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October/November 2019 Tishrei /Cheshvan/Kislev 5780

Special Events at TRT

High Holiday services Tuesday, October 1st, 10:00 a.m. - Rosh Hashanah Day II *

Tuesday, October 8th, 7:30 p.m. - Kol Nidre * Wednesday, October 9th, 10:00 a.m. - Yom Kippur morning service *

(* denotes ticket is required) Additional Yom Kippur afternoon service times can be found on your ticket

All High Holiday services will be held at Marlboro High School

The following services will be held back at TRT Sunday, October 13th, 6:30 p.m. - Erev Sukkot service

Sunday, October 20th, 4:30 p.m. - 7th Day of Sukkot Yiskor service Sunday, October 20th, 6:30 p.m. - Rock Simchat Torah service with Cantor Lawrence

Friday, November 15th, 7:45 p.m. - Community Shabbat Service at Temple Shalom in Aberdeen Friday, November 22nd, 6:30 p.m. - Community Rock Shabbat Service - We will be joined by

the Temple Shalom community for this evening's service Guest artist: Sheldon Low

New Members' Shabbat/Blessing for New Drivers

Services

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*For more info on these events, please see the flyers in the back of this newsletter

SisterhoodEvening Book Discussion Group - October 24th, 7:00 p.m.

Dayt ime Book Discussion Group - October 30th, 12:00 p.m. Membership Dinner - October 22nd, 7:00 p.m.

Bereavement GroupAl l meet ings are on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. October 2nd & 16th November 6th & 20th

Saturday, October 5th, 5:00 p.m. - Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom - Poems and Liturgy We Love Saturday, November 16th, doors open at 8:15 p.m. - Comedy Night *

Tot ShabbatSaturday, October 12th - "Sukkot - The Gift That Keeps On Giving" Saturday, November 9th - "A Million Ways to Say Thank You, God"

Service begins at 9:15 a.m. with Rabbi Stern and Mr. Sam

2Board of Directors 2019-2020

Off icers

President: Tmima Grinvald

Vice President: Jen Herzog

Vice President: Andrea Kazin

Vice President: Dan Schleifstein

Treasurer: Lee Adasko

Financial Secretary: Denise Swartz

Recording Secretary: Heather Miliote

Corresponding Secretary: Carol Shangold

Past President: Robbin Manne

Directors

Brooke Baron

Juli Blumenthal

Mort Blumenthal

Ellie Golden

Ron Hiller

Laurie Kaufman

Jennifer Levin

Yang Lu

Joel Schleifstein

Marge Stevens

Jeff Weiss

Commit tee Chairpersons/Representat ives

Education: Marge Stevens

Finance: Bob Dollinger

Fundraising: Andrea Kazin

Membership: Jen Herzog

Men's Club: Eli Grinvald

Nominating/Volunteer Growth: Juli Blumenthal

Sisterhood: Brooke Baron

Worship: Ellie Golden

Youth: Amanda Roy

TEMPLE RODEPH TORAH NEWS is published bi-monthly by Temple Rodeph Torah,

PO Box 125, Marlboro, NJ 07746

It is provided without charge to member families and others upon request.

Our Mission Statement: Temple Rodeph Torah seeks to build an act ive and engaged Jewish community, one person at a t ime. We cherish our t ime-honored t radit ions to make them ever more relevant and precious in our modern l ives. These t radit ions wil l help to enrich and ensure a Jewish future through

worship, spiri tual i ty, educat ion, celebrat ion and acts of loving-kindness.

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My Temple family,

When I prepare for the High Holidays, I?m always reminded what a wonderful t ime of the year it is. I look forward to celebrating the holiday together my family: to cook together, to eat delicious food, and to catch up with what?s going on with their l ives more deeply.

The Hebrew High Holidays always take place during the fall. At t imes I wonder if this is by design. Watching the leaves change, I see how nature embraces the renewal process - with beauty. When the Hebrew New Year arrives, we are reminded to do some soul searching (Heshbon HaNefesh) and ref lect on our achievement, which results in personal renewal. Sometimes, we start a new health init iative. Other times, we focus on career or on our social l ife. In essence, the Jewish New Year helps us prepare for changes in our life.

Even here at Temple Rodeph Torah we face constant changes and we take the time to ref lect. During 2018-2019 we said goodbye to our 11-year cantor, Joanna Alexander. We wish her best of luck in her new role in Omaha. In July we welcomed our new Cantor, Rick Lawrence, who came to us from Cleveland. He already started to work with our choir in preparation for the High Holidays, and without missing a beat, he prepared one of our B?Nai Mitzvah to lead a beautiful service in early September. Join me in wishing him good luck and getting to know him, as he?ll be leading selected services together with Rabbi Weber.

Looking forward into 2020-2021 we expect additional changes in our congregation. Is there ever a dull moment in our Jewish life? And just l ike in every other area of our l ife, when we experience signif icant changes, it could be dif f icult at f irst. This year we start the turn to another chapter in our congregation?s life, as Rabbi Weber retires in June 2020. We will take the time to honor his contribution to our temple and to joyfully celebrate these thirty-six years of his leadership. Our congregation has touched so many lives since 1981- it is so noteworthy that we want to continue and touch many more lives in the next chapter of our community.

Now we actively manage this transition in a structured way with the right people in place. For transparency, the Interim Rabbi Search team has posted information for you on our website at https:/ / trt.org/ interim/ . I also invite all of you to take part at the President?s Circle meetings, a place where you can share concerns, hopes, and dreams. We will meet in small groups for more intimate conversations. Invitations will be mailed out to a group at a time, and I hope that you will make the time to join me.

Lastly, during the late spring we received tremendous support, which helped us gain f irmer f inancial standing. We thank all the families who felt our congregation?s need and acted on it. We have a unique community: educated, personable, and engaged and we want to enhance the positive impact we bring to the world, inwardly and outwardly. Our High Holiday appeal, which provides around 15% of our budget, is taking place during these weeks, giving you a way to connect with our mission. Your contributions are a way to honor your Jewish background and fortify a Jewish future. No contribution is too small. Consider the option of paying in installments, if that works better for you. Your help doesn?t go unnoticed and it is appreciated.

As 5780 is upon us, help us embrace the renewal process of our community ? with beauty.

L?Shana Tova,Tmima Grinvald, Temple President

President's M essage

Our Search Committee encompasses a diverse group of congregants who are committed to representing the entire Temple Rodeph Torah community. The group includes representatives from long-term members to younger families and everyone in between.

To keep our congregants informed, we will post information on the TRT website. Look for the Tree of Life icon with the word ?Interim Rabbi Search?. There you will f ind updates, frequently asked questions, and a form to send us your questions and feedback.

The group has already taken the f irst step. We have submitted our application to the Central Conference of American Rabbis.

Committee Members:Susan Dollinger ? Chairperson Ellen Finkelstein Danielle Green Heather Miliote Amanda Roy Marc Wilner

4Cantor Rick Lawrence is continuing the TRT tradition of bringing music to the bima as temple cantor starting with Selichot and the High Holy Day services.

?Music is a form of the spiritual,?? Cantor Lawrence says. It brings people together by providing a chance to learn about ?the prayers of our l ife?? for both the congregation and the cantor. ?It?s a two-way street,?? he says.

Cantor Lawrence will bring his commitment to creative music to the services, combining contemporary tunes with traditional melodies. At t imes, he adapts tunes from Broadway, movies, even Disney for children, to help explain what a prayer is all about. This approach is nothing new, the cantor says. As long as there?s been popular music, Jews have found ways to incorporate those melodies into worship.

The congregation will be involved in this process, both in singing and active listening. Cantor Lawrence composes melodies that take congregants to the time and place, a Shabbat service. He plays the keyboard and will incorporate the guitar and drums into the service. He will be assisting the Adult Choir in their part during the High Holy Days.

Cantor Lawrence has been a cantor since 2014. He joins TRT from Temple Emanu El in Orange, Ohio, outside Cleveland. But he says ?music has been in my blood since I was tiny.?? He grew up in Ann Arbor, Mich. His parents sang Kingston Trio duets on their f irst date. When his sister became 8, she joined her parents in singing Peter, Paul & Mary duets. When Cantor Lawrence turned 8, the family sang barbershop quartets. ?We stil l sing together to this day,?? he says.

He traces his decision to combine Jewish studies and music to a summer job as assistant music director at Star Island off the coast of Portsmouth, N.H. He was asked to lead music for a Unitarian Shabbat service. Afterward, a guest told him his ?entire face lit up?? while singing. That convinced him that he had a cantorial future. He received his bachelor?s degree in Jewish studies from Oberlin College. He received his cantorial ordination and master?s degree in Jewish education from Hebrew College.

Cantor Lawrence says he was drawn to TRT because ?people seem to care. ?? It?s the practice of ?informed Judaism.?? This includes doing good deeds for the community, learning at all ages, a deepening commitment to Judaism through self-education, knowing what?s out there.

He lives in West Philadelphia with his wife, Meredith. She is a second-year pediatric resident at the Children?s Hospital of Philadelphia.

M eet our New Cantor

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Sunday-Tuesday, 9/29-10/1 ROSH HASHANAH All services at Marlboro High School. Consult your tickets for service times.

Friday, 10/4 Kabbalat Shabbat Service ? 6:30 p.m. Shabbat Shuva: The Shabbat of Returning Birthday Blessings for October; Candle Lighting 6:16 p.m.

Saturday, 10/5 Shabbat Morning Service ? 10:00 a.m.Minyan Group Leader: Sharon Aptaker

Tuesday-Wednesday, 10/8-10/9 YOM KIPPURAll services at Marlboro High School. Consult your tickets for service times.

Friday, 10/11 Shabbat Service ? 8:00 p.m.Sermon: ?Stockpiling Joy?Candle Lighting 6:04 p.m.

Saturday, 10/12 Shabbat Morning Services: 9:15 a.m. ? TOT SHABBAT: ?Sukkot : The Gif t that Keeps On Giving?10:00 a.m. ? Minyan Group Leader: Rabbi Shira Stern

Sunday, 10/13 Erev Sukkot Service ? 6:30 p.m.Bring your own produce to decorate our Sukkah and stay for a meal!Candle Lighting: 6:01 p.m.

Friday, 10/18 Shabbat Service ? 8:00 p.m.Sermon: Devarim 1: Why Reform Jews Don?t Feel ?Authentic? Candle Lighting 5:54 p.m.

Saturday, 10/19 Shabbat Morning Service ? 10:00 a.m.Minyan Group Leader: Rabbi Don Weber

Sunday, 10/20 4:30 p.m. ? Yiskor Service for Sukkot6:30 p.m. ? ROCK SIMCHAT TORAH! Join us for the f inal service of the High Hol idays, as we rejoice in the gif t of Torah!

Friday, 10/25 Shabbat Service ? 8:00 p.m.Service Leader: Sharon AptakerAnniversary Blessings for October; Candle Lighting 5:44 p.m.

Saturday, 10/26 Shabbat Morning Service ? 10:00 a.m.Minyan Group Leaders: Bob and Susan Dollinger

Friday, 11/1 Kabbalat Shabbat Service ? 6:30 p.m.Service Leader: Sharon AptakerBirthday Blessings for November; Candle Lighting 5:35 p.m.

Saturday, 11/2 Shabbat Morning Service ? 10:00 a.m.Minyan Group Leader: Sharon Aptaker

Friday, 11/8 Shabbat Service ? 8:00 p.m.Sermon: Devarim 2: ?Everything Is in It? Candle Lighting 4:27 p.m.

Saturday, 11/9 Shabbat Morning Services:9:15 a.m. ? TOT SHABBAT: ?A Mil l ion Ways to Say Thank You, God?10:00 a.m.- Minyan Group Leader: Rabbi Shira Stern

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Friday, 11/15 COMMUNITY SHABBAT SERVICE AT TEMPLE SHALOM, 8 Ayrmont Lane, Aberdeen ? 7:45 p.m. (NO service at TRT tonight !) Candle Lighting 4:20 p.m.

Saturday, 11/16 Shabbat Morning Service ? 10:00 a.m.Minyan Group Leader: Karen Goldstein

Friday, 11/22 COMMUNITY ROCK SHABBAT SERVICE ? 6:30 p.m. (NOTE early t ime!)Guest Art ist : Sheldon Low New Members? Shabbat / Blessing for New Drivers We will be joined by the Temple Shalom community for this evening?s service Candle Lighting 4:15 p.m.

Saturday, 11/23 Shabbat Morning Services ? 10:00 a.m. Bat Mitzvah: Sophie Myerson Minyan Group Leader: Neal Finkelstein

Friday, 11/29 Shabbat Service ? 8:00 p.m. Sermon: Devarim 3: ?You and I Will Change the World? Anniversary Blessings for November; Candle Lighting 4:12 p.m.

Saturday, 11/30 Shabbat Morning Service ? 10:00 a.m. Minyan Group Leader: Rabbi Don Weber

Please call the temple office if you know of any temple member who is ill, or who has been admitted to the hospital. We want to visit and offer our help, but we cannot help unless we know

about them!

For the 2018-2019 school year, $620 of tzedakah was collected by our students and donated to the following charit ies:

American Jewish World ServiceAssociation of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA) Songs of Love Foundation Hebrew Immigration Aid Society (HIAS) Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County, NJ Fulf il l Monmouth & Ocean (Food Bank) Joan Dancy & PALS Foundation (ALS) Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger

Allocation of tzedakah were decided by vote of ourstudents.

Schedule of Services Cont 'd

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Rosh HaShanahRosh HaShanah (literally, ?Head of the Year?) is the Jewish New Year, a time of prayer, self-ref lection, and repentance. We review our actions during the past year, and we look for ways to improve ourselves, our communities, and our world in the year to come. The holiday marks the beginning of a 10-day period, known as the Yamim Nora-im (?Days of Awe? or ?High Holidays?), ushered in by Rosh HaShanah and culminating with Yom Kippur (the ?Day of Atonement?). Rosh HaShanah is widely observed by Jews throughout the world, often with prayer and ref lection in a synagogue. There also are several holiday rituals observed at home.

Rosh HaShanah is celebrated on the f irst day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, which ? because of dif ferences in the solar and lunar calendar ? corresponds to September or October on the Gregorian or secular calendar. Customs associated with the holiday include sounding the shofar, eating a round challah, and tasting apples and honey to represent a sweet New Year.

Y om K ippurYom Kippur means "Day of Atonement" and refers to the annual Jewish observance of fasting, prayer and repentance. Part of the High Holidays, which also includes Rosh HaShanah (the Jewish New Year), Yom Kippur is considered the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.

Yom Kippur is the moment in Jewish time when we dedicate our mind, body, and soul to reconciliation with our fellow human beings, ourselves, and God. As the New Year begins, we commit to making changes in ourselves after this time of self-ref lection. We are commanded to turn to those whom we have wronged f irst, acknowledging our sins and the pain we might have caused. At the same time, we must be will ing to forgive ? to let go of certain offenses and the feelings of resentment they provoked in us. On this journey, we are both seekers and givers of pardon. Only then can we turn to God and ask for forgiveness. As we read in the Yom Kippur liturgy, ?And for all these, God of forgiveness, forgive us, pardon us, and grant us atonement.?

In three separate passages in the Torah, the Jewish people are told, "the tenth day of the seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be a sacred occasion for you: You shall practice self-denial" (Leviticus 23:27). There are f ive categories

of physical needs from which we customarily abstain on Yom Kippur, of which fasting (not eating or drinking) is the most familiar. This self-denial enables us to put aside our physical desires to concentrate on our spiritual needs through prayer, repentance, and self-improvement.

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SukkotSukkot, a Hebrew word meaning ?booths? or ?huts,? refers to the annual Jewish festival of giving thanks for a bountiful fall harvest and commemorates the 40 years of Jewish wandering in the desert after the giving of the Torah atop Mount Sinai.

Sukkot begins f ive days after Yom Kippur. It is observed for seven days by Israelis and many Reform Jews, and for eight days by other Jews living outside Israel. The eighth day of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, is traditionally a separate festival in its own right. In Reform congregations, which generally observe one day of holidays, rather than two, Shemini Atzeret is observed concurrently with Simchat Torah, the festival of ?rejoicing in the Torah.?

Like many societies, the ancient Hebrews had a variety of agricultural festivals. Sukkot l ikely has its roots in one of

these ceremonial expressions of thanks to God for a good crop. By biblical t imes, Sukkot had evolved into a celebration of the summer fruit harvest: ?At the end of the year, when you gather in your produce from the f ields? (Exodus 23:16).

Init ially, the holiday that became Sukkot had no f ixed date and was observed whenever the harvest had been completed, depending on climatic conditions. By Torah times, however, the Book of Leviticus (23:24) declared: ?On the f if teen day of the seventh month, there shall be a Feast of Tabernacles to God for seven days.? The date then was standardized.

Sukkot later became one of the three Jewish Pilgrimage Festivals (Shalosh R?galim). As on Passover and Shavuot, the people would bring a portion of their harvest?s f irst fruits to the Temple in Jerusalem. There, it would be offered as a sacrif ice to God by the High Priest. After the destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E., Sukkot became a synagogue and home celebration, marked by unique rituals and symbols. As was the case with other agricultural celebrations, the holiday also is invested with strong historical signif icance. Just as Passover is t ied to the Exodus from Egypt and Shavuot is associated with the giving of the Torah, Sukkot has come to ref lect the experience of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness. The 40 years of wandering in the desert prior to entering the Land of Israel is captured, symbolically, in the frail sukkah.

The Book of Leviticus (23:42?43) portrays God as commanding: ?You shall dwell in booths for seven days? that your generations may know that I made the Children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt.? This passage is the biblical basis for building a sukkah.

There are two additional symbols associated with Sukkot that are historically based?the lulav and the etrog. Lulav is a Hebrew word meaning ?palm branch? and refers to a unique ceremonial object associated with Sukkot. Lulav also is a generic term that describes a three-sectioned holder with a single palm branch in the center, two willow branches on the left, and three myrtle branches on the right. Etrog is a Hebrew word meaning ?citron,? and refers to the special lemon-like fruit used together with the lulav in the Sukkot ritual.

As part of the biblical celebration of Sukkot, Leviticus 23:40 commands: ?On the f irst day, you shall take the fruit of a goodly tree [l iterally etrog], palm branches, myrtle boughs, and willows, and rejoice before

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Reprinted f rom ReformJudaism.org. For more informat ion on the hol idays, along with ideas for commemorat ing/celebrat ing these hol idays, please visit their website.

Adonai. With this passage, we know that the use of the lulav and etrog originated in biblical t imes. Over time, the combination of citron, palm, myrtle, and willow also became known as the arbaah minim (four species).

In Israel, Sukkot marks the beginning of the rainy season, which lasts until Passover. In Israel and among Jews in the Reform Movement, the holiday of Simchat Torah (rejoicing with the Torah) is celebrated on the eighth day after Sukkot begins and serves as a post-biblical festival created to honor the Torah.

Sh'mini Atzeret and Simchat Torah

As Sukkot comes to an end, we encounter additional special days in the Jewish calendar: Sh?mini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.

Sh?mini Atzeret, Hebrew for ?eighth-day convocation,? is the name given to the day after the seven days of Sukkot . Leviticus 23:36 proclaims: ?On the eighth day you shall observe a holy convocation.?

Sh?mini Atzeret was originally a time of ref lection on the holy days of Sukkot, which had just ended. Jews who left the booths they had occupied throughout Sukkot engaged in a f inal day of prayer before returning to their daily routine. Over time, Sh?mini Atzeret also became a day on which Jews recited a special prayer for rain in the year to come ? quite appropriate in view of Sukkot?s agricultural motif . This "eighth day" of Sukkot, Sh?mini Atzeret, is a separate occasion in its own right. While it shares some of the rituals of Sukkot, there are some dif ferences. Along with the new blessing for the rain being added, the lulav and etrog are no longer shaken in the sukkah, the blessing for dwelling in the sukkah is no longer said, and the Yizkor prayer is said at synagogue.

In Israel and in Reform congregations, which generally observe one day of holidays, rather than two, Sh?mini Atzeret is observed concurrently with Simchat Torah - which arrives directly after Sukkot - the festival of ?Rejoicing in the Torah."

Simchat Torah celebrates the end (and the beginning) of the annual Torah-reading cycle. Just as we reach the concluding section of Deuteronomy (the f if th book of the Torah) do we start over once again with Genesis (the f irst book of the Torah). This practice represents the cyclical nature of the relationship between the Jewish people and the reading of the Torah.

Only in the 11th century did the 9th day after the beginning of Sukkot take on both the name and the festive ritual of what we now recognize as Simchat Torah. An annual holiday of this nature implies a one-year cycle of Torah reading, but such was not always the case. In ancient Palestine, Jews followed a triennial, or three-year, cycle of Torah reading. The one-year cycle was a custom of the Babylonian Jewish community. It was not until the 8th century that the great majority of Jews adopted the annual system. Simchat Torah as an annual observance, then, emerged only after the divergence in customs over the Torah reading cycle was resolved.

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Hello from Sisterhood! The fall weather is upon us, and we are busy planning some fun events for the year. We hope that you are starting the New Year off happy and healthy. With the start of the New Year, we are hoping that you have already joined Sisterhood. If you have not already sent in your dues, please send your check, payable to TRT Sisterhood. If you prefer, feel free to pay online at sisterhood.trt,org.

We are excited to let you know that our annual Paid-Up Membership Dinner will be held at Galata Turkish and Mediterranean Restaurant on Tuesday, October 22, at 7:00 p.m. Please see the f lyer in this newsletter for all the info on this event. As always, we are looking forward to noshing and schmoozing with all our sisters. It 's always a wonderful evening!

Fun was had by those who attended the hands-on cooking experience at Arlene Gorski's, chef and caterer. She introduced us to some fun and unusual new recipes.

Once again, our annual honey sale was a huge success! Thank you to those who supported us. We hope you are enjoying the delicious honey with family and friends.

Do you love to read? If so, mark your calendar and consider joining TRT's Sisterhood Book Club. The evening book club meets at 7:00 p.m. at TRT on the following dates: October 24 December 12 January 16 February 27 March 26 May 7 June 18

If afternoon suits your schedule, the book club meets at 12:30 p.m. at a local restaurant, usually Mom's, on Route 9 in Manalapan. The dates are as follows: October 30 December 11 January 29 March 4 April 29 June 10

Note that books to be read are selected at the meetings. Please contact Marla Bucher for more info at MMack59@gmail.com.

Please feel free to join us the second Wednesday of the month for our Sisterhood meetings. We meet at 7:00 p.m. We would love to meet you and we are always open to new ideas. Sisterhood is a great way to feel connected to our TRT family.

L'Shana Tova... to a sweet and healthy New Year!

Brooke Baron and Sandra EsquenaziTRT Sisterhood Presidents

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DO YOU LIKE USING SOCIAL MEDIA? Do you enjoy capturing special moments on video? Are you familiar with the How-To of editing videos? We have a special short-term project that will help us share the wonderful work we do here at TRT. If you want to help put your talent to great purpose, contact Paula at palves@optonline.net

MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT: RABBI STERN OFFERS COUNSELING Is there something you would like to discuss? Is there a stressor in your life that you want to address? One of the TRT Membership Benefits is the opportunity to have up to three pastoral counseling sessions with Rabbi Stern at no cost.

Rabbi Stern is a Board Certif ied chaplain, offering pastoral counseling to individuals and groups. To learn more, or to make an appointment, call the off ice at  732-308-0055 or call Rabbi Stern directly and confidentially at  732-580-2569.

WOULD YOU SHARE YOUR (JEWISH) WISDOM WITH US? Temple Rodeph Torah invites you, our members, to share your wisdom with us by speaking at a Shabbat evening service. We will give you plenty of t ime to prepare and we will guide you along the way.

Your topic should teach something that relates to Judaism, and which you feel will be of interest to the people attending the service. We hope you will draw on your own life experiences: What have you learned from your life, or from a specif ic event in your life, and how could that be of value to others? If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, contact Rabbi Weber at 732-409-1268, or rebweb18@gmail.com.

EDNA COLEMAN ISRAEL SCHOLARSHIP FUND TRT offers scholarships to any student presently in the confirmation program or who has been confirmed, up through and including the summer after 12th grade. Money in the Israel Scholarship Fund will be equally divided among all students traveling to Israel this summer on an approved youth Israel trip, not to exceed $1,000 per student.  Requests for scholarship money should be in writ ing to the Education Committee.  Contact Ellen Finkelstein, at 732-972-8624, or ellenstf@gmail.com for more information. We appreciate the congregation's generosity in considering the Edna Coleman Israel Scholarship Fund when making a donation to the temple.

SPECIAL SERVICES SPONSORSHIP Throughout the year, TRT hosts a variety of services with outside speakers or other unique aspects. Several of these events are planned for the coming year, but we need help from the congregation to make these events possible. We are seeking special service sponsors. For $360, you can sponsor our Eat, Pray, Learn service, Sacred Texting or Blessing of the Animals service, to name just a few examples. If you are interested in sponsoring a service or learning more about other sponsorship opportunities, please contact the temple off ice at 732-308-0055.

SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS WAITING TO JOIN TRT Did you know that most of our members joined because they knew someone who already belonged? Your invitation to a neighbor or friend to join you at a service is the best advertising we have. We are also happy to send our Newsletter to any interested family, but we can't do it until you tell us who they are. Call the temple off ice, at 732-308-0055, and give us the names; we will take it from there. And if they join (in any category other than Parent/Grandparent), and remain members for a minimum of six months, you get a month?s dues f ree! Think about what your belonging to Rodeph Torah means to you, and help us reach out to others. (Besides, you can always use another driver for the carpool...)

PLEASE HELP US HELP YOU When scheduling a life-cycle event in which you would like either Rabbi Weber or Rabbi Stern to participate (weddings, namings, funerals, unveilings, etc.), please call them first. If you set the time for such events without calling, it may be impossible for them to attend. Though a funeral overrides almost everything else, clearing the time in advance may save us from disrupting classes or programs already scheduled. We understand the stressful nature of such times in our lives, and with your help we can make them a litt le easier on everyone. If you have any questions about l ife-cycle events, please feel free to call Rabbi Weber, at 732-409-1268 or Rabbi Stern, at 732-580-2569.

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Cemetery Plots Available

A limited number of cemetery plots are stil l available in the Temple Rodeph Torah section at Beth Israel Cemetery in Woodbridge, NJ.

The signif icantly discounted rates are available for pre-purchase or at t ime of need, but only through this offer. Contact the off ice today at (732) 308-0055 or email

cemetery@trt.org for information.

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Travel ing? Contact TRT for recommendations to attend Shabbat services or other events at a synagogue near your destination.

Got Tech Skil ls? Join the TRT tech crew and help deliver the audio, visual and technological experiences throughout the year.   Must be 15 years or older.   Experience not required.

Unwanted car? Donate it to TRT for a tax deduction! Call the temple off ice for instructions on how to donate to Miles Ahead Network.

Need a mentor? Let TRT connect you! Contact the temple off ice at off ice@trt.org

Do you have an event coming up? Rent the sanctuary at TRT! For information, call or email the off ice at (732)308-0055 or off ice@trt.org.

Looking for a memorial or commemorat ive opportunity? Sponsor a project or program at TRT in honor of a loved one. Contact Rabbi Weber at rebweb18@gmail.com.

Advert ise with us! The TRT newsletter is a great place to promote your business!   Contact Iris Schleifstein at i.schleifstein@gmail.com or 732-536-6117 or the temple off ice.

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You are Cordially InvitedIt is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us for a special moment in our daughter?s life, as she is called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, November 23, 2019, at 10:00 a.m.

Please join us for the oneg Shabbat following the service.

Matt and Cari Myerson

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News & Notes In Our Community

14to Jo-Ellen and Marc Landesman, on the engagement of their son Scott and Heather Zucker

to Jodi and Louis Feld, on the marriage of their daughter Brittany and Alex Kashkin

to Wendy and Lenny Braun, on the marriage of their son Gary and MJill Pedinoff

to Ilene and Bill Fireman, on the birth of their granddaughter, Cora Adeleine Fireman

to Marla and Marty Bucher, on the birth of their grandson, Landon Jerome-Michael Bucher

to Ellen and Neal Finkelstein, on the birth of their grandson, Reuben Zev Kleinman

to Janet Crain Klemons and Ira Klemons, on the birth of their grandson, Ramsey Crain Quinn Klemons

to Marcia and Joel Borshof, on the marriage of their daughter, Kara and Ziv Shalev

to David Gronlund Jacob, on the loss of his mother, Elaine Jacob

to Sharon and Jeff Aptaker, on the loss of Sharon?s father, Robert Bierman

?Zichronam Livracha? ? M ay their memory be a blessing to all who knew them14

Congratulations and Mazal Tov

Our Condolences

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Col lege Outreach Fund The Wasserman and Alves families, for theyahrzeit of Victor Wasserman

Edna Coleman Israel Scholarship Fund Phyllis Krauss, for the yahrzeit of Mollie Goldberg Sheryl and Bruce Cooper, in honor of the birth of Reuben

Zev Kleinman, grandson of Neal and EllenFinkelstein

Fund For The Center For A Jewish Future The Derris family, for the yahrzeit of Louis Rosenstock Geri and Mike Kaplan, in memory of Pearl Schoenholtz,

mother of Eric Schoenholtz, member of Temple Rodeph Torah

Sheryl, Geri, Linda, Jodi and Fern, in memory of ElaineJacob, mother of David Gronlund-Jacob

Marge & Jeff Stevens, in memory of Elaine Jacob Larry and Lois Benjamin, in memory of Elaine Jacob Joel and Marcia Borshof, for the yahrzeit of Irene Lazarus Robbin and Ron Manne, in memory of Elaine Jacob TRT religious school family, Karen, Marilyn, Liza, Marcia,

Barrie, Lea, Sam, Karen, Gayle, Laura and Adam, in memory of Elaine Jacob

General Fund Ellen and Neal Finkelstein and family, for the yahrzeit of

Abraham Welkin for the yahrzeit of Howard Berkowitz in memory of Margaret Bierman, mother ofSharon Aptaker in memory of Robert Bierman, father of SharonAptakerwith best wishes for the speedy recovery ofPhyllis Levenstein

Susan Baron, for the yahrzeit of Michael Baron The Swartz family, in honor of the birth of Austin Flynn

Feirman, grandson of Sheryl and Bruce Cooper in honor of Robbin Manne, for her service andcommitment to TRT as President

Sheryl and Bruce Cooper and family, for the yahrzeit ofHoward Berkowitz for the yahrzeit of Barry Berkowitz for the yahrzeit of Matty Berkowitz for the speedy recovery of Phyllis Levenstein

Marge and Jeff Stevens, for the yahrzeit of BlossomStevens for the yahrzeit of Selma Futterman in memory of Robert Bierman in memory of Margaret Bierman

Robin, Vanessa and Ira Sherman, for the yahrzeit of IdaSherman for the yahrzeit of Victor Sherman

Bil l Weinberger, for the yahrzeit of Harry Weinberger Margaret Babyatzky, in memory of Joyce Goldberg Andrea, Mitchell, Joshua and Brandon Gold, for the

yahrzeit of Harriet Just Iris and Joel Schleifstein, for the yahrzeit of Louis

Schleifstein

Susan and Bob Dollinger, in memory of Margaret Bierman in memory of Pearl Schoenholtz in memory of Robert Bierman in memory of Elaine Jacob in honor of the birth of Reuben Zev Kleinmen

Shari and Larry Rosen, in memory of Pearl Schoenholtz in memory of Margaret Bierman

Helen and Steve Goldstein, in memory of MargaretBierman

Robbin and Ron Manne, in honor of the birth of Austin Flynn Feirman in honor of the birth of Reuben Zev Kleinman in memory of Pearl Schoenholtz

Susan and Eric Alter and family, in memory of MargaretBierman

Paula Alves, for the yahrzeit of Victor Wasserman Darya Ward, in memory of Pearl Schoenholtz Ginger, Joel, Sarah and Tori Richman, for the yahrzeit of

Rabbi Milton Richman Arlene and Harvey Lieber, for the yahrzeit of Sylvia

Konner The Baron family, in memory of Pearl Schoenholtz Tmima and Eli Grinvald and family, in memory of Pearl

Schoenholtz The Schwitz family, for the yahrzeit of Bernard

Weinberger,for the yahrzeit of Trudi Gardiner

The Pickett and Cohen families, for the yahrzeit ofNorman Pickett

Lynn and Jerry Sternberg, wishing Phyllis Levenstein aspeedy recovery

Heather Miliote and family, in honor of the newgrandbabies in the Bucher, Cooper, Finkelstein and Willner families

Rosemary Buono, in memory of Pearl Schoenholtz Jed Zaitz, for the yahrzeit of Samuel Zaitz

Helena Project Fund The Heitt family, for the yahrzeit of Jerry Ritman

for the yahrzeit of Nettie Schulman Louis Weiner and family, in memory of Margaret Bierman Andrea Wajngold and family, for the yahrzeit of Helen

Kirstein Randye and Sandy Derris, in honor of the birth of Austin

Flynn Feirman

Herzog Music Fund Tina Hoffman, for the yahrzeit of Oscar Popper Geri and Mike Kaplan, in memory of Margaret Bierman

in memory of Robert Bierman Sheryl and Bruce Cooper, in memory of Margaret Bierman

in memory of Pearl Schoenholtz in memory of Bob Bierman

Anne and Matt Jacobson and family, in memory ofMargaret Bierman in memory of Robert Bierman in honor of Sheryl and Bruce Cooper, on the birthof their grandson, Austin Flynn Feirman

Contributions

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Lynn and Jerry Sternberg, in memory of Margaret Bierman in memory of Robert Bierman

Ell ie and Larry Golden, in memory of Margaret Bierman

Rabbi?s Discret ionary Fund Randye and Sandy Derris, in honor of the Brit Hayyim of

Noa Lennox Shapiro and Cody Paige Levenson Greg and Wendye Goldstein, and June and Kevin Hodapp,

in memory of Barbara Lippman and in appreciation of Rabbi Weber and Rabbi Stern

Mark and Jo-Ellen Landesman, in memory of MargaretBierman

Bill and Ilene Fireman, in memory of Margaret Bierman in memory of Robert Bierman

The Kansky family, in memory of Joyce Goldberg Lynn and Dave Fermaglich, for the yahrzeit of Max Spivack Elyse and David Langner, for the yahrzeit of Irene Amster Judy and Norm Ferber, for the yahrzeit of Mary Brodey The Rosenstock family, for the yahrzeit of Lucille

Rosenstock Burt and Phyllis Krauss, for the yahrzeit of David Krauss Jerry Wiskin, for the yahrzeit of Jonah Wiskin

for the yahrzeit of Philip Neustadt Joel Binkowitz, for the yahrzeit of Abbe Gasparro Brian and Fran Cohen, for the yahrzeit of Norman Cohen

for the yahrzeit of Staci Cohen Linda and Jerry Wainick, for the yahrzeit of Irving Wainick

for the yahrzeit of Jonah Pollack The Aronson family, for the yahrzeit of Bernard Aronson Regina Mester, for the yahrzeit of Sidney Zwill in Jo-Ellen Landesman, in memory of Robert Bierman Sophia Abramson and Debbie Kullback, for the yahrzeit of

Harvey Abramson Sandy & Lizabeth Goldstein, for the yahrzeit of

David Goldstein

Sisterhood Tribute Fund The Baron Family, in honor of the birth of Landon

Jerome-Michael Bucher, grandson of Marla and Marty Bucher

Social Act ion Fund Geri, Michael, Jared and Dana Kaplan, for the yahrzeit of

Will iam Kaplan for the yahrzeit of Doris Kaplan

Susan and Bernie Aaron, for the yahrzeit of Janet Beichman

Spiritual Enhancement Fund Randye and Sandy Derris in honor of the Brit Hayyim of

their grandchildren Noa Lennox and Cody Paige Miriam Koppel, Amanda and Jen, for the yahrzeit of Fanny

Wortman Susan Baron, for the yahrzeit of Ida Zweif ler Sheila, Craig, Elissa, Scott and Sophie Harris, for the

yahrzeit of Stewart D. Harris Martin Borell, for the yahrzeit of Etta G. Borell Carol Shangold, in memory of Margaret Bierman

in memory of Robert Bierman Stuart and Vivian Aronow, for the yahrzeit of Ernestine

Wind Audrey, Roy and Amanda Goldberg, for the yahrzeit of

Irving Yoskowitz Hedda Scheck, for the yahrzeit of Adolf Rosenthal

Wil lner/Weinstein Educat ional Endowment Fund Susan, David, Randi Brown and Erica Rosenson, for the

yahrzeit of Enid Brown for the yahrzeit of Maureen Friedman for the yahrzeit of Betty Brown

Susan Brown and sons, for the yahrzeit of Bill Feinstein Susan and David Brown, in memory of Margaret Bierman

in memory of Robert Bierman in honor of Sheryl and Bruce Cooper on the birth of Austin Flynn Feirman

Marc and Shelley Willner, for the yahrzeit of Libby Willner Wendie, Stephen and Dylan Weinstein, for the yahrzeit of

Charles Weinstein David and Randi Brown and Erica Rosenson, for the yahrzeit

of Harry Brown Shari and Scott Tepper, in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of

Godrick (Ari) Tepper

Please call the temple office if you know of any temple member who is ill, or who has been admitted to the hospital. We want to visit and offer our help, but we cannot help unless we know about them!

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These names will be included in the list of yahrzeits on the Shabbat indicated. In addition, at our Friday evening service and Shabbat morning minyan, we will invite all those who wish to rise and say the name of the one(s) for whom they are saying Kaddish.

Shabbat Observance 10/4 - 10/510/1 Moshe Janower grandfather of Gail Davis 10/1 Rose Krauss mother of Burt Krauss 10/1 Henze Viesel grandmother of Gail Davis 10/2 Bessie Gavronsky great aunt of Geri Kaplan

great aunt of Susan Blecker 10/2 Pauline Schwartz aunt of Rona Shukovsky 10/3 Anna Salkin grandmother of Karen Goldstein 10/3 Ida Silverberg grandmother of Ellen Feinberg 10/3 Leon Garelick * father of Lynn Sternberg 10/3 Frances Goldman * mother of Iris Schleifstein 10/4 Phil Band uncle of Barbara Klein 10/5 Leo Feinstein father of Steven Feinstein 10/5 Isaac Stern father of Rabbi Shira Stern

Shabbat Observance 10/11 - 10/12 10/6 Herman Lukow * father of Linda Weinberg 10/6 Stella Stil ler aunt of Craig Porter 10/6 Frances Yelenik mother of Barry Yelenik 10/7 Emanuel Brodey father of Judith Ferber 10/7 Jules Cooper * father of Bruce Cooper 10/8 Irving Cohen father of Arlyne Weber 10/8 Barbara Fermaglich wife of David Fermaglich 10/8 Mollie Kamenetzky mother of Shirley Deckelboim 10/9 Ralph Falk father of Don Falk 10/9 Will iam Fuchs grandfather of Glenn Fuchs 10/9 Bernard Shimmerman father of Francine Davis 10/9 Harry Levenstein * father of Henry Levenstein 10/9 Gary Shukovsky * husband of Rona Shukovsky 10/10 Susan Meyerberg * wife of Alan Meyerberg

mother of Jenna Meyerberg mother of Evan Meyerberg member of Temple Rodeph Torah

10/10 Dorothy Hoffman mother of Donna Rosenblum 10/10 Evelyn Tabakman mother of Mark Tabakman 10/10 Laura Amarosa * grandmother of Loretta Shapiro 10/10 Irving Kaden * father of Randi Sorin 10/10 Louis Weber * grandfather of Rabbi Don Weber 10/11 Sydney Freedman * father of Mark Freedman 10/11 Harry Gilbert * father of Janice Feldman 10/11 Lewis Stein * father of Arlene Forman 10/11 Will iam Scheck husband of Hedda Scheck 10/11 Barry Speiser special friend of Robbin Manne 10/12 Simon Alpert grandfather of Susan Blecker

grandfather of Geri Kaplan 10/12 Freda Beeber mother of Herbert Beeber 10/12 Clarence Brandt father of Joel Brandt

Shabbat Observance 10/18 - 10/19 10/13 Adam Bauer * son of Sandy Abramson

son of Eric Bauer 10/13 Tina Mosteiro cousin of Elyse Langner 10/13 Charlotte Feld * mother of Ellen Block

mother of Louis Feld mother of Nadine Sherman

10/14 Murray Kravitz * grandfather of David Sorin 10/14 Samuel Smilovici * father of Josephine Paltin 10/15 Halle Abrams uncle of Andrea Kazin 10/15 Liba Ionas great Grandmother of Josephine Paltin 10/15 Mona Komar sister-in-law of Lois Benjamin

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Shabbat Observance 10/18 - 10/19 Cont 'd

10/15 Gloria Brenner* mother of Claudia Schreiber 10/16 Lorry Posner friend of Ellen Finkelstein 10/16 Alan Stevens brother of Jeffrey Stevens 10/17 Ruth Gutterman mother of Neil Tannenbaum 10/17 Morris Ratowsky grandfather of Norman Ferber 10/18 Sam Litwak * grandfather of David Shapiro 10/18 Lorna Weinberger * mother of Lynne Schwitz 10/19 Arnold Eigen * husband of Corinne Eigen

Shabbat Observance 10/25 - 10/26 10/20 Jack Chamoff * father of Harvey Chamoff ?" ?10/20 Theda Kushel mother of Barbara Klein 10/21 Judy Pius * wife of Larry Pius

mother of Jaimee Pius mother of Craig Pius member of Temple Rodeph Torah

10/21 Charles S. Sobel* son of Rosalie Sobel 10/21 Susan Bailey sister-in-law of Lawrence Benjamin 10/22 Seymour Cooper * father of Lee Cooper ?" ?

father-in-law of Toni Cooper grandfather of Sarah Cooper

10/22 Steven Salti * member of Temple Rodeph Torah 10/23 Ana Bucher * mother of Marty Bucher 10/23 Sindy Weiner * wife of Louis Weiner

member of Temple Rodeph Torah 10/24 Jack Calderon * cousin of Irwin Misshula 10/24 Bernard Schaefer * father of Toni Cooper

grandfather of Sarah Cooper 10/24 Sylvia Dollinger mother of Robert Dollinger 10/24 Ida Kazin grandmother of Alan Kazin 10/25 Arthur Fleischman father of Jeffrey Fleischman 10/25 Freida Silverberg grandmother of Craig Porter 10/25 Betty Eichel * mother of Richard Eichel 10/26 Abraham Russo * father of Joel Russo

Shabbat Observance 11/1 - 11/2 10/27 Jacqueline Eisen * mother of Cathy Berkowit 10/27 Sylvia Berlin mother of Ilene Fireman 10/28 Gerry Goldberg * husband of Judy Goldberg

member of Temple Rodeph Torah 10/28 Maurice Baron father of Norman Baron 10/28 Morris Blacker grandfather of Bonnie Sugarman 10/28 Stanley Bloomberg uncle of Rabbi Don Weber 10/28 Rochelle Schesser mother of Joel Schesser 10/29 Benek Bolender * father of Marlene Shapiro 10/29 Robert Wolf father of Rhonda Barter 10/29 David Goldstein * father of Larry Goldstein 10/30 Martin Greenhouse father of Clif f Greenhouse 10/30 Ruth Finkelstein * mother of Neal Finkelstein 10/30 Rose Kravitz * grandmother of David Sorin 10/31 Max Kirschenbaum * father of Jack Kirschenbaum 10/31 Harry Friedelbaum grandfather of Robbin Manne 10/31 Lesif Gincher father of Marianna Kiselev 10/31 Mary Eterno * mother of Loretta Shapiro 11/1 Charles Cole * father of Evan Cole 11/1 Paula Kaufman aunt of Geri Kaplan

aunt of Susan Blecker 11/1 Beth Saraceno sister-in-law of Lois Benjamin 11/2 Salomon Furer * father of Alicia Quint 11/2 Helen Mautner grandmother of Phyllis Porter 11/2 Rose Neal * godmother of Loretta Shapiro

Shabbat Observance 11/8 - 11/9 11/3 Dora Weber * grandmother of Rabbi Don Weber

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?Yahrzeits (cont'd)11/4 Chet Ambler friend of Larry Goldstein 11/4 Edgar Pearlman father of Charles Pearlman 11/5 Rose Benjamin mother of Lawrence Benjamin 11/5 Edith Rubin mother of Ira Rubin 11/5 Louis Deckelboim * husband of Shirley Deckelboim

father of Sandra Esquenazi 11/6 Richard Loebel * brother of Morton Fine 11/7 Rachel Pachter * wife of Erik Pachter

mother of Ira Pachter member of Temple Rodeph Torah

11/8 Rhoda Chesler aunt of Bonnie Friedland

Shabbat Observance 11/15 - 11/16 11/10 Jennie Cooper * grandmother of Brian and Lisa Halpern 11/10 Rose Katz grandmother of Steven Karmiller 11/10 Hyman Nemirov father of Hinda Weinberger 11/11 Gertrude Feldman * mother of Neil Feldman 11/11 Evelyn Berkowitz mother of Gertrude Beeber 11/11 Bruce Kurtz father of Ellen Pearlman 11/11 Robert Singer * father of Leslie Rosenstock 11/12 Edward Lewis * father of Michael Lewis 11/12 Ruth Agress mother of Sandra Craig 11/12 Frank Klapper father of Marilyn Beutel 11/12 Lena Neustadt grandmother of Jerry Wiskin 11/13 Thomas Schulman * father of Irene Ash 11/13 Phyllis Sellinger stepmother of Laurie Karmel 11/15 Rose Cranin * grandmother of Randy Cranin 11/15 Gussie Schwalbe grandmother of Sandra Craig 11/15 Clara Shukovsky mother-inlaw of Rona Shukovsky 11/16 Harry Fischer * father of Craig Fischer ?" ? 11/16 Masha Shulman grandmother of Steven Kaufman 11/16 Dale Skran, Sr. father of Dale Skran

Shabbat Observance 11/22 - 11/23 11/17 Jeanne Tremaine grandmother of Laurie Karmel 11/17 Charles Freilich * father of Irvin Freilich 11/18 Lucille Robins * mother of Dale Krulick 11/18 Dora Eisner grandmother of Jeffrey Aptaker 11/18 Max Fermaglich father of David Fermaglich 11/18 Samuel Schulman father-in-law of Maurice Heitt 11/18 Minnie Shapiro grandmother of Randi Sorin 11/18 Malvina Zilberman sister of Mina Paltin 11/18 Mollie Schwitz * grandmother of Mark Schwitz 11/19 Selma Levy * grandmother of David Levy 11/19 Arnold Workman * father of Robin Persily 11/20 Janice Seif ter * niece of Shirley Newman ?" ?

cousin of Roberta Rafaloff 11/20 Janie Goldfarb wife of Richard Goldfarb

mother of Cindy Kipnis 11/20 Lill ian Ross mother of Phil Ross 11/20 Edna Sanchez mother of Ralph Mavis 11/20 Abraham Stein father of Lisa Perlman 11/20 Samuel Zimmerman father of Emilie Herzberg 11/21 Frank Cariello * father of Robert Cariello 11/21 Chava Weichenberg aunt of Lior Koppel 11/21 Ronda Binkowitz * wife of Joel Binkowitz

member of Temple Rodeph Torah 11/22 Lila Geltzeiler mother of Melanie Goldstein 11/22 Sylvia Karmel mother of Arthur Karmel 11/22 Benjamin Kirschner brother of Arlene Lieber 11/22 Sara Shraberg grandmother of Jon Klein 11/23 Helene Hershman * mother of Gil Hershman 11/23 Henry Goutter father-in-law of Andrea Goutter 11/23 James Mack grandfather of Marla Bucher 11/23 Walter Sundel family of Louis Weiner 11/23 Theresa Amarosa * aunt of Loretta Shapiro

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Shabbat Observance 11/29 - 11/30 11/24 Helen Fireison mother of Barbara Daniels 11/24 Jil l Konwiser niece of Lois Benjamin 11/24 Barbara Sorin * mother of David Sorin 11/25 Leonard Chernick * father of Pamela Mizrahi11/25 Cecilia Gross * mother of Fred Gross 11/25 Mickey Marks husband of Arlene Lieber 11/25 Gerald Weiner father of Louis Weiner 11/26 Bernard Satkowitz * father of Rochelle Friedman 11/26 Pauline Seif ter * mother of Shirley Newman ?" ?

grandmother of Roberta Rafaloff 11/26 Jerome Gold father of Mitch Gold 11/26 Hans Rosenow * stepfather of Ronald Klug 11/27 Alan Silverman father of Ira Silverman 11/28 Mary Shraberg Klein mother of Jon Klein 11/28 Leah Komar mother-in-law of Lois Benjamin 11/29 Anna Kiselev mother of Alexander Kiselev 11/29 Virginia Maravent grandmother of Miriam Koppel 11/29 Naomi Sugarman mother of Peter Sugarman 11/30 Susan Schack * daughter of Samuel Berger ?" ?

sister of Judy Goldberg 11/30 Naomi Wilder * mother of Rachel Wilder Pachter ?" ? 11/30 Ethel Rosenbaum mother of Barbara Rosenbaum 11/30 Zahava Siegel sister of Miriam Koppel 11/30 Leonard Kaufman * father of Steven Kaufman

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TEMPLE RODEPH TORAH of Western Monmouth

P.O. Box 125, Marlboro, NJ 07746 (Area Code 732)

Of f ice 308-0055 Rel igious School 308-3836

web site: www.trt .org email : of f ice@trt .orgRabbi Donald A. Weber Off ice 409-1268 rebweb18@gmail.com

Home 972-2595

Cantor Rick Lawrence Off ice 308-2311 cantor.rick.lawrence@gmail.comHome 734-417-7265

Rabbinic Associate Shira Stern 580-2569 ravshira@gmail.com

Temple Administrator Sheryl Cooper 308-0055 off ice@trt.org

Educator David Gronlund-Jacob 308-3836 rel.school@trt.org

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutor Marilyn Beutel 201-776-3766 mbeutel@optonline.net

President Tmima Grinvald 642-3938 tmimag@trt.org

Vice-President Jen Herzog 917-364-9070 jenh330@gmail.com

Vice-President Andrea Kazin 673-7320 andreakaz@trt.org

Vice-President Dan Schleifstein 908-670-0478 daniel.schleifstein@piblaw.com

Treasurer Lee Adasko 212-696-4600 Lee@bffa.com

Financial Secretary Denise Swartz 908- 692-8181 swartz4some@hotmail.com

Recording Secretary Heather Miliote 462-1982 heathermiliote@yahoo.com

Corresponding Secretary Carol Shangold 252-6174 caroltema@me.com

Past-President Robbin Manne 547-9283 robbinm@trt.org

ARZA Marc Willner 536-4180 marcw18@aol.com

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Video Steve Cotter 598-2607 stevecotterestates@gmail.com

Building Grounds Mort Blumenthal 851-4785 mortandjoyce@gmail.com

College Outreach Marcia Borshof 972-1906 marlaza7@hotmail.com

Education Marge Stevens 308-0605 marge_stevens@verizon.net

Service Requirements Tara & Glenn Fuchs 785-2940 tlfuchs73@gmail.com

Finance Mike Esquenazi 252-8753 mesquenazi@brickmanre.com

Fundraising Andrea Kazin 673-7320 andreakaz@trt.org

Judaica Shop Marcia Borshof 972-1906 marlaza7@hotmail.com

Library Heather Schleifstein 851-7124 HLM9@aol.com

Marketing Tmima Grinvald 642-3938 tmimag@gmail.com

Membership Jen Herzog 917-364-9070 jenh330@gmail.com

Men's Club Eli Grinvald 908-415-4561 Eli.Grinvald@gmail.com

Newsletter Advertising Iris Schleifstein 536-6117 i.schleifstein@gmail.com

Newsletter 308-0055 trtnewsletter@gmail.com

Sisterhood Brooke Baron 757-6251 drbrookebaron@optonline.net Sandra Esquenazi 252-8753 emmysmom@optonline.net

Bonnie Russo 972-9080 brusso65@optimum.net

Technology Harvey Lieber 677-3257 harvey.lieber@gmail.com

Volunteer Growth Juli Blumenthal 972-8404 juliblumenthal@gmail.com

Web Site Administrator Neal Finkelstein 972-8624 webadmin@trt.org

Worship Heather Miliote 462-1982 heathermiliote@yahoo.com

Youth Amanda Roy 917-238-7226 royamanda@gmail.com

Youth Director

Chaverim, Jr.& Sr. RTSY Shifra Malkin 908-642-6589 Shifra.Malkin@yahoo.com

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