EAST MIDWOOD JEWISH CENTER BULLETIN THEY SHALL BUILD ME A SANCTUARY AND I SHALL DWELL AMONG THEM

November/December 2015 Tishrei/Cheshvan/Kislev

5776

Gut Yomtov,

While flipping thru stations on the TV recently, I ran across the Family Feud and it got me thinking about categories. I then thought what would be an EMJC category that would have lots of possible answers? So here's the category: What is the stuff that brings people to the East Midwood Jewish Center. General-ly speaking some come out of tradition, some for spirituality, others for learning and recreation. What is it specifically that helps people achieve what they are seeking? Here are some thoughts from my family:

*High Holiday Services: You can't deny that. Look around!

*Parents seeking an engaging and meaningful Jewish Learning environment for their children: our Bar/Bat Mitzvah observanc-es are up, and our Little Learners are growing in number as well.

*To listen and sing with our cantor

*To contemplate our Rabbi's commentaries, and sermons

*To see our friends, or make new ones

*To bring in Shabbat with Shabbat-A-BimBom, a service geared for children or Shabbat in the Round, less formal, musi-cal, and diverse Kosher cuisine. *To honor the memory of their departed loved ones at Yizkor, and yahrzeits

*To celebrate milestones in our families lives

*Family Programming for all the holidays

*To support Israel through Israel Bonds, JNF trees, the Israeli Scouts, and more

*For recreation including swimming, basketball, ping pong, yoga, Israeli Folk Dancing and more.

*For holiday celebrations you might enjoy the stuffed cabbage or potato kugel on Simchat Torah , or ice cream and blintzes on Shavuot.

Many of these help form a large part of our Jewish identity. It is this Jewish identity that we carry through our days, and that identity colors the way we interact with the world. Although it is important for us to identify as Jews, and donate to Israel, we need more than that. We need a hub, where we can pray, learn, and socialize with other Jews. East Midwood Jewish Center is that hub. It's the base which supports everything else, and even though there's a lot of "everything else", we want to do more, expand our reach to the Israeli Community, the Russian Jewish Community, and others. We are working hard to get the word out about all that we have to offer. The secret is out of the bag!

You might be asking, What role can you play? As you probably know, we have toned down our appeal for funds on Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur. Years ago, the ushers used to collect the cards and read the family name and the amount pledged. To-day, we simply collect the envelopes, and go on about our busi-ness. In addition, we expect members to send in other volun-tary donations, and many do! My appeal to you as co-president of this Kehilla is not for money, although we certainly can use it. I'm asking that you give of yourself, make it part of your routine. In this room now there are many unsung heroes. Lisa Rothman does the Bulletin, Stephanie Kaner handles our fi-nances, our House Committee chairs, Daniel Shapiro, and Sam Ainbinder who get calls at anytime of day or night. Pearl Berkowsky phoned all our members, and keeps the computer-less informed of deaths, and births. And let's consider the work of some of our younger parents: Stephanie Luxenberg who although living in Queens still helps to maintain the website, along with Alisa Katz and other vital social media. Rebecca and Dan Wilchins organize Shabbat Katan, a Shabbat morning service for young children. Murray, Moran Lantner, Alissa Levine, Dena Levinson are parents overseeing some of our Tsedakah activities. There is so much that goes into growing a place like this. Most of it is behind the scenes. The sanctuary is only a part of the weekly activities. There are many moving parts, and they are kept moving by volunteers like the ones I just mentioned, plus others. Make it part of YOUR routine! Oh, you're not a shul goer, you say? Well you're here now! I know, but you think “Today is different, and doesn't count.” Well it counts, but not as being a shul goer. [Cont’d on page 16]

President Randy Grossman’s Comments on the New Year

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SERVICES at EMJC

MORNING SERVICES

Sundays & Legal Holidays 8:00AM

Mondays – Fridays 7:30AM

Saturdays 7:30AM & 9:00AM EVENING SERVICES Sundays – Thursdays 7:30PM

CALENDAR Nov 1 Sun Sisterhood Movie event Nov 5 Thurs NightShul 7-9:30PM Nov 6 Fri Shabbat-A-BimBom 6:30– 7:30PM Little tent family room Nov 7 Sat Michelle Dankowitz Bat Mitzvah Nov 10 Tues Sisterhood Book and Author Supperette 6:30PM Nov 12 Thurs NightShul 7-9:30PM Nov 13 - Fri Shabbat in the round 6:30PM

Nov 19 Thurs NightShul 7-9:30PM Nov 21 Sat Shabbat Katan (Fersko Room 11:15AM) & new Member Shabbat & Music at the Center - a concert with Ben Lapidus et al Nov. 22 - Sun 4PM Interfaith Thanksgiving at Our Lady of Refuge Dec 4 Fri Shabbat-A-BimBom 6:30-7:30PM Dec 5 Sat Shabbat Katan (Fersko Room 11:15AM) Dec 6 Sun Chanukah at EMJC Dec. 11 Fri Shabbat in the Round 6:30PM Dec. 19 Sat Human Rights Shabbat & Shabbat Katan (Fersko Room 11:15AM)

CANDLELIGHTING

November 5776/2015 6 Fri 4:29PM 13 Fri 4:22 20 Fri 4:17 27 Fri 4:13

December 5776/2015 4 Fri 4:11PM 6 Sun 4:29 First Chanukah candle 11 Fri 4:11 18 Fri 4:13 25 Fri 4:16

East Midwood Jewish Center Bulletin

Published 6 times per year

Cost: Free to Center members/ $15 per year for non-members (hard copy)

Rabbi Matt Carl

Rabbi Emeritus Dr. Alvin Kass

Cantor Sam Levine

Presidents: Randy Grossman, Toby Sanchez Executive Director: Edith Maiman

Director of Youth and Family Services: Audrey Korelstein

Bulletin Editor: Lisa Rothman

Assistant Editor: Toby Sanchez

Birthday, anniversary, donation compilations: Marina Lukina

Photographers: Lisa Rothman, Jakob Grossman, Courtney Ickovic

HAPPY CHANUKAH

FIRST CANDLE SUNDAY DECEMBER 6

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THOUGHTS FROM RABBI MATT CARL

In my previous pulpit position, I worked with a rabbi who wouldn’t allow himself to be on the Mi SheBerakh list. No matter how ill he got (although, in the time I was there, he never got that ill) he would refuse to let his name be mentioned during the prayers for the sick. He claimed not to do this out of pride or humility but because “no one makes it off that list alive.” In this case, his sarcastic remark pointed to the phenomenon that people in that congrega-tion, once on the Mi SheBerakh list, would ask for their names to remain there, even when their illnesses seemed to have passed. I remember seeing one member in shul following a surgery, obviously successful (since here she was in shul -- this was a surgery the failure of which would likely have been disastrous,) who refused to bench Gomel (praising God for having survived a life-threatening ordeal) and refused to remove her name from the list of the ill. She refused because, she said, “I’m not 100% well; I’m still dealing with it; what if it comes back?”

I recently decided that EMJC should respond to the daily violence against our people in Israel by adding Tehillim (psalms) to our daily service. It is a small gesture, but I feel it’s the only one we’ve got. As a synagogue, it is our job to respond to the circumstances of the world with wisdom and prayer. It should have been a “no-brainer” to make such an addition and, in truth, I was convinced of the matter the instant it came to mind. I did, however, have one small hesitation. My concern was, and remains, that I will have difficulty removing the tradition once begun. We are saying the psalms in response to increased violence and terror against Jews in Israel. Though we are sadly accustomed to some level of violence, what we see these days is something different, something worse. To not acknowledge it would be ter-rible, but to not acknowledge that it is different, that it is worse than normal, would be equally terrible. And, when it gets better, when the violence decreases, although it will probably not disappear altogether, we must acknowledge that, too.

Our prayers and our words ought to reflect reality: we add to our prayers because our world is particularly bad. When the world goes back to normal -- not ideal, maybe not even so great, but normal -- our prayers and the structure of our service should reflect that, too. By taking our names off the sick list, by removing extra tehillim, we do more than just take our service back to normal: we engage in the mitzvah of hakarat ha-Tov, recognizing the good. It is an essential form of appreciation. If we pray because we truly want God to change the world, we must acknowledge when that happens. Each day I hope and pray it will be the last day we add these psalms to our service. Each day I hope and pray it will be the day we acknowledge and appreciate that things are better. Not perfect. Maybe not all that great. But better.

Rabbi Matt Carl

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To Know Judaism is to see the joy in the faces of all who attended our third annual Barrier-Free Service celebrating the Days of Awe. Rabbi Matt Carl and Cantor Sam Levine were on hand to lead the service, singing, explanations and guidance while Audrey Korelstein, Director of Youth and Family Education, ably organized the day’s activities and shared a moving story of what it meant to be able to pray. Rachelle Grossman offered her dulcet tones in a duet with Cantor Sam. Cheryl Danto Scanlan and Samantha Kuper-berg beautifully interpreted by signing all the voices for the hearing impaired.

We learned how to behave during services, how to apolo-gize to someone by actually speaking to him or her, we learned that the shofar can make a loud noise and some of us tried to blow on it.

Follow the path of pictures to see the parts of the service which included singing prayers, saying the Shema with eyes covered, marching with the Torah, observing what the Torah was while Cantor Sam sang the words of the parsha in Hebrew then English, raising in the Torah (Hagba), en-joying the music provided by the Lapidus’ family, and snoozing a bit.

DAYS OF AWE BARRIER-FREE SERVICE September 20, 2015

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE

EAST MIDWOOD JEWISH CENTER &

A DESCRIPTION OF ITS ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES

The Founders: The East Midwood Jewish Center was organized in 1924 by a group of new residents of what was then an undeveloped, almost rural area. Many streets were unpaved, houses were far apart, sep-arated by empty lots. Residents had to walk through fields to reach each other’s homes, the subway station and the stores. It was considered out in the country and was actively promoted by real estate developers as “New Brooklyn.” The organizers started by holding meetings in each oth-er’s homes to discuss creating a synagogue/community center: a place to pray, a place for their children to learn Hebrew and meet other Jewish children, and a place for people of all ages to study, socialize, swim and enjoy sports. Within six months they had completed all the legal work, started looking for a site, raised money, recruited members, and elected their first officers. They decided to place their new congregation, not in a small building on a quiet side street, but on a triple lot on a major north-south road. This was a bold statement in a time when the US Congress had just adopted a law designed to keep out Jews and others from Eastern and Southern Europe, and anti-Semitism was prevalent in business, universities and elsewhere. Who Designed East Midwood Jewish Center? Who designed the building is something of a mystery, as no architect is listed anywhere, neither on the build-ing plaques in the vestibule nor in the souvenir journal produced for the building’s dedication in 1929 nor for its 50th or 75th anniversaries. There is some evidence

that the original design was created by Louis Allen Abramson, a prominent architect of synagogues throughout the city, who had also designed the Brook-lyn Jewish Center on Eastern Parkway. EMJC is very similar to that building, but the founders rejected Abramson’s design, as they did not want to erect just a copy of that building. They stopped the initial construc-tion and spent a few years researching other buildings and then came up with their own exterior and interior design, which borrowed heavily from other buildings and various styles. Maurice Courland, another well known architect, prepared the specifications, but neither he nor Abramson is given credit anywhere. The build-ing was completed in 1929 at a cost of one million dol-lars. The plaque in the vestibule lists only the names of the members of the Building Committee. Architectural Features: EMJC is an example of ear-ly 20th century synagogue design in the Renaissance Revival style, combined with what are called Moorish motifs (namely the large domes on the roof). All the original architectural features on the in-side and outside of the building have been preserved, just as they were in 1929. There is no standard or required style of synagogue ar-chitecture and so over the centuries every style has been used: Greek, Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque, Palladian, Georgian, modern). The only requirements are an ark to hold the Torahs, an eternal light, a wall facing Jerusa-lem and the avoidance of human faces and figures. Ar-chitects are free to borrow from the past and combine styles from different periods. Every wall and every ceiling in East Midwood is deco-rated in a variety of styles, taken from the “pattern books,” which were widely available, illustrating every type of decorative style. Among the references in EMJC to past styles of architectural history are:

Openhousenewyork On October 18 East Midwood Jewish Center participated in the annual "Open House New York," tour of historic build-ing within the five boroughs sponsored by the New York State Department of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preserva-tion. EMJC qualified for the honor of inclusion in Open House New York, because it is own the National and New York State Registers of Historic Places. The event was publicized in Time Out New York and many other places. One hundred people visited our beautiful building, toured the sanctuary, the Dr. Fersko Room, the Bridal Suite Out, the Grand Ballroom and the Regency Room. Needless to say, they were greatly impressed by our stained glass windows, the architectural details and much else. They were very interested in the history of the synagogue and our current activities, including the work of the Interfaith Committee with Our Lady of Refuge Roman Catholic Church. Printed below is the history of the building and why it was designated an Historic Place.

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HOSPITALITY

COMMITTEE NOTICE Kiddushim are sponsored in part by the Shabbat Hospitality Committee: a group of East Midwood families who want to share the joy of Shabbat with the EMJC community. You can join with them in extending our community’s hospitality to all who join us for Shabbat services with a contribution to the Shabbat Hospitality fund.

Call 718-338-3800 to sign up as a sponsor.

a.The overall design of the building is that of a Italian Renaissance palace b. The copper domes (now turned green) on the roof are in the Moorish or Oriental style which was popular in Europe and the U.S. in the nineteen century c.The columns below the domes on the exterior are Greek as are the 4 tall columns around 3 of the stained glass windows d. The layout of the sanctuary a copy of the Roman basilica and thousands of churches. The main features are: a wide center aisle with side aisles, a platform or bema at the front for the clergy, where is placed the ark to hold the sacred books or Torahs). e. The black columns in the Sanctuary on either side of the ark are in the Greek Corinthian style and are deco-rated at the top with plants known to the Greeks f. The sunburst symbol above the ark appears among all people, but was especially prominent in Greek buildings and at various times during the reigns of the Hebrew kings. g. The garlands over the ark are Greek h.The numerous decorations all around the ark and around the walls and the balcony in the Sanctuary re-peat many different styles, including the Greek egg and dart design i. The stained glass windows and the dome in the Sanctuary are in the early 20th century Tiffany style with lots of yellows and greens j. The chandelier in the Grand Ballroom on the second floor is in the Georgian style

Why EMJC is on the National and New York State Registers of Historic Places: EMJC was granted this honor in 2006 because all its original features are unchanged, because it represents a distinctive form of American Judaism, and is part of the evolution of ur-ban ethnicity in the 20th century. What this means is that EMJC was created entirely by local residents, lay people rather than by rabbis or Manhattan elites; ser-vices were from the beginning conducted in Hebrew and English and not in Yiddish (as was the rule in old-er neighborhoods); its members were mostly American born and not from just one specific Russian , Polish, Hungarian or other European town or region as was usually the case with small Manhattan congregations) but were aa mix of people from different parts of Eu-rope. The plan from the beginning was to create a 7 day a week center for community activities for all ag-es. That’s why it was built with rooms for prayer, for education, for parties, and with a pool and a gym. It is one of the last “shules with a pool,” left from the 1920s Its placement on Ocean Avenue announced to the world that there was no contradiction between being a loyal American and being a loyal Jew and that a mi-nority group has both the right and duty to retain and develop its culture, while contributing to American life. East Midwood and similar synagogue/community centers are a unique American invention.

Openhousenewyork continued from page 6

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Sisterhood Scoop Sisterhood hopes that everyone had a happy, healthy and inspirational holiday season. We are looking forward to a full fall calendar of events. Our successful Cooking Event was completed on Sunday, October 18. Marilyn Cohen and Shereen Rosenthal demonstrated techniques of cooking vegetarian comfort foods, including different types of fall squash. Sampling was a delicious treat!

On Sunday, November 1 at 2:00 PM, we are proud to have a screening of the movie Capturing Grace, which tells the story of the collaboration between the Brooklyn Parkinson Dance Group (BPD) and the Mark Morris Dance Compa-ny. The BPD’s program director, David Leventhal and our own Sharon Resen will be on hand to lead a Q & A discus-sion following the movie. Refreshments will be provided.

An annual highlight of our autumn season, is the Sister-hood Book & Author Supperette. On Tuesday evening, November 10 at 6:30 PM, we are pleased to host Rabbi Susan Grossman, who will discuss her book Daughters of the King: Women in the Synagogue. Rabbi Grossman is also one of the editors of the Etz Hayim Humash. Please join us for a delicious deli dinner and thought provoking discussion.

Stay tuned for our Hanukah event on Tuesday evening December 8. More details to follow.

We look forward to seeing you at all our upcoming events!

Rochelle Eckstein Amy Nitzky Shereen Rosenthal

Co-Presidents

THE FINAL FESTIVAL FOR OCTOBER

During Hoshanah Rabah, the final day of Sukkot, the assem-bled crowd in the Beit Hamidrash held a long, extended morning service. The climax of the service was the Hoshanot: partici-pants paraded around the Beit Ha-Midrash seven times with their lula-vim and etrogim, reciting the moving and entrancing liturgical poems of salvation with their mantra-like refrain, Hosha Na, Hosha Na

L to R: Shereen Rosenthal, Marilyn Cohen, Rochelle Eckstein, Amy Nitzky

THE MITZVAH OF DONATING FOOD TO THE NEEDY

OUR EFFORTS PAID OFF

Thanks to the very many of you who brought in your Trader Joe's bags filled with packaged, canned, and non-perishable food donations for this year's High Holiday Paper Bag Pro-ject. The food has been delivered to the Our Lady of Refuge and the Bnai Raphael Food Pantries. You took your own experience of hunger with a day of fasting on Yom Kippur and turned it into meaningful action to help those who ex-perience food insecurity and hunger every day. The hun-dreds of pounds of canned goods, pasta, cereal, and grain that were donated went to hungry people in our communi-ty. You can continue to contribute to these food pantries throughout the year. Bring food donations to Our Lady of Refuge Roman Catholic Church, 2020 Foster Avenue, and Bnai Raphael, 1741 McDonald Avenue. Our community's thoughtfulness and generosity enabled us to work together to begin to create meaningful change and to engage in tik-kun olam and tzedakah. Thank you!

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POST YOM KIPPUR THOUGHTS by Ellen Levitt

For Yom Kippur 5776 we had nice sunny weather, which made it easier to observe the holiday. For Yom Kippur 5776 we at the East Midwood Jewish Center heard an intriguing sermon from Rabbi Carl. We prayed along with the beauti-ful singing of Cantor Levine, the Octet and members of the Choir. We sometimes turned from the prayer books, our Machzorim, to gaze at cute little babies, some of whom made their EMJC debut that day.

These are my sunny, optimistic observations of Yom Kippur at our shul. But there are some other observations I made that are more troubling. For instance, just before we were to begin the Yizkor service, a woman whom I did not recog-nize sat in front of my husband, whipped out her cell phone, and spoke loudly into it. “Come sit next to me, there are seats here!” the woman exclaimed to someone. My husband and I were not happy about this behavior, to say the least.

Needless to say, as soon as Yizkor was done, the woman and her friend left. They didn’t stick around for the return of our Torahs to the ark, nor any other prayers. They came only for Yizkor.

To me, that is not only disrespectful, it is also depressing. Is Yom Kippur intended to be little more than an occasion for reciting memorial prayers? Then there is the Comedy Central TV show “Broad City” in which two characters kvetch about fasting for Yom Kippur. Many a joke has been cracked over the years at the act of fasting for Yom Kip-pur, turning this act of purification and trying to emulate the angels, into an act of griping and “torture.”

Too many people, unfortunately, see Yom Kippur as a depressing day, or a day of annoyances and pain, or a day to “get through.” Now, I realize it’s not a day to whoop it up and dance feverishly, or to get lots of presents, and other typically fun fun fun things. But still, why do so many people see Yom Kippur as this bump in the road, this obstacle to get past, this day to robotically chant a Yizkor prayer and then hit the road rather than a a day of peace and reflec-tion?

I read that the Israeli writer Etgar Keret likes Yom Kippur. Good! And while I cannot preach a sermon like a rabbi, I would like to challenge you all to think more positively about Yom Kippur and the opportunities it offers to us. It of-fers us a day to reflect and pray, a day to yank ourselves away from modern technology and distractions. It is a day that we are supposed to be on a much holier level, or try to attain it. Yes, there are sad aspects to the prayers, particu-larly Yizkor and the Martyrology. But they are not the be-all and end-all of Yom Kippur; they are not the main attrac-tions.

Yom Kippur needs a better public relations campaign!

I am pleased to see that many people do show up for Neilah, and they cheer on the excitement accompanying that final blowing of the shofar. I would like to see more people infuse the rest of the holiday with that kind of feeling.

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KIDDUSH SPONSORS:

We thank those who sponsor our Kiddushim.

Oct 10 Melvyn Klein sponsored a Congregational Luncheon in memory of his beloved wife Susan

Oct 24 Nathanial and alba Mosery sponsored a Congregational Luncheon in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son Julian

Oct 31 Steven Drachman and his wife Dr. Lan Chin sponsored a Congregational Luncheon in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Julianne Chin-Drachman

Nov 7 Howard Dankowitz and his wife Ellen Levitt will sponsor a Congregational Luncheon in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Michelle Dankowitz

THANK YOU to all of my East Midwood family and friends for all of the cards, phone calls, visits, Yom Tov food and the outpouring of love following my recent knee surgery. Special thanks to Sally and Mike HIpscher who coordinated and deliv-ered much of the food, and to Emily & Joseph Pariente who enabled me to hear the blowing of the shofar.

CONGRATULATIONS and Mazal Tov to

Paul and Marcia Adler on the birth of their granddaughter Lilah Ella Adler daughter of Jonathan Adler and his wife Debbie Blumberg

Aliza Avital on the birth of her grandson Daniel Avital

Herman Lepson on the birth of granddaughter Adamina and to proud parents Lisa Lepson and Jonathan Friedman

Anthony & Heather Pallone on the naming of their daughter Selene Amiella Wahba-Pallone

Adran Cataneda Rojas and his wife Anna Miriam Keller on the birth of their daughter Helen Rose Cataneda

Glenn and Tabitha Teitelbaum on the Pidyan Haben of their son Jacob Teitelbaum

THANKS to everyone for their kind words and good wishes, flowers, donations after my

recent accident. I appreciate your thoughtfulness.

Fondly, SHIRLEY STRAUSS

Thanks to everyone for their kindness during the shiva period for my beloved mother Mollie Klein

Sincerely, MELVYN KLEIN

The Pariente family (Emily, Joseph, Jonathan and Gabriel) and the entire Klenetsky family gratefully acknowledge the overwhelming support they received from the EMJC fami-ly after the death of their beloved father and grandfather, Irving Klenetsky. The donations, cards, calls, messages, visits and attendance at the funeral meant a great deal to them during a difficult time.

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BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

NOVEMBER

Joseph & Renee Abada

Morris & Carole Berman

Robert & Seema Rosenthal

Dr. Jacob & Eda Solome

Dr. David & Gail Hammerman

Ephraim & Estelle Leibowitz

Syras & Sandy Green

Murray & Moran Lantner

Jacob & Janet Young

Eliot & Marsha Solomon

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

DECEMBER Dr. Joseph & Dr. Lisa Rothman

Nathaniel & Alba Mosery

Steven & Sherryl Eluto

Irving & Barbara Wiener

David & Rochelle Eckstein

Jon & Beth Jacobs

Dr. Philip & Joan Greenberg Klein

Michael & Aviva Sucher

Stephen & Madeleine Appell

Howard Feldsher Janet Gurvitch Howard Dankowitz Flora Bloom Janet Marcus

Shirley Strauss Miriam Goldhaber Joseph Abada Daniel Shapiro Janet Young Roslyn Pomerantz Paula Engel

Stephen Finkelstein Joseph Sherman Pearl Berkowsky Jacob Young Harriette Cohen Blanche Finkelstein Hannah Levine

Laura Berlinerblau Stephen Appell Susan Serota Gary Abrams Robert Bloch Ann Kranis Max Gurvitch

Rochelle Eckstein Melvin Girshek Joseph Rothstein Arthur Susnow Irving Wiener Sherry Spergel Leah Krakowski

Henry Traktman Michael Marcus Ethel Gold Eda Solome Eugene Krakowski Mitchell Schechtman Phyllis Silverstein-Silbert

Susan Girshek Dr. David Hammerman Leonard Nurkin Amy Liebov Phyllis Nurkin Benjamin Lapidus Nathaniel Mosery

Norman Abes Rabbi Alvin Kass Martin Shelton Dena Levinson Carole Bloomfield Dr. Jacob Solome

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

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THANKS TO HIGH HOLIDAY HELPERS

Dear Friends, Since a great many people were involved in preparing for and conducting our High Holy Day and Sukkot Services, it is important that we thank them publicly for their many hours of work. Here is the list and we apologize if any names were accidentally omitted. Preparations for the Services:

Rabbi Matt Carl, Cantor Sam Levine, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen planned the content of each service.

Audrey Korelstein, Director of Family & Children’s Services arranged the 4 children’s services

Arthur Geen constructed the schedule and the list of honorees

Preparation of the Building:

Getting the building ready: Under the direction of Anderson Waithe and Edith Maiman, many places in the building were repaired, painted, washed, cleaned, polished, and vacuumed by Jacques Almenor, Bernard Jen-kins, Rudoph Grantly, John Ramos and Tommie Stevens. Sam Ainbinder and Dan Shapiro took care of special purchases.

Ticket Sales: Ed Guterman, Ticket Committee Chair , was ably assisted by Carolyn Baskin, Rochelle Eckstein, Barbara Hopard, Stephanie Kaner, Marina Lukina, Edith Maiman, and Marilyn Pearce, Debbie Schechtman (past ticket chair) provided helpful advice along the way.

Printing the Ticket & Seating Lists: Marina Lukina

Preparing the Book of Remembrance: Marina Lukina & Stephanie Kaner

Publicizing the Holiday Services: Audrey Korelstein created numerous beautiful fliers and posters and the schedule of holiday events; Anderson Waithe put up the outdoor banner; Audrey Korelstein, Stephanie Luxenberg, Rebecca Philips and Toby Sanchez publicized the events in multiple issues of our Weekly Newsletter

Planning Break the Fast: Frances Fischer

Conducting the Services: In the Sanctuary: Rabbi Matt Carl, Cantor Sam Levine & Assistant Cantor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

The Usher Team: Arthur Geen, Chair , Steve Finkelstein, Joel Hochstein, Mar lene Krafchik, Harvey Lubowitz

The Octet & Chorus: Stephen Appell, Dr . Nina Bickell, Claire Block, David Firestone, Rachelle Grossman, Michael Hipscher, Ellen Levitt, Emily Pariente, Joseph Pariente, Marjorie Sanua, plus some members of the EMJC Chorus

Shofar Blowers: Joseph Pariente & Bradley Appell

Those Who Performed Hagba (lifting the Torah): Er ic Arrow, Ar thur Geen, Mel Girshek, Scott Girshek, Sally Hipscher, Ben Lapidus, Gella Solomon

Those Who Performed Glila (dressing the Torah): Goldie Arrow, Susan Geen, Rebecca Grossman, Ariela Hazan, Cora & Molly Isaacson, Susan Lubowitz

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Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Celebrations

Julian Mosery: October 24, 2015

Congratulations to Nathaniel and Alba Mosery on the occasion of their son becoming Bar Mitzvah

Michelle Dankowitz: November 7, 2015

Congratulations to Howard Dankowitz and Ellen Levitt on the occasion of their daughter, Michelle, becoming Bat Mitzvah.

The Days of Awe Barrier Free Service: created by Rabbi Matt Car l, Audrey Korelstein and Cantor Sam Levine; participants included Rachelle Grossman, Randy Grossman, Teresita & Ben Lapidus, Ari & Ilan Levy, and the sign language interpreters Cheryl Danto Scanlan and Samantha Kuperberg

The Children’s Services were conducted by: Audrey Korelstein, Joanne Riehl, Gella Solomon, Rebecca Phillips and Murray Lantner

Flowers for the Sanctuary:

For Rosh Hashanna: Judith, David & Ariella Banon in memory of beloved aunts Dorothy Morris and Gertrude Unterman.

For Yom Kippur: Susan & Arthur Geen

The Russian Language Service: Aliza Avital, Sandy Goldhaber, Tom Kraner & Alex Traktman,

The Lobby Greeters: Norman Abes, Elaine Adelin, Carolyn Baskin, Rochelle Eckstein, Zvi Engel, Frances & Avrom Fischer, Judge Michael Gerstein, Rachelle Grossman, Ed Guterman, Gail Hammerman, Sally Hipscher, Larry Isaacson, Dr. Lois Jackson, Alyssa Katz, Leah Krakowski, Steve Litwin, Amy Nitz-ky, Marilyn Pearce, Shereen Rosenthal, Joseph Rothstein, Debbie Schechtman

The Sukkot Events: Anderson Waithe & his staff put up the sukkah in the cour tyard

Decorating the Sukkah: Sally Hipscher , Audrey Korelstein & the RoomJ Kids & Families

The Sukkah Party: Rachelle & Randy Grossman, Leng Tan

Simchat Torah/Dancing with the Torah: Rabbi Matt Carl, Rebecca & Randy Grossman, Audrey Korelstein, Cantor Sam Levine, Andrew & Dinah Levinson, Phyllis & Joseph Rothstein

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W e know that kids are busy with school, home-work, family time, sports, music lessons and play dates, but RoomJ will help you and your children dis-cover that there is room for Judaism. Our arts based Sunday/Tuesday Hebrew school partners a Judaic cur-riculum emphasizing Jewish traditions with exploration and creativity. Small group learning is hands-on, as we believe that understanding comes through doing and by converting words into action. At all times we guide our students to think for themselves about the intersection of Judaism and their lives.

RoomJ students of all ages draw, build, cook, compose, sing, act, sew, paint, dance, debate, interpret and imag-ine as they learn Hebrew letters, words, phrases, Bible and other stories. They sometimes make a big mess - and that is great.

Kids ages 5-10 are in our Little Learners Pro-gram, and meet on Sundays from 9:30 to 11:30 am.

Older kids, ages 11-13, meet on Sundays from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and then have a Tuesday Enrichment Option from 3:30 to 5 pm. We have excellent Bar/Bat Mitzvah Preparation.

In addition to these classes, we have programs for all holidays, a monthly child-oriented Shabbat-a-BimBom service and dinner, and opportunities for social action. Plus we have a pool and a gym for recreation and par-ties.

We give attentive support to every type of learner and warmly welcome all kinds of families.

RoomJ r eceived a " Framework for Excellence Award from the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

A meaningful Judaic education is a gift that lasts a life-time. It offers a connection to our heritage and history, a bond with our ancestors and with the Jewish people, and a framework for lifelong ethics and values.

Contact us at RoomJ at the East Midwood Jewish Cen-ter, 1625 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11230.

The telephone numbers are 718-338-3800 or call the direct RoomJ number at 718-285-0405, or send an email to roomj@emjc.org or check out our web-site www.emjc.org.

ROOMJ AT EAST MIDWOOD JEWISH CENTER

NOT TOO LATE TO GET YOUR NIIGHTSHUL ON

Thursdays from 7PM(Wine and cheese social)

Classes 8-9PM

(season “pass” or individual nights)

Some After-class Music

Join your friends in the learning events of the year.

See www.NightShul.org for further info

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By Shira Felberbaum, LMSW, MS EMJC Social Worker (from The Jewish Board via UJA’s Partners in Caring Pro-gram)

I am Shira Felberbaum, a social worker from The Jewish Board, available to your community through a grant from UJA called Partners in Caring (PIC).

As your PIC social worker, I am able to meet with you individually to offer short-term supportive counseling around matters including loss and bereavement, coping with illness, caregiving challenges, long term planning, and advance directives. I am also able to refer you to others resources in the community that may be able to provide you with ongoing support.

Over this past year I was privileged, once again, to connect individually with a number of you and also to partner with EMJC professionals and lay leaders to develop and deliver an array of community-wide programs. Cantor Sam Levine, Education Director Audrey Korelstein, Rabbi Matt Carl, and I along with support from Co-presidents Toby Sanchez and Randy Grossman, held a number of programs that were open to the community, many of which we intend on delivering again to the community this coming year.

Below is what the above mentioned team of EMJC professionals and lay leaders and I envision for the coming year: Barrier-free High Holiday Service Just as has been done in previous years, EMJC’s welcoming and sensitive all-ages service, held during the Days of Awe for the Jewish New Year, is designed to be accessible to all and is especially family-friendly. It is for anyone who wishes to be part of a lively and interactive service of prayer, Torah, song, story, and shofar blowing in a supportive atmosphere full of holiday joy. The service is barrier-free; No stairs or tight pews; “Up front” wheelchair seating; A Torah that’s easy for everyone to see; Large print reading materials; ASL interpreted; All parts of the service explained; A social story is available too. Holiday Series for Bereaved Jews Just as in prior years we held a series of three gatherings at the times of Sukkot, Chanukkah, and Passover, we plan to do so in the com-ing year as well. Each of these programs will draw upon the themes unique to the holidays as a way to remember, honor, and celebrate the lives of our deceased loved one(s). Programs will consist of discussion, text reading, music, poetry, arts and crafts. [Gathering in the Hut: A Sukkot Program for Bereaved Jews] Lights in the Darkness: A Hanukkah Program for Bereaved Jews Coping with the Empty Chair at the Seder Table: A Pesach Program for Bereaved Jews End-of-Life Care Discussion and Planning with Advance Directives New: This year we plan to offer an interdisciplinary panel discussion that can address the spiritual / religious, medical, legal, financial, and emotional aspects of this process. The goal is to have experts available to touch upon these topics and then be available for both a community-wide question and answer session and also a small group and/or set of one-on-one discussions. Bikur Cholim Training New: This year we plan to offer a training and discussion around the experience of those who visit the sick, elderly, and homebound as well as the experience of those who are the recipients of such visits. We will discuss ways to help increase the meaning of such visits for both parties and also ways to identify when additional support may be advisable as well. Shabbat Honoring Relationships of Loved Ones Whom We Take for Granted In previous years we have created themed Shabbats such as the one in which we honored caregivers and more recently the one in which we honored intergenerational relationships. This year we intend to honor those who we may have come at times to take for granted. It will be a chance to come celebrate those who mean the most to us in our personal and professional lives as well as in the synagogue community. We will hopefully give special attention once again to increasing the awareness and prevention of elder abuse through im-portant discussion. Music and text study will also be important elements of the program. Note: Please periodically visit the EMJC website both to look for details of the below listed programs as dates approach and also to find out about additional programs that may be offered to the EMJC Congregational Community as well.

To be in touch with me by phone or email at The Jewish Board, please either call me at (212) 632-4735 or email me at sfelberbaum@jbfcs.org. By ap-pointment, I plan to be available on-site at EMJC most Mondays from 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM, so please contact me if you wish to connect.

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So what does that mean? Let's take a look at what happens when you come to shul. You enter our Lobby, thru our beauti-fully re-stained doors, and you feel at home. Soon afterwards, you will encounter a friend or neighbor that you haven't seen for a while. If it's Shabbat, the beautiful voice of the Cantor, or Lay prayer leader will enter your consciousness, and raise your spirits. The Rabbi's commentaries will add to your knowledge, give you a new perspective, or perhaps challenge your strongly held views. As you acclimate to the sanctuary, you will see more people that you know, and exchange a few words, and agree to catch up at Kiddish. After the service, you help your-self to a fruit juice of the vine, or to some schnaps for a L'cha-im. Then enjoy some challah, sweet cake, cheese and crackers or fruit. As you nosh you catch up with old friends, and meet their friends, and or guests. After a hot drink, and sharing some more stories you say good-bye. As you leave, you compliment yourself on making the choice to come to shul today, and say to yourself, “I really should come more often.” With a few excep-tions, it's no secret, people don't love to spend hours on end just in prayer, however they do enjoy the additional socializ-ing, learning, and eating. All of one's basic needs are met on Shabbat morning. Most other services, and learning activities

offer the same benefits, resulting in strengthened bonds. Of course we need money to sustain all this activity! But what is most important is that we need YOU. You make a differ-ence. You can shape what we do and who we are. Only in this way, can the East Midwood Jewish Center remain that founda-tion, and hub in our community. In this way we will grow as individuals, as Jews, and as a community, allowing our spiritu-ality to grow.

On a personal note, during the past year, if I have through my actions, my failure to act or my words hurt or slighted my fami-ly, my friends or any of you in the EMJC community, I offer you my apologies, and request your forgiveness as I will try to do better in the coming year. On behalf of my family and me, I wish Rabbi Matt, Cantor Sam, Edith Maiman, Audrey Korel-stein, our staff, volunteers, and all of us a year of health, happi-ness, and inner piece

G'mar Chatimah Tovah

Randy Grossman, Co-President

President Randy Grossman’s Comments, cont’d from page 1

NEW MEMBERS

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A MESSAGE FROM SHIRLEY WECHSELBAUM, PRINCIPAL EAST MIDWOOD HEBREW DAY SCHOOL

After all the hustle and bustle of preparations, the holidays have come and gone, leaving behind fond memories of special family mo-ments and the spirituality of the holiday season.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our faculty and supporting staff members for the smooth opening of the school year. Classroom routines and expectations have been set. Bulletin boards are already exhibiting students’ work. As I walk through the quiet halls of our school and visit classrooms, I see students engaged in ongoing lessons, eager to participate in activities and happy to be back at school and with their friends. Our teachers, both senior and new, have returned re-energized and eager to motivate our students with a more rigorous course of study. This promises to be a very school year for all.

Rabbi Michel Abitbol, the head of our Judaic Studies Department, has been working diligently with our teachers on the curriculum, the texts and workbooks to promote the highest level of achievements. He has already infused greater emphasis on making tefilah more meaningful to our students.

Mrs. Elmkies, our Administrative Director and Parent Liaison, continues to make our school a well run safe and secure environment for all our students and staff. A special thank you goes out to Barbara and Mickey, our dedicated office staff, Maria, our business manager, and to Jorge, Omar and Frank, our security and maintenance staff for their hard work in preparing the way for the opening of school and making sure that everything is in place and running smoothly.

Kudos to our PTA for adding additional Smart boards to the classrooms which lacked them. The parents of our PTA are always working had to find way to do things that benefit our students and school community.

I am looking forward to a wonderful school year for all of us. For information about any aspect of the East Midwood Hebrew Day School, I can always be reached at weichselbaum@emhds.org

Hi all,

The 15th annual Interfaith thanksgiving service will be on Sunday Nov 22 at 4pm at OLR. As we enter into the season of holidays gift giving, I am inviting all of you to become sponsors for this wonderful event. Very few groups have been involved with ongoing interfaith activities for as long as EMJC, OLR and now the Church of the Nativity have been. It is through the gen-erous support of people like you who help sus-tain our efforts and keep our interfaith work go-ing. How can you help? Make a donation of any amount and send your checks with a note in the

memo INTERFAITH SPONSOR and send it to the EMJC office before November 18th!. Your name will appear in our program and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you have played an important part in supporting the inter-faith committee and helping us to bring wonder-ful meaningful programs to our community.

Thanks in advance for your generous dona-tion! See you on the November 22nd!

Sincerely,

Sally Hipscher

PARTICIPATE IN INTERFAITH NOW

Group’s recent educational sojourn to Harlem visiting Harriet Tubman’s statue

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ADULT INSTITUTE FUND Ephraim Leibowitz In memory of Jean Leibowitz ALAN ROSENBLUM FUND Marcia & Paul Adler In memory of Warren Rosenblum Evelyn Cohen In memory of Warren Rosenblum Amy & Matt Doctrow In memory of Warren Rosenblum Janis & David Doctrow In memory of Warren Rosenblum Michelle Feldman In memory of Warren Rosenblum Susan & Alan Fine In loving memory of Warren Rosenblum Marlene & Bert Frank In memory of Warren Rosenblum Ellen & Bernie Greenberg In memory of Warren Rosenblum Elaine & Ed Heller In memory of Warren Rosenblum Mindy Heller In memory of Warren Rosenblum Estelle & Ephraim Leibowitz In memory of Warren Rosenblum Hannah Levine In memory of Warren Rosenblum Marilyn Litwak In memory of Warren Rosenblum Mr. & Mrs. Julius Paige In memory of Warren Rosenblum Phyllis & Joseph Rothstein In memory of Warren Rosenblum Helene & Dennis Sadow In memory of Warren Rosenblum Audrey & Norman Skopp In memory of Warren Rosenblum Shirley N. Strauss In memory of Warren Rosenblum, beloved husband, father & grandfather Myra Zolotar In memory of Warren Rosenblum BIKUR CHOLIM FUND Joan & Lenny Berkowitz and family & Anne Brandstein In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss Pearl & Harvey Berkowsky In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss & Kevin Carroll Steve Finkelstein In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Abe Prosky Frances & Avrom Fischer In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Arlene Schmutter In honor of Miriam & Sandy Goldhaber on the marriage of their grandson Ariel Menche to Aviva Koloski Reva Friedman In memory of Irving Klenetzky, beloved father of Emily Pari-ente In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss Dr. Howard & Joan Honigman In memory of Allan Klein Susan & Harvey Lubowitz In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss Robert & Sharon Resen In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss Joyce Shapiro In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss Janet & Jacob Young In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Sarah, granddaughter of Dr. David & Gail Hammerman BUILDING FUND Renee Abada In memory of parents

Madeleine & Stephen Appell In memory of Irving Klenetzky, beloved father of Emily Pariente In memory of Allan Klein, father of Philip Klein In memory of Irving Goldstein Ruth & Naomi Aronowitz In memory of Marlene Lempert’s sister Goldie & Eric Arrow In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss Judith Berman In honor of Dr. Philip Klein & Joan Greenberg on the birth of their new grandson In memory of Irving Klenetzky, beloved father of Emily Pariente In honor of Hannah Levine on the birth of her great-grandson Bryce Nathan Levine In memory of Allan Klein, father of Philip Klein & Harold Klein In honor of Aliza Avital on the birth of her grandson Daniel In honor of Claire Ahren’s Bat Mitzvah Pearl Binder In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss In honor of Sally Hipscher & Michele Isaacson David Clough & Andrea Levine In memory of Allan Klein, father of Philip Klein Steve Finkelstein In memory of Sol Lepson, brother of Herman Lepson Robin & Mark Finkelstein In honor of Goldie & Eric Arrow on the birth of their first granddaughter Anna Rose Greenberg In honor of Dr. Philip Klein & Joan Greenberg on the birth of their new grandson Frances & Avrom Fischer In honor of Hannah Levine on the marriage of her grandson Lonnie Kussin to Laura Martin Dr. David & Gail Hammerman In memory of Warren Rosenblum In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss In memory of Allan Klein In memory of Irving Goldstein In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Abe Prosky In memory of Mollie Klein, mother of Melvyn Klein Sally & Mike Hipscher In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss Gloria Hochberg In memory of Benjamin Hochberg In memory of Lillian Leffler Barbara & Stan Hopard In memory of Miriam Greenberg, mother of Joan Greenberg/Klein In memory of Allan Klein Michele & Larry Isaacson In memory of Susan Klein Miriam & Sandy Goldhaber In memory of Irving Goldstein In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Abe Prosky In memory of Mollie Klein, mother of Melvyn Klein In honor of Hannah Levine on the marriage of her grandson Lonnie Kussin to Laura Martin Rita Katz In memory of Irving Klenetzky, beloved father of Emily Pariente Tom & Madeline Kraner In memory of Irving Klenetzky, beloved father of Emily Pariente In honor of Hannah Levine on the birth of her great-grandson Bryce Nathan Levine In honor of Miriam & Sandy Goldhaber on the marriage of their grandson Ariel Menche to Aviva Koloski In honor of Gail Hammerman on her election as national secretary of Hadassah. In memory of Thelma Isaacson, beloved mother of Larry Isaacson In memory of Herman Lepson’s brother Sol In memory of Irving Goldstein Ann Kranis In memory of Ernest Posen Hannah Levine In honor of Joyce & Richard Towber, good luck in their new home Amy & David Liebov In memory of Allan Klein, father of Philip Klein Roz Pomerantz In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss

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Sharon Resen In memory of Baylka Weinschel Sharon & Robert Resen In honor of Toby Sanchez on the graduation of her grand-daughter Sonia from American University In memory of Thelma Isaacson, beloved mother of Larry Isaacson In memory of Irving Klenetzky, beloved father of Emily Pariente In memory of Dorothy Resen In memory of Lewis Weinschel Shereen Rosenthal In memory of Irving Goldstein Phyllis & Joseph Rothstein In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss In memory of Irving Goldstein Shirley N. Strauss In honor of Joyce Shapiro on the birth of her great-grandson In honor of Dr. Philip Klein & Joan Greenberg on the birth of their new grandson In honor of Joan Berkowitz’ retirement In memory of Marlene Lempert’s sister In honor of David Burg’s special birthday Edith Tuber In memory of Irving Klenetzky, beloved father of Emily Pariente Dr. Alexander Trakhtman & Galina Zbarskaya In memory of Irving Klenetzky, beloved father of Emily Pariente Janet & Jacob Young In memory of Susan Klein Herbert & Marcia Weller In memory of Susan Klein Tina & Matthew Wells In memory of Allan Klein LISA EHRLICH EDUCATION FUND Joan & Lenny Berkowitz In memory of Lisa Ehrlich Barbara Fromowitz In memory of Harry Feldman Syras & Sandra Green In honor of Ellen & Norman Green’s anniversary In memory of Warren Rosenblum, father of Jon Rosenblum In honor of Melanie & Steven Green’s anniversary In memory of Marlene Lempert’s sister In memory of Herman Lepson’s brother Sol In memory of Irving Goldstein Peter Handler In memory of Fayga Handler Stanley & Gloria Weinstein In memory of Lisa Ehrlich MORTON BINDER STUDY FUND Anne Binder In honor of Hannah Levine on the birth of her great-grandson Bryce Nathan Levine In memory of Rabbi Eisenberg’s sister Barbara & Stan Hopard In memory of Irving Goldstein Phyllis & Joseph Rothstein In memory of Allan Klein PRAYER BOOK FUND Marcia & Paul Adler In memory of Herman Lepson’s brother Sol Susan & Harvey Lubowitz In memory of Irving Klenetzky, beloved father of Emily Pariente In memory of Herman Lepson’s brother Sol In memory of Allan Klein RABBI HARRY HALPERN FUND Reva Friedman In memory of my mother Miriam Angiel Edith Gothelf In memory of Warren Rosenblum, husband of Harriet, father of Jon

RABBI AARON POMERANTZ FUND Joan & Lenny Berkowitz and family & Anne Brandstein In memory of Irving Klenetzky, beloved father of Emily Pariente Pearl Binder In memory of Irving Klenetzky, beloved father of Emily Pariente In honor of Goldie & Eric Arrow on the birth of their first granddaugh-ter Anna Rose Greenberg Ina Cooperman In memory of Sandra Fellen, beloved sister of Marlene Lempert Rochelle & David Eckstein In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss In memory of Irving Goldstein Steve Finkelstein In memory of Allan Klein Arthur & Susan Geen In memory of Sol Lepson, brother of Herman Lepson In memory of Irving Goldstein Syras & Sandra Green In honor of Reva Friedman’s birthday In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss In honor of Luna Poplausky on the engagement of her grandson In honor of Luna Poplausky on the birth of her great grandson Barbara & Stan Hopard In honor of a Refuah Shlemah for Shirley Strauss Edna Leib In memory Allan Klein Maxine & Jerry Moses In memory of Frank Rosenblum Roz Pomerantz In loving memory of Warren Rosenblum, husband of Harriet, father of Jon Robert & Seema Rosenthal In honor of Reva Friedman’s granddaughter Madeline’s Bat Mitzvah ROOM J FUND Sally & Mike Hipscher In memory of Marlene Lempert’s sister In memory of Allan Klein In memory of Rachel Janofsky SIMCHA FUND Marcia & Paul Adler In honor of Goldie & Eric Arrow on the birth of their first granddaughter Anna Rose Greenberg In honor on the birth of our granddaughter Lilah Ella Minda Arrow In honor of Joan Greenberg for all her help Rochelle & David Eckstein In honor of Hannah Levine on the birth of her great-grandson Bryce Nathan Levine In honor of Amy Nitzky promotion at work In honor of Joan Berkowitz’s retirement In honor of Aliza Avital on the birth of her grandson Daniel Arthur & Susan Geen In honor of Aliza Avital on the birth of her grandson Daniel Barbara & Stan Hopard In honor of Marcia & Paul Adler on the birth of their granddaughter Lilah Ella Adler Emily & Joe Pariente In honor of Dr. Philip Klein & Joan Greenberg on the birth of their new grandson Shirley N. Strauss In honor of Alba & Nathaniel Mosery on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Julian WELFARE FUND Reva Friedman In honor of Seema & Robert Rosenthal on the Bar Mitzvah of their grandson

EMJC Gratefully Acknowledges Donations Made to the Following Funds

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YAHRZEIT FUND

Dr. Larry Abelove In memory of Bertha Dina Abelove Roberta Albert In memory of Ida Samuels Stephen Appell In memory of my mother Alice Griefer Appell Joyce Ashe In memory of my brother Robert Ashe Lois Baratz In memory of Herbert Nogin In memory of Jerald Nogin Anita Baskin In memory of Edith Baskin Sandra Batiz In memory of Dr. Robert Scher In memory of Emanuel Scher Ruth Berger In memory of Irving Gottlich Morris Berman In memory of Tillie Berman Iris & Warren Brahms In memory of Celia Brahms Dr. Gerald Brooks In memory of Irving Brooks Lee Brooks In memory of Abraham & Anna Brooks Leonora Chertoff In memory of Phillip Chertoff Elinor Chopnick In memory of Simon Trauber Andrea Clough In memory of Shirley Levine Carol Dachs In memory of Ethel Dachs In memory of Alan Dachs In memory of Morris Dachs Renee & Maxime Ellezam In memory of Jack Kuperways In memory of Regina Kuperways Judith Engel In memory of Evelyn Miller Marvin Fishman In memory of Gustav Fishman Sally Frishberg In memory of Tsivia Engelberg Ruth Garbarini In memory of Irving Aronowsky Arthur & Susan Geen In memory of Harry Geen, father of Arthur Geen Susan Geen In memory of my mother Rose Rosenberg Stephen Geffon In memory of Pauline Geffon

David Gelfman In memory of Samuel Gelfman Dita Gershengorn In memory of Rose Bandoim Zipora Glazer In memory of Brana Cojocaru Dr. Abram Godin In memory of Ida Godin Sarra Godin In memory of Dora Saposnikova Ethel Gold In memory of David Mayerovitz In memory of Josefina Mayerovitz Linda Gold In memory of Morton Molinsky Andrew Goldberg In memory of Ida Goldberg Grace Goldberg In memory of Adolph Goldberg Victor Goldfarb In memory of Benjamin Goldfarb Max Goldman In memory of Lottie Rosenkranz Irving Goldstein In memory of Sam Meyers In memory of Rose Meyers In memory of Frances Meyers In memory of Herman Goldstein Loretta Goldstein In memory of parents Solomon & Celia Bullock Rosalyn Goldstein In memory of mother Helen Fichtenbaum Arline Gruskin In memory of Sherwood Gruskin Sylvia Jaffe In memory of Ida Stark Marjorie Kaufman In memory of Helen Weinberger Gary Katz In memory of Jacob Katz Goldie Klein In memory of Morris Klein Melvyn Klein In memory of Louis Klein In memory of Susan W. Klein Clare Klinger In memory of Jacob Klinger In memory of Becky Klinger Roberta Klinger In memory of Bernard Hertan Frida Kogan In memory of Anna Shukher In memory of Mark Kogan Martin Kotler In memory of Louis Kotler

EMJC Gratefully Acknowledges Donations Made to the Following Funds

Marlene Krafchik In memory of William Peltz Ann Kranis In memory of my sister Saralee Bowers Leah Krakowski In memory of Helen Shapiro Milton Krasne In memory of Helen Krasne Raymond Kurman In memory of Bernard Kurman Marlene Kutner In memory of Charles Panzer Marcia Leifer In memory of Ernest Posen Morton Levine In memory of Samuel Levine Eleanor Marcus In memory of Pauline Morse Rita Meyer In memory of my mother Trude Meyer Dr. Bernard Metrick In memory of Irene Metrick In memory of Harry Perlman Muriel Minsk In memory of Hyman Arffa Norman Moskowitz In memory of Max Moskowitz Bruce Oberfest In memory of Harry Oberfest Andrew Oxenhorn In memory of Lilly Oxenhorn In memory of Muriel Oxenhorn Gladys Pickman In memory of Loulu Seltzer Jane Pritz In memory of Irma Pritz Raisa Reyzelman In memory of Naum Reyzelman In memory of Moishe Shoykhet Betty Rosenstock In memory of Max Rosenstock Shereen Rosenthal In memory of Sidney Rosenthal Edward Rothstein In memory of Shirley Levine Judith Satin In memory of Lillian Miller Richard Schapiro In memory of Louis Schapiro Nathan Schiff In memory of Sidney Schiff In memory of Mildred Schiff In memory of Frances Bromberg

Estelle Schaffer In memory of Sarah Broome In memory of David Schaffer Florence Schaffer In memory of Bella Kantrowitz In memory of Jennie Kantrowitz Rosalyn Schwartz In memory of Jacob Stern Samuel Seltzer In memory of Loulu Seltzer Lila Shapiro In memory of Anna Brooks Sheila Shaw In memory of Charles Shaw Marcia Sheiman In memory of Fay Brenner Alla Shkolnik In memory of Simon Koitun Elizabeth Simon In memory of Abraham Simon Shirley Slatkin In memory of Freda Gorenberg Saul Spindel In memory of David Spindel Marc Suekoff In memory of Florence Suekoff Diana Susseles In memory of Dave Friedman Barbara Tirschwell In memory of Anna Tirschwell Madeline Turk In memory of Helen Krasne S & J Turk In memory of Harold Berger Dr. Alan Weinstein In memory of Sylvia Weinstein Irving Wiener In memory of Florence Serkin Sara Zuckerman In memory of Samuel Shiffman Janet & Jacob Young In memory of Albert Schultze Sadie Grossman Milton Biesly

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Contact Joe Sanchez 845-688-5057, for more info

PATIENT, EXPERIENCED TUTOR for Elementary, High School and College Students Needing Help in English, History, Read-ing, and Writing

My name is GABRIEL PARIENTE, a Brooklyn College senior majoring in Journalism and minoring in Criminal Justice. I’ve worked at a local camp as a counselor for 5 years. In addition I am very adept at both US and World History scoring a 4 and 5 on both AP ex-ams. Being very dedicated and willing to go the extra mile to help others succeed, I will do everything in my power to help you improve on your strengths to help you, or your child, achieve your goals.

I’m generally free most evenings Mon-Thurs but am willing to work on weekends as well.

Fee $30 an hour. Special circumstances considered. [Babysitting also available]

Contact Info: 917-837-3120 or Gab.fan22@yahoo.com

POOL SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER (subject to change)

For EMJC members & community SUNDAY 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Swim Koi 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm - Swim 1 2 3 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Family swim 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm - Women only swim 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Men only swim MONDAY 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Co-ed swim 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Women only swim 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Swim Koi 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm – Family swim 8:10 pm – 10:10 pm- Women only swim TUESDAY 10:00 am – 12:00 pm –Women only swim 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Co-ed swim 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm – Family swim WEDNESDAY 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Co-ed swim 8:10 pm - 10:10 pm – Women only swim 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Swim 1 2 3 THURSDAY 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Family swim 8:10 pm - 10:10 pm – Men only swim FRIDAY 10:30 am – 12:00 pm – Swim Koi 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Co-ed swim 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Swim Koi

Pool usage is FREE for EMJC members $10.00 per session, per person for non-members. Monthly Passes: Family - $75/month Single Person - $50/month PRIVATE PARTIES, PRIVATE INSTRUCTIONS, AND POOL RENTAL AVAILABLE For more information: swim@emjc.org Swim Koi: Contact @ shauntane@swimkoi.com & 347-562-3924 Swim 1 2 3: Contact Luda @ 718-265-1521, 917-608-7848

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