From Our Spiritual Leader Cantor Henry Shapiro · Leslie Rubin at 412-371-8437 ... Leonard Gottlob,...

Winter 2017/18 Kislev/Tevet/Shevat/Adar 5778 Volume 22, Issue 1

From Our Spiritual Leader Cantor Henry Shapiro

People of the Book Jews are called sometimes, “The People of the Book”. This refers to the Hebrew Bible of course. More often than not, we ourselves call it the Five Books of Moses or sometimes, the Chumash. Chumash coming from the Hebrew chamisha, meaning five. The books don’t have an author per se, you might think of them almost as chapters. The 5 books each have different general themes, which include narrative, laws, customs, teachings, and other information. Since they cover more ideas and span more time than any modern book would do, 5 books is as good a descriptor as any. It also implies that the Hebrew Bible was compiled of a number of individual scrolls. We most often refer to the Chumash as the Torah. The Hebrew root of word Torah is to teach, which is perfectly appropriate. It also is the same root for morah or moreh, the Hebrew word for teacher. The actual term for a whole Torah scroll is sefer Torah. Sefer meaning scroll. Every ‘book’ in the Torah is separated by a gap of a couple of inches. Such is the case between the 1st book we recently finished, Genesis, and the second book we are currently reading, Exodus. I was thinking of all this when we started the book of Exodus because we just got back one of our Torah from repairs in NY. We’ve been talking about repairing it for a couple of years now and I was happy to have it back ‘in the fold’ and ready to use. On holidays and festivals the Torah will most often require reading in two different and sometimes distant sections, hence at least two Torahs are needed. Not only the Torah itself was repaired but the Torah ark was just renovated. Thanks to all who helped make this happen.

Coming Events

Friday Night Shabbat Services - 6:00 PM Saturday Morning Shabbat Services - 9:30 AM February 9th Souper Shabbat February28th Megillah reading with a little shtick 6:30 PM March 30th, Erev Pesach, no Services, enjoy your Seder March 31st, Saturday festival/Shabbat Services begin at 9:30 AM April 6th Friday evening services 6 PM April 7th Saturday last day of festival, includes yizkor service

See calendars for Candle Lighting times

Parkway Jewish Center

Kislev/Tevet/Shevat/Adar 5778

Our repair odyssey made me wonder about older Torahs and I did an online search. While there is a fragment found in Ein Geri that is some 1500 years old, a recent discovery in Italy found the oldest known scroll.

An Italian expert in Hebrew manuscripts says he has found the oldest known complete Torah scroll, a sheepskin document dating from 1155-1225 - from nationalgeographic.com This 800 year old Torah (open to the Song of the Sea) while slightly different calligraphy than a more recent written Torah, is still eminently readable - HS

Cantor Henry Shapiro One Happy Camper Scholarship Fund Grants. One Happy Camper is a program supported by The Papernick Family Foundation, in partnership with the Jewish Federation’s Centennial Fund for a Jewish Future and the Foundation for Jewish Camps. Pittsburgh is now offering a $700 grant for a period of 12-18 consecutive days AND a $1000 grant opportunity for a period of 19 consecutive days or more that has always been offered. Aka we always offered the $1000 grant, but now we also offer the $700 grant. For more information please visit OneHappyCamper.org to apply, or contact Chrissy Janisko at 412-992-5268 or [email protected]. Our webpage: http://jfedpgh.org/OHC



PJC Purim 2018 - You Make the Call !!! Be the referee!! See how your referee-ing compares to Esther, Mordechai, and their team! Wednesday February 28th, 6:30-7:30PM A short abbreviated Megillah reading with a little shtick. Also some nosh. Come as you are, in costume, or in your favorite sports team jersey or outfit. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Walt’s Yellow Peas & Root Vegetable Soup I got this recipe from Walt Mahovlich, the Cleveland musician(clarinet and accordion). Another good cold weather winter soup I’m fortifying myself with this season. Pea soup 1 -2 chopped onions (or leeks) 2 tbsp oil 2 chopped turnips 2 parsnips chopped 2 -4 carrots chopped a hand full of chopped lovage (or if you can't get it, use celery with the leaves) 1 lb split yellow peas (rinsed) Season with fresh ground black pepper a good spoonful of smoke paprika 1tbsp of powdered mustard Sauté onions then cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, then simmer until peas fall apart. THEN and only then, add some peeled, chopped tomatoes, if desired. I used a small can of crushed tomatoes. Take some of the soup out and puree, or pass through the strainer, if you like, to thicken it (optional). Add a good handful of chopped parsley. Adjust salt and pepper to taste. Allow it to slowly simmer about another 15 min.



From the President’s Desk………………………….Robert E. Korfin For well over a year, I’ve been telling you about the need to getting our Torahs repaired. As this is the 1st Scribe of the New Year, I thought this would be a good time to give you the details. Our Torahs were sent off to the faraway land of Brooklyn, New York. Of the two Torahs, one was found to be in such poor condition, that it was not worth the high cost to repair it. That Torah will be respectfully and observantly buried in New York. The other Torah was repaired and has been returned to Parkway. We have been using it every Saturday morning since it’s return. The cost of Torah repairs is high, but I will get to that in a minute. While the Torah’s were out of the ark, it was discovered that there had been some water damage. If you didn’t know, our ark was built with the outside wall of the building. It has a separate roof and has been open to changes in humidity from season to season. We hired a contractor who replaced the old roof, and added insulation and special paint for the inside of the ark. When you come to shul you will see the remodeled ark and the newly repaired Torah. I mentioned the cost above; so how did we finance these repairs. A very large contribution came from one of our members who wishes to remain unnamed. Another contribution is a bit more complicated. There is a wonderful man who is not an official member of Parkway but he comes to High Holiday Services every single year. His name is Jerry Silverstein and he is one of the earliest people to arrive every year. He has mentioned. over the years, to his Brother and Sister-in-Law in Milwaukee, the kind of Chamish shul we are as well as our need to complete these repairs. To make a long story short, we received a most generous contribution from Mr. and Mrs. Cary Silverstein. That contribution has been used for the Torah repairs. Many thanks to you for their continued support of our beloved Parkway Jewish Center. We thank both the named and unnamed people who step up and do whatever is needed for the good of all of us at PJC. Although we are well into February, I want to again wish all of you a happy, healthy and peaceful 2018. Come to shul and then we will talk again….



Kiddush & Oneg Shabbat Sponsors

PJC Sisterhood Susie and Bruce Feldman Diane and Harold Bloomfield Pauline and Charlie Davis Bob Caplan Debi and Charlie Drummond Hal Lederman

Kiddush Oneg Sponsorships Sisterhood invites you to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and other Simchas by sponsoring an Oneg Shabbat or Saturday Morning Kiddush. You can also sponsor in memory of a loved one’s Yahrzeit. For more information, call Diane Bloomfield at 412-373-9240 or Leslie Rubin at 412-371-8437

Donation Contacts: Donations to the Marilyn Markowitz/Phyllis Stein Memorial Library Fund can be made by calling the shul office.

Mazel tov to: Donna Wolfson and Jack Silverstein, on the Bar Mitzvah of their Grandson, Safi Pauline and Charlie Davis, on the Bar Mitzvah of their Grandson, Simon

JANUARY ANNIVERSARIES

2 Betty and Bernie Bernstein 26 Susan and Bruce Feldman

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

1 Michele Caplan 5 Hal Lederman Gina Goppman

11 Jamie Mayer Dimetrosky 13 Harold Felser Bob Korfin

14 Heni Strauss 25 Deborah Moidel 26 Susie Feldman

FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

3 Michael Tell

4 Becky Levine 5 Phyllis Seadler

8 Annette Felser 9 Cantor Henry Shapiro

Rosalyn Markovitz Sam Moldovan

Charlie Drummond 11 Jessica Eisenstatt

15 Charles Davis 21 Micki Kessler Allan Schwartz

22 Craig Lederman 23 Alan Forman

Lois Forman 24 Lila Cooper

Shirley Goppman 26 Elyse Secorie Kilimnik

27 David Heyman 28 Myrna Korfin



February Yahrzeits Week of January 26, 2018 - 10 Shevat Rebecca Belkin, Nettie Berlin, Annie Kline, Charles Laine, Pauline Kroll, Sandy Holtzman Wax, Samuel Rubin, William Chosky, Rosalyn Harris, Robert Zlatkin, Raymond Carp, Simon Kaplitz, Lena Goetz, George Schwarcz, Nathan Zubin Week of February 2, 2018 - 17 Shevat Anna Yudelowitz, Isaac Seidenstein, Mordacai Schwartz,Lawrence Catz, Charles Sable, Joseph Lotz, Leonard Pepper, Jean Wilner, Sylvia Goldberg Scheiner Week of February 9, 2018 - 24 Shevat Jacob Goldstein, Ethel Kessler, Harry Cohen, Isadore Goldberg, Mary Goldberg, Lina Ehrlich, Ruth Brill Moldovan, Abe Cooper, Harry Gordon, Clara Goldstein, Albert Cooper, Hannah Weinberger, Fannie Valinsky, Anita Ruth Elinoff Leff, Chana Schwartz, Louis Klein, Benjamin Hackman, Hyman Korfin Week of February 16, 2018 - 1 Adar Allan Goppman, Louis Shefsky, Bessie Herer, Sidney Leonard, Harry Yudelowitz, Ethel Rubin, Louis Lenchner, Ruth Zinman, Sadie Weisman, Marko Zuckerman, Rosa Schwartz, Doris Shapiro, Ida Moidel, Leonard Gottlob, Samuel Lucker, Tillie Feinberg, Bessie Lotz, Jerome N. Schiff, Genevie Bliwas, Daniel James Kramer, Benjamin Gluckman Week of February 23, 2018 - 8 Adar Isadore Renner, Leon Kroll, Sima Goodman, Harry Green, Debbie Lucker, Susan Gelber, Sarah Fiedler, Harley Rosenberg, Florence Stock, Phillip Eisenstatt, Doris Lynn Gordon, Louis H. Mazer, Sarah S. Greenfield, Fannie Pepper, Hilda Finkel, Abraham Eisner, Cecil Eisner, William Val Narvol, Sylvia Solomon, Bill Lucker, Zelda Kaplitz, Razy Farkas, Dorothy Levenson, Syma Levine

If the name is printed in Bold, a Yahrzeit Plaque will be illuminated in the Sanctuary during the Yahrzeit week. If you would like to place a Yahrzeit Plaque in the Sanctuary, please call the Synagogue Office at 412-823-4338 between 9 am and 1 pm daily.

Condolences To: Marlene Zukerman, on the passing of her Husband, Bob Zukerman

Refuah Schleimah A Speedy Recovery to: Jack Silverstein



January Yahrzeits

Week of January 5, 2018 - 18 Tevet Harvey Lipsitz, Louis Kessler, Leah Z. Kraft, Sylvia Freedel, Kate Rosen Sable, Morton Fineman, Isidore Kaye, Arthur Sternberger, Sherry Nancy Brown, Clara Kooper, Estheretta Shore, Alan Harris Kraska Week of January 12, 2018 - 25 Tevet Rose Podolsky, Jennie Perelstine, Tillie Levenson, Irving Forman, Ilene G. Mattock, Irwin S. Chosky, Max Ehrlich, Sidney Green, Marion Sternberger, Mamie Clyde Kaye, Irwin S. Erenstein, Betty Wolfson, Lisa Schenk Week of January 19, 2018 - 3 Shevat Bob Grossman, Hazel Handwerk, Eva Jacob, Elias Gordon, Harry Zimmerman, Doris Krause, Belle Weiner, Leonore Menzer, Benjamin Rebb, Anna Winkler, Harry Edelstein

December Yahrzeits Week of December 1, 2017 - 13 Kislev David Hirsch Fischman, David Podolsky, Sam Steinberg, Leona Mandel, Beatrice Nelson, Abraham Edward Lipsitz, Joseph Reisz, Joseph H. Meyer, Henry H. Peritz, Nathan Merenstein, Milton Richman Week of December 8, 2017 - 20 Kislev Mary Anolik, Sassi Hagege, Emanuel Lieberman, Bertha Zeligson, James Ackerman, Arthur Howard Simon, Rose Weiner, Hyman Solidar, George Rebb, Mike Miller, Erna Suess, Sadie Sandler, Flora Sloan, Ben Magdovitz, Molly Markovitz Week of December 15, 2017 - 27 Kislev Nathan Savitz, Freda Abrams, Edith Lucker, Esther Freilachoff, Lawrence Louis Green, Melvyn Bernard Cohen, Pauline S. Berman, Leonard Caplan, Isadore Bliwas, David Hausman, Leonard Quint, Lawrence (Larry) J. Klein, Benjamin Hoffman, Samuel Markovitz, Albert Brawer, Jeannette Freehof, Max Marcus, Anita Kaye Margulis, Sadie Edelman Week of December 22, 2017 - 4 Tevet Jerry Merenstein, Rose Tannenbaum Malhmood, Alfie Felser, Madeline Klein, Ruth Weiss, Abraham Wolfson, Ethel Klein, Max Moskovitz, Joseph Mervis, Belva Schiff, Norman David Brawer, Joseph Cohen, Rose Grossman, Milton Caplan, Helen Shussett, Shirley Feldman Week of December 29, 2017 - 11 Tevet Ludwig Winkler, Eva Feder, Irvin Millin, Harvey Rosenzweig, Anna Rapport, Morris Weinberger, Joseph Kline, Phillip Solomon, Ernie Friedman, Herschel Merenstein, Rebecca Robbins, Ronald Klein, Helen Schonberg, Mollie Fox Goldberg



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Dear Parkway Family, I want to thank everyone for their cards, e-mails and prayers during my hospitalization. It meant a lot to me and they definitely boosted my spirits. And thank you for being there for Donna, too, and for your continuing support to both of us while I continue to recover. Jack Silverstein Organ Donation Saves Lives It Saved Mine! Are you an Organ and Tissue Donor? http://www.donatelife-pa.org/



December birthdays

1 Robert Zukerman

5 Gary Moidel 6 Bill Hershman 8 John Kosko

9 Heather Caplan Ewing 12 Harold Bloomfield

21 Karen Mayer 23 Josh Brown

24 L.J. Tell

December Anniversaries

20 Pauline and Charles Davis 23 Tammy and Neil Blumenfeld 24 Vera and Lesley Greenberg

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An important message from the PJC Sisterhood:

We encourage and appreciate sponsors for Friday nights and Saturday mornings. Please try to give us two weeks notice whenever possible so that we may properly prepare for your Kiddush or oneg. If you'd like to a part of the birthday shabbat and sponsor the oneg/kiddush for your birthday month please contact Gail in the office and send a check: $25.00 for Friday night and/or $36.00 for Saturday made payable to PJC Sisterhood.



CENTRAL SCHOLARSHIP AND LOAN REFERRAL SERVICE

of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Administered by:

Jewish Family and Community Services 5743 Bartlett Street ∙ Pittsburgh, PA 15217∙ (412)422-5627 ∙ Fax (412)428-8200

February 2018 FINAL REMINDER Attention: Financial Aid Offices, Guidance Counselors, Synagogues and Youth Organizations The February 12, 2018 deadline for Central Scholarship and Loan Referral Service (CSLRS) applications is rapidly approaching. CSLRS is a non-profit scholarship agency providing grants to local students. Scholarships are distributed on the basis of demonstrated financial need. In addition, the applicant must be Jewish, be a resident of Allegheny, Westmoreland, Beaver, Butler or Washington County for at least two years, and need financial assistance to attend an accredited institution of higher education as either an undergraduate or graduate student. We would appreciate your help in making students aware of the availability of these funds. We sent information to you in December. Enclosed is a brochure to remind you of our requirements. Please inform any interested students that the deadline for applications is February 12, 2018; no exceptions. Please also inform interested students that all first-time applicants must be interviewed by CSLRS staff. Applications are available at http://www.centralscholarship.org . If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (412) 422-5627 or e-mail me at [email protected]. Sincerely, Alayne Lowenberger, Director Central Scholarship and Loan Referral Service



Parkway Jewish Center 300 Princeton Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15235

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Congregation Sha’ar HaShamayim 412-823-4338 www.parkwayjewishcenter.org

Cantor Henry Shapiro, Spiritual Leader ([email protected] or [email protected])

Officers President Bob Korfin

Board Members Marvin Heyman Mike Jacob Ira Mazer Harold Bloomfield Donna Wolfson Committee Chair Persons

House Chair Alan Levine Ritual Chair Hal Lederman Cemetery Chair Arnie Levine

Office Administrator Gail Levine

Sisterhood Officers President Laurie Barnett Levine Vice Presidents

Membership Susan Mazer Program Vera Greenberg Fundraising Vacant Catering Leslie Rubin & Diane Bloomfield

Corresponding Secretary Vacant Financial Secretary Amy Mayer Treasurer Lynda Heyman Auditor Lynda Heyman

Scribe Staff Editor Harold Bloomfield

PUBLISHED MONTHLY VOLUME 22, ISSUE 1 WINTER 2017/18

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