TEMPLE SINAI BULLETIN

New Orleans’
First Reform
Congregation
Founded in 1870
Temple Sinai BulleTin
From Where I Stand
6227 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118-6141
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Volume 87
October 2015 - 5776
Number 9
Well, the three High Holy Day Prayer Books
have now been packed away, the stray
Memorial Books and High Holy Day
handouts have been removed from the
pews, and even the splendid Sanctuary
Succah has faded and by now its fruit and
flowers have been taken down. The many bags of groceries have
been delivered to the folks at The Second Harvest Food Bank
along with our annual donation. The Torah covers in the ark are
now returned to their customary burgundy. The new High Holy
Day white covers are again safely wrapped for protection and
placed in storage.
There is a collective breath of relief from the Temple’s
exhausted professional staff, and we all share gratitude that all
has gone well and our very best was offered to the glory of God
and our people’s sacred heritage during this awesome Hebrew
month of Tishri.
Your letters, cards, phone messages, and emails have
assured us all that you were moved and inspired by the prayers,
the music and the messages of these most holy days and the
beautiful harvest festival as well.
On behalf of everyone at Temple Sinai, we now want to
remind each one of our Temple members Judaism does not end
with the Break the Fast! For both young and older, our
Judaism has so much to offer us all year long. Don’t be a Seventh
Day Absentist! Join us on Shabbat!
Modern life discourages introspection and we all need a
time to slow it down, to explore and to savor life’s opportunities for
joy and purpose. In one of his books, columnist Thomas Friedman
related this engaging African proverb.
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will
be killed.
Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or will starve
to death.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.
When the sun comes up, you better start running.
My friends, surely you are not willing to settle for that as a
description of your life, are you? We are more than animals running in pursuit or fleeing from fear.
Lion or gazelle, pursuer or the pursued, step out of the
furious race for a while and join us for Shabbat at Temple Sinai.
Secure and welcome, I promise you that Shabbat Shalom,
Sabbath peace, will provide you a safe and refreshing escape
from the “Jungle.”
Faithfully yours,
Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn
OctOber Shabbat ServiceS
Friday, October 2
6:15 p.m.- Shabbat Service
Rabbi Cohn will speak on
“ The Walking, Talking, Torah”
Candles: Meredith Mendler &
Paulette Mendler
Kiddush: Jackson Mendler & Jeff
Mendler
Ushers:
Steve Altman
Neil Fleischer
Saturday, October 3
Friday, October 16
6:15 p.m.- Shabbat Service
Rabbi Cohn will speak on
“ So Who Made You God?”
A Word to the Presidential
Candidates
Candles: Irene Hirsch
Saturday, October 17
10:15 a.m.- Shabbat Service
Torah Portion: Noach, Gen. 6:9 11:32
Friday, October 23
10:15 a.m.- Shabbat Service
6:15 p.m.- Shabbat Service
Torah Portion: Exod. 33:12- 34:26
Jacobs Camp Shabbat
Bat Mitzvah of Hannah Mendler
Daughter of Paulette & Jeffrey
Saturday, October 24
Mendler
Grandaughter of Toby & Joel Mendler 10:15 a.m.- Shabbat Service
and Lois & Oden Landry
Torah Portion: Lech L’cha. Gen.
12:1-17:27
Friday, October 30
6:15 p.m.- Shabbat Service
Cantor Colman will speak
Candles: Judy Simkin
Ushers:
Steve Altman
Neil Fleischer
David Landry
Arthur Blanchard
Saturday, October 31
10:15 a.m.- Shabbat Service
Torah Portion: Vayeria, Gen. 18:122:24
Friday, October 9
6:15 p.m.- Shabbat Service
Rabbi Cohn will speak on
“ A Short Sermon At Last!”
Candles: Dorlene Alaynick
Saturday, October 10
10:15 a.m.- Shabbat Service
Torah Portion: B’reishit, Gen. 1:1-6:8
The Rabbi and Cantor in prayer on Rosh Hashanah.
President’s MessageRobert B. Brickman
As I write this column, we are in the middle of our High
Holiday season. Thank you to the Rabbi, Cantor,
Educators, Youth leaders, Temple staff and our
congregants that made our services so meaningful as a
time to reflect and renew ourselves for the year ahead.
I was pleased to see many newcomers to Temple Sinai
who commented positively on the welcoming
sentiments they felt from this congregation and inquired about
membership and further connections to Temple Sinai. Again – thank you,
to our congregants that conveyed this feeling! As we now move forward,
please stay in touch with these visitors to our congregation and let’s engage
them to continue as part of our Temple family. If there is anything I can do
to assist, please feel free to contact me.
During my address to the congregation on Rosh Hashana morning, I
provided an update on our rabbinical search. I will be posting the address
on our website. Please feel free to review the full text on-line. Our
process continues as we are moving from our on-line surveys and focus
group meetings to submitting our application to the CCAR (Central
Conference of American Rabbis). This fall, we will start to meet
candidates applying for our Senior Rabbi position.
The response to our on-line congregational survey was nothing short of
outstanding! Between email, Facebook and U.S. mail, we had OVER 400
individual responses when compared to our Temple’s approximate 700
member units. This included a good diversity of age groups and
demographics. We also had over 50 people participate in 6 focus group
meetings. Thank you again to those congregants that hosted these
meetings. This process has truly been a congregation effort! Please look
for other updates from our search committee regarding next steps. We will
work to keep you informed.
Another component of my address was my personal admiration to you, the
congregants of Temple Sinai for the personal leadership you have shown in
so many individual organizations in both our Jewish and wider New
Orleans civic community. In my community work, I see the individual
contribution of your time and professional talents you have given to just
about every major civic and community organization in New Orleans. I am
proud of our long tradition of recognition of our effort by our New
Orleans Jewish community. At the Annual Meeting of the Jewish
Federation of Greater New Orleans on September 17, our own past
president, Dr. Julius L. Levy, Jr. received the Tikkun Olam Award for his
lifetime of dedication to our community. Our board member, Joshua
Rubenstein, received the Young Leadership Award, recognizing his service
as a young leader in our Jewish community. Mazel Tov to both men.
At this Annual Meeting, dozens of our members were sworn in as board
members of the Federation and the Jewish Endowment Foundation,
continuing a long-tradition of our leadership. There are so many other
examples of Temple Sinai congregant involvements, and I will be focusing
on many of these in future columns and other communications.
Temple Sinai – thank you for your spirit of giving and leadership. You are
a Temple of Leaders! I am humbled to be your President and look forward
to our future together.
B’Shalom,
Bob Brickman
From The Temple Educator Ann Zivitz Kientz
October starts off with a fantastic Simchat Torah service
featuring our “Walking, Talking, Torah!” Friday night,
October 2nd at 6:15. Don’t miss this family fun. Family
Shabbat activities continue on Friday night
October 23rd with the JACOB’S CAMP SHABBAT
including special musical guest Nick May! Come hear from many of our
Jacobs campers speak about their most wonderful reflections on this past
summer.
Two Adult Education Classes are about to begin!
Beginners Hebrew which is FREE and open to the public, will be held on
Wednesday evenings, 6:00 – 7:00 pm, beginning October 14th and continuing
through December 16th.
Chai Mitzvah is a brand new adult education class for Temple Sinai
addresssing such topics as Tzedakah, Relationships, Israel, the Jewish Spirit
and much more! This once a month class will meet on Saturday mornings
from 9:00 – 10:15 am begining on Saturday October 10th and last through
the school year. The $25 fee pays for all class materials. You can register for
either or both classes by contacting Ann Zivitz Kientz at azk1007@aol.com.
The Choice Foundation Tzedekah Collection will continue in October and
November. We are asking for new plain sweatshirts, new or gently used
jackets, sweaters, and coats for ages K-8th graders. Thank you to so many of
you who continue to be generous!
Consecration and Parent Open House will be held on Sunday October 4th
The schedule for that special morning is as follows:
9:00 – Parents meet with Ann in the Chapel for an overview of the schools
and curriculum.
9:45 – Open house! Parents will be able to take time to visit your child’s
classroom and join their learning session.
9:45 – Parents of new students this year will meet their children in the
auditorium for breakfast and a Torah craft with Rabbi Cohn and Ann.
10:30 – An all school assembly will be held in the Sanctuary for
Consecration. We will bless our newest students and unroll the Torah for
a special Simchat Torah celebration. A luncheon generously donated by our
Sisterhood will end our celebration.
Sunday November 1st from 10:45-11;00 am is MEET THE TEACHERS
DAY! All the children will be in the Chapel with Ann and you will have an
opportunity to meet our staff and become better acquainted with them. We
could not be prouder of our staff of amazing teachers and role models!
Save the date
Monday, March 14, 2016 7:00 pm
A once in lifetime musical event at Temple Sinai
One of the opera worlds’s fastest rising stars and New Orleanian, Bryan Hymel, will appear in concert at Temple Sinai in the sanctuary.
This appearance will follow his current operatic roles at the Washington National Opera, London’s Royal Opera House, Opéra National de Paris, and the
Metropolitan Opera.
As a special treat, he is coming in honor and tribute to the love he has shared with Rabbi Edward P. Cohn and Cantor Joel Colman, and the entire Temple
Sinai family.
Proceeds from this historic concert will be designated toward the Edward P. Cohn Rabbi Emeritus Chair and the Temple Sinai Cantor’s Music Fund.
Brotherhood President’s Message
- Timothy J. Gold
Sisterhood Co- President’s Message
- Bonnie Aronson & Joan Tuchman
The Sisterhood and its 52 volunteers proudly reveal that this year's August
Attic Sale grossed $15,000 in just 1 1/2 days. The ladies worked diligently
all year to reach this lofty status. Kudos to Sabina Altman and Genie Dyer,
chairwomen. Every Wednesday several of the women met in the dank, dark
basement area of the Calhoun building to receive, sort, size and price the
precious donated goods. Our members schlepped bags and boxes to
Temple, Kevin delivered them to the work room we call the "Scary Room”
and what developed was an array of enough merchandise to thrill our
returning patrons. Amy Haspel and her sister, Judy Gainsburgh, gathered
the more unique items, took out their jeweler's loop and researched every
piece. Their tables alone took in $5,000. Temple members who did not
attend our fund raiser missed out on some very expensive items at bargain
prices. We urge members not to miss this event in 2016.
Sisterhood was able to help underwrite the Rosh Hashanah luncheon and
the Sukkot celebration in October. Bernice Kaufman, Elena and Dr. Don
Gaver hosted our booth this year and handed out savory food to munch on.
Please mark Sunday, November 22 at 9:30 am on your calendar and make
plans to support the Sisterhood Chanukah Bazaar.
Respectfully submitted,
Bonnie Aronson & Joanie Tuchman
Brotherhood Dinner
October 26th!
More information to follow.
Rabbi Murray Blackman Memorial Lecture
Friday, November 13
Shabbat Service in the Temple Sinai Sanctuary
KENNETH A. KANTER, RABBI, DD
“IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SING ABOUT DIXIE?
Next to Manhattan, our most popular song location
is “below the Mason-Dixon Line.” “Alabammy,”
Georgia peaches, cotton plantations and slaves filled
the vaudeville music halls and theaters of America after
World War I. Many of these song were written by New
York Jewish songwriters who had never been south of
Brooklyn. “Carolina in the Morning,” “Ole Man River”
and “Swanee” are a musical tribute to Dear Ole Dixieland.
Sisterhood Meeting
October 25th at 9:30 am
In the Goldring Pavilion
Sunday, March 13 at 2:00 pm
Temple Sinai is proud to host an afternoon with
Roberta Kaplan
Roberta (Robbie) Kaplan, a litigation partner at Paul,
Weiss LLP, has been described as a “powerhouse corporate
litigator” and “pressure junkie” who “thrives on looking at
the big picture” whether “in the gay-marriage legal fight or
high-profile corporate scandals.”
Robbie represented Edie Windsor in the landmark case of
“United States v. Windsor” in which the Supreme Court
ruled that a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act
violated the Constitution. The consequences of the Windsor
decision were both rapid and profound. Dozens of courts
throughout the United States held, relying on Windsor, that
gay couples should be accorded equal rights under the law,
including the Supreme Court in “Obergefell v. Hodges.”
In Memoriam
Temple Sinai extends
sympathy to the mourning
Family of:
Mazel Tov to......
Jack Benjamin, Jr. on his election to
the Jewish Endowment Fund board.
John Shalett on his Governor’s
appointment to the Louisiana State
Board of Social Work Examiners and
Joy Alcus
Wife of Samuel T. Alcus, III (Ted) on his election as secretary of the
Louisiana Association for Marriage and
Family Therapy.
Suzanne Landreneau Seelig
Wife of David “Chip” Seelig
Daughter-in –law of Alana Seelig
Betty Lee Spizer
“May their
memory be for a blessing”
Do you know
someone for the
Mazel Tov section?
Tell the Temple Sinai
office!
sinai@usa.net
504-861-3693
92nd Street Y
Monday, November 9th at 7:15 pm
Dennis Ross & Alan Dershowitz with Ethan Bronner: The
US-Israel Relationship
They’re from opposite sides of the aisle, but equally expert when it comes
to setting the record straight on Israel. Dennis Ross, who has been a
direct participant in shaping US policy towards Israel and the Middle
East for nearly 30 years—first in the George H. W. Bush administration,
then as Bill Clinton’s Middle East Peace envoy, and then as a Special
Assistant to the President under Barack Obama. His new book is
“Doomed to Succeed.” Alan Dershowitz has been a consultant to several
presidential commissions and has advised presidents, UN officials, prime
ministers, governors, senators and members of Congress. His latest book
is “The Case Against The Iran Deal: How Can We Now Stop Iran from
Getting Nukes?” Ethan Bronner, senior editor for international news at
Bloomberg, moderates.
Temple Sinai Calendar
October 2015/5776
Week of October 1-3:
2nd: Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
3rd: Shabbat Service 10:15am
Bat Mitzvah of Hannah
Mendler
Week of October 4-10:
4th: Religious School
9:00 - 11:30 am
5th: OFFICE CLOSED
7th: Hebrew School
4:00 - 5:30 pm
9th: Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
10th: Shabbat Service 10:15am
Week of October 11-17:
11th: Religious School
9:00 - 11:30 am
Intro - 9:00 - 10:15 am
14th: Hebrew School
4:00 - 5:30 pm
16th: Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
17th: Shabbat
Service 10:15 am
Week of October 18-24:
18th: Religious School
9:00 - 11:30 am
Intro - 9:00 - 10:15 am
21st: Hebrew School
4:00 - 5:30 pm
23rd: Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
24th: Shabbat Service 10:15 am
Week of October 25-31:
25th: Religious School
9:00 - 11:30 am
Intro - 9:00 - 10:15 am
28th: Hebrew School
4:00 - 5:30 pm
30th: Shabbat Service 6:15 pm
31st: Shabbat Service 10:15am
OctOber YahrzeitS
OctOber birthdaYS
Rachel Aronson
Logan Babin, Jr.
Jeffrey Baron
Cary Becker
Joan Berenson
Darryl Berger
Henry Bernstein
Walda Besthoff
Sydney Besthoff, III
Guy Brenner
Katherine Buckman
Dillon Butvin
Ellen Chapman
Rhonda Chernekoff
Sarah Churney
Ellen Cleary
Gayle Cohen
Jason Cohen
Stanley Cohn
Kim Daves
Shannon Entrekin
Jonah Evans
Albin Fisher, Jr.
Louis Fishman
Rosemary Fortmayer
Lynda Friedmann
Joshua Friedmann
Joseph Friend
Sally Fuerst
Elisabeth Gehl
Todd Glazer
Timothy Gold
Diane Gordon
Sanford Gottesman
Owen Grossman
Nicole Harvey
Eve Herman
Joyce Hiller
Leslie Hirsch
Allison Hoffman
Jack Hudson
Ben Jacobs, III
Bernard Jacobson
Allan Kagan
Philip Katz
Karen Katz
Larry Katz
Evelyn Katz
Jay Kern
Robert Kessler
Ann Zivitz Kientz
Ivonne Kullman, III
Wilfred Kullman, Jr.
Elise LaPointe
Lillie Lassen
Richard Levine
Aaron Levy
Gordon Linge
Simon Mexic
Ross Miller
William Mimeles
Clifford Mintz
Elizabeth Murov
Michael O'Dwyer
Lillian Opotowsky
Stanley Pulitzer
Elisa Redfield
Karen Reitman
Jenny Rich
Rebecca Rider
Meryl Rosenbloom
Carl Rosenblum
Richard Rosenfeld
Edna Scheinuk
Paula Shapiro
Jenae Sheffler
Francine Siegel
Michael Siegel
Elliot Singer
I. William Sizeler
Jane Sizeler
Pamela Steeg
Rodney Steiner
Lowell Stewart
Lauren Wakeman
Patricia Webb
Kamryn Young
Margot Yuspeh
OctOber anniverSarieS
James & Sabina Altman,Meghan & Jacob Bitoun,Robert & Bridget Bories,
Lorynne & Robert Cahn, Jaclyn & Ben Cooper,Shannon & Dillon Entrekin,
Melissa Epperson & Ali Muhammed, Mollie & J. M., Fried, Jr.
Devorah & Aaron Friedman, Jessica & Brian Friedman,
Louis & Jane Glade,Terri & Jeff Haffner,Carol & Leslie Hirsch,
Adam & Carla Jacob,Leonard & Claire Katz,
Carol & Norman Kauffmann, Jr.,Michael & Ashley Kirschman,
Valerie Coffin-Klein & Mitch Klein, Lynne & Wilfred Kullman, Jr.,
Jo-Ellyn & Abraham Kupperman,Sam & Dianne Levkowicz,
Lauren & Scott Neustadter,Tiffany & David Oestreicher II,
William & Marcia Rafkin, Ariane & Kevin Rung,
Briann & Melvin Shear, Lisa & Warren Smith,
William & Mollye Smolkin,Miriam & Aaron Solomon,
Devin & Lauren Wakeman
October 2,3
Selma Harris Cahn
Frederick Eckstein
Bella Stern Fredrick
John A. Haas
Norman J. Kauffmann
Jake Levy
Clara Schuster Levy
Retta Fisher Loeb
Monte F. Meyer
Hannah Aronson Meyer
Betty Flaks Michaels
Carol Rittenberg Rosenberg
Irwin W. Rosenthal
Berenice Kronengold Simon
Charles A. Snyder
William L. Springer
Rosa Rubel Wolf
October 9,10
Simon Baar
Fannie E.W. Brickman
Muriel Wilson Epstein
Julian B. Feibelman
Carolyn K. Godchaux
Ben Goldstein
Johanna D. Hanau
Beulah Kern
Herman S. Kohlmeyer
Shepard M. Latter
Harry Latter
Lucille Dumas Louviere
Marvin Lewis Rich
Jack Rich
Simon U. Rosenthal
Julius Schuster
Julia Levy Schuster
Ida Schwabacher
Morris Steinberg
Ethel May Gutmann Stern
Herbert Stern
Denise Sternberg Sterne
Alex Watsky
October 16,17
Sarah Aronson
Augustine Israel Bloch
Morris Block
David Caron
Rogenia Hyman Hiller
Julius E. Isaacson, M.D.
Richard Benjamin Kaufmann
Julius Lehman
Albert Levy
Frances Moss Levy
Rietta K. Levy
Rose Baginsky Love
Fannie Tillman Lucas
Claire Strauss Meyer
Harry Okun
Patricia Uhlmann Rich
Harriet Stern Rosenthal
Arthur M. Rothschild
Isaac D. Scharff
Elsie Wald Scheinuk
Bertha Scooler
Solis Seiferth, Sr.
Abraham Sherman
Bertha Levy Siegel
Bella Levy Sternberg
Leah Levy Ury
October 23,24
Levi H. Aronson
Vera Levy Barton
Alexander Hanau
Nona Horowitz
Henry Jacobs
Fred Kahn II
Samuel Karlin, M.D.
Shirley Latter Kaufmann
Florence Strug Kerner
Pam Frank Lenoir
Beverley Marcuse Levy
Leigh Barton Muller
M. L. Opotowsky
Daniel L. Scharff
Harold Smith
William Stein, Jr.
October 30,31
Miriam Cornman Ampolsk
Miriam Shapiro Aronson
Eugene Albert Aschaffenburg
Sarah Blum Babin
Renee Samuel Bear
Stanford M. Beer, Jr.
Murray Blackman
Amalia L. Blum
Irving Carr
Moses Frishman
Mae Webman Goldberg
Gilbert Hellman
Ella Shlenker Hess
David Jacobson
Ann Bograd Kiefer
J.N. Moses Kierr
Robert L. Kohlmann
Jules Jacob Lazarus
Sigmund Mendelsohn
Leah Rosen Miller
Beatrice Levy Neumaier
Albert J. Newman
Ida Sarah Sherman
Ethel G. Shroder
Rebecca Sina
Sol Baer Stern
the cOngregatiOn extendS itS Sincere thankS fOr the fOllOwing cOntributiOnS
ALICE KATZ CAMPERSHIP FUND
IN HONOR OF GREATER ST.
STEPHEN FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH
Kaiomi Augustus
ALTAR FUND
IN MEMORY OF FLORENCE LAZARUS
LEVY ADLER, DR. LEOPOLD
LEONARD LEVY AND DR. HARTWIG
MOSS ADLER
Donald I. Levy
IN MEMORY OF DR. and MRS.
IRVING SHEEN and MR. MILTON
KESSLER
Dr. Alan and Joan Sheen
IN MEMORY OF JANE AND DR.
MELVIN STEINER, CAROL STEINER
RUBENSTEIN, AND EVERETT
RUBENSTEIN
Melissa and Jerry Steiner, Sidney Steiner,
Michael Rubenstein and Jane Rubenstein
IN MEMORY OF J. PHILIP STEIN
Karen & Josh Stein and Jordan & Jordan
and Jamie Miller
IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH
GIARRUSSO, JR.
The Honorable Robin M. Giarrusso
IN MEMORY OF MARK S.
GREENBERG
Barbara Greenberg
IN MEMORY OF DR. ROBERT
HASPEL
Shirley Haspel
IN MEMORY OF ROBERTA
KORONES, PAULINE SMITH
LOUIS and MILDRED GOLD, AL and
FRANCIS MADFIS, and SAMUEL and
ESTELLE KORONES
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Gold
IN MEMORY OF EMMA LEMANN LEVY
Helen and Andy Polmer
Jane and Billy Sizeler
IN MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED
PARENTS, RUDOLPH & REBECCA
COHN AND PHILIP & NADINE LEVY
Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn and Andrea L.
Cohn
IN MEMORY OF DOTTY GOLD
NATHAN
Mr. Max Nathan, Jr. and his four
daughters, Nancy, Kathy, Marcy and
Courtney
IN MEMORY OF ARTHUR AND
MADALYN SCHEINUK
Gayle Tonn
IN MEMORY OF SOL STERN
Mary Stern
IN MEMORY OF MARILYN AND
MARTIN STEWART
Lowell A. Stewart and Nancy Bowden
Stewart
IN HONOR OF HANK FANBERG’S BAR
MITZVAH
Hank and Maureen Fanberg
IN MEMORY OF MORRIS E. BURKA
AND IN HONOR OF ANN AND MORRIS
BURKA’S WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Ann L. Burka
IN MEMORY OF BETTY GREIF ZIVITZ
Harrel Zivitz and Family
CANTOR’S CONCERT FUND
IN MEMORY OF JOANNE KINNEY
Carlos Adame
ENDOWMENT FUND
IN MEMORY OF DAVID B. FRIED,
JR.
J.M. Fried, Jr. and Mollie Fried
William M. Lucas, Jr.
Lynn Weill
IN MEMORY OF DR. ALVIN H.
LASSEN
J.M. Fried, Jr. and Mollie Fried
William M. Lucas, Jr.
IN HONOR OF ROBERT WOLF’S
90TH BIRTHDAY
Florence and Richard Schornstein
IN MEMORY OF JOANNE KINNEY
Florence and Richard Schornstein
GOTTESMAN FUND
WITH THANKS TO RABBI COHN
Toby Feibelman
MOISE S. STEEG BREAK THE
FAST FUND
Pam & Robert M. Steeg
MURRAY BLACKMAN
LECTURE FUND
IN MEMORY OF MARTHA
BLACKMAN
Lillian and Sidney Opotowsky
IN MEMORY OF DR. ALVIN H.
LASSEN
Ann and Michael Goldblatt
Pam Friedler
Lillian and Sidney Opotowsky
ORGAN FUND
IN HONOR OF MARCUS ST.
JULIEN’S SPEEDY RECOVERY AND
IN MEMORY OF JOANNE ELKIN
KINNEY
Irene Hirsch
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND
IN MEMORY OF GLORIA FISHER
Juliet Greenberg
IN MEMORY OF DAVID B. FRIED,
JR.
Dorothy G. Levin
SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND
IN HONOR OF NANCY AND MIKE
MARSIGLIA’S ANNIVERSARY
Judith Gainsburgh
IN MEMORY OF DAVID B. FRIED,
JR.
Lillian and Sidney Opotowsky
IN HONOR OF THE MARRIAGE OF
MS. TOBY FEIBELMAN AND MR.
ROB STUART-VAIL
Patricia Gormin
IN MEMORY OF SARA PICK
Toby Feibelman
IN MEMORY OF ROSE SPICE
PLANTOWSKY
IN MEMORY OF MAX
PLANTOWSKY
IN MEMORY OF
FANNYE-ESTES STONE
Leah Plantowsky-Stone
TEMPLE FUND
Sam Manszer
Gerald Weiss
IN HONOR OF HANK FANBERG’S
BAR MITZVAH
Hank and Maureen Fanberg
IN HONOR OF SARA STONE’S
100TH BIRTHDAY
Wendy and Julian Good
IN MEMORY OF BEAU BASSICH
Billy and Janie Rippner
IN MEMORY OF DR. CARL DAVIS
Max Nathan, Jr.
IN MEMORY OF INGE ELSAS
Sharon Kirkpatrick
IN MEMORY OF GLORIA
SALOMON FISHER
Billy and Janie Rippner
IN MEMORY OF DAVID B. FRIED,
JR.
Jack C. Benjamin, Jr.
Jack and Clare Benjamin
Fannette S. Blum
Janie Bories and Sam Corenswet, Jr.
Robert B. and Caroline Brickman
Micki and Ben Bronston
Gloria Z. Landry and Margaret L. Brown
Carol B. Cocke
Margot S. Garon
Kay Kronenberg
The Jacobs Family – Francyne, Kevin,
Halle, David, and Aaron
Lisette LaPrairie
Diana and Chip Mann
Billy and Janie Rippner
Elaine and Bern Rotman
Michael S. Shlenker
Michael L. Stern
Mrs. Peter Vujnovich
Harrel Zivitz
IN MEMORY OF EDEL ZEVE
GAINSBURGH
Michael L. Stern
Billy and Janie Rippner
IN MEMORY OF MARILYN &
MELVIN GOLDSTEIN
Skippy and Mimi Shlenker
IN MEMORY OF JOANNE KINNEY
Jack C. Benjamin, Jr.
Robert B. and Caroline Brickman
Sharon Kirkpatrick
Billy and Janie Rippner
IN MEMORY OF ALAN
KRONENBERG
Joan and Gerald Berenson
IN MEMORY OF DR. ALVIN
LASSEN
Kay Kronenberg
Harrel Zivitz
IN MEMORY OF HELEN
CHAJA LEVCOWICZ
Sam and Dianne Levkowicz
IN MEMORY OF ALBERT MINTZ
Jack C. Benjamin, Jr.
Robert B. and Caroline Brickman
Wendy and Julian Good
Kay Kronenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lengsfield
Max Nathan, Jr.
Billy and Janie Rippner
Leona Shlosman
Betty and Donald Weil
Dot Weisler
Marie and Bob Wolf
Harrel Zivitz
IN MEMORY OF LISELOTTE WEIL
Sharon Kirkpatrick
UNDERWRITING ROSH
HASHANAH RECEPTION
Robert B. and Caroline Brickman
Dr. Louis and Jane Glade
Billy and Jane Sizeler
Temple Sinai Sisterhood
YOUTH GROUP FUND
IN MEMORY OF DAVID B. FRIED,
JR.
Amanda Ducote
Jay Jalenak, Jr.
UNDERWRITING THE SOCIAL
ACTION PROJECT, ADULT
EDUCATION PROGRAM, 92ND
STREET Y PROGRAM
Mr. Julian Feibelman, Jr. & Mrs. Joan
Feibelman
Altar Flowers
September 4 & 5 – In loving
memory of Robert Haspel from
Shirley Haspel; in loving memory of
Jerome Goldman from Lynne Goldman and from Hank & Maureen Fanberg in honor of Hank’s adult Bar
Mitzvah
September 11 & 12- in loving
memory of Arthur Scheinuk from
Gayle, Bill & Emily Tonn; in loving
memory of Marilyn & Martin
Stewart from Lowell & Nancy
Stewart; in loving memory of Joseph
Giarrusso, Jr. from his family and in
loving memory of Emma Lemann
Levy from Jane & Billy Sizeler and
Helen & Andy Polmer
September 18 & 19 – In loving
memory of Mark Steven Greenberg
from Barbara Greenberg
October 3 & 4 – In honor of the Bat
Mitzvah of Hannah Mendler from
Paulette & Jeff Mendler
October 9 & 10 – In loving memory
of Madeline Scheinuk from Gayle,
Bill & Emily Tonn
Oct. 16 & 17 – In loving memory of
Morris Burka on the occasion of their
Anniversary from Ann Burka
Oneg Shabbat
October 3 – in honor of the Bat
Mitzvah of Hannah Mendler from
Paulette & Jeff Mendler
Mazel Tov to Cathy Kahn for putting together a wonderful exhibit on the
history of Temple Sinai!
One of Tulane University’s Louisiana Research Center’s special areas of concentration is preserving the
Jewish heritage of New Orleans. Among their extensive holdings are the records of Temple Sinai, which just
celebrated its 145th anniversary. LaRC volunteer Cathy Kahn recently cataloged the Temple Sinai
records, and in honor of this achievement. LaRC’s current exhibit is “Temple Sinai at 145: A record of service.”
Created by Cathy Kahn with the assistance of LaRC archival associate Samantha Bruner, the exhibit draws on
the Temple’s original records to review the history and community involvement of the congregation, including
the original charter and building contract for the first temple. The exhibit also showcases architectural features
of the new temple, events sponsored by the temple and prominent Rabbis. The last section is dedicated to
Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn who is retiring next year.
TEMPLE SINAI EMAILS:
Robert B. Brickman
Temple Sinai President
rbrickman@cox.net
Rabbi Edward Paul Cohn
D.D., D.Min.
sinai@usa.net
Joel M. Colman, M.S.M.
Cantor
joel@colman.us
Ann Zivitz Kientz
Director of Education
azk1007@aol.com
EllenRae Shalett
Executive Director
ershalett@templesinaino.org
Herbert Barton
Executive Director Emeritus/
Exec. Secretary Hebrew Rest
Cemetery Assn.
sinai@usa.net
Timothy J. Gold
Brotherhood President
timjongold@hotmail.com
Rabbi Cohn and Dr. Gary Zola,
Director of the American Jewish
Archives at Hebrew Union
College
This fabulous
exhbit will be
coming to Temple
Sinai in October. Be
on the look out for
more details!
Bonnie Aronson &
Joan Tuchman
Sisterhood Co-Presidents
aronsonb@bellsouth.net
Temple Sinai Office Staff
Madelyn Botnick Fireman Secretary to Rabbi Edward
Paul Cohn
mfireman@templesinaino.org
Linda Schillage Bookkeeper
lschillage@templesinaino.org
Carla Rose Jacob Communications Specialist
cjacob@templesinaino.org
To Report An Address or
Phone Number Change, New
E-mail Address, or to Submit
a Mazel Tov for the Bulletin,
or for general
correspondence to
Temple Sinai: sinai@usa.net
TEMPLE SINAI BULLETIN
(USPS 538-240)
is published monthly for
50 cents per year by
Congregation Temple Sinai
6227 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
VOL. 87
October 2015-5776
Periodicals Postage Paid
at New Orleans, Louisiana
NO. 9
Robert B. Brickman...................................................President
The Honorable Robin Giarrusso.......Executive Vice-President
Tracey Dodd.....................................................Vice-President
Josh Danzig.......................................................Vice-President
Michael Kirschman...................................................Secretary
Harvey Herstein........................................................Treasurer
Timothy J. Gold....................................President/Brotherhood
Bonnie Aronson & Joan Tuchman...Co-Presidents/Sisterhood
Dr. Edward Paul Cohn.....................................................Rabbi
DATED MATERIAL
Joel M. Colman, M.S.M................................................Cantor
DO NOT DELAY
Ann Zivitz Kientz.......................................Education Director
EllenRae Shalett.........................................Executive Director
Herbert Barton............................Executive Director Emeritus “POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Temple Sinai
6227 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118”
Pictures from the Youth and Young Family Services on Rosh Hashanah