Contents Your Gateway to Judaism 3 SYNAGOGUE DIRECTORY 5 PRAYER SERVICES palm BEACH SYNAGOGUE 2013/2014 SEASON PROGRAM SERIES 6 HOLIDAYS + CELEBRATIONS SPONSORED BY THE KAYLIE, STEINBERG AND ZELMAN FAMILIES 10 COMMUNITY EVENTS 15 ADULT EDUCATION 18 SCHOLARS-IN-RESIDENCE 24 CANTORIAL SERIES 26 GUEST LECTURERS 29 AUTHORS SERIES 31 BOOK CLUB 32 JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 34 women’s events 38 SINGLES 39 CHESED 40 YOUTH 45 TEENS 48 b’nei mitzvAH 50 BUILDING BENEFACTORS 53 BURN THE MORTGAGE Palm Beach Synagogue 55 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 120 North County Road | Palm Beach, Florida 33480 | www.palmbeachsynagogue.org | 561-838-9002 5774 SEASON PROGRAM SERIES SPONSORED BY THE KAYLIE, STEINBERG AND ZELMAN FAMILIES Contents Your Gateway to Judaism 3 SYNAGOGUE DIRECTORY 5 PRAYER SERVICES palm BEACH SYNAGOGUE 2013/2014 SEASON PROGRAM SERIES 6 HOLIDAYS + CELEBRATIONS SPONSORED BY THE KAYLIE, STEINBERG AND ZELMAN FAMILIES 10 COMMUNITY EVENTS 15 ADULT EDUCATION 18 SCHOLARS-IN-RESIDENCE 24 CANTORIAL SERIES 26 GUEST LECTURERS 29 AUTHORS SERIES 31 BOOK CLUB 32 JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 34 women’s events 38 SINGLES 39 CHESED 40 YOUTH 45 TEENS 48 b’nei mitzvAH 50 BUILDING BENEFACTORS 53 BURN THE MORTGAGE Palm Beach Synagogue 55 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 120 North County Road | Palm Beach, Florida 33480 | www.palmbeachsynagogue.org | 561-838-9002 5774 SEASON PROGRAM SERIES SPONSORED BY THE KAYLIE, STEINBERG AND ZELMAN FAMILIES CALENDAR 28 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner 15 Community Passover Seder Ralph Peters, Scholar-in-Residence 26 Parsha Puppets Cantor Gideon Zelermyer Women’s Tehillim Group March May 1 Ralph Peters, Scholar-in-Residence 2 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner Cantor Gideon Zelermyer 6 Bar Mitzvah Club Women’s Tehillim Group 7 Bat Mitzvah Club 2-4 AIPAC Policy Conference 9 Shabbat Around the World 4 Eva Schloss, Guest Speaker 10 Women’s Shabbat Tea 5 Bat Mitzvah Club 16 Tot Shabbat 6 Kosher Awareness Day at Publix 17 Parsha Puppets 7 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner 18 Hebrew School & Maimonides 7–8 Rabbi David Nessenoff, Graduation Celebration Scholar-in-Residence Lag B’Omer Celebration 8 Book Club 24 Women’s Tehillim Group Palm Beach Synagogue JPS Event, Improve Night 30–31 Shabbat in NYC 9 Bubby Buddies n January 1994, a small group of dedicated people started Arieh Oz, Guest Speaker June holding traditional Shabbat services at Temple Emanuel, in Palm With its inviting spirit, our 11 Bar Mitzvah Club Beach. This gathering was transformed into a community with 14 Hebrew School Friday Night Lively 1–2 PBS Community Tour to NYC the arrival of Rabbi Moshe and Rebbetzin Dinie Scheiner. Based Synagogue is a place where 15 Parsha Puppetry 3 Shavuot Dinner followed by Tikum Leyl Ion their philosophy of outreach and inclusiveness, the Scheiners Megillah Reading (evening) Shavuot, all night learning people are committed to the were passionate in their desire to “make a difference.” Purim Bash 21 Women’s Tehillim Group From its humble beginnings, Palm Beach Synagogue has love and support of our fellow 16 Megillah Reading (morning) blossomed into a flourishing center of Jewish life and activity with Jews, religious traditions, the Children’s Purim Painting and July approximately 300 members. Palm Beach Synagogue prides itself community at large, and the Shalach Manot Ride! 26 Women’s Tehillim Group on being a place of warm welcome for Jews from all walks of life 21 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner State of Israel. and all levels of Jewish observance, while maintaining its abiding 21–22 Raizi Chechik, Scholar-in-Residence August adherence to traditional Jewish law and observance of mitzvot. Cantor Meir Goldberg With its inviting spirit, our Synagogue is a place where people are 22 Women’s Shabbat Tea 5 Tisha B’Av committed to the love and support of our fellow Jews, religious 28 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner 23 Women’s Tehillim Group traditions, the community at large, and the State of Israel. Shabbat Around the World Today, the Synagogue is housed in a beautifully renovated edifice, in the heart of Palm Beach Island, two 28–29 Richard Bernstein, Guest Lecturer blocks north of the Breakers Hotel. It is a center for traditional Jewish life and education for adults, teens Special Kiddush: Ahavat Chesed and children. The Synagogue offers unique programs in Jewish education and communal life, numerous 29 Women’s Tehillim Group Save These Dates! youth activities, holiday celebrations, daily morning and afternoon/evening minyanim and weekly Shabbat as 30 Richard Bernstein, Guest Teen Speaker well as holiday services. PBS Kids’ Club September 2014 In the summer of 2011, the Synagogue entered the last phase of its recent building renovations and the 21 High Holiday Kids Kick Off entire east façade on North County Road was transformed into a unified exterior keeping with the existing April 24 Erev Rosh Hashanah Community Dinner architecture. 1 Bar Mitzvah Club Rosh Hashanah Community Lunch & Dinner Joan Nathan, Women’s Event 26 Rosh Hashanah Community Lunch 2 Bat Mitzvah Club The Educational and Community Programs described in the Program Guide 5774 are sponsored by 3 Kosher Awareness Day at Publix October 2014 Gloria & Harvey Kaylie, Judy & Dr. Edward Steinberg, and Lois & Martin Zelman. Palm Beach Synagogue 4 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner 3 Community Dinner before Kol Nidre Services 5774 PROGRAM thanks the Kaylie, Steinberg and Zelman families for their generous support, dedication and commitment. 4–5 Sandra Rapoport, Scholar-in-Residence Yom Kippur Break-the-Fast Dinner 5 End of Season Kiddush 8 Eve of Sukkot Most of the Programs in this Guide are complimentary and open to the community; however, there are 6 Spectacular Seder Party 9–15 Sukkot charges for some. Details, including pricing, will be distributed in a timely fashion by the Synagogue office. Adults Night Out Updated information for all events can be found at, palmbeachsynagogue.org, in our “Shabbat Shalom” 12 Annual Sukkot Party 11 “No Cooking Before Passover” email, and on the Palm Beach Synagogue page on Facebook. Please contact the Synagogue office with 16 Simchat Torah Party G Family Shabbat Dinner UIDE your email and regular mailing addresses to ensure that you receive all updates. 14 Community Passover Seder Hebrew School Friday Night Lively 57 CALENDAR 28 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner 15 Community Passover Seder Ralph Peters, Scholar-in-Residence 26 Parsha Puppets Cantor Gideon Zelermyer Women’s Tehillim Group March May 1 Ralph Peters, Scholar-in-Residence 2 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner Cantor Gideon Zelermyer 6 Bar Mitzvah Club Women’s Tehillim Group 7 Bat Mitzvah Club 2-4 AIPAC Policy Conference 9 Shabbat Around the World 4 Eva Schloss, Guest Speaker 10 Women’s Shabbat Tea 5 Bat Mitzvah Club 16 Tot Shabbat 6 Kosher Awareness Day at Publix 17 Parsha Puppets 7 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner 18 Hebrew School & Maimonides 7–8 Rabbi David Nessenoff, Graduation Celebration Scholar-in-Residence Lag B’Omer Celebration 8 Book Club 24 Women’s Tehillim Group Palm Beach Synagogue JPS Event, Improve Night 30–31 Shabbat in NYC 9 Bubby Buddies n January 1994, a small group of dedicated people started Arieh Oz, Guest Speaker June holding traditional Shabbat services at Temple Emanuel, in Palm With its inviting spirit, our 11 Bar Mitzvah Club Beach. This gathering was transformed into a community with 14 Hebrew School Friday Night Lively 1–2 PBS Community Tour to NYC the arrival of Rabbi Moshe and Rebbetzin Dinie Scheiner. Based Synagogue is a place where 15 Parsha Puppetry 3 Shavuot Dinner followed by Tikum Leyl Ion their philosophy of outreach and inclusiveness, the Scheiners Megillah Reading (evening) Shavuot, all night learning people are committed to the were passionate in their desire to “make a difference.” Purim Bash 21 Women’s Tehillim Group From its humble beginnings, Palm Beach Synagogue has love and support of our fellow 16 Megillah Reading (morning) blossomed into a flourishing center of Jewish life and activity with Jews, religious traditions, the Children’s Purim Painting and July approximately 300 members. Palm Beach Synagogue prides itself community at large, and the Shalach Manot Ride! 26 Women’s Tehillim Group on being a place of warm welcome for Jews from all walks of life 21 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner State of Israel. and all levels of Jewish observance, while maintaining its abiding 21–22 Raizi Chechik, Scholar-in-Residence August adherence to traditional Jewish law and observance of mitzvot. Cantor Meir Goldberg With its inviting spirit, our Synagogue is a place where people are 22 Women’s Shabbat Tea 5 Tisha B’Av committed to the love and support of our fellow Jews, religious 28 Friday Night Community Shabbat Dinner 23 Women’s Tehillim Group traditions, the community at large, and the State of Israel. Shabbat Around the World Today, the Synagogue is housed in a beautifully renovated edifice, in the heart of Palm Beach Island, two 28–29 Richard Bernstein, Guest Lecturer blocks north of the Breakers Hotel. It is a center for traditional Jewish life and education for adults, teens Special Kiddush: Ahavat Chesed and children. The Synagogue offers unique programs in Jewish education and communal life, numerous 29 Women’s Tehillim Group Save These Dates! youth activities, holiday celebrations, daily morning and afternoon/evening minyanim and weekly Shabbat as 30 Richard Bernstein, Guest Teen Speaker well as holiday services. PBS Kids’ Club September 2014 In the summer of 2011, the Synagogue entered the last phase of its recent building renovations and the 21 High Holiday Kids Kick Off entire east façade on North County Road was transformed into a unified exterior keeping with the existing April 24 Erev Rosh Hashanah Community Dinner architecture. 1 Bar Mitzvah Club Rosh Hashanah Community Lunch & Dinner Joan Nathan, Women’s Event 26 Rosh Hashanah Community Lunch 2 Bat Mitzvah Club The Educational and Community Programs described in the Program Guide 5774 are sponsored by 3 Kosher Awareness Day at Publix October 2014 Gloria & Harvey Kaylie, Judy & Dr.