Come to Israel with Gates of Prayer!

Yes, I am fully aware that by the time you read this, the Gates of Prayer Israel trip will have already come and gone. But through the magic of technology, you can come to the congregation and virtually visit Israel as if you were with us on the trip! This year we have been implementing some technological improvements that will enhance our ability to teach, learn, and experience Judaism. If you make your way over to the Brotherhood and Sisterhood Adult Lounge, you will see that the television has been significantly upgraded. The room now features a 70 inch monitor capable of showing the Saints games like never before! Perhaps more importantly, though, it is a touch screen that will allow our students to do some hands on learning of the Hebrew Language and Israeli culture. Earlier this Spring we used this room to allow our Pre-K class to watch Israel attempt to land on the moon. As part of the Zucker Fund Educational initiatives, I was able to bring a 360 degree camera with us during our trip to Israel. This means that everywhere we went, you can come with us! The videos we took will be uploaded to YouTube where they can be viewed with Virtual Reality glasses. All of this is possible at Congregation Gates of Prayer. Next year our students will be able to virtually travel to Israel and you can too! Just come by the synagogue and try on our Google Virtual Reality headset. When God gave the Torah at Mt. Sinai, we are taught that God presented the Torah according to each individual’s ability to understand. In today’s technological age, this means bringing Torah to the latest technology as well. In the coming years, it is our hope that we can maintain our traditions by reading from our sacred and ancient scroll, yet illuminate our experience through innovation.

Kul Tov,

August Shabbat Worshipat Temple Sinai

Fridays @ 6:15 pmSaturdays @ 10:15 am

The Gates Way August 2019

Monday, August 19th12:00 Noon

Guest Speaker: Priscilla Mantilla

from Fostering Grandparents

Please RSVP to the Temple office.Open to the first 70 RSVP’s.

Summer

Worship

Rabbi David Gerber

New JewCCY Director

We are pleased to announce that Sarah Bate will be taking over the role of Community Director of Youth Engagement for the three Reform Synagogues of the Greater New Orleans area. Sarah will serve as a role model, youth leadership mentor, program director and facilitator, and logistical coordinator for the three divisions of youth programming in the Reform Jewish Community:

•JewCCY (9th-12th grades)•Junior JewCCY (6th-8th grades)•JewCCY Jewce (3rd-5th grades)

Sarah is currently serving as a Unit Head at Henry S. Jacobs Camp and will begin her duties as Community Director of Youth Engagement once camp is over in August. Sarah’s office will be located at Congregation Gates of Prayer where she can be reached at 504-885-2600 as well as the JewCCY E-mail address:jewccy@gmail.com

“An Evening With Rabbi Lexi Erdheim”Saturday August 24, 2019

Opening Dinner and Wine Tastingat Congregation Gates of Prayer

Havdallah6:00 pm

Wine and Cheese Tasting6:45 pm - 7:15 pm

Dinner7:15 pm

Lettuce Wedge Served with Crumbled Maytag Blue Cheese or Choice of Dressing

Main CoursePrime Rib or Alaskan Caught Salmon

with Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables

DessertWhite Chocolate Bread Pudding with Ghirardelli Drizzle

Cost: $36.00/personWine: By the bottle $18.00/by the glass $5.00

Reservations can be paid by check or go to www.gatesofprayer.org and click on the calendar event.

Reservations (accompanied by payment)must be received by Friday, August 16

Gates of Prayer Brotherhood’s 2019-2020 Kick Off Event

This year, our Nursery School (now known as the Center for Early Childhood Education - CECE) will be using this QR code for weather related closing information. If your child is enrolled in the program, you will receive a magnet to keep on your fridge so that you have up to date info at your fingertips. You can also scan the code here.

August YahrzeitsAugust 2-3*Sophie Bloch Himmler, *Tillie Streiffer, David Klau, *Max I. Wexler, *Felix Welsch, *Pearl Rosenzweig Grossman, *Dan Lincove, *Jesse B. Marsh, *Abraham L Myer, Edward Isaac Davis, Harry Friedberg, Henry Lehman, Marc Ivan Becker, *Saul Zion, *Sadie Juliette Aschaffenburg, *Othniel S. Wolfson, *Jennie L. Weinberger, Milton Schneider, Sarah Kahn Feitel, *Louis E. Rosen, *H. Murphy Rosenzweig, *Herbert J. Cohen, *Lep Levy, Eisig Reiter.

August 9-10Lila Willer Bernstein, Dorothy Simkin Stolier, *Gottschalk Feitel, Maxine Weiss Ladner, Jacob Sperling, *Culotta Weinstein, Celia Biegeleisen Roth Green, *Naomi Barkoff Pesses, Philip Kahn, Sol I. Singer, Anita Joseph, Raymond Shabetai, Molly Laufer Miller, *Fannie Katz Finkelstein, David N. Dover, Lazar Wolf, Grace Botnick, Sam Schaeffer, *Lawrence B. Avegno, Dora Hirschfield, *Saul Barton, *Louis Hyman, Dora Levey Share, Lester Lowell Green, Harry Tatar, *Samuel L. Aronowitz, *Moritz Streiffer, Myrtle B. Geiger, *Moritz Streiffer, Albert Paul Schreiber.

August 16-17Arthur Samuel Meyers, Benjamin Wolkind, *Leonard B. Kancher, Jennie Gordon, Maurice Felix, Arthur Samuel Meyers, Morris Karno, *Miryam Rosenblum Fitzgerald, Jack Bluestein, Ruth Guskin, *Sophie Lehman Hayem, *Henry Nowak, Alvin Gonzales, Hyman Karno, *Ruth Goldman Asher, David Goldberg, *Andrea Campell, *Leon Israel, *Cecile Goldberg Wolzinger, Mary R. Bluestein, *Yetta Simon, Rose F. Kahn, Dan Gilman, Zolomon Levin, Nancy Varon Cody, *Yetta S. Gerson, Ida Goldstein, Samuel Herzfeld, Francisco Escalera, David R. Hochberg, *Bessie Kahn Aronson, Norma A. Roth, Rachel Caplan Weiss, *Melanie Levy Scharff, *Dora Feinberg Goldberg, Doris Weill Preis, *Esther Anna Gordon, *Rose Buckman Harrison.

August 23-24*Matilde Goldberg, Maurice Pailet, Morris Pulitzer, *Judith Deinard Silber, *Lily Hoffman, Gayle Karno Patent, *Doris B. Levy, Norvin Peter Serpas, *Simon Levy, *Amy Schwartz Lake, *Shandel Rabinowitz, *Jeannette Bookman, Elias Cohen, Terri Lynn Rosen, Rae S. Grossman, Barry Pick, Sylvia Bruchis, *Samuel Jacob, Sr., *Meyer Schneider, *Augusta Miller Weinstein, Sara Rabinovitz Pick, *Max Klinger, Dorothy Gotthelf, Dorothy Katz Allison, *Meyer Spiro, Harry Krassenstein, Harvey Posner, *Martin David Moskowitz, Alus Samuel Zeve, *Blandina Wolff Dreyfus, Martha Yukl Lyon, Morris Bernstein.

August 30-31*Regina Katz, *Helen Lennie Falk, Robert Bragman, Gertrude Taichman Rosenblat, *Malvina Schwartz Levy, Bernice Buck Johnson, Sidney S. Grodsky, *Henrietta N. Levy, Doris Kerbel, Gerald Henry Nowak, *Harry B. Caplan, Thomas A. Spain, *Adessa M. Suffrin, Donald Staton, Meyer Lachoff, Anthony Claude Porch, Aminadov Aloni, Rochelle Kapelus Anshelevitz, *Kapelus Anshelevitz Family, *Jordan Brown, *Eva Joseph Welsch, *Alexander Eron, Helen Maleh Denn, Genevieve Jenny Glenn, Meyer L. Koch, Gertrude F. Dupre, Morris Krilov, Sally Opatowsky Katcher, *Joseph Fleishmann, Barry Jay Mason, Malcolm Miller, *Robert Alan Polunsky, Irene Schwadron, *Samuel Seelman, Millie Greenberg Brickman Merlin.

FOUNDATIONS OF JUDAISMPresented by

Shir Chadash and Congregation Gates of Prayer

This course, divided into three sections over the course of the year, will provide you with everything you’ve always wanted to know about Judaism. Topics in section two include, Lifecycles, High Holy Days and Biblical History. This section begins on August 21 and continues through September 25. Classes will be split between CGoP and Shir Chadash on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm. For more information, or to enroll, please contact Rabbi David Gerber at Rabbi@gatesofprayer.org.

J-FLEx is a new way to envision what Religious School can be. Adopting a camp-style format, J-FLEx or Jewish Fun Learning Experiences,

will offer students many paths to connect to Judaism in a way that is meaningful to them. With three 30 minute Experiences, including Technology, Art, Jewish Culture, Hebrew and more, plus cabin time to socialize and make

connections with other “J-FLExers” and counselors, J-FLEx will expose our children to the variety of Jewish life. We believe that with diversity in

programming, our children will discover a stronger personal connection to Judaism. J-FLEx starts on September 15th.

You can register your child(ren) for J-FLEx on our web page or in the Temple or Religious School office.

Words from Miriam Latter on her recent trip to Israel with Rabbi Gerber...

My trip to Israel was fantastic, amazing and I found my faith again. To be in a country where most people are Jewish, which was founded for the Jewish people, was utterly cathartic for me. We traveled as individuals and came home as family, each experiencing the same. Our travels took us to Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jaffa, and Jerusalem. We saw Mount Scopus, where we read the Torah and said a Shehecheyanu prayer to prepare for our stay in Jerusalem. Shopping was a highlight in Safed, as was meeting an Ethiopian Jewish woman at Kibbutz Evron, attending Friday night Shabbat services at Congregation Kol HaNeshama, going to Hell and back, participating in Havdallah. The Kotel (Western Wall) was especially moving for me. Celebrating Shavuot in Jerusalem was eye opening. Ascending Masada and going to Ein Gedi Nature Reserve was simply beautiful. Before going to Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center we heard from Dr. Rachel Korazim, who emphasized

what we were about to see. The Museum was hard but necessary for us. The memorial for all the children killed was especially hard. The next day was a trip to Beit Guvrin to be an archaeologist for the day. Then our farewell lunch at Kibbutz Palmach-Tzuba and then our Chocolate Workshop was great. After Steven died, and then my stroke, my faith was really tested. For a long time I felt that God did not exist because my life had been turned upside down. But the trip to Israel restored my faith. If you have never been, go with Rabbi Gerber on the next trip. You will never regret it.

Book Club NewsMonday, August 26

7:00 pmCarnegie’s Maid by

Marie Benedictat the home of JoAnn Katz

5205 Davis Drive~~~~~~~~~~~~

SAVE THE DATESisterhood Opening Event

Sunday, September 8Join us for tea, as we welcome Rabbi Lexi Erdheim to CGoP

Sisterhood News

To Debra &

Mike Fein on the birth

of their

granddaughter, Isla

Rae

Galvan. P

arents are Meryl &

Ryan

Galvan.

To José & Frida O

rrego on the birth of their granddaughter, R

eagan Faith R

ose Sum

ner. Parents are

Nathalie &

Thomas S

umner.

To Avrom &

Cindy D

enn, on the recent m

arriage of their son, Aaron,

to Sandra Jordan.

Important D

ates to Rem

ember:

Sisterhood:August 13 - SH

Board Meeting

Brotherhood:August 13 - BH

Board Meeting

August 24 - Kick-off open to entire

congregation

Center for Early C

hildhood EducationAugust 27 - O

pen House for parents of

currently enrolled students

SeniorsAugust 19 - Senior O

utreach Lunch

Adult Education

Foundations of Judaism:

August 21 - @C

GoP

August 28 - @ Shir C

hadash

The General FundIn Memory of:Maria Morvay Leon & Gail MorvayNorman AlhadeffHarry E. BernsteinLeatrice Adams Marilyn & Marvin BernsteinLeonard Washofsky Sue & Fred Preis Allison, David & Grayson BlakeEileen Pulitzer Latter Stanford LatterLeatrice Adams Suzanne Stone Milton Stiebel & Florence Plotkin Stiebel David & Judy SteibelMickey Marsh Shellie JacobsonFran RegenbogenSusan Hirsch Dianne GreenLinda HirschIris Barron Lester & Dee Dee DulitzLillian Smith Ed & Betty SmithJoyce & David KrausSteven Kraus Debbie LangenhennigSidney Raphael Mr. & Mrs. Norman RaphaelJane GoldnerIvan Leopold Thaia PickIn Honor of:Jay & Andrea Joseph’s Milestone Anniversary Larry & JoAnn KatzSeth Silverstein’s 80th Birthday Ed & Betty SmithLee Blotner’s 80th Birthday Dena Grenell Bernard & Barbara MalkoveAndi & Mark Madderra’s Birthdays and Anniversary Seth Silverstein & Phyllis Allison

The Prayerbook FundIn Memory of:Solomon Katz Sidney & Ellen Raye Miller

Rabbi’s Discretionary FundIn Memory of:Leatrice Adams Lorraine Lake WilliamsLillian & Jack Pulitzer Clara BerryBella Shapiro Pesses David PessesFran Regenbogen Matthew Bondi Sherry Harris & Shepard HarrisLeonard S. Ungar Randy & Patty UngarEsther Strug Myra Balfour & FamilyLeonard Washofsky Lance & Erin ChernowMaurice KlineHenry B. Asher Joseph & Marilyn KlineMelvin I. Bookman Larry RudmanIn Appreciation of:Rabbi Gerber Rachel Bergman John Shalett Betty & Ed Smith The Washofsky Family Randee JacobsIn Honor of:Lester Dulitz & David Dulitz Lester & Dee Dee Dulitz Jason & Marla Feld & FamilyRabbi Gerber Lance & Erin Chernow

Rabbi Emeritus Discretionary FundIn Appreciation of:Rabbi Loewy Ronald Nowak The Washofsky Family

The Music FundIn Memory of:Leatrice AdamsPearl Rosenzweig Grossman Cynthia & Hank GreenwaldRuth Samuels Susan & Gerald Levin

The Louise Hayem Kitchen FundIn Memory Of:Amelia Lehman AlexanderEthel G. Watsky Lazelle, Amy, and Becky Alexander

Lev B’LevIn Memory of:Leatrice Adams Cindy & Avrom DennBarbara LincoveDan LincoveRose CoplinSandra LincoveLeonard WashofskyEdye Mayers Miriam LatterMicheline Aaronson, Sara Obstbaum, Mose Ogurek, Liba Ozerowicz, Hersch Ojcer, Chaim Anderman, Sendl Apelbojm, Eti Akselrad, Chana Oslerner, Moshe Aranowicz, Shabtai Augustowski, Chajm Awroblanski, Bernhard Altman, Menachem Amsterdamski, Isaac Angel, Bentzion Abramvicz, Sara Abramson, Pnina Adler, Feiga Adam, Rika Auerbach (all Holocaust Victims) Anonymous

The Education Fund in Tribute to Past PresidentsIn Memory of:Rea Raitman Leopold Thaia Pick

The Sarah Winsberg Memorial Flower FundIn Memory Of:Simon Rosenberg Cindy & Avrom DennStanley H. Levin The Levin Family & The Liniado FamilyIn Honor Of: Seth Silverstein’s 80th Birthday Cindy & Avrom Denn

The Fund for the Louise Hayem Manheim Center for Early Childhood EducationIn Memory of:Ryan Mitchell Francis Michelle, David & Michael BasshamSimon & Esther RosenbergManny & Helen Denn Sue & Harold SingerBerne SmithE.H. Straus Ed & Betty SmithLeatrice Adams Diana & Chip Mann Nita-Joan SamsBenjamin Pushker Gloria SaltzFran Regenbogen Karen Lew Feirman Melanie & Richard BlitzIn Honor of:The Marriage of Aaron Denn & Sandra Jordan Sue & Harold SingerAndrea & Jay Joseph’s 45th Anniversary Darlene & Dean Yellin Melanie & Richard BlitzThe Birth of David Elliott, Jr. Benjamin & Kathryn ElliottSeth Silverstein’s Special BirthdayDavid Dulitz’s PresidencyAaron Wolfson’s InstallationAndi & Mark Madderra’s Birthdays & Anniversary Diana & Chip Mann

The Endowment FundIn Memory of:Leatrice Adams Anne ChirinosPaul Goldberg Stephen & Amelia GoldbergLaura Stone Rhoda & Larry WebberMonroe Horton Renee HortonAvraham Ostfeld, Salom Istrer, Joshua Oselka, Jospa Ostrzega, Szmil Oskola, Frida Openheimer, Chana Ofin, Boruch Order, Chaja Orenstein, Mirjam Ungar (all Holocaust victims) Anonymous

The Cemetery FundIn Memory of:Jacob AnshelevitzAlbert Yuspeh Eugenia YuspehLeonard Washofsky Michele & Vadim GelmanElaine H. Gensburger Ellis Gensburger Linda & Bobby Brandt

Rabbinic Endowment FundIn Memory of:Fran Regenbogen Jefferson Title Co., Inc. Lazelle, Amy & Becky Alexander

The Gilda Finkelstein Memorial Gift of Israel FundIn Memory of:Devie Brandes Andrea & Jay Joseph

N’davot ~ ContributionsThe Fund for the Rabbi Nathaniel ShareReligious SchoolIn Memory of:Max DulitzLeatrice Adams Lester & Dee Dee Dulitz

The Cecile Washofsky Memorial Jacobs Campership FundIn Memory Of:Leonard Washofsky Dr. Brent Dulitz Charlene Pukof Harris & Rosalie Dulitz Lester & Diane DulitzLeonard Washofsky Randal & Gale Pick Eric & Danielle Mandelblatt Marilyn B. Cohen Jacob & Vickie Karno The Hollander Family Bruce & Miriam Waltzer Steven & Lynn Plotkin Sherry Harris Lazelle, Amy & Becky Alexander Carole & Elliot Levine Rhoda & Larry Webber The Maier Family Linda & Jeffrey Solomon James Engel Lynn & Joe Lowy Marcia Goldman

The Louis Leopold Gertler/Plotkin Israel Action FundIn Memory of:Louis GertlerSamuel JacobsRuth Kahn Jacobs Lynn & Steven Plotkin

The Samuel O. Kancher Memorial Fund for the Lake Library & Media CenterIn Memory of:Leonard Kancher Timothy M. Hart, M.D.

The Sidney Grodsky Memorial Fundfor Temple BeautificationIn Memory of:Florence LoewyBilly LoevyIda CaplanMike Caplan Barbara Loevy & Meryl KleinSimon Rosenberg Cindy, Avrom, Aaron, Sandra & Stephanie DennIn Honor of:Andrea & Jay Joseph’s 45th Wedding Anniversary Cindy & Avrom Denn

The Marcus & Millie Landau Lecture FundIn Memory of:Leatrice Adams Sue & Fred Preis

The Len C. Joseph Memorial Service FundIn Memory of:Leatrice Adams Andrea & Jay JosephIn Honor of:Jay & Andrea Joseph’s 45th Anniversary Seth Silverstein & Phyllis Allison Diana & Chip Mann

Tikun Olam for The New Orleans Women & Children’s ShelterIn Memory of:Marx Rosenzweig Dale Fleishmann

The Simon L. Streiffer Leadership Development FundIn Memory of:Helen & Charles Schwarcz Sandy Streiffer Schwarcz

Condolences

In MemoriumZalmon “Harry” Kovner

Cynthia Greenwald on the death of her sister, Dr. Edith Grossman Mayers.

Lazelle Alexander on the death of her sister, Leatrice Adams.