Congregation

Rodfei Sholom

December 2015 Member of the Union of Orthodox Congregations of America Kislev - Tevet 5776

2 December 2015

Chanukah Events

Sunday, December 6, 2015Sunday, December 6, 2015Sunday, December 6, 2015Sunday, December 6, 2015 From 4:00 to 6:30 p.m.From 4:00 to 6:30 p.m.From 4:00 to 6:30 p.m.From 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. RSVP by Thursday, Dec. 3RSVP by Thursday, Dec. 3RSVP by Thursday, Dec. 3RSVP by Thursday, Dec. 3

4:00 p.m.: The fun will begin with "The Twister Sisters" and their fantastic balloons, amazing face-painting by “Alma Paints”, an original Dreidel Pinata, and Arts & Crafts!

5:00 p.m.: Delicious Chanukah Supper! $15 —Adult, $10-Children (ages 3-13), $10-Senior Rate No Charge - Children under 3, $50 —Family Maximum

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Chanukah Event

4 December 2015

Upcoming Events & Photos

November

22

5December 2015

Upcoming Events

7:00 p.m. at Rodfei Sholom.Sponsored by the Steven Gossen

Fund for Education

12:00 noon - At the Campusof the Jewish Federation. 2 Programs!

We look

forward to

seeing you!

Ronnie Halibard is an English-born educa-

tor with years of experience teaching stu-

dents of all ages at Jewish schools in the USA

and in Israel. Over the past 6 years, Ronnie

has created and developed ‘Jewish History

in a Flash’ - a series of fast-paced and excit-

ing, interactive multimedia presentations

summarizing Jewish history, each with a

different subject focus. He has traveled

extensively. This will be Halibard’s first visit

to San Antonio.

Thursday, December 17

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Congregation Rodfei Sholom Programs and Activities

Youth ActivitiesB’nei Mitzvah Training

Jr. Congregation and Shabbat SchoolTot Shabbat

Sunday FundaysNCSY for area teens

Children’s Summer Camp

Family ServicesLife Cycle Event Celebrations

Purim CarnivalLag B’Omer Picnic

Shabbat and Holiday ProgramsWeekly Community Kiddush, Lunches,

and Shalosh SeudotScholar-in-Residence Programming and

Shabbat Dinners

Education ServicesContinuing Adult Jewish Education

Hebrew Classes

Senior ServicesL’Chayim Club for Community Seniors

Community ServicesBikur Cholim – Hospital & Nursing Home Visitations

Chevra Kadisha SocietyIsrael Public Action Committee

Jewish - Latino Dialogue OutreachRodfei Sholom Regional Mikvah

Rodfei Sholom CemeteryRodfei Sholom Sisterhood

VAAD Hakashruth of San Antonio – Kosher Supervision

ServicesCongregation Rodfei Sholom has morning and

evening services every day of the year. Please consultour website: www.rodfeisholom.com for the current

service times

Rodfei Sholom Shabbat Hospitality

If you wish to offer home hospitality for Shabbat

or know of someone who is in need of home

hospitality, please call Susan Furman at

210.493.8423. When possible, please submit all

requests at least 2 weeks in advance.

Candlelighting Times

DECEMBER WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

The synagogue office will beclosed Friday, December 25

and Friday, January 1

Sara & Dr. Lazaro Kisel December 3

Milya & Yefim Bersudsky December 3

Dorothy & Fermin Rajunov December 7

Judge Rose & Dr. Morris Spector December 18

Denise & Woody Baker December 20

Anita & Dr. Aaron Goldberg December 21

Carmen & Harry Robbins December 21

Zee & David Fisher December 25

Dec. 4 - 5:17 p.m.

Dec. 11 - 5:18 p.m.

Dec. 18 - 5:20 p.m.

Dec. 25 - 5:23 p.m.

Do you see someone

missing?

If you need to add someone

to our Birthday,

Anniversary, or Yahrzeit

lists, please contact the office

at (210) 493-3557 or

rodfeisa@gmail.com

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To those who sponsored a Kiddush Lunch, we extend our thanks

Sponsors for November

To those who sponsored a Stand-up Kiddush, we extend our thanks

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The Birthday Club

Eden Miller ................ December 1Dan Lasky................. December 2Rachel Sarfati ........... December 3Roman Lubetzky ........ December 7Mason Pazin ............. December 8Jacob Powell............... December 8Norman Davis ........... December 9Estella Ghitis.............. December 9Ian Middleton ........... December 19Jaden Butnaru .......... December 25Maya Sarfati............ December 27Alexander Zinn ........... December 29

To Nurit & Bob Jacobson and Gabi & Dr. Carl Dimetman and Rene Dimetmanand Gregory & Adrienne Jacobson and daughter Micah

in honor of mother, grandmother, and great-grandmotherMargo Hoenig for her very special birthday!

To Dr. David Horwitz on the birth of his

granddaughter, Quinn Rose

To Rivka Schechter on the marriage of her

granddaughter, Zoe Schechter to Moshe Azatchi

To Eleanor & Pablo Siegal on the BatMitzvah of their granddaughter, Jessica

Molly Siegal

Co-sponsored by Winslow & Pamela Swart in honor of the members of our community and otherswho helped support his mission to safe guard Israeli citizens. Sensei Winslow leaves for EretzIsrael on November 22 for 2 weeks to help fortify regular people against terror attacks byteaching Defensive Tactics and Situational Awareness. The classes are being conducted at the

Technion in Haifa, at technology workplaces like Google and Cisco in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem andat Yeshivas and seminaries throughout Israel, including the West Bank and the Old City.

To Zee & Dave Fisher in loving memory of their parents and grandparents,and in honor of Harold Noriskin on his Special Birthday,

and the birthdays of Dave Fisher, Ian Fisher, Megan Fisher Kluger & Jacob Kluger,and in deep gratitude for their children Megan & Jacob, Justine & Rob,

and their precious grandchildren Shea, Jonathan, Ganessa, Emmanuel and Gabriel

To Judge Rose & Dr. Morris Spector in loving memory of his mother,Fannie Kahn Spector on her yahrzeit

To Jody & Dr. Michael Steinberg

on the birth of their grandson

Thanks to Laura Schnitzler, who sposnored a cake in honor of the 18th anniversary of Barbara & Jon Powell

8 December 2015

CaLENDAR & donationsUpcoming Events

Wednesday,

December

16 at

Rodfei

The event will be led

by Mrs. Hudy Abrams

Classes will be on marital

harmony, raising Jewish

children, the journey of

spiritual growth, and the

parsha.

All are welcome to join us

for this unique opportunity

to learn and grow!

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IN HONOR OF

December 2015

donationsIN LOVING MEMORY OF

STEVEN GOSSEN MEMORIAL FUNDFOR EDUCATION

Linda Fisher, wishing her a speedy recoveryfrom Orah & Efraim Abramoff

Faina Gofmanfrom Hilary & Neal Kavy

Margo Hoenig, wishing her a Happy Special Birthdayfrom Orah & Efraim Abramofffrom Barbara & Stanley Spigel

Dr. David Horwitz, on the birth of his granddaughter,Quinn Rose

from Bobbie & Dr. Leon Ghitis

Barbara & Jon Powell, wishing them HappyAnniversary

from Laura Schnitzler

Rabbi Aryeh & Judy Scheinberg on the birth of theirgrandson Dovid to Yehoshua and Zeeva in Lakewood NJ

from Susan & Dr. Joseph Furman

Rabbi Aryeh & Judy Scheinberg, for their hospitalityfrom Madeline & Charels Cytrin

Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg,saying thank youfrom Amy Anderson and the First Methodist

Church of Boerne

Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg, for his kindnessfrom Margo Hoenig

Howard Solomon, wishing him a speedy recoveryfrom Orah & Efraim Abramoff

Jody & Dr. Michael Steinberg, on the recent birth oftwo grandsonsGinny Wind, on the engagemrnt of her son Ben toAdina Goldberg-Katkoff

the above from Rivka Schechter

Josef Meir Ashlag

from Miriam Ashlag

Ana Beniflah

from Susan & Dr. Joseph Furman

from Bobbie & Dr. Leon Ghitis

from Gina & Nim Meishar

from Dorothy & Fermin Rajunov

from Rosa & Fred Williamson

Ken Boyar

from Sally & Fred Kanter

Bertha Greenwald, mother of Mark Greenwald

from Susan & Dr. Joseph Furman

from Rivka Schechter

from Terry & Dr. Joshua Stolow

Sylvia Hoffman, mother of Terry Stolow

from Sharon & Mark Greenwald

from Judy Levine-Holley & Dr. Steven Holley

from Dorothy Rajunov

from Rivka Schechter

Marcos Kisner, her father

from Jalinka Sterental

Eugene Stolow, her father

from Terry & Dr. Joshua Stolow

In loving memory of Steven Gossen

from Elizabeth & Joseph Casseb

In honor of Linda Fisher, wishing her a speedy recovery

from Nurit & Bob Jacobson

GARDEN OF FRIENDSHIP

In loving memory of Joel PullenIn celebration of friendship with Barbara & Stanley

Spigel

the above from Lainey & Dr. Michael Berkus

In honor of Margo Hoenig, wishing her a Happy Special

Birthday

from Lainey & Dr. Michael Berkus

from Sheila & Jack Stein

In honor of Kobi Avnon, wishing him a speedy recovery

In honor of Linda Fisher, wishing her a speedy recovery

In honor of Frances Vogel, wishing her a speedy

recovery

the above from Margo Hoenig

10 December 2015

CONDOLENCEs, Donations

CONDOLENCES

“May her soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life”

OTHER CONTRIBUTORS

CEMETERY FUND

GIFTS OF BOOKS

EDUCATION FUND

GARDEN OF CONTINUITY

KIDDUSH FUND

Terry Stolow and family on the loss of her mother,

Sylvia Hoffman

In loving memory of her father, Louis Lernerfrom Shelley Baillargeon

In loving memory of his parents, Sophie & Morris

Shapiro

from Albert Shapiro

In loving memory of Benjamin Simon

from Lynne Noriskin

A Chumash in loving memory of her mother, Beyle

Chacekfrom Ana Dubrovsky

A Siddur in loving memory of Doris Toubin

from Dorothy & Fermin Rajunov

A Chumash in loving memory of her beloved mother,

Fannie Hartman HorowitzA Chumash in loving memory of colleague and friend,

Diana Mack Drake

the above from Dr. Rosalind Horowitz

NORMA & LOUIS SEEMANLANDSCAPING FUND

Dale & Harry Eastman

In loving memory of Isaac Tawil, husband, father, and

grandfather

from Rose Tawil

from Joyce Tawil

from Norma & Louis Seeman

In honor of Kobi Avnon, wishing him a speedy recovery

from Nurit & Bob Jacobson

In loving memory of Joel Pullen

In honor of Margo Hoenig, wishing her a Happy Special

Birthday

In honor of Sally Cooper, wishing her a Happy Special

Birthday

In honor of Lisa K. Abramson, wishing her a Happy

Birthday

In honor of Nurit & Bob Jacobson, wishing them a

Happy Anniversary

In honor of Howard Solomon, wishoing him a speedy

recovery

In honor of Marty Epner, wishing him a Happy Birthday

the above form Idelle & Dr. Norman Abramson

In honor of Ofira & Yuda Doliner, on the birth of their

grandson

from Nurit & Bob Jacobson

SCHOLARSHIP FUND

In honor of Nurit Jacobson, wishing her a Happy Birthday

and in honor of Nurit & Bob Jacobson’s anniversary

the above from Margo Hoenig

11December 2015

yahrzeits19 Kislev -- December 1Dr. Victor Press, for his father, Abe PressDr. Steven Rosenblatt, for his mother, Tilli Rosenblatt

20 Kislev -- December 2Dr. David Trakhtenbroit, for his brother, Aaron TrakhtenbroitDr. Michael Berkus, for his uncle, Hershel ben Moshe BerkusMr. Baruch Ksionzky, for his mother, Chava Ksionzky

21 Kislev -- December 3Dr. Victor Ostrower, for his father, Joseph OstrowerDr. Michael Ozer, for his father, Sidney OzerDr. Michael Ozer, for his grandfather, Hilmer Heubaum

22 Kislev -- December 4Mrs. Dorothy Jacobs, for her mother, Sophie Shapiro

23 Kislev -- December 5Mrs. Lainey Berkus, for her father, Arthur JaffeMr. Eugene Finkelstein, for his brother, Murray Finkelstein

24 Kislev -- December 6Mrs. Judy Scheinberg, for her grandmother, Julia FrankelMr. Charles Schwartz, for his great-grandfather, Chaim IsaacSaperMrs. Aviva Friedman, for her father, Gershon Shurani

25 Kislev -- December 7Mr. Winslow Swart, for his uncle, aunt, and cousin, theSolomon family (Leon, Flora, & Alexander)

26 Kislev -- December 8Mrs. Rivka Schechter, for her brother-in-law, Morris SchechterMr. Paul Weiss, for his brother, Stephen Michael Weiss

27 Kislev -- December 9Dr. Norman Abramson, for his brother, Melvin AbramsonDr. Jaime Furman, for his father, Jacobo FurmanMs. Evelyn Furman-Roth, for her father, Jacobo FurmanMr. Isidoro Korngold, for his mother, Sara Korngold

28 Kislev -- December 10Mr. Jerry Friedman, for his father, Hy FriedmanMr. Maurie Kern, for his mother, Ruth KernDr. Judy Lampert, for her mother, Gertrude LewisMrs. Rose Tawil, for her sister, Sarah DusheyMr. Lance Reinsmith, for his grandfather, Bernard Bettan

29 Kislev -- December 11Mrs. Terry Davis, for her mother, Lorraine LautersteinMrs. Janice Schwartz, for her sister, Joy BelskyMr. Charles Schwartz, for his aunt, Joy BelskyMr. Yehuda Zinnreich, for his father, Ted Zinnreich

1 Tevet -- December 13Mr. Alec Fisher, for his father, Samuel FisherMrs. Diane Fisher, for her grandfather, Samuel FisherDr. David Fisher, for his grandfather, Samuel Fisher

2 Tevet -- December 14Ms. Tania Arzi, for her father, Samuel KenigsteinMr. Roberto Kenigstein, for his father, Samuel Kenigstein

3 Tevet -- December 15Mr. Morris Bankler, for his mother, Bessie BanklerMrs. Idelle Abramson, for her father, Aaron Max Ringel

4 Tevet -- December 16Mr. Ronen Bass, for his grandmother, Chana BassMr. Harold Berg, for his aunt, Blanche BarnettMr. Eugene Finkelstein, for his father, Paul FinkelsteinMrs. Lala Gossen, for her brother, Sam ReifMr. Isidoro Korngold, for his father, Paul KorngoldMr. Jerry Friedman, for his grandmother, Chaya Feyga FriedmanDr. Jaime Furman, for his grandmother, Betty Tobias

5 Tevet -- December 17Mrs. Shirley Alexander, for her father, Morris FeingoldMrs. Pearl Fogiel, for her father, Morris FeingoldMs. Tzipi Bar Yadin, for her mother, Rachel BermanMrs. Susan Furman, for her mother, Beatrice GordonMr. Jeff Kavy, for his mother, Lenore F. Kavy

6 Tevet -- December 18Mrs. Ana Dubrovsky, for her brother, Elias ChacekMr. Bob Kolitz, for his mother, Eleanor “Tootsie” KolitzMr. Bob Kolitz, for his brother, Mark KolitzMrs. Ginny Wind, for her mother, Anna Levit

7 Tevet -- December 19Mr. Reuben Bar Yadin, for his grandfather, Yehuda BerezdivinMr. Natan Bar Yadin, for his father, Yehuda BerezdivinMrs. Julie Harris, for her father, Leizer BalkMrs. Rose Tawil, for her mother, Gilsom Jemal

9 Tevet -- December 21Dr. Barbara Fishman, for her father, Albert FishmanMr. Arie Lasky, for his father, Morton LaskyMr. Jeff Kavy, for his father, Mike Kavy

10 Tevet -- December 22Dr. Rosalind Horowitz, for her aunt, Ann Silverman

11 Tevet -- December 23Dr. Rosalind Horowitz, for her brother, Searle Seymour Horowitz

12 Tevet -- December 24Mr. Alvin Abelman, for his wife, Esther AbelmanMr. Arthur Abelman, for his mother, Esther AbelmanMs. Roberta Abelman, for her mother, Esther AbelmanMrs. Sharon Gewertz, for her mother, Esther AbelmanMr. Leonid Chernomzav, for his father, Nukhim ChernomzavMrs. Anita Goldberg, for her father, Albert HechtDr. Mauricio Marcushamer, for his father, Bernardo MarcushamerMrs. Melissa Middleton, for her grandfather, Morris Schwartz

13 Tevet -- December 25Mrs. Pat Kalmans, for her grandfather, Harry KalmansMrs. Sandra Shaenfield, for her father, Samuel Buchalter

14 Tevet -- December 26Mr. Michael Beldon, for his father, Morris BeldonMr. Charles Gurinsky, for his father, Sylvan Gurinsky

15 Tevet -- December 27Mr. Benjamin Yancelson, for his father, Jaime YancelsonDr. Aaron Goldberg, for his father, Manuel Goldberg

16 Tevet -- December 28Mrs. Annette Goldberg, for her mother, Lee LazarMrs. Sonia Lubeztky, for her father, Marcos AmericusMr. Yury Sheykhet, for his father, Yosef ben Yosef

18 Tevet -- December 30Mr. Baruch Ksionzky, for his father, Yehoshua Ksionzky