September 2018 / Elul 5778 - Tishri 5779 Bulletin
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September 2018 / Elul 5778 - Tishri 5779 Bulletin 5779 Rabbi Ari Saks Vicki Perler Sisterhood News Rabbi President by Evelyn Abraham 631-423-5355 631-427-1089 Cantor Israel Gordan Maxine Fisher MEMBERSHIP Director, Synagogue Programming Religious School Administrator Join Us and Support the Sisterhood of HJC And Religious School Innovation 631-427-1157 631-427-1089 ext. 22 New members to HJC receive a complimentary Ilene Brown Neil Kurshan Director, Early Childhood Center Sisterhood membership for their first year. Rabbi Emeritus 631-427-1089 ext. 15 Membership Dues Envelopes will be mailed soon and Barbara Axmacher Executive Director please return as soon as possible. Make checks payable 631-427-1089 ext. 23 to Huntington Jewish Center Sisterhood. $45 - regular membership HJC Board of Trustees / 2018-2019 $40 - Z’havah Vicki Perler, President $30 – senior membership Dan Schoeffler, 1st V.P. Jack Rubin, Treasurer Michael Richter, 2nd V.P. Leslie Hantverk, Secretary UPCOMING EVENTS Brian Cooper, 3rd V.P. Donna Fleiss, Admin V.P. Shari Feibel Sandy Lynn Karow Ofer Rind September 5th Arthur Frischman Danny Klein Marvin Rosenthal Silver Polishing – 10am – Please help us polish the AJ Hepworth Ora Kriegstein Debbie Stein ark silver for the High Holidays Stephen Holbreich Lauren Kupersmith Cari Schueller Todd Houslanger Jim Lodge Ellen Steinberg September 13th Marsha P. Kalina Jaime Meyer Tyna Strenger David Kaplan Ginny Richman Louis Walsdorf Sisterhood Board Meeting and Dinner 7:00pm HJC Committee Chairpersons September 23rd Beautification ..................................Cari Schueller & Alissa DiBlasio Zhavah Sukkot Program – 12pm – 4th annual Bereavement .....................................Debbie Stein Bulletin ..............................................Sandy Lynn Karow pizza and Sukkah Decorating for families Calendar ...........................................Gwen Goldstein Cemetery ..........................................Louis Walsdorf September 26th Chai Club ..........................................Ellen Kahn & Rosalind Haber Ladies and Libation – 7:30pm - Enjoy a cocktail Chaverim/Kadima ...........................Samara Rossi Colleges .............................................Patricia Schoeffler & Debbie Cadel and appetizers in the Sukkah, catch up with Early Childhood Center Board ...... Jaime Meyer & Ginny Richman friends and find out about upcoming events and Finance and Budget .........................Jeff Stark volunteer opportunities sponsored by Sisterhood Friday Night Live .............................AJ Hepworth Fundraising .....................................Arthur Frischman Greeters .............................................Maxine Fisher SAVE THE DATES High Holiday Honors......................Ofer Rind & Joel Kuppersmith HIHI ..................................................Karen Flanzenbaum & Ellen Steinberg October 18th House Committee ...........................Daniel Lerner & Marvin Rosenthal Inclusion Committee ......................Miriam Eckstein-Koas Paid Up Membership Event – enjoy a great dinner Israel ..................................................Scott Ingber and program Israel/Ramah Scholarships .............Judy Fox Kol Nidre Appeal .............................Debra & Arnie Stillman October 25th & 26th Leslie Lane ........................................Larry Wagner Fall Rummage Sale – Drop Off Dates Library...............................................Syd Schlesinger Lief Chapel Beautification ..............Marsha Perlmutter Kalina October 28th & 29th Membership .....................................Leslie Hantverk & Allison Reiver Fall Rummage Sale – Sale Dates Men’s Club ........................................Ofer Rind Religious School Board ...................AJ Hepworth & Felicia Messing November 15th Ritual .................................................Andrea Smoller Security .............................................Alan Kriegstein Fall Book Discussion - 1:00pm Sisterhood .........................................Evelyn Abraham THE WOMAN WHO SMASHED CODES by Jason Fagone. Social Action ....................................Janet Kushnick & Marilyn Klein Special Arrangements .....................Vered Cole & David Walsdorf Love story, spy novel and war tale Storytelling Project ..........................Nancy Berlow Cooper Sunshine ...........................................Leslie Hantverk JUDAICA SHOP OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND FOR Theatre Development ......................Arthur Perler Technology .......................................Jeff Stark YOUR HOLIDAY AND SIMCHA NEEDS Tree of Life ........................................Danny Klein & Tom Rosen UJA ....................................................Scott Ingber Sisterhood Contact: Evelyn Abraham USY Director ....................................Samara Rossi [email protected] Webmaster ........................................Arthur Perler Youth .................................................Shari Feibel 2 SEPTEMBER 2018 ELUL 5778-TISHRI 5779 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1/21 Elul Selichot Lecture-8:00pm Selichot Ki Tavo 2/22 Elul 3/23 Elul 4/24 Elul 5/25 Elul 6/26 Elul 7/27 Elul 8/28 Elul JNN Main Office Closed ECC Staff Orientation SH Silver Polishing ECC Parent Orientation First Day ECC 9:00am 10:00am 7:00pm Minyan Breakfast-8:00am RS Staff Meeting-4:15pm Board Meeting-8:00pm Inclusion Meeting Welcome Parent 7:30pm Breakfast - 9:30am Labor Day Nitzavim 9/29 Elul 10/1 Tishri 11/2 Tishri 12/3 Tishri 13/4 Tishri 14/5 Tishri 15/6 Tishri JNN ECC/Main Office Closed ECC/Main Office Closed SH Game Night-7:30pm ECC PA Family Play Day - 10:00am Cemetery Visit - 11:00am Shabbat Shuva Erev Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah Fast of Gedaliah Vayelech 16/7 Tishri 17/8 Tishri 18/9 Tishri 19/10 Tishri 20/11 Tishri 21/12 Tishri 22/13 Tishri JNN SH Dinner - 7:00pm Main Office Closes Early ECC/Main Office Closed First Day RS RS Parents Meeting MC Kick Off - 9:45am Tashlich - 11:00am Kol Nidre Yizkor / Yom Kippur Ha’a zinu 23/14 Tishri 24/15 Tishri 25/16 Tishri 26/17 Tishri 27/18 Tishri 28/19 Tishri 29/20 Tishri JNN/RS/RS Comm. Mtg ECC/Main Office Closed ECC/Main Office Closed Social Action Mtg MC Scotch & Sirloin ECC Bim Bam Shabbat Sukkot / Intermediate Day MC Sukkah 2:00pm 6:00pm 5:00pm SH Z’Havah - 12:00 Noon SH Ladies & Libation 30/21 Tishri Lulav Shuk 7:30pm JNN/RS/Pizza in the Hut Erev Sukkot Sukkot Sukkot Intermediate Day Intermediate Day Intermediate Day Hoshanah Rabbah OCT0BER 2018 TISHRI-CHESHVAN 5779 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1/22 Tishri 2/23 Tishri 3/24 Tishri 4/25 Tishri 5/26 Tishri 6/27 Tishri ECC/Main Office Closed ECC/Main Office Closed Mid-Week Manna-9:30am, SH Game Night-7:30pm Minyan Breakfast-8:00am Jr Congregation 10:30am 1:00pm & 8:00pm Ytzkor / Shemini Atzeret Simchat Torah Bereshit 7/28 Tishri 8/29 Tishri 9/30 Tishri 10/1 Cheshvan 11/2 Cheshvan 12/3 Cheshvan 13/4 Cheshvan JNN ECC Closed RS/Chaverim Mid-Week Manna-9:30am Jewish Public Affairs Talia Koas Bat Mitzvah RS Closed & 1:00pm Forum-8:00pm EC Meeting-7:30pm Colombus Day Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh Noach 14/5 Cheshvan 15/6 Cheshvan 16/7 Cheshvan 17/8 Cheshvan 18/9 Cheshvan 19/10 Cheshvan 20/11 Cheshvan JNN SH Board Mtg-8:00pm RS/Chaverim Mid-Week Manna-9:30am SH Paid Up Membership Jr Congregation-10:30am RS/Vav 1/Kadima/USY & 1:00pm Dinner-6:30pm MC Meeting-9:45am Board Meeting-8:00pm Ridotto-4:00pm Lech Lecha 21/12 Cheshvan 22/13 Cheshvan 23/14 Cheshvan 24/15 Cheshvan 25/16 Cheshvan 26/17 Cheshvan 27/18 Cheshvan JNN RS/Chaverim Mid-Week Manna-9:30am Rummage Drop Off Rummage Drop Off SH Pink Shabbat RS 1:00pm & 8:00pm Prof Dev Day Family Shabbat Fair RS Board Meeting Inclusion Comm Mtg Kadima/USY SH Game Night-7:30pm Vayera 28/19 Cheshvan 29/20 Cheshvan 30/21 Cheshvan 31/22 Cheshvan JNN Fall Rummage Sale RS/Chaverim Mid-Week Manna-9:30am RS/Kadima/USY 1:00pm & 8:00pm Fall Rummage Sale 3 From Rabbi Ari Saks Rosh Hashanah - Embracing the Complexity of Life Th e following article was published Th e central place we gather to greet one another and pray for a in the Long Islander to inform the sweet year over the course of the “one long day” is in the syn- general public about some aspects agogue. More Jews gather in synagogue during Rosh Hasha- of the Rosh Hashanah holiday... nah and its austere sister High Holiday Yom Kippur ten days later (September 18th -19th) than at any other time of year. On Sunday evening September We catch up with old friends, come together as families, and 9th, 2018, Jews all over the world experience the power of community while we hold together will usher in the beginning of the gratitude and anxiety, hope and concern, joy and heartache in Jewish year with a holiday called an elegant dance. Rosh Hashanah. Th is event is not a New Years Eve party with hats and Rosh Hashanah is also known as Yom Hadin, the Day of Judg- balloons. It is a two day intensive retreat for the soul that the ment. It is a time for soul searching as we affi rm our best quali- rabbis astutely nicknamed yoma areekhta, “one long day.” Dur- ties and commit to working on the rest, praying that God grant ing this one long day (Sunday evening September 9th through us this next year to better ourselves. Th ere’s song and music, Tuesday night September 11th), the complexity of life takes stories and prayer, refl ection and intellectual discourse. Th e center stage as we intermix our gratitude for what we have and goal is for adults and children alike to experience the mix- our anxiety