ADDER PUBLISHED MONTHLY SEPTEMBER TO JUNE T E SEPTEMBER 2013 L RABBINIC SEARCH UPDATE PAGE 5 SUKKOT AND SIMCHAT TORAH BACK COVER NEW FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICE TIME PAGE 2 HIGH HOLY DAYS DAYS OF AWE BACK TO SHUL BBQ BLAST WELCOME BACK! SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 at 3:00 PM Page 12 ROSH HASHANAH EVENING Wednesday, September 4 ROSH HASHANAH DAY Thursday, September 5 ROSH HASHANAH DAY 2 Friday, September 6 YOM KIPPUR EVENING Friday, September 13 YOM KIPPUR DAY Saturday, September 14 High Holy Day Schedule, Page 7 SHANAH TOVAH U’METUKAH! HAPPY NEW YEAR 5774
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ADDERPUBLISHED MONTHLY SEPTEMBER TO JUNE
T ESEPTEMBER 2013 L
RABBINIC SEARCH UPDATE PAGE 5
SUKKOT AND SIMCHAT TORAH BACK COVER
NEW FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICE TIME PAGE 2
HIGH HOLY DAYSDAYS OF AWE
BACK TO SHUL BBQ BLASTWELCOME BACK!SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 at 3:00 PMPage 12
$12 per person $40/familyChildren under 5 free with paying adult.
Bring your own bottle of wine! (No corkage fee!)
RSVP on our website or contact the temple office at 914.238.3928
x1320.
Mail your check for dinner to Temple Beth El.
A Proud Member of the URJ
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IN THIS ISSUE FEATURES PAGEActivities 12-13Beginning Years 7Birthdays 15B’nei Mitzvah 14Cantor Trompeter 3Facility Rentals 22Gifts 16-17High Holy Days 8Joys and Sorrows 14-19Lisa Davis, Temple President 5Rabbi Fuchs 3Rabbi Mitelman 4Rabbi Linzer 6Religious School 6 Shabbat Service Times 2Temple Information 23Tikkun Olam 10-11Yahrzeits 15
BACK COVERSukkot and Simchat Torah
SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTSDATE PAGE4 Rosh HaShanah Evening 85 Rosh HaShanah 86 Family Shabbat Worship Service 2 13 Yom Kippur Evening 814 Yom Kippur 818 Knitzvah Corps 1118 Sukkot-Tot Service Back Sukkah Decorating Party/Picnic Back Family Service19 Sukkot Morning Service Back19 Pre-school Sukkah Hop Back 25 Simchat Torah Evening Back Worship Service w/Consecration26 Lunch N’ Learn 1226 Simchat Torah Morning Service Back with Yizkor
HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICESPAGE 8
RABBI ALAN D. FUCHS
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I am writing this message in mid-August, when the weather is either brutally hot or humid and raining. That seems to be the pattern in which we find ourselves. What we learn is that there is absolutely nothing we can do to change it.
That truth applies to much of life, but not to all of it. The longer we live the more we realize that change is inevitable. Just as we know the weather will turn from summer to autumn to winter, we also know that nothing lasts forever. The leaves will turn color and fall from the trees. The snow will appear on the ground and then melt as spring approaches. The heat of summer will return.
Change, too, is happening at Temple Beth El. It is good and it is exciting. Beginning Years is experiencing a rebirth to the point that it is bursting at the seams. The Religious School will have some new faculty, a wonderful, new curriculum, new programs for all grades, and an innovative and substantive post-bnei mitzvah experience – all of this under the direction of our new rabbi-educator, Maura Linzer.
Our new cantor, Star Trompeter, is bringing energy, congregational participation, and beautiful music to our religious services. Committees are hard at work and the lay leadership is very much engaged in planning for the future of the congregation.
In the short six weeks that I have been here I have met with many families in different circumstances. Most of them are planning and studying for their bar or bat mitzvah ceremonies. I have had some wonderful personal moments with these families and with the students. I look forward to meeting many more of you and getting to know the young people in our school.
With the anticipation that I will see you during the High Holy Days, I wish all of you a sweet and healthy New Year. May it be a year of renewal for us all.
Change
The Jew-Be-Glee Club will participate in Shabbat Family services as well as various venues through-out out Westchester. I will be dividing the group into three levels - grades 2-4, grades 5-6, and grades 7-12 — catering musical selections to appropriately fit each level.
Level One: Grades 2-4 will meet directly after Reli-gious School on Sundays at 11:00-11:30 AM begin-ning Sunday, September 15.
Level Two: Grades 5-6 will meet on Mondays and Thursdays before Religious School at 3:15–3:45 PM beginning Monday, September 16 . Students have the option of coming Monday or Thursday if both days are not possible.
Level Three: Grades 7-12 will meet on Mondays before Religious School at 5:45-6:15 PM beginning Monday, September 16.
New Adult Choir, Page 13
I am thrilled to be serving as your new Cantor, and I know that we have an exciting future ahead here at Temple Beth El. Speaking of the not-so-distant future, I wanted to share with you upcoming mu-sical opportunities which will
begin following the High Holy Days. While serving congregations in Columbus, OH, and Roanoke, VA, I developed an exciting musical group for grades two through twelve called Jew-Be-Glee. I am delighted to bring my ideas and experience to Temple Beth El. This new, innovative co-ed singing club allows your child to experience Jewish music in both a fun and educational setting. The music will include “hip” Jewish songs, as well as the incorporation of pop-ular, Top 40 songs containing important and rele-vant values found in Judaism. Under my direction, the students will contribute to song selection and themes, and they will also have an opportunity to write their own lyrics and music.
CANTOR STAR A. TROMPETER
Exciting Musical Opportunities for all Ages!
RABBI GEOFFREY A. MITELMAN
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I’ve been a die-hard Yan-kees fan ever since I was eight years old, when my dad took me to my first game right after Hebrew school one Sunday morn-ing. I grew up in the mid-80′s and early 90′s, back when the Yankees had luminaries such as Mike
Pagliarulo, Wayne Tolleson, and Eric Plunk, and when they were closer to last place than to first.
As I grew older and they started winning, I natu-rally loved the Yankees who had come up through the farm system, like Bernie Williams, Derek Jeter, and Mariano Rivera. But I also was excited about the players the Yankees brought in — people like Paul O’Neill, Mike Mussina, and even Roger Cle-mens. After all, they were great players who were coming to play on my favorite team.
So in 2004, when Alex Rodriguez signed with the Yankees, I was ecstatic. Yes, I had known about his tiff with Derek Jeter, and yes, I had heard he was difficult in the clubhouse, but he was the best player of his generation, and I wanted to root for him. Unfortunately, he made it difficult to do so.
A-Rod has always created a media circus wherever he went, and these latest allegations (and potential suspension) for using PEDs and obstructing Major League Baseball’s investigation are, unfortunately, not all that surprising to me (or anyone else who follows baseball). But so much of what has been written about this Biogenesis scandal has been oversimplified to “A-Rod is a rich, selfish bum who cheated and so he should be kicked out.”
I think the situation is more complicated than that because we have to remember that A-Rod’s actions didn’t occur in a vacuum.
Jim Caple of ESPN recently wrote an insightful piece entitled “Understanding A-Rod’s Infractions,” and he reminds us that steroid use — and indeed, cheating in general — is rarely done out of mali-cious intent:
Athletes don’t dope because they are bad, evil people. They dope because there is a very strong incentive to do so.
Consider this…scenario: You can take a substance that might carry a slight risk to your health…but that could also make you a better player. If youtake it, you might help earn yourself millions upon millions of dollars and the acclaim of fans. Your friends and teammates also will benefit from your improved performance. And you know many others in your profession are already doing so. In fact, there is a decent chance you’ll need to take it to offset the advantage opponents have gained over you by taking the same thing.
Do you take it? If you are even tempted to say yes, you shouldn’t be so venomous in your judgments of Alex Rodriguez.
Yes, A-Rod deserves to be punished. And yes, we should try to rid the game of PED use. But while we’re casting judgments on A-Rod and Braun and the others implicated in the Biogenesis scandal and past steroid stories, we might want to consider casting that same harsh judgment on previous generations of players.
And on ourselves.Obviously, A-Rod has issues, and there is no excuse for his behavior. But the larger issue for us to re-flect on is our own views on cheating, morality, and ethics.One of the great moral voices of the 20th century, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, reminds us that “in a free society, few are guilty, but all are responsible.” In other words, while Rodriguez is the person who has to own up to his actions, we are all complicit in creating a system that encouraged it.
Indeed, social norms can easily trump even the strongest internal moral compass. Dan Ariely, author of the book The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, has done research that shows that people tend to cheat when society views their actions as “normal” and “ac-ceptable.” As he says, “In many areas of life, we look to others to learn what behaviors are appropriate and inappropriate. Dishonesty may very well be one of the cases where the social norms that define accept-able behavior are not very clear, and the behavior of others…can shape our ideas about what’s right and wrong.” (Ariely, 201)
This is a particularly powerful message for us as we prepare for the High Holy Days, and think about how we have acted in this past year. While we do reflect
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A-Rod May Be Guilty, But We All Are Responsible
LISA P. DAVIS, PRESIDENT
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(Rabbi Mitelman, continued from page 4)
on the particular actions that we want to atone for, most of the prayers that we say are in the plural — “We have sinned, we have transgressed.”
In other words, we atone not only for our individual mistakes, but for the ways we have allowed (or even encouraged) immoral behavior to flourish. And so whether or not we ourselves have lied, cheated orused PED’s, we all have played a part in shaping the social norms that will define “ethical behavior,” which then provides the model for how others will behave.
So yes, A-Rod will have to answer for his own actions. But we all helped create the system that incentivized steroids.
We will soon find out if A-Rod is guilty. But regard-less of the outcome, we all are responsible for cre-ating the society we live in. And it’s the task of all of us to ensure it’s a moral one.
The summer is whizzing by, and, somehow, the High Holy Days are just around the corner. This summer many congregants opened their homes for coffees to meet and greet our new cler-gy members. If you didn’t
meet them this summer, there will be many more opportunities in the fall. I know they are eager to greet you during the High Holy Days. There is much excite-ment in the air as we work together as a leadership team to plan for the new year, and I’m certain you will be pleased. If you’ve already read the articles written by our clergy for this issue of The Ladder, you have a taste for what we have to look forward to this year.
This summer. we invited you to attend six Commu-nity Conversations Sessions of different cohorts so that we could hear your views on Judaism, temple membership, Temple Beth El, and our senior rabbi search. An electronic survey to the entire congrega-tion will be distributed in early September, and we encourage you to share your thoughts. We need and want your input to help us plan for our future. An overview of your input and suggestions will be shared this fall.
Note to the CongregationAt this time, we are pleased to announce the mem-bers of the Senior Rabbi Search Committee.
Co-chairs: Richard Albert, Executive Vice PresidentStephen Adler, Past President
David AbramsHarry P. CohenCheryl EhrlichMike GrunebaumLeslie HindersteinMichael LevineGloria MeiselKathy RaichtAmy Robin
The search committee has had an organizational meeting and will be very busy throughout the fall. I encourage you to reach out to committee members to share your aspirations for the new rabbi and our congregation. While much of the committee’s work will need to be confidential to protect the needs of applicants and their congregations, we will keep you informed via The Ladder, temple website, and targeted e-mails as appropriate.
David RuzowLisa ShaikinKaren SilverNoah SorkinForrest SussmanJustin ThalerAlonna TravinRick Zenker
SEPTEMBERRELIGIOUS SCHOOLHIGHLIGHTS
FIRST DAYS9 5th and 6th Grades with Parent Information10 Tuesday 3rd Grade with Parent Session 4th Grade, Students Only15 K-2, Sunday 3rd Grade 16 7-12th Grades_____________________________________PARENTS/FAMILY15 K-4 Parent Information Session16 7th Grade Parent Information Session16 8th & 9th Parent Information Session 22 K-2 Family Education Day
See our website for the completeReligious School calendar.
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MAURA H. LINZER, RABBI-EDUCATOR/RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
On Rosh Hashanah we will exchange greetings, wishing one another a shanah tovah, a happy new year, with-out most of us realizing the multiple meanings the He-brew word shanah. In order to understand the multiple meanings contained with-in one word, it is necessary to understand that Hebrew
words are built on shoreshim, shared roots, usually composed of three letters. Every Hebrew word that is built on the same root is a member of the same word family and therefore has a shared meaning. For example, the word baruch, meaning blessed or praise, is built on the Hebrew root Bet, Resh, Chaf. Another word built upon the same root and there-fore in the same word family, berech, meaning knee, therefore must be related. The connection between these two words is that often we bend our knees to praise God; hence, the shared roots between these two seemingly unrelated words—knee and praise. Returning to the word shanah, meaning year, it is built on the root Shin, Nun, Hay, so we must also consider the connection to another Hebrew word with a shared root—Le-shanot, meaning to change. Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins points out that when we wish someone a shanah tovah, a good year, we arealso wishing them a year of positive changes.
For our Temple Beth El community, this new year will be a year of transitions, changes, and new be-ginnings. Our Religious School will also see many innovative changes, including a new Hebrew curric-ulum for grades three through five, the creation and implementation of a discipline policy, an exciting eighth and ninth grade program, and many new post-bnei mitzvah programs. In addition, we welcome Joni Gehebe-Kellogg as our Youth Coordinator and Toba Strauss as our Rabbinic-Education Intern from Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion. It promises to be a fresh, exciting year of new energy and possibilities for our children’s education. Wish-ing you all, shanah tovah, a good year of positive changes for our community!
Shanah Tovah to Everyone!
WELCOME!RABBINIC EDUCATIONINTERN -TOBA STRAUSS
Having completed three years of Rabbinical School at HUC-JIR,
Toba is taking a break from her rabbinical studies to earn a Masters in Religious Education and is joining our community this year, working primarily with our 8th and 9th Graders!
Shalom! My name is Joni Gehebe Kellogg and I am the new Youth Coordinator! I am so excited to begin this journey with all of you. I have been a teacher at this temple for eight years, and have watched you all grow into wonderful leaders in our temple community. There will be a lot of new and exciting events planned this year. Please join our BESTY facebook page, and look out for a BESTY instagram and twitter account. We will be having our first youth group meeting on Monday September 16 at 5:45 PM in the youth lounge. If you have any questions, comments, or con-cerns please do not hesitate to e-mail me at [email protected]. I know that we are going to have an amazing year with fantastic and sensational programs!
RAYNA ALPERSTEIN, DIRECTOR BEGINNING YEARS ECC
SEPTEMBER
9Child visits with parent/caregiver
10Threes and FoursSchool begins 9:00 AM – Noon
23Enrichments and Pre-K begins
24 Curriculum Night/Back To Schoolfor Parents 7:00 PM
10 Twos begin, schedule to be mailedby individual teachers
DOING GOOD WHILE HAVING FUN!
SPARKLE FOR A CAUSETUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 6:00 PM
Crabtree Kittle House11 Kittle Road, Chappaqua
Join us for cocktails and small plates!Each year Crabtree Kittle House
generously donates at least 30% of the proceeds from these “sparkle” eve-
nings to local non-profits. This is part of their memorial to Amy Crabtree.Mark your calendars and call the
Kittle House at 914.666.8044 and make a reservation to support your
early childhood program.
Have a drink and some small plates with friends and neighbors.
As we begin a new school year, we welcome the children and families to new adventures, new friends and new celebrations of Jewish Life. Ilana Ruskay-Kidd, former ECC Director of the JCC on the Upper West Side writes eloquently about the wondrous joys of being in community with children. She comments that children ask the hard questions without fear – why do people die? what does God look like? How does that work? It is important that we adults take care not to quash these musings, they need to be creative, imagina-tive, and not supplanted with our own rationality. Through discovery and natural development, chil-dren’s perspective shifts and becomes constrained by societal boundaries. We do not have to do it for them. We do not have to have all the answers; we can say, “What do you think about that?” and encourage the thinking and problem solving so important for cognitive development. Emily Dick-inson writes “I dwell in possibility” and so do the children. Let us all dwell in the possibilities this new year.
‘Baruch atah b’voeacha, baruch atah b’tsetecha’ – ‘Blessed may you be in your coming in and bless-ed may you be in your going out’.
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The Jewish tradition tells us that God appears when there are endings and begin-nings: deaths, births, Shab-bat begins and then departs, the High Holy Days appear and then depart. The fall is a time of endings and begin-nings – the summer adven-tures are ending and school is beginning. It is a time of
transition for everyone. For me, this time is always the new year. When I was a very little girl, it always made sense that we celebrated the birthday of the world at around the same time that school began – happy new year was just the thing. My wishes for you this new year:
To the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness. Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial. That luminous part of you that exists beyond personality – your soul, if you will, is as bright and shining as any that has ever been. Bright as Shakespeare’s, bright as Gandhi’s, bright as Mother Theresa’s. Clear away everything that keeps you separate from this secret luminous place. Believe it exists, come to know it better, nurture it, share its fruits tirelessly.”
Beginnings
HIGH HOLY DAYS
PARKING Parking will be at Bell Middle School. Only those with park-ing passes will be permitted to park in the temple parking lot.
USHERSUshers are needed for all of the High Holy Day ser-vices. This is a great way to get involved at the tem-ple and start the New Year off with a mitzvah.If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Don Safferstein at [email protected].
DAYS OF AWE 5774SCHEDULE OF WORSHIP SERVICES
SELICHOT SERVICE zekilqSaturday, August 3110:00 PM Service in Sanctuary
ROSH HASHANAH dpyd yexROSH HASHANAH EVENINGWednesday, September 4, 8:00 PMSanctuary with choir
ROSH HASHANAH DAYThursday, September 59:00 AM Sanctuary with choir11:30 AM Alternative Service in Social Hall for Elementary School Children and Families11:30 AM Sanctuary with Choir2:00 PM Young Children’s Family Service for Pre-readers and Families3:15 PM Tashlich Service at Gedney Park
ROSH HASHANAH 2nd DAYFriday, September 610:30 AM Lay-led Service in Sanctuary
YOM KIPPUR xetiw mei YOM KIPPUR EVENINGFriday, September 135:30 PM Sanctuary with choir8:00 PM Sanctuary with choir
YOM KIPPUR DAYSaturday, September 149:00 AM Sanctuary with choir11:30 AM Alternative Service in Social Hall for Elementary School Children and Families11:30 AM Sanctuary with choir2:00 PM Discussion Period in Sanctuary2:00 PM Young Children’s Family Service in
Social Hall for Pre-readers and Families3:00PM Afternoon Service (Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Norman Cohen) Yizkor & Concluding Service in Sanctuary with choir5:00 PM Yizkor Service in Social Hall without choir
See Sukkot and Simchat Torah on Back Cover.
ROSH HASHANAHSEPTEMBER 4 & 5
YOM KIPPURSEPTEMBER 13 & 14
HIGH HOLY DAY CATERING ABEL’S CATERERS
Temple Beth El is pleased once again to offerholiday catering, conveniently delivered to the temple.
Please make your final selections on theorder form on the opposite page and submit by August 28!
Pickup will be on Wednesday, September 4, 9-10 AM!
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WJCS HAVORAH HOSTS SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
All are welcome and admission is free. The schedule is as follows:• Rosh Hashanah Service on Tuesday, Septem-ber 3, 2013 at 7:00 PM at Temple Shaaray Tefila, 89 Baldwin Road, Bedford Corners, NY. There will be music and refreshments. • Yom Kippur Service on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 7:00 – 8:00 PM at Temple Beth Abraham, 25 Leroy Avenue, Tarrytown, NY. There will be music and refreshments.• Sukkot Celebration on Monday, September 23, 2013 at 7:00 PM at Congregation Sons of Israel, 1666 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY. There will be music, arts and crafts, as well as refreshments.
For more information, contact Gail Oliver at 845-565-8610 or [email protected]. RSVP: Carol Williams, 914-761-0600 x 107 or [email protected].
ORDER BY AUG. 28 at Noon - PICK UP ON SEPT. 4, 9-10:00 AM
(ORDER DEADLINE: AUGUST 28)9
PICK UP SEPT. 4, 9-10AM
TIKKUN OLAM
HIGH HOLY DAY FOOD DRIVE
Each year during the High Holy Days, our congrega-tion generously donates food to a Westchester-based organization, serving individuals in need. This year, all food collected will be donated to the Pleasantville Interfaith Food Pantry. The Pantry serves individu-als from local communities who are the truly needy: elderly singles who can’t pay Westchester rents; dis-abled men and women with little disability insurance with families to feed; mentally impaired individuals; mothers and children fleeing from abusive situations; families in which parents were “temporarily” laid off who have now used up what little savings they had … people who have fallen through the cracks. In addi-tion the Pleasantville Pantry donates any overflow to other pantries which are in need of donations. These include the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal in the Bronx, and the Hillside Food Outreach in Thornwood, which serves 1,800 people throughout Westchester.
Due to your generosity, the Pantry is overstocked with the following: beans, canned tomatoes, canned vegetables (except corn & spinach).
The Pantry cannot accept expired foods.
Please fill your bags with any of the following foods and return to TBE on Yom Kippur.
Canned tuna, salmon, sardinesRamenChicken BrothMacaroni and cheeseHamburger HelperCanned FruitChiliNutsRiceGoya products (no beans)Peanut Butter and JellyParmelat/Instant MilkTea (reg. and decaf)Canned soup (reg. and low sodium)Cup-o-noodlesCanned chicken and turkey breastCanned corn and spinachChef Boy-Ar-DeeBeef stewCrackersGranola Bars and other healthy snacksSpaghetti sauce (reg. and low sodium)Cereal and oatmealPastaInstant coffee (reg. and decaf)Juice (shelf stable)
TIKKUN OLAM COUNCILHIGH HOLY DAY SOCIAL JUSTICE APPEAL
Habitat for HumanityHelp build a home for a family in need in West-chester County. Lend a hand in building affordable homes for Westchester families who otherwise could not afford a home.
Must be 12 years of age or older. No building experi-ence required! Northern Westchester Food Festival — We Feed The HungrySunday, November 34:30 - 6:00 PMJoin us as the entire Northern Westchester commu-nity comes together to taste Pre-Thanksgiving meal samples from Northern Westchester restaurants and food purveyors.
Proceeds go to Mazon, a non-profit organization which feeds the hungry of all faiths. Open to every-one in the community— all ages.
Tour d’Shul Sunday, October 13In the spirit of Tikkun Olam, the Northern West-chester temples are planning to launch the first ever Tour d’Shuls biking event, bringing us together in a fun and healthy way and ride for tzedakah.
This will be a family-oriented event that is intended to ready people for a larger event in the spring. The route is not yet determined, but it will possibly be on the Trailway.
If you have suggestions about this and/or would like to help organize the event, please contact Dick Gold-smith at [email protected] or 914-238-3360.
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THE OPPORTUNITY SHOP
Owned and operated by the TBE Sisterhood for over 50 years, the shop has helped us to continue the tradition of giving to the temple. Over the years we’ve outfitted and stocked the kitchen and furnished studies for the Cantor and Assistant Rabbi. Sister-hood members beautified the Sanctuary with needle point artwork, carpeting and new seating and paid for the sound system for the hearing impaired. The list goes on. In keeping with the tradition started by our founders 50 years ago, Op Shop funds have support-ed Sisterhood’s gift to the Capital Campaign: to date we have donated $180,000!
The Op Shop is located across from Rite Aid at 61 North Greeley Ave; 238-4420. We’re always looking for volunteers to help at the Shop, or consider supporting the Op Shop by donating or consigning gently used clothing, all household goods, linens, bric-a-brac, kitchen items, small chairs, small tables, lamps, com-forters, etc. Donations are accepted daily from 10 AM to 4 PM; consignments from 10 AM to noon.
The Knitzvah Corps meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 10:30 AM and the third Wednesday evening at 7:30 PM at the temple; it does not meet in July and August. We find easy projects such as ear warmers, scarves, lap blankets, prayer shawls, etc. Everyone is welcome, regardless of knitting or crocheting ability. Come sit, socialize and help solve the world’s problems! All skill levels welcome!
While we’re looking for new projects, we’re continuing to work on afghans for African orphans with AIDS, lap blankets and scarves for homeless day laborers that stay at the temple We are always open to suggestions and our projects are easy and fun to do! We also are happy to tutor beginners! You can always bring your personal knitting for “show and tell,” advice from our expert knitters, etc.
Questions? Contact Hillary Kent [email protected] or call 914.238.9793.
NEXT DATE:SEPTEMBER 18 at 7:30 PM_____________________________________
TBE CARING COMMUNITYCOMMITTEE
Our congregants have volunteered to drive to a doctor’s appointment or temple services, prepare a meal of consolation or family meal during the shiva period or an extended illness, pay a friendly visit or help fellow congregants in any way possible.
The TBE Caring Community Committee is there for you. Please be sure to call us if you know of someone in need of our services.
Can you spare a few hours to help a congre-gant in need? It’s a great way to support your temple community. To volunteer, please fill out the form on page 18 and send it to the temple.
Please call Penny Hamlet at 666-2826 if we can be of service to you or someone you know.
TIKKUN OLAM
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ACTIVITIES
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BACK-TO-SHUL BBQSUNDAYSEPTEMBER 83:00 PM
Join your friends and com-munity members in the TBE courtyard for an afternoon of seeing old friends and making new ones!
Food, fun, bouncy castle, popcorn!
Meet with temple leaders and find out all about our exciting programming! Interested in helping prepare for this eventor helping on the day? Please contact Lisa Hamroff at 747-3361 or [email protected].
Questions? Contact Lisa [email protected]__________________________________________
MAH JONGGEVERY WEDNESDAY at 9:30 AM
All are welcome! Come to gab, play, or just relax with a cup of coffee! Join the ladies of TBE at mah jongg! Don’t be shy!
Questions? Contact Myra Borchard at [email protected]._____________________________________________ JEWISH MINDFUL MEDITATIONEVERY FRIDAY at 9:30 AM
Please join us for a morning of wonderful, relaxing, and spiritual reflection with Ruth Rosenblum. Wear comfortable clothes! Free!
RSVP to Maxine Olson at [email protected]._____________________________________________
LUNCH N’ LEARNTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 at Noonat Temple Shaaray Tefila“THE LOST SYNAGOGUES OF MANHATTAN” with featured speaker, Ellen Levitt
For program information or directions, please call Temple Shaaray Tefila at 914.666.3133. Your check is your reservation. Firm cut-off 9/19. No walk-ins.
JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL AUTHOR
MEG AKABASOctober 69:15-10:45 AM52 Weeks of ParentingWisdom
How we parent matters, and we can all be better parents by working at it step by step. Informed by Jewish values, Meg Akabas builds on this philosophy, providing easy-to-implement strategies in once-a-week chapters that you can read in just a few minutes. Each chapter provides a salient piece of advice on one specific topic such as: respect, self-control, coopera-tion, and sibling relations. Rather than overwhelm with psychological studies and theories, this book shows busy parents how to make attainable and effective changes in their parenting that will help them raise children who are committed, responsible, and valuable members of their family and the larger Jewish community. Written for parents of young children (birth to age 10), 52 Weeks of Par-enting Wisdom offers real guidance you can use with your children today.
COMING UPLawrence MalkinThe War WithinIsrael’s Ultra-Orthodox Threat to Democracyand the NationJanuary 26 at 9:15 - 10:45 AM
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ACTIVITIES
HAVE A CHILD AWAY AT SCHOOL?
Our temple family keeps in touch with students who are away at school. The college committee sends the temple’s newsletter, as well as special greetings and holiday packages throughout the year. This year, we will also be inviting students to make some latkes at the temple on Friday, November 29. Additionally, the clergy look for-ward to seeing your student at a dinner hosted in May! If you have not yet responded to our email, please do so ASAP. The College Committee needs the following in-formation for ALL students even if your address has not changed since last year. Your student can only be included if we hear from you!
Information Needed:
Student nameMailing address at schoolPhone number E-mail address
Will student be awayeither fall or spring semester?
Parents name(s) and phone number(s) Questions? Contact Cindy Rosen at [email protected].
The College Committee provides these packages to children of temple members at no additional cost. If you would like to make a donation in your child’s honor and help support the project please go to: http://www.bethelnw.org/Keep-In-Touch;or send a note with your donation to TBE.
TBE College Committee,Cindy RosenBeth Besen
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SAVE THESEOCTOBER DATES!
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SHA-BARK IN THE PARKSATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
Gedney Park 6:30 - 8:30 PMEnd Shabbat in the park with both your two
and your four-legged friends!
TZAHAL SHALOMFRIDAY, OCTOBER 18
Hear stories directly from officers of the IDFat our Friday Night Worship Service!
ADULT NIGHT OUTSATURDAY, OCTOBER 19
Join fellow members for a fun night out at the temple!Please email Lisa Hamroff at [email protected] if
you would like to volunteer to help.
MEDITATION RETREATSUNDAY, OCTOBER 20
Interested in a day of chanting and meditation? Contact Leslie Hinderstein at 914.715.9067.
CALLING ALL ADULTS...NEW ADULT VOLUNTEER CHOIR!
The youth are not the only ones who have the op-portunity to get involved with music! A new Adult Volunteer Choir will be forming soon. If you love to sing, whether with a group of friends or in the car along with your radio, then this choir is for you! The choir will participate in Shabbat services as well as other special events throughout the year. Stay tuned for more information.
No previous vocal or choral training is required for ANY of these musical groups. The only requirements are a love of music and an open mind!
If you have any questions, or simply want to chat and introduce yourself, Cantor Trompeter would love to hear from you. New musical opportunities are brewing, and YOU can be a part of the fun!
SEPTEMBER YAHRZEITSSEPTEMBER 22-28Benjamin RosenzweigMaxwell SagatJoel SammetAlex SolomonRuth StraussFred StrelzynFanny TulbowitzStanley F. WeinerMaurice Wolf
SEPTEMBER 29-30Herbert GoldDoris IrgangFrances MeiselmanHenry RichmanEdgar S. RolleFrank SatensteinAmmiel SpicehandlerJoseph TeleposkyFrances Wolff
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JOYS AND SORROWS
RECENT GIFTS 5/10/2013 to 8/13/2013 Associate Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Brett Boskoff in honor of Brett Boskoff and Emily Saltzman’s weddingMarlena & Neil Davids in honor of Rabbi Mitelman blessing their new homeBrett and Leslie Finer in honor of Mackenzie’s namingEve & Daniel Kecskes in honor of Sienna’s baby namingMichele and Gary Kirschenbaum in honor of the unveiling of Burton and Martha Siedman
Barbara Pollack Mitzvah Day Fund Andrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Phyllis Biren
Beginning Years Early Childhood Center Fund Jonathan & Maxine Ferencz in memory of Edna Clayman
Betty & Jack Bader Adult Education Fund Gloria & Barry Meisel in memory of Belle AdlerGloria & Barry Meisel in memory of Jerry BermanGloria & Barry Meisel in memory of Marvin NachlisGloria & Barry Meisel in memory of Robert RobellardGloria & Barry Meisel in honor of Aiden Zachary SackelClifford & Susan Ray in memory of Paul Benzer
Cantor’s Discretionary Fund Stephen & Meryl Adler in memory of Belle AdlerBruce & Jodi Falbaum in memory of Norv Smookler
Capital Campaign Tributes Cheryl & Howard Goldfrach William & Judith Lulow in honor of Rabbi Davidson performing the marriage ceremony of our daughter Jamie Lulow and Steven GlickmanElkin & Ruth Simson in memory of Isa Simson Yahrz
Caring Community Fund Jeffrey & Barbara Becker in memory of Joseph GlickmanJonathan & Maxine Ferencz in memory of Joel ClaymanAlan & Gail Schreier in memory of Paul BenzerAlan & Gail Schreier in memory of Jerry BermanMelissa & Scott Singer in memory of Irving H. BirenMelissa & Scott Singer in memory of Leroy E. Gaines
Chai Funds Claire Marcus in memory of Jessie and Raphael MarcusClaire Marcus in memory of Ann and Leo ReiterDouglas & Judith Phillips in memory of Malvina Phillips
Clergy’s Congregants in Need FundRobert & Nadia Bernstein in memory of Rose CohenAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Abraham AckmanAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Dora AckmanAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Golda FisherAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Harry FisherAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Emanuel GinsbergAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Fannie GinsburgAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Esther SingerAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of William Z. Singer
Ellis & Rae Zimmer Fund for Children In Need Ellis & Rae Zimmer Fund for Children In Need Norman & Terry Cohen in memory of Belle AdlerJonathan & Maxine Ferencz in memory of Elizabeth Sass
Ellis & Rae Zimmer Fund for Children In Need (continued) Howard & Cheryl Goldfrach in memory of Belle AdlerSteven & Amy Kane in memory of Andrea JamesonRobert & Angela Lippman in memory of Belle AdlerAnn Meiselman in honor of Robyn Adler’s upcoming weddingAnn Meiselman in memory of Belle AdlerGayle & Marvin Nachlis in memory of Belle AdlerStephen & Linda Ochser in memory of Belle AdlerFredric & Ann Price in memory of Belle AdlerVictor & Suzanne Rosenzweig in memory of Hyman Rosenz-weigSheryl & Alan Saretsky in memory of Belle AdlerPeter & Nancy Saretsky in memory of Belle AdlerChris & Denise Taylor in memory of Belle AdlerEric & Laurie Waller in memory of Belle AdlerJane & Richard Zenker in memory of Belle Adler
Amy & Sam Resnick Family Fund For Adult Jew Education Phyllis Kirshner in memory of Paul BenzerClifford & Susan Ray in memory of Blanche Ray
Dave & Bunny Center Family Mitzvah Endowment Fund Charlene Berman in memory of Jerry Berman and Belle AdlerCharlene Berman in memory of Paul BenzerCharlene Berman in memory of Robert Robellard
Temple Beth El Endowment Fund William & Myra Borchard in memory of Belle AdlerWilliam & Myra Borchard in memory of Harry CohenWilliam & Myra Borchard in memory of Gertrude CohenWilliam & Myra Borchard in memory of Barbara ZelnerJohn & Barbara Heffer in memory of Jack SeilerAlan & Gail Schreier in memory of Belle Adler
Rabbi Chaim Stern Caring Community Endowment Fund Joseph Goldreich in memory of Nathaniel H. GoodrichHelene Isaac in memory of Richard IsaacHelene Isaac in memory of Paul BenzerHelene Isaac in memory of Dora StraussRonald & Harriet Kramer in memory of Morris KramerAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Leroy GainesAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Ness GainesAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Albert H. SingerAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Rose Singer
Richard E. Leavitt Memorial Fund Carol & Albert Tucker in memory of Morris FinkelCarol & Albert Tucker in memory of Joe Tucker
Flower Fund Irene Auerbacher in memory of Adolph AuerbacherJeffrey & Barbara Becker in memory of Joseph GlickmanLee Blum in memory of Edward BlumJoseph & Adele Browdy in memory of Belle BrowdyJoseph & Adele Browdy in memory of Paul SafroLawrence & Lauren Candee in memory of Marvin BraunsteinJoel & Joan Danziger in memory of Harry DanzigerRichard & Susan Denmark in memory of Pearl Isacoff-GalinArthur & Carole Elias in memory of Theresa EliasDebra & Jeffrey Geller in memory of Nathan ShapiroEllen Grollman in memory of Selma CohenDonna & Ross Held in memory of Robert Held
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RECENT GIFTS(continued from page 16)
Flower FundFred & Carol Katz in memory of Donald KatzRichard & Liselotte Laster in memory of Adolf SchneiderRichard & Liselotte Laster in memory of Alan LasterDovia Lerrick in memory of Robert LerrickJeanette Loring in memory of Jacob HeinickLawrence & Karen Mendelowitz in memory of Lee KalinerLawrence & Karen Mendelowitz in memory of Howard KalinerEugene & Tobi Nadel in memory of Rae K. NadelDouglas & Judith Phillips in memory of Ida MeyersRobert Ross in memory of Sylvia ArnoldKenneth & Judith Sagat in memory of Francine HuberLorraine Taliani in memory of Margaret Taliani
Gregory Altman Music & Arts Fund Perry & Sandra Levine in memory of Lawrence LevineDavid Robbins in memory of Loretta RobbinsAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Ruth BaumAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Ethel HarrisAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Israel Jerome “Duke” HarrisAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Ann RosenzweigAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Benjamin RosenzweigAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Freeda RosenzweigAndrew & Harriet Singer in memory of Samuel RosenzweigMelissa & Scott Singer in memory of Lawrence Levine Melissa & Scott Singer in memory of Dax Nemerov
Israel Action Special Fund Bernice Bassin in memory of Morris BlasenheimJonathan & Maxine Ferencz in memory of Miki FerenczJonathan & Maxine Ferencz in memory of Zoltan Ferencz
Prayer Book Fund Bruce & Jodi Falbaum in memory of Irene LeventhalPaula & Adam Sherman in honor of Alonna Travin’s birthday
Rabbi Educator Discretionary Fund Stephen & Meryl Adler in memory of Belle Adler
Senior Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Stephen & Meryl Adler in memory of Belle Adler
Tikkun Olam/Social Justice Fund Elaine & Steven Dreyer in memory of Irwin DreyerElaine & Steven Dreyer in memory of Oscar WortmanJonathan & Maxine Ferencz in memory of Belle FerenczJonathan & Maxine Ferencz in memory of Dolores FerenczJonathan & Maxine Ferencz in memory of Regina & Ignatz FerenczCharles & Eve Poret in memory of Francis Poret
Tree Of Life Fund Stephen & Meryl Adler in memory of Belle Adler
Tributes Nancy & Gavin Checchi in memory of Paul BenzerJoan & Dyke Kolbert in memory of Paul BenzerRichard & Liselotte Laster in memory of Paul Benzer
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JOYS AND SORROWS
dax dcezSPECIAL THANKS
TO OUR ONEG SPONSORS
Scott & Bonnie BoilenTodd & Sheri Cooper
Mitchell & Julie GoldbergDavid & Jennifer Klausner
Susan Zankel
!aeh lfnCONGRATULATIONS TO
Ali Swirskyon her upcoming marriage toJeff Miller on November 16
dkxal dpexkifHEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO
Steve Adleron the death of his mother, Belle Adler
Rita Benzeron the death of her husband, Paul Benzer
Stan Bermanon the death of his brother, Jerry Berman
Beth Besenon the death of her father, Ely Cutler Wagshul
Lawrence Charlesonon the death of his mother, Roselyn Charleson
Sheryl Charlesonon the death of her father, Sidney Rosen
Ronald Krameron the death of his mother, Marry Kramer
Rabbi Maura Linzeron the death of her grandfather, Norman Rosenberg
Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelmanon the death of his uncle, Joe Seiger
Barry, Brandon, Ari and Sara Shenkman on the death of Gail Wagner-Shenkman
Bruce Smileyon the death of his father, Harry Smiley
Jill Weinbergon the death of her mother, Bernice Klein
____ Pick up and deliver food for ___ Prepare or purchase a meal meal of consolation
____ Set up house for meal ___ Shop for food of consolation
____ Provide or purchase a meal ___ Drive to a doctor, treatment, etc. for family during Shiva
____ Be part of a minyan ___ Drive to school
____ Be trained by Rabbi to lead a minyan ___ Drive to services or other temple functions ______ Assist with delivering a gift to ___ Drive homebound or elderly family with baby gifts
______ Assist with tree planting ___ Make a friendly visit to the homebound or elderly certificates ___ Assist with delivering a gift to family for birth of a child
A member of the Caring Community Committee will contact you when a helping hand is needed. We understand how busy everybody is, so if you are unable to help on that particular day, don’t be concerned! We will check back with you another time!
You can help us once during the year or more if your schedule permits. Things do not come up often, but when they do, assistance is greatly appreciated. The feeling of doing a good deed for a member of your temple family will far outweigh the time and effort required to do it!
Questions? Contact Penny Hamlet 914.666.2826
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WJCS NEEDS PART-TIME HOMEVISITORS FOR PARENT-CHILDHOME PROGRAM
Home Visitors need no special educational back-ground but must have a personality suited to home visiting and working with parents and toddler-aged children. They receive 16 hours of paid training and a stipend for the new program year 2013-2014 (October – May). Staff training will be held September 23, 24 and 25. This meaningful and exciting work requires a minimum commitment of nine hours per week. Although Home Visitors’ hours are flexible, attendance is required at weekly staff/training meetings held on Wednesday mornings at WJCS, 141 North Central Avenue, Hartsdale 10530.
The Parent-Child Home Program serves low-in-come families.Visitors call on parents and children in their homes for a half hour, twice weekly. Each week, the Home Visitor brings a book or toy, and all participate in fun and stimulating activities.
Questions? Contact PCHP Director Patrice Cuddy, at 914.949.7699 ext. 424 or [email protected]
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WJCS GPSGUIDING PARENTS THROUGHSERVICES
WJCS GPS is a free, confidential consultation ser-vice designed to assist families who have questions or concerns about their child’s social, emotional, and behavioral development and well-being, from the very young through college age.
For more information or to set up a confidential ap-pointment, contact WJCS GPS coordinator, Brenda Haas, LMSW, Ed.M., 914-761-0600 extension 318 or e-mail [email protected].
Tributes (continued from page 17)Stephanie Roth in memory of Irene HazenDeborah Sherman in honor of Alonna Travin’s 40th BirthdayElkin & Ruth Simson in memory of Ziegfried Salomon
Youth Program Fund Joan & Dyke Kolbert in memory of Howard KolbertJoan & Dyke Kolbert in memory of Irene KolbertFabio Santos in memory of Andrea Jameson
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TEMPLE DIRECTORY
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Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester welcomes all who wish to participate in Jewish life – singles, cou-ples and families in all their forms, gays, lesbians, interfaith couples – all people regardless of age, sexual orientation, or financial means.
The synagogue is a kehilah kedoshah – a sacred community. It’s like a sukkah. A sukkah is con-structed of many different branches woven togeth-er. So is the synagogue: the young and the old, the rich and the poor, the married and the unmarried, single parents, grandparents, gays and heterosexu-als, non-Jewish spouses. The broader the sukkah’s reach, the more tightly its branches are woven, the stronger it stands. So too the synagogue: the greater the variety of people welcomed within it, the closer they feel to one another, the stronger the temple stands.
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1110 Joni Gehebe-Kellogg, Youth Coordinator1121 Maura H. Linzer, Rabbi-Educator1120 Beverly To, Religious School Assistant1221 Rayna Alperstein, Early Childhood Ed. Director1300 Life-Cycle Emergency1310 Jaclyn Trustman, Life-Cycle Coordinator1311 Rabbi Alan D. Fuchsn1312 Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman1316 Cantor Star Trompeter1320 Leslie Aufieri, Executive Assistant to Gennifer Kelly1321 Gennifer Kelly, Executive Director1322 Ann Testone, Bookkeeper1323 Galia Silverberg, Communications Coordinator1600 Gregory Allen, Facility Manager
CEMETERY INFORMATION 914.238.3928
Immediate Past President Harry P. Cohen
Affiliated Organizations
Sisterhood Gail Schreier
Youth Group President Samantha Regan
Past Presidents, Honorary Members of the Board
Steve AdlerStanley AmbergCharlene BermanMelvin EhrlichErnest M. Grunebaum