Vol. XLV No. 5 THE NEWS OF DELAWARE’S JANUARY 2018 FIRST CONGREGATION An evening of learning at the NinthAnnual AKSE ACADEMY
Saturday, January 27th, 2018, 6:30-9:30 pm at AKSE Still a bargain at $12 ($10 if preregistered by January 25th) Open to the community! Invite your friends! Book Giveaway!
6:30 Registration, book giveaway, snacking, schmoozing 6:45 First session – choose one U.S. Immigration and Detention: What Has Changed? (Amanda Doroshow) Growing up Jewish in the USSR (Paul Gottesman) 7:45 Second session - choose one Black and Jewish in America— Part 2 (Rake Israel) Why So Many Jews Are Liberal (Joel Chodos) 8:45 Third session - choose one
The Opposite of Faith; Why We Believe the Things We Do (Thomas Leitch) Antisemitism: The Unmasking and Rise of History’s Longest Hate (John Elzufon)
Please call the AKSE office at 302-762-2705 to preregister. Preregistration is encouraged but not required.
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Shalom Chaverim, Please find below my article which was published in the News Journal regarding President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and relocate the U.S. ADAS KODESCH SHEL EMETH embassy to Jerusalem. Though I understand that some will
4412 Washington Blvd. disagree with my views, I nevertheless present my views to Wilmington, DE 19802-1226 you because our tradition celebrates Machloket (intellectual dispute) as long as it is argued L’shem Shamayim (for the Synagogue Office (302) 762-2705 E-mail to [email protected] sake of heaven). In other words, the point of the argument FAX (302) 762-3236 should not be to win the argument but to serve heaven. AKSE Website www.akse.org Though we may have differing views regarding Israel, if we
Steven Saks, Rabbi remember that we all love and want the best for Israel, we Yehoshua Redfern, Cantor should be able to civilly share our views with each other
OFFICERS regarding our homeland.
Jonathan Jaffe, President Think Again: Trump’s Jerusalem Decision May Actually Max Rosenberg, Executive VP Revitalize the Peace Process
Neil Rosen, VP Finance Rabbi Steven Saks Conventional wisdom is that President Trump’s Harriet Ainbinder VP Education recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem will hinder the peace Vivian Goldberg VP Religious Affairs process. But this “wisdom” ignores reality—the reality that Jerusalem has been Israel’s capital for 69 years, a reality Wendy Shlossman, VP Administration acknowledged by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of Kerry Shweiki, VP Facilities Congress in passing the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995. Lena Elzufon & Dianne Seidel VP Membership The true hindrance to the peace process has been a Mark Wagman, VP Community Affairs Palestinian narrative that refuses to recognize Israel’s right
Jerry Kritz, VP Ways & Means to exist. Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas has stated, “The Palestinians won’t recognize the Max Rosenberg, Treasurer
Jewishness of the State of Israel” and even referred to the Eleanor Weinglass & Lisa Elliot Secretaries ancient Jewish Temple in Jerusalem as the “alleged temple.” According to this narrative, the Jewish people Len Seltzer have no historical connection to Israel and are to be viewed Men’s Club President as modern crusaders who were gifted land in the Levant Sylvia Wagman due to guilt over the Holocaust. This narrative denies Sisterhood Advisor accounts in the Gospels mentioning the Temple as well as
STAFF overwhelming archeological evidence. Sharon Marshall, Office Manager By acknowledging Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Kathleen Taylor, Bookkeeper Trump has publicly rejected this false narrative and
instead embraced the historic ties of the Jewish people to Cliff Packer Maintenance Israel and Jerusalem. Many have criticized Trump for tipping the scale in favor of Israel, but an honest The Shofar is published 11 months: assessment reveals that Trump has only balanced the September through July/August. scales, and in doing so perhaps found a way to revive a Jonathan Jaffe, Shofar Editor process that can finally result in peace. E-mail to [email protected] For decades and culminating with President Obama’s decision not to veto the one-sided U.N. resolution declaring the West Bank and Jerusalem (including even (Continued on page 7)
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AKSE MEN’S CLUB BREAKFAST UPDATE AND FUTURE BREAKFASTS
Chanan Smith was to talk on December 3 on the Topic of: The Occupation and the Settlements. Unfortunately two funerals and a meal of condolence suddenly had to be scheduled that day. Chanan will be rescheduled for sometime in 2018.
Please save the following dates on your calendar:
February 25: Scott Slomowitz; The Real William Shakespeare and the Jewish Connection
March 18: Ellen Meyer: J Street, its mission and a report on its recent trip to the West Bank.
These interesting talks begin at 10:00 am, preceded by a sumptuous buffet breakfast starting at 9:30 AM. The cost is $7 if a reservation is made in advance by contacting the office at 302-762- 2705 or [email protected] by 12:45 pm on the Friday preceding the breakfast Sunday. Reservations are important so we’ll know the number of attendees to prepare for: how much food, how many tables, etc. Without a reservation, the cost is $9. Payment is at the door.
Thanks to our kitchen crew: Elizabeth Davis, Maurice Linett, Moshe Vinograd, Jim Marshall and Cliff Packer.
Parsha and Pizza Study Torah with Rabbi Saks and fellow congregants Wednesdays following afternoon minyan, about 6 pm.
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SOME IMPORTANT GOINGS ON WITHIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
Community Shabbat Dinner @ 5:45 PM
Shabbat Services @ 7:30 PM with Oneg to follow
Join our state-wide synagogues from Wilmington, Newark, Dover and Rehoboth Beach at Congregation Beth Shalom. Share the Ruach at Federation Shabbat. Kosher Buffet Dinner is $25/per adult and $12/per child(ages 6-13) with a maximum of $67 per family. Reservations for dinner are required and must be received no later than January 17th. To RSVP, please send a check to CBS, 1801 Baynard Blvd., Wilmington, DE 19802. Please contact CBS with any questions at [email protected] or 302-654-4462.
Location: Congregation Beth Shalom, 1801 Baynard Boulevard, Wilmington, Delaware 19802
For questions please contact: [email protected] (302) 427-2100
Please note: While several members of AKSE leadership and clergy will be present and even participating in the Federation Shabbat, we shall also provide our regular 6 p.m. Friday evening service at AKSE on January 26.
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Dear Congregants. Below is a reprint of Mark Wagman’s article which appeared in the December Jewish Voice
AKSE Takes Big Step Towards a Smaller Home
The High Holidays, approached properly, are a time for honest introspection and for making the sometimes difficult resolutions that will allow us to proceed towards a better future. This year, congregants at Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth felt this purpose not only personally but on behalf of their beloved congregation as well.
At two well attended congregational meetings in October, synagogue president Jonathan Jaffe reviewed our current status and the plans for securing our future. Following a period of spirited discussion and debate at the second meeting on October 17, congregants overwhelmingly approved a motion to list our synagogue building at 4412 Washington Blvd. for sale. This action is a necessary step in the plan to move to a new smaller home that will match the current and future needs and resources of the congregation.
Jaffe recounted that, despite new members joining each year, AKSE’s net membership has declined over a period of decades. Two main forces have dominated—one economic, one religious. Because of the local business environment, there has not been a significant influx of Jewish families into the Brandywine Valley for many years. This factor has impacted all of the area congregations.
The other factor is particular to AKSE’s positioning as part of the religious center of Judaism. There has been a long-term trend of increased polarization of Jewish religious life in America. The Conservative movement has moved to the left closer to the Reconstructionist and Reform movements, while the mainstream Orthodox movement has moved further to the right. This split has left Traditional congregations like AKSE with both the challenge and the opportunity of filling the gap.
AKSE’s current synagogue building is an impressive one, designed by the leading synagogue architect and innovator of modern synagogue design, Percival Goodman. It has been a significant asset both for the congregation and the community. Dedicated in 1963, it was designed for a congregation of 500 families. In recent years, however, there has been a growing mismatch between the building and the congregation, which now consists of fewer than 200 families.
In placing our situation in perspective, Jaffe has often reminded us that “we are a congregation, not a building.” Rabbi Steven Saks, spiritual leader of AKSE, notes that “families move yet remain intact. AKSE is a family that will do the same.” Of course, this will not be the first time the congregation has moved. Founded in 1885, Adas Kodesch bought the Zion Lutheran Church at Sixth and French Streets in 1898, the first synagogue building in Delaware. In 1907, the building was razed, and a new building was dedicated at the site in 1908. In 1959, soon after the merger with Chesed Shel Emeth, a building committee was formed, resulting in the construction and dedication of our current building on Washington Blvd.
The decision to list our building for sale is actually the result of several years of review and discussion. Moreover, it is only one milestone in our ongoing efforts directed at realizing a new permanent home for the congregation. These efforts must take into account the uncertain nature and duration of the transition to a new home, including the time until the building is sold, when a new location will be ready, and whether temporary facilities will be needed as a bridge. Board member David Epstein acknowledges that we are not alone in this major effort: “We’re grateful for the support of the larger Jewish community, which has generously offered important resources to help smooth our transition.”
Faced with the need for change, Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth is choosing to create the change rather than have it “happen” to us. Rabbi Saks sums it up this way: “When change rears its beautiful head, embrace it!” V.P. Education Harriet Ainbinder notes that “although we will be sad to leave our beautiful building, we are looking forward to creating a wonderful future for AKSE.” It helps that the congregation is united in this effort, and, like a family, supports one another as we move forward together.
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(Continued from page 5) Also, like Judaism itself, the most essential and unique aspects of our congregation are portable. To long-time member Faith Brown, these include weekly Parsha and Pizza sessions, Chug Ivri (Hebrew speaking club), the annual Academy evening of learning, an Israeli dance group, a Klezmer Band, and Café Tamar, the annual musical celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut. To Gladys Gewirtz, our former rebbetzin, and to many congregants, what is most important is the “continuity of AKSE’s distinct frameworks of prayer, Torah study, religious observance and communal cohesiveness.” We look forward to continuing these programs and practices at our new location.
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AKSE Café Tamar 2012 Performers at Café Tamar, AKSE’s annual musical celebration of Israel Photo by Ben Weitz
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AKSE 125th anniversary 2010
Congregants and friends celebrate the 125th anniversary of AKSE Photo by Max Rosenberg
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(Continued from page 2) the Western Wall) to be occupied territory, the strategy for achieving peace has been the same regardless of which party controls the White House. It has been to pressure Israel into making concessions while not holding the Palestinians accountable for continued terrorism. Feckless pleas have done nothing to stop the PA and Hamas from inciting and glorifying terror and even rewarding terrorists and their families financially. After the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993, launching the “peace process,” terror attacks against Israel increased sharply, with a toll now of thousands of Israeli civilians injured and murdered. It is no wonder why this strategy has failed; there has been no incentive and no pressure for the Palestinians to make concessions. The Palestinians have had the luxury of spurning generous Israeli peace overtures such as the one made at Camp David in 2000. Frustrated by then PA president Yasser Arafat’s unwillingness even to propose a counter offer, President Clinton admonished him, “You and the Palestinians did not come to this summit with sincere intentions.” Shortly after walking out of the Camp David talks, Arafat launched the bloody second Intifada. Trump’s decision is a watershed moment. It puts the Palestinians on notice that the failure to negotiate in earnest has negative repercussions. If he remains consistent in his message, the Palestinians will realize eventually that they can gain more at the negotiating table than by engaging in a war of attrition against Israel through the use of terror and unilateral efforts at achieving statehood and demonizing Israel at the U.N. It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results. Though I often find myself disappointed with the president, I must commend him for stopping the insanity of denying a reality that is obvious to anyone who is serious about achieving peace. That is that Jerusalem is and will remain Israel’s capital. This recognition does not preclude the Israeli government from making future concessions even regarding Jerusalem, as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert did in 2008. Olmert was prepared to forgo sovereignty of the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site, proposing that the area containing the religious sites in Jerusalem be managed by a special committee consisting of representatives from five countries: Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Palestine, the United States and Israel. Those who are concerned that Trump’s decision will spur increased terrorist attacks should consider Alan Dershowitz’s warning that “terrorists should not have a veto over American policy.” Over the long run what emboldens terrorists the most is success. Holding American policy hostage to their threats of violence would be an act of capitulation that would only encourage more threats and violence.
Kol Tuv, Rabbi Steven Saks
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SIXTH ANNUAL COMMUNITY GAME NIGHT
January 20th, 2018
7-10 pm
Congregation beth el
Join Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth, Congregation Beth Emeth, Congregation Beth Shalom, and Temple Beth El friends as they gather together at Temple Beth El for the Annual Community Game Night with food, fun and cash bar. Cost: $15 per person in advance and $18 at the door. For more information contact Temple Beth El at (302) 366-8330.
TORAH READERS SCHEDULE
1/6/2018 AKSE Gentlemen 1/13/2018 Cantor Redfern 1/20/2018 Cantor Redfern 1/27/2018 Cantor Redfern 2/3/2018 AKSE Gentlemen 2/10/2018 Cantor Redfern 2/17/2018 Cantor Redfern 2/24/2018 Cantor Redfern 3/3/2018 Partnership Minyan 3/10/2018 Cantor Redfern 3/17/2018 Cantor Redfern 3/24/2018 Cantor Redfern 3/31/2018 AKSE Gentlemen / Pesach
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Looking for a good man! Needed for one Cafe Tamar dance! No prior experience necessary. Contact Mark Wagman at [email protected]
EMMANUEL DINING ROOM news
On Thursday, December 7th, our kitchen crew of Jake Hoffman, Jonathan Jaffe, Karen Moss and Wendy Shlossman prepared our hot, nutritious casserole which always receives rave reviews. Thank you to our wonderful, reliable bakers;Harriet Ainbinder, Shirley Fisch, Vivian Goldberg, Ann Jaffe, Karen Moss, Bobbie Miller, Meryl Pottock, Judi Rosenberg, Dianne Seidel, Sylvia Wagman and Ella Zukoff. Their delicious desserts were enjoyed by all.
We will prepare our final meal for this season on Sunday, January 7th, 2018.
Please help us to do this important mitzvah. You can make a cash or script donation to AKSE's EDR fund, so that we can purchase the ingredients for our meal at no cost to our synagogue.
To volunteer to bake or donate to the EDR fund, please contact Rhonda Shulman, 479-9789 ([email protected]) or Wendy Shlossman, 479-5599 ([email protected]).
Thank you so much for your help!
Jonathan Jaffe helped with the cooking and preparation, but when this picture was taken, he was busy sampling the donated baked desserts to make sure they were ok for giving out. (Actually he was taking the photo.)
Left to Right: Jake Hoffman, DeWitt from EDR, Wendy Shlossman, Karen Moss.
KNOW YOUR GENES
Jewish Genetics Symposium
Sunday, March 11, 2018 10am—1 pm Siegel JCC Speakers and workshops about Genetic Diseases common to the Jewish community Free and open to the public Refreshments Kits for testing and material will be available For information, contact Rabbi Ellen Bernhardt JCRC Director 302-427-2100 or [email protected] JANUARY, 2018 SHOFAR 9
Four Goodness Sakes
Come learn to prepare Four -Ingredient Dishes
Wednesdays
February 7, February 21, and March 7
between 7:00 and 9:30 p.m.
This is your opportunity to enjoy learning how to cook…and taste mouthwatering, four-ingredient meals.
from our wonderful Adas Kodesch cooks!
Learn from: Ella Zukoff – February 7 Charlotte Levin - February 21 Harriet Ainbinder at Eleanor Weinglass’s House – March 7 Cost: $10 each or $25 for all three Please contact office (302-762-2705) to register. Sign up early before they sell out! Attendance is limited.
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Bell-Kursh Library
AKSE ACADEMY BOOK GIVE-AWAY
Dear Friends,
Although space constraints in the Bell-Kursh Library usually prevent us from encouraging book drop-offs, this time is different!
Because the AKSE ACADEMY is having another Book Give-Away on January 27, please bring your no longer needed QUALITY books of Judaic content to the shul before that date so that we can have them available for the Book Give-Away.
This a great opportunity to clear out your bookshelves!
Many thanks.
Ella and Marty Zukoff
New Year’s Resolution Suggestion:
Sponsor a Shabbat Kiddush
Dear Fellow AKSE Congregants:
The members of the Kiddush Committee invite every family to sponsor at least one regular Shabbat Kiddush every year for $36. Your name will be posted in the Shabbat newsletter as the sponsor of the Kiddush that morning. Please think of a Simcha that is coming up that you would like to share with your congregational family such as a birthday, anniversary, retirement or any other happy occasion. Our goal is for each family to annually show support for the Kiddush fund which enables us to come together to celebrate and share happy occasions on Shabbat.
Please contact the office at 302-762-2705 to find out if your desired Shabbat date is available for sponsorship. Please contact Judy Berlin at 302-762-3649 to discuss your special requests. Additional items like a special cake or kugels can be included for an additional charge. Thank you in advance, The Kiddush Fund
Won the lottery Purchased AKSE gift card
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A teary but happy farewell was given to Arlene MacLaren on Wednesday November 29. Many nice and well deserved things were said about Arlene. She really did retire. It is now the end of December and she has not been in the office once, though she has been kind enough to take phone calls from AKSE people with questions we have had.
Photos by Jonathan Jaffe
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WHAT'S COOKING IN YOUR KITCHEN?
Hello, Everyone:
Now it is time to settle down from the noshing on Chanukah cookies and eat something healthy. You all should know me by now. I like to cook those warm dishes in the winter. Comfort food simmers great flavors that call me in the cold weather. How about some stew? I have a love hate relationship with stew. I used to enjoy it as a child, and then I think the flavor wore off. In my twenties I started cooking it for my family and found that they all enjoyed it. When kids are happy with dinner, I am happy with dinner. Through the years I tried different recipes because I was getting tired of mine always tasting the same. I gave up on stew. This recipe is from a healthy magazine, and it tempted me to try it again. I think the spices made a difference. Please try it on an evening to warm your family on a cold winter night.
Fireside Beef Stew
6 servings
1 1/2 pounds boneless beef chuck pot roast 1-pound butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into 10 pieces 2 small onions, cut into wedges 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 14 oz. can kosher beef broth (preferably, reduced sodium) 1 8 oz. can tomato sauce 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon dry mustard black pepper to taste 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice 2 Tablespoons cornstarch mixed with 1/4 cup cold water 1 9 oz. package frozen Italian green beans (these are hard to find in the freezer section)
Trim fat from meat. Cut meat into 1-inch pieces. Place meat in a 3-5-quart slow cooker. Add squash, onions, and garlic. Stir in beef broth, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, dry mustard, pepper, and allspice. Cover and cook on low heat setting for 8 to 10 hours OR cook on high heat setting for 4 to 5 hours. If using low heat setting, turn to high heat setting for adding the cold water and corn starch mixture. Make a mixture of the cold water with cornstarch to add to the stew and add green beans into the mixture in slow cooker, cover and cook about 15 minutes more or until thickened.
If you cannot find the Italian green beans, try cut green beans. If you like the beans soft, add them to the stew earlier than 15 minutes, just make sure the heat is on high to cook those beans and have the cornstarch thicken the gravy.
For an easy cleanup, line the slow cooker with a disposable slow cooker liner. Once your stew is finished use a cooking spoon to remove the food out of the slow cooker pot and transfer it to a casserole dish. Then dispose the liner. Do not try to lift or transport the disposable liner with food inside.
We like stew over brown rice or basmati rice. We are not fans of white rice. Salad and some crunchy French bread or wonderful soft Challah would be a nice treat with this meal.
Hope you like these flavors. Please enjoy, stay warm, and let me know how you like this recipe.
Until next time … Meryl
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Received during the month of November, 2017
IN MEMORY OF
Dan Berry: Julius & Sheila Berman Yahrzeits of Jerome Heisler, Sr., Father of Jerome YAHRZEIT Isadore Fisch, Heisler, Jr.: The Lattin Family; Bob & Cindy Mark Sobel, Brother: Evelyn Haber Weiner; Cyndi & Scott Slomowitz Philip Director, Grandfather: Caroline Fisch, Sanford Concors Isabell Fisch Harriet Bleier: Alan & Margie Bleier Sidney Kirshner: Herbert Kirshner Shirley Fisch MAZEL TOV Mollie Rosenfeld, Mother: Amy & Michael Leviton on Jillian's Norman Rosenfeld Engagement: Dianne & Jeff Seidel Samuel Tolpin: Eugene Tolpin Yahrzeit of Beloved Father Sharon Berry on your new home in Helen Ainbinder: Harriet Ainbinder Richmond: Sylvia & Mark Wagman Ester Moskovic, Mother: Faige Friedman Abraham Shapiro Wendy & Phil Shlossman, on the Birth of your Marion Brenner, Mother: Joy Davis Granddaughter: The Shulman/Lattin Family; Amelia Glazier: Amy & Michael Leviton Bradford, Michelle & Jenna Glazier Lewis and Jonathan Shapiro Lolly & Kevin Gross, on the birth of your Sophie Kessel Jacobs: Harriet Jacobs grandson: Dianne & Jeff Seidel Rose Gainen: Sheila Goldlust Barbara Schoenberg, on the birth of a Tess Hanig: Barbara Abrams granddaughter: The Lattin Family Fay & Harry Tappman: Gloria Brown General Donation Ella & Marty Zukoff, on your 60th Wedding Sylvia Silverman, Mother: Barbara Keil Anniversary: Dianne & Jeff Seidel Leo Keil, Father: Charlie Keil to the Building Fund Lanny & Marsha Golden, on the Birth of your Grandchild: Wendy & Phil Shlossman Arlene MacLaren, on your Retirement from John & Vicki Carew AKSE: Shirley Fisch Ella Zukoff on your Birthday: Lidia & Avi Ini; Shirley Fisch REFUAH SHLAYMAH Maurice Linett on your Special Birthday: Kiddush Fund Harriett & Eddie Engel; Arlene & Larry (SPEEDY RECOVERY) MacLaren; Ella, Marty & Ed Zukoff; Marcy & Joel Mirmelstein; Charlie & Barbara Keil; Sheila Loretta Augenbraun: Charlie & Barbara Keil Jonathan Jaffe & Julius Berman; Iris & Jack Vinokur; Vivian & Alan Goldberg; Sharon & Jim Marshall; Shirley Fisch; Laura & Richard Shur; Pam, Joel, Aaron and Zachary Tocker Helen Gordon, on your Birthday: OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS In Appreciation of Sheila & Julius Berman & Laurie & Cydney Tom Murphree Clara Mattes, on your Birthday: Shirley Fisch Thanks to Ahron Augenbraun for helping Faith Brown, on your Birthday: Shirley Fisch with my Haftorah: Peter Kopolovic Eleanor & Mark Weinglass, on your Thanks to Howard Stromwasser for helping AKSE chauffeur, plumber Anniversary: Lidia & Avi Ini with my Haftorah: Peter Kopolovic and cholent maker Lillian Cabelli, on your Special Birthday: Thanks to Judy Berlin for the beautiful All the Seidels Kiddush: Peter Kopolovic Jonathan Jaffe Peter Kopolovic, on your Birthday/ Anniversary of your Bar Mitzvah: Lidia &
Avi Ini; Howard, Deborah, Nathan & Eva Stromwasser; Loretta & Ahron Augenbraun ALIYOT In Appreciation of Dorothy Martinez, on your Special Birthday, Mark Wagman's Sister: Lewis, Jonathan & Wanda Shapiro Mark Berlin article in the Jewish Voice Chanan & Ashley Smith, on your Marriage: Haim Yakov Kopolovic Lewis Shapiro; Jonathan & Wanda Shapiro Ann Jaffe, on Being Named Hadassah's Jonathan Jaffe Woman of Valor: Ellen & Robert Meyer; Lolly & Kevin Gross
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Jonathan Jaffe
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Is your birthday in January January January? Anniversaries Birthdays Come and join us at our 7 Michelle and Jay F Miller 3 Felix Vershvovsky monthly birthday 16 Eric M Doroshow and Aida 4 Barbara Roisman Celebration, Waserstein Jeffrey M. Seidel January 6, 2018 Michelle Miller and enjoy our 5 Chanan Smith delicious birthday cake. Special Anniversaries 8 Alisa Litan Weiner 13 James S. Lehr Donations appreciated. 14 Lidia Riley Ini 4 Robert and Sally Levine 16 Fred Bereskin Joel Roisman CONDOLENCES TO - 17 Julius L Berman Kerry Shweiki 19 Manuel Panar 22 Helaine Gordon
24 Cindy Weiner The Family of Marilyn Harwick 30 Bernard Lazarus Betty Slomowitz 31 David Marc Epstein The Family of Steve Novick
Special Birthdays Ankie Vega and the family of Lex Vega 14 Ruth Jarin 31 Geri F. Brosbe Rhonda Shulman May the Lord comfort the families among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem and may they know of sorrow no more.
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PLEASE NOTE:Yahrzeit dates JANUARY YAHRZEITS listed represent the English dates which correspond to the Hebrew 1 12 22 dates of death. Lillian Francis Aaron Sarah Szczepanski Citron Jacob A. Jacobs Israel Galperin Jennie Cutler Nora Taub Theodore Sheckman Milton Hertzfeld 13 23 AKSE 2 Jerry Gosler Nathan Cutler Daily Service Times: Sarah R Citron Sunday Selma Mersky Maurice Weinberg Max Feldman 24 8:00 a.m. Seymour Sands Monday,Tuesday,Thursday Kate Kates Frances Axler John I Maisel 14 Jacob Braverman 7:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Mayer Bleiberg Wednesday 5:30 p.m. 3 Florence Bronfin Irving L Cohen Beatrice Goldberg Nellie Gold Friday Evening Arnold King Concors Sarah Kates Morris Harwitz 6:00 p.m. Isadore Shattuck Molly Polsky 15 25 Community Minyan Jack Safian Nathan Meritz Leo Brenner Herman M Silverman Wednesdays 16 Ethel D. Concors 7:30 a.m. at Beth Shalom 4 Abraham Aaron 26 Fridays Sylvia Sheckman Sheila E. Bernstein Sarah Brodecki 7:30 a.m. at AKSE 5 Theodore Kaye Excluding Rosh Chodesh and Ilya Lande 17 Isaac Meritz other special days. Blanche Sitkoff Sam Kesselman Rafael Perel Harvey Spiller Diane Schenk Rabbi David Panitz Shabbat 7 Phyllis Winokur Pauline Tenenbaum Services at 9:00 a.m. 27 Max Brandt 18 Sol Fink SEE CALENDAR for Zelda Closik Davis Solomon Kopolovic Louis Sikora Mincha Ma’ariv times. Hyman Dicken 19 Henry Taub HOLIDAY TIMES MAY DIFFER. Louis Sitkoff Anna Hinden Berger 28 8 Tibor Fischer Rebecca Segal Lola Ashkanasi Hy Hochheiser 29 Gilbert Kozak David L. Weinstock Mark I. Cheitlin Dora Smith Sarah Reichlin 20 9 30 On Monday January David W Spiller Benjamin Gross Esther Kopolovic 1st, morning minyan Paula J. Mattes Haynes Bernard P. Heiman 31 will be at 8 am, and 10 Minnie Kaufman Nettie Esbitt there will be no Minnie Director Albertyna Kallir Harry I. Friedman afternoon minyan. 11 21 Ignac Moskovic Ida R. Simon Benjamin Chanin Belle P. Feibus Patricia Jaffe Rebecca Bettye Ufberg Alan Schoenberg
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