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Rabbi’s Message I N S I D E

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Executive

Director’s Message

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President’s

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Religious School

Announcements

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Life Long Learning

Flu Shots

Oneg Sponsors

Anniversaries

Birthdays

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Contributions

Candle Lighting

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Yartzeits 15-16

High Holiday Calendar

Calendar Highlights

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Who’s Who 26-27

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Dear Hevre,

I hope you had a wonderful summer. I’m very much looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible over the High Holiday season.

This year we will undertake a Vision process as a community. Over the fall months ahead, I will share my suggestions about new directions for our synagogue. We will hold communal forums to discuss the ideas I’m proposing, to hear feedback about these and other sugges-tions as well. I’m very much looking forward to the conversations. I’m eager to collaborate with the members of the congregation and the Board to create a compelling communal vision that will make Oseh Shalom stronger and more vibrant than ever before.

I’m confident that the Vision process will help us to find new ways to share the many strengths and blessings of our synagogue community with the world around us, and that the new encounters will add to our vitality. We ought to feel proud to share key values from Oseh Shalom, and from Judaism in general, with the outside world. These key values include, for example:

Kehilla - Community support & togetherness in an era of individualism and isolation

Tefillah - Reflective practice within a frenetic society

Ruach - Spirituality and personal growth, counterbalancing pressures to ‘get ahead’

Shorashim - Strong & dynamic ancient roots during a time of upheaval and change

Avodah - a base for serving others, amidst pressure to only ‘look out for number one’

Klal Yisrael - Embrace of diverse family structures, in a popular culture that expects reli-gious judgment and conformity

Eilu v’Eilu - Theological pluralism poised to heal a society of bitter division

Now more than ever, these values speak to the needs of countless individuals and house-holds. Now more than ever, we need to offer the blessings of our synagogue community to the world around us.

With our strong values and a quickly changing world in mind, I’m planning to propose a pro-

gram of Open Tent Judaism. This recommendation follows the ancient advice of the Mishna:

“Let your house be wide open.”1 Commentaries explain that some of our most exemplary

biblical figures like Abraham kept their tents open on all four sides, so that visitors wouldn’t

need to walk around in search of the opening.2

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We should follow our ancient wisdom to make our community more open and engaged with the public than ever before. Just as Abraham opened all four sides of his tent, we need to create many more ways for outsid-ers to discover our community and to participate. We need to reach people much more widely, to offer our vital blessings to the world around us. I believe we must significantly lower the barriers to entry, both real and perceived. We will need to engage with others much more widely, both within our synagogue building and

beyond. The increased engagement will help us to revitalize.

I’m looking forward to sharing my Open Tent Judaism proposal with the community over the months ahead. I’ll publish sections of it here in The Shalom and elsewhere. Stay tuned for a full schedule of forums and discus-sions, to be held over the fall months ahead. Your involvement will help to make an even better future for

Oseh Shalom.

In the meantime, best wishes for a sweet New Year. L’shana tova u’metuka!

Shalom,

Rabbi Doug Heifetz

1Mishna Avot 1:5

2Commentary of Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro to Mishna Avot 1:5

From the Desk of Barry Nove

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As we enter the High Holidays season, I’d like to first wish everyone a L’Shanah Tovah.

It is hard for me to believe that I am going to be cele-brating my fourth anniversary with Oseh Shalom next month.

We have had a beautiful summer at Oseh Shalom; the Sharon Stern Biblical Garden has bloomed with our first ever Concord grapes. Barley and wheat were planted a few weeks ago. We've a budding fig tree, and we've been seeing the first bunches of first green, now purple, grapes (which are sweet and tart; yes, I’ve tasted them), that promise to see the entire con-gregation blessed with a touch of biblical and modern Israel. It has felt to me a promise of hope at a time when matters in Israel have been difficult .

Over the summer, we had an acoustic study of the Sanctuary beneath the new dome. We are using the results to purchase a new sound system to make ser-vices for the High Holidays crisp and clear as well as beautiful under the new dome we installed last De-cember. We have worked hard to prepare for the re-turn of Religious School and have seen the ABCkid-stime daycare, which rents classroom space growing and preparing to sign a new five-year lease agree-ment, providing a welcome stream of income to the congregation.

I have also been looking at changing the Shalom. For the past two years, we have primarily been an online newsletter with a limited number of hardcopies availa-ble for distribution and for marketing purposes. Lead-ership has been supportive of bringing back the print edition. However, as you know, I’m always mindful of costs. We have been in negotiations to have a pro-fessional congregational newsletter publisher print and distribute the Shalom. The deal would be for three years and the company would take over the ad-vertising. They work with 140 congregations in the Baltimore-Washington area and have been doing this for over seventy years. They also work with a number of local Home Owner Associations, which gives them a “leg up” on commercial advertisers appropriate for our congregation market .

The Shalom would take on a more stream-lined look, going from the twenty-eight to thirty-two page format we currently have to a twenty page periodical with two pages dedicated to advertis-ing. We would also hire a designer, who would create a template for the new Shalom. The deal is far from done. We may have to look at other options for publishers to make this cost effective.

As ever, I am looking for innovative ways to help the congregation engage with our members, im-prove our systems and operations, while watch-ing our bottom line, and taking on the big chal-lenges like we faced with replacing the Sanctuary dome last year.

I would like to thank all those who have helped in the office for the past month, particularly as we prepare the High Holidays. Thank you: Judy Arnoff, Mona Davis, Allison Holtz, Josh Magnus, Doris Kirschbaum, Mariyan Kolev, Karen Meck-ler, and Pauline Pivowar.

Again, best wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year. I look forward to seeing you at services!

Barry Nove

Executive Director

bnove@oseh-shalom.org

301-498-5151

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President’s Message

The slower pace of our summer days is drawing to a close, and prepara-tions for the High Holidays are underway. Our tradition at Oseh Shalom is to begin the season with Back to Shul Night, occurring on Friday night Septem-ber 5th. The Membership Committee sponsors this Erev Shabbat, a great time to catch up with those you may not have seen over the summer. Enjoy the sweetness of Shabbat, and if you know any possible prospective mem-bers, please invite them to Back to Shul.

The Religious Committee, the Rabbi, and the Cantor, as well as the High Holiday Committee and volunteers, have been busy preparing for the High Holy Days. Tashlich this year will be expanded. It will be held at Gude Park, on Laurel Lake. After the Aleph service and before Bet, we can symbolically cast our sins into the running water (no bread or crackers, please- use a small pebble instead). I encourage you to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy at the pavilion at the park, which we have rented for the afternoon.

Our synagogue theme for the coming year is the Sabbatical year of release or Shmitah. The Torah tells us that the seventh year - which begins in Israel on Rosh Hashanah this year - the land is not actively farmed, and debts are released. It is a time, like Shabbat, for rest and renewal. The values of Shmitah, respect for the land and all it creatures, and social justice are val-ues we hold dear at Oseh Shalom. The congregation, including the Reli-gious School, will be exploring the ideas of how we relate justly to our envi-ronment and to each other in the context of the Shmitah year.

I look forward to seeing you before, during and after the High Holy Days.

Lynne Gaynes-Kaplan

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Shalom!

The school year is finally upon us, so this is a very exciting time for Oseh Shalom’s Religious School. This summer, Jovett and I have worked tireless-ly to ready the teachers, the curriculum, and the classrooms for your return. During all of this, we have also quietly created a few new programs for our school.

First, we are developing a new program for 7th through 10th graders called “Teen Connect”. With the guidance of some of our most talented teachers, the group will meet twice a month on Saturday nights. The program is activity-based, so many Saturday nights will be spent outside the synagogue. There will be dinners, laser tag, skating, movies, and much more. With enough participation, we will even have an overnight Shabbaton. “Teen Connect” will also focus on the ideas of being Jewish once Sunday school is over. Many of our students have their Bar/Bat Mitzvah, are welcomed into Jewish adulthood, and then think “now what”. To them, participation in Jewish events meant coming to Sunday school. So, now what are they supposed to do? Through “Teen Connect”, we strive to show teens Jewish connections beyond the religious school. We intend to get them involved in dif-ferent Oseh committees, participating in Oseh events, and perhaps even organize an Oseh teen group to join JRF in their trip to Israel. If your child is in 7th through 10th grade, look for more information to come your way through the mail or email very soon!

Second, the religious school will be using online programming this year. Behrman House is one of the lead-ing publishers of Jewish Education materials. Recently, it created an online learning center for students to practice their Hebrew. Last year, Linda Murveit’s second grade class did a trial of the program and found it to be very successful. Each student logs into the Online Learning Center and plays “games” that are specifi-cally designed to go along with their Hebrew lesson book. These games are actually the students’ home-work for the week. Many of you may be familiar with online homework from your child’s day school (programs like “First in Math” or “Dreambox”). To learn more about this online tool, please go to: http://www.behrmanhouse.com/olc/discover-the-online-learning-center

Finally, we are creating Oseh’s very first Parent Teacher Association (PTA). It takes more than just our small staff at the religious school to create a successful year. There is a lot to be done. We need help resur-recting Café Oseh. We need help organizing B’Yachad events (formerly Shift-to-Shabbat). We need help with fundraising. With a PTA, we would be able to combine the talents of our parent community to provide a more enriching year for our students. It will be a great way for parents to bond and fulfill the mitzvah of “teaching your children”. The PTA will be able to give the school the additional time and creativity needed to make each event one that memories are made of, here at Oseh.

Wishing you a Happy and Sweet New Year, Renee Richards Oseh Shalom Director of Education

Religious School

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Announcements

TASHLIH

We symbolically cast our sins into the water with our fellow congregants and guests during Rosh Hashanah. Please join us for a special Tashlih service and picnic on the first day of Rosh Hashana at Granville Gude Park in Laurel, near Laurel Lakes, close to our shul. We have rented Pavillion A for the day, and we encourage you to bring a picnic lunch. The service will be held from 12:45-1:15, between our morning Aleph and afternoon Beit service. For those of you who attend the morning service, please feel free to linger, and for those of you attending the afternoon service, please feel free to come early. A brief and enjoyable family activity for all ages, Tashlih enhances the importance, and illuminates the ritualistic power, of the High Holy Days season.

HELP RAISE MONEY WITHOUT SPENDING ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY OUT OF YOUR BUDGET.

Sounds great, doesn’t it? I know I love the idea of raising money without having to buy something I don’t really want, or paying more than I have to for that item. That is why Oseh Shalom plans to join a great fundraising program called Great Lakes Scrip Center (www.glscrip.com).

In the most basic terms, it is “Fundraising while you shop” and all we have to do is buy gift cards at face value. A specific percentage of the purchase is then donated to Oseh Sha-lom. If you look at their website, they provide a basic example of how we can earn money with what we already purchase. Scrips relates that if you spend $75 on food and $25 on gas (wish it was that low) a week and $50 on both clothes and dining out a month, then you would be spending $6000 a year on just those 4 categories. If you were using Scrips cards for that $6000 in purchases then you would be able to earn about $300 for Oseh. And if 100 members of the shul (about 1/3 of us) did just that, then we would earn about $30,000 in a year. My favorite retailer on the list is RESTAURANT.COM because if I want to buy holiday gifts, I can get a $50 value card for only $20 (this is just for Restaurant.com) and they donate back 50% (or $10 per card). So if I buy 5, I would get $250 worth of gifts for only $100 and Oseh would receive $50. If we had 100 families do JUST that (about third of our congregation) Oseh Shalom would earn $5,000. So, can you imagine if all our families participated and we used the cards for our groceries, gas, dining out, clothes, and more (with about 700 retailers to choose from)? We could really support Oseh Shalom with the spending we already do. Please check out the Scrip website and then keep an eye out for more information regarding when we will officially launch our program.

If you have questions, you can contact me, Kelly Benton-Klein, Development Chair, at 301-490-7764 or ksk4you@aol.com. If you are interested in helping with this program or any other development ideas, contact me as well.

A Sephardic Seder to

Welcome the New Year September 14, 2014, 10:00 am

For over 2,000 years, Sephardic Jews have gathered around the Rosh Hashanah

eve dinner table for a special ceremony to welcome the New Year. According to

Sephardic custom, at Rosh Hashanah, certain foods—beyond the apples dipped in

honey—are eaten to symbolize our prayers and hopes for a sweet new year.

Come join us on Sunday, September 14, 2014 at 10:00 am to learn how to add

new meaning and flavors to your Rosh Hashanah dinner. At this event, foodie, ca-

terer, and cooking teacher Susan Barocas will talk about this tradi-on, provide

tas-ngs of some Sephardic Rosh Hashanah treats, and hand out copies of the se-

der blessings and recipes. Reserva-ons encouraged to make sure we have enough

food. Contact judy.katz3@verizon.net or call Judy at 301-460-6928.

This event is supported by a grant from the Jewish Food Experience, a program of

The Jewish Federa-on of Greater Washington, h8p://jewishfoodexperience.com/.

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Oneg Host Reminder

When you receive your email or letter notifying you of your scheduled date for hosting an Oneg, I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU as soon as possible, WHETHER YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DATE OR NOT. I need time to find an alter-nate to take your place if you cannot keep your assigned date, and we will reschedule you if possible, or put you on the reserve list for a future opening.

Please respond to Lisa when you receive your email or letter. You can reach her at:

(Lisa Karpf) ERK111@comcast.net, Thank you for your prompt response.

Lisa Karpf

Chair Coordinating Oneg Hosts

Fight off the Flu by getting a flu shot from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

at the synagogue on Sunday, October 26, 2014.

Cindy Feinberg RPh., a synagogue member will be giving the shots through Rite Aid Pharmacy. She can vaccinate children 9 and over and adults. Those over 65 will be given the high dose vaccine. This is usu-ally covered in full by Medicare Part B and most insurances.

Please call her at work and provide her, or her associates: Lori or Myra, with your name, address , phone number, birth date and insurance information, so they can bill your insurance prior to the clinic and know how many vaccines, and supplies to bring and be sure there is no copay.

Cindy will try to bring a few extra flu shots if she can. Call her at work at 301-260-0469 or at home 301-570-8064. If no insurance cash price is $29.99 and still call to be sure they get your information. She is a licensed immunization pharmacist. If you want a pneumonia vaccine she can do that also.

Please call her if any questions. This is a good way to start off a HEALTHY NEW YEAR.

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In the Year 5774, Oseh Shalom introduced “Shift to Shabbat” — renamed b’Yachad for 5775 — in order to deepen our sense of community and connect-edness during Shabbat and Holidays.

The Religious Committee is now excited to be expanding on that process with a new initiative to share some individual and communal milestones.

In order to do so we need to create an Oseh Shalom Simcha Registry, and we need your help to create it.

Please send us the following information: 1) your Bar or Bat Mitzvah date (if you recall your Haftarah or Torah portion, please do not hesitate to share that with us. If you don’t, no problem; we will fig-ure it out.),

2) your confirmation date, and/or

3) your conversion date.

Please share this information with us in whatever format is easiest for you: a) add it to your reservation form

b) email it to andyf.home@gmail.com or karen.bonnie.eaton@gmail.com or ka-renmeckler@comcast.net

or

c) call Andy at 301-346-0415 or Karen Meckler at 443-812-2414.

Oneg Sponsors

September 5

Souba family in honor of Hannah and Ben’s birthdays and in honor of Hannah’s Bat

Mitzvah

Sue Lippmann and family in honor of Mel’s birthday

Argue family in honor of Julie’s birthday

Rosenberg family in honor of Robert’s birthday

Mary and Neal Myerson in honor of their anniversary

Makovi family in honor of Carolyn’s birthday

Linda and Art Solomon in honor of their anniversary

September 12

Lili Barouch in honor of Isaac’s birthday

Urman family in honor of Sheila’s birthday

Brodsky family in honor of Stan’s birthday

Carrie and Patrick Quigley in honor of their anniversary and their son Adam’s birthday

September 19

Sue Robbins and Lou Spevack in honor of their anniversary

The Sisterhood in honor of Carolyn Makovi’s birthday

September 26

Doris Kirschbaum in honor of son, Dennis and daughter-In-law Barbara’s birthdays

Menyuk family in honor of Mira’s birthday

Kramer family in honor of great granddaughter, Ivy Allen Kingsland’s birthday

Do you have a simcha you would like to honor? Or perhaps you have a loved one whose memory you wish to honor? Please consider sponsoring an oneg Shabbat in honor of a birthday or anniversary, or in commemoration of a Yahrzeit. Call or email Mona Davis at 240-423-0049 or micasd@aol.com. Thank you!

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September Anniversaries

2 Michael & Janet Schoenfeld

3 Neal & Mary Meyerson

4 Matt & Jeryl Baker

4 Randy Webber & Heidi Hess-Webber

5 Billy & Sarah Biederman

5 Norman & Marcia Dresner

5 Louis & Shawn Kramer

6 Sonya & Chris Everett

8 Arthur & Linda Solomon

10 Ernest & Elmina Hilsenrath

12 Bobby & Caren Mitchell

13 Michael & Amy Shugar

15 Patrick & Carrie Quigley

18 Robert & Joan LeRoy

20 Susan Robbins & Louis Spevack

28 Don & Susan Hirsh

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September Birthdays:

1 Zara Applestein

2 Samuel Clemens

2 Michael Schoenfeld

2 Benjamin Souba

3 Richard Burger

3 Peter Gruhn

3 Ellis Schlossenberg

3 Louise Weissman

4 Julie Argue

4 Marjorie Aug

4 Sharon Cohen

4 Judy Katz

4 Cindy Snow

5 Gwyn Fireman

5 Ida Lenet

5 Carolyn Makovi

5 Robert Rosenberg

5 Brian Snow

6 Nathan Einstein

6 Mel Lippmann

6 Jason Schoenfeld

8 Nathan Fastman

9 Hazel Johnson

9 Travis Mager

10 Eliana Berger

10 Donna Potemken

10 Bari Rudikoff

10 Sarah Singer

10 Isaac Uy

11 Michael Brocenos

12 Stan Brodsky

13 Joshua Land

13 Adam Quigley

13 Sheila Urman

14 Leah Young

16 Sasha Bird

17 Harry Applestein

17 Jason Horn

17 Eric Satin

17 Jonathan Schoenfeld

18 Marvin Frost

18 Martha Pomerantz

18 Barbara Scissors

18 William Weissenburger

19 Alexander Taub

21 Paula Levy

22 Connor Hagius

22 Mariyan Kolev

22 Zakkai Lefkowits

23 Ivy Allen-Kingsland

26 Lily Cohen

26 Zachary Cornell

26 Hannah Souba

26 Bryant Weissman-Haga

27 Leslie Kornreich

28 Beth Friedman

28 Daniel Levy

29 Joanne Berger

29 Justin Horner

29 Mitch Kavalsky

29 Mira Menyuk

30 Sasha Failli

30 Annika Kowalczyk

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Contributions Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund

Nancey & Steve Parker

In memory of Ann Parker

Richard & Diana Parson

In honor of Diana Parson on her 50th anniversary

Building Fund

Anonymous

Art & Linda Solomon

In memory of Sara Solomon

Community Services (Social Action/Caring)

Nancey & Steve Parker

In memory of Ann Parker

High Holiday Appeal

Anonymous

Marjorie & Stephen Aug

Linda Bergofsky & Don Street

In honor of our children & grandchildren

Mona Davis

In memory of Rose Fishman

Paula & John Finedore

In memory of Hilda & Michael Goodman

Julie Frein

In memory of Jennifer Frein, daughter,

And Don & Martha Frein, parents-in-law

Cindy & Jay Feinberg

In memory of Myron Feinberg (Jay’s father)

Micki Goldstein

In memory of Irv Goldstein

Arnold & Carol Jacobson

In memory of Sadie & Murry Ehrlich and Rose & Albert Jacobson

parents of Sidney Kirschner

Judith Lelchook

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Lynne Masterson & Sidney Kirschner

In memory of Carl & Fred Kirschner, In memory of Ezra Eisenberg, father of Carole Nathan; Betty Nathan, mother of Robert Nathan; and Dick Nathan, fa-ther of Robert Nathan

Richard & Diana Parson

In memory of Min Parson

David Paulson

In memory of Barbara Paulson

Sandra Gordon-Salant

Maryrita Weiners & Dan Glazer

In memory of Charles & Antoinette Weiners

Music & Arts Fund

Richard & Diana Parson

In honor of Diana Parson on her 50th anniversary

Path of Peace

Makovi family

In memory of Martha Ellen Myers

Prayer Book Fund

Mitchell & Susan Romm

In memory of Elaine D. Snyder

Tzedek Fund

Anonymous

Nancey & Steve Parker

In memory of Ann Parker

Yartzeit Fund

Anonymous

Nancey & Steve Parker

In memory of Ann Parker

General Donations

Anonymous

In honor of the Auf Ruf of Rebecca Davidson Wolf & Nik Burkoff

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Candle Lighting Times

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*The first haftarah is read by Ashkenazim, the second by Sephardim.

Dates Light Candles

Havdalah Parsha Haftarah

September 5-6

7:13 PM 8:19 PM Ki Teitzei Deuteronomy 21:10-23:7

Isaiah 54:1-10

September 12-13

7:02 PM 8:08 PM Ki Tavo Deuteronomy 26:1-27:10

Isaiah 60:1-22

September 19-20

6:50 PM 7:57 PM Nitzavim-Vayeilech Deuteronomy 29:9-30:14

Isaiah 61:10-63:9

September 20 Leil Selichot (after nightfall)

September 24-26 Rosh haShanah

6:42 PM 6:39 PM

September 26-27 Shabbat Shuva

6:39 PM 7:45 PM Ha'azinu Deuteronomy 32:1-52

Hosea 14:2-10, Micah 7:18-20, Joel 2:15-27

September 28 Tzom Gedaliah

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September Yahrzeits

9/1/2014 Claire London, mother of Janis Horn

9/1/2014 *Sarah Leah Pomerantz, great grandmother of Mark Pomerantz

9/2/2014 Myron Feinberg, father of Jay Feinberg

9/2/2014 Harold Gabel, father of Daniel Gabel

9/3/2014 *Esther Fox, mother of Eugene Fox

9/3/2014 *Arthur Kramer, son of Beryl and Gerson Kramer

9/4/2014 Gene Lavinia Weissman, sister of Louise Weissman

9/6/2014 Susanne Glaser, mother of Dan Glaser

9/6/2014 Charlotte Doris Lomke, mother of Mitchell Lomke, grandmother of David, Sarah, Jonathan,

and Joshua Lomke

9/6/2014 Marian White, sister of Pauline Pivowar

9/7/2014 David Eskin, father of Tamar Eskin

9/7/2014 Donald Narcisenfeld, grandfather of Matthew Levine

9/7/2014 Cecile Shulman, mother of Susan Rapp

9/9/2014 Bella Sussholz, aunt of Emily Blank

9/9/2014 Joseph Barer, uncle of Valerie Kaplan

9/9/2014 Moe Katz, father of Judy Katz

9/9/2014 Abraham Deitchman, grandfather of Arthur Solomon

9/9/2014 Avrum Gudelsky, brother of Holly Stone

9/9/2014 Hilda Unger, mother of Marilyn Wilder

9/11/2014 Leon Schwartz, father of Claire Menyuk

9/12/2014 Beatrice Kusnetz, mother of Stanley Kusnetz

9/13/2014 Carl J. Busch, father of Ty Busch

9/13/2014 Stuart Schwartz, husband of Marlene Schwartz

9/13/2014 Charles Wieners, father Maryrita Wieners

9/14/2014 Irving Brodie, grandfather of Bryna Weiss

9/15/2014 Max Lechter, father of Amy Lechter-Siegel

9/15/2014 Harry Weisberg, father of Kay Taub

9/16/2014 Yetta Rubin, mother of Paula Fink

9/16/2014 Thea Klestadt, grandmother of Simona Haver

9/17/2014 Norman Brooks, grandfather of Daniel Bravmann

9/17/2014 Morton Goldensohn, father of Jill Goozman

9/17/2014 Bernice Yampolsky, mother of Robin Mauk

9/18/2014 Richard Ginsberg, brother of Susan Ginsberg

9/18/2014 Diane Kritt, wife of Brian Kritt

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Yahrzeits (continued)

9/19/2014 *Bernard Miller, father of Irvin Miller and Lorraine Schoenfeld

9/20/2014 Rose Brodie, grandmother of Bryna Weiss

9/21/2014 Lena Berstein, grandmother of Norman Levine

9/22/2014 *Julius Urman, father of Stephen Urman

9/23/2014 Myra Cohen, mother of Amy Colman

9/23/2014 David Brener, father of Fany Kusnetz

9/23/2014 Donald L. Street, father of Donald Street

9/24/2014 Amy Freed, friend of Joanne Berger

9/24/2014 Morton Burger, father of Richard Burger

9/24/2014 Rubin Whitman, grandfather of Gary Magnus

9/25/2014 David Friedl, brother of Mary Meyerson

9/26/2014 Arlene Einstein, mother of Ted Einstein

9/26/2014 Ralph Garfinkle, grandfather of Andrew Lincoln

9/27/2014 Florence Meil, grandmother of Joanne Berger

9/27/2014 Nettie Rubel, sister of Renee Firtag and aunt of Linda Solomon

9/28/2014 Max Wilder, father of Alan Wilder

9/29/2014 Anne Ginsberg, mother of Robert Ginsberg

9/30/2014 Irving Meyerson, father of Neal Meyerson and father-in-law of Mary Meyerson

*Light will be lit on Sanctuary Memorial Board

Baruch Dayan ha'Emet

The congregation sends its deepest sympathy and condolences to Laura Finkelstein on the passing of her father, James Finkelstein, z''l.

Revised: 2/26/2013

OSEH SHALOM FUNDS AND GIFTS

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Cardholder’s Name______________________________________ Expiration Date: _________

Or by Paypal at osehshalom.org/donations.php

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______ Kol Haneshama: Prayers for a House of Mourning ($18)

______ Prayerbook Fund ______ ____ ____ ____ ____

Other $50 $25 $18 $10

______ Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund

______ Building Fund

______ Camp JRF Scholarship Fund

______ Community Services (Social Action and Caring & Support)

______ Library Fund

______ Lifelong Learning Fund

______ Music and Arts Fund

______ Green Fund [to lessen the impact on the environment, and subsidizes operations to act in a sustainable manner]

______ Israel Quest

______ Jackie Land Religious School Scholarship Fund

______ Religious School Special Events Fund

______ Sharon Stern Garden Fund

______ Torah Repair Fund ($18 per letter)

______ Tzedek Fund

______ Yartzeit Fund

For special contribution opportunities, please contact the Synagogue Administrator at 301-498-5151.

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______ Tribute card $5.00 (cards are sent out in donor’s name for all life cycle events.) Please make checks for tribute cards payable to: Oseh Shalom Sisterhood, 7515 Olive Branch Way, Laurel, Maryland 20707

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Please record my contribution: ______ In memory of: ___________________________________________________________

______ In honor of:_____________________________________________________________

By: _____________________________________________________________________________

Please send acknowledgment to: _______________________________________________________

We appreciate your very thoughtful gift!!

HIGH HOLIDAY

CALENDAR

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Fri., August 29 7:30 pm Labor on the Bima o o o o o

Mon., Sept. 1 6:00 pm Prepare and serve dinner at Elizabeth House o o o o o

Fri., 6:30 pm Back to Shul Night, followed by Service o o o o o o

Sun., Sept. 7 9:00 am Assemble and Deliver High Holy Day Gift Baskets o o o o

Sat., Sept. 20 9:30 pm Selihot Dessert & Coffee Social o o o

10:00 pm Selihot Study o o o o

11:00 pm Selihot Candle Lighting Service o o o

Weds., Sept. 24 7:30 pm Rosh Hashanah 1st Evening Service * o o o o o

Thurs., Sept. 25 9:00 am Rosh Hashanah 1st Day Aleph Service *

(Children’s Service and Program begins at 10:00 am)

o o o o o

12:45 pm Tashlih (following the Aleph Service) o o o o

1:45 pm Rosh Hashanah 1st Day Beit Service o o o o o

7:30 pm 2nd

Evening Service o o o o o

Fri., Sept. 26 9:00 am Rosh Hashanah 2nd

Day Service o o o o o

Fri., Sept. 26 8:00 pm Shabbat Shuvah o o o o

Sat., Sept. 27 10:00 am Shabbat Shuvah Morning Service o o o o

Fri., Oct. 3 7:30 pm Kol Nidre Service * o o o o o

Sat., Oct. 4 9:00 am Yom Kippur Aleph Service with Yizkor *

(Children’s Service Begins at 10:00 am)

o o o o o

1:30 pm Yom Kippur Beit Service with Yizkor o o o o o

3:45 pm Afternoon Torah Study with Barry Nove o o o

3:45 pm Pre-Minha Meditation with John Riehl and Maryrita Wieners o o

4:30 pm Martyrology o o o

5:10 pm Minha / Nei’lah Services and Havdalah o o o o o

7:00 pm Yom Kippur Break-the-Fast o o o o o

Sun., Oct. 5 9:00 am Sukkah Raising and Decorating o o o o o

Weds., Oct. 8 8:00 pm Erev Sukkot Service (*) o o o o o o

Thurs., Oct. 9 10:00 am Sukkot Morning Service o o o o

Fri., Oct. 10 6:00 pm Men’s Club Sukkot Shabbat Dinner & Campfire o o o o o o

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Sat., Oct., 11 12:00 pm Kiddush in the Sukkah o o o o o o

Sat./Sun., Oct.

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Weds., Oct., 15 6:00 pm B’Yachad Simchat Torah

Thurs., Oct., 16 10:00 am Shemini Atzeret / Simhat Torah with Yizkor o o o o

Sat., Oct., 18 7:00 pm Sukkah to Farm Dinner o o o o o

In addition to the Holy Day calendar,

events throughout the year can help renew and sustain

commitments made during the High Holy Days

for teshuvah, tefilah and tzedakah.

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Fri., Jan. 16 –

Jan. 18, 2015

Oseh Shalom Congregational Retreat at Cacapon State Park o o o o o o o

2nd

and 4th

Saturday each

month

11:00 am Volunteer and/or lead Shabbat morning services for Assisted

Living Residents at Riderwood Village.

Contact Val Kaplan: vkaplan66@verizon.net.

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1st Friday each

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7:30 pm Family Shabbat Service o o

Friday nights 8:00 pm Erev Shabbat Services o o o o o

1st Monday each

month

6:00 pm Prepare and serve dinner at Elizabeth House o o o o o

Saturday

mornings

10:00 am Shabbat Morning Services o o o o

All Dates Prepare dairy casseroles for Elizabeth House; pans and

instructions are in the synagogue lobby

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All Dates Sharing the Harvest: Donate nonperishable food items for

LARS

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Monthly Rosh Chodesh Family of Women. Contact co-chairs: Doris

Kirschbaum, dorisk50@verizon.net or Pauline Pivowar,

ppivowar@verizon.net

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Life Long Learning Sessions: Many programs in pipelines

Dates TBD.

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CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?

HOPEFULLY NOT!

Tell others >>> The Shalom

is a great place to advertise!

It benefits our community’s

businesses

and our congregation.

If you know someone

who is interested,

please contact: Barry Nove at Oseh Shalom,

bnove@oseh-shalom.org

or (301)498-5151 ext. 101.

Consider

Oseh Shalom

when planning

your Simcha’s

needs!

Reasonable and

competitive

rates for use of

our Social Hall,

Kitchen,

Rooms, and

Sanctuary.

Contact:

Barry Nove,

Executive

Director at 301

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bnove@oseh-

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details and

availability.

October 2014

Holiday & Shabbat Services

October 3, 7:30 PM—Family Shabbat Services

October 10, 8:00 PM— Shabbat Services

October 17, 8:00 PM—Shabbat Services

October 24, 8:00 PM—Shabbat Services

October 31, 8:00 PM—Shabbat Services

Saturday Shabbat Services – Every Saturday at 10:00 AM

Every Wednesday at 8:30 PM - Israeli Dancing October 1, 22, 29 5:00 PM—Religious School 3rd-7th 7:00-PM—Executive Committee October 3, 7:30 PM —Erev Yom Kippur—Kol Nidre October 4, 9:00 AM—Yom Kippur Aleph Service 1:30 PM—Yom Kippur Beit Service 7:00 PM—Break Fast October 5, 10:00 AM—Men’s Club Sukkah Building 11:00 AM—Pizza in the Hut (Fun Committee) No Religious School October 7, 21 28 7::15 PM Upper School 7:30 PM—Sisterhood Meeting October 8, 7:00 PM—Erev Sukkot Service October 9, 10:00 AM—Sukkot Service October 10, 6:00 PM—Men’s Club Sukkot Dinner October 11, 12:00 PM—Sisterhood Sukkah Luncheon October 12, 26 9:30 AM—Religious School: PReK-7th Ushpizin October 14, No Upper School October 15, 5:00 PM—Religious School 3rd—7th 6:00 PM— B’yachad Simchat Torah Dinner & Program 7:00 PM—Simchat Torah Service October 16, 10:00 AM Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah October 18 10:00 AM Dylan Holzman Bar Mitzvah 6:00 PM Farm2Sukkah Dinner October 19, 9:30 AM—Religious School K-7th 2:00 PM—Olive Branch Way—kids 7:00 PM—Board Meeting October 19,26 10:00 AM—LLL Program: Rabbi Fink, Jewish Views of the Afterlife October 24, 6:00 PM—4th Grade Kabbalat Shabbat October 26, 10:00 AM—Religious School Education Committee

Oseh Shalom Calendar Highlights

September 2014

Friday night Shabbat Services

September 5, 7:30 PM— Family Shabbat Service & Back to Shul Night/Dinner

September 12, 8:00 PM— Shabbat Service

September 19 8:00 PM— Shabbat Service

September 26, 7:30 PM— Rosh Hashana-Shabbat Service

Saturday Shabbat Services – Every Saturday at 10:00 AM

Every Wednesday (except September 24) at 8:30 PM - Israeli Dancing September 1, Labor Day— Office closed September 2, 7:30 PM—Sisterhood Meeting September 5 6:00 PM—Back to Shul Night Dinner 7:30 PM—Back to Shul Night September 6, 10:00 AM—Shabbat Services & Erin Shugar Bat Mitzvah September 7, 9:00 AM—Gift Basket Assembly 9:00 AM—Sisterhood Gift Shop Sale September 7, 14, 21, 28 9:30 AM—Religious School K-7th September 9, 16, 23, 30 7:15 PM—Upper School September 10, 17, 5:00 PM—Religious School, 3rd through 7th 7:00 PM—Executive Committee September 11, 6:00 PM—Men’s Club Night Out September 13, 10:00 AM—Shabbat Services & Evan Krieger Bar Mitzvah 8:00 PM—Olive Branch Way Productions September 14, 10:00 AM—Lifelong Learning –TBD 10:00 AM—Membership Committee Meeting September 17 7:30 PM—LLL Committee Meeting September 20, 10:00 AM—Shabbat Services & Mollie Wood Bat Mitzvah 11:00 PM—Selihot Service September 21, 7:00 PM—Board Meeting September 24, 7:30 PM— Rosh Hashana Evening Service September 25, 9:00 AM—Rosh Hashana Service-Alef 12:45 PM—Tashlich 1:45 PM—Rosh Hashana Service-Beit 7:00 PM—Rosh Hashana Evening Service September 26, 9:00 AM—Rosh Hashana Service—2nd Day 7:30 PM— Shabbat Shuvah & Baby Naming September 28, 9:00 AM—Kugel Cooking 10:00 AM—Religious School Education Committee

Oseh Shalom Calendar Highlights

P A G E 2 6 V O L U M E 4 7 , N O . 1 1

Oseh Shalom WHO’S WHO LIST for 2013-2014

Rabbi Rabbi Doug Heifetz 301-498-5151 rabbiheifetz@oseh-shalom.org

Rabbi Emeritus Rabbi Gary Fink 301-498-5151 gfrabbi@comcast.net

Executive Director Barry Nove 301-498-5151 bnove@oseh-shalom.org

Cantor Cantor Charlie Bern-hardt

301-498-5151 cantorcharlie@earthlink.net

Bookkeeper Audrey Klein 301-498-5151 aklein@oseh-shalom.org

Education Director Deborah Srabstein 301-498-7004 Deborah@oseh-shalom.org

Religious School Assistant Jovette Solomon 301-498-7004 osrsassitant @oseh-shalom.org

Senior Youth Group Advisor Mikey-Hess-Weber 301-275-7849 prontezza@gmail.com

Shalom Editor Carolyn Makovi 301-236-4411 Oseh.shalom.editor@gmail.com

Shalom Layout Doris Kirschbaum 301-345-4763 dorisk50@verizon.net

Shalom Advertising Mona Davis 240-423-0049 miscasd@aol.com

All Publicity Chairs osehpublicity@yahoogroups.com

Webmaster Melody Magnus 301-622-2947 melmagnus@verizon.net

CONGREGATION OFFICERS & TRUSTEES

President Lynne Gaynes-Kaplan 443-864-1935 lagaynes@aol.com

Administrative V.P. Allison Holtz 410-531-0757 allisonaholtz@gmail.com

Financial V.P. David Argue 301-625-8136 argue.d@ei.com

Education V.P. Andy Lincoln 410-451-0404 alincoln3@gmail.com

Religious V.P. Andy Friedman 301-776-4672 Andyf.home@gmail.com

Membership Kelly Benton-Klein 301-490-7764 Ksk4you@aol.com

Membership Linda Solomon 240-280-2067 lksolomon@comcast.net

Secretary Tammy Fastman 410-540-4959 tamara_fastman@hcpss.org

Secretary Amy Lechter-Siegel 443-622-6727 alechtersiegel@gmail.com

Treasurer Gary Richardson 410-5316590 gary-richardson@excite.com

Past President Karen Meckler 443-812-2414 karenmeckler@comcast.net

Financial Secretary Gary Greenwald 301-596-9231 est8a�y@aol.com

Building and Grounds Don Street 301-257-4711 dmstreet51@gmail.com

Contracts Coordinator Karen Bonnie Eaton 443-326-6326 karen.bonnie.eaton@gmail.com

Community Services Helen Metzman 301-854-2613 helometz@hotmail.com

Community Services Margie Ginsberg 410-531-7662 msgins2002@yahoo.com

Life Long Learning Hillary Finkel 410-997-6812 hillarya26@yahoo.com

Life Long Learning Judy Katz 301-460-6928 judy.katz3@verizon.net

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At Large Marc Litz 410-531-0757 Marc.litz@gmail.com

At Large John Riehl 301-490-3645 Realman02@verizon.net

At Large Marian Stokes 410-375-0801 Marian.ruth.stokes@gmail.com

Development

High Holidays Karen Meckler 443-812-2414 karenmeckler@comcast.net

JRF Representative John Riehl 301-490-3645 Realman02@verizon.net

Policy & Procedures

Publicity Elaine Povich 301-490-2832 espovich@comcast.net

Youth Liaison Doug Kornreich 410-379-6459 kornreich@hotmail.com

SISTERHOOD President Carolyn Makovi 301-236-4411 cmakovi@gmail.com

Vice President

Recording Secretary Rochelle Sypes 240-264-1281 rsypes@verizon.net

Corresponding Secretary Judy Arnoff 301-490-6207 schnauzermom3@verizon.netschnauzermom3@verizon.netschnauzermom3@verizon.netschnauzermom3@verizon.net

Treasurers Pauline Pivowar 301-604-8954 ppivowar@comcast.net

Margrit Assaraf 240-280-7259 massaraf@comcast.net

Gift Shop, Chair Lisa Karpf 301-262-5581 erk111@comcast.net

Membership Chair Rose Fishman 301-384-6744 rosey3846@wmconnect.com

Oneg Host Chair Lisa Karpf 301-262-5581 erk111@comcast.net

Beryl Kramer 301-587-8972 fibreart@aol.com

Oneg Sponsors Chair Mona Davis 240-423-0049 micasd@aol.com

Program Chair

Tributes Chair Leah Young 301-498-4251 leahruthyoung@comcast.net

Oneg Food Chair Lisa Karpf 301-262-5581 erk111@comcast.net

Catering Marilyn Riffkin 301-384-8667 mriffkin@juno.com

MEN’S CLUB Co-Presidents Alan Seigel 301-490-0057 ats999@msn.com

Past President Michael Becker 443-474-7374 Mikenhil@yahoo.com

Treasurer Art Solomon 240-280-2067 solomona@comcast.net

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Phone: 301-498-5151

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