MEMBER OF THE UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM NOVEMBER 2015 CHESHVAN/KISLEV • 5776 VOL. LXXXVIII, NO. 3 The Temple Bulletin has been endowed by Sandra Atlas Bass

SHABBAT, NOVEMBER 6-7 Chayei Sarah, Genesis 23:1−25:18 Shabbat Eve 6:30 pm Family Shabbat and FACEtime Shabbat K-3 7:00 pm Erev Shabbat Service: Emanuel AME Church Shabbat Shabbat Morning 10:00 am Torah Study and Prayer A Passion for SHABBAT, NOVEMBER 13-14 Tol’dot, Genesis 25:19−28:9 Shabbat Eve 7:00 pm Erev Shabbat Service Shabbat Morning 9:15 am Torah Study Forgiveness 10:30 am Congregational Shabbat Service: Joshua Oken becomes a Bar Mitzvah

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 10:30 am Thursday Morning Service: Jack Knupfer becomes a Bar Mitzvah

SHABBAT, NOVEMBER 20-21 Vayeitzei, Genesis 28:10−32:3 Shabbat Eve 7:00 pm Erev Shabbat Service Shabbat Morning 9:15 am Torah Study 10:30 am Congregational Shabbat Service

SHABBAT, NOVEMBER 27-28 Vayishlach, Genesis 32:4−36:43 Shabbat Eve 7:00 pm Erev Shabbat Service Shabbat Morning 9:15 am Torah Study 10:30 am Congregational Shabbat Service

Sisters of Myra Thompson z”l Speak Victim of Charleston Church Shooting

Erev Shabbat Service November 6th Rabbi’s Message Contact Us at Temple Beth-El

Temple Office We are excited and moved to share with you that the very (516) 487-0900 Temple Website first Shabbat of this month we will welcome beloved guests www.tbegreatneck.org from Charleston, South Carolina, into our synagogue, into our hearts and into our homes. When we visited Mother Temple Staff in Alphabetical Order Joy Allen Emanuel, A.M.E. Zion Church this past July, we had no Administrative Assistant to the formal invitation and hardly knew what to expect. Yet, in Religious School spite of the mass shooting which had occurred only two Ext 126 weeks before and despite an overwhelming influx of [email protected] visitors from all over the country, we were met with open arms and grateful hearts. Stuart Botwinick Althea, Reverend Clementa Pinckney’s assistant of many years, greeted us in the Executive Director church office with warmth and trust, and she invited us to take a few quiet moments in [email protected] the main sanctuary. Formed in 1791, Charleston’s Mother Emanuel is the oldest A.M.E. Ext 107 Rabbi Jerome K. Davidson Church in the South and began as a congregation of free blacks and slaves. As we sat Rabbi Emeritus alone in this time-worn sanctuary with its sloping balcony, a room that can seat hun- [email protected] dreds, we imagined the prayers, hopes, sorrows and dreams of those who have prayed Ext 116 there. We thought of the church members who had just occupied these pews as the last of Debbie El Kashash the “Charleston 9” was eulogized and laid to rest. Administrative Assistant Later that day we joined the community for the 6 p.m. Wednesday evening bible [email protected] Ext 110 study, the very same class at which the shooting occurred only two weeks before. As was Rabbi Meir Feldman described in Meir’s Yom Kippur sermon, the experience of hearing these beautiful souls Senior Rabbi speak about forgiveness and healing left us forever changed. We have so much to learn [email protected] from them—lessons of humility and strength, lessons of transformation and faith. Ext 120 We learned the story of Myra Thompson, formerly a public school teacher who was Rabbi Tara Feldman studying to be a min- Senior Rabbi ister and was teaching [email protected] Ext 118 bible on the very night Amanda Greenawalt that she was killed. Development and Membership Myra came from a large Services and deeply connected Director of Youth Engagement extended family. When [email protected] we took this photo with Ext 108 a few of her sisters, we Cantor Lisa Hest [email protected] never imagined that we Ext 123 would have the privi- Cari Horn lege of inviting Myra’s Controller family to Temple Beth- [email protected] El. But we have and we Ext 119 will. Through letters, Joy S. Palevsky email correspondence Office Manager [email protected] and phone calls, a friendship has evolved with Blondelle Gadsden, one of Myra’s eldest Ext 115 sisters (second from the left in the photo.) Vicki Perler In early October, Blondelle made clear her hope to bring her sisters to Great Neck. Director, ECEC Please join us on Friday night, November 6, at 7:00 pm, as we worship with them [email protected] and hear their stories and journeys. Plans are evolving for gatherings on Saturday. We Ext 129 will inform you of these plans and details as they are finalized. Check your email or call Rabbi Rachel Van Thyn the main office for more information as this special Shabbat approaches. Associate Rabbi [email protected] The Emanuel A.M.E. Zion Church was founded on the premise that, even through Ext. 104 great trials and challenges—Emanuel-El. This Hebrew translates as, “God is with us.” No Michael Witman doubt, this special visit will enable us to encounter the presence of holiness, the presence Director of Education of God, in new and unexpected ways. [email protected] Ext 121

2 TEMPLE BETH-EL OF GREAT NECK Temple Beth-El is honored and proud to welcome GUEST SPEAKER RABBI RICK JACOBS President of the Union for Reform Judaism SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 9 a.m. Breakfast | 10 a.m. Lecture Breakfast: $12.00 for All | Lecture: Free to All

Organized by the Brotherhood of Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, his appearance at TBE presents our congregation and the greater community with a rare opportunity to interact with one of today’s major Jewish leaders.

Rabbi Jacobs is a dynamic and compelling speaker whose views on issues affecting Reform Judaism, Israel, and the future of Judaism in the United States are sought and respected.

A full bagel and lox breakfast will be served by the Famous Brotherhood Bagel Brigade.

Contacts: Temple Office: 516-487-0900 ext. 110 Martin Einhorn: 917-254-2377 or [email protected]

We anticipate a large attendance so Breakfast RSVP’s are required by 12/02/15.

There will be separate check-in spots for RSVP and non-RSVP attendees.

A Special Temple Beth-El Shabbat

Please join your friends on Friday, November 20, for a very SPECIAL SHABBAT @ HOME experience. TBE families will welcome fellow congregants into their homes to celebrate Shabbat together. We will have dinner, a special home Shabbat observance and will welcome Shabbat with joy and friendship. Imagine the vision: Dozens of homes, many dozens of Beth-El congregants seated around the tables, the brightness of the Shabbat candles and the glow of community making this Shabbat a very special evening. Theodor Herzl: “If you will it, it is no dream.” Please RSVP to Debbie in the main office: [email protected].

NOVEMBER 2015 • CHESHVAN/KISLEV 5776 3 ToBe “With” Care Cards by Rabbi Rachel Van Thyn and Terri Levin The Care Cards Committee is under the Rabbi Rachel Van Thyn: auspices of the Caring Community of “When my grandmother passed away in 2012, I remember the ways that my community the temple. Handwritten cards are sent immediately rallied around my family. It wasn’t just that people sent food—it was the to member families when there are hap- myriad ways people stepped in to help us through our grief. People led shiva minyans; py occasions such as an engagement, they came to our house to set up and put away food; they sat with us; they called us in wedding or birth. Congratulations the days, weeks and months after the funeral. People I had never met before held us close are extended on behalf of the Caring to them, hugged us and held our hands in both big and small ways. In that community, Community. So, too, are personal cards every person counted. The best way I know how to repay people for their kindness is to sent if there is an illness or death. extend the same efforts when they are in need. These cards are a wonderful way to communicate thoughtfully with the Terri Levin: congregation. When someone receives “In 2001, we got the phone call that every parent fears. It was from the hospital near our a card they know there are people who daughter’s college: she had been in an accident; she was severely injured and was in very care about what is happening in their critical condition. We flew out on the next plane and left behind 2 young children with lives. The temple is an extension of our my parents who were 78 and 83 at the time. My daughter remained in the hospital for family and we want you to know that three months and we did not ever leave her side. we share both your joys and sorrows as It is with extreme gratitude to G-d and to the many people (friends and strangers) that a community of caring people. we all made it through that year. People donated blood, said prayers, made meals, offered their homes, drove my children to school, and quite a few people flew out to St Louis to Leslie Dobbin be with us. Care Cards Coordinator I cannot repay the debt of gratitude I feel towards those friends and strangers who were “with us” at that time, doing whatever needed to be done or helping whatever way they could. I can only try to extend the support to the next person who comes along and is drowning in fear or grief of their own.”

As part of the next phase of Project ToBE, we are thinking about ways in which we, as a The Syrian community, can best respond in times of need. We are indebted to those people who have created and managed the Caring Community, the Gesher group and our Shiva minyan Refugee Crisis and for many years; our plan is to be a unifying force behind these efforts and bring renewed the Social Action energy to expand and enrich our ability to “BE WITH” people in times of crisis. Our vision is grand, but we are starting with one manageable step: re-evaluating and Committee re-imagining the ways our community responds after a death. There is no time in a person’s life where they are as open to support and friendship as when they have experienced a loss. Our goal is to offer an immediate response, tailored to fit the needs of the partic- During the High Holidays, Rabbis ular family. Each situation is different: It may be that some people need assistance to set Feldman spoke about the Syrian ref- up food for a shiva, someone to watch the house during the funeral, or transportation to ugee crisis, and that the Social Action services. Some may simply need a coffee pot or some chairs for shiva. Some families may Committee would be responding to it. just feel supported knowing that we are there with them. We also strongly feel that our TBE has had the extraordinary op- support should extend beyond the shiva period. Our goal is to stay in touch with families portunity of working with Vietnamese who have experienced a loss on an ongoing basis, to see who needs further assistance, and Russian families through HIAS support or resources. We have recently started a bereavement group with the intent of (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), and trying to connect and support those who have experienced a recent loss. we are investigating the possibility of Once our bereavement support is well established, the plan is to expand to offer sup- doing the same with a Syrian refugee port to people in any kind of crisis. There are so many other stressful times in our lives family. In our past experience, TBE when we need someone to be “with us,” and our goal is to create the infrastructure to be members contributed their efforts and able to respond seamlessly to anyone who finds themselves “in need.” money to make the families’ integration And, we need YOU! If you are interested in joining our volunteer efforts please con- into our community successful. tact Rabbi Van Thyn ([email protected]) and/or Terri Levin (terrifaithlevin@ Should we be able to move ahead gmail.com). There are many ways that you can be of service, just let us know that you are with welcoming a Syrian family to willing. Great Neck, we will reach out to our Lastly, if you would like to make a donation to this initiative, please earmark funds to membership for assistance and support. the Rabbis’ Discretionary Fund and write “Times Of Need Initiative” in the memo line. Stay tuned. Every bit counts! Michael Kurcias Social Action Committee 4 TEMPLE BETH-EL OF GREAT NECK Project ToBE: Round 2 Conversations New Adult Learning Opportunity with Our team is delighted to tell you about our next round of conversations. They are being Rabbi Meir planned to continue the ToBE mission of creating meaningful relationships among our congregants, as well as to spark the creative insights and ideas you have about the topics offered during this holiday season in prayer, sermons and congregant speeches. Please join us for a new course offering: Below is a sampling of some of the topics that will be discussed at various conversations: The Prophets: Hearing Ancient Voices That ▪ ▪ On Shabbat evening Jews are invited into the mystery and warmth of candles, wine Call Us to Sacred Purposes. Classes meet and challah. on Thursday evenings: November 5, 12, ▪ ▪ What is the meaning or symbolism of these rituals? 19, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Readings ▪ ▪ What important rituals do we have or would we like in our homes? are in The Prophets, by Abraham Joshua ▪ ▪ “The whole world is a narrow bridge. The key thing is to not be afraid.” Heschel, available through amazon.com. ▪▪ What does this quote mean? ▪ ▪ Share a specific story in which either you or someone close to you faced a frightening Sharon Ross situation with courage. Did any transformation come from that? Adult Learning Committee ▪▪ “Hand it over to God.” ▪▪ What does that mean? (anger/rage/pain) ▪▪ Share a specific story in which either you or someone close to you was able to Ushers Needed “hand it over to God.” ▪▪ Every morning we recite a blessing commanding us to learn. We are called to be “a kingdom of priests” and that is often understood to mean a people of daily learners. The Temple Beth-El Usher Corps is look- ▪▪ What topic would we love to master, or strive to go deeply into? ing to add a few good men and women to its ranks. Although the time commit- In the next few weeks you will receive an email with the ToBE Conversation Dates that ment is minimal, our ushers fulfill the are available in November and early December. To assist our planning, please reply important functions of making our fellow quickly since there will only be a limited number of openings this fall. Depending upon congregants feel at home and fostering an your responses, we will consider doing another round in the spring. appropriate environment for worship. If Any questions, please contact Randi Weiler or Sheila Aronson. you are able to volunteer for two or three Thanks so much. Friday night, Saturday, or holiday services per year, please contact Debbie El Kashash Judi Linden at 487-0900 ext 110 or at delkashash@ tbegreatneck.org. Thank you. FRIENDS oF FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE Friday Night Live at TBE is designed to join generations together by bringing Shabbat Do you know what’s services filled with spiritual joy and excitement to us all. Won’t you please help us defray happening at TBE? our considerable costs and expand these uplifiting services by becoming a Friend of Friday Night Live? Your generosity will help us reach out and touch the hearts of so many. Keep informed with updates on our temple website! Scan this code with your smart Friday Night Live Angel ��$360+ phone for more information. 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PHONE �� To submit copy for the website, e-mail Howard Herman at hjh660@ msn.com and Mail or return to Temple Office, (516) 487-0900 x108 note “tbewebsite” in the subject line. Thank you. NOVEMBER 2015 • CHESHVAN/KISLEV 5776 5 Religious School Reflections

Why a “Think/ Pair/ Share” Model is Essential to Jewish Education

I just got off of the phone with a parent, a conversation that has noteworthy benefits of a community of Jewish learners. We must ask: become more routine as of late, where she argued that her child what are we teaching our children when we say that the solution to needs a Hebrew tutor for her child, not Religious School. This the challenges of a Jewish education is just a tutor? parent, and countless others, believe this is the best form of Jewish Here at Temple Beth-El, we work tirelessly to improve our Education; it’s personal, its one-on-one, learning happens at their programming and our HebrewTime framework, so as not to own pace and it’s incredibly convenient given the frenetic sched- repeat the less successful and bitter Religious School experiences ules of our children. My colleagues and I have been wrestling of the past. At Temple Beth-El, we do include Hebrew one-on-one with these requests and the reality that more and more parents learning, as we know it is one important component and does offer are choosing this kind of Jewish learning for their child. For us it beneficial learning for students. Our approach, though, goes well has become clear that this is the exact opposite of what we believe beyond a tutoring model, and is purposefully three-fold. Yes, our Jewish education should be and more importantly, this modality Hebrew instruction offers a level of personalized attention. But we does not meet the needs of our learners. also meet together as a classroom community with students and While for some of our students, tutoring might be the necessary teachers. And most importantly, our families come together for choice for their education, this approach does a disservice to com- learning as well. The “think/pair/share” model weaves beautifully munal Jewish learning. Pirkei Avot text states “ Rabbi Nehorai taught: through our programming, creating and maintaining a culture of Uproot yourself to live in a community where Torah is studied; reflecting, of teaming in small groups, of listening to our peers, of do not delude yourself that the Torah will come to you. Only with teaching and advocating for our own beliefs and to then form our colleagues can your studies be fortified. Do not rely on your own own hypotheses about Judaism, God, values and tradition. understanding. (Avot 4:18) .” This text is the blueprint, for Jewish The Temple Beth-El community of learners invites those of all education, an educational model echoed in what is called “think/pair/ ages to share stories or narratives, to bring knowledge and opin- share”. The “think/pair/share” model allows us to reflect, to work in ions about Torah and Jewish tenets, and to learn from and with chevrutah, (or small grouping), and then to share back our thoughts one another. This is not always a simple or effortless process. But and findings with the greater classroom community and beyond. Judaism teaches that we are not a people that should be taking the In this way, students learn from one another and even more impor- easy way out – and this may include the “easiness” inherent in hir- tantly they take on the teaching role in their small groups – ensuring ing a tutor so that our children can have a Bar or Bat Mitzvah. We everyone understands the learning. The gains for our students are see it instead, as a journey- sometimes rocky, sometimes long, but exponential: learning and modeling social skills, developing personal almost always full of richness, purpose and meaning. Judaism has values and beliefs, questioning and struggling together, navigating always been a counter culture, the one that swims up stream, the conversation and debate, working through questions of identity, cul- culture that would have us fight the rising tide of the tutoring culture and our family roots; discovering who they are and where they ture to preserve a model of learning that is incredibly gratifying! come from. And most significantly for our community, all of this is And so, I invite you to reflect and consider how you and your viewed through a Jewish lens, this is the benefit of the full Religious children might cultivate these kinds of relationships – with the School experience, and as such reflects the vital need for Jewish edu- text, with their teacher, within in their peer group. Can we do this cation lived in community, not through a tutor. In a collaborative and with a tutor? What do we see the future of Jewish education? How engaging classroom we can teach our children the values we cherish else might we achieve our goals? Join me – as we think/pair/share. and we can support meaningful friendships while they study our most cherished texts together! While a certain “efficiency” is achieved Michael Witman with a tutor; lessons are learned, Hebrew letters are decoded- when Director of Education we have only one learner and one tutor, we rob our children of the

Supermarket Sweeps: TBE’s Hebrew High Supporting St. Al’s Food Pantry drive. 6 TEMPLE BETH-EL OF GREAT NECK Brotherhood News

On behalf of the Brotherhood, I hope that lecture is titled, “JewishGen’s JOWBR Our next Brotherhood everyone had a wonderful High Holidays Project–The Genealogical Value of Jewish meeting will take place on Thursday season, and best wishes to all for a happy Burial Cemetery Records” As always, the evening, November 19 at 7:00pm. and healthy New Year. cost of the bagel breakfast is $12. The lec- Dinner will be provided. All Brotherhood I would especially like to thank Rabbi ture is free for temple members, and $10 members and temple men interested in Meir, Rabbi Tara, and Rabbi Rachel for for non-temple members. Brotherhood are welcome. their passionate plea to the congregation The Brotherhood is extremely excited I would like to add that we are eter- on Kol Nidre and throughout the Holidays to host Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of nally grateful to Bill Peirez, Frank Stark, for greater temple participation in the the Union of Reform Judaism on Sunday, and all the work provided by the temple Brotherhood’s efforts to continuously December 6. This is an exceptionally maintenance staff to support our events. maintain the food pantry at St. Aloysius. fortunate opportunity for our congregation Frank and his staff are the backbone of our On the Thursday after Yom Kippur, and neighboring Reform congregations to temple community, and we owe them a Brotherhood members Stu Lubert, Martin come and hear Rabbi Jacobs discuss the great deal for their help. Einhorn, Matthew Moshen, and Norman value of the URJ and the status of Reform We have an exciting schedule this Fall, Wheeler, with the generous help of the Judaism today. Our clergy and lay lead- and we look forward to seeing you at our temple maintenance staff, brought three ership will host the event and welcome events! truckloads of food for the pantry, and col- leadership from neighboring congrega- lected an amazing sum of money that will tions. Please mark this on your calendars, Steven Hope go toward buying food for the pantry. invite your friends, and RSVP to ein- President, Brotherhood of I am happy to report that that [email protected] or to the Temple Temple Beth-El of Great Neck Brotherhood members Stu Lubert and office. Thanks to Martin Einhorn and Bill Steven Koteen, using funds generously do- Peirez for securing this wonderful event nated by temple congregant Rachel Stone, for the Temple. assisted nearly twenty local Great Neck children and their families to buy equip- ment and uniforms in order to participate in the Great Neck Soccer League. In the near future, Brotherhood, particularly with the assistance of member and Park District Trustee Frank Cilluffo, will work to expand its efforts to help those in need throughout the Great Neck community. Fashion Show On Sunday evening, September 27, the Sunday, November 8 Brotherhood provided desserts for the Sunday, November 8 congregation after erev Sukkot services. The following Tuesday, the Brotherhood Lord & Taylor in Manhasset Lord & Taylor in Manhasset held its annual dinner in the Sukkah, Finding the perfect outfit to wear is always a although the weather failed to cooperate. Finding the perfect outfit to wear is always a challenge. Regardless, we had a lovely dinner, as challenge. It takes time, talent and taste… always full of good cheer and camaraderie. It takes especially time, whentalent it andcomes taste…especially to finding clothes forwhen it As part of Brotherhood’s continuing comes Temple.to finding Join clothesus for a afternoonfor Temple. of fashion, Join us for an Sunday morning “bagel breakfast/lecture” series, temple congregant Professor Ken afternoon ofappropriate fashion, appropriate clothing, and clothing,fun! and fun!

Pearl spoke on the subject, “From Shul to Sea: A Maritime History of the Jewish People.” Thanks to Dr. Pearl for volunteer- SAVE THE DATE ing his time, and to Steve Walk for hosting SAVE THE DATE the event. On November 15, our second Bagel/ Lecture will feature a return visit by Nolan Altman, Vice President of JewishGen, a leading genealogical Web site and re- search center, as well as a past president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Long Island. Mr. Altman will discuss methods to search Jewish genealogies online. The NOVEMBER 2015 • CHESHVAN/KISLEV 5776 7 Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh

Join Us For Our Monthly Gatherings! JUDAICA

Monday, November 9 At 7:45 Pm SHOP Tender At The Bone by Ruth Reichl Book Discussion With Sandy Lubert

All women of Temple Beth-El are invited to join in a discussion of Ruth Reichl’s autobiography, Tender at the Bone, led by Sandy Lubert. We will meet at the home of Ina Kupferberg and enjoy dessert and coffee along with our lively conversation. Reichl is a former New York Times food critic as well as the former editor in chief of Gourmet magazine. She is the author of several mem- oirs, as well as a novel, and an acclaimed food journalist. A winner of six James Beard Awards, Reichl has produced and hosted several televi- Photo by Barbara Herman sion shows and is a judge on Top Chef Masters. Tender at the Bone was her first memoir CHANUKAH IS COMING— which will leave you wanting to read more! PREPARE NOW! “At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that “food could be a way of making sense of the world…If you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were.” Her deliciously “Judaism begins in the home... It crafted memoir,Tender at the Bone, is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined begins in homes where Jewish words in equal measure by a passion for food, unforgettable people, and the love of tales well re-echo, where a Jewish book is told…Spiced with Reichl’s infectious humor and sprinkled with her favorite recipes, Tender honored, where a Jewish song is heard. at the Bone is a witty and compelling chronicle of a culinary sensualist’s coming-of-age.” Judaism begins in the home where the (NY Times) child sees and participates in symbols and rites which link him to a people Monday, December 7 At 7:45 pm and a culture. It begins in homes where “Celebrating The Lights” the Jewish etching or painting and Cooking Demonstration with Jenny Klainberg Jewish ceremonial objects are visible At the Home of Jane Stone and exercise a silent influence upon those who behold them.”` Join us for another always popular and fun evening of learning and cooking with our RABBI MORRIS ADLER very own professional chef, Jenny! We will explore the significance of light in the winter Do You Have In Your Home? holidays and learn delicious new recipes! ▪▪ Mezuzot ▪▪ Albums: Baby, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, For more information or to RSVP, please contact us at [email protected]. On Wedding another note, Sisterhood encourages those of you who have not done so already to send ▪▪ Apple and Honey Plates for Rosh in your Sisterhood donation. These funds support important programs within our TBE Hashanah, Honey Pots, Bibles, community, as well as our programming for women. Thank you and we look forward to Tanakh seeing you! ▪▪ Candles for Shabbat, Havdalah, Holidays, Yahrzeit Ina Kupferberg & Judi Rosenzweig ▪▪ Candleholders ▪▪ Challah Platter, Board, Knife, Cover ▪▪ Dreidles ▪▪ Elijah’s Cup ▪▪ Haggadot for Passover ▪▪ Hanukkiot and Menorot ▪▪ Havdalah Set (Spice Box, Cup, Club Chai News Candleholder, Tray) ▪▪ Israeli Art Objects, Toys, Games, Products On Thursday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m., Club Chai will meet and show a very special ▪▪ Jewish Pictorial Art movie: The Other Son. This film, described by Bloomberg News as “remarkable,” is the ▪▪ Jewish Baby Record Book story of Jewish and Palestinian boys, switched at birth, the error only discovered when the boy raised as Jewish registers for the army. This revelation turns their lives and that of Visit us after Friday evening services their parents, their values and beliefs, upside down. or for an appointment call: As always, Temple Beth-El members and friends are welcome. Coffee will be served. John Hirsch, 365-7445 • Alyse Kosarin, 487-1747 • Helene Sterling, 482-3454 Ann Finkelstein & Thea Zuckerman 8 TEMPLE BETH-EL OF GREAT NECK Temple Beth-El of Great Neck Fundraiser

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NOVEMBER 2015 • CHESHVAN/KISLEV 5776 11 Nava Krieger Jack Permut’s Birthday Donations to Temple Tribute Funds Judy & Aharon Cohen The Marriage of Josh & Arielle Ettinger Gloria & Jerry Landsberg The 50th Wedding Anniversary of Serena & Bob July 31 to September 25, 2015 Cummins SISTERHOOD EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND From In Memory of A HOUSE OF LEARNING • Beit Midrash Ruth Aboulafia David Aboulafia

ADRIENNE & WILLIAM KAFENBAUM EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FUND A HOUSE OF GATHERING • Beit Knesset From In Memory of Fran Swan and Molly Swan Ruth Swan SYNAGOGUE AND GROUNDS FUND Lois & Beni Hayon Vivian Jacobs From In Memory of Carol Green Rabinowitz Estelle & Saul Green Barbara & Howard Herman Alan Rosenbloom Dorrit Title Libbie Title Barbara & Howard Herman Charles Abelson Karen B. Cohen Charles Bassine BARBARA & MAURICE A. DEANE YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP FUND Shari & David Isacowitz Charles Abelson From In Memory of Doris Greenwald Murry Lewin Roslyn Reidman Oscar Reidman Barbara Levi Frank Vivian Jacobs Rebecca Weiss-Horowitz Chaim Horowitz, friend Shari & David Isacowitz Vivian Jacobs Barbara & Maurice A. Deane Bertha Dintenfass Nina & Bill Koppelman Vivian Jacobs Joany, Dorothy, and Netanya Lebach Harry Weilheimer Diana Weller Vivian Jacobs Adrian Cristian Cali Cristian Bobbie Rosenzweig Irving Fabrikant BROTHERHOOD BIBLE BREAKFAST FUND Sharon & CJ Abraham Dorothy Bickler From In Memory of Ellen Joan Ross Ann Lagin Ina, Mark, and Emily Pochtar Robert Pollack Jeffrey S. Sion Sandra Sion Jacalyn & Andrew Aaron Robyn Aaron HATTIE & ALBERT GRAUER LIBRARY FUND Bobbie Rosenzweig Dorothy Fortgang Margolis From In Memory of Dorothy Grunebaum Arthur Grunebaum Helene Axinn Ned Brody Bobbie Rosenzweig Henrietta Applebaum Rebecca Weiss-Horowitz Blanche Weiss Bobbie Rosenzweig Philip Hahn David Weiss-Horowitz Chaim Horowitz Thomas Behrend Gloria Behrend Joan & Robert Parmet Isaac Parmet Bobbie Rosenzweig Ira Deutsch Joan & Robert Parmet Beatrice Levy Jane Cohen Sumner Cohen Kathy & Chester Mayer Sylvia Mayer Myron Ginsberg Nat Ginsberg JANE & H. RICHARD ROBERTS RELIGIOUS SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Ina, Mark, and Emily Pochtar Robert Pollack From In Memory of From In Honor of Deedee Friedman Vivian Jacobs Nina & Bill Koppelman The Birth of Jordan Leo Monaster Jane Cohen The Marriage of Jay Michael Cohen & Emily Woo JEANNETTE L. & LEWIS S. HOLLINS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FUND Cunningham From In Memory of Martin Feuerman Arlene & Melvyn Feuerman Sherry & Warren Goodman Vivian Jacobs Ilse B. Holz The Marriage of Joshua Ettinger & Arielle Peggy A. Hollins Vivian Jacobs Gladowsky Karen Robins Vivian Jacobs Elaine Springer The Marriage of Meredith Aaron & Michael Barbara & Richard Shapiro Vivian Jacobs Gebhardt Shellie & Harvey Barer Vivian Jacobs Marjorie Raab Gloria & Jerry Landsberg Leba Eshaghoff The Kohanim Family CARING FOR EACH OTHER • G’milut Hasadim HERMAN & ROSE MANNEY ZARIN FAMILY YOUTH ACTIVITIES FUND BROTHERHOOD COMMUNITY & INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES FUND From In Memory of From In Memory of Michael & Marjorie Kurcias Helen Baskin Cindy & Rabbi Laurie Gold Bill Gold Steven Koteen Vivian Jacobs SISTERHOOD ROSE WOLF FLORAL FUND Steven Koteen Chuck Abelson From In Memory of Chris & Fred Knauer Oscar Savit Lynn Schwat George Freeman Elizabeth & Harry Wachen Hilda Reich OUTREACH FUND Linda Diamond Vivian Jacobs From In Memory of Elaine Springer Vivian Jacobs Jerry & Roger Tilles Rose Tilles Ina & Mark Kupferberg Vivian Jacobs Jerry & Roger Tilles All 9/11 Victims Barbara & Howard Herman Vivian Jacobs The Marcus-Solomkin Family Ruth Marcus Alyse Kosarin Vivian Jacobs From In Honor of Ruth & Kal Ellis Vivian Jacobs Jerry & Roger Tilles The Birth of Isaac Siegel Natt Dorothy & Ed Greenbaum Bernice Fink Jerry & Roger Tilles The Marriage of Rachel Tolin and Brett Baron Rebecca & Jon Mostel Ruth Silverstein WALTER & CHARLOTTE SCHNEIDER CARING COMMUNITY FUND Dena Surks & Ron Kosinski Vivian Jacobs From In Memory of Linda Diamond Gertrude Diamond Michael Mayer Cyrus Mayer Sandy & Stuart Lubert Florence Shear Michael Mayer Sylvia Mayer The Lubert Family Joan Grunebaum Leslie & Ron Barshop Charles Abelson From In Honor of Leslie & Ron Barshop Vivian Jacobs Ina & Mark Kupferberg The Birth of Jordan Leo Monaster Susan Weiss-Horowitz Blanche Weiss Rebecca & Jon Mostel The Engagement of our son Ben Mostel to Laura Fern Weiss Sam Spivak Melnick Daisy Schott Albert Schott Michael Mayer Sylvia Mayer A HOUSE OF WORSHIP • Beit T’filah Sandra Lerner Lester Lerner PRAYER BOOK FUND The Kafenbaum Family Walter Schneider From In Memory of From In Honor of Stuart Diamond Selma Diamond The Cohen Family The Marriage of Joshua Ettinger & Arielle Estelle & Cecil Jaffe Fred Joseph Gladowsky Cheryl Walder Murray London Elaine Springer The Marriage of Meredith Aaron & Michael Carole Pittelman Ruth Litwin Gebhardt

12 TEMPLE BETH-EL OF GREAT NECK Susan & David Weiss-Horowitz Charles Abelson Dorrit Title Libbie Title Sandy & Stuart Lubert Vivian Jacobs Fran & Carl Harnick Isidor Feldman Mary Alice Dobbin Vivian Jacobs Stuart Schecter Herman Schecter Sandy & Stuart Lubert Frieda Lubert Fishman Rosalie & Raymond Goodman Rose Goodman Eileen Levy Bernard Levy Iris Morris Mitchell Morris Ira J. Weinstein Edward Edelman Stuart Schecter Herman Schecter Elaine Gellis Harry Malmid Rosalie & Raymond Goodman Rose Goodman Nanci Gelb Daniel Group Iris Morris Mitchell Morris Sandie Antar George Feinman Sheldon Danuff Patricia Danuff Stewart Chodosch Joyce Deitcher Beverly Katzenberg Chuck Abelson Dana & Richard Menker Daryl Mark Seeman Linda & Larry Yudess Annette Silver Ruth Seeman and Ira Seeman Daryl Mark Seeman Joan Hessekiel Ralph J. Hessekiel Dana & Richard Menker Stanley David Seeman Dorothy Grunebaum Bernard Marx Ruth Seeman and Ira Seeman Stanley David Seeman Dorothy Grunebaum Joan Grunebaum Stuart Diamond Eva Coopersmith From In Honor of From In Honor of Judi & Elliot Rosenzweig Rabbis Meir & Tara Feldman Judi & Elliot Rosenzweig Sandy & Stuart Lubert Deborah & Arthur Solomon Rabbi Rachel Van Thyn Leslie & Arnold Gussin Dottie Herzlich Claire Rivers Rabbi Tara Feldman Jean & Fritzi Baer Jack Permut’s Special Birthday Sandy Prinz Rabbis Meir & Tara Feldman Marsha Mayer Rudy Mayers’ 90th Birthday CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND From In Memory of TORAH BOOK FUND Elaine Springer Stanley Elias Springer From In Memory of Elaine Springer Charles Abelson 11th Floor Co-Workers of Cecil Jaffe Hyman Jaffe Alan Rosenbloom Alan Rosenbloom Vicki Silver Harry Fireman Helene & Dan Sterling George Kaplan Vicki Silver Barney Silver Susan Weiss-Horowitz Alan Rosenbloom Elaine Springer Bertha Ascher Elaine Springer Enid Ascher REPAIRING OUR WORLD • Tikkun Olam Sheldon & Bonnie Golub Morris & Rose Gustav SISTERHOOD HELEN ZANER SERVICES FOR THE BLIND FUND Elaine Springer Stanley Elias Springer From In Memory of Iris Morris Martin Orens The Klear Family Sally Schanzer Linda & Larry Yudess Annette Silver Leonore Susswein Mildred Rosenson From In Honor of Ruth Koeppel Mildred Rubinstein Jane Cohen Cantor Lisa Hest The Irwin Family Jeffrey Irwin Jill & Lee Corson Nat Corson MITZVAH OF THE MONTH FUND From In Memory of Jan Gellis Harry Gellis Cindy Gold Vivian Jacobs Rabbi Laurie Gold & Nancy Killian Vivian Jacobs Gayle & George Monaster Vivian Jacobs Gayle & George Monaster Vivian Jacobs Cindy Gold & Rabbi Laurie Gold Phoebe Abelow Temple Beth-El of Great Neck From In Honor of Cindy Gold & Rabbi Laurie Gold The Marriage of Joshua Ettinger & Arielle Gladowsky JENNY SPIELMAN SOCIAL ACTION FUND From In Memory of Susan & Jack Tolin The Marriage of Our Daughter, Rachel Tolin to Brett Baron From In Honor of Ann Finkelstein Jack Permut’s Special Birthday Join us as we begin collecting MUSIC AND CULTURAL FUNDS • Tarbut Beit Elohim Box Tops for Education!

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ROBERT S. BOAS MUSIC FUND Clip the pink tops on your favorite brands From In Memory of Ethel S. Pomerantz Vivian Jacobs and deposit them in any of our two boxes: Ethel S. Pomerantz Vivian Jacobs Lilo Leeds Margaret Lipmanson ¢ Outside Main Office Jan Wallace Michael Wallace ¢ In the Religious School Helene Herzig Phyllis Herzig RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND From In Memory of Ruth & Kal Ellis Charles Abelson Fran & Carl Harnick Fannie Feldman Priscilla & Ira Klein Samuel Berger Fran & Carl Harnick Irving Feldman Karen B. Cohen Arthur B. Cohen Tavia Trusch Edith Grossman Roberta & Michael Nassau Benjamin Nassau Eva D. Glass Sara Maidenbaum, Max Maidenbaum, Walter Glass

NOVEMBER 2015 • CHESHVAN/KISLEV 5776 13 We congratulate the following B’nei Mitzvah and their families Flower Delivery Volunteers @@Dara Adler and her parents Jodi & Eyal Adler Needed @@Zoe Gilad and her parents Amanda & Eyal Gilad @@Lea Glueck and her parents Sondra & Brian Glueck @@Julia Kronfeld and her mother Jill Kronfeld A few hours of your time, three @@Joshua Oken and his parents Cheryl and Bradley Oken or four Saturdays a year, will give @@Gracie Tropp-Levy and her parents Julie Levy & you membership in the Floral Matthew Tropp Delivery Mitzvah Corps—a dedicated group of women who We extend congratulations to: brighten the day of convalescent @@Andrew & Jacalyn Aaron on the marriage of their daughter or bereaved congregants by Meredith Aaron and Michael Gebhardt delivering pulpit flowers to them. @@Jane Cohen on the marriage of her grandson Jay Michael You will be surprised at how Cohen and Emily Woo Cunningham good it makes YOU feel! For information, please call Harriet @@Ilse Feldheim on the marriage of her grandson Joshua Ettinger Feldmann at 718-225-2133. This project is sponsored by and Arielle Gladowsky Sisterhood. Thank you. @@Rebecca & Jon Mostel on the engagement of their son Ben Mostel to Laura Melnick @@Esther Raviv on the marriage of her grandson Jonathan Raviv and Carey Pollis @@Susan & Jack Tolin on the marriage of their daughter Rachel Go Online to Stay Up-to-Date Tolin and Brett Baron

We extend our sincere condolence to: The temple Bulletin is only one of many ways to keep informed of @@Jodi & Eyal Adler on the passing of her mother Gloria Behrend what’s happening at Temple Beth-El. @@Jeanette Brooks on the passing of her daughter-in-law Francine Twice each week, we send an e-mail message with a calendar Brooks of events for the coming days. If you haven’t already given your @@Sharon & Stuart Gale on the passing of her father Irving e-mail address to the temple office, that’s a good reason to do so. Nadler Our website, www.tbegreatneck.org, is full of detailed informa- @@Marc Schilder on the passing of his father-in-law William tion about all aspects of TBE. Because of early Bulletin deadlines Farber and because plans change, we can’t promise that the Bulletin will @@Jeffrey Sommer and Wendy Lin on the passing of his father Nat always contain the latest information. However, the website calen- Sommer dar is always up-to-date. Our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/TBEGreatNeck, IN MEMORIAM contains reminders, news flashes, photos and information that sometimes can’t be found anywhere else. You don’t have to be The Sympathy of the Congregation is extended to the fami- a Facebook user to view our Facebook page; just view it as you lies and friends of our members who have passed away: would do with any other website. If you are a Facebook user, we @@Tena Lack @@Roslyn Reidman suggest that you “like” our page. By doing that, you’ll be sure to receive our posts whenever you log onto Facebook.

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Meir Feldman and Tara Feldman ��Senior Rabbis Rachel Van Thyn �� Associate Rabbi Jerome K. Davidson ��Rabbi Emeritus Lisa R. Hest ��Cantor Ronald Epstein �� President Stuart Botwinick �� Executive Director Michael Witman �� Director of Education Vicki Perler ��Director of Early Childhood Education Steven Hope ��President, Brotherhood Ina Kupferberg & Judi Rosenzweig ��Program Coordinators, Sisterhood Lissy Dennett & Ann Finkelstein ��Co-Presidents, Club Chai Jordana Levine �� Chair, Familyhood Jared Ahmed ��President, Jr. Temple Club Jacob P. Rudin z”l ��Rabbi Emeritus Ed Greenbaum ��Bulletin Editor Howard Herman ��Webmaster

Events at a Glance: November 2015 Monday, November 9 7:45 pm Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Gathering at the Home of Ina and Mark Kupferberg Thursday, November 12 7:30 pm Club Chai Meeting Open to all Club Chai Members Sunday, November 15 9:00 am Breakfast and Adult Ed Lecture Sponsored by Brotherhood Thursday, November 19 7:00 pm Brotherhood Dinner Meeting Open to all TBE Men Friday, November 20 6:00 pm Shabbat @ Home at Congregants’ homes Sunday, November 22 11:00 am Mitzvah of the Month Thanksgiving Program Upcoming Worship Services: December 2015 Friday, December 4 7:00 pm Erev Shabbat Service: Family Shabbat & FACEtime Shabbat K-3 Saturday, December 5 10:30 am Congregational Shabbat Service: Steven Mangogna becomes a Bar Mitzvah 5:30 pm Sarah Petruccelli & Rachael Petruccelli become B’not Mitzvah Friday, December 11 5:30 pm Chanukah Dinner 7:00 pm Erev Shabbat and Chanukah Service and Chanukah Play Saturday, December 12 10:30 am Congregational Shabbat Service: Zoe Khorshad becomes Bat Mitzvah Friday, December 18 7:00 pm Erev Shabbat Service Saturday, December 19 10:30 am Congregational Shabbat Service: Emily Schecter becomes Bat Mitzvah Friday, December 26 7:00 pm Erev Shabbat Service Saturday, December 27 10:30 am Congregational Shabbat Service

Torah Study takes place every Saturday at 9:15 a.m. in the West Multi-Purpose Room. A brief morning service, including recitation of Kaddish, takes place every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:00 a.m. in the Rudin Chapel.