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SERVING THE STAMFORD, NEW CANAAN, DARIEN AND POUND RIDGE COMMUNITIES

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2020 Volume 61, Issue 1

Elul 5780 - Tishre 5781/Tishre -Cheshvan 5781

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My eyes are closed. I am sitting in my chair, in a relaxed but attentive posture, feet planted firmly on the floor, spine lengthened, chin slightly lifted. I have set my intention for this period of meditation – to focus on the breath as it enters and exits my body. In breath. Out breath. In breath. Out breath. I breathe for a few cycles, concentrating intensely on the flow of air - in through the nose, out through the mouth.

A few moments later, I am thinking about what I should make for dinner – should we have pasta or chicken?

NOTES FROM THE CANTOR

All events are subject to change, please check the website and your emails for the most current information.

RABBI’S RESPONSA

Right around now, students are either heading back to school – or they aren’t. Folks are either getting ready to go to the ballot boxes in another 8 weeks or they’re getting their absentee ballots in the mail. People are either resuming their familiar activities or they are remaining in isolation. Bottom line is – we’re all over the place and having a hard time knowing where our familiar anchors can be found. Even our upcoming High Holy Day season will be dramatically different from any year before and probably any after. Which left us

to answer the question, “What is really the most important outcome of Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur for us to ensure happens for members?”

After hearing from so many of you, it is clear that reconnection with your Sinai community, self-reflection and an opportunity to make personal commitments for the coming year are the most important elements for you. As much as I’d like to have believed it to be the rabbi’s sermons, I’m forced to acknowledge there are some other high points for some of you! So, we’ve turned our attention to trying to craft experiences that are of the highest caliber, with the fewest distractions and have the best chance of delivering the outcomes you hope for. Here are some details and then a few suggestions for you.

HIGH HOLY DAYS SCHEDULE

• I believe everyone knows that services will all be virtual – Streaming or Zoom.

• We will be sending home bags with someNew Year’s goodies and prayer books

• Services will all be shorter than usual to avoid screen-fatigue

• We will be having a congregational dinner together virtually on Erev Rosh Hashanah – watch for details

• We will have an in-person (but from your vehicle) tashlich gathering on the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah (see page 7 for more information)

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Temple Sinai September/October Bulletin2

SEPTEMBER SERVICE SCHEDULE

Friday, September 4

6:00pm: Shabbat Service (Zoom ID: 514 678 155, PW: SHABBAT)

Saturday, September 5

9:00am: Avodat HaLev Service (Zoom ID: 856 8506 4617 PW: PEACE)

7:00pm: Havdalah (Zoom ID: 375 427 802, PW: SHAVUAH)

Friday, September 11



10:30am: Saturday Morning Shabbat Service and Bar Mitzvah of Brendon Harmon*

7:00pm: Havdalah & Selichot Program (Zoom ID: 375 427 802 PW: SHAVUAH)

Friday, September 18 Erev Rosh Hashanah Service

(see page 1 for service schedule)

Saturday, September 19 Rosh Hashanah – Day 1


Sunday, September 20 Rosh Hashanah – Day 2


Friday, September 25

6:00pm: Shabbat Service (Zoom ID: 514 678 155 PW: SHABBAT)



Sunday, September 27 Erev Yom Kippur


Monday, September 28 Yom Kippur


*Please check your weekly emails and the temple website for updates.

Now for some things you can do to get the most out of the series of the days:

• Come to each service with an open mind and an even more open heart. You’ll have to work a little harder to find the spirituality thru your screen but we’ll be doing our best to facilitate it for you. Decide, ahead of time, that you refuse to let a little thing like a global pandemic get in the way of your personal and spiritual growth!

• There is an opportunity here – we’re often looking outward and around ourselves at the crowds and bustle of the holiday gatherings. This year, you might try to intentionally appreciate the chance for a quiet introspective time.

• Try attending a few more or a few different services than you typically would. This year, it is so easy to drop into the afternoon neilah service on Yom Kippur or the family service on Rosh Hashanah. (No parking issues or buses!) You might be pleasantly surprised atsomething wonderful taking place.

• If you’ve found yourself trapped with others and have been less kind in your impatience these recent months, you might try to deliver some very specific apologies before the Yom Kippur liturgy confronts you. This includes apologies to yourself for any reflexive, personal slights you’ve made against the person in the mirror.

• Consider small watch parties with a friend or a family with whom you feel comfortable. Maybe you can put a TV on your back porch and watch it socially-distanced from, but spiritually-close to each other?

• Attend a session or two of our Elul programming – we’ll get deep into a prayer each session which might have a significant impact on how you experience that prayer on the holiday.

• Schedule a visit to the Temple Sinai Sanctuary in between the holidays to approach the ark and Torahs for some intensely private time – no distractions

Of course, these are all only suggestions. If you have other ideas about how you’re going to make the most of this time, please share them – remember, we are all in this together: one Sinai Family.

May this coming year be better. May it be easier. May it be healthier, more unified and plain-old boring! Shanah Tovah, u’metukah!

L’Shalom – In Peace, Rabbi Jay TelRav

RABBI’S RESPONSA continued

Maybe I should go for a walk this afternoon. I wonder what the weather will be like tomorrow. And then, with my next inhalation, I realize I have strayed from my intention. I have completely lost focus on the breath. At first I am annoyed with myself, for having wandered so quickly. I fear I will never get the hang of this whole meditation thing. But then I remember that this moment of noticing, of acknowledging my busy mind and choosing to return to the breath, is an opportunity. A chance to return to myself with compassion. B’rachamim Tashuv.

B’rachamim Tashuv. To return with compassion. To say that we are living in scary, uncertain times is a gross understatement, to say the least. High levels of stress and anxiety may cause us to act poorly towards ourselves and our loved ones. I’m sure each one of us can look back over these last many months and identity moments when we were less than our best selves. In retrospect, we may experience regret and wish we had chosen to react differently. Acted with more kindness, more patience, more love. The goal of mediation is not to live in a constant state of enlightenment, but rather to help us be more

present in each and every moment – big and small. Mindfulness meditation allows us our humanity – our minds are busy and we are hugely imperfect beings. But if we can slow down and notice our thoughts and actions for just a moment, we can choose. In that moment of noticing, of paying attention, we can choose to return to the love and Divinity within us – and thus act in a way that brings that innate Divine love out into the world.

During the month of Elul, we begin to prepare ourselves for the High Holidays. It is meant to be a period of intense focus and self-reflection. To do the work of repentance we must slow down, notice that we may have strayed from our intention of being our truest self and, hopefully, choose to return to ourselves with compassion. But we need not wait until the Days of Awe to engage in this important work. Every year, every month, every day, every moment, is an opportunity to return. May this period of introspection reveal your true heart and may you return with compassion again and again and again….

B’Shira, in song, Cantor Micah Morgovsky

NOTES FROM THE CANTOR contiued

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Over the years I’ve celebrated the High Holy Days in many different places. This year I will be adding a new one to the list.

As we approach the New Year, I have begun the process of examining the past year and

look forward to the renewal that Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur will provide. This year, knowing that we will not be physically in our Sanctuary to celebrate the High Holy Days, has made me think about where I have celebrated in the past.

I recall being a small boy and sitting with my grandfather at Temple B’nai Moshe in Brighton, Massachusetts. I remember the grand Sanctuary (as it appeared to a small boy) and reading my grandfather’s name on a plaque commemorating those who had founded the temple. I have strong memories, also as small boy of being at Congregation Sinai in West Haven, Connecticut celebrating the High Holy Days with my family and our close-knit Jewish community. Once Congregation Sinai sold its building in West Haven, I remember celebrating the second day

of Rosh Hashanah with my mother at Congregation Sinai’s new location in Milford and later at a space rented from a church. By then, Roberta and I had joined Temple Sinai and were celebrating the High Holy Days at Northeast School and later in our Sanctuary.

These are the physical locations where I have celebrated the High Holy Days and they certainly provide me with warm memories. However, what I remember most are those with whom I celebrated. Yes, my grandfather’s temple was grand to a young boy but what I hold most dear are the memories of my extended family: grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. I fondly recall how our Jewish community in West Haven would come together for the High Holy Days. I think of celebrating the second day of Rosh Hashanah with my mother. While we were reduced in number as a family, the experience only felt more precious. Finally, my own family and I began new traditions at Temple Sinai.

Our Temple Sinai community will not be together physically in our Sanctuary this year. I will be at home with my immediate family experiencing yet again something new for the High Holy Days. However, I know that my most heartfelt memories will not be of where I was physically this year. Most important will be memories of my immediate family and my extended family at Temple Sinai. The expression “being together in spirit” is often used when we are physically apart. The kehillah kedoshah (sacred community) of Temple Sinai will certainly be together in spirit during the High Holy Days this year (as well as through Zoom and hopefully in person during some outdoor events). While I will be someplace different for the High Holy Days this year, I am excited about creating new memories with my Temple Sinai family.

Alan Cohen President

PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE

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OCTOBER SERVICE SCHEDULEFriday, October 2

5:00pm: Tot Shabbat (Zoom ID: 514 678 155 PW: SHABBAT)


Saturday, October 3

9:00am: Avodat HaLev Service (Zoom ID: 856 8506 4617 PW: PEACE)

10:30am: Saturday Morning Shabbat Service and Bar Mitzvah of Jack Diamond*

7:00pm: Havdalah (Zoom ID: 375 427 802 ,PW: SHAVUAH)

Friday, October 9

6:00pm: Shabbat, Simchat Torah and Consecration Service (Zoom ID: 514 678 155 PW: SHABBAT)

Saturday, October 10


Friday, October 16



10:30am: Saturday Morning Shabbat Service and Bat Mitzvah of Cassie Cronk*


Friday, October 23



10:30am: Saturday Morning Shabbat Service and Bar Mitzvah of Brodie Ebright*


Friday, October 30




*Please check your weekly emails and the temple website for updates.

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ATTENTION: Temple Sinai is pleased

to be able to offer

FREE KINDERGARTEN in the

2020-21 Religious School year!Temple Sinai membership is NOT

a requirement, and anyone in the community is welcome to register their child.

Please contact Morah Erica at [email protected]

for more information. Please pass this on to

your friends in the greater Stamford community.

Remember to visit the Sisterhood Gift Shop for your

Judaica needs. All proceeds help support Religious School and

other temple programs.

WHY WE SUPPORT TEMPLE SINAI WITH OUR LEGACY GIFT

Temple Sinai has been so helpful to us, for so many years, that we simply wanted to say thank you to our temple family for all that help. We made

friends for life at Temple Sinai. We prayed, laughed, and cried with our temple family.

Our children received their Jewish educations here, and we think they also developed their good Jewish values in the process; we have been blessed to see how they apply those values in their daily lives in ways that make parents proud. Lissie worked as a madricha for four years; it is that experience that led her to work in early childhood education for almost 20 years now.

We’d like to think we had a part in helping our children learn some of that at home, but surely Temple Sinai can claim a lot of the credit. And so we want to make sure that the temple is there to provide that same help in inculcating Jewish values in the children and families that follow. It seems to us that, as more and more families have two working parents — working harder and harder and longer and longer hours to make ends meet — the importance of our schools and congregations in helping raise children “right” will only increase over time.

We want to help Temple Sinai meet that challenge. While paying annual dues and contributing toward various fundraisers throughout the year is important, we know that those funds are not enough to keep the temple running — and helping others as it helped us — long after we are gone. Though we cannot anticipate precisely how Temple Sinai will need and choose to spend our Life & Legacy funds, our years of membership and our faith in its younger leaders give us confidence that Temple Sinai will make those decisions wisely. And we won’t be around to complain if it doesn’t!

Amy & Henry Bubel

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DIRECTOR OF CONGREGATIONAL ENGAGEMENT

“I imagine that yes is the only living thing.” —ee cummings

Michelle Poris was recently honored as a Rising Star at Temple Sinai. In lieu of the gala, we recognized her at a special event,

over Zoom of course, and she shared a remarkable message about her being a rising star simply because she was asked. She was asked to be on committees, to chair the Religious School Committee, to be on the board, for input on the direction of events. She displayed great restraint and humility in failing to take credit for the second part of the equation to being asked: saying “yes.” She could have easily said “no” and continued her content and very busy life with her husband and two lovely children… but she said “yes.” Michelle has had a tremendous impact on Sinai and at the same time achieved personal gratification because she said “yes.”

I am responsible for the health and healing programming for JFS in

Greenwich. I have reached out to clergy, psychologists, economists and others to administer programs and usually receive a bevy of questions before securing a commitment, which I don’t always receive. I asked Rabbi Jay if he would do a program. He said “yes” before asking a single question. After he committed, he then asked the questions: what’s the program idea, who’s the audience, when will we do it, am I partnering with anyone, what’s the format… etc. It was so refreshing to get a “yes” without precautions or contingencies. As the program is coming into focus, I know he will have an impact on the community, and I see the passion and energy building for him personally… all because he said “yes.” (Hopefully by the time you read this, you will have experienced his program.)

Sinai Circles will be starting a new round of circles, the membership committee is rebranding, the brotherhood is ready for a makeover, staying connected needs a jolt of energy, and the Religious School has

new leadership with bold innovative ideas. There are opportunities in so many areas to have a substantial impact on Temple Sinai. If asked, many of us hesitate and resort to the default of “no.” In our current culture “no means no” and has, in some ways, stomped on the transformative power of “yes.” I ask that you let “yes” guide your experience just as Michelle and Rabbi Jay did. The next time Rabbi Jay, the Cantor Micah, the staff, a friend or I ask you to join a committee, volunteer at an event, attend a program, or provide input please take a moment to consider how a “yes” can deliver a meaningful and transformative experience for you and have an everlasting effect on the Temple Sinai community. Our mission statement ends with the words Growth Happens Here; one definitive way to grow is to say “yes.”

Larry Stoogenke

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 25+

Jane & Stephen AlpertTracy & Guido BenzDeena & Jordan BrodieMichelle & Peter EbsteinNancy & Richard FreedmanClaire & Walter FuchsSharon & Bruce GoldsteinCathy & David GreenbergAndrea & Richard GreenburgJane & Jeffrey HimmelSally & William HinesEleanor & Mort LowenthalJoanne Bray & Michael MarkovitsSharon & Marc OkunCindy & Gregg SchwartzGertrude & Marvin ShapiroHedy & Maurice SiegelGloria & Randy SkigenShelley Taylor & David SwerdloffEve & Charles Taben

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Remember to visit the Sisterhood Gift Shop for your Judaica needs. All proceeds help support the Religious School and other temple programs.

MAZEL TOV

Randie Katz & Larry Cryer on the marriage of their daughter, Sarah, to Zachary Shapiro

Marcy & Marc Kurzman on the birth of their granddaughter, Olivia James Kurzman

Judy Liebeskind on the birth of her great-granddaughter, Noa Isabelle Fedewa

Shelley Taylor & David Swerdloff on the birth of their granddaughter, Alice Rose Remlin

Fran Schechter on the engagement of her daughter, Leah to Adam Spiewak

Cantor Micah Morgovsky & Rabbi Benjamin Spratt on the announcement that Rabbi Spratt will be the next Senior Rabbi at Rodeph Sholom

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER TORAH PORTIONS

September 5 – Ki Tavo

September 12 - Nitzavim-Vayelech

September 19 – Rosh Hashanah

September 26 – Haazinu

October 3 - Chol HaMoad Sukkot

October 10 - Simchat Torah

October 17 - Bereshit

October 24 – Noach

October 31 – Lech Lecha

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DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

As I begin my 16th year working at Temple Sinai, I have been reflecting on the past and looking towards the future. I have seen Temple Sinai grow and change over the years, but the one constant is the community and the commitment of our members. I have been a member of Temple Sinai benefitting from the strength of the community through many simchas and sorrows in my life: the support I received after the passing of my sister, when I became a Bat Mitzvah in 2017, and then confirmed in 2018. I am truly grateful.

Hakarat HaTov – is the Hebrew term for gratitude. It literally means “recognizing the good.” Practicing gratitude means recognizing the good that is already yours – and finding the good in everything.

When I awake and pray Modah Ani , I am thanking God for restoring

my soul – for allowing me to wake up. From that moment, we can only go forward, and we are encouraged to take each day as a blessing.

Those who know me well know that I tend to see the silver lining inside the dark cloud. I always try to twist a story to find the positive in the negative, the glass half-full. I think we all need those reminders in life. You can be grateful for an object, for a good meal, or for prayer. You can even be grateful for that parking space close to a store entrance during a rainstorm. What are you grateful for?

According to Temple Sinai congregant Dr. Betsy Stone, who helps facilitate

our popular Mussar class, “All kinds of regret and envy become blinders to what I actually have and can do. So, if I measure myself by what I’m NOT, I can’t see what I AM.” The “if onlys” are the worst enemy of the “what if:” if only I had more money, if only I could lose those 10 pounds, if only I had had more time with a lost loved one.... Instead, I try to remember that I have just enough money for what I need; I am blessed to have had 54 years with my sister. What is your “if only?”

According to Mussar — a Jewish spiritual practice that gives concrete instructions on how to live a meaningful and ethical life – when you recognize and appreciate thegood, it is a natural response to show andexpress appreciation. How do you expressthat appreciation? I like to jump in and helpothers, to “pay it forward.” I am amazed athow good it feels when you do somethingwithout expecting anything in return.

I am deeply grateful to Temple Sinai leadership for the opportunity to grow one more step in my life in the new position of Director of Operations. I am excited to

help our community continue to fulfill its purpose of being a place where everyone is welcome and where we truly care about one another. It’s the type of place that when Rabbi Jay asked for volunteers to assist other members during the pandemic, all he heard was – “hineini” – – which literally means, “here I am,” but figuratively it means, “I hear my call and I’m ready to respond.” We had an overflow of members who stood up for his call.

Looking ahead to 5781, one of my goals is to continue giving back by working to bring life to our mission statement: Temple Sinai is a progressive, Reform Jewish congregation dedicated to the spiritual, social and intellectual development of our members through engaging worship, community involvement and inspiring learning within a caring, responsive and inclusive extended family. Growth Happens Here.

Wishing everyone a new year full of growth and gratitude.

Shelly Welfeld



Have you got… Something to celebrate,

Someone to honor,

An anniversary to mark,

A loved one tomemorialize or

Just a desire to spoil us?

Why not sponsor an oneg or pre-neg at one of our services? You can send a meaningful message, create enjoyment for your Sinai family members and support your congregation all at the same time. We’ll be sure to thank you and mention the reason for your sponsorship during the service and in our materials! Please contact the temple office for more details.

EDUCATION

Hatkhala Khadasha (New Beginnings) During my seven years at Temple Sinai, I have had many new beginnings: I taught seventh grade, ran a Rosh Chodesh group, supervised the youth group, got married, and had a child. I now have the title of Morah Erica and have moved into the role of Religious School and Youth Director. This is a brand new and exciting role for Temple Sinai. It is my privilege to take on this new beginning with a community that has welcomed my family and me with open arms.

Now that summer is coming to an end, a new set of adventures is about to begin for all of us: new classes in school, making new friends, maybe wrapping your head around continuing to work from home with or without your children at home too, and the beginning of a new season. This is a time of beginnings as well; we celebrate the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, and the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. As Rosh Hashanah approaches, we make exciting plans for the year ahead, while we also think about the year that has just passed. This year our High Holy Days will look different from last year. Many of us will dress up, or not, and gather around a computer with our loved ones. While we plan for an unusual New Year we can rely on some of the old faithful comforts, I know I will still enjoy apples and honey, soft fluffy challah and some brisket.

In addition to the Jewish New Year being almost upon us, Temple Sinai is excited to welcome two new religious school teachers to our faculty. Please help me to welcome Robin Himelstein and Jessica Rothstein Berger. It is Robin’s first year teaching at Temple Sinai. However, she taught first and second grade for 18 years at Congregation Beth El in Fairfield and as well as running family programming. Last year she taught first grade at Temple Sholom in Greenwich. During the week, she is a Group Account Director for ProEd Communications, a subsidiary of Omnicom Health Group. She earned a bachelor’s degree in speech-language pathology and audiology from

Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY. Robin has also been a member of Temple Sinai for several years and loves the community. When not working, she loves to spend time with both of her boys, Nate and Eli, and her dog Apollo. She can be found swimming at the JCC or hitting balls at Sterling Farms.

Jessica grew up in Lake Oswego, a suburb of Portland, Oregon, where there weren’t a lot of Jews at the time. However, she found her Jewish identity by becoming involved in her synagogue, going to (and later working at) a Jewish sleep away camp on the Oregon coast, and participating in BBYO. These experiences have shaped who she is. Jessica has worked at many jobs in the Jewish day camp and communal world.

After getting her BA from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), she moved to New York City. Jessica met her Connecticut native husband, Ben, while getting an MSW from NYU. They have two children, Mari, who will turn three in October, and Micah, who was born this past April. When not playing with her kids or preparing a team-building activity, she loves to experience nature and music, and to make art and delicious food!

In addition to these staffing changes, there are going to be new virtual family Chavurot and volunteer opportunities with Schoke Jewish Family Service.

While I have spoken to so many religious school families over the phone and through email this summer, I have not

communicated with everyone. I look forward to working with all of you virtually and hopefully in-person this school year. Please let me know if you need information or want to schedule a few minutes to speak about this year’s program.

I look forward to a year full of fun, family, and learning together with you.

L’Shalom, Morah Erica Quamily, LMSW

September/October Dates to Remember:

Sun., Sept. 13: Opening day of Religious School

Wed., Sept. 16: First day of Wednesday school

Sat., Sept. 19: Rosh Hashanah Children’s Service (Pre-K and younger) Family Service

Sun., Sept. 20: No Hebrew School, 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah

Mon., Sept. 28: Yom Kippur Children’s Service (Pre-K and younger) Family Service

Sun., Oct., 4: First day of Tichon Sinai Sun., Oct. 18: Fifth Grade Family

Chavurah, Making a Gary Rosenthal Tzedakah Box

Sun., Oct. 18: Sixth Grade Food Drive with Schoke Jewish Family Service

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NEWS FROM BROTHERHOOD

COVID-19 has temporarily put many of the activities that Brotherhood traditionally enjoys on hold, especially around the High Holy Days. But as we get more knowledgeable and more savvy about operating virtually, we are hoping to adapt to the new reality. Even with these challenges, Brotherhood co-hosted several events in August. We are also planning our future Brotherhood meetings and events for the fall and spring.

Under the leadership of Henry Bubel, Brotherhood sponsored a golf outing with Temple Beth El on August 13 at Sterling Farms. As we are writing this article, this event has not occurred; we hope to update you in the next issue of the winners. We anticipate that it will be a huge success and become an annual tradition.

As of the writing of this issue, Sisterhood and Brotherhood will be co-hosting a family Havdalah Event, to include pizza dinner at the Adventure Park in Bridgeport. Adventure Park has an extensive climbing, ropes and zipline

course. We will have an update on the event in the next issue.

Our future Brotherhood meetings will be virtual using Zoom and commence at 9:30am on Sundays. Our fall meeting dates are September 13, October 4, November 1 and December 6. We suggest you bring your own coffee and bagels to the meetings.

We are also working with Randy Skigen to organize our annual Political Brunch in the fall. We have tentatively scheduled the event for Sunday, October 18. There will be congressional as well as state

legislative races this year. Randy will be deciding which candidates to invite. Stay tuned.

Finally, the Brotherhood Leadership will be reviewing the Brotherhood charter to see if changes are warranted. Our findings will be discussed at a future Brotherhood meeting. Best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year!

Marc Bennett, Co-President [email protected]

Mike Kadish, Co-President [email protected]

NEWS FROM SISTERHOOD

L’Shana Tovah As summer comes to a close and school starts up again, we all begin preparing for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. During this time, we also start gearing up for fall at Temple Sinai.

Sisterhood wishes everyone a happy and healthy, sweet new year full of blessings, love and joy.

As we continue to social distance, we hope you will join us for some upcoming events:

Monday, September 14, 8:00pm: Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven Women’s Philanthropy Live Cooking Demonstration with Chef Michael Solomonov. Register at https://bit.ly/ZahavCooks

September 18 & 19: Rosh Hashanah

Monday, September 28, 6:30pm: Yom Kippur Zoom Break Fast

Friday, October 2: Sukkot

Thursday, October 8, 7:30pm: Sisterhood Zoom Board Meeting

Thursday, November 5, 7:30pm: Sisterhood Zoom Board Meeting

November is our annual Paid Up Sisterhood Event. We do not have a date and time yet, but we will be taking a Virtual Tour of The Jewish Quarter of Kraków.

Discover Kazimierz, the Jewish district of Kraków, with our expert guide. The Jewish history of Kraków stretches back over 800 years, and despite the tragedies of World War II and 50 years under Communism, the city is still home to the best-preserved Jewish quarter in Europe. In an area that’s just over two square miles, you can discover

seven pre-war synagogues and countless other historical sites; plus, see where Steven Spielberg filmed Schindler’s List and learn about the legacy and culture of the local Jewish community, which made up 25 percent of the total population of Kraków in 1939.

Yasher Koach and thank you to all Sisterhood members for your participation, love and support for Sisterhood.

We look forward to seeing you on Zoom and in-person in 5781 as we roll out our full calendar of Sisterhood events. Please join us whenever you can to share fellowship with more than 100 Sisterhood members.

Michele Haiken Fink, Co-President

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CASSIE CRONK STATS:Parents: Sheri & Steve Sibling: Colin 11 Bat Mitzvah: October 17 via Zoom School: 8th @ Saxe Middle School Favorite subject: Math Interests: Lacrosse, volleyball, art

Torah Portion: Bereshit“There is good and evil in the earth; to evil there are consequences.”

Becoming a Bat Mitzvah: “I’m excited to enter adulthood in the eyes of Judaism.”

About me: “Even through the craziness of COVID-19, I am proud to become a bat mitzvah.”

BRODY EBRIGHT STATS:Parents: Deena & Michael Sibling: Ryan 17 Bar Mitzvah: October 24 via Zoom School: 8th @ Scofield Magnet Favorite subject: Science Interests: Tennis, cross country

Torah Portion: Noach“When the whole world seems to be going in the wrong direction, even a single man, with God’s help, can make plans for a fresh start.”

Becoming a Bar Mitzvah: “I am very happy to finally become an adult in the eyes of the Jewish community.”

About me: “I am 13 years old, and I enjoy playing tennis. In my free time, you can find me biking, coding, and taking care of my puppy, Ziggy.”

BRENDON HARMON STATS:Parents: Stacey & Bill Sibling: Drew 11 Bar Mitzvah: September 12 via Zoom School: 8th @ Saxe Middle School Favorite subject: Math Interests: Hockey, flag football, trumpet, video games

Torah Portion: Nitzavim“Moses addressing the Jewish people about living by God’s commandments.”

Becoming a Bar Mitzvah: “I am happy to reach this occasion and to become a bar mitzvah even during these strange times.”

About me: “I am 13 years old and I love being a hockey goalie. I have been playing goalie since I was 6 years old. I also love going to sleepaway camp, which I was sad was cancelled this summer.”

JACK DIAMONDSTATS:Parents: Liz & Seth Siblings: Carly 15, Sam 19 Bat Mitzvah: October 3 via Zoom School: 8th @ Scofield Magnet Favorite subject: Science Interests: Basketball, lacrosse, summer camp, mowing the lawn

Torah Portion: Ki Tisa“Be a good person; accept people for who they are; don’t hold grudges.”

Becoming a Bar Mitzvah: “I am looking forward to sharing this day with my family and joining them as an adult in the Jewish world.”

About me: “I am very energetic and love sports. I am a big Penn Sate fan and I love to cook. I am very helpful and handy around the house.”

UPCOMING B’NAI MITZVAH


September BirthdaysJoseph Amoyal

Philip Bauer

Michele Bauman

Rachel Benz

Violet Block

Roberta Bologna

Jordan Brodie

David M. Cohen

Lorraine Cohen

Ronald Cowen

Sheri Cronk

Cassandra Culhane

Beth Dorfsman

Ryan Ebright

Peter Ebstein

Gregory Ezring

Lane Feinstein

Steven Frederick

Marian Freed

Jessica Freedman

Zachary Garmun

Bailey Gendason

Carole Gladstone

Deidre Goldberg

Sheldon Green

Stacey Harmon

Calina Harper

Ellen Harris

Robin Himelstein

Alex Isolda

Grant Kallen

Judith Kallen

Sharon Kaplove

Helen Kweskin

Susan Lauritzen

Andre Levin

Matthew Lewis

Deborah Lichtzer

Gary Lilien

Shaina Lubliner

Phyllis Lyons

Mateo Marcus

Gloria Mehlman

Leah Mellin

Callie Morson

Ruby Moskowitz

Aiden Neigler

Richard Nemchek

Reese Ochoa

Eli Pardo

Irma Paull

Marge Pavlov

Beth Peters

Kathryn Poch

Timothy Randall

Sophia Rosano

Skylar Rubin

Lizabeth Sachs

Kerry Safir

Jordan Savitt

Hannah Scherer

Margot Scherer

James Schiff

Kara Schiff

Leslie Schoen

Brent Schwartz

Bryan Schwartz

Cindy Schwartz

Eric Schwedel

Tamara Segal

Clara Shackelton

Myron Sharpe

Becca Shaulson

Kaela Shaulson

Samuel Sherman

Iliya Sigal

Sarah Simner

Gloria Skigen

Dorothy Smith

Jonah Spratt

Saul Stockman

Nathaniel Stolarsky

Betsy Stone

Susie Stoogenke

David Swerdloff

Joshua Terr

Logan Terr

Suzy Trief

Chris Vellozzi

Shelly Welfeld

October BirthdaysPamela Aflalo

Robyn Alper

Bennett Amoyal

Marni Amsellem

Nora Amsellem

Cortney Ansel

Leena Aronson

Joshua Barenbaum

Marc Becker

Olivia Berni

Alyssa Bernstein

Brian Bernstein

Bruce Blasnik

David Block

Ezra Block

Myles Block

Brielle Bouris

David Lee Bowbeer

Sheila Brody

Donald Brown

Allison Brown

Michael Brown

Tobias Brunner

Henry Bubel

Luke Burston

Rosalind Carlin

Oliver Cohen

Roberta Cohen

Carly Diamond

Sadie Fink

Adele Forman

Janie Frattaroli

Ella Frattaroli

Jason Friedman

Marc Friedman

William Gilbert

Rebecca Gordon

Cathy Greenberg

Julie Hannum

Bruce Heller

Kate Hollenberg

Ronald Japha

Erica Juneja

Robert Juneja

Sheldon Katz

Jennifer Kramer

Sophia Kramer

Ethan Lapine

Garret Lapine

Chloe Last

Douglas Last

Bennett Leeds

Peter Leeds

Randi Leeds

Sydney Leeds

Rebecca Levin

Harriet Liss

Terri Ann Lowenthal

Ellen Luntz

Joan Madison

Inna Marquard

Robert Martino

Sean Michaels

Michele Morson

Michael Nathenson

Jared Okun

Sharon Okun

Jeffrey Pardo

Kyle Pardo

Judah Plotner

Michael Polonsky

Jeffrey Popper

Michael Popper

Parker Quamily

Lynn Rakos

Nicholas Randall

Caryn Rosenbaum

Brenna Rosenfeld

Harriet Roth

Patti Roth

Tina Rubin

David Scherban

Michael Schlessinger

Diane Shaby

Grant Silver

Matthew Silver

Henry Silverstein

Chloe Simner

Larry Stoogenke

Julie TelRav

Nili Lu TelRav

Donald Thaler

Joshua Walls

Lisa Whetsell

Cathy Zales

Julia Zimmerman

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS



ROBERT SCHECHTER FUND

Arlene & Carl Rosen in honor of the engagement of Leah Schechter to Adam Spiewak

KWESKIN MUSIC FUND

Shirley Fishbach in memory of Vincent Lionti

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

Joan & Stu Madison in honor of Murph Weingrad’s 100th Birthday

Sallie Kuh in memory of Richard Hecht, Dorothy Fields and Elizabeth Bensusan

Sallie Kuh in honor of the birth of Noa Isabelle Fedewa

Nan & Paul Gordon for the speedy recovery of Rabbi TelRav, Mazel Tov to Wendy & David Lewis on the engagement of their daughter, Alex and Mazel Tov to Marcy & Marc Kurzman on the birth of their granddaughter, Olivia

Myrna & George Sessa for the quick recovery of Rabbi TelRav

Maggie Seligman in memory of Jesse Seligman

Connie Elkinson & Everett Shaw to Lesley & Dennis Gehr, congratulations on a well-deserved honor

Keeva Crelan in memory of John Allen Roberts

Deidre & Jonathan Goldberg in memory of Mark Mehlman

Rosalind Carlin in memory of Mark Mehlman

Judy Liebeskind in memory of Mark Mehlman

Beverly Ferber in memory of Mark Mehlman

Ronnie & Gary Lilien in memory of Sheldon Kadish

Sharon & Bruce Goldstein in memory of Sheldon Kadish

CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

Sharen & Randall Spratt with gratitude to Cantor Morgovsky

Connie Elkinson & Everett Shaw, congratulations to your family upon Rabbi Ben Spratt’s new position

BACHE/KAPLAN FUND

Suellyn Bache in memory of Philip Kaplan, Hilda Levitt, Vincent Lionti, Sharlene Riibner and Cynthia Goldberg

DANOFF YOUTH ACTIVITIES CENTER FUND

Joan & Stu Danoff in honor of the births of Noa Isabelle Fedewa, Alice Rose Remlin and Olivia James Kurzman

LEGACY FUND

John Gehr in honor of Lesley & Dennis Gehr

Lesley & Dennis Gehr in memory of Sheldon Kadish

EDUCATOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

Linda & Lewis Altman in honor of Michelle Poris receiving the “Rising Star” honor

DAVID S. COHEN MEMORIAL FUND

Amy & Mark Schneider

Bob Gray

Suellyn Bache

Nancy & Richard Freedman

Susan & Paul Harinstein

Rachel’s Mahjong Crew, Jodie, Susan, Lori & Audra

Rinah & David Mullens

SALLY KELMAN SOCIAL ACTION FUND

Margo Rosenfeld

Judy & Sheldon Katz

Linda Hurwitz & Richard Fine in memory of Dorothy Fields

Janet Weintraub in memory of Henry M. Weintraub

Meryl & Hank Silverstein in memory of Milton Rich

Meryl & Hank Silverstein in memory of Philip Novick and Adele Silverstein

CHESED (CARING) FUND

Hedy & Maury Siegel in memory of Florence Cooperman

Rabbi TelRav to thank Linda Hurwitz

CAPITAL FUND

Hedy & Maury Siegel in memory of the Cooperman and Siegel Families

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND

Andrea & David M. Cohen in honor of the marriage of Sarah Cryer to Zachary Shapiro

Andrea & David M. Cohen in honor of the birth of Alice Rose Remlin

RESTROOM RENOVATION PROJECT

Arlene & Carl Rosen in memory of Stan Rosen

FRIENDS OF RUACH FUND

Andrea & David M. Cohen in honor of the birth of Olivia James Kurzman

Maggie & Bernie Levy in memory of Mary Eva Berry

SOCIAL ACTION FUND

Deborah & Stephen DeNardo in memory of Sheldon Kadish

OPERATING FUND

Debra & Richard Nemchek in memory of Anita Lee Sabin

Diane & Steven Shaby in memory of Evie Shapiro

Katy Meyers in memory of Dorothy Fields and in honor of the birth of Alice Rose Remlin

Nan & Paul Gordon in honor of the birth of Alice Rose Remlin and in honor of Murph Weingrad’s 100th Birthday

Joan & Stu Madison in honor of Murph Weingrad’s 100th Birthday

Amy & Henry Bubel in honor of the marriage of Sarah Cryer to Zachary Shapiro

Cathy & Steve Zales in honor of the marriage of Sarah Cryer to Zachary Shapiro

Betsy & Mike Stone in celebration of the marriage of Sarah Cryer to Zachary Shapiro

Estelle Fruchtman in memory of Fanny Fruchtman

Eleanor & Mort Lowenthal in memory of Leslie Lowenthal

Harriett Sherman in memory of Anne Rubin

Beth Peters in memory of Lillian Rosenstein & John Rosenstein

Ellen Harris in memory of Mark Evens

Michelle & Peter Ebstein in memory of Margaret Redniss

Eleanor & Mort Lowenthal in memory of Lillian Suffin

Sandy Rosenberg in memory of Morton Stierer

Sharon & Bruce Goldstein in honor of the birth of Olivia James Kurzman

Susan & Ed Greenberg in memory of Mollie Greenberg

Judy & Sheldon Katz in memory of Irving Stern and Abraham Katz

Debra & Richard Nemchek in memory of Conrad B. Sabin

Amy & Henry Bubel in memory of Helene Olbum

Beth & Michael Dorfsman in memory of Barbara Barban

Michele Bauman in memory of Howard Bauman

Harriet & Victor Liss in memory of Fred Haller

Murph & Gen Weingrad in memory of Lewis Weintraub

CONTRIBUTIONS

We gratefully acknowledge these thoughtful gifts:

Sustaining Members of the Legacy Society:

We gratefully recognize the following, who have made sustaining gifts to our temple (to endowment, through estate planning, or otherwise): Anonymous (3), Jeri & Mark Appel, Suellyn Bache, Amy & Henry Bubel, Andrea & David M. Cohen, Judy & David S. Cohen z”l, Fran & Bob Dorf, Marc Friedman, Lesley & Dennis Gehr, Carole Gladstone, Robin Frederick & Michael Gold, Sylvia z”l & Herb z”l Gladstone, Nan & Paul Gordon, Meryl & Ron Japha, Judith & Grant Kallen, Judith & Sheldon Katz, Susan Kostin, Helen & Ed Kweskin, Shelley B. Leibowitz, Enid Randall z”l, Betty & Dan z”l Roberts, Arlene & Carl Rosen, Sharyn & Richard Sarner, Jayne & Bud Schiff, Nancy Schiffman, Carol Ruth z”l & Herman z”l Shepherd, Paula Simon, Betsy & Michael Stone, Rabbi Jay & Dr. Julie TelRav, Leon Weisburgh.

If you have made provisions for Temple Sinai in your long-term gift planning, please let us know so we may recognize you as well!


OPERATING FUND continued

Nancy Schiffman in memory of Morris N. Levy

Meryl & Ron Japha in memory of Norbert Gaelen

Eve & Daniel Block in memory of Barbara Rieck, David S. Cohen & Michael Himelstein

Meredith & Gregory Scheine in memory of Susan Schultz

Jeri & Mark Appel in memory of Dorothy Fields

Michelle & Peter Ebstein in memory of Dorothy Fields

Arlene & Carl Rosen in memory of Doris Karlin

Shelly Welfeld in memory of Mimi Welfeld

Janet & Alan Barr in memory of Burton Barr

Paula Simon in honor of the birth of Noa Isabelle Fedewa

Marion Milrod in honor of the birth of Noa Isabelle Fedewa

Patti & Stuart Roth in memory of Harold Simon

Lori & James Marcus in memory of Al Tauber & Aaron Horowitz

Bob Gray in memory of Clara Korn

Uta & Roger Randall in honor of Enid Randall

Elisabeth Steinberg in memory of Michael G. Steinberg

Lisa, Timothy, Jason & Ryan Randall in memory of Enid Randall

Michelle & Peter Ebstein in honor of the birth of Alice Rose Remlin

Susie & Larry Stoogenke in honor of the birth of Alice Rose Remlin

Amy & Henry Bubel in honor of the birth of Alice Rose Remlin

Betsy & Mike Stone in honor of the birth of Alice Rose Remlin

Linda Hurwitz & Richard Fine in memory of Albion Kahn, Marilyn Hurwitz Hahn and Dr. Sidney P. Hurwitz

Irma & Allan Paull in memory of Sidney Fruchtman

Eleanor & Mort Lowenthal in memory of Sadye LeVine

Norma & Don Stone in honor of Betsy & Mike Stone’s 40th Wedding Anniversary

Meryl & Ron Japha in memory of Judith Japha and Ingrid Japha

Joan Hendrickson in honor of the marriage of Sarah Cryer to Zachary Shapiro

Jean Seidler in memory of Mark Mehlman

Roberta & Alan Cohen in memory of Sheldon Kadish

Betsy & Michael Stone in memory of Sheldon Kadish

Steven Posner in memory of Sidney Posner

YARMULKES FOR YOUR MITZVAHSupport the worthy projects of Temple Sinai Sisterhood and order your yarmulkes through us! We can help you choose the perfect yarmulkes for your

upcoming Bar/Bat Mitzvah or wedding. Our yarmulkes can be ordered with various trims, foil enhancements, embossed patterns, and clips. We have satin, suede, leather, patterned, sports and other themed yarmulkes. For more information and to place an order, please contact: Liz Lebo at [email protected].

SAVE THE DATE

DECEMBER 13

CANTOR’S CONCERTMore information to come in the next issue!



YAHRZEITS RECALLED FOR SEPTEMBER

September 4

Barry Levene, Cousin of Sallie Kuh

Phyllis Jones, Sister of Shelly Welfeld

Marilynn Whetsell, Mother of Robert Whetsell

Ruth Brust, Mother of Kathryn Poch

Essie Lowenthal, Mother of Mort Lowenthal

David Roth, Son of Martin & Harriet Roth

Ronald Schacht, Uncle of Randall Skigen

Hermine Roth, Friend of Sallie Kuh

Harry Besser, Father of Gary Besser

Sylvia Frankel, Aunt of Barbara White and Phyllis Freeman

Virginia Butts Cryer, Mother of Lawrence Cryer

Anna Weisberg, Mother of Carol Abrams

Bill Doran, Cousin of Wendi Hoak

Theodore Gilbert, Father of William Gilbert

Herbert Kreevoy, Father of Michelle Krellenstein

Benjamin Goldberg, Grandfather of Amiel Goldberg

Ira Harris, Father of Ellen Harris and Grandfather of Jennifer Kramer

William Schiff, Brother of Albert Schiff

September 11

Louis Morris, Father-in-Law of Janet Morris

Lillian Raddock, Mother of Franklin Raddock

Miriam Rose Tauber, Mother of Lori Marcus

David Morson, Grandfather of Eric Morson

Toby Epstein, Grandmother of Keeva Crelan

Jack Kirsh, Father of Deborah DeNardo

Claire Steinberg, Grandmother of Brian Steinberg

Jason Bernstein, Son of Lauren & Brian Bernstein

Rae Kandel, Mother of Sally Kelman

Meyer Reiner, Father of Pearl Rosenbaum

Beatrice Freeman, Mother of Fran Dorf

September 18

Miriam Klein, Mother of Dayna Nathenson

Russel Baldwin, Father of Susan Baldwin

Benjamin Mullens, Father of Judith Cohen

Nathan Marantz, Father of David Marantz

Morton (Morty) Semel, Husband of Sandra Semel

Joseph Shapiro, Grandfather of Beth Peters

Henry Meltzer, Father of Deidre Goldberg

Esther Brosof, Mother of Susan Lauritzen

Daniel Roberts, Husband of Betty Roberts and Father of Jeri Appel

September 25

Arthur Bubel, Father of Henry Bubel

Samuel Gehr, Father of Dennis Gehr

Phyllis Kanter, Aunt of Susan Kostin

Sandra Johnson, Sister of S. Darrell Johnson

Charles Schiff, Father of Albert Schiff

Herman Fallerman, Great Uncle of Allan Paull

Abraham Liebeskind, Father-in-Law of Judith Liebeskind

Howard Scott, Uncle of Beth Peters

Rita Glosser, Aunt of Susan Kostin

Ida Bauer, Mother of Philip Bauer

William Zales, Father of Steve Zales

Dr. Howard Radwin, Brother of Susan Isaacs

Hyman Weinstein, Stepfather of Albert Schiff

Charles Abramson, Grandfather of Constance Elkinson

Lillian Silverstone, Aunt of Diane Klein

CONDOLENCES May Their Memory Be a Blessing

Dorothy Fields Sydelle “Boopsey” Spiesman Mother of Michael Spiesman

Anita Lee Sabin Mother of Debbie Nemchek

Sheldon Kadish Father of Michael Kadish

REMEMBER TEMPLE SINAI IN YOUR WILL! For more information, please call the temple office at

(203) 322-1649 or email [email protected]


YAHRZEITS RECALLED FOR OCTOBER

October 2

Florence J. Eisenberg, Mother of Melissa Spiesman

Ethel Kweskin, Mother of Edward Kweskin

Anne Stein, Sister of Margo Rosenfeld

Sylvia Steiner, Mother of Diane Shaby

Rachel Silvern, Mother of Sallie Kuh

Ethel Borowitz, Grandmother of Caryn Rosenbaum

Sadie Bruch, Great Grandmother of Amy Lilien-Harper

Ken Peters, Husband of Beth Peters

Frances Wolff, Mother of Glenn Wolff

Albert Marowitz, Father of Myrna Sessa

Israel Solomon, Father of Roslyn Jaffe

Edward J. Rauch, Grandfather of Joel Fenster

Irwin Goldberg, Brother of Rosalind Carlin

Ida Solomon, Mother of Roslyn Jaffe

Edward Kostin, Husband of Susan Kostin

Robert Ecker, Father of William Ecker

Gladys Field, Mother of Constance Elkinson

Susan Harper, Mother of Glenn Harper

Abraham Rosenstein, Great Uncle of Beth Peters

Shawn Crelan, Son of Keeva Crelan

Victoria Ain, Aunt of Sallie Kuh

Shirley Silver, Mother of Richard Silver

Sadie Weingrad, Mother of Murray Weingrad

Harriet Rosenbaum, Mother of Caryn Rosenbaum

Abraham Hershenow, Father of Sheila Brody

Jay L. Kaplove, Father of Jules Kaplove

October 9

Evelyn Bruder, Mother of Joan Danoff

Donald F. Spickler, Father of Natasha Fenster

Ruth Elizabeth Kuhn, Grandmother of Susan Pellish-Thaler

Louis Weingrad, Father of Murray Weingrad

Isidore Ryvan Korn, Father-in-Law of Robert Gray

Natalie Suzanna Gross, Mother of Enid Lieberman

Rosalind Badiner, Sister of Marilyn Shapiro-Lowell

Maddy DesJardin, Cousin of Dennis Gehr

Jay Frankel, Cousin of Barbara White

Arlettte Rachid, Aunt of Andre Aflalo

Eugene Connolly, Father of Elizabeth Gilbert

Robert Slomovitz, Father of Jordana Lubliner

Malcolm Becker, Father of Wendi Hoak

Frances Goldberg, Mother of Amiel Goldberg

Gertrude Sherman, Mother-in-Law of Harriett Sherman

Irene Thomson, Mother of Francine Schechter

October 16

Paul Shapiro, Father of Marilyn Shapiro-Lowell

Herbert Rosenberg, Father-in-Law of Sandra Rosenberg

Mark D’Arinzo, Jr., Friend of Susan Rosen

Molly Zamore, Aunt of Diane Shaby

Elias Jacobson, Grandfather of Karen Conti

Bob Hohmann, Father of Kirsten Hohmann

Quay Hissong, Father of Rebecca Isenstein

Mollie Goldberg, Mother of Rosalind Carlin

Jean Steinhorn, Grandmother of Karen Conti

Zane Zaritzky, Father of Laurie Bouris

Philip Cohen, Father of Alan Cohen

Maria Diaz, Mother of Elizabeth Ortiz-Schwartz

Leopold Klein, Grandfather of Diane Klein

October 23

Florine Popper, Mother of Jeffrey Popper

Esther Levy, Grandmother of Nancy Schiffman

Renee Heilbronner, Mother of Robyn Alper

Myra Gray, Wife of Robert Gray

Jenny Bokor, Great Aunt of Diane Klein

Miryom Kass, Mother of Lewis Kass

Tess Gillman, Mother of Gloria Mehlman

Nicole Moed Tratt, Sister of Sandra Mehl

Etta Chancis, Grandmother of Carole Brafman

Dianne Levy, Mother of Nancy Schiffman

Jacob Steinberg, Father-in-Law of Elisabeth Steinberg and Grandfather of Brian Steinberg

Rita Bertha Lessner Newman, Great Aunt of Diane Klein

October 30

Lucy Cohn, Grandmother of Richard Fierstein

Morris Epstein, Father of Keeva Crelan

Julius White, Father of Kenneth White

Rose Hecht, Mother-in-Law of Sallie Kuh

Jerome Summit, Husband of Caroline Summit

Herman Bubel, Uncle of Henry Bubel

Jack Orlow, Father of Harold Orlow

Yetra Kahn Weisburgh, Mother of Leon Weisburgh

Fannie Summit, Mother-in-Law of Caroline Summit

Pauline Klanfer, Mother of Robert Klanfer

Archie Mintz, Father of Caroline Summit

Gerald Topale, Father of Michele Morson

Melvin Zonis, Father of Jonathan Zonis

Betty Joseph, Cousin of Sallie Kuh

Roberta Schankle, Sister of Carolyn Ginsberg

David Dash, Father of Vivian Levine

Lou Marcus, Grandfather of Allan Paull

Jennifer Buhler, Daughter of Gail Karlitz

Charlotte Stern, Mother of Judith Katz

Marcella Baldwin, Mother of Susan Baldwin

Roslyn Rosengarten, Aunt of Hildi Todrin



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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3

7:30p Adult Ed: Grief in the Year of Chaos

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✡ 5:00p Tot Shabbat✡ 6:00p Shabbat

Service

5

Ki Tavo✡ 9:00a Avodat HaLev

Servicen 10:05a Rabbi Eugene

B. Borowitz Memorial Bible Study

n 7:00p Havdalah

6 7–Labor Day

TEMPLE CLOSED

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n 12:00p Torah Study✡ 6:00p Shabbat

Service

12

Nitzavim-Vayelechn 9:00a Rabbi Eugene


10:30a Saturday Morning Shabbat Service and Bar Mitzvah of Brendon Harmon

n 7:00p Havdalah & Selichot Program

13

9:30a Opening Day Religious School

9:30a Brotherhood Meeting

1:00p Cemetery Service at Fairfield Memorial Park

14

8:00p Sisterhood Event: Women’s Philanthropy Live Cooking Demonstration with Chef Michael Solomonov

15 16

4-6p FIRST Wednesday Religious School

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18– Erev Rosh Hashanah

✡ 7:30p Erev Rosh Hashanah Service

18– Rosh Hashanah – Day 1

✡ 9:30a Morning Main Service

✡ 11:30a Childrens Service (Pre-K & Younger)

✡ 2:00p Family Service✡ 3:00p Drive-in

Tashlich Service*n 7:00p Havdalah

20

8:30a Second Day Rosh Hashanah Service

NO SUNDAY RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

21

7:30p Board Meeting

22 23

4-6p Religious School

24 25


Service

26

Haazinu n 9:00a Rabbi Eugene


n 7:00p Havdalah

27– Erev Yom Kippur

NO SUNDAY RELIGIOUS SCHOOL✡ 7:30p Kol Nidre

Service

28 – Yom Kippur

9:30a Morning Service11:30a Children’s Service

(Pre-K and younger)12:00p Musical

Meditations with Piano

2:00p Family Service3:00-3:45p Afternoon

Service4:00-4:45p Yizkor Service5:30p N’ilah Service6:30p Zoom Break-fast

29 30

NO WEDNESDAY RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

SEPTEMBER 2020 / ELUL-TISHRE 5781

*See page 7 for exact times

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 – Erev Sukkot

n 12:00p Torah Study✡ 5:00p Tot Shabbat✡ 6:00p Shabbat

Service

3 – Sukkot Day 1

Chol HaMoad Sukkot✡ 9:00a Avodat HaLev

Servicen 9:00a Rabbi Eugene


10:30a Saturday Morning Shabbat Service and Bar Mitzvah of Jack Diamond

n 7:00p Havdalah

4 – Sukkot Day 2

9:30a Religious School9:30a Brotherhood

Board Meeting11:30a Schiff Tichon

Sinai

5 – Sukkot Day 3 6 – Sukkot Day 4 7 – Sukkot Day 5


8 – Sukkot Day 6

7:30p Sisterhood Board Meeting

9 – Sukkot Day 7

n 12:00p Torah Study✡ 6:00p Shabbat,

Simchat Torah and Consecration Service

10 – Simchat Torah

Simchat Torah n 9:00a Rabbi Eugene


n 7:00p Havdalah

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10:15a Mussar NO SUNDAY RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

12 –Columbus Day

TEMPLE CLOSED

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NO WEDNESDAY RELIGIOUS SCHOOL

15 16


Service

17

Bereshit n 9:00a Rabbi Eugene


10:30a Saturday Morning Shabbat Service and Bat Mitzvah of Cassie Cronk

n 7:00p Havdalah

18

9:30a Religious School• 3rd Grade Chavurah:

Virtual trip to the Bronx Zoo

• 6th Grade Food Drive with Schoke Jewish Family Service

• 5th Grade Gary Rosenthal Hiddur Mitzvah

Brotherhood Political Brunch (TBD)

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7:30p Board Meeting

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Service

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Noach n 9:00a Rabbi Eugene


10:30a Saturday Morning Shabbat Service and Bar Mitzvah of Brody Ebright

n 7:00p Havdalah

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9:30a Religious School10:15a Mussar 11:30a Schiff Tichon

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Director of Operations Shelly Welfeld

Office Manager Jayne Vasco

Director of Congregational Engagement Larry Stoogenke

Caretakers Max Cordero

Andrew Oware

President Alan Cohen

First Vice President Moira Morrisey

Vice Presidents Nan Gordon

Sharon Goldstein

Grant Kallen

Lisa Silver

Steve Zales

Immediate Past President Marc Friedman

Counsel David M. Cohen

Brotherhood Co-Presidents

Marc Bennett Michael Kadish

Sisterhood Co-Presidents

Michele Haiken Fink Liz Lebo

Rabbi Emeritus Samuel M. Silver, D.D. z”l (1912 - 2008)

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