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Temple Emanu-El
Bulletin
Volume 87, No. 2
WORSHIP SERVICES
SUNDAY — THURSDAY
5:30 PM • Marvin & Elisabeth
Cassell Community House
(One East 65th Street)
FRIDAY EVENING
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
Organ Recital—5:45 PM
Service Begins—6 PM
SATURDAY MORNING
Sixth Floor Lounge
(One East 65th Street)
Torah Study—9:15 AM
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
Organ Recital—10:15 AM
Service Begins—10:30 AM
K. Scott Warren,
Organist/Choir Director
Dr. Andrew Henderson,
Associate Organist
Daniel Beckwith, Assistant Organist
Services may be heard live or by
podcast through the Temple website
at www.emanuelnyc.org. Follow the
“Listen to the Broadcast of Services”
link from the Home Page.
A hearing loop is installed in
the Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
and the Beth-El Chapel;
switch aid to T-coil. Headsets or neck
loops also are available.
October 2014
Choose Your Own Adventure
By Dr. Gady Levy, Executive Director,
The Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center
AS A TEENAGER, I paid little attention to the
Jewish world around me. Growing up in Israel,
where every aspect of life had been both
intrinsically and effortlessly Jewish, I took
my Judaism for granted.
The summer of 1986 proved to be life changing
as my family had immigrated to San Diego, and
my parents suggested I enroll in a Jewish summer
camp in an effort to better connect with my
heritage. Like most teens, I was not particularly
interested in doing what my parents wanted me to do. After throwing an ageappropriate tantrum, my mother reverted to classic parental warfare: blackmail.
Long before iPhones, iPads and iPods, Mom took my stereo hostage. I quickly
changed my tune and packed my bags, boom box in tow.
Eight weeks later, I emerged with a newfound passion for Jewish life and a fresh
recognition of its many distinctive layers. I realized that Judaism runs deeper than
religious ceremonies and affiliations; it had become a cultural identity and a reference
point that shaped my worldview and career path.
That summer, Jewish music, art, literature and study offered modern and unique
interpretations of the classic rules and liturgy. Relationships forged through Sabbath
and holiday celebrations, animated debates, movie nights and sing-a-longs made
this version of Judaism accessible, meaningful and fun. Most of all, I witnessed the
evolution of a new community through shared experiences. I developed a passion to
remain connected—a desire fueled by camp and supported over the years by a circle
of incredible friends, many of whom remain in my life to this day.
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Worship & Spirituality
Yom Kippur at Emanu-El
WEEKLY TORAH PORTION
YOM KIPPUR
(Deuteronomy 29:9–14, 30:11–20;
Leviticus 19:1-4, 9-18, 32-37)
Read Saturday, October 4
CHOL HaMO-EID SUKKOT
(Exodus 33:12-34:26; Ecclesiastes 3:1-22)
Read Saturday, October 11
FRIDAY D’VAR TORAH:
Rabbi Joshua Davidson
SATURDAY SERMON:
Rabbi Benjamin Zeidman
B’REISHIT
(Genesis 1:1-6:8)
Read Saturday, October 18
SYNOPSIS: God creates the
world in six days; Adam and Eve are
expelled from the Garden of Eden;
Cain kills Abel; God regrets creating
the world and vows to destroy it.
FRIDAY D’VAR TORAH:
Rabbi Joshua Davidson
SATURDAY SERMON:
Rabbinic Intern Alexis Pinsky
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NOACH
(Genesis 6:9-11:32)
Read Saturday, October 25
SYNOPSIS: God saves Noah and
two of each animal; Noah builds ark;
God floods the world; world is
repopulated; Tower of Babel results
in people scattered across the
earth with many languages.
FRIDAY D’VAR TORAH:
Rabbi Benjamin Zeidman
SATURDAY SERMON:
Rabbi Amy Ehrlich
WORSHIP SERVICES FOR THE HIGH HOLY DAYS are conducted simultaneously in the
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary (Fifth Avenue at 65th Street) and the Lowenstein Sanctuary
(10 East 66th Street). Admission is by assigned ticket only.
College students, both Temple members and nonmembers, who do not already have
seats are invited to join us for High Holy Day services in the Lowenstein Sanctuary.
Simply present a current college ID at the Beth-El Chapel entrance on Fifth Avenue
30 minutes prior to the start of each service, and you will be given an entrance ticket.
We also host community worship services*, open to the public in I. M. Wise Hall
(One East 65th Street), that feature audio from the Fifth Avenue Sanctuary services.
YOM KIPPUR SERVICES
Shir Chadash: A New Song • Friday, October 3 • 5:30 PM
A new prayer service with participatory music and contemporary language.
For adults; children are welcome. Services to be led by Rabbi Joshua Davidson,
Rabbi Amy Ehrlich, Rabbi Benjamin Zeidman, Rabbinic Intern Carlie Daniels and
Cantorial Soloist Hadar Orshalimy.
Lowenstein Sanctuary ~ Tickets upon request; open seating.
Kol Nidrei • Friday, October 3 • 8 PM
* Community worship service will be held in I. M.Wise Hall.
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary: Services to be led by Rabbi Ehrlich, Rabbi Zeidman,
Dr. David Posner, Cantor Lori Corrsin and Cantorial Soloist Steven Fox.
Lowenstein Sanctuary: Services to be led by Rabbi Davidson, Dr. Ronald Sobel,
Rabbinic Intern Alexis Pinsky and Cantorial Intern Richard Newman.
Reserved seating is required for both locations.
Pre-Readers Service • Saturday, October 4 • 9 AM
A brief, introductory service for Yom Kippur, featuring music and a story, for toddlers
through kindergarteners and their parents. Services to be led by Rabbi Davidson,
Rabbi Zeidman and Hadar Orshalimy.
Greenwald Chapel ~ No tickets required.
Morning Service • Saturday, October 4 • 9:45 AM
* Community worship service will be held in I. M.Wise Hall.
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary: Services to be led by Rabbi Davidson, Dr. Sobel,
Alexis Pinsky and Richard Newman.
Lowenstein Sanctuary: Services to be led by Rabbi Ehrlich, Rabbi Zeidman,
Dr. Posner, Cantor Corrsin and Steven Fox.
Reserved seating is required for both locations.
Yom Kippur Study Sessions • Saturday, October 4 • 12:30 PM
Learn, study and reflect in one of multiple sessions led by scholars of the Temple.
View a description of sessions at www.emanuelnyc.org/yomkippur.
Various locations ~ No reservations required.
Teen Worship Service • Saturday, October 4 • 12:30 PM
A service for our teens in Grades 7 through 12; teen friends and parents are welcome.
Beth El Chapel ~ No tickets are required.
Family Worship Service • Saturday, October 4 • 2 PM
A service for families with school-aged children and their guests, followed by a tour of
the Bernard Museum of Judaica. Admission is by ticket; only one is needed per family.
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary ~ Tickets upon request; open seating.
Avodah Service • Saturday, October 4 • 2:15 PM
Lowenstein Sanctuary ~ No tickets are required.
Afternoon, Memorial and N’ilah Services • Saturday, October 4 • 3:30 PM
* Community worship service will be held in I. M.Wise Hall.
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary, Lowenstein Sanctuary ~
Reserved seating is required for both locations.
Sukkot/Simchat Torah/
Sh’mini Atzeret Services
Wednesday, October 8 • 5:15 PM and Thursday, October 9 • 10:30 AM
Wednesday, October 15 • 5:15 PM andThursday, October 16* • 10:30 AM
*Service includes recitation of the memorial prayers
SUKKOT IS A FESTIVAL of thanks for a bountiful fall harvest. It also has become a
celebration to commemorate the protection given to the Israelites throughout their
wanderings in the wilderness. Temple Emanu-El brings the spirit of the Sukkot indoors
to our Fifth Avenue Sanctuary with the creation of our beautiful sukkah.
SIMCHAT TORAH is a joyful celebration, often symbolized by dancing.
Hebrew for “Rejoicing in the Law,” Simchat Torah also celebrates completion of
reading the Book of Deuteronomy (the fifth book of the Torah) and starting from the
beginning with the Book of Genesis.
SH’MINI ATZERET IS A solemn time for reflecting on the seven previous days of Sukkot.
It also is one of the four times during the year when we mourn together at Yizkor
(the memorial service), in remembrance of those whom we have lost.
All are welcome to attend these services; no tickets are required.
Many thanks to the Women’s Auxiliary for the gift of our beautiful sukkah.
LOOKING TO
UNLOAD YOUR SINS?
In Bible times, Israelites atoned
with sacrifices. Once a year, on
what we now call Yom Kippur, the
High Priest placed all the Israelites’
sins on a goat and set it loose in
the wilderness. Clean your slate
on our “virtual goat” at www.
emanuelnyc.org/eScapegoat.
SUKKOT HARVEST FRUIT
AND VEGETABLE DRIVE
(October 5 through 12)
In celebration of the harvest festival
and to help alleviate hunger in
New York City, we will be collecting
donations of fresh apples, oranges,
carrots, peppers, onions and potatoes,
as well as dried fruits and nuts.
Collected items will be donated
to the DOROT Homelessness
Prevention Program and to the
Metropolitan Council on Jewish
Poverty. Donations may be left in the
baskets in the lobbies at 10 East 66th
Street and One East 65th Street.
FALL HOLIDAY
FAMILY EVENTS
Sukkot Family Celebration:
Wednesday, October 8
Worship service at 5:15 PM, dinner and
activities at 6 PM. RSVP for dinner
to school@emanuelnyc.org.
Simchat Torah Family Service:
Wednesday, October 15
Worship service at 5:15 PM, includes
the consecration of new students.
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YOUNG FAMILIES:
SNACK UNDER THE SUKKAH
Tuesday, October 14 • 2 PM to
3 PM • 10 East 66th Street
Shake the lulav, smell the etrog,
sing with Shira. Add your special
decorative touch to the third floor
outdoor sukkah. Delicious holiday
snacks will be served. RSVP to
(212) 744-1400, ext. 242.
BROADCAST OF SERVICES
Sabbath and holiday worship services
may be heard live through the Temple
website, as well as downloaded and
used with a personal audio player.
Follow the “Listen to the
Broadcast of Services” link
from the Temple Home Page
(www.emanuelnyc.org).
GET MORE OUT OF
THE TORAH!
Read the weekly commentary on
the Temple website written by our
clergy, Temple staff and members of
our weekly Torah study group.
Follow the link on the Home
Page: www.emanuelnyc.org.
Or, sign up to have the digital version
delivered weekly to your email:
About Us ➙ Publications
➙ Electronic Mailing Lists.
WEEKLY TORAH STUDY
Our Sabbath morning Torah Study
explores the weekly parashah from
a variety of perspectives, including
traditional, progressive, mystical
and literary. Torah Study meets
each Saturday, prior to our worship
service, from 9:15 AM to 10:15 AM.
All may attend. Coffee and bagels
will be served. Sessions are led by
Rabbinic Intern Alexis Pinsky.
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Shir Chadash (“A New Song”)
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED SHIR CHADASH YET? Our new worship service features a prayer
book more contemporary in its language. The liturgy is interspersed with Chasidic tales
and other teachings. The music, led by a vocalist and supported by instrumentalists, is
less formal and more participatory. Starting in October, Shir Chadash services will be
held on a monthly basis. We look forward to seeing you there!
Shir Chadash services are held at 6 PM
in the Leon Lowenstein Sanctuary
(10 East 66th Street). Mark your
calendars for the following dates:
October 24, November 21, December
12, January 23, February 27, March 27,
April 24 and May 29. For more
information, watch a brief video on
the Temple website of Rabbi Joshua
Davidson discussing Shir Chadash.
(www.emanuelnyc.org: About Us ➙
Worship Services ➙ Shir Chadash.)
Torah for the Troops
THIS SUMMER, in keeping with Temple Emanu-El’s
long-standing tradition of supporting members of
the military, the Philanthropic Committee
made a significant donation to the Jewish
Chaplain’s Council in order to assure the
completion of a sefer Torah (Torah scroll) in time
for the High Holy Days for Jewish troops on active
duty. According to Rabbi Harold Robinson,
director of the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council,
and director of Armed Forces and Veterans
Services, the Torah was sent to Okinawa to serve
the U.S. Marine Corps community and Joint
U.S. Forces there and to travel with deployed
units of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Rabbi Robinson will be our guest on the bimah on November 14 for a special
Shabbat service at which we will honor our veterans. Members of our congregation
who have served in the military are invited to be part of our blessing. If you are a
veteran and would like to attend, then please contact Indira Tiwari:
(212) 744-1400, ext. 222 or itiwari@emanuelnyc.org. For more information
about Rabbi Robinson, visit www.emanuelnyc.org. (Click “About Us” ➙
“Worship Services” ➙ “Veterans Shabbat.”
Community
Please, Won’t You Join?
FOUNDED IN 1922, the Women’s Auxiliary is both a social and civic organization
open to all women of the congregation. The Program Committee plans numerous
lectures and outings throughout the year, in addition to sponsoring a variety of activities
that benefit the greater New York City community. Similarly, the Men’s Club has been
part of Temple life at Emanu-El for more than 90 years—encouraging attendance at
all religious events but also promoting interest in social, humanitarian, educational
and civic affairs. It engages in cultural and religious discussions and activities, and it
participates in such activities as will support good citizenship and interfaith dialogue.
Membership in the Men’s Club is open to all male members of the congregation.
Membership in the Women’s Auxiliary is open to female members and wives of members
of Congregation Emanu-El. Membership also is available to mothers, mothers-in-law,
daughters and daughters-in-law of Temple members. Tax deductible membership fees
for both groups are $100 per year.
Learn more about the activities of both organizations and information
about how to join on the Temple website. (www.emanuelnyc.org:
Community ➙ Women’s Auxiliary or Community ➙ Men’s Club.)
Emanu-El Community
Opening Sabbath Dinner
Friday, October 10 • 7:15 PM • One East 65th Street
FOLLOWING THE 6 PM WORSHIP SERVICE,
Senior Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson will be
welcoming to the Emanu-El community
Cara Glickman, our new vice president of
Finance and Administration, and Dr. Gady Levy,
our new executive director of the Temple Emanu-El
Skirball Center. The charge for dinner is $45
for Women’s Auxiliary and Men’s Club
members, $55 for all other Temple members.
QUESTIONS? Call (212) 744-1400, ext. 235,
or send an email to womaux@
emanuelnyc.org.
(This event is co-sponsored by the Women’s
Auxiliary, the Men’s Club and Emanu-El Eats.)
EMANU-EL CENTER
FOR SENIORS
Sponsored by the Women’s Auxiliary,
the Emanu-El Center for Seniors
is a weekly program that runs from
October through May. Seniors meet
to participate in art projects and
exercise classes, as well as to socialize.
Professional instructors are hired
to oversee the activities, which are
assisted by Women’s Auxiliary
volunteers. Each year’s program
ends with an annual art show.
An open house for seniors
interested in participating will be
held on Monday, October 6 from
9:45 AM to 1:30 PM in Blumenthal
Hall (10 East 66th Street).
QUESTIONS? Call (212) 7441400, ext. 235.
HERITAGE SOCIETY
Members of the Heritage Society
will gather on Friday, October 17
for their annual Sabbath dinner
following our 6 PM worship service.
Membership in the Heritage Society is
extended to all who have chosen to
remember Temple Emanu-El through
their estate plans and have advised us
of their action. These testamentary
gifts are expressions of the sacred
bond linking generation to generation.
Dinner is by invitation only.
Call Robyn Cimbol at (212) 5079524 for information about how
to include Emanu-El in your estate
plan and become a member of the
Heritage Society.
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LAMA LO (WHY NOT?):
SISTERHOODS COMING
TOGETHER
Tuesday, October 28 • 4:30 PM
The Women’s Auxiliary invites
sisterhoods from several area
synagogues to tour our Bernard
Museum and the current exhibition,
“Justify Your Existence,” with
Interim Curator Warren Klein.
A light lunch will be served, followed
by a tour of our Fifth Avenue
Sanctuary by Temple Tour Guide
Hadassa Mushinsky. All Women’s
Auxiliary members are encouraged
to attend. RSVP by October 24 to
(212) 744-1400, ext. 235 or
womaux@emanuelnyc.org.
When responding, please include
your full name and a contact number.
There is no charge for this event.
On View at the Museum...
FROM OUR CURRENT EXHIBITION, “Justify Your Existence,” Graphic Posters From
the Moldovan Family Collection, now on view through January 2015...
Join Us Dear Sister!
Gabriel and Maxim Shamir
The Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)
Palestine, ca. 1940
The three women portrayed in this
recruitment poster represent the different
modes of service available to women in
the British armed forces. Some 3,600
Jewish women served in the Auxiliary
Territorial Service (ATS) and Women’s
Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) between
the years 1942 and 1946.
Translation from Hebrew: Join us dear sister!
Sign up for the ATS and WAAF at the
enlistment bureau of the Jewish Agency.
Image courtesy of the Moldovan Family Collection
Emanu-El Eats
CLUB 65: FOR SENIORS
Club 65 welcomes award-winning
documentary-maker Janis Klein on
Tuesday, October 14 at 11 AM.
Ms. Klein’s work has spanned more
than 40 years at CBS News, Discovery,
the History Channel, Lifetime, A&E
and other cable networks. She will
share stories and film-clips of the
people and events that grabbed the
headlines and our collective attention
throughout the years.
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And, mark your calendar for
Tuesday, November 11,
when Club 65 welcomes back
Rabbi Joshua Davidson!
CHAG SAMEACH! A Happy Sukkot from your Emanu-El Eats Committee.
Meal inspirations for Sukkot come from the harvest origins of the holiday.
Your Emanu-El Eats Committee has the perfect recipe for you to try: a very special
Stuffed Cabbage from congregant Ruth Rabb. Self-contained foods such as stuffed
cabbage, kreplach and strudels are generally popular choices for dining in a sukkah.
View the recipe at www.emanuelnyc.org: Community ➙ Emanu-El Eats.
We hope you not only will enjoy preparing this
recipe but also consider volunteering to test a
recipe or two for our forthcoming congregational
cookbook. A few more testers are needed. There is
no particular skill level required; just an interest
in cooking. Please contact us at emanueleats@
emanuelnyc.org, let us know what category
recipe you would enjoy testing, and we will help
you select something you will enjoy trying while
helping to ensure that we have a real go-to
cookbook for Emanu-El families.
THe Temple Emanu-El
fall 2014
Our Fall Offerings
Artists’ Beit Midrash / Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses and Tobi Kahn • Jewish Women Writers / Diane Cole •
Zionism: Past, Present and Future / Jonathan Cummings • The American Jewish Story Through Cinema /
Dr. Eric Goldman • Judaism Through the Eyes of the Roman Imperial Throne / Dr. Susan Graham • The
Bible on One Foot / Rabbi Molly Karp • Early Morning Talmud / Rabbi Ysoscher Katz • Nachmanides /
Martin Kaufman • The Rites and Rituals of Jewish Childhood / Dr. David Kraemer • The Rites and Rituals of
Jewish Adulthood / Dr. David Kraemer • Jews in American Politics / Dr. Fred A. Lazin • Spirituality Through
Poetry / Dr. Anne Lapidus Lerner • Classical Hebrew / Rabbi David M. Posner • The Trace of the Face of God:
Emmanuel Levinas and Depth Psychology / Dr. Lee Robbins • Introduction to Judaism / Rabbi Janet Roberts
From Tabernacle to the Temple / Dr. Adolfo Roitman • Magic, Mirages and Miracles / Rachel Rosenthal
Rav Kook and the Herosim of the Holy / Dr. Daniel Rynhold • How to Be a Heretic and Get Away With It /
Dr. Daniel Rynhold • 20th-Century Jewish-American Fiction / Dr. Ann Schwarz • Family Law and Everyday
Life in the Bible and the Ancient Near East / Dr. Diane M. Sharon • The Bible and the Bard / Dr. Diane M.
Sharon • The History of the Jews in Ten Jokes / Andrew Silow-Carroll • Jews and Theatre / Dr. Brigitte Sion
The Modern Attack on The Bible / Dr. Regina Stein • The Book of Daniel / Dr. Mark W. Weisstuch
To register and receive our new Fall catalog with a full listing of classes, seminars and
special events, call 212.507.9580 or visit us at EmanuelSkirballNYC.org
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The Temple Emanu-E
creating new Jewis
October Events
October 19, 5:00 PM / $18
Freedom Song: An Interactive Experience
for Adults and Teens
Expand your understanding of addiction when 14 members of Beit
T’shuvah’s treatment center perform a stirring musical production
that reveals Jewish faces of substance abuse.
October 23, 7:30 PM / $45 / $100 (includes a post reception with Rita)
An Evening with Rita
Rita Jahan-Foruz, the mega-popular Israeli singer, is also an underground
sensation in her native Iran, a place she can never revisit. Watch her
self-titled documentary followed by an intimate performance in Hebrew
and Farsi.
October 26, 10:30 AM / FREE
American Jews & America’s Game
The history of Jews in baseball is marked with bigotry, anti-Semitism and
broken stereotypes. Ira Berkow, Alan Dershowitz, Donald Fehr and
Larry Ruttman reflect on the Jewish-American experience through a
classic pastime.
October 29, 7:30 PM / $18
21st-Century Homeland Security:
Protecting Our World in the Digital Age
Professor Dan Blumberg in conversation with Dr. Matthew Levitt.
Moderated by Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson.
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u-El Skirball Center is
wish experiences…
November Events
November 3, 7:00 PM / $55
$100 (includes a post reception with speakers)
Midterm Election 2014
Spend an evening with husband and wife
team, Democratic pundit James Carville
and Republican stalwart Mary Matalin, as
they go head-to-head on the night before
this year’s general election. Moderated by
Jeff Zucker, President, CNN Worldwide.
(see next page for Q&A)
Feature Event
The People vs. Abraham
You are summoned to a trial
3,000 years in the making…
Prosecutor
Your vote decides the verdict
when prominent litigators Eliot
Spitzer and Alan Dershowitz
argue the case of The People vs.
Abraham. Challenge age-old
notions about the biblical
patriarch and his role in Isaac’s
binding.
November 16, 10 AM
$18 Temple Emanu-El members,
includes boxed lunch
Defense
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November 5, 7:30 PM / $36
Israel in the Eyes of the Media:
From Menachem Begin to Today
Dr. Daniel Gordis, author and educator, and
Ethan Bronner, Deputy Editor, The New York
Times, discuss the evolving perceptions of Israel
from the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty to today.
Moderated by Gary Rosenblatt.
November 12, 6:30 PM / free
Rescuing the Evidence:
Three Minutes in Poland
In 1938, David Kurtz, a Jewish immigrant to
the US, captured three minutes of ordinary life in
a small Jewish town in Poland. Watch the rarely
seen archival footage and join in the discussion
with US Holocaust Memorial Museum film
researcher Leslie Swift and Glen Kurtz.
November 18, 6:30 PM / $45
Israeli Cuisine
Explore modern Israeli cuisine as awardwinning filmmaker Roger Sherman stirs
the pot with Joan Nathan, Chef Lior Lev
Sercarz and Chef Michael Solomonov.
Tasting to follow!
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Join us Monday
November 3 at 7 PM
for an evening with
James Carville
and Mary Matalin
Moderated by
Jeff Zucker, President,
CNN Worldwide
Q&A:
Do you see a cure for the corrosive
partisanship that dominates
Washington political life today?
JC: There is no quick fix for partisanship.
As bad as it is right now, I remind folks of
former Representative and later Senator
Justin Smith Morrill from Vermont. In
1862, arguably the worst year in
American history while literally at war with
each other, we were able to establish the
Morrill Land-Grant Acts, which allowed
for land grant colleges like my alma
Israel. Given the situation in Israel, do
you feel peace is still possible? How
would you advise the current Israeli
administration?
JC: Peace is always possible. I know that
Prime Minister Barak tried very hard and
thought it was very important to secure
peace. It would have been a dream to
acquire that. But that is in the past. On the
current situation, it is very depressing. I
come back to the same place that peace
is always possible.
“Peace is always possible.”
mater, LSU. This landmark achievement
happened in the midst of the Civil War.
Maybe I am an optimist, but if we can do
something that consequential in 1862 I
feel better about the future.
MM: Yes. A clear partisan victory, that is
philosophical electoral mandate on the
role and scope of federal government.
Whatever President Obama’s personal
likability, there is little support for his
policies and philosophy of governance.
The GOP is similarly disfavored, I believe,
because they have been reticent
representatives for a conservative way
forward.
Mr. Carville, in 1999 you were part of
the campaign leading to Ehud Barak’s
victory to become Prime Minister of
In January 2014, your second joint
memoir, Love & War: Twenty Years,
Three Presidents, Two Daughters and
One Louisiana Home, was published.
Do your daughters have an interest in
politics? How do you recommend
getting younger people engaged in
what is happening in the world today?
JC: Both of our daughters have an interest
in politics, but they also have an interest in
many other things. I am more focused on
convincing them to do the dishes than
whom to vote for. For anyone who has
ever been a parent, if I really thought I
could convince my girls about anything, it
wouldn’t be about politics. As for getting
people engaged, one of the things people
don’t realize is how much of an individual
stake they have in what’s going on in the
world at large. Look back 100 years ago,
how can you not feel a sense of historical
importance even today. I teach a class at
Tulane [University] and what I try to do is
talk about how today’s news fascinates.
MM: If you don’t get involved, you can’t
complain and you will get the government
you deserve. Self-governance in a republic
obliges citizens to participate; federalism
affords them the opportunity to have an
impact at the state and local levels when
the federal level is gridlocked, as is
currently the case. The girls are very
politically savvy, knowledgeable and
versed, but not interested so much in
our politics and very active in their own
endeavors.
How would your lives be different
if George H.W. Bush had defeated
Bill Clinton in 1992?
JC: Phew, first off I would have hoped
we still married and stayed married.
Professionally, I probably would have
stayed working on domestic campaigns
and maybe Mary would have been a sort
of cabinet secretary. Obviously for a lot of
reasons I am happy with the way things
have worked out.
MM: We likely would have moved to
New Orleans earlier. I would not have
gone into the White House. James would
have just won the next presidential race.
He is a genius.
For tickets, please call 212.507.9580 or visit us at EmanuelSkirballNYC.org.
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Music at Emanu-El
October Music Programs
ONCE A MONTH, Temple Emanu-El is pleased to
welcome guest musicians as part of our Friday
evening worship. Violinist Jorge Ávila returns
to the Fifth Avenue Sanctuary on October 17
at 6 PM. The Temple Emanu-El Choir will
sing from the bimah. K. Scott Warren will
conduct, and Brian Harlow will accompany
on the organ. All are welcome to attend!
Born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Jorge began
his violin studies at age 14. During his studies
in Honduras, he received first prize in the
“La Botonia” competition. In 1987, he moved to
the U.S. to study at the University of Georgia as a
full scholarship student, where he served as concertmaster of the orchestra and
member of the Pre-College faculty. In 1988, he won the Atlanta Music Club Concerto
Competition. That same year, Jorge moved to New York City, where he began his studies
as a scholarship student at the Mannes College of Music; from Mannes he received both
his bachelor’s degree and professional studies diploma. Jorge’s major teachers include
Jorge Corpus, David Nadien, Charles Castleman and Jose Chaín-Barbot.
SPONSORED BY THE Stecher & Horowitz
Foundation, the Young Artists Concert
Series presents the prize winners of the biennial
New York International Piano Competition.
Temple Emanu-El is pleased to welcome
Sahun Hong on Sunday, October 19 at 3 PM
as the first of four performers during 2014-2015.
Admission is free and open to the public;
enter at One East 65th Street.
Born in 1994 in Seoul, Korea, Sahun was a prizewinner of the Sixth New York International Piano
Competition in June 2012. At the age of 16, he
graduated magna cum laude from Texas Christian
University (TCU) with a bachelor’s degree in piano performance, studying with John
Owings. He also has studied with Martin Canin and Yoheved Kaplinsky of the Juilliard
School. Currently, Sahun is a student of Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Institute of the
Johns Hopkins University. A Young Steinway Artist since 2010, he has been featured
as a guest soloist with orchestras in New York, Texas and Wisconsin.
BOOK DISCUSSIONS
Men’s Club Book Group
Wednesday, October 8 • 8:30 AM
• The Retrospective
by A. B.Yehoshua
Wednesday, November 5 • 8:30 AM
• Out of Egypt by André Aciman
Stettenheim Literary Circle
Wednesday, October 22
1 PM to 2:30 PM* / 6:30 PM to 8 PM
• Dissident Gardens by
Jonathan Lethem
* Co-sponsored by the Women’s Auxiliary
NEW AT THE
STETTENHEIM LIBRARY
The Stettenheim Library has acquired
new DVDs...some new releases, some
classics. Here is a sample:
Animal Crackers
1930 Marx Brothers comedy film in
which mayhem and zaniness ensue
when a valuable painting goes missing
during a party in honor of famed
African explorer Captain Spaulding.
The Courageous Heart
of Irena Sendler
The story of a social worker who was
part of the Polish underground during
World War II and was arrested by the
Nazis for saving the lives of nearly
2,500 Jewish children by smuggling
them out of the Warsaw Ghetto.
See more at www.emanuelnyc.
org/StettenheimLibrary.
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NURSERY SCHOOL
REGISTRATION FORMS
Reminder...Applications for the 20152016 school year will be available
through October 31. Parents
should call the Nursery School
at (212) 744-1400, ext. 230.
(Office hours are from 8 AM to 2 PM,
Monday through Thursday and
8 AM to 12 PM, Friday.)
MOMMY AND ME
New this year...a 45-minute class in
which families are introduced to Jewish
holidays and simple prayers, a bit of
Hebrew, movement and free play. Early
childhood teacher Hadar Orshalimy
will lead the group with her enchanting
voice. Children should be 22 months
or younger. Sessions will meet
Thursdays from 9:15 AM to 10 AM
for nine weeks from October 2
through December 18. Charge is
$450 per family. To register, call
Rabbi Amy Ehrlich at (212) 7441400, ext. 206.
PARENTING @ EMANU-EL
Parent/child programs led by child
psychologist Dr. Juliet Cooper and
Rabbi Amy Ehrlich will begin again
in October. Program specifics and a
registration form can be found on
www.emanuelnyc.org:
Learning ➙ Early Childhood
➙ Parenting @ Emanu-El.
Preregistration is required.
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5TH/6TH GRADE YOUTH GROUP
Students in Fifth and Sixth grades are
invited to join a new youth group just for
them. Planning sessions will be held
on Wednesday, October 1 from 6 PM
to 7 PM and Sunday, October 5 from
12 PM to 1 PM. (Pizza will be served!)
QUESTIONS? Call Missy Bell at
(212) 744-1400, ext. 329.
Youth Programs
My Summer at 6 Points
By Brentt Goldstein, Eighth Grade
THIS SUMMER, I WENT TO CAMP for 12 days at the Union for
Reform Judaism’s 6 Points Sports Academy. I found out about
6 Points Sports Academy because Temple Emanu-El recommended
it, and when I went online, read more about the camp and watched
the video, I was really excited. The campers looked like they were
having a great time. I wanted to try a sleep-away camp but not for the entire summer.
I thought it would be good to be part of a Jewish community that shares the same values
and traditions. I knew 6 Points would be welcoming because of these common values.
Our daily routine was to wake up at 7:30 AM, get dressed and have morning stretch,
lead by either a coach or rabbi. We then were off to breakfast and back to our dorms for
nikayon (clean up). There was a contest among the dorms to be the neatest. The dorm
that won was able to sleep in 30 minutes longer on Saturday and would get bagels in bed.
We then would head to our sports major. I chose soccer from options including basketball,
tennis, lacrosse, baseball, softball, swimming, cheer and dance. After sports major we
would head to lunch, followed by an hour of rest. In the afternoon, we had sports electives.
My electives were flag football, kayaking and Gaga (an Israeli dodgeball-style game).
Other electives were rock climbing, swimming and volleyball. After dinner, we had more
of our sports major, then dorm, snack (milk and cookies), shower up and lights out!
I loved being at a Jewish camp. Before each meal everyone would recite HaMotzi, and
after each meal we would sing Birkat HaMazon. At dinner we would have a song session
including Hebrew songs. On Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings, we would have
a Shabbat service. Every day we were taught a different value (for example, courage,
teamwork, compassion, humility), and the counselors would put on a skit from the
Torah showing us the value. If a coach, counselor or member of the staff saw you using
this value, then you were rewarded with a bracelet.
My favorite things about camp were the kindness of everyone and the Maccabiah Games
(Color War). I definitely am going back next summer to see my friends; it was my home
away from home. I liked being part of a Jewish community and playing my favorite sports.
I would recommend and encourage others to go to 6 Points. You will make a lot of friends
in a welcoming community, play sports and have the time of your life. ❏
URJ CAMP FAMILY LUNCH
To learn more about 6 Points and other URJ camps, come to the Department of Lifelong
Learning’s Camp Family Lunch on Sunday, October 26 from 12 PM to 1 PM; enter
at One East 65th Street. RSVP to Rabbi Rena Rifkin: rrifkin@emanuelnyc.org.
Meet Our Teen Leaders...
THIS YEAR’S LEADERS of the Emanu-El teen community—Senior Youth Group
Co-Presidents Sydney Caputo and Olivia Klein and Teen Benefit Committee
Co-Chairs Andrew Fischer and Greer Manning—discuss what inspires them and
why they think you should get involved! (Read a full version of this interview
on www.emanuelnyc.org: Community ➙ Tweens and Teens.)
How did you get involved in teen programming at Emanu-El?
OK: I started going to Hebrew School in Third Grade, and then in Seventh Grade
I joined Mitzvah Corps. I had a really good time during Mitzvah Corps and wanted
to continue doing similar activities.
AF: After finishing my time in Religious School, I wanted a way to stay connected
to the Temple. Working with other teens in the youth group and Teen Benefit board
sounded like a fun and engaging way to do so.
What made you want to be a leader of the Senior Youth Group/Teen Benefit?
SC: I really love the community that is Emanu- El and wanted to become a part of
it even more. I also have been involved with the Temple for so long that I wanted a
position that would be more challenging than what I have done previously.
GM: I wanted to be a leader of the Teen Benefit Committee because I had a vision of
teens getting together for a meaningful cause in a fun environment where they could
meet other teens and help raise money for an amazing organization.
Sydney Caputo, 12th Grade,
Stuyvesant High School
Andrew Fischer, 12th Grade,
Stuyvesant High School
What is your favorite thing about Emanu-El’s teen community?
AF: We’re like a family! We have our own inside jokes and food preferences, and we
really love each other. It's fantastic to be in a group that works so well together and fits
right into the larger Emanu-El community.
GM: I’ve loved growing up with the other teens, from preschool to our awkward stage
around bat mitzvah season to being able to be members of the youth group. I’ve learned
I can really trust and depend on the lifelong friends I’ve made here.
What is a goal that you have for this year?
SC: I want to get new people involved and have more people come to the events!
GM: My goal for this year is to get more teens involved in all of our programs. Not only
are they fun (and look great on a college resume), but they also do a lot of good for the
community in New York City and around the world. If it hadn’t been for Emanu-El’s
great teen programs, I never would have been able to travel to Alabama to build houses
for the homeless or to London to explore the culture and meet new people at an elderly
home where we volunteered.
Olivia Klein, 12th Grade,
The Dwight School
What are you most looking forward to this year?
SC: Organizing community service events—one of my favorites is Midnight Run.
AF: The Teen Benefit, of course!
(continued on page 10)
Greer Manning, 12th Grade,
Columbia Grammar Preparatory School
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TEEN LEADERS (continued from page 9)
CLERGY
Joshua M. Davidson, Senior Rabbi
Amy B. Ehrlich, Associate Rabbi
Benjamin J. Zeidman, Assistant Rabbi
Lori A. Corrsin, Cantor
Dr. Ronald B. Sobel, Senior Rabbi Emeritus
Dr. David M. Posner, Senior Rabbi Emeritus
Alexis Pinsky, Rabbinic Intern
Carlie Daniels, Rabbinic Intern
Richard Newman, Cantorial Intern
Why should other teens get involved at Emanu-El?
OK: Teens should get involved at Emanu-El because we have so much fun.
We go on trips and throw our own parties, and, let’s be real, we are the best Temple!
GM: Emanu-El is a very safe and respecting community. I’ve never felt pressured to act
or think a certain way. Instead, I’ve been encouraged in my differences and have learned
to be comfortable with being myself! ❏
Join our teen leaders and get involved in the Teen Benefit Committee and
Senior Youth Group! All Emanu-El high school students are invited to the youth
group’s annual Sushi in the Sukkah dinner on Tuesday, October 14 from 5 PM to
7 PM and to the first Teen Benefit Committee meeting on Sunday, October 26
from 3:30 PM to 5 PM. RSVP for these events to mbell@emanuelnyc.org.
OFFICERS
John H. Streicker, President
Susan S. Danoff, Vice President
Marne Obernauer Jr., Vice President
Robert A. Calinoff, Secretary
Stephen T. Shapiro, Treasurer
STAFF
Cara L. Glickman, Vice President,
Finance and Administration
Mark H. Heutlinger, Administrator
Robyn W. Cimbol, Senior Director,
Development and Philanthropy
Sherry Nehmer, Assistant Administrator
Christine Manomat, Membership
Saul Kaiserman, Director,
Lifelong Learning
Rachel Brumberg, Associate Director,
Lifelong Learning
Dr. Gady Levy, Executive Director,
Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center
Ellen Davis, Director, Nursery School
Elizabeth F. Stabler, Temple Librarian,
Ivan M. Stettenheim Library
Warren Klein, Interim Curator,
Herbert & Eileen Bernard
Museum of Judaica
Charles S. Salomon, Funeral Director
Kathryn M. Roberts,
Bulletin Editor/Webmaster
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ADVENTURE (continued from page 1)
Recognizing that one experience can have a tremendous effect on a person’s identity
and outlook, it is my great honor to help develop new Jewish experiences at the
Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center. In close partnership with Rabbi Davidson,
Chairperson Dr. Claudia Plottel and the program committee, we are creating
memorable, compelling events for all Temple members—and for the community at large.
We are devoted to developing programs on a variety of topics and disciplines to meet
individual needs—wherever you are in your personal journey. Our rich curriculum
includes classes, concerts, lectures, performances, debates and special events to provide
diverse learning experiences.
This fall, I invite you to debate American politics with Washington insiders, to sing with
Israel’s #1 star, to cook with master chefs as you hear their culinary tales, to deliver the
verdict in the trial of the millennium, and to engage in conversation on Israel and the
media. I encourage you to enroll in any number of our ongoing classes, taught by our
noted faculty, through which you can examine biblical and Talmudic texts, Shakespeare,
history, psychology, literature and even Jewish humor.
For 170 years, Temple Emanu-El has supported and exemplified the voices of its
ever-evolving community. I look forward to the Skirball Center advancing that legacy
by providing a meaningful platform for continuing learning and growth, much as my
summer camp experience did for me. ❏
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Join the conversation on www.emanuelnyc.org.
Click “About Us” ➙ “Publications” ➙ “Bulletin Blog.”
EMANU-EL’S
“MEALS ON WHEELS”
Volunteers with cars are needed
to assist with weekly deliveries of
fresh meal bags to NY Common
Pantry on Sunday afternoons.
This mitzvah takes 30 minutes
(or less) and enables the Temple
to help feed NYC’s most hungry
individuals. To learn more or to
join the team, email tikkunolam@
emanuelnyc.org.
Life-Cycle Events
FROM BIRTH TO DEATH, the act of consciously marking the major milestones in one’s life
is an important element of both personal and religious development. Similarly important
are the rituals associated with these life-cycle events.
The following students of our Religious School
will become B’NEI MITZVAH:
Saturday, October 11
• Dorothea B. Newman, daughter of Michele and William Newman
Saturday, October 18
• Halle Kate Friedman, daughter of Elaine and Gary Friedman
• Liza Grace Katz, daughter of Erica and Ian Katz
EMANU-EL CARES:
CAREGIVERS
SUPPORT GROUP
If you are in a supportive role, caring
for a parent, spouse or partner who
may be elderly or ill, come join
other adults for open conversation,
sharing and a bit of self-care.
The group will be facilitated by
Carla Daichman, LCSW,
an experienced and respected
psychotherapist in private practice,
who is also a faculty member of the
Department of Psychiatry at Cornell
and Columbia Medical Schools.
We will meet on Wednesdays,
November 5 through December
17, from 6 PM to 7:15 PM.
Enter at One East 65th Street.
We will not meet on November 26.
QUESTIONS?
Contact Rabbi Amy Ehrlich for
more information or to register:
(212) 744-1400, ext 206 or
aehrlich@emanuelnyc.org.
Thursday, October 23
• Adam Croman, son of Harriet and Steven Croman
Saturday, October 25
• Alexandra P. Glazier, daughter of Lara and Matthew Glazier
• Peyton Spolansky, son of Jodi Smith and Steven Spolansky
We are grateful for their sponsorship of each Friday evening’s Oneg Shabbat.
PULPIT FLOWERS at worship services
have been donated by the following congregants:
For Yom Kippur (October 3 and 4)
• In loving memory of Hyman Fisch
• Carol, Ellie and Laura Grossman in loving memory of Charles Grossman
• Mr. Bruce Holman in loving memory of Mildred and Morris Holman
• Ellen M. Iseman and Alexander O’Neill in loving memory of
Trevor O’Neill, husband and father
(continued on page 12)
Charles S. Salomon
The Universal
Funeral Chapel
1076 Madison Avenue
(212) 753-5300
Our service is available in the
Temple, home or our Chapel.
The Cemeteries of Congregation Emanu-El
Salem Fields and Beth-El
A limited number of above-ground crypts are
available in our community mausoleum.
For information, please call Cara Glickman
at the Temple Office, (212) 744-1400.
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HAVE AN ALIYAH
An aliyah (Torah blessing) can be done
to honor a special moment in your life
or simply for the delight of being
involved in Saturday morning Shabbat
services. To get more involved in the
Torah service by reciting the blessings,
or even through taking on the
fulfilling challenge of reading Torah
on Shabbat morning, please email
Rabbi Benjamin Zeidman at
assistantrabbi@emanuelnyc.org
or call (212) 744-1400, ext. 204.
CELEBRATE
DURING SERVICES
Celebrating a special event in your
life? To have an aufruf (wedding
blessing) or to celebrate a baby
naming as part of a worship service,
please call Rabbi Joshua Davidson’s
assistant, Elizabeth Fevrin, at
(212) 744-1400, ext. 209. Be sure to
specify what you are celebrating!
REMEMBERING LOVED ONES
Now that Temple Emanu-El broadcasts
its own services over the Internet,
we are able to accommodate all
congregants who wish to share
Sabbath services and have the name
of a loved one read during Kaddish.
If you wish to have a name read, then
please call one of the rabbis during
the week of yahrzeit observance.
A REMINDER
ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS
Because the Temple Bulletin is
a monthly publication, please be
advised that we need one month’s
notice for Pulpit Flower dedications
and Oneg Shabbat sponsorships.
Call Sherry Nehmer at
(212) 744-1400, ext. 312.
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PULPIT FLOWERS (continued)
• Rosalind Jacobs in loving memory of her husband, Melvin Jacobs
• Mrs. Leonard Landis in loving memory of her husband, Leonard Landis
• Roberta S. Lazar and Kathryn S. Pershan in loving memory of
Nat Lazar and Gertrude and Leon Schaefler
• Richard H. M. and Gail Lowe Maidman in loving memory of
Gail’s mother, Jeanette Marmott Lowe
• Joan A. Mayer in loving memory of Harold C. Mayer, Jr.,
and Margaret and Alexander Arnstein
• Eileen Milloy in loving memory of Ida Broz
• Jane G. Rittmaster in loving memory of her mother, Hilda K. Goldstone
• Jane and Arthur Rosenbloom in loving memory of our daughter,
Jordana Ivy Rosenbloom, Arthur’s parents, Flo and Sol Rosenbloom and
Jane’s father, Mortimer S. Edelstein
• Anne Ross in loving memory of my husband, Dr. Robert Ross
• Dan K. Wassong in loving memory of Maria Czudnowski
• Patricia Weiss in memory of my dearest husband, Howard, and our parents,
Betty and Louis Menken and Cecelia and Samuel Weiss
For Sukkot (October 8 and 9)
• Virginia and Benjamin Sadock in loving memory of Fred Alcott
For the Sabbath of October 10 and 11
• Robin M. Laden in loving memory of Alice Laden
• Mrs. Sandy Pessin in loving memory of her mother, Edith R. Ploss
For the Sabbath of October 17 and 18
• Ann and Robert Freedman in loving memory of Hilda Fertig
• Richard H. M. and Gail Lowe Maidman in loving memory of Jacqueline L. Maidman
For the Sabbath of October 24 and 25
• Myles and Barbara Wittenstein in loving memory of
Barbara’s sister Carol Weinberg Garcia
Almighty God, we thank Thee for the gift of memory which unites generation
to generation. This season of memorial bids us be mindful of the supreme
hour which will call us to the realm of eternal rest and gather us to our
fathers, to all the unnumbered generations that have gone before us. We
remember all our beloved who have already reached the goal whither we are
tending. We think of the days when they were with us and we rejoiced in the
blessing of their companionship and affection.They are near us, even now.
— From the Memorial Service, Union Prayer Book,Vol. II
At a Glance: October
October 1 • Wednesday, 6 PM
October 5 • Sunday, 11:30 AM
Fifth/Sixth Grade Youth Group Planning Session
Tefilah Boot Camp, 10 East 66th Street
October 3 • Friday, 12 PM
10 East 66th Street
October 2 through December 18 •
Thursdays, 9:15 AM to 10 AM
Mommy and Me
One East 65th Street
October 3 • Friday, 5:30 PM
Shir Chadash (“A New Song”)
Lowenstein Sanctuary
October 3 • Friday, 8 PM
Eve of Yom Kippur Services
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary/Lowenstein Sanctuary
October 4 • Saturday, 9 AM
Yom Kippur Pre-Readers Service
One East 65th Street
October 4 • Saturday,
9:45 AM, 2:15 PM, 3:30 PM
Yom Kippur Services
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary/Lowenstein Sanctuary
October 4 • Saturday, 12:30 PM
Yom Kippur Study Sessions
One East 65th Street, 10 East 66th Street
October 6 • Monday, 5:30 PM
October 5 • Sunday, 5 PM
Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing! (Sixth Grade Girls)
One East 65th Street
Full program descriptions are
available on the Temple website:
www.emanuelnyc.org.
October 6 • Monday, 9:45 AM
October 17 • Friday, 6 PM
10 East 66th Street
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
Emanu-El Senior Center Open House
October 8 • Wednesday, 8:30 AM
Men’s Club Book Group
One East 65th Street
October 8 • Wednesday, 5:15 PM*
October 9 • Thursday, 10:30 AM
Sukkot Family Celebration/Sukkot Services
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
* Worship followed by a family dinner at 6 PM
(One East 65th Street )
October 10 • Friday, 7:15 PM
Emanu-El Community Opening Sabbath Dinner
September Music Program
October 19 • Sunday, 12:30 PM
(Optional lunch at noon)
Seventh Grade Bar/Bat Mitzvah Mini-Retreat
One East 65th Street
October 19 • Sunday, 3 PM
Young Artists Concert
One East 65th Street
October 19 • Sunday, 5 PM
Freedom Song: For Adults and Teens
10 East 66th Street
One East 65th Street
October 22 • Wednesday,
October 14 • Tuesday, 11 AM
Stettenheim Literary Circle
Club 65: A Group for Seniors
One East 65th Street
1 PM to 2:30 PM and 6:30 PM to 8 PM
One East 65th Street
October 26 • Sunday, 9:30 AM
October 14 • Tuesday, 2 PM
October 27 • Monday, 4 PM
Beth-El Chapel
10 East 66th Street
10 East 66th Street
October 4 • Saturday, 2 PM
October 14 • Tuesday, 5 PM
October 4 • Saturday, 12:30 PM
Yom Kippur Teen Worship Service
Yom Kippur Family Worship Service
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
October 5 • Sunday, 9:30 AM
October 6 • Monday, 4:30 PM
Pre-K to Grade 2 Family Shabbat Program
10 East 66th Street
Young Families: Sukkot Snack
Sushi in the Sukkah, 10 East 66th Street
October 15 • Wednesday, 5:15 PM
October 16 • Thursday, 10:30 AM
Simchat Torah Family Service/
Sh’mini Atzeret Service
Fifth Avenue Sanctuary
For Skirball programs, see the pull-out center section.
Third Grade Family Program: Why Do We Give?
October 26 • Sunday, 3:30 PM
Teen Benefit Committee Meeting
10 East 66th Street
October 28 • Tuesday, 11 AM
Lama Lo: Sisterhoods Coming Together!
One East 65th Street
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TEMPLE EMANU-EL
BULLETIN
Vol. 87, No. 2
October 2014
CONGREGATION EMANU-EL
of the City of New York
One East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065
(212) 744-1400 • www.emanuelnyc.org
Emanu-El is now on Facebook!
Visit us at www.facebook.com/emanuelnyc
Freedom Song:
An Interactive Experience
for Adults and Teens
Sunday, October 19 • 5 PM to 8 PM
Lowenstein Sanctuary (10 East 66th Street)
Charge: $18 per person
Join us for a performance of Freedom Song,
a musical created by and starring young Jewish
adults who are recovering from addiction,
followed by small group discussions and
special presentations.
Register at EmanuelSkirballNYC.org
or call (212) 507-9580.
For more information about events
organized by the Temple Emanu-El
Skirball Center, view the special
pull-out section in the center.
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