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Hanukkah at Adas Adasoneg Service to Feature Flory AdaS Israel ConGreGation Chronicle VOl. 73, No. 4 November 2010 CheshVan–kisleV 5771 Happy Hanukkah! adas Oneg Service to Feature Flory Jagoda, iSrael bounD Hanukkah Rabbi Charles Feinberg nov. 12 The Hebrew word at adas Later this month oneg means plea- L’Dor VaDor Shabbat Service Krayna and I sure or delight. & Dinner, will be traveling The great plea- Friday, December 3, 6:00 pm to Israel for the sure of Shabbat first time in nine yP@ai Shir Delight, is that it’s a time years. We are go- Friday, December 3, 6:30 pm to be together ing to visit old Shabbat Hanukkah–Consecration & with one another, friends whom we have not seen Family Shabbat, and to learn, for some time. But we are also go- Saturday, December 4, 9:15 am study, and grow ing to get a firsthand view of what together. At the Adas Oneg Service, we welcome yP@ai Hanukkah Party, people are doing on the ground in extraordinary guest speakers, teachers, and Saturday, December 4, 8:00 pm Israel in areas such as strengthen- performers who will education and enlighten us ing the Masorti Movement, pro- uSy Hanukkah bash, and deepen our experience of Jewish culture, moting religious pluralism, help- Sunday, December 5, 5:00 pm continued on page 8 ing the poor, protecting the envi- Dan Kaufman Memorial Latke Party, ronment, and standing up for the Hanukkah Seder with Sunday, December 5, 11:15 am protection of human rights of all Latkes & Mojitos: Hanukkah Seder, the residents of the State of Israel, Latkes, Mojitos, and Sunday, December 5, 6:30 pm both Jews and Arabs. Dinner! I believe that human rights are Hanukkah Seder fol- Visit the ruth & Simon albert Sisterhood universal and indivisible. The basic lowed by a Mojitos Gift Shop for all your Hanukkah needs! source for protecting the dignity and Latkes Dinner We look forward to lighting the exterior and well-being of all human be- Party, Sunday, De- Hanukkah menorah dedicated in memory ings is the first and fifth chapters cember 5, 6:30 pm. of Rose & Simon Laupheimer and to using of the book of Genesis. In both The Hanukkah the Hanukkah seder by David j. Smolar the beautiful silver Israeli hanukkiyah chapters, the Torah teaches that season always brings donated to the synagogue by Ryna and each human being is created in the same questions: Melvin Cohen in honor of their 50th the image of God. Chapter five of What really went wedding anniversary a few years ago. As the book of Genesis begins with down 2,170 years we light this Hanukkah menorah, we wish these words: “This is the book of ago? Where can I go Mel and Ryna many more happy, warm, the lineage of Adam: on the day to learn more? And and illuminating years together. ¢ continued on page 4 God created the human being, in will there be food? continued on page 2 Clergy Corner YP@AI Page 2 Page 5 Schools Celebrating Our 141st Year Holidays Sisterhood Page 12 the ChroniCle is supported in Page 3 Page 6 Contributions Part bY the ethel and nat PopiCk Lifelong Learning Men’s Club Page 18 endOwment Fund Page 4 Page 7 Tikkun Olam Youth Life Cycle Page 19 Page 5 Page 9 February 2010 • ChroniCle • 3 office Closings & Minyan times Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 25: Schools/Offices Clergy Corner closed. Minyan at 8:30 am & 6 pm Day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 26: Schools/ Offices closed. Minyan at 8:30 am & 6 pm FroM rabbi FeinberG continued from page 1 the image of God He created him. Male and female He created Another stop will be with leaders of the Masorti Movement them, and God blessed them and called their name humankind in Jerusalem and at Kibbutz Hannaton. The Masorti Movement on the day they were created.” in Israel was founded by American-born Jews who made aliyah According to the second-century sage, Ben Azzai, this verse in the 1960s and 1970s. One of the more hopeful signs for the teaches an even greater principle than the mitzvah of loving your Masorti Movement is that its leadership is now in the hands of neighbor as yourself. According to the Talmudic rabbis, “neigh- the next generation of Israeli-born Jews. Many of them are young, bor” in biblical usage refers to people with whom we have rela- articulate, observant, and very knowledgeable. They are wonder- tionships. Thus we are commanded to love our neighbors, mean- ful representatives of what the Conservative Movement should ing our family, our friends, community people we know, and be about. I plan to meet and speak to some of these new young other Jews. Ben Azzai teaches that an even greater principle is to leaders. One of them, Rabbi Yoav Ende from Kibbutz Hannaton, respect the dignity of all human beings, including people we do will be our guest over the Ahavat Yisrael weekend in May. not know at all and with whom we have no relationship. A third stop will be with Rabbi Arik Ascherman who is the I know many people have been rightfully upset by the abuse director of Rabbis for Human Rights in Israel. Rabbis for Human and harassment that Jewish women have suffered when attempt- Rights, whose North American board I co-chair, has been a leader ing to pray at the Western Wall. But we should also be upset by in opposing the demolition of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem as how the Masorti and Reform movements are treated in Israel, by well as opposing the eviction of Palestinians from their homes in how foreign workers have been treated, by how Sudanese refu- East Jerusalem. Rabbis for Human Rights in Israel also sponsors gees seeking asylum have been treated, by the growing number extensive educational programs on the importance of democra- of people living below the poverty line, and by the abuse and cy, and the organization has been a strong advocate for the poor. violence that both Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs suffer. Additional stops will be in the Galilee and in Tel Aviv. In the Gali- During this trip we plan to be in touch with different people lee we will visit my oldest friend, Rabbi Marc Rosenstein, who has who are making in a difference in Israel and who are taking a been a leader in engaging Israeli Arabs in the Galilee. Under his stand against hatred and for the dignity of every human being. leadership, his educational institute has pioneered interfaith dia- Here is a rundown of some of the people and groups we plan to logue with Muslim leaders. He has also pioneered innovative edu- visit and learn more about. cational programs involving both Israeli Jewish and Arab youth. One of our stops will be the Israel Religious Action Center, In Tel Aviv, we will visit with Eran Baruch, the director of BINA, which is the public and legal advocacy arm of the Reform Move- which has started the first “secular yeshiva” in Israel. BINA also has ment in Israel. It was founded in 1987 with the goals of advancing been involved in helping the residents of South Tel Aviv to organize pluralism in Israeli society and defending the freedoms of con- to provide better social and economic services for the community. science, faith, and religion. The IRAC uses litigation, legislation, I believe that we should give our support to Israelis who are public policy, and advocacy to advance civic equality. We hope engaged in acts of tikkun olam and who are trying to make Israel to meet with Anat Hoffman who has been one of the leaders of a more just and caring society. Upon our return, I will talk on Sat- Women of the Wall and was arrested this summer for leading a urday morning, December 10, during services, about our trip and woman’s prayer group at the Western Wall. about the “Mitzvah Heroes and Heroines” we met. ¢ From the President The following are excerpts from synagogue president Robert Peck’s communities—our several Shabbat davening remarks on Kol Nidre. communities, our daily Minyan community, our As we each reflect on the state of our lives in these Days of Gan HaYeled and religious school communities, Awe, I hope you’ll bear with me for a few minutes while I reflect our Sisterhood and Men’s Club communities, our on the state of Adas Israel. In these troubled economic times, it social action community, our High Holy Day at- Bob Peck is a mechiah, a pleasure, to report that the state of Adas Israel is tendance community. very good. Our finances have been affected by the recession to We have learned to embrace the diversity of these communi- be sure, and we have taken some painful steps to cut expenses. ties. We understand that the diverse communities are separate Most important, and also in the spirit of the High Holy Days, we and essential gateways through which our members variously are assessing our strengths and weaknesses so we can better connect with our congregation and with their Jewish identities. serve the Adas community in the future. And we have strong clergy who celebrate and nurture these One of our strengths is that we are living Rabbi Steinlauf’s communities. call to be a Kehila Kedoshah, a sacred community. Or, rather, Rabbi Steinlauf continually peppers us with ideas for reach- sacred communities, because we are made up of a number of continued on page 14 2 • ChroniCle • noveMber 2010 Holidays happy Hanukkah! Why Do We Celebrate Hanukkah? letter on each face as follows: Each letter left on each successive night of Hanuk- The festival of Hanukkah commemorates is the beginning of a Hebrew word—Nes kah.
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