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NEWSLETTER
Beth El - Th e Heights Synagogue builds vibrant Jewish community.We welcome all in participatory, traditional, egalitarian worship and learning.
Rabbi Moshe Adler Saturday Morning Services at 9:15, 3246 Desota Ave., Cleveland Hts., OH 44118 216-320-9667
5770 IWwX \ YR$TOctober 2009
Every time we recite the kaddish, we say these words: “Oseh shalom bi-m’romav… May the One who makes peace in Heaven make peace upon us and upon all Israel.” What is peace in Heaven, and why do we ask God to create that kind of peace here on earth?
In his commentary to the Mahzor for Rosh HaShanah, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik explains: Peace reigns in Heaven because there is no confl ict there; the entire heavenly entourage are united to do God’s will. On earth, however, there are confl icts of interests and of values. Peace must therefore be achieved through negotiation, whereby each side yields on some things, and no side gets everything it wants, so that confl ict can be put to rest. We are asking God to create the kind of peace on earth that exists in Heaven.
Th is theme is brought out with even greater force in the amidah prayer for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur:
And so, HaShem our God, set the fear of You on all Your works, the awe of You on all that You have created. Th en all creation will be in awe of You, all created beings will bow before You, and they will all form a single band to do Your will wholeheartedly, just as we know, HaShem our God, that dominion is Yours, strength is in Your grasp, power is in Your right hand.
Why do we ask God to set the fear of Him on all His works? Can’t human beings form
a single band to do God’s will without being scared into it?
Th e key lies in the phrase “just as we know.” At Sinai God revealed Himself to our people. Th e experience was overpowering, not because God was trying to scare us but simply because God’s unmediated presence is overwhelmingly awesome. In that moment we knew that it was indeed God who was addressing us. We formed a single band to do His will wholeheartedly, pledging, “All that HaShem has spoken, we will faithfully do” (Exodus 24:7).
In this High Holy Day prayer we are asking that God reveal His presence to the whole world just as He revealed it to our people at Sinai. Th en they too will know that it is indeed God who is addressing them. All people will realize that they must end their bigotries and wars. Confl ict will be put to rest, not because of compromise, but because everyone will share one overarching interest: to serve God.
Will that necessarily mean that all humanity will adopt the same religion? Are we praying that everyone become Jewish, the way Christians and Muslims have been praying that everyone become Christian or Muslim?
I submit that, once all humankind has experienced God in the fullness of His presence, they will realize that God is far greater than any of the religions that revere Him. Each faith community will realize that sharing in the knowledge of God as
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Happy Birthday, World!
Rabbi Moshe Adler
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Moadim lʼsimcha
Beth El – Th e Heights Synagogue Newsletter, Vol. 12, No. 2, October 2009 © Beth El – Th e Heights Synagogue Carol Bruml, Editor – Telephone 216-932-9155, E-mail: [email protected] General submittal deadline is the 7th of each month. 3246 Desota Ave., Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 Published 11 times per year.http://www.bethelheights.org/ For address or mailing list change, call 216-320-9667
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Recently, a friend showed me another congrega-tion’s promotional membership dues postcard. Th e off er’s fi ne print included conditions, exclusions, and a disclaimer. We don’t do that at Beth El –Th e Heights Synagogue. We are more interested in you as a person seeking meaningful religious engagement than in you as a customer.
We don’t compete for members with other congregations. We are delighted if your spiritual path leads you to us, but if it leads elsewhere, that’s fi ne, too. As Jews, we all worship HaShem, and that’s what really matters.
We have four clear membership dues categories: Family and Individual, and, for those affi liated with other congregations, Associate Family and Associate Individual. We off er a children’s Jewish education discount. We don’t have a building fund assessment.
We encourage you not to let your fi nancial circumstances be a barrier to your active partici-pation in our community. If you cannot aff ord full dues, you may claim fi nancial hardship and set your own dues. We are confi dent that you will increase your dues and donations as your situation improves.
We appreciate the diff erence between what you can buy and what you can buy into. We are a synagogue, not a store. We aspire to foster a re-ligion that adults can reasonably conclude they ought not to leave, a religion that advances the individual’s spiritual path as well as our commu-nity’s collective spiritual path.
We welcome all. Worship with us on Shabbat: services begin at 9:15 AM, Torah service at 10:15, d’var Torah at 11:15 AM, and we con-clude with Adon Olam at noon. Junior congre-gation (grownups welcome!) begins at 10:15 AM year round, as do our Learners’ Service and Teen Torah Study Group on alternate Shabbatot from
fall to spring. We off er babysitting, too.
Stay after services for our delicious kiddush lunch. You are always welcome at our table. Af-terwards, we often have an informative program, or a study session with Rabbi Adler, or a class. Many Shabbatot, a group of us sings z’mirot. En-joy being part of our vibrant Jewish community.
We have worship, learning, and social pro-grams on other days, as well. You can read about them in our newsletter and our web site, www.bethelheights.org.
We don’t have a sisterhood or brotherhood, but we are brothers and sisters. We celebrate togeth-er and we care for one other. As individuals, we practice various levels of religious observance and participation in the broader Jewish com-munity. We are diverse educationally, vocation-ally, and socially. We lead full lives. We respect each other, especially when we disagree.
If you feel comfortable worshipping, learn-ing, and just hanging out with us, ask about membership. We won’t pressure you. We off er plenty of opportunities to actively pursue your spiritual path, including leading services, reading Torah, chanting haftorah, sharing your knowledge with adults and children, and help-ing to run our congregation. We will encourage you, but won’t require you to do any of this. “Guilt” is not part of our vocabulary. We are always happy to see you.
Jewish spirituality is not a business, and we do not view you as a prospective customer to be wooed with special off ers, discounts, and deals. Yes, we charge dues and solicit donations to keep a roof over our heads and food on our ta-ble, but we are not about money. We are about the spiritually rewarding things that money can’t buy. We welcome all whose spiritual paths lead them to Beth El –Th e Heights Synagogue.
President’s Perspectives, October 2009
No Fine Print
Ieda Warshay will be starting a Bereavement Support Group on Monday, October 5, at Park Synagogue East (corner of Shaker Boulevard Eastbound and Brainard Road). Th e group is free and open to the community (Jewish or not), and will meet for six weekly sessions from 7:00 until 8:30 PM. Th e series will be followed by a reunion supper about six weeks later.
Th e purpose of the group is both educational and supportive. Members will learn about the stages and symptoms of grief and mourning and ways of dealing with them in a healthy manner; they will gain support from the group and from other members. Th e group will be appropriate for adults who have lost a spouse, parent, sibling, adult child, close friend, or signifi cant other.
Ieda is a Licensed Independent Social Worker; she has facilitated bereavement groups as a volunteer for fourteen years. She also did similar work during her career at Akron Jewish Family Service.
Register for the group through Ieda (216-921-8338) or Ellen Petler at Park Synagogue, 216-371-2244. Questions about the group can be directed to Ieda.
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(Happy Birthday, World! Continued from page 1) communicated through the scriptures and traditions of the other faiths can only enrich its own knowledge of God. Th is is because, when we behold the image of God in other human beings, we deepen our knowledge of humankind’s Creator. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam will each discard any vestiges of bigotry against the other faith communities and remain with the purifi ed core of its own faith: that God is one, that humankind is therefore one, and that love and not hate is the power by which God exercises His redemptive sovereignty.
Why is this prayer added to the High Holy Day liturgy in particular? Rosh HaShanah is the birthday of the world, when the world is given a new lease on life. Surely a world in which all humankind unites to serve God in a spirit of
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Come help complete thecongregational Sukkah and decorate it.
Join us on Sunday, September 27,from 12:00 to 3:00 PM, on the patio.
Decorate the Sukkah
With our continued readings of stories by Bruce Jay Friedman (who, last year at 78, published a new volume of short stories), we are becoming more and more involved with his characters and their concerns – some very serious and some very hilarious – all served to us through Friedman’s sterling narrative skill. We are fascinated and want to know more. On Sunday, September 13, we viewed the original 1983 movie, Th e Heartbreak Kid, adapted for the screen from the Friedman story, “A Change of Plan,” which was on our most recent reading schedule. Our group welcomes new members. Contact Sondra Jacobs, 216-397-1481 or [email protected] .
Short Stories by Jewish Authors Reading and Discussion Group
Group Finds Bruce Jay Friedman’s Stories Both Skillful and Entertaining
Ieda Warshay to FacilitateBereavement Support Group
universal love would be a newly created world. What better time to utter this prayer than on the birthday of the world?
May it happen in the new year of 5770, and may we be privileged to see it.
Celebrate Simhat Torah Join the hakafot, as we complete the circle and begin anew. Saturday, October 10, at 7:40 PM,and Sunday,October 11,at 9:15 AM.
Rabbi Adler will lead a six-part series on Heschel’s The Prophets, beginning November 21, future dates to be an-nounced. Scanned text selections will be e-mailed to you. Watch your e-mail and the November newsletter for further details and remaining dates.
Rabbi’s Class to Start in NovemberA Fire in the Bones:
Abraham Joshua Heschel on the Prophets
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Beth-El will have its fi rst Lunch and Learn on October 24, in celebration of Shabbat Noach/Global Climate Healing Shabbat. Shabbat Noach comes on October 23-24, the day when a number of experts on the global climate crisis have called for world-wide actions to protect our planet from climate disaster. Th e Shalom Center has called for a nation-wide “Global Climate Healing Shabbat” to acknowledge the severity of climate change and to call on international leaders at the December U.N. conference in Copenhagen to make the decisions necessary to greatly reduce threats to our climate. Th ere will be hundreds of actions around the country to support this eff ort. National leaders and fi ve streams of Judaism, including the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism and the Conservative Movement, have endorsed this.
Our speaker will be Laura Gooch. Laura is a civil engineer who has worked in the fi elds of environmental engineering and water resources planning. An avid birder and bird photographer, she volunteers for the Ohio Winter Bird Atlas, the Ohio Breeding Bird Survey, and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. She is on the boards of the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes and the Doan Brook Watershed Partnership, and is the author of Th e Doan Brook Handbook. Laura will talk about Jewish perspectives on environmental stewardship, the basics of climate change, and what we as individuals can do to combat environmental degradation.
Lunch does not happen without some eff ort. Join the Lunch and Learn Helpers Brigade by contacting Merry Lugasy or Lynda Siff . Please jump in and do your part to support this acclaimed and popular program!
First Lunch and Learn of the Season: October 24
Laura Gooch to Speak on Shabbat Noah/Global Climate Healing Shabbat
Mary Poppins does not work in the Beth El-Th e Heights Synagogue kitchen, and lunch cannot be pulled out of a magic carpetbag! We cannot “feed the birds” with crumbs.
Please join the Lunch and Learn Helpers Brigade and work “shoulder to shoulder” with Social Chair Merry Lugasy and Executive Chef Marvin Palevsky to create a lunch that is “practically perfect in every way”…..and to set up and clean up! Maybe you can be the one to add the “spoonful of sugar.”
Contact Merry Lugasy at [email protected] or 216-337-4761 or Lynda Siff at [email protected] or 216-381-0815 and you will become a member of the Brigade, rotating through the vital jobs that support the all-important lunch portion of our acclaimed Lunch and Learn programs. “Deep satisfaction” will be yours for a job well done, and with many hands working, “the job’s a game.”
Lunch and Learn Helpers Brigade:
“Well Begun Is Half Done”
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KabbalatShabbat
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat the fi rst Friday of most months between the fall Holy Days and Pesah.
Services 5:30 PMDinner 6:30 PM
Reservations and prepayment required, if you would like to stay for dinner. No reservations needed for the service alone.
We plan to celebrateKabbalat Shabbat this year on Fridays, November 6,December 4, andFebruary 5.See fl yer for details.
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Calendar, October 2009 5770 IWwX \ YR$T
Sunday, September – Erev Yom Kippur RWPK OWY BRE12:00 Noon– SUKKAH COMPLETION AND DECORATING - Th is is a family activity, and ALL are welcome! Bring children, parents, grandparents, friends! Join the fun and help us fi nish the job more quickly!7:00 PM – Candle lighting, followed by KOL NIDRE and evening service YRDN LWK
Monday, September – Yom Kippur Morning service (with Yizkor): 8:30 AM RWKZYShofar: approximately 7:59 PM Havdalah (ha-gafen, esh, ha-mavdil; no spices) and light congregational break-fast
Friday, October – Erev Sukkot TWKWS BRECandle lighting: 6:53 PM
Saturday, October – First day Sukkot, Shabbat TWKWSMorning service: 9:15 AMCandle lighting no earlier than 7:52 PM
Sunday, October – Second day Sukkot TWKWSMorning service: 9:15 AMYom tov ends no earlier than 7:50 PM / Havdalah (ha-gafen and ha-mavdil; no candle or spices)
Friday, October – Hoshana Rabbah / Erev Shabbat and Erev Yom Tov HBR ANE$WHCandle lighting: 6:43 PM
Saturday, October – Sh’mini Atzeret / Shabbat TRCE YNYM$Morning service (with Yizkor): 9:15 AM. RWKZYSIMHAT TORAH BEGINS AT NIGHT: Candle lighting no earlier than 7:41 PM, followed by kiddush, then evening service with Hakkafot (Torah celebration) TWPQH
Sunday, October – Simhat Torah HRWT TXM$Morning service with Hakkafot: 9:15 AM. Yom tov ends no earlier than 7:40 PM / Havdalah (ha-gafen and ha-mavdil; no candle or spices)
Saturday, October – Climate Healing Shabbat - Lunch and Learn: – Laura Gooch will present a topic related to climate issues and global warming. See page 4 for details.
Saturday, October , after Services – October Monthly Simcha Kiddush
Friday, November , : PM – Kabbalat Shabbat services, followed by dinner and zmirot (singing). Prepaid reservations required. See attached fl yer for details.
Saturday, November , after Kiddush – Th e fi rst class in Rabbi Moshe Adler’s Fall Series: A Fire in the Bones: Abraham Joshua Heschel on the Prophets
Saturday, March , – Th e O’Sullivans in Concert at BE-THS – Hold the date for this benefi t concert, a return engagement by popular demand!
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City of Lights and ShadowsBy Nili and Rabbi Moshe Adler
During August we visited Paris, one of the world’s most beautiful cities. In the course of its two-mil-lennia evolution from a Celtic fi shing village on an island in the Seine, kings rose and fell, artists and thinkers produced their best works, millions died for their beliefs, and revolution changed all of Europe. Viewing Paris’ magnifi cent monuments, museums and palaces, we saw a history of human-kind at its most violent and at its noblest.
Both the violent and the noble – Nazi murderers and Jewish martyrs and survivors – are depicted at the Memorial de la Shoah (Holocaust), dedicated to French Jews who were deported to concentra-tion camps. Th e Memorial is starkly simple, yet the events it portrays in photograph, narrative, and fi lm come through with quiet force. In the forecourt is the Wall of Names, as well as a large cylindrical sculpture bearing names of concentra-tion camps. It was comforting to realize that Paris now has a bustling Jewish community.
We observed that community along the alley-like streets of the Marais neighborhood, as we stopped in at its Judaica stores and its kosher bakeries and restaurants, all of which had signs in Hebrew alongside French. Many synagogues looked from the outside like ordinary apartment buildings; they seemed to be keeping a low profi le because of anti-Semitic incidents that periodically occur in Paris. So many Parisian Jews are of North African Sephardic origin that the word “kosher” doesn’t appear; instead, one fi nds its French-spelled Sephardic equivalent, “cachere” (pronounced “ka-SHER”). While having lunch at the cachere King of Falafel restau-rant, we struck up an acquain-tance with a friendly local young couple. We inquired about whether there was a syna-gogue within walking distance from our hotel, which was at the other end of the city. Th ey not only gave us the address of one, but also phoned a Jewish butcher/grocer in that area and asked him to reserve a roasted
chicken and a couple of loaves of hallah for us for Shabbat.
Th e half-hour walk from our hotel to the synagogue on that clear Shabbat morning was one of the most beautiful Shabbat walks we had ever had. We passed under the Eiff el Tower, crossed the Seine, and climbed the stone steps to the Place de Trocadero, where we looked back and saw the Tower in its entirety. Th e synagogue, Shivtey Yisrael (Tribes of Israel), is Tunisian. Th e singing there is essentially a melodic Arabian chant, much of it in unison, with men from the congregation adding their own “riff s” as the spirit moves them. Th e mood throughout the service is joyful. With minor mental adjustments for places where the Sep-hardic liturgy diff ers from the Ashkenazic, we were easily able to pray along with the regulars. Th e Torah scroll – encased, Sephardic fash-ion, in an ornate metal cylinder – was placed upright on the reading desk and opened for reading. A young man delivered a talk on the weekly Torah portion in rapid-fi re French pep-pered with words like mitzvah and Shabbat.
We visited the Palace of Versailles, the incred-ibly opulent residence of France’s last autocratic kings. It was there that Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette squandered away the people’s money on luxury while the country was going broke. Th e people reacted by sparking the French Revolution. We thought about the ideal set out by the Torah (Deuteronomy 17:14-20)
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for kings of Israel, and how its principles could have served gentile kings as well:
Th e king may not amass too large a cavalry, lest it give him delusions of invincibility and cause him to forget his dependence on God. He must not have too many wives, lest they seduce him into idolatry. He must not amass too much wealth, lest he tax his people into poverty. And he must read from God’s law every day as a reminder that the king is himself a servant.
Today, only the ghosts of failed kings inhabit Versailles.
We spent a morning in Giverny, at the home of the impres-sionist painter Claude Monet, marveling at the lush gardens that appear in his works. Some time later, at the Musée d’Orsay, we stood before those very works. At the Rodin Museum, we admired Auguste Rodin’s masterful sculptures and sat pensively at the foot of his statue, the Th inker.
We of course visited the Louvre, a museum so large and fi lled with works of art from virtually all places and periods that one either spends a day sampling it or devotes months to viewing it with the respect it deserves. Given the crowds there and the limited amount of time on our Paris visit, we ended up viewing the “big three”: Mona Lisa, the Venus of Melos, and the Winged Victory of Samothrace, along with several other works. Th e visit was eminently worthwhile.
At the Paris Starbucks on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, where European coff ees are local, we chatted with a German couple – like us, teachers of religious studies – about the need to tie ethics inextricably to religion. Th ese were grandchildren of the generation of the war era, a new generation determined to make their nation morally strong. We strolled along lovely streets and byways by day, and cruised on the Seine by night. Now that we had begun to know the city, we were somewhat reluctant to leave.
Paris is a city of lights and shadows, a city of magic.
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TW$DXNews from Beth ElNews from Beth El
Refuah Sh’lema to: ! HMYL$ HAWPR Shelley Birkner
Yasher Koah to: ! XWK R$YY Marc and Deborah Lynn, whose
restaurant, Jazz 28, was featured in a full-page article entitled “Jazz 28 is the Music Lover’s Restaurant” in the Autumn 2009 edition of Ohio City Argus, a newspaper covering “Cleveland’s Premier Historic Neighborhood.” Jazz 28 was also nicely reviewed by Joel Crea as “a cool fi nd for music and food” in the Restaurant Row column in Th e Plain Dealer on August 26. www.jazz28.com Ieda and Alyssa Warshay, whose Rosh
Hashanah recipes were featured in Th e Plain Dealer’s “Style and Taste” section on September 9.
Th anks for contributions to: ! HDWT Adam and Yevgenia Probst Valeriy Elnatanov Joel Falck and Julie Rabin Chester and Stephanie Gordon Roger and Susan Lebo, in honor of their
son’s aliyah. Stephen Pepper and Linda Tobin, in honor
of Rabbi Arthur Waskow of the Shalom Center in Philadelphia for the idea and support of the Climate Healing Shabbat Marsha Weisberg, in honor of Shani Gelles
becoming a Bat Mitzvah.
Th anks for September newsletter mailing help to: ! HDWT Mia Buchwald Gelles Noam Gelles Shani Gelles Shoshana Klein Sue Klein Honey Massey Cindy Mittman Larry Mittman Erica New Jillian Rosales Vicki Rosales Blanche Valancy
Th anks for Simcha Kiddush donations to: August – Bruce and Judie Amsel, in honor
of Bruce’s birthday. ! HDWT September – Jay Valancy ! HDWT
Th anks for your help to: ! HDWTStacia Dearmin would like to extend her thanks, and those of the congregation, to Judie Amsel, who undertook the task of scheduling Divrei Torah for the weeks when the Rabbi was not in shul for the past year. If you would be willing to undertake this tasck for the coming year, contact Stacia at [email protected] or 216-321-4327.
Scott Wachter would like to send his thanks to all who helped make the New Member Shabbat on August 29 such a success. Th ese include, but are not limited to: Bela Fisher and Blanche Valancy, for help
with logistics and “everything else.” Joe and Mia Buchwald Gelles, for help
with the membership folder and fl yer. Jack Valancy and the BE-THS Board, for
support and ideas. Leon Adato, for publicizing the event on
the BE-THS web site. Executive Chef Marvin Palevsky and
Social Chair Merry Lugasy, and to all who helped in the kitchen, for preparing the great Kiddush luncheon. Sherry Ball, Abby Halpern, and Stepha-
nie Gordon, for sharing why they’ve chosen to be members of our community, during the luncheon. Th e Adatos, the Gerblichs, Sue Klein,
and Aln Lerner and Erica New, for sharing their stories in the membership folder. All the congregants who came, who came
and brought potential members, and who made suggestions of potential members.
Reaching out and attracting new members is truly a community endeavor. Scott says, “We had that collaboration throughout.” Th e entire congregation extends its thanks to Scott for putting this all together.
SimchaCelebration
Join us in celebration of all of ourOctober simchas at Kiddush on October 31.
We celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, engagements, accomplishments, and more.
Become a Simcha Kiddush honoree
Donate $36 per simcha celebrant to the Kiddush Fund, using the form, attached, oravailable online athttp://www.bethelheights.org/simcha.php.
Your contribution supports oursynagogue.
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Tishrei – YR$TIrene Cowan 15 Tishrei 5732Harry Dolusky 15 Tishrei 5694Pearl Rabinowitz 17 Tishrei 5764Carola Jacobs 19 TishreiJared B. Klein 20 Tishrei 5761Bertha Shifrin 21 Tishrei 5721Esther Mintz 22 Tishrei 5767Pearl Peninah Pasternak 22 TishreiHerbert Oppenheimer 22 TishreiIsaac Warshay 22 TishreiLenore Singer 23 Tishrei 5760Blema Beitman 24 Tishrei 5706Eva Naiman 24 Tishrei 5713Freida C. Brody 26 Tishrei 5701Leo Guzik 26 Tishrei 5735Charlotte Dubin 27 Tishrei 5768Mirmie Ginsburg 27 Tishrei 5734Henry A. Hollander 28 Tishrei 5725Sam Tepper 29 Tishrei 5703Ethel Neuger 29 Tishrei 5734Albert Greenberg 29 Tishrei 5753Mary Ann Gordon 29 Tishrei 5731Sam Dworkin 30 Tishrei 5732Marvin Dubin 30 Tishrei
Heshvan – IWwXBen Tepper 2 Heshvan 5718James Saunt 2 Heshvan 5766Harry Mayzel 4 Heshvan 5761Rose Zeisler 4 Heshvan 5723Louis Brody 5 Heshvan 5713Rashe Sobel 8 Heshvan 5716Joseph Weiss 8 Heshvan 5747Barney Krasny 10 Heshvan 5705Harry L. Miller 10 Heshvan 5728Blanche Carr 10 HeshvanWilliam Schenkelman 10 Heshvan 5724Sarah Dolin 12 Heshvan
Yahrzeits, October 2009
New Yahrzeit Memorial Tablet Unveiled
“As we of the Beth El – Th e Heights Synagogue Family remember our loved ones with a Yahrzeit tablet in the sanctuary, we resolve to perpetuate their memory by emulating the qualities of theirs that we most admire,” said Rabbi Adler at the unveiling of our new Yahrzeit memorial plaque on Sunday, August 30. Families gathered to worship together and view the name plates honoring their loved ones. Th e memorial plaque joins the other tablets that were originally displayed in Temple Beth El.
An anonymous donor family initiated our new Yahrzeit memorial plaque project. Emily Dennis initiated contact with the vendor; Karen Kugelman organized the design, purchase, manufacture, and installation of the plaque. She also coordinated the initial subscription of individual name plates. Contact Karen at [email protected] or 216-932-5562 to learn how you can memorialize your loved one with a name plate, or simply mail in the form on the following page.
Leon Gabinet andKaren Kugelman
Memorialize your loved ones by entering their names on our new memorial plaque. The beautiful brass plaque has space for 100 individual name plates. Each plate has room for one name, with three total lines of text.
You may order name plates with the names of your loved ones by fi lling out the form, below, and submitting your donation.
You will have the opportunity to preview and approve each name plate before it is cast in bronze.
Donation for each name plate is $324 (18 x 18).
Your name: __________________________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________________
Phone: ______________________________________________________________________
Name to be remembered (English and Hebrew name, including father’s Hebrew name):
_____________________________________________________________________________
Date of death (month, day, year; English and Hebrew, if known):
_____________________________________________________ After sunset? ___________
Make check payable to Beth El –The Heights SynagogueMail to 3246 Desota Ave., Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
Questions? Need help with Hebrew names or dates?Call Karen Kugelman, 216-932-5562
Simcha Kiddush
Complete the form below and include a check to Beth El-Th e Heights Synagogue. Mail them to BE-THS at 3246 Desota Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH, 44118.
Th e Social Committee will do the rest! Your contribution supports our synagogue.
(Feel free to send donations for all of your forthcoming simchas at once.We will keep track of the dates and acknowledge them in the proper months.)
Questions?? Contact Merry Lugasy, Social Chair at 216-337-4761 or [email protected].
Share your celebrations with us at a
Celebrate a Birth or a Birthday
Mark a Wedding Anniversary, Announce an Engagement
Express Gratitude for an Award, Make Known an Achievement
at our Monthly Simcha Kiddush
(usually held on the last Shabbat of each month)
Plan ahead for all your family simchas now! Only $36.00 for each event!
Celebrant’s Name Month of Kiddush Event You are Celebrating
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Yes, we are coming to the Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat dinner on November 6, 2009.
Name ___________________________________________________
Phone number _____________________________________________
Number of: adults attending ______ Children age 5-12 ______ Children under 5 _______
Number of vegetarian meals requested ________
Total amount enclosed ($12.00/ person; children 5 and under free) ________ Checks payable to Beth El–Th e Heights Synagogue Mail to: 3246 Desota Ave., Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
I’d like to help: Set up (Fri., 4 PM)______ Clean up______
Reservations and prepayment are absolutely necessary. Reserve your spot by Monday, November 1, by sending in payment with response forms (to help us keep track of what your check is for!).
For more information call Merry Lugasy, 216-337-4761.No reservation necessary if you would just like to come to services!
at Beth El – Th e Heights Synagogue
Kabbalat Shabbat
5:30 PM Services begin in the sanctuary6:30 PM Dinner in the social hall, followed by z’mirot (singing)
Friday, November 6, 2009
Th e cost of the dinner is $12.00 per person Children under 5 are free.
