Selichot - Adath Jeshurun Congregation

 Backyard Shabbat
Saturday, September 3
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Tri-Faith
Collaboration
Jews, Christians &
Muslims Together
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THE VOICE OF ADATH JESHURUN CONGREGATION
Connect. Engage. Grow.
S e p t em b er, 2016
Vo l 13 2 ● Is su e 11
2 8 Av 5776
Our New Engagement Team
Strengthening our community by
connecting congregants to one
another and the vibrancy of Adath.
Selichot
A Night that Ushers in the Sacred Themes
of the High Holy Days
This year’s community-wide service takes place at
Temple Israel, 2324 Emerson Avenue South, Minneapolis,
on Saturday, September 24.
Casey Reiter, Engagement Coordinator,
will work with young adult outreach and
family engagement through B'nai Mitzvah
age. Casey and her husband Adam are
Adath members. Their 2-year-old son,
Asher, attends Gan Shelanu Preschool.
8:30 PM
Havdalah and Program
I am my Brother’s Keeper! Acting in the Face of Injustice
Yehudit Shendar, Retired Deputy Director and
Senior Art Curator at Yad Vashem
World-leading expert in Holocaust art and
Nazi art plundering
10:00 PM Reception
10:30 PM Selichot Service
Participating Congregations: Adath Jeshurun Congregation, Beth El Synagogue,
Mayim Rabim Congregation, Sharei Chesed and Temple of Aaron. Temple Israel
Meira Silverstein, Adult Learning Coordinator, has a passion for Jewish learning
and is a professional violinist. She and
husband, Alex Fiterstein, are Adath
members along with their children,
Dani, age eight and Adinah, age five.
Jennifer Gray, Director of Congregational
Life, is a lifelong Adath congregant. Her
family includes husband, Mark Freeman;
daughters Annie and Isabel and son Josh.
Jennifer teaches yoga and is founder of
the Yoga Center of Minneapolis.
High Holy Days ● 5777
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah First Day
Rosh Hashanah Second Day
Kol Nidre
Yom Kippur
Sukkot First Day
Sukkot Second Day
Shemini Atzeret
Simchat Torah
Sunday, October 2
Monday, October 3
Tuesday, October 4
Tuesday, October 11
Wednesday, October 12
Monday, October 17
Tuesday, October 18
Monday, October 24
Tuesday, October 25
For information on service times and special programming,
see your High Holy Days Information Booklet or the website.
All High Holy Days order forms are due by September 23.
www.adathjeshurun.org
WORD FROM OUR CLERGY
WHO’S WHO
Cultivating Character
During this election season, we are expected to judge the character of those who
will serve as leaders at every level of government. So how do we determine the
quality of a person's character? New York Times columnist David Brooks, in his
widely acclaimed book, The Road To Character, explores this issue observing that,
"we live in a culture that focuses on external success. We live in a fast, distracted
culture. We’ve lost some of the vocabulary other generations had to describe the
inner confrontation with weakness that produces good character." Brooks suggests a person of character "radiates an inner light."
While preparing a recent sermon on leadership and character, I realized there is no direct translation into Hebrew of the English word character, referring to the possession of a high level of moral
standing. Looking for a good answer, I asked some fine Hebraists how they would translate the
word. Earl Schwartz suggested adam yasher. This is like the name of our synagogue Adath Jeshurun,
which we translate as "gathering of the righteous," a name we strive to live up to. Jonathan Paradise,
the retired professor of Hebrew at the University of Minnesota who relishes this kind of challenge,
initially suggested the term baal shiur komah, which he defined as “a respected, honorable, venerable
person.” Our discussion settled on the term ba'al or ba'alat middot, a person who possesses good
character. Middah means a virtue or character trait.
Examining our middot is central to the venerable Jewish discipline of character building known as
Mussar. In modern Hebrew mussar refers to morality. The root sur is found in Psalm 34:15. The
Psalmist asks, "what is the path a person should follow to live a good life/Mi ha ish hechafetz chayim?"
and answers, “turn away from evil/sur me-rah and do good/va’aseh tov, seek peace/bakesh shalom,
and pursue it/v’rodfei-hu."
Psalm 34 reminds us that character building does not require us to be flawless, and surely we have
abundant examples of Biblical characters who had their share of flaws. Rather, the work of character
building requires us to acknowledge our failings and to honestly grapple with them. Israel Salanter,
the 19th century Lithuania rabbi who significantly advanced the practice of Mussar, promoted it as a
way of moving people from simply knowing the right thing to do, to helping them to find the psychological motivation to actually do it. That is the essence of the Jewish tradition of Mussar practice.
Hineni, Adult Jewish Learning and Contemplative Practices - Talmud Torah of St Paul under the
leadership of Sara Lynn Newberger, has developed Mussar classes including one at Adath this fall. I
am honored to co-lead it with Sara Lynn, Cindy Reich and Jennifer Gray. We will use a curriculum
created by Rabbi David Jaffe for the Institute for Jewish Spirituality called the Tikkun Middot Projectthe Repair of Character Project, based on the ground breaking work of Alan Moranis and Rabbi Ira
Stone and Mussar masters of previous generations. In addition to study, mindfulness practice and
group discussion, class members will meet on their own in chevruta pairs between sessions to
support each other's personal growth. The class runs mid-September through mid-February.
Rabbi Harold J. Kravitz
Senior Rabbi, Max Newman
Family Chair in Rabbinics
rabbikravitz@adath.net
Rabbi Aaron S. Weininger
Associate Rabbi, Berman Family
Chair in Jewish Learning
rabbiweininger@adath.net
Cantor Scott Buckner
Hazzan
cantorbuckner@adath.net
Jim Sherman
Rabbis’ Associate
jsherman@adath.net
Rabbi Barry Cytron
Senior Scholar
Bernie Goldblatt
Executive Director
bernieg@adath.net
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Debbie Spencer
President
president@adath.net
Al Kaufmann
Treasurer
Barbara Fishman
VP Primary Education
Jeff Daniels
VP Marketing/Communications
Jeannie Gilfix
VP Adult Learning
Debbie Goldenberg
Secretary
Scott Gordon
VP Fundraising & Development
While we expect leaders of all segments of our society to aspire to the highest possible level of
character, in the end the best we can do is to first hold ourselves up to that high standard. Personal
character improvement work is at the heart of what is expected of each of us during the approaching High Holidays. We welcome you to join our Mussar Program to advance this worthy goal. With
God's help, and each other's support in mastering our Middot, we hope that we will be able to
cultivate the kind of radiating inner light that David Brooks urges us to look for in our fellows.
Jodi Rubin
VP Secondary Education
Registration Information: Free introductory session: Monday, September 19 at 7:30 PM
Monday nights, 7:30-9:30 at Adath. Oct. 31, Nov. 14 and 28, Dec. 12 and 19, Jan. 9 and 23,
Feb. 6, 13 and 27, March 13
Cost: $180 payable to the Adath. Sign up at http://adath.nirsham.com/form/mussar.
If you cannot pay the whole fee, pay what you can. Contact Jennifer Gray at jenniferg@adath.net
Lee Prohofsky
VP Property & Catering
Rabbi Harold Kravitz
MAX NEWMAN FAMILY CHAIR IN RABBINICS
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Please Note:
The dates of the program have changed
slightly since it was first publicized.
Ann Miller
VP Membership
Mark Freeman
VP Human Resources
Julie Ziessman
VP Jewish Life & Learning
Adath Jeshurun Foundation
President Judy Gaviser
jgaviser@gmail.com
WORD FROM OUR BOARD
As we approach the High Holidays, it is a time for reflecting on the
past year.
During last year’s Rosh Hashanah SPA service, we were handed cards
with important questions on the back of the card. I have kept that card
in my tallis bag and I look at it all the time.
The questions are:
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How and whom is your connection to Judaism developing?
What direction do you want to take it in the New Year to enrich your life?
What tools to you need?
What help do you need on this journey?
I would like to share my own journey this past year. While I haven’t mastered my way
around the Shabbat morning service, I am getting better thanks to the class: Finding
Your Way into the Shabbat Morning Service. I am going to sign up again, and this
time I will purchase my own Siddur so I can take notes and insert page markers. Please
consider joining me for the next class.
I don’t know all of the words or tunes to some of the prayers, but I am learning more
each time I attend services. I encourage you to come to any morning or afternoon
minyan, Shabbat morning service or SPA service. Don’t feel bad if you don’t know all
the words. You can simply come with intention and sing “LAI, LAI, LAI”
In my effort to understand more about the weekly parshat and learn about the great
Jewish thinkers, I have joined the Downtown study group. I have become more familiar
with Jewish scholars and specifically about why good people suffer and why evil persists.
Feel free to join any of our study groups, even if you have never attended one before.
It has been years since my last Torah Reading, and I have taken Beginner and Intermediate Torah Reading classes more than once. Adath is filled with accomplished Torah
readers who will help you out literally anywhere and any time no matter where you are
in your Torah reading journey.
Whoever you are and however your respond to those questions, Adath has something
for you!
It is an honor and a privilege to help lead our congregation. I am grateful and humbled
by this opportunity. The people I will meet, the relationships I will build, and the stories
I will hear inspire me. I look forward to getting to know all of you better.
Debbie Spencer, President
High Holy Days
Ticket Orders Due September 23
In order to receive your tickets by mail,
all order forms need to be returned to
the synagogue office by Friday,
September 23. Ticket orders received
after that date may be picked up in the
office or at Will Call.
AVINU MALKEINU
(Our Father, Our King)
NAMING GOD
A Pre-High Holy Day
Conversation
Rabbi Barry Cytron,
Adath Senior Scholar
September 17, 24 and October 1
9:15-10:15 AM
Barbra Streisand, at the
request of Israel’s illustrious
Shimon Peres, sang this
famous prayer at his
retirement celebration.
Every Rosh Hashanah, we
joyously stand and sing its
mighty refrain. But most
of us no longer relate positively to images
of royalty; victims of parental abuse note
the problem of assuming a benevolent
father; and feminists have long objected
to masculine language for God.
Join us for three Shabbat morning discussions
as we explore the questions raised by this
powerful and central theme of our
Machzor. Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman’s
latest volume in the Prayers of Awe series
will serve as our main resource. There is
no charge and everyone is welcome.
Get ready for Gimel services by attending Gimel Open Jam!
4:30 PM, September 22 and September 27
Join Rabbi Weininger, Laurie Herstig and Michael Raymond in the Social Hall for
one or both open jam sessions as we get ready for Gimel! Brush up on your favorite
holiday tunes and grab a light bite.
“Gimel service is fantastic! And that's not only because our kiddos are
engaged and learning, but also because as adults, we too are engaged!
There are instruments, props, colors and sounds (so great for fidgety fingers)!
It’s truly amazing how music and storytelling can pull children, parents and
grandparents together (really, whole families can connect around the holiday
simultaneously). The pull is so strong that I have seen many attendees of the
other services who just cannot help but peek in on what Gimel is up to!”
Congregant Janessa Berkowitz
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Don’t be without a welcoming table of
friends or family this High Holy Day
season. If you can offer space at your
family’s table, or you would like to be
invited for a High Holy Day meal, please
contact Susie Held at 763.557.1502 or
e-mail shheld3@comcast.net.
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Tri-Faith Collaboration
Intro to Judaism/Conversion
Over the past year, Christian, Jewish and Muslim congregations in
our Northwest suburban area have expressed interest in connecting
and better understanding each other's faiths. In this spirit, we are
planning a series of visits to each other's congregations in the weeks
ahead as part of a Tri-faith Collaboration.
Adath Jeshurun, Beth El and Sharei
Chesed synagogues offer a joint
Introduction to Judaism course on
Tuesday evenings, beginning September13
and taught by rabbis of these congregations, Rabbis Harold Kravitz, Alexander
Davis and Avram Ettedgui. The class will
challenge and inspire participants both
intellectually and spiritually, as they go on
a fascinating journey together, exploring
Jewish values and sacred texts, approaches to God, prayer, holidays, life cycle
observances, and more. The class
concludes in May, 2017.
Wayzata Community Church
Sunday, September 11 at 10:45 AM
The series will begin with a Service of Remembrance and Hope at Wayzata Community
Church. We will all join together to observe the 15th anniversary of this devastating day.
Adath Jeshurun Congregation
Saturday, September 17 at 6 PM
Adath Jeshurun will host visitors from the participating congregations on Saturday
evening with an introduction to our afternoon service, Mincha, which includes the reading of the Torah. After the service we will meet for light refreshments at 7:15-8:15 PM.
Members of the Adath community will answer questions and engage in conversations,
followed by a brief Havdalah ceremony, marking the conclusion of the Jewish Sabbath.
North West Islamic Community Center
Sunday, September 29 at 4 PM
The North West Islamic Community Center will host a prayer service on Sunday
evening September 29 from 4-6 PM. We will be welcomed, observe their brief
service, then have time for conversation and questions.
St. Edward the Confessor Episcopal Church
Sunday, October 9 at 10 AM
The community of St. Edward the Confessor Episcopal Church in Wayzata will host us
at their Sunday morning service. After, we are all invited to break bread and socialize.
Bet Shalom Congregation
Sunday, October 16 at 7 PM
Bet Shalom will host a service celebrating the first night of the Festival of Sukkot.
Recalling the Sukkot harvest festival offering in the Torah, they encourage all in
attendance to come with a "Gaily Decorated Basket of Fruit and Vegetables," which will
be ceremonially offered and placed on the pulpit during the service and then delivered
to the ICA Food Shelf. The service will last approximately 45 minutes and will be
followed by refreshments and an opportunity to visit their Sukkah.
These gatherings will be an opportunity to observe each other in prayer, to learn about
each other's faiths and to deepen our relationships. We hope members of Adath will
take this opportunity to visit these congregations and join us as we host on the evening
of Sept 17. Harriet Kohen is serving as our congregational chairperson. Please reply to
the Adath office 952.545.2424 if you plan to attend. Watch for updates in our weekly
Chadashot email announcements and on the Adath website.
Introduction to Judaism is open to Jews,
non-Jews, people who have grown up in
interfaith families, and those considering
conversion. The class enables people who
are considering conversion, and their
partners, to study Judaism seriously and
grapple with the religious and personal
questions that are raised in this soulsearching process. A Hebrew reading
course is also built into the program.
Anyone interested in enrolling in the Intro to
Judaism program through Adath, please
contact Rabbi Kravitz at 952.545.2424.
One of the many decisions made at the
end of life is where to be buried. Will
you leave that decision to your family at
a time of sorrow or will you preplan?
We encourage you to make this
important decision now.
Adath Jeshurun Congregation owns and
maintains the Adath Chesed Shel Emes
Cemetery in Crystal.
Backyard Shabbat
Saturday, September 3 from 4:30-6:30 PM
You're invited! Casual, summer community gatherings to relax,
nosh and learn as kids and adults enjoy Shabbat. All are welcome.
We’ll provide childcare for kids ages 2 and up so adults can
socialize. The Backyard Shabbat will be at the home of Kara and
Uri Rosenwald in Plymouth. RSVP to klrosenwald@gmail.com.
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To help you get your plan in place,
now through Simchat Torah, all
plots—up to four—are 25% off for
Adath Jeshurun members.
For you, or for a loved one, plan on
Adath Chesed Shel Emes.
Call the Adath Chesed Shel Emes
Cemetery superintendent, Michael
Morris at 612.998.0077 or
michaeljmorris@comcast.net.
Friday Evening SPA and Congregational Dinner
Friday, September 23
Join us to unplug from the week and plug into
something special that will inspire you for the
upcoming holidays. A space we create together.
Our soulful, musical davening (prayer) begins at 6 PM
in the Chapel followed by a congregational dinner.
Join us as we build a lively Shabbat energy where it's comfortable to connect with new
and old friends and experience the authenticity and warmth of community. Come create
kavanah, a real intention around special ritual items that represent Jewish pride and
heritage, as we discuss how ritual enhances our connection to spirituality. Come as you
are—leave somehow changed.
Take a break and join us for
Adath’s 2016 Senior Adult
Getaway
Inspiration, Relaxation and
Exploration
(at a beautiful location)
On October 31, spend a wonderful day at
Mount Olivet Retreat Center with guest
speakers, delicious food, nature walks,
gentle yoga and more.
Bus leaves Adath at 9 AM and returns at
5:30 PM for dinner, ending by 7:15 PM.
Join us for a traditional chicken Shabbat dinner. A vegetarian option is available.
Cost is $18 for adults; $9 for ages 12 and under.
Cost: $50
Let us know you’re coming to dinner by September 19. RSVP at adathjeshurun.org
or send payment to Adath Jeshurun, attn: SPA Shabbat Dinner, including ages of children.
E-mail Jennifer Gray at
jenniferg@adath.net to receive your
registration form and more information.
Send Holiday Packages to your kids ages 18-24!
Know kids living away from home? Children? Grandchildren? Help them
stay connected to Adath with holiday packages at Rosh Hashanah,
Hanukkah, Purim and Passover.
Each package comes with holiday themed items plus a note from the rabbis. The cost for
all four packages is just $36! The fee offsets package costs but additional contributions
are always appreciated. Enroll by September 9 to ensure your child receives the package going for Rosh Hashanah at adath.nirsham.com/form/18-24-outreach.
The boxes are packaged by parent volunteers. It only takes about an hour and it’s a
great way to meet other parents. Join us on Tuesday, September 27, at 7 PM, at
Adath to help.
Questions? Contact: Sue Freeman, susandfreeman@gmail.com,
Wendy Johnson, rajwbj@comcast.net or Amy Klaiman, aklaiman@q.com
Finding your way into the Shabbat Morning Service
Join Adath congregant, SMP teacher Lon Rosenfield, for a Tuesday evening
class for adults on understanding the Shabbat morning service. It’s like a
book club, only you talk about the prayers! This is what you’ll cover:
 How is the service put together, and why?
 Basic vocabulary of the service
 Where did the prayers come from? What can we learn from their sources?
 Different ways to understand the prayers, and their meaning, power, and
(sometimes) difficulties for us today
 Themes of the various parts of the service
 Choreography of davening
 Hands on “Torah Labs” including a close encounter with a Sefer Torah and Tefillin,
and side trips to B’raishit and Mt. Sinai via a close reading of Torah.
Beyond Baubies—Secrets of
the Jewish Holiday Kitchen
Monday, September 19, 7 PM
in the Adath Kitchen.
Food has always played a primary role in
the celebration of Jewish holidays.
Come cook with us as three of Adath’s
“balabustas” (Yiddish for “perfect,
gracious hostess”) Reva Kibort, Raleigh
Kaminsky and Susie Kane will teach you
how to make two traditional favorites,
apple cake and knishes, for the High Holy
Days. This will be a hands-on class and
you will participate, taste and bring home
samples to share with your family. Jewish
cooking is food with a story. Circle the
date to hear the poignant and savory
tales of how food has played an important role in the lives of these women
with such diverse backgrounds. Watch
the website and Chadashot for more
details and sign up forms.
These classes are meant to enhance your experience in the Shabbat Morning Service,
and to enrich your Jewish life. No Hebrew knowledge is required. Come with questions
and curiosities. There is no charge for this program.
Monday evenings 7:30-9 PM.
Class begins Nov. 7 and runs 25 weeks (come as you can).
Contact Jennifer Gray at jenniferg@adath.net to be included in the updates and mailing
list for this class. Please sign up soon so we can better plan for the class.
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HAPPENINGS
SPA: Soulful Prayer at
Adath
Join Rabbi Weininger, with
Jennifer Gray, Nancy
Krawetz on guitar and
Elizabeth “EB” Barnard on drums, at
9:45 AM for a contemplative service.
Backyard Shabbat
4:30-6:30 PM
Casual, summer community gatherings to relax, nosh
and learn as kids and adults
enjoy Shabbat. See page 4.
Kadima/USY Kick-Off
BBQ (rain or shine)
Contact Sue at
952.215.3910 or
suel@adath.net for details.
Newborn-Pre K children and their
parents 10 AM - noon. See page 7
Carlebach Service
The soul stirring melodies
of the late Rabbi Shlomo
Carlebach help us begin
Shabbat. 6 PM.
SERVICES
Beyond Baubies—
Secrets of the Jewish
Holiday Kitchen, 7 PM
See page 5.
SHABBAT RE-EH
September 2-3
7:30 PM Candle lighting
6:00 PM Friday Evening Service
9:30 AM Shabbat Morning Service
6:30 PM Shabbat Mincha
Mussar class begins &
continues through
February. See page 2.
SHABBAT SHOFTIM
September 9-10
7:17 PM Candle lighting
6:00 PM Friday Evening Service
9:30 AM Shabbat Morning Service
Emily Rotenberg Bat Mitzvah
6:30 PM Shabbat Mincha
High Holy Days Forms
Due Today
All ticket orders, Memorial
Book entries, knish and
kugel orders, program
sign-ups and any payment due for them
is due today.
Friday Evening SPA &
Congregational Dinner
Join the SPA davening
team for SPA (Soulful
Prayer at Adath) Friday
evening Kabbalat Shabbat service
followed by dinner. See page 5.
Community Selichot
Service at Temple Israel
See page 1 or service
schedule to the right
9:30 AMNoon
See page 10.
Sweet, Spice & Everything Nice Shabbat
5:30-7 PM. See page 7.
Avinu Malkeinu
Naming God
First of 3 sessions led by
Rabbi Barry Cytron. Series
continues 9/24 and 10/1.
See page 3.
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Sunday Minyan
Breakfast
This program builds friendships and supports our
Minyan. Join us at 9:30 AM
minyan, followed by breakfast. Each
month a congregant shares a few words
in memory of a loved one.
SHABBAT KI TEITZEI
September 16-17
7:04 PM Candle lighting
6:00 PM Friday Evening Service
9:30 AM Shabbat Morning Service
6:30 PM Shabbat Mincha
SHABBAT KI TAVO
September 23-24
6:51 PM Candle lighting
6:00 PM Friday Evening Service
9:30 AM Shabbat Morning Service
6:30 PM Shabbat Mincha
COMMUNITY SELICHOT SERVICE
AT TEMPLE ISRAEL
September 24
8:30 PM Havdalah & Program
10:00 PM Reception
10:30 PM Selichot Service
SHABBAT NITZAVIM
September 30-October 1
6:38 PM Candle lighting
6:00 PM Friday Evening Service
9:30 AM Shabbat Morning Service
6:30 PM Shabbat Mincha
ROSH HASHANAH
October 2-October 4
See your High Holy Days information
booklet or adathjeshurun.org for service
times and special program details.
DAILY MINYAN
Mornings
7:20 AM Monday-Friday
9:30 AM Sunday Mornings &
Legal Holidays
Evenings
5:45 PM Sunday - Thursday
Evenings
B’NAI MITZVAH
YOUTH NEWS
SMP Registration
EMILY
ROTENBERG
SEPTEMBER 10, 2016
Emily is the daughter of Lisa and Richard Rotenberg.
She is the sister of Jordan and Jason and granddaughter of Lynn and Buddy Abramson and Jean and David
Rotenberg. Emily enjoys dance, playing piano and golf.
As her Hesed project, she is making tie blankets to
donate to Minneapolis Children’s Hospital. Through
her Bat Mitzvah training, Emily has learned “that hard work and lots of practice
helped me reach this special day.”
SMP Registration has been sent to all SMP
aged-families. Please return your registration
forms by Thursday, September 8. We need
your registration to ensure accuracy in our
records. The first day of SMP is Saturday,
September 17 – Shabbat Ki Tetze. For
questions or additional information, please
contact Risa Kessler at 952.215.3925 or
e-mail at risak@adath.net. We look forward
to seeing you on September 17.
SMP Welcome/Parents Meeting
September 10, 10–11:30 AM
in the Large Muscle Room
SMP begins on Saturday morning, September
17. There will be an SMP Orientation for 5th
and 6th grade parents in the Chapel so you
can learn what is in store for your child at
SMP. Following SMP classes, all of SMP will go
to the Sanctuary and join the congregation to
begin the new school year. For questions or
additional information, please contact Risa
Kessler at 952.215.3925 or e-mail
risak@adath.net.
Shabbat spirit in song, treats, crafts and free play in
the Gan preschool’s great ‘indoor playground’.
K-4 Grade Junior Congregation
CHILDREN & YOUTH NEWS
Tumbling Tot Shabbat!
World Birthday Celebration
Free & open to all young families. Questions: annetter@adath.net
Family Fridays
September 16, 5:30-7 PM
Sweet, Spice & Everything Nice
Hosted by Tammi & Elliot Lazarus
Make Shabbat come alive and celebrate with families of young children!
Delicious dinners, friendly music & fun. Everyone is welcome so bring your
friends, neighbors and extended family members as guests.
Calling all K-4th graders! Be part of Adath’s
Junior Congregation! We meet in the
Chapel from 10 AM-Noon on Shabbat
mornings on SMP weeks. Participants are included in leading parts of the service, t’fillot
(prayers) and reading Torah!
As our K-4th graders get involved with Jr.
Congregation, parents are welcome to join
or stay in the building and enjoy all that
Adath has to offer on Shabbat mornings.
Register by September 9 at: http://adath.nirsham.com/form/familyfridays
Questions? Contact Annette Rose, Family Life Educator, at
annetter@adath.net.
B’Yachad Starts September 11
Register Today
Kindergarten and first graders come learn and
have fun at Adath Jeshurun Congregation’s
B’Yachad Sunday School. B’Yachad is a great way to begin or continue your
child’s Jewish education.
Torah for Tots
Childcare on Shabbat mornings at Adath
for children 2 years-PreK
10 AM - Noon
Fun, interactive play time,
includes Shabbat stories
from the Torah, Shabbat
appropriate activities and
games for all ages!
A dynamic curriculum engages young students and helps them make friends and
build community. Classes are taught by experienced Jewish educators. We meet
9:30 – 11:30 AM Sunday mornings from September-May.
Lisa Bennett, Gan Teacher and Shabbat
Morning Childcare teacher, will staff the new,
welcoming Torah for Tots class! Join us to
enjoy Shabbat together!
Register today at http://adath.nirsham.com/form/byachad.
Questions: suel@adath.net or 952.215.3910
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CHILDREN & YOUTH NEWS
We aspire to have mensches. “A mensch?” you ask. Yes! As quoted in Leo Rosten’s
book The Joy of Yiddish, a mensch is “someone to admire and emulate….who has a sense
of what is right, responsible..” This term is used as a high compliment. Within our
youth programming we actively evoke a pride of being Jewish, a responsibility towards
our communities and instill various social, religious and leadership levels for our youth
to aspire towards, spreading mensch-like behavior everyday!
We have a powerful potential in our youth that we continuously encourage. We desire
to direct them to a good end. Join us in the various Adath youth-related opportunities
for your child, tween and teen! Go to Adath’s website to get an overview of each of
these programs (and grade level) listed. Encourage them to give it a try and bring a
friend. All are welcome! Discover the program or programs that works for you!
USY (9-12), Kadima (7-8), Maccabee (4-6), Mulan Play (7-12), Purim Carnival Booths
(7-12), SMP Teen staff (8-12), Junior Congregation (K-4), Rosh Hodesh/Shevat Achim
(8), Heschel Study Society (9-12), Talmud Torah (3-8), Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day
School (K-8), Yachad (9-12), Confirmation (10), Teen Israel Programs (10-12), Jewish
Summer & Family Camps (4-11 & young families), and teen volunteer opportunities in
the larger community (contact Sue), as well as Adath events including assisting on
Sundays at B”Yachad, weekdays at Gan Shelanu and some Shabbatot for our Tumbling
Tot Shabbat, Torah for Tots and Backyard Shabbat.
Take the next steps along your
Jewish journey with Yachad
25 varied course offerings
Courses that work for
busy schedules:
Weekly, Monthly, Online
Outstanding & diverse
faculty & staff
I am looking forward to seeing you!
Sue Shrell Leon, Director of Youth Engagement
September Highlights:
Tuesday, September 6 - USY & Kadima BBQ Kick-off event, 6 - 8 PM
Wednesday, September 7 - Yachad Open House, 6 - 7:30 PM
Tuesday, September 13 - SMP Staff Orientation, 6 - 7:45 PM
Saturday, September 17 - First day for SMP, Tumbling Tot Shabbat, Junior Congregation
Sunday, September 18 - Maccabee & Kadima event
Tuesday, September 20 - Adath Teen “WE DAY” event, 7 AM - 3:30 PM
Saturday, September 24 - Heschel Study Society, 11:45 AM - 1 PM
USY event at Adath
WE Day is an inspirational event. It connects and empowers a new
generation to shift the world from ME to WE.
WE Day is an unparalleled stadium-sized experience, WE Day brings
together world renowned speakers and performers with stands packed
with young social innovators to honor their contributions and kick-start
another year of change.
Volunteer and witness the power of WE Day MN first-hand!
Maccabee chapter goes rollerblading
Tuesday, September 20, 2016, 7 AM - 3:30 PM
Open to teens in 7-12 grade
Must be an Adath family or Youth member
Bus transportation provided by Adath
Supervised by Sue Shrell Leon, Director of Youth Engagement
Tickets are limited….On a ‘First Come, First-Served’ basis.
Contact Sue Shrell Leon at suel@adath.net or 952.215.3910 immediately and no later
than Tuesday, September 6.
2015 Teen WE Day participants
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OMEN’S LEAGUE WORLD
Member Appreciation Brunch
Leadership Advancement Opportunity
Sunday, September 18, 10:30 AM at Adath
A Leadership Institute will be held in Des Moines, Iowa on
October 30-31. Under the auspices of the IntraContinental
Region for Women's League for Conservative Judaism, this program is open to all women in the region who want to advance
their leadership skills within a Jewish context. For information
contact Region President Ardis Wexler at 952.210.7497.
If you have paid your membership for 2016-17 just come and
enjoy a delicious brunch and great program about “Happy Feet”
from Schuler Shoes. If you want to bring a guest that is not a
member, the cost is $12. Call Helen Vinisky at 952.544.3947
to make a reservation. There will be a drawing for a $50 gift card
to Schuler’s. So put your favorite shoes on and come to the
Member Appreciation Brunch.
For more information about membership call Lorene Lampert
763.593.5808 or Harriet Amdur at 612.209.1777.
Racial Justice and Mass Incarceration
A very happy and healthy birthday…
... to our members born in September. May you celebrate your
birthday with fun and with love and may the years that follow
bring you all that you desire. Robin Altman, Judith Elias, Paula Fox,
Sheila Goldstein, Rose Goodman, Marlene Rutman, Estie Sherman
On September 6, Women’s League, together with the Tuesday
Torah Study at 12 noon, will be discussing the problems of mass
incarceration across the U.S. with a focus on the intersection of
race, poverty, and the criminal justice and penal systems. It will
be illustrated how the emerging organizing efforts can offer hope
for change.
Save the Dates
With all the shootings around the country, we need to look into
this problem and find solutions.
“When you have confidence you can have fun. And when you have
fun, you can do amazing things!”
Joe Namath
On December 4, a panel will be featured which will include
Legislators. Final arrangements are being made and we will let
everyone know when all the details are finalized. Everyone is
invited to participate. Call Bobby Nemer with any questions at
952.938.8941
Book Club
Thursday, September 8
Our book club meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at
9:30 AM at Perkins on 394 and Louisiana, St. Louis Park. The
following are the books we are reading:
September 8, Nerve Damage by Tom Coombs
October there will be not be a get together due to all
of the holidays.
November 10, The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
We enjoy our time together talking, eating and discussing the
book of choice. This is open to all. Please phone Laureen
Phillips 763.545.4236 for further details or questions.
Note Date Change
Sunday, October 30 at 10:30 AM. Women's
League is proud to host Hamline University
Professor David Schultz who is recognized
nationwide as an expert on the American
Political Process and the ethics of politics.
Professor Schultz has also recently returned from
Jerusalem where he was invited to speak on the
current American political scene, and will be including a little of
that experience in his presentation. For further details, please
watch for the October Clarion or contact Freddie Pink,
763.374.4050.
Tuesday, December 6, Hanukkah Luncheon & Game Day
Sunday, January 15, Challah Baking (Mother and Daughter)
February 18, Women’s League Shabbat
Notes from the President
What makes September such an interesting month? The kids
return to school; we begin to have warm days and wonderfully
cool nights; we begin to see the start of the beautiful fall colors;
and best of all, Adath Women’s League holds its annual Member
Appreciation Brunch. This event is free for all who have paid
their 2016/17 membership dues. You will have an opportunity to
discover what Adath Women’s League has in store for the coming year. The brunch will also feature a “Happy Feet” presentation from Schuler Shoes and a gift certificate will be presented.
Confidence –another word that describes our Women’s League
members. They show their confidence in their commitment to
the goals of Women’s League by attending conferences and
workshops that broaden their knowledge and experience. However, they also get together to relax and have fun. It might be as
simple as helping with a mailing or as complex as preparing an
upcoming program.
One of the best things about belonging to Women’s League is
understanding that we don’t all have the same skill sets - we
bring our personalities and ideas to the group and combine our
talents to provide diversified programs throughout the year. We
are blessed to have talented, educated and committed women in
our synagogue community and are thankful for their participation
in the various Women’s League activities.
I look forward to seeing you at the Member Appreciation
Brunch on September 18.
Shalom,
Ruth Harris, President
Adath Jeshurun Women’s League
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE
ADATH FOUNDATION...at 30
Extraordinary IRA Opportunity is Now Permanent
“I always like going to synagogue, but the high holidays are something special. When
the Cantor chants Kol Nidre, there’s nothing like it,” said one member of Adath
Foundation’s Legacy Society.
A few years ago, this donor put Adath in her estate plans, making a promise to future
generations that our synagogue will be here on the holiest days of the year and every
day in-between.
But this donor wanted to do more. She wanted to make an immediate impact, and the
opportunity came in the form of giving from her IRA: “Now that I am over 70½ I can
make a donation directly from my IRA to the Adath Foundation to fulfill my mandatory
minimum distribution.”
“I simply had my IRA plan administrator designate the Adath Jeshurun Foundation for
a qualified charitable distribution and then send the money.” Because the money goes
directly to the Adath Foundation from the donor’s IRA, it is not considered taxable
income to the donor.
This extraordinary giving opportunity has only recently been made permanent by an act
of Congress. There used to be annual questions whether Congress would renew this
option, but donors can now rely on it. In the words of this donor, “I am delighted it is
now permanent and I can make the contribution without any year-end rush!”
This generous donation to the Adath Jeshurun Foundation is unrestricted, making the
high holidays just one of Adath’s many services and programs supported by her permanent fund. Instead of paying taxes on her required minimum contribution, this donor
looks forward to growing her impact each year with another gift from her IRA.
Please consult with your tax professional if you are contemplating a charitable gift from
your IRA. Please feel free to contact Development Director Evan Stern at 952.215.3916
or evans@adath.net with any questions you may have.
CONGREGATIONAL NURSE NEWS
From Nurse Elaine Savick
Summer is winding down, and we are in a period of change—new
school year, cooler weather, more indoor activities, and our fall
holidays with all of their traditions.
One important tradition at Adath Jeshurun is the fall flu shot clinic.
Flu (influenza), while often no worse than a bad cold, can be a
serious, even fatal disease for people who are very young, very old,
or have chronic health conditions including heart and lung problems,
as well as immune disorders.
Our annual flu shot clinic, staffed by the Minneapolis Visiting Nurses Association, will
take place Sunday, September 25, 2016 from 9:30 AM to noon in the Kitsis foyer.
The MVNA will be providing the quadrivalent vaccine for people age 3 and up, and the
high dose vaccine for adults age 65 and older. MVNA has decided not to provide the flu
mist this year. Most insurance covers the cost of your annual flu shot. If you do not have
insurance, MVNA accepts cash, but not credit card payment.
Contact Janice Schachtman at janices@adath.net or 952.545.8694 to reserve your flu
shot. Walk-ins will be welcome as long as supplies last.
Remember, flu shots work best when everyone gets one!
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from the shelf of our
ADATH LIBRARIAN
Cathi Orkin Oskow
Many new books,
fiction and nonfiction,
have been added to the
Adath library recently
for both children and
adults. Some are brand
new and some came
from the Talmud Torah
of Minneapolis, which downsized the
adult portion of its collection. Look for
some of the new adult books on the
display shelf right in front of you when
you walk into the library, and children’s
books on the display shelf on the other
side of the library steps. These displays
are changed frequently to reflect current
holidays, Adath programs, and other
events. Enjoy them in the library or check
them out.
During the week, check out a book by
writing the date and your name on the
card in the pocket in the back of the
book. Leave the card in the marked
wooden box on the librarian's desk. On
Shabbat, look for the card with your
name on it in the long boxes right next to
that. Paperclip your name card to the
card from the book's pocket and leave it
in the wooden box. Bring books back
within in two weeks or renew them by
leaving a message for librarian at
952.215.3928.
To leave a private, confidential
message for Elaine Savick, Adath
Jeshurun Congregational Nurse,
call 952.215.3936 or send an e-mail to
nurse@adath.net.
The Congregational Nurse program is
generously sponsored by
Julie and Marc Kozberg.
Yad Sima Tova, Adath's Caring
Community, has a limited number of
volunteers available to provide
transportation to Adath members to
services, minyan or Adath functions.
To make arrangements at least five
(5) days in advance,
call the Yad Sima Tova Transportation
Hotline at 952.215.3937.
Adath youth enjoyed the summer at
Herzl Camp and Camp Ramah!
f
u
n
friends
SEPTEMBER, 2016 |
PASSINGS
We note with sorrow the passings of...
JEANNE BEARMON
mother of Hilary Bearmon
mother of Janet Cleary
mother of Maggie (Paul) Pistner
BONNIE BUSH
TERRY SUE FREEDMAN
sister of Marilyn (Jerry) Richter
ESTA GOLD
mother of Sharyn (Alan) Grone
mother of Julie (Scott) London
CAROLE SUE GREENE
DAVID HERSK
husband of Nancy Hersk
CAROLE JACOBSON
mother of Robin (Larry Yogel) Engelson
MIKHAIL LEYDERMAN
father of Inna (Cary) Geller
NORMA SHAPIRO
sister of Robert (Roberta) Levy
MAURICE SHAW
RACHEL SHMIDOV
mother of Natalie (David) Thaler
EILEEN SIEGEL
BEVERLY SIMON
mother of Mark (Ricki Roberts) Simon
DOROTHY WITTCOFF
mother of Ted (Cindy) Wittcoff
…our condolences to their families
Permanent funds of the
Adath Jeshurun
Foundation are listed in
purple. Congregation
Funds are listed in
orange.
Yahrzeit Donations
Memory of
Donor
Ecaterina Adler
Joseph Adler
Elisabeth Hubert
Michael Aleynikov
Rimma Aleynikova
Helen Ansel
Darrell Ansel
Anne Baines
Barry Baines
Eva Balto
Robin & Yefet Zadaka
Ronald Bear
Ruth Bear
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Jim, Esther, Steven &
Lauren Paletz
Jacob Bearman
Deborah Bearman Jewett
Oscar Berg
Jeannie & Howard Schwartz
Maida Bernstein
Doris Ginsberg
Rose Biber
Terry Biber
Richard, Lee-Ann & Joseph
Rubenstein
Nathan Blindman
Faye Kraft
Helena Borkon
Edward Borkon
Anna Brodyanskaya
Nina Brodyanskaya
Henry Coddon
Marjorie Shark
Arnold A. Cohen
Melissa Cohen SIlberman
CONTRIBUTIONS
Annette Cooperman-Cohen
Judy & Rodney Cooperman
Abraham Davis
David Davis
Harold Davis
Kate Davis
Barb & Earl Hoffman &
Family
Henry Davis
Cynthia Goldfine
Maurice Dechter
Joyce & Martin Orbuch
Dwayne Edelstein
Harlowe Edelstein
Gus Edelstein
Audrey J. Efron
Jean Efron
Gerald Ellis
Judy Goldstein
David Liss
Jacob Estrin
Paul Estrin
S. Lipa Feygin
Ida Shteyman
Cecile Fine
Rich & Judy Fine
Daniel Fischman
Ken Fischman
Samuel S. Fox
Paula & Norm Fox
Dorothy Franzman
Faye & Ralph Stillman
Evelyn Friedman
Barbara Friedman & Lon
Rosenfield
Joseph Joel Friedman
Carol & Michael Bromer
Bess Frisch
Leonard Frisch
Charles Frisch
Herman Fudenberg
Betty Kohn
Sadie Gavren
Renee Kurnow
Azriel Gershenovich
Semen Gershenovich
Raquel Gesundheit
Esther & Gerardo Neuwirth
Leon Getzkin
Leonard Getzkin
Annetta Gilberstadt
Stephen GIlberstadt
Vicki Gillman
Susie Held
Rose Goldish
Lorraine Astren
Maynard Goldstein
Riva Goldstein
Roslyn Goldstein
Gail Goldstein & Family
Elizabeth Gray
Ruth Hollischer
Michael Grobovsky
Elaine Gingold
Howard Gross
Betty Jonas
Joel Grossman
Brad Grossman
Ira Heilicher
Jacqueline Heilicher
Louis Hubert
Gabriella & Jay Eisenberg
Elisabeth Hubert
Manuel Jaffe
Shirley Jaffe
Herbert Jonas
Debbie & Howard Toberman
Mildred Kaplan
Suzanne & Harvey Kaplan
Harry Karasov
Jack Karasov
Marilyn Karasov
Bernard Kegan
Paul Estrin
Paul Kenis
Charlotte & Irving Nudell
Morris Kieffer
Miriam & Leroy Kieffer
Ronald King-Smith
Roxie & Eric King-Smith
Elaine Kirshbaum
Irene Kirshbaum
Ralph Kirshbaum
Louis Kitsis
Arlen & Tybe Kitsis
Hyman Kleinbaum
Rae Cooper
Robert & Miriam Kleinbaum
Bessie Kohn
Stanley Kohn
Marshall Kopman
Michael & Eileen Kopman
Rhea Krane
Bernard Krane
Seymour Krantz
Susan Lazar
Albert Kravitz
Harold Kravitz & Cindy Reich
Hessie Lazar
Raymond Lazar
Lillian Leafman
Milton Leafman
Marilyn Fischbein
Joseph Saul Lerner
Elaine & Leon Lerner
Anita Levenburg
Carole Harris
Robert Levitov
Sylvia Levitov
Linda Gilfix
Hy Liss
Lois Liss
Clara Margolis
Linda Brody Ettedgui
Marcia May
Richard & Donna Wolfson
William Metchnek
Rose Metchnek
Jacob Moses
Margo Berdass
Sarah Nemer
Roxie King-Smith
Bruce Nemer
Judith Neuman
Richard Neuman
Max Newman
Charles & Phyllis Newman
George Nudell
Harry Nudell
Joseph Nudell
Irving & Charlotte Nudell
Mary Orliss
Irving & Charlotte Nudell
Leonard Parker
Jonathan & Ellen Sue Parker
Robert Puklin
Margaret Wolfson
Gertrude Ravitz
Judy Serrell
David Reich
Harold Kravitz & Cindy Reich
Pearl Richter
Beverly & Lewis Seltz
Henry Rose
Mark & Lucy Rose Fischer
Frances Rosenfeld
William Rosenfeld
David Rosenthal
Richard, Lee-Ann & Joseph
Rubenstein
Nathan Rosenzweig
Merle Shapiro
Bernard Rush
Doris Rush
Steven Rush
Pauline Salloway
Jack & Nancy Held
Anna Schept
Howard Schept
Bob & Edith Schept
Sylvia H. Schwartz
Barbara Taragan
Lenore Sedransky
Nathan Sedransky
Sue & Bruce Kane & Family
Harold Segall
Julia Segall
Lauren Yehuda Segall
Miriam Segall
Susan Himmelman Shapiro
Beverly Wexler Fink
Betty Jonas
Bette & Lou Kotlarz
Peter Shapiro
Esther Shear
Gabrielle Parish
Lorraine Shrell
Etta Barry
Karen Siegel-Jacobs
Shirley Ungar
George Sigel
Melvin & Delores Sigel
CONTRIBUTIONS THANK YOU
Edward Silberman
Sheldon Silberman
Isabel Sklamberg
Joyce Rosenbaum
Frances Stesin
Mark & Heather Stesin
Eva Taran
Barry & Susan Taran
David Trach
Mulvien Trach
Elisabeth Trach
Ellen Trach
Laurie Trach
Ronald Trach
Ellen Appelbaum Trauben
Marilyn Fischbein
Joseph Trister
Hillary Feder
Harry Udell
Audrey Resig
Max Wallack
Paul Estrin
Harry Weiss
Jack & Nancy Held
Isadore Wexler
Beverly Wexler Fink
Jack Winston
Randi Wolfish
Nathan Wolkoff
Marilyn Karasov
Avraham Zadaka
Yefet & Robin Zadaka
Louis Zamkoff
Rich & Judy Fine
Adath Women’s
League
Memory of Terry Freedman
Gary & Sandy Baron
Sharon Begam-Goldschmidt
Bonnie & Bruce Berezovsky
Pam Feldman
Carole & Max Harris
Tova & Mike Koren
Lisa & Erv London
Phyllis Marell
Memory of Norma Shapiro
Marcia, Mark & Sam Niedorf
Adult Learning
Special Projects
Fund
Honor of Nina Samuels’
retirement
Neal Gendler & Margie
Wasserman
Paul & Debra Greenblatt
Nancy Harold
Debby & Ted Jewett
Larry & Barbara Parks
Nancy Robinow
Lorraine & Alex
Astren Family
Jewish Studies
Scholarship Fund
Memory of Sheldon Masnek
Lorraine Astren
Honor of the marriage of Lindy
Horwitz & Stuart Smith
Lorraine Astren
Honor of Sybil Rubin’s special
birthday
Lorraine Astren
Sam Bearmon
Memorial Fund
Memory of Jeanne Bearmon
Susan & Vincent Barton
Bob Edelstein
Barbara Eiger
Bob & Selma Goldish
Dorothy Goldstein
Susie Hammer
Judy Karon
Mary Korman
Susan Lewis
Helen Lipets
Sign Zone Inc.
Estelle & Bobby Stillman
Steve & Harriet Swartz
Mary Kay Zagaria Sammond
Beverly Weinberg
Marilyn Karasov
Susie & Hart Kuller
Jan & Bill Kuretsky
David & Betty Sue Lipschultz
Dorothy Lipschultz
Charlotte & Irving Nudell
Renee & Michael Popkin
Hy Sandler
Elaine & Stuart Steinman
Howard, Janet, Lynn & Mara
Tarkow
Bruce & Judith Tennebaum
Carole & Michael Wons
Cantor’s
Discretionary Fund
Honor of the marriage of Noam
Zadaka & Alex Scheepens
David & Elaine Liss
Appreciation of Cantor Buckner
Dan & Barbara Frank
Jack Horowitz
Ella & Alexander
Chester Fund
Memory of Gary Turkel
Lili & Sheldon Chester
Marty Chester & Haley Schaffer
& Family
Chevra Fund
Honor of Cindy Dubansky
receiving the Shem Tov award
Evan Stern
Grace & Morris
Besner Gan Shelanu
Beatrice & Morris
Fund
Davis Fund
Memory of Helen & Robert
Levine
Sheila & Chuck Davis
Memory of Beatrice Davis
Janet & Jim Doudier
Honor of Judi & Buddy
Tennebaum’s special
anniversary
Sheila & Chuck Davis
Leah & Harold Davis
Family Fund for
Education of
Children & Youth
Bnai Emet Legacy
Fund
Memory of Terry Freedman
Joy & Richard Field
Martin & Bonnie
Bush Family Fund
Memory of Bonnie Bush
Perci Chester & Mitch Bender
Marilyn Engle
Mike & Linda Fiterman
Sandy & Howard Friedman
Neal Gendler & Margie
Wasserman
Richard & Marsha Gould
Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin &
Michael Hofkin
Memory of Jean Feran
Barb & Earl Hoffman
Honor of Linda & David
Estrin’s special anniversary
Barb & Earl Hoffman
Geraldine &
Herbert Fineberg
Family Fund
Sharon Garber
Fish Arenson Fund
Memory of Mikhail Leyderman
The Arensons
Memory of Jeanne Bearmon
Diane & Ivan Arenson
Gan Shelanu Fund
Memory of Michael Califf
Janice & Jeffrey Schachtman
Memory of Bonnie Bush
Janice & Jeffrey Schachtman
Memory of Beverly Simon
Peni & Steve Gensler
Memory of Rachel Shmidov
Janice & Jeffrey Schachtman
Honor of Elena Iliarsky’s 20
years at the Gan
Sarah & Ira Moscovice
Honor of Vicki Londer’s 15
years at the Gan
Sarah & Ira Moscovice
Honor of Lynn Margolies’ 20
years at the Gan
Sarah & Ira Moscovice
Honor of Janice Schachtman’s
30 years at the Gan
Paula & Don Bernstein
Sally Masnek
Sarah & Ira Moscovice
Nancy & Steve Schachtman
Evan Stern
Honor of Renee Schwach’s 25
years at the Gan
Sarah & Ira Moscovice
Honor of Susie Chalom’s
Retirement
Paula & Don Bernstein
Honor of Debbie Spencer
becoming Adath’s president
Vicki & Howie Londer
Honor of Randi & Barry Wolfish
on their special birthdays
Vicki & Howie Londer
Appreciation of Lynn & Ron
Zamansky
Janice & Jeffrey Schachtman
General Fund
Memory of Jeanne Bearmon
Nancy Harold
Memory of Betty Greenstein
Mark & Lucy Rose Fischer
Memory of Peter Jonas
Gary & Sandy Baron
Edward Marks
Honor of the birth of Barbara
Friedman & Lon Rosenfield’s
grandson, Elliott
Cheryl & Jack Perecman
Honor of Chris Kellogg’s
completion of a successful
Adath presidency
Susie & Bruce Hammer
Honor of Debbie Spencer
becoming Adath’s president
Susie & Bruce Hammer
Gregg & Deb Savitt
Stacy, David, Carly & Braden
Spencer
Honor of the birth of Helen &
Harvey Vinitsky’s great granddaughter
Marsha Wolk & Frank
Freedman
Sheryl Wolk
Goldie & Meyer
Gilbert Fund
Memory of Jeanne Bearmon
Bev & Bill Fishman
Memory of Carole Sue Greene
Mona & Aaron Crohn
Bev & Bill Fishman
Alvin & Judy
Goldstein Israel
Scholarship Fund
Memory of Robert Aske
Judy Goldstein
Memory of Joanne Glotter
Judy Goldstein
Memory of Carole Sue Greene
Judy Goldstein
Memory of Eileen Siegel
Judy Goldstein
Gail & Harvey
Goldstein Gan
Book Fund
Memory of Milton Broude
Gail Goldstein & Dr. Ron
Zimmerman
Yale Greenfield
Memorial Garden
Fund
Honor of Ida Greenfield’s
birthday
David Iverson
Ellen Joseph & Dennis Ready
SEPTEMBER, 2016 |
CONTRIBUTIONS THANK YOU
Teri & Mike
Greenstein Jewish
Education Fund
Memory of Betty Greenstein
Marge & Lloyd Sussman
Ed & Jane Zeman
Honor of Susie Kane’s special
birthday
Teri, Mike, Allie & Matthew
Greenstein
Hesed Fund
Kellogg Family
Fund
Honor of Chris Kellogg’s
completion of her term as Adath
Orbuch Family
president
Tikkun Olam Fund
Gregg & Deb Savitt
Memory of Carole Jacobson
Jill & David Orbuch
Ben & Reva Kibort
Scholarship Fund
Memory of Peter Jonas
Reva Kibort
Memory of Carole Sue Greene
The Mogilevsky Family
Honor of the birth of Rose &
Jules Levin’s great grandchild
Reva Kibort
Honor of Irving Nudell’s
birthday
Carol & Michael Bromer
Honor of Janice Schachtman’s
30 years at the Gan
Reva Kibort
Honor of Barbara RubinGreenberg’s birthday
Carol & Michael Bromer
Appreciation of Jim Sherman
Reva Kibort
Honor of Judi & Buddy
Tennebaum’s special
anniversary
Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin &
Michael Hofkin
Appreciation of Don Masler’s
Talmud teaching
Carol Bromer
Appreciation of Nina Samuels’
Adult Programs, leadership &
friendship
Carol Bromer
Harry & Marilyn
Karasov Family
Fund
Memory of Jeanne Bearmon
Marilyn Karasov
Memory of Carole Sue Greene
Marilyn Karasov
Mel & Beatsy
Orenstein
Teachers’
Education Fund
Memory of Joanne Glotter
Mel Orenstein
The Michael Paul
Family Fund
Honor of Al Tyszelman’s
Family
The Masorti Fund
Memory of Betty Greenstein
Dorothy & Norman Pink
Memory of Joanne Glotter
Heidi Schneider & Joel Mintzer
Memory of Peter Jonas
Dorothy & Norman Pink
Morning Minyan
Fund
Memory of Ben Pilcher
Dorothy & Norman Pink
Memory of Terry Freedman
Craig & Debbie Spencer
Memory of Mikhail Leyderman
Craig & Debbie Spencer
Honor of the birth of Al &
Sharon Kaufmann’s grandson
Craig & Debbie Spencer
Honor of the marriage of Reva
& Ross Berman
Marilyn Karasov
Honor of Nina Samuels’
retirement
Marilyn Karasov
Honor of the engagement of
Ian Sherman & Michelle Budaj
Craig & Debbie Spencer
Leon, Naomi &
Phyllis Kaplan Gan
Scholarship Fund
Honor of Randi & Barry
Wolfish’s special birthdays
Craig & Debbie Spencer
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Honor of Mel Orenstein’s
special birthday
Debra & Scott Grayson
Kuperman-Aronauer special birthday
-Sondell Family
The Spiller Family
Scholarship Fund
Honor of Carol & Barry Blazer’s Norman & Dorothy
special anniversary
Pink Family
Lisa & Glenn Aronauer &
Leadership Fund
Honor of the birth of Chris
Kellogg & Jack Leveille’s
grandson
Craig & Debbie Spencer
Honor of Janice Schachtman’s
30 years at the Gan
Chris Kellogg
Appreciation of Janice & Jeff
Schachtman
Charlotte & Irving Nudell
Appreciation of Marc & Julie
Kozberg
Charlotte & Irving Nudell
Honor of Lois & Marty
Kozberg’s special anniversary
Dorothy & Norman Pink
Rabbis’
Discretionary Fund
Honor of Cindy Dubansky
receiving the Shem Tov award
Shellie Specter & Bob
Davidson
Honor of Debbie Spencer
becoming president of Adath
Shellie Specter & Bob
Davidson
Appreciation of Rabbi Kravitz
Family of George Kleineman
Appreciation of Rabbi
Weininger
Carolyn Abramson & Manny
Kaplan
Dan & Barbara Frank
Harold & Elaine
Rubin Gan Shelanu
Endowment Fund
Honor of Shelly Reichert’s
special birthday
Elaine & Harold Rubin
Honor of Harold Rubin’s
birthday
Estelle & Robert Stillman
Honor of Ivan Schwartzman’s
special birthday
Elaine & Harold Rubin
Honor of Estelle & Bobby
Stillman’s special anniversary
Elaine & Harold Rubin
The Scholarship
Fund
Memory of Jeanne Bearmon
Jan Frisch
Memory of Carole Sue Greene
Jan Frisch
Sherman Family
Tzedakah Fund
Appreciation of Jim Sherman
Dan & Barbara Frank
Sarah & Justin Sieloff
Karen SiegelJacobs Fund
(Keren Or)
Memory of Rachel Shmidov
Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin &
Michael Hofkin & Family
Memory of Eileen Siegel
Joanne Blindman
Builders Association of the
Twin Cities
Kathleen & Charles Coskran
Mark & Lucy Rose Fischer
LaVon Fisher
Barbara Friedman & Lon
Rosenfield
Jan Frisch
Thomas Gavaras
Neal Gendler & Margie
Wasserman
Teri & Mike Greenstein
Pamela & Paul Haugen
Lorraine Hertz
Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin &
Michael Hofkin & Family
Debra & Paul Greenblatt
Debby & Ted Jewett
Susan & Tom Kafka
Marilyn Karasov
Karen Kingsley
Betty Kohn
Jeffrey & Janet Lauber
Janice Meyer
Charlotte & Irving Nudell
Annalee Odessky
Heidi Schneider & Joel Mintzer
Carole Senty
Blanche Singer
Howie Stillman
Young Leadership
Fund
Larry & Lois Schochet
Memory of Joanne Glotter
Phyllis Sudit
Memory of Allan Grosh
Lynne Lancaster
Memory of Shel Kieffer
Phyllis Sudit
Memory of Roanne
Rosenblum’s mother
Clarice & Howard Smith
Honor of Miles & Linda
Braufman’s special birthdays
Phyllis Sudit
Honor of Stephanie Levine’s
birthday
Sheila & David Brod
Honor of Neil Margolis’ special
birthday
Faye & Ralph Stillman
Honor of Liba & Tom Stillman’s
anniversary
Faye & Ralph Stillman
Refuah Shlemah to Joe Golin
Barbara & Arnold Winikoff
Max & Lillian Weitz
Fund for
Perpetuation of
Jewish Studies
Memory of Shirley Jaffee
Janice & Jeffrey Schachtman
Memory of Sheldon Masnek
Janice & Jeffrey Schachtman
Karen & Meir Serfaty
Gisell & Richie Wien
Family Fund
Memory of Stephen
Gasiorowicz
Gisell & Richie Wien
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Thank You.
Your L’Chaim Gift enriches every facet of synagogue life.
L’Chaim scholarship dollars helped build
Jewish identities at the Gan Shelanu Preschool, at
Jewish summer camps and on Israel pilgrimages.
L’Chaim built the joy of community for isolated congregants
through rides to services, hot meals and an outstretched hand
from Adath’s Caring Community: Yad Sima Tova.
Every gift to L’Chaim supports the daily life of our congregation.
When you get the call this year, please give from your heart.
The mission of Adath Jeshurun Congregation, a member of the Conservative Movement, is to be a progressive, egalitarian and sacred
community dedicated to Torah (learning and tradition), Avodah (prayer and spirituality) and Gemilut Hasadim (acts of loving kindness).