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Congregation B’nai Jacob Jersey City NJ July-August2010 Newsletter© 2010 Congregation B’nai Jacob bnaijacobjc.org

B’nai Jacob - Jersey City’s Contemporary Egalitarian Congregation

Cantor Dubrow

Jersey City’s Contemporary Egalitarian Congregation

Congregation B’nai JacobCongregational Newsletter July-August, 2010

Monday, July 19thTisha B’Av

Light Supper and Services6:30 PM

Friday Evening Services begin at 8:00 PM followed

by Oneg Shabbat

Saturday Morning Services begin at 9:00 AM, followed

by a Kiddush Lunch

ance from the stars in important life decisions, Jews throughout the ages have always embraced elements of superstition in everyday life, even right up to the Ashkenazic Golem legend, the Dybbuk, and the famil-iar ‘Poo, poo, poo’ expression to ward off evil spirits of just a century or two ago. In fact, the word ‘Mazal’ means ‘constellation’ or ‘destiny’ in Mishnaic Hebrew, so the expres-sion ‘Mazal Tov’ actually alludes to a favorable alignment of the stars for good luck (actually that’s already happened). And we all know that the way to determine if Shabbat has ended is by seeing three stars in the night sky. Those of you who have visited the Jewish Museum in New York City no doubt have seen the mosaic floor reproduction taken from the Dura-Europa Synagogue in Syria that shows a depiction of the twelve astrological signs. The preponder-ance of these symbols throughout the ancient world in early syna-gogue sites is evidence that surely

Continues top of page 2The B’nai Jacob Newsletter is supported by a donation in memory of Betty Cole. We thank the “Violet Zall Hordes Foundation, Inc” for their very generous

grant to be used for membership growth, educational and religious programs and community outreach.

Star-Gazing, Jewish Style,in Heaven and on EarthDuring the summer months, we of-ten head outdoors in the evening and enjoy looking up at the night sky and marveling at the miracle of ‘the heavens above.’ For thousands of years, humankind has been in awe and pursued understanding – both knowledge and meaning – of this mass expanse of the universe beyond our planet earth that we in modern times refer to as ‘space.’ Even throughout art history, depictions of the Eternal anthropomorphized God as the king seated on a throne surrounded by clouds somewhere up in the heavens. So it comes as no surprise then that when we look up at the night sky and see stars, it always feels particularly mysterious to us. This month’s column explores the idea of ‘stars’ from both a literal and metaphoric perspective. Our Jewish ancestors were partici-pants in early space exploration, not by way of travel, but by way of study from afar right here on terra firma. The phases of the moon dictated the Jewish calendar from the earli-est times and there are myriads of allusions in biblical texts regarding timing of Jewish festivals according to the lunar calendar. There are even references to both lunar and solar eclipses. Additionally, there are allu-sions to the stars from the perspec-tive of what we know as ‘astrology.’ While there are numerous biblical prohibitions against seeking guid-

Upcoming Events

Tisha B’AvMonday, July 19th

6:30 P.M.Light Supper

and Tisha B’Av Services,including the reading of Eicha

and traditionalTisha B’Av Songs led by

Cantor Dubrow$15 per person

For Advance Reservationscall Min Natovitz201-435-0575 orPauline Danton201-434-4654

176 West Side AvenueJersey City

Free off-street parking

In This IssueSid’s Column, p. 3

Calendar, p. 5“My Turn” Column, p. 6

Tributes & Donations p. 8Yahrzeits, p. 9

Sunday, July 11th, 11 AM Join Jessica and Alan Lem-

mon for Sandwich Day, when we make sandwiches for the needy and distribute

them at a local shelter.Food supplied, just bring yourself to the BJ kitchen.

Congregation B’nai Jacob Jersey City NJ July-August, 2010 Newsletter© 2010 Congregation B’nai Jacob bnaijacobjc.org


Cantor Dubrow, continued...there was some significance to our ancestors to the signs of the Zodiac, derived as we know from the stars and their configurations. There are remnants of Zodiac signs at at least eight other ancient synagogues from the post-rabbinic period in-cluding at Beth Alpha, Hammath Tiberias (on the shore of the Sea of Galilee), Naaran (near Jericho), Sep-phoris (north of Nazareth), En-Gedi (on the Dead Sea), Hureika (at Mt. Carmel) and Susiya (20 miles north of the Dead Sea). No doubt there are even more examples that sim-ply have not been unearthed yet. The Beth Alpha example has clear names for the twelve zodiac signs in Hebrew, not Latin words. There is even a relatively recent doctoral dissertation by Leonard Ness enti-tled, Astrology and Judaism in Late Antiquity. Chapter 4, on Jewish Astrology and Chapter 5, on Syna-gogue Art and Astology, provide an up to-to-the minute presentation of just about all that is known on the subject. Certainly something for us to ponder as we look at the summer night sky. Fast-forwarding to more mod-ern times and coming back down to earth, especially as we enter the month of July and experience our revered American national holiday, the Fourth of July, Independence Day, our thoughts turn to the matter of stars in another context, namely ‘the stars and stripes.’ This reference to the American flag has significant overtones of national pride this time of the year. Recently, David and I visited Gettysburg, Pennsyl-vania and spent many hours walk-

ing over the battlefields where more the 50,000 Americans were either killed, maimed and captured over the course of three days. It is believed that over 7,000 Jewish-Americans fought on both sides in the Civil War. Simon Wolf, a Jewish activist of the 19th Century, collected the names of over 7000 Jewish-Ameri-

cans who fought on both sides and published the list in directory form in 1895, as The American Jew as Pa-triot, Soldier, and Citizen. The impetus for his research was the virulent, ongoing denial in the press that Jews had participated as soldiers in the Civil War. Setting the record straight in a detailed article published in the Washington Post, Si-mon Wolf proclaimed, “What I had anticipated and supposed would be an easy task, requiring probably no more than six months at the utmost, has taken more than four years of continuous work, notwithstanding the assistance I received from many quarters, and I am even now com-pelled to give this work to the pub-lic in an inadequate form, with the feeling that it is incomplete and that much more should have been made of it. The difficulties in the way of completing fully and accurately such a compilation as I have here attempted will scarcely be realized by those who have not undertaken

a similar task. The work was begun nearly thirty years after the close of the war, when many of those whose names were to be gathered were dead, and many others dispersed throughout our vast domain and beyond our borders. In response to three successive calls made through the leading newspapers of the country, I received, indeed, a large number of replies, but after all, the great majority even of the survivors failed to respond, and of the data that reached me much could not be classified. Nearly a thousand names are accordingly placed in the un-classified list.” Simon Wolf’s noble effort to rec-tify for posterity a crucial and sig-nificant legacy of Jewish-American national identity, pride and history makes him the true star of our sum-mer skies – what we call ‘the north star’, a guide for all of us to follow. By his standing up to the promulgation of inaccuracies, distortions and mis-conceptions reflecting covert and not-so-covert anti-semitism within America’s borders, he demonstrat-ed an unwavering commitment to the universal American principle of liberty and justice for all, to say nothing of Emet (Truth) and Chesed (Righteousness) the two Jewish prin-ciples expressed so beautifully in mosaic on B’nai Jacob’s ark housing our torahs.. Have a nice, relaxing summer and enjoy the fireworks and fireflies. And be sure to do some stargazing!

Cantor Marsha Dubrow, [email protected]

Food Drive UpdateIn keeping with the Jewish concept of “Tikkun Olam”, B’nai Jacob has re-started a long-standing tradition - an on-going food drive. Let’s participate as fully as we can by donating to the non-sectarian food pantry which serves the local community.

Bring a box or can of food every time you come to B’nai Jacob.

“In fact, the word ‘Mazal’ means ‘constellation’ or ‘destiny’ in Mishnaic Hebrew, so the ex-pression ‘Mazal Tov’ actually al-ludes to a favorable alignment of the stars for good luck.”

Sponsor a Kiddush or Oneg!Honor someone or commemorate the

Yahrzeit of a loved one while supporting B’nai Jacob

Share your joy andsponsor a Kiddush or Oneg

Contact Min Natovitz for more information.(201) 435-0575



Lenore Berkowitz is the Bnai Jacob representative on the committee. A flyer was sent out recently to save the date - so watch your mail for further information. Contact Lenore if you are interested in joining the Tour. A description of the building will take place at each location, ex-plaining the beauty of the structure. The synagogues to be visited are Emanuel in Bayonne, Bnai Jacob, Beth El and Mt. Sinai in Jersey City and United Synagogue of Hobo-ken. It is with the deepest sorrow that we offer our condolences to Min Natovitz on the untimely death of her son Howard. Graveside servic-es were conducted by Cantor Du-brow and attended by a large group of family and friends. We wish Min the strength to go from day to day and pray that she is comforted by wonderful memories of Howard. The last Friday in June we cele-brated the closing of the 50th an-niversary of the founding of Bnai Jacob with a Shabbat dinner and Friday Night Live! musical service. The evening began with our Nosh and Schmooze and Wine and boy, did we nosh and oh how we schmoozed! We had an opportu-nity to reconnect with friends from many years ago - friends who used

Sid’s News and Views

In May we had the nam-ing of Lenore B e r k o w i t z ’s precious niece, Olivia. Lenore sponsored the Kiddush after services. It was a feast. And

Olivia was absolutely the star of the show. Not only is she a beauti-ful baby, but she is a real charmer. When the Cantor sang, she sang along, in her baby talk, and she hap-pily put up with tons of cooing from everyone who came to the service that morning. She will grow up with a Jewish name, following the beauti-ful ceremony, and now she is fully a member of our community. At these services Jessica Lemmon chanted Maftir and the Haftorah. She knew it by heart because it was the one she chanted on the occasion of her Bat Mitzvah. Hazzak, Hazzak to Jessica. It was a perfect Shabbat morning. On Shavuot, which commemo-rates the covenant at Sinai between God and Israel and the giving of the Ten Commandments, our services were conducted by Cantor Dubrow, assisted by Andy Silkowitz, who also chanted the Haftorah and the Torah portions. Since it is customary to eat dairy on this holiday we had a lunch

of blintzes. Um...delicious! Cantor Marsha Dubrow leads our services on alternate weekends and, in between, services are conducted by members of the congregation. On May 15th Shelden Cohen read from the bible and Audrey Cohen read the English portion. Lil Chap-nick helped with the singing and Zacharia Levi chanted the haftorah using the Sephardic melody and he also did the Musaf. Everything went very well and we were glad to wel-come Lenny Woloski back. On each of these alternate weekends various congregants take part in services. You can too. You can read portions in English if your Hebrew isn’t up to par. It is very gratifying to have this lay help and it is part of what makes us a synagogue family. On Friday nights we don’t always have a minyan and we hope that more of you will come out to these services. There are people observing Yahrzeit and some who have lost a loved one. A minyan is required to say the Kaddish prayer so please make sure those remembering a loved one can feel comforted by being able to recite the required prayers. In the fall, on Sunday October 17th, there is going to be an Architectural Tour of five synagogues in Hudson County, sponsored by Hudson Jew-ish and chaired by Raylie Dunkel. Continues on page 4

There’s still time to orderRosh Hashana Honey!

Due to the shipper’s problems with the post office, we have to close out the honey orders by July 9th this year, so hurry and

call Lenore Berkowitz without delay!Price is $10 per jar.

Lenore Berkowitz28 Delmar RoadJersey City 07305

201-333-3682



to live in the area and have long since moved away. It was so good to see them all. The warmth of the glasses of wine and the warm feel-ings in the room made for a wonder-ful glow. We all thoroughly enjoyed the mu-sical service and many of our guests remarked about loving the addition of a keyboard (which we have been using for quite some time now) and how they will try to return to servic-es more often even though it is quite far from where they now live. It is so noticeable that there is more “join-ing in” singing along when the Can-tor plays the keyboard. Dinner was delicious. Camarade-rie was the word for the evening. It was a fitting close to a year plus of celebrations and the beginning of the next 50!

Looking forward to seeing you on Rosh Hashanah (September 9th!) - AND DON’T FORGET TO SEND IN YOUR BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE ORDER FORM BELOW.

Sid Canter

Sid’s News, continued...

IMPORTANT REQUEST TO ALL MEMBERS

We’re updating our membership information and need your birthdate. (OK, not the year, just the month and day.)

Lenore Berkowitz is the point person for this, so please call, email, or write her with your information.

Lenore Berkowitz201-333-3682

[email protected] Delmar Road, Jersey City NJ 07305

New Year’s Greetings$5 per Family

Due by August 1stContact:

Lenore Berkowitz28 Delmar Road

Jersey City NJ 07503201-333-3682

[email protected]

We are preparing our annual Book of Remembrance in memory of loved ones. It will be distributed at Yizkor services on Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzeret, Pesah and Shavuot.

Names already on plaques on our Memorial Walls will automatically be included. Names not on plaques may be inscribed for the coming year at a cost of $25 (twenty five dollars) per name.

To remember a loved one send the following tear-off along with your payment before August 1, 2010 (remem-ber- holidays are exceptionally early this year):

NAME(S) TO BE INSCRIBED _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Your name and address:_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Please make check payable to Bnai Jacob. Enclose with order and mail to:Sid Canter, 11 College Drive #5D, Jersey City, NJ 07305

Remember - this is the only notice you will receive. Thank you for supporting the Book of Remembrance.



July, August 2010/Tammuz-Av-Elul 5770Sunday Monday Tuesday Wedesday Thursday Friday Saturday

7/1 19 Tammuz 7/2 20 TammuzCandles 7:11

7/3 21 TammuzParasha Pinhas

7/4 22 Tammuz 7/5 23 Tammuz 7/6 24 Tammuz 7/7 25 Tammuz 7/8 26 Tammuz 7/9 27 TammuzCandles 7:09

CANTOR

7/10 28 TammuzParasha Mattot-

MaseCANTOR

7/11 29 Tammuz 7/12 1 Av 7/13 2 Av 7/14 3 Av 7/15 4 Av 7/16 5 AvCandles 7:05

Rosh Hodesh Sivan

7/17 6 AvParasha D’varim

7/18 7 Av 7/19 8 AvErev Tisha B’avSupper 6:30 PM

Reading of Eicha

7/20 9 Av

Tisha B’Av

7/21 10 Av 7/22 11 Av 7/23 12 AvCandles 7:00

7/24 13 AvParasha Va-et

Hanan

7/25 14 Av 7/26 15 Av 7/27 16 Av 7/28 17 Av 7/29 18 Av 7/30 19 AvCandles 6:54

7/31 20 AvParasha Ekev

8/1 21 Av 8/2 22 Av 8/3 23 Av 8/4 24 Av 8/5 25 Av 8/6 26 AvCandles 6:46

CANTORFriday Night,

Live!

8/7 27 AvParashaRe-eh

CANTOR

8/8 28 Av 8/9 29 Av 8/10 30 Av 8/11 1 Elul 8/12 2 Elul 8/13 3 ElulCandles 6:37

8/14 4 ElulParasha Shoftim

8/15 5 Elul 8/16 6 Elul 8/27 7 Elul 8/28 8 Elul 8/29 9 Elul 8/20 10 ElulCandles 6:27

8/21 11 ElulParasha Ki-Tetze

8/22 12 Elul 8/23 13 Elul 8/24 14 Elul 8/25 15 Elul 8/26 16 Elul 8/27 17 ElulCandles 6:16

8/28 18 ElulParasha Ki Tavo

8/29 19 Elul 8/30 20 Elul 8/31 21 Elul 9/1 22 Elul 9/2 23 Elul 9/3 24 Elul 9/4 25 ElulSelichot

Program and Services



Finding My Judaism, and My VoiceBy Jessica Lemmon

“Not many people can say they discov-ered their Judaism in a small, rural town in central Pennsylvania. But I can, because I did.”

Admittedly, I was not the most re-ligious or observant Jew growing up. I went to Hebrew school, got Bat Mitzvahed, and attended High Holiday services every year. But, besides that, I didn’t have much of a Jewish identity. When it was time to look for colleges, I wanted a small, liberal arts school. While important to my parents, a Jewish presence on campus was not too much of a factor for me. I eventu-ally fell in love with Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsyl-vania, a remote, rural location best described as being an hour north of Harrisburg, along the mighty Susquehanna River. My parents

My Turn...In this issue of the newsletter, we are introducing a new feature, a column in which congregants are free to discuss the issues that have an important place in their lives.

Jessica Lemmon is the contributor for this inaugural column.If you would like to be a My Turn contributor, please contact David Rosenberg, newsletter editor.

and I did some research and found a synagogue (Temple Beth-El) in Sunbury, PA, about 15 minutes from the school. We talked to the rabbi at the synagogue, who mentioned that there were a handful of Jewish stu-dents attending the college as well as some Jewish faculty members on the premises. He also asked if I would be interested in teaching He-brew school at the synagogue. Not only had I found a school, but now a job as well! The small community of Jewish students and professors at Susque-hanna was extremely welcoming. There was a kickoff Shabbat din-ner hosted by the Lutheran chap-lain of the school. While I was the only Jewish freshman that particu-lar year, it was nice to meet some older Jewish students. Imagine my surprise when the first book we were required to read in my fresh-man literature class was MAUS, Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel about his Holocaust-survivor father’s ex-periences during the war. As a grandchild of survivors, I was able to share my grandparents’ experi-ences with the class, and they were pretty enthralled. I was enthralled as well when Art Spiegelman him-self gave a lecture at Susquehanna that same semester. For a Luther-an-affiliated school, Susquehanna was surely diverse. Families from Beth-El were al-ways inviting me to their homes for Shabbat dinners and holiday meals. A few of my fellow students and I

would also meet up with other Jew-ish students at nearby Bucknell and Bloomsburg Universities for ser-vices and social gatherings. Even though I was away from my family for the first time, I truly felt at home among these familiar traditions and meals. My parents couldn’t believe I was willingly going to Shabbat ser-vices! As I was starting to connect more with my religion and faith, some of my friends started ques-tioning me about Judaism. While I was glad they were interested in learning about my religion, some of the comments and questions com-pletely caught me off guard: “I never met a Jew before…where are your horns?” “How could you not believe in Santa Claus? You were robbed of a childhood!” At first I was out-raged by these comments! Coming from a diverse town in the New Jer-sey suburbs, I grew up with friends of all races and religions. I couldn’t believe that some people had never met a Jewish person before, not to mention a black or hispanic person. I soon realized I wanted to educate those who weren’t familiar with Ju-daism and give the religion more visibility at my school. By my sophomore year, a couple more Jewish students came to the college, and a few of us, along with our Jewish faculty advisor, decided to start a Hillel group on campus. We spent many nights outlining our mission statement and purpose, hoping that the student council would approve and fund our little

We have a Busy Year Planned for 2010 and 2011!Here are some (and only some) of our coming events

High Holy Days – schedule to be listed in the Newsletter and on our websiteLox & Learning Kickoff* Breakfast on Sunday mornings

Hudson Jewish sponsored Architectural TourKristallnacht CommemorationHanukkah Dinner and party

Friday Night Live! Monthly ServicesFriday night Speaker Series*

Holiday dinnersPurim celebration with Arts and Crafts program for kids of all ages

Actor’s Shakespeare Company performances on our Bimah!Shabbat and holiday services

Fight hunger Tikkun Olam community programs*These are ongoing programs with complete information listed in each issue of our Newsletter and on our web-site, www.bnaijacobjc.org. Some of the

topics are: cooking and food preparation, Jewish Meditation, intro to Kaballah and much more.



organization of only four members! With little hesitation, our group was unanimously approved, and the Hil-lel at Susquehanna University was official! We kicked right into gear and starting actively recruiting Jew-ish students for the following year. During my junior and senior years at the college, there was no shortage of Jewish activities. We had many Shabbat dinners and holiday meals at our faculty advisor’s house, a Klezmer band concert, Yom HaS-hoah programs with a local survi-vor, Yom Kippur break fasts, and hamentashen bake sales! My favorite activity of all was when we putting to-gether a model Passover seder for the campus. Empire Kosher, whose factory was just about an hour from Selinsgrove, donated about 30 kosher chickens to our organiza-tion. The Susquehanna cafeteria staff was in-credibly accommodating and whipped up many servings of my grand-mother’s matzo-ball soup and po-tato kugel recipes. We had about 60 attendees and walked everyone through a traditional seder. I’m pretty sure we emptied all the local Weis supermarkets of their matzo supplies! A great honor for me was when the school chaplain asked me to recite a poem and light a menorah at Susquehanna’s annual Christmas candle lighting service. It was in front of about 1,000 people in the chapel and broadcast on live, local television. I was very nervous but so proud to have been asked to participate in such a lauded event. By the time I graduated, Susque-hanna was offering a Jewish Stud-ies minor and had about 10 active members of Hillel. For a student body of about 1200, this was pretty impressive! I’m also proud to report that nine years after I graduated, Susquehanna University now has its own full-time Rabbi, closer to 20 members of Hillel, and a newly opened Hillel House! Believe it or not, I see a lot of simi-

larities between the Jewish com-munities of the Susquehanna Val-ley and Jersey City, even though, demographically, they couldn’t be more different. Whereas Jersey City is a bustling metropolis with a huge and diverse population, the Susquehanna Valley region is a mostly quiet, rural one. Most of the diversity in the region, where it’s not unusual to see an Amish horse and buggy strolling the streets, comes from the few nearby universities. Despite the differences, both areas have small but extremely tight Jew-ish communities, where everyone

really does know your name and considers and treats fellow con-gregants as fam-ily. For services at B’nai Jacob in Jersey City, as well as what I re-member at Beth-El in Sunbury, ev-ery single person really does play a part in making a

successful Shabbat, and the entire community really does come out to celebrate simchas. What could be more of a sense of community than that? I often wonder, had I gone to a bigger school with a larger Jewish community, would I be as observant of a Jew as I am now? Or, would I have gotten “lost” amongst the larg-er crowd and just continued to be a secular Jew with no real connec-tion to religion or community? I was definitely surprised by how much I learned about myself at Susque-hanna. I had always thought of my-self as shy and guarded. While I was involved in a lot of activities in high school, I was more of a follower than a leader. But that all changed at Susquehanna. Whether it was serving as a founder and president of Hillel, speaking in front of large groups of people, or defending my religion to those who questioned it, I not only found my Judaism at Susquehanna University; I also found my voice.

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My Turn, Continued

“I went to Hebrew school, got Bat Mitzvahed, andattended High

Holiday services every year. But,besides that, I

didn’t have much of a Jewish identity.”

Lox ‘n Learning To Be Launched in OctoberStarting in October,

Cantor Dubrow will lead an exciting, new monthly

program on Sunday mornings.

Programs will cover a wide range of Jewish

culture and history top-ics. Guest presentations and fun activities includ-

ing papercutting (Did you know that’s a Jewish folk art?), cooking (Yum, let’s eat!), and meditation

(Ohm...)- all with a Jewish spin.

Look for details in the September/October

newsletter.



d Tributes and Donations cTORAH FUND

In memory of Hazel Aronoff from Rosemary Neubelt to Nancy MurphyFrom Bea Rubin to Irene Peck in honor of her grandson’s high school graduation

From Bea Rubin to Sylvia Paul in honor of her granddaughter’s graduation with a Master’s DegreeFrom Rita and Harvey Brody in memory of Sam Lerner

From Irene Peck to Pearl Pepose wishing a speedy recoveryFrom Irene Peck to Helen Berman wishing her son Alan a speedy recovery

From Miriam Bernstein to Pearl Pepose wishing a speedy recoveryFrom Fran Bauch & Emil Kropack in memory of Howard Natovitz

From Rhoda Chester in memory of Howard Natovitz

THE ARTHUR D. SMITH MEMORIAL FUND

From Sylvia Ull in memory of her mother Rose FinkelsteinFrom Betty Arenson in memory of her husband Martin Arenson

From Betty Arenson in memory of her father Charles Feit

GENERAL FUNDTo Min Natovitz in memory of her beloved son Howard from:

Betty Arenson, Helen Berman, Renee and Albert Bousso,Miriam Bernstein, Audrey & Shelden Cohen, Lillian & Sam Chapnick,

Pauline Danton, Anna Roque & Charles Dobles, Myrna Ehrlich, Sylvia Farber,Etta Hershfield, Pearl & Joe Hirshbein, Miriam Nickelsporn, Sylvia Paul,Carol Klein, Pearl & Sam Pepose, Irene Peck, Bea Rubin, Jeanne Rubin,

Claire & Rona Silverman, Marilyn Werber & Jeanette Steinman,Ruth Smith, Lore Ann Valentini, Rebecca Weiner,

Shirley Weisman, Lillian Weisman, Hal Zwain.

From Sylvia Ull in honor of the marriage of Mr. & Mrs. Mark Ull

DANIEL STRULOWITZ BIMAH FLOWER FUNDFrom Betty Arenson to Lillian Russell Mazelton in honor of her granddaughter’s marriage

From Irene Peck to Lenore Berkowitz in honor of her niece Olivia’s baby namingFrom Audrey & Shelden Cohen to Lenore Berkowitz in honor of her niece Olivia’s baby naming

From Pauline Danton to wish a speedy recovery to Sue Klein

Min Natovitz extends her grateful thanks to all those members of B’nai Jacob who have expressed their condolences on the loss of her beloved son, Howard.



July YahrzeitsDate Name

3 Joseph Langer

4 Isadore Finkel

9 Jack Danton

9 Rose Arenson

10 Arthur Smith

11 Paula Goldberg

11 Molly Opkins Roog

11 Irving Botuck

15 Vivian Nelson

18 Anna Silver

21 Milton Natovitz

22 Sadie Kreisler

23 Stella Price

25 Irving Silver

28 Rose Brody

29 Jean Steil

30 Lee Daves

August YahrzeitsDate Name

3 Peggy Schustrin

4 Getzel Polinsky

5 Joseph Price

7 Philip Rubin

7 Harry Millinger

9 Freida Finkel

10 Annie Aruty Berger

14 George Peck

15 Michael Greenstein

17 Louis Kabakove

20 Samuel Eig

20 Sarah Lang

20 David Steinberg

20 Ruth Flitter

21 Samuel Smith

22 JOseph Rosenthal

24 Abraham Aruty

26 Lillian Zwain

27 Jeanne Beer

28 David Kronberg

28 Fannie Steinberg

29 Sidney Beer

31 David Goldberg

31 Arthur Danton

31 Fannie Levin

Member Deceased Relationship

Sylvia Ast Henry Ast HusbandSonia Azarow Edith Kurtz MotherGary Berman Sally Berman MotherGary Berman Henry Berman FatherAlvin Canter Manny Canter Father

Myrna Ehrlich Morris Levin Fatherruth Hirschorn Samuel Levine Father

Leah jacobs Faye Baumgarten MotherBoris Kaplan Olga Kaplan MotherAbe Langer Fannie Langer Mother

Florence Rosenthal Margery Stern SisterBea rubin Ida Rubin Mother-in-Law

Bea Schimel Minnie Schimel Mother-in-LawRenee Schweber Anna Kapner GrandmotherRenee Schweber Yaakov Rosman Grandfather

Tamara Tolkacheva Grigory Radomiselsky Brother

YAHRZEIT DONATIONS



Congregation B’nai Jacob LeadershipSpiritual Leader: Cantor Marsha Dubrow, Ph.D. ([email protected])

Administration and Contact InformationPresidium: Lenore Berkowitz, Jane Canter, and Minnie Natovitz ([email protected])

Vice-presidents: 1st - Abe Langer; 2nd - Sam Chapnick; Recording Secretary - Claire SilvermanNewsletter Editor - David Rosenberg ([email protected]); News Editor - Sid Canter ([email protected])

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