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$SFBUJOH$PNNV OJUZ*OTQJSJOH$PNNJ UNFOU 5IF#VMMFUJO January – February 2014 Vol. 66 No. 3 Tevet – ! 5774

Shull to Shul Super Bowl XLVIII and Sweet Message from Daniel Kramer, President Tastes of V It is with much emotion that I wish to inform you of Five years ago, I helped organize significant changes to our lay leadership. At the November a community night of learning called meeting of the Board of Trustees, Stephen Margulis Sweet Tastes of Torah. Our goal tendered his resignation as First VP effective immediately. was to bring together as many Jews Unfortunately Steve needs to focus his time and energy in as possible from our area of Northern places other than the Temple. He is greatly disappointed that he is unable to fulfill his role as VP. He was truly looking New Jersey on one night to study forward to becoming President and leading us forward. Jewish tradition with local rabbis. The Temple holds a dear place in his heart. I, and the Through this sampling of Jewish wisdom (participants whole Executive Committee, are so very disappointed that choose two one hour sessions from over twenty he will not be a part of the leadership team going forward. His caring, intellect and insights will be sorely missed. selections), our hope was to encourage an appreciation for the sweetness of Jewish learning and to strengthen I am pleased to tell you that Mark Tanchel and Susan connections between members of different congregations Bromberg have each agreed to move up a position to First (Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist). VP and Second VP, respectively. I am also pleased to tell Thankfully, our first Sweet Tastes of Torah was a great you that the board unanimously voted to appoint Marc Mandelman to the role of Third VP. We are extremely success, with over 300 in attendance, and we have been fortunate to have such a deep and wonderful group of proud to be able to hold a Sweet Taste of Torah each year talented individuals to lead us forward. for the past four consecutive years. So now we have come to Sweet Tastes of Torah V, to As a result of Marc Mandelman becoming Third VP, his position opened on the Board of Trustees. The board voted be held on Saturday night Feb 1 at the Fair Lawn Jewish unanimously to have Stephen Margulis fill this open spot. Center from 6:30 p.m.‐ 10:00 p.m. Incidentally, Sweet Tastes of Torah has always been held on the Saturday Please congratulate Marc when you see him. Please also night preceding the Super Bowl. What do Sweet Tastes wish Stephen all the best. of Torah and the Super Bowl have in common? Not very Daniel Kramer, much. A Roman numeral at the end? No, that’s my President personal addition for this article. Sitting outside in the cold and wind? No, that’s just the SuperBowl. We at Sweet Tastes of Torah will be inside, nice and warm The Bulletin of Temple Emanuel (good luck to the brave souls at Met Life). An event or 87 Overlook Drive “happening” in Northern New Jersey that brings together Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey a large group of people and gives them a reason to cheer? Rabbi Benjamin J. Shull Well, yes!! This is something that they share. Rabbi Emeritus Dr. Andre Ungar Cantor Mark Biddelman I am very proud of Sweet Tastes of Torah and the Director of Cong. Ed. Rabbi Shelley Kniaz Early Childhood Director Amy Fingeret commitment of the rabbis and congregations that help Executive Director Richard Tannenbaum make it possible for five consecutive years. Gathering President Daniel Kramer hundreds of people together to study Jewish tradition is Sisterhood President Robyn Reifman no small achievement. Sweet Tastes of Torah V is a Men’s Club President Eric Brandon Editor Dona Eichner reason to cheer. I hope that you will join us this year and Advertising Marlene Denker be part of the excitement. Address All Communication To: Dona Eichner B’Shalom, c/o Temple Emanuel TEMPLE TELEPHONE: 201-391-0801-02 Death & Shiva Information: 201-391-0801 - #8 FAX: 201-391-1719 E-Mail Address: [email protected] Visit our web page www.tepv.org Published 6 times per year Stained Glass design by Nancy Katz

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Cantor’s Corner

Fall (2013) Happenings grade. During the eight days of Chanukah, I performed The secular and holiday seasons Chanukah songs on many separate occasions. My family appeared last fall in a frenzy of activity. gets together every Chanukah to celebrate and guess who The came very early is the designated song leader? It is always a lot of fun to and that also pushed up those holidays sing with my family and get requests for their favorite that followed. September was a songs. Participating in a concert at the Kaplan YJCC in whirlwind from Selichot which came Tenafly with a group of a dozen local cantors was a joy. before Labor Day on August 31 We sang Chanukah songs from around the world from through just twos day after Labor Day times gone by to contemporary selections. I helped a and ending with all before the end of group of elderly residents celebrate Chanukah at the new September. As early as they began, that batch of holidays Bristol Assisted Living Facility in Woodcliff Lake on the remains bundled together and somehow we get used to former site of the old Tice’s home. Singing with several that. However, for the first time since 1888, Chanukah other Cantorial colleagues in a concert in Livingston NJ began on the evening before Thanksgiving. “The was a real treat, as was singing with our children in two Gregorian and Jewish calendars have slightly different Religious school assemblies, and concluding with average year lengths, over time they drift out of sync with entertaining our Early Childhood two’s, three’s and each other. Because of this, the first day of Chanukah will four’s. Oh, and right after Chanukah I presented not precede or coincide with Thanksgiving Day again in Yachad again. Whew! That was a lot of programs and the foreseeable future. Thursday, November 28 will not singing and I enjoyed every minute of it. fall during Chanukah again until the year 79811. On a different note (no pun intended), I also had the However, since the Jewish day does not begin at privilege of demonstrating composting to the midnight, but on the sunset before it, there will be two Kindergarten children when they took a field trip to my more years in which Chanukah and Thanksgiving partially backyard. If you get a chance, check out the bulletin board overlap, with the first night of Chanukah beginning in the in the ECP hallway where you can see the pictures of the evening of Thanksgiving. These will be the evenings of children getting samples of compost and asking questions. Thursday, November 27, 2070d an Thursday, November They really are cute and inquisitive. They are invited back 28, 2165.” (Wikipedia) I do not think I will see that again in the spring to see my garden in bloom with happen in my lifetime. hundreds of daffodils. Nevertheless, my December last year was full of January will have ar slowe pace but will still be filled happenings. Chanukah is characterized with music and with song. Our Friday evening services are filled with food. Putting the food aside, something most of us rarely music and singing. You may want to attend my next do, my was filled with music. It began on presentation of Shabbat La Vida Loca that will be November 14 with a pre Chanukah concert at the presented on Friday January 24 at Temple Beth Rishon in Daughters of Israel in West Orange with the New Jersey Wyckoff with Cantor Ilan Mamber. I am looking forward Cantors Choir Ensemble. The NJCCE is a group of over to a very musical year. twenty Cantors from NJ who perform regularly BTW, most of the activities I have documented appear throughout the year at various venues to raise money for on my Facebook page. If you want to know what is going the three major Cantorial schools in the United States. My on in our , just Friend me and stay up to date. Mother lives across the street from this institution and Have a great 2014. was present at the performance. Our conductor B’manginot alizot, introduced her and she was quite proud to be there. BTW, she will be celebrating her 97th birthday in January. Choir rehearsals were held weekly from October thru the first week of December for our annual Chanukah concert here at Temple Emanuel that was performed on Friday December 6, with the help of the current fourth 3

Religious School News scored lower on such measures.” 29%! Just for going to services regularly. I’ll take those odds. I recently came across this sermon by a Of course, there could be another reason aside from colleague (and fellow Midwesterner from the prayer experience that makes the difference. Studies my hometown, Madison, Wisconsin), demonstrate that being part of a community is positively Rabbi Joel Schwab. Aside from a great associated with better health and longer life . . . Being a sense of humor, he has a thought‐provoking part of a community is good for your health; being a part message. I would like to share excerpts of it of a religious community is even better. . . . Dr. Harold with you. Be well! Rabbi Kniaz Koenig of Duke University sums up the health effects of religious practice, involvement in a faith community and ʺLive Long and Prosperʺ religious commitment in the following words: Every year, at our convention, the Rabbinical “People cope better. In general, they cope Assembly publishes a Yizkor book, a booklet with stress better, they experience greater memorializing rabbis and rabbinic spouses who have well‐being because they have more hope; passed away during the previous year. Aside from the they’re more optimistic; they experience tremendous accomplishments noted in each rabbi’s bio, I less depression, less anxiety . . . and they am constantly amazed at the large percentage of my have healthier lifestyles. They have Conservative colleagues who reach the age of 90. By my stronger immune systems, lower blood actual count, almost one‐half of the rabbis remembered pressure, probably better cardiovascular over the last four years celebrated a 90th birthday, and the functioning, and probably a healthier average age of those memorialized was well above 80 hormonal environment physiologically. years of age. This exceptional longevity flies in the face of And they live longer.” the fact that the rabbinate, by actual measurement, is one Just like my rabbinic colleagues! of the most stressful professions around, and it tends to be . . . Religion’s effect reaches deeply into family life as a pretty sedentary profession as well, neither of which is well. Rabbi Wolpe reports that “Research shows that associated with the kind of health that usually makes for marriages in which both spouses frequently attend length of days. Noting all of this, every year I am religious services are 2.4 times less likely to end in divorce appreciative of the life path I have picked – it sure looks than marriages in which neither spouse worships.” In fact, like being a Conservative rabbi is a prescription for a long researchers at Duke University Medical School found that life. religious attendance is the most important predictor of Turns out it’s not the profession, but the lifestyle. marital stability. . . . W. Bradford Wilcox of the University Linda George, [of] Duke University, states, “. . . there is of Virginia found that a father’s religious attendance was now strong evidence that religious involvement is positively associated with his involvement in activities associated with a variety of positive health outcomes . . . with his children, such as one‐on‐one interaction, having Among the multiple dimensions of religious experience, dinner with his family, and volunteering for youth attendance at religious services is the dimension of activities. In fact, fathers’ frequency of religious religious involvement most strongly related to health and attendance was a stronger predictor of paternal survival.” Or as Dr. Raj Persaud of the Maudsley Hospital involvement with their children than employment and in South London states, “Want to live longer? Research income – the factors most frequently cited as pivotal. . . . suggests you might be better off attending church than Come to think of it, those death notices about the going to the gym.” rabbis who lived so long and so well mention a lot of that See, it’s not the rabbi part that makes the difference, other stuff about how religion influences our lives, from but the shul attendance that leads to a longer life. And the long‐term marriages to lots of civic engagement. So – benefits rival going to the gym to work out! . . . Dr. wanna live longer? Be healthier? Happier? Wanna make a Michael McCullough [of the National Institute of Health difference in the world? Come to shul regularly. Make G‐ Research] wrote, “The odds of survival for people who d a part of your life. It’s better than the gym. It opens rated higher on measures of public and private religious one’s eyes to connections with others. It’ll lower your involvement were 29% higher than those people who continued on page 5. . . 4

Religious School News continued from page 4. . . blood pressure, give you more immunity and help you break those unhealthy habits. Try it – you might just like it. “Sicha with the Rabbi” Rabbi Schwab has served as the religious leader of Temple I have be welcoming students from our third, fourth, and Sinai in Middletown, NY for 28 years. He is the co‐founder of fifth grades to join me in my office for some snacks and the Jewish Family Service of Orange County; ewas th first rabbi conversation. I am calling these sessions “Sicha to serve as president of the Interfaith Clergy Group; has been on (conversation in Hebrew) with the Rabbi”. I hope these the Board of Directors of Orange County’s only homeless shelter get‐togethers will enhance our sense of community and for 20 years; was appointed by the County Executive to be on help build a strong connection between me and the the Human Rights Commission of Orange County; chairs the children of our religious school. area rabbis’ and cantors’ organization; and is the Jewish chaplain at the Mid‐Hudson Psychiatric Center. Rabbi Ben Shull

Rabbi Schwab holds an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Responses to the program: his alma mater, JTS. He has two sons and five grandchildren. “My daughter had a great time and was very excited to tell me He is married to Aviva, an expert consultant in parenting – and about it. Thanks.” who was one of Rabbi Kniaz’ Religious School teachers! “My son said and I quote‐ ʺRabbi is so cool” “My son was so excited! He hasnʹt stopped talking about it. Dalet Class Chanukah Concert and Visit to Jewish Home in Lovely. Thank you!” River Vale “Awesome!!!” “This is a wonderful opportunity for the kids to get to know you and one another!” “Thank you for reaching out in this way.” “That is an excellent idea!!!”

5 will be called to the Torah. . . Sold Out Temple Emanuel Trip A Huge Success!

January 11, 2014 Sold out Temple and Keruv trip to see Bad Jews was a Joshua Kent huge success! On Sunday December 8, 53 Temple Lives in Montvale with mother, Karen, members and friends enjoyed a museum tour at the father, Martin, and sister, Andrea, Eldridge Street Synagogue, kosher lunch at Olympia Pita, 15…is a seventh grader at Fieldstone and provocative comedy performance at the Round About Middle School…interests include Theater with facilitated discussion led by Rabbi Leanna basketball, baseball, football, tennis, Moritt on the return bus ride. cooking, strategy games…Ambition: to Special thanks to Alayne Pick and Gary Hirschberg for be an architect…School Activities: organizing the trip! Debate Club, band, student government. “I am so proud to become a Bar Mitzvah especially with my friends and family as part of the celebration. It has taken a long time and lots of studying but I have enjoyed the journey to reach this day.”

January 18, 2014 Justin Sherman Lives in Ridgewood with mother, Jennifer, father, Jonathan, brothers, Jack, 7, and Sam, 4…is a seventh grader at Benjamin Franklin Middle

School…interests include hockey, soccer, technology, being with friends…Ambition: to work on Wall Street…School Activities: BFMS Student Council, Maroons Soccer Club, Ridgewood Dragons Roller Hockey, NJ ICEDOGS Mazel tov to Alyssa Gray, J.D., Ph.D. recipient of the Hockey, Timber Lake Camp…Community Service Emily S. and Rabbi Bernard H. Mehlman Chair in Projects: works with CASA (Court Appointed Special Rabbinics at the Hebrew Union Advocates) Bergen County on multiple projects, including College‐Jewish Institute of filling backpacks for foster children. “It is incredible that Religion. Alyssa’s family (parents after seven years of studying Judaism I am finally going to Miriam & Robert Gray and brother be a Bar Mitzvah! I cannot wait to share this amazing Michael Gray) are longtime experience with my family and friends.” members at Temple Emanuel

where Alyssa became a Bat

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I N M EMORIAM Yahrzeit List –January & February

Deborah Brower 1/1/2014 Tevet 29 William Prince 1/17/2014 16 Joan Ehrlich 1/1/2014 Tevet 29 Marion Rosenberg 1/17/2014 Shevat 16 Norma Feldman 1/1/2014 Tevet 29 Harry Siegel 1/17/2014 Shevat 16 Arthur Geisenheimer 1/1/2014 Tevet 29 Norman Sternlieb 1/17/2014 Shevat 16 Rochelle Figman 1/1/2014 Tevet 29 Edwarda Holcman 1/18/2014 Shevat 17 Jennie Goldstein 1/2/2014 Shevat 1 Philip Levy 1/18/2014 Shevat 17 Yetta Philips 1/2/2014 Shevat 1 Sue Moore Liebeskind 1/18/2014 Shevat 17 Walter Fingerman 1/3/2014 Shevat 2 Cyrus Mayer 1/18/2014 Shevat 17 William Landesman 1/3/2014 Shevat 2 Markus Salz 1/18/2014 Shevat 17 Jean Melomed 1/3/2014 Shevat 2 Heskel Murad 1/18/2014 Shevat 17 Louise Schwartz 1/3/2014 Shevat 2 Albert Beckman 1/19/2014 Shevat 18 Abraham Zweigenhaft 1/3/2014 Shevat 2 Lester I. Davis 1/19/2014 Shevat 18 Alice Henneman 1/3/2014 Shevat 2 Barbara Fromme 1/19/2014 Shevat 18 Belle Lazovick 1/4/2014 Shevat 3 Nathan Ticho 1/19/2014 Shevat 18 Alan Shapiro 1/4/2014 Shevat 3 Recha Breidenbach 1/20/2014 Shevat 19 Jennie Weinberg 1/5/2014 Shevat 4 Morris Flomenhaft 1/20/2014 Shevat 19 Norman Benchik 1/6/2014 Shevat 5 Miriam Landesman 1/20/2014 Shevat 19 Stanley Desatnik 1/6/2014 Shevat 5 Bernard Mezritch 1/20/2014 Shevat 19 Michael Golub 1/6/2014 Shevat 5 Samuel Starrett 1/20/2014 Shevat 19 Samuel Yakirevich 1/6/2014 Shevat 5 Edith Zeitoun 1/20/2014 Shevat 19 Leo Friedman 1/7/2014 Shevat 6 Seymour Wilson 1/20/2014 Shevat 19 Helen Pik 1/7/2014 Shevat 6 Josef Adler 1/21/2014 Shevat 20 Gloria Dember 1/8/2014 Shevat 7 Leon Blumenthal 1/22/2014 Shevat 21 Gladys Gibson 1/8/2014 Shevat 7 Max Chernin 1/22/2014 Shevat 21 Samuel Keller 1/8/2014 Shevat 7 Steven Kissler 1/22/2014 Shevat 21 Lillian Schwartz 1/8/2014 Shevat 7 Sophie Rapaport 1/22/2014 Shevat 21 Isidore Walter 1/8/2014 Shevat 7 Evelyn Pardes 1/23/2014 Shevat 22 Hannah Nassau 1/8/2014 Shevat 7 Sidney Broome 1/24/2014 Shevat 23 Felix Storch 1/8/2014 Shevat 7 Sadie Goldstein 1/24/2014 Shevat 23 Harold Frank 1/9/2014 Shevat 8 Gloria Korn 1/24/2014 Shevat 23 Frances Katz 1/9/2014 Shevat 8 Lillian Davis 1/25/2014 Shevat 24 Frieda Kugelmass 1/9/2014 Shevat 8 Rosalyn Hirsch 1/25/2014 Shevat 24 Karl Kissinger 1/10/2014 Shevat 9 Samuel Melamed 1/25/2014 Shevat 24 Jacob Lazarus 1/10/2014 Shevat 9 Tilda Saidel 1/25/2014 Shevat 24 Cele Spirer 1/10/2014 Shevat 9 Martin Berger 1/26/2014 Shevat 25 Harry Zucker 1/10/2014 Shevat 9 Dr. Anthony Kurtz 1/26/2014 Shevat 25 Siegfried Berger 1/10/2014 Shevat 9 Max Mitnick 1/26/2014 Shevat 25 Sylvia Korn 1/11/2014 Shevat 10 Robert Schoem 1/26/2014 Shevat 25 Perla Blau 1/12/2014 Shevat 11 Eleanor Weiner 1/26/2014 Shevat 25 Sarah Sakowitz 1/12/2014 Shevat 11 Julian Lowenthal 1/27/2014 Shevat 26 Sheila Weintraub 1/12/2014 Shevat 11 Theodore Mittman 1/27/2014 Shevat 26 George Blumenson 1/13/2014 Shevat 12 Emma Rios 1/27/2014 Shevat 26 Ruth Cohen 1/13/2014 Shevat 12 Rose Cherches 1/28/2014 Shevat 27 Solomon Sacks 1/13/2014 Shevat 12 Aaron Duhovny 1/28/2014 Shevat 27 Dora Simon 1/13/2014 Shevat 12 Julius Kramer 1/28/2014 Shevat 27 Benno Stern 1/13/2014 Shevat 12 Arnold Marx 1/28/2014 Shevat 27 Jerry Weinstock 1/13/2014 Shevat 12 Joseph Horn 1/29/2014 Shevat 28 Sylvia Gerstman 1/14/2014 Shevat 13 Charles Levy 1/29/2014 Shevat 28 Betty Glick 1/14/2014 Shevat 13 Irving Sklow 1/29/2014 Shevat 28 Abraham Herrick 1/14/2014 Shevat 13 Joseph Zuckerberg 1/29/2014 Shevat 28 Stanton E. Lipschutz 1/14/2014 Shevat 13 Anne Bushell 1/30/2014 Shevat 29 Henry Feig 1/15/2014 Shevat 14 Ida Greenberg 1/30/2014 Shevat 29 Claire Grupp 1/15/2014 Shevat 14 Morris Mendeloff 1/30/2014 Shevat 29 Prince 1/15/2014 Shevat 14 Erika Pick 1/30/2014 Shevat 29 Marvin Steinhauser 1/15/2014 Shevat 14 Abraham Rubenstein 1/30/2014 Shevat 29 Lauretta Weiss 1/15/2014 Shevat 14 Ruth Schecter 1/30/2014 Shevat 29 Flora Herrick 1/16/2014 Shevat 15 Mary Schwartz 1/30/2014 Shevat 29 Bernard Post 1/16/2014 Shevat 15 Edith Wolff 1/30/2014 Shevat 29 Bernice Schwartz 1/16/2014 Shevat 15 Goldie Greif 1/30/2014 Shevat 29 Albert Sherman 1/16/2014 Shevat 15 Max Birnbaum 1/31/2014 Shevat 30 Soleimon Tour 1/16/2014 Shevat 15 Dora Friedman 1/31/2014 Shevat 30 William Marion 1/17/2014 Shevat 16 Pearl Sherman 1/31/2014 Shevat 30 7

Michele Lynn Bader 1/31/2014 Shevat 30 Paul Levy 2/13/2014 Adar I 13 Howard Strassberg 1/31/2014 Shevat 30 Peter Berenson 2/14/2014 Adar I 14 Morris Davidoff 2/1/2014 Adar I 1 Sam Levin 2/14/2014 Adar I 14 Louis Frankenthaler 2/1/2014 Adar I 1 Monica Siegham Pestrong 2/14/2014 Adar I 14 Bertha Eleanor Glass 2/1/2014 Adar I 1 Ismar Pick 2/14/2014 Adar I 14 Karen Hirschberg 2/1/2014 Adar I 1 Leona Richmond 2/14/2014 Adar I 14 Eva Levin 2/1/2014 Adar I 1 Sarah Berman 2/15/2014 Adar I 15 Benny Beckman 2/2/2014 Adar I 2 Nathan Blecher 2/15/2014 Adar I 15 Ernst Lyon 2/2/2014 Adar I 2 Esther Funes 2/15/2014 Adar I 15 Donald Silverman 2/2/2014 Adar I 2 James Geiger 2/15/2014 Adar I 15 Samuel Weinzoff 2/2/2014 Adar I 2 Aimee Kovacs Sears 2/15/2014 Adar I 15 Arthur Kent 2/2/2014 Adar I 2 Rose Newman 2/15/2014 Adar I 15 Isidor Atlas 2/3/2014 Adar I 3 Dorothy Shapiro 2/15/2014 Adar I 15 Ernest Cornell 2/3/2014 Adar I 3 Sarah Slapack 2/15/2014 Adar I 15 Joseph Friedman 2/3/2014 Adar I 3 Jack Antonoff 2/16/2014 Adar I 16 Samuel Messinger 2/3/2014 Adar I 3 Douglas Kessler 2/16/2014 Adar I 16 Mollie Schnitzer 2/3/2014 Adar I 3 Meyer Kessler 2/16/2014 Adar I 16 Harvey Telowitz 2/3/2014 Adar I 3 Joan Millstein 2/16/2014 Adar I 16 Jennie Weiner 2/3/2014 Adar I 3 Clara Reiff 2/16/2014 Adar I 16 Charles Harrison 2/4/2014 Adar I 4 Freda Ackerman 2/17/2014 Adar I 17 Monroe Heyman 2/4/2014 Adar I 4 Dorothy Sluter 2/17/2014 Adar I 17 Norman Katz 2/4/2014 Adar I 4 Sherwood Belford 2/17/2014 Adar I 17 Solomon Kessler 2/4/2014 Adar I 4 Dorothy Perkel 2/18/2014 Adar I 18 Kurt Vogel 2/4/2014 Adar I 4 Harriet Popowitz 2/18/2014 Adar I 18 Emanuel Dubnick 2/5/2014 Adar I 5 Martin Popowitz 2/18/2014 Adar I 18 Aaron Hershbain 2/5/2014 Adar I 5 Arnold Palatnek 2/18/2014 Adar I 18 Harvey Lederman 2/5/2014 Adar I 5 Murray Gold 2/19/2014 Adar I 19 Sol Sakowitz 2/5/2014 Adar I 5 Harold LeVine 2/19/2014 Adar I 19 Belle Wilker 2/5/2014 Adar I 5 George Luber 2/19/2014 Adar I 19 Harry Kaufman 2/6/2014 Adar I 6 Jack Oshinsky 2/19/2014 Adar I 19 Bertha Rostolder 2/6/2014 Adar I 6 Julia Sacks 2/19/2014 Adar I 19 Jack Salnick 2/6/2014 Adar I 6 Irma Wisnia 2/19/2014 Adar I 19 Murray Weinberg 2/6/2014 Adar I 6 Ronald Swenson 2/19/2014 Adar I 19 Irving Deutsch 2/6/2014 Adar I 6 Hyman Cohen 2/20/2014 Adar I 20 Lillian Chernin 2/7/2014 Adar I 7 Esther Frumer 2/20/2014 Adar I 20 Harry Sabin 2/7/2014 Adar I 7 Bernard Kuropatkin 2/20/2014 Adar I 20 Anna Dodell 2/8/2014 Adar I 8 Doris Lempert 2/20/2014 Adar I 20 Sadie Goldring 2/8/2014 Adar I 8 Walter Loria 2/20/2014 Adar I 20 Geraldine Newman 2/8/2014 Adar I 8 Paula Shiffman 2/20/2014 Adar I 20 Edith Barth 2/9/2014 Adar I 9 Ella Strassheim 2/20/2014 Adar I 20 Louis Cohen 2/9/2014 Adar I 9 Bessie Albert 2/21/2014 Adar I 21 Jean Dover 2/9/2014 Adar I 9 Carole Chapin 2/21/2014 Adar I 21 Gladys Katz 2/9/2014 Adar I 9 Benjamin Cohn 2/21/2014 Adar I 21 Ida Walter 2/9/2014 Adar I 9 Stephen Goldberg 2/21/2014 Adar I 21 Paul Warshaw 2/9/2014 Adar I 9 David Jurdem 2/21/2014 Adar I 21 Jerold Granatoor 2/10/2014 Adar I 10 Tsipora Ajiashvili 2/22/2014 Adar I 22 Leo Rosen 2/10/2014 Adar I 10 Sonia Barnett 2/22/2014 Adar I 22 Edith Brotman 2/11/2014 Adar I 11 Ida Freilich 2/22/2014 Adar I 22 Michael Soussa 2/11/2014 Adar I 11 William Fultonberg 2/22/2014 Adar I 22 Isaac Troy 2/11/2014 Adar I 11 Pearl Miller 2/22/2014 Adar I 22 Rose Rubenstein 2/11/2014 Adar I 11 Jerome Greenbaum 2/23/2014 Adar I 23 Shota Elson 2/12/2014 Adar I 12 Eric Leiner 2/23/2014 Adar I 23 Irving Golub 2/12/2014 Adar I 12 Claire Rubenstein 2/23/2014 Adar I 23 Pauline Gubman 2/12/2014 Adar I 12 Helen Berger 2/24/2014 Adar I 24 Alex Kaufman 2/12/2014 Adar I 12 Alex Desatnik 2/24/2014 Adar I 24 Irving Levinson 2/12/2014 Adar I 12 Eva Greenbaum 2/24/2014 Adar I 24 Rose Ofsowitz 2/12/2014 Adar I 12 Irving Knoll 2/24/2014 Adar I 24 Lena Kaplan 2/12/2014 Adar I 12 Emma Gladstone 2/25/2014 Adar I 25 Irwin Gerstenfeld 2/13/2014 Adar I 13 Harold Silverman 2/25/2014 Adar I 25 Selma Liebeskind 2/13/2014 Adar I 13 Riva Yakirevich 2/25/2014 Adar I 25 Carole Mayer 2/13/2014 Adar I 13 Edythe Scharfstein 2/25/2014 Adar I 26 Pearl Messinger 2/13/2014 Adar I 13 Ethel Blumenthal 2/26/2014 Adar I 26 Eveline Neumann-Adler 2/13/2014 Adar I 13 Emma Cohen 2/26/2014 Adar I 26 Helen Pollack 2/13/2014 Adar I 13 Ben Sherman 2/26/2014 Adar I 26 Bertha Sussmann 2/13/2014 Adar I 13 Morris Bushell 2/27/2014 Adar I 27 Edith Tunick 2/13/2014 Adar I 13 Eva Hasenfeld 2/27/2014 Adar I 27 8

Kathy Blau 2/28/2014 Adar I 28 doors to welcome and include intermarried families and Esther Blech 2/28/2014 Adar I 28 Leo Breidenbach 2/28/2014 Adar I 28 cultivate Jewish homes. Ida Garelick 2/28/2014 Adar I 28 Recently TEPV Keruv hosted a successful Sunday Bernard Mills 2/28/2014 Adar I 28 morning panel discussion on What Does Successful Albert A. Warren 2/28/2014 Adar I 28 Jewish Engagement Look Like in an intermarried Permits for the opening of graves at Family , and had a positive ECP morning meeting Cedar Park Cemetery are available discussing When Not Everyone In the Family is Jewish. through the Temple Office Monday – Friday. On weekends, please contact: We are blessed with an active and supportive group of Simone Wilker, 201-391-2895. wonderful people of all ages who are addressing and feeling comfort together with their Jewish choices.

Watch for and attend our next Keruv sessions.

Please RSVP . Keruv Corner Keep in touch and reach out to bring us all closer together Where may a non‐Jewish parent Alayne Pick [email protected]

stand in the synagogue during his Thursday January 30,2014 child’s bar mitzvah? Can a non‐Jew Interfaith in times of crisis and loss open the holy ark? Should non‐Jewish synagogue Religion is often most needed and comforting in times of crisis and loss. When members have voting rights? differing religious traditions exist in families, the answer of the right thing to do to offer the most support is not always clear. We will explore both what the Such questions have been pushed to the fore by the tradition says about offering support to our non-Jewish family members and growing percentage of Conservative homes that include what we have found offers our love and support at such times. non‐Jewish family members — more than one‐quarter of Location: TBD them, according to the recent Pew Research Center Thursday February 27, 2014 survey. Holy - and Joseph . David, Solomon. Ruth, and Esther! When For many Conservative , the issues are not Biblical Heroes Intermarried. trivial. They cut to the heart of a philosophical and Back by popular demand! Join a powerful discussion focusing on intermarriage in the Bible. practical debate about how open they should be toward Location: TBD the non‐Jews in their midst. “For a variety of reasons, my colleagues are being challenged to rethink positions that in the past we accepted almost as dogma,” said Rabbi Charles Simon, who as executive director of the Conservative movement’s Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs organizes seminars for Conservative synagogues on how to be Interested in sponsoring a more inclusive of non‐Jews. “It doesn’t mean that the Minyan Breakfast? standards of Conservative Judaism are changing. It Are you interested in sponsoring a means that my colleagues are metaphorically learning Sunday Minyan Breakfast? With a they have to broaden their own tents.” donation of $75, you can sponsor In congregations where FJMC and Sisterhood Keruv a breakfast on a Sunday of your choice. Your contribution will be have established active and flourishing committees and acknowledged with a certificate. programs, such as here at Temple Emanuel of the Please call the Main Office to schedule your date. Pascack Valley, changes are obvious. Intermarried families feel more welcome and all congregants have a forum in which to discuss their concerns and emotions. Broader yet are the changes throughout the Conservative movement, where many congregations such as ours are evaluating their own policies, trying to find ways to open

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Early Childhood Program The fours hosted “Moms for Muffins” on October 30th On October 25th we and were so proud as they showed their moms all of the hosted our “GrandPALS” work they have been doing in school. which is a program we do in Our equipment in the upper playground has been conjunction with Sisterhood replaced with the help of a generous donation by and the Jewish Home. We Sisterhood. We could not have done it without their help had a nice group of seniors and we are very appreciative. The children will enjoy spend Shabbat with us and it playing on it for years to come. was such an amazing In January we will begin our “Two Without You” morning. The children program on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:15‐11:00. loved hosting these special This program is designed for young 2’s that are ready to friends. Thank you separate. We are also offering two parent‐child programs to Susan Liebeskind, in Cari Brandon and “Come Play With Rachel Rimland for Me”. For one year olds, making this program “Caterpillars” on possible. Mondays starting Jan. This year 6th from 9:15‐10:15 and presented a for two’s (not ready to challenge for us as the first night of Chanukkah was on separate) “Butterflies” Thanksgiving. I am sure that most of you know that this on Wednesdays starting has never happened in lifetime and will not happen Jan. 8th from 9:15‐10:30. again in our lifetime. We decided although the holidays Playgroup is now on were on the same day, that each was of equal importance. Fridays! This is a FREE Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks and is a notion that drop in program. Check our website for details. children can easily understand and embrace and one that We are now accepting applications for SUMMER should be given the utmost attention. Each year for the CAMP and Preschool 2013. past few years, we celebrated Thanksgiving together. This summer’s program for two’s will run Tuesday, Each class prepared something for the meal. The two’s Wednesday and Thursday for 8 weeks beginning June came adorned with their turkey hats, the threes fours and from 9:15‐12:00 and our program for children 2 ½ ‐5 will Kindergaten were appropriately dressed as Pilgrims and run Monday‐Thursday 9:15‐1:30 for 8 weeks. We are Native Americans. We had a great time eating and planning many new activities and special events. We will celebrating the holiday together. once again have Teddy Tennis which the children love. In keeping with our theme of giving thanks and Tikun Once again, we will be offering a full day Olam the children baked cookies for Shelter Our Sisters. kindergarten from 9:00‐3:00. Our curriculum will align Again food is something the children can relate to and with the NJ dept. of education standards and challenge when they learn that some children don’t have enough each child while developing their unique strengths. This they want to help. program is excellent for children who need that extra Thank you to Sharon Kozim for giving us this year. opportunity to make a difference. For more information on any of our programs, please The PJ & Pizza Party on Nov. 21st was a huge success. contact Amy Fingeret We had Jeffrey from the Bossy Frog Band entertaining Director of Early Childhood (201) 391‐8329 or the children and this year the children decorated pillow [email protected] cases to make a Sh’ma pillowcase complete with the blessing. It was a fun evening and we love when everyone can be together at the temple.

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Sisterhood Chai Erika Blume, Jodi Kestenbaum, Karri Ricklin and Winter is truly an undeniable fact when January and Jill Strassberg. February hit. The holidays are over and the cold weather • Ilene Pakett and Heidi Pollack for an has set in. The days are short and winter coats, gloves incredible 2nd Annual Chanukah Ladies Night and hats are fixtures in our homes. Put simply, it feels Out. Special thanks to all of our wonderful like a great time to hibernate. Yet, it is important to volunteers: Rachel Baskin, Cari Brandon, Jordana remember that a new year has begun. So when you are Engler, Susan and Gillian Richmond, Jen making your New Years’ Resolution to go to the gym Romanoff, Sue Romanoff, Debbie Rubenstein, more often so you can lose that extra five pounds you put Kelli Shill, Karen Steinfeld and Wendy on over the holiday season, add “Must attend more Zuckerberg. Sisterhood events in the coming year” and put it at the Wishing you all a healthy, happy and peaceful winter. top of your list! Robyn Reifman Sisterhood has planned a number of wonderful events for this coming winter to entice you to come out and take a little time for yourself. Come and spend some time with old friends and meet new ones. On January 21st, Sisterhood will be having a Ladies Night Out at Osso Buco Italian restaurant in Hillsdale at 7:00 p.m.. The cost will be $30.00 per person for a delicious three course meal. On January 25th, come join us for our Sisterhood Shabbat at 9:45 a.m.. Sisterhood members will be leading the service and it promises to be a very special experience for all who attend. On Sunday, January 26th, Sisterhood will be hosting our One Book One Community showing of “The Heritage” @ 7:00 p.m.. On February 6th, join Sisterhood @ 9:30 a.m. for “Everything You Wanted To Know About Yoga, But Were Afraid To Ask”. Details for Sisterhood’s Ladies Night Out Event all events can be found in the back of this Bulletin as well as weekly e‐bulletins and e‐mails from Sisterhood. Sisterhood of Temple Emanuel would like to thank In closing, I would like to take the opportunity to everyone who attended our Maccabeats Concert this fall. thank all of those people who have made all of our recent The concert was a tremendoucs success! Over 270 events possible. children and adults filled our Sanctuary, all singing and Sisterhood would like to thank the following people: dancing to the incredible voices of the Maccabeats. Our • Jordana Engler and Dina Madonick for Congregation shared a warm feeling of community and the amazing job they did coordinating the Jewish t pride tha day. Thank you for supporting this Maccabeats concert. Thanks to the following amazing event! volunteers who helped us out that day: Erika Blume, Matthew and Brian Feiler, Jodi Kestenbaum, Alayne Pick and Susan Liebeskind. • Cari Brandon, Susan Liebeskind and Rachel Rimland for a wonderful Grand Pals program. • Wendy Zuckerberg for the great job she did coordinating The Almond Tree Book Club with author Michelle Cohen Corasanti.

• Jordana Engler and Dina Madonick for a fantastic Paid‐Up Membership Luncheon. Thanks to the following people for their help: 11

Sisterhood Donations The following members have contributed this year to COMMUNITY OF CARING the 2013/14 (Hebrew year 5774) campaign: In honor of Micah Shull becoming a Bar Mitzvah from Susan and Mark Bromberg, Sue Romanoff and Sam Warsoff GUARDIAN With many thanks to Susan Liebeskind from Arnold and Sylva Michael & Diane Begleiter (in honor of Rabbi Shull Sobel and Rabbi Kniaz) In memory of Michelle Sicklickʹs mother, Natalie Kaplan from Gary and Rob Cohen, Irwin and Sybil Grace and Lisa Silberman BENEFACTORS

Deborah Barcan MITZVAH FUND Arlene Beckman Condolences to Michelle Sicklick on the loss of her mother from Cantor Mark Biddelman Ilene and Howard Pakett, and Leta and Stan Sabin Melanie Cohen Mazel Tov to Rabbi Shull and Stacey Lang on son Micah becoming Deborah & Ronald Eisenberg a Bar Mitzvah from Leta and Stan Sabin, Lenore and Shoshana Elson Marty Lieberman, and Dolores Spirer Sybil Grace Mazel Tov to Cari and Eric Brandon on their daughter Rebecca Barbara Grossman becoming a Bat Mitzvah from Leta and Stan Sabin, Karen and Audrey Kurtz Jeff Steinfeld, and Dolores Spirer Susan Maier Mazel Tov to Jill and Steve Strassberg on their daughter Jessica Eileen Mandel becoming a Bat Mitzvah from Diane and Barry Fond Ilene Pakett Mazel Tov to Liz dan Todd Stewart on their daughter Nina Susan Prince becoming a Bat Mitzvah from Elaine and Mike Stewart Sue Romanoff Mazel Tov to Michelle and Marc Mandelman on their son Noah Enid Ruzinsky becoming a Bar Mitzvah from Elaine and Mike Padva Leta Sabin Mazel Tov to Lynn and Jeff Bolson on the birth of their grandson David Seidenberg Best wishesr fo a good recovery to Ed Gosdin from Dolores Spirer Rabbi Benjamin Shull / Stacy Lang Dolores Spirer Rona Weinberg TORAH FUND Our Torah Fund campaign has been on SUPPORTERS for about two as of Thanksgiving, Lisa Cohen Norman Cohen which is when this article is being written. Selma Dubnick So far 49 members of the Temple have Rita Elias contributed to it. They have been Diane Fond extremely generous with a total of almost $5,000. Todah, Lyn Frankel Linda Ganz thanks, to all of you. Together with 500 other Sisterhoods Leta Gordon throughout the country, you play an important role in Florence Gosdin aiding the schools of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Jodi Kestenbaum Your gifts have enabled rabbis, cantors, educational Susan Liebeskind Daniel Mitnick directors, teachers, youth leaders and Judaic lay leaders Rosa Nitzan to fill positions in the US and Canada. No matter what Anita Nussbaum your level of giving is, it adds up. Elaine Padva One example of the difference the JTS makes is in the Harvey Peck Robyn Reifman work of the Davidson School for educators. Almost every Lou Ross Jewish community in the country has been touched by it. Naomi Samkoff To gauge its impact in enlightening young hearts and Barbara Seigel minds, a few statistics are in order. Among the school’s Lois Shuman Ronnie Silver alumni are 409 Hebrew and Day school teachers, 149 day Alicia Simpson school administrators, 66 Hillel and JCC professionals, Sachiko Soskin 174 Jewish summer camp educators and 70 service Karen Steinfeld leaders. Where would we be Jewishly without them? Eileen Steinvurzel Jill & Steven Strassberg They help to root us in tradition and lead us with a sense Loretta Weinberg of purpose and faith into the future. 12

Simchas Temple Emanuel, Sisterhood, and Men’s Club wish a life full of simchas to: Michelle and Marc Mandelman on Noah becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Elizabeth and Todd Stewart on Nina becoming a Bat Mitzvah. Stephanie and Wayne Margulies on Devon becoming a Bat Mitzvah. Sharon and Russell Barman on Dylan becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Jodi and Mark Leichter on Jessica becoming a Bat Mitzvah. Jill and Andrew Lustigman on Emma becoming a Bat Mitzvah. Laura and Jan Stobbe on Benjamin becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Amy and David Glazer on Benjamin becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Bea and Edgar Wolf on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Joshua Gordon. Lynne and Jeff Bolson on the birth of their grandson, Noah David. Janice and Elliot Blumenthal on their 52nd wedding anniversary. Ginny and Fred Soussa on the birth of their grandson, Michael son of Kenny and Lauren Soussa. Michael Gray on his film being selected to premiere in the US Dramatic Competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. David Deutsch on the engagement of his daughter, Lauren to Mr. Rory Grossman. Lisa and Jeff Cohen on Josh attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.

“My appreciation and thanks to Susan Liebeskind and the Community of Caring for having sent me a lovely Shabbat meal when I recently moved. It was a godsend. Rosa Nitzan

Condolences Temple Emanuel, Sisterhood, and Men’s Club extend sincere condolences to: Stuart Steckler on the loss of his sister. David Rosen on the loss of his mother. Michelle Sicklick on the loss of her mother. Martin Levine on the loss of his father. Richard Baum on the loss of his uncle. The family of Steven Moses. Amy Goldsmith on the loss of her mother.

THE TZEDAKAH CHARITY FUND OF TEMPLE EMANUEL helps meet urgent human needs and emergencies within our congregation…and beyond. It is administered by Rabbi Shull at his sole discretion. In accordance with classical Jewish principle, the identities of both contributors and recipients are kept in complete confidence. All gifts are personally acknowledged and are tax‐deductible. Checks should be made payable to TZEDAKAH FUND OF TEMPLE EMANUEL and sent to the Temple, c/o Rabbi Benjamin Shull.

Shabbat Yachad Fund Alan & Lynn Gold Jeffrey & Adine Haber Alfred Barcan Andrew Lustigman Sunday Breakfast Fund Anita Saslow Rafkin Alan & Lynn Gold Arlene Cohen Dan Mitnick Arthur Rosen Erica Haber Barbara Remnick Barbara Spector Yahrzeit Fund Barry Schneck 13

Yahrzeit Fund, continued Loretta Weinberg Bernard Wilker Marcia Kaplan Betty Balsam Kalman Mario Steinvurzel Bruce Rosenblatt Mark Botterman Burt Simpson Mark Winter & Joan Winter Dan Mitnick Martin Meyerson David Seidenberg Mervyn Hodos Deborah Barcan Michele Kleiner Dolly Sobel Philip Kriger Dolores Spirer Rachel Rimland Dr. Abraham Schaffer Renee Sellman Dr. Irwin Scult Renee Siegel Edward Atlas Richard Baer Edward Rabinovitch Robert Shapiro Eileen Steinvurzel Rosa Nitzan Elliot Blumenthal Ruth Sall Gertrude Mayer Sara Heskins Greg Rubinstein Selma Dubnick Harriet Walters Sheldon Lustigman Heidi Edelman Sonia Keller Helene Benado Stanley Antonoff Howard Pakett Susan Baker Irwin Scult Susan Bromberg Janice Blumenthal Susan Maier Jeffrey Cohen Susan Rosen Joyce Goldberg Sydelle Wolfin Joyce Goldberg Tina Rosen Judith Paul S. Martin Lieberman Julia Edelman Selma Dubnick Leonard Saltman Lillian Kessler Yizkor Fund Linda Leibovici Bernard Mark

How beautiful is our heritage…. And the women who are the keepers of that flame Sisterhood of Temple Emanuel invites the entire congregation to attend our annual Sisterhood Shabbat Service Saturday, January 25 at 9:45 am Please join us as we lead the service and then enjoy a delicious Kiddush lunch. (RSVP’s appreciated for lunch – [email protected]) Come support the women who support this congregation!

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