Bulletin - Keene - Congregation Ahavas Achim

Congregation
Ahavas Achim
THE COMMUNITY SYNAGOGUE OF
THE MONADNOCK REGION.
The
Bulletin
From the Rabbi's Desk
As late summer turns to autumn, the gorgeous
produce of our region is rolling in.
If you are a gardener, you are probably eyeing your friends and wondering if they would
relieve you of some kale or zucchini before it
overruns you. There is a point in the year when
everything comes in at once, a blaze of abundance.
The literal harvest of produce is upon us, and
as we move into the Days of Awe, a spiritual
harvest approaches us too.
We usually associate the theme of Judgment
with the High Holy Days. However, the
Mishnah describes the three Pilgrimage
Festivals as periods of Judgment, as well.
Rabbi Akiva, in a third century compilation,
recounts how the Israelites were to bring ritual
offerings on each of these festival times:
Bring an omer of barley on Passover, the period of barley, so that the grain will be blessed
for you.
Bring first fruits of wheat on Shavuot, the
period of trees, so that the fruit of the tree will
be blessed for you.
Bring the water libation on Sukkot so that the
rainwater will be blessed for you.
And Mishnah Rosh haShanah amplifies the
importance of bringing these offerings, saying
that “the world is judged on Passover, regard(continued on page 2)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Centennial Dinner/Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
High Holy Days Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . 7
NEC Memorial Lecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
See inside for details.
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2016
Rabbi Amy Loewenthal
September/October
Sept. 2 Shabbat Service led by
7:00 PM
Scott Rodolitz
Sept. 9 Short Shabbat Service
7:00 PM
Sept. 14 Board of Directors Meeting 7:00 PM
Sept. 16 Shir Shabbat Service
7:00 PM
Sept. 17 Centennial Dinner/Dance
5:30 PM
Sept. 18 Shem Tov Awards - JFNH 4:00 PM
Sept. 20 Book Club
7:00 PM
Sept. 21 Kati Preston Program
7:00 PM
Sept. 23 Mediation
6:00 PM
Kavana Service
7:00 PM
Sept. 24 Selichot at CAA
7:30 PM
Sept. 25 NEC Lecture
3:00 PM
Sept. 29 Community Kitchen
4:45 PM
Sept. 30 Traditional Shabbat Service
7:00 PM
Oct. 2 Erev Rosh Hashanah Service
6:00 PM
Oct. 3 Rosh Hashanah Day I Service 9:00 AM
Children’s Service
10:00 AM
Tashlich at Black Brook
1:30 PM
Oct. 4 Rosh Hashanah Day II Service 9:00 AM
Oct. 7 Short Shabbat Service
7:00 PM
Oct. 8 Shabbat Shuvah at Cathedral 10:00 AM
of the Pines
Oct. 11 Kol Nidre Service
6:00 PM
Oct. 12 Yom Kippur Service
9:00 AM
Children’s Service
10:00 AM
Yizkor Service
1:30 PM
Discussion/Chanting/Meditation 2:30 PM
Havdalah/Break the Fast Potluck 7:00 PM
Oct. 14 Shir Shabbat Service
7:00 PM
Oct. 15 CAA Movie Night 7:00 PM
Oct. 16 Hike
3:00 PM
Potluck in Sukkah/Singing 5:30 PM
Oct. 19 Board of Directors Meeting
7:00 PM
Oct. 21 Meditation
6:00 PM
Kavana Service
7:00 PM
Oct. 22 Service: Havdalah/Yizkor/
6:30 PM
Shemini Atzeret
Oct. 24 Potluck
5:15 PM
Erev Simchat Torah Service
6:00 PM
Oct. 28 Traditional Shabbat Service
7:00 PM
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ing grain; on Shavuot, regarding tree fruit; and on Sukkot
regarding water.”
We encounter a similar idea
in our prayerbooks in the second blessing after the Shema
“V’haya im Shamoa…”
That text, quoting
Rabbi Loewenthal
Deuteronomy 11:13-21, says if
the Israelites will truly serve
G-d, G-d will grant them two sufficient and
correctly timed periods of rain to guarantee
abundant crops. But if the Israelites lose focus
and revert to previous idolatrous practices, G-d
will seal up the heavens so that no rain will fall
and the land will produce nothing.
The Biblical formulation is familiar, yet sounds
strange to modern ears: “Do good and you will
be rewarded. Fail to do rightly and you will be
punished.”
Few of us today would interpret a dry summer
or the failure of a particular crop as a sign of
G-d’s anger at us. For many of us, the doctrine
of Divine reward and punishment is counter to
our own experience in the world, and strains
our credibility.
A more subtle understanding of this passage
may resonate today. If we don’t take care of
the earth, there are natural consequences. For
example, if we pollute our air, we are showing
disrespect for G-d’s creation. No more pure
rain will fall, and whatever acid or acrid rain
which does fall will shrivel the crops.
Reframing the text this way leads us to considering the results of our own behavior, rather
than perceiving that we are being judged and
punished by G-d. Which resonates with you?
As we move the Days of Awe, as you “gather
in” and reflect on all your experiences and
actions this year, which metaphors might
inspire you to continue striving and growing?
A concept from my undergraduate science
studies stays with me: homeostasis, life’s
dynamic equilibrium. Almost nothing alive
can remain completely static. Equilibrium is
achieved through small and frequent adjustments of one’s self in relation to internal and
external influences.
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This biological concept also points in a spiritual
direction. Perhaps the concept of homeostasis
inspired Maimonides to write in his Laws of
Repentance:
…throughout the entire year, a person
should always look at himself as equally balanced between merit and sin and the world
as equally balanced between merit and sin. If
he performs one sin, he tips his balance and
that of the entire world to the side of guilt
and brings destruction upon himself. [On the
other hand,] if he performs one mitzvah, he
tips his balance and that of the entire world
to the side of merit and brings deliverance
and salvation to himself and others…
We are always doing and speaking. It’s good
to have this season as time set aside to reflect
on how our actual behavior compares with
the standards we set for ourselves. It’s good to
have some time to recognize inadvertent damage we may have done, apologize, and try to
make it right. It’s good to learn from our mistakes and improve. After all, because we are
alive, this is how we will find our equilibrium:
by making small and frequent adjustments.
This is the dynamic rhythm of life: Make mistakes, Regret, Heal the rift, Rejoice, Learn.
Make somewhat different mistakes…
Perhaps this psalm describes that process:
G-d, loosen that which holds us rigid and
bound, just as You loosen water into the desert’s dry river beds. Though we were tearful when we planted seed, sorrow will not
always be. By reaping time, we’ll be laughing
again. The one who walks now carrying his
sowing bag is weeping, but now see – he is
laughing, singing, joyful as he carries his harvested sheaves.
(original translation of Psalm 126, recited on
Shabbat before Birkat ha Mazon)
May your autumn harvest be a blessing!
Rabbi Loewenthal
A Letter from the President
I am writing this shortly after the Kosher Q.
What a great event! Unlike most Synagogues,
we do very little actual fundraising at
Congregation Ahavas Achim. This is our
major fundraising effort and it is a lot of work.
Some people worked from 7:00 a.m. until
3:00 p.m. Malcolm Katz, Gary Shapiro, and
Jerry Kaufman started the prep work days in
advance. Author, Mike Schuman, donated several of his books as raffle prizes and Joel and
Evelyne Cohen donated a beautiful champagne
flute gift basket. Elliott and Pam Greenblott
donated tickets to a Yankees-Dodgers game and
two nice bottles of red wine. Paul and Elaine
Bieber donated a gift basket of toys. Paul and
Elaine also hired a lady from Vermont to bring
some interesting animals to the Kosher Q. That
seemed to go very well. The cooking, serving,
ticket sales and clean up were done by Malcolm
and Selena Katz, Jerry Kaufman, Gary Shapiro,
Mitch Greenwald, Mike Kapiloff, Jay Kahn, Jeff
Cohen, Jennifer Cohen, Margo Cohen, Olivia
Schadick, Sandy Kochman, Ronnie Brown,
Wendy, Bruce, and Ryan Platt, Trish, Jess,
and Abby Spear, Tom Prunier, Marty Reisig,
Barry Fox, Paul and Elaine Bieber, and Elyse
Komitzky. I apologize to anybody who I forgot. Please mark your calendar for early August
2017 and come out and support this event every
year.
By now, you hopefully have your “Dues
Statement” for 2016-2017. Our fiscal year runs
9/1-9/1. Our total annual expenses are around
$230,000. We try to spend as little money as
possible but we have a full-time Rabbi, parttime Office Manager and a large, beautiful
building that must be maintained, insured, lit,
and heated. We have 93 member units. So,
you can do the math. I would also like to
thank Treasurer Jeff Cohen and Office Manager
Daniella Yitzchak for the hours that they spent
getting the Statements out the door.
There will be a tribute to Elie Wiesel at the
Keene Public Library, Herberton Hall, at 7:00
p.m. on September 12. What
a great man he was. Of
course, he won the Nobel
Peace Prize. In addition, his
famous book, “Night”, told
the story of his time as a prisoner in the Auschwitz and
Buchenwald concentration
camps and established him as David Kochman
a true “messenger to mankind”.
On September 17, we will have the Centennial
celebration. I look forward to seeing many
of you there. Other Centennial activities like
David Butler’s time capsule, Scott Rodoltz’s
Centennial Book, and Aaron Lipsky’s display at
the Cheshire County Historical Society are all
proceeding on schedule.
Special thanks to Joel Cohen and David Green
for producing a great CD of a speech by Dr.
Arthur Cohen. This was originally recorded in
2000 and tells the story of the building of the
current building on Hastings Avenue. The CD
is available for sale for $18 at the CAA office
and I would highly recommend it.
The 2017 Jewish Federation of New Hampshire
Shem Tov Awards will be held on September 18
at the Seresc Conference Center at 29 Commerce
Drive in Bedford. There will be a cookout and
Sam Glaser will be performing. This will be a
good event for both adults and children. Jerry
and Rose Weinrieb are being honored this
year. This is well deserved. It amazes me to
think that Rosie has been coming to CAA since
the early 1930s-just 15 years after the original
founding of the Synagogue. Jerry has been a
Member of CAA since 1950. He tells me that
the dues were $1 per week then.
There has been a lot of work done on the building this summer. Dick Bacon has done a beautiful job staining the new addition, including the
cupola. He has also replaced some windows,
ceiling tiles, and done some carpentry work.
Everything looks really good.
Lastly, I look forward to seeing everyone at
the High Holidays. As with everything, this
involves a lot of work. We have put together
a spreadsheet documenting over 70 tasks that
must be performed in preparation. Some are
done by Rabbi Loewenthal and Daniella. But,
I would also like to especially thank the High
Holiday Committee – Jerry Kaufman, Roye
Ginsberg, Ronnie Brown, Arthur Cohen, and
Scott Rodolitz, for the significant prep work
that they do to make the High Holidays go as
smoothly as it does. It isn’t as easy as it looks!!!
David Kochman, President
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Photos Needed for Centennial Book
Congregation
Ahavas Achim
Rabbi Amy Loewenthal
THE COMMUNITY SYNAGOGUE OF
THE MONADNOCK REGION.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016-2017
Officers:
President
David Kochman
903-0357
Vice-President
Jerry Kaufman
363-4481
Treasurer
Jeff Cohen
398-5414
Financial SecretaryScott Rodolitz 903-1121
Recording Secretary
Andrea Levin
520-3645
Corresponding Secretary
Selena Katz
352-1644
Immediate Past President
Paul Bieber
242-3521
Trustees:
Serving until 2017Marni Silverstein 357-7443
Martha Mills
860-670-2913
Pam Weinrieb
209-7786
Serving until 2018Judy Rubin
363-8432
Roberta Visser
352-6184
Ronnie Brown
240-304-7803
Serving until 2019 Vivian Prunier802-387-5875
Wendy Platt
363-8230
David Butler
588-8073
Student Representative to the Board - Jess Spear
363-8035
Bulletin Editor:
Barbara Green (585-9059)
blgreen@myfairpoint.net
Co-Editor
Sandy Kochman
sjkochman@yahoo.com
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The centennial committee is preparing a full
color book to be available for the centennial
dinner that will feature a brief section congratulating CAA (We have already received letters
of congratulations from our senators, congress
people and even President Obama!) as well as
a history of CAA and our building (Thanks to
Mike & Aly Schuman and of course Doc Cohen),
history of our Torah scrolls and much more.
This book will also be available after the dinner
from Amazon.com, for a higher price. A limited
number of hardcover copies will be printed as
well.
We need your help as soon as possible though
with the section featuring photographs that
YOU, (our CAA brothers and sisters) may wish
to add, featuring photos of YOUR Simchas at
CAA: weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, baby-namings, etc. If you want us to include your images
in this section of the book, please either scan
your original images at a resolution of no less
than 300 dpi in color (even if it's a black and
white image) and email to me at: scott.rodolitz@gmail.com or Daniella at: secretary.ahavas.
achim@gmail.com (Bear in mind that gmail has
a 25 megabyte size limit per email, so multiple
emails are fine) or drop the actual photos off at
the office and we'll scan them for you.
Please be aware that you will need to agree to
sign a “rights of use/release” form - which only
means that you are allowing CAA to use the
image in THIS publication only.
Thanks and please help with this as best you
can, as soon as possible!
Scott Rodolitz, Chair, Centennial Committee
2016 Shem Tov Award to be Presented to Jerry
and Rose Weinreib
Celebrating 100 Years of
Our Jewish Community
On Saturday evening, September 17th, we
will toast Congregation Ahavas Achim with
an evening of live music, a delicious dinner
and dancing to honor our Centennial.
Congregation Ahavas Achim and the Jewish
Federation of New Hampshire will be honoring
Jerry and Rose Weinrieb with the 2016 Shem
Tov Award on September 18 in Bedford. (See
the JFNH Annual Meeting announcement on pg. 15)
Their contributions to CAA have been significant. Rosie has been a member since the early
1930’s when she moved to Keene with her
father Max. Jerry has been a member since 1950
and he is the longest dues- paying member of
CAA.
Jerry and Rose have contributed in many
ways including Rosie's work with the
Happy Day Fund and Jerry's long service as
CAA Treasurer, chairman of the Cemetery
Committee, and even the first writing of the
Cemetery Rules and establishing the first
Chevra Kadisha in Keene.
Jerry and Rosie attend just about everything
and they are true Good Will Ambassadors for
CAA. Please join me in recognizing them for
this significant honor. I hope that some of you
can come to Bedford on September 18.
David Kochman
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The Celebration will begin at 5:30 pm with a
program in our beautiful sanctuary. A festive dinner, catered by Daniella Yitzchak, will
follow in the social hall. After dinner we will
go upstairs for Havdallah. A klezmer band,
Klezamir will entertain us with music and
dancing. In addition, Klezamir will teach us
the dance steps.
Please Help Us Celebrate!
Invitations went out in the mail to members.
Please RSVP as soon as possible!
Cost is $36 per person
Centennial Dinner Committee
Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide
Studies Presents:
Holocaust Memorial Lecture
with KSC Music Department
Keene State College
Redfern Arts Center – Recital
Hall
Monday, September 26, 2016, 7:00 PM
The Holocaust Memorial Lecture is a little
different this year. The Cohen Center for
Holocaust and Genocide Studies is partnering
with the Keene State College Music Department
to sponsor a three part concert on September
26th.
Part I – Songs of Terezin
Part II – Witness testimony by Ela Weissberger,
who is a Terezin camp survivor (Ms.
Weissberger sang in the camp performance of
Brundibar.)
Part III – Children’s songs of Terezin, composed by Ilse Weber and performed by Megan
McCauley
This event is free and open to the public.
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Special Events in September and October
Selichot
Saturday September 24 at 7:30 pm
Prepare your soul for the upcoming High
Holidays by attending our Selichot service
on the Saturday night before Rosh Hashanah.
Selichot are penitential prayers and this beautiful and moving service will set the ambience
for a heartfelt High Holiday season, a chance to
take stock and move towards our best selves.
Members of the Brattleboro Area Jewish
Community will come to Keene for a moving
and musical joint service. Rabbi Loewenthal,
Cantor Kate Judd, and Lainee Ginsberg will
introduce the moods and melodies of the
Yamim Noraim. Please join us for this very special night.
Cathedral of the Pines
Saturday, October 8 (Shabbat Shuvah)
at 10:00 am
What better place to have services on the
Shabbat after Rosh ha Shanah (when we celebration Creation) than the beautiful Cathedral
of the Pines in Rindge, NH? Once a year, the
Cathedral of the Pines offers an opportunity for
a Jewish service. This year we are fortunate to
be scheduled right in the middle of peak leaf
season (and yes, there are deciduous trees there,
too). Our prayer service will have a few variations reflecting this unique Shabbat Shuvah, the
Shabbat which falls between Rosh ha Shana and
Yom Kippur. We’ll read from the Torah scroll
donated by Barbara Green’s family. We’ll give
thanks for the abundant beauty of the world
around us. Please plan on being part of this special service. Opportunities to chant Torah are
available. Contact Rabbi Loewenthal if you’re
interested.
The Crescendo of the High Holy Day Season
You loved Rosh HaShanah? You found meaning
and purpose on Yom Kippur? There’s more to
come! Our High Holy Day season extends with
communal observances of Hoshana Rabbah,
Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah!
Saturday, October 22 at 6:30 pm
After Havdalah, we greet Hoshana Rabbah,
known as the last day of the season of teshuva
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– repentance – which began on Rosh HaShanah.
According to tradition, we hope to be written
into the Book of Life on Rosh HaShanah and
sealed into the Book of Life on Yom Kippur for
a good year. However, judgement is not finalized until Hoshana Rabbah, our last chance to
“slip our names” into the Book of Life, as if they
were written on post-it notes. Therefore we
wish each other (in Aramaic) “Pitka Tava” or in
Yiddish, “A Guten Kvitel,” -- a good note.
We will process around the sanctuary with
Torah scrolls and lulav and etrog, musically
expressing our wishes for a year of abundance.
The Hoshana Rabbah service ends with the
opportunity to beat willow branches on the
floor, symbolizing a final shedding of sin.
We acknowledge Shemini Atzeret. With the
shift of the season, we now pray for rain instead
of praying for dew. This shift is announced with
a dramatic and beautiful prayer, Geshem (rain),
sung before the open ark.
At 7:30 pm, a brief Yizkor Service will follow,
in which we remember dear ones who passed
from this earth. We hold them in our hearts and
honor them with our prayers.
Monday, October 24 at 6:00 pm, preceded by
5:15 pm Potluck
On Simchat Torah, our kids and grownups
alike will show our joyful appreciation of Torah
by dancing with the Torah (real and toy) scrolls,
waving flags, and eating caramel apples. Adult
beverages will be discreetly available. If there
are enough people, we’ll unroll a Torah scroll
around our sanctuary.
After the spirited celebration, we’ll settle into
reading from the Torah. We show the continuity of Torah in our lives by reading from the
very end of the Torah (death of Moses) and then
immediately reading the very beginning (creation of the universe), thus starting our Torah
reading cycle anew.
Two special members will be called to the Torah
as this year’s “Bride of Beresheet” (Genesis)
and “Bridegroom of Torah”, and there will be
opportunities for group aliyot.
Bring your dancing shoes!
HIGH HOLY DAYS 5776 – 2016 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
ROSH HA SHANAH
Erev Rosh ha Shanah Sunday, October 2
Evening Service 6:00 PM
Day One:
Monday, October 3
Morning Service 9:00 AM
Children’s Service 10:00 AM
Torah Service 11:30 AM (approximately)
Tashlich (local) 1:30 PM at Black Brook (4 blocks from CAA)
Day Two:
Tuesday, October 4
Morning Service 9:00 AM
Torah Service 11:30 AM (approximately)
Saturday, October 8
Shabbat Shuvah, Torah Service at Cathedral of the Pines,
Rindge, NH 10:00 AM
Potluck to follow.
YOM KIPPUR
Kol Nidre: Tuesday, October 11
Evening service 6:00 PM
Yom Kippur: Wednesday, October 12
Morning Service 9:00 AM
Children’s Service 10:00 AM
Torah Service 11:30 AM (approximately)
Yizkor (Memorial Service) 1:30 PM
Discussion/Chanting/Meditation sessions 2:15 PM
Mincha Service with Haftarah 4:30 PM
Ne’ilah 5:45 PM
Havdallah 7:00 PM, followed by communal break-the-fast
vegetarian potluck
Cleaning and Restoration
Services
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Simchas for September/October
Birthdays
Alyse Bettinger............................... September 1
Elizabeth Halper............................ September 3
Sharon Johnson............................... September 7
Deborah Kaufman.......................... September 13
Harrison Wade............................... September 17
Ian Aldrich...................................... September 19
Andrea Levin.................................. September 23
Joseph Beam.................................... September 24
Jay Kahn.......................................... September 24
Evelyne Perks.................................. October 2
Lucas Beteau................................... October 4
Michael New................................... October 5
Rabbi Amy Loewenthal................ October 7
Stav Moon....................................... October 7
Sarah Wendy Burman................... October 9
Susan Cater..................................... October 10
Greg Blair........................................ October 13
Noel Spear....................................... October 17
Saturday Night at the Movies
A Borrowed Identity. This 2015 Israeli film
explores the intersection of Israeli Jewish and
Israeli Arab culture through the coming of age
story of a young boy. Written by Arab Israeli
writer Seyad Kushua and directed by the Eran
Riklis, one of Israel’s top filmmakers, the movie
is told from the point of view of Eyad, a young
Arab Israeli with ambition.
Based on Kushua’s novel, Dancing Arabs, “A
Borrowed Identity” confronts thorny issues in
a sophisticated and nuanced manner. Growing
up in the 1980s and 1990s, Eyad sees academic
achievement as his ticket to a better life. He
attends an elite boarding school in Jerusalem,
where he is the only Arab student. When his
academic plans fall through, he decides that
assuming a Jewish identity will bring him
upward mobility.
Reviewer Godfrey Cheshire said that the film
“commendably avoids polemics in order to provide a textured portrait of a young man going
through a set of personal transitions against
the background of ongoing cultural flux that
reflects a larger, collective identity crisis. Its
evocation of the historical period feels carefully
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Sarah Vogel..................................... October 17
Chelsea Weinrieb............................ October 18
Pam Weinrieb.................................. October 20
Sephira Bullard............................... October 22
Nancy Stone.................................... October 23
Julia Brush....................................... October 25
Alex Levin....................................... October 25
Ryan Platt........................................ October 28
Daniel Fox....................................... October 30
Matthew Moore..............................October 30
Judy Rubin......................................October 30
Anniversaries
Rabbi Amy Loewenthal &
Dale Rosenberg..............................September 1
Christopher &
Melanie McDonald........................October 12
honed and resonant.” In Hebrew and Arabic,
with English subtitles.
Join us for the film, snacks, and a discussion on
October 15 at 7:00.
What’s Happening at the Library?
The CAA Book Club
Building on the success of our first book club
meeting, the CAA Book Club will next read
Israeli writer Amoz Oz’s memoir A Tale of Love
and Darkness. Oz’s story is both a deeply personal one of a family tragedy and the larger tale
of the early days of the state of Israel and the
Kibbutz movement. It’s a beautifully crafted
view of an emerging writer in an emerging
country.
Copies of the book can be signed out of the
CAA library. Contact the office to arrange
to borrow a copy. We’ll meet on Tuesday,
September 20, at 7:00 p.m. for snacks and a
guided discussion of the book.
A film version, starring and directed by Natalie
Portman, will be released shortly. Let’s read the
original and then go see the movie!
The Nathan E. Cohen Memorial Lecture Series
In Conjunction with the New Hampshire Humanities Council
ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHEOLOGY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
HISTORY– 12,000 Y ears A go in the G ranite S tate
S peaker : D r . R obert G. G oodby
Sunday, September 25 at 3:00 PM
Admission is free – All are welcome
Congregation Ahavas Achim
The native Abenaki people played a central role in the history of the Monadnock
region, defending it against English settlement and forcing the abandonment of
Keene and other Monadnock area towns
during the French and Indian Wars.
Despite this, little is known about the
Abenaki, and conventional histories often
depict the first Europeans entering an
untamed, uninhabited wilderness, rather
than the homeland of people who had
been there for hundreds of generations.
Robert Goodby is an associate professor of Anthropology at Franklin Pierce
Volunteer at The Community Kitchen
CAA will be volunteering at the Community
Kitchen on Thursday, September 29. I (and the
core group of volunteers) invite others to join
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devoted his career to the study of Native
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England. He is a past president of the
New Hampshire Archeological Society,
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Indian Museum in Warner, and is a member of the New Hampshire Commission
on Native American Affairs. In 2010 he
directed the excavations of four 12,000
year old Paleoindian dwelling sites at the
Tenant Swamp site in Keene.
to help serve and then clean up after the evening meal. Even if you can only help for just
part of the evening, we welcome you to join
us. If possible, volunteers should let me know
ahead of time, for planning purposes, if they
plan to come.
Thanks, Malcolm Katz, 352-1644 or email: malcolmkatz50@gmail.com
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CAA Prayer Services: A Guide for the Perplexed
FRIDAY EVENING SERVICES
Every Friday evening Erev Shabbat is celebrated in various ways to meet the spiritual needs
of our community at CAA:
Short Shabbat Service – 7:00 pm: By special
request, a brief service with more English.
Traditional Shabbat Service – 7:00 pm: No
prerequisites required! This is straight-ahead
praying with minimum explanation. Expect a
Hebrew-intensive, fast-moving service. More
experienced pray-ers are available to sit with
anyone needing a hand at navigating the
prayerbook.
Shir Shabbat – 7:00 pm: A monthly service featuring Lainee Ginsberg's piano interpretations
of music by Reform Movement composers,
integrated with Shabbat evening prayers.
Kavana Service – 7:00 pm: A monthly Shabbat
service with a special spiritual focus. With
meditation, music and chanting intended
to touch the soul and engage the heart and
body, together we move into the sweetness
of Shabbat. (Formerly called “Contemplative
Service” or “Carlebach Plus”)
Shabbat at Host Homes: (times and locations
vary) Several times a year, congregants open
their homes to host a Friday night Shabbes
dinner at 7:00 pm. A brief minyan at the synagogue at 6:00 pm may be offered for those in
the Keene area who are saying Kaddish.
Short Minyan (5:30-6:00 pm) and Tisch (6:008:30 pm): An abbreviated service will be
held upstairs in the sanctuary for those saying Kaddish. Then at 6:00 pm, we go downstairs for the tisch, a vegetarian/dairy potluck
Shabbat home experience in our favorite homeaway-from-home, the CAA Social Hall. Rabbi
Loewenthal will lead communal singing and
sharing, and model how to arrange a joyous
Shabbat in your own home. Bring a vegetarian/
dairy pot luck contribution to share and CAA
will provide additional food and wine. Watch
for upcoming tisches, offered several times each
year
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SATURDAY MORNING SERVICES
Saturday mornings offer creative opportunities
to honor Shabbat with our community:
Shabbat Morning Services – 10:00 am: Join us
for a chance to get up close and personal with
our sacred Torah, a time to hear members of
our congregation chant the traditional words as
they have been sung for centuries. It is also an
opportunity for those who are less versed in the
Shabbat morning service to receive honors and
learn how to perform the various ritual activities in an intimate and low pressure setting. It
is especially helpful to those who will be having or attending a bar or bat mitzvah ceremony,
and can be a learning and spiritual experience
for everyone. Watch for upcoming Shabbat
morning services, some with lunch to follow.
Outdoor Shabbat! (times and locations vary)
Spirituality and mindfulness in the great outdoor beauty of the Monadnock Region. Winter
plans may include snowshoeing or embodied
indoor activities such as yoga. Look for emails
closer to the date for specifics.
Regional Shabbat Opportunities (times and
locations vary) When there is no CAA Shabbat
morning service planned, consider traveling
to Brattleboro, Greenfield, Athol, Amherst, or
Northhampton for their Shabbat morning service. Within the comfortingly familiar, you’ll
find interesting variations in Jewish prayer customs and melodies. Checking out other synagogue’s services is a great way to expand your
Jewish ritual knowledge. Rabbi Loewenthal
will drive interested parties in a carshul. Please
contact her ahead of time to reserve a seat in her
car or to offer to drive.
ON WEDNESDAYS
Weekday Davening – 10:00 am: Jews are invited to learn about and try the practice of wrapping tefillin, or just join us for prayer in this
brief peaceful morning service.
Come participate and let us know what you
think!
S U N D AY
Congregation
Ahavas Achim
Labor Day
M O N D AY
THE COMMUNITY SYNAGOGUE
OF THE MONADNOCK REGION
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4:00 pm JFNH
Annual Meeting/Shem Tov
Awards in Bedford
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9:30 am Religious School –
First Day
3:00 pm NEC Lecture Native
American Archaeology
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T U E S D AY
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7:00 pm Book Club
“A Tale of Love and Darkness”
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W E D N E S D AY
10:00 am Weekday
Davening
11:00 am Adult Study
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10:00 am Weekday
Davening
11:00 am Adult Study
7:00 pm Board of Directors
Meeting
10:00 am Weekday
Davening
11:00 am Adult Study
7:00 pm Kati Preston
Program
10:00 am Weekday
Davening
11:00 am Adult Study
F R I D AY
ErEv rosh ChoDEsh ELuL
7:00 pm Traditional
Shabbat Service
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6:00 pm Meditation
7:00 pm Kavana Service
7:00 pm Shir Shabbat
Service
7:00 pm Short
Shabbat Service
7:00 pm Lay-led Shabbat
Service/ Scott Rodolitz
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SEPTEMBER 2016 Calendar
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T H U R S D AY
4:45 pm Community
Kitchen
S AT U R D AY
ErEv rosh ChoDEsh ELuL
ContinuEs
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7:30 pm Selichot at CAA
5:30 pm Centennial
Dinner/Dance
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Av/Elul 5776
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S U N D AY
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9:30 am Religious School
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9:30 am Religious School
ErEv shEmini atzErEt
9:30 am Religious School
3:00 pm Hike
5:30 pm Potluck in the
Sukkah & Singing
Erev Rosh Chodesh
Cheshvan
haLLowEEn
5:15 pm Potluck
6:00 pm Service
ErEv simChat torah
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koL niDrE
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9:00 am Rosh Hashanah
Day 2 Service
rosh hashanah Day 2
sukkot Day 2
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ErEv sukkot
sukkot Day 1
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CoLumbus Day
9:00 am Rosh Hashanah
Service
10:00 Children’s Service
1:30 pm Tashlich
rosh hashanah Day 1
T U E S D AY
6:00 pm Evening Service
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M O N D AY
THE COMMUNITY SYNAGOGUE
OF THE MONADNOCK REGION
Congregation
Ahavas Achim
9:30 am Religious School
NO Religious School
6:00 pm Erev Rosh
Hashanah Service
ErEv rosh hashanah
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10:00 am Weekday
Davening
11:00 am Adult Study
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10:00 am Weekday
Davening
11:00 am Adult Study
7:00 pm Board of Directors
Meeting
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9:00 am Yom Kippur Morning
Service
10:00 Children’s Service
1:30 pm Yizkor Service
(full schedule p. 7)
yom kippur
10:00 am Weekday
Davening
11:00 am Adult Study
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W E D N E S D AY
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T H U R S D AY
7:00 pm Traditional
Shabbat Service
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6:00 pm Meditation
7:00 pm Kavana Service
7:00 pm Shir Shabbat
Service
7:00 pm Short Shabbat
Service
F R I D AY
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6:30 pm Service:
Havdalah, Yizkor, Shemini
Atzeret
ErEv hoshana rabbah
7:00 pm CAA Movie Night
“A Borrowed Identity”
Bulletin Deadline
10:00 am Shabbat Shuvah
at Cathedral of the Pines,
Rindge
Potluck to follow
S AT U R D AY
Elul/Tishrei 5777
OCTOBER 2016 Calendar
Highlights of the CAA Board of Directors
Meeting
August 10, 2016
The National Havurah Institute
Four members of CAA participated in the
National Havurah Institute at Franklin Pierce
University in August. The NHI has invited
CAA members to drop by the institute. This
week-long event provides participants with the
opportunity to pray and learn in a community
of over three hundred Jews who are enthusiastic about their Judaism.
The Kosher-Q
This year’s Kosher-Q was a success. It raised
$2,417. The leftover chicken was given to the
fire station.
Approval of Financial Items
The 2016 – 2017 budget, dues, and fees were all
approved.
No Fees for High Holiday Services
In an effort to be more welcoming, the board
agreed to the following:
For one year, we remove mention of specific
fees for High Holiday services for nonmembers
and members’ families from all synagogue
publications and communications, such as the
bulletin, dues letters, and websites.
Centennial News
The CAA Centennial celebration will be on
September 17th. People should RSVP and pay
by check.
The centennial time capsule, which will contain all the equipment needed to read the items
within, will be placed in an as-of-yet-unannounced location within the synagogue rather
than buried outside. Andrea Levin, Recording
Secretary
copy.
KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH
AHAVAS ACHIM
Weekly updates are sent out, including
reminders about upcoming events, changes/
additions to the schedule, and occasional
other information. If you are not receiving
synagogue emails, call or email the office to
be added to the list!
New Office Hours
TUESDAYS: 12:00 - 2:30 pm
WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS:
9:30 am - 2:30 pm
As usual, PRIVATE appointments with the
Rabbi can be scheduled at other times, including
evenings.
While the office hours are limited, the email
(secretary.ahavas.achim@gmail.com) is
checked every day, throughout the day.
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Kati Preston to Speak at CAA as Part of
The Power of Children Exhibit
Kati Preston, Holocaust Survivor and
author of Holocaust to Healing: Closing the
Circle will be speaking at Congregation
Ahavas Achim on Sept. 21 at 7:00 pm, as
part of The Power of Children exhibit
hosted by the Cheshire Children's
Museum. Please come! Book raffle for
attendees. Thank you to C & S Wholesale
Grocers for sponsoring this event!
The Power of Children exhibit will be
at the Cheshire Children's Museum (222
West Street, Keene at The Colony Mill
Marketplace) from September 1-October
20.
This exhibition shares the remarkable
stories of Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges,
and Ryan White and how they used the
power of words, voice, and action to
make a positive difference in our world.
This traveling exhibition encourages visitors to explore problems of isolation, fear
and prejudice, by giving a personal face
to three major issues of the 20th century:
the Holocaust, The Civil Rights movement, and the AIDS epidemic. Through
audio-visual presentations, original artifacts, hands-on interactive displays and
live actors, visitors will get to know each
child's story, and immersive environments will bring them into the spaces
where each child felt safe.
For more information, go to http://www.
cheshirechildrensmuseum.org/the-power-of-children-1/
Organized by The Children's Museum of
Indianapolis, The Power of Children has been
made possible through NEH On The Road, a
special initiative of the National Endowment
for the Humanities. It has been adapted and
toured nationally by Mid-America Arts
Alliance.
Yahrzeits for September/October
Date Yahrzeit
Observed
8/24 Gussie Goldstein
8/26 Rebecca Dweres
8/26 Edward Kapiloff
8/27 Max Garbuny
8/31 Mark Lee
9/11 Abraham Weinrieb
9/25 Benjamin Greenblott
9/25 Dorothy Kapiloff
10/4 Nathan Bieber
10/5 Roselyn Reisig
10/6 Charlotte Kapiloff
10/12 Siegfried Garbuny
10/12 Robert Leinau
10/13 Hannah Chaladoff
10/16 Samuel Wolf Tenofsky
10/18 Nathan E. Cohen
10/20 Karl Kochman
10/21 Rose Malin
10/22 Harris Shapiro
10/29 Edith Moses
10/30 Jerome Bieber
10/31 Hart Rosenberg
11/1 Milton Rosell
11/3 Elise Garbuny
10/18 Philip Chaladoff
10/22 Pamela Morgan
10/23 Fay Schuman
10/25 Harry Cooper
10/27 Carol Tendler
10/30 Kelila Schuman
Jewish Friday before
DateYahrzeit
9 Elul 9/9
11 Elul 9/9
11 Elul 9/9
12 Elul 9/9
16 Elul 9/16
8 Elul 9/9
22 Elul 9/23
22 Elul 9/23
2 Tishrei 9/30
3 Tishrei 9/30
4 Tishrei
9/30
10 Tishrei 10/7
10 Tishrei
10/7
11 Tishrei
10/7
14 Tishrei
10/14
16 Tishrei 10/14
18 Tishrei 10/14
19 Tishrei 10/21
20 Tishrei 10/21
27 Tishrei 10/28
28 Tishrei 10/28
29 Tishrei
10/28
30 Tishrei 10/28
2 Heshvan 10/28
5 Heshvan 10/16
9 Heshvan 10/16
10 Heshvan 10/23
12 Heshvan 10/23
14 Heshvan 10/23
17 Heshvan 10/30
Yahrzeits are listed according to the Hebrew date, so the
English date will vary from year to year. Kaddish may be
recited on the Shabbat nearest the date of remembrance.
Please notify the synagogue office at 352-6747 if you find
an error, or would like to have the name of a loved one
included in the future.
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Donations
Our Condolences to:
General Fund
David Butler - in memory of his father, Sidney
Butler
Wendy, Bruce, Jori, Ryan and
Lauren Platt, and the Weintraub
family, on the death of Wendy’s
father, Allan Weintraub, z”l,
on July 21, 2016 at the age
of 85. He is survived by his wife, Etta Savage
Weintraub in Lima, Ohio. Allan was in the U.S.
Army and served in the Korean War. He was
a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and
retired after 35 years as the head of accounting
at the Lima Ford Engine plant. He was a member of Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek.
The Knight Family on the death of Floyd
Knight, Dr. Henry Knight's father, on June 26,
2016 at the age of 98.
Mazel tov to:
The Kaufman family on the engagement
of Deborah and Jerry Kaufman’s son, Isaac
Kaufman to Kimberly Glover. They will be
married on September 16, 2016.
The Kapiloff family on the engagement of Alex
Kapiloff to Sarah Clark. They will be getting
married on October 8, 2016 in Wells, Maine.
Both Alex and Sarah are graduates of the
University of Maine. Sarah works for National
Grange Mutual Insurance in Keene and Alex
works at Kapiloff Insurance. They will be living
at 48 Ridgewood Ave.
Jerry & Rose Weinrieb - in memory of Rose's
sister, Betty Chorney
- in memory of Jerry's sister, Dorothy Estrein
– in memory of Scott Rodolitz’s sister
Paul & Elaine Bieber – in memory of Wendy
Platt’s father, Allan Weintraub
- in honor of Bob Gewanter for sharing his magnificent library of baseball books with Paul
Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund
Stephen & Patricia Weiner – in memory of
Martin Bernstein and Sarah Weiner
Yahrzeit Fund
Helen Colby - in memory of Roscoe Mercier for
Shavuot Yizkor
Nathan E. Cohen Memorial Lecture Series
Sandy & David Kochman – in memory of
Sandy’s mother, Jean Holhut
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• Bar and Bat Mitzvahs
• Births
• Graduations
• Anniversaries
• Special Birthdays
• Honors • Best Wishes
and Congratulations
Please contact Daniella at secretary.ahavas.
achim@gmail.com or call the synagogue
office at 603-352-6747. $270 per leaf.
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