October2015 - Temple Sholom of West Essex

TEMPLE SHOLOM OF WEST ESSEX
the
Inside this issue:
Vol LXI
From the Rabbi
2
From the President
3
Religious School
4
Sisterhood
6
Adult Ed
7
Legacy Circle
10
Calendar
14-15
Contributions
16-17
Congratulations
Anniversaries
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17
Tishri / Heshvan 5776
Sunday,
October 25, 2015
10:00 am
Rabbi Groffman will introduce speaker and our
former member, daughter of Lynne & Joe Epstein
Jane Larkin, author of
Safe Shredding
Oct 13
.
Congregational Dinner &
Choral Shabbat
Oct 28 6:00 PM
October 2015
Joseph Berger retired from The New York Times in December after 31 years as a
reporter, columnist and editor covering religion, education and New York’s neighborhoods,
frequently writing about Israel, Yiddish and America’s Hasidim. In 2011, he was given the
Peter Kihss award of the Society of Silurians, the premier journalist’s organization in New York,
for his career achievement. He is the author of four books, including “The Pious Ones: The
World of Hasidim and Their Battles With America,” and a memoir of his refugee upbringing,
“Displaced Persons” Growing Up American after the Holocaust,” The latter book was chosen
as a notable book of the year by The New York Times, which called it “an extraordinary
memoir,” and was praised by Elie Wiesel as a “powerful and sweetly melancholic memoir,
brilliantly written.” In addition to “The Pious Ones,” he also wrote “The World in a City:
Walking the Neighborhoods of The New New York.”
Continued on page 8
SAVE THE DATES
Books & Bagels
Oct 18 10:30 AM
Number 2
Sunday
October 11, 2015
2:00 pm
Dr Lynne B Harrison
is sponsoring speaker and author Joseph Berger
Special points of interest:
Pasta Dinners
Wed~Oct 14 6:00 PM
Tues~Oct 20 5:45 PM
SHOFAR
From Generation to Generation: A Story of Intermarriage & Jewish Continuity.
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Interdating and intermarriage can make even the most open-minded Reform
Jewish parents and grandparents anxious. It’s one thing to welcome intermarried
couples into the general community, but it is another when the mixed-faith couple
involves your own child or grandchild.
Join us as we explore the “oys” and “joys” of being a parent or
grandparent of a child in an interfaith relationship.
Continued on page 8
WWW.SHOLOM.NET
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From the Rabbi
I am willing to guess that if
There is an important message
someone asked you to name some
both in Shemini Atzeret and Simchat
Jewish holidays, Shemini Atzeret would Torah: Judaism is about joy,
not be the first one to come to mind.
celebration, gratitude, praise and
blessing. It is all too easy for us to
Shemini Atzeret literally means
associate Judaism with repentance and
“Eighth Day of Assembly,” and refers to mourning if most of our engagement
an additional festival day tacked on to with Judaism is on Yom Kippur or at
the end of the seven day festival of
yahrzeit time. Of course, repentance
Sukkot. The sages imagine that after
and mourning are vitally important. But
God has the company, so to speak, of we get the most out of being Jewish
so many of us in the period between
when we celebrate. The Psalmist
Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot, God feels captured well the Jewish spirit in these
sad that God will not see us again in
words: “This is the day Adonai has
such numbers until Passover. So,
made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
tradition created this additional
festival day to lengthen the time God
I hope that 5776 is a year of joy and
gets to spend with us.
blessing for all of us and that we
expand our engagement with Judaism
We also celebrate Simchat Torah on so that we feel the joy of being Jewish.
this eighth day, as do Israeli Jews
(Orthodox and Conservative Jews
L’shanah Tovah--a good year
outside of Israel observe Simchat
for us all.
Torah on the ninth day). Simchat
Torah, “Rejoicing In The Law,” marks
Rabbi Laurence W. Groffman
the end of the cycle of Torah reading
for the year and its beginning. We take
out two Torah scrolls, read the end of
Deuteronomy from one of them and
the beginning of Genesis from the
other. At TSWE, our Klezmer band
plays joyous music, we sing and dance
with the Torah scrolls and we
consecrate our new Religious School
students. It is a real celebration of
Torah and Jewish learning.
Rabbi Irving Greenberg notes that
the very first Jewish holiday Soviet Jews
adopted once they won their freedom
was Simchat Torah. Whereas for us
Simchat Torah is less well known and
observed than, say, Yom Kippur, for
Soviet Jews, the opportunity to rejoice
in being Jewish was their highest
priority.
the
SHOFAR
Published Monthly By:
TEMPLE SHOLOM OF WEST ESSEX
760 POMPTON AVENUE
CEDAR GROVE, NEW JERSEY 07009
Office (973) 239-1321
Fax (973) 239-7935
Email: office@sholom.net
Web Site: http://www.sholom.net
Rabbi
Laurence W. Groffman
Cantor
Betsey Peters-Epstein
Rabbi Emeritus
Norman R. Patz
Educational Director
Rachel Sesser
Office Manager
Phyllis Maffucci
Executive Committee:
Presidents
Edward Gold
Richard Jarmel
Vice Presidents
Larry Plaxe
Larry Steinman
Recording Secretary
Brian Altschul
Lynne Brennen Friedlander
Treasurer
Open
Trustees
Steven Buchwalter
Laurie Katzmann
Arthur Kolodkin
Robert Podvey
Arlene O’Connell
Stanley Scheiner
Stephen Siegel
Irma Solomon
Marlene Tuch
A Reform Congregation
affiliated with the
UNION FOR REFORM
JUDAISM
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President’s Message
We have decided that each month the Shofar will include a financial section that provides information on the state of
our financial affairs. The Temple’s budget reflects our fiscal year that runs from July 1 to June 30. This section will outline
the following key financial data:
Income Year to Date
$372,186.98
Expenses Year to Date
$179,924.70
Net Income $192,262.28
Annual Income Budget
$1,020,332.44
Annual Expense Budget
$1,020,332.44
The net income is the income year to date; expenses are also year to date
Currently we have financial information from July 1 to August 31, 2015, and those numbers are reflected above.
You might be wondering why we have decided to share this information with the entire congregation. We believe it
is crucial for everyone to understand the financial status of the Temple and the cost associated with running the Temple.
Our income is primarily derived from the following categories:
MEMBERSHIP DUES
SCHOOL TUITION
SCHOOL SUPPLIES & REG.
Total
$598,000.00
$86,680.00
$18,455.00
$703,135.00
The balance of our budget, approximately $317,000.00 or 31% of the budget,, must be funded through fundraising,
donations and the High Holy Day Campaign. The Temple has always followed this financial model, which is necessarily
imprecise since we must rely upon donations and other variable sources rather than regular and predictable income to
meet our budgetary needs.
The Temple’s expenses increase yearly due to cost escalations from our vendors for gas and electric, telephone,
insurance, landscaping, snow plowing, and other maintenance items. Your board must be fiscally responsible to remain
within budget and still provide a handsome place to worship and a rich congregational life that makes many activities
possible: adult education, religious school, speakers, musical programs and spiritual support, for example.
Temple Sholom of West Essex is a community. Their members rely on all of us to fulfill our obligations. When we do
not satisfy our financial responsibilities, the entire Temple community is affected, jeopardizing our ability to assist
people with dues relief, provide programming, maintain and improve our facility, fulfill our spiritual duties and support
the level of services we all want.
We ask that you be aware of the cost of running the temple, give generously to our fundraising events like our High
Holy Day Campaign, and consider leaving a bequest to the Legacy Circle.
Your Co-Presidents
Richard Jarmel & Ed Gold
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From the Religious School
The new school year started with a lot of excitement, especially for the kindergarten through third grade
students. The children came together on the first two Tuesdays to celebrate the fall holidays through art and
stories and had a wonderful time learning with Rabbi Groffman.
The theme for the school year was inspired by the words of the great sage Hillel:
If I am only for myself, who is for me?
If I am only for myself, what am I?
If not now, when?
We talked about how important it is to stand up for yourself and to care for other people, precepts to
remember every day.
They learned the names of Sukkot and its origin as a harvest celebration. In keeping with caring for other
people, the children brought canned goods to give to the Human Needs food pantry in Montclair. They made edible
sukkahs and decorated our own new sukkah with their creations. At the end of the day, Rabbi Groffman showed the
children how to wave the etrog and lulav and we all practiced in the sanctuary.
For Simhat Torah, we had a real treat. In different rooms, congregants and teachers dressed up as important people
from the book of Genesis (Beresheit). In small groups the children visited these characters and learned their stories.
They had encounters with Adam and Eve, as well as Noah and Abraham. In the Sanctuary, Rabbi Groffman showed our
young students how the Torah is dressed and unrolled the Torah for them.
Rachel Sesser
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE FIRST
PASTA DINNERS OF 2015-16!!
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Wednesday, October 14 at 6:00 PM.
and Tuesday, October 20 at 5:45 pm
These will be our special
MEET-THE-TEACHERS NIGHT
for grades K-3(10/20) and 4-6 (10/14)!
All congregants are welcome!
If you would like to sponsor a Pasta Dinner
please contact Steve Buchwalter
(Rambo.isnow@verizon.net)
Tot Shabbat at
Temple Sholom of West Essex
Join Rabbi Groffman and
Cantor Epstein
for a song-filled Shabbat
Service and Pizza Dinner
at 5:30pm on
November 20, 2015;
February 26, 2016; March 25, 2016; April 15, 2016
There is no fee for the dinner, contact
office@sholom.net to reserve your spot
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Tot Shabbat families are also invited to join
Rabbi Groffman, Cantor Epstein and our
Congregational Family for the following
Family Holiday Shabbat Services.
Family Shabbat Services begin at 6:30 pm.
These services do not include dinner.
Simchat Torah, October 2, 2015;
Hannukah, December 11, 2015;
Tu B’shevat, January 22, 2016
PLEASE TELL A FRIEND!!!
They do not need to be a member!!!
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Chris Mason
A professional song leader*
will work with children and adults
to create a temple band and choir.
Calling all TSWE Musicians and Singers!!
Starting October 5th and continuing for ten consecutive
Mondays, Chris will work with children from 5pm-6pm and
adults from 6pm-7pm. The goal is for this combined group
of children and adult singers and instrumentalists to play at
our Chanukah Family Service and Celebration
on December 11 at 6:30 pm.
Children in grades 3rd or 4th and older are eligible for the
choir,and children in grades 6th or 7th are eligible to play an
instrument. If interested please contact Rabbi Groffman
at rabbi@sholom.net or the office at office@sholom.net
*Chris mason is a senior at William Paterson University studying
Music Education. Though a saxophonist by trade, he has a broad
knowledge of most instruments you would find in a synagogue
setting. He has been playing guitar for nine years and has
sharedJewish music at summer camps and in
congregations for over five years.
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Sisterhood News
Save the Date:
TSWE Fall Rummage Sale
If you didn’t bring your Rummage in June then here we are again—TSWE Rummage Fall Sale is in November!
We need both your items as well as your help with this event! We take household items, clothing, shoes, jewelry, books,
small electronics, toys, baby items, etc...
The rummage sale helps Sisterhood defray the costs of onegs, bar and bat mitzvah gifts for students, as well as special
events at the temple and special gifts to the temple.
DROP OFF DATES:
Sunday, November 1 - 9-12
Monday, November 2 - 9-6
Tuesday, November 3 - 9-6
Wednesday, November 4 - 9-6
SALE DATES:
Sunday, November 8
9-2
Monday, November 9
9-11 and 3-6
Please Cut Out This “Thank You Ad”
and Present It The Next Time You
Patronize One of Our Advertisers
Next Date:
October 13, 2015
From
For advertising either in our Temple Directory,
Monthly Newsletter or our
60th Anniversary Ad Journal.
I am patronizing your business because of it.
We will guarantee secure shredding of your papers at a
minimal cost of $10/box. Come in during working hours
Monday - Thursday, 9 to 5pm but be sure to call the office
first for drop off arrangements.
WE ARE SAVING TREES!!!!!
Safe Shredding comes the second Tuesday of the month.
Other dates are below:
November 10, 2015
December 8, 2015
January 12, 2016
February 9, 2016
March 8, 2016
April 12, 2016
May 10, 2016
June 14, 2016
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Fundraising Committee
Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to get down to the task at hand: Fundraising at Temple Sholom. Fundraising
is vital to the operational needs of our Temple. We are looking to hold two major fundraisers this year - possibly even a
third. The committee has been brainstorming all summer and we have some pretty exciting events planned.
One of our major fundraisers this coming year will be a Tricky Tray to be held in May - location and date to be
announced soon. The committee is looking for your help:
Please donate or solicit items for us - gift cards/certificates from any retailer or restaurant, sporting events ,
memorabilia, games, housewares, electronics, services, etc. All are needed. We will also be looking for a few Big Ticket
items for additional raffle-i.e. TV, Computer, IPAD, Jewelry, vacations, etc. All donations are greatly appreciated!
We will also be kicking off our Who Do You Know campaign for guest speakers at our Temple. We are asking our
congregants to go through your contacts, family members and friends to see if you or someone you know has a
relationship with a notable person whom can speak here at Temple Sholom. Please reach out to either Judy Jarmel or
Phyllis and we can discuss the details.
Please volunteer to help us - we need it! If you would like to help, please contact either Judy Jarmel at 973-652-2593,
email: rjdmat@aol.com or contact Phyllis in the Temple office.
Thank you!!
Phyllis and Judy
Adult Ed-Books & Bagels
Led by our member ~ Leslie Stern
Sunday, October 18, 2015
10:30 AM
As a child in 1913, Malka Treynovsky flees Russia for New York
with her family--only to be crippled and abandoned in the streets. Taken in by a tough-loving Italian ices peddler, Malka survives. When she
falls in love with Albert, they set off together across America in an ice
cream truck to seek their fortune; slowly, she transforms herself into
Lillian Dunkle, "The Ice Cream Queen of America"--doyenne of an
empire of ice cream franchises and a celebrated television
personality.
Spanning 70 years, Lillian's rise--fraught with setbacks, triumphs,
and tragedies--is inextricably linked to the course of American
history itself, from Prohibition to the disco days of Studio 54.
And when her past starts catching up with her, her world implodes
spectacularly.
Copies of the book are limited—and will be available after the
High Holy Days in the Book Nook to sign out
Download a Kindle version if you can
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Joseph Berger continued:
Continued from front cover:
Jane Larkin continued
Continued from front cover:
Sunday,
October 25, 2015
10:00 am
Sunday
October 11, 2015
2:00 pm
Refreshments will be served
Dr Lynne B Harrison
is sponsoring
Speaker and author Joseph Berger
Refreshments will be served
Please Join Us
Jane Larkin is the author of
From Generation to Generation: A
Story of Intermarriage and Jewish
Continuity, which Kirkus Reviews calls
The Pious Ones: The World of
“An enlightening, encouraging take
Hasidim and Their Battles With
on the complexities of religious
America by Joseph Berger
intermarriage.”
As the population of
She writes for Interfaith
ultra-Orthodox Jews in the
Family.com
and contributes to “The Seesaw” in the Forward.
United States increases to
Her
work
has
appeared in Tablet, Kveller.com, The Jewish
astonishing proportions, veteran
Journal Massachusetts, Jewish Exponent, ReformJudaism.org,
New York Times journalist Joseph Berger takes us inside
the ever-fascinating insular world of the Hasidim to explore the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education and other
outlets. She is a founding member of the Jewish Women’s
their origins, beliefs, and struggles—and the social and
Foundation of New Jersey and is on the executive
political implications of their expanding presence in
committee of National Council of Jewish Women Greater
America.
Though the Hasidic way of life was nearly extinguished Dallas. She sits on the board of directors of Big Tent
Judaism (formerly the Jewish Outreach Institute) and chairs
in the Holocaust, today the Hasidim—"the pious ones"—
the Women for Israel initiative in Dallas for the Jewish
have become one of the most prominent religious
subcultures in America. In The Pious Ones, New York Times National Fund.
In addition to writing, speaking and teaching, Jane
journalist Joseph Berger traces their origins in
is
the
assistant
director of engagement at Temple Emanu-El
eighteenth-century Eastern Europe, illuminating their
in
Dallas.
She
oversees
conversion, interfaith, LGBT and
dynamics and core beliefs that remain so enigmatic to
young adult programming.
outsiders. He analyzes the Hasidim's codified lifestyle,
Jane has a BS from the Newhouse School of Public
revealing its fascinating secrets, complexities, and
Communications
at Syracuse University and an MBA from
paradoxes, and provides a nuanced and insightful
Fordham University Graduate School of Business.
portrayal of how their all-encompassing faith dictates
nearly every aspect of life—including work, education,
Copies of From Generation to Generation
food, sex, clothing and social relations—sustaining a sense
will be for sale at the event.
of connection and purpose in a changing world.
Refreshments will be served.
From the intense sectarian politics to the conflicts
that arise over housing, transportation, schooling, and
gender roles, The Pious Ones also chronicles the ways in
which the fabric of Hasidic existence is threatened by
exposure to the wider world and also by internal fissures
within its growing population. What lies ahead for the
Hasidim, and what lies ahead for American culture and
politics as these Ultra-Orthodox Jews occupy a greater
place in our society?
.
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Congregational
Dinner &
Choral Shabbat
Sponsored by Dr Lynne B Harrison
October 23, 2015
Dinner at 6:00 pm
Shabbat Services at 8:00 pm
Hors d’oeuvres & Dinner
Catered by Hobby’s Restaurant
$25.00 per person
BYOB
RSVP to Temple Office by October 16, 2015
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Meditation with Joan Fisch
“It has been said that when you
pray you talk to God….
When you meditate you listen
to God”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Meditation experience not
necessary – All welcome
Second Friday of the month
at 7:15pm (sharp!)
Meditation leader Joan Fisch
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
First session of the season:
Friday October 9, 2015
In the Children’s Library
Reserve your spot,
email Joan Fisch:
joanfisch@gmail.com
From the Caring Connection
CARING CONNECTION—
MITZVAH SHOPPING?
Thank you to ALL the Caring
Connection volunteers! This
organization could not
thrive without your
involvement and help!
If you would like to become involved, please contact
me or the temple. Your involvement could be as easy as
a making a phone call or providing a meal. You could
provide a friendly face to a lonely member or help a
member with a transportation need. You decide how
involved you and your family will become.
TRIBUTES
Thank you to everyone who thinks of us through a
tribute. Your generosity helps us fund programs, send
meals to those in need, and sponsor other activities
throughout the year.
Dori R Schwartz
Legacy Circle
Adult Ed
"A tasty summertime treat. . . . A rich literary feast of 31
flavors (and twice that many colors, scents and sounds), Ice
Cream Queen is a familiar schmatta-to-silk brocade story of
immigrant New York.... Ice Cream Queen is polished yet
pointed, deceptively cheery but shaded in the sinister - an
upside-down, funhouse treat. In short . . . You'll lick it
up."―USA Today.
Our member Leslie Stern read and loved The Ice Cream
Queen of Orchard Street and will be discussing the book at
Books & Bagels, on Sunday, October 18, 10 a.m. at the Temple.
This witty and suspenseful first novel by Jane Gilman, set in the
Lower East Side, was so successful that she wrote another book,
that one so popular that Amazon is having difficulty keeping
either of them in stock.
Read it on Kindle if you can or check the Book Nook for a
copy to sign out after the High Holy Days.
See you on the 18th.
All last year we celebrated the
temple’s past….
Now is the time
to take care of our future…
Create a Legacy
Call Marlene Tuch for details
973-228-1575
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TaSTY Corner ~ Noar Sholom
* Includes entrance fee and 1lb. Apples
per person. Additional apples may be
purchased at an additional fee. ~
PLEASE BRING EXTRA MONEY FOR
ADDITIONAL PURCHASES
Chaperones / Drivers Needed!
TaSTY will bake cakes with the donated apples and will sure put smiles on
faces, when they deliver them to some
or our members
PLEASE RSVP ~ Limor Guttman,
Youth Programs Director at
973-901-5565
Or YPD@sholom.net
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TaSTY Corner ~ Noar Sholom
Tasty Car Wash
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13 Heshvan 27
5:00 PM Music Enrichment
12 Heshvan 26
8:30 AM 4th Grade Trip to
Tenement Museum
10:00 AM Rabbi’s Interfaith
Marriage Program—Jane Larkin
10:00 AM 5th Grade Torah Study
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14 Heshvan
5:45 PM Pasta Dinner
7:30 PM Ex Committee
Meeting
8 Heshvan 22
15 Heshvan 29
6:15 PM 7th Grade Sect 1
6:00 PM Lead & Serve/
Mentor Dinner
9:30 AM Adult Study
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6:00 PM 5th Grade Mitzvah
Munch
6:15 PM 7th Grade Sect 2
9:30 AM Adult Study
7 Heshvan 21
7:30 PM Post Confirmation
9:30 AM Adult Study
(Arlene Room)
6:00 PM Pasta Dinner
6:15 PM 7th Grade Sect 1
6:30 PM TaSTY Meeting
1 Heshvan 15
6:15 PM 7th Grade Sect.2
7:30 PM Rabbi’s Guys
Night
9:30 AM Adult Study
30 Tishri 14
SIMCHAT TORAH
Safe Shredding
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6 Heshvan 20
5:00 PM Music Enrichment
5 Heshvan 19
10:30 AM Adult Ed
Book Discussion—’Ice
Cream Queen on
Orchard Street”
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5:00 PM Music Enrichment
COLUMBUS DAY
29 Tishri
5:00 PM Music Enrichment
SHEMINI ATZERET
1
3 Heshvan
4 Heshvan
BERESHIT
VAYERA
8:30 AM Torah Study
10:00 AM Bar Mitzvah
Jacob Fishman
18 Heshvan
LECH LECHA
8:30 AM Torah Study
10:00 AM Bat Mitzvah
Lauren Sherman
11 Heshvan
NOACH
8:30 AM Torah Study
10:00 AM Bat Mitzvah
Hannah Reznik
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17 Heshvan 31
8:00 PM Shabbat Service
16 Heshvan 30
6:00 PM Congregational
Dinner
8:00 PM Shabbat Service
Choral Shabbat
27 Tishri
CHOL HAMOED
8:30 AM Torah Study
10:00 AM Bar Mitzvah
Aaron Smookler
10 Heshvan 24
8:00 PM Shabbat Service
16
20 Tishri
10:00 AM Bat Mitzvah
Danielle Schwartz
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Saturday
26 Tishri 10
7:15 PM Meditation
8:00 PM Shabbat Service
9 Heshvan 23
2 Heshvan
19 Tishri
6:30 PM Shabbat Service
Simchat Torah & Consecration
2
Friday
25 Tishri 9
18 Tishri
Thursday
24 Tishri 8
Wednesday
23 Tishri 7
Tuesday
22 Tishri 6
Office Closed
10:00 AM Yizkor Service
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28 Tishri 12
10:00 AM 6th Grade Life
Cycle Workshop
2:00 PM Speaker:
Joseph Berger
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10:00 AM Challah
Workshop - 5th/6th Grade
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Monday
All events are subject to date and/or time
changes—please check with our weekly
email for updates or current monthly
calendar.
Sunday
TEMPLE SHOLOM OF WEST ESSEX
October 2015
Tishri / Heshvan 5776
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18 Kislev
5:00 PM Music Enrichment
17 Kislev 30
THANKSGIVING
9 Kislev
All events are subject to date and/or time
changes—please check with our weekly
email for updates or current monthly
calendar.
VAYISHLACH
No Torah Study
16 Kislev
8:30 AM Torah Study
10:00 AM Bar Mitzvah
Michael Khan
Luncheon
VAYETZE
15 Kislev 28
6:30 PM Shabbat Service
Office Closed
14 Kislev 27
2 Kislev
CHAYE SARAH
8:30 AM Torah Study
10:00 AM Bar Mitzvah
Benjamin Friedman
Luncheon
TOLDOT
8 Kislev 21
5:30 PM Tot Shabbat
8:00 PM Anniversary
Shabbat Service
7 Kislev 20
25 Heshvan
Saturday
8:30 AM Torah Study
10:00 AM Bar Mitzvah
Daniel Stehr
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1 Kislev 14
7:15 PM Meditation
8:00 PM Shabbat Service
30 Heshvan 13
Office Closed
24 Heshvan
Friday
5:30 PM 5th Grade Shabbat
Dinner
6:30 PM Birthday
Shabbat Service
23 Heshvan 6
Thursday
More than a congregation, we’re a family!
No Religious School
No Adult Study
13 Kislev 26
6:15 PM 7th Grade Sect 2
6:30 PM TaSTY Meeting
12 Kislev 25
INTERFAITH SERVICE
11 Kislev 24
5:00 PM Music Enrichment
10 Kislev 23
10:00 AM 6th Grade Torah
Study
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6 Kislev 19
9:30 AM Adult Study
5 Kislev 18
7:30 PM Ex Board Mtg
4 Kislev 17
5:00 PM Music Enrichment
3 Kislev 16
11:00 AM Lead & Serve:
Eldridge Street Synagogue
Trip
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7:30 PM Post Confirmation
5:00 PM Music Enrichment
Adult Ed -Rosh Hoedesh
6:15 PM 7th Grade Sect 1
VETERANS DAY
9:30 AM Adult Study
29 Heshvan 12
6:15 PM 7th Grade Sect 2
28 Heshvan 11
Safe Shredding
27 Heshvan 10
9-11:00 AM Rummage Sale
3-6:00 PM Rummage Sale
26 Heshvan 9
9-2:00 PM Rummage Sale
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5:00 PM Music Enrichment
9-6:00 PM Rummage
Drop Off
9:30 AM Adult Study
22 Heshvan 5
Wednesday
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TEMPLE SHOLOM OF WEST ESSEX
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November 2015
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Contributions to the funds of the congregation are always
appropriate, welcome and provide important revenue.
Tzedakah is very much a part of Jewish tradition, especially
when it is given to mark celebrations, to offer best wishes for recovery from illness (refuah sheleimah), offer condolences,
and at yahrzeit time, to remember loved ones. These gifts are put to constructive use to enhance the programs of our
congregation.
Contributions
RABBI’S GOOD WORKS FUND
In Appreciation of:
Given By:
Rabbi Groffman…………………………………………..Sandra & Douglas Fine
……………………………………………………………………..Susan & Herb Gordon
……………………………………………………………………….…Sue & Dick Sandler
Sandie Fine….………………………………...……………….…Sue & Dick Sandler
Debbie Kaiser……………………………………………………Sue & Dick Sandler
In Honor of:
Given By:
Melissa Groffman, nursing degree…………………………...Paula Cummis
……………………………………………………………………………Rhelda & Jay Sher
JoAnn & Steve Pine’s 50th anniversary………Fani & Alan Weissmann
In Memory of:
Given By:
Leonard Brown, father of Randy Laxer…………….………Thelma Joseph
………………………………………………………………………….Elise & Elliot Levine
Dick Denby, husband of Barbara Denby……….Ruth & Herb Dooskin
……………………………………………………….…………….....Lynne & Joe Epstein
………………………………………………………………………..…………….Eileen Lurie
……………………………………………………………………..Marlene & Gerry Tuch
RABBI EMERITUS FUND
In Appreciation of:
Given By:
Rabbi Patz officiating the wedding of our son Craig’s
to Lauren Pilger…………………………….…...Jaimee & Bruce Baumgarten
Rabbi Patz…………………………………….………..…….Susan & Herb Gordon
Rabbi Patz, honoring our 50th Anniversary…….Susan & Steve Rosen
ADULT ED FUND
In Appreciation of:
Given By:
Larry Steinman leading the Adult Study Group…...…………………………
…………………………………………………..……………………..Jeannette Yackeren
In Memory of:
Given By:
Leonard Brown, father of Randy Laxer……………..…Ruth & Al Frankel
Dick Denby, husband of Barbara Denby……..………Ruth & Al Frankel
……………………………………………………………..…..………..Gail & Rick Isquith
…………………………………………………………….…………..……Laurie Katzmann
…………………………………………………………….……... Eileen & Art Kleinberg
CARING CONNECTION FUND
In Memory of:
Given By:
Leonard Brown, father of Randy Laxer…….....Ronni & Sam Brummer
………………………………………………………………..…..……….Joan & Ron Fisch
…………………………………………………….…………..….…Sandy & Steve Sobel
Dick Denby, husband of Barbara Denby….....Susan & Harvey Bazaar
…………………………………………………….….……....…Ronni & Sam Brummer
……………………………………………………….…....….Marsha & Gerry Heyman
……………………………………………………….…..……….…….Joan & Jerry Marks
…………………………………………………………..….………..Harriet & Larry Plaxe
……………………………………………………….…..………...………..Marion Sanders
…………………………………………….………………..…….Ruth & Arnold Shurkin
……………………………………………………….…....…….Sandy & Stephen Sobel
………………………………………………………...…………………Audrey Weinstock
Jerome Schapiro……………………………..………..Sandra & Stephen Sobel
In Honor of:
Given By:
Joan & Jerry Marks new home…………..………………Rhelda & Jay Sher
AUGUSTA E. FLYER &
GILBERT M. FLYER CAMPERSHIP FUND
In Memory of:
Given By:
Dick Denby, husband of Barbara Denby………Irma & Carl Solomon
In Honor of:
Given By:
Linda Cane, daughter Abigail’s marriage to Todd Carroll………
………………………………………………………….….……….Irma & Carl Solomon
Melissa Groffman, receiving her nursing degree…………………….
……………………………………………………………...………Irma & Carl Solomon
ZELDA & HENRY HOROWITZ LIBRARY FUND
In Memory of:
Given By:
Dick Denby, husband of Barbara Denby…...Sheila & Joseph Nadler
ISRAEL SCHOLORSHIP FUND
In Honor of:
Given By:
Judy & Ben Tabs, grandson Alec’s Bar Mitzvah…………...
………………………………………………………………………...Mimi & Stuart Korn
JAY LEVINE SANCTUARY FUND
In Memory of:
Given By:
Leonard Brown, father of Randy Laxer…………...…….Charlie Folkman
JOHN OETTINGER LANDSCAPING FUND
In Memory of:
Given By:
Leonard Brown, father of Randy Laxer…..…Arlene & Bob O’Connell
Dick Denby, husband of Barbara Denby….…..Sheila & Art Kolodkin
…………………………………………………………..……..Arlene & Bob O’Connell
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MARK LEFKOWITZ FUND
In Memory of:
Given By:
Leonard Brown, father of Randy Laxer……..………….…Larry Steinman
Dick Denby, husband of Barbara Denby…..…………….Larry Steinman
OPERATING FUND
In Memory of:
Given By:
Leonard Brown, father of Randy Laxer…….....……Marti & Rand Agins
……………………………………………………………...…Ellen & Steve Buchwalter
…………………………………………………………...………………………………Ed Gold
…………………………………………………………...…………Sheila & Art Kolodkin
……………………………………………………….…………………Susan & Herb Rich
……………………………………………………….……….………….Rhelda & Jay Sher
……………………………………………………….…….…..Denise & Paul Silverman
……………………………………………………..……..……….Leslie & Richard Stern
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Contibutions continued:
Dick Denby, husband of Barbara Denby……..………………………………….
………………………………………………..……………Nancy & Michael Horowitz
………………………………………………..…………………………Susan & Herb Rich
………………………………………………..………………..Marcy & Stephen Siegel
………………………………………………..……………………Leslie & Richard Stern
In Honor of:
Given By:
The Brener Family………………………….…..…………….Jules & Daryl Lerner
Maxine Myers, birth of great grandson,
Menachem Mendel Gamliel.………………..………………Rhelda & Jay Sher
Larry Steinman, birth of his granddaughter Hallel Moriyah ……...…..
………………………………………………………………………….…Rhelda & Jay Sher
YAHRZEIT FUND
In Memory of
Given By:
Beatrice Aminoff…………….………………..……………Harriet & Larry Plaxe
Rachel Asch……………………………..………..…….Rose & Steve Klinkowize
William Asch………………………………..………….Rose & Steve Klinkowize
Manny Bobrow…………………………..……………………….…Sophia Bobrow
Elaine Smith Cohen……………………..……….……Linda & Sidney Gilman
Philip Cummis……………………………..……………….………….Paula Cummis
Dick Denby…………….…………………..………………………Minnette Zweben
Lou Enfeld……………………………..….Sherri Glassman & Marcia Podvey
Lillian Epstein……………………..………………………….…Susan & Herb Rich
Marcia Finkelstein…………………..………………….Linda & Sidney Gilman
Saul Frankel……………………………..…………………..Ruth & Albert Frankel
Joseph French…………………………..…..……………..Ruth & Albert Frankel
Paul Gilman………………………………..………………Linda & Sidney Gilman
Vivienne Goldstein………………………...……………Jillian & Andrew Reich
Sidney Gordon…………………………..………………..Susan & Herb Gordon
Nettie Isquith………………………………..………..…………Gail & Rick Isquith
Nathan Lava……………………………………..…..…………..Karen & Larry Lava
Walter Mintz……………………………………..………..……………….Helen Mintz
Rose Orlin………………………………………..……………….Gail & Irwin Isquith
Gloria Ramer………………………………..…..…………………Barbara Schofield
Rose Rich……………………………….………..……….……….Susan & Herb Rich
Abe Rosenblatt……………………………..……,Audrey & Stuart Rosenblatt
John Sparacin………………………………..………………Joan & Sidney Pestka
Robert Spinner………………………………..……………………….….Jackie Green
“Deeds of giving are the very
foundations of the world.”
Mishna, Pirkei Avot 1:2
Congratulations & Best Wishes to
Lynne & Joe Epstein on the upcoming Bar Mitzvah of
their grandson Alex Epstein taking place on October 24,
2015. Proud parents are Michele & David Epstein.
Susan & Michael Richter on the birth of their
granddaughter Charlie Bella on July 13, 2015. Proud
parents Sharon and Craig Nassi.
Judy & Ben Tabs on the Bar
Mitzvah of their grandson Alec
Tabs on September 12, 2015.
Proud parents are Nancy and
Daniel Tabs.
October Anniversaries
Jill & Andrew Sherman
Alyson & Steven Tiegel
Joan & Jerry Marks
Joan & Ron Fisch
Carol & Stephen Grossman
Lisa & David Rosenthal
Natalie & Paul Brehne
Joan & Paul Egyes
Deborah & Mark Stehr
Dora & Sam Brewster
Ellen & Steve Buchwalter
Lesley & Manny Andrews
Melissa & Michael Rich
Emily Zelner & Joel Carino
Lauren & Michael Zichelli
Sheri & Brian Altschul
Laura & David Bauer
Marsha & Gerard Heyman
Linda & Robert Garrelick
Sandra & Scott Sokol
Jocelyn & Sloan Friedman
Dorothy & Reuben Friedman
Susan & Michael Richter
Mimi & Stuart Korn
Janice & Jeffrey Jacobson
Leslie & Barry Mandelbaum
Bonnie & Ridwan Khan
Charlotte & Bernard Davidson
Jennifer & Daniel Natt
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