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Neve Shalom Bulletin May 2015

FROM THE RABBI By Gerald Zelizer

“Rav Todot!”

NEVE SHALOM Serving the Northern Middlesex County Jewish Community

May Highlights

Mother’s Day Breakfast .....................3 The Gift of Cheese ..............................6 Slate of Officers ..................................7 Donations ...........................................8

T he rabbinic diploma hanging on my study wall and bestowed upon me by the Jewish Theological Seminary in

1964, signed by my professors - (including Rabbi Abraham Heschel), says in Hebrew “Vechaham Yitkarei v Rabi Yitkerei," "He shall be called Wise in Torah and he shall be called Rabbi" and then it goes on to say "Leharbitz Torah Berabim”, And the charge of spreading the spirit of Torah and awe of God among the congregation of Israel.

Whew! That was a challenging charge! Of course, it did not mention the specifics about the manifold other tasks of the modern rabbinate. But that is ok, because it was focusing on the core mission, which is to instill and facilitate religious Judaism through multiple portals. The diploma was like a “mission statement” – it did not have to list the many portals!

After all is said and done, one major doorway into religious Judaism is religious services, especially on Shabbat and Yom Tov. At those times my gabbaim on Shabbat and Yom Tov, Herb Gary, Elyse Schulman, Eliot Spack and David Yellin, have assisted me both skillfully and so enthusiastically, so that as your rabbi I could focus on the teaching, preaching and management of worship that is a rabbi’s central worship responsibility.

And to my wonderful partner in our collaborative sacred mission as “klei kodesh”- ‘holy vessel’, to funnel and facilitate our Jewish tradition—Hazzan Sheldon Levin (and in prior years Cantor Mordecai Goldstein z”l and Ben Stein z”l) our work was always collaborative and “leshemn shmayim” (for the sake of heaven).

These individuals have helped me to implement the core charge of that diploma. “Rav Todot” to them.

Shavuot 2015 begins at sunset on Saturday, May 23 and will end on the evening of Monday, May 25.

What is Shavuot? Shavuot, the feast of weeks, is celebrated seven weeks after the second Passover seder. Although Shavuot began as an ancient grain harvest festival, the holiday has been identified since biblical times with the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai.

What are some customs and practices for Shavuot?

To commemorate the giving of the Torah at Sinai there is a tradition of staying up all night studying Jewish texts in what is called a tikkun.

On Shavuot the Book of Ruth is read.

Traditionally dairy foods are eaten on Shavuot.

In order to mark the agricultural history of Shavuot,

some decorate their house and synagogues with a

floral theme.


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Notes from the Hazzan By Hazzan Sheldon Levin

Congregation Neve Shalom 250 Grove Avenue, Metuchen, NJ 08840

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OFFICERS President ....................................... Nancy Shlossman Vice President .............................. Larry Goldberg Vice President .............................. Christina Daniels Vice President .............................. Hope Serratelli Vice President .............................. Debbie Schildkraut Vice President .............................. Dan Hirsch Treasurer ...................................... Mark Lampf Financial Secretary ...................... Linda Gotlib Recording Secretary .................... Lawrence Dombrow Sisterhood President.................... Jennifer Bullock Men’s Club President .................. Stuart Mantel USY President ............................... Matt Daniels

SYNAGOGUE STAFF Rabbi.............................................. Gerald L. Zelizer Hazzan, Director of Education .............. Sheldon Levin Nursery School Director ............ Martha Mack Office Manager ........................... Rita Devlin Secretary for Hebrew School ..... Jeanne Cowhey Secretary for Nursery School ... Jacqueline Stoecker Youth Secretary and Office Assistant ............................ Danielle Mendez Bookkeeper ................................... Lisa Luzzi

BULLETIN STAFF Editor/Designer ........................... Mindy Paris-Thurer Calendar Editor............................ Ron Becker

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From Baroque to Baruch

IN MEMORIAM

Michael Ehrlich

Our member and husband of

Caroline Ehrlich

Ivy Rogoff

Aunt of Adam and Paul Glinn

Joyce Harrison

Our member

Gertrude Unger

Mother of Sandy Wunder

Jack Belowich

Our member and husband of

Jean Belowich

“From Baroque to Baruch” is the title of the concert I will be co-conducting on Sunday, May 31 at Temple Emanu-El in Edison at 3:00 pm. The area community choir, Makhelat Hamercaz, the Jewish Choir of Central New Jersey, will be singing. For some of the pieces we will be accompanied by the Highland Park Recorder Ensemble. Part of the program features several selections from the 16th-18th centuries in He-brew with the recorders playing appropriate accompaniments which I arranged. Some of the pieces are from Sephardic liturgy, like a haunting “Eyn Kelohenu”, some are from Eu-rope including a piece by Solomone Rossi and one by a Christian composer in Hebrew from an oratorio about Queen Esther. Cantor Anna West Ott and I will be directing the program. Other selections all have the word “Baruch” in them. From a setting of “Baruch Haba” in the style of Star Wars to a new cho-ral version of the “Mi Sheberach” for the con-gregation by Benjie Ellen Schiller we promise you music you have never heard before but are likely to truly enjoy. This year the choir commissioned Dave Schlossberg to compose a lively “L’dor Vador” which we know you will like. Since we have the instruments, we will

As you upgrade your technology devices, please consider donating equipment to our Nursery School, such as laptops, tablets and/or iPod devices. The teachers will be more than happy to integrate expanded technology use in the classroom. Donations can also be made to the Nursery School Fund. Thank you.

be singing a setting of Ps. 96 by a contempo-rary composer, Andrew Bleckner, which is very rhythmically challenging and fun to hear. I will be singing a beautiful “Blessing” by Sam Glaser which includes the Priestly Benedic-tion and a part for the audience to sing along. Probably most touching are two Israeli pieces which we performed this year for Israe-li soldiers right after this past summer’s fighting in Gaza. Both songs sing about death and loss which moved the soldiers and we hope will move you as well. Some familiar settings, such as the famous Shehechiyanu by Mayer Machtenberg will round out the event. Kosher dairy refreshments will be served after the concert. Tickets are available from me and I hope some of our music lovers will be Friends, Patrons, Benefactors, or Angels of the program. The choir is a 501c3 approved organization and contributions are tax de-ductible. The choir is partially underwritten by grants from the Middlesex County Cultural Heritage Commission, the NJ Commission on the Arts and the Karma Foundation. I look forward to a fun afternoon of Jewish music and hope to see you there.

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By Hazzan Sheldon Levin

Hebrew School News

Friday, May 1 at 6:00 pm Dinner, Make Your Own Pizza,

followed by Family Service at 7:00 pm led mostly by the 7th graders who will commence into

Hebrew High.

Sunday, May 3 at 9:00 am Honoring Rabbi Zelizer upon his retirement. There will be a special presentation from the Hebrew School, then Honoree

Dinner Dance starting at 4:00 pm

Sunday, May 10 Lag B’Omer Games, during Hebrew School. Children should

wear sneakers.

Friday, May 15 Kabbalat Tot Shabbat for grades K, 1 and Nursery classes at

the 6:30 pm service

Saturday, May 16 Multiple Minyans — older students can go to Children’s

Services or the various adult options. Younger children are encouraged to go to Children’s Services.

Saturday, May 16

After Shul Fun, this time is called “Sundae Funday”. 2nd-6th grades can make their own sundaes. There will be a beach

theme to some of the games. Lunch will be served and there will be lots of fun.

Sunday, May 17 Last day of Hebrew School. YLT Meeting at 9:00 am and at

11:15 am there will be an assembly to award certificates, the winning Maccabiyah team and other special recognition.

Parents are urged to attend to honor their children and to receive report cards. All children will receive candy.

Neve Shalom members recently returned from a grand trip to the State of Israel. Below is a photo of the group praying at Robinson’s Arch at the Kotel.

"To the Land that I will show you..." Genesis 12:1


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Neve Shalom would like to thank the following people for chanting Torah in the month of March: T=Teen, JR=Junior

Ronald Becker................... 7 Matt Bonus ....................... 1 Danny Boxer ..................... T 1 Scott Boxer ....................... T 1 Jake Bullock ...................... 2 Andrea Colby .................... 1 Benjamin Daniels .............. T 1 Lawrence Dombrow ......... 8 Robyn Epstein ................... T 1 Marlene Fineman ............. 1 Ted Geardino .................... T 1 Sam Gilbert ....................... 1 Eric Goldman .................... 1 Bruce Greenberg .............. 1 Stephan Gross .................. 1 Daniel Rosenfield .............. T 3 Mark Rosenfield ............... 2 Michele Rosenfield ........... 4 Rabbi Eric Rosin ................ 1 Cathy Salamon .................. 1 Brett Schildkraut ............... 8 Sarah Schildkraut .............. T 1 Rabbi Daniel Schweber ..... 1 Stacey Sern ....................... 2 Hannah Sessler ................. T 2 Barbara Spack ................... 1 Eric Steinbach ................... T 2 Haftarah Robyn Epstein ................... T Stephan Gross Eric Steinbach ................... T Larry Wineberg Ashrei Rachel Dobbs .................... JR Shaina Garb ...................... JR Farrah Grubman ............... JR Ben Kupersmit .................. JR Maya Kushner................... JR Max Rubin ........................ JR

W hen most teens go to Israel they report back to their friends and families about all the great times they had there. While I am no exception to this rule

of thumb, my time in Israel was more defined by the time I spent with my group eyeing the Holy Land before actually going. Like many USY Israel trips, my group did not begin its journey in Israel. During our first week we explored the beauty of Prague and Germany, and the rich Jewish histories of both cities. In Prague we heard of the kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir. Our second week of the trip was spent touring Poland and learning about the atrocities of the Shoah. Here we learned about the launch of Operation Protective Edge. It is one thing to read about the escalation of a foreign conflict from the safety of your own home. It is completely different to hear about the rising tensions in a place you hope to be in within only a few days. If that isn't bad enough, the thoughts of a parent whose child is traveling across Europe and heading towards what the media defined as a "warzone" are beyond my comprehension. This brings us to the end of my week in Poland. As our flight to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv approached, there were more and more worried parents who began questioning USY's decision to actually send us to Israel. On social media we read of friends whose parents pulled them off their trips with other youth groups. We heard about friends on USY programs already in Israel who were concerned that they wouldn't be able to see us there. One big question wound its way through the group: are we still going to Israel? USY sent constant emails to the parents of the group members, insuring our safety. Yet, the tense situation continued to worry those in Israel and those in the U.S. As we finally drove to the airport in Warsaw, our group leader recited Tefillat Haderech, (the traveler's prayer), asking for the safe arrival of all those on our trip. Bags checked and security searches complete, we found our way to the gate and eventually the airplane. While our flight took off, emotions ran through the group. There was an excitement at our arrival in Israel that was mixed with a fear that we were about to find danger waiting for us on the tarmac. Instead, what awaited us in Tel Aviv was an atmosphere that none of us could have ever expected. When we landed in Israel we were met with an air of nonchalance. Where we expected sirens, we heard the busy sounds of everyday life. Where we thought we'd find somber faces, filled with the concern of war, we found a people who faces were full of energy and life. The "warzone" we had read about was nothing like it had been portrayed to be. What we all learned from our time in Israel is that the modern day state is not what the media makes it out to be. While our parents at home may have been concerned while we were there, our group never once felt in danger while in Israel. We didn't experience a country that was focused on an invasive war, but saw a land that withstood the challenges that the world threw. If nothing else, we learned that should we find ourselves headed to Israel again, the question "are we still going?" would have a very quick and easy answer. I am grateful for the assistance of the Susy Schwartz Memorial Fund which aided me in making this spectacular journey.

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By Hazzan Sheldon Levin Adult Ed News

O n Friday, May 8 at the 7:30 pm service Leslie Fishbein, of Rutgers University,

will be speaking about how the fire that killed many young Jewish women effected the Labor Movement. On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirt-waist Company factory in New York City burned, killing 145 workers. It is remem-bered as one of the most infamous inci-dents in American industrial history, as the deaths were largely preventable–most of the victims died as a result of neglected safety features and locked doors within the factory building. The tragedy brought wide-spread attention to the dangerous sweat-shop conditions of factories, and led to the development of a series of laws and regula-tions that better protected the safety of workers. The Triangle Factory, owned by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, was located in the top three floors of the Asch Building, on the corner of Greene Street and Washing-ton Place, in Manhattan. It was a true sweatshop, employing young immigrant women who worked in a cramped space at lines of sewing machines. Nearly all the workers were teenaged girls who did not speak English, working 12 hours a day, eve-ry day. In 1911, there were four elevators with access to the factory floors, but only one was fully operational and the workers had to file down a long, narrow corridor in order to reach it. There were two stairways down to the street, but one was locked from the outside to prevent stealing and the other only opened inward. The fire escape was so narrow that it would have taken hours for all the workers to use it, even in the best of circumstances. The danger of fire in factories like the Triangle Shirtwaist was well-known, but high levels of corruption in both the gar-ment industry and city government gener-ally ensured that no useful precautions were taken to prevent fires. Blanck and Harris already had a suspicious history of factory fires. The Triangle factory was twice scorched in 1902, while their Diamond Waist Company factory burned twice, in 1907 and in 1910. It seems that Blanck and Harris deliberately torched their workplac-es before business hours in order to collect on the large fire-insurance policies they

Triangle Factory Fire that Changed Labor in the USA

purchased, a not uncommon practice in the early 20th century. While this was not the cause of the 1911 fire, it contributed to the tragedy, as Blanck and Harris refused to install sprinkler systems and take other safety measures in case they needed to burn down their shops again. Added to this delinquency were Blanck and Harris’ notorious anti-worker policies. Their employees were paid a mere $15 a week, despite working 12 hours a day, eve-ry day. When the International Ladies Gar-ment Workers Union led a strike in 1909 demanding higher pay and shorter and more predictable hours, Blanck and Harris’ company was one of the few manufacturers who resisted, hiring police as thugs to im-prison the striking women, and paying off politicians to look the other way. On March 25, a Saturday afternoon, there were 600 workers at the factory when a fire began in a rag bin. The manager attempted to use the fire hose to extinguish it, but was unsuccessful, as the hose was rotted and its valve was rusted shut. As the fire grew, panic ensued. The young workers tried to exit the building by the elevator but it could hold only 12 people and the opera-tor was able to make just four trips back and forth before it broke down amid the heat and flames. In a desperate attempt to escape the fire, the girls left behind waiting for the elevator plunged down the shaft to their deaths. The girls who fled via the stair-wells also met awful demises–when they found a locked door at the bottom of the stairs, many were burned alive. Those workers who were on floors above the fire, including the owners, es-caped to the roof and then to adjoining buildings. As firefighters arrived, they wit-nessed a horrible scene. The girls who did not make it to the stairwells or the elevator were trapped by the fire inside the factory and began to jump from the windows to escape it. The bodies of the jumpers fell on the fire hoses, making it difficult to begin fighting the fire. Also, the firefighters’ lad-ders reached only seven floors high and the fire was on the eighth floor. In one case, a life net was unfurled to catch jumpers, but three girls jumped at the same time, ripping the net. The nets turned out to be mostly ineffectual.

Within 18 minutes, it was all over. Forty-nine workers had burned to death or been suffocated by smoke, 36 were dead in the elevator shaft and 58 died from jump-ing to the sidewalks. With two more dying later from their injuries, a total of 145 peo-ple were killed by the fire. The workers union set up a march on April 5 on New York’s Fifth Avenue to protest the condi-tions that had led to the fire; it was attend-ed by 80,000 people. Despite a good deal of evidence that the owners and management had been horribly negligent in the fire, a grand jury failed to indict them on manslaughter charges. Still, the massacre for which they were responsible did finally compel the city to enact reform. In addition to the Sullivan-Hoey Fire Prevention Law passed that Octo-ber, the New York Democratic party took up the cause of workers and became known as a reform party. Both were crucial in preventing similar disasters in the future. Leslie Fishbein will share more info and answer our questions at the Oneg Shabbat following services. We thank Gilbert and Claudie Hayat for the excellent guest speakers we were able to present this year.

http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/washington

http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/washington

http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-york


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The Gift of Cheese By Chef Lon

I n 1802, the town of Cheshire, Massa-chusetts bestowed the gift of cheese

upon President Thomas Jefferson – 1234 pounds of cheese to be exact, called the Cheshire Mammoth Cheese. In 1840, Queen Victoria was presented with a cheddar cheese wheel weighing over 1,000 pounds as a wedding gift. Although these examples are unique in the amount of cheese given, cheese has been given as a gift for thousands of years. Historians are not really sure when cheese was first invented, but all enjoy retelling its mythical origin: One day, an Arabian merchant took milk to drink with him while travelled between towns. He stored it in a pouch made from the stomach of a sheep. After a long day of travelling across the desert the milk separated into curd and whey. When he took out the milk for dinner, he swallowed some of the whey and he found it good to drink, and then dined on the curd, which tasted wonderful and satisfied his hunger. There is an enzyme in the stomach lining of some mammals called rennet. When rennet is mixed with milk and heated, the milk curdles. These solid curds have histori-cally been used to make cheese. Although the story of the travelling Arab merchant is fictional, it is probably not far from the truth. What we do know is that the earliest evidence of cheese being used by humans was found in Poland dating back to 5,500 BCE (and unsupported evidence found dating to 500 years earlier). The Romans used, and produced, many varieties of cheese, and spread the art of cheese-making to Europe during the Middle Ages. The process for

making cheese also developed inde-pendently in Asia. Cheese came to Ameri-ca aboard the Mayflower in 1620 when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, MA. Larger scale cheese factories were first erected early in the 19th century (the first one was built in Switzerland in 1815). However, it was here, in Rome, NY that the first mass-production cheese factory was constructed in 1851. Today, cheese is produced and sold in almost every cor-ner of the world. Many regions of the world take much pride in the quality and wide varie-ties of cheese they produce. Cheese.com has classified 1,770 different varieties, and other sources claim that there are a little over 2,000 (although with sub-varieties, there are thousands of differ-ent types, with 1,000 in France alone). The giving of cheese has been a long-held tradition, and not only as a gift, but also as part of the presentation of vict-uals displayed to welcome guests upon the table. However, this story does not only pay homage to cheese, but it also concerns the act of giving gifts. Seven weeks after Passover, on the 6th of Sivan (this year the holiday begins the evening of May 23rd), the Jewish people celebrate the giving of greatest gift ever, the Torah, during a holiday named Shavuot ( .)שבועות

Shavuot is celebrated by prayer and Torah study, but when it comes to the culinary aspect of this holiday, it is a tra-dition to eat a dairy meal (although some eat a diary meal, take a break, then a meat meal). Scholars have provided different reasons why we eat a dairy meal during this holiday. Some of these reasons include:

The Hebrew people were travelling around the dessert so long that all of their milk curdled and turned to cheese

Israel, the promised land spoken of in the Torah, is also called “the land flowing with milk and honey” ( ת רץ זב אש אל־ ב ודב (Exodus 3:8 חל

There was a correlation between the time the Torah was given and the time that calves were born, meaning more suckling and an overflow of milk

at this time. One of the Kabalistic sages deter-mined there is a correlation between the numerical value of the Hebrew word for milk, chalav )חלב and the number of days (40) in which Moses spent on Mount Sinai.) I would like to believe that the act of eating dairy actually had a more direct correlation to the giving of the Torah itself. When the Jewish people accepted the Torah, they also accepted the laws therein, including the laws of Kashrut (

רות ש ) כ (i.e., keeping Kosher). Since none of their cookware was yet kosher ac-cording to these new laws, they had to eat dairy. You do not need to celebrate the holiday with 1200 pounds of cheese, but you may want to think of the dairy meal during Shavuot as a symbolic gesture of your acceptance for the laws of the To-rah. There are usually a number of tradi-tional diary dishes on a Shavuot table to choose from. These include traditional classics such as: cheese blitzes or bagels and cream cheese. The meal can be as grand or as simple as the host would like. For this month’s recipe, I have de-cided to provide you with a dish that is a re-versioning of the classic blintz, and perfect for the Shavuot meal.

Ingredients: 12 frozen blintzes (cheese, potato, cher-ry, blueberry) 1 ½ sticks melted margarine 6 eggs Cinnamon (to sprinkle) ¾ cup sugar 1 ½ tsp vanilla 1 ½ cups sour cream

Directions: Coat frozen blintzes in melting marga-rine. Arrange in baking pan 1 inch apart. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Blend remain-ing ingredients in blender. Pour over blintzes. Bake in 350 degrees oven for 45 minutes or until browned. If desired, serve cheese with apple, cherry, blue-berry pie filling and cheese and potato with sour cream.

Keep on cooking, Chef Lon


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President Daniel Hirsch

Vice-Presidents Debbie Schildkraut – Education Hope Serratelli – Programming Christina Daniels – Ritual Stu Mantel – House Membership - Benna Thompson

Treasurer Linda Gotlib

Financial Secretary Lawrence Dombrow

Recording Secretary Carol Hacker

Board One Year Term 2015-2016

Amy Artman Helene Baum Ken Braverman Jennifer Bullock Oren Chaplin Marlene Fineman Jamie Grubman Judi Harrison Gross David Pinkowitz Marvin Rubinstein Steve Schneider Gail Scheutz Stacey Sern Lynn Sessler Howard Zuckerman Cory Schneider - Parliamentarian

Men’s Club President Steve Schneider

Sisterhood President Jennifer Bullock

Nominating Committee

Nancy Shlossman – Chair Board Member Board Member Board Member Jeff Schulman Michelle Stein Brett Schildkraut

Proposed Slate of Officers 2015-2016 Ben Stein, Cantor of Neve Shalom who made Aliyah to Israel in 1973, Dies in Jerusalem at 86.

Benjamin Stein was born May 31, 1928 in New York to Jacob and Fanny Stein. He grew up in the Bronx, attended the Bronx High School of Science and then studied engineering at the City College of New York and obtained a Master’s degree at NYU Engineering School. He worked for many years as Head of the Electrical Engineering department at SSV&K in Manhattan, participating in the design of many important projects such as the DEW line, and NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building. He authored or coauthored several classic textbooks, including multiple editions of “Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings, and Building Technology : Mechanical and Electrical Systems.” At his father’s request he studied to become a cantor under teachers such as Cantor Joshua Weisser and Henry Rosenblatt (son of the renowned cantor Yoselle Rosenblatt). In 1950 Benjamin married Lila Cahn, and the couple moved to Metuchen in 1954, where they lived first on Lake Avenue and then on Wistar Ave. Before moving to Metuchen Benjamin officiated as Cantor for the high holidays at Temple Neve Shalom and was later asked to become full-time Cantor. He served alongside five Rabbis, the longest period being with Rabbi Hershel Matt, and the concluding being with Rabbi Jerry Zelizer. Benjamin and Lila made Aliya to Israel in 1973 and lived for 42 years in Jerusalem. There he continued writing engineering textbooks, as well as devoting himself to Torah studies, and leading services at the Shaarei Tefila synagogue in Beit HaKerem. He passed away on the 20th of February 2015 (1st of Adar 5775). He is survived by his wife Lila; his children Batya (Barbara) of Beer-Sheva, Yaakov (Jonathan) of Jerusalem, and Emily (Hadassa) of Boston; eight grandchildren, and one great granddaughter.

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We Gratefully Acknowledge and thank the following generous contributors to our funds:

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund ............... In Honor Of .....................................From Peter Hacker, a speedy recovery ........ Mark & Elaine Goldstein Derector family, on Justin's bar mitzvah ....................... Barbara & Richard Helfman Julius Feinson, on the birth of your new granddaughter ............................ Sandy Fields Elaine Goldstein .................................. Carol & Peter Hacker Rabbi Zelizer ....................................... Dorothy & Marvin Rubenstein Jonathon Greenberg & Committee .... Fredda Robinson In Memory Of ..................................From Risa Bass ............................................. Shirley Segal Yahrzeit ............................................... Michael & Florine Kaplan Lena Haberman .................................. Kitty Haberman Yahrzeit ............................................... Jack & Jean Belowich Amy Wernik ........................................ Mark Sheratsky David Baras ......................................... Renee & Seymour Bromberg Joseph Bromberg ................................ Renee & Seymour Bromberg Sarah Freiberg..................................... Marian & Howard Kaufman Leonard Zirlin ...................................... Mary Zirlin Yahrzeits ............................................. Karen Reichel Pearl Lapidus....................................... Irving & Lenore Lapidus Jeannette Wilson ................................ Eleanor Massey Claire Grossman .................................. Rhoda & Gerald Grossman Leo Bleman ......................................... Estelle & Harold Marcus Harriette Contract............................... Estelle & Harold Marcus Herbert Garber ................................... Edward & Randi Garber Jeanette Gold ...................................... Harriet & Arnold Derman Claire Derman ..................................... Harriet & Arnold Derman Yahrzeit ............................................... Daniel & Esta Marx Yahrzeit ............................................... Joyce M. Westerman Yahrzeit ............................................... Dorothy & Eddie Thompson Morton Wernik ................................... Charlotte Sheratsky Stanley Thurer .................................... Mindy Paris-Thurer Sol Horowitz........................................ Susan & Malvin Keller Lena Blander, our mother and grandmother ............ Doris Geller and Alan & Susan Blander Miriam ................................................ Murray Simon Sophie Schreiber ................................. Philip Schreiber Yahrzeit ............................................... Marc & Gail Bressler Sadie Hinkes........................................ Beverly & Stephan Pery Leo Goldman and Beverly Helman ..... Donna Kibbel Abbie Lieber ........................................ Marian & Howard Kaufman Yahrzeit ............................................... Stacey Sern & Jonathan Greenberg Harry Ludwin ...................................... Elliot & Sharon Ludwin Yahrzeit ............................................... Judith O. Kamen Lee Bochner, Marty's Aunt ................. Judy & Marty Slutzky Gertrude Unger .................................. Leonard & Arlene Smith Anna Gunsher ..................................... Jerome Gunsher Ner Tamid Fund In Honor Of .....................................From Marty & Judy Slutzky, on the birth of their granddaughter ... Marilyn & Stanley Loewenthal Marilyn & Steve Rosen, on their grandson’s bar mitzvah......... Marilyn & Stanley Loewenthal Keith Boxer ......................................... Lena Feld Miriam & Ronald Rockmore, on Lucy's bat mitzvah ......................... Lena Feld Sheila Rabinowitz, on her grandson's bar mitzvah ........... Sondra & Fred Schoenfeld Rabbinical Search Committee............. Barbara & Eliot Spack Carole Kussner .................................... Carole Seidman Mishloach Manot Program ................. Barbara & Eliot Spack

In Memory Of ................................. From Risa Bass ............................................. Marilyn & Stanley Loewenthal ............................................................ Steve Gross & Judi Harrison Rose Sokolik........................................ Marilyn & Stanley Loewenthal Susy Schwartz Memorial Fund In Honor Of ..................................... From Rhoda & Jerry Grossman, the birth of their granddaughter ........ Judy & Marty Slutzky Bernie Kalfus....................................... Brett & Deborah Schildkraut In Memory Of ................................. From Benjamin Lechman ............................. Yetta & Morris Gelber Rose Sokolik........................................ Susan & Ben Lass Risa Bass ............................................. Judy & Marty Slutzky Education Fund In Memory Of ................................. From Joyce Harrison .................................... Harriet Greenspan Lee Reiter ........................................... Lori & Steven Shery Youth Fund In Honor Of ..................................... From Jonathan Greenberg and Rabbinical Search Committee ............ Fredda Robinson Scott Ull, good wishes for a complete recovery ..................... Susan & Phil Gottlieb Friends of Neve Shalom Nursery Fund In Honor Of ..................................... From Lanton family, mazel tov on your new baby ............................... Szteinbaum family In Memory Of ................................. From Rose Sokolik........................................ Linda & Barry Mendelson Don & Ruth Kahn Book & Author Fund In Honor Of ..................................... From Miriam & Ron Rockmore, on their granddaughter Lucy's bat mitzvah .............................. Albert & Helene Epstein Gershon Robinson Music and Art Fund In Honor Of ..................................... From Hazzan Levin ....................................... Dorothy & Marvin Rubenstein In Memory Of ................................. From Risa Bass ............................................. Bob & Carole Kussner In Memory Of ................................. From Risa Bass ............................................. Dorothy & Eddie Thompson Michael Allan Thompson .................... Dorothy & Eddie Thompson Gertrude Unger .................................. Dorothy & Eddie Thompson Simon & Yvonne Hayat Education Fund In Honor Of ..................................... From Judy & Marthy Slutzky, on their new granddaughter, Olivia Miriam ...................................... Helene & Albert Epstein Kiddush Kitty Fund In Honor Of ..................................... From Sheila Rabinowitz, on Jake's bar mitzvah ......................... Lena Feld Judy & Marty Slutzky, on their new granddaughter .............. Rosalie Green In Memory Of ................................. From Risa Bass ............................................. Eddie & Marian Szteinbaum Elka & Hirsch Zibman.......................... Rena Kallman Gertrude Unger .................................. Lena Friedel-Feld


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