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Page TEMPLE ISRAEL OF THE POCONOS Edition 598

Temple Israel of the Poconos Drawing by Marilyn Margolies

Inside this Issue

Rabbi’s Message 1 President’s Message 3 Norman Gelber 4 Hebrew School 5 Ask the Rabbi 7 Donations 9 Birthdays/ Anniversaries 11 Yahrzeit Lists 12,13 Calendar 15 Advertising 19

Sunday, August 3 11:00 a.m. Unveiling for Kurt Wimer Rt. 209 Cemetery

Monday August 4 7:00 p.m. Tisha B’Av Pre-fast pasta supper and PBS film Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness followed by services and the reading of Lamentations

August 12 8:00 p.m. Mussar Teachings with Rabbi Yachnas

Edition 598 July2014 Tammuz/Av 5774 A monthly publication of Temple Israel of the Poconos

SEARCHING FAR AND NEAR by Rabbi Baruch Binyamin Hakohen Melman

Searching. Diogenes the Cynic would hold a lantern in the daylight in his search for an honest man. Victor Frankl in his book, Man's Search for Meaning, posits that those who sought meaning in life beyond mere survival and hedonistic pleasures had a better chance of ultimately surviving the ordeals and horrors of the Shoah. Idealism and altruism win out in the end. Jewish legend describes Eliyahu HaNavee, Elijah the prophet, as scouring the world seeking the 36 hidden righteous people. With-out these Tzaddikim the world would cease to exist. Looking at the state of the world today I would advise him to hurry! Alas, we are still searching for the hundreds of Nigerian Christian school girls who were abducted by Islamist fanatics. The kidnapping was a statement against equality for women and against western values. Alas, we are still searching for the three Israeli teenage boys who were kidnapped by Hamas. Indeed, we are searching for a true peace in the Middle East. As the late Golda Meir once said, "we will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us." If one seeks justice for Israel in the United Nations and in the media, sadly one will seek in vain. Alas, we are still searching for the hundreds of missing passengers who were aboard the doomed Malaysian jetliner. While we revel in the plethora of technological advances we have come to enjoy as a privi-lege of living in the most advanced nation in the 21st century, we puzzle at the shocking capacity, if not ease, to be unavailable" and "off the grid" in today's world. We shudder at the invasion of our privacy as individuals when we see advertising personally targeting our business following a random google inquiry. To paraphrase the late Howard Baker of Watergate fame, "What did they know and when did they know it?" The answer is pretty much everything and pretty much immediately. Continued on page 4

TEMPLE ISRAEL OF THE POCONOS Edition 598

Temple office: (570) 421-8781 Rabbi Baruch Melman [email protected] (570) 730-4799 www.templeisraelofthepoconos.org [email protected]

711 WALLACE STREET, STROUDSBURG, PA 18360

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2 yr Trustee: Esther Graves Mark Entenberg Merle Turitz

426-7020

223-1131

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1 yr Trustee: Ed Krawitz Mitchell Marcus

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Cemetery: 209/ Eliezer Gardens

Barry Tremper Charlie Cahn

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C.H.A.I. Debbie Smith 610-751-7692 [email protected]

Ritual Bernie Driller 421-6103 [email protected]

Finance Dave Rosenberg 894-4537 [email protected]

Membership Sandra Alfonsi 223-7062 [email protected]

Kitchen Lois LaBarca Sandra Alfonsi

421-6103 223-7062


House Herb Rosen Barry Tremper

424-1161 588-6148


Chesed & Wishograms Suzanne Tremper 588-6148 [email protected]

Newsletter Barbara Rosenberg 894-4537 [email protected]

Gift Shop Debbie Smith 610-751-7692 [email protected]

Programming Barry Tremper Barbara Rosenberg

588-6148 894-4537


Temple Publicity C.H.A.I. Publicity

Marci Rabinowitz Rebecca Bear


Rabbi Melman’s Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

10:30 — 12:00 noon To talk in person please call me to set up an appointment.

Please provide Barbara with any information that is missing for you in the above grid. Thank you.

President Sandra Alfonsi 223-7062 [email protected]

1st Vice President Bernie Driller 421-6103 [email protected]

2nd Vice President Lois LaBarca 421-6103 [email protected]

Secretary Barbara Rosenberg 894-4537 [email protected]

Treasurer Dave Rosenberg 894-4537 [email protected]

Asst. Treasurer Herb Rosen 424-1161 [email protected]

Sitting Past President Suzanne Tremper 588-6148 [email protected]


A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT ……

As I write this message the month of June is coming to an end and with it the end of my first year as President of Temple Israel. As I look back on this year I admit that I have to smile at what we have accomplished together. We celebrated Rosh Hashanah with joy and left our services with a new-found belief that we were truly beginning a new year for Temple Israel. For the first time in many years we did not cancel upcoming events because of apathy and lack of support. We held our Pasta Supper and A Program event and enjoyed a home-cooked pasta dinner and watched the performance of Kaskeset, the marvelous Acapella group from SUNY Binghamton. Just as the sounds of music filled our Social Hall during this event, they did so once again at Chanukah when we held our Community Menorah Lighting Event. Members, Hebrew School families and their chil-dren and guests from the greater Stroudsburg community filled our Social Hall. They brought their menorahs and kindled the candles, sang Chanukah songs and ate home-made latkes. After Cha-nukah we celebrated Purim together – members, Hebrew School children and parents and once again individuals from outside our Temple Israel community. Perhaps the greatest accomplishment this year was our beautiful, well attended and thoroughly enjoyed Second Seder. For the first time in many years we prepared our home for Pesach and welcomed members, their family and guests as well as strangers who were seeking a Seder and came to us. As we welcomed them they were no longer strangers but a part of our Temple Israel family. We have had a Minyan every Shabbat morning since before Rosh Hashanah. Individuals in need of a Minyan in order to say Kaddish now come to us and feel that they are a part of our family. It was indeed a very good year.

My second term as your President will begin on July 1st. It will start with another mega-event which is long overdue. On July 6 we will hold our Ben Yehuda Street Comes to the Poconos Israeli Fair. The sounds, sights, food, crafts and artistry of Israel will fill our building and our grounds. Temple Israel will celebrate Israel. How very fitting it is that we who carry the name of Israel will present the face of Israel to the community at large. Soon we will come together to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and to pray for another year of life for us, our families and our beloved Temple Is-rael. Exciting events are being planned for the upcoming year: the return of Kaskeset in October; a Shabbat Dinner in November; a pre-Chanukah Bazaar and our Community Chanukah Menorah Lighting, to name a few. We will share meals together and celebrate life cycle events. There will be some changes in the upcoming year – changes which are designed to help us grow.

So, as my first year comes to an end, I thank all of you for taking this journey with me. May we go from strength to strength together!


THE NORMAL MYSTICS by Norman Gelber

The rabbis who wrote the Talmud have been described as “normal mystics.” The normal mystic is described as God-intoxicated, so drunk with his nearness to God that he sees the divine presence in everyday life: a beautiful sight in nature, a storm, a rainbow, birth, and growth. He perceives the created universe, with all its various forms of life, as the work of a divine Artist. And he interprets righteous behavior as a human aspect of divine art. Rabbi Akiba said to his disciples: “Just as the existence of a house testi-fies to the builder, the garment to the weaver, and the door to a carpen-ter, so does the world testify to the Holy One, blessed be He, who created it.” Normal mysticism is implicit in the words of the Psalmist: “The heavens declare the glory of God,” which means that the stars, the planets, the sun, and the moon provide silent testi-mony to God as their Creator. Though the story of Purim doesn’t mention God, yet the miraculous deliverance of the Persian Jews from Haman’s intention to destroy them reveals God’s protective care. In ancient Egypt, Joseph, who was the victim of his brothers’ envy and hostility, reassured them that they need not fear his vengeance because God had directed the scenario: “Now do not blame yourselves or be angry that you sold me here - for God sent me to save lives.” The unseen but protective role of God in the survival of the state of Israel also supports the beliefs of the normal mystics. Despite the many wars that the Arab nations, with superior numbers, have launched against Israel, that small nation had survived. It’s no coincidence that when Israel needed the reinforcement of more Jews to counterbalance the increasing Palestinian population in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, several thousands of Soviet Jews immigrated to Israel. Their timely arrival enriched Israel with a wave of engineers, teachers, doctors, and scientists who also strengthened Israel’s military position. We usually think of mystics as strange people who profess to have hallucinations or visions of God, heaven, and the angels, according to many incidences in the Bible. In Exodus (29:9-10) such a mystical vision is described: "Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet the like of a paved work of sapphire stone, and the like of the the very heaven for clearness." But those who believe that the Lord “works in mysterious ways,” those who see in nature and in human life ample evidence of God’s handiwork, and those who discern in historical events His influence are, after all, normal mystics. And I guess that includes most of us.


The Hebrew School of Temple Israel

Rabbi Baruch Melman, Principal

Mrs. Debbie Smith, Administrator

It is now the start of the hot summer and many children are away at camp, travel-ing, and/or enjoying themselves! And as well they should! We are in the meantime making plans for the fall to create a Hebrew school with a vision for excellence. We wish to build for the long term a school that meets the needs of our young people: to give them knowledge of their faith and their history, pride in their heritage, literacy of their traditions and values, identification with their people and with Israel, and fluency in reading Hebrew. We are building on a vision that sees Jewish education and lifelong learning as both a birthright and a central pillar of Jewish life. To that end, we are creating a curriculum for all ages - not only until Bar and Bat Mitzvah, but throughout the high school years as well - and beyond. But let us remember that Hebrew school is but one necessary element in creating a Jewish child who identifies Jewishly. The home must reflect and impart Jewish-ness. Summer camp must reflect and impart Jewishness. Families must attend services regularly so their child will feel comfortable and "at home" in synagogue services. Families must share their love of Israel with their child and visit Israel and even encourage their child to study in university for a year or two. They have many excellent academic programs in English geared to American students. Lastly, while the secret to success in business may be "location, location, location," success as a self- identifying Jew lies in "education, education, education."

HEBREW SCHOOL NEWS


HIGH HOLIDAY 5775 MEAL SCHEDULE AND FEES Rosh Hashanah 1st Day Luncheon

Thursday, September 25, 2014 Immediately following services.

Rosh Hashanah 2nd Day Luncheon Friday, September 26, 2014

Immediately following services.

Yom Kippur Break-the-Fast Saturday, October 4, 2014 Immediately following services and Sounding of the

Shofar

MEMBERS: $10/meal or $25/3 meals

NON-MEMBERS: $12.50/meal or $30/3 meals

Have a question? Contact Sandra Alfonsi at 223-7062

TOTAL SUBMITTED: $________ ___# members ___ # meals per person ___#non-members ___# meals per person Name ____________________________________________________

Address ____________________________________________

Telephone # ____________________email ________________________@ _________________

ALL RESERVATIONS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY YOUR CHECK

Please make all checks payable to Temple Israel of the Poconos marked High Holiday Lunch (HHL) in the memo area.

Mail reservation form and payment in full to:

Dr. Sandra Alfonsi Temple Israel of the Poconos

711 Wallace Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360 Attn: High Holiday Meals


ASK THE RABBI Rabbi, why does the whole world hate the Jews? Dear Child, No, the "whole world" does not hate the Jews. Knowing much of the tragic history and

events that befell our people over the centuries and millennia, we may be forgiven if we fall into that mindset. While our human nature often seeks to reduce and simplify the world around us to help us cope with its often daunting complexity, we must be on guard not to fall prey to that type of thinking. It is very true, however, that much of the world, up to a quarter, or even a third of the world, has negative feelings towards us, even while simultaneously admitting that they had never once even met a Jew in person! Many people just mindlessly repeat what they hear from others and accept it as true and valid, even without examining their reasons. As I said above, human nature seeks to reduce the world's complexity to simplistic theories as a means of dealing with the chaos in life. Join that idea with the other human tendency to blame others for one's mistakes, one's bad choices and overall misery and you have the perfect storm for Jew hatred. While the Crusaders sought to murder every Jew in the Rhine River Valley on their way to kill the Muslims in the Holy Land, there were indeed bishops and church leaders who sought - sadly in vain - to protect and spare them from the ruthless killers. While the nations in Western Europe moved to slaughter, banish and exile the Jews in their midst, they were in turn welcomed in the East by the Muslim Ottoman Sultan and by the Catholic King of Poland. While Jews found themselves unwelcome in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, they were invited warmly to settle and ultimately thrive in the neighboring Providence Plantations to the south, founded by Roger Williams. While during the Holocaust the official leaders of the world's nations—almost without exception, shut their doors to Jewish refugees, even children, thus in essence sealing their fate, there were indeed thousands of Tzaddikei Umot HaOlam - Righteous Gentiles, who were recognized by Yad VaShem in Israel for their humanity, heroism and bravery in risking their lives to save their Jewish friends and neighbors. But sadly enough, many Jews were ultimately betrayed by their other neighbors. And yet thousands and thousands were saved by strangers who acted with great bravery and humanity, such as Raoul Wallenberg, Chiune Sugihara, Nicholas Winton and Irene Sendler, to name just a few.

Continued from page 1: Rabbi’s Essay Speaking of being "off the grid," there is also a very positive side to it as well, which is cele-brated by Jewish tradition. It is called Shabbat. Shabbat is a day devoted to being "off the grid." Shabbat is not merely about unplugging *from* the weekday world of business and chores and from other forms of drudgery large and small. It is also about plugging *in* to the Source of Life. It is about sacred time, about connecting with your soul and with your spiritual essence. In Deuteronomy we are told that God's Word is found not in the Heavens above nor is it to be found far across the distant seas, that we should ask others to get it for us. But rather, it is very near to us, close to our hearts, our souls, our minds. The central message of our holy Torah is love: Leviticus 19:18 - "Love your neighbor as yourself." This is the central message of our Torah, the central message that will heal the world. Search no more. "All the rest is commentary." Now let us study it and live by it!


Would you like to chant the haftarah every now and then?

In honor of your Bar or Bat Mitzvah anniversary?

Or for any reason?

No problem!

Just pick up the phone and call Bernie Driller, head of

our Ritual Committee, and let him know what date

you would like to have the maftir aliyah and chant the haftarah.

He will mark it on his special Haftarah calendar.

Just call Bernie at 570-421-6103

If you need a brush up or a recording, just call Rabbi Melman.

And if you've never done one before and you'd like to learn,

just call Rabbi Melman, at 570-730-4799.


THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS TO TEMPLE ISRAEL OF THE POCONOS

GENERAL DONATIONS Jesse Stiller

Aloysuis Murgatroud

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Art Glantz

Leigh Stelzer

YAHRZEIT DONATIONS Dolores Cohen in memory of:

Robert Dean Cohen Sadye Rosenzweig

ONEGS AND KIDDUSHES

Kiddush following the unveiling of Murray Abeloff


HESSED FUND Hessed is a Hebrew word meaning kindness and a reaching out to other people.

It is the way you can express sympathy, warm wishes or celebrate simchas for any one within or outside the Jewish community. If you would like something included here:

Call Suzanne Tremper at 588-6148. Please leave all the information on the machine so Suzanne doesn’t need to call you back.

OR Better than telephone, is contacting Suzanne by e-mail at [email protected]. That's the best!

If you would like us to send a card to a person who is not a Temple Israel person, you must include the recipient’s address when giving Suzanne the information. Cards are usually sent within three days of the request.

I would like to thank everyone for their Chesed birthday wishes and for coming to Shul to help celebrate my special day. I would like to send special thanks to: Rabbi Melman: for conducting a lovely Shabbat service Art Glantz: for your Haftorah chanting and glad to be able to share our birthdays together Sandra Alfonsi: for being the leader of our congregation Bernie Driller: for taking care of all ritual needs during services And now an extra special thank you to: Lois LaBarca and her kitchen committee: for an incredibly tasty and plentiful Kiddush. Shalom, Barry Tremper


If you are celebrating a milestone year, whether it be birthday or anniversary, please let me know so others may celebrate with you. Contact: Suzanne Tremper 588-6148 or [email protected]

July Birthdays

July 01 Shawna Blake July 02 Marcie Rabinowitz

Marilyn Hertz July 05 Michele Mann July 09 Jacob Speicher July 13 Russell Bear

Donna Waite July 14 Darryl Speicher

Sandy Magnes July 18 Esther Graves

Suzanne Tremper June Farber Mary Jane Newman

July 19 Ed Krawitz Barth Rubin

July 26 Penina Scullion July 27 Bruce Weidenbaum

Maura Bear

July 29 Steve Krawitz July 31 Myra Trumpaitzky

July Anniversaries

July 22 Howard & Marlena Magnes


July 1 Tammuz 03 Ada Block Samuel Caplan Eli Getz Jules Goldberg Eugene Irving Iskowitz

July 2 Tammuz 04 Brenda Howitt Tucker

July 5 Tammuz 07 Pearl Weinberg Max Eisemann Leo Yudelson

July 7 Tammuz 09 Esther Martin Richard Podhajny

July 8 Tammuz 10 Ethel Krumper Noah D. Lambert Beatrice Rosenberg Nathan Goldstein

July 9 Tammuz 11 Jacob Silverman Esther Melman Jay Effross Marvin Schwartz

July 10 Tammuz 12 Anna Hurwitz Louis Sperling

July 11 Tammuz 13 Benjamin Chamock

July 12 Tammuz 14 Sophie Rosenston

July 13 Tammuz 15 George Binder Robert Goldman

July 14 Tammuz 16 Jack Cahn

July 16 Tammuz 18 Nathan Ptashkin Ben Rosenblum

July Yahrzeit List

July 17 Tammuz 19 Bessie Greenberg

July 18 Tammuz 20 Michael Schecter Abe Rosenston Anna Katz

July 20 Tammuz 22 Leo Goldberg Jack Brody Joseph Blassberg

July 22 Tammuz 24 Bessie Pollack

July 23 Tammuz 25 Harry Edelstein Elizabeth Malbin

July 25 Tammuz 27 Israel Melman Dora Hertz Irene Rothstein Irving Parnes

July 26 Tammuz 28 Larry Schneider Yetta Elisweig

July 27 Tammuz 29 Samuel Barton

July 28 Av 01 Ida Binder Manus Rabinowitz

July 29 Av 02 Ann Odzer Weisbrot Charles Manley

July 30 Av 03 Rebecca Sommer Raphel Max Reader

July 31 Av 04 Dorothy Helman Abraham Klein

Yahrzeit candles should be lit before sundown

the evening prior to the date listed.


August 1 Av 05 Mary Goldstein Freida Soloman Robert Levokove Louis Zubow

August 3 Av 07 Rubin Binder

August 5 Av 09 Lester Abeloff Samuel Rubin

August 6 Av 10 Rebecca Soler

August 8 Av 12 Rose Wilkins Louis Silverman Frederick Starr

August 9 Av 13 Dr. Seymour Pollan Louis Cohen

August 11 Av 15 Trudy Hoo

August 13 Av 17 Clementine Abeloff

August 14 Av 18 Charles Schaffer Herman Schwartz

August 15 Av 19 Rita E. Katz

August 16 Av 20 Abram Richmond Sadie Effross

August 17 Av 21 Jennie Goldman

August 18 Av 22 Leonard Grey

August 19 Av 23 Lester Brown Jennie Cohen Annie Sperling

August 20 Av 24 Leon J. Koster Phillip Costanza

August Yahrzeit List

August 21 Av 25 Phyllis Abramson Alvin Mandel Harry Heller Jerome Karver

August 22 Av 26 Harry Sagofsky Ruth Gittleman Leonard H. Berman

August 23 Av 27 Norman L. Garber Diane Greenfield

August 24 Av 28 Simon Hoffman Harry Bogatz Neal Goodman

August 25 Av 29 Norman Rosenthal

August 26 Av 30 Arnold Levine Ethel Berkman

August 27 Elul 01 Isadore Rakowitz Sylvia Blassberg Rose Kronitz

August 29 Elul 03 Joshua Costanza Edith Cabelly

August 30 Elul 04 Edward Rosenzweig Sally Steinberg

August 31 Elul 05 William Friedman Isaac Kassel

Yahrzeit candles should be lit before sundown

the evening prior to the date listed.


ALITI (Adult Learning Institute of Temple Israel) proudly presents the following updated class

offerings for Spring 2014

Tuesday/Thursday mornings 10:40- 11:50 AM Koffee Klatch Parsha Study Discussion We review the weekly parsha and connect it to our lives and seek out its universal messages. Tuesday we read the translation of the complete weekly Torah portion. On Thursday we discuss it with various commentaries. Free to members. Led by Rabbi Melman Tuesday evenings 6:45 - 7:30 PM. Chanting the weekly Maftir and Haftarah We read a translation of that week's Haftarah portion in advance, and chant it to practice chanting. When the student is ready the rabbi will assign the student a date to chant the haftarah and make a study tape. Perfect for those who have never chanted a haftarah portion before and would like to learn, and/or for those who never had a Bar or Bat Mitzvah ceremony when they were younger. Wednesday evenings 5:30- 6:00 PM Yiddish with Bernie! Bernie Driller teaches a fun Yiddish class giving useful phrases for every day life. Also features the popular Yiddish Curse of the Week. Wednesday evenings 6:00 - 7:00 PM 7 Week Crash Course in Hebrew Reading/ March and April Learn to read Hebrew fluently in 7 one-hour sessions. A gift that will last a lifetime! Free to members. Led by Rabbi Melman After level one there is also a level two and three: Level two is a 7-week session reviewing the meaning of the Shabbat morning prayers to help you understand what the prayers say in Hebrew. May and June. Free to members. Led by Rabbi Melman Level three offers a 7- week session reviewing the meaning of the Zemirot - the traditional Shabbat table melodies which add such beauty to the Sabbath meal, as well as the Birkat Hamazon, the Grace After Meals. July/August. Free to members. Led by Rabbi Melman Thursday evenings 5:15 - 6:00 PM Introduction to the Talmud We learn and discuss Tractate Kiddushin. Free wheeling discussion. No Hebrew required. Free to members. Led by Rabbi Melman Friday mornings 10:30-11:30 AM Library Reading Hour! Come and browse and read in our well-appointed, brightly lit Temple Israel Library. Hundreds of volumes on many topics of Jewish interest. You many sign out books for a two week period. For members only.


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NOW IT’S EASIER THAN EVER BEFORE TO SPONSOR AN ONEG OR A KIDDUSH LUNCHEON

YOU CAN CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY, ANNIVERSARY, LIFE CYCLE EVENT OR JUST BECAUSE.....

TEMPLE ISRAEL OF THE POCONOS KOSHER KITCHEN ANNOUNCES

SHABBAT ONEG AND KIDDUSH LUNCHEONS

Friday Night Oneg: $75 Package includes cakes, cookies, fresh fruit in season, hot coffee, milk, sweeteners, seltzer and cold beverages. Shabbat Kiddush-Luncheon: $125 Package includes 4 different salads, veggie platter, fresh fruits of the season, assorted cakes and/or cookies, hot coffee, milk, sweeteners, seltzer/cold beverages.

Each package is priced for 25 people.

Other special request items (including lox) are available upon request and for an additional fee; please contact me to design your own special event. For scheduling, availability and more

information contact: Lois LaBarca at 421-6103


WE ALL HAVE SIMCHAS AND NACHES IN OUR LIFE CELEBRATE AND COMMEMORATE WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING...

SEND WARM THOUGHTS Give Suzanne Tremper a call at 588-6148 or e-mail her at [email protected] and let someone know you’re thinking of them. For a small contribution to the Hessed Fund, Suzanne will

send a card wishing a Happy Birthday, Congratulations, Mazel Tov, Get Well or Condolences. A notice will appear in this bulletin, as well. When you call, please leave all the information

needed.

TREE OF LIFE AND MEMORIALS Add a leaf to the Tree of Life to celebrate births, birthdays, marriages, bar and bat mitzvahs, or

any other special event for a minimum contribution of $150. Remember loved ones with a Memorial Plaque at a minimum contribution of $600 for members, $850 for non-members.

Contact Suzanne Tremper at 588-6148.

ENDOWMENT FUND It’s always a great time to make a contribution. Make your check out to “Temple Israel.”

Another thought to consider, remember Temple Israel in your will. Call the Temple office at 570-421-8781 or [email protected]

Honor or Remember Someone Special with a Bookplate

A bookplate can be placed in a Siddur, the weekly prayer book we use every Friday evening and Shabbat morning, or in a machzor, the prayer book which is used on the High Holidays. Remember a special occasion such as a birthday, anniversary, bnei mitzvah or any other occasion you want to note for a relative or friend. You can also place a dedication in someone’s memory. A nameplate with the donor, recipient, and occasion will be inserted. The minimum donation is $50.

Contact Herb Rosen, 424-1161, or at [email protected].

Do you need a Mi Sheberach Recited?

When you can’t make services, but would like a prayer said on behalf of someone important to you, please don’t hesitate to call the synagogue and leave a message

on the Temple answering machine for Rabbi Melman so that your prayers will be included in our services.


FROM YOUR MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE…..

we offer you a challenge!

We need everyone to help with this. Surely you know individuals and families who have no affiliation with a Synagogue.

Encourage them to become members of our Temple Israel Family!

If every family brings in one individual or family,

think of the possibilities!

At Temple events, be they regular Shabbat Services or a social occasion, introduce yourself to anyone you don’t recognize. You’ll make new friends

and assist us in enlarging our family.

YOU CAN BE PART OF OUR SUCCESS!!

For information please contact:

Dr. Sandra Alfonsi 223-7062

[email protected]

or Temple Israel 421-8781

Please leave a phone number so that we may return your call.


Please tell our advertisers you saw their ad here.

All submissions are subject to review by the editorial committee.

Please submit all articles for consideration to:

Barbara Rosenberg

894- 4537 or [email protected]

PLEASE NOTE THE DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT ISSUE OF YOUR NEWSLETTER:

AUGUST NEWSLETTER: JULY 21

Temple Israel of the Poconos is located at 711 Wallace Street in Stroudsburg. Friday evening services begin at 8:00 p.m. and

Saturday Shabbat Services begin at 9:30 a.m. ALL ARE WELCOME!

Temple Israel Newsletter, Edition 598/July 2014 published monthly at Temple Israel of the Poconos, 711 Wallace Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. (570) 421-8781/[email protected]. For information concerning this publication contact Barbara Rosenberg, Editor, (570) 894-4537/[email protected]. Now on the web at: www.templeisraelofthepoconos.org

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