august 2020 | vol 84 no. 11 | av elul 5780 · 2020. 7. 31. · august 2020 | vol 84 no. 11 |...

August 2020 | Vol 84 No. 11 | Av—Elul 5780

Upcoming Events:

August

Tot Shabbat

Saturday, August 1, 2020

9:00am

Location: JCC Outdoor

Pavillion

Details on page 7

Office Hours with

Rabbi Winnig

Thursdays in August

10:00am—12:pm

See page 8 for details

Board Meeting

Wednesday, August 12,

2020

6:45pm

Zoom invitation to follow

B’nai Brith Picnic

Sunday, August 16, 2020

3:00pm

Location: Buhl Park

Details on page 9

4 Part Virtual

Education Class

Wednesdays starting

August 19, 2020

12:00pm

Topic: Souljourns:

Contemplation & Study

for the month of Elul

Details on page 10

https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/month.asp?tdate=12/31/2019&mode=j

2

CONGREGATION RODEF SHOLOM

IDENTIFICATION STATEMENT PUBLISHED MONTHLY

1119 ELM STREET YOUNSTOWN, OH

PHONE: 330.744.5001

[email protected]

WWW.CONGREGATIONRODEFSHOLOM.ORG

RABBI PAULA WINNIG INTERIM RABBI

SARAH WILSCHEK

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

AARON HIVELY PRESIDENT

MICHAEL RAWL VICE PRESIDENT

ROBERT RAWL TREASURER

NANCY BURNETT SECRETARY

ARTHUR GREENBAUM PAST-PRESIDENT

DOUG ABBATIELLO

NEIL ALTMAN

BRIGITT BERK

SALLY BLAU CO-PRESIDENT OF SISTERHOOD

JASON BOSTOCKY

MILANA DIMENSTEIN

PHYLLIS FREEDMAN

BETHANY GOLDBERG

RON HEIMAN

TEDD KUNKEL

ALAN NATHAN

TOD NEWMAN

JANE POLLACK

KANDY RAWL CO-PRESIDENT OF SISTERHOOD

ALAN SAMUELS

WILLIAM TRACHTMAN

SAMIE WINICK

RABBI FRANK MULLER, D.D. RABBI EMERITUS

Dear Friends: As we enter the month of August we will also have two Hebrew months, the month of Av and the month of Elul. The Hebrew month of Av is considered one of the saddest and happiest months simultaneously. Sad because on the ninth day of the month of Av we commemorated the destruction of the first and second Temples in Jerusalem as well as many other horrific tragedies that all took place around the same date over the centuries. We remember these sad events to both honor those whose lives and way of living were forever lost, and to find ways to build a better world today. The month of Av is also considered a happy month because on the 15th day of the month of Av, August 4 and 5, we celebrate a day of love. Tu B’av is considered a day of rejoicing and a time for people to seek loving relationships. Many Jews choose to marry on Tu B’av because it is considered an auspicious time. This juxtaposition of happy and sad events is of course not unique to the Hebrew month of Av. As a world we are always involved in intertwining and often contradictory events. The sadness of the murder of George Floyd is being turned into a time of renewing our commitments to create a just, equal, anti-racist society. The Covid-19 virus is helping us explore new ways of building community through virtual and neighborhood focused experiences. Yet, the Covid-19 virus experience has also taught us to reflect on the problems in the delivery of healthcare across the country. We are learning new ways of expressing ourselves, at the same time, we are seeing too many people who remain voiceless and left behind in our country today. The Hebrew month of Av reminds us to mourn our losses, but also to build a world founded with and guided by the biblical principle “love your neighbor as yourself.” We need to remember that all human beings are created in the image of the Divine. These thoughts then lead us into the month of Elul, which begins on August 19 & 20. It has been taught that we should consider the month of Elul as a

month of loving connection. Some say that the very name Elul אלול alludes to

the phrase:

ילדודי ודודי לני א Ani L’dodi V’dodi Li

I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.

It is during the month of Elul that we begin our work of Teshuvah, of repentenace. We take the time during the month of Elul to contemplate where we have been during the past year. We look at the things we did wrong AND the things we did right. We take the time to prepare ourselves for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and the ten days of repentance by doing this inner soul work. Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and the ten days of repentance are the end of this process, not the beginning. During this time we depend upon our relationships with our loved ones, our community to help guide us through the unpleasant things we may find. We hope they will lead us to a better emotional plane as we begin our New Year. Please watch for some upcoming programs of prayer, meditation and contemplation during Elul as we work together to make these months of Av, Elul and August meaningful and important. Let’s use this time to remember that we are equal and beautiful because we were all created with the spark of the Divine within us. May you find joy, happiness and meaning as we begin to prepare ourselves to welcome a New Year.

Rabbi Paula Jayne Winnig

[email protected] | 330-719-3562

A Message from Our Interim Rabbi

AUGUST SHABBAT SERVICES

Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 10:30 am

Torah Portion: V’Etchanan, Deuteronomy 3:23—7:11

Shabbat Service on Zoom with Rabbi Winnig

Friday, August 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm

Torah Portion: Ekev, Deuteronomy 7:12—11:25



Torah Portion: Re’eh, Deuteronomy 11:26—16:17



Torah Portion: Shoftim, Deuteronomy 16:18—21:9



Torah Portion: Ki Tetze, Deuteronomy 21:10—25:19


3

Look for an email each week to receive the link to the Virtual Shabbat Zoom Invitation

or contact [email protected].

Yahrzeits

August 1, 2020

August 7, 2020

4

Blanche Abbatiello *Josephine Gerson Marcus London *Jacob Rosenberg

Florence Alpern *Josephine Glassman *Dr. Charles Lyman Ben Rudberg

*Dr. Ethel Bender *Belle Goldblum Carol Lynch *Samuel Schwebel

*Barbara Fisher Bott *Hattie Greenwood *Benjamin Marks *Jack Snyder

Selma Cohen Martin Hersh Jared Miller *Emanuel Solomon

*Rosalie Ephraim *Abraham Jacob *Fannie Moskovitz Dr. Kurt Wegner

*Della Ephraim *Joseph Knable *Dianne Ocker *Lawrence Weinstein

*Dr. Sidney Franklin *Celia Levine *Ben Rome

Dr. Cecil Bloomberg *Albert Leopold *Rhea K. Rosenbaum Jeanne Post Stone

*Harry A. Cohen *Milton Lev Leonard J. Rosenberg *Lillian Waldman

Rose Davis *Etta Levy Abraham H. Roth Dr. Douglas Wegner

*Marvin Frankle *Daniel W. Lippy Fannie Rudberg *Ernest Weiss

*Atty. Edward Friedlob Mary Nicholas *Esther Sauer *Frederick S. Wolff

*Robert Hartzell Gold Cecelia Pose Art Schanz Ethel Zimet-Zauderer

Abraham Klatman Richard Roland *Fannie Stern Schmidt

Bess Rudberg Kristal *Herman Rome *Dora Schwebel

Elizabeth Szabo Leibowitz *Rosa Pollak Rose Samuel Shapiro

* Denotes permanent memorial plaque

In the rising of the sun and in its going down, We remember them

In the blueness of the sky and in the warmth of summer, We remember them

August 14, 2020 Helen Barr Bernice Froomkin *Marvin Itts Max Schect

Joseph Bolotin M.D. Esther Garwin Esther Kirshenbaum *Dr. Bernard Schneider

*Irene Schwebel Boych Sheila Goldich *Lillian Laskovitz *Louis Solinsky

*Frank Cheloff Ruth Greenbaum Helen Lev *Walter Speigle

*Dorothy Cohn Frances Griffin Marian P. Liberatore *Samuel Stolmack

J. Philip Davidson *Jacob Grobstein *Anna Livingston Adele Strasfeld

Dr. Marvin Epstein Evelyn Halpern *Clara Stern Lowendorf Dr. Margot Erlanger Wegner

Roslyn Feltenstein *Elliot Hansell Robert Pickel *Nellie Lustig Wohlgemuth

*Yetta Frank Arnold Heiman *Ida Roland *Adolph Zola

Ella Frank *Simon Hersh Harold A. Rosenblum

*Charles H. Frank Hyman Hersh Samuel W. Santer

Lillian Freed *Anna Hoffman *Harry Schagrin

* Denotes permanent memorial plaque

YAHRZEITS CONT.

5

August 28, 2020

August 21, 2020 *Morris Bloch *William McKee Jolley *Elsa Kaster Rome

*Milton C. Bogen Robert Jonas *Melvin Rosen

*Louis B. Burger Charlotte Jubelirer Saul Rosenberg

*Cecile Ehrlich *Abe Katz Phyllis Gordon Rubin

*Joseph Feldman *Oscar “Buck” Kirchner *Rose Shwartz

*Rachel Garrick Eileen H. Legow *Roberta Silber

*Dr. Edward Gluck Margaret Patricia Livingston *Hattie Traxler

*Isaac S. Gold *Harry Malkoff *Selma Wasserman

*Edward Lee Goldberg *Rebecca Millstone Louis Weingarten

*Harriet Newman Grad Howard Nudell

*Denise Altman *Dr. Herman Ipp *Gladys Shensa

*Simon Biller Charlotte Kadis Donald H. Sherman

*Sol Boych *Robert E. Kannensohn *Lillian Shwartz

*Selma Bradlyn Yaakoc Kassorla *Charles Simons

Fenwick Broberg *Dr. Paul Kaufman *Frances Solomon

David Buslik *Jacob Klivans *Walter Spiegle

Selma Check *Julianne Levine Minnie Stein

*A. Joseph Felsenthal *Elsie Lipscher *Blanche Steiner

*Isadore Glick *Sanford Lipton *Isaac Sussman

Herbert Golden *David Major Dorothy Beadling Tod

*Frances Goldstein *Florence Malasky Katalin Gizella Waltner

*Myron Goldstone *Joe Robins Dr. Stanley Weinberg

Burton Gyenes *Nettye Kaufman Rosenbaum *Bernard Weiss

*Emanuel Harzell Richard Rosenblum Rose Werner

*Herbert C. Heller *Ruth Roth Martha Zenevich

*Sylvia B. Henkin *Helen Routman *Marjorie Zlotnick

*Atty. Max Henkin *Bessie Routman *Samuel H. Zoss

*Ida Bender Hodes *Alex Rudolph

*Sarah G. Hutner *Harry Schmidt

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 Tot Shabbat

9:00am

Virtual Saturday Shabbat

10:30am

2

3 4 5 6 Virtual Office Hours w/Rabbi Winnig

10am-12pm by RSVP

7

Virtual Shabbat Service

6:00pm

8

9 10

11 12

Board Meeting

6:45pm

13 Virtual Office Hours w/Rabbi Winnig

10am-12pm by RSVP

14


6:00pm

15

16

B’nai Brith Picnic

3:00pm

17

18

19

20 Virtual Office Hours w/Rabbi Winnig

10am-12pm by RSVP

21


6:00pm

22

23

24 25 26 27 Virtual Office Hours w/Rabbi Winnig

10am-12pm by RSVP

28


6:00pm

29

30 31

August 2020

6

14

August 1st: Emily & Michael Fitzpatrick (11 years) August 15th: Terri & Steve Anderson (39 years)

August 2nd: Margaret & Steve Levy (23 years) August 16th: Judy & Sam Roth (56 years)

August 3rd: Louise & Fred Kannensohn (57 years) August 21st: Terry & Charles Epstein (47 years)

Jody & Stan Nudell (45 years) Wendy & Steven Weiss (27 years)

August 4th: Leesa & David Edelstein (8 years) August 22nd: Paula & Fred Leeds (49 years)

August 5th: Lisa & Blondie Levy (48 years) August 23rd: Bobby & Jim Pazol (61 years)

August 6th: Kelly & Tod Newman (26 years) August 27th: Amy & Bob Hendricks (26 years)

August 11th: Lynn & James Kline (47 years) August 29th: Susan & Jerry Bostocky (51 years)

August 12th: Dorothy & Paul Schwebel (47 years) August 30th: Claudia & Eric Axelson (39 years)

August 13th: Marlene & Louis Epstein (70 years) August 31st: Renee & Steve Sheakoski (45 years)

Susan & Richard Sokolov (48 years)

MAZEL TOV TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS ON THEIR AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES:

Mazel Tov to the following members for a special birthday in

AUGUST:

August 9th: Edward Mandel August 10th: Philip Zauderer

August 10th: Jamie Dutro August 27th: Marc Stein

BARUCH DAYAN HAMET PRAISED BE THE JUDGE OF TRUTH

It is with sorrow that we note the death of our members:

Joe Levy Shirley & Leon Stein

May their memory be for a blessing and may their loved ones be given

comfort and strength.

Please welcome our new members!

15

It is with sorrow that we note the death of a former staff member of the congregation:

Esther Sacolick

May her memory be for a blessing and may their loved ones be given

comfort and strength.

Todah Rabbah ~ Many Thanks!

A big Todah Rabbah to Rabbi Schonberger, Rabbi Winnig, and

Sandy Kessler for all their hard work that was put into the Virtual

Community Shabbat. It was such a lovely and impactful service! We hope

to have many more Community Shabbats in the future.

Talia Hagler and her children Eli, Abby, and Jake

Patricia Kelvin (Associate Member)

BARUCH DAYAN HAMET PRAISED BE THE JUDGE OF TRUTH

HIGH HOLY DAYS The High Holy Days are fast approaching. Please keep an eye out in the coming

weeks for final details about each service and any events pertaining to Rosh

Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

The Book of Remembrance forms will be mailed out early August.

If you are interested in being a High Holy Day sponsor, please let the temple

office know at [email protected] or by calling 330.744.5001.

TZEDAKAH CIRCLE Endowment Fund In celebration of:

Dianne & Bert Newman’s 60th Anniversary

Paul Gluck’s Special Birthday

By Terry & Sam Roth

In appreciation of:

Rabbi Muller’s dedication, service, & guidance

By Debbie Heiman

In celebration of:


By Sharon Newman

By Bobbi & Peter Grinstein

In appreciation of:

Sarah Wilschek

By Pami Bogen

In loving memory of:

Jerome & Shel Sacks

By Hilari & Andy Lipkin

In celebration of:

Anita Shapiro’s Special Birthday


By Sandy Miller

In celebration of:

Anita Shapiro’s Special Birthday

By Barbara Heimann


Ella Ekker

By Katie Ekker

In celebration of:

Paul Gluck’s Special Birthday

By Sandy Miller

By Anita & Ed Haenick


William Rosenblum

George Livingston

Bill Shapiro

By Beverly Bogen

Marilyn’s Mitzvah Meal Fund In loving memory of:

Rabbi Jonathan Brown

By Brigitt & Rob Berk and Family


Dr. Hyman David Sacks

By Nancy & Harvey Kayne

By Bruce & Suzyn Schwebel Epstein

By Inez Heal

By Milana Dimenstein

In celebration of:

Dianne Newman & Shelia Schecht’s Special Birthdays

Susie & Charlie White’s 40th Anniversary


By Phyllis & Mace Landau


Sadie Schwebel Rifkin

By Barbara & David Alter


Brian & William Rosenblum

By Marilyn & Sanford Herman


Robert Pickel

By Sybil & Art Epstein

Sisterhood Fund In loving memory of:

Dr. Hyman David Sacks

By Brigitt & Rob Berk and Family

By Yetta & Paul Gluck

By Hilari & Andy Lipkin

By Sandy & Gene Mallen

By Sybil & Art Epstein

By Alan Samuels

By Terry & Sam Roth

By Bobby & Jim Pazol

By Florence Mirkin

By Harvey Mirkin

By Robert Pazol

By George Houle & Masahiko Nashiro

By Debbie & Rob Baltes

By Nancy & James Steinberg


Regina Juskovitz

By Sue & Herb Soss

By Sandi Sachs

By Bob Katz

Music Fund In loving memory of:

Carol Lynch & Bernard Frank

By Alan Frank

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund In loving memory of:

Louis M. Weingarten

By Lillian Mehr

16

Cemetery Fund In loving memory of:

Katalin Gizella Waltner

By Joyce Waltner Barmak

Oneg Fund In loving memory of:

Joe Levy

The speedy recovery of:

Bob Rawl

By Sandy & Gene Mallen

Morris Berkowitz Fund In loving memory of:

Lucille Vegh

By Linda & Dick Goodman

Tamarking Chapel Fund

In celebration of:

The Birthdays of Anita & Dick Shapiro

By Marilyn & David Miller

TZEDAKAH CIRCLE CONT.

17

TOILETRY PROJECT LITTLE THINGS MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

Shampoos, conditioners, lotions, toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss, soaps,

razors...small toiletries that you might pick up in hotels when traveling would be so

appreciated by those in need. I have been distributing baggies filled with all of the above

items to people at the Food Bank, Sojourner House, Homeless Shelters and others in

need. I will pick up at the following drop off places: Jewish Community Center,

Congregation Rodef Sholom, Temple El Emeth, Ohev Tzedek, Universalist Unitarian

Church and Churchill Methodist Church.

An easy way to help in a big way. Thank you so much. ~Linda Palumbo

c o n g r e g a t i o n

rodef sholom 1119 Elm Street

Youngstown, Ohio 44505

Non-Profit Org.

U.S. Postage

PAID

Youngstown, OH

Permit No. 681

Current Occupant or:

Congregation Rodef Sholom would like to thank the following companies for their support

in helping to underwrite the cost of the bulletin. We are very grateful for their generosity.

SPONSORSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE

Please contact the Temple office

at 330.744.5001 to help underwrite the

cost of the bulletin.

Our Star Sponsors

august 2020 | vol 84 no. 11 | av elul 5780 · 2020. 7. 31. · august 2020 | vol 84 no. 11 |...

Documents