High Holy Day Services 5776/2015 A New Year, New Prayer Books

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Volume 157, Issue 1
AUGUST
HIGHLIGHTS
High Holy Days Are Near
It can be hard to believe, but the
summer is winding down already.
And so is Year 5775. The New Year
arrives on Sunday, September 13,
and we want to help you be ready. To
the right, you can see the full High
Holy Days service schedule, as well
as an article introducing our new
prayer books. Plus, there are new
ways to prepare for the New Year, as
Rabbi Schultz outlines in his column
on Page 5.
Audacious Hospitality
Congregation B’nai Israel must thrust
open its doors even wider as both
a place for community and prayer.
That is a central message of Rabbi
Prosnit’s annual address, excerpted
on Page 3.
Immunization Policy
First came a new outbreak of measles;
then came the controversy and debate
over vaccinations. Our religious
school acted fast and instituted a new
vaccination policy. Get the details in
Temple Educator Ira Wise’s column
on Page 7.
More Inside
Re-Connect................................. P.2
Sharing Our Joy.......................... P.2
Sincere Sympathy....................... P.2
WJC Elections............................. P.4
Chesed......................................... P.4
Donations.................................... P.8
One of Us.................................. P.10
Shabbat Services....................... P.15
Av/Elul 5775
August 2015
High Holy Day Services 5776/2015
Selichot
Saturday, September 5
At Congregation Rodeph Sholom
8:30 p.m. Refreshments and Havdalah
8:45 p.m. Selichot Speaker (See P.5)
10:00 p.m. Service
Rosh Hashanah Eve
Sunday, September 13
6:00 p.m. Service at Jennings Beach
(Weather permitting: Check
website or call the Temple
that afternoon if uncertain)
7:30 p.m. Service at Temple
Rosh Hashanah
Monday, September 14
10:00 a.m. Morning Service
(Sanctuary)
10:00 a.m. Morning Service (Tent)
10:00 a.m. Youth Program (Pre-K to 3)
3:30 p.m. Family Services
Rosh Hashanah, 2nd Day
Tuesday, September 15
10:00 a.m. Service
12:30 p.m. Tashlich (on Brooklawn
Parkway)
Cemetery Memorial Service
1:30 p.m. in Fairfield and Monroe
Kol Nidre
Tuesday, September 22
6:30 p.m. Early Service
8:45 p.m. Late Service
Yom Kippur
Wednesday, September 23
10:00 a.m.Morning Service
(Sanctuary)
10:00 a.m. Morning Service (Tent)
10:00 a.m. Youth Program (Pre-K to 3)
1:00 p.m. Adult Learning
2:45 p.m. Afternoon Service
4:45 p.m. Yizkor Service
(approximate time)
5:45 p.m. Neilah (Concluding)
Service
Sukkot
5:00 p.m. Sukkah Decorating
6:00 p.m. Family Service
6:30 p.m. Potluck Picnic
Monday, September 28
10:00 a.m. Sukkot Service
10:00 a.m. Young Children’s Sukkot
Program and Service
Simchat Torah
Sunday, October 4
5:30 p.m. Flag-making
Monday, October 5
10:00 a.m. Yizkor Service
A New Year, New Prayer Books
Rosh Hashanah will mark more than the
start of a new year at B’nai Israel. It will
mark the start of a new era.
We received last month over 1,000 sets of
our new High Holy Day Machzor (prayer
book), Mishkan HaNefesh. That’s right,
sets of books, because there are now
separate volumes for Rosh Hashanah
and Yom Kippur. These new prayer
books blend the traditional prayers with
powerful new readings and study texts,
elevating the High Holy Day experience
Meet the new prayer books in pre-High
Holy Days gatherings – Page 15.
for everyone in our congregation.
We were able to purchase these sets through
the generosity of several congregants and
monies in our Prayer Book Fund. But
now that fund is depleted, and we need to
replenish it. Please consider honoring or
memorializing someone special to you
Continued on Page 15
Let’s Fill-A-Box
On Saturday, August 22 at 9:30 a.m.,
we’ll be filling boxes of school supplies
for 160 Classical Studies Academy K-2
students. Please donate any of these items: Glue
sticks; Pink erasers; Crayon boxes – Fat
Crayons – eight to a box; Crayon boxes –
24 to a box; Blunt Fiskar Scissors; Sharp
Fiskar Scissors; Small pencil sharpeners;
and White glue (small).
Supplies can be dropped in the box
labeled “Classical Studies Academy” in
the Temple lobby. Contact Alexa Cohen
at acohen@cbibpt.org with questions. Sharing Our Joy
Wendy and Jeff Bender, in honor
of the birth of granddaughter, Ellery
Winslow Bender.
Allan Shumofsky, congratulations on
receiving the Tomekh Temimum Board
Service Award from the Academy of
Jewish Religion.
Jan and Bernie Jacobs, on the birth
of grandson, Julian Bernard Motia, son
of Abby and Abtin Motia, brother of
Esther.
Lorraine and Bill Smith, on
celebrating their 60th wedding
anniversary.
Barbara and Mark Edinberg, on the
engagement of son, Joel Edinberg, to
Rachel Blumenthal.
Sincere Sympathy
We extend our sympathy to the bereaved
families of:
Arnold Horowitz, father of Laura
Lehrhaupt
Virginia Tillson, mother of Anne
Watkins
Caryl Rothschild, mother of Richard
Kalmans
Muriel Silverman Kannel, mother of
Anne Kirsch
Dian Weiss, grandmother of Jessica
Goldberg
Walter Sonneborn, husband of Babette
Sonneborn, father of Jon Sonneborn
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Bulletin Board
Re-Connect on the Beach
Join your Re-Connect friends at
Jennings Beach in Fairfield for our
2nd Annual BYO Picnic Dinner &
Beach Party!
The event will take place on
Wednesday, August 12, at 6:00 p.m.
(The rain date will be Thursday,
August 13, at. 6:00 p.m.)
Grab your blankets and beach chairs
and join us for a fun picnic dinner at
the beach. Pack yourself some dinner,
your drink of choice, and either a
beach-friendly appetizer or dessert to
share with friends.
If you do not have a Fairfield beach
sticker, please let us know so that we
can provide you with transportation
from the Bob’s Stores parking lot on
the Post Road in Fairfield.
Please RSVP to Chris in the Temple
Office at chris@cbibpt.org.
If the weather is questionable, check
your email to see if the rain date will
be used.
New Assisted Living Facility
The new Roz and Les Goldstein
Assisted Living Residences at the
Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Campus
on Park Avenue will include 18 onebedroom apartments and 28 memorycare studios. The anticipated opening
is May 2016, and deposits are being
taken now to secure a specific
residence. Contact Liz Lockwood
at (203) 396-1024 or llockwood@
jseniors.org for further information.
The new facility is part of Jewish
Senior Services, formerly the Jewish
Home for the Elderly.
Correction
Due to an editing error, Susan
Walden’s name was listed incorrectly
in a photo about Ira Wise’s 20th
anniversary celebration. We regret
the error, and again thank Susan for
her outstanding work in marking Ira’s
two decades as Temple Educator.
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Evan Schultz ................................... Rabbi
Arnold I. Sher, D.D. ............... Rabbi Emeritus
Sheri E. Blum, D.M. ........................... Cantor
Ramon Gilbert, D.M. .......... Cantor Emeritus
Ira J. Wise, R.J.E. ................ Temple Educator
Robert H. Gillette, R.J.E. ... Educator Emeritus
Alexa Cohen .......... Early Childhood Director
Abby Rohinsky ............... Director of Facility
Officers
Samuel J. Rosenberg ........................ President
Michael Blumenthal .......... 1st Vice President
Larry Levine ............................. Vice President
Shari Nerreau ........................... Vice President
Julie Pressman .......................... Vice President
Lori Underberger ............................ Treasurer
Jim Greenberg ................. Assistant Treasurer
Evelyn Rubak ................................... Secretary
Joe Varon .......................... Financial Secretary
Mindy Siegel ........... Immediate Past President
Affiliates
Marisa Underberger ............................................ BIFTY Advisor/Youth Engagement Specialist
Caroline DelAngelo & Harper Wise .......................................................... BIFTY Co-Presidents
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From the Rabbi’s Desk/Rabbi James Prosnit
We Must Extend ‘Audacious Hospitality’
The following remarks are excerpted from
Rabbi James Prosnit’s presentation at the
Annual Meeting in June.
In an era when conversations focus
on virtual communities and privatized
spirituality and news stories speak of
“do it yourself” bar and bat mitzvahs,
online learning and millennials eschewing
most forms of organized religion, it’s
appropriate to pause and restate the value
of being and remaining part of a sacred
community.
One only had to be here a couple of weeks
ago at the celebration of 100 years of
Confirmation to sense the pride emanating
from a large and intergenerational group
of congregants. How incredibly powerful
it was to visually acknowledge that sacred
chain represented by so many standing on
the bimah.
When push comes to shove, we Jews tend
to be hopelessly communal. We require a
minyan to pray; we know we need others
to help point out the finer points of a text
we’re studying, and life passages and
seasonal moments are best experienced
when surrounded by people we care about
in a community that cares about us.
There is especially something about being
connected to a religious tradition and a
sacred community when life punches
us in the solar plexus. The import of
community, clergy, ritual is a lifeline
to those just trying to get through to the
next day. But remaining affiliated and
supporting a synagogue isn’t just some
insurance policy for life’s unpredictability
and challenges.
By our values and by our respected place
in the broader community, we represent
more than we can be as individuals.
When Bob Sussman and Judy Blumenthal
lead a group of our pre-B’nai Mitzvah
students to the Feel the Warmth program
at United Church in Bridgeport, they and
the children go not just as individuals,
but as representatives of Congregation
B’nai Israel and as representatives of the
Jewish people. That happens each month
as well when the St John’s community
kitchen folks gather to provide meals for
the hungry in downtown Bridgeport. And
it happened last night when a group of us
went to an African Methodist Episcopal
church in Bridgeport to show solidarity
in the hopes that Bridgeport can avoid
issues that have rocked communities from
Missouri to Baltimore.
“It is the ongoing
commitment of the people
of B’nai Israel that has
made this place the most
respected Jewish address
in the Greater Bridgeport
area. That’s well known,
and that’s something in
which I take great pride.”
As a congregation we also convey our
commitment to the broader community
when we open this building to Habitat for
Humanity, CONECT, school volunteers
and blood drives. Each time we do,
people take note and are appreciative of
the Jewish people’s responsiveness and
commitment.
If one is not affiliated or no longer
connects with a synagogue, one stands in
the way of that message. It is the ongoing
commitment of the people of B’nai
Israel that has made this place the most
respected Jewish address in the Greater
Bridgeport area. That’s well known, and
that’s something in which I take great
pride.
But just as annual meetings are an
appropriate time for back-patting and
reflecting on past accomplishments, we
need to take a critical look, too, as we
ready ourselves for the year ahead.
As we turn inward, we need to make
“audacious hospitality” not just a buzz
phrase of the URJ, but a cultural piece to
whom we are. A welcoming lobby and
new webpage are all good, but only go so
far. It’s people that need to get out of their
comfort zones and pre-established groups
and extend themselves to someone new or
less familiar.
We have reason to be proud of the Sabbath
worship experience provided, be it at
Kabbalat Shabbat, Saturday 8 a.m., 11
a.m. and now monthly at 10:45 around the
Rabbi’s Table. But for all of our services
and activities, we remain a congregation
where piety and spirituality are sometimes
difficult to discern. It is a relatively small
percentage of the total membership that
comes to pray. But to paraphrase the
megachurch evangelist Rick Warren,
it is the purpose-driven synagogue that
keeps its members affiliated because they
recognize the power of the search for
holiness. And central to that is communal
prayer. B’nai Israel without prayer is like
a building without purpose. And those
who participate in this way never think of
ending their affiliation. And while making
prayer a fixed habit may be difficult, my
all-too-glib response is I agree (and so is
golf)!
It’s moments like these when I like to trot
out the words from a couple of millennia
ago in Pirkei Avot uttered by Rabbi Tarfon.
He taught “that you are not required to
complete the work, but neither are you
free to abstain from it.”
Donation Item of the Month: Peanut Butter & Jelly for the Mercy Learning Center.
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Chesed: Our Caring Congregational Community
It has been six months since we began a
renewed effort to reach out to one another
in times of joy and difficulty. We renamed
our caring effort the Chesed Program, but
it remains our Caring Community.
We are here to support one another, but
we need everyone’s involvement. We
need volunteers. We thank the people
who have already signed up for the
activities listed below, and we welcome
you to join them. Our plan is to spread
the helping around so that no volunteer
feels overwhelmed.
We need your help now. If you are
concerned about someone in the
congregation or you yourself need a little
support, please let us know. We can help
people in the following ways:
1. Making and delivering food (soup
or a meal) to a family when illness
occurs or when the joy of a newborn
changes the household routine.
2. Providing rides to congregants
to Temple services/events and to
health-related appointments.
3. Visiting or calling those who are
alone/isolated and/or unable to get
out as easily as they once did.
One of the cornerstones of Chesed
is confidentiality. Rabbis Prosnit
and Schultz, Cantor Blum, the other
members of the synagogue staff and
Chesed volunteers treat each request for
assistance with that kind of discretion.
Please contact the synagogue office
(203-336-1858) or email chesed@cbibpt.
org if there is someone you are concerned
about or if you need some assistance, or if
you want to volunteer. Barbara Abraham
is currently coordinating our caring
activities with other congregational
members. In the process of helping, we
can make connections and relationships
with one another that truly weave our
congregation together as a Caring
Community.
Victory for
Reform Movement
Thank you, B’nai Israel. We made a
difference.
In early June, Rabbi Josh Weinberg,
the president of ARZA (Association of
Reform Zionists of America), sent an
email to all Temple election coordinators.
He wrote in part:
ISRAEL BOUND – Ira and Audrey
Wise chaperoned teens from Eisner
and Crane Lake Camps to Prague
and Poland on their way to Israel
with NFTY. Three B’nai Israel kids
were on the trip: Top photo, from
left, Leo Spears, Ali Underberger
and Alex Taylor pose with Ira Wise.
At right, BIFTY Advisor Marisa
Underberger (left), with Audrey
Wise, is staffing the trip all summer.
Another B’nai Israel student, Josh
Taylor, was already in Israel when
these photos were taken.
The results of the World Zionist Congress
elections are in, and we are proud to
report that ARZA was the clear winner.
We secured 56 seats out of a possible
145 – almost 40% of the U.S. delegation,
and as many seats as the next two slates
combined. Thank you for your passion,
your commitment, and your work.
This is a great victory for Progressive
Judaism in Israel, and for all those who
care about this important cause. We are
now able to join with others who share
our vision and continue to work for the
causes and issues about which we care so
deeply.
We campaigned on important issues such
as religious freedom, gender equality and
a two-state solution. Now we can proudly
say that our delegation – the largest of
the U.S. – will come together in October
Continued on Page 12
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From the Rabbi’s Study/Rabbi Evan Schultz
New Ways to Mark the Month of Elul
Elul, the Hebrew month that precedes
Rosh Hashanah and the new Jewish year,
begins on August 16, 2015.
The start of Elul usually means two
things for us:
1) It marks the nearing of the end of
summer (sadness!)
2) It means that the High Holy Days are
just one month away (spiritual anxiety)!
The month of Elul is often seen as a time
of spiritual preparation and the period in
which we begin t’shuvah, or the process
of repentance and atonement. According
to our tradition, the word Elul has the
numerical value of the word binah,
which means understanding. Through
understanding comes t’shuvah, as it
is written in the book of Isaiah, “And
understanding with their heart, return,
and be healed (Is. 6:10).” For 30 days our
tradition prompts us not only to examine
and remind ourselves of our actions from
the past year, but also to understand on a
deeper level how we allowed ourselves
to commit these wrongs in the first place.
“May this month of
Elul be a powerful
and profound
period of spiritual
preparation, reflection
and understanding.”
The reality, though, is that with end of
summer barbeques, kids coming home
from camp, the start of the school year
and Labor Day festivities, it can be hard
to make time for this kind of spiritual
preparation. This is why at B’nai Israel,
we have created two new ways to connect
during the month of Elul, both in person
and digitally, to help you engage in this
process of spiritual preparation:
•
8:30 p.m. – Havdalah and
Reception, followed by our speaker,
Darcy McGraw, Executive Director of
the Connecticut Innocence Project
•
10:00 p.m. – Service
How does one find the power
to forgive after being wrongly
imprisoned for many years? We will
explore this question as we welcome
In the book of Exodus, we read that
following the incident of the golden calf,
Moses ascended Mount Sinai to receive
a new set of tablets and the Israelites
repented for their actions. It is said that
on that day the ram’s horn was blown
throughout the camp, and as a result, the
Rabbis instituted a custom of blowing
the shofar on the first day of Elul. Since
then, it has become a custom to blow the
shofar at the end of the morning prayer
service during the month and, in some
communities, at the end of the evening
prayer service as well.
This year during Elul, we invite you to
join us as we will sound the Shofar at the
end of Shabbat services on Friday night
and Saturday morning (8:00 am service).
The dates are: August 21, 22, 28 and 29,
and September 4, 5, 11 and 12.
2) Introducing The B’nai Israel Elul
Project 5775
Selichot:
Spiritual Preparation for 5776
The Connecticut Innocence Project:
Finding the Power to Forgive
Saturday, September 5, Congregation
Rodeph Sholom
1) Hear the Shofar during the month
of Elul
the Connecticut Innocence Project into
our community.
The Innocence Project was founded in
1992 to assist prisoners who could be
proven innocent through DNA testing.
To date, more than 300 people in the
United States have been exonerated
through their work.
We will join with Darcy McGraw,
Executive Director of the Connecticut
Innocence Project, to learn more about
their work and the stories of those they
have helped to exonerate.
As we prepare for the year 5776, we
invite you to sign up for a daily email
during the month of Elul that will
feature a reading from our new High
Holy Day machzor, Mishkan Hanefesh.
We hope these daily emails will spiritually
usher you into the new year and give you
a sense of our new High Holy Day prayer
book as well. Visit http://bit.ly/elul5775 to sign up for
these daily emails during the 30 days of
Elul.
May this month of Elul be a powerful and
profound period of spiritual preparation,
reflection and understanding.
Like Us on Facebook. Visit the Congregation B’nai Israel page and join us online.
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The Editor’s Notebook/Scott L. Smith
A New Year Coming for the Bulletin
Where did my first year as editor of the
Bulletin go? To be honest, it went past
very quickly. It has been quite the learning
experience – and a very rewarding one
at that. What a great vantage point for
seeing all the great events, activities
and achievements that go on in this
congregation.
Yet, I must admit I can be greedy. I want
to see more. We want to see YOU in the
Bulletin.
We want to share more than just what
is happening with the Temple; we want
to share what is happening with the
Temple’s congregants. Send us news
of your achievements, life moments
and noteworthy events. As you read in
Rabbi Prosnit’s remarks on Page 3, B’nai
Israel is more than a place to pray; it’s
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a community of prayer. We want to hear
more about that community, about you.
It is just one of the many Bulletin
changes we hope to bring you in 20152016. You already saw some go in place
over the past year: The new-look layout,
the new banner heads for our clergy and
staff columns, the Bulletin Board and the
One of Us column.
But wait, there’s more! This year we
plan to keep improving the look of the
Bulletin, such as a permanent home for
the Shabbat Service Schedule on Page 15.
We also will add more new features, such
as regular updates on what your Board of
Trustees is doing, longer-range schedules
of Temple events and the aforementioned
increase in congregant news.
We also want to make you more aware of
the community services around us. So if
you know a business or service provider
that would benefit from advertising in the
Bulletin, put them in touch with me at
ssmith@cbibpt.org or our president, Sam
Rosenberg, at srosenberg@cbibpt.org.
And if you are wondering where we will
put it all, look for more Bulletin content
to appear online – on the Temple website,
on Facebook and on Twitter (yes, we’re
on Twitter now at @cbibpt).
Above all, let us know how the Bulletin
can better serve you. Send your
comments, ideas and feedback to me at
ssmith@cbibpt.org. Or stop me in the
Temple halls when you see me.
Help make our Bulletin your Bulletin.
Have the kids left home? Then it’s a perfect time to ReConnect with B’nai Israel. Contact Mindy Siegel at msiegel@cbibpt.org.
From the Education Center/Ira J. Wise
Prevention is a Mitzvah
I want to tell you about our new
immunization policy, which was
introduced to our Religious School
families in mid-July. The Religious
School Vision Team, chaired by Cindy
Becker, spent considerable time studying
and discussing this issue following
the Disneyland measles outbreak this
past December. We also consulted with
medical professionals to learn what the
standard of care is. We came out with a
fairly simple yet decisive policy:
“Because we care about the
health of all members of
our community, parents are
required to certify that each
child’s immunizations are up
to date according to the State
of Connecticut Department of
Public Health immunization
requirements for enrolled
students in Connecticut schools
(http://bit.ly/CTimmunize76)
in order to attend our
school. Medically necessary
exemptions must be certified
by a physician.”
Parents send their children to religious
school and assume that their children will
enjoy themselves, have positive social
interactions, learn from the rich Jewish
environment and be safe and healthy.
Safety and public health are priorities for
B’nai Israel and for all of the URJ camps
and Israel programs. The vaccination of
all members of the community is essential
in order to maintain a safe environment
and decrease the risk of transmission of
preventable illnesses.
The establishment of a safe environment
must therefore include the requirement
that all participants be adequately
immunized against all of the preventable
diseases as recommended by the
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
and the Advisory Committee on
SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL – Nothing wicked this way came to three members of the
Temple Junior Choir during a break in Central Park on the choir’s annual trip to New York City in May.
Immunization Practices. While parents
may choose to defer the vaccination of
their children, for our school this is not
an issue of individual rights and choice,
but an issue of public health and policy.
The routine vaccination of all children,
staff and faculty is an important public
health matter.
As a sacred community, we have an
obligation to protect the health of all of
our students. Students who are not up
to date with their immunizations place
those who are medically unable to be
immunized at significant risk.
Science
The experts are unequivocal on the
science behind the health benefits of
immunization. Vaccination protects
children. Please see the sites of the
Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices of the Centers for Disease
Control (http//www.cdc.gov/vaccines/
acip), the American Academy of
Pediatrics
(http://www.aap.org),
the American Academy of Family
Physicians (http://www.aafp.org) and the
American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists (http://www.acog.org) for
more information.
Judaism
Given the science, Judaism is equally
unequivocal on the subject. The highest
Jewish value is pikuach nefesh – saving a
life. The Central Conference of American
Rabbis has stated, “Jewish tradition
would define immunization as part of
the mitzvah of healing and recognize it
as a required measure, since we are not
entitled to endanger ourselves or the
children for whom we are responsible.
... There are no valid Jewish religious
grounds to support the refusal to
immunize as a general principle.”
So I want to appreciate that we have once
again made this congregation and our
school a safer place for all by ensuring
we are protecting those who cannot be
vaccinated. This is exactly what we
did 18 years ago when we met our first
preschooler with a severe allergy to
nuts. We simply eliminated nuts and nut
products from the school wing. And it
has worked.
L’shalom,
Ira J. Wise, R.J.E.
Temple Educator
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Donations
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Rabbi Prosnit Discretionary Fund
Donations in honor of the birth of Caleb Benjamin
Traub Prosnit were made by:
Edward and Luise Mann Burger
Eloise Epstein
Alice and George Kelly
Nora Mayerson
Ken and Cindy West
Mark Abrams, in honor of Wendy and Jeff Bender
on the birth of granddaughter, Ellery Winslow Bender;
in memory of childhood friend, Barbara Kaufman
Wechsler.
Marilyn Bissell, in memory of son, David Ziller.
Bonim Preschool Families, thank you for all you
have done with and for our children this year.
The Cederbaum Family, in memory of Bill Wein.
Edward and Luise Mann Burger, in honor of Rabbi
Prosnit; thank you for helping Randi with her spiritual
journey.
Edward and Luise Mann Burger, Randi and
Daniel, in honor of Rabbi Prosnit; thank you for
Randi’s beautiful welcome to Judaism; in appreciation.
The Chetrit Family, in honor of Rabbi Prosnit, in
gratitude and appreciation for all that you do.
Elaine and Juda Chetrit, in memory of Caryl
Rothschild, mother of Richard Kalmans; in memory of
Muriel Silverman Kannel, mother of Anne Kirsch.
Carmela D’Aquila, in memory of Shirley Winnick
and Lee Attenberg.
Barbara and Mark Edinberg, in memory of Arnold
Horowitz, father of Laura Lehrhaupt.
Fairfield Warde High School, in appreciation.
Sandy and Jack Germain, in memory of Gabriel
Steinbach, father of Joan Newman.
Allison and Stephen Glassman, in appreciation of
Rabbi Prosnit.
Deborah Goodman and David Abbey, in memory of
David Goodman.
Rosalind Gordon, in memory of husband, Harold
Gordon.
Terri and Dan Green, in memory of Muriel Lessler.
Ruth and Eric Gross, in memory of Alan Buxbaum.
Shirley Jacob Lantz and Family, in loving memory
of Sherman Greenwald, Debbie Postyn and Irma
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Prosnit, and in loving memory of mother, Caryl
Rothschild.
Steven and Joanne Kant, in honor of the wedding of
Lisa Kant and Daniel Blanaru.
Alice and George Kelly, in memory of father, Sol
Zimroth.
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and Kay Gennarini.
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grandfather, Rahmiel Ledvich.
Shira Linden, in memory of Harvey Siegel’s
unveiling.
Dane and Shari Lopes, in honor of Jenna’s Bat
Mitzvah.
Alice Madwed, in honor of Rachel Madwed’s
Confirmation.
Deborah Miller, in gratitude and thanks.
Samuel Miller and Family, in memory of Harry
Miller, father of Samuel Miller.
Alan and Joan Newman, in loving memory of father,
Gabriel Steinbach.
Bob and Twody Schless, in appreciation.
Stacy and Lee Sheiman, in memory of Gabriel
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The Yaffie Family, in loving memory of mother,
grandmother and great-grandmother, Ida G. Yaffie.
Ronnie and Fred Zinn, in memory of Ruth Zinn.
Rabbi Schultz Discretionary Fund
Daniel, in honor of Rabbi Schultz; thank you for
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Mitzvah.
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Gabriel Steinbach.
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Brian and Linda Barlaam
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Ruth and Eric Gross
Joanne and Neil Lippman
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beautiful welcome to Judaism.
Eloise Epstein, in honor of the marriage of Cantor
Blum’s daughter; in memory of beloved husband, Dr.
Gerald Epstein.
Judith and Michael Katz, in appreciation of
Cantor Blum’s assistance for Michael’s Bar Mitzvah
anniversary.
Ilse Levi, in memory of beloved father, Hermann
Strauss.
Mitzvah.
Alice Madwed, in memory of father, Joseph Ente.
Nora Mayerson, in loving memory of dear brother,
Stanley B. Silverman.
Beth and Randy Reich, in honor of Debbie Weisman,
with wishes for a smooth and easy recuperation.
Bob and Twody Schless, in appreciation of Cantor
Blum.
Wendy and Bob Swain, in honor of granddaughter
Catie Delaney’s Bat Mitzvah.
Enhancement Fund
Luise and Ed Burger
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Myra Shapiro and Michael Connolly
Jeffrey and Wendy Bender, in memory of Charlotte
Aaron.
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Stile, mother of Twody Schless; congratulations to
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Bernard Motia.
Elaine and Juda Chetrit, Mazel Tov to Luise and Ed
Burger on the marriage of son, Danny Burger, to Randi
Martin.
Mark and Barbara Edinberg, in memory of Walter
Sonneborn.
Dorothy Goldstein and Harvey Sussman, in honor
of Judith and Stan Lessler, on the Bar Mitzvah of
grandson, Simon.
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Sonneborn, father of Jon Sonneborn.
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Sylvia Greenspan.
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Kleban.
Joan and Marc Levy, in honor of the graduations
of Gabe Ross, Rebecca Siegel, and Darcy and Ryan
Berger.
Jeff and Jackie Madwed, in honor of Neil Lippman’s
50th birthday; in honor of Carly Lippman’s college
graduation.
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Shumofsky on receiving the Tomekh Temimum Board
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Maisel.
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Patti and Samuel Rosenberg, in memory of Robert
Wilson, father of Patti Rosenberg.
Bob and Twody Schless, in appreciation of Janet
Jurow; in memory of our dad, Bernie Schless.
Sylvia Prosnit Adult Education Fund
Barbara Abraham, in honor of Lorraine and Bill
Smith on their 60th wedding anniversary.
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Joel Beier.
Andrea Goodman and Jeff Ackerman, in honor of
the birth of Caleb Benjamin Traub Prosnit.
George and Chris Markley, in memory of Muriel
Silverman Kannel, mother of Anne Kirsch.
Drs. Katherine Pesce and Ken Kingsly, in memory
of Max Maisel.
Suzanne Phillip and Steven Soberman, in honor of
the birth of Caleb Benjamin Traub Prosnit.
Sheryl and George Santiago, in memory of Muriel
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Ellen and Stu Kovar, on the birth of granddaughter
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Ruth and Eric Gross, in memory of Joy Stile, mother
of Twody Schless.
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grandmother of Jessica Goldberg.
Amy, Glenn, Alex and Mollie Rich, in memory of
Muriel Silverman Kannel, mother of Anne Kirsch.
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Stile, mother of Twody Schless.
Gail and Peter Weinstein, Mazel Tov to Connie
and Ray Evans on granddaughter Zoe’s Bat
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and Larry Shapiro on David’s forthcoming marriage;
in memory of Harold Greenberg, father of Herb
Greenberg; congratulations to Elaine and Juda Chetrit
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Rabbi Martin Library Fund
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Lee Lester, book donation.
School Volunteer Association of Bridgeport, in
memory of Ruth Green.
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Barbara Panisch, in memory of husband and father,
Arthur Panisch.
Mazon
Carol and Nate Barsky, in memory of Gabriel
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Judi and David Beier, in memory of Pearl Mehl.
Bari Dworken, in honor of the engagement of Joel
Edinberg and Rachel Blumenthal.
Myrna Kaufman, in memory of husband, Leonard.
Nora Mayerson, in memory of father-in-law, Stanley
S. Mayerson.
Elaine and Marc Silverman, in memory of Muriel
Religious School Scholarship Fund
The Soalt/Mansour Family, heartfelt congratulations
to Ira on his 20th anniversary.
Susan Walden, a thank-you to the following people
for their hard work and efforts to make Ira’s Learning
Weekend a huge success: Anne Kirsch, Alexa Cohen,
Sharon and Scott Harris, Kristen Carley, Susan
Preminger, Cindy Becker, Lori Underberger, Ilene
Feldman, Sam Rosenberg, Susan Zweibaum, Sherry
Portnoy, Mark Edinberg, and Marla Dankenbrink.
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Donations in honor of Ira Wise’s 20th Anniversary
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The Reznikoff Family
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to Neil Lippman.
Ruth Goldberg and Jesse Crell, in honor of Bill and
Lorraine Smith on their 60th Wedding Anniversary.
The Rosenbaum Family, in memory of Muriel
Frederick West, in memory of Abner West.
Jim Abraham Education Fund for Jewish
Leadership
Elaine and Juda Chetrit, in honor of Steve Krubiner
and Carleigh Krubiner, Mazel Tov on their wonderful
achievements.
Suzanne Phillip and Steven Soberman, in memory
of Walter Sonneborn, father of Jon Sonneborn.
Laurie and Daniel Schopick, in memory of Jim
Abraham.
Serena and Arnie Sher, in loving memory of Jim
Abraham.
Jonathan and Cleo Sonneborn, in memory of Henry
“Pop” Hofheimer.
Rabbi Arnold Sher Social Action Fund
Donations in memory of Walter Sonneborn, husband
of Babette Sonneborn, father of Jon Sonneborn, were
made by:
Audrey and Larry Bernstein
Bari Dworken
George and Chris Markley
Samuel Miller
Serena and Arnie Sher
Barbara Abraham, in memory of Virginia Tillson,
mother of Anne Watkins; in honor of Patti and Sam
Rosenberg on their 25th wedding anniversary.
Carson and Robert Berkowitz and Family, in
memory of Max Maisel; in memory of Muriel
Audrey and Larry Bernstein, in honor of the birth
of Caleb Benjamin Traub Prosnit; in honor of Elaine
and Juda Chetrit on the birth of granddaughter, Julia
Sealey Laragh; in honor of the engagement of Joel
Edinberg, son of Barbara and Mark Edinberg.
Bonnie and Len Blum, in honor of Judy Kramer’s
special birthday; in honor of Arnie Sher’s special
birthday; congratulations on the Bar Mitzvah of Jacob
Hanrahan, son of Leslie and Sean, grandson of Sam
Miller; congratulations to Wendy Bloch and Rabbi
Jim Prosnit on the birth of grandson, Caleb Benjamin
Traub Prosnit.
Michael and Judy Green Blumenthal, in memory
of Caryl Rothschild, mother of Richard Kalmans; in
memory of Muriel Silverman Kannel, mother of Anne
Kirsch.
Barbara and Mark Edinberg, in memory of Virginia
Tillson, mother of Anne Watkins.
Elaine and Juda Chetrit on the birth of granddaughter,
Julia Sealey Laragh, and in honor of the marriage
of their son, Michael Chetrit, to Sarah Kim; in
honor of Wendy and Ralph Michel on the birth of
granddaughter, Regan Shae Michel.
Joni and Michael Greenspan, in honor of the Bar
Mitzvah of Jacob Hanrahan, grandson of Sam Miller.
Jan and Denny Magid, in honor of the Bar Mitzvah
of Jacob Hanrahan, grandson of Sammy Miller.
George and Chris Markley, in memory of Virginia
Tillson, mother of Anne Watkins.
Beth and Randy Reich, in honor of Bari Dworken,
with deep thanks and appreciation.
Sam and Ellen Rost, in honor of Rabbi Arnold Sher.
Laurie and Daniel Schopick, in memory of Melvin
Garelick’s father.
Serena and Arnie Sher, in honor of the Bar Mitzvah
of Jacob Hanrahan, grandson of Samuel Miller.
Vision Loan Reduction Fund
Bob Ford, in memory of Sadie Goldbaum.
Nancy Wilkins, in honor of Bill and Lorraine Smith
on their 60th Wedding Anniversary.
Lee & David Lester Kesher Fund
Lena “Lee” Lester, in memory of Violet Lefsetz and
Joseph Lefsetz, grandparents of David Lester, parents
of the late Warren Harold Lefsetz Lester.
Goldie Librach, in honor of Lorraine and Bill Smith’s
milestone wedding anniversary.
George and Chris Markley, Mazel Tov to David and
Jessica, and Geoff and Melanie, on the birth of Fina
Renee Kooris.
BIFTY Greenwald Scholarship Fund
The Jacob Family and Shirley Jacob Lantz, in
loving memory of Sherman Greenwald, and our
beloved Irma Postyn.
Nancy and Irving Silverman, in honor of Alex and
Joshua Taylor’s confirmation.
Charles Fried Keshet Fund
Syd and Mike Schlesinger, in memory of Muriel
Caren, Bill, Jon and Emily Schwartz, in memory of
Joyce Starr, Rudolph Starr and Stephen Alan Starr.
Daniel Smith Cemetery Fund
Arnie and Serena Sher, in memory of Joy Stile,
mother of Twody Schless.
Judith Brav Sher Family Education Fund
Suzanne Phillip and Steven Soberman, in honor of
Michael Chetrit’s marriage.
Arnold & Doris Tower Fund
Stephen and Ellen Tower, in honor of Neil Lippman’s
birthday; in honor of Carly Lippman’s college
graduation.
Alan Weinstein Scholarship Fund
Joni Greenspan, in loving memory of mother, Anna
Levowich.
Endowment Fund
Fran and Rob Morris, in memory of James P. White;
in memory of Sara Spielman Charney.
Etz Chaim Living Torah Fun
Monica and Mike Lightman, in honor of Neil
Lippman’s birthday milestone.
Lori and Dan Underberger, happy special birthday
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One of Us: Bari Dworken
A Never-ending Spiritual Journey
By Ruth Gross
“A woman of valor – seek her out, for she
is to be valued above rubies … she opens
her hands to those in need and offers her
help to the poor…give her honor for her
work.”
Bari also focuses on spiritual direction,
basically walking with a person on their
spiritual journey. She received training
13 years ago, and Rabbi Prosnit asked
her to teach an adult education class
on healing. That led to Bari forming an
intergenerational spiritual journey group
with eight women that continued for
almost eight years. She also started doing
spiritual direction work at Yale Divinity
School, where she works with students
to discuss spirituality and prayer, helping
them to learn to listen intentionally to
each other and to look at their spiritual
journeys. Bari Dworken is a woman of valor. Her
life oozes Tikkun Olam. She is a deeply
spiritual religious educator committed
to service and her community. There
is an underlying Jewishness in almost
everything that she has ever done.
Bari’s mother was raised as a Reform
Jew and her father was a relatively
non-religious Orthodox Jew. She came
to B’nai Israel as a fifth-grader and
was confirmed here, but the family’s
participation was mostly marginal,
attending High Holy Day services and
yahrzeit anniversaries. After she lost
her dad at age 15, she and her mom
continued to attend, and while her family
was not particularly active, Bari always
felt Jewish. During the three years her
mother fought a losing battle with cancer,
Bari attended synagogue both in Danbury
and here. After college, Bari taught math for
5½ years at Bassick High School in
Bridgeport. She then joined the UConn
Extension System, first working with
4H camps in Norwich and then, when
her mother was diagnosed with cancer,
transferring to system’s Bethel office.
Bari retired from UConn six years ago. After her mother’s death, Bari, then
31, rejoined B’nai Israel. She attributes
her return in part to then-Religious
School Director Bob Gillette, who was
also teaching at Fairfield University,
where Bari was pursuing her master’s
degree in environmental studies. They
would discuss spirituality and religion,
and as a result, she started attending
Saturday morning services. Bari became
more deeply involved in the synagogue
– celebrating an adult Bat Mitzvah,
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Bari Dworken
serving as financial secretary and then
secretary on the Board of Trustees and
participating in social action. About 20 years ago, Bari trained as
a chaplain after Rabbi Jim Prosnit
mentioned that Bridgeport Hospital
needed volunteers for their spiritual care
office. “Her chaplaincy and
multiple interfaith
experiences have helped
Bari Dworken clarify
her Jewishness. She
learned what she was by
what she was not.”
After her retirement from UConn, Bari
worked for two years as a chaplain with
a private hospice company. She has since
returned to Bridgeport Hospital as a
chaplain, working about 12 to 15 hours a
week in the emergency department with
patients, their families and staff. She also
chairs the hospital’s committee for the
student chaplain program. Her chaplaincy and multiple interfaith
experiences have helped Bari clarify her
Jewishness. She says she learned what
she was by what she was not. She was
very introspective about Jewish Renewal
long before it became mainstream and
has attended many spiritual retreats. She
attends Friday night services at B’nai
Israel because of the sense of community
and a desire to celebrate Shabbat with
others. She loves Saturday morning
services and Torah study and has
occasionally led services. Bari believes
there is an ebb and flow in a person’s
spirituality and sometimes she feels more
connected than at other times. Her advice for new or established
members of B’nai Israel who do not
feel connected is to find something that
interests you and get involved. She
believes this is how you find enrichment.
B’nai Israel has helped Bari Dworken
become a true woman of valor.
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SHABBAT SERVICE SCHEDULE
We need your help! Before each
Shabbat service, the Temple
provides a small Oneg in the lobby.
These small (nut-free) snacks and
drinks are a great ice-breaker as you
meet fellow congregants, a perfect
quick bit if you’re ravenous after a
long day, and a helpful distraction
for toddlers and younger children.
(Fridays at 6:00 p.m. where indicated, preceded by an Oneg Shabbat at 5:30 p.m.)
Friday, August 7
6:00 p.m. S
ervice Torah Portion –
Eikev, Deut. 7:12-11:25
Haftarah – Isaiah 49:14-51:3
Saturday, August 8
8:00 a.m. Service
9:00 a.m. Brotherhood Breakfast
9:30 a.m. Torah Study
9:30 a.m. Young Families Havurah
11:00 a.m. Bat Mitzvah of Hailey
Simons, daughter of Jodi and
Clayton Simons
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Friday, August 14
6:00 p.m. Service
Torah Portion – R’eih, Deut.
11:26-16:17
Haftarah – Isaiah 54:11-55:5
or 1 Samuel 20:18-42
Saturday, August 15
8:00 a.m. Service
Friday, August 21
6:00 p.m.Service
Torah Portion – Shoftim,
Deut. 16:18-21:9
Haftarah – Isaiah 51:1252:12
Saturday, August 22
8:00 a.m. Service
11:00 a.m. Bat Mitzvah of Amanda
Cammarota, daughter
of Antonio and Lisa
Cammarota
Friday, August 28
6:00 p.m. Service
Saturday, August 29
8:00 a.m. Service
9:30 a.m. Young Families Havurah
11:00 a.m. Bar Mitzvah of Jacob
Zinkerman, son of Jeffrey
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Prayer Books
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Rabbis Schultz, left, and Prosnit show off new High Holy Days prayer books.
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September 11 at Noon. The series will
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reform, from the traditional
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and beyond.
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Hanefesh’s
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classical liturgy?
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readings inspire us or jar us?
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Pitting Our Best against the BBQ Competition
Kiss My BBQ, B’nai Israel’s awardwinning barbeque team, aims to defend
its brisket championship August 30 at the
second annual Southern New England
Kosher BBQ Championship at Temple
Beth El in Fairfield. The event will
run from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the
synagogue on Fairfield Woods Road.
Kiss My BBQ is comprised of B’nai
Israel congregants Norci and Larry
Kochman and Ken and Nina Rabine.
The team is sponsored by B’nai Israel’s
Sisterhood and Brotherhood, and they
would love your support as well.
The cost to get into the event is two cans
of food, and you will get to enjoy the
sights, smells and tastes of more than 30
teams cooking brisket, ribs and chicken.
There also will be music and celebrations
throughout the day.
For more information, go to http://
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Kiss My BBQ, B’nai Israel’s award-winning barbeque competition team, ties up
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