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June/July 2015
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Exciting News!!
Bonnie Slavitt Moore
Fundraising Chair, The Next 50 Building and
Endowment Campaign
There is major excitement around the Next 50 Building and Endowment Campaign. The demolition of the physical building has begun.
You can stand in front and look straight through to where the
entrance use to be and where the new Mercaz – (center) will be.
Thanks to 259 of you; we have now
raised $6,251,190.36, this is 52% of our
synagogue membership. We need to raise
at least an additional $1 million to reach
our goal!!
Our incredible Fundraising Team has
been setting up appointments and having
Jewish Conversations with our congregants. From these conversations, we are
learning why you joined Congregation Beth David, what has been
meaningful to you and your family as a member of CBD, and what
you are seeking from the synagogue.
This information is then sent on to Rabbi Alexander, our outstanding
Rabbi Of Community Engagement and Outreach, and board representative Jeff Warwick, Vice President of Membership. Rabbi Alexander and her committee are planning new engagement and outreach
programs based on what you, our members, have asked for!!
50 years ago, our founders invested in Congregation Beth David. As
you watch each new remodeling phase, and see an elegant new synagogue come into shape, you and the friends you have made at Beth
David throughout the years are becoming a vital part of this AMAZING Campaign. Please consider investing in the next 50 years, as
our founders did for us. A gift that is meaningful to you, whatever
the amount, is a very important gift.
Thank you for welcoming a member of the Fundraising team to meet
with you and have a Jewish Conversation, and thanks for considering investing in CBD’s future, for our children, their children and
generations to come.
In This Issue:
From the Rabbi
Page 3
President’s
Perspective
Page 5
Calendar
Pages 18 & 19
June and July
Anniversaries
Page 26 & 27
June and July
Birthdays
Page 28 & 29
100% club
Pages 30 & 31
contributions
Pages 32 - 33
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Main Office
408-257-3333
info@beth-david.org
Rabbis
Philip R. Ohriner
Senior Rabbi
408-366-9104
ohriner@beth-david.org
Leslie Alexander
Rabbi of Community
Engagement and Outreach
408-366-9105
alexander@beth-david.org
Daniel J. Pressman
Rabbi Emeritus
Pressman@beth-david.org
Staff
Tanya Lorien
Dir. of Operations
408-366-9107
lorien@beth-david.org
Barbara Biran
Dir. of Ritual
408-366-9106
biran@beth-david.org
Monica Hernandez
Member Account Associate
408-366-9108
hernandez@beth-david.org
Jillian Cosgrave
Front Office Associate
408-366-9110
cosgrave@beth-david.org
Lynn Crocker
Mkt & Comm Associate
408-366-9102
crocker@beth-david.org
Iris Bendahan
Dir. of Jewish Edu. Program
408-366-9116
bendahan@beth-david.org
Andrea Ammerman
School Admin. Assistant
408-366-9101
JEPAdmin@beth-david.org
JET
(Jewish Experience for Teens)
JET@beth-david.org
There are so many people to thank for supporting us during our recent
very difficult time and for making our Passover so special. First, we
want to thank Rabbi Philip Ohriner for his guidance and support during
this time, including helping us with all the difficult details, and just being there when we needed him. Second, thanks to Rabbi Shoshana
Ohriner for coordinating all the food delivery for our Seders, which allowed our guests and ourselves to fully enjoy them. And that brings us
to the Beth David congregants who stepped up out of the goodness of
their hearts. We wish we could list you all by name, but we know we'll
forget someone. Just know that the food got raves, from the charoset to
the desserts. We would love to get recipes for every dish for future
use! Once again, thanks to all of you - we are very lucky and proud to
be a part of the caring and generous community that is Congregation
Beth David.
- Sandy, Neil and Deborah Shapiro
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From the Rabbi
By Rabbi Leslie Alexander
I didn’t plan to write what you will see below. I thought that I would use my column opportunity to write about upcoming programs like CBD @ Homes July 12th and Jewish Time Travel- a Night in the 1800’s our event this next November 14th at History San Jose and even our formation of new Havurot. After all, outreach and
engagement are my responsibility here at CBD and I love this kind of thing.
But… as I write this I have just returned from visiting my daughter in London, where she is studying for a
semester abroad. It has been a great experience for her and I wanted her to share her temporary home with me.
Getting ready to go, I did what I always do, I put on my Hebrew Tefillat HaDerekh necklace and my big Magen David
and packed my Siddur. I hate to fly so, OK, I admit it, I see these things as protection, my secret (now not so secret)
amulets for travel.
My daughter has been going to Jewish student events just about every Shabbat and all
holidays while in London. I haven’t asked her if she has ever been afraid to go to those
public gatherings or if she has ever had an experience with anti Semitism,
because I knew that the questions would annoy her.
She did apply for, and attend a week long program in Brussels that enabled students from
around Europe to learn about anti Semitism and ways to combat it and meet with EU
representatives to discuss and address the issues.
So, I wasn’t completely surprised but was only somewhat taken aback when I arrived at
our hotel and she looked at my star and indicated that it might be a better choice to remove it. When I asked about that she said that she didn’t want me to find myself in
danger. She was not insistent about it, she didn’t seem too worried, but she had
mentioned it, so, for the first time in my life, I removed my star because someone might decide to harass or hurt me. I
left my Tefillat HaDerekh circle necklace on. It didn’t scream JEW.
I made contact with a Rabbinic colleague in London but we didn’t get to see each other. I want to ask him what things
have really been like for him, his synagogue and community. He serves the most active Masorti congregation in
London. That conversation is still to come. I did not personally have any bad experience, but then, I literally was not
wearing my gold star. I bought challah and some kosher food items at Selfridges department store, however, and
nobody bothered me. I know that these things are happening often enough and it did make me uneasy.
Fast forward to coming home. Leaving the London hotel, I put back on my star and tucked it under my coat. I flew
into LA, went through customs and approached security for my connecting flight to SFO. The TSA security man
watching the scanner said (I kid you not) “hello! Have you been travelling a long time today? You must be ready for
Shabbes!” I said, “yes!” and asked him how he knew. He pointed to my star. I felt my first “welcome home”.
Yesterday, Barbara Biran and I ran into Rubios at Westgate to pick up a quick fish taco. We got up to the register and
ordered and the lady behind the counter said “ you know, Tilapia is a cousin of catfish and I don’t think you can eat
catfish”.
What??? We both thought. ‘Thank you” we said. “We didn’t know that” and Barbara changed her order. “ How did
you know we couldn’t eat catfish?” We asked. The lady at Rubios pointed at my star and explained that her daughter
was a nanny for an observant Jewish family who became like family to them. Even though Tilapia IS Kosher, we were
so grateful for her words, her care, her understanding. I felt my second “welcome home”.
I share this knowing full well that there are significant challenges with growing anti Semitism here in our own
country, particularly for our students on college campuses, who are facing a well organized, foreign government
funded anti Semitic effort couched in anti Zionism.
I share these stories with you specifically so that we remind ourselves of two things. First, we must face these
attacks on our youth head on with political and social advocacy, and with funding for pro Jewish efforts supporting and
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From the Rabbi
Continued on page 4
Presentations & Discussions on Judaica
Everyone is welcome, whether a member of CBD or
visitor, including non-artists. Meets monthly after
lunch at approximately 1:30pm.
"History of Ketubot and Why"
Presented by Charlie Marr
Saturday, June 20th @ 1:30 – 3:00pm
Feel free to share your ketubah.
"Chagall's Art and Symbolism"
Presented by Jeff Warwick
Saturday, July 18th @ 1:30 – 3:00pm
For more information, email Jeff Warwick at
CBD.Artists@beth-david.org or call 408-623-0099.
protecting our students wherever they are. Universities are the incubators of horrors that can soon permeate our society at large if we are not vigilant.
Second. Let us remember how wonderful our country is and can continue to be, if we all ensure a communal mutual respect. We are so very blessed to
live in a nation where our Magen David is a symbol
of pride for us that promotes positive engagement,
learning and sharing with others.
So, I guess this turned out to be an article about
community engagement and outreach, albeit a different kind than I set out to write about.
May we always be involved in both kinds,
connecting with others in our community for the
sake of appreciating the whole society we share
AND connecting here in our own synagogue to
deepen and appreciate the beauty of the heritage
and traditions we have as Jews.
May they both be a blessing.
Rabbi Alexander Honored by
The Rabbinical Assembly
On April 28th at the Jewish Theological
Seminary, the Rabbinical Assembly hosted a
conference on re-envisioning the Rabbinate:
Looking Back, Looking Ahead.
At that conference the men and women of the
Rabbinical Assembly celebrated the 30th
anniversary of the ordination of women in the
Conservative Movement by honoring the
first women to be admitted to the
Rabbinical Assembly.
Twenty three women in the Rabbinate were
honored at that conference, eighteen fortunate to have been able to be ordained at
Jewish Theological Society and five who
were ordained before women were admitted
to the movement’s Rabbinate in 1985.
Amongst those honorees was our own
Rabbi Leslie Alexander, ordained in 1983 at
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of
Religion in New York and admitted to the
Rabbinical Assembly in 1988.
The article written about Rabbi Alexander for
the commemorative booklet can be found at
Beth-David.org/RLA.
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President’s Perspective
Dear Hevre,
By now, you should be aware that the Next 50 Remodeling Project has begun in full force! For this
issue, I'm turning the reins over to EVP Dan Skilken, who will report on the project in detail.
L'shalom,
Dave Hoffman
President, CBD Board of Directors
Construction Update
Dan Skilken
EVP and Chairman of the Next 50 Construction
On April 27th, Saratoga issued us our full building
permit for the Next 50 Project. Up until this point in
time, we had been operating under a demolition permit that allowed us to start demolition inside the
building, but we could not start demolition or construction outside the building. Now that we have
had the full permit for about 2 weeks, you can see the
results of Bryson Burns’ work to get ready for the
construction and remodeling. The lobby and lobby
roof have been removed, all the demolition has been
completed in the office and school wing, and the
stucco has been removed from the sanctuary wall.
Even though many of these areas will not be rebuilt
for months, the demolition is typically handled all at
once to minimize the cost.
In the demolition process, we found a time capsule of
sorts behind the dedication stone at the entrance to
the synagogue. We have saved both the dedication
stone and the contents of the time capsule to be put
in a new time capsule we will be adding for the dedication of our new facility early next year.
A new entrance will be built, and eventually Jerusalem limestone will be added to the sanctuary wall.
They will soon start digging the foundations for the
Mercaz the new Chapel and Beit Midrash.
We will also start working on the kitchen. It will be
completely gutted and remodeled with a new professionally designed layout and new appliances to handle dinner for 300 guests in the social hall. While
the kitchen is closed, the office as worked out arrangements with caterers to use other Kosher kitchens in the area for major simchas. In addition, we
will trim back our regular Shabbat lunches after services to simple noshes of bagels and cream cheese.
progress in this area with the help of Bryson Burns
and our Architect Joel Karr.
Even though we have had delays in getting the building permit, Bryson Burns is still forecasting to complete phase one of the project by the end of October.
(Phase one includes the office and school wing, the
new entrance, the Mercaz and the Beit Midrash/
Chapel. ) The delayed start, and the drought has
helped because it eliminated 2 weeks of forecasted
down time for rain.
Thank you to everyone who had contributed to the
Next 50 Campaign to help us remodel and transform
our facility into what we need for the Next 50 years.
Interested?
Contact Jeff Warwick
MembershipVP@Beth-David.org
Or call 408-623-0099
Meeting dates and times will be determined
by the group.
We are still working very hard to trim back the costs
of the remodel and get the best prices we can from
the subcontractors. We have already made a lot of
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Hot Topics in Halakah
Saturday, June 6th from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
The Wearing of Tallit (prayer shawl) and Synagogue Honors
What is the purpose of a tallit? Who is required to wear one and when? How has
egalitarianism changed the way in which we think about tallitot in our own community?
Book Discussion Group - Led by Shmuel Shultz
Saturday, June 13th at 1:30 p.m.
On Heaven and Earth: Pope Francis on Faith, Family, and the Church in the
Twenty-First Century - by Pope Francis and Rabbi Abraham Skorka
A dialogue between the two friends on a variety of topics: God, the devil, atheists, religions, religious leaders and disciples, prayer, guilt, fundamentalism , death, euthanasia,
the elderly, women, abortion, divorce, same sex marriage, science, education, politics,
communism and capitalism, globalization, money, poverty, the Holocaust, the ArabIsraeli conflict, and inter-religious dialogue.
Book Discussion Group - Led by Deborah Estreicher
Saturday, July 11th at 1:30 p.m.
A Guide for the Perplexed - by Dara Horn
Software prodigy Josie Ashkenazi invents an application that records everything its users
do. When an Egyptian library invites her to visit, her jealous sister Judith persuades her to
go. But in Egypt’s post-revolutionary chaos, Josie is abducted, leaving Judith free to take
over Josie’s life at home.
A century earlier, Solomon Schechter goes to Egypt to search for an archive hidden in a
Cairo synagogue. But what Schechter finds reveals the perils of what Josie’s work brings into being: a world
where nothing is ever forgotten.
Don’t Miss Our Exciting
CBD @ Homes Event
Sunday, July 12th at 6:00pm
Fun and compelling events at 7 homes of fellow congregants
See flyer on page 9
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Yiddish Conversation Group
Do you know Yiddish?
Would you like to chat
with others in Yiddish?
Meets Every other Tuesday
June Meetings: 9th and 23rd
July Meetings: 7th and 21st
3:00 - 4:30pm
Enjoy Yiddish conversation, jokes, and
more with Yiddish speakers of all levels.
Email cbd.yiddish@beth-david.org
South Bay Pride Shabbat
Friday June 5th
6:30 - 7:30pm
Temple Emanuel
1010 University Avenue
South Bay Pride Shabbat is a joyous gathering
of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer,
and questioning Jews, together with our
straight allies, family, and friends.
We welcome the entire community to participate in this inspiring service of celebration,
remembrance, and hope.
Please share our joy as our son, Jadon,
is called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on:
Saturday, June 13, 2015
We invite you to join us for a Kiddush luncheon
following the service.
Sandi and David Gaertner
Please share our joy as our daughter, Daniela
is called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on:
Saturday, July 18, 2015
We invite you to join us for a Kiddush luncheon
following the service.
Sharon and Rob Gloster
Please contribute to Daniela Gloster’s mitzvah project by donating gently used hardcover or paperback books. Adult and children’s books are requested. The books will be donated to the Friends of
the Mountain View Public Library to help fund some of their free programs for children and adults in
the community. Daniela is currently volunteering at the Library as part of Kids Read, helping kids
read every Sunday afternoon.
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Meet Our New
Social Action Chair
We are delighted to announce that Susan Cohen has
assumed the role of Social Action chairperson with
the assistance of her wonderful husband, Leonard.
Social Action spearheads the following types of
activities.
· Blood Drives
· Mitzvah Days
· Rotating Homeless Shelter
· Project Isaiah to feed the hungry
· Item collections for the needy
· Interfaith Abrahamic Alliance Food preparation
and serving
If you are interested in participating in our Social
Action effort, email Susan at
CBD.Socialaction@beth-david.org.
or call 203-856-3403.
Volunteers Needed
Abrahamic Alliance Dinner
for the Homeless
Sunday, June 7th 1:30 – 6:15 pm
Beth David is once again joining with the
Abrahamic Alliance to put on a dinner for
more than 200 homeless people in San Jose.
This is a unique opportunity where, along
with like minded Muslims and Christians, we
will prepare a meal and serve it to more than
200 homeless people.
This is a really exciting endeavor uniting Jews
with Christians, and Muslims for active
poverty relief.
Email CBD.Socialaction@beth-david.org.
“Take a Tag and Fill a Bag”
Backpack Drive
Benefits kids from low-income families served by
Jewish Family Services and Anderson School
Take a backpack tag off of the Giving Tree found in entry to
the Sanctuary. Pick a grade and shop. No time to shop? No
problem! Simply write a check and Social Action will do the
shopping for you.
Please drop the filled backpacks in the barrel in the entry to the sanctuary or
JFS SV, 14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos before July 24th.
Checks can be mailed to or dropped off at the CBD Main office.
Be sure to indicate Social Action backpack drive on the memo line.
For more information, contact Susan Cohen at CBD.SocialAction@beth-david.org or
call 203-856-3403
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ZmiRkudiyah, JCore’s annual song and dance performance in honor of
Yom Ha’Atzmaut, took place on Sunday, April 26th.
After the show everyone enjoyed a celebratory Israeli lunch.
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On April 22nd CBD observed Yom HaZicharon (Israel’s Memorial Day) with a brief
ceremony in observance of Israel’s Memorial Day to remember those who have
fallen in defense of our Jewish state. The ceremony was followed by a free BBQ
and celebration in honor of Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day).
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Anniversaries: June
We wish the following member a happy anniversary.
1st
Alan & Pat Werba
2nd
Israel & Judith
Krongold
3rd
Shelley & Nazgol
Timmins
David & Wendy Harris
Daniel & Bettina
Rosenberg
David & Norma
Goorvitch
Stanley & Doris Katz
4th
Leonid & Svitlana
Veksler
7th
Hy & Phyllis Burdman
13th
Chris & Carol Cassell
Andy & Susie Green
20th
Kenneth & Ellyn
Bloomfield
14th
Bob & Ginny Baird
Len & Jane Jacobson
William & Joyce Halper
Harry & Glenda Glatstein
Harry & Joanne Cornbleet
Neal & Stephanie
Rothstein
Adam Fuks & Julia
Itskevitch
21st
Harvey & Ellen Gold
Seymour & Cynthia
Schultz
15th
Moshe & Alisa Preil
Perry & Sharoan Jeung
16th
Kenneth & Gloria Levy
Marty & Rona Spergel
Frank & Aurelia Fleck
9th
Steven & Donna Frankel
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Richard & Minda Parrish 17
Jeff & Renee Kanel
Thomas & Susan Klein
Elias & Lorraine Isaac
10th
Sharon Mutchnik &
18th
Vanina SandelStephen & Lynne Kinsey
Mutchnik
Allen & Karen
Mikhail & Anna Slutsky
Guggenheim
Ed & Ellie Kiss
Howard & Sheila Goldstein
Gary & Debra
11th
Eskinazi-Stockdale
Daniel & Lori Kahn
Howard & Margie
19th
Pomerantz
Neil & Sandra Shapiro
Lee & Bonnie Stone
Andrew & Judy Varadi
Arthur & Gayle Weissbrodt
12th
Howard & Renee Fine
Louis & Michelle
Selincourt
22nd
Howie & Rita Blumstein
Gary Weiner & Adriana
Muscatel-Weiner
Melvin & Karen Fihn
Eric & Sheryl Lewis
Myron & Nissa Cagan
Dov & Madelyn Isaacs
24th
Jerry & Roberta Bloom
25th
Stuart & Jeanette Lerner
Martin & Corinne
Sherman
Howard & Meryle
Sussman
26th
James & Jen Greene
27th
Bob & Maxine Halem
28th
Jack & Marilyn Goodman
29th
Ronald & Susan Remba
Neil & Phyllis Newman
30th
Mike & Galina Drabkin
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Anniversaries: July
We wish the following member a happy anniversary.
2nd
David & Sandy Mayer
4th
Jeffrey & Rudi Katz
Barry & Marilyn Popper
Michael Sinensky & Michal
Strutin
5th
Ike & Ronee Nassi
David & Barbara
Silverstein
Martin & Rhoda Bress
6th
Jim & Elizabeth Batson
Vladimir & Natalia
Pogrebinsky
8th
Bert & Diane Clement
9th
Barry & Linda Brummer
9th (continued)
Jeffrey & Carol Weiss
Ilan & Sharon Spieler
10th
David & Evette Pennypacker
11th
Larry & Susan Schwerin
Arye & Barbara Green
Neal & Ricki Gafter
19th
Amir & Marina Gafni
20th
Arieh & Rama Strod
Joe & Linda Weiss
12th
George Steres & Cheryl Zatkin- 26th
Steres
Allen & Susan Rosenzweig
Jacob & Renee Ben-David
27th
13th
Boris & Marianna Yanovsky
Jussi & Lena Rajna
28th
Ian & Stephanie Kass
Scott & Shannon
Leeor & Tamar Mamou
Guggenheim
Jonathan Katz & Shoshana
Wolf
30th
Kenneth & Shelley Luskey
March 20-22, 2016
Washington, DC
14th
Leonard & Carmela
Greenberg
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David & Debby Hoffman
David & Muriel Barnett
The AIPAC Policy Conference is the pro-Israel community's
preeminent annual gathering. The event attracts more than
15,000 community and student activists from all 50 states,
and more than half of the Senate, a third of the House of
Representatives and countless Israeli and American
policymakers and thought leaders.
Over three jam-packed days, Policy Conference participants choose from hundreds of informative
sessions and participate in the pro-Israel community's largest and most important advocacy day.
Beth David has purchased a block of registrations for next year’s AIPAC policy conference.
The registration per person is $399, $100 less than the current early bird discount pricing of $499.
We have 10 spots to offer, so if you want to join the CBD group in DC next March, purchase your
registration from us ASAP. When they are gone, they’re gone and believe us, you don’t want to miss
this! Email Rabbi Alexander at Alexander@Beth-David.org to purchase tickets.
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Happy Birthday
We wish the following members a very happy birthday.
JUNE
1st
Avital Wolf
Israel Krongold
Samantha Alter
2nd
Judie Ram
Helen Cassell
Hannah Hittleman
Donald Ehrlich
3rd
Betty Becker
Stephanie Cohen
Stephanie Rothstein
Cary Feria
Jadon Gaertner
Wendy Askenas
4th
Joshua Singer
Sylvia Smith
5th
Alan Werba
Daniel Vainish
Gita Gilgur
6th
Tatiana Schaffer
Samantha Yanovsky
Liliya Popova
Lil Silberstein
7th
Cyndi Sherman
Max Blumenthal
Mary Jo Bernard
Samuel Ball
Naomi Harel
Dalia Orr
Susan Maltiel
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Rachel Yanovsky
Julia Itskevitch
9th
Alex Belogolovsky
Aaron Ammerman
Anna Fridlib
Madeleine Klein
Maxie Baer
Deborah Estreicher
10th
James Batson
Ellen Gold
Molly Ball
11th
Barry Brummer
12th
Talia Clement
Alexander Karel
Rachel Schwab
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Mark Snyder
Alexandra Slain
Molly Woolfson
14th
Susan Rojo
Sophia Minkov
Masha Lazer
Barry Popper
Jacob Kahn
15th
Marlene Burak
Sonia Feria
Judith Krongold
Oleg Lipkind
Sigmund Rosenthal
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Sandra Shapiro
Aleksandr Drabovskiy
Robert Fils
24th
Natalie Lara
Thelma Ramm
Beth Berezovsky
Natalie Schriger
17th
Emanuel Beer
Ryan Weinstock
Marianne Zussman
25th
Judy Powers
Anna Miller
Eve Kedar
18th
William Hubka
26th
Rona Spergel
Roland King
Ilya Slain
Avraam Yatskar
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19th
Gary Ball
Robyn Siegel
Gabrielle Labovitz
20th
Lauren Lewis
Steven Labovitz
Mindy Flatow-Dickens
21st
Vladimir Pogrebinsky
Andrew Varadi
22nd
Mikhail Movshovich
Andrew Drukarev
Eric Maltiel
Guy Blaunstein
23rd
Noah Bareket
Joseph Kamchi
Ronald Ruebusch
Jack Alter
27th
Daniel Umansky
28th
Boris Dashevsky
Adam MarashWhitman
Howard Goldstein
Arye Green
David Graubart
Adam Parmett
Mendy Ouzillou
29th
Madelyn Isaacs
Patty Hughes
Tamar Biran
30th
Arthur Cohen
Joseph Beyda
Sharon Alter
Esmail Eshaghoff
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Happy Birthday
We wish the following members a very happy birthday.
JULY
1st
Jovana Bierman
Jeffrey Weiss
Aleya Bierman
Sandra Mayer
Jacob Mor
2nd
Melissa Kuhn
Michael Sinensky
Joshua Tseitlin
Carl Lichy
Andrew Passett
8th
Marilyn Sefchovich
Marina Kuperman
Corey Goldberg
Vladimir Kukuyev
Alan Tanenbaum
Bernard Klein
9th
Robert Torczyner
Iris Bendahan
3rd
Harry Cornbleet
Howard Fine
10th
Jason Balaban
Zahava Preil
Ilana Baird
Mendel Pevzner
4th
Lewis Osofsky
Elizabeth Batson
Joseph Grapa
Alicia Pennypacker
Emily Abada
Renee Kanel
Liza Slain
11th
Rita Blumstein
Andrew Raider
Rose Levin
Blanka Singer
Margie Pomerantz
Vanina SandelMutchnik
5th
Barry Alhadeff
Jeffrey Fox
Amir Horovitz
Nancy Wiener
Lisa Parrish
12th
Melissa Taylor
Clara Imas
6th
Carmel Shenhav
Karen Garcia
Rivka Shenhav
Melissa Kovar
Cohava Mor
7th
Rita Sauvage
Shachar Ben-David
Miriam Ladabaum
Harvey Gold
Ryan Lewis
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Brett Borah
Liana Riskin
14th
Martin Goldberg
Michael Tramiel
Janet Hurwitz
Jonathan Fuks
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Barbara Knaster
Daniela Gloster
Kenneth Hittleman
Mikhail Slutsky
Dina Yevelev
16th
Daniel Jeung
Rosemary Frieden
David Goorvitch
17th
Samantha Wigon
Dorit Tzori
Greg Gotlib
Robert Halem
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Michael Deloumi
Galina Sokolov
19th
Silver Rothstein
Hayley Goodman
Daniel Drabovskiy
20th
Noah Goldstein
Tobiah Passett
Tobiah Passett
Evan Rattner
Arthur Weissbrodt
Lisa Goldstein
21st
Marilyn Ader
Aileen Menkin
Evette Pennypacker
Joyce Halper
Jerome Zis
22nd
Gregory Lerner
Stuart Lerner
Ann Sorger
23rd
Jonathan Harris
Bahram (Rami)
Tabibian
Doron Aronson
24th
Heather Fils
Karate Vick
Daniel Gildenberg
Paul Overmyer
Paula Klein
Noa Fishman
Austin Bauman
25th
Nessia Nelson
Renee Fine
Alisa Drabkin
26th
Michael Meltzer
27th
Emma Prokter
28th
Nathan Kallman
Franklyn Weiss
29th
Melvin Fihn
Steven Schlosser
Sharon Gloster
Ruth Schifrin
30th
Charles Klein
31st
Leonard Greenberg
Ilana Tenberg
Seth Steingraph
Michael Bricker
Donna Chaet
Sarah Raider
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THANK YOU! To the following who have
donated to the Next 50 building campaign
It is our hope to have 100% of CBD members step forward and
make a personally meaningful donation to the campaign. Your
participation is important, not the amount. See your name here!
(List updated as of May 26, 2015)
Cookie Addison & Family
Davida & Charles Adelberg
Marilyn & Allan Ader
Yael & Elie Alcheck
Monique & Philip Alexander
Dr. Kenneth Aitchison & Rabbi
Leslie Alexander
Rochelle & Barry Alhadeff
Appleman Family
Judy & Michael Applesmith
Helen & Max Baer
Ginny & Bob Baird
David & Rabbi Ilana and Baird
Mishy & Jason Balaban
Amy & Gary Ball
Ruth & Noah Bareket
Elizabeth & Jim Batson
Betty Becker
Mindy & Rabbi Allan Berkowitz
Mary Jo & Alan Bernard
Marlene & Phil Bernstein
Cathy & William Beyda
Barbara Biran
Roberta & Jeremy Bloom
Ellyn & Kenneth Bloomfield
The Blumenthal Family
Judy & Brett Borah
Rhoda & Martin Bress
Ruth & Victor Brill
Bayla & Abe Bromberg
Linda & Barry Brummer
Marlene & Marshall Burak
Nestor Cabrales
Felissa & Myron Cagan
The Checkman Family
Seema Cicerone
Lori Kramer Cinnamon
Diane & Bert Clement
Judith & Lawrence Cohn
Joanne & Harry Cornbleet
Jillian Cosgrave
Lynn Crocker
Jerry Daniel
Karen & Jacob Deloumi
Eleanor & Lloyd Dickman
Sandra & Morris Dolmatch
Lou Dombro
Dorothy & Richard Dorsay
Galina & Mike Drabkin
Herb Dreifuss
Danielle & Hank Drew
Lory & Alexander Drukarev
Susan Greenberg-Englander &
Jeffrey Englander
Deborah Estreicher
Rhonda Farber
Hillary & Stanley Farkas
Jan & Bryan Ferguson
Harriet & Don Fernandez
Donald Field
Karen & Melvin Fihn
Renee & Howard Fine
Ziva & David Fishman
Kama Fletcher
Liya Freydin
Julia & Adam Fuks
Ricki Lee & Neal Gafter
Emily & Howard Gannes
Susan & Lee Gavens
Ann Graubart Gershanov
Lee & Al Ghan
Ruth & Edward Gipstein
Rakhil Karasik & Viktor Gitis
Wendy J. & Lance Glasser
Glenda & Harry Glatstein
Jane & Michael Gold
Sondra & Alex Goldberger
Sheila & Howard Goldstein
Isaac Goldstein
Barbara & Stephen Goldstein &
Family
Vivian & Sherman Golub
Alana & Grant Goodman
Janie & Greg Gotlib
Rhonda Raider & Donald Gould
Joseph Grapa
Cheryl Graubart
Dave Graubart
Barbara & Arye Green
Helaine & Stephen Green
Ann Greenspan
Karen & Allen Guggenheim
Susan & Clifford Gutterman
Joyce & Bill Halper
Nathan Handelsman
Harel Family
CBD Hazak
Vivian Herman
Monica Hernandez
Laurie Himelstein
Bonnie & Lee Hirsch
Debby & David Hoffman
Dr. Melinda Reynard & Steve
Hoffman
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Sharon & Amir Horovitz
Janet & David Hurwitz
Madelyn & Dov Isaacs
Beverly & Fred Jacobson
Jane & Len Jacobson
Lori & Daniel Kahn
Renee & Jeffrey Kanel
Marcia Kaplan
Ellen & Steven Karel
Evan Kass
Stephanie & Ian Kass & Family
Marlene Kass
Rudi & Jeff Katz
Shoshana Wolf & Jonathan Katz
Doris & Stanley Katz
Bonnie Kehl
Carol & Roland King
Lynne & Stephen Kinsey
Morrie Kirschen
Eleanor & Ed Kiss
Jacqueline & Charles Klein
Susan & Thomas Klein
Ruth A. Kohan
Caryn & Ben Kovar
Anna Kraus
Judith & Israel Krongold
Lauren Flato & Steven Labovitz
Rachel Schwab & Chet Lanctot
Suzanne & Dave Larky
Judith & Allan Lavetter
Lorna Borenstein & David Lawee
Benjamin Leitner
Susan & Michael Leitner
Jeanette & Stuart Lerner
Loretta & Edward Levin
Judy & Gordon Levin
Bernard Levine
Fay Levinson
Paula Barbarito-Levitt & Marc E.
Levitt
Gloria & Ken Levy
Mimi & Reuben Levy
Sheryl & Eric Lewis
Andrea & Steven Linder
Tanya Lorien
Shelley & Ken Luskey
Enid Malkin
Sue & Ron Maltiel
Tamar & Leeor Mamou
Vered Marash
Miriam & Charles Marr
Dan Maydan
Sandy & David Mayer
Tamar & George Mednick
Sylvia & Michael Meltzer
Holly & David Mendel
Elizabeth & William Menkin
Sylvia & Leonard Metz
Bonnie Slavitt Moore & Jack Moore
Janine & Austin Moore
Vanina J. Sandel Mutchnik &
Sharon Mutchnik
Susan & Gary Nankin
Ronee & Ike Nassi
Nancy & Marty Newman
Phyllis & Neil Newman
Jenifer & Evan Ohriner
Rabbis Shoshana & Philip Ohriner
Crystal & Mendy Ouzillou
Alice Wald & Paul Overmyer
Judy & David Paktor
Andrew Passett
Lori Passett & Family
Robin D. Penn
Evette & David Pennypacker
Susannah & Karl Pfalzer
Joelle Pluemer
Margie & Howard Pomerantz
Rabbi Daniel Pressman
Julie Tardos & William Province
Susan Murai Raider & Andrew
Raider
Lena & Jussi Rajna
Judie & Benjamin Ram
Thelma Ramm
Sheryl & Martin Rattner
Susan & Ron Remba
Svetlana and Alexander Ring
Robinson Family
Bettina & Daniel Rosenberg
Jill & Josh Rosenberg
Gloria & Theodore Rosenblume
Susan & Allen Rosenzweig
Riva Rubnitz
Alison & Ron Ruebusch
Robin Sabes
Marina & Michael Salzman
Christel Sanders
Felicia & Michael Schaffer
Cyndi Sherman & Steve Schleimer
Rita & Steve Schlosser
Natalie M. Schriger
Myra & Pete Schwartz
Roberta & Martin Schwartz
Marilyn Sefchovich
Tzvia & Reuven Shelef
Yulia Shvarts
Lil Silberstein
Ken Silver
Barbara & David Silverstein
Michal Strutin & Michael Sinensky
Nancy & Dan Skilken
Morris and Fannie Skilken Family
Foundation
Ann & Joseph Sorger
Irene & Walter Spector
Stephanie & Peter Spielvogel
Kitty Steinborn
Cheryl Zatkin-Steres & George
Steres
Penina & Herman Stern
Joan & Henry Stone
Bonnie & Lee Stone
Rama & Arieh Strod
Meryle & Howard Sussman
Irene & Bob Swedroe & Family
Susan Gould & Rami Tabibian
Rochelle & Sander Taboh
Barbara & Chuck Taubman
Ann & Rick Tavan
Evelyn Tavan
Irina & Gene Tenberg
Support provided by Tides
Foundation
Helen Tieger
Nazgol & Shelley Timmins
Aline Usim
Cara & Ronen Vainish
Reenie Wagner
Marjorie Alpert & Jeff Warwick
Barbie & Martin Weinstein
Sheila & Marty Weisberg
Carol & Jeffrey Weiss
Harriet & Frank Weiss
Linda & Joseph Weiss & Family
Gayle & Arthur Weissbrodt
Pat & Alan Werba
Drs. Carol & Terry Winograd
Marsha & John Witkin
Elise & Dennis Wolf
Roni & Andy Wolfe
Wendy Wu
Patty Yalowich
Yanovsky Family
Rhoda & Larry Yelowitz
Rimma Zaraysky
Zimberoff Family Trust
Beryl Zimberoff
Phyllis & Jerry Zis
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Contributions
Contributions are vital to the life of our community. We acknowledge the gifts received between
Donations for April 1 – 30, 2015, from the following individuals and families
Balk Family Camp Scholarship Fund
Congregation Beth David Endowment Fund
Mark Levine & Family, in memory of your father,
Hillel Levine, from Marilyn Sefchovich
Neil & Sandra Shapiro, in memory of your mother,
Jackie Stone, from David & Deborah Hoffman
Ruth Bareket & Family, in memory of your mother,
Masha Kowalsky, from David & Deborah Hoffman
Congregation Beth David Bible and Siddur
and Mahzor Fund
In memory of my father, Simon Gandel, from Martin
Gandel
In memory of my father, Yehuda Yungelson, from
Miriam Engel
Congregation Beth David Capital
Campaign
In honor of Arye Green, from Jack Moore & Bonnie
Slavitt Moore
In memory of my grandfather, Shmil Waisman, from
Alex Belogolovsky
In memory of my mother, Faina Belogolovsky, from
Alex Belogolovsky
In memory of my father, Victor Nisenzon, from Zoya
Lazer
In memory of my brother, Semyon Nisenzon, from
Zoya Lazer
In memory of my father, Lou Lerner, from Stuart
Lerner
In memory of my father, Harry Klatzko, from
Marjorie Bischoff
In memory of my brother, Jack Hartman, from Sandra
Silver
In memory of my nephew, Mitchel Katz, from Sheila
Weisberg
In memory of my mother, Sylvia Ehrlich, from Donald
Ehrlich
In memory of my father, Robert Cheron, from
Madelyn Isaacs
Mark Levine, in loving memory of your father, Hillel
Levine, from Jack Moore & Bonnie Slavitt Moore
Ruth Bareket, in loving memory of your mother,
Marsha Kowalsky, from Jack Moore & Bonnie
Slavitt Moore
Congregation Beth David Endowment Fund
In loving memory of my mother, Margaret Rickman,
from Susan Klein
In memory of my aunt, Inge Oppenheimer, from
Wendy Harris
In memory of my father, Henry Harris, from David
Harris
In memory of my great-great aunt, Edna Haimovitz,
from Jonathan Harris
Congregation Beth David Fund
In memory of my mother, Chaya Ben Chanock, from
Hanna Bleiweiss
In memory of my father, Max Shapiro, from Jerome
Shapiro
In memory of my mother, Martha Shapiro, from
Jerome Shapiro
In memory of my beloved mother, Sylvia Rattner,
from Martin Rattner
In memory of my mother, Catherine Schwartz, from
Martin Schwartz
In memory of my cousin, Irina Moshiashvili, from
Vladimir Gorlovetsky
In memory , of Jerry Gold, from Michael & Jane Gold
In memory of my uncle, Aron Hoffman, from David
Hoffman
Mark Levine & Family, in memory of Hillel Levine,
from Harry & Joanne Cornbleet
Ruth Bareket & Family, in memory of your mother,
Masha Kowalsky, from Harry & Joanne Cornbleet
Sandra Shapiro & Family, in memory of your mother,
Jackie Stone, from Harry & Joanne Cornbleet
Marilyn Sefchovich, in honor of your bat mitzvah,
from Victor & Ruth Brill
Jewish Education Program/JET
Scholarship Fund
In memory of my father, Irving Strutin, from Michal
Strutin
Kiddush Lunch Fund
Sponsor Kiddush on May 2, 2015, in honor of Justin
Pennypacker’s Bar Mitzvah, from David & Evette
Pennypacker
In memory of my father, Leo Levine, from Carol
Weiss
In memory of my mother, Celia Kiss, from Edward
Kiss
In memory of my mother, Hannah S. Pass, from Joel
Schwartz
In memory of my uncle, Judah F. Issac, from Myrtle
Schwartz
In loving memory of my wife, Esther Daniel, from
Gerald Daniel
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Contributions (Continued)
Kiddush Lunch Fund (cont.)
Rabbi Ohriner Discretionary Fund (cont.)
In memory of my father, Nathan Spivock, from Aline
Usim
In memory of our sister-in-law, Roberta Howard, from
Ike & Ronee Nassi
In honor of Pesach, from Howard & Emily Gannes
Congregation Beth David , from Dalia Orr
Neil & Sandra Shapiro & Family, in memory of your
mother, Jacqueline Stone, from Marilyn Sefchovich
In memory of my brother, Alberto Alazraki, from
Dora Bakaler
In memory of my father, Sergey Segal, from Kamilla
Lif
March of the Living Fund
In memory of my father, Sam Minkin, from Lynne
Snyder
In memory of my father, Leon Schlosser, from Steven
Schlosser
In memory of our parents, Harold Green and Gloria
Freedman Mueller & Daniel Coblens Mueller, from
Stephen & Helaine Green
In memory of Joseph Steinberger, father of Linda,
from Barry & Linda Brummer
Rabbi Alexander Discretionary Fund
In memory of my father, David Checkman, from Mr.
Harvey Checkman
In memory of my grandfather, Israel Checkman, from
Mr. Harvey Checkman
In memory of my beloved grandmother, Marsha Carr,
from Sheryl Rattner
In memory of my father, Martin Greenberg, from
Harriet Weiss
In memory of Len's cousin, Albert Goldman, from
Leonard & Sylvia Metz
In honor of Pesach, from Mr. & Mrs. Norman
Abramovitz
Rabbi Ohriner Discretionary Fund
In memory of my aunt, Bronislava Neychtadt, from
Dina Yevelev
In memory of my father, David Checkman, from
Harvey & Ina Checkman
In memory of my grandfather, Israel Checkman, from
Mr. Harvey Checkman
Rabbi Ohriner Discretionary Fund (continued)
In memory of my mother, Shirley Sussman, from
Barbara Biran
In memory of my Sylvia's mother, Dorothy Krieger,
from Leonard & Sylvia Metz
In memory of my sister, Vickie Barocas, from Dr. Ike
Nassi
Rabbi Philip Ohriner, from Miriam Engel
Rabbi Philip Ohriner, from Mark & Susan Levine
Mark Levine & Family, in memory of your father,
Hillel Levine, from George Steres & Cheryl
Zatkin-Steres
Ruth Bareket, in memory of your mother, Masha
Kowalsky, from Jack & Marilyn Goodman
Mark & Susan Levine, in memory of your father,
Hillel Levine, from Bruce & Pesia Entin
Rabbi Pressman Discretionary Fund
In honor of Passover, from Mary Egan
Rama Strod Education Fund
In memory of my father, Willard Sumption, from
Marilyn Goodman
Religious School Myuchad Fund
In memory of my beloved stepfather, Leon Kusnetzky,
from Sheryl Rattner
Robert E. Levinson Memorial Library Fund
In memory of my mother-in-law, Esther G. Postman,
from Frederica Postman
In memory of Abe's father, David Bromberg, from
Abe & Bayla Bromberg
In memory of my father-in-law, Bob Wolf, from
Steven
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Thanks again to MoverPros for donating manpower to help us move.
We could not have done it without them.
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Saratoga, CA 95070-3352
Change service requested
www.Beth-David.org
CBD @ HOMES
Sunday, July 12th 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Spend the evening in the company of like-minded congregants’ homes to explore what you
share in common. There are options for people who love Disney, chocolate, sushi, Hawaii,
BBQ & Bourbon, Italian food & wine, and Israel. Food will be served and there will be
presenters on the topics highlighted at each location. Babysitting at CBD available. RSVP at
Beth-david.org/RSVP or call the office at 408-257-3333 for assistance. For details, see flyer on
page 9
Tisha B’Av
Erev Tisha B'Av Services
Saturday, July 25th 9:15 - 10:00 p.m.
Join us, along with members of Congregation Sinai, for an evening
services commemorating the destruction of the two temples and the
tragedies that have befallen our people throughout history.
Tisha B'Av Services
Sunday, July 26th 9:15 - 11:30 a.m.
Shaharit & Torah Service
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