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B U L L E T I NNovember 2014 / Cheshvan-Kislev 5775

1705 Sherwood Ave., Modesto, CA 95350-4224 • Website: www.cbsmodesto.orgPhone: 209.571.6060 • Fax: 209.522.4137 • eMail: cbsmodesto@sbcglobal.net

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President’s Letter.................... 2Upcoming Events, Thank Yous......3Oneg Hosts, Kindle Candles.........4Birthdays/Anniversaries............. 5Yahrtzeits, Donations................ 6Rabbi’s Message...................... 7

Rabbi Shalom Bochner

will be here the weekends of

November 7-9 and 21-23

Sunday Afternoons at CBSNov. 93:00pm

Joe Craven withMamajowali

Special Guest—Hattie Craven

To hear these three musicians from far‐flung places collaborateis to take in three souls, listening and greeting one another in auniversal language—seamlessly interweaving two continents andthree bright musical sensibilities. The blend of kamale ngoni (thehunter’s harp) with six‐string guitar, percussion, fiddle, mandolin,and singing is uncommon and familiar while traditional andinnovative all at the same time. This “Afromericana” projectplaces each of these artists in a new sound of common ground.

It’s not too late to get your season tickets and save! Check theour new website (sundaysatcbs.com) for the latest details and learnmore about upcoming artists.

LLaattkkeess && VVooddkkaass

Saturday, December 6, 2014

7:30 pm-midnight

Individual tickets are $45Table of 8 is $500

Tickets can be purchased at brownpapertickets.com/event/925009Purchase by 11/26/14

(see flyer for more information)

Kristallnacht observance

Friday, November 7

During the 7:00 pm service

Interfaith Thanksgiving Service

Monday, November 24, 7:00pmLDS church, 731 El Vista Ave.(see flyer for more information)

CBS Semi-Annual Meeting

Sunday, December 14

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The Congregation Beth Shalom (CBS)Bulletin is published monthly by:

Congregation Beth Shalom

1705 Sherwood Ave.Modesto, CA 95350-4224

Phone: 209.571.6060FAX: 209.522.4137

Website: cbsmodesto.orgEmail: cbsmodesto@sbcglobal.net

Office hours:Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Board of DirectorsPresident: Doug Highiet

Vice President: Joyce GandelmanSecretary: Jesse RosemanTreasurer: Janet RasmussenMembers: Marty Grynbaum

Steve GugenheimJoella HarlanAnn JohnsonEli LesterJane PascalDeborah Steinberg

Admin. Asst. tothe Board: Laura Skolnick

Office Manager: Sandy Fitzgerald

Bulletin Editor: Judy IsraelsBulletin Layout: Dan Langhoff

Deadline for Bulletin submissions is the15th of each month.

Commercial Advertising Rates: 6 monthsminimum. Business Card: $18/ month,or $15/month if paid 1 year in advance($180). Quarter Page: $30/ month, or$27/month if paid 1 year in advance($324). Half Page: $60/ month, or$55/month if paid 1 year in advance($660). (Alternative arrange-ments can bemade by contacting the Editor.)

Personal Advertising Rates (per one monthinsertion): Quarter Page: $30; Half Page:$60; Full Page: $90.

President’s Letter

I usually try to look forward but I need to step back for a momentand reflect on what we all experienced to start off our new year.

Maybe I’m becoming too sentimental but our Rosh Hashanah and YomKippur services were the best ever at CBS. For you Giants fans let meexplain it like this. Leading off and “hitting” all of their notes wasour CBS Choir. On deck we had our returning all star, Cantor MichaelBuczaczer, followed up by our very own Rabbi Bochner who declinedfree agency and will return to the lineup next year, hitting cleanupand knocking it out of the park was our veteran Ritual Committeeand the MVP award goes to (drum roll please) everyone in thecongregation who sat in their box seats for all 9 innings. All followedup with our victory parade including dancing with our Torah’s onSimchat Torah and like all good athletes we took advantage ofHe’Brew Fest to replace our electrolytes with a “cold one”. Our offseason training starts on November 9th with a little R & R at ourSunday Afternoons at CBS listening to Joe Craven & Mamajowali all inpreparation for Latkes & Vodkas, the 2nd annual public menorahlighting and Hanukkah Party in December. All of this is designed tohave us in playing shape for years to come. For those of you whodidn’t understand my baseball analogy, I was simply trying to say wehave the best congregation and congregants in the league and you’reinvited to join the team.

Shalom,

— Doug Highiet

Administrative Assistant's Notes

Please look for your Annual Renewal Letter, 2015 Dues Disclosure,and Membership Update forms in the mail in the next few days.

Complete the forms and return them to CBS ASAP! They are dueby November 15th.

‐‐ Laura Skolnick

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Fri., Nov. 7: Kristallnacht observanceduring 7:00pm Shabbat Service.

Sun., Nov. 9, 3:00pm: SundayAfternoons at CBS with Joe Craven& Mamajowali.

Tue., Nov. 11: Veteran's Day, CBS Officeclosed.

Tue., Nov. 18, noon: Lunch Bunch.Mon., Nov. 24: Interfaith Thanksgiving

service.Thu., Nov. 27: Thanksgiving, CBS Office

closed.Fri., Nov. 28: CBS Office closed.

Sat., Dec. 6: Latkes & Vodkas.Sun., Dec. 14: Semi‐Annual meeting.Tue., Dec. 16, 5:00pm: Downtown

Chanukah lighting followed by FamilyChanukah party at CBS.

Dec. 24 & 25: First Responders dinner.Sun, Jan 4, 11:00am: Unveiling for Harvey

Highiet.Sat., Jan. 10: Movie night.Sun., Jan. 11, 3:00pm: Sunday Afternoons

at CBS with River Lights Chorus.Sun., Feb. 8, 3:00pm: Sunday Afternoons

at CBS with Grace Lieberman &Friends.

Sun., Mar. 8, 3:00pm: Sunday Afternoonsat CBS with Jessica Leash.

UpcomingEvents

CommitteesSome of the following committees are in need of volunteers. If you areinterested, please call the committee chair/laison(s):Building & Grounds ‐ Tom GoughCafe Shalom ‐ Joyce Gandelman &

Ann JohnsonCemetery ‐ Joyce GandelmanChesed ‐ Myrna WachsChorus/Music ‐ Joella HarlanConcert Series ‐ Tina DriskillFundraising ‐ Al AngelGift Shop ‐ Flo LoefflerGolf Tournament ‐ Al Angel

Jewish Educ. ‐ Joella HarlanLatkes & Vodkas ‐ Joel YoungheimMembership ‐ Jan Pascal & Myrna

WachsRitual ‐ Janet RasmussenScholarship ‐ Flo Loeffler & Nancy

BlankenshipSecurity ‐ Janet RasmussenTikkun Olam ‐ Pat HallYouth Commission ‐ Tom Gough

CONDOLENCESHamakom Yenachem Etchem

Our sincere condolences to Myrna Wachs on thepassing of her son Jeffrey Wachs; and to Pat Hall on

the passing of her nephew Randy Hall.

May G­d comfort you together with all the other mournersof Zion and Jerusalem.

Message from the Finance Committee

Beginning immediately please note the following guidelines.

Correcting Billing Errors: Please bring any billing errors toour attention within 30 days of the receipt of yourstatement.

Reimbursement requests: 1) Receipts are to be turned inwithin 30 days of purchase. 2) Purchases over $100.00require pre‐approval from the Board or Committee Chair.3) Fundraisers/Special Events require prior approval by theEvent Chair.

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Oneg Shabbat HostsNov. 7 — Nadine & Mark Dunker.Nov. 14 — Ceja & Jimenez families.Nov. 21 — (volunteers needed!)Nov. 28 — Gandelman & Snyder families.

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Nov. 7............................4:40Nov. 14........................... 4:35Nov. 21........................... 4:30Nov. 28........................... 4:28

[Daylight saving time ends Nov. 2]

Bar & Bat Mitzvah Anniversaries

Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29

Matthew Haskett Rebekah Goldman Josh Driskill ‐0‐ Katerina AsherAdam Levy Josh Biewer Nicolai AsherRichard Snyder Shayna Colton ClarkMarissa Goodman

Thank you for participating. Please remember to include fruit as analternative dessert. Also, if you provide anything with dairy or nutsplease use the pre‐made label provided in the kitchen when puttingfood out for oneg.

[If you do not remember when your oneg is, you can check the liston the Resources & Links/Forms page of our website, check postings inthe foyer and kitchen, or call the Office.]

SPEEDY RECOVERY

We pray the Refuah Sh’lemah—Speedy Recovery—forBrenna Au‐Miller, Myra Balinson, Phyllis Balmat, JoeBarrera, Leslie Barrera, Ray Barrera, Roberta Black, DanBlankenship, Lara Brotslaw, Mary Brown, Mason Buckner,Ray Castillo, Tyrone Christopher, Doris Colton, MarcColton, Nadine Conly, Pedro Cruz, Noah Dietrich, SueDivjak, Sidney Drabkin, Helynn Filgas, Sharon Gonzales,Laurie Greenwald, Dennis Hall, John Hall, Daniel Harris,Gordon Kaplan, Andrew Little, Paul McCoy, DonnaMinighini, Martha Perez, Elisa Reitsch, Dorothy Rund,Anita Say, Mitch Steinberg, Benjamin Troyanovski, BarbaraWolfe, Evan Wolozin, and all others who are not well at thistime.

[If you know of a congregant who is ill or in the hospital, please helpus include them for calls, visits, and the speedy recovery list by lettingthe Office staff know. Please remember that hospitals are notpermitted to share information with the public, including CBS.]

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Mazel Tov to all of you!

November Birthdays

1 – Daniel Jimenez3 – Samuel DeLemos6 – Nicolai Asher7 – Angela Lev9 – Josh Biewer

Alexis PinkertonKaleb Pinkerton

11 – Gloria Ringsby15 – Moshe Miranda18 – Norm Van Spronsen19 – Jim Shiovitz26 – Allison Speiller29 – Shayna Clark30 – Scott Biewer

Elijah Lester

November Anniversaries

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NOVEMBER

1, 8 Cheshvan Hyman KoobaBelleen Shiovitz

2, 9 Cheshvan ‐0‐3, 10 Cheshvan Bella Cipkin4, 11 Cheshvan Yvonne De Priest5, 12 Cheshvan Ilse Kershner6, 13 Cheshvan Joseph Hirschfeld7, 14 Cheshvan Victoria Cohen

Dena Kleinfeldt Sossin8, 15 Cheshvan Gabriel Bloch

Hilda Julia BlochPhillip GenserHarry LazerwitzMorris H. PoasterJack UgarSamuel Waxman

9, 16 Cheshvan Abraham CohenHelen Wasserman

10, 17 Cheshvan Ida LazerwitzPeggy RomanoffElse Spear

11, 18 Cheshvan Leah BorodavkinaRose Schorr FeldmanDavid HymanBerta Spier Wertheim

12, 19 Cheshvan Samuel EisenHarold Kahan

13, 20 Cheshvan ‐0‐14, 21 Cheshvan Miriam Berwitz15, 22 Cheshvan ‐0‐16, 23 Cheshvan Abraham (Al) Friedman

Sam Golden17, 24 Cheshvan Morris H. Poaster18, 25 Cheshvan Kenneth P. Chisholm19, 26 Cheshvan Joe Aaronson

Ethel LasnickSelma Levin

20, 27 Cheshvan Abraham Alter Riback21, 28 Cheshan Abe Feldman22, 29 Cheshvan ‐0‐23, 1 Kislev Jerry Grossman

Gustav Scheuer24, 2 Kislev Rose Cogan

Phyllis GreenwaldMarjorie OmanSophie RodinskyMorris RubinNancy Lynn Schwartz

25, 3 Kislev Harry Cohan26, 4 Kislev Myra Roseman27, 5 Kislev Saundra Abanathie

Sarah ChisholmJoel Samuel GoldmanWilliam Sossin

28, 6 Kislev ‐0‐29, 7 Kislev Ed Blankenship

Sophia CohenSam HymanLeonard Miller

30, 8 Kislev George KempRobert Kaplan

DECEMBER

1, 9 Kislev Louis GonellaFrieda Grossman

2, 10 Kislev David Karp3, 11 Kislev Anna S. Drabkin

Nellie GoldbergMollie Siegle Rubin

4, 12 Kislev ‐0‐5, 13 Kislev ‐0‐6, 14 Kislev ‐0‐7, 15 Kislev Esther Behrend

Matilda Bender8, 16 Kislev Abraham Abramson

Margaret MilsteinRose Schaffer

9, 17 Kislev Robert Grocoff10, 18 Kislev Rose Weinstein11, 19 Kislev Rose Weiner12, 20 Kislev Ruby Terrel13, 21 Kislev George Bender

Ruthe HymanMike Berwitz

14, 22 Kislev Marilyn Elizabeth LettisFannie Shuster

15, 23 Kislev Suzanne BohbotFrieda Loeffler

The anniversary of death is referred to asYAHRZEIT, and is determined by theHebrew calendar. Yahrzeit is an occasionfor recalling the debt we owe to the past, aswell as a time for dedicating ourselves tothe challenge of keeping the memory of ourdeparted alive and vital through our ownmeaningful and significant contributionstowards the fulfillment of the ideals of ourheritage.

As such, the Yahrzeit is observed in thefollowing manner:

* A special memorial candle, or light, iskindled in the home for the entiresunset to sunset period. Yahrzeitcandles are available in our giftshop Monday thru Friday.

* The prayer should be offered for thedeparted on the day closest to theYahrzeit when the Torah is read.

* If it is your desire to make a contri­bution to the Congregation inmemory of your loved one, as istraditional, you may do so bysending in a check in memory ofyour family/friend to the fund ofyour choice.

* If you do not have a memorial plaque,you may arrange for one bycontacting the Synagogue office at(209) 571­6060.

General Fund:

Iris Singer in memory of Jeffrey Wachs.Alan & Sally Pearlstein in memory of

Jeffrey Wachs.Lou & Judy Israels in memory of Jeffrey

Wachs.Carolyn Block in memory of Jeffrey

Wachs.

Roger S. Drabkin Memorial Library:

Mary Drabkin in memory of:Gale OrlandPhoebe ShevlinHarriette KirschenHannah OmanHarvey HighietBarry HighietRick MillerJim HallJeffrey WachsRandy Hall

Yahrtzeits Donations

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The Hebrew month of Cheshvan, which follows the holiday‐filledmonth of Tishrei, is also called Mar Cheshvan, meaning Bitter

Cheshvan. The Rabbis of the Midrash imagine the monthanthropomorphically as being sad and bitter that it was given noholidays. After Tishrei’s action packed weeks of Rosh haShana, TzomGedaliah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Hoshana Raba, Shemini Atzeret, andSimchat Torah, it is very note‐able that Cheshvan has no holidays. Infact, Cheshvan is the only Hebrew month that has no festivals or specialholiday observances. Of course, even a month without holidays stillbegins with a mini‐festival, Rosh Chodesh (Head of the Month, head ofthe moon). And even Cheshvan is not devoid of holidays: every weekwe celebrate and enjoy Shabbat. This particular year the month ofCheshvan begins and ends on a Shabbat for a total of five Sabbaths inthis one month! Far from bitter, Cheshvan allows us all an opportunityto enjoy our most ancient and enduring holiday: Shabbat.

Shabbat is so many things. To Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel,Shabbat is “an island in time… a cathedral in time” an opportunity eachweek to find a place of shelter and stillness in the rush and bustle ofmodern life. The Torah calls Shabbat a day to “shavat va’yinafash,” aday to Shabbat (as a verb) and soul (also as a verb!). Shabbat is a day tocease, stop, rest, and re‐soul. It’s a day to refresh and re‐connect withourselves, each other, and our world. Shabbat is “human being, nothuman doing.” Shabbat is a taste of the world to come. Shabbat is 1/60of the Garden of Eden. Shabbat is the day when we gather as acommunity for prayer, song, study, meditation, food, celebration, andsocializing.

Our congregation offers song‐filled Shabbat Services every Fridaynight and opportunities to pray and explore the Torah every Saturdaymorning. Beyond our formal gatherings, Shabbat is also a great time fora long nap, a long walk, a long conversation with a neighbor, friend, orrelative, and a long meal. Shabbat is about community; Shabbat isabout food and friends. Shabbat is about song. During this “quiet”month of Cheshvan—give it a try, sample from its 25 hours of beauty,meaning, and peace. Happy month of Cheshvan—Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi’s MessageThe Month of Cheshvan: A Great Time to Enjoy Shabbat!

By Rabbi Shalom Bochner

Congregation Beth Shalom1705 Sherwood Ave.Modesto, CA 95350‐4224

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