CAN YOU EAT ON - Congregation Shaare Emeth

C O N G R E G A T I O N
S H A A R E
E M E T H
The Bulletin
January 2014
Shaare Emeth
is pleased to
announce the
Leanne and
Harvey Schneider
Interfaith Forum
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Join us in the
2014 SNAP Challenge!
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n order to better understand the effects of hunger and food insecurity in America,
we invite you to join other members of Shaare Emeth in participating in the 2014
SNAP Challenge. SNAP stands for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(formerly known as Food Stamps). From breakfast on Sunday, Jan. 26, through
dinner on Saturday, Feb. 1, we will try to live on the food budget of an average SNAP
recipient. Last year, that budget was $31.50 per week, or $1.50 per meal. This year, the
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will be $29.25 for the week – which averages to less than $1.40 per meal.
In again taking this challenge, we hope to raise awareness of the struggles faced by
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adequate resources. We also renew our commitment to alleviating hunger here in our
community, one of our chief Jewish values.
Please join us in this challenge in any way you can. Visit our blog (address below)
for guidelines and alternate ways to participate. To register, email the names of all
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we’ll send you an invitation to be an author on our blog.
See
page 3
for details
We invite you to join or follow our blog, share experiences, and share low-cost recipes
and ideas as we take the challenge together.
We also hope to see you for our Jan. 24 and 29 hunger events! Friday, Jan. 24, 6 p.m.
Rabbi Bennett will speak about the issue of hunger in America, and Wednesday,
Jan. 29, 6:30 p.m. for the screening the documentary, A Place at the Table.
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Worship Schedule
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18
6 p.m.
11 a.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service in the Sanctuary
Shabbat Alive! with Rick Recht
First Fridays
January Birthday Blessings
Shabbat Morning Worship in the Sanctuary
Hale Nobuo Weil Masaki, son of Stephen and
Leslie Masaki, becomes a Bar Mitzvah
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24
SATURDAY, JANUARY 4
11 a.m.
Shabbat Morning Worship in the Sanctuary
Dylan Reiss Rosenthal, son of Craig and Jennifer
Rosenthal, becomes a Bar Mitzvah
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10
6 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service in the Sanctuary
6 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat Service in the Sanctuary
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25
10:45 a.m. Shaare Shabbat Service in the Youth Lounge
11 a.m.
Shabbat Morning Worship in the Sanctuary
Eli Maxwell Fox, son of Greg and Merle Fox,
becomes a Bar Mitzvah
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31
11 a.m.
6 p.m.
Shabbat Morning Worship in the Chapel
Kabbalat Shabbat Service in the Sanctuary
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1
6 p.m.
11 a.m.
Social Action and Advocacy Shabbat in the Sanctuary
Dr. Martin Luther King Shabbat
Choir members of Metropolitan Community Church
of Greater St. Louis will participate
Cultural Leadership students will speak
Shabbat Morning Worship in the Sanctuary
Samantha Seigel, daughter of Brad and Laura
Seigel, becomes a Bat Mitzvah
MLK Shabbat at Shaare Emeth
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long with civil rights, Dr. King also preached about the
values of mutual respect, inclusivity, peace and love.
We will be celebrating all of these values at our annual
Martin Luther King Jr. Shabbat on Friday, Jan. 17. We will be
joined by members of the Metropolitan Community Church of
Greater St. Louis’ award-winning choir. We will also welcome
speakers from Cultural Leadership’s ninth cohort (including our
own Isabella Gross) and offer a blessing to their tenth cohort, who
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Shabbat experience that is sure to engage, energize and inspire.
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Friday evenings during services in room 3 of the Preschool wing.
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enter ID #91088047 if required.
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Counting Our Blessings
Announcing the Harvey and Leanne
Schneider Interfaith Forum!
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ur passions can inspire our
actions. Harvey and Leanne
Schneider are exemplars of this
fact. Longtime Shaare Emeth members,
Harvey and Leanne love Shaare Emeth,
and they love being engaged in the greater
interfaith community. They passionately
believe that it is our obligation as Jews to
know about and develop relationships with those of other faiths
with whom we live, work and share civic responsibility. Harvey
is a Past President of both our Congregation and of the Interfaith
Partnership of St. Louis. Leanne is a devoted volunteer and
participant in nearly every facet of Congregational life. Harvey
and Leanne constantly urge our Congregation to make good on
our commitment to being engaged in the interfaith community,
and now, they have established a legacy that will ensure this
work for the foreseeable future.
Harvey and Leanne, through their generosity, have created
the “Harvey and Leanne Schneider Interfaith Forum at
Congregation Shaare Emeth.” This generous endowment
will help to establish and support meaningful experiences for
members of Congregation Shaare Emeth and the larger Jewish
community about, and in relationship with, people of other
faiths through education and engagement.
We are now beginning plans, under the auspices of this fund,
to sponsor at least one event each year that will bring together
diverse faith communities at Congregation Shaare Emeth.
We hope to create and implement meaningful and enjoyable
opportunities at Shaare Emeth to help educate the Jewish
community about the faith, practices, and culture of other faith
communities and to build relationships between members of
Shaare Emeth and the larger Jewish community and other faith
communities in our region. Watch for more information!
This past summer many of us gathered, at the Schneider’s
urging, for a wonderful Iftar dinner with members of the local
Islamic community as they concluded the month of Ramadan.
Similarly, members of Shaare Emeth have participated in
numerous other interfaith experiences with Christian, Mormon
and other communities, all as a result of Harvey’s and Leanne’s
hard work and relationships. The Schneider’s gift has now
insured that such programs will continue and grow annually,
helping all of us to deepen our knowledge and relationships!
Thank you Harvey and Leanne! Your passion inspires us all!
James M. Bennett, Rabbi
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Gloria Schwartz to be Honored with
JPro Dedication Award
S
haare Emeth staff member, Gloria Schwartz,
has been selected as the recipient of the JProStl
Dedication Award and will be honored at the
JPro Recognition Luncheon on Jan. 30. JProStl is an
association dedicated to supporting professionals who
work at Jewish organizations in St. Louis. They honor
deserving professionals each year who exemplify
excellence and dedication to their position, their
organization and the St. Louis Jewish community.
Gloria has worked at Congregation Shaare Emeth for 36 years.
She is presently Administrative Assistant to Rabbi Bennett,
Rabbi Goldstein and Cantor Warner, and previously
worked with Rabbi Stiffman for 27 years before
his retirement. She receives great satisfaction from
helping others and working with Congregants not
only during their simchas and life cycle events,
but also during times of sorrow. Gloria loves to
see young adults with their small children come by
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children. Gloria does not consider her job a job –
more a labor of love.
We are so proud of Gloria for this well-deserved honor!
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Shaare
Shabbat
Morning
Schedule
JANUARY 25, FEBRUARY 22,
AND MARCH 28, 2014
Warm Up to Prayer…
with Yoga!
All my limbs shall say, “Who is like you
O God?”
– Psalms 35:10
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n Judaism, prayer has always been an act of both body and
soul. Many of our prayers express gratitude for our bodies
as our way of experiencing the blessings of the physical
world around us. Yoga, too, helps us realize the blessings of
our bodies and heightens our awareness of our physical selves.
So, beginning this month, we are presenting an opportunity to
explore this spiritual body/soul connection.
TORAH STUDY –
9:30 A.M. IN ROOMS 23/25
OR
YOGA 9:30 A.M. IN THE GREENBERG
RESOURCE ROOM.
All levels, ages 10 and older, are welcome.
Some mats will be available, but please
bring your own if you have one.
Free babysitting for children under 10.
SHAARE SHABBAT
10:30 IN THE YOUTH CENTER
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coffee and juice. There is a children’s
table with activities to keep young ones
engaged during services. If you would
like to participate in any service, please
contact Rabbi Goldstein at
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teacher, and I will offer a class that focuses on the transition between the busyness
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with Jewish wisdom and insights. All levels are welcome. At 10:45 a.m. we will join
together with those who have been studying Torah and other members for our monthly
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joy. Shaare Shabbat is the perfect service for families of all ages.
If you have any questions about the yoga class or the Shaare Shabbat service, don’t
hesitate to be in touch.
L’shalom,
Rabbi Andrea Goldstein
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Thank You! From the St. Louis
Rabbinical Association
Thank you to everyone who participated in the St. Louis Rabbinical Association’s
Chanukah Appeal. Your donations are appreciated!
Rabbis Jim Bennett and Andrea Goldstein
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Jewish Life & Learning
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS, 9-10:15 A.M.
AT THE SAUL MIROWITZ JEWISH COMMUNITY SCHOOL
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8
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one after another with hardly a moment to breathe?
Do you wish you were more present or more available for your children? Your partner?
Yourself?
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Mindfulness is the practice of becoming aware and awake to the world around us. To
be mindful is to recognize what we are really doing and really feeling in any given
moment. Mindfulness can happen at any time and in any place, and parenting offers
endless opportunities to become mindful of our own lives.
The practice of mindful parenting allows us to be more open and more present, without
judgment or fear, to our lives and the lives of our children. When we take the time to do
this, we are better able to respond thoughtfully to what is happening, instead of simply
reacting to it.
Whether the parent of a toddler or a teen, join us Wednesday mornings for study,
discussion, meditation and friendship as we explore the challenges and surprises that
mindful parenting can bring to our lives.
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Torah Study
TUESDAY MORNINGS 10-11 A.M.
SATURDAY MORNINGS 9:30-10:30 A.M.
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e have regular Torah Study classes Tuesdays and Saturdays. No previous
knowledge or experience required. We provide The Torah Commentaries.
Jump in any time.
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You’re
Invited
to a
Tu Bishevat
Celebration
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15, 7:15 P.M.
THE MELTING POT,
294 Lamp & Lantern Village,
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n honor of Tu Bishevat, the New
Year of the Trees, join Rabbi
Goldstein and Debbie Bram at The
Melting Pot for wine, cheese, fruit and
nuts, and a discussion of the book, The
Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the
Heart of the Middle East, by Sandy
Tolan. Copies of the book can be
purchased at Shaare Emeth for $15.
RSVPs appreciated by Monday, Jan. 13,
to Paula Kanyo, 314-692-5372 or
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Tzedakah Recipient
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ur January/February/March Temple tzedakah recipient is the Asthma & Allergy
Foundation of America, St. Louis Chapter. Money you donate will help
provide medicine, inhalers, education and resources to low-income children.
Place donations in either of our two Temple Tzedakah Boxes.
The Jewish
Food Pantry
Needs Our
Help
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Thanksgiving Mitzvah Meals
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not free to desist from it either” (2:16). Rabbi Hillel taught: “Do not separate
yourself from the community” (2:5).
Our Shaare Emeth community joined together in a variety of ways to help make a
difference in the lives of 100 homebound Medicaid patients by providing them with
Thanksgiving dinner.
Some of you cooked, some of you donated baked goods, some of you purchased canned
goods, some of you donated money to buy the necessary food, and some of you helped
assemble the meals. We had over 100 volunteers to help make a difference in the lives
of 100 people. A special todah rabah: Thank you to Holly Goldblum for bringing this
wonderful opportunity to our
Congregation.
If you were unable to participate
this year, never fear; we will do
this again next year.
or the month of January the
Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food
Pantry is looking for these
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balanced nourishment for the community
in need:
1. Canned Tuna Fish
2. Canned Beef Stew and Canned
Ravioli
3. Any Type of Canned Vegetables
(especially green beans, peas
and mixed vegetables)
4. Healthy Soups
5. Kosher Food
6. Tomato Sauce and Spaghetti
Sauce
7. Dry Pasta
8. Toilet Paper, Toothpaste,
Toothbrushes, Hand Soap,
Shampoo and Conditioner
Items should be brought to the wooden
bin inside the Temple main entrance.
For further information, please contact
Louise Levine, 636-227-1259.
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SGP Gets a New,
Natural Wood Play Set!
T
he new Motor Room equipment is a gift from PAC
(Parent Advisory Council). The equipment is a natural
wood product from CedarWorks. It challenges children
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motor, coordination, imagination and curiosity. The diversity of
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Early
Childhood
Spectacular
Shabbat
FOR AGES 0-5 AND SIBLINGS
SATURDAY, JAN. 11, 9-10:30 A.M.
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Karen Lucy, Director of Early Childhood Engagement
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pectacular Shabbat is a Shabbat
morning of casual play in the
Motor Room followed by singing
and a special activity. Please RSVP to
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314-569-0048.
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Youth Groups and
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Camp Emeth
H
appy New Year to all from the
Youth Department! Camp Emeth
registration will be in the mail
in the next week or two. Once again
we will be offering eight weeks of
summer fun including both preand post-care. Here
are a few of the
new chugim offerings for this summer:
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our camp parents, Kidz Art will bring
our chugim art program to a new level.
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African dance program will add a unique way for our
campers to engage in movement and learn about new
cultures. Diadie has taught at many schools throughout the
St. Louis area, including Mirowitz Day School and Ladue
Middle School. http://afrikylolo.org/
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offering this summer. They will add a gymnastics component
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We are also bringing back our very popular Soccer Shots
chug, http://www.soccershots.org/stlouis/. Our chugim will
also include Outrageous Science with Brian Peck; Kids in
the Kitchen cooking with A.J. Moll; and Starstruck, CE
Music Videos, Photography and Movie Making with
Danielle Lydon.
Wednesday, Jan. 22, is the St. Louis
“Wear Your Camp T-shirt Day.” It’s a
day for you to display your camp pride!
And perhaps it’s more than a coincidence
that this is the time of year when you are
thinking about your plans for next summer!
Once you’ve got that camp T-shirt on, take
a picture of yourself in your camp gear
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emeth.org. We’ll post it on our Camp Emeth
Facebook page. Let’s see how many photos we can share!
Jodi Miller, Youth and Camp Director
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Visit onehappycamper.org to learn how your child
can experience the magic of Overnight Jewish
summer camp, and you can save $1,000 on camp!
Upcoming Youth Group Activities
SE56 – (5/6th grade) – Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 – Save the date –
Event TBD. We will be leaving by bus after Religious School.
SE7 – (7th grade only) – Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 – Event and
time TBD. Watch for the email near the beginning of January.
J8M – (8th grade city-wide programming) – Saturday,
Jan. 25. Event and time TBD. Details will be sent by email.
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SETYG – (9th-12th grade):
*Lounge Nights – Jan. 8 and 22 – 7-9 p.m. Dinner – $8 – any
programming details will be sent in our weekly newsletter.
*NFTY-MV Winter Chavurah – Jan. 17-20 – Temple Sinai,
Denver, Co. - http://www.nfty.org/mv/ for registration
information. If you have not already registered, please contact
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register online.
Camps of Shaare Emeth
Israel Bound in 2014?
Scholarships are available from
Congregation Shaare Emeth for teen summer trips to Israel.
Please call Rosalie Stein for an application, 314-569-0010.
Hurry! Scholarship forms are due Friday, Feb. 14, 2013!
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“Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble
struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself,
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(MLK Jr. March for Integrated Schools, April 18, 1959)
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y husband, Mark, and his
family are from Washington
D.C. We travel a few times
each year to see them and visit with
friends. A few years ago we realized these
trips could be more than family visits and
should include some sightseeing. It is
Washington D.C. …
Last summer we were excited to take our kids to see the
relatively new Martin Luther King Jr. memorial. I very much
wanted to see it, and we thought it would be a powerful
experience for our children. As we approached the monument,
Micah said very softly, “he’s big.” He was right. However, how
big Martin Luther King Jr. was physically as a monument is far
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and act upon his ideas about equal rights.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a great and powerful partner for the
Jewish people.
He stood beside us as we engaged in important conversations
about equal rights and injustice. He helped us to move forward in
helping the country—and perhaps the world—realize that being
“different “ was not a reason for others to treat you as not equal.
When we stood at the foot of the monument, Ellye began to tell
Micah more about MLK Jr. and Rosa Parks. I heard Ellye compare
MLK Jr. to Moses. I admit, as a mother and a Religious School
director, I was very curious how she would make the connection.
She explained that “they both helped people stop being hurt by
others and get away from what was wrong.” Ellye helped Micah
understand that it is our responsibility to stand up “tall and big” to
the hate and intolerance in our world.
This is the lesson that we will be teaching our students this
year on MLK. As we teach them about Martin Luther King Jr.’s
message and his beliefs, Tim Collins will join us. Tim Collins is
a nationally recognized solo performer who works with students
on issues of bullying, intolerance and hate. We are excited that
he will be joining us and helping our students to continue, as
MLK Jr. said, to make a career of humanity. ”Commit yourself
to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better
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world to live in.” (MLK Jr.)
Liessa Alperin,
Religious School Director
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What’s New At New Mt. Sinai?
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ew in 2014: Each month we will feature one of the prominent people interred at New Mt.
Sinai Cemetery. Our inaugural feature is not one but almost 100 people. In 1850, after Mt.
Sinai Cemetery was founded at its current location, the owners of the cemetery decided to
relocate those previously interred in the Imanu-El Cemetery into an area known as Campsprings. In
1872, the remains of 43 adults and 53 children were carefully and lovingly exhumed and reinterred
in one common grave in the front of the Mt. Sinai Cemetery. An obelisk was placed at the site to
remember those 96 individuals. In 1990, a granite monument was donated by Rosenbloom Monument
Co. and erected in front of the original monument to preserve the wording of the inscription.
Dan Brodsky, Executive Director
New Mt. Sinai Cemetery
314-353-2540
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Auxiliaries & Clubs
SISTERHOOD OF SHAARE EMETH WWW.SHAARE-EMETH.ORG/SISTERHOOD
Connections – Find People
with Similar Interests!
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Let’s suppose Susan, Alex, Jason, and Diane, who don’t know each other, each email
CONNECTIONS and tell us they are interested in a beginner bridge group. Now that
we have four names (bridge needs four people), CONNECTIONS re-contacts them to
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CONNECTIONS then publicizes the group and passes along any new people.
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at 314-495-0782. (If emailing, put “Connections” in the subject line so she can spot
you easily.) Let Julia know what you are interested in doing and your preferred level, if
appropriate (beginner, intermediate, advanced, or any). When we collect the minimum
number of names for an activity (i.e. four people interested in the same level of bridge),
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we will also help advertise for you.
Let’s start making some CONNECTIONS!
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T
he Yiddish Club at Congregation
Shaare Emeth is a unique way to
explore the beauty and wisdom
of the Yiddish language, literature
and culture. Personal experiences by
members of the club will allow you to
understand the deep importance of the
Yiddish language and culture to history.
Shlep to the next meeting and kvel over
the Yiddish words you recognize and
enjoy, even if you don’t “speak Yiddish.”
The Yiddish Club is held the second
and fourth Tuesday of every month,
excepting holidays, and starts at 7 p.m.
There will be no Yiddish Club Dec. 24.
Meetings are held in Room 15. All are
welcome to the club meetings. You are
welcome to bring friends. For more
information, please contact Paula Kanyo
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314-692-5372
MOSHE
(MEN OF SHAARE EMETH)
WWW.SHAARE-EMETH.ORG/MOSHE
Kibitz Café
SUNDAY, JAN. 19, 8:30-10:30 A.M.
Delicious, handcrafted breakfasts made
from scratch and served by MOSHE.
Looking for something fun to do in your spare time? We are looking for volunteers for
Sandy’s. If you are interested, call Margaret in the gift shop at 314-692-5374.
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Support Your Temple
Commemorate Special Occasions
with a Leaf on the Shirlee Green
Preschool Growing Tree
Not only will you be able to leave an honorarium, you will help us continue to
provide early childhood programming. All funds are used for early childhood
educational programs at Congregation Shaare Emeth and Shirlee Green
Preschool.
K&Celebrate preschool graduation
K&Honor a teacher
K&Recognize special events
K&Celebrate special achievements
K&Commemorate life cycle events
K&Welcome a new family member
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www.shaare-emeth.org/shirleegree-preschool for more information.
Scrip Gift Cards, or, How to Succeed in
Philanthropy without Really Trying
S
crip is a program where companies provide gift cards to
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the regular face value. You don’t spend an extra penny!
Special orders are due the 14th of each month and will arrive by
the end of the month. Order forms are available in the Temple
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Scrip is also available in the gift shop Friday evenings before
services. Credit cards accepted for most purchases.
Help Wanted – We Need You!
T
he Congregation’s spring fundraiser, The Greatest
Show on Earth, will be held March 8 at Temple. We
are having a silent auction this year and would like
your help. If you have any tickets to the symphony, plays,
baseball games, Blues games or just want to help put together
a basket of goodies for the auction, please let us know.
We are looking for theme packages such as a Mah Jongg
evening, wine tasting or any other type of experience events.
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The fundraiser will only be a success with your help. If you
wish to help the evening of the event, please contact
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Tracy and Andy Speller & Shari and Yale Hollander,
Co-Chairs
W
e would like to thank everyone who attended the
Heart and Soul Gala on Nov. 16 at the Four Seasons
Hotel. What a beautiful evening. Congratulations
to Nancy and Randy Green for receiving the Harris Frank
Community Service Award. Thank you to all of our sponsors.
The evening was a tremendous success.
Dick Brickson and Mark and Karen Zorensky, Co-Chairs
Nancy and Randy Green receiving the
Harris Frank Community Service Award, presented by
Harris Frank and Rabbi Jim Bennett.
Dr. Ron Wolfson’s surprise visit from California
delights and congratulations Randy Green.
Nancy and Randy Green, honorees
Heart and Soul Co-Chairs, Mark and Karen Zorensky
and Dick Brickson.
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Creative Collaboration: How Synagogues
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I am taking a break from my usual
updates on the Collaborative to let you
know that I was invited by the Union for
Reform Judaism to present our efforts at
its Biennial, held last month in sunny
San Diego, on the topic above.
For reasons widely discussed following
the report, “Jews and Judaism,” by the Pew Research Center,
and for reasons internal to a growing number of congregations,
the Union organized sessions on the processes and pitfalls of
synagogue mergers.
However, recognizing that merger is but one model, the Union
also organized a session on alternatives to merger, such as condo
campuses, integrations, cooperatives, multipurpose centers and,
in our unique case, collaboratives. In addition to collaboratives
(my schtik), some of these alternatives were represented on a
panel moderated by Rabbi David Fine, URJ synagogue merger
and closure expert. Besides yours truly, the panelists were Brian
Rissinger, Executive Director of Reform Congregation Kenesseth
Israel of Elkins Park, PA; Tom Porter, Immediate Past President
of Temple Israel, Canton, OH; and, Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz,
Director of Education of Temple Israel, Dayton, OH.
Along with presenting structural factors that distinguish a
collaborative from other models of communal sharing, I
emphasized certain prerequisites which, in my experience, lay
the groundwork for a viable outcome of any joint venture. First
and foremost among those prerequisites are:
!" Ideological commitment to the founding spirit; and,
!" Leadership of visionaries, networkers, and knowledgeable
ambassadors.
With respect to these two prerequisites, our Collaborative has
gotten off to a great start. First, the historic legacy of B’nai El in
this community has been duly recognized and valued. At the same
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time, everyone intimately involved in laying the groundwork
understands that our collaboration now is the legacy about which
the current and future generations will speak.
Second, we are on the cusp of rolling out tangible and appealing
opportunities on and beyond our campus. You may ask why you
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key: the Collaborative team is committed in principle and in
practice to putting its collective ear to the ground and recruiting
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have been constructing.
Nonetheless, to whet your appetite about what can be, imagine a
long expanse of brightly covered fabric stretched out on Utah’s
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folks seated on cushions, reclining in the breeze of the cooling
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musical instruments -- a celebration of Passover enriched with
laughter, chatter, lively debate, and camaraderie.
Or imagine joining a group of socially conscious St. Louisans
boarding the River Run at the Kirkwood Amtrac station, headed
for a day of mutual understanding and exchange at the Statehouse
in Jefferson City. En route our seatmates are former strangers
together, with whom we are treated to a short but intensive
workshop by a dynamic expert on political relationship-building.
Before our return, eagerly anticipating new seatmates with whom
we will debrief, we begin to digest the day’s experience over an
unrushed dinner at a restaurant of our choosing.
Most importantly, imagine such opportunities not as one-off
programs, but as gateways to widen our friendship circles and
to enrich our very souls. You have glimpsed into what can be.
Stay tuned.
Rabbi Scott B. Saulson, PhD, Consultant
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Mazel Tov/Simchas
Welcome New
Members
Ken Birenbaum on his special birthday.
Barbara and Bruce Feldacker on their 50th anniversary.
Debbie and John Abrams on the birth of their twin great-grandchildren,
Zachary Tyler and Zoey Lynn Abrams. Congratulations also to grandparents
Betty and Paul Seligsohn.
Barbara German on the birth of her grandson, Wolf Simon Hoffman.
Gloria Schwartz on receiving the JPro Dedication Award.
Bill and Kathy Norman on the birth of their granddaughter, Ariella Connor.
Congratulations also to great-grandparents, Thelma and Arnie Schrier.
To share your simcha, visit www.shaare-emeth.org and click <Share
a Lifecycle Event or Simcha>. Or, call Shandi or Gloria in the Temple
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Amy and Kevin Fischer, with children,
Samantha, Daniel and Leah
Robin Rush
Social Hour
Sponsors
JANUARY 3
David and Robin Brody,
Scott and Tina Silk, and their families
in honor of Dylan Rosenthal becoming
a Bar Mitzvah
JANUARY 25
Greg and Merle Fox in honor of son,
Eli, becoming a Bar Mitzvah
Greeters
JANUARY 3
JANUARY 24
Platke-Lammers Family
Cheri Winchell and Sharon Thompson
JANUARY 10
JANUARY 31
Marci and Mark Thal
Andy and Stan Shanker
Candle Blessings
JANUARY 3
JANUARY 17
The Rosenthal Family
Siler Family
JANUARY 10
Lynne Fogel
JANUARY 17
The Masaki Family
JANUARY 24
The Fox Family
JANUARY 31
The Seigel Family
Anyone wishing the honor of
lighting the Shabbat candles
when there are openings on
Friday nights may call
Gloria Schwartz at 314-569-0010.
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Thinking of You
Condolences to our Temple families
who have recently lost a loved one.
Condolences
Sympathy
Barry Hollander on the death of his brother, Stuart Hollander.
RUTH ZEVE
Mother of Carol Goldman
Herb Rogul on the death of his sister, Phyllis Rogul Kiefus.
DOLORES TODER
Mother of Harry Toder and Steven Today
Stephen Masaki on the death of his mother, Betty Masaki.
ROSE BROWN
Mother of Donald and the late Alvin Brown
Dr. Sherry Shuman on the death of her father, Edward Leibson.
Dale and Carol Wolf on the death of their son, Tony Wolf.
Perpetual Memorials
A memorial has been established for:
MILDRED E. GOLDBERG
Established by her Family
LEE ZIMMERMAN
Established by Rosalyn Hampel and
Marianne Kestenbaum
EDGAR B. KLEBAN
Established by Ken and Jackie Kleban,
Spencer and Betsy Garland, and Joyce Kleban
VICTOR CLAYTON KELLY, JR.
Established by Betsy Kelly and Family
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Yahrzeits
JANUARY 3 & 4, 2014
Julius Abramson
Evelyn W. Aronson
Jenny Lederer Aufrichtig
Karl Baer
Oscar Bailin
Joseph Bain
Sidney Bassin
Bertha Baum
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Samuel N. Benick
Natalie L. Berg
Rebecca Joy Berns
Leah Birenbaum
Benjamin B. Birnbaum
Oscar Chorlinsky
Simon Covinsky
Raymond A. Epstein
Lorraine S. Feldman
Lillian Fishgoll
Julius Gates
Abram Gill
Archille Goetschel
Ruth E. Goldberg
Eric David Goldman
Dr. Melvin L. Goldman
Morris G. Goldstein
Sam Gorman
Samuel Gottleib
Sadie Greenberg
Adolph Hirschberg
Hannah Hirschberg
Janet Carol Hoffman
Herman S. Hollander
Meyer Bud Inger
Erwin Jaffe
Edna H. Jarecki
Julius Kantorwitz
Maurice Aaron Kessler
Bertha Kling
Jason Koritz
Adolph Lebermuth
Ada Levin
William M. Livingston, Sr.
David A. Loiterstein
Diana Mandel
Yahrzeits
Emanuel S. Margulis
Ben Meisenberg
Bertha Messenberg
Sarah Frieda Mills
Meyer Morrison
Rebecca Perlmutter
Sidney Plattner
Max Reznik
Simon Rosen
Jay Rovak
Ann Rudman
David Samson
Melissa Ann Posdamer
Santacreu
Anne R. Schimel
Jerome Schneider
Lillie S. Schwarz
Freda Scissors
Jacob Scissors
Bessie Silver Shieber
Sara G. Sicher
Jacob L. Siegel
Jack Silberstein
Dan J. Silverman
Milton Silverstein
Marvin R. Sonnenschein
Sarah Sorin
Norman Arthur Stack
Marie Steiner
Linda M. Tilley
Sidney Towerman
Gabriel Urnstein
Louis Wantuck
Lillian Weiss
Ludwig Wolf
Susan Yaffe
Marvin Zvibleman
JANUARY 10 & 11
Stephen Abelov
Lena Becker
Selma B. Berger
Anne Bernstein
Maurice L. Bleich
Benjamin J. Bly
Arthur Bromberg
Ann Jacobs Cohen
Celia Eisen
Beatrice Glaser Epstein
Harry Epstein
Libbe Feigenbaum
Dr. Gerald S. Feit
Fanny Feldman
Myer Robert Fisher
Alice Fishman
Cantor Edward R. Fogel
Sam Frank
Mary Zeffren Funk
Harry Galkin
Ellsworth W. Ginsberg
Louis Glazer
Mark L. Gottlieb
Ted E. Grazman
Samuel E. Gross
Alvin E. Grossman
Herman Gutman
Michael Handelman
Jeanne Inez Hoffman
Sarah Feinberg Hogan
Hilda C. Hollander
Alexander L. Jacobs
Ann Jacobs
Fan B. Jacobs
Max W. Jacobs
Abraham W. Jacobson
William Julius
Ruth Leona Kalmon
Dorothy Kaplan
Albert S. Klarberg
Belle Klearman
Fanny Kramer
Samuel D. Kramer
Edgar Kreisman
Sandra Kronemer
Maria G. Laupheimer
Stanley A. Levy
Tillie Levy
Samuel Lewis
Edith Liepmann
Jack Marcus Lipsitz
Leopold Loew
Henry Malashock
Leon M. Middleman
Sue Morris
Joseph Movshin
Jennie F. Neuman
Lillian Novack
Olga Oberdorfer
Elizabeth Parker
Anna Paskar
Joseph Paskar
Helen Pasternak
Ben Peck
Dorothy Peck
Edna L. Posnansky
Audrey G. Preston
Caroline Price
Paul B. Radloff
Lee Krisman Ritter
Bert Rosen
Mary Roth
Esther Rothenberg
Fay S. Rovin
Jacob Sanofsky
Louis Sanofsky
Shirley Glass Shacat
Alex Shear
Marjorie Beryl Shuman
Zelda Y. Siegfried
Jerry Cyril Silverberg
Jacob Silverstein
Randy Michael Silverstein
Irvin A. Sorger
Ann Spector
Bernice Spevack
Blanche C. Steele
Rose Stern
Gail Weinberg Tobin
Anna Tureen
Frieda Wallerstein
Leon M. Weinberg
Herman M. Williams
Manuel M. Wohl
Arthur Mike Wolff
Nathan N. Yalem
JANUARY 17 & 18
Eugene Adler
Monroe Adler
Louis P. Aloe
Dora Krell Appell
Pauline Asher
Dr. Roland S. Bassman
Louis Bearman
Benjamin Birenbaum
Archie Bregman
Milton David Breschell
Earl S. Brody
Mary R. Burgheim
Allen Burstein
Milton Carlie
Marion Sue Cohen
Rose Cohen
Harriette Dubinsky
Leslie Eberhard
Gertrude Feldman
Eugene Fishgoll
Albert G. Flaum
Clarice !"#$%&'()*+,
Samuel J. Glassman
Florence K. Goetschel
Eugene J. Goldberg
Manuel Goodman
Charles Gorenstein
Ann Grazman
Brent I. Greenberg
Maxwell &(**-)*+,
Bernard B. Gross
Bernard Grossman
Ben Harris
Marty Hendin
David L. Hirsch
Ruth G. Hoffman
Samuel Horwich
Robert Aaron Horwitz
Harry L. Israel
Louis Kaplan
Leo Kapp
Joseph Kohm
William Kohn
Jenny Kramer
Ben Krasner
Sarah Kyman
Joseph Landers
Geraldine Lapin
Dr. Sherman J. LeMaster
Lucille F. Levy
Nathan Levy
Mamie Lewin
Ada Lieberman
Louis I. Lippe
Walter M. Loewenstein
Andrew Markman
Goldie Matusofsky
Charlotte B. M. Metzger
Abraham Miodowski
Rabbi Julius J. Nodel
Henry Pasternak
Maurice L. Pasternak
Johanna Popper
Kay M. Preston
Benjamin L. Rader
David M. Resnick
Ruth Rich
Harry Rickensohl
Samuel S. Rickensohl
Vera B. Rittenberg
Clarence B. Roth
Leslie Roth
Gussie Schneider
Jake Schneiderman
Theresa Schwab
Samuel Seligman
John Shaiova
Debra Joy Shapiro
Ida Sigoloff
Jean Sigoloff
Louis M. Silverman
Tessie C. Small
Theresa Hartman Stampfer
Pauline Fine Tzinberg
Beverly Kasnetz Wagner
Nathan Warshafsky
Julius Weinberg
Louis Weltman
Edwin Wolff
Marvin Yavitz
David F. Yawitz
Saul Zerman
JANUARY 24 & 25
Theresa Aaron
Ethel Abelov
Leo Frankel Abrams
Walter Adler
Anna Affelder
Maurice David Artstein
Isadore Barge
Albert Bensinger
Robert Berlinger
Sidney S. Biernbaum
Wendy Joy Biernbaum
Lillian Birenbaum
Harry Bloston
Abraham N. Brickman
Joseph D. Cohen
Sarah Goldberg Cohen
Herman Cronheim
David Davidson
Arnold Erber
Charles H. Fendell
Betty Fierstine
Minnie R. Fleischer
Eli P. Flusser
Frank F. Fowle, III
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Milton R. Fox
Melba Frank
Hildegard Friedman
Dorothy Gad
Allan Jack Gale
Sam A. Gardner
Louis Goldford
Sylvia Goldstein
Dora Greenberg
Martha Jane Gross
Frances M. Hartmann
Feiga G. Hoffman
Salie Horowitz
Sidney Jacobs
Eileen E. Katz
Louis Kaufman
Edwin L. Klauber
Essie Klein
Carrie G. Kleinhauser
Morris Kleinhauser
Morris Kornblum
Alan G. Krasnoff
David Langfelder
David D. Lerner
Marion Lee Levy
Barbara Glaser Lewis
Rose Krisman Lewis
Gilda Lee Librach
Louis Loebner
Stanley Lopata
Lisa Sher Lux
Robert M. Mayer
Ernestine O. Meyer
Morris M. Michaels
Bessie Millner
Emanuel Munchweiler
Rebecca Novoson
Dr. Joseph M. Orenstein
Jerome B. Pepper
Isaac Price
Fannie Radloff
Alfred L. Richter
Samuel Rosenthal
Clara Rubin
Sylvia B. Rubin
Muriel Sanders
Elizabeth Satanovsky
Fannie Schaap
Marion Schaffel
Irv Schankman
Henrietta Schwarzkopf
Abraham ‘Abe’ Sharney
Benjamin Sher
Gussie Kessler Silverstein
Bertha Siteman
Harry Slein
Esther Block Spitz
Samuel W. Stein
Annie Stern
Rose Stone
Bernard Storozum
Claire E. Tauben
Theodore S. S. Taxman
Charles C. Weitzman
Julius Zinner
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Tributes
These tributes
are those
recorded during
November 2013.
RABBI’S SPECIAL FUND
IN APPRECIATION OF:
Rabbi Bennett for participation in
wedding of Jessica Brandvein and
Brian Palans
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Rabbi Bennett for the blessing
Charles & Susan Frank
Rabbi Goldstein for help preparing
Michael to become a Bar Mitzvah
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Rabbi Goldstein for participation in
the Sisterhood Women’s Retreat
William & Suzanne Bierman
Rabbis Bennett and Goldstein for
acknowledgement of Yahrzeit of
Bobette Guller
Mitchell & Jody Waldman
Rabbis Bennett and Goldstein for
help preparing Hannah to become a
Bat Mitzvah
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IN HONOR OF:
Adam and Jenn Goldstein on their
marriage
Ronald & Ellen Gross
Bill Glassman on his special birthday
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Paul Grossman for a speedy recovery
Melroy & Marian Hutnick
IN MEMORY OF:
Arline and Bud Inger
Gerald & Judith Shanfeld
Bernard Susman
William & Lynn Elliot
Bertha Levin
Marvin & Barbara Levin
Bobette Guller
Sidney Guller
Jann Shapiro Wagner
Janice Fishman & Jerry Kravitz
Joseph E. Beil
Melroy & Marian Hutnick
Mary Sarnoff
Annette & Jack Heller
Melford Cohen and Marsha Appt
Ted & Carol Barr
Meyer Shacat and Esther Jonas
Stephen & Debra Lee Jonas
Pauline Krasner
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Family
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Ronnie Steinman
Barbara German
Sheila Radman Balk
Mark & Karen Zorensky
Sophie Rovics
Milton & June Steinberg
Rae Hollander
Judy, Jeff, Mark & Ryan
Finkelstein
CANTOR’S SPECIAL FUND
IN APPRECIATION OF:
Cantor Warner for help preparing
Hannah to become a Bat Mitzvah
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Cantor Warner for help preparing
Michael to become a Bar Mitzvah
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Cantor Warner for his
acknowledgement of Yahrzeit of
Bobette Guller
Mitchell & Jody Waldman
IN MEMORY OF:
Shale Rifkin
Audrey Ludwig
MAX AND BERNICE
BABCHICK JEWISH FAMILY
INVOLVEMENT FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Max and Bernice Babchick
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BEMA FLOWER FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Hale Masaki becoming a Bar Mitzvah
Stephen & Leslie Masaki
Eli Fox becoming a Bar Mitzvah
Greg & Merle Fox
IN MEMORY OF:
Ann Simon Goldman
Barry & Marti Simon
Friedel Oberdorfer
Harvey & Elizabeth Meyer;
Hans & Marcia Oberdorfer
Jane Abramson
Harvey & Leanne Schneider
Jane Schachter
Stephanie Turner & Willard
Schachter; Goodman Family
BROCKMAN-SIEGELMAN
GEMILUT HASADIM FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Aryeh Gross on becoming a
Bar Mitzvah
Jay & Carole Goldstein
IN MEMORY OF:
Helen and Oscar Brockman,
Evelyn and Sidney Goldberg,
Wilma Siegelman
Allen & Ronnie Brockman
Sandra Mayer
Joel & Julie Mayer
CHUSED ISRAEL
EXPERIENCE FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Shirley Rosenthal
Alvin & Anna Silverstein
MICAH DAVIS
MEMORIAL FUND
IN HONOR OF:
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Bat Mitzvah
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Sis Mange on her special birthday
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Karen and Mark Segal on their new
home
Leon & Susan Kravetz
IN MEMORY OF:
Joseph Hoffman
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Donna Meyers
Roberta Feinstein
Judy Wallach
!B#$)%7!'!@#&07!9%3$%$
ESSMAN-SCHAEFFER
CAMP SCHOLARSHIP
FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Lenard Pearson and Sidney Guller on
their 90th birthdays
Alyn & Marlyn Essman
IN MEMORY OF:
Sheila Radman Balk
Ken & Leiba Levine
SHIRLEE GREEN
PRESCHOOL FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Randy and Nancy Green for receiving
the Harris Frank Community Service
Award
Carl & Marcia Moskowitz; Sonia
& Dan Dobinsky; Richard &
Sherri Goldman
ALAN GREENBERG EARLY
CHILDHOOD FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Sheila Radman Balk
Susie & Jonathan Sachs
HARRIS KRAMER SOCIAL
ACTION FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Ida Kramer on her birthday
Ronnie Glazer
KUSHKIN LANDSCAPING
FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Honey Kushkin
Judy Rawdon & Family
TODD JASON KRONEMER
YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP
FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Jann Shapiro Wagner
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NANCY LEVIN
PRESCHOOL FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Birth of Cora Reppy
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STEVEN MORGAN FERMAN
MEMORIAL FUND FOR
GIFTED CHILDREN
DOROTHY LEVITT/BIRDIE
FURSTENBERG SUPPORT
STAFF PENSION FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Nancy Winer
Bettie Gershman; Ann Fendelman;
Gary & Jobeth Omell; Harvey &
Marlene Sachs; Kent & Deborah
Hirschfelder; Mike & Debra
Klevens; Leon & Susan Kravetz;
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IN MEMORY OF:
Terri Freeman
Ethel Greenberg
GOLDBERG CAMP
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Birdie Prywitch
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LIBRARY FUND
IN APPRECIATION OF:
Library use on Wednesdays
Wednesday Mah Jong
IN HONOR OF:
Birth of Lila Elizabeth Bremen
Ellis & Jaqueline Kantor
IN MEMORY OF:
Godfrey Lebon
Harvey & Marlene Sachs
Tributes
DR. STANLEY B. LYSS
ADULT EDUCATION FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Sheila Radman Balk
Carl & Marcia Moskowitz
EUNICE B. MANN JEWISH
EDUCATION FUND
IN HONOR OF:
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years in the excellence of legal
practice
Marilyn & Gary Ratkin
John and Eunice Reichman on their
50th anniversary
Harvey & Leanne Schneider
MICHAEL MATLOF FUND
FOR HOMEBOUND
SERVICES
A DONATION:
David & Susan Cort
IN HONOR OF:
David Freyman for Daniel and
Nikki’s wedding
Richard & Yvonne Darrow
Marc and Holly Bernstein and
Family
Alene Kopolow
Sue Matlof for her kindness
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IN MEMORY OF:
Ben Dalin
Karl & Deborah Guyer
Ceil Paster:
Robert & Margie Summers
HARRY & LUCILLE
MIDOWS RELIGIOUS
SCHOOL FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Sheila Radman Balk
George & Rita Heymann
OPERATIONS
ENHANCEMENT FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Jim Schulman and Tricia Landes on
their engagement
Kenneth & Jacquelyn Kleban
Joe Pereles for his accomplishments
as President
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Katie Garland and Paul Sorensen on
their engagement
Jeffrey & Carol Schulman
Speedy recovery for
Spencer Garland and Ken Kleban
Jeffrey & Carol Schulman
Todd Newstead and Jessica Waltz
on their engagement
Kenneth & Jacquelyn Kleban;
Jeffrey & Carol Schulman
Tricia Landes and Jim Schulman on
their engagement
Jeffrey & Carol Schulman
IN MEMORY OF:
Adolph Horwitz
Suzy Elkins
Godfrey Lebon
Mark & Sharee Feldman,
Kenneth & Jacquelyn Kleban
Judy Wallach
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Schimel, Barry & Rita Worth,
Bette Komm, Rick & Hillary
Lubin
Louis Karsh
Saul & Marilyn Dien
Sheila Radman Balk
Daniel & Ellen Bluestone, Jay
& Carole Goldstein, Dolores
Kling, Joseph & Brenda
&,-,5,>8!"#$!%!&'(!")*+$8!
Steven Fogel & Randee Shenkel
& Bailey, Richard & Lisa Tash
Victor Clayton Kelly
Lauren Yaeger
William LeMaster
Burton LeMaster
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
FUND
IN APPRECIATION OF:
Jodi Granok and Natalie Goldman
for their help preparing Michael to
become a Bar Mitzvah
!&'.-+0?!%!9+0<,5,!@+5,-!
& Family
IN HONOR OF:
Rick and Jean Millner on birth of
granddaughter, Everly Rose
!/'.'5+,!%!A'--1!6#57('$
IN MEMORY OF:
Beth Radinsky
Carole & Lissie Levin
Edward Lewis
Carol Lewis
Ervon Brasler
Wayne Brasler
Godfrey Lebon
Stephen & Ava Schwedt
Mildred Brooks and Rueben Brooks
Jerome & Madelyn Brooks
SAM & GOLDYE ROSEN
MUSIC FUND
JANE WOHL
EDUCATION FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Sarah Tager and Howard Jerome
Gene Jerome
IN MEMORY OF:
Edna Feit
!/'$01!4,-$>.,+$
WILLIAM SELTZER OLDER
ADULT FUND
KATHY AND MARTY
ZIGLER ENDOWMENT
FUND FOR PRESCHOOL
IN MEMORY OF:
Mamie Neuman
Kenneth & Estelle Kent
ROBERT J. SIEGEL SETYG
PROGRAM FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Maxwell Robert Zelman for his
birthday
Faye Siegel
IN MEMORY OF:
Edna Feit and Rosalyn Stone
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Faye Siegel
IDA STACK
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Myrtle Orenstein
Martha Senior
MAC & HANNA STRAUSS
IMPROVEMENT FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Ken Birenbuam on his special
birthday
Stevie & Johnny Shuchart
TEMPLE ENDOWMENT
FUND
IN MEMORY OF:
Sarah Liese Knol.
Stephanie & Geoffrey Gross
Sheila Radman Balk
Jay & Joy Liss, Harvey &
Leanne Schneider
MARSHALL WEISMAN
FUND FOR PRESCHOOL
SPECIAL NEEDS
CHILDREN
IN HONOR OF:
Josh Horowitz becoming a
Bar Mitzvah
Eugene & Roxanne Weisman
IN MEMORY OF:
Godfrey Lebon
Marty & Kathy Zigler
Rose Margulies
Jenn & Scott Sagett
IN HONOR OF:
Jim Schulman and Tricia Landes on
their engagement
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Katie Garland and Paul Sorenson
on their engagement
!@.,:,$!%!@<,--+!/,B>.,'78!
Kenneth & Sally Katzif
Spencer Garland for a speedy
recovery
Kenneth & Sally Katzif; Steven
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IN MEMORY OF:
Henry Newstead
Ruth, Steve, Sherri, Andrea &
2#77!/,B>.,'7
PHYLIS & MARK KAPLAN
CHILDREN & YOUTH
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
IN HONOR OF:
Speedy recovery for Jan Goldstein
Charlene & Larry Taber
Helene Reif on her new
granddaughter, Cora Reppy
Jerri & Bill Livingston
Speedy recovery for Matt Markus
Jerri & Bill Livingston
Make a Tribute
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
DECEMBER 29
NO SCHOOL
DECEMBER 30
NO SCHOOL
MIGHTY MICAH
CAMP
7:15 a.m.
Weekday Minyan
TUESDAY
DECEMBER 31
NEW YEARS EVE
OFFICES CLOSE
AT 3 P.M.
NO SCHOOL
MIGHTY MICAH
CAMP 1/2 DAY
WEDNESDAY
1
NEW YEARS DAY
OFFICE CLOSED
NO SCHOOL
THURSDAY
2
6
SE 56 (5/6th grade)
Event TBD
12
SGP RESUMES
7:15 a.m.
Weekday Minyan
6 p.m.
Room at the Inn
13
CONFIRMATION TRIP
CONFIRMATION TRIP
SE7 (7th grade)
Event TBD
7:15 am
Weekday Minyan
12 p.m.
Senior Luncheon
19
20
NFTY-MV Winter
Chavurah-Denver
MLK DAY
OFFICE CLOSED
NO SCHOOL
NFTY-MV Winter
Chavurah-Denver
7
10 a.m.
Torah Study
11:15 a.m.
Reform Judaism
Magazine Discussion
Group
14
SCRIP SPECIAL
ORDERS DUE
10 a.m.
Torah Study
11 a.m.
Senior Steering
Commitee Meeting
7 p.m.
Yiddish Club (p. 13)
7 p.m.
Israel Trip Meeting
21
10 a.m.
Torah Study
7:15 am
Weekday Minyan
26
27
28
8
9 a.m.
Mindful Parenting
(at SMJCS, p.6)
7 p.m.
SETYG Lounge Night
7 p.m.
Adult Hebrew
15
SATURDAY
3
4
NO SCHOOL
MIGHTY MICAH CAMP
NO SCHOOL
MIGHTY MICAH CAMP
7:15 a.m.
Weekday Minyan
5:15 p.m. Nosh
1 p.m. K-5 Parents
Day Out
6 p.m. Kabbalat
Shabbat Service, First
Fridays, PreK-2 on the
Bema, Shabbat Alive!
with Rick Recht (p. 5)
!"#$%&'(.*(,()*(-
9:30 a.m.
Torah Study
11 a.m.
Shabbat Morning
Worship Service
9
10
11
7:15 a.m.
Weekday Minyan
CONFIRMATION TRIP
CONFIRMATION TRIP
5:15 p.m. Nosh
6 p.m. Kabbalat
Shabbat Service,
5th & 6th Grades
!"#$%&'()*(+,(+*(-
9 a.m.
Early Childhood
Spectacular Shabbat
9:30 a.m.
Torah Study
11 a.m.
Shabbat Morning
Worship Services
10 a.m.
Torah Study
5
FRIDAY
16
17
18
EREV TU BISHEVAT
TU BISHEVAT
9 a.m.
Mindful Parenting
(at SMJCS, p.6)
7 p.m. Adult Hebrew
7:15 p.m. Tu
Bishevat Celebration
(at Melting Pot, p. 6)
7:15 a.m.
Weekday Minyan
NFTY-MV Winter
Chavurah-Denver
NFTY-MV Winter
Chavurah-Denver
5:15 p.m. Nosh
6 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
Service
MLK Shabbat (p. 2)
Exodus 18:1–20:23
9:30 a.m.
Torah Study
11 a.m.
Shabbat Morning
Worship Services
22
23
24
25
9 a.m.
Mindful Parenting
(at SMJCS, p.6)
7 p.m.
SETYG Lounge Night
7 p.m. Adult Hebrew
29
7:15 a.m.
Weekday Minyan
30
5:15 p.m. Nosh
6 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat
Service
Hunger Speaker:
Rabbi Jim Bennett
(p. 1)
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9:30 a.m.
Torah Study
9:30 a.m. Yoga (p. 4)
10:30 a.m. Nosh
10:45 a.m.
Shaare Shabbat
11 a.m.
Shabbat Morning
Worship Service,
TBD J8M Event
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10 a.m.
Torah Study
7 p.m.
Yiddish Club (p. 13)
9 a.m.
Mindful Parenting
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6:30 p.m.
Documentary: A
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7 p.m. Adult Hebrew
7:15 a.m.
Weekday Minyan
5:15 p.m. Nosh
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Torah Study
11 a.m.
Shabbat Morning
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