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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 Robert Harris David Kaufmann Herb Baer Michael Karnes Farron Roboff Ruth Biloon Liza Karsten Pearl Ann Schwartz Allison Fine Dr. Richard Weiner Dr. Stephen Gerstman 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.
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
* Jerome Marks
* Benjamin Nelson
* Rose Perchick
Sydelle Piaser
Toni Plutner
* Thomas Daniel Rabin
Irvin Raffman
* Shirley Rosenblum
* Beatrice Steinhouse
* Victor Weinstein
Millie Yorkowitz
* Solomon Alpert
* David Bank
* Sara Bell
* Rebecca Edleson
* Seymour Goldberg
* Martin Hirsch
* Lillian Janel
* Noah Janel
Dore Kreilsheimer Kessman
* Benny Klein
* Bessie Levy
Rose Lewis
December 9-10, 2016
10 Kislev 5777
7:30pm
Vayeitzei
Shalom Aleichem שלום עליכם
Text: Kabbalistic Music: Renaissance Canon, adapted by Stephen Richards
Sha-lom a-lei-chem, mal-a-chei ha-sha-reit, שלום עליכם, מלאכי השרת
Peace be to you
Mah Gadlu מה־גדלו Text: Psalm 92:6 Music: Rabbi Shefa Gold
Hal’lu Yah! !ללויה ה
Mah gadlu maasecha Yah, ,מה־גדלו מעשיך יה
m’od amku machsh’votecha. .מאד עמקו מחשבתיך
How great are Your works, Adonai, how very profound Your designs!
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.
Harvey Rothenberg, father of Phil Rothenberg
Seymour Lubchansky, father of Debra Weintraub
David Blatt, father of Missy Closter
Serve God with gladness! Come into God's presence with singing
Psalm100
Week of December 4-10, 2016
Temple Beth Abraham Events December 10-17
Conservative Shabbat Service w/Kiddush Sat Dec 10 9:00am
Comedy Night at TBA Sat Dec 10 8:00pm
Latkepalooza Sun Dec 11 9:00am
Conversational Hebrew Class Sun Dec 11 9:30am
Sunday Funday Sun Dec 11 10:00am
Purim Rehearsal (grades 3-6) Sun Dec 11 11:15am
Mah Jongg Mon Dec 12 1:00pm
Religious School Art Gala Mon Dec 12 8:00pm
Purim Rehearsal for Adults Mon Dec 12 8:30pm
Board of Trustees Meeting Tues Dec 13 7:30pm
Shekelvelstors Wed Dec 14 7:30pm
Reform Shabbat Service Fri Dec 16 6:00pm
Reform Shabbat Service Fri Dec 16 7:30pm
Conservative Shabbat Service Sat Dec 17 9:00am
Movie Mavens Sat Dec 17 7:00pm
The flowers on the Bimah are dedicated by Marion and Bob Zinman in loving memory of Lillian and Noah Janel, Marion’s mother and father,
by Margot, Barry, and Tamir Goldberg in loving memory of Barry’s father, Seymour Goldberg, and by Roger Bank and Harris Bank in
loving memory of their father, David Bank.
The Oneg is sponsored by Temple Beth Abraham
The Conservative Kiddush lunch is sponsored by Margot, Barry, and Tamir Goldberg in memory of Barry’s father Seymour.
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 [email protected] or
call Stuart Skolnick at the Temple.
Join the Hebrew Conversation Class!
Speak a little Hebrew? Join us for a weekly Conversational
Hebrew class during Religious School on Sundays! David
Brandwein who lived in Israel for 8 years is our teacher.
Classes are free and open to all TBA
members. Students will purchase their own books.
If you are interested, please contact [email protected]
Comedy Night Is Coming to TBA!
TOMORROW—Saturday, December 10 at 7:30pm
Come join us for an evening of laughter,
refreshments, fun, joke-telling contest, and beer!
We have a fabulous line-up of featured
comedians who have appeared on late night TV
and in NYC comedy clubs:
Cory Kahaney, Karen Bergreen, and Lenny Marcus.
Doors will open at 7:30pm—Show starts at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $60.00 at the door.
Latkepalooza—THIS Sunday, December 11 from 9:00am to 1:00pm
TBA’s Annual Chanukah Event!
Shop for gifts for everyone on your list - jewelry,
accessory, clothing and Tallit vendors, and the Book Fair.
Fun and foods! - “Make and Take” Lego Menorah and
Dreidel craft set, homemade fresh donuts, bake sale goodies, olive oil
tastings, and of course delicious latkes to eat!
And the new TBA Cookbook will go on sale!
No charge and all are welcome!
Volunteers needed! You can signup to help with Latkepalooza
on SignUp Genius at: http://bit.ly/2grpoi4
Open Casting Call for TBA’s Annual Purim Shpiel!
Calling all singers, actors, musicians, and comedians!
Purim is coming on Saturday night March 11, 2017.
Open Casting Calls for TBA’s Purim Shpiel are:
THIS Sunday, December 11 from 11:15-11:45am for kids in grades 3-6
& THIS Monday, December 12 from 8:30-9:30pm for adults and teens.
No previous experience necessary. If you are interested, please contact
Cantor Margot at [email protected] or call 914-631-1770.
Movie Mavens Presents: The Human Resources Manager
Saturday, December 17 at 7:00pm
A tragi-comedy centered on the HR manager of Israel’s largest
industrial bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his
business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article.
Coffee and Dessert served. Free for members. Guests are asked to
contribute $5.00 to offset the cost of refreshments.
To RSVP to this event, email [email protected].
“Light One Candle”
TBA's Ner Shel Tzedakah program, LIGHT ONE CANDLE,
gives the power to parents to purchase holiday gifts for
their children. It’s a wonderful way to share the spirit of
the holidays with families in need in our community. Your
$20.00 donation becomes a coupon that La Asociacion parents will
purchase for $5.00. Then the $25.00 coupon will be used by the parent
to buy a gift at A Nu Toy Store in Tarrytown.
Please send in a check to TBA with LOC in the memo line by December 23.
You can also donate through the TBA website under Tikkun Olam.
Volunteer to help at the store on December 12, 13 or 14 between
6:00pm and 8:00pm with gift wrapping, gift selections, and translations
by emailing [email protected] . Spanish speakers are a plus.
Holiday wrapping paper donations are also needed and can be
dropped off at TBA.
Shekelvestors—Wednesday, December 14 at 7:30pm
Invest in Israeli companies, learn about Israeli
innovations, and support Israel!
If you are interested in finding out more about
Shekelvestors, call, text, or email Marla Peers (President)
at 914-433-4602 or Mandi Beckenstein (Secretary)
at 914-882-3751, or email us at [email protected].
Consider Giving Your End of the Year Donations to TBA.
As we approach the end of the calendar year, please
consider helping Temple Beth Abraham by paying any
open Temple obligations. This will also provide you with
any tax benefits as long as your checks are dated before
the end of December.
Some of the additional ways in which you can contribute
are with Appreciated Stock, Charitable Distribution from an IRA, or
through a Donor Advised Fund. Please call the Office for details.
Support TBA at Ben’s Deli
718 Central Avenue in Scarsdale
Sunday, December 18 or Monday, December 19
Dine-in or take-out from Ben’s Deli in Scarsdale
and help support TBA. Present the flyer to the
cashier at the time of purchase and a donation
will be made to Temple Beth Abraham!
Print the online flyer: http://bit.ly/2h0sbPk
Book Club Discussion—January 13, 2017 at 10:00am
Shylock is My Name: William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant Of Venice”
Retold by Howard Jacobson
Pick up and read this book—and come join the discussion in January.
“Jacobson’s insightful retelling examines contemporary,
acutely relevant questions of Jewish identity while
maintaining a poignant sympathy for its characters and a
genuine spiritual kinship with its antecedent—a drama
which Jacobson himself considers to be ‘the most
troubling of Shakespeare’s plays for anyone, but, for an
English novelist who happens to be Jewish, also the most
challenging.’”