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September 2017 10 Elul 5777 - 10 Tishrei 5778 September 2017 10 Elul 5777 - 10 Tishrei 5778 Steve Smith Plays Klezmer Trumpet in Russia - page 33 Rabbi Ed’s Hillel Retreat at KJCC - page 41 High Holiday Section - page 46 Keys Jewish Community Center P.O. Box 1332 • Tavernier, FL 33070 • 305-852-5235 • keysjewishcenter.com Chai-Lights September 2017 1 September 2017 10 Elul – 10 Tishrei Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 2 1 Erica Lieberman- Garrett 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Labor Sisterhood Joyce Peckman Day Meeting 1:00 p.m. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 KJCC S’lichot Board Beth Hayden Pizza & Meeting Movie 10 a.m. 6:00 p.m. 17 18 19 20 21 22 Rosh 23 Erev Rosh Rosh Hashanah Shabbat Hashanah Hashanah Day Two Shuvah Dinner Day One Service 5:30 p.m. Gloria Avner 10 a.m. Service Service 9:30 a.m. Laurie Blum & Havdalah 7:30 p.m. Gary Margolis 7:30 p.m. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Erev Yom Yom Kippur Kippur Services Kol Nidre 9:30 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Yizkor 2 Chai-Lights September 2017 2017 - 2018 KJCC Officers and Board President’s Message President Beth Hayden Beth Hayden Executive Vice President Shalom uvracha, Gloria Avner This issue of Chai-Lights ushers in the time of year Vice Presidents when we prepare for the some very tra- Marc Bloom • Michael Kaufman • Medina Roy High Holy Days of Rosh ditional events. We have an Treasurer HaShanah and Yom Kippur. evening on which we observe Linda Kaplan It is a time of year that fills S’lichot services. Slichah (the Recording Secretary me with anticipation and af- singular) literally means par- Arthur Itkin firms my feeling that we are don or forgive. The plural Corresponding Secretary actually very fortunate to be (S’lichot) is used when refer- Joyce Peckman Jews. These Yamim HaNo- ring to the High Holy Days and Financial Secretary raim (Days of Awe) are describes the penitential Donna Bolton unique and bind us to the psalms and piyyutim (Jewish Directors observances and customs of liturgical poems) composing Ken Atlas • Dave Feder • Susan Gordon the S’lichot service. It is a tra- Steve Hartz • Mitch Harvey our predecessors. Who can- Beth Kaminstein • Linda Pollack not be deeply moved when ditional Jewish act to ask for- Skip Rose • Gene Silverman • Stuart Smith the majestic and haunting giveness from people one may Sisterhood melody of Aveinu Malkeinu have hurt or wronged, either Susan Gordon (Our Father, Our King) rises purposefully or accidentally, Adult Education & Librarian in supplication? How can one during the past year before Medina Roy remain impassive when we beginning the observance of a Historian ask to be written in the Book New Year. The KJCC also ob- Mary Lee Singer of Life (Sefer Chaim) for a serves Tashlich – the custom Resident Scholar good year? Or recite the of “casting” away past sins by Rabbi Richard Agler, DD words of the Unetaneh Tokef throwing bread crumbs on Past Presidents as we ask “Mi yichayeh umi moving water. During the Joel S. Cohen yamut” (who will live and days of repentance that sepa- Robert Faeges rate Rosh HaShanah and Yom Ronald Horn who will die)? While these Lester Nieman are deeply personal and Kippur we observe Shabbat Irving Stein humbling days for all of us, Shuvah (Sabbath of Return or Myron Rubin Bea Graham as we review our successes Repentance) and on the tenth George Swartz and failures during the past day, we observe the most sol- Susan Horn emn day in our calendar, Yom Jim Boruszak year, these are also days Joel Pollack when we can look ahead with Kippur (Day of Atonement). It Jeff Schocket anticipation to a new year, is customary on these days to Steve Steinbock Alan Beth new plans, fresh intentions wish each other a “Shanah to- Stuart Sax and a fresh beginning. Not vah umetukah” (a good and Bernard Ginsberg Sam Vinicur only is the first day of the sweet year) and “G’mar chati- Hebrew month of Tishri the mah tovah” (may you be sealed Production Heather Seal celebration of Rosh HaSha- for a good year). And so allow me to wish for you and each nah, in our tradition it is the CHAI-LIGHTS is the birthday of the world. and every one of us, a Shanah monthly publication of the The KJCC incorporates in its tovah umetukah and G’mar Keys Jewish Community Center P.O. Box 1332, Tavernier, Florida 33070 preparation for and ob- chatimah tovah. [email protected] servance of the Days of Awe -B’shalom, Beth Chai-Lights September 2017 3 pleased to welcome them and express our grati- Nosh tude for their service. Please RSVP in advance, with the veteran’s name, to Donna Bolton Israel 2018—Yesterday and Today ([email protected]). Whether you’ve never been to Israel or you have been many times, this will be an Israel expe- Help Decorate Our Sukkah rience unlike any other. Join us in the KJCC Meditation Garden on The State of Israel has come a long way since Sunday morning, October 1st, at 11:00 a.m., the its founding. Through Socialism and Labor Zion- day after Yom Kippur. The previous evening we ism to free-market capitalism; from agriculture to will have feasted at our always-sumptuous Sister- manufacturing to the famed hi-tech “Start Up hood Break-the-Fast. We'll then need some crea- Nation;” with secular, national religious, ultra- tive exercise. Let's once again make Alan Beth orthodox and Israel’s new “secular spirituality” and Candy Stanlake's pergola gift into a gorgeous all playing a role. outdoor "booth" for Sukkot. Naturally, all who The KJCC will be returning to Israel in the come (please bring your children and grandchil- Spring of 2018 and we’d like to have you join us dren) will have an assortment of treats and cof- Our theme will be “Israel: Yesterday and Today” fee to sustain them. We will practice our lulav/ —with special emphasis on today. estrog blessings. (For our formal celebration of We will see first-hand how Israel is changing, Sukkot the following Friday evening.) This is al- e.g. in relations with her Arab neighbors, the ways fun, for kids of all ages. national narrative, and a once-secular society now looking for, and finding, new modes of Jew- Selichot: Prayers and Pizza ish spiritual expression. Our High Holiday cycle doesn't really begin on We will explore all of these and more in peo- Erev Rosh HaShanah. Everything in Judaism is a ple-to-people encounters with scholars, guides, continuum. Erev Selichot marks the inner begin- and everyday Israelis. We will also delve into ning because on that night we say prayers for Israel’s historic past, with visits to new discover- forgiveness in community and set the intent for ies at archeological sites that teach us about the all that is to follow. It helps us get in a state of ancient roots that shape the land and its people receptivity and commitment and is our warm-up today. for the Days of Awe to come. So be at KJCC on Though we will see “sites” this is not a sight- Saturday, September 16th, by 6:00 p.m. It is al- seeing tour. It is a 10-day encounter with the ways a special night – warm, meaningful, enter- people and movements that are shaping Israel’s taining and delicious. Services will be led by Steve present and future destiny. Steinbock and Bernard Ginsberg. Pizza and salad Come, be engaged and inspired. For further will be served, and we'll watch that perennial, information, please contact Scott Pearl, KJCC’s multi-layered film favorite, "Fiddler On The volunteer trip organizer, at 954-655-8330 or Roof." Many thanks to Linda Pollack for sponsor- [email protected]. ing this important ritual evening. (See ad on page 16 for RSVP information.) Veterans Invited If you know any returning veterans who would like to participate in High Holiday services, please Oneg Sponsors for September 2017 invite them to be part of our KJCC mishpocha for the 10 Days of Awe. We would love them to September 22nd – Laurie Blum & Gary join us for Rosh HaShanah dinner and our Yom Margolis in memory of Laurie’s dad’s Kippur Break-the-Fast as well, where we will be Yahrzeit. 4 Chai-Lights September 2017 September Birthdays Yahrzeit Plaque 1st…………………………….Mildred Finkelstein Patty Silver Schocket 2nd………………….……………...Lloyd Wruble 10/29/1952 — 10/26/2016 4th…………………………………Chase Barrett 4th……………………………….Debby C. Block Always in our hearts 6th……………………………Steven Greenbaum Sandy Feldman, M.D., Larry Binderow, 7th…………………………...………Mindy Agler Sasha Binderow and Jeffrey Schocket 7th……………………………..Morton Silverman 7th……………………………………Stellar Levy 8th…………………………………....Susan Horn Erev Rosh HaShanah Dinner 9th…………………………………...Jacob Klimpl When we begin an important holiday, espe- 10th…………………………………Gerri Emkey cially one that involves serious communal prayer, 13th…………………………………..Andy Tobin we all want to be around that big family table 13th……………………………………Lisha Lane beforehand. Sisterhood will be offering its finest 13th……………………………….Shawn Borisoff home-cooked foods, for meat lovers and vege- 16th………………………………..Larry S. Schur tarians alike, on Erev Rosh HaShanah, September 17th………………………………..….Ellen Ecker 20th, at 5:30 p.m. Make your reservation now 18th………………………………..Shirley Krissel and send your $25 check (per person, not count- 19th…………………………....Barbara Bernstein ing children under 13, who eat free) made out to 19th…………………………….…...Brenna Nobil KJCC Sisterhood (P.O. Box 116, Tavernier, FL 19th………………………………..Joel Bofshever 33070). It will be an auspicious, delicious and 19th…………………………………Steven Schur homey event as we prepare to be written into 22nd………………………………...Fred Hudson the Book of Life.
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