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November/December 2018 Cheshvan – Tevet 5779 | Vol November/December 2018 Cheshvan – Tevet 5779 | Vol. 27, No. 6 Happy Chanukah Don’t forget to Fall Back! YOUR VOTE Turn your clocks COUNTS. back an hour on November 6th Nov. 4th Rabbi’s Table .........................................3 School & Youth News ..........................5 Inside President’s Greeting ..............................4 Donations ...........................................13 Congregation Beth El-Norwalk | 109 East Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851 | (203) 838-2710 | www.congbethel.org Building On Our Legacy Page 2 November/December 2018 THE BETH EL BULLETIN Congregation Beth El stands in solidarity with Congregation Beth El-Norwalk Affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative the Jewish Community to mourn the victims of Judaism and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America anti-semitism at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. 109 East Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851 (203) 838-2710 • www.congbethel.org RABBI Ita Paskind ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR Jody Dietch November/December 2018 Schedule of Services NAVASKY DIRECTOR Danielle Mittleman NITZAN SCHOOL DIRECTOR Amy SantaLucia November 2 December 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 5:30pm Candle Lighting 9:30am Shabbat Service, PRESIDENT David Hirshfield Bat Mitzvah of 6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service 1ST VP HR/RITUAL David Loewenberg Atara Loewenberg November 3 VP FUNDRAISING Stephanie Gordon VP EDUCATION Marguerite Felsenfeld 9:30am Shabbat Service December 7 4:07pm Candle Lighting VP MEMBERSHIP Dina Fleischmann TREASURER Marty Paisner November 9 6:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service 4:22pm Candle Lighting FINANCIAL SECRETARY Paul Ginsberg (note time); Chanukah SECRETARY Gary Mozer 6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service Family Shabbat Dinner TRUSTEES November 10 December 8 Cindy Almanzar Howard Greenberg Nancy Oberst 9:30am Shabbat Service 9:30am Shabbat Service Win Baum Josh Hurwitz Sharon Rosen 10:30am Youth Service 10:30am Youth Service Brian Berger Josh Lander Hilary Shaefitz Michael Charlip Barrett Lester Sam Shukovsky November 16 December 14 Michelle Fanwick Melissa Marlowe David Weinstein 4:16pm Candle Lighting 4:08pm Candle Lighting Steve Frey Andy Meyers 6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service Stuart Garrelick Andrew Moss November 17 December 15 Lifetime Trustee 9:00am Shabbat Morning Torah 9:00am Shabbat Morning Torah Harold Morgenthaler Study with Rabbi Paskind Study with Rabbi Paskind COMMITTEE CHAIRS 9:45am Shabbat Service 9:45am Shabbat Service BUDGET Hilary Shaefitz DINNER/KITCHEN Ellen Wasserman November 23 December 21 4:10pm Candle Lighting FUNDRAISING Stephanie Gordon 4:11pm Candle Lighting HIGH HOLIDAY Marvin Rosenbaum, Riva Silverman, 6:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service James Sugarman (note time) December 22 HOUSE Winthrop Baum INVESTMENT ADV. COMMITTEE TBD November 24 9:30am Shabbat Service L’CHAIM SOCIETY TBD 9:30am Shabbat Service December 28 MEMBERSHIP Melissa Marlowe, Ali Hurwitz November 30 4:14pm Candle Lighting MEMORIAL PARK Paul Ginsberg, Keith Satter 4:08pm Candle Lighting 6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service MITZVAH DAY Jessica Rutherford, Andrew Meyers NAVASKY RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Fran Charlip, Lindsay Rossen 6:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service December 29 NITZAN NURSERY SCHOOL TBD (note time) 9:30am Shabbat Service NOMINATING Sharon DeFala CLOSINGS – PERSONNEL/OFFICE Andrew Moss PUBLICITY/MARKETING TBD Office Closed: November 22, 23, December 25, January 1 RITUAL COMMITTEE David Loewenberg, Andrew Moss, The office will close early November 21, December 24, 31 Marvin Rosenbaum, Steven Freshman SECURITY Steven Freshman TOT SHABBAT/YOUTH SERVICE Andrea Goldman Make a Minyan… No, not that TRUST FUND/SPECIAL FUNDS Robert Gordon minion, our Minyan. 8:00 am YOUTH Sheri Jacobson any and every weekday morning BULLETIN EDITORS Rhonda & Larry Ginsberg NOTE: MINYAN REMAINS AT 8:00 AM EVEN ON FEDERAL HOLIDAYS Erika Ruggiero, Graphic Design Congregation Beth El-Norwalk | 109 East Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851 | (203) 838-2710 | www.congbethel.org Building On Our Legacy November/December 2018 Page 3 Rabbi’s Table by Rabbi Ita Paskind Talmud Torah K’neged Kulam You know how there’s always a character in a movie who’s trying to be an actor? Or someone in a book who’s an aspiring writer? Or songs about singing? I’ve always gotten a kick when participants in a given discipline use their platform to promote that discipline. We find the same thing with Jewish study. For the rabbis of the Mishnah and Talmud, there was no greater activity than Torah study. They taught (in the Mishnah, Tractate Pe’ah, Chapter 1, mishnah 1) that Talmud Torah (Torah study) has 2 things going for it. Firstly, it has no minimum or Community Chanukah maximum requirement — however little or much a person can do is commendable. And secondly, it’s one of the things Candle Lighting in the world “whose fruits we enjoy in this world, but whose principal is saved for the world to come”— meaning, however much Torah study enhances our lives, there’s so much more with Temple Shalom saved for us down the line. And there you have it: the very creators of Torah study made sure to tell us how wonderful it Dec 4, 5:30 pm is and invited us to join the journey. Location to be determined And that’s just it. Torah study isn’t a one-and-done activity. Engagement with our sacred texts is a lifelong process. There’s no “right answer”; when we read a text, we’re invited to participate in a conversation with Rabbi Akiva, with Hillel BOOK CLUB EVENTS: and Shammai, with Rav and Shmuel, and all of the other rabbis whose voices are recorded for posterity. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 This year, there are many opportunities for Torah study at Movie night The Band’s Visit Beth El. DECEMBER 18 Button Man by Gross You can join me on Tuesday mornings for Mishnah class. (www.andrewgrossbooks.com/button-man) We’ve just begun a new tractate, all about the laws of personal FEBRUARY 27, 7:30 PM Field trip to injury (no physical harm will come to any participants!). The Conservative Synagogue to hear Rachel You can join me once a month on Shabbat mornings at Kadish speak about her book The Weight of Ink 9:00 am for Joe & Genesis/Espresso & Exodus/Leaven & Federation Community Read Leviticus: No matter how you slice it, it’s coffee, bagels, and some Torah study. Or you can feed your soul at Nosh & Neshama, where we’ll study some Pirkei Avot, the Ethics of our Sages. If you’re free in person, bring a dairy or pareve lunch (we’ll provide the coffee and dessert); if you’re at work, I’ll be streaming the class using Facebook Live. Just “friend me” (Ita Paskind) on Facebook, and you’ll see me streaming beginning at 11:45 am on the designated days. Talmud Torah K’neged Kulam. Take the next step in your own Torah journey this year. See you there. Please welcome our new member, Bivracha, with blessings, Rabbi Greg Schindler Rabbi Ita Paskind Congregation Beth El-Norwalk | 109 East Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851 | (203) 838-2710 | www.congbethel.org Building On Our Legacy Page 4 November/December 2018 President’s Greeting by David Hirshfield A Chance to Catch Our Collective Breath leadership and the continued engagement of our energetic volunteers we can continue to turn good ideas into great I’m writing these remarks about a month events. One recent program, our successful Farm-to-Table after the start of Sukkot, right in the middle Sukkot Dinner, illustrates this point very well. of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan. In some During the summer, I convened a special meeting of the Board sources, the month is named Marcheshvan: so that we could devote the full meeting to programming. We the additional first syllableMar can be had a lot of fun listening to a broad range of suggestions. A translated as bitter, an allusion to the fact that Sukkot dinner was already penciled on the calendar, so when the month has no holidays. Of course, a lack of holidays, after Michelle Fanwick made a somewhat casual suggestion that Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret, and we leverage recent interest in the farm-to-table movement Simhat Torah, comes as a welcome respite to us all in need we were all intrigued. Michelle knows Jonathan Kirschner, of a breather—especially those of us involved in synagogue the Director of Agriculture at Ambler Farm in Wilton, and leadership. Rabbi Paskind has a new mug that playfully thought he’d agree to speak. In addition, we uncovered a illustrates how these feeling are shared across the rabbinate; connection to Jeremy Kranowitz, Managing Director of I’ve included an example here. Sustainability at Hazon, an organization devoted to creating Of course, at Beth El, the month of Cheshvan, like every healthier and more sustainable Jewish communities. The other, is not empty; it is filled with programs, activities, and Silverman/Heisler family helped us get chicken from Grow & learning opportunities. By the time you read this, the past Behold, and Michelle and her team pulled together a highly several weeks will have included a meeting of the Book Club; successful event that attracted around 110 members of the the Shabbaton/Shul In for 5th to 8th graders; and the chance CBE community — a remarkable turnout for a congregation to meet our community Shelichim (the four young Israeli our size. Jonathan and Jeremy spoke engagingly; the chicken emissaries spending a year in our community.) On October was delicious; I was praised for the brevity of my remarks; 20, the Rabbi kicked off a new monthly learning opportunity and all who attended had a wonderful evening. on Shabbat morning, Joe and Genesis — combining Torah I’m underscoring the success of this event to illustrate my study, coffee and a bagel before services. And in addition to her firm belief that strong volunteer leadership, topical ideas, and weekly Mishnah class on Tuesday mornings, Rabbi Paskind is a hook that ties the event to our communal life are the key launching a lunchtime study session of Pirkei Avot/Ethics of ingredients to any successful program.
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