cbi bulletin august 2009

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Volume 5769, Issue 11 August 2009 Av/Elul 5769

St. Petersburg, Florida

Inside this issue:

Shabbat Services 2

From Rabbi 3

From the Hazzan 3

Sisterhood/Men’s

Club

6

Schools 7

Youth 8

Adult Studies 9

Buns Family Library

News

10

Mitzvah Grams 15

Special points of

interest:

Musical Friday Night

Service P–4

High Holiday

Schedule P–5

Membership Open

House P-8

Parking Auction P-8

CBI-Hadassah Adult

Ed Brunch P–11

CBI Family BBQ P-12

Kever Avot P–16

… see schedule on page 5...

PARTICIPATE IN ALIYOT The Ritual Committee of Congregation B’nai Israel

encourages worshippers to participate in services by

performing aliyot. If you would like to receive an aliyah,

please call the synagogue office at 381-4900, or kindly speak to one of the ushers

when you enter the sanctuary, and every effort will be made

to accommodate your request. Those wishing to receive an

aliyah on Shabbat morning are asked to arrive at services not

later than 9:30 am. We look forward to your

participation. Shalom,

Morry Bornstein, Ritual Chair

B’nai Israel Review

Congregation B’nai Israel

727-381-4900 Contacts

Rabbi Jacob Luski, D.D. 727-381-4900 Ext. 207

[email protected]

Hazzan Paul D. Goldstein 727-381-4900 Ext. 205 [email protected]

Executive Director, Sara A. Latham 727-381-4900 Ext. 202 [email protected]

Pauline Rivkind Preschool Director Bonnie Halprin 727-381-4900 Ext. 211

[email protected]

Pauline Rivkind Talmud Torah Education Director, Ilana Dayan

727-381-4900 Ext. 310 [email protected]

Youth Department, Youth Director Sandy Brasch 727-381-4900 Ext. 209

[email protected]

Office Manager, Pam Askin 727-381-4900 Ext. 203

[email protected]

Receptionist, Anita Helfand 727-381-4900 Ext. 201

[email protected]

Accounting, Barbara Jarvis 727-381-4900 Ext.204

[email protected]

PRTT Secretary, Patzi Gil 727-381-4900 Ext. 210 [email protected]

President, Karen Sher [email protected]

Sisterhood Presidents, Susie Berman, Gail Frye, Diana Litt. Men’s Club President, Bill Marger

USY President, Yael Reich

Bulletin Committee:

Layout Editor, Masha Ronay Coordinators, Pam Askin, Anita Helfand

and Carol Marcin

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Shabbat Services & Candlelighting

ROSH HODESH ELUL – August 20-21,

2009

TISHA B’AV SERVICE SCHEDULE

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Minha, Maariv, Erev Tisha B’Av,

8:10 pm Thursday, July 30, 2009

Shaharit, 9:00 am Minha, 1:00 pm Maariv, 8:15 pm

Friday, July 31, 2009 Candlelighting 8:04 pm Shabbat Service 8:00 pm Glimpses Into Jewish History Speaker: Carol Marcin “Hear O Israel” Saturday, August 1, 2009 Sedra Va’ethanan, Shabbat Nahamu Shabbat Services, 9:00 am Sermonette speaker: Cary Reich “Shema Yisrael, Here at B’nai Israel” Minha, Maariv & Havdala, 8:05 pm Friday, August 7, 2009 Candlelighting, 7:59 pm Shabbat Service 8:00 pm Glimpses Into Jewish History Speaker: Chana Olmstead “Refuah Shlema, Complete Healing” Saturday, August 8, 2009 Sedra Eikev Shabbat Services, 9:00 am Sermonette Speaker: Lou Bader “Unorthodox Judaism” Minha, Maariv & Havdala, 8:00 pm Friday, August 14, 2009 Candlelighting 7:53 pm Shabbat Service 8:00 pm Glimpses Into Jewish History Speaker: Alice Ettinger “Nurses and the Torah” Saturday, August 15, 2009 Sedra Re’eh Shabbat Services, 9:00 am Sermonette Speaker: Daniel Gil “My Summer Experiences” Minha, Maariv & Havdala 7:55 pm Friday, August 21, 2009 Candlelighting 7:46 pm Shabbat Service 8:00 pm Glimpses Into Jewish History Speaker: Marvin Jacobs “From Tribe To Nation” Saturday, August 22, 2009 Sedra Shoftim Shabbat Services, 9:00 am Minha, Maariv & Havdala 7:45 pm Friday, August 28, 2009 Candlelighting 7:39 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 6:30 pm

Saturday, August 29, 2009 Sedra Ki Tetze Shabbat Services, 9:00 am Minha, Maariv & Havdala 7:40 pm Friday, September 4, 2009 Candlelighting 7:31 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 6:30 pm Saturday, September 5, 2009 Sedra Ki Tavo Shabbat Services 9:00 am Minha, Maariv & Havdala 7:30 pm

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

If you are interested in sponsoring an Oneg Shabbat on Friday evening, a Seudah Shlishit on Shabbat afternoon

or a L’Hayim following a Morning Minyan in honor or memory of a loved one or a

special occasion, please contact Synagogue office.

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

The Mitzvah Men’s Club provides a Continental

Breakfast for all worshippers on Minyan Mornings in the alcove of the Social Hall.

Please join the Minyanaires for the morning Shaharit

service and relax and schmooze over breakfast

bagels, cream cheese, coffee cake and coffee/tea.

CHILD CARE To request Shabbat

morning childcare for preschoolers, please call the Synagogue

office by Wednesday prior to Shabbat.

DAILY SERVICES Please join our twice daily

Minyan which meets weekday mornings at 7:45 am,

Sunday mornings and Monday, September 7, Labor

Day morning at 9:00 am and weekday evenings at the

following times: August 2-6 8:00 pm August 9-13 8:00 pm August 16-20 7:55 pm August 23-27 7:45 pm August 30- Sept 3 7:40 pm Sept 6-10 7:30 pm

Due to rising costs, the

minimum donation is now $10 per

acknowledgment sent.


From the Rabbi

values of compassion, concern and care for our members and the residents of our city. This means that we are loyal to the traditions of our country and reach out to help people of all ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds. This means that we continue to study, whether we are young or not so young, the practices, lessons and values of our faith.

It also means that we strive to carry out another part of our mission, which is central to our core values. This is Israel’s 61st year of existence. We are proud of CBI’s strong relationship with the State of Israel and with its citizens. We will strengthen our ties with our Jewish brothers and sisters in our ancestral homeland.

We need to ask ourselves, are we living up to our mission of promoting the values of our founders? How can we strengthen ourselves, our programs and our community? In what ways can we become more knowledgeable, more observant, more concerned about our fellow human beings and more devoted to our Synagogue? How can we foster a sense of “community” for all of our members and their extended families so that CBI can become “a home away-from-home” for ourselves, our children and our grandchildren? And how can we construct a community

which future generations can say we trained them to build a strong foundation for their Jewish identity and lives?

In truth, summer is not a time only for relaxation and refreshment. It is also a time to plan for the coming year. I hope that you will join us as the New Year approaches, so we can celebrate our “CBI Community” and appreciate what we have built. I hope we will challenge one another and go from strength-to-strength to build a more vital, vibrant and exciting Congregation B’nai Israel of St. Petersburg.

Shalom,

Rabbi Jacob Luski

When you receive this note, summer will be here in earnest. With the heat of August and the long days of sunlight we can take advantage of spending more time outdoors enjoying the beauty of the West Coast of Florida. At the same time, our Synagogue activities are very much curtailed

on a weekly basis. Our schools do not meet, our Adult Studies programs take a hiatus and there are fewer committee meetings. However, our worship activities never cease. Morning and evening people gather in the Chapel, and on Shabbat we gather to offer prayers to God and to search for moments of meaning. After all, God does not go on vacation during the summer.

While the Synagogue summer programs are curtailed, we take the time to look back on the past year and plan for the next. Staff members and committees know that with the return of our students to schools, and with the High Holidays coming in September, the Synagogue will become extremely active towards the end of August. Thus, we are very much in the mode of planning programs for 2009-2010.

The founders of CBI in 1923 laid a strong basis for our present

vision and it is our task to carry on the mission that they have given us. We continue to build a strong, thriving, educated and observant Jewish community in St. Petersburg. Based on the principles of Conservative Judaism it is our task to build a community in which Judaism is found at the very core of its existence. This means that we concentrate on daily prayer, Shabbat and festival observance and the other principles of our faith. It means we attempt to establish a community based on

you told me failed to make sense. The following inspirational story was inadvertently omitted.

An adult Bat Mitzvah at my Shul in Kendall (Southwest Miami), let’s call her Shoshanna, was six and a half months pregnant and had been a Jew for 12 years. In her mind she was a 12 year old Jewish girl and it was time for her Bat Mitzvah. It was ambitious, but she read Torah, did a D’Var Torah, an introduction to the Haftarah, her Haftarah and then gave a speech prior to feeding the entire congregation lunch in a beautifully decorated room. Over 150 people came in late June, just for her.

Her speech was entitled, “The Gift of Judaism”. She

spoke about how to her Judaism was like a room full of

beautifully wrapped presents that you open every week on

Shabbat, a different lesson, a different perspective, a

different Simcha and she could not understand why anyone

would choose to stay home on Shabbat instead of coming to

services and unwrapping their weekly gift. Shoshanna spoke

of being raised a mensch by parents and grandparents who

never even knew the word. When she was finished and I

looked out into the Congregation I noticed all were smiling

and crying at the same time. She was pleased because they

had opened the gift she bestowed upon them-the joy of her

Bat Mitzvah.

August is here and for me that means Camp Yofi. Camp Yofi is a program of Camp Ramah Darom that is for families with children on the Autism Spectrum Disorder-like Jason.

Jason, Cynthia and I will go on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 thru Sunday, August 23, 2009 to Clayton, Georgia for Camp Yofi at

Camp Ramah Darom, where we will have the privilege of camping with Susan Tecktiel, daughter of our own Irma and Jack Mayer. We will spend five days on a mountaintop with other families who have children like Jason and angels like, Susan, who see us for what we are- not for what we are missing.

The first year we were there, Jason told us that this is the “hotel God stays in when he visits earth”. It is truly an inspiring place. Like Moses, we all ascend a mountain and we are children of Hashem. We pray, we sing, we eat nothing but Kosher food, and we exist as families for four days, like everyone else. It is an amazing experience like no other.

If you ever have the opportunity to go to or even contribute to Camp Yofi, you will return ever changed. I highly recommend it.

As we all know, technology is not perfect. Last month, my column was the victim of a computer virus and as many of

From the Cantor’s Keyboard

...Continue Hazzan on page 17...


I hope everyone is having a safe summer. It’s hard to believe that preparations for High Holidays are in full swing. You will soon be receiving your High Holiday Ticket Form. Please return your form to the synagogue office promptly, so your tickets can be sent to you about 2 weeks before High Holidays begin.

We are swamped this time of year, and it really helps us out when you RSVP, and especially when you do it early. If we have to spend additional time contacting people two and three times to follow-up, that leaves us less time for other projects. We are very fortunate to have a wonderful office & maintenance staff pitching in 100% to get everything done – thank you to Anita, Pam, Barbara, Pei, Wilma and Chris! I would also like to thank Laurie Reiskind, Fundraising VP, Michael Barth, Directory Chair and Marian Lustigman-Rooth, office volunteer, for working tirelessly all summer on the Directory. Also, thank you in advance to Sally Swale, office volunteer, and Vivian Neumann for processing High Holiday tickets. We are so lucky to have such dedicated volunteers. Our Membership Committee, led by Vivian Lurie, Sid Werner and Kathleen Smith is planning an Open House on Sunday morning, August 30. If you know anyone that may be interested in membership, please let them know, or contact the synagogue office. Men’s Club, Sisterhood and the Youth Department are planning a delicious BBQ lunch with entertainment that same day. Look for the info elsewhere in the bulletin and plan to attend. As a reminder, if you have a concern in any area of the

synagogue, please call me to discuss it. No issue is too small. Take care,

Sara

Sara Latham, Executive Director

From the Executive Director

From NEVER to HERE I AM….. …. As President of our Congregation B’nai Israel that is! Adaptability – that’s what prompted me to say YES to accommodate CBI’s changed circumstances. And the orientation to the job has been energizing, satisfying, and fun. Thank you CBI family for

welcoming me and the Board of Trustees into this role and working alongside us. Thank you to the capable leaders who have preceded me, safeguarded CBI’s principles, and left CBI in a position of strength. Thank you CBI clergy, professional and administrative team who execute the CBI vision each day. And thank you to my Executive Committee partners, trustees, and the many other formal and informal leaders who are joining me at the helm.

During this first 25 years of the Sher Family and CBI bond, adaptability has also been the glue in this mutually satisfying relationship. Our family’s life has and continues to evolve, our priorities and needs have and will continue to change, but the steadfastness of CBI and the depth and breadth of its resources, have and will continue to accommodate these changes. Our CBI launched our children in Preschool, Talmud Torah, Hebrew High, and Youth Group and has helped shape the young adults that our Michael, Mindy, and Lauren are becoming. Now, the kids are out of the house and Mandel and I are enjoying lifelong Jewish learning in adult education classes. Way back when, we met contemporaries through CBI

From the President and now many are cherished and enduring friends. Our journey to Jewish observance and spirituality began in CBI’s former building, but the inspiration and warmth that comes from being surrounded by our loving Mom, Anita, the Benjamin Family, the memories of our dearly departed Dad Sher and Uncle Phil, and our CBI family follow us onto our current beautiful campus. Changes –yes, but constancy too. And through it all, Mandel and I strive to be CBI and renew our dedication through volunteerism, leadership, and philanthropy.

With this context in mind, I’d like to kick-off the recently

installed leadership team’s tenure, by offering you a preview of things to come.

First, the High Holy Days are soon here. This year gives

YOU an opportunity of historic proportion to be a part of the solution to CBI’s and many of our CBI families’ changed financial circumstances. Please give soulfully to the annual Kol Nidre campaign.

Second, this space in upcoming editions of The Bulletin

(and on the CBI web site) will feature other CBI leaders. We are a diverse, effective, and hardworking bunch. Please get to know us and visualize yourself as one of CBI’s future leaders.

Finally, CBI will soon be conducting a Member Survey.

Please respond candidly and promptly so YOU can be a part of shaping our CBI.

Please consider the many opportunities CBI has to engage YOU AND YOU have to engage CBI. CBI… Come Be It!

Shalom, Karen

Karen Wolchuck Sher, President


HIGH HOLIDAYS 5770 - SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

SELIHOT SERVICE – SATURDAY NIGHT, September 12, 2009 Program, USY Installation & Reception 9:00 p.m. Selihot Service 10:30 p.m. KEVER AVOT – MEMORIAL SERVICES – Sunday, September 13, 2009 Menorah Gardens, Chapel Hill 10:30 a.m. Royal Palm Cemetery 11:30 a.m. ROSH HASHANA EVE SERVICE - Friday, September 18, 2009, 7:15 p.m. We urge everyone attending to have their tickets with them and to be seated by 7:00 p.m. to allow sufficient time for parking. ROSH HASHANA - FIRST DAY – Saturday, September 19, 2009 Introductory Service and Shaharit 8:30 a.m. Torah Reading 9:15 a.m. Sermon 10:15 a.m. Musaf Service 10:45 a.m. Minha, Maariv Service 7:15 p.m. ROSH HASHANA - SECOND DAY – Sunday, September 20, 2009 Introductory service and Shaharit 8:30 a.m. Torah Reading 9:15 a.m. SHOFAR SERVICE 10:00 a.m. Sermon 10:15 a.m. Musaf Service 10:45 am. Tashlich Service at Lake Pasadena 6:15 p.m. Minha, Maariv, conclusion of Yom Tov 7:30 p.m. SHABBAT SHUVA Friday, September 25, 2009 6:30 p.m. Saturday, September 26, 2009 9:00 a.m. Minha, Maariv & Havdala 7:10 p.m. EREV YOM KIPPUR MINHA – Sunday, September 27, 2009, 1:00 p.m. KOL NIDRE – 7:05 p.m. We urge everyone attending to have their tickets with them and to be seated by 6:45 p.m. to allow sufficient time for parking. YOM KIPPUR DAY – Monday, September 28, 2009 Introductory Service & Shaharit 8:30 a.m. Torah Reading 9:30 a.m. Musaf Service 10:30 a.m. Sermon & Yizkor 1:00 p.m. Minha Service 5:00 p.m. Neila 6:15 p.m. Minha-Neila Services will commence at 5:00 p.m. and all worshipers are requested to remain in their seats until the conclusion of the Maariv Service and the final sound of the Shofar at approximately 7:50 p.m. followed by break-the-fast snacks. CANDLELIGHTING ROSH HASHANA: First Day – Friday, September 18, 2009 7:15 p.m. Second Day - Saturday, September 19, 2009 8:17 p.m. SHABBAT SHUVA: Friday, September 25, 2009 7:06 p.m. YOM KIPPUR: Sunday, September 27, 2009 7:04 p.m.

Upcoming events:

First Board Meeting – Tuesday September 8th – 6 PM First General Meeting – Tuesday September 8th –

7:30 PM Rosh Hashanah – Friday September 18th Eve.

Shalom,

Susie Berman, Gail Frye and Diana Litt, Co-Presidents

Hi ladies. So how about our own All-Star Rays. Carl Crawford, Evan Longoria, Ben Zobrist, Carlos Pena and Jason Bartlett. Our team has come a long way. Congrats to Carl Crawford for becoming the All-Star MVP of the American League. Anyone that is interested in making a donation to the flower fund in honor or memory of someone, please contact Marilyn Goldberg. We hope everyone is having a fun and exciting summer. Enjoy all your travels wherever they may take you and please stay safe. The Florida Region Wheels on Water adventure will set sail on Friday, January 8th, 2010 returning on Monday, January 11, 2010. Anyone interested in getting more info on this, please see one of the presidents listed below.

SISTERHOOD


A one year money back guarantee? Yes, you heard correctly: if you are not completely satisfied with your experience as a member of the Mitzvah Men’s Club, we will refund your dues. We make this offer because we know that we have s o m e t h i n g f o r e v e r y o n e . Volunteering is fun and it feels good

too, as you enrich the experiences of your fellow congregants.

Attend our social events, including this year’s Suds in the Sukkah and 2nd Annual Steak and Scotch night, and share camaraderie with old and new friends. Learn more about religious observance in a no-pressure environment. Be a part of one of the cornerstone organizations of the synagogue. Respond to our membership notices by sending in your dues payment and joining the Mitzvah Men’s Club. We guarantee both you and CBI will be the better for it!

Shalom,

Bill Marger President, Mitzvah Men’s Club

MITZVAH MEN’S CLUB

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SHOFAR SOUNDED DURING THE MONTH OF ELUL

During the month of Elul, this year from August 21 through September 18, 2009, the Shofar is sounded every morning except Shabbat at the conclusion of the Shaharit service. The traditional cycle of tekiah (one blast) shevarim (three blasts), teruah (a series of short blasts) and a final tekiah is sounded daily followed by the recitation of Psalm 27, the Psalm for the Penitential season. Hearing the Shofar reminds us that the High Holiday season is upon us. We are inspired to thoughts of repentance – making peace with our fellow men, with ourselves, and with God. When Rosh Hashana arrives, we sound 100 blasts, an even more powerful reminder that the time to change is now. Finally, we conclude our services on Yom Kippur with a resounding tekiah gedola, signifying that the heavenly gates have closed and that our fate of the coming year is sealed. So come to services each morning during Elul to hear the Shofar as we begin our spiritual preparations for the upcoming Days of Awe.

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THE PAULINE RIVKIND TALMUD TORAH

The Pauline Rivkind Talmud Torah strives to create a rich, vibrant learning environment in which we can nourish our children’s growing Jewish identities, create a community of peers that is part of the larger community at CBI and the global Jewish community.

For the ensuing year, I look forward to both parents and children finding our programs enriching and fun. Parents are encouraged to become active participants whether it is volunteering to help with a class dinner, our annual Shabbaton, or simply working with your child to build their Hebrew vocabulary. The curriculum will be revised – dedicated to the High Holidays, learning prayers and customs.

We look forward to continuing minyan on Tuesdays and Sundays, and I must say, that the children really enjoy this part of PRTT program. Please have your children look at the PRTT

website for a review of Hebrew and prayers.

Our opening day, Sunday, August 30th, we will review the school calendar for the year in order to ensure that all important PRTT dates are marked off.

Remember, it is not too late to enroll in PRTT. If anyone knows a Jewish child who is not taking advantage of the opportunity to study Judaism and what it means to them, please let me know. Financial arrangements can be made to those who need it. Call me to arrange a special “Guest Day” for any anyone interested. Please feel free to contact me at telephone: 381-4900, ext. 310; e-mail: [email protected]

Shalom, Ilana Dayan, Education Director


JUNIOR CONGREGATION

Some of the most important components of a good Jewish background need more than just study in a classroom. It is essential that our students have regular synagogue experience on Shabbat that interests and inspires them. Here at CBI we hold special Junior Congregation services for children in grades 3-7 on Shabbat mornings in the Chapel at 10:00 am. All children from the PRTT and Pinellas County Jewish Day School have the opportunity to worship together. They will put into practice the lessons they have learned during the week. Each student will have the opportunity to lead parts of the service, learn new melodies, and explore Shabbat teachings and stories. They will also gain the confidence they will need when it comes time to lead services for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebrations.

Junior Congregation dates in September are: September 12th and September 26th.

CHANGE IN ACADEMIC SETTING

We welcome children who have changed their academic settings. Please contact the PRTT office for information and a registration form.

THE PAULINE RIVKIND PRESCHOOL

The Pauline Rivkind Preschool in the Shirley Buns Early Childhood Center has the unique opportunity to provide the foundation for Jewish learning for all its children and families. We know that quality Jewish learning leads to the building of strong Jewish identities. From the

time children enter the preschool, the families begin a fascinating journey that follows the Jewish calendar. Our children learn to be proud of their Jewish heritage through many wonderful learning experiences. They anticipate each holiday with wonder as it approaches. Our entire preschool environment is alive with multi-sensory approach to appeal to every child’s way of learning. Our classrooms and hallways are infused with sites and sounds of Judaism. When school begins each year, we get ready to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the birthday of the world. When the school year ends, we celebrate Shavuot, when Moses receives the Ten Commandments at Sinai. Throughout the year we offer little lessons that we hope will inspire families to delve deeper into their Jewish life by adding new rituals and knowledge to their base. This year we are starting an Eema v’ Ani (Mommy and Me) program. We will meet every other month for a stimulating time for both child and parent. This will be wonderful opportunity to get out and mingle with others just like you and offer your child a first experience in social time. Mark your calendar for Tuesday, October 27, 2009 for our first meeting. Look for the postcard in the mail with all of the dates for the year! And feel free to contact me if you have an idea for a special program. I am looking forward to an inspirational new year!

B’shalom, Bonnie P. Halprin

Preschool Director

The Fall Semester 5770 of Hebrew High School begins on Wednesday, September 2, at 7:00 pm. Hebrew High School serves a vital function as a focus for discussions and study under the direction of Rabbi Jacob Luski, at the crucial period in a young adult’s life prior to college. Classes meet weekly for two hours and are open to all students in grades 9 through 11 who have completed elementary religious school. Students in grade 12 participate in Hebrew High School classes in addition to special seminars geared for the college bound. Registration materials for the Fall Semester will be mailed to all high school students about August 5th.

HEBREW HIGH SCHOOL

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YOUTH DEPARTMENT Have you been in the Gordon Family Youth Lounge lately? I invite you to stop by to see the transformation. September 1st 2009 is the Youth Open House beginning at 4:30. Stop by for a nosh, to schmooze and a formal presentation at 6:00 pm to learn about the exciting events and programming for our youth.

Our Youth Lounge is a place for kids to gather before Hebrew High, Talmud Torah and even after school. As the kids return this month they will find a new look. I can finally say I am proud of our Youth Lounge!

Thanks to the Reich Family for their donation of end tables, Phil and Joan Redisch for a TV and couch, Leah Bischoff for a TV and to Susan Kagan who helped make my dream of a wall mural become reality. Thank you to Jacob and Michael Latham who helped move and schlep furniture.

Throughout the year the USYers will have a chance to come to the Youth Lounge before Hebrew High to enjoy a light dinner and schmooze with their friends. For just $36.00 anyone can sponsor a Dine and Dash. This is a perfect time to honor a child’s birthday or milestone. Please let me know if you are interested in sponsorship.

August 28-30 CBI is privileged to host Mercaz Sub Regional Chapter Presidents Weekend. Over twenty leaders from around the sub region will spend Shabbat with us. They will

be davening with the congregation Friday night for Kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat morning. I strongly encourage you to attend service. If you have young children bring them and I assure you they will be inspired by the USYers!

In addition to the “new” Youth Lounge you will notice “new” family programming. These programs are designed for everyone and are positively fun and family friendly! Please refer to the flyer in this bulletin for details about these events.

B’Shalom

Sandy Brasch, Youth Director

Help Us Keep in Touch The College Committee would like to receive your children’s college mailing addresses and email addresses, so that we can stay in touch with them while they are away from home. The College Committee sends out Holiday greetings, information about travel opportunities and scholarships and notices of special events and programs. When you receive the College Questionnaire requesting this information, please return it as soon as possible. If you would like to participate on the College Committee, please return it as soon as possible. Remember you can help us out by sending your children’s emails and addresses to us. We need your help to stay in touch.

COLLEGE CORNER

Open House for Prospective

Members

Sunday, August 30,

2009 10:30 a.m.

Tour CBI!

Meet members and staff in a casual atmosphere!

Then join us for our CBI Family BBQ at 11:30!

Sunday morning minyan at 9:00 a.m.

Please call Sara Latham, Executive Director, 381-4900 for more information.


ADULT STUDIES

TALMUD MADE EASY RETURNS Stephen Wein will continue his class covering the first tractate of the Talmud, Berachot. The class will study the actual text as well as selected commentaries. Knowledge of Hebrew, Aramaic or Jewish or American law is not required or necessary. All materials will be provided. Berachot deals with blessings and prayers that make up Judaism's fundamental rituals. The class involves both textual analysis and lively discussion and is open to all with no necessary prerequisites. Classes will meet in the Buns Family Library at 7:00 pm on the following dates: Tuesday, August 18th and Wednesdays, September 2nd and 23rd, October 7th and 21st, November 4th and 18th, and December 2nd and 23rd.

Dear Members, In an effort to improve our Adult Education program and schedule classes our members would enjoy, I’d appreciate it if everyone would please fill the survey below to let us know your interests. Lou Bader, Adult Studies Chair Dear Lou, I would be interested in attending one or more classes on the following subjects: ____________________________Reading Hebrew

____________________________Writing Hebrew

____________________________Conversational Hebrew

____________________________Instructions for Prayer

____________________________Leading a Shacharit Service

____________________________Leading a Mincha / Maariv Service

____________________________Reading Torah

____________________________Learning Trope

____________________________Holiday Observances

____________________________Genealogy (tracing your roots)

____________________________The Hebrew Calendar

____________________________Structures of Prayer

Other suggestions:

From: _______________________________________________

Best way to contact me _________________________________

REQUEST FROM THE RABBI

Please keep me informed of significant events in your family life. It is my desire to

be of help and service to you in times of special need. It is especially important that I know of those in the hospital, assisted living or nursing homes, so that they may be included in a prayer for recovery at Shabbat Services.

Rabbi Jacob Luski

BUNS FAMILY LIBRARY


Mazal Tov to Naomi Berg, who used the library for research and won a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble as the winner of our library patron contest! We are planning for the Fall - deciding what books and movies to order. We hope to have the first of our Sunday Movie Matinees in November. Watch for the date! Thank you to all who wish to donate books to our library. Here are some guidelines for you to follow: We will look over the donated books, and choose those which will fill in gaps in our collection. The others are put on the cart to be sold, and the money collected goes into the Library Fund. (This year we collected enough money to purchase several new books!) We prefer to accept books that are current, and in excellent condition. And needless to say, only Judaica is appropriate for our library. Of course, you may always commemorate a loved one or special event by donating directly to the Library Fund. The library is always open to synagogue members - just get the key from the office and sign out books on the sheet by the computer. You’ll be surprised what gems you’ll find there!

The Library Committee

CBI-HADASSAH BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP The CBI-Hadassah Book Club meets monthly on Wednesdays at 10:00 am In the Buns Family Library to discuss current literature of Jewish content. If you are interested in leading the discussion for a meeting, contact CBI Librarians, Dr. Ruth Lebowitz or Janet Augenbraun. Please mark your calendars for this year’s meeting dates. A list of books to be discussed will be published in the September issue.

Meeting dates: 2009: October 21, November 18, December 16;

2010: January 20, February 17, March 17 and April 21.

MOVIE MATINEES

Last year’s Movie Matinees were so well attended and the feedback has been so positive, we will be scheduling more for this year. Please save the dates in your calendars:

Sunday, November 15, 2:00 pm and Wednesday, January 13th at 2:00 pm on the big screen in the social hall. Titles will be announced in September.

SHABBAT GAMES FOR THE KIDS..

Look what's new for you! CBI will now have a

Shabbat Game Cart located in the alcove of the Social Hall each Shabbat morning. The game cart will have games for children to play while their parents enjoy the Kiddush. PARENTS! Please assist your child in cleaning up before leaving.

THE OFFICIAL WORD

Cell phones, pagers, cameras, and other electronic devices should not be used anywhere in the building or on the grounds on Shabbat and holidays. In addition, cell phones should be turned off during funerals, weddings, baby naming ceremonies and britot and during classes.


St. Petersburg Chapter of Hadassah

and

The Adult Studies Commission of CBI

present a joint program featuring

Dr. Ralph L. Lowenstein

Dean emeritus of the College of Journalism and

Communications, University of Florida

His is the story of a young American man,

determined to go to defend the new state of

Israel in 1948, who became a hero.

Come hear him tell how he got from England

to France and then aboard a ship with 2800

Holocaust survivors bound for Israel.

At the time he was only 18 and supposed to

be attending summer school in England.

Ralph Lowenstein in

Israel in 1948

Join us on Sunday, August 23, 2009 at CBI for a super brunch, catered

by CBI’s Mitzvah Men’s Club, and a fascinating presentation by

Dr. Lowenstein. Following his talk, we will have the opportunity to tour

his exhibit of memorabilia from his days in Israel following the

establishment of the new state.

Date: August 23, 2009

Time: 10:30 a.m. Brunch and Program

Location: Congregation B’nai Israel

Donation: $7.50/person — Send check made out to Hadassah to CBI

300 58th Street N, St. Petersburg, FL 33710

RSVP by Wednesday, August 19

Your check is your reservation

Any questions call Irma Mayer, 727-392-2657

YOU ARE INVITED……….

CBI FAMILY BBQ

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 11:30-2:30, CBI SOCIAL HALL

Sponsored by the Mitzvah Men’s Club,

CBI Sisterhood, and Youth Department.

Hot Dogs-Cole Slaw-Baked Beans

Lemonade and Ice Tea

Musical Entertainment

Fun for the Whole Family

EVEN THOUGH IT’S FREE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR RSVP

CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL 381-4900, EXT. 209!

OR BY E-MAIL TO: [email protected]


Congregation

B’nai Israel

of

St Petersburg


TREE OF LIFE

Looking for a special way to honor your family and friends who are celebrating a simha?

The TREE OF LIFE at CBI is just the answer. What a joy it is for someone to walk into our shul and see a Tribute of their special birthday, anniversary or wedding. Does your child/grandchild have a Bar/Bat Mitzvah or Graduation coming up? What a great way to honor them! Order forms are in the synagogue office and lobby. The minimum donation for leaves is $218.

A Leaf on the Tree of Life has been inscribed:

In honor of the Bar Mitzvah of our grandson, Joseph

Max Frye, with love from Bubbie and Zaydie, June 20, 2009, by Michael and Gail Frye.

In honor of the 60th Anniversary of Harry & Jean

Kraff, June 26, 2009, with love from their children and grandchildren.

We share in the sorrow of the passing of:

Sylvia Tennebaum

Mother of Barbara Colen, Grandmother of Stephanie Bergen, Andrew Colen and Robert Colen.

Sophie Friedlander

Mother of Dr. Carl Friedlander, Dr. Ira Friedlander and

Dr. Miriam Friedlander Weiss.

Harriet Fishman Mother of Alice Ettinger and Jack Fishman

Sister of Bernard Kannen

Ben Diamond Father of Linda Diamond

LIFE CYCLE EVENTS Mazal Tov to: BIRTHS:

Dr. David and Rachel Wein, Stephen and Livia Wein and

Helen Kahan on the birth and brit milah of their son, grandson and great-grandson, Aaron Barbanel Wein.

Larry and Aldena Lew on the birth of their grandson, Mayson

Montgomery Lew. BAT MITZVAH:

David and Sheila Hutman on the B’not Mitzvah of Orr

Hutman and Nor Hutman Sheeder.

ENGAGEMENT:

Rabbi Jacob and Joanne Luski, Abe and Rose Luski and

Vivian Neumann, on the engagement of their daughter and granddaughter, Naomi Tamar Luski to Derek Wetmore.

Julio and Shoshana Russek, on the engagement of their

granddaughter, Esther Allouch to Avremy Fisch Weicher.

Dr. Arthur & Bebbby Marlin on the engagement of their son,

Dr. Evan Marlin to Aviva Androphy.

Ronnie and Jayne Weissman and Dorothy Goldblatt on the

engagement of their daughter and granddaughter, Sherri Weissman to Lucas Levine.

WEDDING:

Shelley Lynn on the marriage of her son, Eric Lynn to Tracy

Bortnick.

Joel and Gaye Taller on the marriage of their son, Adam to

Juline Fresco. BAR-BAT MITZVAH:

Michael and Gail Frye and Marc and Jacquie Frye, on the Bar

Mitzvah of their grandson and son, Joseph “Joey” Max Frye in Las Vegas.

GRADUATIONS:

Ben Kauffman, son of Jay & Karen Kauffman and grandson

of Ellen Bernstein, on his graduation from Florida State University with a Masters in Accounting.

Shoshana Marmon, daughter of Dr. Allen and Debbie

Marmon , on her graduation from the Albert Einstein Medical with an M.D./Ph.d degree. She has been accepted as a Resident in Dermatology at New York University Hospital.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Judy Ludin on her promotion to Development and

Community Relations Director at Menorah Manor.

William Gross on being awarded the Rabbi Mielke Award by

the Pinellas County Jewish Day School. NEW HOMES:

Yaron and Meirav David on their new home.

Dr. Michael and Terry Franklin on their new home.

Dr. Mark and Sheryl Weitman on their new home.

JEWISH FEDERATION WEBSITE If you want to view the Federation website, their address is www.jewishpinellas.org


CBI Website

www.cbistpete.org

PRAYER FOR THE ILL

Each Saturday morning Congregation

B’nai Israel offers prayers of healing

during our regular Shabbat morning

service. We invite you to join us for

weekly Shabbat worship so that you

might pray for a loved one and/or

yourself at that time in our prayers. If

you wish to have someone’s name

specially mentioned from the Bimah,

please call the synagogue office at

381-4900 with that individual’s

English and Hebrew name and

that of their parents.

May God offer healing to all that are ill.

The Gemilut Hasadim Committee

CBI CHOIR TO MEET Hazzan Paul Goldstein announced that the CBI

Choir will meet on Thursday evenings at 6:50 p.m. in the Chapel. All Choir members and those who are

interested are invited to attend.

QUOTE Seek the good in everyone and reveal it;

bring it forth. Nahman of Bratslav


2 Victoria Schwartz & Dr. Jeffrey Ewig

5 Barbara & Michael Noonberg

7 Ilana & Sami Dayan

10 Cindy & Dr. Robert Weisberg

12 Wendy & Geoffrey Gross

12 Loreli & Dr. Dale Monast

13 Dr. Leslie & Dr. Mitchell Weiss

13 Debbie & Bob Jacobs

13 Gail & Dr. Steven Warren

13 Araceli & Alan Gross

15 Janet & Barry Augenbraun

15 Meirav & Yaron David

17 Ana & Joseph Masri

17 Dr. Charlene Wygodski & Dr. Steve

Bloom

18 Joyce & Dr. Harold Seder

19 Teddi & David Robbins

20 Haia & Jimmy Aviram

20 Janie & Dr. Jeff Pincus

21 Rose & Abe Luski

22 Liza & Stefan Haberer

24 Judi & Dr. Mark Gordon

24 Susie & Alan Schwartz

24 Janice & Dr. David LeVine

25 Karen & Cary Reich

26 Bebby & Dr. Arthur Marlin

26 Karen & Jay Kauffman

26 Diana & Jeff Litt

26 Laurie & Dr. Marc Reiskind

27 Martha & Dennis Vorob

28 Barbara & Jerry Levin

29 Rachel & Dr. Maury Seldin

31 Gerry & Richard Mensh

31 Jill & Dr. Greg Engelman

Join us in wishing Mazal Tov! to members celebrating their birthdays, anniversaries and B’nai Mitzvah. Your good

wishes can be part of their memories, while at the same time, supporting B’nai Israel’s commitment to help our

schools, youth groups and Synagogue through your donations to our Mitzvah Fund.

4 Dr. Michael Worman

6 Sally Cohen

6 Diana Litt

6 Gerald Milov

7 Edwin Shapiro

7 Helen Pertcheck

7 Stella Maganiaris

8 Dr. Michael Franklin

8 Midge Seltzer

11 Mary Wygodski

11 Dr. Harvey Kopelman

11 Moshe Gershuny

11 Alison Hitzel

11 Noelle Walters

12 Joseph Cohen

13 Lorne Abrams

13 Alison Hitzel

14 Cary Reich

15 Lori Alperstein

15 Esta Blaxberg

15 Nicole Melamed

16 Ruth Ann Mizrahi

16 Frederick Silverman

16 Lynn Amy Nast

17 Dr. Diane Piper

18 George Levine

18 Dr. Barry Caplan

18 Diana Rosin

19 Marcus Bennett

22 Miriam Barshefsky

23 Louis Dubinsky

26 Ceceil Kramer

26 Lillian Schertzer

26 Charla Fogel

26 Yolette Frey

26 Arline Dresdner

26 Barbara Feinman

27 Henry Rosen

27 Henry Kahalas

27 Shirley Sommella

28 Andrew Giskin

29 Ricki Lewis

30 Betty Sue Shane

30 Lisa Hertz

31 Capt. Allan Lonschein

In Honor of: ___________________________________ Check the names of everyone to you would like to send a Mitzvah Gram. Send this form together with your check, minimum $10 donation each, to: Congregation B’nai Israel, 300 58th Street North, St. Petersburg, FL 33710 *The minimum donation per acknowledgement is $10. Please print:

Your Name: ______________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________

City, _____________________________Zip: __________________

Telephone: ______________

Celebrate your Anniversary at

Anniversary Shabbat, 8:00 p.m. Friday, August 21, 2009!

DO A MITZVAH ON YOUR BIRTHDAY

ATTEND THE DAILY MINYAN!



Kever Avot Memorial Services

During the High Holiday period, it is traditional to visit the graves of our loved ones

and of those who created our Jewish community.

Kever Avot Memorial Services will be conducted by Rabbi Jacob Luski and Hazzan Paul D. Goldstein.

on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at:

10:30 a.m. at Menorah Gardens, Chapel Hill Memorial Park, Largo,

and at 11:30 a.m. at the CBI section at Royal Palm Cemetery,

St. Petersburg.

Often people say they can’t help with fund raising because they do not like to ask for

money and/or they have little money to give. I would like to challenge that thought. CBI has many programs in place that can make money without costing you any extra money. We need people to help get the word out. If you are creative, good at marketing and are willing to put in some time for your shul, please contact me. I will help you find a place on our Fundraising Committee that matches your strengths. Please remember our silent Parking Auction takes place this month. It begins August 24 and ends August 27 at 5PM. Please call the office and ask for Extension 250 to leave your bid. The high bid will have a reserved year-round parking spot September 09-August 10.

I hope to hear from you soon telling me you are willing to help CBI’s FR efforts.

Laurie Reiskind Fund Raising VP


VISITING THE SICK One of the most important mitzvot in Judaism is bikkur holim – visiting the sick. It is a responsibility that the clergy at Congregation B’nai Israel takes very seriously. When our members are ill or hospitalized, we want to know. In the interest of protecting confidentiality, hospitals today are extremely cautious about sharing patient names, even with the Rabbi. We need our congregants to communicate directly with us and to inform us of illness or hospitalization. Please call Anita Helfand (727-381-4900) so that as clergy and as a synagogue family, we can be helpful in moments of difficulty or stress.

Coming Soon to Your Email Address......

CBI Member Survey

Please respond candidly and promptly.

Please call Anita at 727-381-4900

to request that a survey be mailed to you.

Israeli Folk Dancing (It’s Free) (It’s Fun!)

Every Sunday evening at

Menorah Manor from

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

in the

Activities Room.

New members are wel-

come.

For more information,

please contact

Janice LeVine at 392-3683.

...Continues from Hazzan on page 3…..

Shoshanna’s received many requests for her speech as well as many comments about how a six and a half month pregnant woman remained on the bima for three hours without even a single ladies room break. Later, al-most two and a half months to the day, her water broke on that same bima while doing the blessing over the lit candles at the Friday night late service.

It was the last time the two most dedicated Jews I know were one. For nine and one half hours later- Jason was born.

I shared this story with you because those of us who were born Jewish sometimes take it for granted. It is a gift to have such a spiritual connection to everyone and everything in the world, from a tree to the Torah and be-yond.

I hope you have enjoyed summer with your family as much as I have.

See you in Shul.

B’Shalom,

Hazzan Paul D. Goldstein

Do we have your

current e-mail address?


ADULT STUDIES IN HONOR OF

Dr. Ed & Vivian Lurie Steve Wein, Mitzvah Men's Club

Man of the Year

Linda & Jack Goldfarb Speedy Recovery, Irma Mayer; Susan LeVine's

& Family Presidency; Karen Sher becoming CBI President

Monday Night Mah Jongg Sheryl Feinman's 40th Bat Mitzvah Anniversary

Ladies

Ilana & Sami Dayan Dr. Marc Reiskind, Teacher of Excellence;

Liz Sembler, Teacher of Excellence

Adele Morris Speedy Recovery, Pam Askin

Roberta & Frank Florence Jean & Harry Kraff 60th Wedding Anniversary

Barbara, Joe, Abby & Birth of Aaron Wein, son of David & Rachel Wein;

Lauren Sterensis grandson of Livia & Steve Wein; Karen Sher,

President of CBI

Dr. Larry & Sheryl Feinman David Goldfarb's graduation

Lou Bader Steve & Livia Wein's grandson's birth; Speedy

recovery, Harry Fishman

Sandi & Jesse Rodman Adele Morris bein awarded the Hadassah

National Leadership Award

Sheryl & Dr. Larry Feinman The birth of Aaron Wein, son of Rachel &

David Wein; Happy birthday of Jack Goldfarb

Lou Bader Speedy Recovery, Yollette Frey

ADULT STUDIES IN MEMORY OF

Linda & Jack Goldfarb & John Sommella

Family

Janis Wohl Louis L. Rosen

Bill & Carol Marger John Sommella

Adele Morris John Sommella

Brian & Susan Kagan & Family Maisie Kagan

CAMP RAMAH IN HONOR OF

Mike & Sandy Slomka Marc Reiskind, Teacher of Excellence Award

Liz Sembler, Teacher of Excellence Award

Speedy Recovery, Pam Askin

CAMP RAMAH IN MEMORY OF

Sandy & Mike Slomka John Sommella, Sylvia Tennebaum

CANTOR'S FUND IN HONOR OF

Yollette & Louis Frey Bar Mitzvah of William Gross

Gail & Michael Frye In appreciation

Shirley Sommella & Family In appreciation

Hazzan & Mrs. Paul Goldstein Jason Goldstein's Math Wizard Award

CANTOR'S FUND IN MEMORY OF

Sandi & Jesse Rodman Carl Frye

Yollette & Louis Frey John Sommella

COME BUILD IT IN HONOR OF

Michael & Arlene Hurwitz Speedy Recovery - Pam Askin

Steve & Linda Grau Speedy Recovery - David Robbins &

Dr. Leslie Pearlstein

JACOBS' BEAUTIFICATION IN MEMORY OF

Donna Milcich Mnoucha Rabinovitch

LIBRARY FUND IN HONOR OF

Lee & Marvin Leibson Bar Mitzvah of William Gross

LIBRARY FUND IN MEMORY OF

Greg Ullman Dr. Sam Holt

Jesse & Sandi Rodman Sophie Friedlander

Vera Green Florence Silverstone

LIBRARY MUSIC FUND IN MEMORY OF

Morton Sherman Betty Sherman

LORRAINE MALLER FUND IN HONOR OF

Mr. & Mrs. Ron Maller Gail Warren - Speedy recovery

LORRAINE MALLER FUND IN MEMORY OF

Ellen & Joel Goetz John Sommella

Ron & Norma Maller John Sommella

MINYAN FUND IN MEMORY OF

David & Judy Carr John Sommella

Rhoda & Leonard Bader Sophie Friedlander

MITZVAH FUND IN HONOR OF

Ann Lepes Steve Warren

Myrna & Murray Rubin Bar Mitzvah of William Gross

Beverly Dikman Happy Birthday to Edna Sonkin, Phyllis Orlan

Terri & Jay Gross Bruce Werner being the recipient of the AIA

2009 Bronze Medal

Susie & Alan Schwartz Speedy Recovery - Jill Engelman; Naomi Luski's

engagement; Speedy Recovery Gail Warren

Lenny & Millie Gelfond William Gross' Bar Mitzvah

Diana & Joe Rosin Sheryl Feinman's 40th Bat Mitzvah Anniversary

Sharon & Alan Koenig Birth of Larry & Aldena Lew's new grandson

Lynn & Reena Sumerson Sheryl Feinman's 40th Bat Mitzvah Anniversary

Diane Sembler Karen Sher becoming CBI President

Dr. Ed & Vivian Lurie Happy Birthday, Kitty Jacobs, Helen Kahan

Dr. J. L. Azneer & Happy Birthday to Ed Silverberg, Steve Wein,

Dr. Patricia Cottrille Kitty Jacobs, Sheryl Feinman, Barry Augenbraun,

Shelley Lynn; Happy Anniversary to Sheryl &

Dr. Mark Weitman

Vicki & Dr. David Greenfield Bruce Werner's Marriage to Sara Mizrahi

Helen Kahan Happy Anniversary to David & Rachel Wein

Laurie & Marc Reiskind Speedy recovery to Pam Askin


COME BUILD IT IN HONOR OF

Michael & Arlene Hurwitz Speedy Recovery - Pam Askin

Steve & Linda Grau Speedy Recovery - David Robbins &

Dr. Leslie Pearlstein

JACOBS' BEAUTIFICATION IN MEMORY OF

Donna Milcich Mnoucha Rabinovitch

LIBRARY FUND IN HONOR OF

Lee & Marvin Leibson Bar Mitzvah of William Gross

LIBRARY FUND IN MEMORY OF

Greg Ullman Dr. Sam Holt

Jesse & Sandi Rodman Sophie Friedlander

Vera Green Florence Silverstone

LIBRARY MUSIC FUND IN MEMORY OF

Morton Sherman Betty Sherman

LORRAINE MALLER FUND IN HONOR OF

Mr. & Mrs. Ron Maller Gail Warren - Speedy recovery

LORRAINE MALLER FUND IN MEMORY OF

Ellen & Joel Goetz John Sommella

Ron & Norma Maller John Sommella

MINYAN FUND IN MEMORY OF

David & Judy Carr John Sommella

Rhoda & Leonard Bader Sophie Friedlander

MITZVAH FUND IN HONOR OF

Ann Lepes Steve Warren

Myrna & Murray Rubin Bar Mitzvah of William Gross

Beverly Dikman Happy Birthday to Edna Sonkin, Phyllis Orlan

Terri & Jay Gross Bruce Werner being the recipient of the AIA

2009 Bronze Medal

Susie & Alan Schwartz Speedy Recovery - Jill Engelman; Naomi Luski's

engagement; Speedy Recovery Gail Warren

Lenny & Millie Gelfond William Gross' Bar Mitzvah

Diana & Joe Rosin Sheryl Feinman's 40th Bat Mitzvah Anniversary

Sharon & Alan Koenig Birth of Larry & Aldena Lew's new grandson

Lynn & Reena Sumerson Sheryl Feinman's 40th Bat Mitzvah Anniversary

Diane Sembler Karen Sher becoming CBI President

Dr. Ed & Vivian Lurie Happy Birthday, Kitty Jacobs, Helen Kahan

Dr. J. L. Azneer & Happy Birthday to Ed Silverberg, Steve Wein,

Dr. Patricia Cottrille Kitty Jacobs, Sheryl Feinman, Barry Augenbraun,

Shelley Lynn; Happy Anniversary to Sheryl &

Dr. Mark Weitman

Vicki & Dr. David Greenfield Bruce Werner's Marriage to Sara Mizrahi

Helen Kahan Happy Anniversary to David & Rachel Wein

Laurie & Marc Reiskind Speedy recovery to Pam Askin

Renee Lipman Bruce Werner's Marriage to Sara Mizrahi

Barbara Jarvis Happy Anniversary to Herb & Sandy Brasch

Mayer & Naomi Rubenstein Sheryl Feinman's 40th Bat Mitzvah Anniversary

Dr. Morris & Rose Pearlman Eric Lynn's & Tracy's Aufruf

The Reichs Dr. Marc Reiskind's Teacher of Excellence

Award

Beverly Dikman Happy Birthday to Marietta Drucker,

Beatrice Friedberg, Miriam Tambor;

Happy Anniversary to Sharon & Moshe Gershuny

& Lil & Sid Grau

Barbara Jarvis Happy Anniversary to Harry & Jean Kraff

Vicki York In appreciation

Lenny & Millie Gelfond Birth of Aaron Wein, grandson of Livia & Steve Wein

Dr. Larry & Vera Green Happy Anniversary to Harry & Jean Kraff

Doris & Herschel Hochman; Happy Birthday to

Jane Markowitz & Lucile Urvater

Marilyn Benjamin Speedy recovery to David Robbins & Pam Askin

Sonya Horowitz Debbie Marmon, Ba'a lot Kriah; Happy Anniversary

to Sandy & Steve Harwood

Thelma & Jerry Gilbert Speedy recovery to Yollette Frey

Shirley Bulkin Speedy recovery to Yollette Frey

Dr. J. L. Azneer Happy Anniversary to Debbie & Mark Sokolov,

Sheryl & Larry Feinman, Sandy & Mike Slomka;

Happy Birthday to Margot Benstock, Abe Luski,

Rose Luski, Mussie Eidelman, Pearl Azneer,

Steve Grau, Morry Bornstein

Larry & Sheryl Feinman Happy Birthday to Kitty Jacobs, Vivian Lurie

Bebby & Arthur Marlin Speedy recovery to Gail Warren

MITZVAH FUND IN MEMORY OF

Friedlander Family - Dr. Carl Sophie Friedlander - Thank you for your

Dr. Miriam Weiss & Dr. Ira Condolences

Sandy & Mike Slomka Irving Gelford

Frank & Kathy Mendelblatt Isaac Blacker

Edna Sonkin Morris Sackett

Sam & Beulah Steel Betty Steel

Susie & Alan Schwartz Annette Robbins

Mark & Judi Gordon Annette Robbins, Annette Dresdner

Millie & Lenny Gelfond Anschel Gelfond

Diana & Joe Rosin Annette Dresdner

Mrs. Selma Rosenberg Jack Wolfson

Pamela & Morris LeCompte Sylvia Heller Wittner

& Samuel Heller Green

Rosanne & Andy Kauss Annette Dresdner

Mildred Grabstald & John Sommella

Shirley Lipsitz

Morrie & Marilyn LeVine John Sommella

Jasper J. Mamolite John Sommella

Helen Wertel John Sommella

Aida Bell John Sommella

Ed Lurie Rose Lurie

Beatrice Glick John Sommella

Dr. & Mrs. Ed Lurie Carl Frye

Sharon & Alan Koenig John Sommella

Sharon Koenig Abe Skott

Ed Hanna Joseph Hanna

Marilyn Benjamin Philip Benjamin

Dr. Joel Marantz Hannah Marantz

Allen & Betty Polon John Sommella

Randi & Bennett Rabin Anne Miller

Vivian Neumann John Sommella

Renee Lipman John Sommella

Lil Rosen John Sommella

Bev & Mort Sherman John Sommella

Laurie & Marc Reiskind John Sommella

Ruth & Richard Erman Allison Johnston

Lil Rosen Joe Klein

Leona Solomon John Sommella

Bea Wallace John Sommella

Dr. Ed & Vivian Lurie John Sommella

Marjorie Long John Sommella

Jane & Don Silverberg Helen Silverberg, Evelyn Goldman

Marilyn Krohn John Sommella

Ruth Morachnick John Sommella

Vicki Greenfield Lawson Cook

Irwin & Hannah Ayes Edward Moss

Anita Pollack Gertrude Stromwasser

Allen & Betty Polon Tillie Polon

Edward Sandler John Sommella

Sandi & Jesse Rodman Annette Robbins

Shirley Nusenko John Sommella

Dr. Nancy Landfish & Rose Billet

Edward G. Bailey

Dr. Seth Labinger Jerome Labinger

Amnon Abayov Frida Abayov

Marion Samson Joseph Bernard L. Samson

Lorne & Sharron Abrams Kay Gobel

Sally & Joe Cohen John Sommella

Pearl Brook Bernard Nevetsky

Vivian Neumann Sally Rubenstein

Sylvia Ayes Minnie Winaker

Robert C. Krell Loved ones

Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Hagendorf David Hagendorf

Millie & Lenny Gelfond John Sommella

Orange County Public Schools John Sommella

Mort & Gwen Stark John Sommella

Barbara Berenson Norman Rossman

Sara R. Hastings Helen Meyers

Harvey & Betty Morgenstein John Sommella

Marilyn Benjamin Lilly & Leon Haliczer, John Sommella

Helen Rosen Isaac Petnov


USY FUND IN HONOR OF

Steve & Linda Grau Billie Bornstein's retirement

Sybil Rosen Speedy recovery of Bev Rafal, Bar Mitzvah of

William Gross

Adele Morris Engagement of Naomi Luski

Rachel Luski receiving her Masters Degree

Jack & Barry Kanner Happy Birthday to Shelley Lynn

Eric Lynn's upcoming wedding

Eileen & Michael Richman Lila Richman's college graduation;

Birth of Avery Lurie, daughter of Michael &

Bonnie Lurie & granddaughter of Ed and

Vivian Lurie

USY FUND IN MEMORY OF

Lucille Ginsburg Sophie Friedlander

Phyllis Hirschfield Milton Hayman

Mary Ann & Bruce Marger Theresa Baum, Florence Marger

Lucille Ginsburg John Sommella

Mark & Ricki Lewis John Sommella

Ruth Gray Elliott Gray

Abe Katz Isaac Katz

Audrey Chenkin Ethel Rothblatt

Larry & Sheryl Feinman John Sommella

Lucille Ginsburg Kenneth Warge

Mirla Kremer John Sommella

USY PILGRIMAGE IN HONOR OF

Louisa & Mark Benjamin Gail Warren - Thinking of You

Happy Birthday to Steve Warren

The Brasch Family Adele Morris - Hadassah Leadershp Award

Sheryl Feinman - 40th Bat Mitzvah Honor

Claire & Ron Yogman Speedy Recovery - Beatrice Mehl

USY PILGRIMAGE IN MEMORY OF

Louisa & Mark Benjamin Annette Robbins

Dorothy Goldblatt Carl Frye, Annette Dresdner, Annette Robbins,

John Sommella

Mark Gordon Florence Gordon

Charlotte Levine Alfred I. Levine

Lillian Rosen Saul Friedman, Louis Rosen

Pearl Brook John Sommella, Frances Stone, Florence Nevetsky

Shelley Lynn Sylvia Tennebaum, Edward Moss

Arlyne Popick Lynn Klein Frieder, Sylvia Tennebaum

Claire & Ron Yogman Sylvia Tennebaum

Mel & Dee Dinsfriend Louis Dinsfriend

Sonya Horowitz John Sommella

Thelma & Jerry Gilbert John Sommella

John & Anne Dieumegarde Ethel Gottfried

PAULINE RIVKIND FUND IN MEMORY OF

Lee, Jared, Daron Shenofsky Mark Shenofsky

PRTT FUND IN HONOR OF

Dr. Stan & Nancy Rosenberg Speedy Recovery - Leslie Pearlstein;

Happy Special Birthday Mona Feld

Engagement of Sherri Weissman to Lucas Levine

Adele Morris Liz Sembler - Teacher of Excellence Award;

Marc Reiskind - Teacher of Excellence Award

PRTT FUND IN MEMORY OF

Dr. Stan & Nancy Rosenberg Murray Citrin, Edward Moss, Sylvia Tennebaum

PRAYERBOOK FUND IN MEMORY OF

Eileen & Michael Richman John Sommella

Etz Chaim Humash dedicated John Sommella

by dear friends

RABBI'S FUND IN HONOR OF

Jack & Linda Goldfarb Naomi Luski's engagement

Myrna Irwin In appreciation

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Salcman Bar Mitzvah of William Gross

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Jacobson Speedy recovery to Dr. Leslie Pearlstein,

Dr. Peter Pardoll, Dr. Robert Sternberg, Frances

Grobman; Happy Birthday to Jayne Weissman

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Levin Speedy recovery to Pearl Brook

Kitty & Marvin Jacobs Misheberah for Pam Askin

Mr. & Mrs. Alan Schwartz Rachel Luski receiving Masters Degree;

Speedy recovery to Pam Askin

Marian Rooth William Gross' Bar Mitzvah

Gail & Michael Frye In appreciation

Shirley Sommella & Family In appreciation to Phil Redisch, Jack Goldberg

Ben Ami Braun, Joel Goetz

Happy Birthday to Jack Goldberg, Ben Ami Braun

Eddie Ginsberg, in appreciation, Jay Kauffman,

in appreciation

Happy Birthday to Alan Gross

Adele Morris - National Hadassah Leadership Award

Happy Birthday to Sam Cohen, Jean Kraff, Fred Buns

Dr. Patricia Cottrille, Ellen Bernstein, David C. Gross

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Sally & Joe Cohen, Beverly & George Levine,

Kitty & Marvin Jacobs, Ruth Ann & Ralph Mizrahi,

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Sybil Rosen Speedy recovery of Bev Rafal, Bar Mitzvah of

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Adele Morris Engagement of Naomi Luski

Rachel Luski receiving her Masters Degree

Jack & Barry Kanner Happy Birthday to Shelley Lynn

Eric Lynn's upcoming wedding

Eileen & Michael Richman Lila Richman's college graduation;

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Phyllis Hirschfield Milton Hayman

Mary Ann & Bruce Marger Theresa Baum, Florence Marger

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Mark & Ricki Lewis John Sommella

Ruth Gray Elliott Gray

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Audrey Chenkin Ethel Rothblatt

Larry & Sheryl Feinman John Sommella

Lucille Ginsburg Kenneth Warge

Mirla Kremer John Sommella

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The Brasch Family Adele Morris - Hadassah Leadershp Award

Sheryl Feinman - 40th Bat Mitzvah Honor

Claire & Ron Yogman Speedy Recovery - Beatrice Mehl

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Dorothy Goldblatt Carl Frye, Annette Dresdner, Annette Robbins,

John Sommella

Mark Gordon Florence Gordon

Charlotte Levine Alfred I. Levine

Lillian Rosen Saul Friedman, Louis Rosen

Pearl Brook John Sommella, Frances Stone, Florence Nevetsky

Shelley Lynn Sylvia Tennebaum, Edward Moss

Arlyne Popick Lynn Klein Frieder, Sylvia Tennebaum

Claire & Ron Yogman Sylvia Tennebaum

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