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RABBI MICHAEL PANITZ
The bulletin is published in memory of Walter and Kathleen Fried
Volume 63 Number 10 Cheshvan/Kislev 5779 November 2018
7255 Granby Street • Norfolk, Virginia 23505 • Phone 757-489-4550 • Fax 757-489-3425 • E-mail: [email protected] • Website: http://www.templeisraelva.org
Our Scholar in Residence this year will be Professor Michael Duffy, chair of the Art History department at East
Carolina University. Over the course of the weekend, Professor Duffy will enhance our appreciation of the Jewish art
that surrounds us in our own synagogue, dedicate a series of artistic prints newly received by our congregation, show us
how Chanukkah themes have inspired both Jewish and non-Jewish artists throughout the ages, and guide us through a
seasonal art exhibit.
You will learn something new and exciting at each of Professor Duffy’s three presentations. Even so, each one is a
“stand-alone” program, so you can enjoy any part of the weekend. Beginning with Shabbat services on Saturday,
December 8, held in our sanctuary, Professor Duffy will teach us how to get more out of the art in the synagogue. From
the Ascalon stained glass windows and etched glass panels to the Drexler Menorah/Burning Bush sculpture, we are surrounded by
Jewish art each time we gather to worship. What could we see in these works of art, that we are not seeing now, if only we had a primer
in how to look at art? We will be hosting residents from Beth Sholom Village this morning for services as well. Welcome all!
After services, we will enjoy a luncheon in the Evelyn Eisenberg atrium. There, too, Jewish art is all around, and Professor Duffy’s
explanations will enhance our appreciation of the Adler portraits of the Rabbi and the Cantor and the sculptures permanently on display
in that space… And of course, this more modern art is the neighbor of the impressive Brenner and Solberg exhibits of ancient coins and
Biblical Archaeological Artifacts bringing the earliest part of our national saga to life.
On Saturday evening, starting at 7:00 pm, we will enjoy a Chanukkah-themed art program. Seated in Brody auditorium, we will be
surrounded by Jewish art, in many media: painting, sculpture, ceramic work, paper cuts, textile art, glass art… all of which are inspired
by the themes of Judaism and the Jewish historical experience.
At the center of this wide-ranging collection will be a set of nine prints, by the
contemporary artist Luis Camnitzer (Uruguayan, b. 1937) entitled, Luis Camnitzer
Illustrates Martin Buber (1970). Bonhams auction house described these prints as, “an
artistic display of woodblock prints in which Camnitzer captured the essence of famed
Jewish philosopher Martin Buber’s practice and personality through these
engaging black and white woodcuts, creating a starkness that is characterized by his
portrait on some prints, an artistic version of Buber’s I and Thou.” Professor Duffy will
treat us to a slide lecture on “Chanukkah Themes in Art”, and then, jointly with Rabbi
Panitz, will dedicate the Camnitzer/Buber collection.
This collection is the gift of the Zetlin family, and is in memory of Henry Zetlin, the
founder of the Temple Israel Endowment Fund, and in honor of Betty Zetlin.
Chanukkah and art-themed refreshments will nourish the body and tantalize the
palette; Professor Duffy’s slide presentation and his illuminating insights will nourish the aesthetic spirit. And we are asking our guests
to bring their favorite menorah(s) and candles for their table to light together this evening, the seventh light of Chanukkah.
On Sunday, Dec. 9, from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, we will open the Art Collection to the public, and Professor Duffy will be our docent
for the initial tour of the gallery. Many of the art works included here are the work of members of the Temple Israel family, both
professional artists and dedicated amateurs. We will also display newly-created ceramic art, the work of students from the Beth Sefer
Shalom, the religious school co-sponsored by Temple Israel, Congregation Beth El and the Kempsville Conservative Congregation. We
thank Betsy Karotkin for guiding these students in their ceramic creations. Additionally, we will have on display five works of visual art
by past winners of the Elie Wiesel Visual Arts Competition. We thank the Holocaust Commemorative Commission of the United
Jewish Federation of Tidewater for lending us these works of art, reflecting the response of the human spirit to the horrors of the
Holocaust. Among the student works on display will be one by a member of our own congregation, Lillian Auerbach.
Thanks to the Tidewater Jewish Foundation, for underwriting a portion of the costs of this festival of art. And to all of our donors,
thanks to you, we are able to offer all these programs to the general public, free of charge. All are invited and welcome!
ART IN THE FAMILY: Temple Israel’s Festival of Jewish Art
Latkes, Menorah Lighting, Chocolate Coins, Dreidls�. And� Art Appreciation!
That will be the Chanukkah experience at Temple Israel this coming December 8 & 9
Temple Israel Bulletin • Page 2
Dr. Barry Einhorn
Daniel Gordon
Steve Sandler
Richard Saunders
TEMPLE ISRAEL
• Founded in 1953 •
7255 Granby Street
Norfolk, VA 23505
Office Phone:757-489-4550
Fax: 757-489-3425
Affiliated with the
United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism
Dr. Michael E. Panitz ............. Rabbi
* Isaac Danker ...... Cantor Emeritus
Dr. Reuven Rohn…..Gabbai Rishon
Lois Einhorn .............. Gabbai Sheni
OFFICERS OF
THE CONGREGATION
Jonathan Longman ............President
Steven Legum……….V.P. for
Administration
Currently Vacant ...................... V.P.
Fundraising and Membership
Eitan Mor……………...V.P.
Community and Outreach
Dr. Steven Becker ................... V.P.
Education and Young Families
Lenny Levine ................... Secretary
Paula Gordon………….Treasurer
Dr. Leigh Baltuch...............President,
Temple Israel Foundation
* Julian Rashkind .... Honorary President
(* of blessed memory)
TRUSTEES
TEMPLE STAFF
Nancy Tucker
………....Executive Director
Tammy Conklin
............... Executive Assistant
Anthony Wilson
…....Head of Building Maint.
Kirk Turner
....…Building Maint. Services
Bulletin Editor
Tammy Conklin
Dr. Barry Einhorn
Daniel Gordon
Steve Sandler
Richard Saunders
THE JOYS OF THE ORDINARY
The holidays are behind us; and Chanukkah still over a
month in the future. A month of no holidays! What a
concept.
October/November coincides with the Hebrew month of
Cheshvan. Actually, that is a shortening of the original name
Marcheshvan, which simply means “eighth month”—a month
so undistinguished that it doesn’t have a descriptive name! I
interviewed some brother and sister k’lei kodesh to hear their
thoughts on the ordinary month of Cheshvan.
Some rabbis—truth be told—enjoy the “high” of the High Holidays, and are
not too thrilled with Cheshvan. Rabbi Jan Kaufman, now retired from a staff
position at the Rabbinical Assembly, expressed that thought while riffing on the
two meanings of “mar”, both the title of respect (Mr.) and a words for bitterness.
I am not a big Marsheshvan lover. When I was a kid we learned that
Mar had two dimensions, one to give poor Heshvan a title because it has
no holidays and of course the bitter. So from that Heshvan never left a
good taste for me. I love yontiff so I find Heshvan a let down. There is
some merit to having a normal routine but not enough to make me like
it. I can't wait until Hanukkah comes.
At the other end of the spectrum, some replies expressed unalloyed relief at the
arrival of Cheshvan. Holidays are a lot of work and a lot of stress for clergy.
Imagine, “performing” before people who, at some level, are not comfortable
being in worship services for hours on end, because it is not the pattern of their
lives, and then having them judge you from their place of discomfort.
Cantor Wally Schachet-Briskin, formerly of Ohef Shalom, expressed this
succinctly:
I love Cheshvan exactly for the relief that we survived another High Holy
Day season and we get a nice break of "normalcy" before Chanukah.
Most of my colleagues, however, emphasized the balance of plus and
minus in the return to the ordinary. Rabbi Israel Zoberman, a published poet as
well as the dean of our local cadre of working rabbis, added a poetic touch to this
pun on the word mar, whose opposite is “sweet”, matok:
Yes, there is a fully justified and welcomed relief flowing the awesome
(in more than one meaning) High Holidays. The crowds are now gone,
which is both positive and negative. Though it is in a sense MarCheshvan,
it is truly Mar-Matok.
Our nearest neighboring Reform colleague, Rabbi Rosalyn Mandelberg of
Ohef Shalom Temple in Norfolk, sounded the theme of “holidays are over; now
we can get to work”, a sentiment I have repeatedly experienced.
I would say the joy of Cheshvan is twofold; one is certainly the relief
of a successful High Holiday season, but the other is getting back to the
really important rabbinic work in which we are so privileged to be
engaged.
A MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI
Continued on Page 8
Temple Israel Bulletin • Page 3
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
A Holiday from Holidays
And now for a more light-hearted piece. I'm thinking about comments
made when the Rabbi and I got together for planning as all these Jewish
holidays approached. This past month we discussed plans for Shemini
Atzeret and Simchat Torah, whereas the month before, a real planning
event, we worked our way through Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kipper, and Sukkot -- phew!
Which gets me to the point of this column. I've heard people joke about needing a holiday
from the holidays! For those of us who get caught up in all the holiday activities, here's a
welcome reprieve. November offers us nothing but the wonderful secular holiday of
Thanksgiving. So I will give thanks and celebrate the satisfaction of Temple Israel having
done all these Jewish holidays so very well!
Minyan, Minyan, Minyan, my how I've talked it up in my Shabbat announcements so many
times to get y'all (hey, I'm a Southern Jew) to come to minyan. Growing up in Portsmouth
and belonging to, and living close to, Gomley Chesed, I was the freshly minted Bar Mitzvah
boy, err, man, who was called on when the minyan was short a man on a weekday afternoon.
I was the one they called especially as from my back door I could run from my backyard into
my neighbors back and front yard, then across the street and directly onto the shul grounds.
It couldn't have taken more than a minute or two at most from door to door! I fulfilled that
mitzvah many-a-time and I'm sure my presence was appreciated. That vignette of my early
manhood brings me to what happened on October 11th when arriving late to minyan by
about 30 minutes due to really bad traffic on I64. Anyhow, I tentatively came in so very late
and yet was made to feel so welcomed! Hey, I'm a 10, the tenth one to enter the room just in
time to allow for the Thursday Torah reading. So this got me to thinking. You all know
how we kiddingly judge something from a 1 to a 10, from lowest to highest. Oh well, here
goes again, come to minyan and maybe you to can be a 10. Or, better yet, come to perform
this mitzvah, be appreciated by those also present and engender within yourself a prayerful,
and Jewishly meditative feeling that can serve to give a nice touch in having a meaningful
life.
Here's wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving in the warm and loving company of family
and friends.
Shalom,
Jonathan Longman
Temple Israel Bulletin • Page 4
Temple Israel appreciates your
contributions every month
to assist these needy causes.
MITZVAH OF THE YEAR
WHERE DID THE MINYAN MONEY GO THIS
MONTH?
The Minyanaires contributed money in October to:
Diapers all sizes
Baby wipes
Formula
Baby food
Temple Israel Bulletin • Page 5
We meet on the 2nd Monday of the month at NOON in our homes.
Contact Bernice Moses for more info at 622-5142
Newcomers Always Welcome!
Contact Juanita Balk for more info 757-227-5525 or [email protected]
November 12: The Two Family House
by Lynda Cohen Loigman
November 15: The Weight of Ink
by Rachel Kadish
6:15 pm
Rt 58 Deli,
1716 Virginia Beach Blvd
January 17:
Dinner at the Center of the Earth
by Nathan Englander
6:15 pm Location TBD
Temple Israel Bulletin • Page 6
Temple Israel will receive
its Gift List from JFS after the
deadline for this printing, so look for
our family list on the insert of this
bulletin, flyers in the shul and
in the weekly e-mail,
Notes from the Shul.
MITZVAH OF THE MONTH NOVEMBER
You can purchase
Gift Cards from
Department &
Grocery Stores and
the family can shop
for themselves.
Create a Mitzvah
Shopping Day with
family and friends
and shop together
for items
Consider a tax-
deductible $$
donation to the JFS
Chanukah Program
& JFS will shop for
needed items.
Items must be
unwrapped and be
at TI by
Wednesday the 14th
or JFS by
Friday the 16th
Temple Israel Bulletin • Page 7
Shabbat Morning
Junior Congregation Services
Conducted by Sheila Panitz
Welcome to all children 7 - 12
There are snacks and a fun discussion
about that week’s parashat
They meet in the Swartz Memorial Library at 10:30 am
Next sessions: November 3rd and 17th
Beit Sefer Shalom - UHS 2.0
The Community Midrashah
The Conservative Religious Schools serving
Congregation Beth El, KBH, and Temple Israel
Go to
www.templeisraelva.org
and hover over “Learning”,
then click “Beit Sefer Shalom
School Link”.
Torah
Torah
Torah
at the
at the
at the
Beach
Beach
Beach
Our next session will be at the home of Elaine and
Hal Levenson on Monday, November 12, 2018 at
7:30 PM. Be sure to vote the week before and then
join us on the 12th!
ORIGIN...definition:
“The point or place where something begins,
arises, or is derived.”
Do you ever wonder about origins in Judaism? How
was the Bible put together? Who put our prayer
books together? What other things do you want to
know?
We will begin to discuss these questions at our
Torah at the Beach sessions. Let me or Rabbi Panitz
know your questions and I am sure Rabbi will
discover our answers.
An interesting discussion, friendship and nosh - what
more could you ask of an evening out. Hope to see
you there.
Cookie Miles, Torah at the Beach Coordinator
Religious School
November 4, 11, 18
Midrashah at
Congregation Beth El
December 9,15
Blood Drive
Faithful Neighbors
At Second Presbyterian Church
7305 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23505
Sunday, November 11, 2018
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-
733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org
to schedule an appointment
Temple Israel Bulletin • Page 8
A MESSAGE FROM THE RABBI - Continued from Page 2
Cantor David Proser, spiritual leader of our programming partner, KBH: Kempsville Conservative
Congregation, added a nuance to this answer, focusing on the value of Cheshvan to get us in touch with the whole
that is our goal:
Once Cheshvan is on the horizon, it is easier to plan, teach, and see where my efforts are best directed in
the "big picture."
Some of my colleagues reflect a heady—and inspiring—synthesis of traditional rabbinic training and New
Age sensibility. Rabbi Rebecca Kushner, who was training for the rabbinate while a member of our congregation
and now serves a congregation in the Mid-West, expressed this synthesis in her answer:
Cheshvan is a month of breathing space, a month for trying out different possibilities, considering
different stones. Developing new habits is like getting children to try new vegetables or accustoming
congregants to new melodies. Life changes one pebble at a time, Cheshvan unfolds one day at a time. It is
a whole month’s time to take deep, cleansing breaths and see how much new skin I can fit into.
Rabbi Kushner’s reply suggests that Cheshvan is a time to integrate our attempts to do something new in our
lives with the established pattern of who we are. Rabbi Barukh Rock, an Orthodox educator, expresses this
thought beautifully:
Cheshvan this year has to come to represent for me a time of integration. The chagim are so awesome, so
powerful for many reasons, one of which is because they are so experiential. However, understanding,
integrating the power of the experience, actualizing the power of the experience...that's the work of
Cheshvan (and the rest of the year). From this point of view Mar Cheshvan, instead of meaning bitter,
can perhaps be read… as Master(ing) the ideas and experiences of Tishrei during Cheshvan.
The most poignant answer was given by a former colleague and enduring friend, Hazzan Yael Fischman. She
was bereaved during the holidays—a tragic loss, her brother Ron murdered shortly before the Holiday.
Ron was killed "erev Erev": the day before Erev Rosh ha Shanah, and I will always remember feeling as
though I was singing his soul up to heaven as I lead the services (yes, I did!) that year
My colleagues have said a good part of what I would answer, if asked the same question. I would add some
insights as to how the ordinary and the extraordinary are complementary halves, yin/yang fashion, of our
experience of time. The holy is, by definition, the extraordinary, as opposed to the ordinary. But the ordinary
itself is infused with the potential for holiness… and so we are bidden to find the “hidden holiday” in the
every-day world of Cheshvan. That’s a compressed answer. If you would like to hear the thought fully, please
come to Shabbat services on November 3, and I will develop it in my sermon!
Chodesh tov—have a good month,
Rabbi Michael Panitz
Steven and
Carol Mansh
Herman and
Lonnie McLeod
ELECTION DAY 2018
Tuesday, November 6th
Do you need a ride to your polling place?
Call the temple office by Monday, November 5th
to arrange a ride with Natalie Steiner
Temple Israel Bulletin • Page 9
WASN’T THAT NICE?
Thelma Oser was a real damsel in distress on her way to Kol Nidre
services when her sandal strap broke just as she got out of her car in the
Greek Church parking lot, forcing her to abandon her shoes. As she was
pondering how she could possibly navigate the many pebbles that line
that lot in her stocking feet to get to services, Jo Lisa Rosenblum and
Jesse Zedd arrived just in time to ferry Thelma right over to the temple.
Although Jesse offered to return her to car after services, Steve and
Nancy Schreier swooped right in, saving Thelma’s poor feet from that
treacherous walk back to her car! How nice that not one, but two, sets of
congregants reached out to help this damsel in distress!
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