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Temple Israel of the Poconos Drawing by Marilyn Margolies

Inside this Issue

Rabbi’s Message 1 President’s Message 3 Norman Gelber 4 Hebrew School 5 Aliti 7 Ask the Rabbi 8 Tenth of Tevet 9 Donations 10 Did You Know 11 Birthdays/Anniversaries 12 Yahrzeits 13/14 Calendar 18 Advertisements 19

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Edition 627 January 2017 Tevet / Shevat 5777 A monthly publication of Temple Israel of the Poconos

UBER NATION © by Rabbi Baruch Binyamin Hakohen Melman

Disruptors have become the norm. Technological innovations are turning established patterns of commerce and industry on their head. Never fear, taxis will not disappear - completely. When radio came people did not stop reading books or newsprint. When television came people did not stop listening to the radio. When air travel came cars and buses did not go out of business (okay, maybe the Catskill resorts did). So now there will still be cabs, but the medallions will have shrunk in value and there will be less of them around. Now don't tell the Uber drivers, but they won't be around much longer in big numbers either once self driving cars take over urban areas. And yes, we will still be allowed to drive our cars, except that there will be dedicated lanes for human drivers and insurance premiums will be much higher. And as for robots, some of us will be permitted to live, but only as slaves to do their bidding. But seriously, the American heartland is in for a rude surprise to expectantly hope that their jobs will return. Automation and robotics are increasingly making all but the most creative jobs obsolete. While IBM's Watson has now been harnessed in the service of humanity, as a medical consultant conversant with the potentialities of the latest research developments, the inevitable downside is that available employ-ment of the more repetitive kind will become nearly obsolete. And how many people can become movie stars or the late night TV hosts who interview them? Seriously. Now Avraham Avinu (Abraham the Patriarch) was the first theological disruptor! All around him were pagan idolatries. All around him people sought to bribe their deities with sacrificial offerings (often human), oblivious to moral principle. Abraham forged a new path. Abraham founded not just monotheism, the belief that there is only one God, or just one organizing principle to the universe, but that this singular and unique Deity demands ethical behavior and moral probity. He passed down this belief through three generations of his family, guaranteeing that it would NOT become a mere one-off, as what occurred in Egypt under Akhenaton, whose radical experiment ended the moment of his death. Over the generations, Abraham's ethical monotheism has now virtually encompassed the whole world, under the rubric of its various and sundry offshoots. The religious challenge today is to see beyond ancient tribal affinities, and to recognize our com-mon humanity. We are all one race, the human race. Black lives, blue lives, ALL lives matter. But without a sense of meaning and purpose, no matter how many repetitive jobs are lost to robots, life becomes an exercise in drudgery and boredom. But the secret we have been guarding for too long is that Torah, the mitzvoth commandments - moral imperatives) and especially Shabbat, the day infused with holiness, year round, with which to recharge our souls and recalibrate our moral compass, has the potential to transform humanity for the better. New Years Day this year coincides with the final and last day of Chanukah! They are both about rededication. On New Years many make resolutions to improve them-selves for the better, even as they treat their bodies and minds for the worst. Chanu-kah actually means "dedication." Our ancestors rededicated the Holy Temple in Jeru-salem to the exclusive worship of Y*H*V*H, cleansing it of all pagan pollution. Our challenge this Chanukah is to rededicate ourselves to keeping alive the self same Ju-daism which has the potential to radically improve the human condition. But only if we rededicate ourselves to learning and study, can we then hope to take it to the next level.

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A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT …… Dr. Sandra Alfonsi

As I sit here writing a message which you will read in January, I am troubled by the fact that 2016 was not very different from 2015 and I fear that 2017 will only be a violent rerun of 2016, which has yet to end. Chanukah and Christmas have yet to come as I write this but the miracles of both holidays have been destroyed by Jihadist terror and Western bloodshed.

As President of this synagogue I believed that my purpose was to grow this shul, to draw in new members and to bring back members who left Temple Israel for a variety of reasons. I also believed that it was my duty to make certain that those who wanted a place to pray, to learn and even to socialize would have a loving, giving and spiritual home.

But now all of this has little meaning for me. Yesterday was December 19th, a day marked by the Jihadist assassination of the Russian Ambassador in Ankara, Turkey and a pre-Christmas Jihadist attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Shots were fired at the American Embassy in Ankara but did no damage. There were three terrorist attacks in Israel which did not make the news. And finally the Electoral College confirmed the election of Donald Trump who will be a President who is not afraid to use the words Islamist terrorism and to address this scourge. I look at these Islamist Jihadist acts and I see a world under attack, led by politically correct, short-sighted leaders who are unwilling to accept the reality that Islam is not a religion of peace and that its aim since its inception has been and remains the domination of the non-Islamic world, the destruction of Judaism, Christianity, and all other religions, the supremacy of Islam and the creation of the Islamic Caliphate. So, as I consider yesterday’s Islamist attacks, I understand that it is my responsibility to teach what I know and to share it with the people with whom I interact. I have spent more than 20 years of my life addressing these issues in our textbooks and in the doctoral dissertations written by doctoral candidates at our leading universities. What we are witnessing today is not an anomaly. It is the result of a multi-faceted plan designed by Saudi Arabia and paid for by Arab oil dollars poured into our education system since the mid-1970s. The anti-Israelism of the Left is part of medieval Christian anti-Semitism inflamed by virulent Islamist anti-Semitism.

To be Jews who know what it means and what is expected of us is indeed a mystery and a burden. To have a synagogue which is a nice building and at the same to ignore the threats to the exist-ence of Judaism and our People is short-sighted. To celebrate Chanukah without insuring that the miracle of our Peoplehood will survive from year-to-year and generation-to-generation is dangerous and it frightens me. The Jihadist attacks yesterday show that the danger is real and that it has a name. And the fact that three more attacks took place in Israel yesterday and went unnoticed shows that if we do not stand up and support Israel no one will do it for us.

I pray that 2017 will bring us answers.

Sandra


DEVINE COMMUNICATION by Norman Gebler In an early scene in Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet, the brooding protagonist who has just experienced a traumatic visit and story from his slain father’s ghost, says to his loyal friend, Horatio, "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in your Philoso-phy." Hamlet cannot be referring merely to the belief in the existence of human souls after death, for that belief was already an integral part of the Roman Catholic religion. So what "things in heaven and earth" could Hamlet have had in mind?

Whatever the answer, it probably refers to matters beyond the scope of the known philoso-phy and theology prevailing at that time. I suggest that it concerned the extraordinary event that Hamlet had recently experienced– the visitation and story of his father’s ghost – that prompted him to refer to the mysteries that exist beyond the scope of philosophy or a university education. The Torah is our primary source of information on this subject. In the Torah we learn that God speaks to Adam and Eve, to the Patriarchs, to Moses, to King David, to his son Solomon, and to His prophets. We speak to God in our prayers to Him, in our belief and faith in Him, and in our obedience to His commandments. The point is that communication between God and human beings may be in words or in the context of a seeming miraculous event. The Exodus, the division of the Red Sea, the giving of the Ten Commandments, the trek of the Israelites through the Wilderness to Canaan, the survival of the children of Israel despite enemy occupation, many years of exile and dispersion, attest to Divine intercession in be-half of His "Chosen People." In other words, these miraculous events do not need spoken words to assure the Israelites of Divine protection. Just as a picture is said to be worth a thousand words, so can meaningful events convey a message: if we take the time and make the effort to search for one.

Despite these modes of Divine communication, we are rarely aware of them today because of our busy involvement in the practical concerns of daily living. Besides, we tend to be skeptical and wary about experiences that we cannot weigh, measure, or actually perceive. Yet I believe that "God works in mysterious ways His wonders to perform," and that He communicates with us in non-verbal ways. For example, I have discovered that spending many weeks in the hospital and in rehabilitation was a blessing in disguise, for it gave me the opportunity to meditate on what seemed to be adverse experiences and to find their unexpected advantages.

The Biblical story of Joseph provides an instructive example of God’s communicating with man by means of a prophetic dream-vision. When Joseph reveals his dream that he will become the leader of his family, his father Jacob and his envious brothers believe that his dream foretells the future. Their belief is vindicated when the story ends with Joseph’s becoming the Pharaoh’s overseer as a reward for his foreknowledge and advice on how to adapt to the impending seven years of drought that Egypt will suffer.

Most people today would probably describe a prophetic dream-vision as just anecdotal, nothing more than a personal experience or coincidence. Thus far, direct Divine communication with humans cannot be empirically proved or disproved!


HEBREW SCHOOL CALENDAR

CLASS SCHEDULE FOR JANUARY

TUESDAY, January 3th 5:00—7:00 SUNDAY, January 8th 9:00—11:00

TUESDAY, January 10th 5:00—7:00 TUESDAY, January 17th 5:00—7:00 TUESDAY, January 24th 5:00—7:00 TUESDAY, January 31st 5:00—7:00

SUNDAY, January 22nd is reserved as a snow day if there are any missed classes.

Please be sure to contact Debbie Smith (text is best) as soon as you know if your child will not be attending

Hebrew school on a Tuesday or a Sunday.


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PRESENTS AN EXCITING NEW SLATE OF CLASSES FOR WEDNESDAY EVENINGS! BEGINNING DECEMBER 14

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WEDNESDAYS 5:00 PM KABBALISTIC SECRETS OF HEBREW WORDS 5:20 PM MISHNA/TALMUD OVERVIEW EVERY 2 WEEKS WE STUDY SOMETHING NEW ALWAYS FRESH AND INTERESTING 6:00 PM JEWISH LITERACY REVIEW THE TOP 1,000 THINGS EVERY JEW SHOULD KNOW 6:30 PM JEWISH ETHICS. CHALLENGING ETHICAL SCENARIOS. BECOMING A MENSCH. DISCUSSIONS ENCOURAGED. 7:00 PM YIDDISH WITH BERNIE! DISCOVER THE JOYS OF SPEAKING YIDDISH! 7:30 PM CRASH COURSE IN HEBREW READING! BECOME A FLUENT READER IN 10 WEEKS OR LESS! AND OF COURSE ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS WE CONTINUE WITH OUR WEEKLY PARSHA PREVIEW FROM 10:40 AM TO 11:50 AM. PLEASE COME AND JOIN US! NEW STUDENTS ALWAYS WELCOME!


ASK THE RABBI by Rabbi Baruch Binyamin Hakohen Melman Dear Rabbi, We all know that Chanukah celebrates the cleansing of the Temple from paganism and the miracle of the oil lasting eight days while they were rededicating the Holy Temple to the worship of the God of Israel. But seriously, what is so wrong with paganism per se? How bad could it really be? Sincerely, Emilio Pagano *********************************************************************************** Dear Emilio, For a non-Jewish person, we believe that God will love you as long as righteousness and goodness guide your actions. But for a Jew it is a problem because the God of Israel forbids the worship of many gods and demands exclusive loyalty and worship. As we treasure our relationship with Him, He in turn will treasure His relationship with us. We are in a Covenantal relationship whereby each of the parties (God and Israel) uphold their respective agreed upon terms. Israel will agree from Sinai to eternity to an exclusive worship relationship with God, and abide faithfully to the laws of the Torah, moral laws as well as ritual ones. In return, no matter how much we suffer as a people on account of that agreement, some of us will endure to live yet one more generation as evidence and witness to the eternal nature of the agreement that He (God) made separately and independently with our forebears, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. As part of that agreement we will one day be granted a return to our ancestral land of Israel, witness a great ingathering of the scattered remnants of our dispersed brethren, and become in the process a blessing to all the families of the Earth. If one looks dispassionately at the historical forces currently in play, no matter how skeptical be our inclination in these matters, one could arguably make a case that these promises are indeed coming to pass, albeit with a degree of spent blood, fire and sacrifice, rather than arriving in the mere blink of an eye, upon a cushioned cloud descending from the Heavens. But, in truth, in the grand sweep of all things mortal, the events of the last century indeed really are as "the blink of an eye," historically speaking. Save the cushions for your seats at the Passover Seder! But what is wrong with the idea of paganism itself is essentially this, that in paganism we make demands upon the respective deities worshipped, hoping to bribe via expiations and libations. allowing no moral demands be made, as the gods themselves are amoral. That sort of world, ordered upon bribes and deceit, asserting that god be made in man's image, is a world rife with inherent corruption, violence and disorder. To the pagan, violence and war were ends in themselves, testing the heroism of man, whereas in Judaism, peace and justice are ends in themselves, war only being a necessary tool with which to fight against evil. In the story of Chanukah, paganism, as manifested by Radical Hellenism, sought to eradicate the lonely spark of Judaism, the guardian of the idea of ethical monotheism. Miraculously, and against all odds, Judaism survived. In the end paganism died out, one variant at a time, but Judaism and the Jewish Idea still remain, for indeed, we are an eternal people, treasured and chosen at Sinai. © 2016 by Rabbi Baruch Binyamin Hakohen Melman


THE TENTH OF TEVET - SUNDAY, JAN 8, 2017 BEGINNING OF THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM

The tenth day of Tevet is a minor fast in Judaism. It is called minor not because it is not important, but only because it is one of the fast days in the Jewish calendar that are from first light until complete darkness (3 stars). The two major fast days, Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av, by contrast last from the sunset of the previous day until night-fall of the next day (3 stars). It commemorates the beginning of the two year long Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, which began in 588 BCE, inaugurating a period of intense famine, which ended with the breaching of the walls and the ultimate destruction of the Temple of Solomon, in 586 BCE, on the 9th of Av. "And it was in the ninth year of his (Tzidkiyahu's) reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon came, he and all his hosts, upon Yerushalayim (Jerusalem), and he encamped upon it and built forts around it. And the city came under siege until the eleventh year of the reign of King Tzidkiyahu. On the ninth of the month famine was intense in the city, the people had no bread, and the city was breached." The tenth of Tevet ultimately resulted in the Temple's destruction. We see it today as a day of reflection. It is a day to reflect on the pain and suffering our ancestors endured in their two year famine, not knowing their ultimate fate at the hands of the Babylonians. It is a day when we can focus and concentrate on self improvement, in contemplating our actions, behaviors and deeds, and measure them against what our Sages, our Torah, our Tradition and our God expect from us. In the modern state of Israel, it is also the date on which all those whose date of passing during the Holocaust is unknown, have the kaddish prayer recited on their behalf and on which date their yahrzeit is observed. It is called Yom HaKaddish HaKelali - the date of the general Kaddish.


Thank you to the following for their generous donations:

Joshua Herschlag—general donation

John Sanocki—general donation

Marjorie Kaufman—general donation

Abeloff Foundation

Anonymous sponsorship of a Kiddush luncheon in honor of Esther Marlyn Clarke’s retirement

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund: Anonymous Leigh Stelzer

Sam Newman—in memory of Minda Newman Hart in memory of Morris J. Newman

Kenneth Waite

Ron and Susan Vogel

Memorial plaque in memory of Howard Schuchman


DID YOU KNOW??? © 2016 by Rabbi Baruch Binyamin Hakohen Melman Martin Luther King, Jr, was a great supporter of Zionism! Speaking to the annual convention of the Rabbinical Assembly on March 25, 1968 (a few weeks before his assassination), he said,

" Peace for Israel means security, and we must stand

with all our might to protect its right to exist, its territorial integrity. I see Israel, and never mind saying it, as one of the great outposts of democracy in the world, and a marvelous example of what can be done, how desert land can be transformed into an oasis of brotherhood and democracy. Peace for Israel means security, and that security must be a reality."


If you are celebrating a milestone year, whether it be birthday or anniversary, please let me know so others may celebrate with you. Contact: Marcie Rabinowitz 570-629-2994 [email protected]

January Anniversaries January 26 Charles & Caron Manley

January 19 Russell & Rebecca Bear

January Birthdays January 01 Steve Goldstein

Cindy Blake

January 09 Myra Goldberg

January 13 George Vogel

January 15 Jackie Speicher

January 16 Rosa Brownstein

January 17 Ivan Margolies

January 18 Turey Rodriguez

January 24 Nancy Greenbarg

January 28 Marc Wolfe Michelle Star

January 30 Marshall Ruben


January Yahrzeit List

January 3 Tevet 05 Dr. Emanuel Fineberg January 4 Tevet 06 Lester Genauer

Abraham Resnick

January 6 Tevet 08 Mary J. Katz Melvin Goldman

January 7 Tevet 09 Schmeriyam Onia Irving Jolley

January 8 Tevet 10 Morris Joseph Burros Ida Green

January 10 Tevet 12 Irving Zieffert Lori Basick Leon Zacher Henry Driller

January 11 Tevet 13 Murray Rosenberg Jacob Brodowsky Louis Sacks

January 12 Tevet 14 Irving Tremper

January 13 Tevet 15 Ben Hayden

January 14 Tevet 16 Rose Cohn Ferdinando Alfonsi

January 16 Tevet 18 Pearl Sussman-Factor Kate Philippsberg Benjamin Brown Eva Cohen

January 17 Tevet 19 Morris Rothstein Shirley Irene Glucroft Carol Green

January 18 Tevet 20 Adolph Glantz January 19 Tevet 21 Zalman Gluck

David Cahn Rita Merkin Bernbaum David Rosenstein

January 20 Tevet 22 Edward Yark Oscar Feld Pearl Ruth Abeloff

January 21 Tevet 23 Mendel ben Nosson Zapolsky Ethel Katz

January 22 Tevet 24 Samuel Sorger

January 23 Tevet 25 Marion Wertheimer Bella Hymowitz Frank Frankel

January 24 Tevet 26 Lillian Levine

January 26 Tevet 28 Isadore K. Dortort Greta Philippsberg Arthur Z. Zimmerman

January 27 Tevet 29 Sophie Pollan

January 28 Shevat 01 Maurice Cantor Emanuel Greenfield

January 29 Shevat 02 Leo Liebman

January 31 Shevat 04 Herman Berman Abraham Gillette Thelma Reiter


February Yahrzeit List

February 16 Shevat 20 Morris Zimmerman Barney Katon

February 18 Shevat 22 Mamie Farber Julius Rabinowitz

February 19 Shevat 23 Isaac Yenofsky

February 21 Shevat 25 Floyd Crawn, Sr Sylvia Zacher Benjamin Kimmel

February 22 Shevat 26 Rose Beckenstein Sarah Getz Fannier Blick David Vogel

February 23 Shevat 27 Jacob Isaac Marion Bornstein

February 24 Shevat 28 Marilyn Margolies

February 25 Shevat 29 Sarah Brown Florence Edelstein Samuel Land

February 26 Shevat 30 Katie Goldman Harry Krumper Harold Cheslow Chaim Berlin Victor Taylor

February 27 Adar 01 Sadie Nadelman Ruth Parish Steve Philippsberg

February 28 Adar 02 Lillian Berkhof Ruth Josephs Meyer Woodnick Myrna Levin

February 1 Shevat 05 Esther Zubow Marcia Sagofsky

February 2 Shevat 06 Sam Block Mary Merkin Katherine Anderson Rebecca Cohen

February 3 Shevat 07 Rhoda Schuchman Martha Manley

February 5 Shevat 09 Louis Katz Birdie Steir

February 6 Shevat 10 Ida Odzer Bernice Pollan Louis Rosenblum

February 8 Shevat 12 Minnie Ehrlichman Davora Ehrlich

February 9 Shevat 13 Rose Rubin Glantz Leo Cabelly Rebecca Lax Regina Brown

February 10 Shevat 14 Simon Krawitz Miriam Cahn Ruth Newman

February 11 Shevat 15 Bernard Postol Julius Polinger Ben Meyers Lois Crawn

February 12 Shevat 16 Dorothy Reiter

February 14 Shevat 18 Gertrude Sommers Rachel Forster Kathryn Petie Cohen Harry Magnes Esther Iskowitz


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Other special request items (including lox) are available upon request and for an additional fee; please contact me to design your own special event. For scheduling, availability and more

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WE ALL HAVE SIMCHAS AND NACHES IN OUR LIFE CELEBRATE AND COMMEMORATE WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING...

SEND WARM THOUGHTS Give Marcie Rabinowitz a call at 570-629-2994 or e-mail her at [email protected] and let

someone know you’re thinking of them. For a small contribution to the Hessed Fund, Marcie will send a card wishing a Happy Birthday, Congratulations, Mazel Tov, Get Well or

Condolences. A notice will appear in this bulletin, as well. When you call, please leave all the information needed.

TREE OF LIFE AND MEMORIALS Add a leaf to the Tree of Life to celebrate births, birthdays, marriages, bar and bat mitzvahs, or

any other special event for a minimum contribution of $150. Remember loved ones with a Memorial Plaque at a minimum contribution of $600 for members, $850 for non-members.

Contact the Temple Office at 570-421-8781.

ENDOWMENT FUND It’s always a great time to make a contribution. Make your check out to “Temple Israel.”

Another thought to consider, remember Temple Israel in your will. Call the Temple office at 570-421-8781 or [email protected]

Honor or Remember Someone Special with a Bookplate

A bookplate can be placed in a Siddur, the weekly prayer book we use every Friday evening and Shabbat morning, or in a machzor, the prayer book which is used on the High Holidays. Remember a special occasion such as a birthday, anniversary, bnei mitzvah or any other occasion you want to note for a relative or friend. You can also place a dedication in someone’s memory. A nameplate with the donor, recipient, and occasion will be inserted. The minimum donation is $50.

Contact Herb Rosen, 424-1161, or at [email protected].

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When you can’t make services, but would like a prayer said on behalf of someone important to you, please don’t hesitate to call the synagogue and leave a message

on the Temple answering machine for Rabbi Melman so that your prayers will be included in our services.


FROM YOUR MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE…..

we offer you a challenge!

We need everyone to help with this. Surely you know individuals and families who have no affiliation with a Synagogue.

Encourage them to become members of our Temple Israel Family!

If every family brings in one individual or family,

think of the possibilities!

At Temple events, be they regular Shabbat Services or a social occasion, introduce yourself to anyone you don’t recognize. You’ll make new friends

and assist us in enlarging our family.

YOU CAN BE PART OF OUR SUCCESS!!

For information please contact:

Dr. Sandra Alfonsi 223-7062

[email protected]

or Temple Israel 421-8781

Please leave a phone number so that we may return your call.


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Temple Israel Newsletter, Edition 628 January 2017 published monthly at Temple Israel of the Poconos, 711 Wallace Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. (570) 421-8781/[email protected]. For information concerning this publication contact Barbara Rosenberg, Editor, (570) 894-4537/[email protected]. Now on the web at: www.templeisraelofthepoconos.org

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