September 2013 Elul 5773 / Tishrei 5774
The newsletter of Beth El Synagogue
Durham’s first synagogue
FROM OUR RABBI: This year, beginning on Shabbat Shuva (September 7 th ), סיפורי תפילה / Prayer Stories we will start to explore not only the meaning of the liturgy September 2013 / Elul 5773 but to share and learn together prayer stories - our own prayer How do we learn to pray? I’ve taken many courses on stories and those from the rabbinic tradition - in an effort to the Jewish liturgy, yet I still find there is a difference between think more about not only the prayers themselves but about how learning about Jewish prayers and learning how to pray. We we pray. In hearing other people’s stories, we receive not an can learn to pronounce the words on the page, to better instruction manual but rather an invitation. Nobody can tell us understand the Hebrew, but learning to pray is a different skill. how we must pray - each person must understand and live out Praying cannot be taught in a course or learned from a book. his/her own relationship with God that is as unique as God is One way we learn to pray is mimetically – by being infinite – but all of us can be invited to listen and watch and feel together with people who pray, following their example and what it is like for other people like us who have tried to connect trying it on for ourselves. One of the reasons I fell in love with with a transcendent God of spirit. Some people will hear echoes Beth El is that when I visited, I looked around the sanctuary and of themselves and their own practices and beliefs; others will sensed people engaged in prayer; that was something I wanted encounter new modes of how to relate to God and the Jewish not only for myself, but for my children so that they could grow tradition. Some will find permission to ask questions they have up in a community of people who pray, and so learn to pray always wanted to ask and feelings they have always felt but themselves. Learning mimetically is critical, but I think we can thought were out of bounds of what is “acceptable.” There also learn about prayer from something I call “prayer stories.” is no proper reaction to these stories, only the hope that, in In some ways, stories are an even better way to learn about reading and hearing these stories of faith and prayer, you will prayer than just being together. Why? Praying is more than a set be encouraged to live out your own relationship with God, and of external behaviors. I can close my eyes and raise my hands to write your own story too. God and even shout out, “Please God, save me!” – actions that, on the outside, appear to be a sure sign of someone praying – --- Rabbi Daniel Greyber while on the inside I might be thinking about the baseball score from last night’s game. Or, I can be walking to work while, in my mind, I am reciting a psalm and praying to God to heal my friend. Actions don’t tell the whole truth of what someone is thinking and feeling, but stories can give us a glimpse inside his/her internal experience. They can reveal how a particular Inside this issue: line became meaningful for me as I drove along the highway or Committee Contacts…………………………...….....2 Gabbaim Schedule…………………………………....2 how angry I was at a phrase in the siddur as I tried to pray in From Our President…………………………………..3 synagogue. Prayer stories possess even greater potential for Naches…………………………………………...…….4 learning about prayer than mimetic learning alone. High Holidays 5774……………………………….....6 This past year, I have been part of Sichat Rabbanim Sukkot 5774…………………………………….……..7 (http://sichaconversation.org/sichat-rabbanim/), a learning Chevra Kadisha Dinner…………………………...…..8 project with Rabbi Sager in which we have not only shared Kiddush Hosts/Sponsors……………………………...9 our own prayer stories, but explored rabbinic texts that contain B’not Mitzvah invitations………………………..….11 within them stories of rabbis and the tension they feel as the life Youth & Talmud Torah News…….………..…...12-15 of prayer meets life – Rabbi Zeira who knows the importance Sisterhood Kitchen Initiative………..……..…….….16 Meet our Board…………………….…………….17-18 of the tradition to pray at sunset, but doesn’t because doing so July Contributions………..………………....…...... 19 risks missing the official time for the afternoon prayer; ancient Yahrzeit Reminders…………..……...... …….…20 hasidim who would wait an hour before praying; Rabbi Akiba Letter from Valhalla………...………...... ……...... 25 who kept it short when leading the community in prayer, but September & October Calendars…………...... 29-30 when praying alone would move around, even from one corner Community Connections………………………..….31 of the room to another; Honi the Circle Drawer who could make the rains fall just right.
111 The Beth El Bulletin is the newsletter Bulletin Deadline of Beth El Congregation. We appreciate any feedback and input. Non-members may October Bulletin: request to join our mailing list for a $25 yearly Tuesday, September 3
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Beth El Community? Graduation? Award received? Rabbi Rabbi Daniel Greyber Birth of a child or grandchild? President Barak Richman First Vice President Rachel Galanter Send notices to [email protected] Second Vice President Noah Pickus and we’ll let everyone know by posting it in the bulletin. Interim Exec. Director Ivy Wingate Education & Youth Director Elisabeth Albert Cong. Services Coordinator Rachel Albert Publicity Assistant Krisha Miller Rabbi Emeritus Rabbi Steve Sager Gabbai Rotation Bulletin Advertising Manager Gladys Siegel
Please contact if you'd like to request an aliyah or help lead services. YAHRZEITS : To arrange a yahrzeit minyan, please call Please do not call on Shabbat or other holidays. the synagogue office (919-682-1238) at least one
month in advance. To receive notification of a yahrzeit or to list a yahrzeit in the bulletin, call the synagogue 9/07 Ha’azinu Shuva Bernie Fischer office (919-682-1238).
DO YOU HAVE AN ITEM FOR BETH EL BULLETIN ? 9/19 Sukkot I Sally Laliberte All items for the bulletin MUST be submitted by e-mail to Krisha Miller at [email protected]. 9/20 Sukkot II Frank Fischer The FINAL DEADLINE for items for the upcoming bulletin is the 1st workday of the preceding month. THANK YOU . 9/21 Hol Hamoed Sukkot Shula Bernard
COMMITTEE CONTACTS : 9/26 Shemini Atzeret David Rubin Finance Maxine Stern
Lifelong Learning Sheva Zucker 9/27 Simhat Torah Roger Perilstein
Membership Andrea Ginsberg 9/28 Bereshit James Tulsky
Orthodox Kehillah Sheldon Hayer 10/5 Noah/RHHeshvan David Rubin
Ritual Laura Lieber 10/12 Lekh Lekha Anne Derby
Social Action Debbie Goldstein 10/19 Vayera Diane Markoff
Va’ad haChinuch Eric Lipp 10/26 Hayyei Sarah Frank Fischer
Community of Caring Rhoda Silver The Gabbaim schedule is also available online at: www.betheldurham.org/rituallife/gabbirotation.html CHEVRA KADISHA (B URIAL SOCIETY ) Contact David Klapper
222 SSSeSeeepppptttteeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 2220200011113333 /// BeBBBeteethtthhh ElEEElll BuBBBuluulllelleteetittiniinnn FROM OUR PRESIDENT: Egalitarian Chavurah Service
Saturday, August 31, 9:00am Relying on the theory that a good idea deserves repeating, I share with you my message from last September. We will hold a chavurah service on Shabbat Nitzavim- Second time is twice as sweet. Vayeilech in the Beth El Freedman Center. The service is traditional and egalitarian, and participants are able to take Keeping it Short and Sweet an active part in it. The chavurah uses the modern Orthodox Koren-Sacks siddur but families sit together, and women (again) participate in leading the service. Pesuqei de-zimrah will begin at 9:00; Torah service about 10:00. At the end of the I have noticed during this slow summer that when at services, about 11:30, the chavurah will join the Orthodox the conclusion of services I announce that there are few Kehillah for kiddush. If you'd like to lead or have an honor announcements, I have been met with grateful applause. or have any questions regarding this service, please contact Although I can't promise such brevity when our Malachai Hacohen at [email protected] schedule kicks into full gear this fall, I am at least as impressionable as Pavlov's dogs and can readily take a hint…. Lulav & Etrog sets for Sukkot
So, I will keep this short, and I will keep it sweet: as If you would like to purchase a Lulav & Etrog we approach our New Year and Days of Awe, I wish our for Sukkot, please contact the office at 919-682- 1238 or [email protected]. Orders will be entire community a very sweet year ahead. With great accepted until noon on Tuesday, September 3 . anticipation, I look forward to working with you, celebrating The price per set is $45. with you, and communing with you throughout the year, to both maintain and partake in Beth El's vitality.
An early Shanah Tovah u'Metukah to all.
— Barak Richman
An Open Invitation to a Major Jewish Event
August 31, 2013 This October in Baltimore, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism will celebrate its Centennial by hosting Join us for Shabbat services followed a The Conversation of the Century – an unprecedented gathering of 21st century Jews and today’s most innovative leaders, teachers, special Kiddush lunch hosted by and performers. Both Rabbi Greyber and Beth El’s president, Barak Richman will be speaking at this event along with along many Phil & Leigh Zaleon, great teachers and thinkers from the Conservative movement and Edward & Sharon Lunk, beyond. See an up-to-date list of speakers and register at and Harry & Helen Rosenberg www.uscj100.org October 11-12 , there will be a joyous Shabbaton, including in honor of the five different services, renowned prayer leaders, and learning with Aufruf of Daniel Lunk & Jessie Zaleon outstanding scholars. At the conference October 13-15 , congrega- tional leaders can address the major issues involved in building thriving communities: changes in Jewish identity and affiliation, And by making prayer resonant, building financial sustainability, engaging interfaith families, and more. Errol & Mardi Zeiger The program will abound with music and performance by leading artists. You'll leave with concrete ideas and practical in honor of their strategies for creating a kehilla – a sacred community – of 50th wedding Anniversary! meaning and purpose. It all takes place at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel. Don’t wait: Take advantage of the “early bird” pricing. There are also special discounts for students and young adults. 333 Rosh HaShannah Storytelling/Storysharing for Adults Please welcome our newest members: Maggid Rinah Rachel Galper will share Jewish tales, real and Margueritte Cox imagined, to inspire and help adults journey mindfully toward Yom Kippur. Second day of Rosh HaShannah, Fri. 9/6, Michael Schulson 12:15-1:15pm (main building, lower level, classroom #7.) Julian & Elsa Waller Beth El Art Gallery
On display through December 4, 2013:
Early 20th Century Photographs of Palestine by Elia Kahvedjian, Survivor of the Armenian Holocaust.
Collection and Comments of Rabbi Steven Sager. to Deborah & Jonathan Wahl on the birth of their granddaughter Nora Evelyn Appelbaum on June 17, 2013! The proud parents are Elizabeth Wahl and Jacob Appelbaum.
to Judy & Arthur Marks on the birth of their granddaughter Lillian Sara Marks on June 26, 2013! The proud parents are Liz & Alex Marks.
to Sarah, Noam, Ethan & Nava VanderWalde
on the birth of their son/brother Ezra Lev on If you are interested in exhibiting your art work at Beth El, Wednesday, July 17, 2013! please contact Susan Rosefielde ([email protected]).
to Mary Joan & Alan Mandel on the birth of their Professionals, students and hobby artists are welcome. grandson Amos Anson Mandel on July 22, 2013! The proud parents are Joy Mazur & Seth Mandel. Film Screening & Discussion September 11, 2013
Beth El's own Watt's Street Band seeks Unetane Tokef “Jews with Brass.” The story of Yom Kippur on Kibbutz Beth Hashita. We have strings, woodwinds, bass, keyboard and percussion. We would very much like to add brass, high and low. Should What happens to a small close-knit community when 11 of be able to sight read. Interested? Want to look at and hear its members are buried in one day? What forms of mourning some of the music? Contact Elliott Mills [email protected]. and meaning are available to this community, when religion is foresworn? And when the 11 young men all died fighting Sisterhood Gift Shop for Israel in the Yom Kippur war, how should their secular kibbutz now relate to Yom Kippur?
Beth El is hosting a screening of this moving film
along with a discussion led by Rabbi Greyber
Wednesday, September 11th at 7:30 pm at the home of Adam & Beth Goldstein. There is no charge for this program, but for planning purposes, please Check out summer clearance items and all our new RSVP to [email protected] by September 3rd. merchandise: yadayim, mezzuzot, jewelry, tallitot, candles, & more! Open during office hours, select special events, & by appointment.
If you are interested in shopping outside of office hours, in helping staff the Gift Shop or with shop related projects, please contact [email protected].
444 SSSeSeeepppptttteeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 2220200011113333 /// BeBBBeteethtthhh ElEEElll BuBBBuluulllelleteetittiniinnn Healing Yoga Lifelong Learning Gentle Movement, Meditation, Relaxation
10:00–11:00am in the Freedman Center Watch for Fall Updates! • September 21 • November 16 2013-2014 offerings • October 12 • December 14
will soon be announced via e-mail. Who Should Come? www.betheldurham.org/adulted/courses.html • Anyone who is looking for healthy ways to relieve the physical and mental stresses of illness – yours or that of a family member Shabbat Mishnah Study • Those who are grieving
Saturday Mornings at 8:45am in the Freedman Center • Those with and without yoga experience (mats/props are Feel free to attend at anytime! Join Rabbis Sager and available for your use) Benefits of Healing Yoga: Greyber for coffee and discussions on text from the • Helps the recovery process; addresses fatigue, soreness, Mishnah. People new to Mishnah study are especially stiffness, anxiety, and depression; deals with balance, bone welcome. loss, immunity, and flexibility; brings peace of mind.
For additional information about the class, contact Margie Wednesday Morning Text Study Satinsky, RYT, 919 383-5998 or [email protected]
Services start at 8:00am on most Wednesdays & usually last Participants should wear comfortable clothing. about 45 minutes. Afterward, those who can stay, gather in After the class, all are welcome to join the Beth El worship the social hall for coffee, treats, & a weekly study led by service and /or Kiddush lunch. Rabbi Greyber or other members. All are welcome. With generous support, Beth El has raised the funds to purchase yoga mats, straps, foam blocks, blankets, bolsters, and eye bags. These props help participants feel comfortable as they sit, move, Please note that the Open House and meditate. Please join us, or if you know someone who might and Apples & Honey Brunch will be rescheduled. benefit from healing yoga, consider coming as a buddy.
Watch for updates. All are welcome.
Knitting Chevra
Food & Toiletry Drives The Beth El Knitting Chevra meets on the second Sunday of each month from October through April in Remember: our food & toiletry drives the Beth El library from 10 to 11:30. We welcome new are ongoing year-round! members of all knitting levels. Our project for 2013-2014 Almost everyday, people come to Beth El in need of food. will be knitting hats and scarves for people currently Your donations are much appreciated! homeless. These will be distributed through the Chapel Hill Police Department. Susan Leeb suggested this project after Examples of wanted items ( Please remember that items discovering this need through her participation last year’s need to be non-perishable and in non-glass containers.): D-CH Jewish Federation’s Mitzvah Day.
Pasta Peanut butter (plastic jars) In addition to our knitting project we are also Canned soups (low sodium) Canned tuna, chicken or salmon Canned vegetables (low sodium) Beans, peas & lentils (cans or dry) continuing our year-round clothing drive . We collect 100% fruit juice (pouches or boxes) Canned fruits ( in 100% juice) quality used clothing for A Second Bloom, a second hand Raisins or other dried fruit Rice clothing store owned and operated by the Family Violence Granola Bars Oatmeal or other hot & cold cereals and Rape Crisis Center which is based in Chatham County Pudding Cups Macaroni and cheese Animal/Graham Crackers Popcorn but serves people through-out the Triangle. We accept Trail Mix clothing of all sizes for men, women, babies and teens.
Many thanks to Pearl Levine for her large yarn "A double-mitzvah": Link your Harris Teeter VIC card to our donation to our group! school and earn money for the Talmud Torah while helping others in need. VIC cards need to be re-linked each school year & can be For further information, to get a hat pattern and to linked to more than one school. See page 27 for instructions. donate clothing contact Hunter Levinsohn at
Together we CAN help end hunger! [email protected], 919.929.6728.
555 Eazkz daFh dpWl Yamim Nora’im / High Holidays 5774 Unless otherwise noted, services will begin at the same time Shabbat Shuva Saturday, 9/7 in the Main Sanctuary & the Orthodox Kehillah Morning Services in the Orthodox Kehillah: 9:00am
Morning Services in the Main Sanctuary: 9:15am S’lihot Saturday, 8/31 Rabbi Greyber will lead a study/community conversation Havdalah: 8:30pm on the topic of tefillah/prayer Shiur/Study with Shalom Goldman: 9:00pm between the Torah Service and Musaf in the main sanctuary. Services: 10:00pm
Erev Rosh HaShannah Wednesday, 9/4 Cemetery Visitation Sunday, 9/8 Babysitting starts at 6:45pm (pre-registration required) Durham Hebrew Cemetery: 10:30am - 12:30pm Evening Service: 7:00pm Erev Yom Kippur Friday, 9/13 Rosh HaShannah Thursday, 9/5 Pre-fast dinner 5:15-6:15pm (advance reg. & payment required) Morning Service: 8:30 am Babysitting starts at 6:15pm (pre-reg. required) Tashlich: 4:30pm in Chapel Hill / 5:30 in Durham Kol Nidre: 6:30pm Afternoon/Evening Service: Main Sanctuary, 7:30pm Yom Kippur Saturday, 9/14 Orthodox Kehillah, TBD Morning Service: 8:30am / Yizkor: 11:30am (approx.) Rosh HaShannah II Friday, 9/6 Afternoon Study: 4:15pm Morning Service: 8:30 am Mincha: 5:15pm / Ne’ilah: 6:45pm
Children's Services for Rosh HaShannah and Yom Kippur Jr. Congregation (3rd—6th grade) will be held in the Freedman Center 10:30 am — 12:00 pm Jr. Jr. (Pre-K—2nd grades) and Tot (< 4) will be held in the main building classrooms #6 & #7 10:30-11:15 am (Babysitting for ages 2-7 following children's services both days of Rosh HaShannah & Yom Kippur—advance reg. required.)
Details regarding S’lichot Program, Babysitting Registration, Tashlich Services, Pre-Fast Dinner, and other holiday resources: www.betheldurham.org/calendar/highholidays5774.html Pre-Fast Community Dinner Open to both members & non-members of Beth El Community Card
With Erev Yom Kippur falling on a weeknight, THE MOST USEFUL why have a rushed dinner at home? NEW YEAR GREETING YOU CAN SEND Beat the parking crowd, save yourself the work, and enjoy a relaxed dinner just steps away from Kol Nidre services. Happy New Year! Soon, we’ll all be saying it.
Friday, September 13 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm in the Freedman Center Save yourself the effort of buying cards, envelopes and stamps and support your synagogue at the same time. COST: $28 per adult / $10 per child (ages 10 & under) Maximum attendance is 120. You must RSVP and pay for the It's easy, thanks to the efforts of the dinner by Tuesday, September 10th to be guaranteed a space Synagogue Life Committee. and to allow time to prepare enough kosher brisket. We can not offer refunds for cancellations made after September 10. Calculate what you would spend, plus the time you’re saving, and send a donation for that amount to Beth El Meat & Fish Entrees: Slow-cooked Brisket and Baked Salmon with Raspberry Chambord sauce (make checks payable to Sisterhood, note Community Card & how you’d like your family’s name to appear.) *Vegetarian Entree: Asian Lettuce Boats (red quinoa, edamame, tofu, bean sprouts, ginger), Portabello Mushroom Frittata Your name will be included on the poster-sized Community *Children’s Entree: Pasta, fish sticks, kernel corn Shana Tova Card. The card, with artwork by young artist All meals are served with: hearts of romaine tossed salad, Rachel Evenson, is now prominently displayed in the yellow rice primavera, red pepper stuffed with roasted synagogue lobby. vegetables, sodas, iced teas and water, parve sorbet bar with fresh strawberries We’ll continue to accept donations and add names to the
Please indicate if you have food allergies so that we can greeting card throughout the Fall Holidays. All donations accommodate these needs as possible. will be directed to Sisterhood’s Kitchen Initiative (page 16.) *Vegetarian & Children’s entrees will be prepared only if pre-ordered. Please provide us with the name of the person For more information, please contact Mardi Zeiger ordering this option so that we can guarantee availability. (919-932-5663, or [email protected])
666 SSSeSeeepppptttteeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 2220200011113333 /// BeBBBeteethtthhh ElEEElll BuBBBuluulllelleteetittiniinnn High Holiday Liturgy Sukkot Celebration with Dr. Eric M. Meyers, Cantor Sunday, September 22
12:30pm In this 2 hour DVD, Beth El member, Eric Meyers presents and explains highlights of the various Join us for a Sukkot celebration Rosh HaShannah and Yom Kippur services. featuring live Klezmer music Available through the Sisterhood Giftshop for $18. performed by our very own Watts Street Band!
Mahzor Lev Shalem
Dedication opportunities are still available for our new mahzor, Lev Shalem.
Just contact [email protected] for information on donating & dedicating copies Lunch will be served by the newly formed for our sanctuary. Men of Beth El (MoB).
There is no charge to attend, Sukkot 5774 but please let us know you’re coming so we can plan accordingly. Erev Sukkot Wednesday, 9/18 Office closes at 3:00 p.m. / No Talmud Torah RSVP to [email protected] by Monday, 9/16. Candle lighting: 7:01 p.m.
Sukkot I Thursday, 9/19 Office Closed Main Sanctuary: 9:00 a.m. / Orthodox Kehillah: 9:00 a.m.
Sukkot II Friday, 9/20 Office Closed Main Sanctuary: 9:00 a.m./ Orthodox Kehillah: TBD Candle lighting: 6:59 p.m.
Shabbat Sukkot III (CH'M) Saturday, 9/21 Orthodox Kehillah: 9:00 a.m. / Main Sanctuary: 9:30 a.m.
Sukkot VI (CH'M) Sunday, 9/22 Morning Services, Main Sanctuary: 9:30 a.m. Sukkot Celebration with Watts Street Band: 12:30pm Celebration details upper right.
Sukkot VII (CH'M) /HoShannah Rabba Wednesday, 9/25 Morning Services, Main Sanctuary: 7:45 a.m. No Talmud Torah
Erev Sh 'mini Atzeret Wednesday, 9/25 Community Dinner to Honor our Chevra Kadisha: 6:30 p.m. See page 8 for dinner details.
Sh 'mini Atzeret (includes Yizkor Service) Thursday, 9/26 Office Closed Main Sanctuary: 9:00 a.m. / Orthodox Kehillah: 9:00 a.m.
Erev Simchat Torah Thursday, 9/26 Office Closed Main Sanctuary: 7:00 p.m. / Orthodox Kehillah: TBD
Simchat Torah Friday, 9/27 Office Closed Main Sanctuary: 9:00 a.m. / Orthodox Kehillah: TBD Candlelighting: 6:48 p.m. 777 Annual dinner celebration of our Chevra Kadisha In Honor of Our Chevra Kadisha September 25, 2013 “It is not good for a person to be alone” teaches On Yom Kippur, Beth El's Chevra Kadisha is honored as the Torah (Genesis 2:18) . We should not die alone. the centerpiece of the closing-of-the-gates ceremony After we die, our bodies should not be left alone. Our signaling the conclusion of Yom Kippur. The hakafah loved ones should not mourn alone. These are the and gathering on the bima are both acknowledgement commitments bequeathed to us from our ancestors. They and reminder that our Chevra Kadisha is an important are the commitments our community fulfills in large part and historic part of the Beth El fabric. through our chevra kadisha , our holy burial society.
Our Chevra Kadisha is said to be the oldest organized When we help to bury someone, tradition calls it a a true act of lovingkindness that can never - חסד של אמת Jewish society in the Durham/Chapel Hill area and can be traced back to the late 1800's when Jewish merchants began be repaid by the one who is dead – and since our chevra to settle in this area. We are responsible for ensuring that a kadisha does what it does with no expectation of reward, it traditional Jewish burial is available to any Jewish person. may feel strange to come together for a dinner to honor the This includes performing the ritual T'hara (cleansing and chevra kadisha , but it should not. Being together, taking purification of the deceased), dressing in white linen time to enjoy each other’s company and to rejoice in the shrouds (tachrichim), acting as guardians (shomrim) of the opportunity we were given to live another year and to fulfill deceased, providing a plain, pine, kosher casket for burial, such a holy charge – that is precisely the ikar , the essence and arranging for pall bearers when burial will take place in of the chevra kadisha : to cherish how important that we are our Hebrew cemetery. Over the years, our Chevra Kadisha together. in conjunction with other Beth El committees has accepted additional responsibilities related to providing a meal of Please come to the Chevra Kadisha Dinner on condolence for the family of the deceased, arranging for Wednesday evening, September 24. Whether we are a minyanim, and a variety of cemetery matters. member of the chevra kadisha or we are grateful that they are there for us in a time of greatest need, let us all rejoice One can appreciate that many congregants are needed together. to help with everything that must be done for both the deceased as well as the family of the deceased to help ease --Rabbi Greyber them through their period of grieving. Chevra Kadisha members volunteer for whatever is comfortable for them - some feel strongly about being part of our T'hara groups and others are more comfortable acting as shomrim or Please make your reservations pallbearers - or helping with other aspects of our work. for the Chevra Kadisha Dinner We are always looking for men and women who would by 12pm on Tuesday, September 17 like to be part of our organization. For more information, 919-682-1238 or [email protected]. please feel free to contact either me (David Klapper, [email protected]) or Shula Bernard, Cost for dinner is $18 per person 13 and older / $9 per child [email protected]) 7-12 / no charge for children under 7. Family maximum charge for dinner is $45.00. Beth El will have a celebration of our Chevra Kadisha with a dinner and brief program Wednesday evening, Please mail payment to Beth El Synagogue with September 25 (see right for information on reservations “CK dinner” noted in the memo line. & cost → .) We'll start by gathering at 6:30pm for candle lighting. An annual dinner in celebration of Chevrei Any cancellations made after 9/17 will still need to Kadisha is a tradition all around the world - attendance be paid for in full. Thank you for your understanding. at such dinners speaks volumes about your support of this very special group of volunteers and all they do for our Beth El is committed to ensuring that everyone in our community. Please plan to attend this celebration. community can participate in all programming, regardless of financial circumstances. If you would like to help those David Klapper, in financial need attend dinner, please consider a donation Chevra Kadisha Chair of $18 or more.
888 SSSeSeeepppptttteeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 2220200011113333 /// BeBBBeteethtthhh ElEEElll BuBBBuluulllelleteetittiniinnn Israel Community Experience February 16-26, 2014 Led by Rabbi Daniel Greyber
Beth El and the Israel Center of the Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation are sponsoring an Israel mission in February, 2014. We invite everyone to join our Living and Learning Community, led by Rabbi Daniel Greyber. Upon arrival, we travel to the Negev and our base at the Ramon Inn & Spa at the edge of the Ramon Crater (Israel’s Grand Canyon). We explore Israeli agriculture, renewable technology, a contemporary approach to Succah living, and an open-air Bedouin market; perform mitzvot in innovative ways; challenge ourselves physically and spiritually; explore culinary passions; and learn about modern approaches to dessert pioneering. Then, we head north to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv to engage multiple perspectives of Israeli learning and living, studying ancient and modern social issues with leading rabbis and diverse scholars. This trip is perfect for those returning to Israel for a new perspective or for adults looking for a first experience in a supportive group. We will create new friendships and deepen our relationships with Israel.
For more information, to see the itinerary, and fill out an application, please see: http://bit.ly/BE-IC2-14 Brochures are also available in the synagogue lobby.
For any questions, contact Adam and Beth Goldstein at [email protected] or 919-929-2086. Please join us at one of our information sessions: September 3, 6pm at the JCC & September 15, 10am at Beth El.
Shabbat & Weekday Holiday Kiddush Hosts and Sponsors
September 27 Simchat Torah Kiddush sponsored by: September 7 Shabbat Shuva Kiddush sponsored by: Stuart & Ann Kaplan Michael & Meytal Cohen-Wolkowiez Stanley & Diana Levy David Dreifus & Jennifer Sosensky Simon & Barbara Shane Harold Kohn Michael & Evelyn Reed Arthur & Judith Marks Jerry & Valerie Schreiber Jon & Sean Meltzer Herb & Mavis Rochen September 28 Kiddush hosted in honor of Rabbi Fischer’s birthday by: September 19 & 20 Sukkot I & II Kiddush hosted by: Frank & Pat Fischer Alison Aucoin Jay & Hunter Levinsohn Rachel Galanter Roger Perilstein & Kathy Bartelmay Josh Granek & Daphne Friedman David Reed & Diane Markoff Hinda Lind Steven & Sabina Sager Lynnette Samuel Aviva Starr & Sherry Samuels October 5 Kiddush hosted by Nathan & Rachel Bearman in honor of their daughter, Noa, becoming a Bat Mitzvah September 21 Sukkot III (C'HM) Kiddush hosted by: Jim & Sandy Fangmeier October 12 Kiddush hosted by Toby DeWitt & Rosalyn Carson- Melanie Mintzer DeWitt in honor of their daughter, Zosia, becoming a Bat Mitzvah Edy August Parker Robert & Merle Schwartz October 19 Kiddush hosted by Geoffrey & Caitlin Pitt in honor of Margaret Sachs their daughter, Rachel, becoming a Bat Mitzvah Scott Snyder & Rachelle Bienstock October 26 Kiddush hosted by: September 25 Sukkot VII/Hoshanah Raba Kiddush hosted by: Eileen Abramson in honor of her mother, May Segal’s Nathalie Goodrich 100th birthday Hillel & Charlotte Koren Al & Sarah Mendlovitz Ruth Riddle September 26 Shmini Atzeret Kiddush hosted by: Steve & Susan Rosefielde Donald & Sheila Goldstein Judith Snyderman Thomas & Annette Kronmiller Jim Wells Rhoda Ann Silver
September 26 Erev Simchat Torah Kiddush sponsored by: Esther Lederman Edward & Florence Goldblatt Norman Veis & Laura Meglin Edward & Sharon Halperin Peter & Nancy Perault Harold & Susan Kudler 999 Watch for updates on these programs & more through-out the year!
www.betheldurham.org/calendar/index.html
What’s Not To Like? Beach Shabbaton October 6, 3:00pm December 20-22, 2013 Beth El Sanctuary (early arrival option available for Thursday night, 12/19/13)
A Yiddish Songfest to Benefit Urban Ministries of Durham. The annual Beach Shabbaton near Emerald Isle, NC, provides Info: 919-682-7468 or [email protected] a unique community building experience while we immerse ourselves in Shabbat without the distractions of our busy day-to-day lives. It is a wonderful way to visit with friends, Sisterhood Welcome Brunch old and new. There are many opportunities to daven, learn October 13, 2013 and socialize.
Chanukkah Bazaar & Klezmer Concert November 17, 2013
Sisterhood invites you to shop for Chanukah candles, gelt, books, presents and more while helping support our Talmud Torah. Once again this year Beth El’s very own Watts Shabbat 25 Street Band will perform klezmer music! Our Shabbat 25 programming gives the community a chance to connect with Beth El from Friday evening through Havdalah Synaplex Shabbat on Saturday night. We begin with Shabbat Shirah - a joyous Friday night service led by Rabbi Greyber using the melodies of November 23, 2013, the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach plus a separate service for our February 8, 2014 & April 12, 2014 youngest members & their families Both services begin at 6:00pm. These services are followed by a community Shabbat Come to "Synaplex Shabbat" at Beth El and find Jewish dinner. Our celebration continues on Saturday with Shabbat experiences that speak to your heart. In addition to our weekly morning services, including Jr. Congregation (designed for Mishnah study led by Rabbi Emeritus Steve Sager, our engaging grades 2-6, however, all ages are welcome). Saturday services and participatory egalitarian and traditional Shabbat morning are followed by a kiddush lunch. During the winter months, as services and our children's programming for kids of all ages, Shabbat wanes, we return in the evening to study with Rabbi Synaplex Shabbat offers options such as a yoga experience based Greyber, enjoy a seudah sh'lishit, singing, and havdalah together. on the morning prayers, an in-depth Torah discussion with a local When Havdalah comes much later, our studies are moved to scholar, creative services with more gender sensitive language, a earlier in the afternoon. Shabbat 25 represents two important learner's minyan, a tefillah hike, meditation, storytelling and more. values: Welcoming and Tradition. By creating many moments Our community then comes together for a Dvar Torah by Rabbi throughout Shabbat to come to Beth El, we hope to welcome Greyber followed by a communal lunch where all are welcome. everyone giving as many people as possible a chance to If you're interested in helping us with this exciting initiative, participate in our community. contact Rabbi Greyber at [email protected]. Synaplex Shabbat is an inclusive program. In an effort to en- 2013-2014 Schedule: sure that everyone can participate successfully, buddies will be November 8-9, 2013 available through the Federation's BRIDGES program to help any- with Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Walter Herzberg one with special needs. Please contact the office in advance if your family would like to be partnered with a "buddy." December 6-7, 2013
January 24-25, 2014
March 7-8,2014
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Shabbat Noach PLEASE JOIN US AS OUR BELOVED October 4-5, 2013 ZOSIA (SOPHIE) חֲ יָא ֶ֣ ח ֶמד Kiddush lunch following Saturday services IS CALLED TO THE TORAH AS A BAT MITZVAH
Rachel & Nathan Bearman SHABBAT LECH-LECHA 11 & 12 OCTOBER 2013 8 CHESHVAN 5774
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN US AFTER THE SATURDAY SERVICE AT Please join our family and friends A KIDDUSH LUNCHEON as we celebrate IN ZOSIA’S HONOR
Rachel Lillian WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH YOU
becoming a Bat Mitzvah TOBY, ROSALYN, ANNA, EMMA, ISABELLE, & ZOSIA CARSON DEWITT AND HERBERT CARSON Shabbat Vayera October 18 --- 19, 2013 15 Cheshvan 5774
Kiddush luncheon following Saturday services
Caitlin and Geoffrey Pitt
111111 Talmud Torah
FROM OUR EDUCATION & YOUTH DIRECTOR
Shalom! During his first fall in office, in September 2009, then-new President Barack Obama addressed students across America on the first day of school. I wanted to share with you a few passages from that speech that are particularly relevant to the work we are doing here in the Beth El Talmud Torah. As you read, I hope you see the parallels that caught my eye. Religious education is not something that can be taught in isolation. It is not just the teachers’ responsibility or just the parents’. We must work together: school/teachers-parents-students (a stool cannot stand on only two legs). It is not easy coming to school early on Sunday mornings or after a long day of school, but everyone here has made their Jewish education a priority. As we begin this new year I encourage everyone to take President Obama’s words to heart. He urges each student to work hard and put their best effort forth. He says he expects greatness from our country’s students; I would like to take it one step further and ask our students to expect greatness from themselves. Here’s to a wonderful new year!
Shana tovah u'metuka , A Good & Sweet New Year to all of you! Elisabeth Albert, Education and Youth Director
“I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school…it [might be] your first day in a new school, so it's under- standable if you're a little nervous…And no matter what grade you're in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer, and you could've stayed in bed just a little longer this morning. I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived in Indonesia for a few years, and my mom decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday—at 4:30 in the morning. Now I wasn't too happy about getting up that early. A lot of times, I'd fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. But whenever I'd complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and say, "This is no picnic for me either, buster." So I know some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But I'm here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I'm here because I want to talk with you about your education and what's expected of all of you in this new school year. Now I've given a lot of speeches about education. And I've talked a lot about responsibility. I've talked about your teachers' responsibility for inspiring you, and pushing you to learn. I've talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and get your homework done, and don't spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with that Xbox. I've talked a lot about your government's responsibility for setting high standards, supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren't working where students aren't getting the opportunities they deserve. But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed. And that's what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education. I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every single one of you has something you're good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That's the opportunity an education can provide…No one's born being good at things, you become good at things through hard work. You're not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song. You've got to practice. It's the same with your schoolwork. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right, or read something a few times before you understand it, or do a few drafts of a paper before it's good enough to hand in. Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and to learn something new. So find an adult you trust—a parent, grandparent or teacher; a coach or counselor—and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.”
First day of School! Sunday, September 8th 9:30 AM Opening assembly for all students and parents!
11121222 SSSeSeeepppptttteeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 2220200011113333 /// BeBBBeteethtthhh ElEEElll BuBBBuluulllelleteetittiniinnn SEPTEMBER IN TALMUD TORAH
SEPTEMBER ‘13 Have you registered for High Holiday
S M T W Th F S babysitting and children’s services yet? Hurry, hurry! The shofar is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 about to blast! 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 High Holiday Children’s Programs Everyone always jokes that the holidays are either “early”
8 TT (PreK-7)--1st day!/Opening Assembly or “late” (are they ever “on time?”) I think we can all agree that this year they are most definitely EARLY! (Parents Invited)/Kitah Zayin Cemetery visit Register your children now for children’s services and 11 TT (3-6) babysitting by filling out this simple online form: 15 NO TT http://tinyurl.com/k542ruo 18 NO TT (Erev Sukkot) Thursday, September 5th 22 TT (PreK-7)/Simchat Tot/Chadar Ochel Friday, September 6th 25 NO TT (Erev Shmini Atzeret) Saturday, September 14th 28 TS/JrJr/JC 29 TT (PreK-7)/Open House Junior Congregation (3rd-6th grade): **Please note there are some changes from the September Enjoy fun interactive services, that include games, calendar published in the August bulletin. drama, and discussion.
Alef Bet Jr. Jr. Congregation (PreK-2nd grade): Do these acronyms and calendar codes confuse you? Check out Join us for singing and dancing activities in our Alef Bet the master Talmud Torah calendar available online and sent to all High Holiday service, followed by participation in special parents (it includes a handy code!) afternoon activities
Tot Tefillah (ages 2-4): What ’s NEW in the Talmud Torah??? A special service for Beth El’s youngest members and their parents. Tot Tefillah will include singing, stories, and more! -Teachers, Madrichim and other various staff members! Ages 0-1: Enjoy our “parenting lounge” - a quiet room set aside for parents and babies to relax during the service. -An all-school Tzedakah box. Babysitting (ages 2-7) : -Resources and story books. Activities available following Alef Bet and Tot Tefillah services on both days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Babysitting is also available on Erev Rosh -Dismissal will now take place through the main Hashanah, Erev Yom Kippur and during Ne’ilah. steps of the FC. Parents will need to park and come to the main doors to pick up students. Registration is required to attend babysitting and all children’s services. Please complete this online form (http://tinyurl.com/k542ruo) & send payment to Beth El. -A new MENSCH initiative/Brit Kavod (covenant of respect) for all students to follow, helping to create a safe and positive learning environment for everyone! More details coming soon.
Have you turned in your Talmud Torah registration forms yet? In order to start school, the forms must be received and processed PRIOR to first day of school.
11131333 YOUTH GROUPS & Family Programming
Meet our new Youth Advisor, Julie Halpert!!
Julie Halpert is thrilled to be joining the Beth El community as the new Youth Advisor. Julie will be working with all FOUR of our youth groups, getting to know all of the kids and families here. Julie grew up in South Florida where she was an active Kadima and USY member. After high school, she continued her involvement in the Jewish community through Hillel at the University of Florida in Gainesville. When Julie isn’t “youth advising” at Beth El, she teaches elementary school in Chapel Hill. She also enjoys biking the Tobacco Trail, playing with her dog Charlie, watching the University of Florida Gators (football and basketball) and hanging out with friends (and her adorable young nephews). Julie is excited to bring some of her favorite youth programs to Beth El and hear all of your ideas for awesome activities and events. Stay tuned for more info from Julie and start getting pumped for a great year ahead! You can reach Julie at [email protected].
PRE-KADIMA USY There’s a lot going on for USY is our youth group for high you this year! All 3rd-5th school students. We are looking graders, look for information forward to a very exciting year! We are looking to set about monthly events. We up a teen-planning committee, so if you are in high are looking for volunteers to help plan these —please school and want to get involved (either in the planning speak with Julie or Elisabeth if you’re ready to be of events or just attending) be in touch! involved!
SAVE THE DATE : Saturday night, September 21st. Be on the look out for our Sukkot Harvest Festival USY/Kadima kick off event in the Sukkah (more info Field Trip with Pre-Kadima and Alef-Bet! TBA) KADIMA Alef−Bet! Kadima is our 6th-8th grade Join our most youthful youth group youth group. We are looking (for K-2nd graders) for a year full of fun forward to a fun year! We are outings and events here at Beth El. More looking for a couple of middle schoolers to be information and details coming soon. We are always representatives for the planning committee. If you are in need of parent volunteers to help chaperone — interested, please be in touch with Julie. please speak with Julie or Elisabeth to get involved!
SAVE THE DATE : Saturday night, September 21st. Be on the look out for our Sukkot Harvest Festival USY/Kadima kick off event in the Sukkah (more info Field Trip with Pre-Kadima and Alef-Bet! TBA)
11141444 SSSeSeeepppptttteeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 2220200011113333 /// BeBBBeteethtthhh ElEEElll BuBBBuluulllelleteetittiniinnn The 2013-2014 Youth & Family Programming Calendar is available online: http://bit.ly/y-f13-14
SIMCHAT TOT SEPTEMBER IN YOUTH & FAMILY PROGRAMMING
SEPTEMBER ‘13 S M T W Th F S
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Simchat Tot is a special program for all families with children ages 4 & under. Join us for this fun 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 introduction to Jewish education, complete with 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 music, arts & crafts, hands-on projects, stories 29 30 and more!
*These programs are FREE and open to 5 Rosh Hashanah 1 children’s services everyone, so invite your friends to come along! (Jr. Congregation/Jr.Jr. Congregation/Tot No pre-registration required. Tefillah) 6 Rosh Hashanah 2 children’s services Mark your calendars for the following dates: (Jr. Congregation/Jr.Jr. Congregation/Tot Tefillah) Sunday, September 22 (9:45 AM-10:30 AM) 14 Yom Kippur children’s services Sunday, October 20 (9:45 AM-10:30 AM) Sunday, November 17 (9:45 AM-10:30 AM) (Jr. Congregation/Jr.Jr. Congregation/Tot Sunday, December 8 (9:45 AM-10:30 AM) Tefillah) Saturday, January 18 (Early evening time TBA) 21 USY/Kadima kick off event in the Sunday, January 26 (9:45 AM-10:30 AM) Sukkah (more info TBA) Sunday, February 16 (9:45 AM-10:30 AM) 22 Aleph-Bet/Pre-Kadima program Sunday, March 30 (9:45 AM-10:30 AM) 28 Tot Shabbat/Jr. Jr. Congregation/ Sunday, April 27 (9:45 AM-10:30 AM) Junior Congregation
We want YOU ………
to volunteer! Are you looking for a way to get involved at Beth El or particularly, in your child’s Jewish education and/or youth experience? There are many ways to do so! Simply get in touch with Elisabeth and she’ll help find the right opportunity for you. Shopping for supplies, chaperoning field trips, planning events, For more information or with any questions, organizing resources, reaching out to other contact Elisabeth Albert : parents… the list goes on and on! [email protected] or 919-682-1238 We look forward to seeing you at an event or volunteer opportunity soon! 11151555 Sisterhood Kitchen Initiative
The fundraiser that Sisterhood launched in early 2013 to invest in new supplies, storage and organization for our kitchen has gone very well. As of late July, over $2,500 has been raised. Congregants have recommended specific purchases to facilitate our comfort, safety, and ease of cooking, baking, and cleaning. Donors have honored special events and loved ones. We are grateful for everyone’s input and support.
Since our bulletin report last spring, we have purchased more utensils and service ware. There are new knife sets for meat, dairy, and pareve. There is a new toaster to toast bagels at morning minyanim and other weekday gatherings. We received a gift of high quality rolling pins and new cookie cutters are coming soon.
Apart from the Sisterhood initiative per se , but equally important to the kitchen were several recent activities. First of all, a dedicated team of volunteers -- Meg Anderson, Jennifer Greyber, Ilana Saraf, and Michelle Shrott -- tackled kitchen storage and cleaning. Their organization of the dairy closet is very much appreciated. If you haven’t stepped in to admire their work there, you should!
Next, Beth El contracted its janitorial service to perform a long overdue deep cleaning. It was a big job and required a large crew an entire day. We expect this will need to be repeated several times a year to maintain the condition.
Finally, Abby Zarkin led a discussion group to discuss priorities for our kitchen. Several key themes emerged: the need to hire a part time kitchen manager, making the kitchen more earth friendly, proper cleaning, better appliances, documentation of rules and procedures, and meeting commercial kitchen standards. Stay tuned for more news on these fronts from our synagogue leadership.
Beth El Sisterhood Kitchen Initiative Pledge Form
Stocking and maintaining the kitchen is critical for weekly Kiddushim as well as other religious and social functions held at Beth El. Please help improve the kitchen by making a financial contribution to Sisterhood. The funds we collect will purchase professional quality knives, bowls, utensils, service ware, shelving, signage, minor servicing of equipment, and more.
This fundraiser will last through the year 5773, but we hope pledges can be filled soon to facilitate our early purchase of important kitchen items . Please make checks payable to Beth El Sisterhood and write “Kitchen Initiative ” in the memo section. Thank you.
Yes, I want to support kitchen improvements and can pledge… $54 ______$72 ______$90 ______$180 ______Other amount $______
______Your Name E-mail Telephone
______Address (if not in Beth El Directory) I am interested in volunteering in the kitchen to implement improvements. ____
11161666 SSSeSeeepppptttteeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 2220200011113333 /// BeBBBeteethtthhh ElEEElll BuBBBuluulllelleteetittiniinnn Meet Our 2013-2014 Beth El Board Eric Lipp, Va’ad Chair: Eric came to Durham with his wife Sheldon Hayer, Orthodox Kehillah Rep.: Sheldon Hayer moved Sharon in 2004. The following year (2005) they welcomed Danielle to Chapel Hill from Chicagoland upon his marriage in 2008. Since (8), two years later (2007) they welcomed Hannah (6), and in 2008, then he has lived in Durham and currently resides in Raleigh. As Sprit, their golden retriever, completed the family! Danielle and a retiree he spends most of his time worrying where his next nickel Hannah both attend Forest View Elementary in Durham. Eric is a is coming from. Since moving to North Carolina, Sheldon is medical doctor, who is not currently seeing patients, but performing involved in participating in JCC programs, Mens’ club and clinical research in the background at the Preston Robert Tisch Chaverim. He has been a member of Beth El for five years. Brain Tumor Center at Duke. Sharon, mental health counselor and a nurse works with substance abuse and mental health clients. Eric Rachel Galanter, First Vice President: Rachel moved to Durham is originally from Old Bridge, New Jersey and met Sharon (from from Seattle in 1996 with her friends Aviva Starr and Sheryl Erez. Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) while studying medicine in London, She initially participated in Beth El as a Shaliach Tzibur, Torah England. reader, Talmud Torah substitute teacher and by leading young children's services and educational programs. She was a foster Sheila Goldstein, Treasurer: Sheila Goldstein came to Durham parent for a decade and has two daughters who became permanent four years ago after retiring from nearly 30 years with the US additions to her family: Diana (joining Rachel's family as a 7th government. She lives with her husband Donald and spends a lot grader)--now 31--and Jasmina (joining Rachel's family on her of time with her daughter, son-in-law, and two wonderful first half birthday)--now 10. Diana and her husband Jorge live in grandchildren. In addition, Sheila has a son who is an architect Durham and have made Rachel the lucky grandparent of two boys, and lives in New York. Sheila is active at Beth El and is involved Joshua and James. Jasmina graduated from George Watts Montes- with the Women's Group at the JCC, among other activities. sori and will be attending Lakewood Montessori Magnet this Fall. She will become a Bat Mitzvah in 2015. Rachel grew up Barak Richman, President: Barak came to Durham in 2003 with mostly in Madison, Wisconsin with two immersion experiences in his wife, Laura, and then-two-year-old Ariella. Ten years later, Israel, one at age 11 and another as a high school student living Ariella is preparing for her Bat Mitzvah at Beth El this winter, and with a host family. Her formal Jewish education came from she is joined by native Tar Heel siblings Eden (age 8) and Izak (age Beth Israel's Talmud Torah and Madison's JCC Midrasha 4). Ariella graduated from the Lerner School, where Eden is enter- program. Rachel runs a parenting program at a local nonprofit. ing the 3rd grade, and Izak boasts having attended Beth El's pre- school. Both Barak and Laura are professors at Duke. Barak hails Roy Schonberg, Financial Secretary: Roy moved to the area in from Philadelphia, where he attended Akiba Hebrew Academy for 1976 with his girlfriend, now wife, Cheryl Marcus. They joined grades 6-12, and spent one year in Israel, studying at the Pardes Beth El around 1985 and their three adult children are all alumni Institute. of Beth El. He served as president of Beth El from 1998 – 2000, during the most recent major renovation of our facilities. He was Rhoda Silver, Community of Caring Chair: Rhoda is originally the Shabbaton organizer for 15 years, and after transitioning that from Chicago. She has lived in different parts of the county responsibility to Andrea and Kevin Ginsberg, he joined the Finance and even worked in England for 2 years. She says she’s always Committee and then became Financial Secretary in May. “Probably been interested in politics and in Jewish causes: “Sometimes my most profound contribution to Beth El is being a founding those interest have been connected and often the only connection member of ‘The Boychicks’ which is Beth El’s first commercially has been a moral one. As a single woman, I can tell you that successful musical group that paved the way for subsequent media family and friends are very important to me.” She feels blessed sensations such as the Jew Man Group.” Cheryl works in HIV to have many friends, cousins, a sister and nieces and nephews. clinical research at UNC. Roy is currently not working for She worked as a social worker for most of her professional life pay. Previously, he worked in IT at RTI for 35 years, the last 8 and much of that is deeply embedded in her: “I feel very, very, years having a significant international focus. He’s passively look- strongly that we have to keep our personal connections tight ing for work while trying to decide what to do when he grows up. and can not let bureaucracies treat us as things. As convenient Outside of work and Beth El, he says he and Cheryl like being in as social media is, it cannot give us a hug.” the country, working and pretending they are farmers and loggers.
Laura Leiber, Ritual Comm. Chair: Laura moved from Bob Gutman, Development: Bob hails from Jacksonville, Florida Middlebury, Vermont, to Durham in Fall 2008, with her husband, and the University of Florida (2 degrees). He then trained in Norman Weiner, and infant son, Julian, in order to join the Religion Seattle. After serving in the Navy for 2 years in Taipei (family department at Duke, where she is also the assistant director of the accompanied) and then returning to Seattle to join the UW faculty, Center for Jewish Studies. Laura grew up in Fayetteville, Arkansas. both his wife, Laura and he became faculty at Duke School of After graduating from the University of Arkansas, she attended Medicine in 1971. They raised their two daughters on Wrightwood rabbinical school at HUC-JIR (including a year in Jerusalem and Avenue. Bob started his own practice in 1984 and retired in four in Cincinnati), where she received her semichah (Rabbinic 2011. He has become quite active in advocating for, and visiting ordination). Laura then obtained her PhD in Jewish Studies from Israel. He is also active in the Federation and Rotary, enjoys golf, the University of Chicago. A little over two years ago, Laura, modeling tall ships and now bicycling. Norman and Julian were joined by "baby" Daniel. Both boys are alumni of the Beth El preschool, and Julian enjoyed his first year (Continued on page 18 →) at Beth El Talmud Torah last year.
11171777 Meet our Board, continued
Sheva Zucker, Lifelong Learning Comm. Chair: Sheva Zucker Lois Price, Sisterhood President: Lois moved to Durham 7 yrs came to North Carolina 29 years ago, kicking and screaming, when ago along with her wonderful husband and children from Chicago- she married Sandy Kessler (this last part not kicking and scream- land via Long Island. Lois was an operations manager for SBC ing). She edits a Yiddish magazine – yes, there still are such – Global Communications/ATT Communications and now has been called Afn Shvel (On the Threshold – of what is quite an interesting the operations manager of Judea Reform's Religious School for the story). She teaches Yiddish in the Uriel Weinreich summer program past 5 years. Isaac is in his 18th year at CDW. Hillel, their oldest, a in Yiddish language, literature and culture in New York. She has graduate of the American Hebrew Academy in Greensboro, is now the same two lovely daughters as Sandy Kessler. in his senior year at Carolina (“Go Tarheels!”) working towards his undergraduate degree in physics and a minor in math. Levi attended Sandy Kessler, Immediate Past President: Sandy Kessler grew Lerner Day School through 4th grade, just finished elementary up in Spring Valley, NY and has lived in the Triangle for 37 years schooling at EK Powe and is really looking forward to middle and in Durham for the past 22 years. He teaches political theory at school at Githens. Maddy, their 9 1/2 yr old black Labrador, is their NC State and is married to Sheva, a Yiddish teacher and scholar, 3rd adorable child/dog. Lois restarted Beth El’s Sisterhood 5 yrs who is also a Board Member. They have two children: Benna, 25, ago and is in her last year as it's president. who will begin a graduate program in Social Work at the University of Michigan this Fall and Mira, 19, who will be a sophomore at Andrea Ginsberg, Membership Comm. Chair: Andrea moved to Brandeis. They have all happily been members of Beth El for 22 Durham 12 years ago from Arlington, VA. She taught third grade years. at The Duke School until she and her husband Kevin had their first son. Kevin and Andrea joined Beth El in 2004. Now with two Maxine Stern, Finance Comm. Chair: Maxine, Alan and their boys, Dreizin (9) and Nathan (6), they are both actively involved children, Becca and Sam, joined Beth El in the late 1970’s, around at Beth El. In addition to serving as the head of the Membership the time that Steve Sager became our Rabbi. Their two children Committee, Andrea plans the annual beach Shabbaton with Kevin. celebrated their B’nei Mitzvah at Beth El. Maxine was Beth El’s She also serves as the liaison between the Synagogue and Beth El treasurer in the late 1980’s, succeeding Lew Siegel, who handed Preschool. Outside of Synagogue life, Andrea owns The Mad everything over in a couple of shoe boxes and on large ledger Popper, a local gourmet popcorn shop and volunteers at her boys’ sheets. Maxine’s first career was as a sociologist; then she became elementary school. a CPA. She worked at Duke for many years. Now she enjoys working with individuals and small business owners, helping them Debbie Goldstein, Social Action Comm. Chair: Debbie and her organize and present financial information. husband, Steve Prince, have lived in Durham and belonged to Beth El since 2001. Her son Avery, age 7, and daughter Hannah, age 4, Noah Pickus, Second Vice President: Noah moved to Durham both attend the Lerner School. Debbie holds a leadership role at from Vermont in 1996 with his wife, Trudi. Their son Micah had the Center for Responsible Lending, a national nonprofit based in his Bar Mitzvah at Beth El in 2010 and daughter Mira will have Durham that advocates for fair and affordable financial services for her’s in 2014. Micah attended Lerner and is now a rising Junior at low-income families, and is involved in several local nonprofits, the Durham School of the Arts; Mira is entering 5th grade at Lerner. including Durham Congregations in Action and Carolina Jews for Noah directs the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke and teaches in Justice. She's originally from the DC area, and met Steve when they the School of Public Policy. He grew up in Berkeley, CA. Trudi is were together on Project Otzma in Israel after college. a historian who created the Digital Durham project; most recently she graduated from the UNC School of Library Science. Richard Hart, Recording Secretary: Richard and his family live in downtown Durham and joined Beth El more than 10 years ago David Klapper, Chevre Kadisha Chair: David and Sue moved to because they loved the congregation's spirituality (and because they Chapel Hill in 1977 with young Josh and younger Ashley. David figured the closer they lived to the synagogue, the more likely was on the faculty at UNC School of Medicine since then until his they'd be to show up). He is married to Sally Hicks, who is the retirement last August. David and/or Sue have been on the Beth El editor of an online magazine at Duke, and they have two children: Board wearing one hat or another since about 1980. David recently Lillie, who is studying at Tulane University, and Isaac, who goes rotated off the Board as Beth El's House Chair, but retained a Board to Durham School of the Arts. Richard is a recovering journalist, seat as chair of Beth El's Chevra Kadisha. David and Sue are poster having begun his career in his hometown of New Orleans and then children for the words 'involved' and 'busy' in the community with working and traveling widely (Mississippi, Florida, Spain). He responsibilities at Beth El and North Carolina Hillel at UNC. With moved to the Triangle to work at The Chapel Hill News, then The Josh (aerospace engineer in Boeing's military and space division) in News & Observer and the Independent Weekly. He is now the St. Louis and Ashley (at The Associated {Baltimore's 'equivalent' of communications director for MDC(www.mdcinc.org), a nearly our Federation/JCC}) and the two grandchildren, they feel they are 50-year-old nonprofit that helps people and their communities on a perpetual merry-go-round. overcome the barriers to educational and economic opportunity.
Michelle Shrott, Member-at-Large: Michelle Shrott and her husband, Jeff Krolik, moved to the area in 1992 when Jeff took a We appreciate all the hard work that our position at Duke. Twenty one years later, they have 2 boys, Aaron Board does for the congregation. and Jonah, and a puppy, Shosty. Aaron is a rising Junior at Duke University and Jonah is a rising senior at East Chapel Hill High Please offer a hearty thanks the next time you see School. Michelle works part time at their consulting firm and one of these fine folks at Beth El or around town. volunteers at various organizations around the community. 11181888 SSSeSeeepppptttteeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 2220200011113333 /// BeBBBeteethtthhh ElEEElll BuBBBuluulllelleteetittiniinnn July Contributions Beth El Congregation gratefully acknowledges all contributions. Please send donations & dedications to Sandy Berman, our corresponding secretary, at the Beth El address. Donations may be made via check, cash, stock transfer, or Paypal. A full list of funds, donation forms & the direct Paypal link are available on our website’s development page & through the office. When making a donation to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund, please write a separate check payable directly to that fund.
Building and Maintenance Fund David and JoAnn Rubin in celebration of the bat mitzvah Donald and Sheila Goldstein in memory of Sheila of Rachel Pitt Goldstein's mother, Roslyn Rose and her father, Harold Rose David and JoAnn Rubin in celebration of the bar mitzvah Donald and Sheila Goldstein in honor of David Goldman of Yuval Lebovich and Carrie Muh's new son, Max David and JoAnn Rubin in celebration of the bat mitzvah Bob and Laura Gutman in honor of Hillel Koren's vision of Ariella Richman for and leadership of the Israel Center David and JoAnn Rubin in celebration of the birth of Blair Elise Tayrose, Edie Parker's granddaughter David and JoAnn Rubin in celebration of the birth of Cemetery Fund Lillian Sara Marks, granddaughter of Arthur and Judith Marks Joel and Adele Abramowitz in memory of Freda David and JoAnn Rubin in celebration of the 50th Abramowitz wedding anniversary of Jacki and Mike Resnick David and JoAnn Rubin in celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of Mardi and Errol Zeiger Chevra Kadisha David and JoAnn Rubin in celebration of the 40th Phyllis Dworsky in memory of Rabbi Sager's stepfather, wedding anniversary of Rabbi Steve and Sabina Sager Eugene Stevens David and JoAnn Rubin wishing Corey Gradin a refuah shleimah from her surgery
Earl and Gladys Siegel Endowment Fund Joel and Adele Abramowitz in memory of Sam Most, General Fund brother of Bernie Most Barak Richman in honor of Adam Goldstein for his Joel and Adele Abramowitz in memory of Marilyn Lubar, leadership on their collaborative article in the New England mother of Annette Kronmiller Journal of Medicine in June, 2013 Carol and Jimmie Haynes in honor of Mike and Jacki Bill and Lisa Kelly in memory of Annette Kronmiller's Resnick's 50th wedding anniversary mother Martha Hauptman in honor of Mike and Jacki Resnick's 50th wedding anniversary Martha Hauptman in memory of Ed Halperin's sister, Eleanor Brooks Landscape Fund Bob and Laura Gutman in honor of Gladys Siegel, the Michaela Davidai in honor of Mike and Jacki Resnick's inspiration of our endowment, on her birthday 50th wedding anniversary Bob and Laura Gutman in honor of Karin Shapiro, Robert Rosenstein, Lynn Grossman and Leonard Rogoff for their work on the Durham Jewish History program at the Durham Orthodox Kehillah County Library David Gorelick and Naomi Feldman in honor of their Gladys Siegel in memory of Ed Halperin's sister, Eleanor new grandson born July 17, 2013 to Sarah and Noam Brooks VanderWalde Gladys Siegel in memory of Rabbi Sager's stepfather, Hyman and Helen Marks Eugene Stevens David and JoAnn Rubin in memory of Ed Halperin's sister, David and JoAnn Rubin in memory of Rebecca Eleanor Brooks Rohde's brother, Daniel Parker Phyllis Dworsky in memory of Ed Halperin's sister, Eleanor David and JoAnn Rubin in memory of Annette Brooks Kronmiller's mother, Marilyn Lubar Phyllis Dworsky in honor of the new son born to Sarah and David and JoAnn Rubin in memory of Harlan Gradin's Noam VanderWalde father, Theodore Gradin Sarah & Yair Goldberg with wishes of Shana Tova David and JoAnn Rubin in memory of Bernie Most's brother, Sam Most David and JoAnn Rubin in celebration of the bat mitzvah Rabbi's Discretionary Fund of Rebecca Koweek Eda Bloch in memory of Edmond Bloch David and JoAnn Rubin in celebration of the bat mitzvah Karen Scher of Noa Bearman David and JoAnn Rubin in celebration of the bat mitzvah of Zosia DeWitt 11191999 Beth El Funds
During the coming year, we are running a series of articles highlighting various Beth El funds, many written by those who helped start them or who remember the honorees. As you read these articles please consider directing donations to these worthy causes to honor those who we’ve loved, but not forgotten. Let’s make sure that through the programs supported by our special funds, Beth El remains a “heart of many rooms.”
The Earl and Gladys Siegel Endowment
The Endowment founded by Earl & Gladys Siegel provides funds annually to offset Congregational expenses. The Siegels joined Beth El Congregation in 1964. They both were congregational leaders, involved in a variety of activities, including the Beth El Finance Committee. They realized that if Beth El was going continue to provide a rich variety of programs, the Congregation had to plan for its future by building up an endowment, that would provide annual income to supplement the members’ annual contribu- tions. So in 2000, the Siegels led the formation of the Beth El Endowment fund. They were joined by many concerned
Beth El members who contributed generously to the new You can celebrate a simcha, honor a loved one, endowment. This fund has now grown to over $500,000 or send “get well” wishes by contributing to Beth El. dollars. The Endowment was renamed in the Siegels’ honor You may donate via our secure PayPal link in 2011. Our hope is that the Endowment will continue to or by check using the printable form online or below. grow exponentially, with large as well as small contributions www.betheldurham.org/development and legacies from both members and friends of Beth El, so in Your gift is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. the future, a larger and larger proportion of our annual budget, or special activities, are supported from the Siegel Todah Rabah! Thank You! Endowment. Please think of the Siegel Endowment when you want to honor or remember a friend or loved one.
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22202000 SSSeSeeepppptttteeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 2220200011113333 /// BeBBBeteethtthhh ElEEElll BuBBBuluulllelleteetittiniinnn Yahrzeit Reminders Elul September Cheshvan October 26 Anna Grossman 1 7 Edward Svetkey 11 26 Mollie Liptzin 1 8 Gertrude Lehman 12 26 Jacob A. Ornstein 1 10 Alfred Carson 14 27 Susan Wells Cox 2 10 Alice Rosenberg Kline 14 28 Clarence Berman 3 10 Abe Rosenzweig 14 29 Bonnie Jacobson 4 10 Elaine Shipman 14 29 Robert Lubovsky 4 10 Clara C. Wolff 14 29 Sidney Mandel 4 11 Sara Lieber 15 29 David Alexander Rosefielde 4 12 Marylu Goldberg 16 Tishrei September 12 Joseph Morrison 16 1 Sarah Bessie Murnick 5 13 Sadie Greenberg 17 1 Abraham Roskin 5 14 Stanley Barclay 18 1 Rebecca Stadiem 5 Traditionally, we light a 14 Gertrude Beatrice Dworski 18 2 Harry Diamond 6 memorial candle 14 Chaim Mordecai Finkel 18 2 Rhea Fishman 6 14 Florence Mintzer 18 3 Betty Bleier Erdberg 7 on the evening before 15 Harry Segal 19 3 Ben Kafka 7 the anniversary of a 16 Harold Barth 20 4 Rebecca Emenitove 8 loved one's death. 16 Moshe Friedman 20 4 Polly Gutman 8 16 Freda Leiss 20 4 Roberta Morris 8 16 Treasure McClain 20 4 Sam Sonnenberg 8 16 Nathan Rafterman 20 4 Heinz Speier 8 Tishrei October 17 Anna Marck 21 5 Sydney Back 9 27 Martin Leiss 1 18 Arthur Concors 22 5 Lottie Samuel 9 27 David Liptzin 1 18 Bert Isaacs 22 5 Leveritt A. Wallace 9 27 Harry Lyons 1 19 Mildred Sass Slatkoff 23 6 Rifkie Kresses Birnbrey 10 27 Alex S. Tulsky 1 19 Jacob I. Stadiem 23 7 Pearl Cohen 11 27 Lena Wilson 1 20 Joseph Poss 24 7 Israel Gutman 11 28 Albert Behar 2 20 Yetta Adel Rockman 24 8 Jacob Katz 12 28 Erven Gladstein 2 20 Sylvia Shane 24 9 Saul Bernstein 13 28 Alberto Levy 2 21 Eric Ivan Pas 25 9 Louis Silver 13 28 Jennie Nachamson 2 21 Hattie Singer 25 10 Aryeh Dov Daniel 14 29 Solomon Mollock 3 22 Sarah Behar 26 10 Rachel Daniel 14 30 Eliot Kraft 4 22 Marvin C. Goldstein 26 10 Norma Soforenko 14 30 Mark Switzer 4 22 Arnold Klapper 26 11 Morris Becker 15 30 Maurice M. Tartell 4 23 Celia Shatzman 27 11 Melvin Gladstein 15 Cheshvan October 24 Larry Katz 28 11 Philip Greenberg 15 1 N. Herbert Halberstadt 5 25 Agnes Browne Culp 29 12 Bernice Kahn 16 1 Paul Perilstein 5 26 Eva Lieberman 30 13 Herbert Herzfeld 17 1 Marvin Wahl 5 26 Samuel Lipschitz 30 13 William Jacob Jackson Jr. 17 2 Dolores Ginsburg 6 27 Herbert Bailin 31 13 Anna Lipschitz 17 2 Dan Portnoy 6 27 Mary Siegel 31 14 Nathan R. Wolff 18 4 Norman Gross 8 16 Lilla Dale Fuerst 20 4 Herman Krebs 8 16 Nathan Lieberman 20 5 Benjamin Cone 9 16 Sadie Rosenberg 20 6 Katherine Asbury 10 16 Henry Schlanger 20 6 Mary Freedman 10 18 Sam B. Guyes 22 6 Joseph George Shimm 10 18 Harry Harrison, Jr 22 6 Kassel Siegel 10 18 Morris Kaplan 22 7 Herman Bachenheimer 11 18 Annie Sher 22 7 Helen Reiner Portnoy 11 19 Julius Grossman 23 7 Polly Keyserling Sinnreich 11 19 Marya Kirshner 23 20 Benjamin Bane 24 20 Deborah Rosenblum 24 20 John G. Ullman 24 21 Oscar Klevansky 25 Barukh Dayan Ha-emet 22 Hanna Rachel Koren 26 “Blessed is the Judge of Truth” 22 Edward Seligman 26 22 Lawrence Singer 26 23 Israel Meyer Frohman 27 Beth El congregation extends condolences to 23 Robert Strauss 27 Sharon Lunk on the death of her brother, Gary Rosenberg . 24 Henry Bane 28
24 Susana Levy 28 25 Halina Gutman 29 May the Ever Present One comfort them among 25 Rose Gutman 29 the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem 25 Kurt Schreiber 29 26 Jeannette Fink 30 26 Nancy Goldberg 30 22212111 2013 BIKE MS: HISTORIC NEW BERN RIDE September 7-8, 2013 Sicha , Hebrew for "conversation," is an organization that
GREATER CAROLINA’S CHAPTER, promotes the vital ongoing dialogue between classical Jewish texts NATIONAL and modern life. Essays engaging modern and classical texts in MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY conversations can be found on our website: www.sichaconversation.org.
Bike MS is a 2-day cycling event that raises funds Beyond Belief . Join Rabbi Sager and Sicha for a series of conversa- to support people living with multiple sclerosis in North tions this fall that explore Jewish identity. The first session of and South Carolina and throughout the United States. Beyond Belief: Belonging Among the Worshipers and the Money raised through this event funds MS research, Transgressors will be held at the Levin JCC on Sunday, programs, services, and advocacy. In 2012, over 2,100 September 8 at 3:30 . This program occurs during the days participants raised $1,714,476 to create a world free of between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur -- a time when religious MS. This year, our goal is to raise $1.8 million! rhythm and language shape our identity, pushing us into traditional categories with which we have to make our peace, even if we don't Bike MS cyclists enjoy two full days of riding accept them. For more information, see here: www.tinyurl.com/ through rural eastern North Carolina. Each day, cyclists beyondbelief2013 . can choose to ride 30, 75, 50 or 100 miles on fully supported routes. At the conclusion of each day's ride, B’almah . Our first B’almah gathering this fall will take place on cyclists are greeted by cheerful volunteers, a delicious Wednesday, October 9 at 7:30 at the Levin JCC. The topic, Eternally Naming , regards a name as the carrier of a life and a hot meal, ice cold beverages, and live entertainment. It's personality. The name remains always in the spoken world of the a great time, you should join us! living, ready to shape and be shaped by new life. Our names often Bike MS will take you further than you’ve ever represent loss moved forward into the world. Join a conversation gone before. It’s not the miles that matter — it’s the about how we name and are named. Visit our website for more unforgettable journey. Join us for an event that’s more information at www.sichaconversation.org. than a ride — it’s anticipation, camaraderie, personal Shana Tova! During the New Year season, the meaning of the accomplishment, and the knowledge that you’re changing past is at stake. Can we remember the past year so as to make lives… making every mile that much sweeter. its lessons serve us well? Can we tend to unintended moments, Please consider joining the Beth El Team this year. redeeming missteps from failure and moving them towards the We’re called Joanne’s Rolling Rs. If you sign up to ride promise of a wiser future? Without memory, the past is irredeem- with us we’ll be there to support you every mile with tools able and yet, there are times when only forgetting can save. Enjoy to help you train and fundraise. This is year 22 for the what Amichai brings to the conversation about remembering and Rolling Rs (lots of Beth El members you know!). Come forgetting by visiting: www.sichaconversation.org/2010/08/23/9/. share the fun with us. Pedal along beautiful scenery in May the New Year bring rich and productive renewal. New Bern, NC. Your ride will be fun and inspirational. It will be the most rewarding journey you will ever make. Israel Ride Registration Fee: $35 Levin JCC Tarheels Team Fundraising Minimum: $300 Biking for Peace, Route Options: 30, 50, 75, 100 Partnership & Environment Age Minimum: 12 years In October, Bob Gutman, Adam Please contact Sharon Halperin for more information: Goldstein, and Steve Drysdale will be setting out on a journey [email protected] of Tzedakah and adventure. They will be riding up to 350 miles in the Israeli desert, from Jerusalem to Eilat, to raise money on behalf of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and Hazon. The Arava Institute Hazon Israel Ride is a cycle for peace, partnership and the environment. Your donation to this ride Jewish Meditation at the Levin JCC supports efforts to prepare future Arab and Jewish leaders to cooperatively solve the region's environmental challenges 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month. 10:45am-12:00pm through education and research . They are challenging No charge & no experience needed to attend. Long standing themselves physically, and have committed to raising $15,000 meditation group. Always open to new participants. Sometimes as a team. With your generosity and their pedaling, we can a participant leads a guided meditation; other times it is a silent support Israel in these times of need. practice. Levin JCC, 1937 W. Cornwallis Road, Durham. Phone: 919-354-4936, [email protected] Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution (all levels are deeply appreciated by visiting the team page: http://arava.kintera.org/2013israelride/tarheels ) 222222 SSSeSeeepppptttteeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 2220200011113333 /// BeBBBeteethtthhh ElEEElll BuBBBuluulllelleteetittiniinnn Carolina Jews for Justice Lerner School Events A Jewish, grassroots advocacy network for NC citizens. Open to all!
CJJ Cafe: What's Jewish about Voting Rights? When: Mon., September 30, 7pm – 9pm Schmooze ‘n Play ~ a Jewish Play Group for families of pre- Where: Beth Meyer Synagogue, Raleigh schoolers and kindergarteners! Schmooze with other parents while your children play on Lerner School’s beautiful playground! Join us for an interactive educational program on voting rights in 10:30am – 11:30am at the Lerner School in Durham. RSVP at NC. Special guests from Democracy NC will update us on voting [email protected]. rights policy in the state, followed by a coffee house and text September 15, October 13, November 10, December 8 study exploring Jewish connections to democratic expression. For more on this event & others including how to join us, Jewish Story Time ~ Celebrate Jewish holidays with hands-on visit us at http://carolinajewsforjustice.org/ fun! Join us for stories, crafts and a light snack on the dates listed below at 10:30am (note various locations.) Sponsored by the Lerner School. Free! RSVP at [email protected]. Sep. 18 – Sukkot, Durham Library, Shannon Road Branch N.C. Museum of Art Nov. 24 – Chanukah, Barnes & Noble, New Hope Commons Judaic Art Gallery Shabbat Together ~ Celebrate Shabbat with songs, movement Best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year and homemade challah at the Lerner School! For parents and their from the NC Museum of Art’s Friends of the children, ages 18 months – 4 years old. 9am in the Lerner School Judaic Art Gallery! To celebrate the holiday and library in Durham. Free! RSVP at [email protected]. new year, plan a visit to the Museum to tour the October 11, 18, 25 / November 1, 8, 15, 22 / December 13, 20 Judaic art collection, which features beautifully crafted ceremonial art such as this Standing Hanukkah Lamp Open House: See what happens when Jewish values and culture by Ze’ev Raban of Jerusalem’s Bezalel Workshop. Visit meet educational excellence! Join us for a Lerner School Open ncartmuseum.org for more details on the Museum and Judaic House for preschool and elementary school families. For more collection. The Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, and information, visit www.lernerschool.org. To reserve your space, admission is free (aside from special ticketed exhibitions). Hours email [email protected] or call (919) 286-5517. are as follows: Tuesday-Thursday, 10am-5pm; Friday, 10am-9pm; Nov. 13-14 , 8:30am – 9:30am & Dec. 5-6, 8:30am – 9:30am Saturday-Sunday, 10am-5pm.
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Anyone who is in need of a meal due to illness, surgery, grief or other special circumstances. Visit www.ramahdarom.org/programs for registration & more information on these We are here for YOU! & other programs year-round. Anyone who needs a ride to/from a doctor's appointment, to the hospital or nursing home so you can visit a friend or loved one. Jewish Women's Getaway October 20-22 We are here for YOU! Grab your mom, daughter and best friends and join us for a Anyone who would like a friendly visitor memorable week of girl time! No cleaning, no working - our to see you at home or in the facility where you live. chef and staff will take care of you as you relax and participate in fun and inspiring programs. Take advantage of Early Bird We are here for YOU! Registration before August 5 and pay last year's rates! Anyone who would like to be a part of this wonderful organization by participating in any of the above. Winter Break Family Camp December 27-January 1 Please call or email Rhoda Silver at: Enjoy relaxation, recreation and an array of classes while children 919-688-0077 / [email protected] participate in fun and engaging camp activities. What could be better than s'mores under the stars with your kids? Take advantage of Early Bird Registration before October 10 and pay last year's rates!
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22242444 SSSeSeeepppptttteeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 2220200011113333 /// BeBBBeteethtthhh ElEEElll BuBBBuluulllelleteetittiniinnn Letter from Valhalla We also decided that we’d try getting ourselves around as On The Road Again: Israel and Africa – I much as possible by light rail and bus. The first problem to solve, of course, was air travel. This is Have you ever received an invitation to an event many months reasonably straightforward – unless you are dealing with Israelis. in the future, said “Yes, I’d love to” to your prospective host, and My hosts in Israel would not permit me to book my own flights. We then forgotten about the event only to recall “Oh Gee, I forgot about had to use some combination of Brooklyn-based and Israeli travel that, now I have to go”? This happened to me a few months ago. agents to get Sharon and I on the same plane and seated next to one I have been a visiting professor in the radiation oncology another. While the Israeli government was paying for me to fly department of the major hospital in Haifa, Rambam Medical Center, business class, how would we get Sharon an equivalent seat? We about a half a dozen times. Haifa is the third largest city in Israel signed up for the El Al frequent flyer club, called Matmid, and after with a population of 268,000. About another 300,000 people live in all sorts of machinations of moving frequent flyer points from the adjacent area. For those of you who have visited Israel, you may American Express to El Al and uncounted phone calls and emails, recall visiting the world headquarters of the Ba’hai religion in Haifa we got it arranged. or, perhaps, using it as a jumping off point for visits to the northern If you have not flown business class, it is a pleasant experi- part of the country. ence from the U.S. end. Once you have checked in and dropped off Rambam Medical Center is the teaching hospital of the your bags and gone through security they direct you to a private Rappaport School of Medicine of the Technion. The Technion is waiting room where you can eat (in case you’re worried that they usually referred to as “Israel’s M.I.T.” – a major engineering and are only going to feed you several times on the flight and that technology university. Why, you might wonder, did the medical won’t be enough) and await being called to board the flight. (Flying school end up at the Technion rather than, say, the University of business class from Israel back to the U.S. is fine once you’re on Haifa? This appears to be a long story which reaches back into the plane. Getting through Ben Gurion Airport and onto the plane, the distant mists of time, academic politics, and wishes of donors. however, on the way home is still a cattle drive even if you’re in In the Fall of 2012 one of my colleagues at the Rambam business class.) The business class seats on El Al are up a flight of Medical Center asked if I would be willing to come to Israel to steps to the upper deck of the plane. The seats are sort of a cocoon discuss whether or not the Israeli Ministry of Health should invest arrangement and you can push a button and they turn into a bed. in a proton radiation therapy center for the country. Wanting to be You have your supper, take a sleeping pill, tuck yourself in, and tell accommodating I said that, of course, I would be happy to do so. the flight attendant to wake you up when you’re on the other side of Then, as is so often the case, it passed from my mind until I the world. Very expensive but very civilized. realized that the Spring of 2013 was approaching and I had to Next month I’ll get us off the plane, to our rented apartment in prepare an analysis of the situation, write a lecture to be presented Jerusalem, and on our way to the first of our appointments. to the Ministry of Health, and get myself to Tel Aviv for the Until then, meeting. Regards from Valhalla, It shouldn’t be a total loss, this trip offered the opportunity for Edward Halperin Sharon to join me. Our daughter Rebecca and our new son-in-law Jonathan also signed up for the excursion and we set about booking flights, hotels, and transfers. The major question, of course, was “What are we going to do when we’re in Israel?” All of us had been to Israel multiple times. We didn’t need to repeat visits to Come hear previously seen sites. What could we do that was unique and THE MAGNOLIA KLEZMER BAND! interesting? 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Sunday, Sept. 22nd, Watts St. Band (including some We decided to visit the Hadassah Technical College in members of MKB), 12:30pm Sukkah party at Beth El Jerusalem, Yad Sarah – the organization that serves home health care needs in Israel, Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem, Yad Sunday, Sept. 29th , Carrboro Music Festival, Magnolia @ Vashem – the Holocaust Memorial and Museum, Haassah Neurim The Century Center - 3pm, Carrboro, NC and Hadera to deliver backpacks to Ethiopian resettlement and education centers, a theater for the blind and hearing impaired in Tuesday, Oct. 8th , 7:30pm, "Havurah", Fearington Village, Jaffa, the Israeli campus of Touro College (in addition to being Chapel Hill, NC the Chancellor of New York Medical College I am the Provost for Biomedical Affairs of Touro in the U.S.), and to see some family www.magnoliaklezmerband.com and friends.
22252555 Jewish Sparks is a public access television program which is broadcast in Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Durham, NC. This program Foundations of Jewish Family Living presents videos of major Jewish educational and artistic events with Master teacher Rabbi Jennifer Solomon together with interviews and recordings of Jewish scholars and important Jewish leaders. Our goal is to promote a better under- What are the Jewish Values you want your child to know? standing of key Jewish concepts and issues within both the Jewish
and non-Jewish communities. Foundations of Jewish Family Living is a new learning The Jewish Sparks 30 minute weekly broadcast schedule opportunity for parents that provides a thought-provoking is listed in the table below: encounter with the core values of Judaism. At a time in a family’s life when a child experiences their own Jewish Chapel Peoples Time Warner Cable Tues. 9:00PM Hill (CH) Channel Channel 8 education, this rich learning experience provides you with the learning, the language and the confidence to be a teacher to your Durham Durham Time Warner Cable own children and support Jewish Learning at home. Tues. 7:30PM (DR) Comm. Media Channel 18 Classes are divided into two 10-week sessions held on Wed. 7:00PM Raleigh & Thurs. RTN Cable Channel 10 Wednesday mornings at the Lerner School, 8:15-9:45am. (RTN) 8:00 PM Session 1 entitled A Year of Values - Teaching Values through Jewish Holidays begins on October 2 and concludes on The latest program schedule is on the Jewish Sparks Website: December 18 . Session two entitled Day to Day Values Teaching www.jewishsparks.net. Values through Jewish Family Living begins on January 8 and Week of August 26: concludes on March 12, 2014. Eli Evans, “Coming Home - Part 2” (CH, DR) Rabbi Daniel Greyber, “Faith Unravels” (RTN) Tuition for each session is $150 plus a $36 materials fee which covers both sessions. Jewish Sparks maintains a large archive of program material. If you miss a live broadcast, or do not have Cable, you can watch the programs on the internet site (www.jewishsparks.net.) The website also provides an excellent source of educational material, which includes early lectures from the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies. Additional information is available from the website, Ellen Singer or email the Jewish Sparks producer, Sheldon Becker, at either “In Tune With Your Real Estate Needs” [email protected] or [email protected].
Triangle Jewish Chorale Over 32 years Down Home: The Cantata as a full-time
In April & May of 2013, the Triangle Jewish Chorale presented real estate broker three performances of a newly composed piece, “Down Home: serving the Triangle Area, The Cantata”, exploring the Jewish immigrant experience in North including Chapel Hill, Carolina. Jewish Sparks was very fortunate to be able to record Carrboro, Durham, several of the major movements of the Cantata. There is a link to Orange and Chatham County "Down Home - The Cantata" on the main Jewish Sparks webpage - www.jewishsparks.net - at the top center of the page. ▪ Resident of Chapel Hill/Durham since 1973 ▪ Graduate Realtors Institute ▪ Member of Beth El Congregation ▪ Member of the Chapel Hill Kehillah Interested in reading the Haftarah or Torah ▪ Life Member of Hadassah during an upcoming Shabbat service? ▪ NC Hillel Board of Directors ▪ Board of Directors Durham/Chapel Hill Federation Congregants who do this regularly/semi-regularly/ every-once-in-awhile are greatly appreciated! Even if you've never chanted a Haftarah, if it's been a long time, or you have thought it would be a meaningful way to commemorate an occasion, you like the sound of the trope, or you would just like to learn this as a new skill, please contact Randi Smith - [email protected]. If you would like to read a Torah portion, please contact Jeff Derby - [email protected]
22262666 SSSeSeeepppptttteeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 2220200011113333 /// BeBBBeteethtthhh ElEEElll BuBBBuluulllelleteetittiniinnn Detours near Beth El Through September
The section of West Main Street that runs along Duke’s East Campus between Buchanan Boulevard and Swift Ave./Broad St. is closed throughout the summer for a state bridge replacement project.
More at: http://today.duke.edu/2013/04/mainstreetclosed
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Please patronize our sponsors It’s time to link or re-link your VIC card to Beth El Talmud and let them know you saw Torah for Harris Teeter’s TIE (Together in Education) their ads here. program.
If you are interested in You may do so online at or the next time you're at Harris Teeter, simply tell your cashier (during check-out) that you sponsoring an ad in the want Beth El's account number, 5883 , linked to your Harris Beth El Bulletin, Teeter VIC card. Once the account number is linked, every time you shop during the 13-14 school year, 2% of your please call Gladys Siegel Private Label purchases will be contributed to the Beth El at 919-942-5369. Talmud Torah (a great way to do a "double-mitzvah" when you shop for our food drive). You may link to more than one school and Harris Teeter will split the donation.
22272777 Chapel Hill-Durham Hadassah The Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina
Our website lists Jewish events occurring from the mountains to Not a member? Why not? Everyone is welcome (yes, men too). the coast. Check us out at www.jhfnc.org . Our site has a blog about Jewish life in North Carolina. We invite you to post a For information, contact please contact memory, share a Jewish story, or recount how your family Cheryl Solow at [email protected] celebrates an upcoming holiday. JHFNC seeks volunteers who or you may join online at can email us Jewish events happening in their region. www.hadassah.org (Chapel Hill/Durham branch).
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JFS volunteers needed: We need Beth El volunteers at the Chapel Hill
Shabbat Outreach volunteers are needed to lead a short Community Kitchen to cook lunch on the first Wednesday Shabbat service on Fridays for Jewish residents of an assisted of each month from 9:30-12:30. Anyone able to help please living facility in Chapel Hill. contact Gladys Siegel ([email protected])
Friendly Visitors are needed for isolated older adults living in the community. Not appropriate for volunteers who want Servers & Tuna Casseroles Needed for Durham to visit someone with their child. Friendly visitors will Community Café Dinner the fourth Sunday of each spend time with the person as friends do- talking, exploring month! Several casseroles are needed for the Community common interests, or going for a walk. Minimum time Café dinner that is served on the fourth Sunday of each commitment: 2-4 hours per month. month. For your convenience, the recipe is printed below. For more information on these volunteer opportunities, Please deliver the casseroles to Judea Reform before the please contact JFS Social Worker Jenny Schwartz at fourth Sunday of each month during their regular office 919-354-4923 or [email protected] hours. If you are unable to deliver the casserole, please contact Erica Gringle to make alternate arrangements. JFS Gift Card Program: JFS seeks gift cards to shops, This mitzvah is an easy one in which to involve children. movies, restaurants, shows, hair salons. Your gift will be Besides making casseroles, Beth El's commitment is to apreciated by those in need. To make a donation or for more provide servers for the community meal on the fourth information, contact Jenny Schwartz at 919-354-4923 or Sunday of each month (5:45 PM - 7:15 PM). If you are [email protected] interested in participating in this community service project, please contact Erica Rapport Gringle. Pre-teens through adult can serve so this too is great mitzvah to do with your older kids. Tzedakah in Bloom
Tzedakah in Bloom is a project started by the TUNA NOODLE CASSEROLE Jewish Family Service to raise money for local (use a very large rectangular or oval disposable tin) community members in need and food banks. Please note changes for pasta & vegetables —2 lbs. of rotini (other pastas get mushy after being frozen, JFS offers 13 different silk flower arrangements thawed and baked) for use at your simcha. —about 42 ounces of water packed tuna, drained (on the bimah, at a reception or as a centerpiece). —7 cans of cream of mushroom soup (about 70 ounces and New arrangements are added periodically. low sodium, if possible) Each arrangement rents for $150.00. —8 carrots and 8 stalks of celery, diced —Boil the noodles in a large pot of water until al dente or Please call the Federation office at almost done. Drain and place in casserole. 919-489-5335 if you have questions about the project. —Add all other ingredients and mix well.
Photos of the arrangements —No need to cook. Just cover tightly with lots of foil and as well as a reservation form is online at: transport it to the Judea Reform freezer. www.shalomdch.org/blooms.htm. Help our Jewish Elderly: Jewish Family Services To reserve an arrangement, provides a program and lunch for seniors in our community contact Sandy Fangmeier, Project Coordinator: (Chaverim). This is a wonderful opportunity for our elderly 919-489-0433 or [email protected] seniors to get together on a regular basis, spending time together chatting over a good lunch. We are looking for small groups of friends, such as a family or two, a Hebrew school class or a B’nei Mitzvah student to consider preparing Jewish Family Services at the Levin JCC or sponsoring ($100 donation) a lunch in honor or memory 1937 Cornwallis Road, Durham of someone or just for the fun of it, for between 15 - 20 919-354-4936 [email protected] www.levinjcc.org seniors. This is an easy and wonderfully rewarding mitzvah
Contact Jenny Schwartz opportunity. For more information please contact Michele at 919-354-4923 or [email protected] Pas at [email protected] or 919-493-3175. for information on these & other JFS programs. Volunteer as a Guardian ad Litem: Help change the
life of Durham's abused and neglected children. For more Visti the JCC website for dates & details information or to volunteer, contact Stephanie Kelly at on these ongoing events & more: 564-7289 or [email protected]. Sandy Kessler can also give you information on what it is like to be a JFS Mitzvah Corps Bubbes and Zaydes Guardian ad Litem. Job & Networking Group Caregiver Support Group Duke Hospice Volunteers Needed: If you or anyone Chronic Connections Memory Café you know is interested in becoming a hospice volunteer for Chaverim JFS Clinical Connections Duke Hospice, please contact Carolyn Colsher at 919-620- Women’s & Men’s Groups BRIDGES Sensational Sundays 3859, ext. 235 or [email protected]. For more information on programs visit www.dhch.duhs.duke.edu. 33313111 BETH EL SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Friday evening services: Services are held on Friday evenings only in conjunction with other programming or special occasions. See monthly calendars for noted dates and times. Saturday morning services: Services in the Orthodox Kehillah begin at 9:00 a.m. Services in the Main Sanctuary begin at 9:30 a.m. Weekday minyanim in the Main Sanctuary: Sunday mornings at 9:30am (resume Sept. 8) Wednesday mornings at 8:00am
*Please let the office know in advance if you need to say Kaddish, even if a minyan has already been scheduled.
OFFICE HOURS: Monday through Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. / Fridays: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
CONTACT INFORMATION: Office (voice) 919-682-1238 (fax) 919-682-7898 Rabbi Daniel Greyber, Rabbi 919-682-2491 [email protected] Ivy Wingate, Interim Executive Director 919-682-1238 ext. 110 [email protected] Elisabeth Albert, Education & Youth Director 919-682-1238 ext. 170 [email protected] Rachel Albert, Congregational Services Coordinator 919-682-1238 ext. 100 [email protected] Krisha Miller, Publicity Assistant 919-416-1397 [email protected] Rabbi Steve Sager, Rabbi Emeritus 919-682-1238 ext. 195 [email protected] Bulletin Advertising Sales Manager 919-942-5369 [email protected]
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