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Inside this issue: Cheshvan/Kislev 5771 November 2010 Volume 11, Issue 11 Please join B’nai Israel, St. John Nepomucene Roman Catholic Church, and the Mosque from Selden at our annual Inter-faith Thanksgiving Service on Sunday night, November 14 th , at 7:00 pm. This year, the service, which each year is so meaningful and inspiring, will be at B’nai Israel. Please come down with your children and give thanks for the blessings in your lives. (Continued on page 2)
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Volume 11, Issue 11 Cheshvan/Kislev 5771 November 2010 B’nai Israel Reform Temple 67 Oakdale-Bohemia Road Oakdale, NY 11769 (631) 563-1660 www.bnai-israel.org
Inside this issue:
Rabbi’s Message 1
Thanksgiving Service 1
About our Services 2
Schedule of Services 2
Torah Readings 2
Bulletin Information 3
Forming A Friendship Group 3
High Holy Day Thank Yous 3
Adult Education 3
Excel Basic Training Class 4
Donations & Contributions 4
$1-A-Week-Club News 4
President’s Message 5
Religious School News 5
Ritual Committee 6
Message from Outreach 6
Thank you from Fundraising 6
Islanders - Chanukah Day 7
Dining to Donate 8
Chanukah Party 9
Bulletin Board 10
Senior Youth Group 11
Onegs/Judaica Shop 11
November Calendar 12
December Calendar 13
Sisterhood Newsletter 14
Chinese Auction 15
Mah Jongg Cards 15
Book Club 16
Dues Raffle 17
Online Resources 18
Donations 19
Yahrzeits 20
Advertisers 21
Temple Directory 23
As some of you are aware, the Temple Board established a Long Term Planning Committee. This committee has met over the last few years to discuss issues that will affect the Temple's future.
In the same vein, I ask you: How many of you have a Long Term Plan for yourself?
I realize, of course, that your life has a high level of unpredictability. If you have younger children, every day has its surprises, and even with older ones as well.
Certainly the present economy keeps each of us guessing what tomorrow will bring. Just the other day I heard from someone who walked into her office on a Friday and by the afternoon had no job. Each of us knows that illness and accidents can pop up any time as well. As the famous prayer we recited on the High Holy Days, U'n'tanah Tokef, reminded us, no one knows what lies in store for any one during the year to come. Or as the Yiddish phrase goes, "People plan and God laughs".
In light of all of this, however, we as human beings need to plan for our futures and do plan as well, even knowing that our plans may be thwarted, frustrated, or even denied.
After all, you might have vacation plans, or retirements plans. You might have a "Bucket List" of all those special places you would like to go to or personally important things you would like to do before you "kick the bucket". You probably have that "To do" list, the things that need to get done around the house.
Well, let me ask you: what is your Long Term Plan regarding your Jewish and your Spiritual Life?
Have you thought about finding out how you can have faith and sustain it?
Have you thought about developing a prayer life both at home and in synagogue?
Have you had plans to learn more about Judaism through a program of study?
Have you thought about becoming more involved in Temple life? (Continued on page 2)
Rabbi’s Message
Please join B’nai Israel, St. John Nepomucene Roman Catholic Church, and the Mosque from Selden at our annual Inter-faith Thanksgiving Service on Sunday night, November 14th, at 7:00 pm. This year, the service, which each year is so meaningful and inspiring, will be at B’nai Israel. Please come down with your children and give thanks for the blessings in your lives.
Annual Thanksgiving Service
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Schedule of Services
Friday 11/5 Shabbat Service 8:00 PM Friday 11/12 Family Service 7:15 PM Sunday 11/14 Interfaith Thanksgiving Service 7:00 PM Friday 11/19 Children’s Service 7:00 PM Friday 11/19 Shabbat Service 8:00 PM Friday 11/26 Shabbat Service 8:00 PM Please visit www.bnai-israel.org for additional services and the entire calendar.
About our Services Our Friday night worship is conducted in English and Hebrew. Services are every Friday evening. Our Shabbat Services are the 1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th Fridays at 8:00 pm. We have a Family Service geared toward school age children the 2nd Friday of each month at 7:15 pm. The Rabbi will offer Birthday and Anniversary Blessings for the month at this service. We also have a Children’s Service geared toward pre-school children the 3rd Friday of each month at 7:00 pm. Please come and join us.
Torah and Haftorah Readings for Home Study
11/6 Genesis ch. 25 vs. 19 through ch. 28 vs. 9 I Samuel ch. 20 vss. 18 through 42 11/13 Genesis ch. 28 vs. 1 through ch. 32 vs. 3 Hosea ch. 12 vs. 13 through ch. 14 vs. 10 11/20 Genesis ch. 32 vs. 4 through ch. 36 vs. 43 Obadiah ch. 1 vss. 1 through 21 11/27 Genesis ch. 37 through ch. 40 vs. 23 Amos ch. 2 vs. 6 through ch. 3 vs. 8
Have you thought about having a celebration for a special birthday or anniversary?
Have you thought about how you can improve yourself mentally, morally, and physically?
If you have, as a part of your Long Term Plans, thought of any or all of these things, then guess what: The time is now to do something about it!
The Temple and I are here to assist you in making these Long Term Goals a reality. Don't be the person who says, "If only I had done this or that." The only way to minimize regrets is to make your plans a reality by working on them NOW.
I also want to offer a personal invitation to each and every one one of you to join B'nai Israel, St. John Nepomucene Roman Catholic Church, and the Mosque from Selden at our annual Inter-faith Thanksgiving Service on Sunday night November 14th at 7 pm. This year, the service, which each year is so meaningful and inspiring, will be at B'nai Israel. Please come down with your children and give thanks for the blessings in your lives.
Judy and I do wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving!
Rabbi Message (continued)
Online Torah Study Resources
http://urj.org/learning/torah/
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next Bulletin.
If items are received after this date, we cannot guarantee they
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Please be prompt. Items received after the deadline, may not
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This group is for people who wish to come together for socialization and mental stimulation during the day, at the Temple, on a regular basis. The first planning meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 17th, at 1:00 pm. Our second planning meeting will be on Wednesday, December 8th, at 1:00 pm. Please call the Temple office to RSVP at 563-1660 and/or Dot Lewis at 589-3717 or Barbara Abrams at 224-1445, if you have any questions.
We are hoping to schedule speakers and plan mutual activities. Please come with your ideas about what you would like to do during the day. This will be our group to meet our mutual needs and desires. Looking forward to meeting with you on November 17th at 1:00 pm and hearing your ideas.
Forming a Friendship Group
In addition to all the other thank you’s that were in the last bulletin, the Rabbi and Temple want to thank Ellie Zayas for her piano accompaniment, Paul DiGiantomasso and Trevor Marasco for ushering, and Sandy and Joe Bolze, Dot Lewis, Brad Miller, Barry Saffren and Marilyn Stahl for sharing their inspiring Jewish memories.
Additional High Holy Day Thank You’s
The next class on Books of the Bible for Adults will be held on November 11th at 8 pm. The Jewish people is the people of the book so if you are a part of this people you should learn about this book. Did you know it is called Tanach in Hebrew and what this word stands for? Did you know there are thirty-nine books to the Hebrew Bible? During the course of the year the Rabbi will teach selected readings from the Bible’s three main sections beginning with the Book of Joshua. The books will be studied from a spiritual as well as historical and literary perspectives.
The Rabbi is continuing his special Adult Education Self-study Program. This year the program will be "the Great Works of Jewish Religious Life". The class will look at the Mishnah, Midrash, Talmud, Legal Codes, Respona Literature, and the Zohar. The first introductory class will be held on Thursday night November 4th at 8 pm.
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General Fund Barbara & Paul Tuck In honor of Jess & Maureen Tuck’s (little girl) pregnancy due in January 2011 Michael Mazur In memory of my wife Ruth Mazur John & Nancy Tomasetti Happy New Year Ruth Bick In memory of Edward Bick Thea & Ken Gunther Donation Ann & Zion Armoza In memory of Everett Stant Goldie Heller Yarzeit for Rose Berger Sylvia & Leonard Waldman Donation Outreach Renee Fishman In honor of the Holy Days Rochelle & Gerald Slochevsky Help a family A special thanks to Paul Haines for his generous donation of King Kullen food cards to our Outreach program. Discretionary Fund Regina Haft In memory of Bernard Prince Larry & Ruth Mandresh In honor of our daughter Bethanie’s wedding Richard & Ellen Tunick In appreciation of Rabbi Moss Religious School Dot & Irv Lewis In honor of Ryan Burgert’s Bar Mitzvah 10/16/10 Sandy & Allan Greenberg In memory of Sam Klein Sandy & Allan Greenberg In memory of Jerry Birk Alice Stotsky & Bill Hayward In memory of Sam Klein Alice Stotsky & Bill Hayward In memory of Jerry Birk Paula Keshner and Patti & Allan Rubin In memory of Jerry Birk Helen & Ed Pshedesky In memory of Ruth Kleinman Yahrzeit Plaques Laraine Cohen In memory of Florence Cohen Stacey & Rodney Pagan In memory of Milton Gottlieb
Donations & Contributions We gratefully acknowledge the following donors for their contributions to B’nai Israel Reform Temple:
B’nai Israel Presents:
Office 2007 Excel Basic Training WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2010 from 7-9PM
Donated by congregant: Jeff Richer Software Consulting [email protected]
FREE OF CHARGE
Contact the Temple Office at (631) 563-1660 to register.
Space is limited.
Ethan William Snair Memorial Fund Grandma In honor of the birth of my new granddaughter, Lilly Grace Snair Grandma In loving memory of our beloved Ethan Gammie & Pop Pop In memory of our beloved Ethan Harvey & Marilyn Kabalkin In honor of the birth of our beautiful new granddaughter, Lilly Grace Snair Tree of Life Leaf Stacey & Rodney Pagan In honor of the Bat Mitzvah of Marisa Nichole Pagan 6/26/10 Nathan Pessah In honor of Michelle Pessah & Todd Roth married on 10/2/10
Our 2010-2011/5771 $ A Week Club is off to a great start! We have many returning club members as well as many new indi-viduals and/or families. It’s NOT TOO LATE for you and your family to join. Just send your regular $1 per week (plus what-ever you need to catch up) to Religious School, or add your contribution to your monthly dues payment (clearly indicating $ a Week). Then, next month you’ll look in our Temple bulletin and feel proud of your involvement.
Remember: $ a Week Club is NOT JUST FOR KIDS! The following individuals and/or families are members of our $ a Week Club:
Bradley Altman, Julie Anello, Julian Armel, Jeremy Borsuk, Jacqueline Bukzin, Noah Cone, Amanda Davidman, Sarah Davidman, Alec Davis, Ty Delaney, David Denneen, Lindsay Farrell, Andrew Gansrow, Elizabeth Greene, Brandon Kabat, Josh Koretz, Lambert Family, Hunter Levine, Rachel Lypen, Alison Maskin, Matthew Menis, Ethan Mihlstin, Rachel Mihlstin, Rabbi Moss, Haley Rosenblatt, Hannah Shapiro, Phoebe Taitz, Jordyn Zurbaran, and Katy Zurbaran.
$1AWeekClub News
President’s Message Joel Silverman
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While B’nai Israel is always a busy place, it seems that November is even busier than usual. Some highlights that may be of interest: We will “celebrate” Veterans’ Day on Friday evening, the 12th, with a blessing for veterans and their families. If you or a family member has served, please make a point of joining us for that service which begins at 7:15 PM. If not, come anyway as a show of your support.
Our annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service will be on November 14th, held this year at B’nai Israel. It is a highlight of the fall season and a good chance to count our blessings along with members of neighboring Christian and Muslim congregations. It provides a great opportunity to “show off” our Temple to the community and as hosts, we look our best if we are well represented with a good turn out of Temple families. Make plans to attend, and by all means, bring the kids. We will begin at 7:00 and end early as well.
The fall Congregation meeting will be held at 8:00 PM on Monday, November 22nd. You will receive a letter of invitation shortly, with more details. In addition to an overview of activities presented by various Board members and Committee Chairpersons, we will discuss the Temple’s current financial situation and present budget plans for the calendar year ahead. To get up to the minute information on what’s happening at B’nai Israel, to ask questions, and discuss your concerns, I encourage you to join us for that important meeting.
I am sometimes frustrated by hearing feedback that has
been passed along to me second or third hand. In those cases, I can’t be sure I’m hearing the story exactly as it originated, I can’t ask for further clarification, and most important, I don’t know to whom to respond. The Congregation Meeting is a good opportunity to speak your mind, but if you prefer not to do that publicly, PLEASE come to me directly with your issues so we can address them face-to-face.
And a reminder about our Temple Youth Groups: The Senior Group has had several meetings so far and much more to come as membership increases month to month. See more information on page 11 of this bulletin. The newly reorganized Junior Group under the adult leadership of Dina Protus, Tobi Weinstein and Sarah Stant had its kick-off in October with an ice cream sundae game night for 6th through 8th graders. For more information, or to join the Junior Youth Group, call 563-1196 or email [email protected].
Last, a correction to last month’s President’s Message. We are organizing a group interested in meeting for activities of interest during weekday mornings or afternoons. The group will be open to both women AND men. Call Dot Lewis at 589-3717 or Barbara Abrams at 224-1445, or leave your name in the office for a call-back.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Joel
The Religious School Family Sabbath Service for Grade 5 will be on November 12th, 2010 at 7:15 pm so please come and worship with your entire family at this very special service!
December 4th will be the Children’s Chanukah Festival. More information will be sent home with the students.
Attention Saturday Religious School parents: Each school day ends with a service in the Sanctuary. All parents are invited to attend and participate in this service with the students.
Parking Lot Safety: Parents are to park in designated parking spaces only and please come out of your car and get your child! NO student will be allowed to cross into the parking lot without a parent!
Parents: Please check your email regularly for announcements of upcoming events and any missed assignments as this is our primary method of communication. If we do not have your current email address and you have not been receiving correspondences, please email us at [email protected] with your current email address. Please continue to bring in tzedakah, $ A Week and food for outreach!
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Ritual Committee—Home Ritual From the URJ website:
My husband and I revere Shabbat, but celebrate it at home rather than at a synagogue. We go into our bedroom where we have a corner dedicated to candle lighting and prayers. We recite the Mi Sheberach, speaking the names of those who have requested prayer and those we know who need it. Also included in our ritual are the Shema, the actual candle lighting (for which I wear my tallit over my head and shoulders) and the Kaddish. We find this home Shabbat ritual very meaningful, and have done it ever since 2003. On Saturdays we end Shabbat with the Havdalah blessings to begin the new week. It's gratifying to know that many other families are welcoming Shabbat in their homes as well. Shalom!
Sue and Stephen in Weston, FL
Perhaps the above rituals are the same as what you do in your home already. For some, these may seem like too many. Maybe you have been contemplating beginning an at home Shabbat ritual but aren’t sure where to begin. The best way to start is with the desire to bring Jewish ritual into your home. The choice of which prayer or tradition is personal because it has to fit into your day in such a way as to bring your family together for a few moments of unity and communion with G-d. Rabbi is always a wonderful source as is the URJ website for ideas and information. The ritual committee is also a resource for our congregation as we are now moving forward with plans for family programs geared toward making ritual and prayer a part of your home life. As the programs take form, we hope that you and your family will join with us! If you have any ideas or wish to help out please feel free to email me at [email protected]
From my home to yours with Shalom,
Terri Randall, Ritual Chairperson.
Another High Holy Day season has come and gone and once again the congregants of B’nai Israel Reform Temple opened their hearts and wallets helping those in need in our community. The year 5771 started out with the coat room brimming with grocery bags; I believe it was the most that we have ever collected. Three food pantries and five families received food and other items. Food cards amounting to $815 were also donated. Those cards will help our families to supplement their food budget.
I want to thank all those who donated food and food cards. I also want to thank Alice, Barbara, Helene and Liz who came in to sort and separate the groceries and Charlie, Donna and Howard for delivering an enormous amount of food to the Sayville Pantry and the United Veterans.
Please keep the food donations and cards coming. We continue to support our families and the food pantries throughout the year.
Shalom
Ritva Gottesman, Outreach Chairperson
Message from Outreach
The Fundraising Committee would like to thank our Temple families and our Religious School Families for supporting our efforts to support our Temple this past year.
As a New Year begins, we look ahead to new fundraising activities and events. We are also looking for individuals and families with good ideas, enthusiasm and just a desire to help our Temple. Our Committee meets once a month, usually the first Thursday of the month. It is not necessary to attend every meeting and you can contact any current committee member with an idea or if you want to volunteer to help out at a particular event.
As we plan for the New Year, we will work hard to find something to appeal to everyone and to every budget. During 2009 - 2010 we coordinated many activities and events including the Shalach Minot Sale, a spring flower sale, a honey sale, a car wash, 7 Ducks concession stand days, a fall mum sale, Dining to Donate at Applebees, Blessing of the Pets, the sale of New Years Cards, a dues raffle, Carvel Scoop Night, Chanukah Night at the New York Islanders and the sale of B’nai Israel Logo clothing/backpacks! Whew!
Again, than you and we look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at our many fundraising events!
Debby Lyons, Temple Vice President, Fundraising
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B’NAI ISRAEL SISTERHOOD’S ANNUAL
Chanukah Magic Show With DAVID LEVITAN
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010
12:00 NOON
LATKES, CUPCAKES AND OTHER CHANUKAH TREATS
ADMISSION: $6.00 IF PAID BY NOVEMBER 21ST $10.00 AT THE DOOR
FOR TICKETS CALL AMY AT 445-7074 * There may be two seatings for food
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Bulletin Board & Announcements
Debra & Jeff Richer on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Brian
Linda & Michael Zarett on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Rachel
Wendy & Eric Sabinsky on the Bat Mitzvah of their son Jordan
Faith & Ira Abramowitz on the engagement of their Daughter Nicole Cori to Adam Gebler
Roberta Snair, Marilyn & Harvey Kabalkin on the birth of their grand-daughter Lilly Grace Snair
George Davis won third prize with a 276 pound pumpkin at the Hick's Nursery Great Pumpkin Weigh Off!
Faith & Ira Abramowitz whose son, Andrew, was inducted on October 9th into the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, University of Albany Chapter.
B’nai Israel wishes
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November Family Services
Friday, November 12
at 7:15 pm
- Family Service
Sunday, November 14
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Members of the Sisterhood Team at the Making Strides for Breast Cancer Walk in October. Photo courtesy of Rita DiGiantomasso
Community Menorah Lightings
Be sure to mark on your calendar for December 1st and join us for lighting the community Menorot in Bayport, Holbrook, and Oakdale. The schedule is: 5 pm in Bayport, the base of Nicolls Road and Montauk Highway 6 pm in Holbrook, in front of Friendly Drugs on Main Street 7 pm in Oakdale, in front of the Oakdale train station
Congregational Meeting
Monday, November 22, 2010 8:00 pm
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Share a SIMCHA Sponsor an ONEG
Let everyone celebrate with you for your Birthday, Anniversary,
Graduation, Promotion, or any other occasion you would like to share.
Contact the Temple Office0 (631) 563-1660
The Judaica Shop
is open for all your holiday and daily needs.
Come look at the beautiful display of items. If you don’t see what you are looking for please ask.
The Judaica Shop will be open after services on Friday evenings.
We have Jewish Silly Bands!
Senior Youth Group Movie Night
The Senior Youth Group is having a movie night and make your own sundaes at the Temple on November 20 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Please RSVP and come down to join us!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Howard Gottesman at
[email protected] or Ira Rosenfeld at [email protected]
Congregational Meeting
Monday, November 22, 2010 8:00 pm
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November is shaping up to be a very busy month for Sisterhood. On November 1, 2010 we will be having our Blood Drive. Please try to send someone to spread the gift of life. On November 9, 2010 we will be having our Chinese Auction and on November 30 we will have our second annual Mitzvah Project. Again we will stuff some animal skins and dress them. It was great fun for one and all and we encourage you to join us.
Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving. Rita and Phyllis
ftäx à{x Wtàx Monday, November 1 Blood Drive 3:00-9:00 pm Tuesday, November 9 Chinese Auction 6:30 pm viewing/7:30 auction starts Tuesday, November 30 Mitzvah Project 7:00 pm Sunday, December 5 Children’s Chanukah Party 12:00 pm Tuesday, December 21 Craft & Knit/Crochet Project 7:30 pm Tuesday, January 18 Guest Speaker: Rabbi Moss 7:30 pm Tuesday, February 15 Zumba 7:30 pm
`|àéät{ cÜÉ}xvàá Sisterhood is once again sponsoring a wonderful family event on November 30th at 7:00 PM in the temple social hall. Just like the Build-a-Bear we will be stuffing animal skins and dressing them up in ador-able outfits. These beautiful stuffed animals will be delivered to children’s shelters and other institutions. Last year we had a great
time and the kids (elementary through high school) felt great about doing the mitzvah for children less fortunate.
The second Mitzvah Project on December 21, 2010 at 7:30 PM will be knitting or crocheting Lap Blankets for Veterans’ and nursing homes. Wool and Knitting needles and crochet hooks are needed. Size H, I, J, crochet hooks and 9, 10, 11 knitting needles. Also open to all. Instructions will be given. Anyone who can help teach would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Joyce.
We are asking YOU to help us with these Mitzvot!
Please mark your calendars!
Sisterhood proudly presents our annual
CHINESE AUCTION
November 9, 2010 6:30 pm viewing/7:30 auction starts
For further information please contact: Ann Michelson 758-9651 Ellen Frankino 744-4211
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The New Mah Jongg Cards are Coming! Mah Jongg Cards 2011 Another Year! Another Challenge!
2011 Mah Jongg card orders will be taken from now until January 10th. This year the prices from the league per card are as follows: Standard card $7 and Large card $8. All checks are to be made payable to B’nai Israel Sisterhood and mailed along with a list of names and addresses to Sandy Greenberg, 52 Amy Drive, Sayville, NY 11782. Please fill out the form below for your order. Feel free to contact Sandy at (631) 589-0389 with any questions. Your Sisterhood thanks you for your support. ENJOY!
Name Address # of cards Total $
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November 29 at 7:45
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
“I will not cut for stone,” runs the text of the Hippocratic oath, “even for patients in whom the disease is manifest; I will leave this operation to be performed by practitioners, specialists in this art.”
Those words provide an epigraph partway through Abraham Verghese’s first novel, “Cutting for Stone,” and also explain the surname of its narrator, Marion Stone, along with his twin brother, Shiva, and their father, the almost entirely absent surgeon Thomas Stone. Absent in body only: in spirit, Thomas’s disappearance after their birth haunts and drives this book.
January 4 at 7:45
The Little Bee by Chris Cleave
"Little Bee" deserves a warning label: "Do not judge this book by its cover. Contents under pressure." Despite the cutesy title (the book was more sensibly published in Britain as "The Other Hand") and the coy book-flap description ("It is a truly special storyand we don't want to spoil it"), "Little Bee" will blow you away.
Amazon says, "It is a truly special story and we don't want to tell you too much..."
B'nai Israel Book Club, sponsored by Sisterhood, is up and running for this new season! New members are welcome to join us. You do not have to be a Sisterhood member to become part of our group. Here is a sample of what we are reading in the next few months. We meet in the Religious School building and enjoy a vibrant discussion of the books we choose to review. You are welcome to join us for any, or all, of the books and dates listed below:
DUES RAFFLE One Winner to receive FREE TEMPLE DUES* for 2011 Cost: 1 for $5 5 for $18 Drawing: Fri. January 7th In the Temple Social Hall after services. You need not be present to win.
*Prize does not include Assessments, Building Fund, Religious School Tuition or Books.
B’nai Israel Reform Temple 67 Oakdale-Bohemia Road Oakdale, NY 11769 (631) 563-1660
To purchase tickets please contact the Temple Office or a member of the Fundraising Committee.
Online Resources for Reform Judaism
urj.org rjteen.org
reformjudaismmag.org urjbooksandmusic.com
Do you have any suggestions for other online resources? Please email them to [email protected]
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Donations We Need Your Help! Your Temple’s income from dues has fallen during the past year, leaving B’nai Israel more dependent on donations than ever. Please consider making a donation at this time. While your donation may be made to honor a special person, remember that it also helps to provide good works for a larger community.
Donations of $1000 or larger will be commemorated on an attractive new arrangement of plaques to be placed in the Temple lobby. Large donations may also be made in installments.
How to Donate: You can bring or mail a check identifying the intended fund to the Temple. You can also arrange to provide larger donations in installments. Please contact the Temple office if you have any questions. (631) 563-1660 or email [email protected]
My Own Endowment Fund? The Temple welcomes larger donations that establish endowment funds in accordance with donor wishes. An endowment provides the Temple with long-term benefits that you specify. Endowments are publicized and often grow by attracting additional donations from others. You may name your endowment fund in honor or in memory of someone special. Please call the Temple Office at 563-1660 for further information.
Sustaining the Temple The General Fund The Building Fund The Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Adding Natural Beauty The Landscaping Fund Flower Arrangement donations Involving Our Youth The Youth Group Fund Honoring Memory The Ian Matarasso Memorial Fund The Ethan William Snair Memorial Fund The Sidney Sonkin Memorial Fund Remembering Life Events Engraved leaf on our Tree of Life Engraved plaque on the Honorial-Memorial Board Memorial plaque in the sanctuary Prayer book Sharing Music The Music Fund Adding to the Experience The Fine Arts Fund Aiding the Community The Outreach Program The Help-a-Family Program The Shiva Fund Promoting the School The Religious School Fund The Library Fund The Scholarship Fund
Temple Funds and Sale Items
Yahrzeits The following names of loved ones whose Yahrzeit are observed during the preceding week will be read before the Kaddish Prayer at the Friday Evening Service on:
I.J. MORRIS, INC. Jewish Funeral Directors Since 1888
21 E. Deer Park Road , Dix Hills (631) 499-6060 55 North Station Plaza, Great Neck (516) 487-8600 46 Greenwich Street, Hempstead (516) 486-2500 1895 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn (718) 377-8610 114-03 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills (718) 263-5365 21 W. Broad Street Mt. Vernon (914) 664-2062
www.ijmorris.com Preplan—call for information Monuments by I.J. MORRIS, INC.
Please Contact the Rabbi... Please call Rabbi Moss at (631) 472-5272 when someone is sick or if there is a death in the family so that the Temple can extend its assistance.
Before making any funeral arrangements, please call Rabbi Moss at (631) 472-5272
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B'nai Israel has both Jewish and Interfaith burial plots available for its congregants and their families. If you are interested in purchasing plots, please call the Temple office and someone from the Cemetery Committee will contact you with details and answer any questions. The office number is 631-563-1660.
November 5th Gloria Ballin Abraham Brotman Estelle Cohen Beverly Davidman Chester Didner Sophie Goichman Samuel Hermowitz *Minnie Lavender *Bernard Michelson Ely Ostrow Mildred Ostrow Solomon Ozarin Jerome Weiss
November 12th Henry Brickman Philip Cohen Joseph Dawson Alan Bruce Elsbree Fannye Feldman Morris Friedman Morris Goldman Solomon Goldman *Louis Grushoff Miriam Gudesblatt *Josef Harz *Shirley Hoffman Lee Kaplan
Cemetery Plots Available
*Anna Kessler Blanche Levine Abraham Lieberman *Eliot Olshan Rebecca Pupps *Arnold Schrager *Bertie G. Schwartz *Larry Snair *Rose Sugarman *Doris Weisberg
November 19th Rose Berger Jack Fine *Jack Franklin Joseph Freedner Milton Gudesblatt Frances Kaplan Mary Levine *Edith Licht *Alex Lipsky *Leonard Mennen Catherine Riemer *Jacob Sabah William Shernicoff *Charles Sobel *Janet Sonkin Theodore Streisfeld Ronald Weintraub
November 26th Alfred Abrams *Muriel Abrams *Menachem Balfour Jennie Brotman Sally Rebhun Colman Regina Dubin Pauline Fisher Norman Lee Ginsberg *Mae Heilbraun *Arthur Kaplan Hortense Kolker *Louis Namer *Morris Post Cecelia Rockowitz Saul Rubin Josephine Scalzo *Ann Shorten Joseph Singer Abraham Sloane Mary Sprague *Ruth Weshner * Indicates a Memorial
Plaque is lit in the sanctuary.
SHALOM MEMORIAL CHAPELS, INC. FUNERAL DIRECTORS
COMPLETE GRAVESIDE SERVICE WITH CASKET
$4530.00
760 Smithtown ByPass, Smithtown, NY 11787 Tel: (631) 360-1600 Fax: (631) 630-7978
www.shalommemorialchapelsinc.com
Condolences The B’nai Israel Congregational Family extends its deepest condolences to the Seth Berman on the loss of his grandmother Pauline Shernicoff and to Louise Rosenberg on the loss of her mother Mildred Horowitz. May they find c omfort in the blessing of good memories that will always be theirs.
PAUL R. FEUER ATTORNEY AT LAW
• Personal Injury Cases • Real Estate • Criminal Defense •
• Traffic & DWI Defense • Wills • Estate Planning & Probate • • Small Business and Corporate Services •
Computers Computers
Software consultation, Small office network setup MS Access Programming, MS Office Training
Virus and Spyware removal Jeff Richer Consultant 631-835-9615
(MBA, IT Professional) [email protected]
99 Main Street Holbrook, NY 11741 TAYLOR RENTAL Mike Weber (631) 588-5252 FAX: (631) 588-0918
YOUR AD HERE contact the Temple Office if you are interested
(631) 563-1660
One Year Ad is $125 That’s only a little over $10 a month!
Mathematics Tutoring & Test Prep + Personalized instruction for any math class or test + College, high school or middle school math + Algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, much more
Paul Guzzardo Jr., M.S. NYS Certified Mathematics Teacher 631-384-5365 [email protected]
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Law Offices of FEUER & FEUER 124 Medford Avenue Patchogue, NY 11772
Tel: (631) 447-1600 Fax: (631) 447-2609 www.FeuerLaw.com
2676 Sunrise Highway East Islip, NY 11730
(631) 277-1177
Mon-Fri 9-7 Sat 8-7 Sun 8-6
Temple Member - 10% Discount with this Ad
YOUR AD HERE contact the Temple Office if you are interested
(631) 563-1660
One Year Ad is $125 That’s only a little over $10 a month!
BE YOUR OWN GUEST
WAITERS/WAITRESSES BARTENDERS/GRILL PEOPLE
(631) 745-1180 or (631) 580-4432
YOU BE THE GUEST, WE’LL DO THE REST!!!
MITZVAH CATERERS AT THE NORTH SHORRE JEWISH CENTER
YOUR PLACE OR OURS WEDDINGS, BAR/BAT MITZVAHS, BRISSIM, BABY NAMINGS,KIDDUSHIM, SHIVA MEALS, ELEGANT
DINNER S, OFFICE, BBQS OR ANY EVENT ASK FOR ANDREW OR IRWIN (631) 928-6082
“Mitzvah caterers will gladly donate a portion of your bill back to your organization”
STRICT ORTHODOX RABBINICAL SUPERVISION
YOUR AD HERE contact the Temple Office if you are interested
(631) 563-1660
One Year Ad is $125 That’s only a little over $10 a month!
SHORE PSYCHIATRIC CENTER COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, ADULTS AND SENIORS
RONALD J. TADDEO, MD
BOARD CERTIFIED PSYCHIATRIST MARGARET GALVIN, NPP HILARY PARENTE, LCSW MARY MACCONNELL, LCSW, BCD ERIN HAYES, LCSW JANE INDILLA-BROWN, LMSW KATHLEEN MALSKY, LMSW
CHRISTINE SADOUSKY, LMSW
4 Phyllis Drive SUITE H (631) 447-7560 PATCHOGUE, NY 11772 FAX: (631) 447-7561
Luscious Chocolate, with Personalized Ribbons
CHOCOLATE BY DESIGN INC.
Excellent service since 1979 Visit us on the web
631-737-0082
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B’nai Israel is limited to these caterers for any celebration in the Temple Social Hall. Bagels N a Hole Lot More Port Jefferson Station location (631) 474-4445
Lessing's Caterers (631) 277-7800 (631) 581-0022
Mitzvah Caterers of Plainview (516) 938-1310 (516) 351-0661
Woodbury Kosher (516) 681-7766
Zan’s Kosher Caterers (631) 979-8770
Miller Place Bagel & Deli (631) 331-7645
Temple Caterers
Temple Directory
President, Joel Silverman [email protected] Past President, Barbie Saslau
Vice Presidents: Buildings & Grounds, Seth Berman [email protected] Fundraising, Debby Lyons [email protected] Administration, Michael Lambert
Treasurer, Allen Kaminsky Financial Secretary, Barbara Abrams Recording Secretary, Martha Kolodkin Trustees: Jeannette Berman, Joel Brand, Arthur Diamond, Rita DiGiantomasso, Paul Fink, Ritva Gottesman, Debby Lazen, Brian Linehan, Richard Motlin, Nat Ozarin, Donna Paskin, Stephanie Plewka, Terri Randall, Ira Rosenfeld, Steve Saslau, and Steven Sonkin.
Legal Council, Jonathan Sinnreich
Clergy
67 Oakdale, Bohemia Road, Oakdale, NY 11769 Website www.bnai-israel.org Phone (631) 563-1660 Fax (631) 563-9816 Email [email protected]
1644 Locust Avenue, Bohemia (631) 244-9057
Bingo Hall
Temple Office Staff
Chairperson, Alice Lambert (631) 589-1375
Religious School Office (631) 563-1663 [email protected]
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Scheduling Fran Baker (631) 567-1537
Rabbi Dr. Steven Moss (631) 472-5272 [email protected] Cantor Ilana Plutzer [email protected]
Board of Trustees
Committees, Groups, and other individuals to know... Choir Director, Roselyn Selmanoff
Sisterhood Co-Presidents [email protected] Rita Porwick & Phyllis Rubin
Brotherhood President, Barry Saffren
Membership Chairperson (631) 775-6147 [email protected] Jeannette Berman
Ritual Chairperson [email protected] Terri Randall
Donation Committee [email protected]
Groundskeeper, Joel Silverman Custodian, Tom Smollins
Yarmulke Orders (631) 472-1888 Harriet Jacobs (for Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and Weddings)
Outreach, Ritva Gottesman (631) 804-9545 [email protected]
Bulletin, Website, Temple e-nouncements [email protected] Jeannette Berman (631) 775-6147
Religious School
Karen Smollins & Kim Rogers-Schade
B’nai Israel Reform Temple 67 Oakdale‐Bohemia Road
Oakdale, NY 11769
(631) 563‐1660
www.bnai‐israel.org
Non‐Profit Org. U.S. Postage
PAID Permit No. 42 Oakdale, N.Y.
11769
REMINDER: Congregational Meeting
Monday, November 22, 2010 at 8:00 pm
