OCTOBER 2017 – TISHRI/CHESHVAN 5778 BULLETINRABBI JOSHUA FRANKLIN | CANTOR/RABBI DEBRA STEIN | RABBI EMERITUS SHELDON ZIMMERMAN

DIANE WIENER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | HARRY A. KATZ, PRESIDENTEDINA SEGAL, DIRECTOR OF JEWISH EDUCATION & FAMILY ENGAGEMENT

This year, more than ever,

THE JEWISH CENTER OF THE HAMPTONS needs your support through your donation to our

HIGH HOLY DAY APPEAL

Our goal is to have 100% participation in this year’s High Holy Day Appeal. We are asking that every congregant participate according to their means. Please help the JCOH maintain and strengthen our vital synagogue and its programs, as well as reach out to those in need, so that all may belong and participate.

“Tzedakah tatzil memavet.Giving saves from death and creates life.”

— Proverbs

Anonymous donors will match $70,000 of High Holy Day donations that exceed last year's giving.

Donate now to meet this challenge, and make this match from heaven a dream come true.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A Message from Rabbi Joshua Franklin 2

Welcome to our New Members 2

Sukkot Open House with Rabbi Franklin and his Family 3

Sukkot Festival Service / Shemini Atzeret Simchat Torah 4

Gates of Jewish Learning / Kabbalat Shabbat 5

Mazel Tov / Gracious Giving 6

Gracious Giving / Caring Committee 7

Lifecycle Events / Healing Wishes 8

All in the Family / Misheberach List 8

Yahrzeits / In Memoriam 9

JCOH October 2017 Calendar 10

Ways to Support Our Community 11

A MESSAGE FROM RABBI FRANKLIN / WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS

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As the High Holy Days come to a close, we open up the door for Sukkot and Simchat Torah. While Sukkot is often an overlooked holiday in climates with a cool and crisp fall, it is one of Israel’s most celebrated holidays, even among secular Israelis. Although dwelling and dining outside might mean enduring less than comfortable tempuratures, Sukkot has the potential to offer one of Judaism’s most important lessons, hachnasat orchim, welcoming guests. During Sukkot, there is a tradition called ,הכנסת אורחיםushpizin, אושפיזין, Aramaic for “guests,” in which we welcome strangers into our sukkah. This form of radical hospitality dates back to our patriarch

Abraham, who welcomed three strangers into his home. The rabbis in the Talmud teach that the act of welcoming guests into our homes is a greater mitzvah than even welcoming the presence of God!

It is with this spirit that I invite you to join me and my family in our sukkah at 56 Woods Lane, as we open our home to the entire community for brunch and mimosas on Sunday, October 8th from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It is my desire to get to know each member of our JCOH community, and at the same time bring ushpizin into our home as we dwell in the sukkah, and shake our lulav and etrog.

R abbi Joshua

WELCOME TO OUR NEW AND RETURNING MEMBERS WHO HAVE JOINED SINCE HIGH HOLY DAYS 2016

James Prusky & Alicia Goldstein

Robert & Enid Kay

Lloyd & Victoria Goldman

Frederick Becker & Jeffrey Tannenbaum

Peter Calderon & Brigitte Aflalo-Calderon

Michael Davis

Neil & Bari Goldmacher

Rachel Feldman

Michael Sonnenfeldt & Katja Goldman

Max & Michelle Breskin

Brian & Jessica Distelburger

Adam Angelowicz & Jillian Ennis*

Philip Lustbader

Joel & Sarah Mesler

Seth Jacoby

Wayne & Suzanne Maggin

Steven & Celeste Ringel

Rowann Villency

Jeffrey & Karen Levitt

Randi Feldman

Andrea Goldstein*

Steven Blader & Robert Swanson

Matthew & Elizabeth Zung

Michael Bronspigel*

Edward & Susan Henkin

Ruben & Ranika Cohen

Brian & Bettina Decker

Seth & Kristine Stevens

Steven & Marci Pekofsky

Thomas & Diane Tuft

Stanley & Ellen Deutsch

Kate Snyder

Rachel Kritchman*

James Sprayregen*

Beth Felsen*

Isabelle Turits*

Jordan Smith*

Alexa Kossoy*

Ryan Kossoy*

Colby Kossoy*

Chelsea Popkin*

* We are grateful for the generosity of our anonymous donor whose grant has sponsored these new young members to our synagogue family.

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SUKKOT OPEN HOUSE WITH RABBI FRANKLIN AND HIS FAMILY

SUKKOT OPEN HOUSE WITH RABBI FRANKLIN AND HIS FAMILYSUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 | 10:30AM–12:30PM

Celebrate Sukkot with Rabbi Franklin, his wife Stephanie and their daughter Lilah

in their sukkah at 56 Woods Lane.

Come for brunch and mimosas, fulfill the mitzvah of eating in the sukkah, and shaking the lulav and etrog.

RSVP to 631-324-9858 to let us know that you will be stopping by.

SUKKOT FESTIVAL SERVICE / SHEMINI ATZERET SIMCHAT TORAH

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JOIN US AND CELEBRATESUKKOT FESTIVAL SERVICE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5 | 10:00AM

SHEMINI ATZERET SIMCHAT TORAH

SIMCHAT TORAH FESTIVAL SERVICE WITH YIZKOR PRAYERSTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 | 10:00AM

GATES OF JEWISH LEARNING SIMCHAT TORAH CELEBRATIONSUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 | 9:45AM–12:15PM

Fulfill the mitzvah of spending time in the sukkah by visiting our sukkah during lunch time when we will provide coffee, tea and

cookies to compliment your lunch.

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GATES OF JEWISH LEARNING / KABBALAT SHABBAT

Join us Friday nights for Kabbalat Shabbat services at 6:30pm as we welcome Shabbat together, followed by a warm and

friendly Oneg.

For information on sponsoring an Oneg, please contact the Jewish Center Office at 631-324-9858.

Friday Nights | 6:30pm

GATES OF JEWISH LEARNINGSUNDAYS | 9:45AM– 12:15PM

We are a school without walls that explores our rich Jewish heritage both in and outside the classroom. Our curriculum integrates journaling, drama, art, music, nature and mindfulness, with the fundamental staples of Jewish education. We foster a love of learning that engages the whole child, and meets each student where they are at. Come enter our gates and find your community, and meet your friends for life. Let your children find their center here; their center of joy, values, and Judaism.

For registration information please contact Edina Segal, Director of Jewish Education and Family Engagement by e-mail at educatoredina@jcoh.org or 631-324-9858.

Ilene Wetanson To the Gates of Jewish Learning in honor of Nanette Rosenberg

Edina Segal To the Gates of Jewish Learning in honor of the wedding of Michael Page and Yanan Sui

Diane and Steven Wiener Sponsoring S’mores on the Beach in honor of their children

Julie Ratner Sponsoring S’mores on the Beach in honor of Ellen's Run

Max & Michelle Breskin Kiddush Sponsor in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Kai Breskin

Alec Hirschfeld Sponsoring S’mores on the Beach

Sidney & Irene Silverman Summer Institute 2017 Sponsor

Linda Heller Kamm Social Action Fund

Riva & Josh Horowitz/Easterly In honor of a wonderful summer of Shabbat on the Beach

Marlene Silver In loving memory of Lindsay Jacoby

Carol & Zick Rubin In loving memory of Lindsay Jacoby

Sam & Millie Schwartz Kiddush sponsor in celebration of love, life, and faith

Jonathan Seabolt Kiddush Sponsor

Carol & Peter Steinberg and Yaffe In loving memory of Lindsay Jacoby

Jamie DiCataldo In loving memory of Lindsay Jacoby

Nina Weiner General Donation

GENERAL DONATIONS

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MAZEL TOV / GRACIOUS GIVING

MAZEL TOV

• To Michael and Amanda Salzhauer and their family on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Emily

• To Yanan Sui and Michael Page on their wedding

• To Anna Seabolt and Jonathan Spector on their wedding

• To Michael Frank and Giulia Davle on their engagement.

GRACIOUS GIVING / CARING COMMITTEE

CANTOR/RABBI STEIN'S DISCRETIONARY

Lloyd & Deanna Elkowitz

Carol & Joe Whitehorn To welcome Rabbi Franklin

Phil Lustbader In loving memory of Randy Lustbader

Anita K. Hersh In loving memory of Stephanie and Jack Hersh

CARING COMMITTEE

To build upon our foundation as a synagogue of relationships, Rabbi Franklin is reaching out to everyone interested in volunteering to serve on our Caring Committee. By creating a culture of helping and accepting help, we strengthen our connection to each other and to our faith, by reaching out to those among us in need of chesed – loving kindness. If you would like to help, please contact Rabbi Franklin at JFranklin@jcoh.org.

Those members of the Jewish Center who have volunteered to serve on the Caring Committee offer their full hearts and the assurance of confidentiality.

PRAYER BOOK DONATIONS

Philippe Laub In loving memory of Julie Laub

Ed Taffet In loving memory of Sol Taffet

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Richard Latner In loving memory of his mother, Florence Latner

Maleta Pilcz In loving memory of Victor Pilcz, Hana Pilcz, and the Pilcz/Oks family yahrzeit

Stephen Blum In loving memory of the Hiegentlich Family

Deborah Ann Schwartz In loving memory of Sheldon Joel Schwartz

Leonard Ackerman In loving memory of Faye Schwartz

Karen Merns Kiddush Sponsor in loving memory of Stephen Merns

Carole & Gregg Ostroff In loving memory of Billy Ostroff

Diane Wiener In loving memory of Charlotte Kodack

Richard & Janet Samuels In loving memory of Janet’s father Morris Weisberg

Roberta & Harvey Roth In loving memory of Lillian English

Jane Overman In loving memory of William Overman

Arlene & Stanley Fein In loving memory of Mollie Paticoff

Leonard Ackerman In loving memory of Martin Ackerman

Lisa Greenberg In loving memory of her father

Sidney & Irene Silverman In loving memory of their parents, Bertha & David Silverman and Julia & Daniel Levy

Roberta Roth In loving memory of Max English

Leonard Ackerman In loving memory of Louis Cohen

YAHRZEIT DONATIONS

Marc Galanter & Barbara Dietch In honor of their wedding

Joshua & Samantha Wechsler In honor of their wedding

Carol & Joe Whitehorn To welcome Rabbi Franklin

Lynn Tishman In loving memory of Peter Tishman

Andrew & Samantha Silverman In honor of their wedding

Judy & Allen Frank

Phil Lustbader In loving memory of Randy Lustbader

RABBI FRANKLIN'S DISCRETIONARY

LIFECYCLE EVENTS / HEALING WISHES / ALL IN THE FAMILY / MISHEBERACH HEALING LIST

Leonard Ackerman

Ann Bialkin

Linda Blum-Yates

Sandra Chesin

Brian Decker

Naomi Epstein

Lynn Epstein

William Etkin

Randi Feldman

Jean Forman

Martin Gershon

Harriet Goodstone

Gary Helfand

Heidi Iden

Lynne Kaiser

Dr. Daniel Kenigsberg

Sandra Knaster

Karma Lande

Barbara Lane

Rhona Lanzkowsky

Robert Lowenthal

Allison Lutnick

Irving Markowitz

Edward Maslow

Julie Menin

Alan Patricof

Samantha Reiss

Steven Ringel

Sandy Russell

Bruce Saber

Marion Schwarz

Edina Segal

Theresa Silva

Dr. L. David Silver

Jonathan Sobel

Barbara Solomon

Michael Sonnenfeldt

Diane Tuft

Andrea Vogel

Dr. Patricia Wexler

Nancy Wintner

Norman Yohay

HAPPY BIRTHDAYYOM HULEDET SAME’ACH!

Richard and Dana Dickson

Joel and Jayne Freedman

Edward and Harriet Goodstone

Samuel and Marilyn Linder

Irving and Charlotte Markowitz

Steven and Lauren Schwartz

Marc and Diane Spilker

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

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ALL IN THE FAMILY

Please let the Jewish Center office know of any lifecycle events such as joyous occasions, illnesses or deaths so that our Rabbi, Cantor, staff, and congregation can respond appropriately. If you would like the name of your loved one on our list, please e-mail Diane Wiener at director@jcoh.org or call the JCOH office at 631-324-9858.

HEALING WISHES

Keeping those who are ill or homebound in our prayers is a precious mitzvah. We need your help in helping us embrace those who are ill or homebound by calling their names in our prayers and lifting our communal and individual voices as one.

MISHEBERACH PRAYER FOR THE SICK

As we begin a New Year, we will once again begin our Misheberach healing list.

If you would like the name of your loved one on our list, please e-mail office@jcoh.org or call the JCOH office at 631-324-9858.

YAHRZEITS / IN MEMORIAM

THE DEPARTED LIVE ON IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO CHERISH THEIR MEMORY.

Stuart Myron Adelstein

Lillian Altman

Stanley Ameri

Irma Bender

James C. Berkowitz

Bernice Bernstein

Ida Bring

Dr. Benjamin Brookman

Anna Butler

Gloria Carney

George Cohen

Morris Corwin

Alain De Rothschild

Sam Ajzensztejn Eisenstein

David Emil

Marsha Zweig Esses

Mark Etess

Betty Fein

Murray Fein

Rosalind Freeman

Harriet Frohman

Diane Fucell

Carl Daniel Goldenberg

Sol Goldman

Percival Goodman

Samuel Grobart

Max Grossman

Seymour A. Heller

Judith Henkin

Ada Trachtenberg Hinden

Florence Horowitz

Patricia Kaplan

Hyman I Katz

Frances Kaye

Gerald Kissler

Pearl Klatsky

Herbert Klatsky

Jerry Kolopsky

Abe Lanzkowsky

Stella Lester

Jesse Lieberman

Ann Lippel

Clara Markowitz

Florence Maslow

Ethel Mayer

Bruce Mellow

Benjamin Menschel

David Millman

Drazel Penberg

Henry Zvi Priel

Beatrice Rimland

George Rosenberg

Freyda Rothstein

Myer Rudnick

Fritz Schoenheimer

Rose Seltz

Bernard Shimmerman

Richard Shoreg

Aaron Silbergleidt

Mildred Silver

Richard W. Sonnenfeldt

Moniek Stawski

Joseph Stein

Richard Ira Stein

Bruce Wasserstein

Judith White

Lillian Wintner

Seymour Winuk

Morris Zeldin

IN MEMORIAM…

Elaine Corwin

Donald Warner

Dr. Bonnie Jacobson

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JCOH CALENDAROCTOBER 2017 – TISHRI/CHESHVAN 5778

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31

Sukkah Decoratingand Brunch withGates of Jewish Learning Studentsand Their Families9:45am–12:15pm

Annual Meeting10am

SUKKOT

JCOH Offi ces Closed

Sukkot Festival Service10am

SUKKOT

Kabbalat Shabbat Service6:30pm

Shabbat Service 10am

No Gates of Jewish Learning Classes(Columbus Day Weekend)

Sukkot Open House with Rabbi Franklin and his Family at 56 Woods10:30am–12:30pm

COLUMBUS DAY SIMCHAT TORAH

JCOH Offi ces Closed

Simchat Torah Festival Service with Yikzor Prayers10am

SIMCHAT TORAH

Kabbalat Shabbat Service6:30pm

Shabbat Service 10am

Gates of Jewish LearningSimchat Torah Celebration9:45am–12:15pm

Kabbalat Shabbat Service6:30pm

Shabbat Service 10am

Gates of Jewish Learning9:45am–12:15pm

Kabbalat Shabbat Service6:30pm

Shabbat Service 10am

Gates of Jewish Learning9:45am–12:15pm

11 Tishri 12 Tishri 13 Tishri 14 Tishri 15 Tishri 16 Tishri 17 Tishri

18 Tishri 19 Tishri 20 Tishri 21 Tishri 22 Tishri 23 Tishri 24 Tishri

25 Tishri 26 Tishri 27 Tishri 28 Tishri 29 Tishri 30 Tishri 1 Cheshvan

2 Cheshvan 3 Cheshvan 4 Cheshvan 5 Cheshvan 6 Cheshvan 7 Cheshvan 8 Cheshvan

9 Cheshvan 10 Cheshvan 11 Cheshvan

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WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY

When those whom we hold close to us die, we yearn to find a way to consecrate and honor their memory. As we sit in our beautiful landmark sanctuary, we are warmed by its loveliness, soulfulness and openness to the world of the spirit and the physical world around us. We feel ever closer to God.

You can enshrine the memory of your loved ones by inscribing their name(s) on a pew plaque in the sanctuary. In that sacred space you will connect to the bonds between them and the divine.

A Pew Plaque in our Main Sanctuary may be purchased for $5,000.

Membership helps support the wide range of programs and activities offered at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons. Your dues also help maintain the beauty of our sanctuary and the upkeep of our buildings and grounds. We encourage everyone to take full advantage of the wide array of religious, intellectual, cultural and social events at the JCOH.

Take this opportunity to dedicate a prayer book in honor of a loved one, to celebrate a special occasion, or in memory of a loved one.

Celebrate a Simcha or special occasion by sponsoring the Kiddush following Shabbat services on Saturday morning. Please note that 3% of all donations are given to MAZON – A Jewish Response to Hunger.

Contact Diane Wiener, Executive Director at (631) 324-9858 or director@jcoh.org

It’s never too late!Please remember JCOH in your will, trust or estate plans.

Your future gift will help ensure our future.For more information please contact

Rabbi Franklin, Cantor/Rabbi Stein, Diane Wiener, or Harry A. Katz at (631) 324-9858

MEMBERSHIP

DEDICATE A SIDDUR

SPONSOR A KIDDUSH

LEGACY

Honoring the memory of our loved ones who have passed beyond the threshold of life offers us an opportunity to pay homage to those who made the world a better place because they lived in it. It is a time to strengthen the bonds between here and the hereafter in our hearts and minds.

A Memorial Plaque in our small sanctuary may be purchased for $1,000.

HONOR A LOVED ONE’S MEMORY

INSCRIBE A STONE

We have refurbished the Donald and Barbara Zucker Patio, with stones designed in the shape of the Star of David. These stones can be engraved in honor of a special person or moment in our lives, or in memory of a loved one.

Help us raise needed funds to support our yearly operating budget. This project will be ongoing for years to come, allowing future generations the opportunity to participate.

Contact Diane Wiener, Executive Director for details at (631) 324-9858 or director@jcoh.org.

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44 WOODS LANE, PO BOX 5107, EAST HAMPTON, NY 11937WWW.JCOH.ORG • TEL (631) 324-9858 • FAX (631) 329-6654

CURRENT OFFICERSPRESIDENTHarry A. Katz

VICE PRESIDENTSMitchell IdenCarole OlshanCarol Wenig

TREASURERHirschel B. Abelson

SECRETARYCharlotte Sasso

CHAIRMANMichael Salzhauer

CLERGYRabbi Joshua Franklin

Cantor/Rabbi Debra Stein

Rabbi Emeritus Sheldon Zimmerman

STAFFEXECUTIVE DIRECTORDiane Wiener

DIRECTOR OF JEWISH EDUCATION & FAMILY ENGAGEMENTEdina Segal

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTSamantha Jennings

ART DEPARTMENTKathryn Odell-HamiltonMatthew Oates

BOOKKEEPERNancy Boyle

MAINTENANCENicholas WardTiffany King Luis Pinillos

CURRENT BOARD OF TRUSTEESStanley BaumblattBarbara BraunCaroline Berley EndzweigMichael FrankAlan GarfieldMartin GershonKenneth GilmanMarc GoldsteinArthur MalmanAndrea OlshanEdward PantzerJeffrey RimlandCarol S. RoamanNanette RosenbergSteven P. SchwartzGregory D. ShufroNancy WintnerCathy YohayLynn Zises

PAST PRESIDENTEvan Frankel z”lC. Leonard GordonMorris L. KramerBetty L. Marmon z”lJoseph Oppenheimer z”lDonald ZuckerLinda Heller Kamm

HONORARY TRUSTEESHoward Lutnick, CO-CHAIRMAN

Morton Olshan, CO-CHAIRMAN

David GersteinJane H. GoldmanSteven RothAndrew SabinMichael SenftSheldon Solow

FOUNDERSEvan M. Frankel z”lJacob Kaplan z”lIrving MarkowitzBernard Zeldin

SHABBAT SERVICES(Equipped for the hearing impaired)

Fridays: 6:30pm

Saturdays: 10:00am Followed by Kiddush and Torah Study

• Phone Dial-in: 1-800-846-4808

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Rabbi Joshua Franklin Ext. 204 JFranklin@jcoh.org

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