HAR SINAI TEMPLE BULLETIN FOUNDED 1857 TiahrilCbeshvan 5755 Vol. CXXXVII No.3 October 1994 ART AUCTION To TAKE PLACE ------Tms WEEK ------ Saturday, October 1 • 10:30 a.m. Bat Mitzvah JAMIE SUE MILLER Daughter of Laurie & Steve Miller Friday, October 7 Tot Shabbat Service • 7:00 p.m. SHABBAT SERVICE • 8:00 p.m. B'Not Mitzvah DEBRAGOLDBERG SUSANWEISBERGER Friday, October 14 • 8:00 p.m. SHABBAT SERVICE ArtAuction Committee left to right:Judy Millner, LindaArye, Chair, andMeg Levy Guest Speaker: Rev. Ron Young "Peace In The Middle East" On Saturday, October 8th, everyone is invited to join us at the Temple for the long- awaited ART AUCTION. This year, we are pleased to offer a champagne and dessert preview reception from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. This will give Saturday, October 15 • 10:30 a.m. us all time to see old friends and to preview and review the art work that will Bat Mitzvah be offered at the Auction. LAURENFINE If you are familiar with Heissman Art Gallery, you know about their � Daughter of Nancy & Jeffrey Fine excellent selection of quality art work at reasonable prices. There will be something for everyone. So whether it be a framed print for the kid's room or a � Friday, October 21 • 7:00 p.m. glitzy gold framed seriograph for the living room, this is a great opportunity for SHABBAT FAMILY SERVICE all of us to support the Temple and walk away with something new and wonderful to add to your decor. So, the social hall at Har Sinai Temple is the Led By The 2nd Grade place to be on October 8th. I look forward to seeing you there, so please call a October Birthday Blessings friend, or better yet, why not meet up with someone for dinner before the 8:00 p.m. Auction and come for French pastry and chocolates on us after. Tickets are SHABBAT SERVICE $7.50 per person and are available at the Temple office or can be purchased at the door that evening. Saturday, October 22 • 10:30 a.m. Bar Mitzvah AARONSHAINWALD SusanWeisberger of Catherine Pike & Neil Shain and Debra Goldberg, Friday, October 28 • 8:00 p.m. Jewish Book Month who have been SHABBAT SERVICE studying with Rabbi Pulpit Guest: Rabbi Joshua Haberman and Cantor as Author of members of the Adult The God BelieveI In B'nai Mitzvah class, prepare for Friday, Saturday, October 29 • 10:30 a.m. Bar Mitzvah October 7th, when MICHAELRUBIN they will become Son of Gwen & Edward Rubin B'not Mitzvah. SPECIAL SHABBAT PROGRAMMING IN OCTOBER Jewish Book Month Begins with Rabbi Joshua Haberm.an October 28 Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman will be our special guest for Jewish Book Month Shabbat, Friday, October 28. Rabbi Haberman is the author of The God IBelieve In: Conversations about Judaism with Fourteen Prominent Men and Women. He will speak about his new book, and the questions of faith and belief which are on the minds of so many Jews today. Copies of Rabbi Haberman's book will be available for purchase after services. Rabbi Haberman is Rabbi Emeritus of Washington Hebrew Congregation. He is the founder of the Foundation for Jewish Studies in Washington, DC. For 18 years, from 1951-1969, Rabbi Haberman served as the Rabbi of our Har Sinai Temple. SHABBAT DINNER WITH RABBI HABERMAN Rabbi Haberman and his wife Maxine will join us for a Shabbat Dinner before Services on Friday October 28 at 6:30. Reservations for Shabbat Dinner are required. The cost is $12 perperson. Please join us for a relaxing Shabbat Dinner and informal conversation with Rabbi Haberman before services. REv. RONALD J. YOUNG founder and executive director of the U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East Rev. Ronald J. Young, the founder and executive director of the U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East will be our special Shabbat Guest speaker on Friday evening October 14. He will speak on "The Road to Peace in the Middle East: How Far We've ComelHow Far We Have to Go." Rev. Young has spoken and written widely on the Middle East and interfaith cooperation. The Committee is a national organization of 1500 American, Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders seeking common ground to work together for peace in the Middle East based on the deepest values in our three traditions. The Committee carries on programs across the United States of dialogue, education and advocacy in support of active U.S. policies to encourage comprehensive and lasting peace between Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab States. New Tim.e for Fam.ily Services • Friday, October 21 at 7 pm. Our monthly Family Service has a new time. Family Services on October 21 will begin at 7pm in the Sanctuary. The Service will be led by our 2nd grade. Susan Sacks, our Religious School music specialist, will lead the music and Rabbi Straus will tell a Shabbat story. October birthday blessings will be given. Our Family Service will end at approximately 7:45. AnOneg will follow in the Social Hall. OurRegular Sbabbat Service will begin at 8pm. Tot Shabbat • Friday October 7 at 7 pm. Join us for Tot Shabbat Services, Friday October 7, at 7pm in the Sanctuary. Led by Rabbi Straus and Susan Sacks, Tot Shabbat Services are designed for Pre-school and Primary Grade Children. Parents and Grandparents, please bring your children for this fun, fast paced, song filled, Shabbat Service. We will dance, sing, and enjoy a story told by the rabbi. All in just 30 minutes! Our Regular Sbabbat Service will begin at 8pm. Teaching Service • Friday October 21 How do I learn to pray? Is there an order to our Service? Who wrote the prayers of the prayerbook? Why do we have different services in Gates of Prayer? Why do we stand for some prayers, and sit for others? Do you know the answers to these and other questions about our Shabbat Service? This year, our Ritual Practices Committee and Rabbi are beginning a monthly Teaching Service. Instead of a sermon, the rabbi will teach us about the service and the prayers of our tradition. Our first Teaching Service will be Friday, October 21. Pleasejoin us and learn with us how and why to pray. 2 -ADULT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES- Basic Judaism Class To Begin October 4 Our home study program is open to all adult members of our congregation. We meet on the second Wednesday The fall semester of Basic Judaism will begin on evening of each month at 8:00 p.m. A social time precedes Tuesday, October 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish each month's meeting. Community Center. The class, sponsored by the Board of Rabbis, is taught by our communities' rabbis, including Rabbi Straus. Many members of our congregation have taken this class over the past few years. Early Torah Starts Again On Saturday, The class is a first step for those considering conversion October 1st to Ju daism and is a wonderful learning oppotunity for all Early Torah, also know as E.T., is our weekly Torah those who wish to know more about the fundamentals of discussion group led by the rabbi. It will begin again on Jewish belief, practice and history. An overview of the Saturday, October 1st, at 9:30 a.m. No former experience Jewish calendar and holiday celebrations, life cycle is necessary, nor is any advanced study or preparation events, history, prayer and theology will be covered in this required. class. Come join us for a lively discussion of our weekly Torah The class will meet this semester at the Jewish reading and how it applies to our contemporary world and Community Center. A nominal tuition is charged to cover daily lives. Light refreshments are always served. the cost of the books and materials. For further information, and to register, please call the rabbi. Services Resume At Carteret Arms Home Study Group Resumes In October On October ?? Our monthly Home Study Group program will resume Attention all members and friends living at Carteret on Wednesday, October 12th, at the home of Rita and Eli Arms. The rabbi and cantor invite you to join them as we Allen in Yardley. Our theme for the year is "Judaism and resume our monthly Erev Shabbat Service and Oneg on our Contemporary World." We will be using articles from Friday, October 21st at 2:00 p.m. Our monthly gathering Moment magazine as our text. All members are urged to has proven to be a fun hour of fellowship, worship, and subscribe to Moment so they can do the readings in discussion. Members and non-members are cordially advance. The rabbi has arranged for a low- priced group invited to join. Call the Temple for further details. subscription rate. SOCIAL ACTION -------- COMMITTEE NEWS -------­ by Steve Cickay, Chairman We are happy to see a growing number of bar and bat mitzvah candidates at Har Sinai for the years 5755 and 5756. Please consider introducing your child to social action mitzvot as part of the bar or bat mitzvah process. There are a variety of projects in which your son or daughter could participate that would be meaningful both to your child and our local community. Please give me a call at 215-860-7641 or come to our next meeting to discuss what would be appropriate for your child. The first Thursday of each month we prepare and deliver hot meals to the residents of the motels on the Route One corridor in Trenton.