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Number 661 September, 2015/Elul-Tishrei, 5775-5776

See our High Holy Day Worship Schedule, page 2

“Happy” New Year It may surprise you, but there are some who limit their participation in temple

life to the High Holy Days. There are many things about that fact which sadden me, but it always strikes me as interesting that so many choose to make the High Holy Days as their singular Jewish experience of the year.

It’s true, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are extremely important. This annual gathering in temple requires us to take two days out of our normal routines at school and at work. While doing so, we each consider the paths our lives are on and the changes we need to make for ourselves to ensure we are living the values we should, and making the changes we must.

Creating that atmosphere during those two days, though, is a very serious endeavor. And the themes and emotions of the worship services for the Holy Days reflect that. So services are a bit longer and themes are usually quite sullen. Traditional liturgy encourages us to consider a proper path by reminding us of the One to whom we are responsible should we slack. If that weren’t enough, loved ones who have left this world are recalled, and their memories set an exceedingly high standard for us.

These days are days of sacrifice and hard work. Imagine it, for some this is their only experience of Jewish ritual year after year! How dreadfully depressing! At the same time we say to one another, “l’sha-nah tovah,” or “happy new year!” The dissonance leaves me somewhere between laughing and shaking my head in wonder.

The joy of the festivals and Shabbat, the commemorations which connect us to a long history, our amazing ritual traditions inherited from our ancestors over the course of thousands of years, the cultural heritage which connects us to love ones who form the past, and the opportunities for education and social gatherings for adults and children all must combine with the Holy Days to give us a bigger picture. When we encounter the Holy Days with the rest of the Jewish year in mind, we can begin to see how a year can truly be “happy.” After having done the hard work that Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur requires of us, we can take the fruits of our efforts and incorporate them into the rest of the year.

All of this is easier said than done. To say “happy new year” and mean it during the Holy Days, we need to know that we have something to look forward to.

Temple Mount Sinai is more than a place for worship, and it is more than a place where our children learn to love Judaism. It is a place where we hope to make deep, life-long connections with one another, where we can come together with a shared set of values and a common, ancient historical narrative. It is a place to meet friends and neighbors, to not just come to services, but to go to dinner afterwards.

If you have attended any of the mifgashim we’ve been holding since my arrival, you’ll have noticed that as much as it is a chance for me to get to know the various groups within the community, it is a chance for people to simply be together. It has been remarkable to watch people connect and re-connect, to reminisce and to meet for the very first time.

Every year as Rosh Hashanah approaches, I know we all aim to live out the coming year in a happier and more meaningful way. It is an honor to echo back to you some of what I’ve been hearing as I’ve been meeting with members of the congregation. I’ve been hearing an interest in deeper commitment beyond the annual Holy Day pilgrimage. I’ve been hearing about the concerns of the community for its future, its young people. And I’ve been hearing the strong desire to connect to each other, for the temple to be more than a physical structure, but a meeting place for a community with strong relationships. So please look further in this month’s bulletin. You’ll see that there are many ways to get involved to make, create and help others maintain meaningful relationships with temple friends and family.

As we say l’shanah tovah in the coming days, I hope you’ll be inspired to see the many ways that Temple Mount Sinai can help make this year a happy one.

Page 2 September, 2015/Elul-Tishrei, 5775-5776 Messages from the Mountain

High Holy Day Worship Schedule 2015

Selichot Saturday, September 5

Service, 9:30 pm

Rosh Hashanah Sunday, September 13

Evening Service 8:00 pm (Childcare provided)*

Monday, September 14 Family Service 9:00 am

Morning Service 10:30 am (Childcare provided)*

Shabbat Shuvah

Friday, September 18 Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:15 pm

Saturday, September 19

Torah Study 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service 10:30 am

Sunday, September 20

Kever Avot Memorial Service, 5:30 pm Mount Sinai Cemetery

Yom Kippur

Tuesday, September 22 Kol Nidrei 8:00 pm

(Childcare provided)*

Wednesday, September 23 Family Service 9:00 am

Morning Service 10:30 am (Childcare provided)*

Study & Conversation 12:45 pm Afternoon Service, led by MSTY 2:30 pm

“Healing Our Souls” on Yom Kippur 3:30 pm Yizkor, Memorial Service 4:30 pm

Ne’ilah, Concluding Service 5:15 pm Break The Fast 6:15 pm

Sukkot Sunday, September 27

Erev Sukkot Service 6:15 pm

Monday, September 28 Sukkot Festival Morning Service, 10:30 am

Friday, October 2 Sukkot Service &

Religious School Consecration 6:15 pm

Saturday, October 3 Shabbat Morning Service,

10:30 am

Simchat Torah Sunday, October 4

Simchat Torah Celebration, 6:15 pm

Shemini Atzeret

Monday, October 5 Festival Morning Service/Yizkor 10:30 am

*Bring your children in their pajamas with a pillow on Rosh Hashanah evening and Yom Kippur evening for fun, hands-on holiday activities.

During the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Morning Services, we will have face painting and other fun activities for our youngest members!

Please call Temple at 915-532-5959 if you plan to use our childcare during the Holy Days.


Shabbat Worship Schedule September, 2015

September 4-5, 2015— Ki Tavo

Friday, September 4

Candlelighting, 7:07 pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm

Family Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm

Saturday, September 5 Selichot

Torah Study, 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am

Selichot Service, 9:30 pm Havdalah, 8:14 pm

September 11-12, 2015— Nitzavim

Friday, September 11

Candlelighting, 6:58 pm B’nai Shabbat Service, 5:30 pm

Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm

Saturday, September 12

Torah Study, 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am

Havdalah, 8:05 pm

September 18-19, 2015— Vayeilech Shabbat Shuva

Friday, September 18


Classical Reform Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm

Saturday, September 19 Torah Study, 9:30 am

Shabbat Morning Service, 10:30 am Havdalah, 7:56 pm

September 25-26, 2015— Ha’Azinu

Friday, September 25 Candlelighting, 6:40 pm

B’nai Shabbat Service, 5:30 pm Oneg Shabbat, 5:45 pm

Kabbalat Shabbat Service, 6:15 pm

Saturday, September 26 Torah Study, 9:30 am


October 2-3, 2015—Sukkot

Friday, October 2


Family Shabbat Service and Religious School Consecration, 6:15 pm

Sukkot Under the Stars Dinner following the service

Saturday, October 3 Torah Study, 9:30 am



September Birthdays September 1 Christian Giese*

Adam Nazarian

September 2 Tripper Goodman

Jackie Gulbas

September 3 Greta Duran

Lisa Hartman

David Novick

September 4 Cindy Cohen

Katie Schmidt

September 5 Steve Lauterbach

September 6 Olga Kosheleva

Charlie Saul

September 7 Lori Gaman

Gabriel Levin*

September 8 Bill Belford

Sylvia Krapin

Ann Lauterbach

Louann Pranses

Ben Puschett

September 9 Zach Krasne

Anat Reiter*

September 10 Marlene Fass

Mark Fenenbock

Peter Herman

Jack Heydemann

September 11 Jeremy Gopin*

Richard Katz

Vladik Kreinovich

Sophia Spier

September 12

Tova Herman*

Ben Zeidman

September 13 Jamie Tennen

September 14 Ross Blackburn*

Alan Gaman

Ellen Goodman

September 15 Alan Krasne

Arlene Sonnen

September 16 Zachary Ducorsky

September 17 Madyn Cabrera

Barry Kobren

September 18 Eva Asfahani

Carsen Culter

Sid Kligman

Phillip Tennen

September 19 Ricky Rosales

September 20 Becky Horowitz

William Klein

Douglas Leffman

September 21 Bita Mobbs

Elise Puschett

Craig Schecter

Muriel Tucker

September 22 Irma Oppenheim

Amanda Robalin

Alex Stein

September 23 Lynn Ames

Suzi Davidoff

Alexis Siegel

September 24 Jamie Frank

Fred Marcus

Helene Solomon

September 25 John Burton*

Aaron Goodman*

September 26 Haidi Appel

September 28 Amanda Metrikin

Jean Scherotter

September 29 Mike Robalin

September 30 Andrew Marcus*

David Pearlman*

Asa Shiloff

September 30 Sammy Westermann

Jo Witkoff

*special birthday

September Anniversaries

September 1

Paul & Susan Krupp

Garrett & Sylvia Levin

September 2

Ron & Debbie Marcus

Hal & Pat Marcus

Mickey & Susan Schwartz

September 3

Simon & Grace Bir*

Ross & Linda Fruithandler

Alan & Mimi Pittle

Stuart & Shari Schwartz

September 5

Richard & Rosalie Kaufman

Daniel & Ophra Whalen

September 7

Marty & Jody Klein

Phil & Ann Rothstein

September 10

Brian Waldock & Lisa Raney

Waldock

September 12

Marv & Char Abrams*

Dennis & Anat Reiter

September 13

Randy Goldstein & Karen

Herman

September 17

Bob & Jane Rosen

September 19

Alan & Jean Kahn*

Nathan & Leti Stevens

September 20

Charlie & Sue Zaltz *special anniversary


Religious School

The first day of Religious School was Sunday, August 30. We had a wonderful first session with

some old faces in attendance, as well as some new ones!

Although the school year has already begun, it is NOT too late to registration your child(ren).

We will not be having Religious School on Sunday, September 6 (Labor Day weekend), or Sunday,

September 13 (Erev Rosh Hashanah). Religious School, along with Hebrew School and B’nai Mitz-

vah class, will resume on Sunday, September 20.

MSTY & Mini-MSTY

Our Mount Sinai Temple Youth (MSTY, 9th-12th graders) had our annual Freshman

Kidnapping event on Thursday, August 20. At this event, incoming freshman are "kidnapped" by

the older MSTYites and taken to breakfast. About 15 students had a great breakfast at IHOP and

discussed ideas and plans for events for the upcoming year.

MSTY has been asked to come up to the bima for an Aliyah at the Rosh Hashanah Morning

Service. We would love for all of the MSTY teens to participate in this special honor.

The youth group will also be leading the Yom Kippur Afternoon Service on Wednesday,

September 23rd at 2:30 pm in Krupp Chapel. More details about the rehearsal time and arrival

time will be forthcoming - watch your email!

Mini- MSTY (our 6th-8th grade students) will be leading the Family Service on Yom Kippur on

Wednesday, September 23rd at 9 am in Krupp Chapel. Watch your email for details about

rehearsal times and arrival time.

New Temple Directory with Pictures!

The TMS membership directory is currently being updated. We thought it would add a

nice touch if we included a picture of each member next to their information in the book.

During the High Holy Days, before the evening services and the morning services, there will be photographers located in Zielonka Hall to take pictures of all of our members in at-tendance. Please plan to arrive a bit early - the photos will be taken between 7:15pm and 8pm prior to the evening services, and between 9:45am and 10:30 am prior to the morning services.


Letter from the President

Dear Temple Family,

Things are going so beautifully at temple that I wonder how our Jewish

New Year could get any better! The answer is simple: by continuing to work

together, support one another, and share our ideas, we can only grow

stronger as a community.

As I visit with so many of you, the conversation usually turns to an offer of

how you can help. The enthusiasm over Rabbi Zeidman’s arrival and the

opportunities that we are building on has created the desire to do more at

temple. There are a myriad of ways that you can volunteer and we want and

look forward to your participation. We are currently forming or re-

establishing many committees, so if you’re looking for a “New Year’s Resolution,” try one (or more) of

these:

Visit those who are homebound or in the hospital by joining the Caring Community committee

Deliver Welcome Baskets to new members

Help prepare the Oneg Shabbat on Fridays

Assist with membership events or help coordinate our annual fundraiser

Make telephone calls from home or help in the office

Volunteer to help on our Religious School committee

Join our Mitzvah Kitchen and help prepare meals for a member in need, Shiva Minyan cakes, or Shabbat-in-a-box

Deliver a D’var Torah, read Torah, or facilitate meditation or a Torah study group

Assist with Chevrah Kadisha

Write condolence, birthday or anniversary cards

Follow-up and contact potential members by inviting them to join you at Services

Join the choir

Serve on the Building Committee or help with grounds maintenance

Help prepare meals for Congregational Dinners

Assist with Taste of Shabbat at Monte Vista

There are many opportunities to help at temple and we will work with your schedules! If you would like

to help with any of the above or have some other areas of interest, please contact me. My cell phone is 915-

549-0719 or you can email me at [email protected]. I look forward to working with you in growing a

vibrant and happy congregation in the year ahead.

On behalf of the Board of Trustees, our temple staff, and my family, I wish you a happy, healthy and

prosperous New Year.

L’Shanah Tovah,

Lori Gaman, President

mailto:[email protected]


Special Announcement from the Rabbi: Religious School Fees

During these first few weeks, I have heard a message again and again from members who are parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and from those who do not have children in their lives. I’d summarize it this way: the children of our community need to know they are part of something special, something amazing, and something that cherishes and values them and their families as part of this remarkable place.

For some, it is about the joy of the presence of children. For all, it is about assuring the continuity of our heritage and our congregation. I have heard this again and again during the first meetings I’ve been having with members of the congregation. If children aren’t welcome, if they aren’t aware of how important this is, then our time as a congregation is limited.

It seems that message had already reached the leadership of our congregation. Last month’s Board of Trustees meeting was one of the most powerful of my short rabbinic career. While it has long been the practice at Temple Mount Sinai to be accessible to everyone no matter their financial situation, sometimes the paperwork and the way an organization publishes its “fees” can mistakenly send a different message.

In acknowledging that sometimes there is a real or perceived barrier to participation of young people due to the way our Religious School fees schedule is published, the leadership asked us to change the message. We all know how embarrassing and difficult it is to make the call to explain we’re facing a financial challenge. So this year, the temple is asking member families to pay what they can for Religious School. We hope that those who are able to be generous will be. We hope that those who aren’t able to be as generous this year will hear the message: we want you and your children to be part of our community just as much. No matter how the registration form is filled out, we are glad to have the participation of students and their families.

In a letter responding to a Jewish legal question posed to him in 1873, great German rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch points out:

“The law of Torah obligates us [as a community] concerning the absolute importance of [educating all of the community’s children…] And what has been true at all times has been elevated into a matter of unparalleled importance at the present moment. The holy concerns of Judaism will, God forbid, be abandoned completely if we do not succeed in arousing enthusiasm among children […] for Torah and worship, and if we do not raise them to become proper Jews. For they are […] exposed to the great temptations of the time, and are likely to be the first who will be lost to the community of Israel if they do not acquire a broad knowledge through the spirit of the illuminating and exciting Torah.”¹ Though Samson Raphael Hirsch was writing in Europe during the 1870s from an orthodox

Jewish perspective, the message still resonates clearly for our community in El Paso today. For a long time the temple has made a commitment to ensure that our students have a meaningful experience as a part of a special congregation. I know we all hope this means families will see how welcome they are no matter their current financial capabilities. We believe in this place enough to know that connections will grow and deepen, and we will all realize the importance of our temple. We pray at the moments when each of us are able to be generous, we will be inspired to see to the continuity of our Jewish community.

¹“A Letter from Samson Raphael Hirsch of Frankfurt to the Honorable Liepman Philip Prins of Amster-

dam,” The Edah Journal 3:2, Elul 5763/2003.


Mazel Tov...

Hamakom Y’nachem - May God bring comfort...

...to Marilyn Mendeloff on the death of her husband, Jay Mendeloff.

...to Elaine Krasne, Alan Krasne and Dick Krasne on the death of their sister and aunt, Rita Novak.

...to Marv Abrams on the death of his brother, Charles Abrams.

...to Cynthia Bass on the death of her cousin, Sarah Pesikoff.

...to Gary Nadler and Lee Nadler on the death of their father, Irvin Nadler.

...to Stanley Nankin on the death of his son, Todd Nankin.

...to Ann Rothstein on the death of her father, Arthur Silberg.

...to family and friends on the death of Barbara Given.

…to Carl Ryan and Suzi Davidoff on the engagement of their daughter, Maura Ryan, to Yaniv

Maman on August 1.

…to Marty & Jody Klein on the engagement of their granddaughter Gabrielle Hernandez to

John Langley on August 7 in California.

…to Shelly & Carolyn Gopin on the marriage of their son, Michael, to Dawn Keim on August 16.

…to Glenna & Phillip Gaddy on the marriage of their son, Lane, to Allison Glass on August 22.

Grandmother is Jeanette Fenenbock.

...to Eddie & Susie Goldman on the engagement of their daughter, Jessica, to Justin Pretiger on

August 21. Grandmothers are Carolyn Feinberg and Estelle Goldman.

...to Tony & Julie Mullen on the engagement of their daughter, Courtnee, to David Charles

Tapp. Grandmother is Lolli Scott.

Prayer Books Available

Our Prayer Book Fund enables us to purchase and replace prayer books for our congrega-

tion. After 37 years, this will be the last year that we will be praying from the Gates of Re-

pentance. If you would like a commemorative copy of this prayer book, one will be re-

served for you following the holidays. Your $18 donation will help Temple fund the new-

est High Holy Day prayer book, Mishkan HaNefesh.


WRJ/Sisterhood

WRJ/Sisterhood’s first meeting was held on Tuesday, August 4, and we had very good attendance. We discussed the holidays and some future events. We will be having apples and honey on Erev Rosh Hashanah and also after the children’s service the next morning. Next on the agenda is “Break the Fast” after the concluding services on Yom Kippur. Sisterhood will also have Sukkot goodie bags for the children in Religious School and holiday boxes will be sent to college students away from home. Membership letters have been sent, and please join us and participate in our many ac-tivities. We are planning a membership luncheon for paid-up members. Please let me know if there is someone new to our area who might want to join. For more information, contact Wendy Axelrod, Sisterhood president at (915) 833-5779 or [email protected].

Jewish War Veterans

The JWV Post 749 participated in the Tour de Tolerance this past Sun-

day. The Tour de Tolerance is hosted by the El Paso Holocaust Museum

and Study Center. Twelve Post members set up a watering station at the

50 km point. We had great fun passing out apples, bananas, water and

Gatorade to the cyclists. We also assisted one cyclist who had a flat tire

with getting back to the starting point at Sunland Park Racetrack and Ca-

sino. For information on becoming a member and joining in the fun, see

Scott Stevens, PC, calling (915) 309-4436 or [email protected]

B’nai Shabbat - September 11 and 25, 5:30 pm

On select Friday evenings, we hold “B’nai Shabbat” (“Kids’ Shabbat”), a Shabbat experience

for young children and their families. Toys, songs, prayers, a story, and a snack are all part of our

time together. At the conclusion, all are welcome to join the rest of the congregation in Zielonka

Hall for a snack! B’nai Shabbat is geared toward children through kindergarten age, but all are

welcome. Our September services will be on Fridays, September 11 and 25 at 5:30 pm.



Upcoming Mifgashim

We have had many wonderful Mifgashim events since Rabbi Zeidman’s arrival in El Paso. A big “Thank

You” to all of our members who have hosted and/or organized these great gatherings:

Debbie Marcus, Stuart & Shari Schwartz, Stacy Berry, Emily Heydemann, Karen Herman & Randy

Goldstein, Ruth & Jeff Katz, Shelly & David Mansfield, Bita & John Mobbs, Eric Colvard, Rebecca & Alan

Krasne, Ann & Tibor Schaechner, Jane & Bob Snow, Susie & Eddie Goldman

We have several more events in the coming months. If you have not yet attended a Mifgashim, (or even

if you have!) please make plans to come to at least one of the upcoming functions:

Meet & Greet in the Mountain for Dessert Thursday, September 3, 2015 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm at 1436 Via Quijano Hosted by Susan & Mike Jaffee RSVP to 915-276-4669 or [email protected] - limited to the first 30 guests Shabbat Service & Religious School Consecration at 6:15 pm Brotherhood’s Sukkot Under the Stars Dinner at 7:15 pm Friday, October 2, 2015 Watch your mail for details Mount Sinai Baby Boomer Event: Wine Tasting & Hors d'Oeuvres Thursday, October 8, 2015 at the home of Keith & Becky Myers; watch your mail for details Family Fall Harvest Event at the LaUnion Corn Maze Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 1101 NM-28 Watch your mail for details Dessert & Havdalah with the Millenials Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 7:00 pm Watch your mail for details Meet & Greet in the Mountain for Dinner Monday, October 26, 2015 at 6:00 pm at 718-E Espada Dr Hosted by Sue Bendalin RSVP to 915-490-1738 or [email protected] - limited to the first 10 guests Hanukkah Shabbat Service & Rabbi Zeidman’s Installation 6:15 pm Sisterhood Hanukkah Dinner at 7:30 pm Friday, December 11, 2015 Watch your mail for details


Photos of Some Mifgashim Events

Millenials meet at Hope and Anchor for Happy Hour

MRJ Night at the Chihuahuas


El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center is proud to partner with The General

Pulaski Society of El Paso to host “Poland’s Heroes of the Holocaust, Featuring Jan Karski” –

a presentation of dual traveling exhibits, “They Risked Their Lives – Poles who Saved Jews

during the Holocaust” and “Jan Karski: The World Knew.” The private opening of the

exhibits will be Tuesday, September 1 at 6:00 pm, in observance of the anniversary of the

invasion of Poland by the Nazis on September 1, 1939. Consul General of the Republic of

Poland in Los Angeles, Mariusz Brymora, will officially open the exhibit and give remarks

during the private opening. Dr. Z. Anthony Kruszewski, General Pulaski Society member

and professor emeritus of Political Science at The University of Texas at El Paso will also give

remarks on the exhibit. Dr. Kruszewski was also a member of the Polish Underground

during World War II and participated in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. The exhibit will open

to the public on September 2 and will be on display through November 1.

“Poland’s Heroes of the Holocaust, Featuring Jan Karski” tells the true accounts of people

who risked their lives and the lives of their families to rescue Jewish men, women, and

children during the Holocaust. They are stories of great courage in the face of impending

persecution and the threat of lethal punishment. “They Risked Their Lives – Poles Who

Saved Jews during the Holocaust” is based on over 400 interviews conducted with Poles who

saved Jews, relating the scale and circumstances of these acts of rescue, as well as the

motivation behind them, and the fates of those involved. “The World Knew” takes a deeper

look at one such Righteous individual, Jan Karski, who took great risk to secretly enter the

Warsaw Ghetto and the Izbica transit camp to witness the persecution and extermination of

Polish Jewry. Karski took his information to Great Britain and the United States to appeal to

heads of government to act on behalf of the Jews. In conjunction with the special exhibit,

EPHM’s Book Club will also focus on the story of Karski for its September 20th Book Club

discussion. Dr. Kruszewski will lead the discussion on Story of a Secret State: My Report to the

World, written by Jan Karski.

Details:

What: Special Exhibit: “Poland’s Heroes of the Holocaust, Featuring Jan Karski”

When: Private Opening- 6:00 pm Tuesday, September 1. Public Opening- September 2

Where: El Paso Holocaust Museum, 715 N. Oregon

Information: Jamie Flores 351.0048 ext. 28 or [email protected]

El Paso Holocaust Museum




Tributes - June 11 - August 14 Campership Fund in honor of Anne Spier's Special Birthday

by Stuart & Frances Kahn

in memory of Lowell Nussbaum by Rick

& Leslie Otis

Caring Community Fund in appreciation of Marcia Dahlberg by

Debby Robalin

in honor of Curtis Spier's Special

Birthday by Stuart & Frances Kahn

in honor of Judy Leonard's Special

Birthday by Joyce Jaffee

in honor of Sara Shiloff's Special

Birthday by Sue Bendalin

in honor of Sue Bendalin's Special

Birthday by Bill & Anne Spier

in honor of the birth of Oliver Edward

Schwartz by Joyce Jaffee

in memory of Arthur Silberg by Sue

Bendalin

in memory of Jay Mendeloff by Clement

& Amy Marcus

in memory of Lowell Nussbaum by

Joyce Jaffee

in memory of Tuvia Adar by Sue

Bendalin

Cemetery Fund in memory of Arthur Silberg by Philip &

Glenna Gaddy

in memory of Jay Mendeloff by Mickey

& Susan Schwartz, David & Rose

Schecter, Sue Bendalin, Bob & Jane

Snow, Dick & Marlene Fass, Bob & Sara

Shiloff, Keith & Becky Myers, Larry &

Joyce Anenberg, Sarita Heller, Tibor &

Ann Schaechner, Norma Levenson,

Stuart & Shari Schwartz, Dick & Jean

Scherotter, Ann Marks, Shelly & Carolyn

Gopin, Phil & Ann Rothstein, Bob &

Jane Rosen, Paquita Litt, Robert & Merle

Navarro, Carolyn Feinberg, Etta Mae

Scherr, Victor & Shelley Wisner, Bud

Ramenofsky, Mark & Dori Fenenbock,

Harry & Phyllis Davis, Charles & Mary

Gaddy, Johnny & Lory Rogers, Bill &

Anne Spier, Marty & Bonnie Colton,

Irene Osborne & Elisa Given, Bill &

Marcia Dahlberg, David & Susie Novick,

Sandra Hoover, Bob & Elaine Krasne,

Sandra Young, Stuart & Frances Kahn,

Hy & Marilyn Silverstein, Barbara

Berliner, Alan & Elizabeth Abbott, David

& Ilene Steele, Dick & Toni Harris,

Steve & Marlene Golden, Deborah

Benedict, Valerie Barnett, Brenda &

Herbert Ehrlich, Leo SchusterJr., Evelyn

Goodman, Margie Melby, Patricia Lopez,

Lou & Marie Robbins

in memory of Jay Sherwin by Rene

Sherwin

in memory of Lowell Nussbaum by Sun

Travel, Joyce Ehrlich, Lou & Marie

Robbins, Ira & Irene Batt, Jerry &

Charlene Spielvogel, Arlene Ellenburg,

Stuart & Shari Schwartz, Gary & Judith

Weiser

Chevrah Kadisha Fund in appreciation of the Chevra Kadisha

committee by Roger & Trish Belbel

in memory of Sara, Joseph & Julius

Waxman by Arlene Ellenburg

Choir Fund in honor of Judy Leonard's Special

Birthday by Lee Schwartz

in honor of the birth of Oliver Edward

Schwartz by Lee Schwartz

in honor of the marriage of Haylie &

Jeffrey Schwartz by Lee Schwartz

Ethel Oppenheimer Flower Fund in honor of Sue Bendalin's Special

Birthday by Jeanne Moye

in memory of Ben Gelfand by Lou &

Marian Gelfand

in memory of Corinne Sonnen by Jon &

Arlene Sonnen

in memory of David Goodman by Evelyn

Goodman

in memory of Edith Krantz by Bob &

Elaine Krasne

in memory of Edna Mathias Krohn by

Lynn Krohn

in memory of Edward Schwartz by Bob

& Jane Snow, Stuart & Shari Schwartz

in memory of Harriet Pitluck & Morris

Gaman by Alan & Lori Gaman

in memory of Henry Kellen by Jay &

Mimi Gladstein

in memory of Herbert Lakehomer by

Arthur & Rhoberta Leeser

in memory of Irving Batkin by Mike

Batkin

in memory of J.D. Weiss by Evelyn

Goodman

in memory of Judy Lauterbach by the

Lauterbach & Robalin Families

in memory of Leonard Weingarden by

Ron & Karyn Weingarden


Jeanne Moye

in memory of Miriam Talpis by Ed &

Lory Oppenheimer

in memory of Mordechai & Malka Boski

by The Goldstein Family

in memory of Sam Levenson by Norma

Levenson

in memory of Wolf Bowman by Arnold

& Lila Bowman

Friedman/Bloom/Rothstein Outdoor

Chapel in memory of Art Silberg by Bath Group

Inc., Jim & Marian Daross, Norma

Levenson, Bob Goldfarb, Carolyn

Feinberg, Loree Furman, Bill & Anne

Spier, Merle Navarro, Barbara Ettinger,

Bob & Elaine Krasne

in memory of Lowell Nussbaum by Karl

Friedman

General Donations Fund in appreciation of Rabbi Bach by Roger

& Trish Belbel

in honor of Curtis Spier's Special

Birthday by Marty & Bonnie Colton

in honor of Estelle Goldman's Special

Birthday by Louise Rice


Birthday by Jack Heydemann, Richard &

Sheryl Lane

in honor of Phyllis Lane by Bruce Katz


Birthday by David & Rose Schecter


Birthday by David & Rose Schecter

in honor of The Bass Family by Eileen &

Richard Barrett

in honor of the marriage of Haylie &

Jeffrey Schwartz, and the birth of Oliver

Edward Schwartz by Norma Levenson

in memory of Arthur Silberg by Jack

Heydemann

in memory of Bernard Axelrod by

Wendy Axelrod

in memory of Bessie Levy by Margie

Landau

in memory of Fanny Margolis by Louise

Rice

in memory of Irvin Nadler by Bud

Ramenofsky


Tributes continued

in memory of Jay Mendeloff by Eleanor

Goodman, Bob & DeeDee Halpin, by

Gary & Esther Polland

in memory of Lillian Kopilowitz by

Blanche Brown

in memory of Lily Judah Saul by Charlie

& Mickey Saul


Stuart & Shari Schwartz

in memory of Richard Applebaum by

Sarita Heller

in memory of Sam & Anne Lutner by

Tucker, Purvin, Berry & Fruithandler

Families

in memory of Sylvia Goldman by Louise

Rice

in memory of Todd Nankin by Jim &

Marian Daross

speedy recovery to David Wolfe by Bob

& Edi Brannon

speedy recovery to Hollie Berry by Bob

& Sara Shiloff

Gus & Rosalie Zimmerman Rose

Garden speedy recovery to Mary Ellsworth by Jo

Witkoff

Jo Ann Rothbardt Petersen Healing

Resource Center in appreciation of Judy Bargman for

being such a wonderful mensch by Dick

& Jean Scherotter

in memory of Jay Mendeloff by Maxine

Bromberg, Judy Bargman

in memory of Rita Novak by Judy

Bargman

Jon Heller High Holiday Fund

Donation in memory of Marc Montes by Boris

Kaim & Fifi Heller-Kaim, Sara & Dareck

Heller, Gloria Gelfand

speedy recovery to Fifi Heller-Kaim by

Bill & Marcia Dahlberg, Jim & Marian

Daross

Krasne Discretionary Fund in honor of Ann Schaechner's Birthday

by Bob & Elaine Krasne

in honor of Anne Spier's Special Birthday

by Marty & Bonnie Colton

in honor of Bob & Elaine Krasne's

Anniversary by Tibor & Ann Schaechner,

Marty & Bonnie Colton

in honor of Stewart & Susan Forbes'

Special Anniversary by Marty & Bonnie

Colton


Birthday by Marty & Bonnie Colton

in memory of Rita Novak by Ronald

Blumenfeld & Barbara Sher, Sue

Bendalin, Shelly & Carolyn Gopin, Phil

& Ann Rothstein, Tibor & Ann

Schaechner, Larry & Joyce Anenberg,

Bill & Anne Spier, Marty & Bonnie

Colton, Irene Osborne & Elisa Given,

Bill & Marcia Dahlberg, Stuart & Shari

Schwartz, Gary & Sally Parke, Bob &

Sara Shiloff, Dick & Marlene Fass, Bob

& Jane Rosen, Loree Furman, Allen &

Marlene Levine, Brenda & Herbert

Ehrlich

speedy recovery to Lyndon Mansfield by

Bob & Jane Rosen

speedy recovery to Steve Riter by Bob &

Jane Rosen

Landscape Special Projects Fund in honor of Ann Schaechner's Birthday

by Paquita Litt

in honor of Dick Harris' Special Birthday

by Paquita Litt

in honor of Evelyn Goodman's Birthday

by Norma Levenson

in honor of Janice Crossland's Birthday

by Sarita Heller

in memory of Bella Harris by Dick &

Toni Harris

Prayer Book Fund in memory of Arthur Silberg by Bill &

Marcia Dahlberg

Rabbi Zeidman's Discretionary Fund in appreciation of Rabbi Zeidman by

Boris Kaim & Fifi Heller-Kaim, Marty &

Jody Klein


Birthday by Bernie Lauterbach, Bob &

Edi Brannon, Mike & Debby Robalin,

Barbara Ettinger, Tibor & Ann

Schaechner

in honor of Micah Leonard's Graduation

from College by Mildred Marcus


Birthday by Dick & Marlene Fass

in honor of Stuart & Shari Schwartz's

new grandchild, Oliver by Jack

Heydemann

in memory of Charles Abrams by Bob &

Jane Rosen

in memory of Irvin Nadler by Bob &

Jane Rosen

in memory of Jay Mendeloff by Jack

Heydemann

Welcome to Rabbi Ben, Katie and Oliver

Zeidman by Bob & Jane Rosen, Bob &

Sara Shiloff, Rochelle Saks, Bill & Anne

Spier, Rick Novick, Jack Heydemann,

Bob & Edi Brannon

Ruth Kahn/Andrew Kahn Rose

Garden in honor of Barry Dorman's Special

Birthday by Stuart & Frances Kahn

in honor of Leslie Dorfman's Birthday by

Stuart & Frances Kahn

Shabbatons Fund in appreciation of Rabbi Bach by The

Scherr Family

SKIP Donation in appreciation of Jack Heydemann by

Boris Kaim & Fifi Heller-Kaim

in memory of Irvin Nadler by Larry &

Joyce Anenberg

Special Oneg or Kiddush in honor of the marriage of Haylie &

Jeffrey Schwartz and the birth of Oliver

Edward Schwartz by Stuart & Shari

Schwartz

in memory of Antonio Arbona Bennezar

by Jaime Arbona

in memory of Charlotte Krasne

Ramenofsky by Bud Ramenofsky,

Marcia & Bill Dahlberg

in memory of Edmund Given by Marty &

Bonnie Colton

in memory of Esther Goldman by Estelle

Goldman

in memory of Frankie Salazar by Olga

Rosen

in memory of Irving Batkin by Mike

Batkin

in memory of Norman Feldman by Ann,

Garry & Cheryl Feldman

in memory of Penny Corn by Marc &

Tara Siegel


Tributes (continued)

September 4-5, 2015

Eduardo Assael

Seymour David Bendalin

Jack A. Bernard

Maurice Don Blaugrund

Paul I. Borschow

Lorrayne Dargan

Esther L. Given

L. H. Goldstein

Harry Herskowitz

Edmund H. Krohn

Benjamin Langer

Harold Laskin

Arthur Lawrence

Sydney Levenson

Bertha Golden Marcus

Herman "Buddy" Marcus

Morris Marcus

Lauren Marlowe

Sally Mendes

Helen Migdal

Henry S. Oppenheim

Harry Samuels

Jean Lapowski Schecter

Rivian Fayman Shain

Leon Shydlower

Etta Zimmerman Solnick

Joseph Mayer Strelitz

John Stroud

Sue Ann Weinstein

Joseph Ellery Zepel-Lanier

September 11-12

Louis Baskind

Barbara Feinberg Beckoff

Sol Berg

Maud Brown Berger

Johanna Blumenthal

Elsa Malkin Brenner

Robert Brown

Carlos Cortes

Debra Koortz DeRosa

Lionel Brian Feiner

Irving Forbes

Edith Frankel

Pauline Goldman

Archie Goodman

Sallie Gulbas

Mary Heins

Abraham S. Kahn

Ida P. Kahn

Jake Katz

Robert Krakauer

Frieda Mathias

Frieda Jacobs Morse

Shirley Rose Pinchick

Ceclia Goldberg Proctor

Sarah Purvin

Stanley Rivin

Frieda L. Roberts

Mickey B. Rose

Netta Sandler

Frieda Simon

Kenneth Simon

Sidney Simon

Steven Alan Spitz

September 18-19

Max Blumenthal

Sidney Borschow

Mildred Brenner

Marie Broghamer

Charlotte Brown

Vernon Carvajal

Frieda Eisen

Eugene B. Fatman

Millie Feldberg

Lillian Finke

Sidney Gage

Richard Given

Ruth Gray

Bob Griffing

Ozilas Kaim

Regina Kellen

Iidiya Kosheleva

Ephraim Krupp

M. Bernhard Krupp

June Lieberman

Bernard Lipstet

Herman Markowitz

Harold Medoff

Jacob Oppenheim

Larry Oppenheimer

Grace Raileanu

Richard Robinson

Oscar Rybak

Margie Sagor

Regina Sanders

Paul Lisle Schieman

Bernard Schoichet

Harriet Rae Simon

Mordecai I. Soloff

Herbert Trackmann

Daniel Washer

Hedwig Wertheim

Isaac Wertheim

Lottie Wertheim

Anne Zaltz

September 25-26

Miriam Beck

Julian Bernat

Minnette Blecker

Hyman Blumberg

Barney Borenstein

Sarah Borschow

Sam Charles

Joseph Cohen

Betty Donovan

Fannie Atkin Franklin

Hattie Freudenstein

Joe S. Galatzan

Beatrice Rebecca Gottlieb

Jerry Harris

Solomon E. Harrison

Irving Heller

Fred Kahn

Sylvian G. Kayser

Goldie Koortz

Abe L. Kornfeld

Sylvia Kozak

Emily Louise Lapowski

Nathan H. Leibson

Betty Levy

Theodore Levy

Dorothy Lubbert

Anna Main

Rose Greenberg Moore

Mahin Nazarian

Jacob Oppenheim

Sara Pearl

Ruth L. Robinson

Dora Rosen

Shirlee Scharf

Henry Schlusselberg

Edgar L. Schnadig, Jr.

Billie Sherman

Sarah Silverman

Clara Stone

Evelyn Wieland Smith

October 2-3

Luisa Adar

Evelyn Bellman

Ruth Cohen

Joseph Davidson

Harry Feurberg

Sylvia Gershowitz

Jeannette Lavis

Alfred Levin

Julia Picard

Sophie Press

Rebecca Merkin Rosenberg

Jennie Roth

Celia Schechter

Barbara Schieman

Ruth Jean Schnadig

Samuel I. Schwartz

Henry Valdez

Charlotte Weiss

Ignatz Weiss

Yahrtzeits - September

in memory of Thama Lee Friedman by

Bob & Elaine Krasne


Wayne & Liz Katz

in memory of Mordechai and Malka

Boski by Peter & Tova Herman

in memory of Morris Bilsky by Estelle

Goldman

in memory of William Wilkinson by

Thomas Given

in memory of Wolf Bowman by Arnold

& Lila Bowman

in memory of Yakov Kreinovich by

Vladik Kreinovich & Olga Kosheleva

in memory of Yvonne Schuller by

Marvin Rubin

Syd & Rona Dictor Music Fund in memory of Charles Abrams by Bill &

Anne Spier, Marty & Bonnie Colton

Tree Of Life Leaf Donation in honor of Arthur & Rhoberta Leeser's

65th Anniversary by The Leeser Children

& Grandchildren

Zork Memorial Library Fund speedy recovery to Paquita Litt by Sue

Bendalin

(Continued from page 15)


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Staff

Rabbi .................................................................... Ben Zeidman

Administrator ......................................................... Sally Parke

Religious School Director .......................................... Grace Bir

Youth Advisor ........................................................ Stacy Berry

Office Assistant ....................................................... Elisa Given

Music Director ................................................... Carlos Gámez

Building Manager ....................................... Frank Hernandez

Housekeeping ................................................. Ramona Pinales

Accompanist ..................................................... Linda McClain

Officers

President ................................................................. Lori Gaman

President Elect .............................................. Jack Heydemann

Vice President ....................................................... Bill Carvajal

Vice President .............................................. Deborah Hamlyn

Vice President .................................................... David Novick

Vice President ................................................... Mitch Puschett

Secretary ............................................................... Scott Stevens

Immediate Past President .......................... Tommy Goldfarb

Trustees

Cynthia Bass, Stephanie Calvo, Eric Colvard,

Karen Herman, Leba Hirsch, Vladik Kreinovich,

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