From Our Spiritual Leader Coming Events Cantor Henry Shapiro · 2017. 1. 2. · January/February...

January/February 2017 Tevet/Shevat/Adar 5777 Volume 21, Issue 1

From Our Spir i tual Leader

Cantor Henry Shapiro Soup I’ve been cooking up some soup for the shul once a month over the winter. I started doing that for myself a number of years ago. The first time I made Mushroom/Barley soup, it was so simple and good that I made it over and over that winter. I thereafter began trying out some new hearty soup or stew recipe every year that would help me get through the season and built up my own little recipe cookbook. There is no biblical Hebrew word for soup per se. Most people know the story of Esau in Parsha Toldot selling his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of food. In fact, in that Hebrew passage, Esau only asks for ha-adom ha-adom hazeh - that red, red stuff. Jacob serves him lechem unzid adashim, bread and lentil stew; it’s commonly thought it refers to red lentils because they’re red and cook up so quickly. The modern Hebrew word for soup is marak. The yiddish word for soup is zup. There’s all kinds of soup we think of as Jewish soups - borsht and cabbage for example - but the quintessential Jewish soup and ultimate comfort food is yoich, chicken soup. There’s also matzah ball soup with two versions of matzah balls, soft or hard. Growing up, my mother used to make it often for shabbat and holidays. She referred to hard matzah balls as ‘bullets’. So you can guess what we were served in our family. There are many other references to food in the Bible. The first that comes to mind are what are called the ‘seven

Coming Events

Friday Night Shabbat Services - 6:00 PM Saturday Morning Shabbat Services - 9:30 AM Feb. 10th-11th Birthday Shabbat March 10th-11th Birthday Shabbat March 11th-12th Purim 5777 March 12th PJC Purim Brunch - $8 10-11AM Lox, Bagels, and Music

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species’. The book of Deuteronomy 8:8 describes Israel as, “a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey”. That’s not the only mention of food, of course. I did a quick search for other foods in the Bible and found the following different categories and kinds of food. 10 Spices 11 Fruits and Nuts 6 Vegetables and Legumes 8 Grains 6 Fish and Fowl 6 Animal meats 4 Dairy Other miscellaneous such as eggs, wine, vinegar, etc. As you can imagine, there are many many interesting books and articles about Biblical foods and Jewish recipes to be found in the library and online. Such as: A Biblical Feast: Foods from the Holy Land by Kitty Morse Jewish Soul Food: From Minsk to Marrekech By Janna Gur Jewish Soup's Up - The Forward Nine Great Soups Warm Up Coldest Winter Days http://forward.com/articles/151392/jewish-soups-up/ Not to mention our own PJC cookbook and many others in our library. Our final PJC Souper Shabbat will be on February 10th. B’Tayavon, (a good appetite), Cantor Henry Shapiro

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February Birthday Shabbat & Souper Shabbat - Following Friday Evening Services (6-7PM)

Friday, Feb 10th - Corn Chowder (gluten free w/dairy) Mom’s Black Walnut Cake Original Recipe (w/wheat & dairy)

Purim 5777 Purim this year begins Saturday evening March 11th, 2017 through to the evening of Sunday, March 12th. PJC Purim Brunch - $8 March 12, Sunday, 10-11AM Lox, Bagels, and Musical Entertainment w/Cantor Henry Shapiro Douglas Levine - piano Join us for a fun Purim brunch with an abbreviated Purim megillah reading/skit followed by popular songs by Alan Sherman, Tom Lehrer, Mickey Katz and others. Monroeville Library Irish Concert - Free March 14, 7PM Irish Times, traditional Irish music by Oliver Brown - fiddle Les Getchell - Irish drum and percussion Henry Shapiro guitar and vocals

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January/February 2017 – Tevet/Shevat/Adar 5777

From the President’s Desk………………………….Robert E. Korfin

We celebrated Martin Luther King’s birthday in January or did we? I ran into a municipal worker on Monday and I was surprised that he was working. Banks were close as was the Post Office. The guy had his own take on why he was not observing MLK day and it was racially motivated.

It must be a national holiday but the states have the right to modify how or by whom it gets celebrated. It’s all so wrong; I think everybody needs to have a hero.

Several months ago I wrote about “the Book of Life” that gets closed at Yom Kippur. That’s the book that tells who will live and who will move on to the next world. Well since then we’ve lost Marvin Tell, Betty Rapport, and Belva Schiff. Three wonderful people who left us too soon but who will never be forgotten.

Have you been to Oakland recently? It’s impossible to find a place to park. I even know a guy who bought a parked car….Ba dum bum.

Speaking of parking, the PJC lot is in poor shape right now. We had a bit of snow and when the guy came to plow the lot, he left his plow blade too low and it dragged all of our stones to the edges of the lot. So until the winter is over, our lot will be a combination of muddy, icy or possibly dry depending upon the amount of rain or snow we receive. New stones will be spread in the spring. So…when you come to shul for Shabbat Services, remember the lot and don’t wear your finest shoes.

President Trump was sworn in a few weeks ago. I bet attendance at Shabbat Services will pick up immediately. I’m just saying….

Did you ever have a party and nobody came? That seems to happen often around PJC. If you have a birthday in a particular month, it would be nice if you came to Shabbat Services so we can celebrate with you. And if sitting in shul isn’t your thing….there’s always cake.

By the way, Jews don’t pray to saints. I don’t think they are a part of Judaism. If they were, I would nominate Diane Bloomfield and Leslie Rubin. They are the very best and they know why. They are both PJC treasures.

So we got through December and we are now done with January. We’re not out of the woods yet, but hang on, we can get through this. If nothing else, next month pitchers and catchers will be reporting to spring training and then we’ll talk again…



Thanks to the PJC sisterhood for the surprising win of the Chai Club's $100 Mazel tov bond. Never having won anything that I had entered, this was a big shocker! As you know I have been a big supporter of Israel for the past 60 years, having helped raise thousands of dollars for the State of Israel. I was among the early pioneers in Pittsburgh helping to sell Israel Bonds through NA'AMAT USA (formerly known as Pioneer Women). Even have some charms that were presented to me at the beginning of the campaign, way back in the '50's. Still going strong in Florida for raising funds for Israel! With personal regards and a Happy New Year to all the members of the Sisterhood--may you all go from strength to strength in keeping the PJC strong and viable. Marjorie C. Moidel



Kiddush & Oneg Shabbat Sponsors PJC Sisterhood Bob Caplan Bruce Feldman Myrna Korfin Faye Fischman Hal Lederman Diane Bloomfield & “The Group” 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 Syma Levine at: 412-823-7677.

Donation Contacts: Donations to the Marilyn Markowitz/Phyllis Stein Memorial Library Fund can be made by calling the shul office or by mailing checks, payable to PJC Sisterhood, to the shul office.

Mazel Tov to Myrna and Bob Korfin, on the birth of their Granddaughter, Esther Gila Perl to Susie and Ira Mazer, on the birth of their Granddaughter, Riley Marie Mazer

Mike and Joanie Jacob Debi and Charles Drummond Lila and Martin Cooper Sisterhood. 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 Syma Levine at: 412-823-7677.

Donation Contacts: Donations to the Marilyn Markowitz/Phyllis Stein Memorial Library Fund can made by calling the shul office or by mailing checks, payable to PJC Sisterhood, to the shul office.

This month’s quiz: Who on the list was born Milton Supman, the son of a dry goods merchant in Franklinton, North Carolina and quipped that his being the only Jewish family in the town; that the local Ku Klux Klan bought the sheets used for their costumes from his father? If you’d like a special mention in the Scribe next month e-mail answers to [email protected]

JANUARY ANNIVERSARIES

2 Betty and Bernie Bernstein 26 Susan and Bruce Feldman

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

2 Isaac Asimov Michele Caplan 3 Victor Borge

5 Hal Lederman Gina Goppman

8 Soupy Sales 11 Jamie Mayer Dimetrosky

12 Howard Stern 13 Harold Felser

Bob Korfin 14 Heni Strauss 15 Edward Teller 18 Danny Kaye

20 George Burns 24 Neil Diamond

25 Deborah Moidel 26 Sylvia Caplan

Susan Feldman Paul Newman 31 Norman Mailer



January Yahrzeits

Week of December 30, 2016 - 1 Tevet Benjamin Hoffman, Samuel Markovitz, Albert Brawer, Jeannette Freehof, Max Marcus, Anita Kaye Margulis, Sadie Edelman, Jerry Merenstein, Rose Tannenbaum Malhmood, Alfie Felser, Madeline Klein, Abraham Wolfson, Ethel Klein Week of January 6, 2017 - 9 Tevet Max Moskovitz, Joseph Mervis, Norman David Brawer, Joseph Cohen, Rose Grossman, Milton Caplan, Helen Shussett, Shirley Feldman, Ludwig Winkler, Eva Feder, Irvin Millin, Harvey Rosenzweig, Anna Rapport, Morris Weinberger, Joseph Kline, Phillip Solomon, Ernie Friedman Week of January 13, 2017 - 15 Tevet Herschel Merenstein, Rebecca Robbins, Ronald Klein, Helen Schonberg, Mollie Fox Goldberg, Harvey Lipsitz, Louis Kessler, Leah Z. Kraft, Sylvia Freedel, Kate Rosen Sable, Morton Fineman, Isidore Kaye, Arthur Sternberger Week of January 20, 2017 - 22 Tevet Sherry Nancy Brown, Clara Kooper, Estheretta Shore, Alan Harris Kraska, Rose Podolsky, Jennie Perelstine, Tillie Levenson, Irving Forman, Ilene G. Mattock, Irwin S. Chosky, Marcel Fakiro Week of January 27, 2017 - 29 Tevet Max Ehrlich, Sidney Green, Marion Sternberger, Mamie Clyde Kaye, Irwin S. Erenstein, Betty Wolfson, Lisa Schenk, Bob Grossman, Hazel Handwerk, Eva Jacob, Elias Gordon, Harry Zimmerman, Doris Krause “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: Risa Kosko, on the passing of her Mother, Ruth Weiss The Schiff family, on the passing of their Mother, Belva Schiff



FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

3 Michael Tell

4 Becky Levine Al Jolson

5 Phyllis Seadler 8 Annette Felser

9 Rosalyn Markovitz Cantor Henry Shapiro

Carole King Sam Moldovan

Charlie Drummond 12 Ehud Barak

13 Jerry Springer 14 Jack Benny

Michael Bloomberg Carl Bernstein

15 Charles Davis 21 Micki Kessler Allan Schwartz

22 Craig Lederman 23 Alan Forman Lois Forman 24 Lila Cooper

Shirley Goppman Joseph Lieberman

25 Zeppo Marx Sally Jessy Raphael

26 Elyse Secorie Kilimnik Levi Strauss

27 David Heyman Ariel Sharon

Elizabeth Taylor 28 Myrna Korfin

Sylvia Caplan



February Yahrzeits

Week of February 3, 2017 - 7 Shevet Belle Weiner, Leonore Menzer, Benjamin Rebb, Anna Winkler, Harry Edelstein, Rebecca Belkin, Nettie Berlin, Annie Kline, Charles Laine, Pauline Kroll, Sandy Holtzman, Samuel Rubin, William Chosky, Rosalyn Harris, Robert Zlatkin Week of February 10, 2017 - 14 Shevet Raymond Carp, Simon Kaplitz, Lena Goetz, George Schwarcz, Nathan Zubin, Anna Yudelowitz, Isaac Seidenstein, Briney Levine & Family, Mordacai Schwartz, Lawrence Catz, Charles Sable Week of February 17, 2017 - 21 Shevet Joseph Lotz, Leonard Pepper, Jean Wilner, Sylvia Goldberg Scheiner, Jacob Goldstein, Ethel Kessler, Harry Cohen, Isadore Goldberg, Mary Goldberg, Lina Ehrlich, Ruth Brill Moldovan, Abe Cooper, Harry Gordon, Clara Goldstein Week of February 24, 2017 - 28 Shevet Albert Cooper, Hannah Weinberger, Fannie Valinsky, Anita Ruth Elinoff Leff, Chana Schwartz, Louis Klein, Benjamin Hackman, Hyman Korfin, Louis Shefsky, Allan Goppman, Bessie Herer, Sidney Leonard, Harry Yudelowitz, Ruth Katz, Ethel Rubin, Louis Lenchner, Ruth Zinman, Sadie Weisman, Marko Zuckerman, Rosa Schwartz, Doris Shapiro, Ida Moidel



CENTRAL SCHOLARSHIP AND LOAN REFERRAL SERVICE

of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh

Administered by:

Jewish Family & Children’s Service

5743 Bartlett Street · Pittsburgh, PA 15217· (412)422-5627 · Fax (412)428-8200

FINAL REMINDER

Attention: Financial Aid Offices, Guidance Counselors, Synagogues and Youth Organizations

The February 9, 2017 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 9, 2017; 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].



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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 & Syma 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

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