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DECEMBER 2016/JANUARY 2017
Einstein and the Growth of a Congregation At the HCRJ board retreat in August, our temple leadership decided that a primary goal for the coming year would be to focus on the growth of our congregation. Our 60th Anniversary provides us with a lens through which we can consider our past as we dream about our future. Yet, as my sermon on Rosh HaShanah pointed out, growth can be defined and measured in a variety of ways.
Growth can be defined as the process of increasing in amount, value or importance. Plants grow; companies grow; people grow; ideas grow. We often use this definition of growth when we are trying to expand. From a congregational perspective, this concept of growth might help us in our efforts to increase our membership and broaden our presence in the community.
Growth can also be defined as the process of developing or maturing physically, mentally or spiritually, as in: “we grow wiser with age.” This definition reflects a more internal process, and from this perspective we might direct energy and resources toward engaging members in deeper and more meaningful ways.
Regardless of how we choose to define our growth, it is always important to determine what we want to count as we seek to measure who we are and what we hope to become. In the words of Albert Einstein, “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” As a congregation, we need to determine what is most important for us to count and measure as we monitor our growth. What is it that we value most as a congregation? Do we value our intimacy? If so, counting numbers of members may not be our primary matrix. Do we value the dynamics of our programming? If so, we need to consider the fact that programming demands resources, staffing and financial support. The truth is that there are countless possibilities regarding how we can measure and monitor our growth as a congregation, and as Einstein suggests, there are many growth markers that can be very difficult to identify and measure. In the coming year, our leadership has presented us with a threefold task as we begin to envision a long-term strategy for our future: We need to consider what counts and what does not in terms of how we hope to evolve as a community; we need to consider ways to measure the growth we seek once we define it; and we need to engage as many members as possible as we seek to grow together.
Save the Date for Two Interfaith Programs 7th Annual Jewish/Muslim Christmas on December 24 at 12:30PM
Serving Christmas Lunch at Turning Point Center on December 25 at 10:45AM
More details for each event can be found on page 4.
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December Calendar
2 6:00 PM 6:15 PM 7:15 PM
Tot Shabbat Family Dinner Family Shabbat Services
3 9:00 AM Social Action Project: Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston Meals on Wheels Program
4 9:00 AM 10:30 AM 12:00 PM
Religious School Family Breakfast Bar/Bat Mitzvah Vendor Fair Grandparents Circle Program
7 10:30 AM 1:00 PM
Senior Chai Interest Group Senior Chai Watercolor Wednesdays
9 7:15 PM Shabbat Services
10 6:30 PM Margarita Madness
11 9:30AM Religious School
13 11:30 AM 7:00 PM
Knitzvah Group Board Meeting
14 1:00 PM Senior Chai Watercolor Wednesdays
16 7:15 PM Shabbat Services
17 5:00 PM B’nai Mitzvah of Simon and Nicole Gross
18 No Religious School
23 7:15 PM Shabbat Services
24 12:30 PM 7th Annual Jewish/Muslim Christmas
25 10:45 AM
No Religious School Christmas at Turning Point Center
27 11:30 AM Knitzvah Group
30 7:15 PM Shabbat Services: Chanukah Shabbat
Family Shabbat Friday, December 2 Friday, January 6
Tot Shabbat: 6:00PM Dinner: 6:15PM Family Services: 7:15PM
December Menu: Brisket, potato latkes, salad, vegetable, chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese. January menu will be announced in upcoming Reflections.
Dinner is $5 per person over 4 years old. Join us after services for an oneg and game night!
For Our Tots: Tot Shabbat Services on December 2 and January 6 at 6:00PM. Join us for Shabbat fun.
There are few roles in life that are more meaningful than being a grandparent. This role takes on ever-great significance when we consider how central a grandparent is in transmitting the values of our faith. At HCRJ, we are trying to develop a community around the joys of grand parenting.
Please join for our first meeting of the *Grandparents Circle* on Sunday, December 4 from 12:00 – 1:30. A light lunch will be served. RSVP to Justin at [email protected] so we can plan for enough food.
Temple Office The Temple Office will be closed from Monday, December 26 through Friday, December 30.
Grandparents Circle December 4, 12:00PM
Marriage and Merlot
In February, we will begin a special program for engaged and recently married couples. With wine and cheese setting the tone for the program, Rabbi Gross and his wife, Beckye, will facilitate a series of discussions designed to help couples explore issues of intimacy, communication and finances in a safe and non-threatening environment.
The size of this program will be limited to ten couples, so if you are interested in participating, please contact Rabbi Gross at [email protected].
January Calendar
1 No Religious School
4 1:00 PM Senior Chai Watercolor Wednesdays
6 6:00 PM 6:15 PM 7:15 PM
Tot Shabbat Family Dinner Family Shabbat Services
8 9:00 AM 12:00 PM
Religious School Family Breakfast Acro Yoga and Pizza Youth Group Event
10 11:30 AM 7:00 PM
Knitzvah Group Board Meeting
11 1:00 PM Senior Chai Watercolor Wednesdays
13 6:15 PM Got Shabbat: 3rd Annual Deli Shabbos
14 1:15 PM Social Action Project: Books Between Kids
15 No Religious School
18 1:00 PM Senior Chai Watercolor Wednesdays
20 7:15 PM Shabbat Services
22 9:30 AM 10:45 AM
Religious School The Bridal Chair Book Discussion and Marc Chagall Presentation by Ellen Orseck
24 11:30 AM Knitzvah Group
25 1:00 PM Senior Chai Watercolor Wednesdays
26 6:30 PM La Cena Italiana: Italian Dinner at Arcodoro—60th Anniversary Event
27 7:15 PM Shabbat Services
28 10:30 AM B’nai Mitzvah of Asher Forman and Asher Weathers
29 9:30 AM Religious School
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Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund In honor of Logan Belcher’s Bar Mitzvah From Barbara Friedman In honor of Eli Mogil’s Bar Mitzvah From Mogil Family In honor of their wedding From Rachel and Brian Hall
Honors and Memorials Fund In honor of Jean and Mort Fefer’s 60th Anniversary From JoAnn and Mikal Innerarity From Marcia and Bill Chaffin From Pearl Goldman From Madeleine and Michael Appel From Charlotte Robinson In honor of Bruce Shelby’s presidency From Myron Marks In memory of Charles A. Snyder From Sherry Snyder In memory of Martha Ainsworth From Nancy and Mel Gross
Temple Life Fund In memory of Evelyn Stern and Jay J. Karkowsky From Miriam and Allan Graber
General Operating Fund From Ted and Maria Johnson
Mitzvah Day From Fran Podell
Sponsored an Oneg From Ted and Maria Johnson
60th Anniversary Year Sponsors Diamond Level Sponsor From Amy and Peter Shaper Silver Level Sponsor From Anne and Donald Graubart (Deli Shabbat) Pearl Level Sponsor From Dan and Suzanne Fleckman (Margarita Madness) From Jill and Ray Morgenstern (Margarita Madness)
Supporter Level Sponsor From Irv Robbins From Rhona Schneider From June Diamond From Megan Bladen-Blinkoff and Paul Messina
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Brag and Boast
Mazel Tov to Janis and Robert Frank, on their birth of their grandson, Aaron Parker Caras, on November 19. Mazel Tov to Simon Gross, son of Beckye and Steve, and Nicole Gross, daughter of Marty Gross, who will become B’nai Mitzvah on December 17. Mazel Tov to Jean and Mort Fefer on celebrating their 60th Anniversary on November 22. Mazel Tov to Asher Forman, son of Abbe and Adam Forman, and Asher Weathers, son Shelley and Andrew Weathers, who will become B’nai Mitzvah on January 28.
Our heartfelt condolences…
On the death of James Alan Hopkins, father of Leslie Mogil and her husband, Todd, and grandfather of Eli, Blythe and Owen, who passed away September 21.
On the death of Sheila E. Wakula, mother of Dawn Rubinstein and her husband, Mitch, and grandmother of Michael and Kyra, who passed away November 3.
On the death of Martha Williams Ainsworth, mother of Nancy Ainsworth Gross and her husband, Mel, grandmother of David and his wife, Priscila, and great-grandmother of Jonathan, who passed away November 4.
On the death of Gail Robinson, mother of Randi Schramm and her husband, Ron, and grandmother of Jonathan and Annya, who passed away November 26.
May the memory of our beloved ones always remain a blessing to those who were graced by their presence.
Upcoming Monthly Social Action Projects Open to All Ages - Please RSVP to [email protected]
Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston Meals on Wheels December 3, 9-11AM In December, we will be assembling weekly bags of breakfast groceries for Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston Meals on Wheels seniors. This program provides a home-delivered meal to homebound seniors over 60 and their spouses.
Books Between Kids January 14, 1:15-3:30PM In January, we will be counting and inventorying donations, sorting books, boxing books and helping to stock the sorting table at Books Between Kids. This organization serves Houston’s at-risk children by providing them with books to build their own home libraries.
December and January Oneg Sponsorships
December 9: Sponsored by Barbara Brownstein in memory of her husband, Rabbi Marc Brownstein.
December 16: Sponsored by the Gross Family in honor of Simon and Nicole’s B’nai Mitzvah.
January 27: Sponsored by the Forman and Weathers Families in honor of Asher Forman’s and Asher Weathers B’nai Mitzvah
December 2, December 23, December 30, January 6, January 13
and January 20: Available to sponsor. Please contact temple.
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The 7th Annual Jewish / Muslim Christmas Saturday, December 24, 12:30PM, at the Hilton Americas
Jews and Muslims have a lot in common, and each year on Christmas Eve day, we celebrate these we similarities with our annual Jewish / Muslim Christmas. This year our time together is more important than ever before. According to the newly released FBI report on hate crimes, anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hate crimes are on the rise throughout the United States. We must not stand idly by; we must respond to hatred with love; we must stand together and show our support.
Annual HCRJ Chanukah Store Our Chanukah Store is now open! Come check out the store on December 2 during Family Shabbat and on December 4 and 11 during Religious School to see all of the great items we have available! Get your candles, wrapping paper, Chanukah decorations, menorahs, gifts and more. Proceeds benefit the Religious School. Volunteers are still needed. Please contact Hilary Kamin at [email protected] if you are able to assist.
December 30: Chanukah Shabbat Join us for our congregational observance of Chanukah on this seventh night of our Festival of Lights. Following services, potato latkes and apple sauce will be the highlight of the evening at our latke oneg.
Chanukah Religious School Program Our Chanukah program this year will take place over two Sundays - December 4 and 11. We will make Chanukah come alive by creating a life sized board game for our Kindergarten to 5th graders. Students will learn about Chanukah traditions, history and more by participating in this engaging and interactive program. There will be opportunities for the children to practice singing the blessings over the candles, taste Chanukah snacks, and play dreidel. The morning assembly promises to be jam-packed with holiday songs and spirit!
Youth Group Events in December and January December 10, 7-10:30PM - HC68 and HCRJ Wonderland Game Night at the Merfish Teen Center. $30 Per Person. BUBBLE SOCCER, Game Truck, Food Trucks and Giant Movie Screen Experience. Register: www.erjcchouston.org.
December 11, 11:00AM - Count Me In Volunteering at the Merfish Teen Center. Join us as we sort and prepare Hanukkah gifts for over 300 kids in the Houston and Baton Rouge area.
January 8, 12:00PM - Acro Yoga and Pizza after Religious School. Try out the newest trend in acrobatics and yoga. Our very own Jon Swann will lead us in an hour of new experiences and fun. Pizza included. $5 Per Person.
January 13-16 - GreenSki in Winter Park, Colorado for a 4-day ski adventure. Register online at www.greene.org.
January 27-29 - Winter Conclave at Beth-El Congregation in Fort Worth. 9th-12th grade students are invited to another fun out of town weekend with out teens from Texas and Oklahoma. Register online at www.greene.org.
Chanukah at HCRJ
Christmas Lunch at Turning Point Center December 25, 10:45AM — 12:00PM
It has become an HCRJ tradition to serve a Christmas lunch and sing Christmas songs to the residents of the Turning Point Center shelter. We need volunteers, so if your family is able to lend a hand, please join us in fulfilling this beautiful mitzvah on Christmas Day.
Please RSVP to [email protected] so we can plan accordingly, or call the office at 713-782-4162. This has become a very special day for us and for the residents at the Turning Point Center. We hope you can join us!
Frances Feinberg and Yvonne Cosgrove pictured above at Turning Point Center on Christmas Day 2015
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Through a variety of social, educational and recreational activities, the Senior Chai program is dedicated to enriching the lives of those 60 and above. This program is generously underwritten in memory of Mozelle & David Barg and Esther & Robert Shelby. All programs are open to the community. Please check the HCRJ website for a full list of programs.
Interest Group Wednesday, December 7, 10:30AM-11:30AM Join us for a presentation by Rabbi Gross on Chanukah. Come early for bagels and coffee and bring a friend.
Watercolor Wednesdays Wednesdays, January 4 - February 8, 1:00PM-3:00PM Artist Noelle Shawa will begin a new watercolor series on Wednesday, January 4. Noelle, who has taught numerous classes for the Senior Chai program including pastels and drawing, will continue her work with this fun medium. This class is suitable for those who have never painted before and for those who have some experience. Those who took her previous watercolor class are welcome and encouraged to attend this one as well. No cost to attend. RSVP required to Melissa Wolfson at 713-782-4162 or [email protected].
Yoga Class Mondays, January 9 -- March 27, 10:00AM to 11:15AM $120 for the session or $15 per class for walk-ins Taught by Suzy Shapiro, a certified yoga instructor, this class will focus on strength and stamina, balance and flexibility, and a new sense of well-being. First session free. RSVP to Melissa Wolfson at [email protected] or 713-782-4162.
Two Events for Parents of 5th-7th graders on December 4
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Information Meeting: Calling all Parents of 5-7th graders at 10:00AM
We ask all parents considering dates for Bar/Bat Mitzvah with children in grades 5, 6, and 7 to attend this important meeting. If you already have attended this meeting in the past and already have a date on the HCRJ calendar, no additional information will be presented. This is the first opportunity that 5th grade parents will have to submit their preferences for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah date. To reserve a date on the calendar, 3 dates must be submitted along with the $500 fee. Topics for this meeting include:
· Judaism's response to adolescence · The Bar/Bat Mitzvah process at HCRJ
· Mitzvah projects · How to begin to prepare for this special event in the life of your family
After Rabbi Gross and Hilary share their information about the Bar/Bat Mitzvah process, you will have an opportunity to meet with many of the best vendors in the city at our vendor fair. If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like more information about Bar/Bat Mitzvah, please e-mail Hilary at [email protected].
Planning a Party? Bar/Bat Mitzvah? Join us for HCRJ’s 5th Annual Vendor Fair at 10:30AM
HCRJ will be hosting dozens of our preferred vendors who will be available for you to meet with. Experience everything you need to make your Bar or Bat Mitzvah or any event a success! Meet vendors in every category allowing you to get connected face-to-face. This free event allows you to see and experience everything your events can be. Come see a multitude of vendors on-site to help you plan for the big day! Explore a wide variety of goods and services – including all the newest ideas – all for you! Invitations, Hotels, Photographers, Videographers, Green Screens, Caterers, Décor and so much more! Come meet with the best vendors out there! Confirmed vendors include Chef Smirnov Catering, Doubletree Guest Suites, Eric Kleiman Photography, Ideal Party Decorators, Invitations by Joan, Kenny and Ziggy’s, Maxed Out, Natural Expression, On Your MARKS Productions, Celebration Company, Elisheva, Merfish Center, The Downtown Club, Behind the Scenes and Something Borrowed.
For more information contact [email protected].
The Bridal Chair by Gloria Goldreich Marc Chagall Presentation by Ellen Orseck Sunday, January 22, 10:45AM-12:00PM
Join our book club for a presentation on Marc Chagall, a Russian-Jewish painter of the 20th century
and one of the best known representatives of the Russian Avant-Garde in the West. Read Gloria Goldreich’s The Bridal Chair in advance of the presentation, a book which highlights the untold story of Marc Chagall, and then join us for a presentation by Houston-based artist and formerly the curator of the Holocaust Museum, Houston, Ellen Orseck, on Sunday, January 22 at HCRJ. The slide lecture will focus on Chagall’s work related to the Jewish experience and the relevance of the history and events that happened in the book during the years he was painting. A light breakfast will be provided. RSVP to Justin at 713-782-4162 or [email protected].
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3rd Annual Deli Shabbos On Friday, January 13 at 6:00PM, we will be welcoming Ziggy Gruber (owner of Kenny & Ziggy's) to the pulpit for our Third Annual Deli Shabbos. The theme of this year's Deli Shabbos experience will be parve. Ziggy is preparing a very special Shabbat Dinner followed by a sermon about the history of the food that we will share.
Registration information will be sent out later in December.
A portion of the cost for this evening has been generously underwritten by:
Anne and Don Graubart Jennifer and Michael Siegel
Kay and Fred Zeidman
What fun we had at HCRJ’s Bark Mitzvah on Sunday, November 13. Over 100 dogs, 17 pet vendors, 3 Rabbis, 2 food trucks, a DJ and more made it afternoon that we won’t soon forget! Our 60th year celebration continues with Margarita Madness (December 10), our 3rd Annual Deli Shabbos (January 13) and La Cena Italiana: Italian Dinner at Arcodoro (January 26).
Nikki and Kacie Androphy Melinda Neumann and her dog, Stella
La Cena Italiana:
Italian Dinner
Enjoy an Elegant
Evening Celebrating
60 Years of HCRJ!
Thursday, January 26 at Arcodoro 6:30PM Prosecco and Antipasti
7:00PM Dinner Italiana (Insalata, Pasta, Entrée, Dessert & Presentation)
Wines to Compliment Meal Complimentary Valet
$160 per person Ticket information available mid-December.
La Cena Italiana Co-Chairs: Lori Farris and Kay Zeidman
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ANNIVERSARIES
BIRTHDAYS
YARZEITS CONT. 12/1 Sherry Davis
12/4 Darrell Rosenthal
12/4 Patricia Will
12/5 Scott Bernstein
12/5 Stephanie Fuller
12/5 Lisa Cashion
12/6 Wade Howard
12/6 Jeannie Mandell
12/8 Nancy Huckle
12/8 Michele Howard
12/9 Mary Silberman
12/9 Jessica Lynn Speer
12/9 Ron Fisher
12/10 Jodi Vazquez
12/12 Melanie Cremins
12/14 Ken Kantor
12/16 Hank Lam
12/16 Julie Herman
12/17 Lindsay Jones
12/17 Jimmy Jones
12/17 Nikki Goldin
12/17 Alan Schnur
12/17 Michelle Leben
12/18 Stacy Graubart
12/18 Robert Smith
12/19 Teri Goldfield
12/20 Randall Anhalt
12/20 Bruce Spain
12/21 Miriam Graber
12/21 Steven Wolfson
12/21 Adriana Bain
12/21 Leatrice Rabalais
12/22 Sean McGuire
12/22 Brad Sondock
12/23 Greg Scheinman
12/23 Linda Debrovner
12/25 Katherine Buck
12/25 Rochelle Sinderbrand
12/27 Marilyn Fireman
12/27 Richard Gaudette
12/27 Kitty Kahn
12/27 David Lipshutz
12/27 Michael Lore
12/28 Michael Appel
12/28 Linda Gross
12/28 Stacy Gonzalez
12/29 Stephanie Rosen
12/29 Efisio Farris
12/29 Jim Farrell
12/29 Andrea Steel
12/30 Marc Levinson
12/30 Martha Lewis
12/31 Megan Bladen-Blinkoff
1/2 Chad Shaw
1/2 Benjamin Silverstein
1/2 Debbie Turk
1/3 Carol Appelbaum
1/4 William Podorzer
1/5 Barbara Markman
1/7 Joshua Tabin
1/8 Karen Frumovitz
1/9 Matthew Tenny
1/10 David Bain
1/10 Jorge Zuniga
1/11 Israel Naman
1/13 Gary Dante
1/14 Sheila Loewenstern
1/15 June Diamond
1/16 Ruth Schlanger
1/16 Ian Baron
1/17 Lois Biro
1/19 Barbara Hurwitz
1/20 Ginger Greenberg
1/20 Rachelle Goldman
1/21 Deborah Bernstein
1/21 Emmie Chang
1/22 Andrea Joseph
1/22 Ryan Harrington
1/22 Diane Mintz
1/23 Herbert Silberman
1/24 Abbe Forman
1/26 Candy Novak
1/26 Rob Householder
1/27 Luisa Dossi
1/28 Lauren Salomon
1/28 Nadia Sabat
1/28 Anne Graubart
1/29 Sybil Roos
1/29 Randy Czarlinsky
1/29 Melissa Hudson
1/31 Ron Bernosky
12/3 Noa Shaw
12/4 Riley Paul
12/6 Isabelle Avedesian
12/6 Parker Turk
12/8 Analia Salomon
12/9 Joshua Sucec
12/9 Anastasia Rabalais
12/10 Michael Bell
12/10 Anna Siegel
12/10 Julian Meyer
12/11 Alexander Sweetland
12/12 Ann Lerner
12/16 Zachary Danek
12/17 Matthew McGuire
12/17 Logan Eagle
12/18 Jared Gonzales
12/21 David Helfand
12/22 Valerio Farris
12/25 Andrew Gomel
12/26 David Czarlinsky
12/27 Benjamin Bain
12/28 Lauren Gross
12/29 Molly Cashion
1/1 Margot Rosenthal
1/2 Drake Goldman
1/4 Maya Vazquez
1/4 Lewis Graubart
1/4 Amanda Rosenfield
1/7 Julia Jameson
1/9 Simon Jerden
1/9 Brooke Wolfson
1/10 Jacqueline Touchet
1/10 Caroline McElroy
1/10 Brett Leben
1/11 Eli Bernosky
1/13 Charlotte Stephenson
1/15 Shayna Brochstein
1/15 Samuel Wise
1/19 Jordan Kassab
1/19 Jonathan Sweetland
1/21 Sophia Reed
1/21 Audrey Reed
1/24 Joshua Kassab
1/24 Nathan Touchet
1/28 Beatrice Graubart
1/29 Allison Bernstein
1/29 Julia Speer
1/31 Gabriella Rosenwasser
12/11 Barry & Lori Glickman
12/11 Don & Sue Sue Aron
12/17 Jerry & Fran Lowe
12/18 Brent & Gayle Speer
12/22 Melvyn Douglass & Jeanette McBee
12/24 Jeffrey & Shayna Sanborn
12/28 Paul & Frances Feinberg
12/29 Barry & Kay Russ
12/30 Christopher & Rachelle Goldman
1/1 Herb & Judy Fred
1/2 Daniel & Margaret Krohn
1/3 David & Cindy Lipshutz
1/5 Dan & Doylene Markman
1/8 Ron & Missy Bernosky
1/11 Jeff & Rita Williams
1/12 Wayne Dorris & Jacqueline Hecht
1/15 Martin & Linda Debrovner
1/17 Dennis Sucec & Debra Hurwitz
1/19 LeRoy & Adelle Shaw
1/20 Gary & Cathy Dante
1/23 John & Suzanne Landa
1/26 Howard & Marilyn Fireman
1/29 Gary & Eileen Muslin
12/1 Conner Anhalt
12/1 Betty Calderon
12/2 Goldene Blinkoff
12/2 Robert Lozner
12/2 Louis Pleason
12/3 Michael Paul
12/3 Bertha Miller
12/4 Joseph Heffler
12/5 Sarah Chaikind
12/6 Henry Roos
12/6 Dorothy Green
12/7 Joseph Liebling
12/7 Albert Lichtenstein
12/7 Marvin Pleason
12/8 Harvey Rosen
12/8 Amalia Moscovich
12/9 Joan Brown
12/9 Rose Ginsburg
12/10 Adrian Levy, Jr.
12/10 Elba Madebach
12/11 Sandra Cameron
12/11 Michelle Maloney
12/11 Sid Rubin
12/11 Susan Rosen
12/11 Drew Michaels
12/11 Lou Warshaw
12/12 Flora Katz
12/12 Morton Plager
12/13 Nancy G. Pines
12/13 Florence Flesh
12/13 Betty Farrell
12/13 Rose Miller
12/13 Jerry Motley
12/13 Lisa Blackmur
12/13 Carolyn Schmulen
12/13 Gus Herrman
12/15 Serene Mintz
12/17 Mamie Naman
12/17 Brian Danek
12/17 Harriet Weinerman
12/18 Charles Friedenthal
12/19 Andrew White
12/21 Mamie Smith
12/21 Ralph Minchen
12/22 Chuck Selber
12/22 Henry Sandhaus
12/23 Ann Rayford
12/23 Calvin Levinson
12/24 Harry Ginsburg
12/24 Marian Baron
12/24 Harry Ginsburg
12/24 Edith Schacter
12/24 Eugene More
12/27 Robert Lawch
12/27 Ethel Carton
12/29 Isadore Fred
12/30 Philip Silberman
12/31 Dorothy Innerarity
1/1 Bernard Goldfield
1/2 Paul Wilensky
1/3 Max Sapsowitz
1/3 Beatrice Levy
1/4 Barbara Bortugno
1/4 Myron Appel
1/5 Roberta Samsky
1/5 Angie Rabalais
1/6 Dora Salomon
1/6 John Landa
1/7 Bess Silverman
1/7 Harry Gross
1/12 Morris Lait
1/13 Irving Appelbaum
1/13 Margaret Veta
1/15 Joseph Fireman
1/15 Sheldon Kaufman
1/16 Alan Scheinman
1/17 Joel Zaritzky
1/17 Tillie Berman
1/19 Gertrude Greenfeld
1/21 Paul Brochstein
1/22 Morris Lewis
1/23 Frank Bearden
1/24 Tobe Berman
1/24 Shel Mitelman
1/25 Ben Shaw
1/25 Jerome Schwartz
1/25 Sarah Nathanson
1/26 Ernest Weil
1/29 Maurice Blinkoff
1/29 Mildred Munson
1/29 Armand Roos
1/30 Sheila Newar
1/30 Robyn Retsky
1/31 Shirley Strauss
1/31 John Scattiglio
1/31 Edna Bennett
BIRTHDAYS CONT.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR KIDS
YARZEITS
BIRTHDAYS CONT.
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OCTOBER 5, 2012
[email protected] (private email)
December 2, 2016
Julie Barry, President Kristin Helfand,
Bruce Shelby, Vice President
Debby Jones, Secretary
Sandy Kantor, Treasurer
Madeleine Appel, Past President
Darlene Medford, Membership Chair
Director of Education
Steven M. Gross, Senior Rabbi
Bruce Shelby, President
Michael P. LeBurkien, Rabbi Emeritus
[email protected] (private email)
Adam Weinstein, Vice President
Melissa Wolfson, Executive Director
Evelyn Lazear, Secretary
Hilary Kamin, Director of Education
Dan Fleckman, Treasurer
Justin Deutsch, Program Coordinator
Julie Barry, Past President
Michelle Renfrow, Director of Youth Engagement
Darlene Medford, Membership Chair
December Menu
Brisket, potato latkes, salad, vegetable, chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese
Rochelle Sinderbrand, Bookkeeper