“Our Voice” November 2014 Cheshvan - Kislev 5775

The Conservative Jewish Congregation Serving San Antonio and Central Texas since 1889
“Our Voice”
November 2014
Cheshvan - Kislev 5775
Kolenu
Who We
Are
What’s
Inside
Advertisers…………………….……...…………..19
Rabbi
rabbi.abraham@agudas-achim.org
Anniversaries….………...………….….…….…..16
Cantor
hazzan.jcl@agudas-achim.org
Bequests……………….…………….…....………17
Birthdays……………………......……...…….…..16
Interim Executive Director
m.kelne@agudas-achim.org
Brews & Schmooze……………………..………...7
President
president@agudas-achim.org
Calendar……………...…………………....…..10/11
President-Elect
Friday Night With Friends …………...………….7
Immediate Past President
Heintz Preschool….………………….…...…..…12
VP Fundraising
Inda Posner Religious School…………..…....13
VP Membership
VP Education
Jeffrey Abraham
Jeremy Lipton
Mike Kelne
Randy Pulman
Barbie Scharf-Zeldes
Robi Jalnos
Ephraim Brenman
Pam Rosen
Elizabeth Glazier
Kol Shira-The Voice of Song…………....…..…4
VP Ritual
Alice Troy
Rabbi’s Roundup………………….………..…….5
Secretary
Craig Berkowitch
Scholar-In-Residence………………………...….3
Treasurer
Michael Peck
Sisterhood ………….…………….……...…..…...8
Inda Posner Religious School
Education Director
k.katims@agudas-achim.org
Karen Katims
Book Review ………………………...…..8
Casino Trip………………………………..8
Games Day………………………...…….18
Rummage Sale…………………………...8
Veterans Day Shabbat……………….....9
Tell and Kvell/Agudas News ………........…...14
Torah Fund…………………..….....……..….…..18
Tributes………………………..……..….............15
Yahrzeits……………..….………......…………...15
Heintz Preschool Director
a.cantu@agudas-achim.org
Aliza Holzman Cantu
Director of Membership
and Communication
m.stern@agudas-achim.org
Mindi Stern
Executive Secretary
r.koss@agudas-achim.org
Rose Koss
Accountant
o.hernandez@agudas-achim.org
Administrative Assistant
l.brown@agudas-achim.org
IPRS Assistant
Asst.iprs@agudas-achim.org
Heintz Preschool Assistant
j.eichelbaum@agudas-achim.org
Men's Club President
mensclub@agudas-achim.org
Olivia Hernandez
Linda Brown
Samantha Burgess
Jen Eichelbaum
Mike Kelne
Sisterhood Co-Presidents Sandy Weingart /Judy Halfant
Goldie & Joe Tills Library Librarian
tills.library@agudas-achim.org
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Lynn Waghalter
IPRS PTO President
Daphna Haas
HPS PTO President
Vicki Adelstein
Scholar in Residence
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Kol Shira-The Voice of Song
Hazzan Jeremy Lipton
THE JOURNEY IS THE
DESTINATION!
I will never forget the first
time I read an article in one
of
Kay’s
scholarly
Musicological journals.
Perhaps you have had a
similar experience in another
academic domain? You
begin to read the seemingly
short, usually introductory,
paragraph which, if well written, presents a clear
thesis and simple statement of fact, and
then...FOOTNOTE! As your eyes scan toward the
bottom of the page, you see a short line that
separates the succinct body of the article from the
often protracted footnotes—invariably the article
text takes up less space, often only a quarter of
the page above the line, while beneath the line the
explanatory footnotes fill the remaining three
quarters of the page! This type of scholarly
methodology has parallels in our Jewish method of
study and analysis. Think for example, of the
critical, rabbinic commentary beneath the biblical
text that we read weekly in our Etz Chayim Chumash. As you read any particular week’s Torah
portion, you generally see a few lines of Hebrew
text set directly across from its English translation,
and then many levels of literal and/or interpretive
commentary further down the page that refers to a
particular verse or textual phrase. This style of
commentary and criticism can present itself in non
-written formats as well. When we study together
with others, often the deepest learning comes
through the exploration, discussion and
consideration of the commentary…in its essence,
the journey becomes transformed into the
destination!
In my continuing Tuesday morning Adult
Education class, “It’s a Mitzvah III: Discovering the
613 Commandments,” and in my new Wednesday
morning Adult Education class, “Pirkei Avot: An
Exploration of Jewish Ethics, Spiritual Health and
Interpersonal Relationships,” both of which began
only a few weeks ago, the class participants will
tell you that the subject at hand is merely a
pretext for individual reflection and always lively
discussions. These popular, hour-long classes
will continue to meet on Tuesday mornings at
11:30 a.m. and Wednesday mornings at 10:30
a.m., respectively, and are offered free of charge
to all Agudas Achim members (with a small fee
for non-members). It is most certainly not too late
to join one or both of these classes, where the
journey of interactive learning and discovery is
the destination!
And for those of you who may be
interested a different kind of educational
experience, this year I have instituted a new
learning program entitled "Davening On
Demand" (DOD). During the past six years I
have taught a number of synagogue-skills-related
courses to many of our community members,
including the chanting of Torah and Haftarah, the
leading of worship services, and the participation
in Friday Evening, Shabbat Morning Services and
home rituals. Inevitably, individuals come up to
me and say "I wish I could take your evening/day
class but that evening/day is really tough for me
to commit to on a regular basis." Solution: DOD!!
I will make arrangements for independent study
with ANYONE in our congregational family who
expresses an interest to learn a synagogue skill.
I will individualize a program just for you so that
you will be able to study at your own pace and
meet at a time that works for both you and for
me! So...what are you waiting for? Contact me
and let me know what you would like to learn and
when you would like to start!!
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to
become a more involved member of the Agudas
Achim sacred community—come, study, learn,
participate and grow! Enjoy the journey!!
B’shalom,
Hazzan Jeremy Lipton
Congregation Agudas Achim LIMMUD Adult Education brochure
is available on our website, www.agudas-achim.org
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Rabbi’s Roundup
Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham
Honoring Our Veterans
As the days move on, I find that we have
more congregants who have served in Iraq,
Afghanistan, and other danger spots all over the
world from at least as far back as World War II. At
the break on Yom Kippur, I met a newcomer to our
shul currently with the Navy. He is probably the
same age as me and he related that he had been
on interdiction in the Gulf of Somalia, actually
boarding pirate vessels and arresting them. Once
again, I was humbled.
By now most of you know that when my
brother finished college in Arizona, he went directly
to the Israel Defense Forces and served as a tank
commander for two years. Every time I think about
my brother as well as our congregants who serve
here at home and abroad, I am truly amazed with
their dedication to protect us.
This year, we will of course remember our
Veteran’s on November 11th, but at Agudas, we are
having a special Veterans Day Shabbat service on
Saturday, November 1st. We will be honoring all at
Agudas who serve or have served. I hope you will
all join us to honor these special people at what
should be a meaningful service. It is as it is
inscribed on the wall of the Korean War Memorial,
“Freedom Is Not Free.”
As our Jewish calendars
turns to the month of
Heshvan, we often take a
collective deep breath. We
have made it through a
month of holidays and are
often spiritually exhausted.
The month of Heshvan does
not have any holidays in it
and is often referred to as “Mar Heshvan” meaning
a bitter month of Heshvan with no holidays.
However, I always like to use this as an opportunity
to look at Veterans Day, an extremely important
day for us here in San Antonio.
My first inclination concerning Veterans Day
was to touch on and expand on Chapter 20 of
Deuteronomy. Chapter 20 deals with four
categories of individuals who are exempt from
military service. They are those who have built a
new house, those who have planted new
vineyards, engaged men who have not yet married
and the “timid.”
The first three involve specific acts with the
final embracing those who would be useless in
combat or even coerce others to give less than one B’Shalom,
hundred percent. At first blush this seems a little Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham
questionable, until one does more research. The
Talmud (Sotah 8:7) mentions that our rabbis carved
out that these exemptions are for an “elective war.”
In an obligatory war there are no exceptions with
the classical example of a bridegroom and his bride
being ripped off the marital alter going directly into
the battle.
In the midst of formulating this in my mind, I
have come to be more and more familiar with our
congregants. Like most, I assumed it was all men
in Iraq and Afghanistan and never really gave it a
thought. One Shabbat, I was visiting with a
husband and wife and felt somewhat humbled that
the husband had done one tour in Iraq and another
in Afghanistan. As the conversation went on, I
discovered the wife had just been discharged from
the Army and that she had been to Afghanistan for
a lengthy tour. To say that I was doubly humbled
was an understatement.
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President’s Kol Nidre Remarks
Randy Pulman
For 125 years
Jews have gathered
together
here
at
Congregation Agudas
Achim to observe our
holiest night, Kol Nidre.
One hundred and twenty
five years ago in the lunar
year 5650 many of our
ancestors and family
members found their way
from virulent anti-semitism
in Eastern Europe to a
little outpost built around the Alamo, called San
Antonio. And here they started a shul and hoped
for a brighter future for their children.
That future, their wish, has been realized.
We stand here tonight in the lunar year 5775 doing
what they did 125 years ago, praying freely and
openly, with friends and family.
The truth is that over the years we have
had our own ups and downs. We have agreed and
we have disagreed. But tonight I think we have
found our collective footing.
Tonight I will speak to you about our future
and what I see as the opportunity for this shul to
thrive for another 125 years and beyond. Tonight
our future is as bright as I have ever seen it.
Probably the best indicator of a bright
future is sitting right here, next to me on the bima.
It has been many, many years since we at
Congregation Agudas Achim have been blessed
with a rabbi as energetic and committed to our
Synagogue, to our people and to the state of
Israel, as Rabbi Abraham and his lovely wife,
Lauren. Rabbi Abraham wants to meet and get to
know each of you and your families. The fact of the
matter is that Rabbi Abraham will name your
babies, bar mitzvah your teenagers, marry your
children, celebrate with you in times of joy and
comfort you in times of sorrow. This young man
will be a leader in our Jewish community and in the
greater San Antonio area for years to come. For
this young Rabbi to find a place in our future, to be
successful in making his own history, he needs
our support. Give him some of your time and the
opportunity to get to know you and your family and
your history. Make him feel welcome in the wider
Jewish Community, most of all be proud of him
and of us.
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And this I know, for you to be a part of our
future, you must participate. You must teach your
children the customs of our people and you must
give of your time and your resources so that they
have a place to learn and practice Judaism. Only
we can make the future happen. As I see it, there
are at least three ways you can contribute to the
future of our Shul.
First, when Herod built the Second Temple
on Mount Moria 2200 hundred years ago, he did
so out of gigantic blocks of stone. Painting was
not something the Levi’s had to worry about when
maintaining the Temple. Today it is. This year we
raised substantial resources in the Jake and
Minnie Pulman Building and Endowment Fund to
repair and repaint our building. That work has
now been completed and the building is
refurbished. For those of you who pledged to that
fund you have my deepest personal thanks and
appreciation. All of the remaining commitments
will be placed in the permanent endowments of
the Congregation and used to maintain the
physical structure going into the future. If you
would like to make sure that the building
continues to be maintained, please make a
pledge to the Jake and Minnie Pulman Building
and Endowment Fund.
Second, I ask you tonight to make a High
Holiday pledge to the synagogue’s general fund.
Please reach deeply into yourself and renew your
commitment to our shul. These pledges will be
used to fund our religious schools and other
education projects for the future of our children.
Rabbi Abraham has many good ideas for our
children and for adult education as well here at
the Shul. We just need to find some room in the
budget for him to get started. If you have not yet
made a High Holy pledge, I ask that you do so
tomorrow night. We will have pledge cards
available in the Gurinsky Family Social Hall at the
community break the fast.
Third, I ask that you be a sponsor of our
Kosher BBQ or that you volunteer your time and
efforts. We are expecting a few thousand people
here in three weeks and will be preparing literally
a ton (that is 2000 pounds) of kosher bbq for the
greater community. We will need all of the help
we can get, and I am asking all of you to
participate and engage as we bring the profile of
our synagogue back to the place it belongs as a
leader of our local Jewish community.
I ask that you make these commitments so
that there can and will be a future for Judaism here
in San Antonio, so that we can look forward to the
coming year, the coming decade, and the next 125
years at Congregation Agudas Achim. We are all
the next vital links in the chain ensuring that our
children, our grandchildren, our great-grandchildren
have a place to come to be a Jew, to experience a
bar or a bat mitzvah, to read and understand the
history of our people and to make their own
contribution.
My personal hope is to be here with all of
you thirty Kol Nidres’ from tonight, and hear the
President of Congregation Agudas Achim recall the
great contributions that Rabbi Abraham and
Hazzan Lipton will have made to our congregation
over the course of their careers’; and for each of us
to know that what we did here tonight, the
commitments that we made, helped each of them
make their own history here at Congregation
Agudas Achim and in San Antonio.
Tonight will be the last time I address you on
the high holidays as the President of the Shul. For
those of you with whom I have disagreed over the
past two years, I thank you for your input and for
our discussions, and I ask for your forgiveness if I
have offended you in any way. I thank all of you for
the trust and confidence you have placed in me.
There are a few people I would like to thank in
particular. Since December of 2006, Mike Kelne,
Robi Jalnos and I have communicated by phone, text
or e-mail on an almost daily basis regarding the
business of the shul. Our synagogue would not be on
sound footing today if it were not for Mike and Robi’s
efforts and the tireless devotion of their wives, Eileen
and Judy. On behalf of the entire Congregation I say
thank you to the four of you for your unwavering
commitment.
I also must thank my lovely wife, Shari, for all
of the time, effort and support she has put in over the
past two years, helping me.
And finally I wish our next president, Barbie
Scharf-Zeldes, a term free of controversy and one
flowing in milk and honey.
From myself, Shari, Jason, Lindsay, Hailey
and Josh, we wish all of you an easy fast and G'mar
Hatimah Tovah--May You all Be Sealed for a Good
Year in the Book of Life. May we all have a great
future together here at Congregation Agudas Achim
for the years, decades and centuries to come.
La Shana Tova Tekatevu.
Randy A. Pulman
NOW WEEKLY!
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Sisterhood
What’s New
With Sisterhood!
Hi Everyone, Even though I'm writing this a
few days before Yom Kippur, I can envision
a wonderful October for Sisterhood---a totally successful New Members Lunch on October 7, and, the following week, the Board's enjoyable morning with Rabbi Abraham
and Lauren in their huge sukkah. A great big thank you goes to
Marilyn Karren and her committee for planning and implementing
the New Members lunch and program and a heartfelt thank you to
Rabbi Abraham and Lauren for their hospitality.
As I write this, Caryn Landes is hard at work compiling names for
our new Membership Directory, which should be in your hands
shortly. Thank you, Caryn, for this effort. I am proud to say that
Sisterhood has---as of September 30---14 new members and
several other members, who left us last year, but have now rejoined.
We are very excited to have their input and participation in our
programs. As I'm thinking of the weeks to come, I hope the Kosher
Barbecue will be a huge success, and I know that Sisterhood will be
working there to help ensure this.
Now for November. Please join us at Shabbat services on
November 1, when Sisterhood honors our Agudas Achim military
veterans. Jean Schlesinger and Deanie Voigel have a wonderful
service and Kiddush lunch planned for everyone. Please come to
shul and honor these people who have given so much for this country. A quote from Susanne Jalnos says it all: "I'm here because
veterans liberated me." And, then, on November 4 (I hope you voted
early), you will be at the shul at 7:45am to board the bus for Eagle
Pass and the Lucky Eagle Casino. The bus will leave the casino at
6:00 and return to San Antonio at approximately 9:00pm. Good luck
and have fun to all who go!!!
I cannot close this article without a reminder about our Rummage/
Estate sale. We have been working, shlepping, and pricing (along
with some kibbutzing) every Tuesday for the past 8!!!! months, and
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!! You will be doing a mitzvah for
Sisterhood, as well as the synagogue. We also need your donations
of good, clean, used clothing and other items until Tuesday,
November 25. We especially need houseware and artwork. If you
can bring these items to the synagogue, we appreciate that. For
pickup or further information, please call Joyce Leighton at 4945861 or Bernice Mazer at 341-8226.
Well, I think I've covered everything for now. Sandy Weingart, CoPresident, and I thank our workers for all they do for Sisterhood,
welcome our new members, and hope everyone has a Happy
Thanksgiving with lots of kosher turkey!! See you in shul!
B'Shalom,
Judy Halfant, Sisterhood Co-President
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Calendar
Novemb
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
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Morning Minyan 9:00 am
Challah Covers & Wall
Hangings 12:30pm
3
Morning Minyan 7:30 am
4
Morning Minyan 7:30 am
Sisterhood Casino Trip
7:45am
It’s a Mitzvah III 11:30am
5
Morning Minyan 7:30 am
Pirkei Avot 10:30am
IPRS Pizza Night (Grade 6/7) 6:0
Scholar in Residence Program
7:30pm followed by Dessert
Reception
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Morning Minyan 9am
Challah Covers & Wall
Hangings 12:30pm
10
Morning Minyan 7:30 am
Lunch & Learn @ Pulman,
Cappuccio, Pullen,
Benson & Jones LLP
12:00pm
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Happy Veterans Day
Morning Minyan 7:30 am
Sisterhood Book Review
10:00am
It’s a Mitzvah III 11:30am
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16
Morning Minyan 9am
Agudas Participates in
Global Day of Learning
9:30am-4:00pm. Rabbi’s
session at Agudas is from
9:30am to 10:30am
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Morning Minyan 7:30 am
Exec Comm Mtg 5:30pm
Board Mtg 7:30pm
18
Morning Minyan 7:30 am
Sisterhood Board Meeting
9:45am
It’s a Mitzvah III 11:30am
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Morning Minyan 7:30 am
Pirkei Avot 10:30am
IPRS Pizza Night (Grade 6/7) 6:0
Sex, War & Betrayal Class 7pm
Hebrew I 7pm
Intro to Judaism 8pm
Hebrew II 8pm
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Rosh Chodesh Kislev
Morning Minyan 9am
IPRS Family Program
(Grade K-7) 9:30am
No IPRS Grade 8-10
Installation of Rabbi Abraham 11:00am
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IPRS Closed
Morning Minyan 9am
Sisterhood Cruise
24
HPS Closed
Morning Minyan 7:30 am
25
HPS Closed
Morning Minyan 7:30 am
It’s a Mitzvah II 11:30am
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HPS/IPRS Closed
Morning Minyan 7:30 am
Pirkei Avot 10:30am
IPRS Pizza Night (Grade 6/7) 6:0
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Morning Minyan 7:30 am
Pirkei Avot 10:30am
IPRS Pizza Night (Grade 6/7) 6:0
Sex, War & Betrayal Class 7pm
Hebrew I 7pm
Intro to Judaism 8pm
ber 2014
00pm
00pm
Thursday
Saturday
1
Sisterhood Veterans Day
Shabbat 9:00am
Jr. Congregation 10:15am
Bim Bam Shabbat 11am
Torah Study 1:15pm
Lech Lecha
Havdalah 7:24pm
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Morning Minyan 7:30 am
Schmooze in the News 12:30pm
Brews & Schmooze Family Style @
Big’z Burger Joint 5:00pm
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Morning Minyan 7:30 am
Friday Night with Friends Kabbalat
Shabbat Service 6:15pm
Family Friendly Friday Night Service
6:15pm
Candle Lighting 5:25pm
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Shabbat Services 9am
Lindsay & Claire Weingart B’not
Mitzvot
Bim Bam Shabbat 11am
Torah Study 1:15pm
Vayera
Havdalah 6:19pm
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Morning Minyan 7:30 am
Schmooze in the News 12:30pm
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Friday Night with Friends Kabbalat
Shabbat Service 6:15pm
Candle Lighting 5:21pm
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Shabbat Services 9am
Rachel Solomon Bat Mitzvah
Bim Bam Shabbat 11am
Torah Study 1:15pm
Chaye Sarah
Havdalah 6:16pm
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Morning Minyan 7:30 am
Schmooze in the News 12:30pm
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Morning Minyan 7:30 am
HPS Yad b’Yad Grandparents Day
9:00am
Friday Night with Friends Kabbalat
Shabbat Service 6:15pm
Candle Lighting 5:18pm
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Shabbat Services 9am
Ben & Max Fogel B’nai Mitzvah
Bim Bam Shabbat 11am
Torah Study 1:15pm
Toldot
Havdalah 6:14pm
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Office/HPS Closed
Morning Minyan 9:00 am
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Office/HPS Closed
Morning Minyan 7:30 am
Kabbalat Shabbat Service 6:15pm
Candle Lighting 5:17pm
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Shabbat Services 9am
Bim Bam Shabbat 11am
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00pm
00pm
Friday
Vayetze
Havdalah 6:13pm
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Heintz Preschool
12
Inda Posner Religious School
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Tell and Kvell /Agudas News
Goldie & Joe Tills Library
B’Nai Mitzvot
Claire & Lindsay
Weingart
Claire Madeline Weingart and
Lindsay Brooke Weingart will
celebrate their B’Not Mitzvah
with family and friends on
November 8, 2014 at
Congregation Agudas Achim.
Claire and Lindsay are the twin
daughters of Dan Weingart and
Amy Sugarman and the sisters
of Ethan Weingart. They are the
granddaughters of Kenneth and
Carol Sugarman and Mel and Sandra Weingart. Claire
enjoys dance, baking, and spending time with friends.
Lindsay is involved in volleyball, swimming, playing the
piano and the ukulele. Both girls are seventh grade students at the Eleanor Kolitz Hebrew Language Academy
and love going to sleep away summer camp.
Rachel Solomon
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Pulman-Anderson Engagement
Jason Ian Pulman and
Lindsay Elaine Anderson
have announced their
wedding engagement.
How did they meet? In
2007, Jason’s mother,
Shari, was looking into a
college program for Jason. Upon hearing from
a teacher at Clark High
School that Lindsay was
very happy at the program in Austin, Shari contacted Lindsay’s mother, Lydia,
for more information. Eventually the two students met on
campus during Jason’s freshman year. It wasn’t until
they became friends that they realized they lived across
1604 from each other. The rest, as they say, is history.
Jason is the son of Shari and Randy Pulman. He is the
grandson of Reesa and Joel Pullen, and Minnie and Jake
Pulman (both of blessed memory). Lindsay is the daughter of Reverend Charles and Lydia Anderson. She is the
granddaughter of Terry and Helen Anderson of San Antonio, and Janet Scales and Reverend Bill Scales (of
blessed memory) of Boerne.
Jason is an administrative assistant at Pulman, Cappuccio, Pullen, Benson & Jones, LLP. Lindsay is a receptionist at the West Field Office of the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.
A March 2015 wedding is joyfully being planned in San
Antonio.
Tributes
RABBI’S
DISCRETIONARY FUND
In Appreciation
for the moving Kever Avot at
Memorial Gardens & Palmetto
Street cemeteries by Linda &
Marvin Aboloff
In Honor
of Rabbi Abraham’s birthday
by Julie & Ira Miller
of Rabbi Abraham and his
family “Welcome to San
Antonio and wishing you all a
happy, healthy New Year” by
Nancy & Brad Smith
In Loving Memory
of Sam Cohen by
Tammy & Jerome Cohen
Marvin Jalnos
of father-in-law, Sidney
Lehrman on his yahrzeit by
Frances Lehrman
CANTOR’S
DISCRETIONARY FUND
In Appreciation
ELAINE AND IRVING
birthday and to Arnie & Jean
FRANK EDUCATIONAL Eisenstot on their 60th
ENRICHMENT FUND
anniversary by Sylvia Wilk
BERTIE AND SELIG
GLADYS AND MINNIE
FRANK HERITAGE AND GREENBERG KITCHEN
ENDOWMENT FUND
FUND TO REPLENISH
To send students and teachers to
THE ROSS FAMILY
Israel to learn about their heritage
KITCHEN
In Honor
HEINTZ
PRESCHOOL
of Bertie Frank on her
FUND
birthday by Dorothy Frank
In Honor
of aunt Bertie Frank’s special
birthday by Hilary & Neal Kavy
GENERAL FUND
Thank You
of Aliza Cantu by Karen
Heintz
Speedy Recovery
to Marci Bernstein Matz and
with our wish for a continued
and complete healing by Joel
& Marjorie Baseman
to Stuart Bernstein and with
In Honor
our wish for a continued and
of Rose Koss and Mike Kelne complete healing by Joel &
and in memory of great grand Marjorie Baseman
uncle, Alton B. Copeland and
SAM HYMAN
his wife, Fannie Jaffe
PRAYERBOOK FUND
Copeland by Anne M. Dean
RUTH RUTSTEIN
of Anniversary by David
POSNER AND NATHAN
Regenbuam
POSNER RELIGIOUS
of Harold Vexler’s 100th
SCHOOL FUND
birthday by Ira & Julie Miller
In Loving Memory
of Jennifer Gurinsky & Reid
of Sam Cohen by Kenny &
Meredith on their wedding by Sharon Kaufman
Ira & Julie Miller
to Kathy & Joe Sasson for
their generous donation
to Margot Moreno for her
generous donation
Rochelle Adelstein & Family
of Freda & Emile Aaronson,
Gertrude Wilk & Ruben
Jorrie, Rose Wilk & Bill
Epstein and Leon Pullen by
Marilyn Jorrie
of Carrol Meyer by Joyce
Meyer & Family
MINYAN FUND
In Honor
of Jean & Arnold Eisenstot’s
60th wedding anniversary and
Arnold’s birthday by Judy &
Eddie Halfant
of Mike Winakur - Happy
Special Birthday - by Suzan &
Max Mendlovitz
of Arnold Eisenstot’s 85th
birthday and Arnold & Jean
Eisenstot’s 60th wedding
anniversary by Sandy &
Bernard Shaenfield
In Loving Memory
of Sam Cohen by Sheldon
Levine and Marilyn & Cal
Lemmon
JAKE AND MINNIE
PULMAN BUILDING
AND ENDOWMENT
FUND
In Loving Memory
of Steven Gossen by Lala
Gossen
RUTH, FELIX & SAMMY
REIF BUILDING AND
SECURITY FUND
In Loving Memory
of Sam Cohen by Lala Reif
Gossen and Emily & Eleanor
of Sam Cohen by Rhonda,
Carl, Rebecca & Matthew
Jalnos
ROSS FAMILY KITCHEN
IMPROVEMENT FUND
In Loving Memory
of John Sigman by Hana
Ross
of Sam Cohen by Hana Ross
Mazal Tov
to Sylvia Wilk on the birth of
her beautiful great grandchild
by Hana Ross
RUTH RUTSTEIN
POSNER AND
BARBARA AND ERICA
to Mike Winakur on his 60th
RUTSTEIN CAMP FUND
birthday by Sheldon Levine
RABBI LOUIS
In Honor
and Marilyn & Cal Lemmon
SCHECHTER SCHOLAR
of and happy birthday to Luise
JACK AND KITTY
IN RESIDENCE FUND
Speedy Recovery
Bankler by Bertie & Selig
KADISH MINYAN
Speedy Recovery
MAX AND SERENE
to
Tevia
Friedman
by
Frank
BREAKFAST FUND
to Eileen Jalnos with love Joel
LOWY SCHMIDT
Linda
&
Marvin
Aboloff
Thank
You
of Hazzan Lipton for saying
& Marjorie Baseman
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Gloria
&
James
Cohen
to Mervyn & Thea Bloom for
the prayer “El Maleh
In Loving Memory
A. STILLMAN FUND
Suzan & Max Mendlovitz
their generous donation
Rachamim” in memory of my
of Arthur Schwartz on his
beloved father, Isadore by
SYNAGOGUE
to Eileen Jalnos by Suzan &
In
Honor
Yahrzeit by Laura Schnitzler
Sally Scharff
BEAUTIFICATION FUND
of Arnold Eisenstot on his
Max Mendlovitz
of Mr. Sammy Cohen by Rosa 85th birthday and Jean &
of Hazzan Lipton on his
SYNAGOGUE
Arnold Eisenstot on their 60th to Linda Wilk by Suzan & Max
S. Samuelson
birthday by
ENDOWMENT FUND
Mendlovitz
wedding
anniversary
by
Helen
Pearl Gossen
GOLDIE AND JOE TILLS
of Kenneth Brown by Merle
Isgur
Julie & Ira Miller
GERTRUDE MYERS
LIBRARY FUND
Polunsky
of Arnold Eisenstot on his
FAMILY FUND
of Ron Noble on the 40th
In Loving Memory
85th
birthday
and
Jean
&
of my mother, Nathalie Leon,
anniversary of his performing
of Sam Spigel, father of
ONEG AND KIDDUSH
Arnold Eisenstot on their 60th
on her Yahrzeit by Renee L.
with the San Antonio
wedding anniversary by Helen
FUND
Stanley Spigel, on his Yahrzeit
Kerman
Symphony by Julie & Ira Miller Sabel
In Loving Memory
by Stanley & Barbara Spigel
of Maurice Levin on his
of Sam Cohen by Robi, Eileen TORAH RESTORATION
of Arnold Eisenstot on his
of Merle Polunsky on her
Yahrzeit by Frances Anderson birthday by Ira & Julie Miller
& Stevie Jalnos
100th birthday by Linda &
AND REPAIR FUND
of Mike Winakur’s 60th
Marvin Aboloff
In Honor
of Sylvia Schlesinger on her
Speedy Recovery
birthday by Ron Noble & Kathy
of Miriam & Morton
Yahrzeit by Ronald & Jean
In Loving Memory
to Micki Harris by Susanne
O’Neill
for the moving Kever Avot at
Memorial Gardens &Palmetto
Street cemeteries by Linda &
Marvin Aboloff
of Sam Cohen by Marvin
Jalnos
Speedy Recovery
to Marci Bernstein Matz by
Linda & Marvin Aboloff
to Stuart Bernstein by Linda
& Marvin Aboloff
Schlesinger
of Harry Hyman and Harry
Saltzman by Joyce & Irving
Saltzman
to Arnie Eisenstot on his 85th
Jalnos
Greenberg by an Anonymous
Donor
Kerman
TOT SHABBAT
PROGRAM
BERNARD AND SYLVIA
KANTER FUND
to Stuart Bernstein by Helen
To assist in the continued sustenance
of Congregation Agudas Achim
BOB KBOUDI
CHILDREN’S BOOK
FUND
of Sam Cohen by Lois Lown
ANNA AND SAMUEL
ALEXANDER YOUTH
and Ruth Lown
MEADOWS
FUND
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
In Appreciation
ALWAIS SCHOOL FUND of the misheberach recited for
MARTIN AND SARAH
DOROTHY CHASAN,
Evelyn Goldstein and David
MARCUS ENDOWED
MOTHER OF BARBARA Brothman by Risa Weinberger
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
CHASAN ENDOWMENT Allan Glazerman’s service as
MEMORIAL GARDENS
FUND
FUND
Executive Director at Agudas
HANNAH JEAN COHEN Achim by Ira & Julie Miller
In Loving Memory
SCHOLORSHIP
of William “Cookie”
Mazal Tov
ENDOWMENT FUND
Adelstein on his Yahrzeit by
of mother, Florence Wain by
Don & Joanne Zaike
Mazal Tov
to Marci Bernstein Matz by
Esther Jacobs
to Stuart Bernstein by Esther
Jacobs
PALMETTO STREET
HISTORICAL
CEMETERY FUND
In Loving Memory
of grandfather, H. Davis by
Mark Roffman
JOSEPH AND PAULINE
PREISSMAN FUND
USY PROGRAM
ABRAHAM AND ROSE
VEXLER YOM KIPPUR
FLOWER FUND
WEINGART YOUTH
CAMP AND TRAVEL
FUND
In Honor
of Joan & Stuart Bernstein
on their 55th wedding
anniversary by Phyliss & Steve
Cole
YOUTH
OPPORTUNITIES FUND
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Mazal Tov!
Birthdays
To 120 and beyond!
November 1
Mike Birnbaum
Joyce Meyer
Gregg Rosenfield
November 2
Lauren Abraham
Bonnie Archer
Cathy Efron
Carolyn Glick
November 3
Denise Horowitz
November 4
Jacqueline Bankler
Deborah Ciment
Jack Feldman
Rhonda Gurinsky
Sylvia Wilk
November 5
Gail Topp
Helaine Wolf
November 6
Jonathan Lipton
Peggy Pullen
Phyllis Rosenfield
Octavio Viramontes
November 7
Rachel Rosenberg
Peden
November 8
Raquel Barrera
Jennifer Ross
November 9
Neal Kavy
Terri Magram
Hannah Sasson
Tamara Say
November 10
Magi Blucher
Maurice Isaac
Emi Jacobs
Michael Piesman
Shannon Root
November 15
Shayna Lauterstein
Craig Teplitz
November 16
Sharon Abelow
Meg Grossman
Lauren Ross
Ryan Schwope
Michael Thompson
Fred Wartell
November 11
Rosa Jonasz
Aaron Pearsall
November 17
Joe Hernandez
Marcy Hyman
Deborah Linck
November 12
Caryn Landes
Lily LoCurto
Leah Maze
Sandra Wartell
Dan Weingart
November 18
Lisa Edelman
Marinel Robbins
Jeff Tomes
Halli Weinstein
November 13
Jerry Friedson
Jennifer Goldberg
Michael Rocklin
November 14
Stephen Cole
November 19
Lily Mintz
Sam Pullen
Robert Stanley
November 20
Karen Barnhardt
Lynni Cohen
Julie Miller
Lauren Stanley
November 21
Lisa Abramson
Jerome Cohen
Renee Glazier
Justin Horowitz
Ruth Lown
Benita Ross
November 22
Cary Fox
Alfred Sumberg
Daniel Ziger
November 23
Caroline Clarke
Charles Gurinsky
Babs Schnitzer
November 24
Barbara Rocklin
Samuel Schwope
Anne Wise
Joanne Zaike
November 25
Morris Eskenazi
Gary Loeffel
Julio Ordonez, Jr.
November 26
Steven Ross
Claire Weingart
Lindsay Weingart
November 27
Marjorie Baseman
Ray Elias
Sioma Lubetzky
Sandra Rosenthal
Anne Roth
Benjamin Wolf
November 28
Ephraim Brenman
November 29
Louise Beldon
Ruth Goldberg
Marvin Jacobs
Joshua Rosenthal
Alex Scharlack
Emma Sowry
Eli Weingertz
November 30
Samantha Fein
John LoCurto
Anniversaries
Here’s to many more years!
November 1
Cathy & Rick Fein
Heather & Gary Wilk
November 2
Carol & Joel Klein
Esther Lasky-Mata & Gerry
Mata
November 3
Amanda & Joe Lundblade
November 4
Tabitha & David Lauterstein
Kathy O’Neill & Ron Noble
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November 5
Charlotte Sue & Richard
Alterman
Kay & Richard Rose
Anne & Morris Wise
November 7
Jennifer & Jeff Brody
November 9
Stefanie & David Goldberg
November 11
Lauren & Murry Stein
November 15
Morgan & Michael
Lichtmacher
Lauren & Marc Ross
November 22
Ahuva & Jacob Shweiki
November 23
Sandy & Bill Rosenthal
Karin & Tamir Zaltsman
November 26
Susan & Jeff Goldberg
Tania & Sioma Lubetzky
November 27
Katie & Edward Jaramillo
Perla & Irwin Scott
November 28
Patti & Marvin Kaminsky
November 29
Barbara & Ronnie Argo
Shari & Stuart Markowitz
November 30
Marge & David Present
Myra & Abe Ribak
Yahrzeits
May their memories be for a blessing
Our sincere condolences to Micheline Cohen, Jerome & Tammy Cohen, Bernard Cohen and Philip Cohen and Family on the
loss of Sam Cohen; Lauren, Marc, Rebecca and Sam Ross and the Sigman-Ross Family on the loss of John Sigman; Sharon
and Harry Abelow, Maya, Julia & Samantha Abelow, Allison & Austin Abelow and Family on the loss of Brian Abelow.
November 1
Fanny Schneider
November 2
Joseph Bloch
Israel Kanter
Elizabeth Ravich Saklad
November 3
Rae W. Asher
Anna Hyman
Anne Segaloff
Sidney Stallman
November 4
Lee Noble
Samuel Friedberg
November 5
Lawrence Feldman
Ronald Kamen
Harry Siegel
Patricia Rayl
November 6
Dora Hahn Adler
Mark Lauterstein
Rae Leof
Faye Richman
Barbara Flaum
November 7
Rita Simon
November 8
Ben Lionell
November 9
Doris Savin
Steven Gossen
Max Stool
November 10
Esther Baumann
Ruth Ozer Carlin
Janet Roth
Erica Rutstein
Natalie Rosenblatt
November 11
Sam Asarch
Minnie Cytrin
Eric Rose
November 12
Milton Gold
November 13
Hyman Cohen
David Schlesinger
Carol Wolf
November 14
Eva Flaum
Julius Helbon
Joy McInnes
Sally Vogler
November 15
Bernard Weiner
November 16
Sadie Abadie Nagar
Sam Polunsky
Kenneth Topletz
Sidney Waghalter
Israel Shulman
Yvonne “Bitsy” Adelstein
November 17
Joseph Birnbaum
Abe Davis
November 18
Max Eisenstot
Zachary Kelne
Ann Loebel
November 19
Sidney Berg
Sadie Gold
Laszlo Mate
November 20
Helen Jacobs
Isadore Tudzin
Samuel Waldgeir
Joe Eisenstein
Julia Grolnick
November 21
Myrtle Dodic Nussbaum
Chaim Levy
Les Wilk
Leonard Edelman
November 22
Seymour Lyman
Milford Jacobs
November 23
Philip Barshop
Cindy Maxwell
Alvin Seidenberg
Gladys Pressman
Julia Solomon
Sallie Friedman
Charles Hugh Glazier
Nellie Finegold Rocklin
November 24
Tess Vogel
Rachel Leah Zay
November 25
Lubob Bregman
Betty Schwartz
November 26
Jean Abromowitz
November 27
Samson Abelow
Sarah Davis
Manuel Mata
Morris Schnitzer
November 28
Violet Hyman
Florence Fairman
Allen Pullen
November 29
Henrietta Brenman
Grace Muller
Mike Snyder
Esther Spitzer
November 30
Harry Hyman
Abe Lewis
Nancy Litofsky
Eva Weiss Olian
Bequests
In loving memory of those caring individuals who remembered the synagogue in their wills.
Esther Alterman
Charles Atkin
Solis Berman
Max & Ethel Borowsky
Sam Briskman
Joseph Chasan
Marilyn Dubrin
Norman Fink
Irving & Elaine Lachman
Frank
Joe & Harry Freeman
Cynthia & Sam Glasser
Dr. Eugene Gold
Phyllis Gordon
Phil Heintz
Rose Jacobson
Rosa Lee Katz
Eva Kavy
Elsa Lampert
Isaac & Rivka Ledor
Itta Lenowitz
Stizzi & Israel Lewin
Gertrude Mendel
Sam Polunsky
Nat Posner
Thelma Preissman
Minnie Pulman
Odessa Ring
Max Rosenman
Shirley Rosofsky
Leon Sachnowitz
Berdie Scharlack Schwartz
Leah Shapiro
Israel and Esther Silber
Greta Stat
Joseph Steinfeld
William Udinski
Ruth Wilk
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Torah Fund Donations
Torah Fund Donation Information
Thank you for your support of Women’s League for Conservative
Judaism’s Torah Fund. Torah Fund cards are only $4 each. To
order, please make a payment to Sisterhood Torah Fund and send
check to: Judy Halfant, 15214 Eagle Grove, San Antonio, TX
78232 ~ You may also contact Judy at 210.494.2813. Jean
Eisenstot will continue to prepare and mail your cards, so contact
her at 210.614.4617. Please call Sunday through Friday before
8:00pm. Please order your cards before calling. Todah Rabbah for
In Honor Of
Birthdays
Benny Abraham by Marguerite Lerer
Carolyn Devin by Gaby & Alex Scharlack
Arnold Eisenstot on his 85th birthday by Marguerite Lerer
Joel Friedman by Marguerite Lerer
Sara Lee Gurinsky by Marguerite Lerer
Magda Herzfeld on her 90th birthday by Fannie Rae Shapiro,
Leah Maze
Judy Kelne by Marguerite Lerer
Bernice Mazer by Judy & Eddie Halfant, Marguerite Lerer,
Gaby & Alex Scharlack
Bernard Shaenfield by Marguerite Lerer
Mike Winakur by Marguerite Lerer
Anniversaries
Stuart & Joan Bernstein by Marsha & Gary Greenberg
Speedy Recovery To
Marci Bernstein by Marsha & Gary Greenberg, Fannie Rae
Shapiro, Leah Maze, Esta & Stan Zucker, Bernice Mazer
Stuart Bernstein byFannie Rae Shapiro, Leah Maze, Esta & Stan
Zucker, Bernice Mazer Judy & Eddie Halfant, Thelma Lettman
Tevia Friedman by Bernice Mazer
Victoria Levy by Gaby & Alex Scharlack
Selma Mintz by Marge & David Present
Esta Zucker by Tevia & Joel Friedman, Sandy & Mel
Weingart, Bernice Mazer, Joan Fries
In Memory of
Jake Alonso by Esta & Stan Zucker, Marsha & Gary Greenberg
Alvin Breit by Arnold & Jean Eisenstot, Bernice Mazer
Ivy Cohen by Marge & David Present
Sam Cohen by Jean & Arnold Eisenstot, Marsha & Gary
Greenberg Judy & Eddie Halfant ,Bernice Mazer
Lee Greenberg by Marsha & Gary Greenberg
Goldie Herschman by Pearl Gossen
Ilean Kanter by Leah Maze, Fannie Rae Shapiro
Ed Ruzumma by Sylvia Wilk
Miriam Soble by Bernice Mazer
Leon Zetley by Bernice Mazer
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Shabbat Evening
6:15pm ~ Vexler Chapel
Shabbat Morning
9:00am ~ Alterman Salkind Louis Sanctuary or
Vexler Chapel
Yahrzeits are read at EACH service.
Babysitting provided for birth through 2nd grade at all
Shabbat Morning services.
Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday
9:00am - 6:00pm.
Service Times
Daily Minyan
7:30am Monday - Friday ~ Vexler Chapel
9:00am Sunday ~ Vexler Chapel
Evenings by contacting office
Friday
9:00am - 4:00pm
Office Closed
Thursday, November 27 and
Friday, November 28
in observance of Thanksgiving
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submissions is the 28th day of each month two
months prior to publication.
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