Chai Lites August 2012

CHAI LITESTEMPLE ISRAEL OF GREATER MIAMI

NOVEMBER 2011 / CHESVAN-KISLEV 5772 VOLUME 70 NUMBER 3

CHAI LITESAUGUST 2012/AV-ELUL 5772 VOLUME 71 NUMBER 2

TEMPLE ISRAEL OF GREATER MIAMI

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TEMPLE ISRAEL OF GREATER MIAMI- a progressive Reform congregation -

has been celebrating its diversity indowntown Miami since 1922.

Table of Contents

MESSAGES 3-5Rabbi’s MessageScholar-in-ResidencePresidential Perspective Executive DirectorA Musical Interlude

SPECIAL EVENTS & PROGRAMS 6

EDUCATION AND YOUTH 8Notes from the ECC Religious School NewsAdult Learning

GET INVOLVED 11Sisterhood Corner Dorothy Serotta Social Justice Forum

WORSHIP 14August Schedule

LIFE CYCLE EVENTS 15Mazel Tov Birthdays & Anniversaries Yahrzeits

SUPPORTERS 18

AUGUST CALENDAR 21

COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS 22

CHAI LITESPublished monthly at:

137 N.E. 19th Street Miami, FL 33132Phone: (305) 573-5900

Email: info@ templeisrael.net

M. Thomas Heyn

Mitchell Chefitz

Dr. Alan Mason

Marla Towbin

Federico D’Angelo

Isabel Montoto

Janice Baisman

Iris Amador

Ellen Goldberg

Melba Leiman

Chaim LieberPerson

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Peter Bermont*Dr. Joan Bornstein*Orlee BushmanMarsha B. Elser*Martin Fine*Esta FriedmanCynthia Sobel GoldSusann GoldbergDr. Andrew GottliebMichael Graubert, M.D.Frank FuternickSuzanne HafkinLance HarkeBrian HirschDouglas M. Jacobs*Jane Kahn Jacobs*John Kanter

Edythe KernessMichelle Krinzman

Jannet Dannon-MairenaArthur Marcus

Richard MilsteinMichael D. Orovitz*Norma A. Orovitz*

Oliver PfefferCandace Ruskin*

Jack Schillinger*Gerald K. Schwartz*

Donna SeldesMichael A. Silver*

Stanley G. Tate*Robert L. Waxman

*Past President

Ben Kuehne, Chair*Leonard L. AbessJoAnne BanderJoe FarcusSeymour HeckerDouglas HellerBetsy KaplanElton J. KernessNathan S. LeeLawrence Leitner

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

ADVISORY COUNCIL

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Campaign Strategic Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President-Membership

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Joan L. SchaefferHenry E. Wolff, Jr*Merri MannBen Kuehne

Howard D. GoldsteinRobert GlazierNeil RollnickBeco LichtmanRobert WaterstoneCarla NeufeldHarris Reibel

Marlin LewisBudd Mayer

S. Ronald PallotKenneth D. Rosen

Barton SacherSandra Simon

Brenda ShapiroSuzanne Trushin

James Weinkle

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CLERGY AND STAFF

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Rabbi M. Thomas Heyn

RABBI’S MESSAGEA Season of Change and Renewal

My first month as Rabbi at Temple Israel has flown by. Much of the time was spent completing the move here fromVermont and adjusting to a very different climate andculture. Alexandra and I are both very happy to be here and have appreciated the warm welcomes we’ve received from our new Temple family. The warm temperatures, however, may take me a little longer to appreciate.

While I’ll miss the fresh apple cider and autumn colors ofVermont, there is much I look forward to here at TempleIsrael in the months ahead. For example, I look forward to our religious school’s opening day on August 26th. I am eager to partner with our children, teens, parents, teachers and staff as we create new ways for young families to get involved. If you have children or teens, it’s likely you and they will benefit from (and enjoy!) taking part in our new youth programming.

I also look forward to the High Holy Days, which are right around the corner. This season of repentance and return (teshuvah) is a time to explore what Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel calls “radical amazement.” The sense of awe and reverence the term suggests is so essential to our well-being that our scriptures say it is the beginning of wisdom (Psalm 111:10, Proverbs 9:10.) So, too, is it the beginning of our Jewish New Year as it is an important theme during the upcoming ten “Days of Awe” (Yamim Nora-im.) I lookforward to this period as a time for deepening my ownspiritual practice and for rebuilding and strengthening the spiritual core of our community.

Leading up to the High Holy Days, we’ll have an opportunity to prepare ourselves for this work. Judaism designates theentire Hebrew month of Elul, which begins this year onAugust 19th, as a time for reflecting on themes relatingto atonement. Rabbi Mitch and I will offer workshops onpreparing for the High Holy Days and we’ll conduct a“Selichot” service on September 8th, which will provide yet another point of entry. As a new year ushers in beginnings,including new friendships, I hope to meet most of ourTemple family in the days leading up to and including theYamim Nora-im.

In the months that follow, I’ll do my best to reach out, but I ask you to help me by staying involved, coming to programs and services when you can, and letting me get to knowyou. It may take ongoing contact for us to become betteracquainted over time, but it will not take long for the spirit of friendship and collaboration to become a defining trait of Temple Israel. I have already come to appreciate it in thewarmth that’s been extended to my wife and me so soon after our arrival.

Even though Miami’s summer heat is likely to continuefor a few more months, a season of change and renewal isalready upon us. We have new ways for young families to get involved, an opportunity to open ourselves to a sense of “radical amazement,” and a community that embodies the spirit of friendship and collaboration. These are good ways for approaching a new year and what may be a new era in our Temple’s history.

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It would indeed be an understatementto say that I am humbled to findmyself writing this, my first column in Chai Lites. Everything happened so fast. And I am PROUD- proud to be the new President of Temple Israel of Greater Miami.

Many of you know my history with the Temple, but for those who don’t, I will summarize it. I found myself attending meetings and community functions at Temple Israel often while I was active early on in the AIDSarena and Rabbi Rex Perlmeter was a pioneer in addressing the issues related to HIV and AIDS. Whenever we needed a large meeting space, he would freely offer the Temple. I had attended different types of “New Age” churches in those days, trying to find a place that felt like home. I bounced around a bit and then when Jeff Kahn was the Rabbi atTemple Israel, he made a concerted effort to reach outto the Gay and Lesbian community. James Weinkle, theExecutive Director at the time, doesn’t remember this, but he offered reduced membership fees to the Gay communityfor a while and it seemed like a good time to return to myJewish roots. This was October, 1998- and I never looked back.

I became very active with Social Justice programming at the Temple and my friend Bruce Jay recruited me as the Vice Chair of the Social Justice committee. I found my Jewish home where I could realize my potential spiritually, socially and intellectually. Temple Israel became very important in my life. Finally, a synagogue that would welcome me with open arms- this was considered very risky in those days. A synagogue had always been my safe space as a child. I was blessed to grow up being inspired by an incredible Rabbi and an angelic-like Cantor. My early days of Judaism set me on a path that became familiar and comfortable.

So, what now? My personal issues aside, I have a greatpassion for the continuity of Judaism. I have made 3 fairly recent trips to Israel, and I am itching to go back. I see that Temple Israel is unique among the synagogues I am now free to attend and I see the need to juggle the richness of our 90-year history, the challenge of the present, and the promise of our future as we move forward towards our Centennial. I am inspired to join in the process to solidify Temple Israel of Greater Miami as THE Center for Progressive Judaism in our urban core.

So, how is that going to come about? I firmly believe that we are well positioned for our next surge: a new Rabbi, Tom Heyn, our Scholar in Residence, Mitch Chefitz, and a cadre of

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SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCEThe Four “TED” Talks I Wish I Had Heard

Rabbi Mitchell ChefitzScholar-in-Residence

PRESIDENTIAL Perspective

Joan L. SchaefferPresident

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“TED talks, ideas worth spreading”initiated in 1984 focused around the convergence of technology,entertainment and design. The talks are often profound andprovide incentive for furtherexploration and personaldevelopment. As I look back at my Jewish education, I recognize four

Jewish “TED talks” I never heard, but wish I had. They would have made my future education much more graceful.

To my knowledge, there aren’t any Jewish “TED talks.” We might have TED-style talks, but they couldn’t be called TED. Maybe, “MOSHE-talks.” Here are the four “TED-style Moshe-talks” I wish I had heard.

The Evolution of Jewish Text, how the Torah became Torah –the sum total of Jewish wisdom. It would be a demonstration of how spiritual light came through the letters of the writtenTorah, the books of the Prophets and the Writings, tocrystalize in Midrash and Commentaries, and then give way to Mishnah, the oral Torah, a new expression of the revelationat Sinai, and the Talmud, and its commentaries and codes . . .To have such a Moshe-talk at the beginning of one’s seriousJewish learning would be awesome! It would put all text into perspective, and one would know where one was on the timeline of Jewish history whenever one picked up a Jewish text. I regret I never heard that talk, but now, forty years later, I know how to give it.

The Kabbalah – The Evolution of Jewish Spiritual Practice. When I first began my Jewish learning, I had no idea there was Jewish spiritual practice. I didn’t know there was Jewishmeditation that led to deep Contemplation and profoundInsight. I regret I never heard this Moshe-talk, but now, forty years later, I know how to give it.

The Discipline of Jewish Prayer. I thought Jewish prayer was something that was mumbled in Hebrew or done responsively in English. Who knew there was a real discipline, that beganwith physical stretching and breathing and ended withstanding in the Presence of the Divine? I regret I never heard this Moshe-talk, but now, forty years later, I know how to give it.

The Cycles of Jewish Time. I knew about Shabbat, of course. And, Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur. And, circumcision, weddings and funerals. But no one ever told me about the great cycles of time, from single days to periods of two thousand years, or the great cycle of a life time from birth to death. I regret I never heard this Moshe-talk, but now, forty years later, I know how to give it.


EXECUTIVE DIRECTORMarla’s Meisele Maysele…(my little story)

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Marla TowbinExecutive Director

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The television sits on the floor…cable box in close proximity, but still not connected, as I take the day to unpack my treasuredmusic collection…I am an audiophile.

Unpacking my collection of LPs even my coveted Peaches record store crate, to me was a blissful task. For those unfamiliar with the term

LP, it means long playing vinyl recordings. Yes, I still havevinyl…about six hundred albums, give or take a few. I eyed the cherished contents of the boxes, it was like bumping into old friends after a separation of many years…Madama Butterfly (Price and Tucker), La Boheme (Moffo and Tucker) my prized recordings of my cousin, Richard Tucker, (z”l). Hmm, I recall only having these in cd box sets.

As I continue to unpack I come across albums in randomorder by artists: Simon and Garfunkel, Perez Prado, Tina Turner, Cat Stevens, Anita Baker, Herman’s Hermits (really?), Herb Alpert, Billy Joel, Dan Fogelberg, funny, two Netherlands albums, Donovan, Gordon Lightfoot, two Summer Side of Life? Huh? Joni Mitchell-I smile, as I remember seeing her live at Stonybrook when I was 15. Judy Collins? Elvis? Nurit Galron?I don’t remember buying these. “Big” Tiny Little and hishonky tonk piano? Okay, wait just a minute!

It all came flooding back to me...a collection of approximatelythree hundred albums was given to me as a gift in 1994. They belonged to my rabbi, teacher and mentor, JerryPotack, (z”l). I remember now that back then, I found itpeculiar, when I realized that my rabbi and I had similar taste in music…well, except for maybe Johnny Puleo and hisharmonica gang! I tried to envision him listening to artists in his collection: Ian and Sylvia, Dionne Warwick or even Peter, Paul & Mary. They were his albums, so why was it so difficult to imagine? After all, he was just a man. Just a man…

I am reminded that he passed away in August almostimmediately after I began my path in Jewish communalservice as Congregation Agudath Achim’s Executive Director, and he was its spiritual leader. His untimely death, my first call to action as a director, could have easily dissuaded me, but actually helped me to make a decision to continue to pursue this oftentimes difficult and challenging path in the hopes of making a difference. What I took away from that experience is that the rabbi, who the community looked to for guidance, as a teacher, and mentor…was also human. He

A MUSICAL INTERLUDE

Alan MasonDirector of Music and

Doctor of Musical Arts

I recently had the wonderfulexperience of presenting aShavuot musical program with Rabbi Danny Freelander, Senior Vice President for the Union for Reform Judaism. The programfocused on the wanderings of Ruth and Naomi, the gift ofTorah to the Jewish people, and our acceptance of the strangerin our midst. I selected themusic from Kol B’Seder, acollection of pop inspired songs on sacred texts composed by Cantor Jeff Klepper and Rabbi Danny Freelander. Thiscollection, written in the 1970’s, launched the pop music movement in reform synagogues. The prayer settings are melodious, rhythmic, catchy, easy to learn, and very beautiful. Many are familiar to our congregation, and are sung often in our Shabbat and holiday services.

Rabbi Freelander has been a supportive and generousmentor to me since our meeting in 2001 at the NorthAmerican Jewish Choral Festival. He has met with me in the New York office of the URJ on many occasions, and it is at his suggestion that I am regularly invited to play for the regional and national biennial conventions of the Union for ReformJudaism. At our recent Shavuot lecture and performance he surprised me with his extensive knowledge of Temple Israel, its history, its past, and its present. I was delighted and proud to know that the national offices of the URJ are so aware of Temple Israel of Greater Miami.

Alan MasonDoctor of Music ArtsDirector of Music


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TEMPLE ISRAEL of

GREATER MIAMI’SRabbinic Transition Committee

is coordinating with Temple members to create

opportunities for you to personally welcome

Rabbi Tom and Ale Heyn into our Temple family

There will be a series of rotating events arranged by residential regions. Members are generously

opening their hearts and their homes to host the events. These gatherings are for Temple members

to meet Rabbi Tom and Ale, and for them to get to know each and every one of us. We encourage

you to attend an upcoming reception near your home and to RSVP early. In order to provide the

desired intimate setting, the number of guests at each event will be limited. Look for your invitation

in the mail.

GREAT BOOKS CLUB Invites You and Your Friends To Discuss

THE INVISIBLE BRIDGEBy Julie Orringer

Thursday, August 23, 201212:00 p.m.

A grand love story and an epic tale of three brothers whose lives are

torn apart by war. An unforgettable story of history and love, of

marriage tested by disaster, of a Jewish family’s struggle against

annihilation, and of the dangerous power of art in a time of war.

Bring a bag lunch. Coffee and dessert will be served


UPCOMING EVENTSROSH HASHANAH LUNCHEON

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NOTES FROM THE ECC

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It is with great pride that we announce that on June 26, 2012, we were awarded the Platinum Award of CommunitiesPutting Prevention to Work Grant given by the Department of Children and Families, Health Department, Make Healthy Happen Miami and Consortium for a Healthier Miami-Dade. This award was given to our center for implementing in our classes and in our children’s daily lives, the “Make Healthy Happen Miami Age-Appropriate Lesson Plan.” We teach our children, among other topics, the importance of food safety, and how to discover fun ways to move, exercise, and dance to stay active. In addition, our children practice liter-acy learning through rhyming word recognition, hand-voice coordination while learning to rhyme, spatial relationships, listening skills and more.

Another award was presented to our school during abreakfast ceremony on May 7, 2012. Our center wasnominated by the Wells Fargo Bank Branch Team at Pembroke Park to receive a $1,000 Community Partner Grant from Wells Fargo, and we received it. The goal of Wells Fargo is to build strong and vibrant communities, improve the qualityof life, and make a positive difference. They considered our organization as vital in accomplishing these goals as well as many others. Special thanks to Darren Steinbook, father of ECC student Stella Steinbook and Pembroke Park Branch Manager, who recommended our center and was our partner in this endeavor, and to our wonderful, amazing, dedicated teachers for all they do to enhance our children’s lives.

We are so proud of our award-winning ECC!

Melba Leiman, Director of Administration and Marcela Fridman,Summer Camp Coordinator

more information!

We wish all our little ones a happy and wonderful vacation! We thank all of our ECC families and ECC staff for making this summer camp program the best one for our children.

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Summer camp has been a wonderful experience for our children at the Joni and Stanley Tate Early Childhood Center. Summer camp is fun-filled and exciting - a place where the children have the opportunity to explore, grow, develop new skills, and form lasting friendships in a safe and nurturingenvironment. Our curriculum is what our children are used to, developmentally appropriate and relying on our teachers as facilitators in each child’s road to knowledge. Our daysinclude Circle Time, Story Time, outside and water play, snack, lunch, naps, field trips, Shabbat celebration, and specialactivities every Friday.

We welcomed the summer by hosting Yo Gabba Gabba and his friends. During this celebration we honored all of our daddies on their day. We jumped and laughed again and again on Bounce House Day. We loved the Magician’s magic tricks. The month of July began and our camp was decked out in patriotic colors for our huge 4th of July celebration. Then we honored the Olympic Games in London by having a specialcarnival day full of games, prizes and popcorn. The farm came to our camp, and we enjoyed the animals by petting and feeding them.

August will be another exciting month in our Summer Camp program. We will have our annual Bike Race, where childrencan ride their bikes, stop by the bike wash station, and learn about the traffic signs. As part of our end of summercelebration, a fire truck from the Miami Fire EducationDepartment will visit our camp. The children will participate in fire life safety training. The firefighter will show and explain to the children all about their equipment and allow them to briefly pass through the cabin of the fire truck.

We want to invite all of our ECC families for a special Shabbat lead by Rabbi Tom Heyn on Friday, August 24th at 3:30p.m. in the Chapel. Join us for a welcoming celebration of our new Rabbi.

The Sababa Shabbat program will take place on the firstFriday of every month, starting in September. Stay tuned for


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RELIGIOUS SCHOOL NEWS

Like a metaphorical angel, I stand with our k’hillah k’dosha (holy community) and with every teacher and parent as we whisper “grow, grow” to our youngest congregants, fulfilling the Talmudic forecast.

For those of you whom I have not met personally sincecoming to Temple Israel of Greater Miami in late 2004, I am taking this opportunity to reintroduce myself as the Interim Religious School Director for this coming year, and, in turn, reintroducing our Religious School.

My formal training comes from the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion where I earned Masters Degrees in both Jewish Education and Jewish Communal Service. Ireceived the distinguished title of Reform Jewish Educator (RJE) in 2011 while serving at Temple Beth Am in Pinecrest. Over the past 8 years I have worked with day and religious schools, youth groups and most recently served as one the spiritual leaders in Poland and Israel on the March of theLiving.

On a more personal note… Many of you know of my lifepartner’s current work with NeXT@19th Street on thecampus of Temple Israel. Jenni Person and I also joyfullydesigned and participated in “Torah Tykes” from 2005-2008, offering “zero to 5s” and their families a minyan we could call our own each Shabbat. Golda, age 9 and Isaiah, age 6 are our hardy “leaves of grass” (homage to both theTalmudists and Walt Whitman!) and joyful Religious School participants in their own right.

In partnership with Rabbi Tom we are looking forward to adynamic year that begins on Sunday, August 26. I lookforward to connecting with all of our school age parents, by phone at the least, prior to that date in order to gaugeparticular aspirations for our revised setting. In themeantime do not hesitate to contact me and spread theproverbial grass seed to friends who are also looking for a kind community, a developing spiritual identity and in the context of Jewish tradition.

Promisinga meaningful,

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•Self-Actualization/Mentchlikeit!

Register Today! Classes begin Sunday, August 26

And so, you too, if you are reading this article, are angels who can contribute to our Sunday morning Religious School. Perhaps our children are deserving of more than one angel?

Chaim Lieberperson, RJE

“Every blade of

grass has its angel

that bends over it

and whispers,

Grow, grow.’”

- Talmud

Chaim LieberPersonInterim Religious School Director


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ADULT LEARNING

WEDNESDAYNOONTIME LEARNING

with Rabbi Chefitzw i l l r e s u m e a f t e r L a b o r D a y

W e a r e r e a d i n g :

A b r a h a m J o s h u a H e s c h e l , o n e o f t h e m o s t b e l o v e d r e l i g i o u s l e a d e r s o f

o u r t i m e , d e l i v e r e d t h i s b o o k t o h i s p u b l i s h e r a f e w w e e k s b e f o r e h i s

d e a t h . R e p r i n t e d b y J e w i s h L i g h t s , a v a i l a b l e t h r o u g h a n y b o o k s e l l e r .

“Probably the best book on Hasidism to appear in the Engl ish Language .”

- L ibrary Journal

A Passion for TruthBy

Abraham Joshua Heschel

tuesdayNOONTIME LEARNING

with

RABBI TOM HEYNwill begin after Labor Day


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SISTERHOOD CORNER

Gail Lewis Donna Seldes Susie GoldbergSisterhood Co-Presidents

It has been a truly incredible year for Temple Israel and our Sisterhood. Every day we see the passion our members share in support of this historic and vibrant congregationas we enter our 91st year. With your financial help andcommitment, Sisterhood has been able to meet the growing demand for its services and has funded many important projects. We’re proud to highlight just a few of this year’s accomplishments below:

•Honored B’nai Mitzvah students with meaningful gifts and supported Religious School programming.•Underwrote four scholarships to Camp Coleman fordeserving Religious School students.•Mailed Chanukah Holiday Boxes to 20 Temple Israel college students.•Donated $6,800 to sponsor festive weekly Oneg Shabbats throughout the year.•Provided over 100 school backpacks, filled with essential school supplies, for needy students in the community,demonstrating our spirit of Tikkun Olam – repairing the world.•Created warm, spiritually meaningful events: a RoshChodesh celebration; a Passover Experience; and aSisterhood Shabbat service.•Donated $4,500 in celebration of Temple Israel’s 90thAnniversary.

During our annual Sisterhood Membership Drive, we turn to those within the congregation to ensure another successful year. We’d like to invite every woman and each man to join us in this sacred endeavor. Please complete the enrollment form you received in the mail and return it with your check made payable to Temple Israel Sisterhood in the envelope provided. This will guarantee your listing in the Sisterhood Directory and your complimentary invitation to this year’s

special Paid-up Membership Brunch scheduled for Sunday, November 4, 2012.

Temple Israel’s Sisterhood relies on the generosity of its members and friends, like you, to ensure that we will be able to continue to enhance the programs and services offered by Temple Israel. Working together, the women and men of our Temple will make “2012-2013” the most exciting and productive year ever - building community in the trueessence of L’dor V’dor - from generation to generation.

Thank you for your support and involvement. We are excitedabout the inspiring things we know we can accomplishtogether!

Co-Presidents Susie Goldberg, Gail Lewis, Donna Seldes


TEMPLE ISRAEL SISTERHOOD

Dear Members and Friends:On behalf of Sisterhood, I am delighted to present its Proposed Slate of Officers and Executive Committee Members for 2012-2013. In accordance with Sisterhood’s Constitution and By-Laws, Article 10, Section D: No nominations may be made from the floor at the Election Meeting. Additional names may be placed in nomination by a petition signed by ten (10) members in good standing and presented to the Corresponding Secretary at least ten (10) days before the Election Meeting. Please submitpetitions to: Lee Greene & Suzanne Hafkin, Co-Corresponding Secretaries, Temple Israel Sisterhood, 137 N. E. 19 Street, Miami, FL 33132.

The election will take place at a special Sisterhood Shabbat Dinner on Friday, September 7, 2012, in the Wolfson Auditorium, followed by an inspiring Installation Ceremony, during Services in the Bertha Abess Sanctuary. An invitation will follow, and we look forward to welcoming you for this festive celebration.

Most sincerely,

Esta FriedmanNominating Committee Chair

PROPOSED SLATE OF OFFICERS &EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

2012-2013

OFFICERSCo-Presidents Co-Vice Presidents, Membership Treasurer

Susie Goldberg Elise Greenberg Paula Xanthopoulou

Suzanne Hafkin Wendy Saltzburg

Donna Seldes Co-Corresponding Secretaries

Recording Secretary Carolyn Gardner Chaplain

Phyllis Littman Lee Greene Angela Sacher

Nominating Committee Chair Immediate Past President Friends of Sisterhood Liaison

Esta Friedman Gail Lewis Henry E. Wolff, Jr.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEAudrey Barker Jane Kahn Jacobs Candace Ruskin

Dr. Joan Bornstein Edythe Kerness Joan Schaeffer

Barbara Block Lois Klein Roberta Schwartz

Harriett Bulbin Judith Landy Frances Siegel

Walli Chefitz Dr. Madeline Levine Sandra Simon

Patty Taxman Craven Carla Neufeld Roslyn Smith

Linda Datko Brandy Primak Ann Thomas

Ivonne Gordon Dody Raskin Marisela Veit

Lolly Green Silvia Rosen Vivian Witkoff


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Gary Brown

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

The Dorothy Serotta Social Justice Forum’s volunteerprogram at the Chapman Partnership for the Homeless has been gaining momentum. New volunteers have beenparticipating on the fourth Monday evening of each month. Participants help in a variety of tasks, such as serving food and general meal preparation. Temple members have found the evening to be a productive and rewarding experience.Interested members can contact [email protected].

The Community Garden planting program is scheduled toresume in September. However, attracting volunteers to help weed and water the garden’s vegetables and edible plants on a regular basis has been a challenge. The Temple looks forward to continue donating the produce to Lotus House, a shelter for abused women and their children. Lotus House residents have also participated in the garden upkeep.However, if there are not enough volunteers to donate some time on a weekly basis (garden access can be flexibleas to day and time), continuation of the garden could be put in jeopardy. Please watch for the fall planting announcementin next month’s Chai Lites and at the Temple website.Interested participants can speak to David Galler [email protected].

In response to a recent Energy Audit by FP&L and the “Mark and Greta Walker Foundation”, the Environmental Action Committee of Temple Israel has received a matching funds grant of $1000 to:

1)Replace and upgrade low efficiencylight bulbs and fixtures

2)Install motion sensitive light switches

3)Install a plastic strip barrier inside the door of our

institutional refrigerator

4)Convert to low flow toilets

Our cost to make these changes is estimated at $3,960.00

These improvements will result in significant resource savings and monetary savings that will be recovered in less than 2 years.Please consider joining the following individuals as we continue the “Greening of Temple Israel”. Funds of $48 and above will be

matched dollar-for-dollar up to a total of $1,000.

SOLAR PANEL CIRCLE (Above $360)Mark and Greta Walker Foundation

L.E.D. BULB CIRCLE ($108 to $360)Brian Hirsch & Doris Galindo

Steven Leidner

COMPACT FLORESCENT BULB CIRCLE($48 to $107)

Sheila Mandell FeeleyBeco & Eric Lichtman

To join our “Campaign to Re-Light Temple Israel” please contact Brian Hirsch at 813-732-7722 or e-mail [email protected].

The next meeting of the Environmental Action Committee of Temple Israel will be on August 15th at 7 p.m. Please mark your calendar to

join us the 3rd Wednesday of each month.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONCOMMITTEE OF TEMPLE ISRAEL

CAMPAIGN TO RE-LIGHT TEMPLE ISRAELDOROTHY SEROTTASocial Justice Forum


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JOIN US:on Shabbat mornings

August Schedule

.11:00 am – 12:30 pm: Joseph’s TableWeaving Torah texts of the great Jewish spiritual masters into a fabric of many colors and shades. Our friend and mentorJoseph Grosbard is no longer with us, but his presence remains around the tables.

Feel inspired as you rejoice in Shabbat and connect with our welcoming community in the world renowned Bertha Abess Sanctuary. Our Shabbat service is a gentle mix of traditional and spontaneous song and prayer. Can’t join us in person? Connect with us either by tuning into 880 AM radio, or you will find us streaming on the web at: www.templeisrael.net or www.880thebiz.com.

withRabbi Heyn

andRabbi Chefitz9:30am - 11:00am

SHABBATMORNINGSERVICE

Morning blessings, Psalms of praise,

the Sh’ma with its meditations, and Standing in the

Presence of the Divine. Sometimes

with theprayerbook,

sometimes not, but always seeking

deep attachment.

JOIN US ON FRIDAY EVENINGS

AUGUST 37:30 pm Shabbat Service in the Bertha Abess Sanctuary followed by an Oneg Shabbat





Leading up to the fall High Holy Days, during the Hebrew

month of Elul, Jews worldwide prepare for the Yamim

Noraim, the Days of Awe, a ten-day period of prayer,

self-examination, fasting and repentance. Starting with

the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, and culminating

with the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, it is a time for

significant personal growth and spiritual transformation.

Facilitated by Rabbis Heyn and Chefitz, our two

workshops will explore the history, rituals, texts,

teachings, liturgies and melodies of the High Holy Days.

Together, we will discuss the intersection between

personal spiritual practice and communal holiday

observance and how they can—and do—enhance each

other. Free of charge, the workshops take place on

Wednesdays, September 5 and 12, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

PERSONAL REFLECTION AND SPIRITUAL PREPARATION, WITH RABBIS

TOM HEYN AND MITCH CHEFITZ:

SAVE THE DATE:Saturday, September 8th

SelichotMore details to follow

HIGH HOLY DAYWORKSHOPS:

Temple Israel’s guest cantorial

soloist will be Alejandra Czarny.

Specializing in Yiddish music,

the Buenos Aires native’s music

reflects her Argentinian and

Jewish roots. Czarny has sung at

England’s famed Limmud Jewish

festival and closer to home, at

Miami’s Guava Rugelach Festival. Currently music

director at Temple Sinai in Hollywood, she has released

two albums of Yiddish music.


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August Birthdays

SIMCHA CORNER

August Anniversaries

Please email us your simchas so that as a community we can celebrate together. We need to celebrate life together and share in each other’s moments of joy. Please email your Births, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Engagements,Weddings, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Graduations to: [email protected].

Please put simcha corner on the subject line. We will do our best to include submissions received prior to noon on Wednesday in the current week’s e-bulletin as well as the next edition of the Chai Lites. We look forward to hearing from you.

Lawrence King

Michael Pearlman

Marilyn Sobel

Roger Arsham

Lesley Gold

Marlon Robins

Frances Siegel

Alexandra Goldstein

Perry Levin

David Berzofsky

Gladys Cowen

Sully Del Posso

Ilan Spector

Kandy Kramer

Linda Lapat

Mark Teitelbaum

Bronwyn Miller

Michael Silver

Ernest Wallis

Brett Abess

Terry Blechman

Marty Fine

Doug Heller

Elle Pollack

Marilyn Csete

Robert Waterstone

Maria Gershanik

Betsy Kaplan

Annabelle Pfeffer

Donald Smith

Dody Raskin

Laura Wides-Muñoz

Bunny Greenberg

Spencer Saltzburg

Zelaya Richburg

Milton Siegel

Fiona Fra

Sonya Greenfield

Esta Ress

Matthew Fried

Ella Gelvan

Janice Rauzin

Wendy Saltzburg

Shiloh Sarbey

Melissa Goldberg

Andrew Gottlieb

Marcia Kanner

Suki Nelson

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Michael Orovitz

Mark Goldberg

Merri Mann

Penny Steiner

Susan Galler

Beth Tavlin

Frank Futernick

Audrey Manne

Lloyd Ruskin

Morty and Joy Fried

Natividad Soto and Howard Goldstein

Philip and Cynthia Greenberg

Sidney and Judith Price

Suzanne Pallot and Larry Major

Leonard and Amy Stolar

Budd and Nanette Mayer

Marshall and Arlene Stein

Jay and Carmen Leonard

Javier and Patricia Berezdivin

Howard and Ellen Rock

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Ernest and Diane Halpryn

LeAnn and Michael Sagmeister

Lawrence and Yuki Denmark

Valeria and Efram Abrams

Donald and Naomi Smith

Mark and Phyllis Wickman

Tim and Virginia Brown

Bronwyn Miller and Maury Udell

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RICHARD KRINZMANTemple Israel’s Or Zarua Award recipient

HOWARD ROCKFor the release of his new book, Haven of Liberty,

volume one of a three volume set entitled City of Promises:The History of the Jews in New York

RICHARD BERMONT AND ANNE LEVYon their marriage July 5, 2012

LAUREN AND DORE LOUIS on the birth of their son, Charles

MAZEL TOV TO:

OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHYOn behalf of Temple Israel’s Board of Trustees, Rabbis and Administration we extend our condolences to the entire inmediate and extended family and friends of:

LYNN WOLFSONMother of Franci Wolfson, Lynda Wolfson Fadel,

and Louis Wolfson, III

NANCY ALDEN STONE BENNETTWife of Cantor Don R. Bennett

May their memories be for a blessing and may Godcomfort all who mourn their loss.

MembershipHAS ITS ADVANTAGES...

Erev Rosh Hashana is Sept 16th.

To assure that you receive your

High Holiday tickets, please return your

renewal form or call Marla Towbin -

Executive Director at ext. 404 to

make a financial arrangement.

Thank you foryour continued support.


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KaddishMay God’s name be exalted and hallowed throughout the world that He created, as is God’s wish. May God’s

sovereignty soon be accepted, during our life and the life of all Israel. And let us say: Amen.May God’s great name be praised throughout all time. Glorified and celebrated, lauded and worshiped,exalted and honored, extolled and acclaimed may the Holy One be, praised beyond all song and psalm,

beyond all tributes that mortals can utter. And let us say: Amen.Let there be abundant peace from heaven, with life’s goodness for us and for all Israel. And let us say: Amen.

May the One who brings peace to His universe bring peace to us and to all Israel. And let us say: Amen.Zichrona L’vracha, May their memory be for a blessing.

YAHRZEITS

AUGUST 3:Chantal Allison BermanElaine Pels BoasHelen BossakHarry BotwickSiegfried FrankRuby KahnFreda Rosenbloom MillerJoseph WienDavid AchsenLaura FeirsteinAugusta C. FleischmanMorris HirschIrving KuperbergHattie K. MechlouitzMorris UkelsonHarry BursteinFanny CohenNathan W. MittelmanRay PelsJoe PivaccoAlvin SandlerLt. Arthur G. StillmanHelen B. BroidyMoses J. EdlavitchMax HoffmanEthel LevingstonDavid RiegelRose Ray RossSimon SchwartzMarvin SegalAUGUST 10:Herman Lefkowitz, Jr.Sam Luby, Sr.Rose Smith ArensonLois BeinhornLouis EscolEthel S. GersonCelia LandisMillicent TenenbomJoseph GarfieldStuart S. GordonDora LieblichSidney C. RedellFrank H. WilliamsonFred W. WimmerAlvin CasselMichael Goodman

Michael LandwirthNatan LevyCharles RapaportHarvey L. SalomonHenry B. SaltmanAlfred SimonDavid Samuel BornsteinBarbara Louis FisherAnna HegtSamuel Jacob KannerGoldie K. LevineEvelyn LowensteinInez Zuckerman SacherMartin R. SacherRose SchlesingerKatalin Klein WeilerLawrence J. WirtschafterIda BenderBetty GrossmanHattie NewmanRose B. RiesnerArnold SeederSamuel W. FauerEsther HermanMitchell Mark KaplanMr. Edward RydellAUGUST 17:Jean EisenbergJerome B. JacksonMatilda LevienJoseph MondresGene Goldman OlsenHarry RaskinJerome SchwartzSophie Fried SchonwaldIsaac DreyfussJerome E. FreehlingMartha HalprynIda HutzlerShirley KaufmannRalph NeufeldDavid RiffEmma GoldmanDr. Morris W. GraffDavid R. HochbergHarry MarkowitzAlexander Mendelson

Harold ThurmanMr. Jerome GrossBelle KohenEdna Saks LansburghHarry J. LewisDolores BurnstineMario ColinsSamuel SilversteinLouis UllianNancy WilliamsFrieda BaronSara Sive CzechDavid W. GersteinReuben GreenbergMorris MeidenbergMildred N. MendelsonIrma Schwartz PapaiCharles RobbinsAUGUST 24:Alihu KleinRalph KlompusDr. Solomon PapperMollie K. RuskinBertha WolfeIrwin W. GreenRuth QuartinJoseph RegalSam ResnickGregory Marc WalderSarah S. WilderTheresa CohenIrwin W. GreenEvelyn Malmud JosephMax HermanLillian SchaffelSigmund BehrendIda CantorJerome J. GrangerMrs. Myrna JacksonLouis C. SmithIrene AdlerEvelyn P. BehrmanRuth OrovitzMiriam SolomonSylvia FarberBlanche MendelsonJacob Alexander Ross

AUGUST 31:Esther O. BlumbergReba HoffmanAbraham S. LovitzJay M. LurieMaurice CromerSol L. ElkinsSophie GoldAlfred LevJohn MeyerHerman R. PollockDora QuartinDaniel SchubRose SpitzerLawrence James FreedNathan GreenbergDay J. ApteDora BassFrances DelottSophie Matz DubbinRose Marks GoldmanAlan HeiligBertha M. HoltsbergLoretta KulbackAnna LipoffJeanette Warner ShnaederBabette AckermanDr. Robert T. BassMark MaxGoldye NadlerIrene G. RothIsadore David SalleJennie SeidenRebecca SmithFlorence FrankensteinHarold A. LandfieldMax LieblichSarah GardnerIsaac GordonEsther HirschbergRose KronenthalMalvine F. LavineJoel A. ManheimerMurray MorshensonCarol PriceFannie SoggRobert C. Zemsky

*Names listed denote deceased whose plaque is in the Bertha Abess Sanctuary.


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.........................................................................................................................................................................................Supporters

We appreciate the thoughtfulness of those who supportTemple Israel of Greater Miami by remembering and honoring

their friends and loved ones through their generous contributions.

SPONSORBIMAH FLOWERS

OR AN ONEG SHABBAT:

Bimah flowersenhance our Shabbat experience.

Sponsoring the bimah flowers is a lovely

way to remember or honor a loved one.

Celebrating an anniversary, birthday or

other simcha and need a gift?

Why not sponsor an Oneg Shabbat to

commemorate the occasion?

And the great thing is: one size fits all!

As a sponsor of the bimah flowers or Oneg

Shabbat, your name will appear in the

Shabbat bulletin and in Chai Lites.

For more information or to sponsor,

please contact the Temple office

at 305-573-5900

or [email protected].

THANK YOU TO OUR MOSTRECENT SPONSORS:

Chantal d’Adesky-Scheinberg, M.D. in memory of Dr. Peritz Scheinberg

Joan Schaeffer in memory of Anita and Howard Schaeffer

Donna Seldesin memory of Esther Seldes

MEMORIAL FUNDAdrienne Rich Hochman and Howard Hochman in memory of Maurice RichArlene and Marshall Stein in memory of Joseph SteinArline Kent Stewart in memory of Ann AvrackArthur Marcus in memory of Jessie Pless MarcusBernice and Jacqueline Greenberg in memory of Ephraim KandelCarole and Arthur Green in memory of Irwin GreenCarolyn C. Lampl in memory of Larry SingerChantal d’Adesky-Scheinberg in memory of Dr. Peritz ScheinbergChuck, Nanette and David Ruffner in memory of Edith RuffnerDavid Press in memory of Joe BermanDiane Lindner in memory of Jacob Colb Diane and Jenni Person in memory of Augusta GoetzEdward Eisenberg in memory of Abe SavitzErnest and Diane Halpryn in memory of Abraham Tenenbom and Martha HalprynEstelle and Stewart Kohn in memory of Harry KohnEsther Reckles in memory of Lawrence RecklesEthel and Al Solomon in memory of Miriam SolomonEthel and Al Solomon in memory of Sara Slaughter Felicia Deutch and Family in memory of Ruth OrovitzFelicia Deutch and Family in memory of Bess Deutch Frank Kabak in memory of Dina KabakGloria and Morton Goudiss in memory of Max BronsteinGloria and Ronald Pallot in memory of Rose RiesnerHarriett Bulbin in memory of Larry SingerHelene J. Good in memory of Jacob Sirinsky Jane and Ivor Scop in memory of Lillian MarrowJean Sara M. Lewis and Elisha Blessing Lewis in memory of Hattie MechlouitzJo-Anne Bass in memory of Robert BassJoan Schaeffer in memory of Elsie SchaefferJulian and Mary Weinkle in memory of Goldie LevineJulian and Sandra Goldstein in memory of Benjamin GoldsteinJulian and Sandra Goldstein in memory of Frances SimonJulie, Jerry, Scott, Hilary and Gregg Moskowitz in memory of Millicent TenenbomLawrence Major in memory of Tillie MajorLeon and Audrey Manne in memory of Leo RubensteinLois Model Rukeyser in memory of Louis ModelLillian A. Scher and sons Alan and Paul Breitner in memory of Joseph BreitnerLily Alpern in memory of Emanuel AlpernLouis Tertocha in memory of Linus TertochaMarcia and Lewis Kanner in memory of Aaron KannerMichael Tarkoff in memory of Frances TarkoffMorton Goudiss in memory of Lee GoudissMrs. Donald Blechman in memory of Donald BlechmanPat and Marty Fine in memory of Larry SingerPat and Marty Fine in memory of Lynn WolfsonPatricia Papper in memory of Solomon PapperPaul Goldman in memory of Ida GoldmanPaul Goldman in memory of Grace BlasbergPearl J. Finklestein and Family in memory of Daniel FinkelsteinPeter and Kerrin Bermont in memory of William BermontPhyllis and Mark Wickman in memory of Reloris Wickman and Charles KassinRhonda J. Keller in memory of Joshua Keller


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ONEG SHABBAT:Dr. Michael Epstein

in honor of Phyllis Littman’sspecial birthday

Richard Ashenoff in memory of Milton and Samuel AshenoffRichard Milstein in memory of Hattie WorchelRobert L. Waterstone in memory of Herman WaterstoneRosemarie Joseph in memory of Else LandRosemarie Joseph in memory of Hans J. JosephRuth Neinken in memory of Harold NeinkenSandra and Charles Simon in memory of Harold JacobySharon Zitrin and Ian Wolinsky in memory of Milton MilsteinSharon Zitrin and Ian Wolinsky in memory of Rella MilsteinShirley Landwirth in memory of Esther SheaShirley Landwirth in memory of Michael LandwirthShirley Landwirth in memory of Eva RichterSonya Rabin Greenfield in memory of Ben DanbaumStephen R. Brenner in memory of Irene RothSuzanne Litvak in memory of Beatrice ZechmanSuzanne Litvak in memory of Marshall LitvakSydney Josepher in memory of Celia JosepherThe Edward Eisenberg Family in memory of Jean EisenbergTricia, Steven, Julie and Martin Sandler in memory of May SandlerUrsula Metzer-Wellisch in memory of Alice AchmonVirginia Becker in memory of Betty Tracy and Sade MossVivian B. Giller in memory of Augusta HausmanWendy Reiner in memory of Ruth Schneider and Ethel RydellYvonne Benrube in memory of Jack BenrubeRADIO-INTERNET FUNDDonna Seldes in memory of Philip Seldes, Esther Seldes and Ida CantorFelicia Deutch and Family in memory of Bess DeutchLeona Greene in memory of Rae Hart HoffmanPatty Taxman Craven in memory of Bettie Taxman NathensonIN APPRECIATION OF CLERGYOur Lady of the Lakes Catholic School in appreciation of Rabbi Jody CohenSusan R. Reynolds in appreciation of Rabbi Jody CohenTHE JONI AND STANLEY TATE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERJoni and Stanley Tate in memory of Myrtle GreenwoodJoni and Stanley Tate in memory of Sylvia FriedmanDOROTHY SEROTTA SOCIAL JUSTICE FORUMEnvironmental Action CommitteeBetsy Kaplan and Norman Gladsden in memory of Betsy Bolton Hess, Robert L. Kaplanand Anne GladsdenCHARLES HELD, JR. MEMORIAL FUND TO FEED THE HUNGRYSteve Leidner in honor of Rabbi Jody CohenTHE LEARNING PROJECTRichard Bermont donationCANTOR JACOB BORNSTEIN AND DAVID SAMUEL BORNSTEIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR JEWISH CAMPING OR YOUTH STUDY IN ISRAELJoan Bornstein in memory of Abraham LevineMarilyn Greenbaum in memory of Claire GreenB. B. AND GRACE GOLDSTEIN MUSIC FUNDAngela and Bart Sacher in memory of Martin SacherAngela and Bart Sacher in memory of Inez SacherBrandy and Larry Primak in memory of Eve GolinRABBI COLMAN A. ZWITMAN RELIGIOUS SCHOOLHarriett Bulbin in honor of the confirmation of Lauren Trushin and Tyler Trushin forhonors received upon his graduation from high schoolBERTHA ABESS SANCTUARY FUNDRic Katz and Steve Rothaus in honor of Martha Rothaus’ 65th birthdayTEMPLE ISRAELAlexis Knapp donationMonica Tracy donationBob and Ellie Miller in appreciationMichelle, Richard and Melissa Krinzman for the speedy recovery of Hank KleinRabbi Gayle Pomerantz and Temple Beth Shalom in honor of Ru’Ach

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PRESIDENTIAL Perspective

MessagesContinued from page 4

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I look forward to presenting these Moshe-talks on Sundaymornings this fall, after the Holydays. Those who have learned with me over the years will have heard much of what will be presented, but not all, because I haven’t heard all of it myself, yet.

Cantors and Cantorial Soloists ready to inspire us in a rapidly developing neighborhood. But what really is unique to Temple Israel is the community we have built. Now our community is surrounded by all of what is so exciting about Miami. Asour relationships grow within our walls we will also growrelationships with those outside our walls and bring them closer. I feel that so strongly. I see an opportunity to usher in a new era at Temple Israel which will be remarkable. And itwill take all of us to contribute in some way.

Recently, when I returned from Israel, Mr. Jacob Solomon, the CEO of the Jewish Federation, responded to a letter I had sent him. Something he wrote just stays with me all the time: “No community is whole without the participation of every single member, regardless of their particular characteristics”. So, when people have said to me, already, and I am writing this on my 4th day as President, we need to emphasize young families; we need to emphasize empty nesters; we need to emphasize Jews by Choice; and on and on, I go back to that quote and say that our community needs everyone so that we are whole. That, in my opinion, is what makes our home so unique. We are all valued for whatever we bring to our table. And we enjoy each other’s company (for the most part).

I am a person of deep faith and I welcome you to participate fully in growing Temple Israel to its new level. Please feel free to communicate with me at any time. I welcome your input and I look forward to this great challenge. I thank you for your support from the bottom of my heart.

B’Shalom,

Joan L. SchaefferPresident

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORMarla’s Meisele Maysele…(my little story)

had strengths and areas in which he needed our help. Where our community may have failed him was in thinking that as the rabbi, he had super powers, which would enable him to solve all of our difficulties, without our participation and our support.

This summer I am celebrating my chai (18) anniversary in Jewish communal service. And my call to action as I begin my third year as Temple Israel of Greater Miami’s ExecutiveDirector, along with my dedicated staff, is to welcome and acclimate Rabbi Tom and Ale Heyn into the Temple Israel family and community, a seemingly far easier task than my first experience in Savannah, GA. As our spiritual leader,Rabbi Heyn will help us to navigate a path towards ourvision of a new paradigm while respecting the tradition of our ninety year history. This is our future path and as we doduring Kiddush each Friday night, we must embrace Rabbi Heyn, each other and this opportunity. As always, if you want to know how you can get involved…my door is open.

And Rabbi and Ale, since my musical taste leans towards New Age and Brazilian music… you never know I may have some music among my collection to share with you.

Bem-vindo ao Temple Israel!

TO ALL OUR TEMPLE ISRAEL OF GREATER MIAMI

FACEBOOK GROUP MEMBERS:

We appreciate the posts you make on the TIGM

page. Please keep them coming! However, we

respectfully request that your posts focus on

Temple-related issues. While many of us like to make

personal and political posts, these items should be

disseminated on one’s personal page, not Temple

Israel’s. We want our Facebook page to be an open,

non-polarizing forum that is inclusive for all.

THANK YOU!


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Diaspora. Imagine the Ladino songs of Spain mingled with Flamenco; pop songs of the 1920s; from Klezmer for kids to Klezmerjamming with Latin beats; previously hidden classical gems unearthed and the influence of Jewish biblical history on Spirituals

of the south – this is Tropical Jewish Sound.

Featured artists are Shir Ami Ensemble, Second Avenue Jewish Chorale, Lloyd Reshard, Klezmer Company Orchestra, Susana Behar & Jose Luis Rodriguez with Niurca Marquez and Alejandra Czarny. The Festival kicks off Saturday night, September 1 with the premiere

of Of Essence & Time/De La Esencia & El Tiempo a collaboration of Sephardic singer Susana Behar, Flamenco guitarist Jose Luis Rodriguez and Nu Flamenco dancer Niurca Marquez. The piece explores the mutual Andalusian roots of Sephardic tradition and

Flamenco music and how each has influenced the other in origins as well as in the artists’ collaborative fusions.

On Sunday, the Klezmer For Kids component of the festival offers families a rich dip into Yiddish culture through the multidisciplinary presentation of the children’s book, Mendel’s Accordion is performed by accordionist Aaron Kula and the Klezmer Company

Orchestra. The performance also includes projections of the picture book and award-winning performer Deborah Sherman as reader.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON IS THEN FILLED WITH A LINE-UP OF ACTS THAT TOUCH ON A VARIETY OF CONNECTIONS TO JEWISH EXPERIENCE:

•2pm - Aaron Kula, accordion and the Klezmer Company Orchestra presents the Latin Klezmer that is uniquely Miami. •2:30pm - classical singer and Director of Arts at St. John’s Lloyd Reshard sings

the connections between African American spirituals and Jewish history.•3pm - Next@19th’s own 2nd Avenue Jewish Chorale recaps its celebrated 1920s Jazz program

showcasing Jewish cultural influences in the Jazz Era.•3:30pm - The Shir Ami Ensemble featuring the acclaimed musicians of the Amernet String Quartet,

Ensemble-in-Residence at Florida International University, gives voice to the music of composerswhose work has been suppressed, neglected or silenced in the tumultuous 20th century due to their Jewish heritage.

•4pm - Vocalists Susana Behar & Alejandra Czarny present a program of lullabies in Judeo-Spanish (Ladino)and Yiddish which they each sing respectively. In this program they join voices and share languages

to explore the sounds of bedtime nurturing throughout the Jewish Diaspora.•4:30pm - As a glorious finale, all Guava Rugelach participants take the stage in the Guava Jam

fusing all the diverse sounds of their musical practices and globally-influenced Jewish culture.

Purchase Early Bird Tickets NOW at www.brownpapertickets.com (logo) or by phone at 800-838-3006

The program is subject to change without notice. Please refer to website for updates: www.nextat19th.org

2012 GUAVARUGELACH FESTIVALSeptember 1-2, 2012(Plus, Guava Rugelach Shabbat on August 31)

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A culturally-rooted music explosion is gearing up at Next@19th in the form of the 2012 Guava Rugelach Festival. First launched

in 2006, the Festival celebrates “tropical Jewish sound” –expressing Jewish culture through an array of geographically-

influenced musical genres. Musical styles often intersect with each other in glorious harmony reflecting the Jewish

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