KOL SHALOMAmerican rain dance – because we are, in fact, physically petitioning God for rain in the Land of Israel. This whole process will culminate in dancing, not with lulav and

KOL SHALOM October 2019

2 Kol Shalom October 2019

Inside this edition…

Letter from the Editor 2

From the Rabbi: HHD Theme 3

From the CBS Library 4

Youth Engagement 5

High Holy Days Schedule 6

Introduction to Judaism 7

The Heart of the Matter 9

In Our Congregation 11

Yahrzeits 12

Contributions 15

Calendar of Events 19

Consider going green…

visit the CBS website to

access this edition of the

Kol Shalom online.

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What Another Fruit!

Yes, there is another fruit on the cover. An etrog. Most observers know that the etrog is a symbol of the holy days of Sukkot. This fruit, combined with the lulav and the Sukkah, help us tell the story of our transition from nomads to dwellers, from wayfarers to home-bodies, and from disorganized tribes to families.

As we retell this story, we learn very quickly that not all shelters are quite the same. Some are made to withstand wind, but not fire. Some are made to withstand fire, but not flood. And some are made to withstand flood, but not wind. There is no “perfect” shelter when a disaster wants to destroy.

Like you, I read, saw, and heard the stories of Hurricane Dorian and before Dorian the hurricanes that previously devastated Puerto Rico and other Atlantic/Caribbean Islands. My heart aches for the people who have to endure the process of building and rebuilding their lives, their families, and their homes.

The problem is that we think we understand it all. We think that contributing money, food, clothing, and material will help. And in some cases it does. But, in other cases, it is simply not enough. We need to do more.

We need to help those who cannot speak for themselves. We need to challenge our leaders to find ways to do the right things regardless of political party or persuasion. We need to come together and put aside our differences and find out what makes us all the same.

If we can do those things, Hurricane Dorian will be like the wind that dissolved it - no more a threat to you or me. I pray that we will find a tabernacle of peace to comfort those in need now and in the days to come. I pray that we find help for those who need our help and can open the door for those who wish to enter our communal sukkah and partake of all the special fruits.

B’Shalom, Hayim Weiss, Editor

Be sure to read,

“The Heart of the

Matter” written by

CBS’s very own Ellen

Weingart and learn

why Ross and his

mom Donna are so

special to CBS and

our community.

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October 2019 Congregation Beth Shalom 3

5780 High Holy Day Theme: Tikkun Olam by Rabbi Michael Beals

This year, all our major Jewish holy days seems to cluster in this month in the first three weeks of October. I chuckle when some of our congregants say, “the Jewish holy days are coming out ‘late’ this year.” Of course, based on the biblical verses cited here, the Jewish holy days are coming out exactly where they have fallen on the Jewish calendar for the past 3,200 years. This list includes: the 1st of Tishrei (Rosh HaShanah), the 10th of Tishrei (Yom Kippur), the 15th (full moon) through the 21st of Tishrei (Sukkot), the 22nd of Tishrei (Shemini Atzeret) and the 22nd of Tishrei (Simchat Torah). The disparity between the secular solar calendar and the Jewish lunar calendar explains the annual variances of when these Jewish holy days occur.

Taken as a whole, the Jewish holy days of Tishrei form a dialectic, which really reflects the full expression of Jewish existence. Although we believe in only One, Unique God, in other ways, we bounce between two separate and competing poles. In Judaism, we bounce from kavanah, that which is flexible, to kevah, that which is fixed, rigid and predictable. Judaism tells us metaphorically to place two slips of paper into two pockets: in one pocket is written “we are but dust” and in the other “the entire world was created just for me.” This dialectic – featuring the number two -- is also at work during the month of Tishrei.

During Tishrei, we begin with the spiritual: Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. The Book of Life is metaphorically opened for us. During the Ten Days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, called the Yamim Nora’im, we work to do teshuvah, returning to our very best selves. We do teshuvah by conducting a hesbon ha nefesh (a spiritual inventory of our actions). We then ask forgiveness from our fellow person for things we have done wrong, making compensation to repair damage, reviewing our actions and making sacred promises not to repeat past

mistakes. This entire process culminates on Yom Kippur, where those healthy enough, practice 25 hours of full fasting, to focus on the spiritual over the physical, attempting to become like body-less angels, just consumed on the spiritual.

The moment Yom Kippur is over, tradition commands us to hammer in the first supporting board of what will become our sukkah, our temporary home-away-from-home. Sukkot has more physical mitzvot surrounding it that any other holy day. Not only does tradition command us to live in the sukkah for seven days, but during those seven days (excluding Shabbat), the Torah commands us to physically wave the branches of myrtle, willow and date palms together in a unified lulav to be combined with a citron-like etrog. With these very physical ritual objects, we circle the bimah seven times in what must look like a Native American rain dance – because we are, in fact, physically petitioning God for rain in the Land of Israel. This whole process will culminate in dancing, not with lulav and etrog, but Torah scrolls in the joyous, culminating holy day of Simchat Torah. We will read the last verses of the Torah in Deuteronomy, and honor this year’s Hattan Torah, Hayim Weiss. Then we will read the opening verses of the Torah in Genesis, and honor this year’s Kallat Bereshit, Meredith Weiss. Then we will start the entire annual cycle of reading the Torah all over again.

All of these holy days come to teach us that life is not just one thing. It’s the flexible and the fixed, it is humility and self-confidence, and it is the spiritual and the physical. In this New Year 5780, may we escape the bi-polar world of ‘us-versus-them,’ and replace it with a more honest multi-polar world, where we can see aspects of truth and beauty even in the most unexpected places. Chag Sameach!

Rosh HaShanah Sunday, September 29

8:00pm Monday, September 30

8:30am Tuesday, October 1

8:30 am

In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe

complete rest, a sacred occasion commemorated with loud blasts. You shall not work at your occupations…

(Leviticus 23:24-25)

Yom Kippur Tuesday, October 8

6:15pm Wednesday, October 9

9:00am

Mark the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement.

It shall be a sacred occasion for you: you shall practice self-denial, and you shall bring a gift to

the Lord. You shall do no work throughout that day… (Leviticus 23:27-28)

Sukkot Monday, October 14

9:00am to

Sunday, October 20 9:00am

On the fifteenth day of this seventh month there shall be the Feast of

Booths to the Lord, [to last] seven days. The first day shall be a sacred occasion, you shall not work at your occupations; seven days you shall

bring gifts to the Lord… Leviticus 33-36)

Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah Monday, October 21

9:00am Monday, October 21

6:00pm Tuesday, October 22

9:00am

On the eighth day you shall observe a sacred occasion and bring a gift to the Lord; it is a

solemn gathering; you shall not work at your occupations…

(Leviticus 33:36)


From the CBS Library… A Book Review by Diane Wolf, Librarian

One of the books recently added to the CBS Library is “A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion” by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. [Call # BM565 S217 2000] While it is not a newly published book, it is now available in paperback. Like older Jewish texts, this book has more than one title and origin story. The alternate title for the book when published in Great Britain was “Radical Then, Radical Now.” One origin story is that Rabbi Sacks wrote the book as a wedding gift to his children. Another is that the book was inspired by a project he assigned to several university students. He suggested that they write to some of the most accomplished Jewish men and women in the world and ask what being Jewish meant to them. They sent out 200 letters and received six, mostly tepid, responses. Sacks considered these responses to be evidence of "confusion and demoralization at the heart of contemporary Jewish identity." He then decided to address the question himself. Rabbi Sacks said that "Judaism is not a theory, a system, a set of speculative propositions, an 'ism.' It is a call, and it bears our name." Whatever the title or origin, this work presents Rabbi Sacks’ personal theology. He provides his personal answer to the questions, “Who am I and why should I remain a Jew?” Rabbi Sacks was quoted in the Huffington Post, saying, “There is so much to love about our Jewish faith, yet in today’s increasingly complex world, it is sometimes easy for people, particularly younger generations, to lose sight of the reasons why it is a special gift to be a member of this eternal people. Above all, I wanted to inspire Jews around the world to strengthen their connections to each other and to their heritage and faith.” Some of the themes in the book can be heard in Rabbi Sacks’ voice on YouTube, with animation, at: https://youtu.be/CAbiFbpQP8o

Other recent additions of new books include:

Tradition and Transformation: Three Millennia of Jewish Art and Architecture by Ori Soltes [N7417 S57 2016]

The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland― Then, Now, Tomorrow (JPS Anthologies of Jewish Thought) by Gil Troy [DS149 Z6752 2018]

For more information about the CBS LIbrary, visit http://www.bethshalomwilmington.org/library/ or e-mail [email protected] or leave a message for Diane Wolf at the CBS office at 302-654-4462


Kochavim (babies 0-18 months and parents) - Cantor Elisa Abrams Cohn

Halutzim/Gan - Donna Miller

Kitah Alef - Ross Rudnitsky

Kitah Bet - Marni Grossman & Marla Fridman

Kitah Gimmel - Ellie Huffmanparent

Kitah Dalet - Amira Silber

Kitah Hey - Sharon Rosengarten

Kitah Vav - Karen Moss

Hebrew Specialists - Osnat David and Lilly Huffmanparent

Shalom Corps, Sababa, & Atid - Bryan Abramson

Ozrim (Teaching Assistants): Jacob Martin, Meredith Haines, Hannah Friedland, Jamie Rosengarten, Corinne Wiley, Aaron Albom, Jacob Adelman, Alan Lehrfeld

Director of Education - Cantor Elisa Abrams Cohn

Vice President of Education and Youth Engagement - Jerry Simonowits

We have an exciting year of learning, friendships, community and tikkun olam (repairing the world) planned!

Shehechiyanu! Thank You, God, for bringing us to this beautiful moment in time!

Introducing the 5780 CBS Education and

Youth Engagement Staff by Cantor Elisa Abrams Cohn

Avinu Malkeinu

During the High Holy Days, one of most common

prayers you will hear, so long as it is not Shabbat, is

the Avinu Malkeinu, “Our Father, Our King.” This

year, we are inviting the congregation to join with

our Cantor and the CBS Choir in the singing of this

beautiful and somber hymn from Selihot to Rosh

HaShanah to Yom Kippur.

Here you can find the words of the Avinu Malkeinu

by Max Janowski.

Avinu malkeinu, sh’ma koleinu.

Avinu malkeinu, hatanu l’fanekha.

Avinu malkeinu, hamol aleinu

v’al olaleinu v’tapeinu.

Avinu malkeinu, kaleh dever

v’herev v’ra·av mei-aleinu.

Avinu malkeinu, kaleh khol tzar

u-mastin mei-aleinu.

Avinu malkeinu,

kotveinu b’sefer hayim tovim.

Avinu malkeinu,

hadesh aleinu shanah tovah.

Avinu malkeinu, sh’ma koleinu.


High Holy Days - Schedule of Services

HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED DOING IT? HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT OTHERS DOING IT?

If you enjoy lunch after Shabbat Services, kibitzing with your shul friends over rugelach, or simply catching up on the latest, we would love your help to host a kiddush or festive oneg. Contact Sue Midanek, [email protected], for more information and available dates.

Shabbat Shuvah Friday, October 4 6:30pm Saturday, October 5 9:30am

Kol Nidrei / Erev Yom Kippur Tuesday, October 8 Main Service / Candle Lighting 6:15pm President’s Appeal 8:00pm (approx.)

Yom Kippur Wednesday, October 9 Main Service 9:00am Torah Service 10:15am Children’s Service 10:30am - 11:30am Family Service 10:30am - 12:15pm Yizkor Service 12:15pm Minḥah Service 5:30pm Ne’ilah Service 6:35pm Ma’ariv Service 7:15pm Final Shofar / Havdalah 7:30pm Break-the-Fast 7:30pm (Reservations for the Break-the-Fast are now closed.)

Sukkot Day I: Monday, October 14 9:00am Day II: Tuesday, October 15 7:30am Day III: Wednesday, October 16 7:30am Day IV: Thursday, October 17 7:30am Day V: Friday, October 18 7:30am Day VI: Saturday, October 19 9:30am Day VII: Sunday, October 20 9:00am Day VIII: Monday, October 21 9:00am

Simhat Torah Erev Simhat Torah Monday, October 21 6:00pm (Hebrew School Consecration) Simhat Torah: Tuesday, October 22 9:00am (Honoring Meredith and Hayim Weiss)

Time to Shake Your Lulav and Etrog! Help us make a minyan throughout the

Festival of Sukkot. Services begin Monday, October 14 at 9:00am!

No Tickets Required for Entry • All welcome!


There actually are two hearts in this story. And neither is Ross Rudnitsky’s ailing heart nor the one he hopes will soon replace it.

One heart does belong to Ross, but it is the spirit he has shown dealing with his condition and the joy he finds in life.

The other belongs to his mother, Donna Miller, whose love for her son has helped them both through some very difficult times and fueled her drive to help others.

Ross, 31, was born with VACTERL, a non-random collection of birth defects that include vertebral (V), anal (A), cardiac (C), tracheal (T), esophageal (E), renal (kidney) and radial (thumb side of the hand) (R), and limb (L) abnormalities. No specific cause has been determined.

The extent of each anomaly differs among individuals. Ross’ most serious problem involves his heart. His condition kept him from having a bris; he had a naming ceremony instead.

Ross, whose parents divorced when he was 7 and whose father died about 10 years ago, required his first heart surgery when he was 3. Born without a right ventricle and no tricuspid valve, he underwent a procedure to redirect the way his heart pumped blood and to create a baffle to keep his blood flowing in the correct direction. Although the procedure improved his heart function, it eventually created protein-losing enteropathy, or PLE, a condition that refers to the loss of serum proteins from the digestive tract. This causes abnormally low levels of proteins in the blood stream and can lead

to edema. In Ross’ case, the normal flow of lymph fluid was disrupted, impacting the lymph system’s role in immune function and fat and protein transport, and resulting in the leakage of protein-rich lymphatic fluid.

The excess lymph fluid that accumulated in his back and legs could be successfully tapped off until he was about 9 and he developed stomach and other issues that led to his being officially diagnosed with PLE. At 12,

he had heart revision surgery to help relieve the PLE. A pacemaker was implanted and needed to be replaced two years later. He has undergone a total of five open-heart surgeries.

“Ross hasn’t let his medical problems stop him from being part of the community and working toward achieving his life goals,” said Donna. He attended school in the Brandywine School District, went on JCC trips and after graduating from high school in 2006, attended Delaware Technical College and Wilmington University, graduating with a degree in sports management in 2012. “It served him

well,” said his mother. Ross worked part-time while in high school and college and is now employed at Liberty Career Finance, where Donna also works. He lives on his own.

“He was good for about 17 years (after his heart surgeries) and then, despite diuretics, he began having edema—from his ankles upward. Even his lungs were involved,” said his mother.

“It got really bad around October of last year,” said Ross. “By March, just walking from my car to the elevator at work was exhausting.” A normally slender 130 pounds, he weighed close to 200 pounds.

“He was so swollen, he couldn’t bend,” said his mother. He was given new diuretics and spent five days in the hospital.

“Ross and I are not open with everybody, so not everybody knows about his medical condition. And it’s not generally obvious that he has these problems, so it can be difficult because people expect him to do things he can’t,” said Donna.

It was apparent to Ross’ doctors that he would need a heart transplant and because his liver is scarred due to blood flow issues, he’d also need a new liver.

Testing for Ross’ transplants began in January. After he was approved for the heart transplant, more testing followed for the liver transplant. When that was approved, Ross and his mother waited for the OK from insurance. He was listed for both transplants at the end of July.

(Continued on the next page)

The Heart of the Matter by Ellen Weingart

There actually are two

hearts in this story.

And neither is Ross

Rudnitsky’s ailing heart

nor the one he hopes will

soon replace it...


“When I got the call that I was officially listed, I had been through so many ups and downs that it didn’t even hit me right away,” said Ross.

“The testing found that he was very matchable plus his physical size makes it possible for the heart to come from a male or female. It may be less than a year away,” said Donna.

As sometimes happens, the pair could be notified that there’s a match for Ross, get to University of Pennsylvania Hospital and find out that there’s a problem with the donor organs. “We have a plan for that,” said Donna. She and Ross, who is on a low-salt, fluid-limited diet, will go to the 4th Street Deli and Ross will eat whatever he wants. “It would be a temporary disappointment—but Ross loves deli,” she said with a laugh.

Both transplants will take place at the same time. Ross will spend about a month in the hospital and will be on some 25 anti-rejection drugs when he leaves. While Medicare for people with disabilities covers much of Ross’ medical bills, it does not cover medications, transportation, or food and lodging expenses. There will also be co-pays, deductibles and probably other expenses. For that, the family has turned to fundraising, choosing to work with Help Hope Live, a non-profit organization based in Radnor, Pa.

Founded in 1983 by a Philadelphia transplant surgeon and his wife, a nurse, as the National Heart Assist and Transplant Fund, Help Hope Live provides support for fundraising campaigns to help with uncovered medical costs for

(Continued from previous page) transplants or catastrophic injuries and illnesses. Among fundraisers Donna and Ross have run are a night at a Blue Rocks game in August, a shoe collection, which ended in September, and a Bingo night and silent auction in October. Tax-deductible contributions toward Ross’ expenses also can be made directly to Help Hope Live (see below).

Financial help is only one aspect of support Ross and Donna have found in the community. Much of the spiritual support they rely on comes from Beth Shalom.

“During one of Ross’ earlier hospitalizations, a rabbi in training visited him and did a healing prayer. It was very meaningful,” said Donna. Soon after, she and her son, who had been Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth congregants, joined CBS, where Ross completed Hebrew school, including confirmation.

Short a kindergarten teacher several years ago, CBS’s Rachel Mussaf asked Donna if she’d be interested. “I’ve been there ever since,” said Donna. “It gave me what I had missed with Ross—healthy kids.”

Ross assisted in Meredith Weiss’ class for two years and then co-taught with his mother. Now he has his own class.

“I work at making it fun,” said Ross. “I was told by a dad that his daughter loved Hebrew school and I should keep doing

what I’m doing. The dad hadn’t liked Hebrew school, but his daughter did.”

At 25, Ross went on a Birthright Israel trip. “It was an amazing experience. I was at the Western Wall on my birthday,” he said. “When I was at Yad Vashem, I saw a black limo. It was Bill Clinton visiting Yitzhak Rabin’s grave. To the Israelis, it was like seeing a movie star.”

“CBS has been very welcoming and very generous to us,” said Donna, who “pays it forward” with her involvement in the congregation’s Tikkun Olam Committee. “What I’ve learned over the years is that you don’t know what people are going through. And you can’t know how much doing something can impact someone’s life. Texts and messages we’ve gotten have been a huge help. We were very touched when a friend had a retirement party and asked for donations to Help Hope Live instead of gifts.”

Ross and Donna are looking forward to the future post-transplant. One of the first things Ross plans to do is renew his passport.

“Having a fully functioning heart will literally change his life,” said Donna.

She’s referring, of course, to his anatomical heart. The hearts that make Ross and his mother who they are, are functioning just fine.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Learn more about Ross at #teamrossiroo. To make a tax-deductible do-nation to Help Hope Live, send a check made payable to Help Hope Live to Help Hope Live, 2 Radnor Corporate Center, 100 Matsonford Road, Suite 100, Radnor, PA 19087; write In honor of Ross Rudnitsky on the memo line. For credit card contributions, visit www.helphopelive.org and search for Ross Rudnitsky or call 800-642-8399.


We wish a Happy Birthday to all of the following congregants who are celebrating their October birthdays:

1) Harold Gruber, Vivian Mamberg, Alan Shore, Aston Yau,

2) Jaclyn Abramson, Helen Balick, Daniel Rosenthal, 3) Sena Garber,

Joseph Gillman, 4) Abigail Saliman, 5) Laura Greenlee Sparks,

Mark Kuller, 6) Sarah Alexander, Mitchell Glass, 7) Jacob Solomon,

8) Tamara Albom, Barbara Jacobs, Sophia Platsis, Hannah Weile,

9) Jessica Blumberg, Karen Moss, 10) Leah Consiglio, Judy Montag,

Brian Rosen, Jean Sachs, Eli Wolf, 11) Scott Lehrfeld, Eric Rosen,

Carol Roth, 12) Jack Berkowitz, William Bonsall, Rachel Harad,

Marilyn Weiler, 13) Jayson Alonzo, Codie Hazen,

14) Jordan Appelbaum, Felicia Goodman, Anika Mamberg,

15) Jennifer Gross, Yaron Helmer, Marilyn Levin, 16) Gary Alderson,

17) Ellen Bernhardt, Jackie Harad, Ellen Koniver, Brandon Weaver,

18) Robert Berman, Barry Brown, Thelma Deitcher, Jacob Kerner,

19) Diane Sklut, Alexandra Stanley, 20) Judi Feinson, Andrew Kerber,

Bethany Kutz, Jodi Lessner, Terry Sklar, 21) Daniel Katz,

Lauren McCrery, 22) Steven Klein, Michael Laurence,

23) Sheila Gardner, Ellen Laurence, Miriam Platsis, 24) Jacob Albom,

Marla Cooper, Jesse Fuhrman, Alex Schwartz, Anita Stein,

25) Jordan Cooper, Debra Goodman, Jing Han, Seham Lewis,

Elisa Morris, David Schutzman, Jeffrey Stape, 26) Ira Horden,

Elsie Klein, Carol Levin, 27) Stacey Milunsky, Susan Szabo,

28) Jackie Aerenson, Janna Rosengarten, 29) Katie Glazier,

Alexander Goldman, 30) Danielle Lipman, Josh Mussaf,

31) Ilene Bloom, Jeffrey Ostroff, Alex Sklar

Congregants’ Birthday Celebrations

2) Carolyn & Neil Hockstein

9) Erin Draper & Robert Respler

Margot Waitz & Gordon Manin

10) Joy & Mace Bloom

13) Linda & Michael Sigman

15) Barbara & Norman Ertel

16) Beverly & Wayne Geller

18) Diane & Philip Berger

Jennifer & Michael Gross

21) Shirley & Ira Horden

22) Jessica Lichterman &

Russ Berlin

23) Hope & Joshua Slomich

25) Constance & Gary Lipson

27) Ruth & Martin Hochheiser

30) Sheila & Arthur Inden

31) Jodi & Benjamin Cohen

October

Anniversaries

Mazel Tov

To Ellie HP for being selected as one of only 60 juniors and seniors from around the country for the Great Jewish Books Summer Program at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA this past July.

To Lily HP for making Honors List at University of the People for the Winter and Spring semesters and being cast in the Snow Queen Ballet.

To Adeline HP for making the middle school volleyball team.

To Jacob Davis, son of James and Marlene Davis and grandson of Robert and Arlene Davis, on his recent Bar Mitzvah.

Do you have a mazel to share? If so, send it to

[email protected] with the subject: Mazel Tov

and we will gladly add your mazel tov to our list.


May Their Memories Be For a Blessing With Reverence We Record the Following Yahrzeits

10/1/2019 (2 Tishrei) David Kaltman David Waitz Elaine Gaby Emanuel Peltz Esther Lobel Harold Hoffman Hugo Havet Lillie Rappaport Nathan Schutzman Reba Rothberg Samuel Levin Samuel Slomowitz Wendy Linder

10/2/2019 (3 Tishrei) Abraham Kristol Abraham G. Schwartz Alan Stutz Dorothy Parent Irene Levy Isaac Bloom Martha Cohen Nathan Harad Rose Roth Samuel Sagotsky

10/3/2019 (4 Tishrei) Benjamin Rudnick Bernard Tannen Jesse Rosenberg Manuel Shur Max Aerenson Ray Cohen Siegfried Neumann 10/4/2019 (5 Tishrei) Clara Weinreb Jean Levy Laura Schagrin Lee K. Kleinbard Lena Shuman Ruth Levy 10/5/2019 (6 Tishrei) Bernice Tomases Carl Graber Elizabeth Shanefield Morris Blitz Morris Rubenstein Myer Ein Robert Rosen Samuel Horwitz

10/6/2019 (7 Tishrei) Anna Minushkin Annie Karrow Cynthia Imber Ethel Sommer Irving Milbauer Isadore Greenberg

10/7/2019 (8 Tishrei) Anna Heitlinger Doris Felzer Herbert Schwartz Norman Schneider Roberta Marcus

10/8/2019 (9 Tishrei) Bertha Closic Faye Goldstein Shyer Harowitz

10/9/2019 (10 Tishrei) Alan Schultz Ethel Stark I. Edward Inden Isador Golden Lillie Leibowitz Paul Kessler Rae Coopersmith Raymond Bachrach Sarah Greenberg Shalom Stark

We Loving Recall we remember those who departed us too soon

Congregation Beth Shalom expresses condolences to the families and friends of

Miriam Spector, daughter of Ruth Siegel.

She is survived by three siblings, two children, and four grandchildren.

Mildred Bycer, mother of Bob Bycer.

She is survived by three children, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Ruby Moore, mother to Terry Moore and mother-in-law to Jerry Simonowits.

Including Terry and Jerry, she is survived by three children and four grandchildren.

Ralph Friedberg, father to Kathy (Seth) Bloom and Debbie (Jerome) Nachlis.

Including Kathy and Debbie, he is survived by three children, seven grandchildren, and his wife Elaine.

Hamakom yenachem etchem b'toch she'ar aveley Tzion v'Yerushalayim

May the Lord comfort and sustain you among the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.



10/10/2019 (11 Tishrei) John Samuel Sholl Menachem Byer Paulette Torre Sarah Gold Stanley Harad Sylvia Mass 10/11/2019 (12 Tishrei) Haim Solomon Jack Abrams Jake Abrams Meyer Robbins Nadja Kuller Philip Holob Rupert Burstan Suzanne Kretzmer 10/12/2019 (13 Tishrei) Adolph Cohen Alan Edelsohn Benjamin Goldstein Eli Friedman Goldie Berman Jennie Dwares Joseph Epstein Larry K. Miller Rebecca Dainow Samuel Greengold Sarah Seltzer 10/13/2019 (14 Tishrei) Evelyn Gutter Fannie Carlis Joseph Vederman Maurice Toumarkine Paula Carroll Richard Miller Ruth K. Gumerman Sol Hirsch 10/14/2019 (15 Tishrei) Barney Greenstein Emanuel Schwartz Ernest Sternberg Marton Simonowits Miriam Westrich Reva Leader Rhoda Silver Rose Reichenthal Sadie Lockman Susan Hirshman

10/15/2019 (16 Tishrei) Albert Gold Edna Fisher Riebman Joseph Brash Samuel Sherman Alice Berlin Bertha Tenner Dora Gorenstein 10/16/2019 (17 Tishrei) Doris Felzer Edna Fischer Gloria Nadel Rose Kraft 10/17/2019 (18 Tishrei) Anna Greenhouse Cheryl Kamm David Inden Emanuel Harad Hyman Lipstein Phillip Gittelman 10/18/2019 (19 Tishrei) Anna Kattler Bertha Honig Betty Beitman Jack Polsky Mildred Glass Sarah Cytron 10/19/2019 (20 Tishrei) Clara Arieff Edward Berger H. Chaikin Jacob Dektor Jacob Glass Yetta Roth 10/20/2019 (21 Tishrei) Charles Lee Riddle Elsie Kurschner Esthella Haimowitz Lynne Rzepka Mamie Ertel Margery Stern Max Sandal Samuel Knopf

10/21/2019 (22 Tishrei) Abraham Fogel Frank Swift Gerald Brecher Harry Ross Jeanette Blumberg Larry Garber Lorraine Miller Melvin Leibowitz Sarah Kety 10/22/2019 (23 Tishrei) Gladys Weiner H. Herman Chaikin Isidor Balick Joe Frank Jules Reichenthal Katherine Brown Mollie Matusoff Morris Reich Rose Isaacs Rose Perkins 10/23/2019 (24 Tishrei) Gladys Ariff Harry Drayman Jacob Cohen Minnie Randall Morris Kristol 10/24/2019 (25 Tishrei) Ben Mason Ethel Paul Frances Starr Max Barnholtz Mollie Sandler Nisson Finkelstein Rose Wortman Sadie Brown 10/25/2019 (26 Tishrei) Abraham Warwick Benjamin Closic Benjamin Markowitz Clarissa Shaffer Irene Rabinowitz Issy Moncarz Pauline Braiger Sarah Kangisser 10/25/2019 (26 Tishrei) Violet Dunn



10/26/2019 (27 Tishrei) Aaron Hollett Abraham Silver Freuda Rosenblatt Harris Shapior Joseph Knopf Katie Markowitz Leah Bell Lena Deutch Miriam Brumberg Samuel London Seymour Kay 10/27/2019 (28 Tishrei) Edward Fine Harris Shapiro Louis Geller Ruth Budner Sydney Schagrin

10/28/2019 (29 Tishrei) Carl Zenker Hattie Goldberg J. Harry Gordon Morris Krigstein Philip Chirtel Walter Shaffer William Jacobs 10/29/2019 (30 Tishrei) Bertha Freilich Estelle Warkow Frank Delmerico, Jr. Harry Brodsky Henry Stern Lawrence Dubin Michael Berman Nathan Deutch Norman Swerling Sara Hendler Wilma Brodsky

10/30/2019 (1 Heshvan) Charles Rubin Clara Stein Ferne Pressman Jeanette Pernick Jennifer Lipschultz Joseph Knopf Max Schendelman Murray Liebert 10/31/2019 (2 Heshvan) George Ashman Helen Gilbert Herman Zucker Ira Bergman Morris Sayer Rachel Freedman Ruth Weiss Terri Lucier


With Gratitude We gratefully acknowledge the donations made to CBS from July 1 to August 31, 2019.

Al Berlin Morning Minyan Fund In Memory of Edna Cohen Robert and Elaine Cohen Ruth Schwartz Robert and Elaine Cohen Saul Harad Judy Riebman

Brian Dombchik Fund In Memory of Abraham Preven Sandra Lubarov

Building Fund In Memory of Jerry Grossman Steve and Frances Klein

Cantor’s Discretionary Fund In Memory of Dorothy Finger David Finger

Capital Campaign In Appreciation of Congregation Beth Shalom Mark Lipman

Capital Maintenance Fund In Memory of Melvin Jacobson Moses Hochman Simon Ger Errol Ger

Congregation Fund In Memory of Anna Garber Robert and Sena Garber Harry Kimel Faith and Paul Silver Alan Beals Ellen and Steve Weingarten Nelson and Rochelle Wolf Henry and Elisa Weiner Faith and Paul Silver Esther Green Henry and Elisa Weiner Faith and Paul Silver Jerry Grossman Gary and Marlene Gold Joseph and Susan Nicholson Richard Sklut

Robert Freedman Brian and Kay Preston Jack Portnoy Stuart and Marilyn Cooper Karol Szabo Robert Dressler and Susan Szabo Marjory Stone James Orman and Katie Levine Selma and Hyman Sommers Joseph Sommers Trust Toby Colton Steve and Stacey Colton Walter Cloud Beverly Cloud William Ziering Lin Ziering Leo Gold Gary and Marlene Gold Miriam Byron Gary and Marlene Gold

In Appreciation of Kitchen Klub and the August 10th Kiddush Celina Riebman

Hebrew School Fund In Memory of Ida Goldstein Claire Wirosloff

In Honor of Fisher Drake, Our Grandson Mace and Joy Bloom

Kiddush Fund In Appreciation of The Rabbi’s Kiddush Evan and Melissa Brodsky Jerry Simonowits and

Terri Moore

The Rabbi Jacob Kraft Educational Foundation In Memory of Jerry Grossman Barbara Yalisove Samuel Eisenstat Barbara Yalisove

Lewis-Greenbaum Fund In Memory of Robert Lewis Jeffery Lewis

In Honor of Anita and Ed Sobel’s Anniversary Jeffery and Judy Lewis

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund In Memory of Alan Beals Ruth and Mark Joffe Faith Tomases Paul and Cindy Imber Judy Dolinger Jerry Grossman Ruth and Mark Joffe Dorothy Finger David Finger Louis Turnauer Jerry and Sandra Turnauer

In Appreciation of Rabbi Michael Beals Deborah Wallace and Thomas Moliter

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