November 2014 bulletin

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November 1 - 30, 2014 8 Cheshvan - 8 Kislev, 5775

6525 Sylvania Avenue Sylvania OH 43560

(419) 517-8400 www.cbitoledo.org

Congregation B’nai Israel

A Congregation Affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

148 Years of Consecrated Service to God, Torah and Israel

SHABBAT LUCK Friday, November 7, 2014, 6:30 p.m.

Would you like to have Shabbat dinner with new friends? Would you like to get to know other CBI members better? Would you just enjoy some good home-cooked food? If so, please join us for Shabbat Luck!

Shabbat Luck is a Shabbat dinner that is simultaneously hosted at several congregants’ homes. The main course, typically dairy or vegetarian, is provided by the hosts and you will be asked to bring something to share.

HOSTS

Bill and Luann Garber Marc and Susan Glasser

Matt and Jill Kripke Bruce and Sheila Post

David and Meira Zucker

We would love to share Shabbat with you! Please call Fran Weinblatt at 419-290-9697 or e-mail [email protected] for a reservation by November 3rd.

New Baby ShabbatNew Baby ShabbatNew Baby ShabbatNew Baby Shabbat Join us on November 8, 2014 to celebrate the beginnings of our newest members of the congregation!

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N O T E S F R O M T H E CANTOR

Classes with the ClergyClasses with the ClergyClasses with the ClergyClasses with the Clergy Monday NightsMonday NightsMonday NightsMonday Nights

By Reservation OnlyBy Reservation OnlyBy Reservation OnlyBy Reservation Only 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. –––– 8:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.

Tefilin & Torah/Haftorah chanting

No charge

Contact Hazzan Lichterman

at (419) 517-8400 or [email protected]

BEING A BLESSING

והיה ברכהVE’H’YEY BERACHA

In our religious school I am

currently teaching our b’nai mitzvah class, a bright, wonderful group of open-minded students. They were quite surprised to learn from me in a recent class, that all they really needed to do to become bar and bat mitzvah, was to have an aliyah to the Torah. In other words, once they learn and actually recite at a service the 2 berachot associated with an aliyah, they are considered bar/bat mitzvah. (Then I explained that in practice it doesn’t really work that way! That soon ended their premature excitement! )So we proceeded to discuss the meaning of beracha – literally a blessing in Judaism. Coincidentally I write this article as I am preparing a drash/sermon on parshat Lech L’cha, the 3rd Torah portion of our Torah cycle, Genesis chapters 12:1 – 17:27. It begins with instruction by God to Abraham (Genesis 12: 1-2) to leave his land and to go to the place God “will show”him…and to “be a beracha/blessing.” This Torah portion is perfectly placed near the beginning of the Torah, when in our Jewish calendar cycle, we are in a great “lull.” This anti- climactic gap falls between the intensity of the Hebrew month of Tishrei with the High

Holidays and Sukkot, and the month of Cheshvan which has nothing special in it, and lasts till the 3rd month of our calendar – Kislev, towards the end of which occurs the holiday of Hanukkah. Yet even Hanukkah pales in intensity compared with the High Holidays, only elevated in our minds and practice due to its juxtaposition with Christmas (the influence of secular society) and its message being contemporized through the modern miracle of Israel. My point is that the instruction to us in parshat Lech L’cha to “be a blessing” is timely particularly during this lull in our spiritual motivation. Last month I wrote about the need to maintain the spiritual intensity with which we are inspired during the High Holidays, long after its lingering effect fades. Parshat Lech L’cha contains the perfect formula for applying this, by our continuing to “be a blessing,” like Abraham (and Sarah), in the way we live our lives, even when there is nothing in our Jewish calendar around which to focus our spiritual lives. One example we learn from parshat Lech L’cha is from the Hebrew word used for “and be,” as in God’s instruction to Abraham “and be a blessing” – ve’h’yey, as I discussed with our b’nai mitzvah class. If we rearrange 3 of its 4 letters, it spells God’s name YHVH. In other words, how can one “be a blessing”? By, for example, not abandoning God, or your shul, or the community, during this spiritual lull in our calendar; ie. don’t wait for the next High Holidays to come round in a

year’s time, to again become Jewishly motived and show up. There are daily minyanim twice a day; there are wonderful weekly programs listed elsewhere in our bulletin; next week there is “Shabbat Luck” to help you turn Friday night into shabbat by connecting with other members whom you might not otherwise know; there are weekly adult education classes; our weekly Friday night and shabbat services often include special programming you might find worthwhile – always followed by a full sit down kiddush-lunch - tot shabbat, family shabbat, new baby shabbat, new member shabbat, Rabbi Jason Miller shabbat, Rabbi Alan Sokobin and other guest speakers, musical Shabbat, USY Shabbat & on & on. In this parsha Lech L’cha, both Abram and Sarai’s names are changed through the addition or substitution of the

Hebrew letter ‘hay.’ Written like this - -הit is open to the left, the direction in which Hebrew is written, meaning forwards, or down. We have only 2 choices in the way we live our lives – to go forward, or to stagnate which is like going down. During this spiritually dormant time in our Jewish calendar, let us reenergize our Judaism by following the example of Abraham and Sarah in this week’s Torah portion Lech L’cha, and being a blessing to God, ourselves, our synagogue, our community, and others. I hope to see you all at shul.

Hazzan Ivor Lichterman

S.O.A.P. (Synagogue Organized Afternoon Program)

Join Hazzan Ivor Lichterman

for a discussion of

Jewish current events B’nai Israel Library

Wednesdays 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

ALL ARE WELCOME

No charge

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RABBINIC INSIGHTS FROM RABBI JASON

While there might not be any Jewish holidays in the month

of November, there is a significant secular festival

nevertheless. As I mentioned in my Rosh Hashanah sermon

about Sukkot, Thanksgiving has long been my favorite

holiday. The rituals of Thanksgiving – family coming

together, reuniting with old friends, eating too much

turkey, and watching football – have always given me

something to look forward to after the whirlwind of Jewish

fall holidays comes to an end.

Thanksgiving also provides all Americans with the

opportunity to take stock of our lives and to give thanks to

God for our blessings. Did you know that the Pilgrims

based the Thanksgiving festival on the Jewish holiday of

Sukkot that we observed only a few weeks ago? The

religious Pilgrims learned of the autumnal celebration of

Sukkot, or Tabernacles, from their bibles.

The secular American side of me takes advantage of

Thanksgiving for its strong emphasis on family, food,

football, and fun; catching up with cousins and checking in with friends who have moved out of town. The Jewish side

of me takes advantage of the opportunity to have one more

day of "Sukkot" before winter sets in. The Thanksgiving

festival is a time to acknowledge our own vulnerability, to

continue the work of teshuvah (repentance), and to give

thanks for all we have.

In this month of Thanksgiving, I encourage us all to count

our blessings and strongly consider the words found at the

end of each and every Amidah prayer:

Modim anachnu lach: We give thanks to You, all-merciful

God, God of our ancestors, today and always...We

acknowledge You, declare your praise, and thank you for

our lives entrusted to Your hand, our souls placed in Your

care, for your miracles that greet us every day, and for

your wonders and the good things that are with us every

hour: morning, noon, and night. Good One, whose

kindness never stops; Kind One, whose loving acts have

never failed – always have we placed our hope in You.

Maimonides teaches that God’s greatest demand of humans

is that we know to be thankful to God for having created

us. As you sit around your Thanksgiving table this year, I

hope you will reflect on the blessings in your life and what

you can do in the coming year to be more generous. I hope

that in addition to the blessings of Hamotzi at the

beginning of the meal and Birkat Hamazon at its

conclusion, you and your family will also say “Modim

Anachnu Lach” and recite the Shehechiyanu benediction to

express your gratitude to God.

Allow me to take this opportunity to thank everyone who

helped ensure that the High Holidays at our kehillah

kedosha (holy congregation) were a success. Working as

part of the "bimah team" alongside Cantor Lichterman and

Sam Falk for the second year was a pleasure and honor for

me. Elissa joins me in thanking those congregants who

hosted us for a meal during the holidays.

Finally, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I encourage you to

share your family's simchas with your B'nai Israel family.

Let Cantor Lichterman know if you have a milestone to

mark and an aliyah or other bimah honor will be awarded

to you. As we go from strength to strength as a

congregation, I wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and a

continued blessed year.

Bivracha (In Blessing),

RABBI JASON MILLER

Putting the THANKS in Thanksgiving

Important Safety Notice:

In an effort to keep our congregants and visitors as safe as

absolutely possible, all persons MUST enter or exit through the

front or side-entry doors. The kitchen is now an exit-only door.

There can be NO EXCEPTIONS. Thank you very much for

your cooperation and understanding.

Winter Service Schedule:

7:00a.m.

7:00a.m.

9:30a.m.

9:30a.m.

Monday-Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

5:45p.m.

6:00p.m.

1:00P.M.

*

* When religious school is in session.

Shabbat Afternoon Mincha Service 1:00 p.m. after Kiddush luncheon

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OCTOBER

13th Bill Richman

19th Steve Federman

24th Andrea Richards

NOVEMBER

14th Al & Marjorie Negrin 15 years

17th Jeffrey & Diane Goldstein 10 years

21st Eli & Fagie Benstein 15 years

28th Arthur & Mary Lou Dorf 45 years

SPECIAL BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

27th Debbie Spangenthal

TODAH RABAH… • MIRIAM BECKERMAN for her hard work in the kitchen over

the High Holidays and the delicious Break Fast meal.

• RELIGIOUS SCHOOL, SISTERHOOD & SISTERHOOD 2.0

AND USY for the wonderful Sukkot dinner.

• HOWARD ROSENBAUM AND DAVID WEINBERG for their

unwavering dedication especially during our High Holidays.

• HAZZAN IVOR LICHTERMAN for the wonderful leadership

over the High Holidays.

Welcome New Members

Kim Strole

Hy & Ann Kisin

Adam Goldberg

Mazel Tov Judge David A. Katz

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Judge David A. Katz has been invited to sit on a panel during the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, U.S./Israeli Symposium, at Tel Aviv

University Law School. We congratulate him on this honor.

מזל טוב

Thank you to Inge Horowitz, our sponsor for the Sukkot dinner, and all the volunteers who helped prepare and serve. The food was delicious, the centerpieces beautiful, and the event enjoyed by all!

New Member and Family Shabbat Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 9:30 am

CBI is excited that we have taken in numerous new members in the past year who will be honored and will

participate in our special service on December 6th. Join us this day for a fun celebration with lots of ruach and

youth participation. It will be followed by a special Kiddush luncheon.

New members, please RSVP to the office at (419) 517-8400 or by email to [email protected] by

December 1, 2014.

Rabbi Alan

Sokobin and

President Jeff

Bauer on October

26, 2014 at the

Rabbi’s first of

three classes on

Jewish history.

See the following

page for further

details on this

exciting night!

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Making the Arts Relevant: My (Jewish) Journey to the Toledo Museum of Art

Monday, November 3, 2014 7:00 p.m. at B’nai Israel

No Charge ~ RSVP to (419) 517-8400

Adam Levine, Ph.D., came to Toledo from the Metropolitan Museum of Art as the recipient of the Toledo Museum of Art’s Mellon Fellowship. Following this prestigious two-year appointment, he accepted the position of Assistant Director. Dr. Levine received bachelor’s degrees in art history, anthropology, and mathematics and social sciences from Dartmouth College, and earned both doctorate and master’s degrees in art history from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

Jewish Film

Festival

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Band of Brothers, Episode 9

A factual account of the 101st Airborne Division

discovering a concentration camp in their drive

through Germany.

Doors open at 7 p.m.; movie begins at 7:30 p.m.

No cost. Drinks and snacks are provided courtesy

of Men’s Club.

A Series of Three Classes on Jewish History,

Two Guys You Know About and One You Don't: Abraham,

Moses, and Yochanan ben Zakai

Rabbi Alan Mayor Sokobin Th.D., D.D., J.D., served as rabbi at The Temple, Congregation Shomer Emunim. Following his “retirement”, he graduated from the University of Toledo College of Law, and serves on the Law faculty. He was also the Jewish Chautauqua Society Associate Professor of History. He has authored many scholarly articles and served on several national boards and commissions.

A familiar presence at B’nai Israel, Rabbi Sokobin is a frequent and popular contributor to the programs and services at B’nai Israel.

First session was October 26th at B’nai Israel. Watch our bulletins and congregational emails for upcoming dates and times with Rabbi Sokobin!

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TODAH RABAH…

• ELAINE KATCHER

SINGAL, JAN MANN

SCHOTT, SHERRIE

ZAFT, LIL PERLMAN,

CORRINE ADLER,

LOUISE SHUSTER,

JOAN KATZ AND

DAVID KATZ for

identifying B’nai Israel

photos.

MMMENENEN’’’SSS CCCLUBLUBLUB

Sukkah removal

November 2nd at 8 AM

Please bring wrenches,

tool sets, and ladders. Check out our website to see the amazing transformation Check out our website to see the amazing transformation Check out our website to see the amazing transformation Check out our website to see the amazing transformation

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B'B'B'NAINAINAI IIISRAELSRAELSRAEL GGGARDENARDENARDEN 201420142014 I want to take this opportunity to thank Helen Micheals, Rachel Noleff, Michael Portnoy, Leon (and Ellie) Williams, Sue Wilson, Leah Connor, Al Mintz and Cindy Palmer, and Alice Applebaum. These volunteers have been the backbone of our Community Garden at B'nai Israel. Without them we would never have achieved success in providing fresh vegetable to the Jewish Family Service Food Panty. Kudos to those who participated in the Adopt-a-plant program. I am looking forward to next season and CBI will be seeking volunteers for both programs.

Though this year had some unforeseen setbacks, we were still able to send about 1200 pieces of veggies to the food pantry.

As I have announced to my committee, this was my last year as the garden coordinator, although certainly not my last year as a gardener.

Thanks again ~ Marty Kaback, Chairperson

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We have had numerous activities keeping our students involved in hands-on experiences to make Jewish learning exciting and engaging. Our students prepared and served lunch at The Cherry Street Mission with students from Shomer Emunim and Etz Chayim. The entire student body contributed food to make this happen. It was a very enlightening experience for our students, as well as the parent volunteers. We were fortunate to have Mindy Slutsky, Michael Podolsky, and Abe Musher-Eizenman join us for the mitzvah trip.

Our confirmation class has been working on comparative religion. They visited Rosary Cathedral and have a trip scheduled to the Hindu Temple. Thank you Alison Sherman and Leslie and Michael Podolsky for helping with this trip. It is always great to have parent involvement in our religious school. The confirmation class had insightful discussions with Rabbi Miller about comparative religion.

Our younger grades had a visit from the Toledo Zoo Van with our friends from Shomer Emunim. They have also been very busy learning about all of the fall Jewish holidays. Dara Musher-Eizenman has been teaching our students about Jewish heroes and writing letters to our current Jewish heroes, the Israeli soldiers. We are looking forward to Skype-ing with our Israeli chaverim soon.

Our kitay hay class made a movie with their teacher, Dara Musher- Eizenman about Hannah Szenesh, as part of their unit on Jewish values and Jewish heroes who exemplify these values. They had a great time making the movie and sharing it with our friends in the Partnership region in the Western Galilee.

Kim Brody David S. Stone Religious School, Principal [email protected]

Religious School Calendar

Sunday, November 2

Wednesday, November 5

Sunday, November 9 - Community Book Fair


Sunday, November 16


Sunday, November 23

Wednesday, November 26 - No RS

Sunday, November 30 - No RS

The preschool gang just “hanging” out: (L to R) Hunter Smith, Sylvia Musher Eizenman, and

Alice Hively

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Our day at Cherry Street

Mission: (L to R) Jonah

Musher-Eizenman,

Jordan Slutsky, Daniel

Mahoney, Ella Richards,

Haley Smith

Andy Davis,

Aidan Mahoney

and Louis Abernathy

playing Alef bet

candy land.

Dylan and Harris Merer

build Noah’s Ark.

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The Book Clubs of Congregations B’nai Israel, Etz Chayim

and Shomer Emunim are excited to announce a joint program

at The Toledo Museum of Art Thursday December 11, 2014

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

We will be reviewing The Hare with Amber Eyes by

Edmund de Waal over lunch and participating in a

docent led tour of the museum’s

extensive netsuke exhibit.

$5 for the tour (at the door)

Lunch from the Café (approx. $10)

Vegetarian options available

Members park free. $5/car for

non-members

(Carpools will meet at Etz Chayim

at 10:15)

The group will meet in the Grove Street lobby of the Art Museum at 10:45 AM

Reservations are limited to the first 40 people

For Reservations contact Elsa Leveton

(419) 473-2401

2014 Judaica Gift Shop Chanukah Shopping

We have a large selection of Judaic items. All will make

wonderful hostess gifts or enhance your own celebration of

Shabbat and the holiday.

HOURS: Sunday, December 7th: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Tuesday, December 9th: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Wednesday, December 10th: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Thursday, December 11th: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Sunday, December 14th: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Tuesday, December 16th: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Wednesday, December 17th: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Weather Permitting

Other times available by appointment only. Contact Phyllis Diamond at (419) 531-5005.

FROM THE KITCHEN….. Many have enjoyed the delicious Kiddush lunches following Shabbat

services each week. There are a variety of costs and lots of work

required to present a lunch for our congregants. In order to continue

serving the wonderful weekly Kiddushes, you can help offset the

costs through sponsorship. There are different ways to sponsor a

Kiddush lunch:

• Donate to the Kiddush/Hiddur fund

• Sponsor partially

• Sponsor with others

• Sponsor for a simcha

• Sponsor just because you enjoy our lunches…...

Thank you to all who have sponsored and donated already. We look

forward to continuing this special tradition the congregation has

created and supported after participating in Shabbat services.

Cost to sponsor a simple Kiddush is $300.00.

Please call the synagogue office 419-517-8400

[email protected]

USY teenagers are captured on their way to Kinnus. Have fun, guys!

SIMCHA TREESIMCHA TREESIMCHA TREESIMCHA TREE

Leaves – $100.00 Donation Stones - $1000.00 Donation

The following leaves have recently been selected for inscription on our B’nai Israel Simcha Tree, The Tree of Life:

In Honor of Shirley and Zale Kohler On Their Special Birthday

Jim & Tova Eisenberg and Rolf & Marcia Hess

In Honor of Eli Abramson

On His 85th Birthday With Love, Nora’s children and their families

In Honor of Shirley and Zale Kohler On Their Special Birthday

Jan Steinberg, Erwin Katz and Diane Bernstein

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IIINNN AAAPPRECIATIONPPRECIATIONPPRECIATION TOTOTO KKKOLOLOL NNNIDREIDREIDRE DDDONORSONORSONORS 201420142014

Richard & Shani Abernathy Eli Abramson & Nora Romanoff Kenneth Alexander David & Michelle Bader Jeffrey & Anne Bauer Miriam Beckerman Eli & Fagie Benstein Joel & Linda Beren Jonathan & Jeannette Bernstein Alan & Michele Blumberg Kenneth & Christine Brochin Paul Causman Allen & Rita Cohen Leah Connor Nathan & Nancy Danziger Tamara Davydova Phyllis Diamond James & Tova Eisenberg Steven Federman Ellen Federman Alexander & Yelena Filanovsky David E. & Lori N. Friedes William & Luann Garber Shirley Gerber Irene Gerhardstein Judith Gersz Gerald Getz Marc & Susan Glasser Larry Gold Jerold & Ruth N. Gold Stephen & Nancy Goldberg Stuart & JoJo Goldberg Lawrence & Cheryl Goldberg Adam Goldberg Jeffrey & Diane Goldstein Richard & Laurie Green Donald & Elaine Green Richard & Alix Greenblatt Mark & Denise Greenblatt Blair P. Grubb & Barbara Straus Sheldon Harris Tom & Shelley Helberg Inge Horowitz Neal & Lisa Intrater Martin & Beth Kaback

Ilya Kapelyush Cary S. & Michelle Kart David & Joan Katz Janet Katz Erwin D. Katz Nancy Katz Steven & Susan Kaufman Esther Kezur & Harvey Malone Zale & Shirley Kohler Charlotte Kominars Matthew & Jill Kripke Chad & Alison Kripke Larry & Joan Kripke Robert & Sharon Kripke Leon & Gail Kwait Erin Labbie Eric Lauber Richard Lazar Michael & Rena Leizerman Gertrude Levitin David & Teena Liber Elsie Liber Kevin & Faylayn Liber Kathryn Linver Jack & Diana Lipszyc Norman Malkin Eileen Manoff Joel Marcovitch & Erin Glatter Selma Master Harvey & Barbara McGrew Rhoda Miller Alan F. Mintz & Cynthia Palmer Howard & Linda Moskowitz Steven & Susan Moskowitz Jeffrey & Andreia Muler Ellice & William Niejadlik Harry & Leeta Nistel Deborah Orloff David & Lillian Perlman James & Diane Perlman David & Deborah Perlmutter Theodore & Sonja Pinsky Michael J. & Leslie Podolsky Michael & Darlene Portnoy Bruce L. & Sheila Post

Sharon Rappaport Marilyn Reinstein Arnold & Marlene Remer Cynthia Robertson Bennett & Hedva Romanoff Howard & Ann Rosenberg Paul & Rona Rothschild Arlene Rubinoff Marjory Rusgo Mervyn & Marlene Russell Andrew & Lynnette Sattler Dave & Bobbye Shall Helene Sherman Jeff & Alison Sherman Bert & Debbie Spangenthal Steve & Cathy Sperling Zella Stahl Harold & Doris Steinberg Susan Solomon & Frederick Stockton Michael & Helen Michaels Tamor George Tauber Charles & Sandra Traugott Thomas & Paula Tuschman Andrea & Gary Urie Ronald & Wanda Wachsman Aron & Anastazja Wajskol Lyn Wancket & David Johnson David & Judy Weinberg Charles & Frances Weinblatt Leon M. & Ellen Williams Sue Wilson Felice Wolff Saundra Yaffe David & Dena Zack Sherrie Zaft Joel E. & Susan Zanville Greg & Irina Zaurov Richard & Nancy Zerner David & Meira Zucker Sam & Kelly Zyndorf Mark & Gretchen Zyndorf Sol & Naomi Zyndorf

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Contributions for September & October Minimum Contributions are $10.00

Please note: More generous contributions will be indicated in the following ways:

* denotes B’nai Mitzvah-$13.00 ** denotes Chai-$18.00 *** denotes Silver-$25.00 **** denotes double Chai - $36 A box denotes Gold-$50.00 A double box denotes Platinum - $100 A bold box denotes Diamond - $100.00+

Shabbat Prayer Book $65.00 Etz Hayim Bible $100.00 Tree of Life Leaf $100.00 Tree of Life Stone $1000.00 Memorial Plaque $500.00 REMEMBER B’NAI ISRAEL IN YOUR WILL

150th ANNIVERSARY FUND BOBBI & AMY ROSENBLOOM FUND

CAL & ART KATZ SANCTUARY FUND

CAMP RAMAH FUND

CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

ABE & DOROTHY STEINBERG SKIP FUND

Yahrzeit Lester Bogart

Sue Wilson*

Martin Bracker

Marilyn J. Reinstein

Janet Federman

Dr. Steven Federman &

Rebecca Federman

Esther Katzman

Lannie & Roanne Katzman**

Zale Reinstein

Marilyn J. Reinstein

Jack Stein

Sanford & Sharon Stein

In Memory of Elaine Chakoff

Lannie & Roanne Katzman

William Sherman

Inge Horowitz**

Mother of Mr. & Mrs. Dinner

Steve & Cathy Sperling

In Honor of Eli Benstein, Special Birthday

Inge Horowitz**

Dave Perlman, Special Birthday

Steve & Cathy Sperling

Vera Heilbrun

Steve & Cathy Sperling, Marriage of

Daughter Robyn to Zack

Barry & Cheryl Himmel**

Gordon & Judy Hirsch

Speedy Recovery Miriam Beckerman

Inge Horowitz**

Yahrzeit Goldie Adler

Eli & Fagie Benstein***

Shulamit Benstein


In Honor of Zale Kohler, Birthday

Irwin Rosenbloom &

Rochelle Russell***

In Memory of Shirley Yaffe

David & Rachelle Epstein**

In Honor of Dolores Guinn, Bat Mitzvah

Steven & Susan Kaufman**

Yahrzeit Ruth Lewis Berkowitz, Beloved

Mother

Kathryn Linver**

George Lewis, Beloved Grandfather

Kathryn Linver**

In Honor of Dave Perlman, Special Birthday

Linda Russell & Family

Mervyn Russell, 80th Birthday

Linda Russell & Family*

Yahrzeit Dave Blumberg

Mr. & Mrs. Alan Blumberg**

Janet Federman Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Federman***

Anthony Grande

Mr. & Mrs. Alan Blumberg**

Joseph Kanter, Beloved Father Gary & Andrea Urie & Family*

Sidney Kezur

Steve Kezur

Samuel Kohler

Zale & Shirley Kohler***

Louis Nesenman

Mrs. Paula Meyer**

Ida Petler

Mrs. Shirley Bader

Dora Sack

Bill & Eva Touran**

Robert Schreiber, Beloved Grandfather

Gary & Andrea Urie & Family*

Bernice Zywotow

Erwin D. Katz**

In Memory of Barry Greenblatt

Ira Weisman**

William Sherman

Ira Weisman**

In Honor of Jim Eisenberg, Birthday

Tova Eisenberg***

Mervyn Russell, 80th Birthday

Bud & Barbara McGrew***

In Appreciation Hazzan Ivor Lichterman

Lou Steingroot

Speedy Recovery Howard Rosenbaum

Brian & Faye Darah**

John & Barbara Restorick**

William Sherman

Ms. Mary F. Boyd

William Sherman

Marty & Beth Kaback


Shirley Gerber


Jeff, Alison, Sarah,

Joshua & Jamie Sherman


Jeff & Anne Bauer

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HARRY GOMETZ FUND

HELEN FINK BURKE FUND

HIDDUR/KIDDUSH FUND

LIBRARY FUND

Yahrzeit Herman Goldhammer

Martin & Harriet Davis**

Harry Gometz

Martin & Harriet Davis

In Honor of Lou Steingroot, Retirement

Ira, Kathy & Jacob Steingroot**


Lou Steingroot

Yahrzeit

Phillip Horowitz

Mrs. Inge Horowitz

Lina Plaut

Mrs. Inge Horowitz

In Memory of Morton Bobowick

Inge Horowitz**

Yahrzeit Esther Toby Abramson Eli Abramson & Nora Romanoff***

Herbert Bader

Shirley Bader & Family*

Pearl Bookman

Joseph Bookman

Selma Boyk

Allen & Charlotte Kominars**

Sarah Chabler

Allan & Ellen Chabler

Helen Cohen, Beloved Mother

& Grandmother Chuck, Sandy, Jay & Kari Traugott**

Martha Gerber

Mrs. Shirley Gerber

Phillip Horowitz

Mark & Jackie Horowitz & Family

Clara Katcher

Marty & Rita Katcher*

Samuel Levin

Michael Levin*

Norman Levitin

His Loving Family***

Norman Levitin

Howard & Jenny Levitin**

Robert Manoff, Beloved Husband

and Father

Eileen Manoff & Family

Phillip H. Miller

Eli Abramson & Nora Romanoff***

Robert Price

Allan & Ellen Chabler

Michael Rabb

Mr. & Mrs. David Friedes*

Bernice Richman, Beloved Mother

Bill & Carol Richman

Max Romanoff


Noel Romanoff


Adolff Rothschild

Paul & Rona Rothschild***

Manuel Shavin

Paul & Rona Rothschild***

Max Steinberg

Cary & Michelle Kart

Ethel Wolkoff

Mrs. Lillian Becker***

In Memory of

Gertrude Perlmutter

Barry & Cheryl Himmel

William Sherman

Marvin & Beverly Bransdorf***

Eli Abramson & Nora Romanoff**

Bruce & Helaine Sherman

Mayer & Dee Wainstein**

William Sherman

Gordon & Andi Morse

In Honor of Eli Abramson, Birthday

Inge Horowitz*** Joe Greenberg & Sandy Romanoff***

Eli Benstein, Special Birthday

Jim & Ina Tuschman**


Hadassah & Martin Strobel


Gordon & Andi Morse

Nate & Nancy Danziger,

Granddaughter's Bat Mitzvah

Mark & Karen Fine**

Greg & Hope Davis, Jeremy's Bar

Mitzvah

Howard & Ann Rosenberg***

Stuart & Debbie Diamond, Anniversary

Gary & Nancy Beren***

Judy Gersz, Birth of Granddaughter

Chuck & Sandy Traugott

Gertrude Perlmutter

Cal Levy

Dave Perlman, Special Birthday Eli Abramson & Nora Romanoff**


Lil Perlman

Diane & Jim Perlman, New Home


Lou Steingroot, Retirement

Jerry & Arlene Russell

In Appreciation Eli & Fagie Benstein

Ellen Federman**

Speedy Recovery Miriam Beckerman

Dick & Alix Greenblatt

Jeff & Anne Bauer

Ellen Federman



Sharon Rappaport


Howard Rosenbaum

Jeff & Anne Bauer

Debbie Spangenthal



Fannette Terman

Jerry & Arlene Russell

Inge Horowitz

Richard Lazar**

Dolores Guinn, Bat Mitzvah

Jeff & Anne Bauer

Howard & Ann Rosenberg**

Yahrzeit Kirsten Alexander

Ken Alexander***

Anna Fingerhut

Linda Shyavitz***

LILY E. BARON FUND

Yahrzeit Harry Cousins

Barry Cousins***

Ruth Katz, Beloved Mother

and Grandmother

David & Joan Katz***

In Memory of Shirley Yaffe

Leo & Marian Goldner

Gertrude Perlmutter

Leo & Marian Goldner

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Daily services

Mon.-Thurs: 7:00 AM, 5:45 PM Friday: 7:00 AM, 6:00 PM Saturday: 9:30 AM, 1:00 PM Sundays: 9:30 AM * Holidays service �mes vary. See

calendar for further details.

MICHAEL & RENEE QUIROGA FUND

YOUTH ACTIVTIES FUND

TRIBUTE FUND

SAMUEL SCHWARTZ MINYAN FUND

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND

SHERWIN & NAOMI KRIPKE FUND

TORAH FUND CONTRIBUTIONS

Yahrzeit Michael Goldstein, Beloved Father

Jeff & Diane Goldstein

Robin Newmark, Beloved Niece

Jerold & Ruth Gold

Sylvia Newmark, Beloved Mother,

Grandmother and Great-Grandmother

Jerold & Ruth Gold**

Anna Cooperman Ozrovitz, Beloved Sister

Jerold & Ruth Gold

Meyer Straus

Dr. Barbara Straus

In Memory of Nachman Berkowitz

Jerold & Ruth Gold


Selma Master & Lenny Thal

Speedy Recovery Shirley Bader

Harry Schulman

Yahrzeit William Aiduss

Marvin & Peggy Damrauer

Bessie Damrauer


Charlotte Kalniz


Maurice Mann, Beloved Father

Samuel D. Mann &

Janice G. Schott

Fruma Simon


Abraham Stahl, Beloved Father,

Grandfather and Great Grandfather

Pinsky Family***

In Memory of William Sherman

Henry Winkler***

Yahrzeit Isador Schwartz

Dr. Barry Ginsberg**

Joseph Schwartz, Beloved Father

& Grandfather Charles & Sharon Schwartz & Family*

In Memory of William Sherman

Barry & Cheryl Himmel***

William Sherman

Jeff, Alison, Sarah, Joshua &

Jamie Sherman

In Appreciation Howard Rosenbaum


Joshua & Jamie Sherman***


Dr. and Mrs. Allan Miller

Helene Sherman

Yahrzeit Ida Benstein


Hyman Cohen

Allen & Rita Cohen**

Robert Frankel Sheldon & Ervine Frankel & Family**

Hannah Shopneck

Jill Moreau*

Florence Siegel

David & Joan Katz***

Dr. Morris Weinblatt

Chuck & Fran Weinblatt & Family

In Memory of Gertrude Perlmutter

Bobby & Sharon Kripke**

Barry Greenblatt


Norman Kamikow


Joshua & Jamie Sherman***

Alex Karp

Eleanor Golding

Sidney Kripke

Larry & Joan Kripke**

William Sherman


In Honor of

Zale & Shirley Kohler, Special Birthday

David & Joan Katz


Rhoda Miller

Speedy Recovery Steve Sperling

Rhoda Miller*

Yahrzeit Sadie Bustow

Gary & Ellen Petler**

Abraham Goldman


Jennie Goldman


Harold Pintis


Yahrzeit Leah Gersz

Judy Gersz

Theodore Gersz

Judy Gersz

Esther Greenberg

Jonnard, Adelyn, Mark,

Sue & Diana Greenberg**

Samuel Liber

Myer Liber**

Lillian Straus

Dr. Barbara Straus & Blair Grubb

In Honor of Joel Marcovitch & Erin Glatter, Birth of

Your Daughter

David, Dena, Shayna,

Sam & Dahlia Zack**

Jim & Kathy Sack, Daughter's Marriage

David, Dena, Sam,

Shayna & Dahlia Zack

Speedy Recovery

Jeff Sherman

David, Dena, Shayna,

Sam & Dahlia Zack


Arthur & Marcia Friedman

Dave & Lil Perlman

Leon & Ellie Williams, 50th Anniversary

Arnie & Marlene Remer

Phyllis Diamond

Speedy Recovery Joan Kripke

Belle Swartz

Dr. Steven Steinberg, Special Birthday

Belle Swartz

Arlene Bustow

Phyllis Diamond

Dave & Lil Perlman

In Memory of

Mervyn Russell

Jerry Feldstein & Corrine Adler

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Cemetery Hours

Sunday through Thursday

6:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Friday 6:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m,

Closed Saturday and

all Jewish Holidays

NOVEMBER YAHRZEITS

PLEASE LET US KNOW…... If you or someone you know is in the hospital

or would appreciate a visit at home from the

Hazzan, please call the shul at 419-517-8400 or

email [email protected]

November 1 8 Cheshvan Frank Fingerhut, Harold Kripke, Michael Lenenberg, Charles Moses, Thelma Robbins

November 2 9 Cheshvan Sylvia Goldman, Ruth Hoffman, Goldie Munster, Frederick Charles Rosenblum

November 3 10 Cheshvan Leon Frankel, Gussie Kezur

November 4 11 Cheshvan Morris Krawetz, Ben Miller, Isidor Odenheimer, Ella Rothman

November 5 12 Cheshvan Louis Joffa, Rose Kalniz, Lois Steinberg Kremer, Lena Mitchell, Rose Palman, Mary Tilchen

November 6 13 Cheshvan Milton Karon, Donald Steinberg

November 7 14 Cheshvan Barney Friedman, Katie Sack, Florence Siegel, Louis Weinberg, Morris Winer

November 8 15 Cheshvan Bess Newmark Joffa, Meyer Teitelbaum

November 9 16 Cheshvan Dora Mindel

November 19 17 Cheshvan Donald Berman, Lawrence Miller, Joseph Palman, Lewis D. Shapiro

November 11 18 Cheshvan Mary Handler, Samuel Katzman, Harry Krauss

November 12 19 Cheshvan Rabbi Fishel A. Pearlmutter, Dora Sack

November 13 20 Cheshvan Margie Friedman, Miriam Lane, Phil Seligman, Esther P. Shapiro

November 14 21 Cheshvan Shlomo Zalman Don, Aaron Goldman, Helen Goodman Gordon, Morris H. Kimmel, Jennie Clare Raeder, Jean Sack, Anna Zuckert

November 15 22 Cheshvan Hyman Cohen, Libby Getz, Morris Goldberg, Belle Michaels, Morris Miller

November 16 23 Cheshvan Albert Rosen

November 17 24 Cheshvan Nathaniel Jacobs, Rose Kaback, Hariette Leeper, Harry Lepold

November 18 25 Cheshvan Sidney Gordon, Lillian Moskowitz, Charlene Novick, Mary Perlman, Jay Shuer

November 19 26 Cheshvan Violet Forman, Joseph Guttman, George Lewis, Sollie Mann, Theodore Steinberg

November 20 27 Cheshvan Harry Bloom, Philip Burg, Helen Cohen, Michael Cohen, Doris Grossman, Israel Horowitz, Sydney Schwartzberg

November 21 28 Cheshvan Leonard Davis, Anna Dorf, Harry Fogel, Harry Glattke, Charles Gold, Sharon Hansen, Ruth Kalkstein, Abram Ruzitsky

November 22 29 Cheshvan Harry Klapfish, Julia Lewis, Martin Moskowitz

November 23 1 Kislev Gerald Brookenthal, Emil S. Epstein, Janine Herman, Bernice Richman, Edward Rosenberg, Barry Russell

November 24 2 Kislev Benjamin Goldberg, Irving Kastin, Ruth Kastin, Rea Shall

November 25 3 Kislev Dr. Roseline Intrater, Belle Rosen

November 26 4 Kislev Morris Rosenthal

November 27 5 Kislev Selma Boyk, Minnie Newman, Leo Perelman

November 28 6 Kislev Peter Levin, Katharina Tauber

November 29 7 Kislev Dorothy Eisen, Lena Goldman, Robert Levy, Harry Munster, Max Ravin

November 30 8 Kislev Rose Cohen, Israel Garber, Jerome Gerber, Max Mainwold, David Swolsky

CHESED COMMITTEE OF CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL

Congregation B’nai Israel’s Chesed Committee assists our members, who have

no family support, by…

• Helping to prepare a meal when a member is seriously ill with short term

needs or a terminal illness

• Comforting you when your loved one is acutely ill in the hospital or

nursing home

• Assisting with contacting family and friends

• Providing support and guidance during and after the funeral and Shiva

• Ensuring a minyan at the cemetery as well as Shiva

• House-sitting during the funeral

• Helping prepare the meal, for the immediate family, following the funeral

Please note that all requests for assistance should be initiated by calling the CBI

office and clergy for arrangements.

LOVING

KINDNESS

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Take a few moments to confirm your contact information with CBI. We are updating

our records to include emails, cell phone numbers and winter mailing addresses.

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CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL BULLETIN 6525 Sylvania Ave Sylvania OH 43560

Address Service Requested

Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage

PAID Sylvania, OH Permit No. 42

November 2nd Sisterhood 2.0 Girls’ Night Out at Bravo’s - 8 p.m.

November 2nd Sukkah Removal

November 3rd Adam Levine Presentation for Adult Education

November 5th USY Movie Night

November 7th Shabbat Luck

November 8th New Baby & Tot Shabbat

November 9th Jewish Film Festival

November 10th Adult Education with Hazzan Lichterman

November 15th Rabbi Jason Miller and Veteran’s Shabbat

November 16th USY Battle of the Sexes

November 20th Board Meeting

November 23rd 150th Committee Meeting

November 27-28 Office Closed (Thanksgiving)

CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL STAFF

Ivor Lichterman ............................................................ Hazzan [email protected]

Howard Rosenbaum ...................................... Minyan Leader

Kim Brody ...................................... Religious School Principal [email protected]

Michelle Carr ..................................................... Administrator [email protected]

Rhoda Miller .................. Community Outreach Coordinator [email protected]

Rachel Noleff/Brynna Post .................... Co-Youth Directors [email protected]

Cindy Robertson ...................................... Sisterhood 2.0 Rep

Bruce Post ....................................................... Men’s Club Rep

Sam Zack ........................................................... USY President

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President .................................................................. Jeff Bauer

Vice President of Administration ................ Alix Greenblatt

Vice President of Religious Affairs ............. Ellen Federman

Vice President of Youth Activities .............. Michael Portnoy Secretary .................................................. Stephen Goldberg

Treasurer ......................................................... Chuck Traugott

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Stuart Brody, David Friedes, Marc Glasser, Jill Kripke, Michael Leizerman, Bruce Post, Sharon Rappaport, Howard Rosenberg, Jerry Russell, Debbie Spangenthal, Fran Weinblatt; Honorary Trustees: Phyllis Diamond, Howard Rosenbaum

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