Rabbi David K. Holtz

Cantor Margot E.B. Goldberg

Director of Temple Operations Stuart P. Skolnick Director of Education Rabbi Allison Berlinger Accompanist Katia Kravitz

Officers / Executive Committee President Michael Karnes Executive (First) Vice President Jamie Wilson Second Vice President Jennifer Povman Recording Secretary Mark Polisar Treasurer Diane Gross

Chairs Adult Education Bernice Rogowitz Board of Education Steve Gosset Fundraising/Development Julie Gur & Meredith Siegel House Neil Bruckner Israel Marla Peers Member Services Linda Walter & Amy Friedman Ritual Risa Swersey Tikkun Olam Melissa Baer & Andrea White Immediate Past President Herb Baer

Trustees Gayle Aaron Ronit Lubell Mike Sonkin Debra Drattell Glen Markowitz Mark Stein Karen Filler Allison Moskowitz Anna Weiss Dave Greenspoon Roy Solomon Amy Zerman

Honorary Trustees Barry S. Agdern Michael Karnes Farron Roboff Ruth Biloon Liza Karsten Pearl Ann Schwartz Dr. Stephen Gerstman David Kaufmann Dr. Richard Weiner Robert Harris Robert Zinman

Temple Beth Abraham's mission is to provide our congregants with opportunities to create meaningful connections to

God, Torah, the Jewish People and the surrounding Community.

Week of July 17-23, 2016

We remember, with love, the Six Million whose lives were taken during the Holocaust.

We also remember, with love, those who were taken from our midst this week in years past and

commemorate the anniversaries of their passing.

*Enshrined on the Memorial Tablet

Samuel Kimmel

* Philip Kleinman

Ruth Krupp

Myron Lewis

* Henrietta Mandel

Jack Meilman

* Emanuel Mendelowitz

* Harry Pincus

Irwin Price

Lou Rapaport

Arthur Reich

* Mae Silfen

* Michael “Sheffy” Siry

Laura Wank

Lillian Weil

* Jeremiah Behren

* Charles Berner

Ruth Block

Rose Bookbinder

Jean Brand

Irving Clarfeld

Alicia Fichendler

William Flatow

* Bernard Frankel

* Randy Friedman

Hannah Glickhouse

* Estelle Glickman

* Sydelle Gordon

* Irving Grossbach

* Edith Hopp

* Joseph Itkowitz

* Abraham Kasoff

July 22-23, 2016

17 Tammuz, 5776

7:30 pm

Balak

Ivdu Et HaShem 'עִבְדוּ אֶת ה

Text: Psalm 100:2 Music: unknown

Iv-du et Ha-Shem b'-sim-chah, ,עִבְדוּ אֶת ה' בְשִמְחָה

Iv-du et Ha-Shem b'-sim-chah! !עִבְדוּ אֶת ה' בְשִמְחָה

bo-u l'fa-nav bir-na-nah, ,בֹּאוּ לְפָנָיו בִרְנָנָה

l'fa-nav bir-na-nah. .לְפָנָיו בִרְנָנָה

Serve God with gladness! Come into God's presence with singing.

Ivdu Et HaShem 'עִבְדוּ אֶת ה

Text: Psalm 100:2 Music: unknown

Iv-du et Ha-Shem b'-sim-chah, ,עִבְדוּ אֶת ה' בְשִמְחָה

Iv-du et Ha-Shem b'-sim-chah! !עִבְדוּ אֶת ה' בְשִמְחָה

bo-u l'fa-nav bir-na-nah, ,בֹּאוּ לְפָנָיו בִרְנָנָה

l'fa-nav bir-na-nah. .לְפָנָיו בִרְנָנָה

Serve God with gladness! Come into God's presence with singing.

Our sanctuary is equipped with a hearing induction loop. If you have a

hearing aid or cochlear implant equipped with a t-coil, please flip the

switch which engages the t-coil. The sound from the microphones will

be transmitted directly to your hearing device.

We recall those recently departed.

Joan Deutsch, wife of Marty Deutsch

Martha Levy, mother of Maggie Lissy

Robert Reps, cousin of Jennifer Povman

Stanly Irwin Resnick, father of Ellen Resnick Lewis

Serve God with gladness! Come into God's presence with singing.

Psalm100

Temple Beth Abraham Events July 23—July 30

Conservative Shabbat Services Sat Jul 23 9:00am

Mah Jongg Mon Jul 25 1:00pm

High Holyday Choir Rehearsal Mon Jul 25 7:30pm

Torah Study Wed Jul 27 10:00am

Reform Shabbat Services Fri Jul 29 7:30pm

Conservative Shabbat Services Sat Jul 30 9:00am

The flowers on the Bimah are sponsored by Temple Beth Abraham.

The Oneg is sponsored by Marty Deutsch in loving memory of his beloved wife, Joan.

Annual Westchester Jewish Music and Arts Festival

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla

Enjoy a day filled with music, arts, food, family

activities, Israeli Dancing, and much more!

It’s free and open to all.

For more information contact the WJC

at 914-328-7001 or email Pam@wjcouncil.org

To view the pictures taken at the End of Year BBQ

and Picnic, go to http://wp.me/P2hlzi-P

One of the primary goals of the Bridges Campaign is to make the building warmer and inviting and accessible to all. Won't you help

us make our dreams a reality?

For information about how to get involved or to make a gift, contact

Bridges Campaign Chair Gayle Aaron at bridges@tba-ny.org or call Stuart Skolnick at the Temple.

Please Send In Your 2016-17 Contribution Pledge Forms Last year, Temple Beth Abraham transitioned to a voluntary

contribution "sustaining" system. We are a brave, generous, forward-thinking congregation - and we are off

to a great start. Our continued success is dependent on keeping up this level of enthusiasm, so once again, we are asking each member to decide what your commitment will

be for the next fiscal year, in keeping with your needs, expectations, and circumstances.

Pledges are due now. If you have not mailed yours in, please do

so at this time.

For more information and to enter your pledge please visit the TBA website at: bit.ly/1LMu0uG

Summer Camp For Your Child—A Summer That Lasts a Lifetime!!

If you are researching options for your child for camp next summer, visits

are available at Eisner, Crane Lake, and Sci-Tech most Sundays &

Thursdays throughout the Summer!

Visit the websites at eisnercranelake.urjcamps.org or

6pointsscitech.org for additional information.

Be Part of the Torah Reading for the High Holydays!

Though the Summer is just beginning, we’re already

working on the High Holydays.

We’d like to make our services more participatory

and we are looking for a few congregants

(anyone over Bar/Bat Mitzvah age) to read a few

lines of Torah or Haftarah during High Holyday

Reform and Conservative Services. Basic Hebrew reading skills are all

that’s required – we can teach you everything else!

Please contact Clergy Coordinator, Irene Metz at 914-631-1770

or email clergyassistant@tba-ny.org for more information.

Order a jar of Kosher Honey in time to arrive for the

Rosh Hashanah holiday - it’s just around the corner!

Wish your family, friends, and business associates

A Sweet and Happy New Year with an 8 oz. jar of

Kosher clover honey.

The cost is $11.00 per jar including shipping within the US.

Order online by July 29 to avoid a $4.00 per jar shipping

surcharge (or by July 25 if submitting a paper form and

paying by check).

This year, your purchase benefits Mosaic of Westchester—enriching our

Jewish community through LGBTQ inclusion.

To obtain the order form, please go to http://bit.ly/29qGc3M

Orders can also be placed on the TBA website at:

www.tba-ny.org/honey

TBA Religious School Registration is Open

Religious School Registration for the 2016-17 school

year is now open!

Register online at http://bit.ly/1VzsG0R

Volunteer Opportunity at Phelps Hospital

Do you have four hours to spare on either a Saturday or

Sunday? Want to feel good about giving back to the

community and helping your neighbors? How about

giving some time as a volunteer at the new

Information Desk at Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow.

If you are interested, call the Volunteer Services Offices

at (914) 366-3170 or visit the website at www.phelpshospital.org

and fill out an online application.

FAMILY SHABBAT—Friday, August 5

Family Shabbat Dinner at 6:00pm

Family Shabbat Service at 7:00pm

The menu for this dinner is dairy—assorted pasta entrees and salads.

RSVP and payment in advance please.

Dinner: Adults-$14.00 and Children (ages 2-12) - $8.00

Please RSVP for the dinner by Wednesday, August 3