September 2011

Dear Friends,

As a New Year approaches, we are called to reflect upon our lives and remember those who have played an important role in whom we are today.

Here at the JCC we also look at who we are and how we can serve our community and membership most effectively. There is always room to expandin new directions.

May this New Year 5772 bring us continued good health, Peace on Earth and a renewed commitment to our Staten Island Jewish Community.

The Staff and Board wish you and your families L’Shanah Tovah.

Susan Sappin President of the Board

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ROSH HASHANAH

Of the 10 major Jewish holidays observed, a 10 day period called the "Days ofAwe" stands out as the most important and holiest of our holidays. Beginning withRosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and concluding with Yom Kippur, the timeperiod offers Jews an opportunity to reflect on past actions and how they might beimproved in the future.

Through reflection and soul searching, we are asking God to inscribe for us an-other year in His Book of Life, which is opened before Him on Rosh Hashanah andclosed on Yom Kippur. The greeting phrase L'shannah Tovah Tikatevu, whichmeans "May you be inscribed for a good year", illustrates the meaning of thissolemn holiday which Jews celebrate by attending religious services and spendingtime with their families.

Customs passed down for generations go hand in hand with holidays and furtherserve to carry out the meaning of the observance. The woman of the house ushersin the observance of the holiday by lighting festive candles as she recites the specialblessings. The table is set as for the Sabbath with the addition of a plate of slicedapples and a dish of honey, symbolic of the hope that "the year be a sweet one".

The blowing of the Shofar, a ram's or sheep's horn, signaled the Jewish peopleof danger and called them together in ancient days. Today, when the Shofar sounds,Jews recall all the sadness in the world and hope for a better year to come.

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HappyNew Year

Joan and

Alan Bernikow

Healthy & HappyNew Year

Murray Berman

Peace in 5772

Evelyn Black and Family

To our Familyand Friends

Warm Wishesfor a

Happy, Healthyand Prosperous

New Year

Elaine & Dennis

Bloomfield

L'Shana TovaHappy New Year

Linda & Alan

Brill

&

Rachel & Stephen

Pedicini

Best Wishes for a Happy & Healthy New Year!

Susan and Arnie Beiles

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Ely Cohen, David Cohen &

Richard Wycoff families

L’Shanah Tovahfrom

Bernice & Marty

Duskin

in loving memory ofRosie & Richie

Duskin

Happy and Healthy New Year!

Jim, Julie

and

Allison Cohen

We wish youA Happy & Healthy

New YearEileen & Alan Bernstein

& Family

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L’ Shana TovaHappy New Year

Maxine & Stanley

Applebaum

Daisy K. Aberlin

Betty

Alice

Douglas Barron

Happy New Year

Happy and Healthy New Year

Jay, Karen

&

Jonathan

Duskin

A Happy, Healthy New Year to All

Marie Ellner

Happy New YearWishes

Shelly Karic Burko

& Family

A WISH FOR PEACE

Helene Berg

Happy New Year to all ourfriends on Staten Island

Harold & Florence Einhorn

A HappyNew Year

Dr. Ronald Avis

and Family

Peace, Health, and Happiness in the New YearThe File Family

Robin, Howard,

Allison and Joshua

Happy New Year

Dorothy, ElliotJennifer & Lindsey Fox

Wishing the JCC Family a

Sweet and Joyous New Year

Michelle, Kevin,

Lee & Jeremy

Brosnick

TO MY FRIENDS AT THE JCC

BEST WISHES FOR A

HAPPY AND HEALTHY

NEW YEAR

ASSEMBLYMAN MICHAEL CUSICK63rd AD

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Happy New Year to you and your family!

May this New Year provide a time for your family to savor

joyous memories and anticipate many more cheerful, prosperous

years together.

My best wishes to you all.

District Attorney

Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.

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Happy New Yearto All

Helen & Elizabeth Granatelli

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L'Shana TovahTikatevu

V'Tichatemu.

Esther & Jerry Grushkin

Orren and Trish,

Alexandra and Charlotte,

Ailon and Jennifer,

Daniel Grushkin

L’Shana Tova

Roz & Lou

Greenzweig

Ruth & Iz Greenwaldand Family

wish everyone ahappy, healthy & peaceful

New Year

A Happy and HealthyNew Year

To All of our Friends

Etta & Harold Garber

Best Wishes for a Happy and

HealthyNew Year

Dr. & Mrs. Robert

Fulop and Family

Wishing you and yours

a Happy and

Healthy New Year!

Shalom!

State SenatorAndrew J. Lanza

24th District3845 Richmond Avenue

Suite 2AStaten Island, NY 10312

(718) 984-4073

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May this New Year bring health and happiness to our family and friends,

and may the Lord bless the Jewish Community Center for all the good it does for the community.

Arthur Huss and Family

A Happy & Healthy New Year

the Lefkowitz

Family

Robin, Danny,

Andrew & Justin

Best Wishes for a happy,healthy and peaceful 5772

The Lasser Family

L'Shanah Tovah

Judi, Jeff, Jessica

and

Joshua Lessing

Wishing everyonea happy and healthy

New Year

Marcia & Monroe Klein

SHALOMWishing all a Peacefuland Happy New Year

Shirley Horowitz & FamilyDiane, Allen, Lis, Mary

Len, Ian, Jordan

Happy & HealthyNew Year

Ellen & Bruce SheirrHappy New Year

Mrs. William Rosenthaland Family

L'Shana Tova

Alan, Marsha, Joshua & Kevin

Rubenstein

Happy and HealthyNew Year

to our family and friends

Jon & Meryl Salmon

Barie, Tracy & Scott

Best wishes for a Happy

and Healthy New Year

Cindy & Searle Selmon

and Family

Our best wishes for aHealthy & Happy New Year

Linda, David SobelMichael, Leslie, Talia & Jack

Julie & Jason

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Happy New Year to all our friends at the SIJCC

Terry Marks, Group Director

Debbie Squatrito, Assoc. Group Director

Karen Rello, Assoc. Group Director

2066 Hylan Blvd.,

Staten Island 10306

718.621.7362

L’Shana TovaHappy New Year

The Rosenfelds

Best Wishesfor the

New Year

Judith & Jacques Pessah

Warm Wishes for aHappy & Healthy and Prosperous

New Year

Eileen, Randy

and Michelle & Nathaniel Lee,

Jennifer & Scott Klein,

Rachel and Jared Klein

Wishing all aHappy, Healthy

and PeacefulNew Year.

David & Arlene

Sorkin

Sheila Lipton

and her Family

Kevin, Jeffrey,

Lisa, Briana,

Cara Jacqueline

& Jenna Brooke

wish all their JCC friends L'Shana Tovah

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The Edmund L. Volpe

Family

Best Wishes to All

Happy New Year

Carole & Neil Wasserman and Family

Healthy JoyousNew Year

Eleanor Willig

and Family

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The miracle of life reveals itself in mysterious ways both large and small.We are grateful for our many miracles.

Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Steinman

Jason, Mimi and Sophie Schoenholtz

Rachel, Denis, Dylan, Zoe

and Alexander Kelleher

Laura Steinman

Jessica Schoenholtz

Tracey, Joe, Finn and Reilly O’Keefe

Wish a Happy & Healthy New Yearto their friends and families

With many thanks to themembers of the JewishCommunity Center who

continue to share their breadwith the hungry.L'Shana Tova!

Rabbi Gerald Sussman,

President,

Project Hospitality

Edith

Susskind

extends warm New YearGreetingsto family

and friendsFrom Our Family

to yours A year of peace, good health

and happiness

Lewis & Irene Stolzenberg

Jennifer, Eric,

Zachary & Emily Stetson,

Nina Stolzenberg,

Isabel and Lucy

Lewis and Florence

Werb and Family

wish theirrelatives and

friends aHappy New Year

L’Shana Tovato all our friends

at the JCC

Bobby and Allan

Weissglass

L’Shana Tovato my JCC & SI friends

Ellen P. Steinberg

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Naomi & Nathan

Weiner

wish their friends and relatives a Healthy, Happy

and Peaceful New Year

The Board of Directors

and staff of the

Jewish Community Center

wish you health, happiness

and peace

in the New Year

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YOM KIPPUR

Yom Kippur, the most solemn day of Atonement, is regarded as the Sabbath of

Sabbaths, the most sacred day of the year, for on this day the heavenly judgement,

first entered on Rosh Hashanah, is sealed and made final. It is also known as the

"white fast", because, unlike the "black fast", Tishah b'Av, it is not a day of mourn-

ing but a day spent divorced from all earthly and physical concerns, concentrated

instead on self-examination and prayer.

A festive meal is served in the late afternoon, before the fast begins. Honey is

served as part of the meal. Many serve a fish dish as a symbol of plenty in the com-

ing year It is customary to light a yahrzeit candle as a memorial to the deceased

members of the family, just before leaving for services. Holiday candles are also

lit either at home or at the synagogue upon arrival there.

Just before leaving for synagogue on the eve of Yom Kippur, many families fol-

low the custom of having the children gather together so that the parents may bless

them. The Sabbath and the Priestly Blessing are used, and also a special blessing

for Yom Kippur.

The ancient chant of Kol Nidre, intoned all over the world as the sun goes down

on Yom Kippur eve, has an almost hypnotic fascination for anyone with even min-

imal Jewish identification. It embodies centuries of persecution, redemption and re-

newal, and is one of the most dramatic moments in the services. It is recited just

before sundown. All the Torahs are taken from the Ark and arranged on the bimah

in recognition of the solemnity of the thrice-repeated abrogation of all vows made

under duress or emotional strain, all oaths unfulfilled because of some negligence

or inability.

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In loving memory of

Abe Bender

Jean Bender

Allan Chazan

Efraim Chazan

Esther Chazan

Irving Golin

Dorothy Golin

Susan, Jack, Charles,

Paul, Terri & Tracy

Harvey Burko

Forever in our Hearts

In loving memory ofJerry Berg,

Pauline Schulman,

Samuel Schulman,

Charles Berg, Anna Berg,

Morton Berg,

Dr. Charles Schulman

and Elise Berg

Helene Berg

In loving memory ofThomas Black

4/18/18 - 6/24/2000Evelyn Black & Family In loving memory of

William Brill

Israel Pisetzner

Gertrude Pisetzner

Linda & Alan BrillRachel & Stephen

PediciniPearl Brill

In memory ofour beloved parents

Mollie & Harry Cohen

Allan Cohen& Naomi Weiner

Steve Fertig

1964 - 1985Loved So DeeplyMissed So Much

In Loving Memory ofHannah & Samuel

Raichlen

and

Gordon & Violet

Bloomfield

Elaine & DennisBloomfield

In loving memory

ofNancy Avis

Carol Lawson Rouhier

Victor & Kim AvisAnd Family

In loving memory ofDonald Ellner

and Lisa Ellner

Marie Ellner and family

In memory ofYetta & Samuel Flaxman

Abraham FlaxmanSadie & I.D. Horowitz

Shirley Horowitz & Family

In loving memory of

Victor R. BloomJames EcksteinDr. Harry Avis

Lila AvisNancy Avis

Dorothy Bloom Eckstein

Dr. Ronald Avis

In loving memory ofEvelyn Gladstone

Belle Rosenthaland Family

In memory of ourhusband and fatherNathan Horowitz

Shirley, Allen, Diane, MaryLis, Len, Ian & Jordan

In memory of

Murray Lee

Marian Lee

Oscar Liebowitz

Betty Liebowitz

Harry Goldberg

Lena Goldberg

Jack Berger

Sally Berger

Arthur Tenzer

Anita Tenzer

The Lee Family

In memory of

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hollander

Mr. & Mrs. David Schneider

Mr. & Mrs. Irving S. Berger

Mr. Aaron Schonfeld

Mary Weese

Mrs. Joyce SchonfeldMr. Milton Hollander

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In memory ofDr. Jerome Krant

Richard E. Diamond

Rabbi Gerald Sussman,President,

Project Hospitality

If Sylvia could be withme today - we would say

how deeply we feltabout

Gloria & Ira

Arthur Jacobson

Dad,

I will love you foreverMarsha

In memory ofIsidore and Sylvia Rubenstein

and Morris & Bella Grossman

Alan Rubenstein and Family

In loving memory ofBill Rosenthal

Belle, Barbara, Bob, Barry, Schutt, Sue,

Rachel, Eran, Becky,Susie, Alex, Ben

and Claire

My Beloved Parents

Sarah & Joseph

Rivkin

My Cherished Sisters

& Their Husbands

Roslyn & Bernard

Attinson

Miriam & Harvey

Gleberman

Edith Susskind

In Loving MemoryFlorence and Elias

Albert Lustig

Gertrude and

Nathan Sappin

Frank Mushnick

Sappin Family

To My Dad,Max Gotlin

Who Lives in Heaven,"I Miss You."

Your son, Gary

In loving memory ofCraig Lawrence Horn

8/22/57 - 5/21/2000Vera Horn, Jonathan Horn

Evelyn Black & Family

Gloria & Ira TilzerJune ‘68

Co-chairs of JCC Ball

We remember them with love

Louise Tilzer

Jessica, Scott and Sam Chestman

Leslie and Michael Krasny

Lauren and Alexa

In treasured memory of my

cherished husband

Alfred Susskind

"a gentle spirit"

Edith Susskind

Yetta & Anson

Susskind

Isaac Susskind

Alfred Susskind

Dr. Arthur Susskind

Edith SusskindBarbara Susskind

In loving memory of my husband,

Dr. Melvin B. Victorand

Leonard & Albert GoldsmithBeatrice Victor

In memory of Marvin Weissglass

The Weissglass Family

Our Beloved Parentsand GrandparentsCelia Weissglass

Charles Weissglass

The Weissglass Family

In blessed memory of my beloved husband

Sidney H. Willig

and son,

Steven Elliot Willig

and rememberances ofour parents,

Belle & Jacob Huss,

Jennie & Wolf Willig

Eleanor Willig & Family

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In loving memory of my father

Gary Walters

Anita Bruckmeir

In loving memory ofEsther & Louis Siegler

Marcia & Monroe KleinBernice & Stanley Harrison

In loving memory ofLisa Schwab, Harry Faiwl

Ethel Benson Ash

Carol & Leo Filowitz

Walter Schwab, Flo Schwab

Robin & Howard FileAllison & Joshua

2011 - 2012

IN MEMORIAM

5772

In grateful remembrance of the departed members of theCommunity who gave their lives for their country

In the Pathway of Service There Is No Death

Mark your calendarruss ian cu l tu r e Week octob e r 23-30

Ho l iday Bazaar Sunday, december 11

adu l t Soc ia l dance Thur sday, december 15

comedy night Thur sday, January 19

I s rae l rock s rio Saturday, January 21

4th ree lab i l i t i e s F i lm Fe s t i va l Feb ruary 11-14

Fami l y Pur im carn iva l Sunday, March 4

I s rae l rock s “ I s rae l Independence day” Thur sday, apr i l 26

adu l t Soc ia l dance Thur sday, May 17

Jewish Community Center of Staten Island1466 Manor RoadStaten Island, NY 10314718.475.5200 www.sijcc.org

Susan Sappin President

David SorkinExecutive Director

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