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Israel’s security,” Rabbi Wernick said. “Whatever approaches they take to these issues are done with the very best of good faith for what they believe is in the best interest of Israel, of the region, and of the United States. “I was honored to have been included in the meeting,” Rabbi Wernick said. “I think the fact that the president of the United States invites these conversations, and really listens to us, is extraordinary, and a testament to our democracy. I believe that President Obama enjoys broad support in the Jewish community, both politically and personally. And I am heartened to know that President Obama sees the Conservative movement as one of the anchors of the Jewish community.” At the meeting, Rabbi Wernick gave one of President Obama’s aides a document describing United Synagogue’s positions on foreign and domestic issues. As the document, which you can find below, shows, the White House and United

Affiliate of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

Volume 54, Issue 11

USCJ CEO Meets with Obama

C O N G R E G A T I O N B E T H S H A L O M

Congregation Beth Shalom Bulletin

Inside this issue:

Rabbi’s Study 2

President’s Message 3

Sisterhood/Men’s Club 4/5

Calendars 10

Ritual Committee 11

Funds 14/15

Member Updates 17

Hebrew School/PTO 16

Yahrzeits 13

Rabbi Steven Wernick Reflects on Meeting with President Obama Rabbi Steven C. Wernick, who has just become executive vice president and CEO of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, was among the 16 national Jewish leaders invited to the White House on July 13 for a candid conversation with President Barack Obama about the issues most important to the President and the American Jewish community. Subjects included the economy, the environment, healthcare, and poverty, but the focus was on foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East. President Obama stressed that his commitment to Israel is deep and true; his posture with Israel is no tougher than with the Palestinians and both will benefit equally from peace in the region. “President Obama asked us to understand that although we might eventually have some disagreements about tactics and strategy – and of course tactics and strategy are very important – he wanted to reassure us that his administration has not and is not and will not jeopardize

Synagogue are in close agreement on a number of

issues.

THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF CONSERVATIVE

JUDAISM PUBLIC POLICY AND

SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE

White House Meeting- July 13, 2009

ISRAEL AND FOREIGN POLICY Israel's security – We respect the President’s desire for progress on the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians and appreciate his support for Israel’s security needs. To date, Israel has withdrawn from territories in Lebanon and in Gaza with very mixed results, including ongoing conflict in both of these regions. We need the President’s leadership to explain to the American people

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AUGUST 2009 – AV /ELUL 5769

One of the primary activi-ties associated with relig-ion is prayer. Webster’s dictionary defines prayer as “an address (as a peti-tion) to God or a god in word or thought”. This definition is certainly ac-curate however it is a non-comprehensive definition of prayer. Our liturgy con-tains petitions and ad-dresses to God however the prayer experience (T’Filah in Hebrew) is much more than simply asking or begging God for our individual needs. If this were the sole function of prayer, prayer would then be inconsistent with the notion that God knows our needs and desires to fulfill those needs. Why would God need our shop-ping list if God knows our needs better than us? Why would Avinu She-Ba-Shamayim (our heavenly parent) need us to petition for parental assistance? Does any good parent wait for a petition from their children or do we, as par-ents, do our best to work in the interest of our chil-

dren.

Prayer - L’Hitpallel

The Hebrew verb for prayer is L’Hitpallel. Gen-erally this verb is trans-lated to pray, however the literal translation is to judge oneself. It is signifi-cant that this is a reflexive verb. When we stand in prayer requesting God’s

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“We come

together with different

perspectives, different dreams, and varied value

structures.”

grace, mercy and protec-tion the process of self evaluation is initiated. Each time we ask for the goodness and mercy of God, we are forced to ex-amine our own lives to determine if we merit such treatment. When we ask for God’s forgiveness, we are forced to evaluate those areas of our life of which we may not be proud. The concept of prayer as a springboard to self improvement is an essential component of the

prayer journey.

Prayer - Avodah

The Talmud (tractate Taanit) tells us that prayer is the service or work of the heart. Prayer in the sense of service is an in-spirational process that connects words with ac-tion. Our liturgy incorpo-rates values and philoso-phies designed to inspire action. We discuss the attributes of God in a con-text that facilitates our ac-tions consistent with the image of God in our lives. When we translate reli-gious values into action we are putting prayer into mo-tion. Words of prayer (service of the heart) are brought to fruition through action (service of the

body).

Prayer – L’Tofel

Tosfot, in his commentary on the Talmud, discusses the concept of prayer as a

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binding or attaching ex-perience. L’Tolfel is liter-ally translated “to bind”. This concept is broad based as it includes multi-ple facets. We have all heard the expression, “The family who prays together, stays together”. Family is the most essential and ba-sic community unit. Shared values, hopes, aspi-rations and dreams are the foundation upon which marriages and families are built. Reaffirming our foundational values, dreams, hopes and aspira-tions strengthen the family unit. On a broader scale, communities who come toge ther in prayer strengthen and challenge each other. We come to-gether with different per-spec t i ve s , d i f f e r en t dreams, and varied value structures. Over time we learn about each other, strengthen each others dreams, and challenge each other regarding our values and our spiritual direction. This binding through prayer is an essen-tial strengthening process

in the prayer journey.

As we approach the High Holiday season, may we experience the benefit of our prayer journey as a community family. May our prayers inspire us to live more meaningful and spiritual lives within the greater community of hu-

manity.

With Torah Blessings,

Rabbi David Ross Senter

As I write this it is the day after the Shabbat in the Park. I was glad that many of you braved the potential for rain to spend time in Hirsch-field Park and enjoy a meal together, camara-derie and of course prayer. Those are the mainstay of Congrega-tion Beth Shalom. I think I have the right order. Food, schmoosing

and of course prayer.

I also want to thank all of you who stepped up to support the Musical Shabbat program after the initial funding was withdrawn. I had only asked for a small dona-tion from a lot of people to make it happen and as far as I can tell today, the funding was more than adequate. I thank

you.

The above is an example of what I ask all of the membership to do, small things such as donations, and work on one project for a committee. Volun-teer to help out at a function. Help plan functions. Bring in a neighbor for services. Give your suggestions to those who are on the

board for things you

would like to see us do.

We will be getting our statements prior to the High Holidays to make sure that we are eligible to have seats. For the information of all our members and friends, your dues, contributions and any other financial arrangement can be made with credit cards. Get in touch with the office and talk to Bea about it. For those who do not wish to pay with the cards it is possible to pay either on a monthly basis, even though it does add to the office work or you can pay quarterly. For those who truly are financially hard pressed, this year due to the economy, please let me know and I will set up a meeting with the hardship committee to help you out for the

membership.

Needless to say the economy has had an im-pact on our finances and we have a greater deficit then ever before. For those of you, who are in better financial situa-tions, if you can, pledge a few dollars more —

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Message from the President– Elect—Larry Tornow

“...what I ask all

of the membership

to do, small things

such as donations,

and work on one

project for a

committee…”

please do. We need your

assistance.

I want to thank all of you who have wished us luck and are standing not only behind us but also along side of us in keeping Congregation Beth Shalom alive and

well.

Shalom to all.

Larry Tornow

President.

Sisterhood when I first joined CBS. Her

d e d i c a t i o n t o Sisterhood is what inspired me to go to some of my first meetings to where I am t oday . Ou r

members are a piece of the marvelous thing we know as Sisterhood and being a part of Sisterhood opens a

world full of great experiences, a little bit of fun, a night out with the girls, a chance to do a mitzvah, some

learning at our m e e t i n g s , a n d community involvement all add up to create

wonderful memories.

Ellie Weiner

Sisterhood - Ellie Weiner

gotten more and more i n v o l v e d w i t h Sisterhood. I have had the chance to get to

know many of my Sisterhood friends and learn how great we are as a TEAM with our individual and unique

skills. I look forward to a wonderful term as President with the magnificent support of my board: Sharyn

Nadel, Myrna Speert, Jennifer Karasik, Sandy Yenk, Helene W o l f , R o s e l y n n Winters, Karla Baig, Shelley Foster, Ellen

S t e u e r , L e s l i e Kantrowitz, Diane Dalton, Jill Berson, Alice Spira, Bea Katz, Debbie Lees, Anne

K i r k , P a u l e t t e Schwartzman, Marge Rostoker and Vivian Lovitch. Thanks to all of you for all your help

and support. I would also like to thank my predecessor, Leslie Kantrowitz, for all your kind words and the inspiration of some

dynamic shoes to fill. Thanks also go out to my friend Karla Baig who was president of

Sisterhood ended our year with a real bang this year. I enjoyed a great night for our

Torah Fund BBQ Supper and enjoyed a fabulous spread of BBQ fixings thanks to Jill Berson. As if this

were not enough we then were able to enjoy the wonderful s o u n d s o f o u r entertainment Candyce

Giaquinto; whose music filled our social hall. You looked around, you saw clapping and singing along with her. Some of us even filled

the dance floor when some of the music lifted us from our seats. Thanks to Shelley Foster for

planning such a wonderful time and her long-standing support for Torah Fund. The evening was also filled

with our dismissal of the outgoing board and installation of the new board for 2009-2011. I watched all of the wonderful women of

our Sisterhood around me and I was again touched by how truly special we are. I have


Sisterhood is an important part of

the ‘life’ of Congregation Beth

Shalom.

Won’t you join and participate

with us!

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Please bring canned and other dry goods for distribution to local families in

need.

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Shalom

I am back as Men’s Club

President and want to

let everyone know I am

looking forward to a

wonderful new 2 year

term full of

programming, fun and

learning. My goal is to

make the Men’s

Club something for all

men to enjoy and to

bring fathers and their

children to the Temple.

We have had a rough

year here at CBS. There

is no hiding from that

and a lot of bad feelings

have developed. That

being said I hope to put

that all in the past. A

rabbi once told me that

you should focus on the

things that you can

control and not waste

time on the things you

can’t. We can’t control

what happened in the

past. That is water

under the bridge. What

all of us can control is

what happens to CBS

and the Men’s Club in

the future. We have our

work cut out for us no

doubt, but with your

help I know we can

make it work. What I

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join Men’s Club, come

to meetings and get

involved. Give me your

ideas of what programs

and events you want to

happen. Even if you

are not a member yet I

want your ideas, as

Uncle Sam says, “We

want you.”

Now, you may ask

yourself, what is in it

for me to be a part of

Men's Club? Perhaps

you are wondering if

you want to get

involved. You may

even look over your

busy schedule and

wonder if you have

time for us. The

answer is a sense of

community fun,

spending time learning

together, representing

men in our shul and

our community. Some

of our time can reach

out the those of us with

children and sharing

time together.

Involvement with the

temple will give them a

sure foundation. There is

so much that we can be.

Here is the fun part of it—

when I went to my last

Men’s Club convention

we were standing up on

the tables waving napkins

as flags as we concluded

the meal with prayer.

There was also the singing

and the friendships that

developed. This is what I

want to see for our

congregation. Please

contact me to join the

Men’s Club and give me

your ideas.

Shalom

Bruce Weiner

Men's Club President

Men’s Club News—Bruce Weiner


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Title Name Phone Number E-mail Address

Rabbi Rabbi David R. Senter 973-835-3500 [email protected]

Synagogue Administrator Bea Katz 973-835-3500 F:973-835-9785 [email protected]

Synagogue Pres. Larry Tornow

First VP Bruce Weiner 973-834-1715 [email protected]

Sisterhood President Jill Bursom

Men’s Club President

Second VP Jill Bursom

Financial VP

Corresponding Sect’y Jacki Wasserman 973-839-2627 [email protected]

Recording Sect’y Beverly Berkowitz 973-693-1323 [email protected]

Budget & Finance Herb Kalmyer 973-961-3981 [email protected]

Membership Committee

Ritual Committee Dr. Charles Sokol 973-694-7613 [email protected]

Youth & Education Jennifer Karasik 973-839-1361

Adult Education

PTO President Jennifer Karasik 973-839-1361 [email protected]

Event Programming

Youth Activities

Security Bill Baig 973-835-4025 c:201-415-8494 [email protected]

Community Relations Mered Frankel 973-616-8048

Building & Maintenance Mike Janel 973-835-0078

Endowment Chair

Newsletter Stanley Sidlov 973-616-6220 [email protected]

Memorial Plaques Sandy Yenk 973-839-4908

Cemetery Lou Katz 973-696-1130 c:973-768-5791 [email protected]

Supermarket Gift Cards Thelma Kalmeyer 973-696-3981 [email protected]

Sisterhood Gift Shoppe Debbie Lees 973-839-6388

Library Committee Jennifer Karasik

973-839-1361

[email protected]

Oneg Shabbat Jennifer Karasik 973-839-1361 [email protected]

Fundraising Chair

Title Name Phone Number E-mail Address

Rabbi Rabbi David R. Senter 973-835-3500 [email protected]

Synagogue Administrator Bea Katz 973-835-3500 F:973-835-9785 [email protected]

Synagogue Pres. Larry Tornow 973-728-1281 [email protected]

First VP Bruce Weiner 973-831-1715 [email protected]

Sisterhood President Ellie Weiner 973-831-1715 [email protected]

Men’s Club President Bruce Weiner 973-831-1715 [email protected]

Second VP Jill Berson [email protected]

Financial VP

Corresponding Sect’y Jacki Wasserman 973-839-2627 [email protected]

Recording Sect’y Beverly Berkowitz 973-693-1323 [email protected]

Finance & Budget Herb Kalmeyer 973-696-3981 [email protected]

Membership Committee Ellie Weiner 973-831-1715 [email protected]

Ritual Committee Dr. Charles Sokol 973-694-7613 [email protected]

Education Jennifer Karasik 973-839-1361 [email protected]

Adult Education

PTO President Jennifer Karasik 973-839-1361 [email protected]

Event Programming Anne Kirk 973-628-9064 [email protected]

Youth Activities

Security Bill Baig 973-835-4025 c:201-415-8494 [email protected]

Community Relations Mered Frankel 973-616-8048

Building & Maintenance Mike Janel 973-835-0078

Endowment Chair

Newsletter Stanley Sidlov 973-616-6220 [email protected]

Memorial Plaques Sandy Yenk 973-839-4908

Cemetery Lou Katz 973-696-1130 c:973-768-5791 [email protected]

Supermarket Gift Cards Leslie Kantrowitz 973-634-4821

Sisterhood Gift Shoppe Debbie Lees 973-839-6388

Library Committee Jennifer Karasik

Jacki Wasserman

973-839-1361

973-839-2627

[email protected]

[email protected]

Oneg Shabbat Jennifer Karasik 973-839-1361 [email protected]

Fundraising Chair

Publicity Eleanor Osborn [email protected]


and the world community that Israel can not take risks for peace that will endanger her survival as a Jewish homeland. A safe Israel remains at the center of concern for our congregations. The threat of a nuclear Iran – We support the President’s program of preserving open communication with all nations, friend and foe, as the best way to make progress towards security and peace world-wide. We are alarmed, however, by recent developments in Iran which indicate that the radical anti-Semitic, anti-Israel and anti-American positions taken by Iran’s President do represent the thinking of the top level of Iran’s leadership. A nuclear Iran represents a fundamental threat to the existence of the State of Israel and will spurregional nuclear proliferation threatening all the nations in the region and many in the west. Every effort must be made to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons capabilities. Gilad Shalit – The kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit represents an escalation in the campaign of terror directed against Israel and its families by adding hostage-taking as a weapon in the arsenal of the enemies of peace. June 25th marked 3 years that Gilad has been held captive. Shalit has been denied the right to a Red Cross (ICRC) visitation, which is a violation of international law. The return of prisoners has always been a major value informing Jewish communal life, whether the numbers were large as in the movement to free Soviet Jewry, or small, as in the case of an

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individual soldier. We ask the American diplomats to keep the return of Gilad Shalit and the renunciation of kidnapping on the agenda of conversations with the parties involved in Gaza and Egypt. Darfur – The situation in Darfur, Sudan has touched a raw nerve in our congregations where so many remember the world’s silence during the Shoah. We welcome steps the American government might take to enhance the safety of the people of Darfur and strengthen the African Union and UN forces in the area. DOMESTIC ISSUES Hekhsher Tzedek – A recent initiative of our Conservative movement called Hekhsher Tzedek (ethical food certification) is designed to ensure that kosher food is produced in ways that ensure the rights of workers and the humane treatment of animals. We have developed metrics to facilitate the granting of a seal of ethical certification for food products that meet the standards of Jewish ritual traditions and ethical traditions. Our hope is that this certification will become an important part of the recent move throughout American society towards a deeper awareness of how and what we consume and how sustainability can be integrated into more aspects of our society. Recent government decisions to bring cigarettes under the jurisdiction of the FDA and your family’s decision to model healthy eating and support local agriculture are to be applauded in this regard. Environmental Protection, Climate Policy and Energy Security- Energy independence and the nurturance of

alternative fuel sources has implications for the long term health of our planet and our ongoing desire for a foreign policy that should not be unduly influenced by our need for foreign oil. We support programs that will facilitate new forms of energy development in the United States. We note that Israel continues to do cutting edge work in this field and we hope more joint projects can be developed. Conservation also plays a major role and our institutions will continue to model and encourage “green” building and home based conservation and recycling projects. Affordable Health Care – We support plans to find a solution during the current term of Congress to our nation’s need for quality, affordable health care for all. We recognize that this will involve a number of compromises and we want to know how we can be helpful in developing and selling the emerging program to our communities. Immigration Reform – Our nation is a nation of immigrants and the Jewish community is particularly aware of the marginal position of immigrants and foreign workers. Scripture reminds us over again that we were strangers and that we should understand the plight of the stranger. We support moves towards comprehensive immigration reform and we are prepared to speak out on the subject when it next returns to the national agenda.

CANDLE LIGHTING TIMES

FOR

POMPTON LAKES, NJ

07442

� Aug 7 7:49PM

� Aug 14 7:40PM

� Aug 21 7:30PM

� Aug 28 7:19PM

� Sept 4 7:08PM

NOTICE

Please respect our Sanctuary

� Turn off your cell phones

� All men and boys should wear yarmulkes. Those

past Bar Mitzvah age should wear tallit if

appropriate

� Women and girls should

dress modestly

� Very casual wear is not appropriate except for the

very young

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AUGUST 2009 – TAMMUZ / AV 5769

August 6 Executive Board meeting 7:30 PM

7 Current and prospective members Open House hot dog dinner 6:00 PM

Shabbat Musical service with Ilan Mamber 7:30 PM

Oneg Shabbat sponsored by Sisterhood

8 Shabbat services at Cedar Crest, none at CBS

13 Board meeting 7:30 PM

14 Oneg Shabbat sponsored by Sisterhood

16 Tour of Yankee Stadium **** RSVP a MUST!!


22 Shabbat services at Cedar Crest, none at CBS


AUGUST HOURS:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Emails: [email protected] &

[email protected]

We welcome articles & opinions.

Deadline is 10th of Month for the next month’s issue!

night service at the syna-gogue? The air condi-tioning is working well, so you can cool off, par-ticipate in the service, and join us for refresh-ments and pleasant con-versation after the ser-

vices, all at no cost.

Also keep in mind that we are having an Instru-mental music service on Friday night, August 7 at the synagogue. There will be a free hot dog dinner beginning around 6:00 PM, with the ser-vices beginning by 7:30. Please join us for this

different type of service.

Lastly, I ask all of you to keep in mind that summertime is when we have the greatest diffi-culty at getting minyons at our services. So please also consider coming to some other Friday night services during the summer, and also coming to some of our Saturday morning services. Please remem-ber that services on the second and fourth Satur-days of the month are held at Cedar Crest re-tirement village. And that our need for having enough people for min-

SUMMERTIME – AND

THE LIVING IS EASY

As the line goes in the song “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess, “Summertime and the living is easy”. During the summer, we are all occupied with such things as lawn mainte-nance, what to do on our vacations, and on how to save money (in these

tough economic times).

I am hoping that many of you decided to join us at the June 17 picnic dinner and Friday night Sabbath services at Hirshfield Park. (I am writing this before the

event.)

Over the summer, why not join us at a Friday

yons on Saturday morn-ings is greatest for the first, third, and fifth (if applica-ble) Saturdays of the month, which are held at

the synagogue.

I hope that you are all hav-

ing a great summer.

Charlie Sokol

Chair, Ritual Committee

Ritual— Dr. Charles Sokol

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up? Share it with us!

Sponsor an ONEG

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Contact Jennifer Karasik 973-

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[email protected]


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There are spots available on the S imcha Tree which is promi-nently displayed in our lobby. The cost of each en-graved leaf is $180 and each engraved rock is $1,800. Please call Bea in the of-fice if you’d like to honor some-one with a spe-cial gift such as this.

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Bill Me

Method of Payment

21 Passaic Avenue Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442

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YAHRZEITS to be read on AUGUST 7

Adolph Sokol, father of Dr. Charles Sokol

Joseph Teich, brother of Vivian Lovitch

Sydney Berkowitz, father of Joan Krantz

Frank Goldberg, father of Phyllis Gaines

Benjamin Singer, father of Mildred Nochimson

Celia Steinberg, mother of Phyllis Brettschneider

Barbara Rock, sister of Michael Rock

Helen Gertrude Wolf, mother of Allan Wolf


Naomi Lichstein, sister of Herb Diamond

Sarah Brettschneider, mother of Irv Brettschneider

Mike Greenetz, father of Mimi Gitomer and grandfather of Diane Dalton

David Dover, husband of Elaine Dover and father of Jill Berson

Michael Rishty, brother of Ray Rishty

Meyer Jeshion, father of Michael Jeshion

Harry Corn, father-in-law of Leo Raven

Harry Bogatz, father of Phyllis Vogel

Ann Lovitch, mother of Alan Lovitch

Sam Bostwick, father of Eileen Grosser and grandfather of Brian Grosser


Steven Wagner, brother of Goldie Marshak

Rita Raven, wife of Leo Raven

Bernard Corn, brother-in-law of Leo Raven

Rose Freifeld, mother of Daniel Freifeld and grandmother of Tara Freifeld

Harry William Kirschenbaum, father of Gerald Kirk

Dick Fischer, husband of Sydelle Fischer

Henry Driller, father of Adele Berman

Hannah Jankowitz, mother of Mark Jankowitz

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Celia Gelman-Edelman, mother of Ellen Rosen

Louis Axelrod, father of Beverly Berkowitz

Rose Wolfson, mother of Lester Wolfson

Carroll Stanley, father of Len Stanley

Dr. Theodore Silverman, father of Nathalie Einhorn

Saul Fritz, father of Don Fritz

Donald Jay Ball, father of Judith Ball

Barry Wasserman, brother of Allen Wasserman

Bessie Grosser, father of Anita Fischer and Edward Grosser & grandfather of Joe Fischer and Brian Grosser

Andor Rosenberg, father of Sue Charnet

Felix Kalmeyer, father of Herbert Kalmeyer

Hyman Kaplan, father of Helene Wolf

YAHRZEITS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2009–AV 5769

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SYNAGOGUE FUND

Myrna Speert, Congratulations on being Sisterhood’s Woman of the Year Blossom Lerner

Rabbi and Elissa Senter, in honor of their 5th wedding anniversary

Sylvia and Stanley Rothman; Shelley Foster; Jerry and Marcia Diamond

Harold Gordon, in memory of beloved mother Sandy and Bob Yenk

Lynn Fisher, in memory of beloved husband, Herbie Fisher Fran and Jerry Green

Nina Bravman & family, in memory of beloved father, Morton Kamlet Nancy and Larry Jankner

Lou Lees, Best wishes for a speedy recovery Phyllis and Irv Brettschneider; Blossom Lerner

Renee and Ed Reiss, Mazel Tov on granddaughter’s marriage Blossom Lerner

Larry Tornow, Mazel Tov on the birth of your granddaughter, Lara Rose Blossom Lerner

Gloria Kris, Get well wishes Joan and Jerry Krantz

Howard Zimmerman, Sorry on your loss Joan and Jerry Krantz

Elaine Eisenberg, Get well wishes Joan and Jerry Krantz

Gilda and Ed Norin, Mazel Tov on your 40th wedding anniversary and Ed’s completion of his mIshnah studies Yefima nd Sofiya Katsov


LIBRARY FUND

Herb Kalmeyer, in honor of “special birthday” Sue & Richard Charnet

Myrna Speert, Congratulations on being Sisterhood’s Woman of the Year Sue & Richard Charnet

Lou Lees, Best wishes for a speedy recovery Sue & Richard Charnet

Renee &Ed Reiss, Mazel Tov on granddaughter’s marriage Sue & Richard Charnet

Larry Tornow, Mazel Tov on your new position as CBS President Sue & Richard Charnet

BARI GOLDSTEIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Liane & Mitch Vogel, Mazel Tov on Ethan having become a Bar Mitzvah Lois & Herb Goldstein

Leslie & Alan Kantrowitz, Mazel Tov on the birth of granddaughter, Tessa

Vivian & Alan Lovitch; Lois & Herb Goldstein; Shelley Foster

Barbara & Len Stanley, Mazel Tov on the birth of your granddaughter, Carly Lois & Herb Goldstein

Mryna Speert, in memory of beloved uncle Shelley Foster

Rabbi & Elissa Senter, in honor of their 5th wedding anniversary

Vivian & Alan Lovitch; Lois & Herb Goldstein; Leslie & Alan Kantrowitz

Barbara & Len Stanley, Mazel Tov on Michael’s engagement to Jill Lois & Herb Goldstein

Lou Lees, Best wishes for a speedy recovery

Lois & Herb Goldstein; Leslie & Alan Kantrowitz; Lester & Marianne Wolfson; Vivian & Alan Lovitch

Bruce Weiner, Mazel Tov on your becoming Men’s Club President

Lois & Herb Goldstein; Leslie & Alan Kantrowitz

Larry Tornow, Mazel Tov on the birth of your granddaughter, Lara Rose

Lois & Herb Goldstein; Vivian & Alan Lovitch; Leslie & Alan Kantrowitz

Jerry Auslander, in memory of beloved wife, Chris Vivian & Alan Lovitch

Sharyn Nadel, Congratulations & good luck on your retirement

Lois & Herb Goldstein; Leslie & Alan Kantrowitz

Larry Tornow & new CBS Board, Congratulations Leslie & Alan Kantrowitz

Ellen Steuer, Best wishes for a speedy recovery

Lois & Herb Goldstein; Leslie & Alan Kantrowitz; Vivian & Alan Lovitch

Vivian Lovitch & Judy Teich, Mazel Tov on your ‘special birthdays” Leslie & Alan Kantrowitz

Debbie & Mike Greenspan, Wishing you all well Leslie & Alan Kantrowitz

Larry Tornow, Mazel Tov on your new position as CBS President Lois & Herb Goldstein

Elvira Weiner, Mazel Tov on becoming Sisterhood President Lois & Herb Goldstein

Charlie Sokol, Mazel Tov on the birth of your granddaughter Lois & Herb Goldstein

JEWISH NATIONAL FUND

Gloria Wishnia, in memory of beloved husband, father, grandfather, Herman Wishnia

Vivian & Alan Lovitch

Marilyn Ritter & family, in memory of beloved husband, Sheldon Sylvia & Stanley Rothman

David Sidman, in memory of beloved mother, Judy Sidman Joan & Jerry Krantz

ELIOT SAKOLSKY FUND

Sandy Weinreb, in memory of beloved husband, Larry Weinreb Bill & Harvey Sakolsky; Ella & Ed Ross

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Hebrew School - Bea Katz

C o n g r e g a t i o n B e t h S h a l o m B u l l e t i nC o n g r e g a t i o n B e t h S h a l o m B u l l e t i nC o n g r e g a t i o n B e t h S h a l o m B u l l e t i nC o n g r e g a t i o n B e t h S h a l o m B u l l e t i n

Hebrew School

students submit

their choice of a

charitable Jewish

organization that

we could take

collections for.

I hope that these sum-mer months have been fun and relaxing for all

of you. I wish that

I had the magic formula to slow down time. It

always goes too fast!

Plans are underway for the upcoming 2009-2010 school year. Reg-istration forms are due now. I will be sending out the Parents’ Hand-book shortly. While the majority of the packet is the same as last year’s, there are new dates, a new calendar and some

other incidental informa-tion that you should take

the time to read.

Just a reminder to please have your child bring his/her books from this

past year in to

class at the beginning of this school year. Some of those books may be used to re-

view last year’s mate-

rial.

I look forward to greet-ing you all again at our Welcome Back Bagels and…. on Sunday, Sep-

tember 13th.

Our 2008-2009 TZEDA-KAH DRIVE for Chai Lifeline’s Camp Simcha is coming to an end on Rosh Hashanah. Please send in any monies that you may have collected over the year. Although you don’t need the actual tzedakah box to make your donation, we still have tzedakah boxes that Chai Lifeline designed for us available. If you haven’t pick yours up yet and would like to have one, please call Bea in the office. They can be picked up during syna-gogue office hours or

during Shabbat services.

We will be having an-other Tzedakah Drive for the 2009-2010 year. We are asking that our Hebrew School students submit their choice of a charitable Jewish or-ganization that we could take collections for. Their choice should be presented to their class-room teacher by the first day of Hebrew School classes on Tuesday, September 15th. We will announce the se-lected charity during

High Holiday services.

We thank you in ad-vance for your support of this most worthwhile

cause.

TZEDAKAH DRIVE


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Get Well:

Richard Charnet

Don Fritz

Fran Green

Anita & Sol Maizel

Marvin Newman

Leo Raven

Ed Reiss

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Ellen Steuer

Mazel Tov to:

Larry Tornow on the birth of his granddaughter, Lara Rose Tornow

Barbara and Len Stanley on Michael’s engagement to Jill

Charlie Sokol on the birth of his granddaughter

2009 High School Gradu-ates:

Angeline Kolpon

Liz Sidlov

Lindsay Youngman

Condolences to:

Harold Gordon on the loss of his beloved wife, Sondra

July18, 2009 To Members of Congregation Beth

Shalom and Community.

I would like to thank everyone,

who made donations on my behalf to the temple and other funds, sent cards, called with concern and cheered me up, said prayers for me to recover, and contributed to the im-mense amount of food for Philip and I that will last till next year. All of you have been wonderful and all this love and caring will surely help me heal and get stronger much sooner.

Love and thank you, Ellen Steuer

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8/7/09

CANTOR ILAN MAMBER

will conduct a

Musical Shabbat Service

7:30 PM

(Hot Dog Dinner/Open House at 6PM

with RSVP ONLY)

Documents

Congregation Beth Shalom August 2009 Bulletin