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No. 2 December 2017/January 2018 Rabbi’s Message Last year at this time, in my Bulletin article, I cited the note resolve, we simply exile the exasperated question asked by an acquaintance, “Can musician playing it. anyone cite something good that happened in 2016?” No few people are asking the same thing about this past For the good of our communities year. On the world stage, 2017 has been a year that has and for the good of our nation, we seen 2016’s problems deepen and new ones arise. need to expand our tolerance and seek to understand those who BNAIJESHURUN We enter the season of “peace on earth and good do not agree with us. Only then WWW.TEMPLEBNAIJESHURUN.COM. will toward humankind” as it is often described by our can we have the necessary con- AT Christian friends with both seeming distant and even versations about how to address many of our commu- laughable concepts to expect. This year, the themes of nity, state, or national challenges, much less to achieve Chanukah seem more appropriate than usual: a holiday functional and effective solutions. WEBSITE of light amid the darkness, hope amid despair, courage at a time of fear, and standing up for one’s beliefs at a time May our doors be wide enough to admit those who OUR of persecution. 60,000 nationalists marched in Poland do not think as we think. ON recently, no few proclaiming anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim May our ears be open enough to listen to words sentiments and calling for pure blood. that we may not wish to hear. May our eyes see not only difference, Closer to home, too many people spend their days in but commonality. — WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/TEMPLE

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Join us on December 24th! We’ve made reservations at Hibachi Grill BULLETIN & Supreme Buffet (1801 22nd Street In THE West Des Moines) for December 24 at 5:30 p.m. Please RSVP to the Temple Office ([email protected] or 515.274.4679 or Wendy Beckerman ([email protected]) if you plan on coming so we know how many to expect. Hope to see you there! WORSHIP SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22 FRIDAY, JANUARY 19 5:30 p.m. Wine and Cheese Social 5:30 p.m. Wine and Cheese Social 5:30 p.m. Wine and Cheese Social 6:00 p.m. Family and Classic Shabbat 6:00 p.m. Erev Shabbat Service 6:00 p.m. Family and Classic Shabbat - Beit Sefer Shalom at Service 7:00 p.m. Sisterhood/Brotherhood 7:00 p.m. Shabbat Dinner and Potluck SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23 Game Night 9:00 a.m. Weekly Text Study SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service SATURDAY, JANUARY 20 9:00 a.m. Weekly Text Study 10:35 a.m. Rabbi’s Torah Study 9:00 a.m. Weekly Text Study 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service 10:35 a.m. Rabbi’s Torah Study SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24 10:35 a.m. Rabbi’s Torah Study 5:30 p.m. Dinner at Hibachi SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 Grill & Supreme Buffet SUNDAY, JANUARY 21 2:00 p.m. Youth Group Board Meeting 4:00 p.m. Rabbi’s Symposia at 4:00 p.m. Hanukkah Happening FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29 515 Brewery Taproom 5:30 p.m. Wine and Cheese Social FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 6:00 p.m. Erev Shabbat Service FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 5:30 p.m. Wine and Cheese Social 5:30 p.m. Wine and Cheese Social 6:00 p.m. Erev Shabbat Service SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30 6:00 p.m. Erev Shabbat Service 9:00 a.m. Weekly Text Study SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 9:00 a.m. Weekly Text Study 10:35 a.m. Rabbi’s Torah Study 9:00 a.m. Weekly Text Study 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service 10:35 a.m. Rabbi’s Torah Study FRIDAY, JANUARY 5 10:35 a.m. Rabbi’s Torah Study 6:00 p.m. Talent Show 5:30 p.m. Wine and Cheese Social 6:00 p.m. Family and Classic Shabbat FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15 7:00 p.m. Shabbat Dinner and Potluck 5:30 p.m. Wine and Cheese Social 5:30 p.m. Wine and Cheese Social 6:00 p.m. Family and Classic Shabbat 6:00 p.m. Hanukkah Music SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 7:00 p.m. Shabbat Dinner and Potluck Shabbat Service 9:00 a.m. Weekly Text Study 7:00 p.m. Sisterhood / Brotherhood 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Game Night 10:35 a.m. Rabbi’s Torah Study 9:00 a.m. Weekly Text Study 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16 FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 10:35 a.m. Rabbi’s Torah Study 9:00 a.m. Weekly Text Study 5:30 p.m. Wine and Cheese Social 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service 6:00 p.m. Erev Shabbat Service 10:35 a.m. Rabbi’s Torah Study SATURDAY, JANUARY 13 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17 9:00 a.m. Weekly Text Study 4:00 p.m. Youth Group to sponsor 10:00 a.m. Shabbat Service meal at Homeless 10:35 a.m. Rabbi’s Torah Study Youth Center It’s beginning to look a lot like Hanukkah!

2 President’s Comments Volunteering for Shabbat Myself, Vice President Gabrielle Callistein and our strategic planning consultants will be facilitating the Over the past several months, sessions. Your input will provide the insights needed to I’ve had the privilege of effectively create our strategic planning initiatives. meeting and visiting with many of you at our wine and The following three sessions will take place in the cheese receptions before Social Hall. Babysitting is available for the Sunday, Shabbat services and am December 10 Forum only. thrilled in getting to know you • Monday, December 4, at 7 PM on a first name basis. You may • Wednesday, December 6, at 10 AM have started to notice our Temple Board members • Sunday, December 10, at 5 PM volunteering as Shabbat greeters and announcers. This is just the first step in being more welcoming to all who Please RSVP to one of the sessions by contacting visit Temple. Erin Plank. If you require babysitting for the Sunday, December 10 Forum, please inform Erin. Erin can be Other ideas will start to take surface as well. When you reached at [email protected] or by enter the Social Hall, our greeters will be standing to calling 515-274-4679. greet you and ask you to fill out a name tag. For those visiting for the first time, a guest card will be filled out If you are unable to attend, you may forward your so we can gather basic information about who is visit- comments to myself ([email protected]) or to ing Temple. A table will also be placed where one can Gabrielle Callistein ([email protected]). find details about membership, basic information and complimentary copies of our Bulletin. I encourage you to participate and look forward to seeing you! I’m excited to extend an invitation to all of our congregants to volunteer as Shabbat greeters. A new B’Shalom, link on our website has been added for our congre- Alan Adato gants to sign-up. The link will direct you to SignUp.com, a website used by Temple to coordinate volunteer opportunities. This is just the first of many volunteer opportunities you will be seeing on our website. If you don’t have access to our website or are having difficulties in using the electronic sign up, please don’t hesitate to contact Erin Plank in the Temple office for assistance.

RSVP To Attend One of Our Vision Forum’s in December Over the past several months, the Temple Board and I have been working on the beginning stages of our Iowa Trip to strategic planning initiatives which gives us the The Temple community has been invited to join opportunity to evaluate how our Temple performs at Temple Judah of Cedar Rapids for an Iowa trip all levels. It is now a perfect time to receive your input to Israel. Rabbi Todd Thalblum of Temple Judah about Temple: what is working, what is not working and and Rabbi Kaufman plan to go on the trip which what are your dreams for the future. will take place June 9-18, 2018. The trip is designed to be an introductory trip to Israel, visiting the major I invite you to take part in one of three Temple sites. Please feel free to reach out to Rabbi Kaufman Vision Forum sessions taking place in the month of at [email protected] for more information. December. Each session is one hour in length.

3 Executive Director’s Message I recently asked Rabbi Kaufman to provide me and contact me directly. I’m excited our staff with an overview of a specific topic related to to introduce other ways to give Judaism during each of our staff meetings. Although to our Temple. You will now most of our professional staff is not Jewish, we all have notice on our website the a working knowledge of Judaism, however I wanted to option to make a donation to provide our staff with a well-rounded understanding of the Temple via Paypal. People Judaism. Our very first session was a discussion about from all over the country who the Jewish calendar and holidays. As I look back at have visited our website have the High Holidays, I realized just how many New Year supported Temple using this celebrations we mark in our lives like the start of the method. Jewish Year, a new school year, a new fiscal year, and a new calendar year. All of our staff looks forward to We have also created a Temple Wish List on Amazon. learning more about other aspects of Judaism through- com. The Wish List shows everyday items that are out the year. Thank you Rabbi Kaufman for providing needed at Temple. Items include high chairs for the these invaluable sessions. Social Hall, ice scoops for the kitchen and a portable vacuum for our cleaning staff. Similar to a gift registry, We are quickly approaching the end of a calendar year simply go to Amazon.com and access our Wish List and this is a time often marked by giving back to the using the following steps… community. Giving can take many forms and it has • Go to www.amazon.com been great to see the many ways our community has • In the upper right hand side of the webpage there given over this past year. From helping build a home is a link that reads “Accounts and Lists.” for a family to preparing meals for our local homeless • Hover your cursor over that link and click “Find a shelters, these are just a few examples of volunteer- List or Registry.” ing your time in our community. We’ve had to contact • Click that link and you will be able to search for the DMARCC Food Pantry at least once a month to Temple B’nai Jeshurun and view the items. collect all the food and hygiene items you have graciously donated. I hope the trend continues on a regular basis. I would ask that you let the office know if you purchase an item from the Wish List so we can remove it from Your Annual Dues Pledge is the primary giving we Amazon and send you an acknowledgement of your need from you to help our community grow. Without gift. Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any ques- the funds collected from your Dues Pledge we would tions about the Temple Wish List. not have been able to repair the water damage in the sanctuary earlier this year, purchase new High As we mark the end of the calendar year I want to thank Holiday prayer books, or pay our regular bills like water you all for your generosity in 2017 and give you best and electric. Thank you for your continued support in wishes for a happy and healthy 2018. I can’t wait to see sustaining the Temple. If you ever have any questions how our community will grow in the coming year! about your Annual Dues Pledge please don’t hesitate to Shalom, David Muenchrath

A representative from GUCI will be at Hanukkah Happening on December 3! (from 4-6pm) This will be a great time for parents to ask any questions they might have about GUCI.

4 DONATIONS NEEDED! Please help our Temple Social Action and Temple Youth Groups help Iowa Homeless Youth Centers (IHYC) by donating any of the following items. Please drop off donations to the Temple Office no later than December 20.

Needed Items: • Non-perishable food • New underwear (men & women’s) • Water bottles • New t-shirts • Sunscreen • New sweatshirts and sweatpants (including XL & XXL) • Chapstick • New sweatpants (including XL and XXL sizes • Men & women’s razors and shaving cream • Deodorant • Full size shampoo and conditioner IHYC CANNOT accept the following items: • Brushes and wide-tooth combs • Old electronics • Full size body wash • Cribs an Baby/Child clothing • Feminine hygiene items • Collectibles and knick knacks • New or gently used twin sheets, blankets and towels • Medicines • New or gently used plates/cups/silverware/ • Work out equipment cookware • Toys • Backpacks • Office Furniture • Diapers

5 A representative from GUCI will be there! This will be a great time for parents to Temple B’nai Jeshurun ask any questions they might have! presents Hanukkah Happening Sunday, December 3 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Latkes, Hot Dogs, Apple Sauce, Salad Cookie Decorating Games and Prizes run by our own Temple Youth Group Gift Shop Music and Entertainment

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6 TBJ Spring 2018 Adult Education and Introduction to Judaism Schedule, 7 pm at TBJ Stuart Oxer & Wendi Harris Jan 4: Jews among the Nations December 11 Jan 11: Evolution of the Concept of Salvation Herbert & Katherine Eckhouse Jan 18: Messiahs and the Messianic Age December 17 Jan 25: Jews of Spain Feb 1: William Jacobs & Gail Klearman December 23 Feb 15: Origins of Antisemitism Feb 22: Purim and the Book of Esther Jerry & Gloria Leventhal Mar 1: Modern Antisemitism December 25 Mar 8: Philosemitism and Changing Political Dynamics Alan & Anne Scherer Mar 29: Jewish Calendar December 25 Apr 5: The Holocaust Adam & Rachel Andrews Apr 12: Israel’s Wars December 28 Apr 26: Peace Process? Robert & Elaine Elsner May 3: in the Jewish Tradition December 28 May 10: The Afterlife Linda Lewis & Milton Haas Rabbi’s Symposia December 28 4 pm at 515 Brewery Taproom Brian & Evelyn Feingold Jan 21 December 29 Feb 18 Mar 11 Sharon & Dennis Goldford Apr 15 December 31 Barbara & Thomas Carlstrom January 2 Jack Stamp & Nancy Stone January 18 Steven & Gabrielle Callistein January 22

7 Social Action Volunteers Were Busy This Fall

Habitat for Humanity Multi-Faith Home Building Project: Temple Social Action volunteers partnered with Christ Community Church for our Habitat for Humanity home build day on October 15, part of a bigger multi-faith community build of a Habitat for Humanity home that included members from the Des Moines Intentional Eucharistic Community, First Unitarian Church, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Oasis Ministries, Downtown Disciples, and Urbandale United Church of Christ.

Iowa Homeless Youth Center Dinner Meals Our volunteers prepared and served the dinner meal on November 5 and November 19 at the Iowa Home- less Youth Center (IHYC) in Des Moines. IHYC works to eliminate homelessness among children, youth, and young families in Central Iowa. IHYC believes, with sup- port and assistance, homeless youth can attain self-suf- ficiency and break the cycle of poverty. Through case management and advocacy, their dedicated staff works with youth (ages 16-22) and young families (ages 16- 25) to become self-sufficient and to plan for a healthy and successful future. The youth served are non- system involved, meaning that they are not placed or directly supported by a governmental payment agency. IHYC is often a last resort for older runaway and home- less youth who have exhausted community resources, family, and friends, and who have no safe, stable, or permanent place to live.

TOYS FOR TOTS The Temple B’nai Jeshurun and Christ Community Church social action teams are partnering up and collecting toys for our local Toys for Tots program. Toys can be brought to the Temple and dropped off in our collection box. Toys for tots are looking to collect toys for children 0-3 (non-gender specific toys), 4-8 (gender specific) and 9-14 (gender specific). All toys need to be brought to the Temple by December 15th. Please contact the office with any inquires.

8 A WORD FROM SISTERHOOD WINTER IS COMING! This line strikes fear into the characters of the “Game of Thrones.” But, as plants and animals are drawn closer to the earth to prepare to rest from the busy activity of the growing season, we prepare for a season of miracles and fellowship.

We begin with Hanukkah and our miracle of the Temple lights. Beyond reason, as the oil continued to burn in the Temple, we come together in fellowship to warm the cold and dark. Nature’s rest continues, and we can snuggle and share, renewing our spiritual PEANUT BUT TER GELT COOKIES strength in learning and remembering; enjoying the opportunity to meditate This easy recipe incorporates and maintains the shape of the gelt on on Adonai’s goodness while the outside top of the cookie. Not only is the cookie delicious with the chocolate, sleeps. it also highlights the gelt. Take this opportunity to come to Ingredients: Sisterhood meetings and activities, 1 cup peanut butter (crunchy or smooth; to renew our solidarity and assume our do not use old-fashioned or freshly ground) responsibility for the life and the future 1 cup sugar of our Jewish community. 1 large egg Approximately 35 chocolate Hanukkah gelt

Directions: Our deepest 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease two baking sheets. 2. Beat the peanut butter, sugar, and egg together. sympathies ... 3. Shape the dough in rounds with flat tops the size of the gelt. 4. Bake for about 12 minutes. 5. Remove the cookies from the oven, cool slightly on the pan, Ariel Parkinson then gently press one piece of gelt into the center of (Mother of Kathy Eckhouse) 10/2/17 each cookie. 6. Cool the cookies on the baking sheets for 10 minutes before Ellen “Nadine” Gaston transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. (Mother of Julie Dubansky) 10/6/17

Joyce Galinsky They’re Yumakkah for Hanukkah! (Mother of Gary Galinsky) 10/14/17

9 We Acknowledge These Contributions with Appreciation

TEMPLE GENERAL FUND SOCIAL ACTION CANTORIAL & MUSIC FUND *** Phillip & Sharon Estaver IN MEMORY OF HARRY ELMETS IN HONOR OF IRA LACHER *** Emily & Terry Kruse *** Craig & Laurie Elmets & SAM MILLER FOR MAKING OUR *** Daniel Rothman GRANDDAUGHTER SADIE GALLICK’S *** Bruce & Barbara Sherman ABE & HARRIET FRIEDMAN BAT MITZVAH SO SPECIAL *** Steven & Rachel Wilke-Shapiro PRAYERBOOK FUND *** Yori & Jeffrey Idson IN HONOR OF WENDY BECKERMAN *** Beverly & Robert Noun FOR HER DEVOTION TO OUR SAM & MOLLIE HOCKENBERG GRANDDAUGHTER SADIE GALLICK IN RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND PROGRAM FUND PREPARING HER FOR HER *** Adam & Rachel Andrews IN MEMORY OF JOYCE GALINSKY BAT MITZVAH *** Beverley Chapman *** Dorothy & Harlan “Bud” Hockenberg *** Yori & Jeffrey Idson *** Margarete Jacoby IN HONOR OF LARRY & DEB COTLAR *** Michael Jacoby THE PRESS FAMILY FUND *** Sally Luftman *** Phyllis Weinberg IN MEMORY OF JOYCE GALINSKY IN HONOR OF NORA’S WITH APPRECIATION *** Tom Press & Donna Paulsen CONSECRATION *** The Rosenfeld Family *** David & Dana Dickson IN HONOR OF RABBI KAUFMAN FOR OXER & HARRIS IN HONOR OF JODY KOLMEN’S MAKING OUR GRANDDAUGHTER SPECIAL EVENT FUND BIRTHDAY SADIE GALLICK’S BAT MITZVAH IN MEMORY OF *** Sharon & Dennis Goldford SO SPECIAL DOROTHEA HENDRICKS IN HONOR OF SOFIA MANN’S *** Yori & Jeffrey Idson *** Stuart Oxer & Wendi Harris BAT MITZVAH IN MEMORY OF LEE BAYER-SHAPIRO *** Sharon & Dennis Goldford *** Howard Shapiro LOIS & RALPH COPPLE CAMP FUND IN HONOR OF GAIL RICHARDS’ IN MEMORY OF JOYCE GALINSKY IN HONOR OF MARYANNE & HERB WOMAN OF HONOR AWARD *** Larry Kirsner & Joan Burke REMER’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY *** Wendy Beckerman IN MEMORY OF CLAUDE GRUEN *** Teena & Gary Greenberg IN MEMORY OF DOROTHY BLOXAM *** Richard & Rob Gruen *** Sharon & Dennis Goldford IN MEMORY OF YALE KRAMER FRANKEL FLOWER FUND IN MEMORY OF IDA BUCKSBAUM *** Mary Kramer IN HONOR OF JODY KOLMEN’S *** Dorothy Bucksbaum BIRTHDAY IN MEMORY OF JOYCE GALINSKY YOUTH GROUP *** Lindsey & Joshua Pletcher *** Wendy Beckerman DISCRETIONARY FUND *** Amy & Brad Brody IN HONOR OF HALLE ANDREWS HUNGER HIKE DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF JOAN GRUND BAT MITZVAH *** Gail & Scott Stricker *** Bill Grund *** Wendy Beckerman IN MEMORY OF IDA KIV IN HONOR OF SADIE GALLICK’S SHABBAT DINNER SPONSORS *** Alan & Anna Kuperman BAT MITZVAH *** Jaime & Aaron Gallick IN MEMORY OF JEROME LERNER *** Wendy Beckerman *** Wendy Beckerman IN HONOR OF JODY KOLMEN’S IN MEMORY OF DONALD MASTERS BIRTHDAY *** Beverly Bobb *** Temple Youth Group IN MEMORY OF ARIEL PARKINSON IN HONOR OF NICHOLAS ZEFF’S *** Wendy Beckerman ‘BAR MITZVAH *** Wendy Beckerman CARING COMMUNITY IN MEMORY OF NADINE GASTON IN APPRECIATION AND FRIENDSHIP *** Wendy Beckerman FOR WENDY AND ALAN ADTO, IN MEMORY OF GABRIELLE AND (YOGA) STEVE MEL & ESTHER GIVANT CALLISTEIN AND JUDY AND *** Wendy Beckerman STUART SHKOLNICK *** Ellen Sher

10 Steven Wilke-Shapiro Dec1 Sondra Feldstein Jan 1 Wendy Adato Dec 2 Peggy Dubansky Jan 3 Edward Loeb Dec 2 Wendi Harris Jan 3 Karen Rubin Dec 2 Hal Wittenstein Jan 3 Michael Davis Dec 3 Linda Lazar Jan 5 Rodney Shkolnick Dec 3 Josette Mescher Jan 6 Kathryn Holden Dec 4 Louis Barmish Jan 9 Anne Scherer Dec 4 Wendy Beckerman Jan 9 Rose Toubes Dec 4 Lois Fingerman Jan 10 Rachele Hjelmaas Dec 5 Jerry Leventhal Jan 13 William Friedman Jr. Dec 6 Justin Mandelbaum Dec 17 Michael Kalhorn Jan 14 Sidney Hoffman Dec 6 Lester Kavan Dec 20 Tara Starr Jan 18 Alexis Manassa Dec 6 Mary Kay Kirsner Dec 20 Karen Muelhaupt Jan 19 Joshua Masters Dec 6 Sally Luftman Dec 21 Tricia Yavitz Jan 21 Suzanne Pomerantz Dec 6 Laurie Breniman Dec 23 Adelaide Krum Jan 22 Lorrie Jagiello Dec 7 Robert Pomerantz Dec 25 Stacie Kagan Jan 23 Robin Kuhlman Dec 7 Jessie Untrauer Dec 25 Maryanne Remer Jan 23 Thomas Carlstrom Dec 9 Barbara Bobb Dec 27 Sigurd Anderson Jan 26 Loretta Fingert Dec10 Abram Goldstien Dec 28 Ira Lacher Jan 27 Mark Davis Dec 11 Lorel Jeffries Dec 28 Aaron Waltman Jan 27 Ken Baxter Dec 12 Katherine Meeker Robert Dubansky Jan 30 Jaime Gallick Dec 14 Mandelbaum Dec 28 Sami Whittie Jan 30 Herbert Remer Dec 15 Kaiti Muelhaupt Dec 30 Renee Newman Jan 31 Michael Wolnerman Jan 31

Consecration Celebration 2017

11 Yahrzeit Observances

The following names will be The following names will be James B. Oppenheimer read on Friday, December 1, read on Friday, December 15, Theresa Taylor and Saturday, December 2: and Saturday, December 16: Yetta Toubes Ross Daniels Henry Corn Margit Wilson Pearl A. Jacobs Chaim Ziffren Esther Frank Shirley Yentis Edward I. Frankel Jason Boyd Smith Fritz Herzog Anne Glauberg William Toran Bernard Kohn Lillie Harris Besse Gottstein Stanton Coleman Martin “Marty” Robinson Estelle W. Mandelbaum A. Arthur Davis Jan Sudak Max Rosenberg Edward Masters Sydney Tabach Arlene Scheir Marjorie Zerin Leonard Goldenson Sidney Smuleson Steven Frederick Ines Klein Ronnie Wolf Mabel Pomerantz Max B. Loeb Sam Abramson Alex Pomerantz The following names will be Esther Josephson Surella Corran read on Friday, December 29, Isidor Karp John Joseph and Saturday, December 30: Serna Lerner Shire Kipnis Jeffrey Morey Krum Isadore S. Lipsey Susan M. Wayne The following names will be Bernard Pearlman Janet Gellman Bailin read on Friday, December 8, Sylvia Bergman Meyer Brody and Saturday, December 9: Nancy Caplan Stanley Hiersteiner Stella Hiller Lucille Druker Ann Kneeter Elaine Davidson Viola Leventhal Benjamin Shedle Sutton Loy Reese George Morgenstern Steven N. Blank Marjorie Sheuerman Kahn Lucille Robinson Minnie G. Gordon Lillian Margolin Etya Rosenblum Heymen B. Kahn Elizar Pinchas Musin Arianne Shrago H. Ladin Clair Patterson Sidney Myer Zeff Shifra Robin Henry Schein Joan Ginsberg Elaine Robinson Harriet G. Zagel Bess Haase Myron Rosenberg Sophia Moohr Adler Sara Werblosky Philip Rubin Harry Cohen Lillian Smith Morris O. Kahn The following names will be Stefany Weinberger Manassa A. Sheuerman read on Friday, December 22, Paula Weiss Louis Wolf and Saturday, December 23: Ruth Brenner Claire B. Frank Bernard Cowen Mandel Feingold Deena Davidson Friedman Alta Epstein Janet Grossman Max M. Friedman John Lewis Jacobs Aubrey Perrin Lester G. Gitchell Patricia Stuart Rose Goldenson Stein Mary Kay Schuler Jodi Lynn Wittenstein Rose Wieder Jonathan D. Cohen Elaine Brooks Marian Bradlin-Stern Dr. Solomon Greenhill Paul From Virginia Pratt Jerry Karbeling Robert Gitchell Kenneth Robert Butler Bill Z. Luftman Betty Jacobson Jeanne Trinder Harry Hoffman Dorothy J. Kikoler Joseph “Chick” Barricks Allen Katz Elmer Cohen Ben Biber Fred Lorber George Jagiello Merrill Grossman Julius Samish Rebecca Robinson Paula Katzmann

12 The following names will be Sol Kroloff Sidney L. Tobis read on Friday, January 5, Sidney Levin Evelyn Balto and Saturday, January 6: Mildred Sanders Marlene Braverman Garfin Sharon Beecher Harry Bobb Eva B. Sanders Bernice Corn Edward R. Davis Louise Stern Phyllis Jagiello Ida Castle Morris Handleman The following names will be Bill Clifford Harry H. Press read on Friday, January 19, Bobbi Sue Ginsberg Lena Rovner and Saturday, January 20: Estelle Newman Gertrude Davidson Sophie Eckstat Betty Irene Brody Mildred Ladin William Friedman, Sr. Morse Hershfield Ester Purisman Ruth Minkoff Levin Cecil Masters Delores (Doie) Robinson Shirley Nides Ralph Robin Pearl Gorbaty Esther Rodin Richards David Rom Joan Grund Bertha Block Boldes Sidney Rubin Jack Kline Clara Lorber Samuel Smuleson Syril Newmeyer Thomas Francis Parkinson Morris Strom Samuel Louis Cohen Shirley Rosen Zane Zieman Seymour Ehrens John Bruggemann Isaac Boruchowsky A. Jay Gantz Mary Karp Alice Daniels Robert Harvey Rose Remer Rose Hoffman Robert Robinson David W. Belin Robert Jay Lorber Rose Gutfreund Molly Gerwin Celia G. Morris Dorothy Levine Haas Louis D. Ginsburg Leonard Sandahl Rachel McMahon Gustav Gutfreund Evelyn Waltman Sondra Sarlat Morey Sostrin Anna Bobb Lytton M. Younker The following names will be Bennett Gordon Verna Coleman read on Friday, February 2, Betty Shalett Besse Hiersteiner and Saturday, February 3: Solomon Kroll Ida Feintech The following names will be Rose Caroline Block Ethel Daniels read on Friday, January 12, Maurice Bucksbaum Evelyn Kilberg and Saturday, January 13: Edith B. Gottlieb Rose B. Marks Joseph Buchsbaum Betty Kohn Rosa Ostaszynski deRudich Mary Ginsberg Wittenstein Theresa Moskowitz Elizabeth Stock Stern Jack Brown Rose G. Swarzman Nathan Frankel Harvey P. Silvert Julia Borowick L. Jay Stein William Braver Leopold Sheuerman Strauss Shirley Gutlian Sylvia Stein Dan Masters Albert Ichelson Arthur Stein, Jr. Isadore Tobis Max W. Jacobs Stanley Krum William Kuharsky The following names will be Allen Madorsky Eugene Porter read on Friday, January 26, Meretta Rapoport Jennie Wolnerman and Saturday, January 27: Celia W. Brody Mildred G. Davidson Maurice Castle Charlotte Elmets Floyd M. Nadel Dan Davis Joan Hemphill Lee Seidenfeld Maurice Osherow Linton Hinds H. Louis Davidson Yetta Robinson David C Barricks Robert (Bob) Hightshoe Molly Tepper Rita Loeb Bertha Vazquez Mark Harris Patricia Mae Perry Eudice Canar Emma Lederer Faye Cohen Hilda Musin

13 December 2017 Bulletin Articles Due URJ Biennial i… Rabbi Gone ff Bu Supreme & Grill 5:30 PM Dinner @ Hibachi Center Meal at Homeless Youth 4:00 PM YG to sponsor rum 5:00 PM Temple Vision Fo 2:00 PM Sisterhood Event ing 4:00 PM Hanukkah Happen Happening Hanukkah 2:30 PM YG to set up for Meeting 2:00 PM Youth Group Board Sunday et 31 24 17 10 26 ‐ 3 ‐ Temple O ffi Temple O ffi rum erhood Book Club 7:00 PM Sisterhood / Broth ‐ fast Club 9:30 AM Sisterhood Break ‐ 7:00 PM Temple Vision Fo Monday ce Closed ce Closed 25 18 11 27 ‐ 1 4 ing 6:30 PM Sisterhood Meet ‐ 5:30 PM Worship Commitee Meeting 10:00 AM Temple Sta ff Meeting 10:00 AM Temple Sta ff Meeting 10:00 AM Temple Sta ff Meeting 10:00 AM Temple Sta ff Trustees Meeting 6:30 PM Temple Board of ing 6:30 PM Sisterhood Meet ‐ 5:30 PM Worship Commitee Meeting 10:00 AM Temple Sta ff Meeting 10:00 AM Temple Sta ff Tuesday 19 12 28 26 5 2 URJ Biennial in Boston - Rabbi Gone ly Lunch @ Shanghai 11:30 AM Men of TBJ Week ly Lunch @ Hibachi Grill 11:30 AM Men of TBJ Week ly Lunch @ Wasabi Chi 11:30 AM Men of TBJ Week ly Lunch @ Tumea & Sons 11:30 AM Men of TBJ Week ly Lunch @ Outback 11:30 AM Men of TBJ Week Forum 10:00 AM Temple Vision ly Lunch @ A Dong 11:30 AM Men of TBJ Week Wednesday 27 20 13 29 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 3 6 the Nations cation Class : Jews among 7:00 PM Rabbi's Adult Edu ‐ Study 6:00 PM Thursday Text Study 6:00 PM Thursday Text 12:00 PM WeDo Study 6:00 PM Thursday Text Study 6:00 PM Thursday Text Study 6:00 PM Thursday Text Comes Chanukah? Mei Chanukah? From Where 7:00 PM Adult Education: Study 6:00 PM Thursday Text 12:00 PM WeDo Thursday 28 21 14 30 4 7 Potluck 7:00 PM Shabbat Meal and Shabbat 6:00 PM Family & Classic cial 5:30 PM Wine & Cheese So vice 6:00 PM Erev Shabbat Ser ‐ cial 5:30 PM Wine & Cheese So 12:00 PM ROMEO Lunch 6:00 PM Erev Shabbat cial 5:30 PM Wine & Cheese So 12:00 PM ROMEO Lunch erhood Game Night 7:00 PM Sisterhood / Broth ‐ Shabbat 6:00 PM Hanukkah Music cial 5:30 PM Wine & Cheese So 12:00 PM ROMEO Lunch 6:00 PM Erev Shabbat cial 5:30 PM Wine & Cheese So 12:00 PM ROMEO Lunch Potluck 7:00 PM Shabbat Meal and Shabbat BSS at Service 6:00 PM Family & Classic cial 5:30 PM Wine & Cheese So 12:00 PM ROMEO Lunch Friday 29 22 15 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 5 8 1 Study 10:35 AM Rabbi's Torah with Torah Discussion 10:00 AM Shabbat Service 9:00 AM Weekly Text Study Grades 6-12 for 7:00 PM YG Annual Lock In Study 10:35 AM Rabbi's Torah 10:00 AM Shabbat Service 9:00 AM Weekly Text Study Study 10:35 AM Rabbi's Torah with Torah Discussion 10:00 AM Shabbat Service 9:00 AM Weekly Text Study Study 10:35 AM Rabbi's Torah 10:00 AM Shabbat Service 9:00 AM Weekly Text Study ent Show Time TBD 4:00 PM Youth Group Tal ‐ Study 10:35 AM Rabbi's Torah 10:00 AM Shabbat Service 9:00 AM Weekly Text Study Study 10:35 AM Rabbi's Torah with Torah Discussion 10:00 AM Shabbat Service 9:00 AM Weekly Text Study Saturday Page 1/1 Page 30 23 16 6 9 2

14 January 2018 at 515 Brewery Taproom 4:00 PM Rabbi's Symposia TBD 12:00 PM Teen Talk Time 12:30 PM YG Board Meeting Sunday 28 21 14 31 7 Temple O ffi fast Club 9:30 AM Sisterhood Break ‐ Monday ce Closed 22 15 29 8 1 Meeting 10:00 AM Temple Sta ff Meeting 10:00 AM Temple Sta ff Meeting 10:00 AM Temple Sta ff Trustees Meeting 6:30 PM Temple Board of Meeting 10:00 AM Temple Sta ff ing 6:30 PM Sisterhood Meet ‐ 5:30 PM Worship Commitee Meeting 10:00 AM Temple Sta ff Tuesday 23 16 30 9 2 Bulletin Articles Due ly Lunch @ Shanghai 11:30 AM Men of TBJ Week ly Lunch @ Shanghai 11:30 AM Men of TBJ Week ly Lunch @ Shanghai 11:30 AM Men of TBJ Week ly Lunch @ Shanghai 11:30 AM Men of TBJ Week ly Lunch @ Shanghai 11:30 AM Men of TBJ Week Wednesday 31 24 17 10 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 3 cation Class : Midrash 7:00 PM Rabbi's Adult Edu ‐ Study 6:00 PM Thursday Text cation Class : Jews of Spain 7:00 PM Rabbi's Adult Edu ‐ Study 6:00 PM Thursday Text 12:00 PM WeDo the Messianic Age cation Class : Messiahs and 7:00 PM Rabbi's Adult Edu ‐ Study 6:00 PM Thursday Text the Concept of Salvation cation Class : Evolution of 7:00 PM Rabbi's Adult Edu ‐ Study 6:00 PM Thursday Text the Nations cation Class : Jews among 7:00 PM Rabbi's Adult Edu ‐ Study 6:00 PM Thursday Text Thursday 25 18 11 1 4 New Member Oneg Member New Potluck 7:00 PM Shabbat Meal and Shabbat 6:00 PM Family & Classic cial 5:30 PM Wine & Cheese So 6:00 PM Erev Shabbat cial 5:30 PM Wine & Cheese So erhood Game Night 7:00 PM Sisterhood / Broth ‐ 6:00 PM Erev Shabbat cial 5:30 PM Wine & Cheese So 6:00 PM Erev Shabbat cial 5:30 PM Wine & Cheese So Potluck 7:00 PM Shabbat Meal and Shabbat 6:00 PM Family & Classic cial 5:30 PM Wine & Cheese So Friday 26 19 12 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 2 5 Study 10:35 AM Rabbi's Torah with Torah Discussion 10:00 AM Shabbat Service 9:00 AM Weekly Text Study Study 10:35 AM Rabbi's Torah with Torah Discussion 10:00 AM Shabbat Service 9:00 AM Weekly Text Study Study 10:35 AM Rabbi's Torah 10:00 AM Shabbat Service 9:00 AM Weekly Text Study Study 10:35 AM Rabbi's Torah 10:00 AM Shabbat Service 9:00 AM Weekly Text Study Study 10:35 AM Rabbi's Torah with Torah Discussion 10:00 AM Shabbat Service 9:00 AM Weekly Text Study Saturday Page 1/1 Page 27 20 13 3 6

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