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March – April 2015 Vol. 66 No. 4 Adar – Iyar 5775
2015 PASSOVER SERVICE SCHEDULE
EREV SHABBAT HAGADOL SERVICE FRIDAY, MARCH 27 8:00 PM
SHABBAT MORNING HAGADOL SERVICE SATURDAY, MARCH 28 9:45 AM
SIYUM - FAST OF THE FIRSTBORN HELD AT TEMPLE EMANUEL
FRIDAY, APRIL 3
7:00 AM
NO EVENING SERVICE DUE TO FIRST SEDER FRIDAY, APRIL 3
1ST
DAY PASSOVER MORNING SHABBAT SERVICE SATURDAY, APRIL 4 9:45 AM
NO EVENING SERVICE DUE TO SECOND SEDER COMMUNITY SEDER AT TEMPLE BETH RISHON
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
2ND
DAY PASSOVER MORNING SERVICE SUNDAY, APRIL 5 9:30 AM
7TH
DAY PASSOVER EVENING SERVICE THURS, APRIL 9 8:00 PM
7TH
DAY PASSOVER MORNING SERVICE FRIDAY, APRIL 10 9:30 AM
8TH
DAY PASSOVER EVENING SHABBAT SERVICE FRIDAY, APRIL 10 8:00 PM
8TH
DAY PASSOVER MORNING SHABBAT SERVICE
INCL YIZKOR SATURDAY, APRIL 11 9:45 AM
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The Bulletin of Temple Emanuel 87 Overlook Drive
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey
Rabbi Benjamin J. Shull Rabbi Emeritus Dr. Andre Ungar Cantor Mark Biddelman Director of Cong. Ed. Rabbi Shelley Kniaz Early Childhood Director Amy Fingeret Executive Director Richard Tannenbaum President Mark Tanchel Sisterhood President Dina Madonick Men’s Club President Brian Friedman/Jason Gross Advertising Marlene Denker
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Shull to Shul
Passover and Telling Our Story
There are many ways to tell a
story. Take for example, Hayim
Yankel the kvetcher. All morning
he would tell his wife, “Oy, do my
feet hurt”, He would go to his work
as a tailor, return home, take a nice
bath, soak his feet in soothing water
and feel much better. His wife
would come home and all evening Hayim Yankel would
say to his wife “Oy, did my feet hurt”. Hayim Yankel was
an expert at accentuating the negative
Yes, there are many ways to tell our personal story and
many ways to tell our communal story. You may have
heard of the “Lachrymose Theory of Jewish history.” First
there was this tragedy, then that expulsion, then that
disaster. Surely, the Jewish people have experienced many
difficulties but pain and suffering is not the sum total of
our time here on earth.
This issue of storytelling is raised in Mishna Pesachim
10, the rabbinic source for the Passover haggadah. There
we are instructed, “…begin with shame and end with
praise.” That is all we are told about the content of the
telling. It’s pretty bare bones and rather odd. Why this
terse instruction?
In my opinion, the ancient Rabbis gave this terse
instruction because they knew very well the Jewish people
and our propensity for seeing a dark cloud behind every
silver lining. They knew that we might tell the Passover
as the characters Reuven and Shimon might have told it.
Reuven and Shimon were two Israelites from a
rabbinic tale about the crossing of the sea. Instead of
seeing the miracle around them, all they could see was
mud on their sandals. Instead of looking up, all they could
do was look down. Instead of seeing miracles, they saw
mud.
“Begin with degradation and end with praise.” There
are many ways to tell a story, many ways to see our lives.
The Rabbis encourage us to look forward and not
backward, upward and not downward. They frame our
time with God as moving from darkness to light, from
slavery to freedom.
Telling the story this way reframes our world. We
may be enslaved, but next year we will be free. We may
be here, but next year we will be in Jerusalem. God did
not take us out of Egypt just once. God is always
liberating us from Egypt.
Wishing you and yours a joyous season of our
freedom! B’Shalom,
LOOKING FOR THE PASSOVER GUIDE?? – SEE THE
LINK IN THE E-LETTER! ANY QUESTIONS, CONTACT
THE TEMPLE OFFICE.
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Cantor’s Corner
Continuing in the path of my life’s
journey as Cantor of Temple Emanuel,
this month, I will share with you an
article that I wrote in 2001, outlining
my first 35 years.
The year 2001, (a year that used
to sound so futuristic) marks my
35th anniversary as a certified
cantor and as Cantor of Temple
Emanuel. I graduated from the School of Sacred Music of
the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in
June of 1967 and I officiated at High Holy Day services in
Westwood the following September. It was the beginning
of a fruitful and fulfilling career that has spanned over
three decades and one that I hope will continue years into
the future.
I came to this community during the turbulent sixties
of Vietnam and the Israeli six-day war and it was an
exciting if not troubling time to begin a professional
career. Temple Emanuel, the Jewish Community of
Westwood occupied two buildings on Washington
Avenue. The congregation numbered approximately 300
families of traditionally oriented Jews in a sleepy
suburban community. Six years earlier the temple had
engaged a dynamic young man from Hungary, via
England, South Africa, Canada and Newark, as their rabbi
and he was speaking his mind on topics ranging from
integration to the Vietnam war to Israeli politics. He was
and still is a controversial speaker who used the college
campus, radio and TV as well as the pulpit to voice his
somewhat controversial views. In Rabbi Ungar, the
temple had found a respected and talented man to guide
them spiritually and intellectually.
What the congregation needed now was someone
to represent the congregation in the community side by
side with the rabbi to reach their souls in worship, to
enrich their lives with Jewish music, to stimulate and
educate vis a vis Jewish worship, and to teach their
children the skills needed to become B'nai Mitzvah.
Somehow, this awesome responsibility fell to me, 24 years
old and wet behind the ears. I was young and full of ideas,
having just completed five years of intensive training in
the cantorate. I was ready for the responsibilities with
which the congregation had charged me. My first year
was a year of settling in. In November, Rabbi Ungar
presided over my marriage to Bette. I wasn't engaged
when I accepted the position the previous spring, and I
have been told, that this was a disappointment to many of
the mothers of eligible daughters in the congregation. I
began learning the customs and music of the congregation
so that there would be a smooth transition and the
worshipers would feel comfortable. I taught in the
Hebrew school and made many new friends among the
children and their parents. We were beginning a
relationship that has lasted all these years.
The next few years were years of change. When I
arrived on the scene, I was a clean cut college boy, and
under the influence of the Woodstock generation, I began
to let my hair grow. Many of you from that era may
remember my "Afro" hairstyle. The comments and raised
eyebrows when I came to synagogue on my motorcycle
are legendary. What kind of an influence and role model
for the children was this young "hippie" cantor? I was
"doing my thing" and I had a great rapport with the
students in the Hebrew school.
During the second half of that first year, I began
introducing new melodies into the Friday and Saturday
worship services to educate the congregants and make
them aware of the vast repertoire of Jewish music. It was
about this time that I began to experiment with writing
my own music to the ancient texts. In 1970, I began
composing my folk-rock service. I will be presenting its’
30th Anniversary performance this April and I will write
an article explaining the circumstances which motivated
me to begin this project, so I won't go into details now. I
felt that a new format had to be tried to reach our young
people as well as their parents who didn't quite
understand or relate to the traditional service. With the
introduction of musical instruments, I was able to broaden
the scope of music used in services and to shed some of
the nineteenth century European based music. I
introduced settings of contemporary composers such as
Ernest Bloch, Leonard Bernstein, Isadore Freed, and Lazar
Weiner.
Our congregation was rapidly growing and we had to
rent the Westwood High School for our overflow service. I
conducted the services in Washington Township. Rabbi
Ungar conducted services at our Westwood facility,
assisted by Cantor David Lieberman z”l. Rabbi Ungar
shuttled back and forth to deliver the sermon. My
responsibilities increased as the congregation added
members. continued on page 4. . .
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Cantor’s Corner continued from page 3. . .
In August of 1971, just two months after the premier of
my folk-rock service, Bette gave birth to our daughter
Tara (now Terra). We had her baby naming in the small
schul in Westwood, one of the fond memories that
location has for me and my family as well as friends and
congregants who were present. As new younger families
moved into the area, Temple Emanuel was their
synagogue of choice. It seems that the combination of
Rabbi Ungar and me as spiritual leaders along with Rabbi
Kanig as Educational Director and a dynamic lay
leadership appealed to the arriving Jewish families.
During the seventies, our membership expanded to
approximately 500 families and we outgrew our facilities
in Westwood.
The move, twenty years ago, up to the hill in Woodcliff
Lake was a soul stirring experience for everyone involved.
The procession with the torahs began as I sounded the
shofar. The congregation marched through Washington
Township, Hillsdale and Woodcliff Lake. I was aboard a
flatbed truck at the head of the huge crowd and led the
singing accompanied by an Israeli band.
As an inaugural service in our new facility, our leaders
asked me to perform the folk-rock service and it was
presented on the Friday evening prior to our march up the
hill. The main sanctuary was not completed; it would take
several months to complete that goal. We held the service
downstairs in the social hall, which was a gymnasium at
that time. The gym was filled to capacity.
During the twenty years that we have been on the hill,
we have grown and expanded our building. We have
added a young family service each month on Friday eve
and a family service on each of the High Holy Days. We
have engaged an associate rabbi, Rabbi Andrew Bloom, to
address the needs of our young families, assist in life cycle
events and work with our adults and youngsters in the
Hebrew school and continuing education.
Innovation has always been a priority in my
responsibilities and when the opportunity arose in the
80’s and 90’s, I helped promote our egalitarian mission by
training many of our woman members in conducting
services for the High Holy Days, daily minyan and
Shabbat. In 1989, I formed a volunteer choir that performs
regularly during the year at services and represents the
community at the Thanksgiving interfaith service in the
area. Through my Continuing Education classes, I have
taught many men and women to chant from torah,
haftarah, and megillath Esther on Purim as well as music
history and prayer skills. It has been my privilege to
educate those who dedicate themselves to the
perpetuation of our Jewish heritage.
The pleasures and rewards of working in a
community for over three decades are great. I have taught
the children of past students, married them and named
their babies. The family of Temple Emanuel is truly a part
of my family as I am a part of theirs. Births and deaths,
bar and bat mitzvahs and weddings are some of the
events I have shared with this larger family and hope to
continue to do so for many years to come. I thank the
entire community for allowing me the privilege of serving
in the manner in which God has chosen me to contribute.
B'manginot Alizot
VAV STUDENTS (6TH GRADERS) PARTICIPATE IN THE
KEHILLAH PROGRAM
Vav students from Temple Emanuel participated in the
Kehillah program held on January 25th. They learned
what it is like to be a part of a Kehillah (community)
when they worked with 6th grade students from other
participating Bergen County synagogues. Students first
discussed some prayers and then created an individual
piece of art that was inspired by one of the prayers,
including the Shema, MaTovu and others. Then our
students came together to place their individual works of
art onto a canvas. They worked together by painting the
canvas and used various materials for their collage
creating a beautiful work of judaica art!
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President’s Message We are in the midst of winter:
the days are short, the temperature
is cold, and snow abounds. And
yet, as I write my submission for
The Bulletin, today is Tu B’Shevat, a
day on which we both celebrate
nature and in doing so anticipate
the coming Spring with the promise
of longer days, a warming sun and
the blossoming of color with the
renewal of plant life. It is exciting to anticipate the change
of seasons yet to come.
For us as a Congregation, this is a year of great change.
As we continue to celebrate Cantor Biddelman, we
anticipate the change that will occur with his retirement.
Our committed search committee has worked diligently to
narrow the candidate field, and we anticipate presenting
the finalists to the congregation in late February and
March. I encourage as many of you as possible to attend
Friday night or Shabbat morning services of the audition
weekends in order to be able to add your voice to the final
decision of the selection process.
I am looking forward to an extremely successful gala
dinner May 9th, as a climax to our Year of Song and
Celebration. I hope that our Tribute Journal to the Cantor
will surpass all expectations. Of course it is a fundraiser
for the synagogue, but it is also a very special opportunity
to express warmth and gratitude to Cantor Biddelman
who has devoted his professional life to us as a
community, and to our individual families at times of
sorrow and simcha over the years. One of the many
important lessons we have learned from Rabbi Shull is the
importance of expressing gratitude.
Stay safe and warm through the remaining weeks of
winter. As Spring approaches, remember that change
promises great opportunity for us to move forward as a
congregation. I look forward, with you, to harness every
chance presented to me to act to strengthen our
community.
Religious School News
Pray (and Sing) for Good
Health
It's official: TIME.com cited a
recent study (published in this
January’s Journal of Religion and
Health) which found that Jews who
are affiliated with a synagogue and
attend services report better health
than unaffiliated Jews -- regardless
of denomination.(1)
“People with a strong sense of religious identity and
who participate in their faith seem to do better, on
average, than people without an active spiritual life,”
wrote Dr. Jeff Levin, director of the Baylor Institute’s
Program on Religion and Population Health and professor
of epidemiology and population health, who conducted
the study.
A comprehensive review in 2013 of 200 studies
conducted by major universities and research institutions
may help explain this fact: regular singing, especially in
groups, can elevate mood, increase immunity and provide
an excellent workout for your brain, among other
benefits.(2)
Listening to enjoyable music stimulates the release of
dopamine (the "happiness" brain neurochemical) while
singing can: increase levels of Immunoglobulin A,
decrease levels of stress, increase levels of oxytocin and
regulate heart and respiration rate.
Singfit.com reports that "the benefits of singing
regularly seem to be cumulative. In one study, singers
were found to have lower levels of cortisol, indicating
lower stress. A very preliminary investigation suggesting
that our heart rates may sync up during group singing
could also explain why singing together sometimes feels
like a guided group meditation. Study after study has
found that singing relieves anxiety and contributes to
quality of life."(3)
You don’t even have to be a good singer! According to
a 2005 study, group singing “can produce satisfying and
therapeutic sensations even when the sound produced by
the vocal instrument is of mediocre quality.”(5)
But I don't know the words, the tune, how to read
Hebrew or what the words mean.
So what to do? You can certainly enjoy listening to
Cantor Biddelman; take advantage of our last few months
with him as our Hazzan! Cantor Biddelman and Susan continued on page 6. . .
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Religious School News continued from page 5. . .
Liebeskind have transliterated our Friday night prayers;
their booklet is always available in a basket in the back of
the sanctuary. The English translation is in the Siddur for
your perusal. With frequent repetition, singing also
allows you to learn the words by ear, but humming or
singing "La La La" works, too! If you want more, join my
beginning Hebrew reading class for adults on Tuesdays at
11 am at the Jewish Home in River Vale or request one at
another time. We have also held classes in the meaning
and development of our prayers and the organization of
the prayerbook. Let us know if you are interested and we
will find a time to teach. But most of all, Come! Be
together and sing out! ---------------------------------------------------------------
1 http://ideas.time.com/2013/08/16/singing-changes-your-brain/ 2 “The neurochemistry of music” (A meta study) Mona Lisa Chanda
and Daniel J. Levitin, Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Trends in Cognitive Science, April 2013
3 http://singfit.com/clinical-research-on-the-benefits-of-singing/ 4 "Effects of group singing and performance for marginalized and
middle-class singers," Betty A. Bailey, and Jane W. Davidson, both of the Department of Music, University of Sheffield, UK
Religious School Rosh Chodesh Service led by students
will be called to the Torah. . .
March 7, 2015
Robert Ellis Lives in Upper Saddle River with mother,
Lisa, father, David, sisters, Lauren, 14 and
Amanda, 10…is a seventh grader at
Cavallini Middle School…interests include
skiing, football, swimming, running, music
…Ambition: to be a doctor… Community
Service Projects: soup kitchen in New York
City, packaging food for under privileged
Jewish families. “My Bar Mitzvah is the
beginning of my independence and making good decisions in
my life.”
March 28, 2015
Audrey Haber Lives in Upper Saddle River with mother,
Adine, father, Jeff, brothers, Jacob, 18, Benny,
16, and Matthew, 14…interests include singing,
writing, tennis, swimming…Ambition: move to
Los Angeles and pursue a career in
singing…Youth Group: girl scouts…School
Activities: newspaper. “I am looking forward
to family and friends from near and far to come
and celebrate this special day with me.”
April 18, 2015
Max Runyon Lives in Saddle River with mother,
Laurie and father, Guy…brothers are
Michael, Adam, Todd, David and
Brandon…is a seventh grader at
Cavallini Middle School…interests
include sports, sneakers,
entrepreneurship…Ambition: to be a
good son, friend, father, and make a
positive difference in the world…School
Activities: Pop Warner football,
Wolverines basketball. “Becoming a Bar Mitzvah is the
culmination of my years of Jewish education at Temple Emanuel
and feels very gratifying. Having never missed religious school
for more than eight years straight was hard but worth it. Being
Jewish makes me feel special and responsible for preserving
Jewish traditions.” “If you are not a better person tomorrow than
you are today, what need have you for a tomorrow?” – Rebbe Nachman
of Breslov
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I N M E M O R I A M
Yahrzeit List – March & April
Edna Freedman 3/1/2015 Adar 10
Jerold Granatoor 3/1/2015 Adar 10
Stanley Horowitz 3/1/2015 Adar 10
Fannie Ticho 3/1/2015 Adar 10
Leo Rosen 3/1/2015 Adar 10
Al Harris 3/1/2015 Adar 10
Emanuel Barth 3/2/2015 Adar 11
Edith Brotman 3/2/2015 Adar 11
Emanuel Hohauser 3/2/2015 Adar 11
Michael Soussa 3/2/2015 Adar 11
Isaac Troy 3/2/2015 Adar 11
Rose Rubenstein 3/2/2015 Adar 11
Shota Elson 3/3/2015 Adar 12
Marjorye Ruth Goldstein 3/3/2015 Adar 12
Irving Golub 3/3/2015 Adar 12
Pauline Gubman 3/3/2015 Adar 12
Alex Kaufman 3/3/2015 Adar 12
Irving Levinson 3/3/2015 Adar 12
Rose Ofsowitz 3/3/2015 Adar 12
Lena Kaplan 3/3/2015 Adar 12
Irwin Gerstenfeld 3/4/2015 Adar 13
Selma Liebeskind 3/4/2015 Adar 13
Carole Mayer 3/4/2015 Adar 13
Pearl Messinger 3/4/2015 Adar 13
Robert Nathan 3/4/2015 Adar 13
Eveline Neumann-Adler 3/4/2015 Adar 13
Helen Pollack 3/4/2015 Adar 13
Bertha Sussmann 3/4/2015 Adar 13
Edith Tunick 3/4/2015 Adar 13
Paul Levy 3/4/2015 Adar 13
Max Schnitzer 3/4/2015 Adar 13
Peter Berenson 3/5/2015 Adar 14
Richard Klein 3/5/2015 Adar 14
Sam Levin 3/5/2015 Adar 14
William Paul 3/5/2015 Adar 14
Monica Siegham Pestrong 3/5/2015 Adar 14
Ismar Pick 3/5/2015 Adar 14
Leona Richmond 3/5/2015 Adar 14
Sarah Berman 3/6/2015 Adar 15
Nathan Blecher 3/6/2015 Adar 15
Esther Funes 3/6/2015 Adar 15
James Geiger 3/6/2015 Adar 15
Rose Newman 3/6/2015 Adar 15
Dorothy Shapiro 3/6/2015 Adar 15
Sarah Slapack 3/6/2015 Adar 15
Marjorie Weissman 3/6/2015 Adar 15
Jack Antonoff 3/7/2015 Adar 16
Douglas Kessler 3/7/2015 Adar 16
Meyer Kessler 3/7/2015 Adar 16
Joan Millstein 3/7/2015 Adar 16
Clara Reiff 3/7/2015 Adar 16
Freda Ackerman 3/8/2015 Adar 17
Florence Gitkin 3/8/2015 Adar 17
Dorothy Sluter 3/8/2015 Adar 17
Sylvia Zane 3/8/2015 Adar 17
Sherwood Belford 3/8/2015 Adar 17
William Glunts 3/9/2015 Adar 18
Dorothy Perkel 3/9/2015 Adar 18
Martin Popowitz 3/9/2015 Adar 18
Murray Gold 3/10/2015 Adar 19
Harold LeVine 3/10/2015 Adar 19
George Luber 3/10/2015 Adar 19
Jack Oshinsky 3/10/2015 Adar 19
Leonard Port 3/10/2015 Adar 19
Julia Sacks 3/10/2015 Adar 19
Irma Wisnia 3/10/2015 Adar 19
Ronald Swenson 3/10/2015 Adar 19
Hyman Cohen 3/11/2015 Adar 20
Esther Frumer 3/11/2015 Adar 20
Bernard Kuropatkin 3/11/2015 Adar 20
Doris Lempert 3/11/2015 Adar 20
Walter Loria 3/11/2015 Adar 20
Mac Materetsky 3/11/2015 Adar 20
Paula Shiffman 3/11/2015 Adar 20
Julius Spirer 3/11/2015 Adar 20
Ella Strassheim 3/11/2015 Adar 20
Bessie Albert 3/12/2015 Adar 21
Carole Chapin 3/12/2015 Adar 21
Benjamin Cohn 3/12/2015 Adar 21
Stephen Goldberg 3/12/2015 Adar 21
David Jurdem 3/12/2015 Adar 21
Helene Postman 3/12/2015 Adar 21
Fay Potolsky 3/12/2015 Adar 21
Tsipora Ajiashvili 3/13/2015 Adar 22
Sonia Barnett 3/13/2015 Adar 22
Ida Freilich 3/13/2015 Adar 22
William Fultonberg 3/13/2015 Adar 22
Bertha Kerner 3/13/2015 Adar 22
Elizabeth Leonard 3/13/2015 Adar 22
Leila G. Simon 3/13/2015 Adar 22
Pearl Miller 3/13/2015 Adar 22
Jerome Greenbaum 3/14/2015 Adar 23
Eric Leiner 3/14/2015 Adar 23
Claire Rubenstein 3/14/2015 Adar 23
Helen Berger 3/15/2015 Adar 24
Alex Desatnik 3/15/2015 Adar 24
Irving Knoll 3/15/2015 Adar 24
Bernard Massarsky 3/15/2015 Adar 24
Emma Gladstone 3/16/2015 Adar 25
Harold Silverman 3/16/2015 Adar 25
Edythe Scharfstein 3/16/2015 Adar 25
Ethel Blumenthal 3/17/2015 Adar 26
Emma Cohen 3/17/2015 Adar 26
Morris Bushell 3/18/2015 Adar 27
Nettie Gross 3/18/2015 Adar 27
Eva Hasenfeld 3/18/2015 Adar 27
Ida Rosenkoff 3/18/2015 Adar 27
Anna Stein 3/18/2015 Adar 27
Kathy Blau 3/19/2015 Adar 28
Esther Blech 3/19/2015 Adar 28
Leo Breidenbach 3/19/2015 Adar 28
Ida Garelick 3/19/2015 Adar 28
Louis A. Kaplan 3/19/2015 Adar 28
Bernard Mills 3/19/2015 Adar 28
Albert A. Warren 3/19/2015 Adar 28
Winifred Hassan 3/20/2015 Adar 29
Frances Rostholder 3/20/2015 Adar 29
Herbert Silodor 3/20/2015 Adar 29
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Emily Sobin 3/20/2015 Adar 29
Fay Deutsch 3/20/2015 Adar 29
William Miller 3/20/2015 Adar 29
Erna Heyman 3/21/2015 Nisan 1
Celia Nussbaum 3/21/2015 Nisan 1
Irene Pestrong 3/21/2015 Nisan 1
Rabbi Kanig 3/21/2015 Nisan 1
Lena Bialkin 3/22/2015 Nisan 2
I. Lewis Cohen 3/22/2015 Nisan 2
Pauline Gold 3/22/2015 Nisan 2
Vicky Cohen 3/23/2015 Nisan 3
Maxine Dubnick 3/23/2015 Nisan 3
Jacob Gillman 3/23/2015 Nisan 3
Evelyn Singer 3/23/2015 Nisan 3
Samuel Sklover 3/23/2015 Nisan 3
Elliot Soldano 3/23/2015 Nisan 3
Sidney Fischer 3/24/2015 Nisan 4
Henre Freeman 3/25/2015 Nisan 5
Isidor Levere 3/25/2015 Nisan 5
Jeanne White 3/25/2015 Nisan 5
Harold Berman 3/26/2015 Nisan 6
Frances Kleiner 3/26/2015 Nisan 6
Sadie Miller Kozinn 3/26/2015 Nisan 6
Omi Edith Vogel 3/26/2015 Nisan 6
Esther Kaplan 3/26/2015 Nisan 6
Lillian Ellis 3/27/2015 Nisan 7
Leonard Glick 3/27/2015 Nisan 7
Leonard Glick 3/27/2015 Nisan 7
Mary Botwin 3/28/2015 Nisan 8
Harold Hopp 3/28/2015 Nisan 8
Stanley Siegelman 3/28/2015 Nisan 8
Harry Cohen 3/28/2015 Nisan 8
Leon Benado 3/29/2015 Nisan 9
Mary Flanzman 3/29/2015 Nisan 9
Ada Josephy 3/29/2015 Nisan 9
Bertha Meyrowitz 3/29/2015 Nisan 9
Abraham Ruzinsky 3/29/2015 Nisan 9
Marvin Rubenstein 3/29/2015 Nisan 9
Yetta Schwartz 3/30/2015 Nisan 10
Burton Shereck 3/30/2015 Nisan 10
Bessie Kaufman 3/31/2015 Nisan 11
Eleanor Lichter Heyman 3/31/2015 Nisan 11
Ethel Miller 3/31/2015 Nisan 11
Robert Schilling 3/31/2015 Nisan 11
Sasoun Soussa 3/31/2015 Nisan 11
Lynda Camhi 3/31/2015 Nisan 11
Ida Davidoff 4/1/2015 Nisan 12
Rebecca Friedman 4/1/2015 Nisan 12
Daniel Gitkin 4/1/2015 Nisan 12
Gladys Levin 4/1/2015 Nisan 12
Eleanore Speck 4/1/2015 Nisan 12
Sofie Widman 4/1/2015 Nisan 12
Janet Cohen 4/2/2015 Nisan 13
Edith Goldsmith 4/2/2015 Nisan 13
Deborah Botwin 4/3/2015 Nisan 14
Rubin Cohen 4/3/2015 Nisan 14
Charles Emanuel 4/3/2015 Nisan 14
Sarah Glicksman 4/4/2015 Nisan 15
Nathan J. Lustigman 4/4/2015 Nisan 15
Harry Rolfe 4/4/2015 Nisan 15
Sylvia Bloom 4/5/2015 Nisan 16
Sanford Cohen 4/5/2015 Nisan 16
Milton Levine 4/5/2015 Nisan 16
Charles Walter 4/5/2015 Nisan 16
Erna Cole 4/6/2015 Nisan 17
Hella Mendel 4/6/2015 Nisan 17
Michael Ofsowitz 4/6/2015 Nisan 17
Jerome Korn 4/7/2015 Nisan 18
Joseph Mintzies 4/7/2015 Nisan 18
Grace Schiff 4/7/2015 Nisan 18
Bobby Strigo 4/7/2015 Nisan 18
Sheldon Allison 4/8/2015 Nisan 19
Clara Fishman 4/8/2015 Nisan 19
Gary W. Gray 4/8/2015 Nisan 19
Sophie Lieberman 4/8/2015 Nisan 19
Robert Sharfstein 4/8/2015 Nisan 19
Kate Romanoff 4/9/2015 Nisan 20
Samuel Cimmet 4/10/2015 Nisan 21
Alan Fingerman 4/10/2015 Nisan 21
Lillie Perkal 4/10/2015 Nisan 21
Jack Rapaport 4/10/2015 Nisan 21
Jennie Sall 4/10/2015 Nisan 21
Herbert Silberman 4/10/2015 Nisan 21
Mary Strycouski 4/10/2015 Nisan 21
David Alter 4/11/2015 Nisan 22
Benjamin Goldring 4/11/2015 Nisan 22
Samuel Leibowitz 4/11/2015 Nisan 22
Bertha Mendeloff 4/11/2015 Nisan 22
Irving Rosenfelt 4/11/2015 Nisan 22
Morris Schwartz 4/11/2015 Nisan 22
Naima Soussa 4/11/2015 Nisan 22
Mildred Paul 4/12/2015 Nisan 23
Harry Sternberg 4/12/2015 Nisan 23
Alfred Stewart 4/12/2015 Nisan 23
Henry Tandy 4/12/2015 Nisan 23
William Glazer 4/12/2015 Nisan 23
Hannah Mills 4/13/2015 Nisan 24
Lena Gordon 4/13/2015 Nisan 24
Gary Levant 4/13/2015 Nisan 24
Rose Gladstein 4/14/2015 Nisan 25
Issac Smith 4/14/2015 Nisan 25
Lou (Ludwig) Walter 4/14/2015 Nisan 25
Alice Bessen 4/14/2015 Nisan 25
Peter Wallach 4/14/2015 Nisan 25
Sadie Keller 4/15/2015 Nisan 26
Alexander Seigel 4/15/2015 Nisan 26
Ann Cutler 4/16/2015 Nisan 27
Fischel Fischbein Fam. 4/16/2015 Nisan 27
Renee Kissler 4/16/2015 Nisan 27
Samuel Nevins 4/16/2015 Nisan 27
Rubin Reicher 4/16/2015 Nisan 27
Odille Ross 4/16/2015 Nisan 27
Steven F Ticho 4/16/2015 Nisan 27
Leonora Messer 4/16/2015 Nisan 27
Elliot Botwin 4/17/2015 Nisan 28
Sadie Ballinger 4/18/2015 Nisan 29
Isadore Berger 4/18/2015 Nisan 29
Irving Friedman 4/18/2015 Nisan 29
Walter Heskins 4/18/2015 Nisan 29
Hannah Heyman 4/18/2015 Nisan 29
Margaret Sasson 4/18/2015 Nisan 29
Seymour Kazan 4/19/2015 Nisan 30
David K. Kleiner 4/19/2015 Nisan 30
Arnold Kopeloff 4/19/2015 Nisan 30
Daniel Grossmann 4/19/2015 Nisan 30
Ronald Albert 4/19/2015 Iyar 1
Robert Fingerman 4/20/2015 Iyar 1
Irene Yaker 4/20/2015 Iyar 1
Marcia Sitzer 4/21/2015 Iyar 2
Isabelle Allison 4/22/2015 Iyar 3
Herb Arginatar 4/22/2015 Iyar 3
Ruth R. Gottlieb 4/23/2015 Iyar 4
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Harry Kaufman 4/23/2015 Iyar 4
George Warshaw 4/23/2015 Iyar 4
Ben Hofstadter 4/24/2015 Iyar 5
Minnie Stern 4/24/2015 Iyar 5
Ida Kaufman 4/25/2015 Iyar 6
Jack Markman 4/25/2015 Iyar 6
Sam Perlman 4/26/2015 Iyar 7
Paul Robbins 4/26/2015 Iyar 7
Shirley Siegelman 4/26/2015 Iyar 7
David Keeperman 4/27/2015 Iyar 8
Paul LaPoff 4/27/2015 Iyar 8
Fanny Nestler 4/27/2015 Iyar 8
Julian Steinfeld 4/27/2015 Iyar 8
Abesalom Ajiashvili 4/28/2015 Iyar 9
Rebecca Carpenter 4/29/2015 Iyar 10
Minnie Kempner 4/29/2015 Iyar 10
Sadie Kolton 4/29/2015 Iyar 10
William Kurfist 4/29/2015 Iyar 10
Edward Levey 4/29/2015 Iyar 10
Ceilia Margolis 4/29/2015 Iyar 10
Hildegard Marx 4/29/2015 Iyar 10
Sara May 4/29/2015 Iyar 10
Frances Scheer 4/29/2015 Iyar 10
Irving M. Zorowitz 4/29/2015 Iyar 10
Shigeru Inagaki 4/29/2015 Iyar 10
Freda Levere 4/30/2015 Iyar 11
Dorothy S. Meyerson 4/30/2015 Iyar 11
Irving Siegel 4/30/2015 Iyar 11
Mary Tandy 4/30/2015 Iyar 11
Seymour Markowitz 4/30/2015 Iyar 11
Permits for the opening of
graves at Cedar Park Cemetery
are available through the
Temple Office Monday – Friday.
On weekends, please contact:
Simone Wilker, 201-497-3215.
A Welcoming Ceremony for new members was held
during the December 19th Shabbat/Chanukah service. It
was a special night as we welcomed the new member
families into our community. TEPV Executive Board
Members and Trustees wrapped tallit around them as
Rabbi Shull led an interactive ceremony that was both
participatory and heartwarming.
Early Childhood Program
With spring here we are
very excited to finally get to
plant in our greenhouse, built
this summer with funds raised
from our Parent’s Night Out.
This year’s event will finance
renovations and we are very
excited and appreciative.
Our “Two Without You”
class started in January and they are all settled in and
have separated from their
caregivers. This is such a
big step not only for the
children but for the adults
as well. With the
guidance of our caring,
nurturing staff this has
been a positive experience
for everyone.
Our Third Annual Tu
b’ Shevat Daddy and Me
Brunch was again a big success. This has become such a
wonderful event and we look forward to having the dads
enjoy the time together with their children.. We planted
parsley in the preschool in biodegradable containers
which we decorated. This goes along with our theme of
Tikun Olam which we carried over from last year as it is
one the children can really relate to. The children have
also been baking and we
have been donating it to the
Center for Hope and Safety.
We stress the importance
ofdoing things for others who
are less fortunate than
ourselves, as this is
something the children can
also understand. In keeping
with that, parents donated a
ton of toys to the Bergen
County toy drive. We feel
fortunate to have such caring, generous families.
Our new FREE story time which is held twice a month
on Thursdays from 11:15-12 continues to be a huge
success. We have had up to 12 children on some days.
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welcome them into our community. Playgroup for
infants continues on every other Friday from 10:15-11:15
and is also FREE! Check website for dates.
Purim is a favorite time of year in the preschool, it is a
happy holiday filled with fun! Each class makes
groggers and costumes some complete with masks. We
march around shaking our groggers so that evil Haman
goes away.
We are now enrolling for SUMMER CAMP for
children ages 2 and up. We will have parent-child
programs as well. This summer we are planning new
theme weeks and YOGA with Miss Wendy.
Registration for our EARLY CHILDHOOD
PROGRAM is also open. We accept children ages 2-5.
Please call Amy Fingeret at (201)391-8329 for information
on these programs.
B’Shalom
Amy Fingeret
Sisterhood Chai I feel like I can breathe a sigh of relief now that
January and February are over. Not that it hasn’t snowed
many times in the month of March, but at least I know
there is light at the end of the tunnel with April’s arrival
and the coming of spring. Despite some crazy winter
storms and much too much snow, Sisterhood had a
wonderful winter!
Among the highlights are Sisterhood Shabbat, our
Rosh Hodesh series, and our Purim Basket fundraiser.
We enjoyed a lovely and meaningful service at
Sisterhood Shabbat the morning after a huge snowstorm.
Attendance might have been down due to the snow, but
we had a great group of participants and attendees. We
hosted a Rosh Hodesh lunch and learned with the
Sisterhood from Temple Beth Or from their Cantor, Sarah
Silverberg, as she spoke about women's influence on
music and ritual in American Judaism. Finally, we all
came together for our biggest annual undertaking, our
Purim Basket fundraiser, and assembled and delivered
about 800 Purim Baskets!
I look forward to an equally busy and fulfilling
spring with events that include our final installment of
this year’s Rosh Hodesh series and our second annual
Sisterhood Tea, both scheduled for March, our Yom
Ha’Shoah Commemoration, a clothing drive, and our
spring book club all scheduled for April, closely
followed by our GrandPals program and a Mother’s
Day programming event in early May. I look forward
to seeing many of our ‘regulars’ at these events and I
also invite anyone who hasn’t participated to please
come out and join us. If you would like to get involved
but don’t know anyone or are not comfortable
attending alone, please reach out to me and I will be
happy to make some introductions in advance.
In closing, I would like to take this opportunity to
thank all of the people who have made our recent events
possible:
Michele Loskant and Lauren Gross for
organizing a wonderful Ladies Night Out Dinner at
Da Vinci’s Restaurant.
Ronnie Silver for organizing and hosting
our second of three Rosh Hodesh women’s study
groups. Thank you to Cantor Sarah Silverberg for
being our speaker and to the Sisterhood at Temple
Beth Or for joining us. Thanks also to Ronnie’s
committee that helped set up and clean up: Jordana
Engler, Berta Fromme, Michele Loskant and Diana
Rosner
Lisa Lonschein and Renee Friedman for
the wonderful job they did coordinating Sisterhood
Shabbat. Thank you to all of our participants,
whether you were able to be there physically or just
with us in spirit due to the weather conditions:
Rachel Baskin, Cari Brandon, Lisa Cohen, Melanie
Cohen, Rob Cohen, Debra Feiler, Diane Fond, Sandra
Forman, Cindy Fox, Heather Kaplin, Barbara
Kurman, Jen Levison, Susan Liebeskind, Michele
Loskant, Michelle Mandelman, Anita Nussbaum,
Elaine Padva, Robyn and Melissa Reifman, Rachel
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Rosner, Debbie Rubenstein, Traci Sachs,
Michelle Sicklick, Ronnie Silver, Alicia Simpson, Saige
Soskin, and Helen and Mark Tanchel
Wendy Zuckerberg for the excellent job
she did organizing the One Book, One Community
showing of “Snow in August”
Michele Loskant and Lauren Gross for
organizing our first ever painting party at Pinot’s
Palette
Debra Feiler, Diane Fond, Susan
Liebeskind, Michelle Mandelman, Karen Steinfeld,
our amazing Purim Basket Committee, as well as
everyone who donated their time and helped to
assemble and deliver baskets for another outstanding
fundraiser
As always, I encourage you to reach out to anyone on
the Sisterhood Board with ideas, feedback, or comments
on how we can make Sisterhood even better.
Wishing you all a wonderful Purim, Passover, and a
very happy spring,
Dina Madonick
Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Program with Cantor Silverberg
Sisterhood Donations
Community of Caring In honor of Patti Goldman, for the birth of her granddaughter,
by Susan & Pete Liebeskind
In honor of Elaine and Michael Padva’s 50th wedding
anniversary. Here’s to the next 50 - by Barry Blecher
In honor of Leta and Stan Sabin’s 50th wedding anniversary.
Here’s to the next 50 by Barry Blecher
In honor of Audrey and Steve Kurtz’s 50th wedding
anniversary. Here’s to the next 50 – by Barry Blecher
In memory of Iris Seligson, mother of Eileen Janowsky, by Irwin
& Sybil Grace
In memory of Lisa Lonschein’s dear father and aunt.
May their good names live on – by Barry Blecher.
TORAH FUND The Jewish Theological Seminary is more
than just a school of higher Jewish learning. As
information from the JTS itself says, their vision
is to “Join faith with inquiry, the covenant of
our ancestors with the creative insights of
today; intense involvement in the society and State of Israel
with devotion to the flowering of Judaism throughout the
world; service to the Jewish community, as well as to all of the
communities of which Jews are a part…”
In order to realize this great task, the original branch in New
York City is divided into a number of schools. The Rabbinical
School fully prepares its students to be Jewish leaders,
including spending a year in Jerusalem at the Schecter Institute
of Jewish Studies. The Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies
(with its dual-degree programs with Columbia and Barnard)
gives a rigorous education in the liberal arts and Jewish studies
in preparation for community leadership.
The Graduate School with the most extensive academic
program in advanced Judaica in North America awards
graduate degrees in 15 specialties. This gives graduates skills to
become leaders in various fields.
The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education
is this country’s largest school of Jewish education. It confers
both Masters and Doctoral degrees on students in various
aspects of Jewish education. The H.L. Miller Cantorial School
and College of Jewish Music trains people for all forms of
Jewish musical positions.
Keeping the JTS vital as it continues well into its second
century depends in part on us and all others who believe in the
importance of its mission. Thank you to the many additional
Temple Emanuel members who have contributed recently to
the Torah Fund of the Jewish Theological Seminary, and thanks,
again, to those who have previously donated.
Everyone who contributes to this year’s campaign insures
our Jewish future. A gift of $180 entitles the giver to a beautiful
Tree of Life pin. Every gift in any amount is gratefully received.
You can also choose to have your contribution be in honor of or
in memory of a loved one. We’ll be looking forward to hearing
from you.
Shalom from your Torah Fund co-chairs,
Debby Barcan (201) 666-1387 [email protected]
Eileen Mandel (845) 735-9582 [email protected]
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Torah Fund
BENEFACTORS
Deborah Barcan
Arlene Beckman
Cantor Mark Biddelman
Harold Borten
Melanie Cohen
Sybil Grace
Barbara Grossman
Barbara Kurman
Audrey Kurtz
Susan Maier
Eileen Mandel
Ilene Pakett
Susan Prince
Enid Ruzinsky
Sue Romanoff
Leta Sabin
David Seidenberg
Rabbi Benjamin Shull
Dolores Spirer
Jill Strassberg
Rona Weinberg
Harriet Zuckerman
SUPPORTERS
Lyn Birenbaum
Joyce Blumenthal
Selma Dubnick
Rita Elias
Helene Fishman
Diane Fond
Lyn Frankel
Berta Fromme
Linda Ganz
Leta Gordon
Florence Gosdin
Sara Heskins
Jodi Kestenbaum
Sylvia LeVine
Susan Liebeskind
Dina Madonick
Dan Mitnick
Elaine Padva
Harvey Peck
Robyn Reifman
Diana Rosner
Naomi Samkoff
Lois Shuman
Michelle Sicklick
Ronnie Silver
Alicia Simpson
Sachiko Soskin
Karen Steinfeld
Eileen Steinvurzel
Loretta Weinberg
JHSNNJ
Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey
Are you from Paterson, Wayne, Clifton, Passaic,
Fair Lawn, Teaneck, Leonia, Elmwood Park, Paramus?
Are you a member of Hadassah?
Are you interested in the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry?
Are you an historian interested in the development of the Jewish community of North Jersey?
Did you ever attend Camp Veritans, Camp PineCrest?
A “yes” to one or more of these questions, is your invitation to visit our extensive archive which includes all of the
above and much more in photos and in newspaper clipping.
The Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey is currently located in the basement of the Barnert Hospital in Paterson.
Hopefully we will move to a more commodious location in Fair Lawn in the near future. Our move is contingent on
raising sufficient funds to purchase our prospective “new home”. Donations to the society are appreciated.
Our annual gala honoring Moe Liss will be held on May12th at the YJCC in Washington Township. Please check our
website for more information. The gala is a great opportunity to meet old friends and make new ones as well as create
new memories.
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Keruv Corner
The Keruv Initiative is about
welcoming and accepting.
It is about welcoming people as they
are.
It is not about conversion. It is not about preventing
intermarriage.
By us, intermarriage may have already happened.
People will make their own choices.
The question is about engulfing, loving, and welcoming.
It is about the children and the grandchildren.
It is not about "What did I do wrong? " You didn't .
It is about where we are as Jews in the 21st century.
We are the boots on the ground. We are men and we are
women.
We care- about Judaism and our family
We exist in some extent in most of our families or
extended families.
Join us.
Thursday March 19, 2015
A cooking/preparing session in the kitchen making
easy Haroseth recipes from around the world
Bonus: Recipe Swap. Bring copies of your favorite Passover
recipe to share.
7:30 - 9:30PM, Host home needed
Monday, April 27, 2015
Parenting...Grandparenting continued: There is always
more to share and learn with our children and
grandchildren
7:30 - 9:30 PM, home of Susan and Carl Chaiken
Questions? RSVP please
Alayne Pick [email protected]
Congregational Trips
We have had an amazing year so far with bonding and
engaging the community on sold out trips.
On November 9, 2014, 62 congregants and friends
went to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum , out to
lunch,and saw It's Only a Play on Broadway.
On December 7,2014 , 73 congregants and friends
with their young children went to see Freckleface
Strawberry: the Musical at the Bergen Count Players
Theater in Oradell.
On Sunday March 22, 2015, 60 congregants will go to
see Larry David's performance of Fish in the Dark on
Broadway, a show about death in the family. Preceding
the theater , we will have a guided tour of Old Jewish
Harlem, including the Old Broadway Synagogue, Apollo
Theater, drive past homes of Harry Houdini, Shalom
Aleichem, Oscar Hammerstein, and Astor Row, and
lunch together. With our tour guidea Leslie and Rabbi
Leana Moritt on the bus, we will be able to have time for
in depth discussion about the Jewish perspective .
Watch for our next Congregational trip to the Lower
East side on May 3, 2015.
Questions?
Contact Alayne Pick or Gary Hirschberg
Rabbi André Ungar Scholarship Award
Applications for the Rabbi Ungar Scholarship Award
are accepted throughout the year. The committee
requires a statement of the goal of your project and the
relevancy of your project to perpetuating Jewish learning,
Israel affairs, or Jewish community services. We also
request a projected budget. The endowment stipulates
that recipients be either college or graduate students
whose project will impact the future of Jewish
scholarship, Jewish communal needs, Jewish education,
Israel advocacy or Israel studies. Applicants must be
members of our synagogue or the children of members.
Please email your application information to:
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Simchas
Temple Emanuel, Sisterhood, and Men’s Club wish a life full of simchas to: Elisa Haberman and Bradley Hirsch on Noah becoming a Bar Mitzvah.
Abby and Alan Leipsner on Emma becoming a Bat Mitzvah.
Erica and Howard Haber on Julia becoming a Bat Mitzvah.
Marcy and Michael Squadron on Harrison becoming a Bar Mitzvah.
Irene and Mark Rosen on the birth of their granddaughter, Phoebe Kate.
Linda and Harris Levy on the birth of their granddaughter.
Dolly and Andy Cooper on the upcoming marriage of their son, David.
Ilene and Howard Pakett on the upcoming marriage of their son, Jason to Anna Lee.
Shoshana and Abe Elson on their daughter’s engagement.
Patty Goldman and Steven Goldman on the birth of their granddaughter, Elle Rose.
Condolences
Temple Emanuel, Sisterhood, and Men’s Club extend sincere condolences to:
The family of Dr. Robert Pearson.
Debra Uribe on the loss of her father.
Ava Silverstein on the loss of her mother.
The family of Bob Kaplan.
Wayne Weinzoff on the loss of his mother.
Lori Rosen on the loss of her mother.
The family of Harriet Ross.
Eileen Janowsky on the loss of her mother.
Richard Wilkes on the loss of his father.
Robert Walsky on the loss of his mother.
Dear Fellow Congregants:
Thank you is not enough for the love and support that I received from our community during my recent illness-in our
synagogue I found such strength and warmth from both those I knew for years, and many I barely knew at all. The
phone calls, food, rides home from rehab, and visits helped me through something that came out of nowhere-although I
have grown children, my husband and family were broadsided by something we never saw coming. How unbelievably
lucky I am to be part of Temple Emanuel.
With much gratitude, Cindy Fox
Interested in sponsoring a Minyan Breakfast?
Are you interested in sponsoring a Sunday Minyan Breakfast? With a donation of $75, you can
sponsor a breakfast on a Sunday of your choice. Your contribution will be acknowledged with a
certificate. Please call the main office to schedule your date.
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THE TZEDAKAH CHARITY FUND OF TEMPLE EMANUEL helps meet urgent human needs and emergencies
within our congregation…and beyond. It is administered by Rabbi Shull at his sole discretion. In accordance
with classical Jewish principle, the identities of both contributors and recipients are kept in complete
confidence. All gifts are personally acknowledged and are tax-deductible. Checks should be made payable to
TZEDAKAH FUND OF TEMPLE EMANUEL and sent to the Temple, c/o Rabbi Benjamin Shull.
David Shore Memorial Fund
Barbara & Steven Green
General Fund
Ilene & Howard Pakett
Karen & Martin Kent
Leah & Len Mactas
Melanie & Jeff Cohen
The Rauch Family
Leah Mactas Fund of Temple Emanuel
Leah & Len Mactas
Lisa & Bruce Mactas
Rabbi Ungar Scholarship Fund
Sheila Sasson
Religious School Fund
Leah & Len Mactas
Shabbat Yachad Fund
Susan & Mark Bromberg
Yahrzeit Fund
Alan Cornell
Arlene Fultonberg
Barbara Grossman
Barry Schneck
Berthold Salz
Dan Mitnick
Dolly Cooper
Dolores Spirer
Frances Walter
Gary Mendeloff
Jeffrey Bader
Judith Paul
Lillian Kessler
Marc Bushell
Marcia Kaplan
Melanie Cohen
Morris Gordon
Murray Weinstock
Nancy Baer
Ronald Kessler
Sara Heskins
Shirley Walcoff
Susan Maier
Susan Rosen
Terri Griggs