August 2021|Vol 85 No. 12 | Av Elul 5781

Upcoming Events:

August

Virtual Sisterhood

Meeting

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

10:30am

Details on page 8

CRS Board Meeting

Wednesday, August 11,

2021

6:45pm

Bar Mitzvah of Eli

Hagler

Saturday, August 14, 2021

10:30am

Details on page 10

Selichot

Saturday, August 28,

2021

8:00pm

Details on page 11

August 2021|Vol 85 No. 12 | Av—Elul 5781

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CONGREGATION RODEF SHOLOM

1119 ELM STREET YOUNSTOWN, OH

PHONE: 330.744.5001

[email protected]

WWW.CONGREGATIONRODEFSHOLOM.ORG

RABBI PAULA WINNIG INTERIM RABBI

SARAH WILSCHEK

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

NANCY BURNETT PRESIDENT

JASON BOSTOCKY TREASURER

ROBERT RAWL TREASURER

DOUG ABBATIELLO SECRETARY

AARON HIVELY PAST-PRESIDENT

NEIL ALTMAN

BRIGITT BERK

SALLY BLAU CO-PRESIDENT OF SISTERHOOD

MILANA DIMENSTEIN

PHYLLIS FREEDMAN

BETHANY GOLDBERG

RON HEIMAN

TEDD KUNKEL

JESSICA LEV

ALAN NATHAN

TOD NEWMAN PRESIDENT OF BROTHERHOOD

JANE POLLACK

KANDY RAWL CO-PRESIDENT OF SISTERHOOD

ALAN SAMUELS

HUNTER THOMAS

WILLIAM TRACHTMAN

SAMIE WINICK

RABBI FRANK MULLER, D.D. RABBI EMERITUS

A Message from Our Interim Rabbi

On August 9, 2021, we will celebrate Rosh Hodeh Elul,

the first day of the Hebrew Month of Elul. Elul is the

month preceding the month of Tishri in which we

celebrate all our fall High Holydays. Elul is considered the

“warm up” to our observances of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur because in it we

add special liturgical readings to begin the process of repentance and renewal which

is highlighted throughout Elul to Rosh Hashanah, throughout the ten days of

repentance and concludes with Neilah on Yom Kippur.

The liturgy that we add includes the “Selichot” prayers. S’licha means “sorry” in

Hebrew. The Selichot prayers are prayers in which we begin to apologize for the

times we have missed the mark in the past year. These self-reflections however are

not said in the singular, rather most of them are said in the first-person plural. We

say: for the times “we’’ have done wrong; For the times “we” should have been

better. We speak in the plural here to emphasize that we act as part of and in

relationship to those around us. While we do not each carry the burdens of the entire

world on our shoulders alone, we do collectively carry the responsibility for doing

our unique part in building the world together with everyone else. This reminds us

that our individual actions have ramifications far beyond what most people consider

as we go about the daily act of living. Maimonides in his Mishneh Torah: Laws of

Repentance, wrote that each person, each year must see oneself as being evenly

balanced between innocence and guilt as must the entire world. If one commits a

sin, the person and the world tips towards guilt and destruction. If one performs acts

of righteousness, one tips oneself and the whole world towards virtue and brings

about their own and the world’s salvation and perfection.

When we act not just in our own interest, we help improve the world. When we act

only in our own interest, we chip away at the communal foundations that hold us

together and we begin the process that leads to a tearing apart at the seams of the

fabric of society that holds us together.

When we participate in the communal act of repentance and apology, we tie

ourselves and our world more tightly together. When we work for the collective

betterment of the world, we also increase our own chances for living safely and

happily in the world. In Pirkei Avot (the ethics of our ancestors) 1:14, Rabbi Hillel

famously states: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself,

what am I? If not now, then when?”

The month of Elul and the High Holydays remind us that we must both support

ourselves and work for our own good, while always being aware of our place in and

feel responsible for our world.

May the month of Elul and the prelude to our observances of Rosh Hashanah, Yom

Kippur and all the days in between, be filled with prayers for healing and strength.

May we also remember that we are truly all in this together.

Sincerely,

Rabbi Paula Jayne Winnig | Interim Rabbi | Congregation Rodef Sholom

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A Message from Our Interim President

Dear Congregants,

The weather changes: the seasons change; we change our clothes; twice a year we

change our clocks. And yet, we as individuals are reluctant to change our habits. We

are so entrenched in our daily routines that we fail to realize changes are occurring all

around us. We place arbitrary boundaries around us over which we are afraid to cross.

We live in a society of change and learning to navigate its nuances requires adaptability and the willingness to

seek new paths to our destination.

As our community contemplates changes in our worship structure, we are tempted to look back upon our past

- to gather about us our comfortable present. The future is filled with uncertainty in our personal lives and in

our world, and yet life goes on. Each day is a gift filled with opportunity.

The Torah has referred to us as, “stiff-necked people.” We express discontent, we complain, we debate, we

disagree with each other, but Judaism is strengthened by these conversations, and our ability to join together

as a congregation or community is foremost in our collective response. We are united in envisioning a better

world for future generations and ensuring those future generations of Jews in our Valley a place to return

home.

As our congregation and our community face choices in the coming month, I hope we can face the challenge

of change with an open mind. I hope we can look back at the history of Congregation Rodef Sholom with

pride while looking forward to the challenges we face. Congregation Rodef Sholom will remain a vibrant

spiritual community regardless of the outcome of the collaboration effort. We will continue to grow and

serve our congregants; we will continue to fulfill our mission of respecting diversity, wide-ranging beliefs, and

communal needs; and we will continue to be a “beacon of light,” a welcoming spiritual home for all who

choose to join us.

May all our choices be for the good of all.

Sincerely,

Nancy Burnett

Interim President

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SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT

1 2 3 4 5 6

Shabbat Service

6pm

7

8 9 10

Virtual

Sisterhood

Meeting

10:30am

11

CRS Board

Meeting

6:45pm

12 13

Shabbat Service

6pm

14

Bar Mitzvah of

Eli Hagler

10:30am

15

16 17 18 19 20

Shabbat Service

6pm

21

22 23 24 25 26

27

Shabbat Service

6pm

28

Selichot

8pm

29 30 31

August 2021

**All programming will be hybrid unless otherwise noted.**

Yahrzeits

August 6, 2021

August 13, 2021

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Helen Barr Bernice Froomkin Esther Kirshenbaum Samuel Shapiro

Joseph Bolotin, M.D. Esther Garwin Bess Rudberg Kristal *Louis Solinsky

*Irene Schwebel Boych Ruth Greenbaum *Lillian Laskovitz *Walter Spiegle

*Frank Cheloff Frances Griffin Helen Lev *Samuel Stolmack

*Dorothy Cohn *Jacob Grobstein Marian Liberatore Adele Strasfeld

Rose Davis Evelyn Halpern *Anna Livingston *Lillian Waldman

Dr. Marvin Epstein *Elliot Hansell *Clara Stern Lowendorf Dr. Margot Wegner

Roslyn Feltenstein Arnold Heiman Robert Pickel *Nellie Wohlgemuth

*Yetta Frank *Simon Hersh *Ida Roland *Adolph Zola

Ella Frank Hyman Hersh *Harry Schagrin

*Charles Frank *Anna Hoffman Max Schecht

Lillian Freed *Marvin Itts *Dr. Bernard Schneider

* Denotes permanent memorial plaque

In the rising of the sun and in its going down, We remember them

At the blueness of the skies and in the warmth of summer, We remember them

Dr. Cecil Bloomberg *Milton Lev *Rosa Pollak Rose *Fannie Stern Schmidt

*Harry A. Cohen *Etta Levy *Rhea Rosenbaum *Dora Schwebel

*Marvin Frankle *Daniel Lippy Leonard Rosenberg Jeanne Post Stone

*Atty. Edward Friedlob Goldie Mayer Abraham Roth Dr. Douglas Wegner

*Robert Hartzell Gold Mary Nicholas Fannie Rudberg *Ernest Weiss

Abraham Klatman Cecila Pose *Esther Sauer *Frederick Wolff

Elizabeth Leibowitz Richard Roland Art Schanz Ethel Zimet-Zauderer

*Albert D. Leopold *Herman Rome *Frances Shermer

* Denotes permanent memorial plaque

YAHRZEITS CONT.

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August 20, 2021 *Morris Bloch Sheila E. Goldich *Melvin Rosen

*Milton Bogen *Harriet Newman Grad Saul Rosenberg

J. Phillip Davidson *William McKee Jolley Harold Rosenblum

Pamela Dutro Robert Jonas Phyllis Gordon Rubin

*Cecile Ehrlich *Oscar Buck Kirchner Samuel Santer

*Joseph Feldman Eileen H. Legow *Roberta Silber

*Rachel Garrick Margaret Livingston *Hattie Traxler

*Dr. Edward Gluck *Rebecca Millstone *Selma Wasserman

*Isaac Gold Howard Nudel Louis Weingarten

*Edward Lee Goldberg *Elsa Kaster Rome Rose Werner

*Denise Altman Charlotte Jubelirer *Alex Rudolph

*Simon Biller Charlotte Kadis *Harry Schmidt

*Sol Boych *Robert E. Kannensohn Donald Sherman

*Selma Bradlyn Yaakoc Kassorla *Rose Shwartz

Fenwick Broberg *Abe Katz *Lillian Shwartz

*Louis B. Berger *Dr. Paul Kaufman Oscar Simon

Selma Check *Jacob Klivans Bertha Levin Simon

*Isadore Glick *Julianne Levine *Charles Simons

Herbert Golden *Sanford Lipton *Walter Spiegle

*Myron Goldstone *David Major Minnie Stein

Burton Gyenes *Florence Malasky *Blanche Steiner

*Emanuel Hartzell *Harry Malkoff *Isaac Sussman

*Herbert Heller Katie White Miller Dorothy Beadling Tod

*Sylvia Henkin Samuel Miller Dr. Stanley Weinberg

*Atty. Max Henkin *Joe Robins *Bernard Weiss

*Ida Bender Hodes *Nettye Kaufman Rosenbaum Martha Zenevich

*Sarah Hutner Richard Rosenblum *Marjorie Zlotnick

*Dr. Herman Ipp *Ruth N. Roth *Samuel H. Zoss

August 27, 2021

Prayer - Study– Network– Get Connected! The future is ours to create!

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August 1st: Emily & Michael Fitzpatrick (12 years)

August 15th: Terri & Steve Anderson (40 years)

August 2nd: Margie & Steve Levy (24 years) August 16th: Judy & Sam Roth (57 years)

August 3rd: Louise & Fred Kannensohn (58 years)

August 21st: Wendy & Stephen Weiss (28 years)

Jody & Stan Nudell (46 years) August 22nd: Paula & Fred Leeds (50 years)

August 4th: Leesa & David Edelstein (9 years) August 23rd: Bobby & Jim Pazol (62 years)

August 5th: Lisa & Blondie Levy (49 years) August 27th: Amy & Bob Hendricks (27 years)

August 6th: Kelly & Tod Newman (27 years) August 29th: Susan & Gerald Bostocky (52 years)

August 11th: Lynn & James Kline (48 years) August 30th: Claudia & Eric Axelson (40 years)

August 13th: Marlene & Louis Epstein (71 years)

August 31st: Renee & Steve Sheakoski (46 years)

Susan & Richard Sokolov (49 years)

MAZEL TOV TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS ON THEIR

AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES:

Mazel Tov to the following members for a special birthday in August:

August 6th: Betty Rosenberg August 29th: Sheryl Roth

August 14th: Lauren Levy Jack Safier

August 23rd: Leesa Edelstein August 30th: Michael Rawl

August 26th: Steve Baroff

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Todah Rabbah!

BARUCH DAYAN HAMET PRAISED BE THE JUDGE OF TRUTH

It is with sorrow that we note the death of our member:

Helen “Dutchy” Leebaw

May her memory be for a blessing and may her loved ones be given comfort and strength.

Todah Rabbah to

Doris Tamarkin and Anita Shapiro for helping the office put out the collaboration mailer to all of our

congregants.

Todah Rabbah to Shriver-Allison-Courtley-Weller-

King Funeral Home for sponsoring the Shabbat Service

on August 6, 2021!

TZEDAKAH CIRCLE Endowment Fund In celebration of:

Barry Schecht’s Special

Birthday

In loving memory of:

Dr. David Cohen

By Dianne & Bert Newman


William Kunkel


By Sarah & David Wilschek and

Family


Dr. David Cohen

By Jenny & Alex Lloyd


Selma Check

By Margie & Steve Levy and Family


Bertha & Oscar Simon

Katie Miller

Samuel Miller

By Marilyn & David Miller


Emanual Solomon

By Nina & Barry Solomon


Shel Sacks

Jerome Sacks

By Hilari & Andy Lipkin


Dorothy Lackey

By Susan Orlin & Bob Lackey

Marilyn’s Mitzvah

Meal Fund In celebration of:

Paul Gluck’s Birthday

Stan Freedman’s Birthday

By Brigitt & Rob Berk and Family


Bernard Frank

By Alan Frank


Denise Altman

By Neil & Max Altman



By Jill & David Scheibel

Music Fund In loving memory of:

Elena Rebon

Margaret Reese

Oscar Hoffman

Syd Ruth Zoss

Bogdane Zoss

Gerrit Vossen

Margaret Lloyd Davis

Dr. Samuel Zoss

Alberto Escandon

By Dr. Kathy Zoss


Kaila Fine Gluck

By Yetta & Paul Gluck

Sisterhood Fund In loving memory of:

Charles Z. Greenbaum

Robert N. Greenbaum

Ruth Greenbaum

Joseph Beltz

Patricia Ware

By Toni, Art, & Josh Greenbaum


Denise Altman

By Neil & Max Altman


Grace Cotlar

By Charlotte Kaplan

Oneg Fund Shabbat Sponsor:

By Shriver-Allison-Courtley-Weller

-King Funeral Home


Esther Tabak

By Sandy & Gene Mallen


Joseph Levy

By Margaret Klein

Cemetery Fund In loving memory of:

Rose Drabkin

By Barbara S. Drabkin, M.D.

Social Action Fund

In celebration of:

Elliot Legow’s excellent

leadership of the YCCIC

Committee

By Brigitt & Rob Berk and Family


Carol Lynch

By Alan Frank


Eileen Legow

Helen Leebaw

By Christine & Elliot Legow

Rodef Archival Fund In loving memory of:

Louis & Sidney Davidow

By Terry Davidow Epstein & Family

Tamarkin Chapel

Fund In loving memory of:

Dr. David Cohen

By Kelly & Bruce Tamarkin

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