VOLUME 16 ISSSUE 2 NOVEMBERDECEMBER HESHVANKISLEVTEVET 5775

2

Nov - Dec 2014

Table of Contents

-

Inside This Issue

CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM 5915 Beacon Street Pittsburgh PA 15217

412-421-2288

wwwbethshalompghorg

Staff

Rabbi Amy LevinhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipRabbi

Rabbi Mark N StaitmanhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipRabbinic Scholar

Rabbi Donni AaronhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipYouth Trsquofilah Director

Liron LipinskyhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipJJEP Director

Jennifer SlatteryhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipELC Director

Robert ZaremberghelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipTorah Reader

Lonnie Wolf helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipCemetery Director

Synagogue Leadership

Howard ValinskyhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipPresident

Alan HimmelhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipExec Vice President

Ria DavidhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipVice President

David HorvitzhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipVice President

Kate RothsteinhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipSecretary

Michael SamuelshelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipTreasurer

Debby FirestonehelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipCommittee Member

PAST PRESIDENTS

HONORARY PRESIDENTS

Jules Kruman Ruth Ganz Fargotstein

AUXILIARY PRESIDENTS

Debby Firestone and Dorothy Greenfield Sisterhood

Martin Kline Menrsquos Club

Joshua Leib USY

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Ronna Harris Askin

Steven P Albert

Ed Balis

Nancy Bernstein

Ria David

Paula Eger

Julian Elbling

Richard Feder

Deborah Firestone

Ira Frank

Deborah Gillman

Seth Goldstein

Cindy Goodman-Leib

Dorothy Greenfield

Alan Himmel

David Horvitz

Adrienne Indianer

Joe Jolson

David Katz

Stefi L Kirschner

Martin Kline

Judy Kornblith Kobell

Aviva Lubowsky

Elisa Recht Marlin

Connie Pollack

Todd Rascoe

Jean Reznick

Kate Rothstein

Michael Samuels

Benjamin Schachter

Lynda Schuster

Marc Schwartz

Yael Silk

Howard Valinsky

Shirley Zionts

Norton Freedel

Harriet N Kruman

Alan Greenwald

Marianne Silberman

Milton Eisner

Arnold H Lazarus

Yale Rosenstein

David Rosenbloom

Harvey Robins

Julian Elbling

Barry J Palkovitz

Judy Kornblith Kobell

Jay L Fingeret

Steven H Schwartz

Ira M Frank

Connie Pollack

Stefi L Kirschner

Stephen E Steindel DDhelliphelliphellipRabbi Emeritus

Moshe Taubeacute helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipCantor Emeritus

Amir Pilch FSA Executive Director Emeritus

Fern S Moscov Preschool Director Emeritus

Morris Sklar helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipRabbi Emeritus

SUPPORT BETH SHALOM ON AMAZON SMILE

With Amazon Smile you can support Beth Shalom

with almost any purchase you make on

Amazoncom

To Sign-Up go to wwwamazonsmilecom

Log-in to your account

Search Congregation Beth Shalom Pittsburgh

Select us as your charitable organization

Message from Rabbi Levin pg 3

Message from the President pg 4

Message from the JJEP DIrector pg 6

Shababababa pg 8

Message from the Early

Learning Center Director

pg 9

Message from the Sisterhood pg 10

New Members pg 15

Bnai Mitzvah pg 15

Adult Learning Opportunities pg 16

Our Community pg 16

Yahrzeit Donations pg 18

Contributions pg 20

Bi-Monthly Calendar

NovemberDecember

pg 22

Mishpachtenu

A Message from Rabbi Levin

o Triennial or Not to Triennial That is the Torah Reading Question This year we as a congregation will engage in a

number of conversations and explorations which will help us determine what kind of congregation you aspire to be How weve always done it will be one of the factors taken into account as we learn discuss and envision but it wont necessarily be the deciding factor regarding any given issue Since the spring the Religious Services Committee has taken up the issue of Torah reading at Shabbat morning services No they have not asked should we or shouldnt we They asked How As the parallel Shabbat services that had been held in parallel in the Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary and in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom came together as one integrated service last year two different traditions converged the upstairs service had consistently read the entire parashah Torah portion while the downstairs service had opted for the triennial cycle in which a third of each parashah is read each week with the entire Torah being read over the course of three years Now that we are praying together as one congregation on Shabbat we need to commit ourselves to one system and then consistently follow that practice The Religious Services Committee created opportunities for us to experience both systems by alternating between annual and triennial readings every two months At their November meeting the committee discussed the effect of each system on our congregation and voted to recommend to our Board of Trustees that they adopt the triennial system of Torah reading as our Congregationrsquos standard practice At our discussion we raised the following points and more

Annual System

The entire portion is read each week Generally longer aliyot requiring more experience

and expertise Torah reading from week to week is consecutive

Takes more time

Triennial System

There is a set schedule of readings approved by the Committee on Jewish Law since 1987 in which 13 of the parashah is read each week The principle of triennial reading is based on evidence of this practice established in Israel during the rabbinic period

Generally shorter more accessible aliyot Torah reading jumps over 23 of each parashah each

week Takes less time making it possible to either end

services earlier sing more or hold a discussion As the Board of Trustees prepares to vote on this issue they will consider a number of factors including the deliberations and recommendation of the Religious Services Committee input from members of the Congregation and their commitment as leaders of Beth Shalom to set policy that will support a vibrant future for our congregation Any member of Beth Shalom is welcome to share their thoughts with David Horvitz chair of the Religious Services Committee Davids e-mail address is mistervitzaolcom or send David a note to Beth Shalom

A High Holiday Note

Thank you to the many members of Beth Shalom who have taken the time to tell me or write to me about the High Holiday services and my sermons I will make my sermons available by e-mail or through our website as requested These services were the fruit of many intense hours of collaborative work between clergy administrative staff and member volunteers yshar koach (more power to you) to everyone involved It has been a privilege working with all of you I enjoyed working with Rabbi Danny Schiff and Amanda Russell very much and I know they both felt warmly welcomed and appreciated being here at Beth Shalom as well

Lrsquoshalom

Rabbi Levin rabbilevinbethshalompghorg

Contact Rabbi Levin

Rabbi Levin is available for meetings and appoint-

ments Please contact her assistant David Warga to

set up an appointment

4124212288 ext 112

Or

rabbiasstbethshalompghorg

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Nov - Dec 2014

Sisterhood Judaica Shop gifts for any simcha

We have exciting new merchandise

Come and get your Hanukkah gifts right here

All Hanukkah merchandise above $2000 reduced

30 from November 1-December 15

30 off Jewelry until December 15

Contact Barbara 412-422-5677

A Message from the President

s I write this article the warmth of the High Holiday season lingers within me and within the halls of

the shul We successfully joined together as one Kehillah in the Sanctuary in one

service Together we prayed studied sang and were inspired by Rabbi Amy Levin Rabbi Danny Schiff and Cantorial Soloist Amanda Russell The idea that we are and will remain ldquothe Beacon of Conservative Judaism on Beaconrdquo is even more relevant following the beauty of the holidays and the successes of the past year Some of our successes this past year include Beth Shalom Early Learning Center Our Beth Shalom Early Learning Center (ELC) was reaccredited by NAEYC (nay-see) an organization ldquopromoting high-quality early learning for all children birth through age 8 by connecting practice policy and researchrdquo in the 2013-2014 school year Over 90 percent of the classrooms are at capacity and have a wait list Weekly visits are made to each classroom by our wonderful art science music and Judaic specialists The staff is highly qualified with 78 having a bachelor degree or higher The families whether they are Jewish or of other faiths are becoming more actively involved in the Beth Shalom Early Learning Community Over 40 families attended our annual PTO meeting and there was a record attendance at our month-ly Shababababa service and dinner JJEP ndash The Joint Jewish Education Program JJEP welcomed over 30 new students this year while piloting different methods of delivering innovative Hebrew learning opportunities and Religious School education on Sunday mornings Teachers are creatively using Project Based Learning in their classrooms Examples include students studying the weekly

Torah portion at Torah yoga or learning new melodies to Shabbat prayers My sincere appreciation and thanks to our outstanding lay leaders and volunteers who help us to keep on target and meet the needs of all of our congregants I look forward to our continued work as a true Kehillah in 5775 Together we can and will make stronger social and spiritual connections through the bonds of friendship and the sharing of Shabbat dinners holiday celebrations minyanim family Shabbat evening services and meditation services Together we will strive to have tikun olam make a positive impact on our community by holding coupon clothing and book drives participating in city-wide mitzvah projects and our continued sponsorship of the annual luncheon for our friends with special needs Together we will continue our endeavor for life-long learning through study groups guest speakers and visiting scholars In the very near future with the guidance of Rabbi Levin and the Rabbinic Search Committee we will begin the process of searching for a rabbi who will lead us for the long term and help us shape our future As the process moves forward the committee will communicate how the entire congregationrsquos feedback and thoughts will be gathered Whether you come twice a week or twice a year to Beth Shalom you are a part of the family Each and every one of you are vital members of the family and we would not exist without you Your generous gift to the Annual Campaign will help us grow and build our future Our goal is to raise $200000 I know that we can achieve this with your support We are the Beacon of Conservative Judaism on Beacon

Lrsquodor Vador from generation to generation

Howard Valinsky hvallyaolcom

Mishpachtenu

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Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the J-JEP Director

he Joint Jewish Education Program (JJEP) is off to a strong start for the year Our 130 participants are all being engaged in meaningful Jewish learning and experiences and challenged to think about how Judaism is a part of their

daily living This yearrsquos theme ldquoLove Thy Neighborrdquo is permeating throughout all we are doing

How many times have you heard the phrase ldquolove thy neighborrdquo in your lifetime It is a great value that we try to instill in our children and have them carry to adulthood We certainly have many memories of different projects and books that we read as children along with this theme We certainly refer to it as the ldquoJewish thing to dordquo The topic is far more ubiquitous than you even know I recently stumbled upon a great visual that refers to this value as ldquoThe Golden Rulerdquo that is common throughout world religions

The upcoming holiday season is one that could easily be centered on this very idea I would say that it is common practice to extend a hand around the Thanksgiving season but what about continuing that into Chanukah Once you get past the fried goodies and miracles that center Chanukah children often turn their focus on gift giving or more honestly- gift receiving If you would like to change that focus to be more community value oriented here are some ideas that I have heard over the last couple of years

Give a tray of baked goods to an elderly neighbor or invite

them to join your family for an evening of holiday celebration

Dedicate one of the nights to give to a

charity or volunteer as a family at a local organization

Have a family craft or game night- and spin

the idea to ldquolove thy familyrdquo

Have a toy exchange within your neighborhood in order to

save resources and building community

Do you have any related ideas you would like to share Please do on JJEPrsquos Facebook page httpswwwfacebookcomJointJewishEducationProgram In other exciting news this yearrsquos 5th ANNUAL LATKEPALOOZA will take place on Sunday December 14th 1000 am to 1230 pm in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom at Beth Shalom Since this year is our 5th event we are aiming to make it even bigger and better than ever before We are really proud of the fact that we keep the price of admission low in order to make the event accessible to the entire Jewish community Therefore for the first time ever we are fundraising for this grand community event Please join us in keeping admission possible for the entire community and making this the most enjoyable Latkepalooza by sponsoring games crafts and food at this yearrsquos event

Liron Lipinsky

headofschoolsbethshalompghorg

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Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

POMEGRANATE CATERING at Congregation Beth Shalom Host a luncheon or dinner

Celebrate an occasion or a loved one Cater a party

Sponsor a Kiddush Or a Shabbat afternoon

Third Meal (Seudah Shlishit)

Itrsquos fresh itrsquos delicious and itrsquos kosher pomegranatepghgmailcom | 4122256111

ith the High Holidays behind us and Thanksgiving and Chanukah quickly approaching it seemed appropriate to pause and reflect on all the happenings here in the Early Learning Center

The beginning of this school year has been filled with a variety of opportunities for the families of Beth Shalom to come together as a community As we moved into the High Holiday season it gave us an opportune moment to teach all of our new families about the High Holidays and the importance of them to our school We were so happy to have over 30 families represented at our Annual PTO Meeting led by the chairs Aviva Lubowsky and Rachel Albert We discussed programming community building teacher appreciation and fundraising Our fundraiser this year will be a Yankee Candle sale and all proceeds will buy water tables for the classrooms Last year we were able to purchase 6 light tables for the classrooms The first PTO event was 2

nd annual Pizza in the Hut which

was planned by two PTO volunteers Rachel Albert and Michelle Resnick We had over 40 families gather and eat pizza together in the sukkah It was a great moment to meet each other get to know Beth Shalom and begin to feel a part of this family Rabbi Levin led us in the special brachot that are recited in the Sukkah and warmed us with her kind words about the holiday of Sukkot The children made crafts dug in the rice table played corn hole and decorated cookies It may have been the simple acts of eating pizza and playing but gathering together in a community made it that much more We

have several upcoming events that will help us celebrate with our Beth Shalom community The first is our monthly Shabababa Friday night service and optional dinner These special once a month evenings are filled with song prayer warmth and laughter In addition all kids eat FREE On Monday November 3

rd from 8am-10am in the Preschool Plung

Lobby our President Howard Valinsky is sponsoring a coffee bar by Bean Catering This is a great time for parents to meet with Barbara Oleinick Membership Committee Chair of Congregation Beth Shalom Parents can enjoy a warm freshly made latte and catch up on the different events in the Congregation as well as the Early Learning Center Last but not least we will have Chanukah Celebration on Friday December 19 at 1 pm Our students will sing dance and we will end with eating latkes

We will close out this part of our school year with winter break which is December 24

th-January 4th During this time

our school will be cleaned and our teachers will take time to relax and refresh This fall has been filled with many opportunities to increase community We are thankful for all or families old and new and the community that is developing here at Beth Shalom

B lsquoShalom

Jennifer Slattery slatterybethshalompghorg

A Message from the Early Learning Center Director

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Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the Sisterhood

ow that the holiday season is over we can reflect a bit on

the past few months and our future activities In July Connie and I attended the Womenrsquos League Convention in New Jersey We enjoyed being apart of the bigger picture of Conservative Judaism as members of the Great Lakes Region Delegation Not only did we observe Shabbat with Womenrsquos League and the installation of Carol Simon new national president but also experienced a tribute to Debby Gillmanrsquos father Rabbi Neil Gillman by Rabbi Gordon Tucker The four-day conference held our interest with lecturers workshops and a special session with Rabbi Brad Artson We connected with new friends and old throughout the United States and continue to think more about the important impact sisterhood makes in our Shul community

We saw a ldquoseardquo of Torah Fund pins on attendees which reminded us that many members at Beth Shalom Sisterhood are waiting for their pins We learned from Womenrsquos League that there has been a problem with the pins which will soon be resolved Our Torah Fund Brunch will be in held in March and we will have new

pins soon To those who have not pledged to Torah Fund before please consider this important campaign that supports 1 Womenrsquos League Educational Pavilion (Kripke Tower) 2 Womenrsquos League Seminary Synagogue 3 Mathilde Schechter Residence Hall Renovations 4 Goldsmith Hall 5 Residence Hall at the American Jewish University 6 JTS Quadrangle 7 JTS Library Bookshelves 8 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies Garden Thank you to all of our deeply committed Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club volunteers and certainly to those who are not active Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club members who spent many hours weeding over the summer Words cannot express our feelings as we looked over Beacon Street Shady Avenue and areas in the Shul parking lot- a job completed ndash a job well done A special thank you to Hecht Landscaping for their guidance and help and to Adam and Jesse Hecht for donating the red and yellow mums which really added pizazz to the front of the Shul Thanks also to the shul staff for making sure the plants were regularly watered this fall Our gardening efforts will continue next spring and summer as we tackle more areas in the back parking lot and maintain everywhere else We look forward to your joining us again as the rewards and satisfaction of seeing the tangible results of our work ndash a more beautiful Shul ndash are great

Co-president Dorothy Greenfield and I have planned a packed fall season of programming and activities to interest all

Wersquove had an enjoyable sukkah lunch with Rabbi Levin also with help from Pomegranate Catering Thanks also go to Beth Jacobs for her help with this event On October 23 we had an entertaining evening of Israeli dancing led by Cherie Maharam and a delicious dinner prepared by Pomegranate Catering Sunday afternoon October 26 was a combined event with Beth El Sisterhood and Shoshana Hadassah a book review and signing with Ilene Winn-Lederer Also in attendance from the Chicago area was the president of Great Lakes Region of Womenrsquos League Debbi Green Thursday evening November 13 an evening of fun with CAbi Fashions and our Judaica Shop Open House took place and featured beautiful fashions and delicious wine and cheese Among the on-going activities this fall is a book club Those interested should contact Sandy Hirsch Each Monday evening Connie Pollack leads a terrific Latin-Cardio aerobics class-come for the fun and exercise For Chanukah we are planning a social action projectprogram And on a cold Sunday January morning for brunch our hearts will be warmed with friendship as wersquore planning a knittingcraft event We welcome any ideas for this program And even though February is far awayhellip we are working on a program Our rdquoCoupons For Vetrsquos Programrdquo is going very well We have sent over $10000 in coupons to be distributed to various military personnel and bases here in the states and overseas You can drop off your trimmed and separated Non-Food and Food coupons in the box near the front office We are continuing with our monthly Soup and Challah Sale and Pomegranate Catering will be adding ldquocholentrdquo during the winter months And we also must thank Zur Goldblum for a very successful and delicious High Holiday Baked Goods Soup and Challah Sale Sisterhood gives back to Beth Shalom in many ways by our volunteering and with a monetary gift at the Congregational Meeting in May In addition our Judaica Shoprsquos monetary gift to the congregation is also given in May Not least the Sisterhood Flower Fund provides beautiful arrangements for our High Holiday services We invite you to join us bring a friend to our programs We would love to see you and you will be rewarded with friendship and community

BrsquoShalom

Debby Firestone Co-President 412-521-4879 ~ debbyfireaolcom

Dorothy Greenfield Co-President

412-521-5217 ~ hottiedottie2867gmailcom

Mishpachtenu

Todah Rabah to the Gardening Volunteer Project Dorothy and Sam Greenfield Marty and Sam Kline Julian Elbling Barbara and Yale Rosenstein Bunny Morris Marc and Betsy Schwartz and Family Ina Engel Natalie Rosenbloom Helen and Rich Feder Bob Liss Paula Eger Debby Firestone

Dorothy Greenfield and Beth Jacobs enjoy apples and honey at the Sisterhood Sukkah Lunch

Todah Rabah to the High Holiday Packaging Volunteers

Bunny and Sonny Morris Howard Rosenbloom Paula Eger Gail Neft Debby Firestone Dorothy Greenfield

Sarita Eisner Judy Kobell Jane Yahr Toby Neufeld Elinor Young

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Nov - Dec 2014

Saturday DECEMBER 6

645 PM

SAMUEL amp MINNIE

HYMAN BALLROOM

Still time to purchase tickets

Tickets $70each

Contact Ira Frank At

412-521-4876 or

natfabirajunocom

Use them to buy gift cards to your

favorite restaurants stores movie

theaters and more

Call Judy in the office to order

yours today

412-421-2288 ext 110

Mishpachtenu

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Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

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Nov - Dec 2014

Table of Contents

-

Inside This Issue

CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM 5915 Beacon Street Pittsburgh PA 15217

412-421-2288

wwwbethshalompghorg

Staff

Rabbi Amy LevinhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipRabbi

Rabbi Mark N StaitmanhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipRabbinic Scholar

Rabbi Donni AaronhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipYouth Trsquofilah Director

Liron LipinskyhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipJJEP Director

Jennifer SlatteryhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipELC Director

Robert ZaremberghelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipTorah Reader

Lonnie Wolf helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipCemetery Director

Synagogue Leadership

Howard ValinskyhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipPresident

Alan HimmelhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipExec Vice President

Ria DavidhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipVice President

David HorvitzhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipVice President

Kate RothsteinhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipSecretary

Michael SamuelshelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipTreasurer

Debby FirestonehelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipCommittee Member

PAST PRESIDENTS

HONORARY PRESIDENTS

Jules Kruman Ruth Ganz Fargotstein

AUXILIARY PRESIDENTS

Debby Firestone and Dorothy Greenfield Sisterhood

Martin Kline Menrsquos Club

Joshua Leib USY

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Ronna Harris Askin

Steven P Albert

Ed Balis

Nancy Bernstein

Ria David

Paula Eger

Julian Elbling

Richard Feder

Deborah Firestone

Ira Frank

Deborah Gillman

Seth Goldstein

Cindy Goodman-Leib

Dorothy Greenfield

Alan Himmel

David Horvitz

Adrienne Indianer

Joe Jolson

David Katz

Stefi L Kirschner

Martin Kline

Judy Kornblith Kobell

Aviva Lubowsky

Elisa Recht Marlin

Connie Pollack

Todd Rascoe

Jean Reznick

Kate Rothstein

Michael Samuels

Benjamin Schachter

Lynda Schuster

Marc Schwartz

Yael Silk

Howard Valinsky

Shirley Zionts

Norton Freedel

Harriet N Kruman

Alan Greenwald

Marianne Silberman

Milton Eisner

Arnold H Lazarus

Yale Rosenstein

David Rosenbloom

Harvey Robins

Julian Elbling

Barry J Palkovitz

Judy Kornblith Kobell

Jay L Fingeret

Steven H Schwartz

Ira M Frank

Connie Pollack

Stefi L Kirschner

Stephen E Steindel DDhelliphelliphellipRabbi Emeritus

Moshe Taubeacute helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipCantor Emeritus

Amir Pilch FSA Executive Director Emeritus

Fern S Moscov Preschool Director Emeritus

Morris Sklar helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellipRabbi Emeritus

SUPPORT BETH SHALOM ON AMAZON SMILE

With Amazon Smile you can support Beth Shalom

with almost any purchase you make on

Amazoncom

To Sign-Up go to wwwamazonsmilecom

Log-in to your account

Search Congregation Beth Shalom Pittsburgh

Select us as your charitable organization

Message from Rabbi Levin pg 3

Message from the President pg 4

Message from the JJEP DIrector pg 6

Shababababa pg 8

Message from the Early

Learning Center Director

pg 9

Message from the Sisterhood pg 10

New Members pg 15

Bnai Mitzvah pg 15

Adult Learning Opportunities pg 16

Our Community pg 16

Yahrzeit Donations pg 18

Contributions pg 20

Bi-Monthly Calendar

NovemberDecember

pg 22

Mishpachtenu

A Message from Rabbi Levin

o Triennial or Not to Triennial That is the Torah Reading Question This year we as a congregation will engage in a

number of conversations and explorations which will help us determine what kind of congregation you aspire to be How weve always done it will be one of the factors taken into account as we learn discuss and envision but it wont necessarily be the deciding factor regarding any given issue Since the spring the Religious Services Committee has taken up the issue of Torah reading at Shabbat morning services No they have not asked should we or shouldnt we They asked How As the parallel Shabbat services that had been held in parallel in the Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary and in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom came together as one integrated service last year two different traditions converged the upstairs service had consistently read the entire parashah Torah portion while the downstairs service had opted for the triennial cycle in which a third of each parashah is read each week with the entire Torah being read over the course of three years Now that we are praying together as one congregation on Shabbat we need to commit ourselves to one system and then consistently follow that practice The Religious Services Committee created opportunities for us to experience both systems by alternating between annual and triennial readings every two months At their November meeting the committee discussed the effect of each system on our congregation and voted to recommend to our Board of Trustees that they adopt the triennial system of Torah reading as our Congregationrsquos standard practice At our discussion we raised the following points and more

Annual System

The entire portion is read each week Generally longer aliyot requiring more experience

and expertise Torah reading from week to week is consecutive

Takes more time

Triennial System

There is a set schedule of readings approved by the Committee on Jewish Law since 1987 in which 13 of the parashah is read each week The principle of triennial reading is based on evidence of this practice established in Israel during the rabbinic period

Generally shorter more accessible aliyot Torah reading jumps over 23 of each parashah each

week Takes less time making it possible to either end

services earlier sing more or hold a discussion As the Board of Trustees prepares to vote on this issue they will consider a number of factors including the deliberations and recommendation of the Religious Services Committee input from members of the Congregation and their commitment as leaders of Beth Shalom to set policy that will support a vibrant future for our congregation Any member of Beth Shalom is welcome to share their thoughts with David Horvitz chair of the Religious Services Committee Davids e-mail address is mistervitzaolcom or send David a note to Beth Shalom

A High Holiday Note

Thank you to the many members of Beth Shalom who have taken the time to tell me or write to me about the High Holiday services and my sermons I will make my sermons available by e-mail or through our website as requested These services were the fruit of many intense hours of collaborative work between clergy administrative staff and member volunteers yshar koach (more power to you) to everyone involved It has been a privilege working with all of you I enjoyed working with Rabbi Danny Schiff and Amanda Russell very much and I know they both felt warmly welcomed and appreciated being here at Beth Shalom as well

Lrsquoshalom

Rabbi Levin rabbilevinbethshalompghorg

Contact Rabbi Levin

Rabbi Levin is available for meetings and appoint-

ments Please contact her assistant David Warga to

set up an appointment

4124212288 ext 112

Or

rabbiasstbethshalompghorg

4

Nov - Dec 2014

Sisterhood Judaica Shop gifts for any simcha

We have exciting new merchandise

Come and get your Hanukkah gifts right here

All Hanukkah merchandise above $2000 reduced

30 from November 1-December 15

30 off Jewelry until December 15

Contact Barbara 412-422-5677

A Message from the President

s I write this article the warmth of the High Holiday season lingers within me and within the halls of

the shul We successfully joined together as one Kehillah in the Sanctuary in one

service Together we prayed studied sang and were inspired by Rabbi Amy Levin Rabbi Danny Schiff and Cantorial Soloist Amanda Russell The idea that we are and will remain ldquothe Beacon of Conservative Judaism on Beaconrdquo is even more relevant following the beauty of the holidays and the successes of the past year Some of our successes this past year include Beth Shalom Early Learning Center Our Beth Shalom Early Learning Center (ELC) was reaccredited by NAEYC (nay-see) an organization ldquopromoting high-quality early learning for all children birth through age 8 by connecting practice policy and researchrdquo in the 2013-2014 school year Over 90 percent of the classrooms are at capacity and have a wait list Weekly visits are made to each classroom by our wonderful art science music and Judaic specialists The staff is highly qualified with 78 having a bachelor degree or higher The families whether they are Jewish or of other faiths are becoming more actively involved in the Beth Shalom Early Learning Community Over 40 families attended our annual PTO meeting and there was a record attendance at our month-ly Shababababa service and dinner JJEP ndash The Joint Jewish Education Program JJEP welcomed over 30 new students this year while piloting different methods of delivering innovative Hebrew learning opportunities and Religious School education on Sunday mornings Teachers are creatively using Project Based Learning in their classrooms Examples include students studying the weekly

Torah portion at Torah yoga or learning new melodies to Shabbat prayers My sincere appreciation and thanks to our outstanding lay leaders and volunteers who help us to keep on target and meet the needs of all of our congregants I look forward to our continued work as a true Kehillah in 5775 Together we can and will make stronger social and spiritual connections through the bonds of friendship and the sharing of Shabbat dinners holiday celebrations minyanim family Shabbat evening services and meditation services Together we will strive to have tikun olam make a positive impact on our community by holding coupon clothing and book drives participating in city-wide mitzvah projects and our continued sponsorship of the annual luncheon for our friends with special needs Together we will continue our endeavor for life-long learning through study groups guest speakers and visiting scholars In the very near future with the guidance of Rabbi Levin and the Rabbinic Search Committee we will begin the process of searching for a rabbi who will lead us for the long term and help us shape our future As the process moves forward the committee will communicate how the entire congregationrsquos feedback and thoughts will be gathered Whether you come twice a week or twice a year to Beth Shalom you are a part of the family Each and every one of you are vital members of the family and we would not exist without you Your generous gift to the Annual Campaign will help us grow and build our future Our goal is to raise $200000 I know that we can achieve this with your support We are the Beacon of Conservative Judaism on Beacon

Lrsquodor Vador from generation to generation

Howard Valinsky hvallyaolcom

Mishpachtenu

6

Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the J-JEP Director

he Joint Jewish Education Program (JJEP) is off to a strong start for the year Our 130 participants are all being engaged in meaningful Jewish learning and experiences and challenged to think about how Judaism is a part of their

daily living This yearrsquos theme ldquoLove Thy Neighborrdquo is permeating throughout all we are doing

How many times have you heard the phrase ldquolove thy neighborrdquo in your lifetime It is a great value that we try to instill in our children and have them carry to adulthood We certainly have many memories of different projects and books that we read as children along with this theme We certainly refer to it as the ldquoJewish thing to dordquo The topic is far more ubiquitous than you even know I recently stumbled upon a great visual that refers to this value as ldquoThe Golden Rulerdquo that is common throughout world religions

The upcoming holiday season is one that could easily be centered on this very idea I would say that it is common practice to extend a hand around the Thanksgiving season but what about continuing that into Chanukah Once you get past the fried goodies and miracles that center Chanukah children often turn their focus on gift giving or more honestly- gift receiving If you would like to change that focus to be more community value oriented here are some ideas that I have heard over the last couple of years

Give a tray of baked goods to an elderly neighbor or invite

them to join your family for an evening of holiday celebration

Dedicate one of the nights to give to a

charity or volunteer as a family at a local organization

Have a family craft or game night- and spin

the idea to ldquolove thy familyrdquo

Have a toy exchange within your neighborhood in order to

save resources and building community

Do you have any related ideas you would like to share Please do on JJEPrsquos Facebook page httpswwwfacebookcomJointJewishEducationProgram In other exciting news this yearrsquos 5th ANNUAL LATKEPALOOZA will take place on Sunday December 14th 1000 am to 1230 pm in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom at Beth Shalom Since this year is our 5th event we are aiming to make it even bigger and better than ever before We are really proud of the fact that we keep the price of admission low in order to make the event accessible to the entire Jewish community Therefore for the first time ever we are fundraising for this grand community event Please join us in keeping admission possible for the entire community and making this the most enjoyable Latkepalooza by sponsoring games crafts and food at this yearrsquos event

Liron Lipinsky

headofschoolsbethshalompghorg

Mishpachtenu

8

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

POMEGRANATE CATERING at Congregation Beth Shalom Host a luncheon or dinner

Celebrate an occasion or a loved one Cater a party

Sponsor a Kiddush Or a Shabbat afternoon

Third Meal (Seudah Shlishit)

Itrsquos fresh itrsquos delicious and itrsquos kosher pomegranatepghgmailcom | 4122256111

ith the High Holidays behind us and Thanksgiving and Chanukah quickly approaching it seemed appropriate to pause and reflect on all the happenings here in the Early Learning Center

The beginning of this school year has been filled with a variety of opportunities for the families of Beth Shalom to come together as a community As we moved into the High Holiday season it gave us an opportune moment to teach all of our new families about the High Holidays and the importance of them to our school We were so happy to have over 30 families represented at our Annual PTO Meeting led by the chairs Aviva Lubowsky and Rachel Albert We discussed programming community building teacher appreciation and fundraising Our fundraiser this year will be a Yankee Candle sale and all proceeds will buy water tables for the classrooms Last year we were able to purchase 6 light tables for the classrooms The first PTO event was 2

nd annual Pizza in the Hut which

was planned by two PTO volunteers Rachel Albert and Michelle Resnick We had over 40 families gather and eat pizza together in the sukkah It was a great moment to meet each other get to know Beth Shalom and begin to feel a part of this family Rabbi Levin led us in the special brachot that are recited in the Sukkah and warmed us with her kind words about the holiday of Sukkot The children made crafts dug in the rice table played corn hole and decorated cookies It may have been the simple acts of eating pizza and playing but gathering together in a community made it that much more We

have several upcoming events that will help us celebrate with our Beth Shalom community The first is our monthly Shabababa Friday night service and optional dinner These special once a month evenings are filled with song prayer warmth and laughter In addition all kids eat FREE On Monday November 3

rd from 8am-10am in the Preschool Plung

Lobby our President Howard Valinsky is sponsoring a coffee bar by Bean Catering This is a great time for parents to meet with Barbara Oleinick Membership Committee Chair of Congregation Beth Shalom Parents can enjoy a warm freshly made latte and catch up on the different events in the Congregation as well as the Early Learning Center Last but not least we will have Chanukah Celebration on Friday December 19 at 1 pm Our students will sing dance and we will end with eating latkes

We will close out this part of our school year with winter break which is December 24

th-January 4th During this time

our school will be cleaned and our teachers will take time to relax and refresh This fall has been filled with many opportunities to increase community We are thankful for all or families old and new and the community that is developing here at Beth Shalom

B lsquoShalom

Jennifer Slattery slatterybethshalompghorg

A Message from the Early Learning Center Director

10

Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the Sisterhood

ow that the holiday season is over we can reflect a bit on

the past few months and our future activities In July Connie and I attended the Womenrsquos League Convention in New Jersey We enjoyed being apart of the bigger picture of Conservative Judaism as members of the Great Lakes Region Delegation Not only did we observe Shabbat with Womenrsquos League and the installation of Carol Simon new national president but also experienced a tribute to Debby Gillmanrsquos father Rabbi Neil Gillman by Rabbi Gordon Tucker The four-day conference held our interest with lecturers workshops and a special session with Rabbi Brad Artson We connected with new friends and old throughout the United States and continue to think more about the important impact sisterhood makes in our Shul community

We saw a ldquoseardquo of Torah Fund pins on attendees which reminded us that many members at Beth Shalom Sisterhood are waiting for their pins We learned from Womenrsquos League that there has been a problem with the pins which will soon be resolved Our Torah Fund Brunch will be in held in March and we will have new

pins soon To those who have not pledged to Torah Fund before please consider this important campaign that supports 1 Womenrsquos League Educational Pavilion (Kripke Tower) 2 Womenrsquos League Seminary Synagogue 3 Mathilde Schechter Residence Hall Renovations 4 Goldsmith Hall 5 Residence Hall at the American Jewish University 6 JTS Quadrangle 7 JTS Library Bookshelves 8 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies Garden Thank you to all of our deeply committed Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club volunteers and certainly to those who are not active Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club members who spent many hours weeding over the summer Words cannot express our feelings as we looked over Beacon Street Shady Avenue and areas in the Shul parking lot- a job completed ndash a job well done A special thank you to Hecht Landscaping for their guidance and help and to Adam and Jesse Hecht for donating the red and yellow mums which really added pizazz to the front of the Shul Thanks also to the shul staff for making sure the plants were regularly watered this fall Our gardening efforts will continue next spring and summer as we tackle more areas in the back parking lot and maintain everywhere else We look forward to your joining us again as the rewards and satisfaction of seeing the tangible results of our work ndash a more beautiful Shul ndash are great

Co-president Dorothy Greenfield and I have planned a packed fall season of programming and activities to interest all

Wersquove had an enjoyable sukkah lunch with Rabbi Levin also with help from Pomegranate Catering Thanks also go to Beth Jacobs for her help with this event On October 23 we had an entertaining evening of Israeli dancing led by Cherie Maharam and a delicious dinner prepared by Pomegranate Catering Sunday afternoon October 26 was a combined event with Beth El Sisterhood and Shoshana Hadassah a book review and signing with Ilene Winn-Lederer Also in attendance from the Chicago area was the president of Great Lakes Region of Womenrsquos League Debbi Green Thursday evening November 13 an evening of fun with CAbi Fashions and our Judaica Shop Open House took place and featured beautiful fashions and delicious wine and cheese Among the on-going activities this fall is a book club Those interested should contact Sandy Hirsch Each Monday evening Connie Pollack leads a terrific Latin-Cardio aerobics class-come for the fun and exercise For Chanukah we are planning a social action projectprogram And on a cold Sunday January morning for brunch our hearts will be warmed with friendship as wersquore planning a knittingcraft event We welcome any ideas for this program And even though February is far awayhellip we are working on a program Our rdquoCoupons For Vetrsquos Programrdquo is going very well We have sent over $10000 in coupons to be distributed to various military personnel and bases here in the states and overseas You can drop off your trimmed and separated Non-Food and Food coupons in the box near the front office We are continuing with our monthly Soup and Challah Sale and Pomegranate Catering will be adding ldquocholentrdquo during the winter months And we also must thank Zur Goldblum for a very successful and delicious High Holiday Baked Goods Soup and Challah Sale Sisterhood gives back to Beth Shalom in many ways by our volunteering and with a monetary gift at the Congregational Meeting in May In addition our Judaica Shoprsquos monetary gift to the congregation is also given in May Not least the Sisterhood Flower Fund provides beautiful arrangements for our High Holiday services We invite you to join us bring a friend to our programs We would love to see you and you will be rewarded with friendship and community

BrsquoShalom

Debby Firestone Co-President 412-521-4879 ~ debbyfireaolcom

Dorothy Greenfield Co-President

412-521-5217 ~ hottiedottie2867gmailcom

Mishpachtenu

Todah Rabah to the Gardening Volunteer Project Dorothy and Sam Greenfield Marty and Sam Kline Julian Elbling Barbara and Yale Rosenstein Bunny Morris Marc and Betsy Schwartz and Family Ina Engel Natalie Rosenbloom Helen and Rich Feder Bob Liss Paula Eger Debby Firestone

Dorothy Greenfield and Beth Jacobs enjoy apples and honey at the Sisterhood Sukkah Lunch

Todah Rabah to the High Holiday Packaging Volunteers

Bunny and Sonny Morris Howard Rosenbloom Paula Eger Gail Neft Debby Firestone Dorothy Greenfield

Sarita Eisner Judy Kobell Jane Yahr Toby Neufeld Elinor Young

12

Nov - Dec 2014

Saturday DECEMBER 6

645 PM

SAMUEL amp MINNIE

HYMAN BALLROOM

Still time to purchase tickets

Tickets $70each

Contact Ira Frank At

412-521-4876 or

natfabirajunocom

Use them to buy gift cards to your

favorite restaurants stores movie

theaters and more

Call Judy in the office to order

yours today

412-421-2288 ext 110

Mishpachtenu

14

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

Mishpachtenu

A Message from Rabbi Levin

o Triennial or Not to Triennial That is the Torah Reading Question This year we as a congregation will engage in a

number of conversations and explorations which will help us determine what kind of congregation you aspire to be How weve always done it will be one of the factors taken into account as we learn discuss and envision but it wont necessarily be the deciding factor regarding any given issue Since the spring the Religious Services Committee has taken up the issue of Torah reading at Shabbat morning services No they have not asked should we or shouldnt we They asked How As the parallel Shabbat services that had been held in parallel in the Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary and in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom came together as one integrated service last year two different traditions converged the upstairs service had consistently read the entire parashah Torah portion while the downstairs service had opted for the triennial cycle in which a third of each parashah is read each week with the entire Torah being read over the course of three years Now that we are praying together as one congregation on Shabbat we need to commit ourselves to one system and then consistently follow that practice The Religious Services Committee created opportunities for us to experience both systems by alternating between annual and triennial readings every two months At their November meeting the committee discussed the effect of each system on our congregation and voted to recommend to our Board of Trustees that they adopt the triennial system of Torah reading as our Congregationrsquos standard practice At our discussion we raised the following points and more

Annual System

The entire portion is read each week Generally longer aliyot requiring more experience

and expertise Torah reading from week to week is consecutive

Takes more time

Triennial System

There is a set schedule of readings approved by the Committee on Jewish Law since 1987 in which 13 of the parashah is read each week The principle of triennial reading is based on evidence of this practice established in Israel during the rabbinic period

Generally shorter more accessible aliyot Torah reading jumps over 23 of each parashah each

week Takes less time making it possible to either end

services earlier sing more or hold a discussion As the Board of Trustees prepares to vote on this issue they will consider a number of factors including the deliberations and recommendation of the Religious Services Committee input from members of the Congregation and their commitment as leaders of Beth Shalom to set policy that will support a vibrant future for our congregation Any member of Beth Shalom is welcome to share their thoughts with David Horvitz chair of the Religious Services Committee Davids e-mail address is mistervitzaolcom or send David a note to Beth Shalom

A High Holiday Note

Thank you to the many members of Beth Shalom who have taken the time to tell me or write to me about the High Holiday services and my sermons I will make my sermons available by e-mail or through our website as requested These services were the fruit of many intense hours of collaborative work between clergy administrative staff and member volunteers yshar koach (more power to you) to everyone involved It has been a privilege working with all of you I enjoyed working with Rabbi Danny Schiff and Amanda Russell very much and I know they both felt warmly welcomed and appreciated being here at Beth Shalom as well

Lrsquoshalom

Rabbi Levin rabbilevinbethshalompghorg

Contact Rabbi Levin

Rabbi Levin is available for meetings and appoint-

ments Please contact her assistant David Warga to

set up an appointment

4124212288 ext 112

Or

rabbiasstbethshalompghorg

4

Nov - Dec 2014

Sisterhood Judaica Shop gifts for any simcha

We have exciting new merchandise

Come and get your Hanukkah gifts right here

All Hanukkah merchandise above $2000 reduced

30 from November 1-December 15

30 off Jewelry until December 15

Contact Barbara 412-422-5677

A Message from the President

s I write this article the warmth of the High Holiday season lingers within me and within the halls of

the shul We successfully joined together as one Kehillah in the Sanctuary in one

service Together we prayed studied sang and were inspired by Rabbi Amy Levin Rabbi Danny Schiff and Cantorial Soloist Amanda Russell The idea that we are and will remain ldquothe Beacon of Conservative Judaism on Beaconrdquo is even more relevant following the beauty of the holidays and the successes of the past year Some of our successes this past year include Beth Shalom Early Learning Center Our Beth Shalom Early Learning Center (ELC) was reaccredited by NAEYC (nay-see) an organization ldquopromoting high-quality early learning for all children birth through age 8 by connecting practice policy and researchrdquo in the 2013-2014 school year Over 90 percent of the classrooms are at capacity and have a wait list Weekly visits are made to each classroom by our wonderful art science music and Judaic specialists The staff is highly qualified with 78 having a bachelor degree or higher The families whether they are Jewish or of other faiths are becoming more actively involved in the Beth Shalom Early Learning Community Over 40 families attended our annual PTO meeting and there was a record attendance at our month-ly Shababababa service and dinner JJEP ndash The Joint Jewish Education Program JJEP welcomed over 30 new students this year while piloting different methods of delivering innovative Hebrew learning opportunities and Religious School education on Sunday mornings Teachers are creatively using Project Based Learning in their classrooms Examples include students studying the weekly

Torah portion at Torah yoga or learning new melodies to Shabbat prayers My sincere appreciation and thanks to our outstanding lay leaders and volunteers who help us to keep on target and meet the needs of all of our congregants I look forward to our continued work as a true Kehillah in 5775 Together we can and will make stronger social and spiritual connections through the bonds of friendship and the sharing of Shabbat dinners holiday celebrations minyanim family Shabbat evening services and meditation services Together we will strive to have tikun olam make a positive impact on our community by holding coupon clothing and book drives participating in city-wide mitzvah projects and our continued sponsorship of the annual luncheon for our friends with special needs Together we will continue our endeavor for life-long learning through study groups guest speakers and visiting scholars In the very near future with the guidance of Rabbi Levin and the Rabbinic Search Committee we will begin the process of searching for a rabbi who will lead us for the long term and help us shape our future As the process moves forward the committee will communicate how the entire congregationrsquos feedback and thoughts will be gathered Whether you come twice a week or twice a year to Beth Shalom you are a part of the family Each and every one of you are vital members of the family and we would not exist without you Your generous gift to the Annual Campaign will help us grow and build our future Our goal is to raise $200000 I know that we can achieve this with your support We are the Beacon of Conservative Judaism on Beacon

Lrsquodor Vador from generation to generation

Howard Valinsky hvallyaolcom

Mishpachtenu

6

Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the J-JEP Director

he Joint Jewish Education Program (JJEP) is off to a strong start for the year Our 130 participants are all being engaged in meaningful Jewish learning and experiences and challenged to think about how Judaism is a part of their

daily living This yearrsquos theme ldquoLove Thy Neighborrdquo is permeating throughout all we are doing

How many times have you heard the phrase ldquolove thy neighborrdquo in your lifetime It is a great value that we try to instill in our children and have them carry to adulthood We certainly have many memories of different projects and books that we read as children along with this theme We certainly refer to it as the ldquoJewish thing to dordquo The topic is far more ubiquitous than you even know I recently stumbled upon a great visual that refers to this value as ldquoThe Golden Rulerdquo that is common throughout world religions

The upcoming holiday season is one that could easily be centered on this very idea I would say that it is common practice to extend a hand around the Thanksgiving season but what about continuing that into Chanukah Once you get past the fried goodies and miracles that center Chanukah children often turn their focus on gift giving or more honestly- gift receiving If you would like to change that focus to be more community value oriented here are some ideas that I have heard over the last couple of years

Give a tray of baked goods to an elderly neighbor or invite

them to join your family for an evening of holiday celebration

Dedicate one of the nights to give to a

charity or volunteer as a family at a local organization

Have a family craft or game night- and spin

the idea to ldquolove thy familyrdquo

Have a toy exchange within your neighborhood in order to

save resources and building community

Do you have any related ideas you would like to share Please do on JJEPrsquos Facebook page httpswwwfacebookcomJointJewishEducationProgram In other exciting news this yearrsquos 5th ANNUAL LATKEPALOOZA will take place on Sunday December 14th 1000 am to 1230 pm in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom at Beth Shalom Since this year is our 5th event we are aiming to make it even bigger and better than ever before We are really proud of the fact that we keep the price of admission low in order to make the event accessible to the entire Jewish community Therefore for the first time ever we are fundraising for this grand community event Please join us in keeping admission possible for the entire community and making this the most enjoyable Latkepalooza by sponsoring games crafts and food at this yearrsquos event

Liron Lipinsky

headofschoolsbethshalompghorg

Mishpachtenu

8

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

POMEGRANATE CATERING at Congregation Beth Shalom Host a luncheon or dinner

Celebrate an occasion or a loved one Cater a party

Sponsor a Kiddush Or a Shabbat afternoon

Third Meal (Seudah Shlishit)

Itrsquos fresh itrsquos delicious and itrsquos kosher pomegranatepghgmailcom | 4122256111

ith the High Holidays behind us and Thanksgiving and Chanukah quickly approaching it seemed appropriate to pause and reflect on all the happenings here in the Early Learning Center

The beginning of this school year has been filled with a variety of opportunities for the families of Beth Shalom to come together as a community As we moved into the High Holiday season it gave us an opportune moment to teach all of our new families about the High Holidays and the importance of them to our school We were so happy to have over 30 families represented at our Annual PTO Meeting led by the chairs Aviva Lubowsky and Rachel Albert We discussed programming community building teacher appreciation and fundraising Our fundraiser this year will be a Yankee Candle sale and all proceeds will buy water tables for the classrooms Last year we were able to purchase 6 light tables for the classrooms The first PTO event was 2

nd annual Pizza in the Hut which

was planned by two PTO volunteers Rachel Albert and Michelle Resnick We had over 40 families gather and eat pizza together in the sukkah It was a great moment to meet each other get to know Beth Shalom and begin to feel a part of this family Rabbi Levin led us in the special brachot that are recited in the Sukkah and warmed us with her kind words about the holiday of Sukkot The children made crafts dug in the rice table played corn hole and decorated cookies It may have been the simple acts of eating pizza and playing but gathering together in a community made it that much more We

have several upcoming events that will help us celebrate with our Beth Shalom community The first is our monthly Shabababa Friday night service and optional dinner These special once a month evenings are filled with song prayer warmth and laughter In addition all kids eat FREE On Monday November 3

rd from 8am-10am in the Preschool Plung

Lobby our President Howard Valinsky is sponsoring a coffee bar by Bean Catering This is a great time for parents to meet with Barbara Oleinick Membership Committee Chair of Congregation Beth Shalom Parents can enjoy a warm freshly made latte and catch up on the different events in the Congregation as well as the Early Learning Center Last but not least we will have Chanukah Celebration on Friday December 19 at 1 pm Our students will sing dance and we will end with eating latkes

We will close out this part of our school year with winter break which is December 24

th-January 4th During this time

our school will be cleaned and our teachers will take time to relax and refresh This fall has been filled with many opportunities to increase community We are thankful for all or families old and new and the community that is developing here at Beth Shalom

B lsquoShalom

Jennifer Slattery slatterybethshalompghorg

A Message from the Early Learning Center Director

10

Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the Sisterhood

ow that the holiday season is over we can reflect a bit on

the past few months and our future activities In July Connie and I attended the Womenrsquos League Convention in New Jersey We enjoyed being apart of the bigger picture of Conservative Judaism as members of the Great Lakes Region Delegation Not only did we observe Shabbat with Womenrsquos League and the installation of Carol Simon new national president but also experienced a tribute to Debby Gillmanrsquos father Rabbi Neil Gillman by Rabbi Gordon Tucker The four-day conference held our interest with lecturers workshops and a special session with Rabbi Brad Artson We connected with new friends and old throughout the United States and continue to think more about the important impact sisterhood makes in our Shul community

We saw a ldquoseardquo of Torah Fund pins on attendees which reminded us that many members at Beth Shalom Sisterhood are waiting for their pins We learned from Womenrsquos League that there has been a problem with the pins which will soon be resolved Our Torah Fund Brunch will be in held in March and we will have new

pins soon To those who have not pledged to Torah Fund before please consider this important campaign that supports 1 Womenrsquos League Educational Pavilion (Kripke Tower) 2 Womenrsquos League Seminary Synagogue 3 Mathilde Schechter Residence Hall Renovations 4 Goldsmith Hall 5 Residence Hall at the American Jewish University 6 JTS Quadrangle 7 JTS Library Bookshelves 8 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies Garden Thank you to all of our deeply committed Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club volunteers and certainly to those who are not active Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club members who spent many hours weeding over the summer Words cannot express our feelings as we looked over Beacon Street Shady Avenue and areas in the Shul parking lot- a job completed ndash a job well done A special thank you to Hecht Landscaping for their guidance and help and to Adam and Jesse Hecht for donating the red and yellow mums which really added pizazz to the front of the Shul Thanks also to the shul staff for making sure the plants were regularly watered this fall Our gardening efforts will continue next spring and summer as we tackle more areas in the back parking lot and maintain everywhere else We look forward to your joining us again as the rewards and satisfaction of seeing the tangible results of our work ndash a more beautiful Shul ndash are great

Co-president Dorothy Greenfield and I have planned a packed fall season of programming and activities to interest all

Wersquove had an enjoyable sukkah lunch with Rabbi Levin also with help from Pomegranate Catering Thanks also go to Beth Jacobs for her help with this event On October 23 we had an entertaining evening of Israeli dancing led by Cherie Maharam and a delicious dinner prepared by Pomegranate Catering Sunday afternoon October 26 was a combined event with Beth El Sisterhood and Shoshana Hadassah a book review and signing with Ilene Winn-Lederer Also in attendance from the Chicago area was the president of Great Lakes Region of Womenrsquos League Debbi Green Thursday evening November 13 an evening of fun with CAbi Fashions and our Judaica Shop Open House took place and featured beautiful fashions and delicious wine and cheese Among the on-going activities this fall is a book club Those interested should contact Sandy Hirsch Each Monday evening Connie Pollack leads a terrific Latin-Cardio aerobics class-come for the fun and exercise For Chanukah we are planning a social action projectprogram And on a cold Sunday January morning for brunch our hearts will be warmed with friendship as wersquore planning a knittingcraft event We welcome any ideas for this program And even though February is far awayhellip we are working on a program Our rdquoCoupons For Vetrsquos Programrdquo is going very well We have sent over $10000 in coupons to be distributed to various military personnel and bases here in the states and overseas You can drop off your trimmed and separated Non-Food and Food coupons in the box near the front office We are continuing with our monthly Soup and Challah Sale and Pomegranate Catering will be adding ldquocholentrdquo during the winter months And we also must thank Zur Goldblum for a very successful and delicious High Holiday Baked Goods Soup and Challah Sale Sisterhood gives back to Beth Shalom in many ways by our volunteering and with a monetary gift at the Congregational Meeting in May In addition our Judaica Shoprsquos monetary gift to the congregation is also given in May Not least the Sisterhood Flower Fund provides beautiful arrangements for our High Holiday services We invite you to join us bring a friend to our programs We would love to see you and you will be rewarded with friendship and community

BrsquoShalom

Debby Firestone Co-President 412-521-4879 ~ debbyfireaolcom

Dorothy Greenfield Co-President

412-521-5217 ~ hottiedottie2867gmailcom

Mishpachtenu

Todah Rabah to the Gardening Volunteer Project Dorothy and Sam Greenfield Marty and Sam Kline Julian Elbling Barbara and Yale Rosenstein Bunny Morris Marc and Betsy Schwartz and Family Ina Engel Natalie Rosenbloom Helen and Rich Feder Bob Liss Paula Eger Debby Firestone

Dorothy Greenfield and Beth Jacobs enjoy apples and honey at the Sisterhood Sukkah Lunch

Todah Rabah to the High Holiday Packaging Volunteers

Bunny and Sonny Morris Howard Rosenbloom Paula Eger Gail Neft Debby Firestone Dorothy Greenfield

Sarita Eisner Judy Kobell Jane Yahr Toby Neufeld Elinor Young

12

Nov - Dec 2014

Saturday DECEMBER 6

645 PM

SAMUEL amp MINNIE

HYMAN BALLROOM

Still time to purchase tickets

Tickets $70each

Contact Ira Frank At

412-521-4876 or

natfabirajunocom

Use them to buy gift cards to your

favorite restaurants stores movie

theaters and more

Call Judy in the office to order

yours today

412-421-2288 ext 110

Mishpachtenu

14

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

4

Nov - Dec 2014

Sisterhood Judaica Shop gifts for any simcha

We have exciting new merchandise

Come and get your Hanukkah gifts right here

All Hanukkah merchandise above $2000 reduced

30 from November 1-December 15

30 off Jewelry until December 15

Contact Barbara 412-422-5677

A Message from the President

s I write this article the warmth of the High Holiday season lingers within me and within the halls of

the shul We successfully joined together as one Kehillah in the Sanctuary in one

service Together we prayed studied sang and were inspired by Rabbi Amy Levin Rabbi Danny Schiff and Cantorial Soloist Amanda Russell The idea that we are and will remain ldquothe Beacon of Conservative Judaism on Beaconrdquo is even more relevant following the beauty of the holidays and the successes of the past year Some of our successes this past year include Beth Shalom Early Learning Center Our Beth Shalom Early Learning Center (ELC) was reaccredited by NAEYC (nay-see) an organization ldquopromoting high-quality early learning for all children birth through age 8 by connecting practice policy and researchrdquo in the 2013-2014 school year Over 90 percent of the classrooms are at capacity and have a wait list Weekly visits are made to each classroom by our wonderful art science music and Judaic specialists The staff is highly qualified with 78 having a bachelor degree or higher The families whether they are Jewish or of other faiths are becoming more actively involved in the Beth Shalom Early Learning Community Over 40 families attended our annual PTO meeting and there was a record attendance at our month-ly Shababababa service and dinner JJEP ndash The Joint Jewish Education Program JJEP welcomed over 30 new students this year while piloting different methods of delivering innovative Hebrew learning opportunities and Religious School education on Sunday mornings Teachers are creatively using Project Based Learning in their classrooms Examples include students studying the weekly

Torah portion at Torah yoga or learning new melodies to Shabbat prayers My sincere appreciation and thanks to our outstanding lay leaders and volunteers who help us to keep on target and meet the needs of all of our congregants I look forward to our continued work as a true Kehillah in 5775 Together we can and will make stronger social and spiritual connections through the bonds of friendship and the sharing of Shabbat dinners holiday celebrations minyanim family Shabbat evening services and meditation services Together we will strive to have tikun olam make a positive impact on our community by holding coupon clothing and book drives participating in city-wide mitzvah projects and our continued sponsorship of the annual luncheon for our friends with special needs Together we will continue our endeavor for life-long learning through study groups guest speakers and visiting scholars In the very near future with the guidance of Rabbi Levin and the Rabbinic Search Committee we will begin the process of searching for a rabbi who will lead us for the long term and help us shape our future As the process moves forward the committee will communicate how the entire congregationrsquos feedback and thoughts will be gathered Whether you come twice a week or twice a year to Beth Shalom you are a part of the family Each and every one of you are vital members of the family and we would not exist without you Your generous gift to the Annual Campaign will help us grow and build our future Our goal is to raise $200000 I know that we can achieve this with your support We are the Beacon of Conservative Judaism on Beacon

Lrsquodor Vador from generation to generation

Howard Valinsky hvallyaolcom

Mishpachtenu

6

Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the J-JEP Director

he Joint Jewish Education Program (JJEP) is off to a strong start for the year Our 130 participants are all being engaged in meaningful Jewish learning and experiences and challenged to think about how Judaism is a part of their

daily living This yearrsquos theme ldquoLove Thy Neighborrdquo is permeating throughout all we are doing

How many times have you heard the phrase ldquolove thy neighborrdquo in your lifetime It is a great value that we try to instill in our children and have them carry to adulthood We certainly have many memories of different projects and books that we read as children along with this theme We certainly refer to it as the ldquoJewish thing to dordquo The topic is far more ubiquitous than you even know I recently stumbled upon a great visual that refers to this value as ldquoThe Golden Rulerdquo that is common throughout world religions

The upcoming holiday season is one that could easily be centered on this very idea I would say that it is common practice to extend a hand around the Thanksgiving season but what about continuing that into Chanukah Once you get past the fried goodies and miracles that center Chanukah children often turn their focus on gift giving or more honestly- gift receiving If you would like to change that focus to be more community value oriented here are some ideas that I have heard over the last couple of years

Give a tray of baked goods to an elderly neighbor or invite

them to join your family for an evening of holiday celebration

Dedicate one of the nights to give to a

charity or volunteer as a family at a local organization

Have a family craft or game night- and spin

the idea to ldquolove thy familyrdquo

Have a toy exchange within your neighborhood in order to

save resources and building community

Do you have any related ideas you would like to share Please do on JJEPrsquos Facebook page httpswwwfacebookcomJointJewishEducationProgram In other exciting news this yearrsquos 5th ANNUAL LATKEPALOOZA will take place on Sunday December 14th 1000 am to 1230 pm in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom at Beth Shalom Since this year is our 5th event we are aiming to make it even bigger and better than ever before We are really proud of the fact that we keep the price of admission low in order to make the event accessible to the entire Jewish community Therefore for the first time ever we are fundraising for this grand community event Please join us in keeping admission possible for the entire community and making this the most enjoyable Latkepalooza by sponsoring games crafts and food at this yearrsquos event

Liron Lipinsky

headofschoolsbethshalompghorg

Mishpachtenu

8

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

POMEGRANATE CATERING at Congregation Beth Shalom Host a luncheon or dinner

Celebrate an occasion or a loved one Cater a party

Sponsor a Kiddush Or a Shabbat afternoon

Third Meal (Seudah Shlishit)

Itrsquos fresh itrsquos delicious and itrsquos kosher pomegranatepghgmailcom | 4122256111

ith the High Holidays behind us and Thanksgiving and Chanukah quickly approaching it seemed appropriate to pause and reflect on all the happenings here in the Early Learning Center

The beginning of this school year has been filled with a variety of opportunities for the families of Beth Shalom to come together as a community As we moved into the High Holiday season it gave us an opportune moment to teach all of our new families about the High Holidays and the importance of them to our school We were so happy to have over 30 families represented at our Annual PTO Meeting led by the chairs Aviva Lubowsky and Rachel Albert We discussed programming community building teacher appreciation and fundraising Our fundraiser this year will be a Yankee Candle sale and all proceeds will buy water tables for the classrooms Last year we were able to purchase 6 light tables for the classrooms The first PTO event was 2

nd annual Pizza in the Hut which

was planned by two PTO volunteers Rachel Albert and Michelle Resnick We had over 40 families gather and eat pizza together in the sukkah It was a great moment to meet each other get to know Beth Shalom and begin to feel a part of this family Rabbi Levin led us in the special brachot that are recited in the Sukkah and warmed us with her kind words about the holiday of Sukkot The children made crafts dug in the rice table played corn hole and decorated cookies It may have been the simple acts of eating pizza and playing but gathering together in a community made it that much more We

have several upcoming events that will help us celebrate with our Beth Shalom community The first is our monthly Shabababa Friday night service and optional dinner These special once a month evenings are filled with song prayer warmth and laughter In addition all kids eat FREE On Monday November 3

rd from 8am-10am in the Preschool Plung

Lobby our President Howard Valinsky is sponsoring a coffee bar by Bean Catering This is a great time for parents to meet with Barbara Oleinick Membership Committee Chair of Congregation Beth Shalom Parents can enjoy a warm freshly made latte and catch up on the different events in the Congregation as well as the Early Learning Center Last but not least we will have Chanukah Celebration on Friday December 19 at 1 pm Our students will sing dance and we will end with eating latkes

We will close out this part of our school year with winter break which is December 24

th-January 4th During this time

our school will be cleaned and our teachers will take time to relax and refresh This fall has been filled with many opportunities to increase community We are thankful for all or families old and new and the community that is developing here at Beth Shalom

B lsquoShalom

Jennifer Slattery slatterybethshalompghorg

A Message from the Early Learning Center Director

10

Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the Sisterhood

ow that the holiday season is over we can reflect a bit on

the past few months and our future activities In July Connie and I attended the Womenrsquos League Convention in New Jersey We enjoyed being apart of the bigger picture of Conservative Judaism as members of the Great Lakes Region Delegation Not only did we observe Shabbat with Womenrsquos League and the installation of Carol Simon new national president but also experienced a tribute to Debby Gillmanrsquos father Rabbi Neil Gillman by Rabbi Gordon Tucker The four-day conference held our interest with lecturers workshops and a special session with Rabbi Brad Artson We connected with new friends and old throughout the United States and continue to think more about the important impact sisterhood makes in our Shul community

We saw a ldquoseardquo of Torah Fund pins on attendees which reminded us that many members at Beth Shalom Sisterhood are waiting for their pins We learned from Womenrsquos League that there has been a problem with the pins which will soon be resolved Our Torah Fund Brunch will be in held in March and we will have new

pins soon To those who have not pledged to Torah Fund before please consider this important campaign that supports 1 Womenrsquos League Educational Pavilion (Kripke Tower) 2 Womenrsquos League Seminary Synagogue 3 Mathilde Schechter Residence Hall Renovations 4 Goldsmith Hall 5 Residence Hall at the American Jewish University 6 JTS Quadrangle 7 JTS Library Bookshelves 8 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies Garden Thank you to all of our deeply committed Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club volunteers and certainly to those who are not active Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club members who spent many hours weeding over the summer Words cannot express our feelings as we looked over Beacon Street Shady Avenue and areas in the Shul parking lot- a job completed ndash a job well done A special thank you to Hecht Landscaping for their guidance and help and to Adam and Jesse Hecht for donating the red and yellow mums which really added pizazz to the front of the Shul Thanks also to the shul staff for making sure the plants were regularly watered this fall Our gardening efforts will continue next spring and summer as we tackle more areas in the back parking lot and maintain everywhere else We look forward to your joining us again as the rewards and satisfaction of seeing the tangible results of our work ndash a more beautiful Shul ndash are great

Co-president Dorothy Greenfield and I have planned a packed fall season of programming and activities to interest all

Wersquove had an enjoyable sukkah lunch with Rabbi Levin also with help from Pomegranate Catering Thanks also go to Beth Jacobs for her help with this event On October 23 we had an entertaining evening of Israeli dancing led by Cherie Maharam and a delicious dinner prepared by Pomegranate Catering Sunday afternoon October 26 was a combined event with Beth El Sisterhood and Shoshana Hadassah a book review and signing with Ilene Winn-Lederer Also in attendance from the Chicago area was the president of Great Lakes Region of Womenrsquos League Debbi Green Thursday evening November 13 an evening of fun with CAbi Fashions and our Judaica Shop Open House took place and featured beautiful fashions and delicious wine and cheese Among the on-going activities this fall is a book club Those interested should contact Sandy Hirsch Each Monday evening Connie Pollack leads a terrific Latin-Cardio aerobics class-come for the fun and exercise For Chanukah we are planning a social action projectprogram And on a cold Sunday January morning for brunch our hearts will be warmed with friendship as wersquore planning a knittingcraft event We welcome any ideas for this program And even though February is far awayhellip we are working on a program Our rdquoCoupons For Vetrsquos Programrdquo is going very well We have sent over $10000 in coupons to be distributed to various military personnel and bases here in the states and overseas You can drop off your trimmed and separated Non-Food and Food coupons in the box near the front office We are continuing with our monthly Soup and Challah Sale and Pomegranate Catering will be adding ldquocholentrdquo during the winter months And we also must thank Zur Goldblum for a very successful and delicious High Holiday Baked Goods Soup and Challah Sale Sisterhood gives back to Beth Shalom in many ways by our volunteering and with a monetary gift at the Congregational Meeting in May In addition our Judaica Shoprsquos monetary gift to the congregation is also given in May Not least the Sisterhood Flower Fund provides beautiful arrangements for our High Holiday services We invite you to join us bring a friend to our programs We would love to see you and you will be rewarded with friendship and community

BrsquoShalom

Debby Firestone Co-President 412-521-4879 ~ debbyfireaolcom

Dorothy Greenfield Co-President

412-521-5217 ~ hottiedottie2867gmailcom

Mishpachtenu

Todah Rabah to the Gardening Volunteer Project Dorothy and Sam Greenfield Marty and Sam Kline Julian Elbling Barbara and Yale Rosenstein Bunny Morris Marc and Betsy Schwartz and Family Ina Engel Natalie Rosenbloom Helen and Rich Feder Bob Liss Paula Eger Debby Firestone

Dorothy Greenfield and Beth Jacobs enjoy apples and honey at the Sisterhood Sukkah Lunch

Todah Rabah to the High Holiday Packaging Volunteers

Bunny and Sonny Morris Howard Rosenbloom Paula Eger Gail Neft Debby Firestone Dorothy Greenfield

Sarita Eisner Judy Kobell Jane Yahr Toby Neufeld Elinor Young

12

Nov - Dec 2014

Saturday DECEMBER 6

645 PM

SAMUEL amp MINNIE

HYMAN BALLROOM

Still time to purchase tickets

Tickets $70each

Contact Ira Frank At

412-521-4876 or

natfabirajunocom

Use them to buy gift cards to your

favorite restaurants stores movie

theaters and more

Call Judy in the office to order

yours today

412-421-2288 ext 110

Mishpachtenu

14

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

Mishpachtenu

6

Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the J-JEP Director

he Joint Jewish Education Program (JJEP) is off to a strong start for the year Our 130 participants are all being engaged in meaningful Jewish learning and experiences and challenged to think about how Judaism is a part of their

daily living This yearrsquos theme ldquoLove Thy Neighborrdquo is permeating throughout all we are doing

How many times have you heard the phrase ldquolove thy neighborrdquo in your lifetime It is a great value that we try to instill in our children and have them carry to adulthood We certainly have many memories of different projects and books that we read as children along with this theme We certainly refer to it as the ldquoJewish thing to dordquo The topic is far more ubiquitous than you even know I recently stumbled upon a great visual that refers to this value as ldquoThe Golden Rulerdquo that is common throughout world religions

The upcoming holiday season is one that could easily be centered on this very idea I would say that it is common practice to extend a hand around the Thanksgiving season but what about continuing that into Chanukah Once you get past the fried goodies and miracles that center Chanukah children often turn their focus on gift giving or more honestly- gift receiving If you would like to change that focus to be more community value oriented here are some ideas that I have heard over the last couple of years

Give a tray of baked goods to an elderly neighbor or invite

them to join your family for an evening of holiday celebration

Dedicate one of the nights to give to a

charity or volunteer as a family at a local organization

Have a family craft or game night- and spin

the idea to ldquolove thy familyrdquo

Have a toy exchange within your neighborhood in order to

save resources and building community

Do you have any related ideas you would like to share Please do on JJEPrsquos Facebook page httpswwwfacebookcomJointJewishEducationProgram In other exciting news this yearrsquos 5th ANNUAL LATKEPALOOZA will take place on Sunday December 14th 1000 am to 1230 pm in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom at Beth Shalom Since this year is our 5th event we are aiming to make it even bigger and better than ever before We are really proud of the fact that we keep the price of admission low in order to make the event accessible to the entire Jewish community Therefore for the first time ever we are fundraising for this grand community event Please join us in keeping admission possible for the entire community and making this the most enjoyable Latkepalooza by sponsoring games crafts and food at this yearrsquos event

Liron Lipinsky

headofschoolsbethshalompghorg

Mishpachtenu

8

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

POMEGRANATE CATERING at Congregation Beth Shalom Host a luncheon or dinner

Celebrate an occasion or a loved one Cater a party

Sponsor a Kiddush Or a Shabbat afternoon

Third Meal (Seudah Shlishit)

Itrsquos fresh itrsquos delicious and itrsquos kosher pomegranatepghgmailcom | 4122256111

ith the High Holidays behind us and Thanksgiving and Chanukah quickly approaching it seemed appropriate to pause and reflect on all the happenings here in the Early Learning Center

The beginning of this school year has been filled with a variety of opportunities for the families of Beth Shalom to come together as a community As we moved into the High Holiday season it gave us an opportune moment to teach all of our new families about the High Holidays and the importance of them to our school We were so happy to have over 30 families represented at our Annual PTO Meeting led by the chairs Aviva Lubowsky and Rachel Albert We discussed programming community building teacher appreciation and fundraising Our fundraiser this year will be a Yankee Candle sale and all proceeds will buy water tables for the classrooms Last year we were able to purchase 6 light tables for the classrooms The first PTO event was 2

nd annual Pizza in the Hut which

was planned by two PTO volunteers Rachel Albert and Michelle Resnick We had over 40 families gather and eat pizza together in the sukkah It was a great moment to meet each other get to know Beth Shalom and begin to feel a part of this family Rabbi Levin led us in the special brachot that are recited in the Sukkah and warmed us with her kind words about the holiday of Sukkot The children made crafts dug in the rice table played corn hole and decorated cookies It may have been the simple acts of eating pizza and playing but gathering together in a community made it that much more We

have several upcoming events that will help us celebrate with our Beth Shalom community The first is our monthly Shabababa Friday night service and optional dinner These special once a month evenings are filled with song prayer warmth and laughter In addition all kids eat FREE On Monday November 3

rd from 8am-10am in the Preschool Plung

Lobby our President Howard Valinsky is sponsoring a coffee bar by Bean Catering This is a great time for parents to meet with Barbara Oleinick Membership Committee Chair of Congregation Beth Shalom Parents can enjoy a warm freshly made latte and catch up on the different events in the Congregation as well as the Early Learning Center Last but not least we will have Chanukah Celebration on Friday December 19 at 1 pm Our students will sing dance and we will end with eating latkes

We will close out this part of our school year with winter break which is December 24

th-January 4th During this time

our school will be cleaned and our teachers will take time to relax and refresh This fall has been filled with many opportunities to increase community We are thankful for all or families old and new and the community that is developing here at Beth Shalom

B lsquoShalom

Jennifer Slattery slatterybethshalompghorg

A Message from the Early Learning Center Director

10

Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the Sisterhood

ow that the holiday season is over we can reflect a bit on

the past few months and our future activities In July Connie and I attended the Womenrsquos League Convention in New Jersey We enjoyed being apart of the bigger picture of Conservative Judaism as members of the Great Lakes Region Delegation Not only did we observe Shabbat with Womenrsquos League and the installation of Carol Simon new national president but also experienced a tribute to Debby Gillmanrsquos father Rabbi Neil Gillman by Rabbi Gordon Tucker The four-day conference held our interest with lecturers workshops and a special session with Rabbi Brad Artson We connected with new friends and old throughout the United States and continue to think more about the important impact sisterhood makes in our Shul community

We saw a ldquoseardquo of Torah Fund pins on attendees which reminded us that many members at Beth Shalom Sisterhood are waiting for their pins We learned from Womenrsquos League that there has been a problem with the pins which will soon be resolved Our Torah Fund Brunch will be in held in March and we will have new

pins soon To those who have not pledged to Torah Fund before please consider this important campaign that supports 1 Womenrsquos League Educational Pavilion (Kripke Tower) 2 Womenrsquos League Seminary Synagogue 3 Mathilde Schechter Residence Hall Renovations 4 Goldsmith Hall 5 Residence Hall at the American Jewish University 6 JTS Quadrangle 7 JTS Library Bookshelves 8 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies Garden Thank you to all of our deeply committed Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club volunteers and certainly to those who are not active Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club members who spent many hours weeding over the summer Words cannot express our feelings as we looked over Beacon Street Shady Avenue and areas in the Shul parking lot- a job completed ndash a job well done A special thank you to Hecht Landscaping for their guidance and help and to Adam and Jesse Hecht for donating the red and yellow mums which really added pizazz to the front of the Shul Thanks also to the shul staff for making sure the plants were regularly watered this fall Our gardening efforts will continue next spring and summer as we tackle more areas in the back parking lot and maintain everywhere else We look forward to your joining us again as the rewards and satisfaction of seeing the tangible results of our work ndash a more beautiful Shul ndash are great

Co-president Dorothy Greenfield and I have planned a packed fall season of programming and activities to interest all

Wersquove had an enjoyable sukkah lunch with Rabbi Levin also with help from Pomegranate Catering Thanks also go to Beth Jacobs for her help with this event On October 23 we had an entertaining evening of Israeli dancing led by Cherie Maharam and a delicious dinner prepared by Pomegranate Catering Sunday afternoon October 26 was a combined event with Beth El Sisterhood and Shoshana Hadassah a book review and signing with Ilene Winn-Lederer Also in attendance from the Chicago area was the president of Great Lakes Region of Womenrsquos League Debbi Green Thursday evening November 13 an evening of fun with CAbi Fashions and our Judaica Shop Open House took place and featured beautiful fashions and delicious wine and cheese Among the on-going activities this fall is a book club Those interested should contact Sandy Hirsch Each Monday evening Connie Pollack leads a terrific Latin-Cardio aerobics class-come for the fun and exercise For Chanukah we are planning a social action projectprogram And on a cold Sunday January morning for brunch our hearts will be warmed with friendship as wersquore planning a knittingcraft event We welcome any ideas for this program And even though February is far awayhellip we are working on a program Our rdquoCoupons For Vetrsquos Programrdquo is going very well We have sent over $10000 in coupons to be distributed to various military personnel and bases here in the states and overseas You can drop off your trimmed and separated Non-Food and Food coupons in the box near the front office We are continuing with our monthly Soup and Challah Sale and Pomegranate Catering will be adding ldquocholentrdquo during the winter months And we also must thank Zur Goldblum for a very successful and delicious High Holiday Baked Goods Soup and Challah Sale Sisterhood gives back to Beth Shalom in many ways by our volunteering and with a monetary gift at the Congregational Meeting in May In addition our Judaica Shoprsquos monetary gift to the congregation is also given in May Not least the Sisterhood Flower Fund provides beautiful arrangements for our High Holiday services We invite you to join us bring a friend to our programs We would love to see you and you will be rewarded with friendship and community

BrsquoShalom

Debby Firestone Co-President 412-521-4879 ~ debbyfireaolcom

Dorothy Greenfield Co-President

412-521-5217 ~ hottiedottie2867gmailcom

Mishpachtenu

Todah Rabah to the Gardening Volunteer Project Dorothy and Sam Greenfield Marty and Sam Kline Julian Elbling Barbara and Yale Rosenstein Bunny Morris Marc and Betsy Schwartz and Family Ina Engel Natalie Rosenbloom Helen and Rich Feder Bob Liss Paula Eger Debby Firestone

Dorothy Greenfield and Beth Jacobs enjoy apples and honey at the Sisterhood Sukkah Lunch

Todah Rabah to the High Holiday Packaging Volunteers

Bunny and Sonny Morris Howard Rosenbloom Paula Eger Gail Neft Debby Firestone Dorothy Greenfield

Sarita Eisner Judy Kobell Jane Yahr Toby Neufeld Elinor Young

12

Nov - Dec 2014

Saturday DECEMBER 6

645 PM

SAMUEL amp MINNIE

HYMAN BALLROOM

Still time to purchase tickets

Tickets $70each

Contact Ira Frank At

412-521-4876 or

natfabirajunocom

Use them to buy gift cards to your

favorite restaurants stores movie

theaters and more

Call Judy in the office to order

yours today

412-421-2288 ext 110

Mishpachtenu

14

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

6

Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the J-JEP Director

he Joint Jewish Education Program (JJEP) is off to a strong start for the year Our 130 participants are all being engaged in meaningful Jewish learning and experiences and challenged to think about how Judaism is a part of their

daily living This yearrsquos theme ldquoLove Thy Neighborrdquo is permeating throughout all we are doing

How many times have you heard the phrase ldquolove thy neighborrdquo in your lifetime It is a great value that we try to instill in our children and have them carry to adulthood We certainly have many memories of different projects and books that we read as children along with this theme We certainly refer to it as the ldquoJewish thing to dordquo The topic is far more ubiquitous than you even know I recently stumbled upon a great visual that refers to this value as ldquoThe Golden Rulerdquo that is common throughout world religions

The upcoming holiday season is one that could easily be centered on this very idea I would say that it is common practice to extend a hand around the Thanksgiving season but what about continuing that into Chanukah Once you get past the fried goodies and miracles that center Chanukah children often turn their focus on gift giving or more honestly- gift receiving If you would like to change that focus to be more community value oriented here are some ideas that I have heard over the last couple of years

Give a tray of baked goods to an elderly neighbor or invite

them to join your family for an evening of holiday celebration

Dedicate one of the nights to give to a

charity or volunteer as a family at a local organization

Have a family craft or game night- and spin

the idea to ldquolove thy familyrdquo

Have a toy exchange within your neighborhood in order to

save resources and building community

Do you have any related ideas you would like to share Please do on JJEPrsquos Facebook page httpswwwfacebookcomJointJewishEducationProgram In other exciting news this yearrsquos 5th ANNUAL LATKEPALOOZA will take place on Sunday December 14th 1000 am to 1230 pm in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom at Beth Shalom Since this year is our 5th event we are aiming to make it even bigger and better than ever before We are really proud of the fact that we keep the price of admission low in order to make the event accessible to the entire Jewish community Therefore for the first time ever we are fundraising for this grand community event Please join us in keeping admission possible for the entire community and making this the most enjoyable Latkepalooza by sponsoring games crafts and food at this yearrsquos event

Liron Lipinsky

headofschoolsbethshalompghorg

Mishpachtenu

8

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

POMEGRANATE CATERING at Congregation Beth Shalom Host a luncheon or dinner

Celebrate an occasion or a loved one Cater a party

Sponsor a Kiddush Or a Shabbat afternoon

Third Meal (Seudah Shlishit)

Itrsquos fresh itrsquos delicious and itrsquos kosher pomegranatepghgmailcom | 4122256111

ith the High Holidays behind us and Thanksgiving and Chanukah quickly approaching it seemed appropriate to pause and reflect on all the happenings here in the Early Learning Center

The beginning of this school year has been filled with a variety of opportunities for the families of Beth Shalom to come together as a community As we moved into the High Holiday season it gave us an opportune moment to teach all of our new families about the High Holidays and the importance of them to our school We were so happy to have over 30 families represented at our Annual PTO Meeting led by the chairs Aviva Lubowsky and Rachel Albert We discussed programming community building teacher appreciation and fundraising Our fundraiser this year will be a Yankee Candle sale and all proceeds will buy water tables for the classrooms Last year we were able to purchase 6 light tables for the classrooms The first PTO event was 2

nd annual Pizza in the Hut which

was planned by two PTO volunteers Rachel Albert and Michelle Resnick We had over 40 families gather and eat pizza together in the sukkah It was a great moment to meet each other get to know Beth Shalom and begin to feel a part of this family Rabbi Levin led us in the special brachot that are recited in the Sukkah and warmed us with her kind words about the holiday of Sukkot The children made crafts dug in the rice table played corn hole and decorated cookies It may have been the simple acts of eating pizza and playing but gathering together in a community made it that much more We

have several upcoming events that will help us celebrate with our Beth Shalom community The first is our monthly Shabababa Friday night service and optional dinner These special once a month evenings are filled with song prayer warmth and laughter In addition all kids eat FREE On Monday November 3

rd from 8am-10am in the Preschool Plung

Lobby our President Howard Valinsky is sponsoring a coffee bar by Bean Catering This is a great time for parents to meet with Barbara Oleinick Membership Committee Chair of Congregation Beth Shalom Parents can enjoy a warm freshly made latte and catch up on the different events in the Congregation as well as the Early Learning Center Last but not least we will have Chanukah Celebration on Friday December 19 at 1 pm Our students will sing dance and we will end with eating latkes

We will close out this part of our school year with winter break which is December 24

th-January 4th During this time

our school will be cleaned and our teachers will take time to relax and refresh This fall has been filled with many opportunities to increase community We are thankful for all or families old and new and the community that is developing here at Beth Shalom

B lsquoShalom

Jennifer Slattery slatterybethshalompghorg

A Message from the Early Learning Center Director

10

Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the Sisterhood

ow that the holiday season is over we can reflect a bit on

the past few months and our future activities In July Connie and I attended the Womenrsquos League Convention in New Jersey We enjoyed being apart of the bigger picture of Conservative Judaism as members of the Great Lakes Region Delegation Not only did we observe Shabbat with Womenrsquos League and the installation of Carol Simon new national president but also experienced a tribute to Debby Gillmanrsquos father Rabbi Neil Gillman by Rabbi Gordon Tucker The four-day conference held our interest with lecturers workshops and a special session with Rabbi Brad Artson We connected with new friends and old throughout the United States and continue to think more about the important impact sisterhood makes in our Shul community

We saw a ldquoseardquo of Torah Fund pins on attendees which reminded us that many members at Beth Shalom Sisterhood are waiting for their pins We learned from Womenrsquos League that there has been a problem with the pins which will soon be resolved Our Torah Fund Brunch will be in held in March and we will have new

pins soon To those who have not pledged to Torah Fund before please consider this important campaign that supports 1 Womenrsquos League Educational Pavilion (Kripke Tower) 2 Womenrsquos League Seminary Synagogue 3 Mathilde Schechter Residence Hall Renovations 4 Goldsmith Hall 5 Residence Hall at the American Jewish University 6 JTS Quadrangle 7 JTS Library Bookshelves 8 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies Garden Thank you to all of our deeply committed Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club volunteers and certainly to those who are not active Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club members who spent many hours weeding over the summer Words cannot express our feelings as we looked over Beacon Street Shady Avenue and areas in the Shul parking lot- a job completed ndash a job well done A special thank you to Hecht Landscaping for their guidance and help and to Adam and Jesse Hecht for donating the red and yellow mums which really added pizazz to the front of the Shul Thanks also to the shul staff for making sure the plants were regularly watered this fall Our gardening efforts will continue next spring and summer as we tackle more areas in the back parking lot and maintain everywhere else We look forward to your joining us again as the rewards and satisfaction of seeing the tangible results of our work ndash a more beautiful Shul ndash are great

Co-president Dorothy Greenfield and I have planned a packed fall season of programming and activities to interest all

Wersquove had an enjoyable sukkah lunch with Rabbi Levin also with help from Pomegranate Catering Thanks also go to Beth Jacobs for her help with this event On October 23 we had an entertaining evening of Israeli dancing led by Cherie Maharam and a delicious dinner prepared by Pomegranate Catering Sunday afternoon October 26 was a combined event with Beth El Sisterhood and Shoshana Hadassah a book review and signing with Ilene Winn-Lederer Also in attendance from the Chicago area was the president of Great Lakes Region of Womenrsquos League Debbi Green Thursday evening November 13 an evening of fun with CAbi Fashions and our Judaica Shop Open House took place and featured beautiful fashions and delicious wine and cheese Among the on-going activities this fall is a book club Those interested should contact Sandy Hirsch Each Monday evening Connie Pollack leads a terrific Latin-Cardio aerobics class-come for the fun and exercise For Chanukah we are planning a social action projectprogram And on a cold Sunday January morning for brunch our hearts will be warmed with friendship as wersquore planning a knittingcraft event We welcome any ideas for this program And even though February is far awayhellip we are working on a program Our rdquoCoupons For Vetrsquos Programrdquo is going very well We have sent over $10000 in coupons to be distributed to various military personnel and bases here in the states and overseas You can drop off your trimmed and separated Non-Food and Food coupons in the box near the front office We are continuing with our monthly Soup and Challah Sale and Pomegranate Catering will be adding ldquocholentrdquo during the winter months And we also must thank Zur Goldblum for a very successful and delicious High Holiday Baked Goods Soup and Challah Sale Sisterhood gives back to Beth Shalom in many ways by our volunteering and with a monetary gift at the Congregational Meeting in May In addition our Judaica Shoprsquos monetary gift to the congregation is also given in May Not least the Sisterhood Flower Fund provides beautiful arrangements for our High Holiday services We invite you to join us bring a friend to our programs We would love to see you and you will be rewarded with friendship and community

BrsquoShalom

Debby Firestone Co-President 412-521-4879 ~ debbyfireaolcom

Dorothy Greenfield Co-President

412-521-5217 ~ hottiedottie2867gmailcom

Mishpachtenu

Todah Rabah to the Gardening Volunteer Project Dorothy and Sam Greenfield Marty and Sam Kline Julian Elbling Barbara and Yale Rosenstein Bunny Morris Marc and Betsy Schwartz and Family Ina Engel Natalie Rosenbloom Helen and Rich Feder Bob Liss Paula Eger Debby Firestone

Dorothy Greenfield and Beth Jacobs enjoy apples and honey at the Sisterhood Sukkah Lunch

Todah Rabah to the High Holiday Packaging Volunteers

Bunny and Sonny Morris Howard Rosenbloom Paula Eger Gail Neft Debby Firestone Dorothy Greenfield

Sarita Eisner Judy Kobell Jane Yahr Toby Neufeld Elinor Young

12

Nov - Dec 2014

Saturday DECEMBER 6

645 PM

SAMUEL amp MINNIE

HYMAN BALLROOM

Still time to purchase tickets

Tickets $70each

Contact Ira Frank At

412-521-4876 or

natfabirajunocom

Use them to buy gift cards to your

favorite restaurants stores movie

theaters and more

Call Judy in the office to order

yours today

412-421-2288 ext 110

Mishpachtenu

14

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

Mishpachtenu

8

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

POMEGRANATE CATERING at Congregation Beth Shalom Host a luncheon or dinner

Celebrate an occasion or a loved one Cater a party

Sponsor a Kiddush Or a Shabbat afternoon

Third Meal (Seudah Shlishit)

Itrsquos fresh itrsquos delicious and itrsquos kosher pomegranatepghgmailcom | 4122256111

ith the High Holidays behind us and Thanksgiving and Chanukah quickly approaching it seemed appropriate to pause and reflect on all the happenings here in the Early Learning Center

The beginning of this school year has been filled with a variety of opportunities for the families of Beth Shalom to come together as a community As we moved into the High Holiday season it gave us an opportune moment to teach all of our new families about the High Holidays and the importance of them to our school We were so happy to have over 30 families represented at our Annual PTO Meeting led by the chairs Aviva Lubowsky and Rachel Albert We discussed programming community building teacher appreciation and fundraising Our fundraiser this year will be a Yankee Candle sale and all proceeds will buy water tables for the classrooms Last year we were able to purchase 6 light tables for the classrooms The first PTO event was 2

nd annual Pizza in the Hut which

was planned by two PTO volunteers Rachel Albert and Michelle Resnick We had over 40 families gather and eat pizza together in the sukkah It was a great moment to meet each other get to know Beth Shalom and begin to feel a part of this family Rabbi Levin led us in the special brachot that are recited in the Sukkah and warmed us with her kind words about the holiday of Sukkot The children made crafts dug in the rice table played corn hole and decorated cookies It may have been the simple acts of eating pizza and playing but gathering together in a community made it that much more We

have several upcoming events that will help us celebrate with our Beth Shalom community The first is our monthly Shabababa Friday night service and optional dinner These special once a month evenings are filled with song prayer warmth and laughter In addition all kids eat FREE On Monday November 3

rd from 8am-10am in the Preschool Plung

Lobby our President Howard Valinsky is sponsoring a coffee bar by Bean Catering This is a great time for parents to meet with Barbara Oleinick Membership Committee Chair of Congregation Beth Shalom Parents can enjoy a warm freshly made latte and catch up on the different events in the Congregation as well as the Early Learning Center Last but not least we will have Chanukah Celebration on Friday December 19 at 1 pm Our students will sing dance and we will end with eating latkes

We will close out this part of our school year with winter break which is December 24

th-January 4th During this time

our school will be cleaned and our teachers will take time to relax and refresh This fall has been filled with many opportunities to increase community We are thankful for all or families old and new and the community that is developing here at Beth Shalom

B lsquoShalom

Jennifer Slattery slatterybethshalompghorg

A Message from the Early Learning Center Director

10

Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the Sisterhood

ow that the holiday season is over we can reflect a bit on

the past few months and our future activities In July Connie and I attended the Womenrsquos League Convention in New Jersey We enjoyed being apart of the bigger picture of Conservative Judaism as members of the Great Lakes Region Delegation Not only did we observe Shabbat with Womenrsquos League and the installation of Carol Simon new national president but also experienced a tribute to Debby Gillmanrsquos father Rabbi Neil Gillman by Rabbi Gordon Tucker The four-day conference held our interest with lecturers workshops and a special session with Rabbi Brad Artson We connected with new friends and old throughout the United States and continue to think more about the important impact sisterhood makes in our Shul community

We saw a ldquoseardquo of Torah Fund pins on attendees which reminded us that many members at Beth Shalom Sisterhood are waiting for their pins We learned from Womenrsquos League that there has been a problem with the pins which will soon be resolved Our Torah Fund Brunch will be in held in March and we will have new

pins soon To those who have not pledged to Torah Fund before please consider this important campaign that supports 1 Womenrsquos League Educational Pavilion (Kripke Tower) 2 Womenrsquos League Seminary Synagogue 3 Mathilde Schechter Residence Hall Renovations 4 Goldsmith Hall 5 Residence Hall at the American Jewish University 6 JTS Quadrangle 7 JTS Library Bookshelves 8 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies Garden Thank you to all of our deeply committed Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club volunteers and certainly to those who are not active Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club members who spent many hours weeding over the summer Words cannot express our feelings as we looked over Beacon Street Shady Avenue and areas in the Shul parking lot- a job completed ndash a job well done A special thank you to Hecht Landscaping for their guidance and help and to Adam and Jesse Hecht for donating the red and yellow mums which really added pizazz to the front of the Shul Thanks also to the shul staff for making sure the plants were regularly watered this fall Our gardening efforts will continue next spring and summer as we tackle more areas in the back parking lot and maintain everywhere else We look forward to your joining us again as the rewards and satisfaction of seeing the tangible results of our work ndash a more beautiful Shul ndash are great

Co-president Dorothy Greenfield and I have planned a packed fall season of programming and activities to interest all

Wersquove had an enjoyable sukkah lunch with Rabbi Levin also with help from Pomegranate Catering Thanks also go to Beth Jacobs for her help with this event On October 23 we had an entertaining evening of Israeli dancing led by Cherie Maharam and a delicious dinner prepared by Pomegranate Catering Sunday afternoon October 26 was a combined event with Beth El Sisterhood and Shoshana Hadassah a book review and signing with Ilene Winn-Lederer Also in attendance from the Chicago area was the president of Great Lakes Region of Womenrsquos League Debbi Green Thursday evening November 13 an evening of fun with CAbi Fashions and our Judaica Shop Open House took place and featured beautiful fashions and delicious wine and cheese Among the on-going activities this fall is a book club Those interested should contact Sandy Hirsch Each Monday evening Connie Pollack leads a terrific Latin-Cardio aerobics class-come for the fun and exercise For Chanukah we are planning a social action projectprogram And on a cold Sunday January morning for brunch our hearts will be warmed with friendship as wersquore planning a knittingcraft event We welcome any ideas for this program And even though February is far awayhellip we are working on a program Our rdquoCoupons For Vetrsquos Programrdquo is going very well We have sent over $10000 in coupons to be distributed to various military personnel and bases here in the states and overseas You can drop off your trimmed and separated Non-Food and Food coupons in the box near the front office We are continuing with our monthly Soup and Challah Sale and Pomegranate Catering will be adding ldquocholentrdquo during the winter months And we also must thank Zur Goldblum for a very successful and delicious High Holiday Baked Goods Soup and Challah Sale Sisterhood gives back to Beth Shalom in many ways by our volunteering and with a monetary gift at the Congregational Meeting in May In addition our Judaica Shoprsquos monetary gift to the congregation is also given in May Not least the Sisterhood Flower Fund provides beautiful arrangements for our High Holiday services We invite you to join us bring a friend to our programs We would love to see you and you will be rewarded with friendship and community

BrsquoShalom

Debby Firestone Co-President 412-521-4879 ~ debbyfireaolcom

Dorothy Greenfield Co-President

412-521-5217 ~ hottiedottie2867gmailcom

Mishpachtenu

Todah Rabah to the Gardening Volunteer Project Dorothy and Sam Greenfield Marty and Sam Kline Julian Elbling Barbara and Yale Rosenstein Bunny Morris Marc and Betsy Schwartz and Family Ina Engel Natalie Rosenbloom Helen and Rich Feder Bob Liss Paula Eger Debby Firestone

Dorothy Greenfield and Beth Jacobs enjoy apples and honey at the Sisterhood Sukkah Lunch

Todah Rabah to the High Holiday Packaging Volunteers

Bunny and Sonny Morris Howard Rosenbloom Paula Eger Gail Neft Debby Firestone Dorothy Greenfield

Sarita Eisner Judy Kobell Jane Yahr Toby Neufeld Elinor Young

12

Nov - Dec 2014

Saturday DECEMBER 6

645 PM

SAMUEL amp MINNIE

HYMAN BALLROOM

Still time to purchase tickets

Tickets $70each

Contact Ira Frank At

412-521-4876 or

natfabirajunocom

Use them to buy gift cards to your

favorite restaurants stores movie

theaters and more

Call Judy in the office to order

yours today

412-421-2288 ext 110

Mishpachtenu

14

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

8

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

POMEGRANATE CATERING at Congregation Beth Shalom Host a luncheon or dinner

Celebrate an occasion or a loved one Cater a party

Sponsor a Kiddush Or a Shabbat afternoon

Third Meal (Seudah Shlishit)

Itrsquos fresh itrsquos delicious and itrsquos kosher pomegranatepghgmailcom | 4122256111

ith the High Holidays behind us and Thanksgiving and Chanukah quickly approaching it seemed appropriate to pause and reflect on all the happenings here in the Early Learning Center

The beginning of this school year has been filled with a variety of opportunities for the families of Beth Shalom to come together as a community As we moved into the High Holiday season it gave us an opportune moment to teach all of our new families about the High Holidays and the importance of them to our school We were so happy to have over 30 families represented at our Annual PTO Meeting led by the chairs Aviva Lubowsky and Rachel Albert We discussed programming community building teacher appreciation and fundraising Our fundraiser this year will be a Yankee Candle sale and all proceeds will buy water tables for the classrooms Last year we were able to purchase 6 light tables for the classrooms The first PTO event was 2

nd annual Pizza in the Hut which

was planned by two PTO volunteers Rachel Albert and Michelle Resnick We had over 40 families gather and eat pizza together in the sukkah It was a great moment to meet each other get to know Beth Shalom and begin to feel a part of this family Rabbi Levin led us in the special brachot that are recited in the Sukkah and warmed us with her kind words about the holiday of Sukkot The children made crafts dug in the rice table played corn hole and decorated cookies It may have been the simple acts of eating pizza and playing but gathering together in a community made it that much more We

have several upcoming events that will help us celebrate with our Beth Shalom community The first is our monthly Shabababa Friday night service and optional dinner These special once a month evenings are filled with song prayer warmth and laughter In addition all kids eat FREE On Monday November 3

rd from 8am-10am in the Preschool Plung

Lobby our President Howard Valinsky is sponsoring a coffee bar by Bean Catering This is a great time for parents to meet with Barbara Oleinick Membership Committee Chair of Congregation Beth Shalom Parents can enjoy a warm freshly made latte and catch up on the different events in the Congregation as well as the Early Learning Center Last but not least we will have Chanukah Celebration on Friday December 19 at 1 pm Our students will sing dance and we will end with eating latkes

We will close out this part of our school year with winter break which is December 24

th-January 4th During this time

our school will be cleaned and our teachers will take time to relax and refresh This fall has been filled with many opportunities to increase community We are thankful for all or families old and new and the community that is developing here at Beth Shalom

B lsquoShalom

Jennifer Slattery slatterybethshalompghorg

A Message from the Early Learning Center Director

10

Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the Sisterhood

ow that the holiday season is over we can reflect a bit on

the past few months and our future activities In July Connie and I attended the Womenrsquos League Convention in New Jersey We enjoyed being apart of the bigger picture of Conservative Judaism as members of the Great Lakes Region Delegation Not only did we observe Shabbat with Womenrsquos League and the installation of Carol Simon new national president but also experienced a tribute to Debby Gillmanrsquos father Rabbi Neil Gillman by Rabbi Gordon Tucker The four-day conference held our interest with lecturers workshops and a special session with Rabbi Brad Artson We connected with new friends and old throughout the United States and continue to think more about the important impact sisterhood makes in our Shul community

We saw a ldquoseardquo of Torah Fund pins on attendees which reminded us that many members at Beth Shalom Sisterhood are waiting for their pins We learned from Womenrsquos League that there has been a problem with the pins which will soon be resolved Our Torah Fund Brunch will be in held in March and we will have new

pins soon To those who have not pledged to Torah Fund before please consider this important campaign that supports 1 Womenrsquos League Educational Pavilion (Kripke Tower) 2 Womenrsquos League Seminary Synagogue 3 Mathilde Schechter Residence Hall Renovations 4 Goldsmith Hall 5 Residence Hall at the American Jewish University 6 JTS Quadrangle 7 JTS Library Bookshelves 8 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies Garden Thank you to all of our deeply committed Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club volunteers and certainly to those who are not active Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club members who spent many hours weeding over the summer Words cannot express our feelings as we looked over Beacon Street Shady Avenue and areas in the Shul parking lot- a job completed ndash a job well done A special thank you to Hecht Landscaping for their guidance and help and to Adam and Jesse Hecht for donating the red and yellow mums which really added pizazz to the front of the Shul Thanks also to the shul staff for making sure the plants were regularly watered this fall Our gardening efforts will continue next spring and summer as we tackle more areas in the back parking lot and maintain everywhere else We look forward to your joining us again as the rewards and satisfaction of seeing the tangible results of our work ndash a more beautiful Shul ndash are great

Co-president Dorothy Greenfield and I have planned a packed fall season of programming and activities to interest all

Wersquove had an enjoyable sukkah lunch with Rabbi Levin also with help from Pomegranate Catering Thanks also go to Beth Jacobs for her help with this event On October 23 we had an entertaining evening of Israeli dancing led by Cherie Maharam and a delicious dinner prepared by Pomegranate Catering Sunday afternoon October 26 was a combined event with Beth El Sisterhood and Shoshana Hadassah a book review and signing with Ilene Winn-Lederer Also in attendance from the Chicago area was the president of Great Lakes Region of Womenrsquos League Debbi Green Thursday evening November 13 an evening of fun with CAbi Fashions and our Judaica Shop Open House took place and featured beautiful fashions and delicious wine and cheese Among the on-going activities this fall is a book club Those interested should contact Sandy Hirsch Each Monday evening Connie Pollack leads a terrific Latin-Cardio aerobics class-come for the fun and exercise For Chanukah we are planning a social action projectprogram And on a cold Sunday January morning for brunch our hearts will be warmed with friendship as wersquore planning a knittingcraft event We welcome any ideas for this program And even though February is far awayhellip we are working on a program Our rdquoCoupons For Vetrsquos Programrdquo is going very well We have sent over $10000 in coupons to be distributed to various military personnel and bases here in the states and overseas You can drop off your trimmed and separated Non-Food and Food coupons in the box near the front office We are continuing with our monthly Soup and Challah Sale and Pomegranate Catering will be adding ldquocholentrdquo during the winter months And we also must thank Zur Goldblum for a very successful and delicious High Holiday Baked Goods Soup and Challah Sale Sisterhood gives back to Beth Shalom in many ways by our volunteering and with a monetary gift at the Congregational Meeting in May In addition our Judaica Shoprsquos monetary gift to the congregation is also given in May Not least the Sisterhood Flower Fund provides beautiful arrangements for our High Holiday services We invite you to join us bring a friend to our programs We would love to see you and you will be rewarded with friendship and community

BrsquoShalom

Debby Firestone Co-President 412-521-4879 ~ debbyfireaolcom

Dorothy Greenfield Co-President

412-521-5217 ~ hottiedottie2867gmailcom

Mishpachtenu

Todah Rabah to the Gardening Volunteer Project Dorothy and Sam Greenfield Marty and Sam Kline Julian Elbling Barbara and Yale Rosenstein Bunny Morris Marc and Betsy Schwartz and Family Ina Engel Natalie Rosenbloom Helen and Rich Feder Bob Liss Paula Eger Debby Firestone

Dorothy Greenfield and Beth Jacobs enjoy apples and honey at the Sisterhood Sukkah Lunch

Todah Rabah to the High Holiday Packaging Volunteers

Bunny and Sonny Morris Howard Rosenbloom Paula Eger Gail Neft Debby Firestone Dorothy Greenfield

Sarita Eisner Judy Kobell Jane Yahr Toby Neufeld Elinor Young

12

Nov - Dec 2014

Saturday DECEMBER 6

645 PM

SAMUEL amp MINNIE

HYMAN BALLROOM

Still time to purchase tickets

Tickets $70each

Contact Ira Frank At

412-521-4876 or

natfabirajunocom

Use them to buy gift cards to your

favorite restaurants stores movie

theaters and more

Call Judy in the office to order

yours today

412-421-2288 ext 110

Mishpachtenu

14

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

Mishpachtenu

POMEGRANATE CATERING at Congregation Beth Shalom Host a luncheon or dinner

Celebrate an occasion or a loved one Cater a party

Sponsor a Kiddush Or a Shabbat afternoon

Third Meal (Seudah Shlishit)

Itrsquos fresh itrsquos delicious and itrsquos kosher pomegranatepghgmailcom | 4122256111

ith the High Holidays behind us and Thanksgiving and Chanukah quickly approaching it seemed appropriate to pause and reflect on all the happenings here in the Early Learning Center

The beginning of this school year has been filled with a variety of opportunities for the families of Beth Shalom to come together as a community As we moved into the High Holiday season it gave us an opportune moment to teach all of our new families about the High Holidays and the importance of them to our school We were so happy to have over 30 families represented at our Annual PTO Meeting led by the chairs Aviva Lubowsky and Rachel Albert We discussed programming community building teacher appreciation and fundraising Our fundraiser this year will be a Yankee Candle sale and all proceeds will buy water tables for the classrooms Last year we were able to purchase 6 light tables for the classrooms The first PTO event was 2

nd annual Pizza in the Hut which

was planned by two PTO volunteers Rachel Albert and Michelle Resnick We had over 40 families gather and eat pizza together in the sukkah It was a great moment to meet each other get to know Beth Shalom and begin to feel a part of this family Rabbi Levin led us in the special brachot that are recited in the Sukkah and warmed us with her kind words about the holiday of Sukkot The children made crafts dug in the rice table played corn hole and decorated cookies It may have been the simple acts of eating pizza and playing but gathering together in a community made it that much more We

have several upcoming events that will help us celebrate with our Beth Shalom community The first is our monthly Shabababa Friday night service and optional dinner These special once a month evenings are filled with song prayer warmth and laughter In addition all kids eat FREE On Monday November 3

rd from 8am-10am in the Preschool Plung

Lobby our President Howard Valinsky is sponsoring a coffee bar by Bean Catering This is a great time for parents to meet with Barbara Oleinick Membership Committee Chair of Congregation Beth Shalom Parents can enjoy a warm freshly made latte and catch up on the different events in the Congregation as well as the Early Learning Center Last but not least we will have Chanukah Celebration on Friday December 19 at 1 pm Our students will sing dance and we will end with eating latkes

We will close out this part of our school year with winter break which is December 24

th-January 4th During this time

our school will be cleaned and our teachers will take time to relax and refresh This fall has been filled with many opportunities to increase community We are thankful for all or families old and new and the community that is developing here at Beth Shalom

B lsquoShalom

Jennifer Slattery slatterybethshalompghorg

A Message from the Early Learning Center Director

10

Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the Sisterhood

ow that the holiday season is over we can reflect a bit on

the past few months and our future activities In July Connie and I attended the Womenrsquos League Convention in New Jersey We enjoyed being apart of the bigger picture of Conservative Judaism as members of the Great Lakes Region Delegation Not only did we observe Shabbat with Womenrsquos League and the installation of Carol Simon new national president but also experienced a tribute to Debby Gillmanrsquos father Rabbi Neil Gillman by Rabbi Gordon Tucker The four-day conference held our interest with lecturers workshops and a special session with Rabbi Brad Artson We connected with new friends and old throughout the United States and continue to think more about the important impact sisterhood makes in our Shul community

We saw a ldquoseardquo of Torah Fund pins on attendees which reminded us that many members at Beth Shalom Sisterhood are waiting for their pins We learned from Womenrsquos League that there has been a problem with the pins which will soon be resolved Our Torah Fund Brunch will be in held in March and we will have new

pins soon To those who have not pledged to Torah Fund before please consider this important campaign that supports 1 Womenrsquos League Educational Pavilion (Kripke Tower) 2 Womenrsquos League Seminary Synagogue 3 Mathilde Schechter Residence Hall Renovations 4 Goldsmith Hall 5 Residence Hall at the American Jewish University 6 JTS Quadrangle 7 JTS Library Bookshelves 8 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies Garden Thank you to all of our deeply committed Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club volunteers and certainly to those who are not active Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club members who spent many hours weeding over the summer Words cannot express our feelings as we looked over Beacon Street Shady Avenue and areas in the Shul parking lot- a job completed ndash a job well done A special thank you to Hecht Landscaping for their guidance and help and to Adam and Jesse Hecht for donating the red and yellow mums which really added pizazz to the front of the Shul Thanks also to the shul staff for making sure the plants were regularly watered this fall Our gardening efforts will continue next spring and summer as we tackle more areas in the back parking lot and maintain everywhere else We look forward to your joining us again as the rewards and satisfaction of seeing the tangible results of our work ndash a more beautiful Shul ndash are great

Co-president Dorothy Greenfield and I have planned a packed fall season of programming and activities to interest all

Wersquove had an enjoyable sukkah lunch with Rabbi Levin also with help from Pomegranate Catering Thanks also go to Beth Jacobs for her help with this event On October 23 we had an entertaining evening of Israeli dancing led by Cherie Maharam and a delicious dinner prepared by Pomegranate Catering Sunday afternoon October 26 was a combined event with Beth El Sisterhood and Shoshana Hadassah a book review and signing with Ilene Winn-Lederer Also in attendance from the Chicago area was the president of Great Lakes Region of Womenrsquos League Debbi Green Thursday evening November 13 an evening of fun with CAbi Fashions and our Judaica Shop Open House took place and featured beautiful fashions and delicious wine and cheese Among the on-going activities this fall is a book club Those interested should contact Sandy Hirsch Each Monday evening Connie Pollack leads a terrific Latin-Cardio aerobics class-come for the fun and exercise For Chanukah we are planning a social action projectprogram And on a cold Sunday January morning for brunch our hearts will be warmed with friendship as wersquore planning a knittingcraft event We welcome any ideas for this program And even though February is far awayhellip we are working on a program Our rdquoCoupons For Vetrsquos Programrdquo is going very well We have sent over $10000 in coupons to be distributed to various military personnel and bases here in the states and overseas You can drop off your trimmed and separated Non-Food and Food coupons in the box near the front office We are continuing with our monthly Soup and Challah Sale and Pomegranate Catering will be adding ldquocholentrdquo during the winter months And we also must thank Zur Goldblum for a very successful and delicious High Holiday Baked Goods Soup and Challah Sale Sisterhood gives back to Beth Shalom in many ways by our volunteering and with a monetary gift at the Congregational Meeting in May In addition our Judaica Shoprsquos monetary gift to the congregation is also given in May Not least the Sisterhood Flower Fund provides beautiful arrangements for our High Holiday services We invite you to join us bring a friend to our programs We would love to see you and you will be rewarded with friendship and community

BrsquoShalom

Debby Firestone Co-President 412-521-4879 ~ debbyfireaolcom

Dorothy Greenfield Co-President

412-521-5217 ~ hottiedottie2867gmailcom

Mishpachtenu

Todah Rabah to the Gardening Volunteer Project Dorothy and Sam Greenfield Marty and Sam Kline Julian Elbling Barbara and Yale Rosenstein Bunny Morris Marc and Betsy Schwartz and Family Ina Engel Natalie Rosenbloom Helen and Rich Feder Bob Liss Paula Eger Debby Firestone

Dorothy Greenfield and Beth Jacobs enjoy apples and honey at the Sisterhood Sukkah Lunch

Todah Rabah to the High Holiday Packaging Volunteers

Bunny and Sonny Morris Howard Rosenbloom Paula Eger Gail Neft Debby Firestone Dorothy Greenfield

Sarita Eisner Judy Kobell Jane Yahr Toby Neufeld Elinor Young

12

Nov - Dec 2014

Saturday DECEMBER 6

645 PM

SAMUEL amp MINNIE

HYMAN BALLROOM

Still time to purchase tickets

Tickets $70each

Contact Ira Frank At

412-521-4876 or

natfabirajunocom

Use them to buy gift cards to your

favorite restaurants stores movie

theaters and more

Call Judy in the office to order

yours today

412-421-2288 ext 110

Mishpachtenu

14

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

10

Nov - Dec 2014

A Message from the Sisterhood

ow that the holiday season is over we can reflect a bit on

the past few months and our future activities In July Connie and I attended the Womenrsquos League Convention in New Jersey We enjoyed being apart of the bigger picture of Conservative Judaism as members of the Great Lakes Region Delegation Not only did we observe Shabbat with Womenrsquos League and the installation of Carol Simon new national president but also experienced a tribute to Debby Gillmanrsquos father Rabbi Neil Gillman by Rabbi Gordon Tucker The four-day conference held our interest with lecturers workshops and a special session with Rabbi Brad Artson We connected with new friends and old throughout the United States and continue to think more about the important impact sisterhood makes in our Shul community

We saw a ldquoseardquo of Torah Fund pins on attendees which reminded us that many members at Beth Shalom Sisterhood are waiting for their pins We learned from Womenrsquos League that there has been a problem with the pins which will soon be resolved Our Torah Fund Brunch will be in held in March and we will have new

pins soon To those who have not pledged to Torah Fund before please consider this important campaign that supports 1 Womenrsquos League Educational Pavilion (Kripke Tower) 2 Womenrsquos League Seminary Synagogue 3 Mathilde Schechter Residence Hall Renovations 4 Goldsmith Hall 5 Residence Hall at the American Jewish University 6 JTS Quadrangle 7 JTS Library Bookshelves 8 Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies Garden Thank you to all of our deeply committed Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club volunteers and certainly to those who are not active Sisterhood and Menrsquos Club members who spent many hours weeding over the summer Words cannot express our feelings as we looked over Beacon Street Shady Avenue and areas in the Shul parking lot- a job completed ndash a job well done A special thank you to Hecht Landscaping for their guidance and help and to Adam and Jesse Hecht for donating the red and yellow mums which really added pizazz to the front of the Shul Thanks also to the shul staff for making sure the plants were regularly watered this fall Our gardening efforts will continue next spring and summer as we tackle more areas in the back parking lot and maintain everywhere else We look forward to your joining us again as the rewards and satisfaction of seeing the tangible results of our work ndash a more beautiful Shul ndash are great

Co-president Dorothy Greenfield and I have planned a packed fall season of programming and activities to interest all

Wersquove had an enjoyable sukkah lunch with Rabbi Levin also with help from Pomegranate Catering Thanks also go to Beth Jacobs for her help with this event On October 23 we had an entertaining evening of Israeli dancing led by Cherie Maharam and a delicious dinner prepared by Pomegranate Catering Sunday afternoon October 26 was a combined event with Beth El Sisterhood and Shoshana Hadassah a book review and signing with Ilene Winn-Lederer Also in attendance from the Chicago area was the president of Great Lakes Region of Womenrsquos League Debbi Green Thursday evening November 13 an evening of fun with CAbi Fashions and our Judaica Shop Open House took place and featured beautiful fashions and delicious wine and cheese Among the on-going activities this fall is a book club Those interested should contact Sandy Hirsch Each Monday evening Connie Pollack leads a terrific Latin-Cardio aerobics class-come for the fun and exercise For Chanukah we are planning a social action projectprogram And on a cold Sunday January morning for brunch our hearts will be warmed with friendship as wersquore planning a knittingcraft event We welcome any ideas for this program And even though February is far awayhellip we are working on a program Our rdquoCoupons For Vetrsquos Programrdquo is going very well We have sent over $10000 in coupons to be distributed to various military personnel and bases here in the states and overseas You can drop off your trimmed and separated Non-Food and Food coupons in the box near the front office We are continuing with our monthly Soup and Challah Sale and Pomegranate Catering will be adding ldquocholentrdquo during the winter months And we also must thank Zur Goldblum for a very successful and delicious High Holiday Baked Goods Soup and Challah Sale Sisterhood gives back to Beth Shalom in many ways by our volunteering and with a monetary gift at the Congregational Meeting in May In addition our Judaica Shoprsquos monetary gift to the congregation is also given in May Not least the Sisterhood Flower Fund provides beautiful arrangements for our High Holiday services We invite you to join us bring a friend to our programs We would love to see you and you will be rewarded with friendship and community

BrsquoShalom

Debby Firestone Co-President 412-521-4879 ~ debbyfireaolcom

Dorothy Greenfield Co-President

412-521-5217 ~ hottiedottie2867gmailcom

Mishpachtenu

Todah Rabah to the Gardening Volunteer Project Dorothy and Sam Greenfield Marty and Sam Kline Julian Elbling Barbara and Yale Rosenstein Bunny Morris Marc and Betsy Schwartz and Family Ina Engel Natalie Rosenbloom Helen and Rich Feder Bob Liss Paula Eger Debby Firestone

Dorothy Greenfield and Beth Jacobs enjoy apples and honey at the Sisterhood Sukkah Lunch

Todah Rabah to the High Holiday Packaging Volunteers

Bunny and Sonny Morris Howard Rosenbloom Paula Eger Gail Neft Debby Firestone Dorothy Greenfield

Sarita Eisner Judy Kobell Jane Yahr Toby Neufeld Elinor Young

12

Nov - Dec 2014

Saturday DECEMBER 6

645 PM

SAMUEL amp MINNIE

HYMAN BALLROOM

Still time to purchase tickets

Tickets $70each

Contact Ira Frank At

412-521-4876 or

natfabirajunocom

Use them to buy gift cards to your

favorite restaurants stores movie

theaters and more

Call Judy in the office to order

yours today

412-421-2288 ext 110

Mishpachtenu

14

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

Mishpachtenu

Todah Rabah to the Gardening Volunteer Project Dorothy and Sam Greenfield Marty and Sam Kline Julian Elbling Barbara and Yale Rosenstein Bunny Morris Marc and Betsy Schwartz and Family Ina Engel Natalie Rosenbloom Helen and Rich Feder Bob Liss Paula Eger Debby Firestone

Dorothy Greenfield and Beth Jacobs enjoy apples and honey at the Sisterhood Sukkah Lunch

Todah Rabah to the High Holiday Packaging Volunteers

Bunny and Sonny Morris Howard Rosenbloom Paula Eger Gail Neft Debby Firestone Dorothy Greenfield

Sarita Eisner Judy Kobell Jane Yahr Toby Neufeld Elinor Young

12

Nov - Dec 2014

Saturday DECEMBER 6

645 PM

SAMUEL amp MINNIE

HYMAN BALLROOM

Still time to purchase tickets

Tickets $70each

Contact Ira Frank At

412-521-4876 or

natfabirajunocom

Use them to buy gift cards to your

favorite restaurants stores movie

theaters and more

Call Judy in the office to order

yours today

412-421-2288 ext 110

Mishpachtenu

14

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

12

Nov - Dec 2014

Saturday DECEMBER 6

645 PM

SAMUEL amp MINNIE

HYMAN BALLROOM

Still time to purchase tickets

Tickets $70each

Contact Ira Frank At

412-521-4876 or

natfabirajunocom

Use them to buy gift cards to your

favorite restaurants stores movie

theaters and more

Call Judy in the office to order

yours today

412-421-2288 ext 110

Mishpachtenu

14

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

Mishpachtenu

14

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

14

Nov - Dec 2014

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

Mishpachtenu

Meet our Bnai Mitzvah

Sara and Jason Berliner are newlyweds Sara who grew up here at Beth Shalom has already agreed to help with membership Rebecca and Dror Elhassid have moved here from St Louis They have two children their son Eitan who attends our Preschool and daughter Karen Rachel Firestone and Jason Binder have moved here from San Francisco They have one child their son Zachary who will attend our Preschool Simone Karp lives in the South Hills and has two lovely daughters Daniel Mark recently graduated from Pitt and comes to us from Louisville KY Debbie and Lloyd Myers also live here in Squirrel Hill and enjoyed our High Holiday services Sylvia and Marc Pomerantz live in Squirrel Hill and are the parents of our members Stephanie and Joel Pomerantz Laurel and Zarky Rudavsky have three beautiful daughters all married as of May of this year Eliane and Jason Wiese have been married a little over a year and are finishing up their degrees at Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome Our New Members

Avishai Meir Kurland Dernis son of Mitchell Dernis and Brenda Kurland grandson of Pamela and David Dernis (Lake Worth FL) and Dorothy and Jonathan Kurland (Charleston WV) will celebrate becoming a bar mitzvah on December 27 at Congregation Beth Shalom Avishai is a 7th grader at Community Day School His favorite subjects are science and math and he enjoys participating in the cross country and track teams He also enjoys inline skating computer programming and Skyping with other Seattle natives all over the country Avishairsquos ongoing mitzvah project is providing computing support for older adults in the community and he welcomes contributions to wwwheiferorg

Mara Elena Cohen daughter of Frayda Cohen will celebrate becoming a Bat Mitzvah

on December 13 2014 Mara is the granddaughter of Arthur Cohen and niece of Herb

and Sue Cohen Mara attends the Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPA) downtown

and her major is Visual Arts She especially enjoys ceramics swimming and

snow-tubing Mararsquos Mitzvah project is donating to the United Foundation for Chinarsquos

Health which provides cleft-palate surgeries for orphaned children and volunteering at

the North Shore Humane Society

16

Nov - Dec 2014

The Beth Shalom Adult Education Committee believes that Pittsburgh is a diverse community with many interests and viewpoints and our congregation should be a place where open and engaging conversations can take place about a wide range of subjects We thank the following committee members who have volunteered their time to make these offerings possible Nancy Bernstein Lidush Goldschmidt Seth Goldstein Chris Hall Jessica Hammer Stefi Kirschner Bruce Rollman Lynda Schuster Arlene Shapiro Rabbi Mark Staitman Pat Weiss Shirley Zionts To get involved please contact Adult Education Committee Chairs Sandy Hirsch or Ruth Fauman -Fichman at rabbiasstbethshalompghorg

Open to allhelliphelliphellipNo prerequisiteshelliphelliphelliphellipFor the most up to date information

visit httpbethshalompghorgadult-education

Learning Inspiring Empowering and Supporting Presenting inspiring programs we empower members to take charge of their own

learning and we support community membersrsquo learning initiatives

Evolving Conservative Halakhah Studying the Teshuvot [Responsa] of The Rabbinical Assemblys Com-mittee on Jewish Law and Standards with Rabbi Amy Levin Tuesdays 930-1045 am (weekly) Jewish law halachah has remained responsive credible and engaging over the last 2000 years Our study group will explore challenging contemporary issues that are addressed through todayrsquos rabbinic process Our own Rabbi Amy Levin a member of the Rabbinical Assembly Committee on Jewish Law and Standards that develops teshuvot (responsa) will lead our exploration Email Rabbi Levin to receive the study texts before each session rabbilevinbethshalompghorg

Reading Group Moses Maimonidesrsquo Guide for the Perplexed Mondays at 730 pm First session November 24 2014 Please read Chapters I-III (several pages) before this session copies of the book may be found at the Carnegie Library bookstores etc or go to wwwcscmuedu~sethperplexed for a downloadable pdf Second session December 8 2014 (future dates TBA) Lehman Center

Moses Maimonidesrsquo The Guide for the Perplexed was written in the 12th century as a letter to one of his rabbinical students It has since exerted an immense and continuing influence upon Jewish (and non-Jewish) thought Members of the reading group will read and discuss a few chapters each time they meet Seth Goldstein will lead the first session and future sessions will be led by members of the group For more information go to wwwcscmuedu~sethperplexed or contact Seth at sethcscmuedu

Rabbirsquos Tisch If you have heard Rabbi Levinrsquos closing joke at shul on Shabbat you know that it is always a clue to what will be studied at weekly Mishnah study every Shabbat afternoon at the Rabbirsquos Tisch Everyone is welcome and each session involves one discrete topic so donrsquot feel shy about coming to try it out Meeting time is announced weekly according to sunset times

Learn Torah Trope with Susan Hawkins (all ages Hebrew readers only) Thursdays 600-700 pm Begins January 8 2015 for 18 sessions Yecies Conference Room at Congregation Beth Shalom Beth Shalom members will learn cantillation and prepare their first Torah reading for Parashat Emor on May 9th

New Adult Learning Opportunities

Getting Started With Jewish Texts with Rabbi Mark Staitman This 4-week class will focus on reading different types of text

Torah Midrash Talmud and the Shulhan Aruch March 2015

Mishpachtenu

Ethics Exploring Connecting and Engaging Exploring Judaismrsquos ethical voice about pressing contemporary issues connecting our tradition to the greater community and engaging together in action and advocacy

Chew It Over Ethical Issues of Contemporary Judaism with Rabbi Amy Levin December Topic Humility not Humiliation Noon-115 pm Beth Shalom Adult Education introduces a new monthly Lunch and Learn program (open to all) in two locations downtown and Oakland The same topic will be presented at each place so pick the date and site that work for you Lunch will be included $10 couvert per person dietary laws observed To RSVP please contact Judy Kayam at accountingbethshalompghorg or 412-421-2288 x110 First Mondays ~ Oakland Hillel-JUC 4607 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh PA 15213 Hillel does not allow outside food on upper floors First Meeting December 1 2014 (RSVP by Nov 25)

or Second Tuesdays ~ Downtown Law offices of Metz Lewis Brodman Must amp OKeefe LLC 535 Smithfield St Suite 800 Pittsburgh PA 15222 First Meeting December 9 2014 (RSVP by Dec 4)

Shabbat Shiur with Adam Garber Field Director for PennEnvironment December 6 2014 after Kiddush Helfant Chapel Adam helps coordinate PennEnvironmentrsquos efforts to educate the public about the statersquos most pressing environmental issues increase civic participation and garner media coverage to inform concerned Pennsylvanians Adamrsquos early Jewish influences impacted his career choice as an environmental advocate

Over the last five years his activities include lobbying decision makers to support environmental policies by working with some of the states larg-est media outlets training thousands of Pennsylvanians to demonstrate public support for these initiatives and building diverse coalitions of elect-ed officials public health experts religious leaders environmental groups and more

Advocacy and Action Committee Via the Ethics Exploring Connecting and Engaging focus area we will connect our tradition to the greater community and engage in action and advocacy Please contact Nancy Bernstein at moonbernverizonnet if you would like to be part of this effort at Beth Shalom We will review and determine together what some possible options for our efforts might be and then hold a session to plan outreach opportunities

Community Belonging Believing and Becoming We will strengthen our sense of belonging and enhance our Jewish belief

through programs that focus on becoming a stronger community

Community-wide Interfaith Thanksgiving Services at Temple Sinai Monday November 24 - 730 pm Join Rabbi James Gibson Rabbi Amy Levin and other faith leaders from the Pittsburgh area in giving thanks Oneg to follow services

Third Annual Beth Shalom Health Initiative January ndash March 2015

January 24 2015 Steve Albert PhD February 7 2015 Jonathan Weinkle MD

March 9 2015 Stanley Marks MD March 24 2015 David Brent MD

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NICHUM AVELIM

Ria David on the passing of her beloved mother Frieda Seeligsohn Hanna Edelstein on the passing of her beloved husband David Edelstein Sandra Hirsch on the passing of her beloved mother Cecilia Herskowich Cimerman Bronislava Miloslavskaya Tatarinstev on the passing of her mother Sora Miloslawskaya Shirley Weinsweig on the passing of her beloved son David Weinsweig Michael Yahr on the passing of his beloved mother Mildred Plack Barbara Zelekovitz on the passing of her beloved mother Sylvia Williams

May our mourners find comfort in the embrace of our community

WE THANK THE GENEROUS

SPONSORS OF EACH KIDDUSH

FOLLOWING SHABBAT SERVICES AUGUST 30th - Kate and Ira Rothstein in honor of their

daughter Simone becoming a Bat Mitzvah

SEPTEMBER 13th - Meghan and Robert Glimcher in honor

of their son Brock becoming a Bar Mitzvah

20th - CJ and Robert Liss in honor of the

marriage of their daughter Laura to Toby Gershon

OCTOBER 17th - Stefi Kirschner and Gil Schneider in

honor of Simchat Torah 25th - Cheryl Bernstein and Aaron Sobol in

honor of their son Scott becoming a Bar Mitzvah

NOVEMBER 8th - Ellen and John Missry in honor of their

son David becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Our Community

Celebrating a special anniversary simcha or birthday

Honoring the memory of a loved one

sponsor a Kiddush

or seudah shlishit

please contact the

Michelle Vines at

412-421-2288 ext 113

We are grateful for the many

sponsors of our Shabbat Third Meals

Mr and Mrs Alex Cohen and Mr and Mrs Ronald Cohen in

memory of beloved father Samuel Cohen zrsquorsquol Bernice and Jack Meyers in memory of her sister Lois Somers Rabbi Amy Levin in honor of the marriage of her daughter Adina Lederhendler to Yossi Naar Judy and Joel Smalley in memory of his mother Mary Smalley zrdquol Nicole and Howard Valinsky in honor of their 24th anniversary

Mishpachtenu

News in our Congregational Family Abigail Busis Ariana Finkelstein Sarah Grill Jesse Plung amp Nathan Wecht were selected for the Diller Teen Fellows of Cohort 6 Kate and Ira Rothstein celebrated their daughter Simone Rothstein becoming a Bat Mitzvah Patty and Harry Schneider celebrated their granddaughter Zoe Schneider becoming a Bat Mitzvah Cindy and Eric Speck celebrated the marriage of their son Alex Speck to Rachael Altoff Debbie and Bruce Horvitz and Joan Horvitz celebrated the marriage of their daughter Lindsey Horvitz to Chaim Strassman Meg and Rob Glimcher celebrated their son Brock Glimcher becoming a Bar Mitzvah Shoshana Bulow and Seth Goldstein celebrated the birth of their grandson Shaya Norman Karen and Paul Shapiro celebrated the marriage of Alan and Melissa Shapiro Lou Plung received the Emanuel Spector Memorial Award from the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Bruce Rollman (Congregation Beth Shalom) Cindy Goodman-Leib (The Jewish Chronicle) and Meyer Skip Grinberg (Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh) were selected as 2014 Volunteers of the Year by the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Jessica Hammer received an award as an Outstanding Scientist under the age of 40 at the World Economic Forum in China Sondra and Richard Glasser celebrated their granddaughter Rachel Jane Izenson becoming a Bat Mitzvah CJ and Robert Liss celebrated their daughter Laura Lissrsquo marriage to Toby Gershon Fern and Alan Steckel celebrated the engagement of their son Michael Eric Steckel to Cari Shelkoff Cathy and Michael Samuels celebrated the marriage of their daughter Rachel Samuels to Brian Prew Deborah and Daniel Weisleder celebrated the birth of their son Benjamin Weisleder Rhonda Horvitz received the ZOA Pittsburghrsquos Natalie E Novick Community Leadership Award Ronna Harris Askin received the ZOA Pittsburghrsquos Israel Service Award Cheryl Bernstein and Aaron Sobol celebrated their son Scott Sobol becoming a Bar Mitzvah Judy and Gerry Kobell and Dr Paul Kornblith celebrated their grandson Kai Kornblith becoming a Bar Mitzvah Anna Adler celebrated the marriage of her granddaughter Julie Cohen to Cory Oppenheimer Rabbi Amy Levin celebrated the marriage of her daughter Adina Lederhendler to Yossi Naar Judy and Joel Smalley celebrated their grandson Jacob Smalley becoming a Bar Mitzvah Ellen and John Missry celebrated their son David Missry becoming a Bar Mitzvah Liron Lipinsky was accepted to the 7th cohort of the Mandel Teacher Educator Institute

Our Community

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Yahrzeit Donations August 18 2014 - November 15 2014

Mrs Renee Abrams Mrs Susan L Abrams Mr Carl Adelsheim Mr amp Mrs Marvin Adelson Mrs Anna Adler Mr amp Mrs Elias Aizenman Mr and Mrs Robert L Albert Mr Howard Alter Ms Rachel Americus Marc Antis Mr Seymour Antman Mr amp Mrs Mayer Arnowitz Mrs Barbara Azizo Mrs Caplan Azizo Marylyn Baker Elinor Baller Mrs Shirley Barasch Mr amp Mrs Daniel Bendas Mrs Sofya Berdichevskaya Mr amp Mrs Richard Berger Ronald amp Carol Berkman Mrs Zinaida Berkovich Elaine Berkowitz Mr Howard M Berman Mr amp Mrs Sanford Berman Sorel Berman Mrs Rena Bernstein Mr amp Mrs David Bertenthal Mr Ronald Blank Gilbert amp Diane Block Geoffrey amp Ellen Blum Mr amp Mrs Irving Blumenfeld Maurice amp

Barbara Braunstein Mrs Sheila Britz Mr amp Mrs Gilbert Brody Mr Herbert Brody Mrs Nancy Bromberg Mr Marshall Brown Bernard Faust amp

Rose Kay Browning Mrs Florence Burechson Ms Jill Schwartz Burnham Arnold Caplan amp

Joyce Tateishi Mr amp Mrs Douglas Caplan Milton Caplan Robert amp Sheila Chamovitz Mr amp Mrs Neil Charness Mr amp Mrs Jeremy R Childs Mr amp Mrs Lev Chudnovsky Dorothy Chusid Arthur Cohen amp

Barbara Bailey Carol Cohen Ms Carole J Cohen Mrs Debbie Cohen

Mr amp Mrs Eugene Cohen Mr amp Mrs James Cohen Mr amp Mrs Richard Cohen Mr Robert A Cohen Stanley Cohen amp Paul Cohen Mr Alan Colker Mrs Jacqueline Colker Mr James Colker Mr amp Mrs Arthur Cook Mrs Lois Crone Natalie Cuban Fred amp Marcia Danovitz Barry amp Donna Davidson Jerome amp Shirlee Davis Robert Davis Mrs Hilda Demsky Mr amp Mrs Bernard Dickter Mr Larry amp

Mrs Sharon Dobkin Mr amp Mrs Harry Drucker Mrs Rochelle Dueser Mr Jack Dym Mrs Helen Eaton Mr amp Mrs Aaron Edelstein Mrs Hanna Edelstein Mr amp Mrs Irwin Ehrenreich Mr David Eisner Mr amp Mrs Milton Eisner Ms Cookie Elbling Mrs Gloria Elbling Gottlieb Mrs Judy Epstein Mr amp Mrs Edward Farber Mr amp Mrs Richard Feder Mrs Maxine Feingold Bruce amp Susie Feldman Mr amp Mrs Ronald Fibus Mr Mark Fichman amp

Ms Ruth Fauman-Fichman Mr amp Mrs Jay Fingeret Mr amp Mrs Karl Fishman Mr Michael Foreman Mr amp Mrs Harold Forman Mr J Leonard Frank Mrs Barbara Franklin Michael amp Debra Freiser Mr amp Mrs Gary Friedman Mrs Helene Friedman Judith Friedman Mrs Ruth Garvin Mr Joshua amp

Mrs Rose Geller Mr amp Mrs Morris Gelman Mr amp Mrs Semyon Geshiktor Mrs Rosemary Geyer Ms Elayne Gilbert Harvey amp Wendy Gillis Mrs Miram Ginsberg Mr amp Mrs Robert Ginsburg Mr amp Mrs Lawrence Glanz

Mr Sanford Glasser Mrs Patricia Glosser Mr Bruce Goldberg Mr Gerald S Goldberg Ms Wendy Goldberg Jacky Prucz amp

Lisa Goldberg Prucz Mr amp Mrs Alex Goldin Mrs Hersha K Goldman Mr Robert Goldman Mr Lidush Goldschmidt Marjorie Goldstein Mr Morton amp

Mrs Racelle Goldstein Mrs Lucille Gordon Mr amp Mrs Ronald Gould Matt amp Debbie Graver Ms Ronna Greenberg Mr amp Mrs Edwin Grinberg Mr amp Mrs Leonard Grobstein Beverly Groudine Mr Mark Groudine Mrs Myriam Gumerman Mr amp Mrs Barney Guttman Miss Ann Haalman Mr amp Mrs Harvey Haber Mr amp Mrs Bernard Halpern Mr amp Mrs Jack Halpern Mr amp Mrs Steven Hecht Mr amp Mrs Melvin Heimowitz Mrs Elaine R Herer Mr amp Mrs Ted Heyman Sandra Hirsch Allen amp Laverne Hoffman David Hoffman Mr Joseph B Hoffman Mr amp Mrs Steven Hoffman William Hoffman Mr amp Mrs Thomas Holcomb Mr amp Mrs Larry Holtzman Mrs Retta Horelick Stanley amp Reva Horn Mr David Horvitz amp Teddi Jacobson Steven Hurwitz Mrs Valentina Iomdina Mrs Harriet Isaacson Mr amp Mrs Ronald A Jacobs Dennis Jett amp Lynda Schuster Mrs Arlene Johan Richard amp Rhoda Judd Warren amp Myra Judd Mr amp Mrs Earl Kaiserman Mr amp Mrs Charles Kalson Mr amp Mrs James Kaplan Natalie Kaplan Mr amp Mrs Warren Kardon Randall amp Randi Katz

Mr amp Mrs Robert L Katz Ms Carole Kaufman Mindy Keane Marlene Salus Ms Kennedy Mr amp Mrs Jack Kessler Mr amp Mrs Richard E Kessler Mr amp Mrs Alexander Kiderman Mrs Myrna Kingsley Mr Gilbert Schneider amp Ms Stefi Kirschner Mr amp Mrs Alexander Kisler Mrs Judith Klarfeld Charles amp Lois Klein Mr amp Mrs Mark Klein Mrs Natalie Klein Richard amp Rochelle Klein Joseph amp Ellen Kleinerman Mark amp Marion Kotler Mrs Marilyn Kramer Mr amp Mrs Herbert Kramer Scott amp Debbie Kramer Mr Seymoure amp

Mrs Corinne Krause Mr James Krell Mrs Sheri Sheri Emanuel amp Dorita Krifcher Ms Linda Kurtz Mr amp Mrs Michael Kurtz Mrs Shirley Kurtz Mr amp Mrs Michael Kweller Mr Howard amp

Mrs Carol Lang Mrs Ruth Lasday Mrs Bernice Lasser Mr Jeff Starner amp

Mrs Laurie Lazar-Starner Bruce Lazarus Mrs Beverly Lebovitz Mrs Judith Lebovitz Mr Paul Lebovitz Mrs Carol Lederer Mrs Edna Lehman Mr amp Mrs Mitchell Letwin Ms Ellen Letwin Schulz Mrs Elaine Levenson Mr Robert Levin Mr Stanford Levin Mr amp Mrs William I Levin Mrs Zita Levin Mr amp Mrs Merle Levine Mrs Rita Levinson Mr Murray Levith Mrs Charilee Levy Mrs Harriet Lewis Mrs Shirley G Lieberman Mr Sanford Lipsitz Mrs Shirley Lipsitz Alan amp Judy Maglin

Mishpachtenu

Yahrzeit Donations August 18 2014 - November 15 2014

Mr Jack amp Mrs Denise Malvin

Mrs Arlene Mann Handmaker Mrs Jane Marcus Mr Philip Marcus Sandra Margolis Mr amp Mrs Thomas Marmins Mr Bernard Mars Mr amp Mrs Jay McKenzie Mrs Cynthia Melamed Mollie Melnick Mr Herbert Mendelsohn Mr amp Mrs Mark Mendlow Mr amp Mrs Joel Merenstein Mr amp Mrs Jack Meyers Mrs Polina Mezhebovskaya Mr amp Mrs Bernard Miller Mr amp Mrs Howard Milstein Mr amp Mrs Edward Moravitz Mr amp Mrs Stephen Moritz Marvin amp Bunny Morris Ms Abby L Morrison Ms Harriet Moses Yuriy amp Raisa Mudrenko Mr Richard Nadel Mr Stanley M Nadel Morris amp Dolores Naimark Mr amp Mrs Lee Neiman Mr Steven Nydes Mrs Judy OConnor Mr Leonard Ortenberg Eva Ostrakovna Mrs Jeanne Pearlman Mr Jeffrey L Pittler Mildred Plack Mr Yakov Prizant amp

Mrs Luba Dolinsky Mrs Ruchlya Rabinovich Mrs Barbara Rackoff Mr amp Mrs Alex Rapport Mr Marvin Recht Marc Reisman Mr David Reiss Mrs Sylvia Reznick Mrs Lois Rickin Mrs Cynthia Rider Ms Vera Rivkin Mr Arnold Robbins Ms Carolyn Robbins Mrs Marjorie Robbins Mrs Gertrude Roberts Mrs Ruth Roberts Jean Robin Mrs Lois Robins Mr amp Mrs Nathan Rogow Mrs Dorothy Rosen Mr amp Mrs Sidney Rosen Ms Margie Rosenberg Mrs Susan Rosenberg

Mrs Wilma Rosenbloom Mr Mitchell B Rosenfeld Mr Norman Rosenfeld Mr Peter Rosenfeld amp

Mrs Sabina Bilder Mrs PhylIis Rosenfeld Richard amp Carol Rosenthal Mr amp Mrs Jeffrey Rosenthal Mr Robert Rosenthal Mr amp Mrs James Rosenthall Alvin Ross amp Ross Ms Elisabeth Rossen Mrs Belle Roth Myron Roth Mr S Roth Mr amp Mrs Elliot Rothman Mrs Sheila Rothman Mr Sol Ruben Mrs Gail Ryave Ms Diane Samuels Mr amp Mrs Michael Samuels Mrs Sally Santman Mr amp Mrs Larry Savitz Jonathan Schachter Mr Juan Schaumlffer Mrs Jeanne Schimmel Stuart amp Susan Schlansky Mr amp Mrs Harry Schneider Mrs Dorothy Schorin Mr amp Mrs Robert Schutte Mr Sidney Schwimer Mr amp Mrs Eric Scott Elkie Secher Mr amp Mrs Irving Segal MrsGerri Segneff Mr Adam Selker Mr amp Mrs Daniel H Shapira Mr Bud Shapiro Lester amp Arlene Shapiro Paul amp Karen Shapiro Mr amp Mrs Herbert Shear Mr amp Mrs Neal Shenderovich Mr amp Mrs Aryeh Sherman Mrs Florence Sherman Mrs Rosalyn Sherman Mrs Lois Sherry Mr amp Mrs Bernard Shire Mr Alexander Shklyar Mr and Mrs Michael Shurin Mr Joseph Siegel Mr Barry Silverman Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Mr amp Mrs Elliott Simon Mr amp Mrs Grant Simon Mr David Sirota Mrs amp Mr Leonard Skirboll Mr David Slesnick amp

Ms Gerri Sperling Mr amp Mrs Joel Smalley

Edwin amp Iris Smith Emmauel Smith Harold amp Connie Smolar Mr Neil Smolar Mrs Bernice Speck Mr amp Mrs James Spevock Mr amp Mrs Leon Spiegel Ms Jane C Stanton Mr amp Mrs Alvin Stein Mr amp Mrs Barry Stein Jack Stein Mr amp Mrs Jay Stein Mrs Karen Stein Mrs Cindy Steinberg Mrs Leah Stern Albert Stiller Mr amp Mrs Steven Stoller Mr amp Mrs Richard Sweet Mr amp Mrs William Tarlo Boris Tatarintsev amp

Bronislava Miloslavskaya Tatarintsev

Mr Myron amp Mrs Marion Taube

Mr amp Mrs James Tauberg Madelain Tauberg Mrs Gertrude Tepper Mr amp Mrs David Topolsky Mr Stanford Trachtenberg Mr amp Mrs Lawrence Tucker Robert amp Jacqueline Tucker Mrs Raisa Vaysleyb Ms Sandi Verbin Mramp Mrs Ralph Vogel Mr amp Mrs Arnold Wagner Florence Walk Mrs Eileen Wayne Albert amp Shirley Wein Mr amp Mrs Robert Wein Morris amp Claire Weinbaum Mrs Claire Weiner Stanley amp Helene Weiner Mr amp Mrs Joseph Weinkle Mrs Judith Weinstein Mr amp Mrs Ron Weinstock Rabbi Bernice Weiss Mrs Barbara Weltman Beth West Mr amp Mrs Larry Whitman Mr and Mrs Roger Wilk Sylvia Williams Ms Selma Witchel Mrs Elizabeth Witschard Lonnie amp Natalie Wolf Mrs Carol Yaster amp

Mr William Levant Mr amp Mrs Leonard Young Mr amp Mrs Nathan Young Mr amp Mrs Philip Youtie

Mr amp Mrs Yevgeniy Yuger A Zaltsman amp A Aynbinder Mr amp Mrs Robert G Zangwill Mr amp Mrs Sandor Zelekovitz Mrs Shirley Zionts Mr amp Mrs Milton Zlotnik Mr amp Mrs Arnold Zukerman Ms Linda Zwang Dr and Mrs Neal Zweig Mr amp Mrs Allan Zytnick

High Holidays Yizkor Appeal

20145775 Ruth Ganz Fargotstein In memory of mother father brother amp husbands Joshua amp Rose Geller Stanley amp Reva Horn In memory of Clara amp George Weintraub and Ruth amp Milton Horn Richard amp Rhoda Judd In memory of parents Jacob and Sarah Marks mother Lillian Judd Grobstein amp father Sidney Judd Ruth Lessing In memory of beloved departed

22

Nov - Dec 2014

ADULT EDUCATION FUND In Memory Of Rita Schneider Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider

ISADORE BERKOWITZ

MEMORIAL FUND In Memory Of David Edelstein Elaine Berkowitz Milton Goldman

Dr Joshua amp Mrs Rose Geller Speedy Recovery Lea Davidson

Elaine Berkowitz

BUILDING FUND In Honor Of Wedding of Wendy amp Peter Marsrsquo daughter

Alan amp Fern Steckel In Memory Of Rita Schneider

Alan amp Fern Steckel David Edelstein

Alan amp Fern Steckel Milton Moses

Alan amp Fern Steckel

CEMETERY FUND In Honor Of Lonnie Wolf Richard Michael amp Steve Yahr

SAMUEL amp IDA COHEN FUND In Memory Of Arthur Arnstine Shirley amp Donald Farkas In Honor Of Shirley and Donald Farkasrsquo special anniversary

Morris amp Claire Weinbaum Speedy Recovery Donald Farkas

Morris amp Claire Weinbaum

GENERAL FUND In Honor Of Robert Chamovitzrsquos 90th birthday

Emanuel amp Dorita Krifcher Sally amp Alan Greenwaldrsquos grandson becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Julius amp Harriet Kruman Gerald Kobellrsquos award

Julius amp Harriet Kruman Simone Rothstein becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Mitch Dernis amp Brenda Kurland Bruce Rollman

Mr amp Mrs Fred Rollman Barbara amp Peter Oleinick

Shoshana Bulow amp Seth Goldsteinrsquos grandson Shaya Norman

Helen amp Rich Feder Jessica Hammer receiving Outstanding Young Scientist Award

Helen amp Rich Feder Aviva Lubowsky

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick Stephen Neustein

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick Gerald Kobell

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick In Memory Of David Edelstein Dr amp Mrs Michael Schneider

CTM Group Inc Michael amp Barbara Wollman Horovitz Rudoy amp Roteman LLC Mark amp Marion Kotler Mitchell amp Nancy Feldman Mr amp Mrs Carl Krasik Danny amp Neila Bendas Mr amp Mrs Howard Block Judith Weinstein Sandra Margolis

Esther Glickman David Slesnick amp Gerri Sperling Nancy Levine

Burton Gusky Evelyn Favish

Cecilia Herskowich Cimerman Neila amp Danny Bendas Mr amp Mrs Gary Dubin

Mildred (Midge) Plack Dolores Bailey James Meredith

Lisa Molla Louis Feld Marc amp Kathy Lipsitz Michael amp Andrea Lowenstein Mr amp Mrs Jay Stein Ann Karlitz Laaff Grace Sweer amp Family Rosalyn Sherman Richard amp Rochelle Klein Ronald Rubenfield Donald Speakman William amp Susan States

Rita Schneider Mr amp Mrs Robert Garvin

Frieda Seeligsohn Marilyn Francus Sandra Hirsch

Sylvia Williams Mr amp Mrs Robert Garvin Sally amp Alan Greenwald Stuart Silverman

In Appreciation Of Rabbi Danny Schiff

Ruth Lessing

Speedy Recovery Richard Glasser

Sally amp Alan Greenwald

LYNDA HERER GOLDSTEIN CAMP RAMAH SCHOLARSHIP

ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory Of Ted Dickoff Rabbi Aaron amp Lorraine Mackler Irma Heller Natalie amp Lonnie Wolf

JUDAICA MUSEUM FUND In Honor Of Stephen Neusteinrsquos Member of the Year award Lynn amp Jeff Rosenthal

EARLY LEARNING CENTER FUND In Honor Of Aviva Lubowsky

Myriam Gumerman

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACH FUND In Honor Of Ira Frank

Noah amp Aviva Lubowsky

Contributions

Mishpachtenu

MORNING MINYAN FUND In Memory Of David Edelstein

Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider

PHILANTHROPIC FUND In Memory Of Ronna Harris Askin receiving the ZOA Israel Service Award

Rhoda amp Richard Judd

PRAYER BOOK FUND In Honor Of Ilene Fingeretrsquos birthday

Phyliss Caplan In Memory Of David Edelstein

Sarita amp Milt Eisner Rita Schneider

Neil Smolar

LYNNE ROBINS MEMORIAL FUND Speedy Recovery Lea Davidson Beverly amp Harvey E Robins THOMAS MORDECHAI ROSENSTEIN

MEMORIAL FUND In Honor Of Alan amp Sally Greenwaldrsquos special wedding anniversary Harriet amp Jules Kruman Arlene amp Lester Shapirorsquos special Wedding Anniversary Sarita amp Milt Eisner Natalie Kleinrsquos grandsonrsquos Bar Mitzvah Sarita amp Milton Eisner The birth of Arnold H and Belle G Lazarusrsquo Great-Granddaughter Sarita amp Milt Eisner In Memory Of John Cohn Harriet amp Jules Kruman Seymour Subar Harriet amp Jules Kruman Skippy Kalla Sarita amp Milton Eisner Madeline Zukerman Sarita amp Milton Eisner

Speedy Recovery Elinor Zaremberg Sarita amp Milt Eisner

SINGLES FUND In Memory Of Rita Schneider

Ira Frank amp Leonard Frank David Edelstain

Ira Frank amp Leonard Frank

SISTERHOOD FUND In Memory Of Frieda Seeligsohn Helen and Richard Feder

SISTERHOOD FLOWER FUND In Honor Of Our Children Adam Jessie amp Dana Lynn amp Steve Hecht Our Grandchildren Zach amp Emily Scher Ann amp Ron Gould Our Grandchildren Bunny amp Marvin Morris In Memory Of All dear departed Beverly amp Harvey E Robins Aron Reznick Sylvia Reznick Parents Esther amp William Weiss Barbara Weiser

YOUTH FUND In Honor Of Sondra amp Richard Glasserrsquos granddaughter becoming a Bat Mitzvah Sally amp Alan Greenwald Simone Rothstein becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider Ronna Harris Askin receiving the ZOA Israel Service Award Paula Eger Engagement of XXXrsquos daughter

Ruth Lessing In Memory Of Mildred Plack

Lea Davidson Elinor amp Sandy Zaremberg

Rita Schneider Mr amp Mrs Steven Hoffman Harold amp Connie Smolar

Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Mark Mundel Ruth Weiss Uncle Emanuel Krupp Ruth Weiss Stanley Franzos Ruth Weiss Mary Ellen Colombo Ruth Weiss Sylvia Williams Hannah Edelstein David Edelstein Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Speedy Recovery Gerald Kobell Deborah amp Nathan Firestone Ruth Ganz Fargotstein Deborah amp Nathan Firestone

SAMUEL amp MOLLIE ZYTNICK ENDOWMENT FUND

In Honor Of Jesse becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Mr amp Mrs Arnold Huttner In Memory Of David Edelstein

Mr amp Mrs Allan Zytnick ZUKERMAN SUKKOT ENDOWMENT In Memory Of Madeline Zukerman Elinor amp Charles Perez-Blanco Mr amp Mrs Paul Burson Evelyn Mottsman Dr Lee Shratter amp Family Mramp Mrs Neil Shuman Bernie Levin Elinor amp Charles Perez-Blanco

RABBI LEVINrsquoS DISCRETIONARY FUND

Richard and Rhoda Judd In honor of your daughterrsquos marriage Gail Neft and Richard Callet In honor of your daughterrsquos marriage Roz amp Gary Judd In memory of Mollie Finkelstein

Contributions

24

Nov - Dec 2014

Beth Shalom January Birthday Greetings Each month in our shulrsquos bulk mailing you will receive a listing of the members of our congrega-

tion whose birthdays occur in the upcoming month Wouldnrsquot you like to send them a special Beth Shalom greeting at only 75cent each Just circle the names you would like to send greetings

to fill out the form and enclose a check a valued Beth Shalom volunteer will do the rest

Adults Children

Camille Rothstein 13

Sasha Svoboda 13

Karen Elhassid 13

Gabriel Lubowsky 14

Adi Weinkle 16

Talia Rosen 16

Rylee Allan 18

Aya Vainshtein 19

Marissa Alpern 111

Jonathan Simon 111

Shoshana Graver 114

Lilliana Haber 115

Nofar Amram 117

Mia Siebold 118

Zachary Balk 119

Jonathan Balk 119

Eli Rabin 119

Adam Bettinger 126

Zachary Weinberger 126

Raphael Rothstein 131

Deirdre Bettinger 11

Ruth Ganz Fargotstein 11

Robin Halpern 11

Bertha Lipsitz 11

Ruth Weisberger 11

Judy Papernick 12

Brian Stein 12

Jessica Hammer 12

Noah Schoen 13

Sheldon Catz 13

Flora Katz 13

Daniel Bendas 14

Samuel Greenfield 14

Mira Shkolnik 14

Yitzhak Kadosh 15

Howard Semins 16

Tamara Moritz 17

Eric Yoffee 18

Evelyn Favish 110

Darrell H Lazarus 110

Harold Simon 110

Roman Torbochkin 110

Ellen Toker 111

Debbie Resnick 112

Sheila Scott 112

Vera Sherman 112

Chester Spatt 112

Shirley Barasch 113

Alan Finkelstein 113

Benjamin Relis 113

Leah Sufrin 113

Dana Sufrin 113

Shana Horvitz 114

Joan Schwartzman 114

Hanna Frank 114

Maureen Kelly Busis 115

J Leonard Frank 116

Kimberly Simon 116

Jenny Dvorkin 116

Joshua Kuznetsov 117

Sofiya Shapiro 118

Damir Shkolnik 118

Gerri Sperling 118

Abby Morrison 118

Stuart Alpern 119

Natalie Rosenbloom 119

Marian Davis 120

Josh Yahr 120

Charna Albert 120

Larissa Myaskovsky 120

Barbara Kaiserman 121

Linda Safyan 122

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Micah Jacobs 124

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Tal Cohen 125

Rafail Zakin 126

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Arthur Sales 127

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Nina Torbochkin 128

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News in our Congregational Family Abigail Busis Ariana Finkelstein Sarah Grill Jesse Plung amp Nathan Wecht were selected for the Diller Teen Fellows of Cohort 6 Kate and Ira Rothstein celebrated their daughter Simone Rothstein becoming a Bat Mitzvah Patty and Harry Schneider celebrated their granddaughter Zoe Schneider becoming a Bat Mitzvah Cindy and Eric Speck celebrated the marriage of their son Alex Speck to Rachael Altoff Debbie and Bruce Horvitz and Joan Horvitz celebrated the marriage of their daughter Lindsey Horvitz to Chaim Strassman Meg and Rob Glimcher celebrated their son Brock Glimcher becoming a Bar Mitzvah Shoshana Bulow and Seth Goldstein celebrated the birth of their grandson Shaya Norman Karen and Paul Shapiro celebrated the marriage of Alan and Melissa Shapiro Lou Plung received the Emanuel Spector Memorial Award from the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Bruce Rollman (Congregation Beth Shalom) Cindy Goodman-Leib (The Jewish Chronicle) and Meyer Skip Grinberg (Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh) were selected as 2014 Volunteers of the Year by the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Jessica Hammer received an award as an Outstanding Scientist under the age of 40 at the World Economic Forum in China Sondra and Richard Glasser celebrated their granddaughter Rachel Jane Izenson becoming a Bat Mitzvah CJ and Robert Liss celebrated their daughter Laura Lissrsquo marriage to Toby Gershon Fern and Alan Steckel celebrated the engagement of their son Michael Eric Steckel to Cari Shelkoff Cathy and Michael Samuels celebrated the marriage of their daughter Rachel Samuels to Brian Prew Deborah and Daniel Weisleder celebrated the birth of their son Benjamin Weisleder Rhonda Horvitz received the ZOA Pittsburghrsquos Natalie E Novick Community Leadership Award Ronna Harris Askin received the ZOA Pittsburghrsquos Israel Service Award Cheryl Bernstein and Aaron Sobol celebrated their son Scott Sobol becoming a Bar Mitzvah Judy and Gerry Kobell and Dr Paul Kornblith celebrated their grandson Kai Kornblith becoming a Bar Mitzvah Anna Adler celebrated the marriage of her granddaughter Julie Cohen to Cory Oppenheimer Rabbi Amy Levin celebrated the marriage of her daughter Adina Lederhendler to Yossi Naar Judy and Joel Smalley celebrated their grandson Jacob Smalley becoming a Bar Mitzvah Ellen and John Missry celebrated their son David Missry becoming a Bar Mitzvah Liron Lipinsky was accepted to the 7th cohort of the Mandel Teacher Educator Institute

Our Community

20

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Yahrzeit Donations August 18 2014 - November 15 2014

Mrs Renee Abrams Mrs Susan L Abrams Mr Carl Adelsheim Mr amp Mrs Marvin Adelson Mrs Anna Adler Mr amp Mrs Elias Aizenman Mr and Mrs Robert L Albert Mr Howard Alter Ms Rachel Americus Marc Antis Mr Seymour Antman Mr amp Mrs Mayer Arnowitz Mrs Barbara Azizo Mrs Caplan Azizo Marylyn Baker Elinor Baller Mrs Shirley Barasch Mr amp Mrs Daniel Bendas Mrs Sofya Berdichevskaya Mr amp Mrs Richard Berger Ronald amp Carol Berkman Mrs Zinaida Berkovich Elaine Berkowitz Mr Howard M Berman Mr amp Mrs Sanford Berman Sorel Berman Mrs Rena Bernstein Mr amp Mrs David Bertenthal Mr Ronald Blank Gilbert amp Diane Block Geoffrey amp Ellen Blum Mr amp Mrs Irving Blumenfeld Maurice amp

Barbara Braunstein Mrs Sheila Britz Mr amp Mrs Gilbert Brody Mr Herbert Brody Mrs Nancy Bromberg Mr Marshall Brown Bernard Faust amp

Rose Kay Browning Mrs Florence Burechson Ms Jill Schwartz Burnham Arnold Caplan amp

Joyce Tateishi Mr amp Mrs Douglas Caplan Milton Caplan Robert amp Sheila Chamovitz Mr amp Mrs Neil Charness Mr amp Mrs Jeremy R Childs Mr amp Mrs Lev Chudnovsky Dorothy Chusid Arthur Cohen amp

Barbara Bailey Carol Cohen Ms Carole J Cohen Mrs Debbie Cohen

Mr amp Mrs Eugene Cohen Mr amp Mrs James Cohen Mr amp Mrs Richard Cohen Mr Robert A Cohen Stanley Cohen amp Paul Cohen Mr Alan Colker Mrs Jacqueline Colker Mr James Colker Mr amp Mrs Arthur Cook Mrs Lois Crone Natalie Cuban Fred amp Marcia Danovitz Barry amp Donna Davidson Jerome amp Shirlee Davis Robert Davis Mrs Hilda Demsky Mr amp Mrs Bernard Dickter Mr Larry amp

Mrs Sharon Dobkin Mr amp Mrs Harry Drucker Mrs Rochelle Dueser Mr Jack Dym Mrs Helen Eaton Mr amp Mrs Aaron Edelstein Mrs Hanna Edelstein Mr amp Mrs Irwin Ehrenreich Mr David Eisner Mr amp Mrs Milton Eisner Ms Cookie Elbling Mrs Gloria Elbling Gottlieb Mrs Judy Epstein Mr amp Mrs Edward Farber Mr amp Mrs Richard Feder Mrs Maxine Feingold Bruce amp Susie Feldman Mr amp Mrs Ronald Fibus Mr Mark Fichman amp

Ms Ruth Fauman-Fichman Mr amp Mrs Jay Fingeret Mr amp Mrs Karl Fishman Mr Michael Foreman Mr amp Mrs Harold Forman Mr J Leonard Frank Mrs Barbara Franklin Michael amp Debra Freiser Mr amp Mrs Gary Friedman Mrs Helene Friedman Judith Friedman Mrs Ruth Garvin Mr Joshua amp

Mrs Rose Geller Mr amp Mrs Morris Gelman Mr amp Mrs Semyon Geshiktor Mrs Rosemary Geyer Ms Elayne Gilbert Harvey amp Wendy Gillis Mrs Miram Ginsberg Mr amp Mrs Robert Ginsburg Mr amp Mrs Lawrence Glanz

Mr Sanford Glasser Mrs Patricia Glosser Mr Bruce Goldberg Mr Gerald S Goldberg Ms Wendy Goldberg Jacky Prucz amp

Lisa Goldberg Prucz Mr amp Mrs Alex Goldin Mrs Hersha K Goldman Mr Robert Goldman Mr Lidush Goldschmidt Marjorie Goldstein Mr Morton amp

Mrs Racelle Goldstein Mrs Lucille Gordon Mr amp Mrs Ronald Gould Matt amp Debbie Graver Ms Ronna Greenberg Mr amp Mrs Edwin Grinberg Mr amp Mrs Leonard Grobstein Beverly Groudine Mr Mark Groudine Mrs Myriam Gumerman Mr amp Mrs Barney Guttman Miss Ann Haalman Mr amp Mrs Harvey Haber Mr amp Mrs Bernard Halpern Mr amp Mrs Jack Halpern Mr amp Mrs Steven Hecht Mr amp Mrs Melvin Heimowitz Mrs Elaine R Herer Mr amp Mrs Ted Heyman Sandra Hirsch Allen amp Laverne Hoffman David Hoffman Mr Joseph B Hoffman Mr amp Mrs Steven Hoffman William Hoffman Mr amp Mrs Thomas Holcomb Mr amp Mrs Larry Holtzman Mrs Retta Horelick Stanley amp Reva Horn Mr David Horvitz amp Teddi Jacobson Steven Hurwitz Mrs Valentina Iomdina Mrs Harriet Isaacson Mr amp Mrs Ronald A Jacobs Dennis Jett amp Lynda Schuster Mrs Arlene Johan Richard amp Rhoda Judd Warren amp Myra Judd Mr amp Mrs Earl Kaiserman Mr amp Mrs Charles Kalson Mr amp Mrs James Kaplan Natalie Kaplan Mr amp Mrs Warren Kardon Randall amp Randi Katz

Mr amp Mrs Robert L Katz Ms Carole Kaufman Mindy Keane Marlene Salus Ms Kennedy Mr amp Mrs Jack Kessler Mr amp Mrs Richard E Kessler Mr amp Mrs Alexander Kiderman Mrs Myrna Kingsley Mr Gilbert Schneider amp Ms Stefi Kirschner Mr amp Mrs Alexander Kisler Mrs Judith Klarfeld Charles amp Lois Klein Mr amp Mrs Mark Klein Mrs Natalie Klein Richard amp Rochelle Klein Joseph amp Ellen Kleinerman Mark amp Marion Kotler Mrs Marilyn Kramer Mr amp Mrs Herbert Kramer Scott amp Debbie Kramer Mr Seymoure amp

Mrs Corinne Krause Mr James Krell Mrs Sheri Sheri Emanuel amp Dorita Krifcher Ms Linda Kurtz Mr amp Mrs Michael Kurtz Mrs Shirley Kurtz Mr amp Mrs Michael Kweller Mr Howard amp

Mrs Carol Lang Mrs Ruth Lasday Mrs Bernice Lasser Mr Jeff Starner amp

Mrs Laurie Lazar-Starner Bruce Lazarus Mrs Beverly Lebovitz Mrs Judith Lebovitz Mr Paul Lebovitz Mrs Carol Lederer Mrs Edna Lehman Mr amp Mrs Mitchell Letwin Ms Ellen Letwin Schulz Mrs Elaine Levenson Mr Robert Levin Mr Stanford Levin Mr amp Mrs William I Levin Mrs Zita Levin Mr amp Mrs Merle Levine Mrs Rita Levinson Mr Murray Levith Mrs Charilee Levy Mrs Harriet Lewis Mrs Shirley G Lieberman Mr Sanford Lipsitz Mrs Shirley Lipsitz Alan amp Judy Maglin

Mishpachtenu

Yahrzeit Donations August 18 2014 - November 15 2014

Mr Jack amp Mrs Denise Malvin

Mrs Arlene Mann Handmaker Mrs Jane Marcus Mr Philip Marcus Sandra Margolis Mr amp Mrs Thomas Marmins Mr Bernard Mars Mr amp Mrs Jay McKenzie Mrs Cynthia Melamed Mollie Melnick Mr Herbert Mendelsohn Mr amp Mrs Mark Mendlow Mr amp Mrs Joel Merenstein Mr amp Mrs Jack Meyers Mrs Polina Mezhebovskaya Mr amp Mrs Bernard Miller Mr amp Mrs Howard Milstein Mr amp Mrs Edward Moravitz Mr amp Mrs Stephen Moritz Marvin amp Bunny Morris Ms Abby L Morrison Ms Harriet Moses Yuriy amp Raisa Mudrenko Mr Richard Nadel Mr Stanley M Nadel Morris amp Dolores Naimark Mr amp Mrs Lee Neiman Mr Steven Nydes Mrs Judy OConnor Mr Leonard Ortenberg Eva Ostrakovna Mrs Jeanne Pearlman Mr Jeffrey L Pittler Mildred Plack Mr Yakov Prizant amp

Mrs Luba Dolinsky Mrs Ruchlya Rabinovich Mrs Barbara Rackoff Mr amp Mrs Alex Rapport Mr Marvin Recht Marc Reisman Mr David Reiss Mrs Sylvia Reznick Mrs Lois Rickin Mrs Cynthia Rider Ms Vera Rivkin Mr Arnold Robbins Ms Carolyn Robbins Mrs Marjorie Robbins Mrs Gertrude Roberts Mrs Ruth Roberts Jean Robin Mrs Lois Robins Mr amp Mrs Nathan Rogow Mrs Dorothy Rosen Mr amp Mrs Sidney Rosen Ms Margie Rosenberg Mrs Susan Rosenberg

Mrs Wilma Rosenbloom Mr Mitchell B Rosenfeld Mr Norman Rosenfeld Mr Peter Rosenfeld amp

Mrs Sabina Bilder Mrs PhylIis Rosenfeld Richard amp Carol Rosenthal Mr amp Mrs Jeffrey Rosenthal Mr Robert Rosenthal Mr amp Mrs James Rosenthall Alvin Ross amp Ross Ms Elisabeth Rossen Mrs Belle Roth Myron Roth Mr S Roth Mr amp Mrs Elliot Rothman Mrs Sheila Rothman Mr Sol Ruben Mrs Gail Ryave Ms Diane Samuels Mr amp Mrs Michael Samuels Mrs Sally Santman Mr amp Mrs Larry Savitz Jonathan Schachter Mr Juan Schaumlffer Mrs Jeanne Schimmel Stuart amp Susan Schlansky Mr amp Mrs Harry Schneider Mrs Dorothy Schorin Mr amp Mrs Robert Schutte Mr Sidney Schwimer Mr amp Mrs Eric Scott Elkie Secher Mr amp Mrs Irving Segal MrsGerri Segneff Mr Adam Selker Mr amp Mrs Daniel H Shapira Mr Bud Shapiro Lester amp Arlene Shapiro Paul amp Karen Shapiro Mr amp Mrs Herbert Shear Mr amp Mrs Neal Shenderovich Mr amp Mrs Aryeh Sherman Mrs Florence Sherman Mrs Rosalyn Sherman Mrs Lois Sherry Mr amp Mrs Bernard Shire Mr Alexander Shklyar Mr and Mrs Michael Shurin Mr Joseph Siegel Mr Barry Silverman Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Mr amp Mrs Elliott Simon Mr amp Mrs Grant Simon Mr David Sirota Mrs amp Mr Leonard Skirboll Mr David Slesnick amp

Ms Gerri Sperling Mr amp Mrs Joel Smalley

Edwin amp Iris Smith Emmauel Smith Harold amp Connie Smolar Mr Neil Smolar Mrs Bernice Speck Mr amp Mrs James Spevock Mr amp Mrs Leon Spiegel Ms Jane C Stanton Mr amp Mrs Alvin Stein Mr amp Mrs Barry Stein Jack Stein Mr amp Mrs Jay Stein Mrs Karen Stein Mrs Cindy Steinberg Mrs Leah Stern Albert Stiller Mr amp Mrs Steven Stoller Mr amp Mrs Richard Sweet Mr amp Mrs William Tarlo Boris Tatarintsev amp

Bronislava Miloslavskaya Tatarintsev

Mr Myron amp Mrs Marion Taube

Mr amp Mrs James Tauberg Madelain Tauberg Mrs Gertrude Tepper Mr amp Mrs David Topolsky Mr Stanford Trachtenberg Mr amp Mrs Lawrence Tucker Robert amp Jacqueline Tucker Mrs Raisa Vaysleyb Ms Sandi Verbin Mramp Mrs Ralph Vogel Mr amp Mrs Arnold Wagner Florence Walk Mrs Eileen Wayne Albert amp Shirley Wein Mr amp Mrs Robert Wein Morris amp Claire Weinbaum Mrs Claire Weiner Stanley amp Helene Weiner Mr amp Mrs Joseph Weinkle Mrs Judith Weinstein Mr amp Mrs Ron Weinstock Rabbi Bernice Weiss Mrs Barbara Weltman Beth West Mr amp Mrs Larry Whitman Mr and Mrs Roger Wilk Sylvia Williams Ms Selma Witchel Mrs Elizabeth Witschard Lonnie amp Natalie Wolf Mrs Carol Yaster amp

Mr William Levant Mr amp Mrs Leonard Young Mr amp Mrs Nathan Young Mr amp Mrs Philip Youtie

Mr amp Mrs Yevgeniy Yuger A Zaltsman amp A Aynbinder Mr amp Mrs Robert G Zangwill Mr amp Mrs Sandor Zelekovitz Mrs Shirley Zionts Mr amp Mrs Milton Zlotnik Mr amp Mrs Arnold Zukerman Ms Linda Zwang Dr and Mrs Neal Zweig Mr amp Mrs Allan Zytnick

High Holidays Yizkor Appeal

20145775 Ruth Ganz Fargotstein In memory of mother father brother amp husbands Joshua amp Rose Geller Stanley amp Reva Horn In memory of Clara amp George Weintraub and Ruth amp Milton Horn Richard amp Rhoda Judd In memory of parents Jacob and Sarah Marks mother Lillian Judd Grobstein amp father Sidney Judd Ruth Lessing In memory of beloved departed

22

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ADULT EDUCATION FUND In Memory Of Rita Schneider Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider

ISADORE BERKOWITZ

MEMORIAL FUND In Memory Of David Edelstein Elaine Berkowitz Milton Goldman

Dr Joshua amp Mrs Rose Geller Speedy Recovery Lea Davidson

Elaine Berkowitz

BUILDING FUND In Honor Of Wedding of Wendy amp Peter Marsrsquo daughter

Alan amp Fern Steckel In Memory Of Rita Schneider

Alan amp Fern Steckel David Edelstein

Alan amp Fern Steckel Milton Moses

Alan amp Fern Steckel

CEMETERY FUND In Honor Of Lonnie Wolf Richard Michael amp Steve Yahr

SAMUEL amp IDA COHEN FUND In Memory Of Arthur Arnstine Shirley amp Donald Farkas In Honor Of Shirley and Donald Farkasrsquo special anniversary

Morris amp Claire Weinbaum Speedy Recovery Donald Farkas

Morris amp Claire Weinbaum

GENERAL FUND In Honor Of Robert Chamovitzrsquos 90th birthday

Emanuel amp Dorita Krifcher Sally amp Alan Greenwaldrsquos grandson becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Julius amp Harriet Kruman Gerald Kobellrsquos award

Julius amp Harriet Kruman Simone Rothstein becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Mitch Dernis amp Brenda Kurland Bruce Rollman

Mr amp Mrs Fred Rollman Barbara amp Peter Oleinick

Shoshana Bulow amp Seth Goldsteinrsquos grandson Shaya Norman

Helen amp Rich Feder Jessica Hammer receiving Outstanding Young Scientist Award

Helen amp Rich Feder Aviva Lubowsky

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick Stephen Neustein

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick Gerald Kobell

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick In Memory Of David Edelstein Dr amp Mrs Michael Schneider

CTM Group Inc Michael amp Barbara Wollman Horovitz Rudoy amp Roteman LLC Mark amp Marion Kotler Mitchell amp Nancy Feldman Mr amp Mrs Carl Krasik Danny amp Neila Bendas Mr amp Mrs Howard Block Judith Weinstein Sandra Margolis

Esther Glickman David Slesnick amp Gerri Sperling Nancy Levine

Burton Gusky Evelyn Favish

Cecilia Herskowich Cimerman Neila amp Danny Bendas Mr amp Mrs Gary Dubin

Mildred (Midge) Plack Dolores Bailey James Meredith

Lisa Molla Louis Feld Marc amp Kathy Lipsitz Michael amp Andrea Lowenstein Mr amp Mrs Jay Stein Ann Karlitz Laaff Grace Sweer amp Family Rosalyn Sherman Richard amp Rochelle Klein Ronald Rubenfield Donald Speakman William amp Susan States

Rita Schneider Mr amp Mrs Robert Garvin

Frieda Seeligsohn Marilyn Francus Sandra Hirsch

Sylvia Williams Mr amp Mrs Robert Garvin Sally amp Alan Greenwald Stuart Silverman

In Appreciation Of Rabbi Danny Schiff

Ruth Lessing

Speedy Recovery Richard Glasser

Sally amp Alan Greenwald

LYNDA HERER GOLDSTEIN CAMP RAMAH SCHOLARSHIP

ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory Of Ted Dickoff Rabbi Aaron amp Lorraine Mackler Irma Heller Natalie amp Lonnie Wolf

JUDAICA MUSEUM FUND In Honor Of Stephen Neusteinrsquos Member of the Year award Lynn amp Jeff Rosenthal

EARLY LEARNING CENTER FUND In Honor Of Aviva Lubowsky

Myriam Gumerman

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACH FUND In Honor Of Ira Frank

Noah amp Aviva Lubowsky

Contributions

Mishpachtenu

MORNING MINYAN FUND In Memory Of David Edelstein

Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider

PHILANTHROPIC FUND In Memory Of Ronna Harris Askin receiving the ZOA Israel Service Award

Rhoda amp Richard Judd

PRAYER BOOK FUND In Honor Of Ilene Fingeretrsquos birthday

Phyliss Caplan In Memory Of David Edelstein

Sarita amp Milt Eisner Rita Schneider

Neil Smolar

LYNNE ROBINS MEMORIAL FUND Speedy Recovery Lea Davidson Beverly amp Harvey E Robins THOMAS MORDECHAI ROSENSTEIN

MEMORIAL FUND In Honor Of Alan amp Sally Greenwaldrsquos special wedding anniversary Harriet amp Jules Kruman Arlene amp Lester Shapirorsquos special Wedding Anniversary Sarita amp Milt Eisner Natalie Kleinrsquos grandsonrsquos Bar Mitzvah Sarita amp Milton Eisner The birth of Arnold H and Belle G Lazarusrsquo Great-Granddaughter Sarita amp Milt Eisner In Memory Of John Cohn Harriet amp Jules Kruman Seymour Subar Harriet amp Jules Kruman Skippy Kalla Sarita amp Milton Eisner Madeline Zukerman Sarita amp Milton Eisner

Speedy Recovery Elinor Zaremberg Sarita amp Milt Eisner

SINGLES FUND In Memory Of Rita Schneider

Ira Frank amp Leonard Frank David Edelstain

Ira Frank amp Leonard Frank

SISTERHOOD FUND In Memory Of Frieda Seeligsohn Helen and Richard Feder

SISTERHOOD FLOWER FUND In Honor Of Our Children Adam Jessie amp Dana Lynn amp Steve Hecht Our Grandchildren Zach amp Emily Scher Ann amp Ron Gould Our Grandchildren Bunny amp Marvin Morris In Memory Of All dear departed Beverly amp Harvey E Robins Aron Reznick Sylvia Reznick Parents Esther amp William Weiss Barbara Weiser

YOUTH FUND In Honor Of Sondra amp Richard Glasserrsquos granddaughter becoming a Bat Mitzvah Sally amp Alan Greenwald Simone Rothstein becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider Ronna Harris Askin receiving the ZOA Israel Service Award Paula Eger Engagement of XXXrsquos daughter

Ruth Lessing In Memory Of Mildred Plack

Lea Davidson Elinor amp Sandy Zaremberg

Rita Schneider Mr amp Mrs Steven Hoffman Harold amp Connie Smolar

Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Mark Mundel Ruth Weiss Uncle Emanuel Krupp Ruth Weiss Stanley Franzos Ruth Weiss Mary Ellen Colombo Ruth Weiss Sylvia Williams Hannah Edelstein David Edelstein Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Speedy Recovery Gerald Kobell Deborah amp Nathan Firestone Ruth Ganz Fargotstein Deborah amp Nathan Firestone

SAMUEL amp MOLLIE ZYTNICK ENDOWMENT FUND

In Honor Of Jesse becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Mr amp Mrs Arnold Huttner In Memory Of David Edelstein

Mr amp Mrs Allan Zytnick ZUKERMAN SUKKOT ENDOWMENT In Memory Of Madeline Zukerman Elinor amp Charles Perez-Blanco Mr amp Mrs Paul Burson Evelyn Mottsman Dr Lee Shratter amp Family Mramp Mrs Neil Shuman Bernie Levin Elinor amp Charles Perez-Blanco

RABBI LEVINrsquoS DISCRETIONARY FUND

Richard and Rhoda Judd In honor of your daughterrsquos marriage Gail Neft and Richard Callet In honor of your daughterrsquos marriage Roz amp Gary Judd In memory of Mollie Finkelstein

Contributions

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Beth Shalom January Birthday Greetings Each month in our shulrsquos bulk mailing you will receive a listing of the members of our congrega-

tion whose birthdays occur in the upcoming month Wouldnrsquot you like to send them a special Beth Shalom greeting at only 75cent each Just circle the names you would like to send greetings

to fill out the form and enclose a check a valued Beth Shalom volunteer will do the rest

Adults Children

Camille Rothstein 13

Sasha Svoboda 13

Karen Elhassid 13

Gabriel Lubowsky 14

Adi Weinkle 16

Talia Rosen 16

Rylee Allan 18

Aya Vainshtein 19

Marissa Alpern 111

Jonathan Simon 111

Shoshana Graver 114

Lilliana Haber 115

Nofar Amram 117

Mia Siebold 118

Zachary Balk 119

Jonathan Balk 119

Eli Rabin 119

Adam Bettinger 126

Zachary Weinberger 126

Raphael Rothstein 131

Deirdre Bettinger 11

Ruth Ganz Fargotstein 11

Robin Halpern 11

Bertha Lipsitz 11

Ruth Weisberger 11

Judy Papernick 12

Brian Stein 12

Jessica Hammer 12

Noah Schoen 13

Sheldon Catz 13

Flora Katz 13

Daniel Bendas 14

Samuel Greenfield 14

Mira Shkolnik 14

Yitzhak Kadosh 15

Howard Semins 16

Tamara Moritz 17

Eric Yoffee 18

Evelyn Favish 110

Darrell H Lazarus 110

Harold Simon 110

Roman Torbochkin 110

Ellen Toker 111

Debbie Resnick 112

Sheila Scott 112

Vera Sherman 112

Chester Spatt 112

Shirley Barasch 113

Alan Finkelstein 113

Benjamin Relis 113

Leah Sufrin 113

Dana Sufrin 113

Shana Horvitz 114

Joan Schwartzman 114

Hanna Frank 114

Maureen Kelly Busis 115

J Leonard Frank 116

Kimberly Simon 116

Jenny Dvorkin 116

Joshua Kuznetsov 117

Sofiya Shapiro 118

Damir Shkolnik 118

Gerri Sperling 118

Abby Morrison 118

Stuart Alpern 119

Natalie Rosenbloom 119

Marian Davis 120

Josh Yahr 120

Charna Albert 120

Larissa Myaskovsky 120

Barbara Kaiserman 121

Linda Safyan 122

Beth Kaiserman 122

Marsha Levenson 122

Malvina Linkov 122

Evelyn Simon 122

Howard Valinsky 123

Toby Valinsky 123

David Katz 123

Yevelina Chudnovskiy 124

Gary Friedman 124

Micah Jacobs 124

Alexander Kiderman 125

Nancy Bernstein 125

Tal Cohen 125

Rafail Zakin 126

Merle Neiman 127

Arthur Sales 127

Goldie Samuels 127

Sophia Risov 127

Norton Freedel 128

Emily Silverman 128

Miriam Ginsberg 128

Nina Torbochkin 128

Cara Tuckfelt 129

Yevgenia Brusilovskiy 129

Linda Newman 129

Ralph Liebstein 129

Gary Tuckfelt 130

Allan Zytnick 130

Brad Salitrik 130

Rachel Oleinick 130

Vicky Hoffman 131

Marvin Morris 131

Eli Albert 131

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Yahrzeit Donations August 18 2014 - November 15 2014

Mrs Renee Abrams Mrs Susan L Abrams Mr Carl Adelsheim Mr amp Mrs Marvin Adelson Mrs Anna Adler Mr amp Mrs Elias Aizenman Mr and Mrs Robert L Albert Mr Howard Alter Ms Rachel Americus Marc Antis Mr Seymour Antman Mr amp Mrs Mayer Arnowitz Mrs Barbara Azizo Mrs Caplan Azizo Marylyn Baker Elinor Baller Mrs Shirley Barasch Mr amp Mrs Daniel Bendas Mrs Sofya Berdichevskaya Mr amp Mrs Richard Berger Ronald amp Carol Berkman Mrs Zinaida Berkovich Elaine Berkowitz Mr Howard M Berman Mr amp Mrs Sanford Berman Sorel Berman Mrs Rena Bernstein Mr amp Mrs David Bertenthal Mr Ronald Blank Gilbert amp Diane Block Geoffrey amp Ellen Blum Mr amp Mrs Irving Blumenfeld Maurice amp

Barbara Braunstein Mrs Sheila Britz Mr amp Mrs Gilbert Brody Mr Herbert Brody Mrs Nancy Bromberg Mr Marshall Brown Bernard Faust amp

Rose Kay Browning Mrs Florence Burechson Ms Jill Schwartz Burnham Arnold Caplan amp

Joyce Tateishi Mr amp Mrs Douglas Caplan Milton Caplan Robert amp Sheila Chamovitz Mr amp Mrs Neil Charness Mr amp Mrs Jeremy R Childs Mr amp Mrs Lev Chudnovsky Dorothy Chusid Arthur Cohen amp

Barbara Bailey Carol Cohen Ms Carole J Cohen Mrs Debbie Cohen

Mr amp Mrs Eugene Cohen Mr amp Mrs James Cohen Mr amp Mrs Richard Cohen Mr Robert A Cohen Stanley Cohen amp Paul Cohen Mr Alan Colker Mrs Jacqueline Colker Mr James Colker Mr amp Mrs Arthur Cook Mrs Lois Crone Natalie Cuban Fred amp Marcia Danovitz Barry amp Donna Davidson Jerome amp Shirlee Davis Robert Davis Mrs Hilda Demsky Mr amp Mrs Bernard Dickter Mr Larry amp

Mrs Sharon Dobkin Mr amp Mrs Harry Drucker Mrs Rochelle Dueser Mr Jack Dym Mrs Helen Eaton Mr amp Mrs Aaron Edelstein Mrs Hanna Edelstein Mr amp Mrs Irwin Ehrenreich Mr David Eisner Mr amp Mrs Milton Eisner Ms Cookie Elbling Mrs Gloria Elbling Gottlieb Mrs Judy Epstein Mr amp Mrs Edward Farber Mr amp Mrs Richard Feder Mrs Maxine Feingold Bruce amp Susie Feldman Mr amp Mrs Ronald Fibus Mr Mark Fichman amp

Ms Ruth Fauman-Fichman Mr amp Mrs Jay Fingeret Mr amp Mrs Karl Fishman Mr Michael Foreman Mr amp Mrs Harold Forman Mr J Leonard Frank Mrs Barbara Franklin Michael amp Debra Freiser Mr amp Mrs Gary Friedman Mrs Helene Friedman Judith Friedman Mrs Ruth Garvin Mr Joshua amp

Mrs Rose Geller Mr amp Mrs Morris Gelman Mr amp Mrs Semyon Geshiktor Mrs Rosemary Geyer Ms Elayne Gilbert Harvey amp Wendy Gillis Mrs Miram Ginsberg Mr amp Mrs Robert Ginsburg Mr amp Mrs Lawrence Glanz

Mr Sanford Glasser Mrs Patricia Glosser Mr Bruce Goldberg Mr Gerald S Goldberg Ms Wendy Goldberg Jacky Prucz amp

Lisa Goldberg Prucz Mr amp Mrs Alex Goldin Mrs Hersha K Goldman Mr Robert Goldman Mr Lidush Goldschmidt Marjorie Goldstein Mr Morton amp

Mrs Racelle Goldstein Mrs Lucille Gordon Mr amp Mrs Ronald Gould Matt amp Debbie Graver Ms Ronna Greenberg Mr amp Mrs Edwin Grinberg Mr amp Mrs Leonard Grobstein Beverly Groudine Mr Mark Groudine Mrs Myriam Gumerman Mr amp Mrs Barney Guttman Miss Ann Haalman Mr amp Mrs Harvey Haber Mr amp Mrs Bernard Halpern Mr amp Mrs Jack Halpern Mr amp Mrs Steven Hecht Mr amp Mrs Melvin Heimowitz Mrs Elaine R Herer Mr amp Mrs Ted Heyman Sandra Hirsch Allen amp Laverne Hoffman David Hoffman Mr Joseph B Hoffman Mr amp Mrs Steven Hoffman William Hoffman Mr amp Mrs Thomas Holcomb Mr amp Mrs Larry Holtzman Mrs Retta Horelick Stanley amp Reva Horn Mr David Horvitz amp Teddi Jacobson Steven Hurwitz Mrs Valentina Iomdina Mrs Harriet Isaacson Mr amp Mrs Ronald A Jacobs Dennis Jett amp Lynda Schuster Mrs Arlene Johan Richard amp Rhoda Judd Warren amp Myra Judd Mr amp Mrs Earl Kaiserman Mr amp Mrs Charles Kalson Mr amp Mrs James Kaplan Natalie Kaplan Mr amp Mrs Warren Kardon Randall amp Randi Katz

Mr amp Mrs Robert L Katz Ms Carole Kaufman Mindy Keane Marlene Salus Ms Kennedy Mr amp Mrs Jack Kessler Mr amp Mrs Richard E Kessler Mr amp Mrs Alexander Kiderman Mrs Myrna Kingsley Mr Gilbert Schneider amp Ms Stefi Kirschner Mr amp Mrs Alexander Kisler Mrs Judith Klarfeld Charles amp Lois Klein Mr amp Mrs Mark Klein Mrs Natalie Klein Richard amp Rochelle Klein Joseph amp Ellen Kleinerman Mark amp Marion Kotler Mrs Marilyn Kramer Mr amp Mrs Herbert Kramer Scott amp Debbie Kramer Mr Seymoure amp

Mrs Corinne Krause Mr James Krell Mrs Sheri Sheri Emanuel amp Dorita Krifcher Ms Linda Kurtz Mr amp Mrs Michael Kurtz Mrs Shirley Kurtz Mr amp Mrs Michael Kweller Mr Howard amp

Mrs Carol Lang Mrs Ruth Lasday Mrs Bernice Lasser Mr Jeff Starner amp

Mrs Laurie Lazar-Starner Bruce Lazarus Mrs Beverly Lebovitz Mrs Judith Lebovitz Mr Paul Lebovitz Mrs Carol Lederer Mrs Edna Lehman Mr amp Mrs Mitchell Letwin Ms Ellen Letwin Schulz Mrs Elaine Levenson Mr Robert Levin Mr Stanford Levin Mr amp Mrs William I Levin Mrs Zita Levin Mr amp Mrs Merle Levine Mrs Rita Levinson Mr Murray Levith Mrs Charilee Levy Mrs Harriet Lewis Mrs Shirley G Lieberman Mr Sanford Lipsitz Mrs Shirley Lipsitz Alan amp Judy Maglin

Mishpachtenu

Yahrzeit Donations August 18 2014 - November 15 2014

Mr Jack amp Mrs Denise Malvin

Mrs Arlene Mann Handmaker Mrs Jane Marcus Mr Philip Marcus Sandra Margolis Mr amp Mrs Thomas Marmins Mr Bernard Mars Mr amp Mrs Jay McKenzie Mrs Cynthia Melamed Mollie Melnick Mr Herbert Mendelsohn Mr amp Mrs Mark Mendlow Mr amp Mrs Joel Merenstein Mr amp Mrs Jack Meyers Mrs Polina Mezhebovskaya Mr amp Mrs Bernard Miller Mr amp Mrs Howard Milstein Mr amp Mrs Edward Moravitz Mr amp Mrs Stephen Moritz Marvin amp Bunny Morris Ms Abby L Morrison Ms Harriet Moses Yuriy amp Raisa Mudrenko Mr Richard Nadel Mr Stanley M Nadel Morris amp Dolores Naimark Mr amp Mrs Lee Neiman Mr Steven Nydes Mrs Judy OConnor Mr Leonard Ortenberg Eva Ostrakovna Mrs Jeanne Pearlman Mr Jeffrey L Pittler Mildred Plack Mr Yakov Prizant amp

Mrs Luba Dolinsky Mrs Ruchlya Rabinovich Mrs Barbara Rackoff Mr amp Mrs Alex Rapport Mr Marvin Recht Marc Reisman Mr David Reiss Mrs Sylvia Reznick Mrs Lois Rickin Mrs Cynthia Rider Ms Vera Rivkin Mr Arnold Robbins Ms Carolyn Robbins Mrs Marjorie Robbins Mrs Gertrude Roberts Mrs Ruth Roberts Jean Robin Mrs Lois Robins Mr amp Mrs Nathan Rogow Mrs Dorothy Rosen Mr amp Mrs Sidney Rosen Ms Margie Rosenberg Mrs Susan Rosenberg

Mrs Wilma Rosenbloom Mr Mitchell B Rosenfeld Mr Norman Rosenfeld Mr Peter Rosenfeld amp

Mrs Sabina Bilder Mrs PhylIis Rosenfeld Richard amp Carol Rosenthal Mr amp Mrs Jeffrey Rosenthal Mr Robert Rosenthal Mr amp Mrs James Rosenthall Alvin Ross amp Ross Ms Elisabeth Rossen Mrs Belle Roth Myron Roth Mr S Roth Mr amp Mrs Elliot Rothman Mrs Sheila Rothman Mr Sol Ruben Mrs Gail Ryave Ms Diane Samuels Mr amp Mrs Michael Samuels Mrs Sally Santman Mr amp Mrs Larry Savitz Jonathan Schachter Mr Juan Schaumlffer Mrs Jeanne Schimmel Stuart amp Susan Schlansky Mr amp Mrs Harry Schneider Mrs Dorothy Schorin Mr amp Mrs Robert Schutte Mr Sidney Schwimer Mr amp Mrs Eric Scott Elkie Secher Mr amp Mrs Irving Segal MrsGerri Segneff Mr Adam Selker Mr amp Mrs Daniel H Shapira Mr Bud Shapiro Lester amp Arlene Shapiro Paul amp Karen Shapiro Mr amp Mrs Herbert Shear Mr amp Mrs Neal Shenderovich Mr amp Mrs Aryeh Sherman Mrs Florence Sherman Mrs Rosalyn Sherman Mrs Lois Sherry Mr amp Mrs Bernard Shire Mr Alexander Shklyar Mr and Mrs Michael Shurin Mr Joseph Siegel Mr Barry Silverman Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Mr amp Mrs Elliott Simon Mr amp Mrs Grant Simon Mr David Sirota Mrs amp Mr Leonard Skirboll Mr David Slesnick amp

Ms Gerri Sperling Mr amp Mrs Joel Smalley

Edwin amp Iris Smith Emmauel Smith Harold amp Connie Smolar Mr Neil Smolar Mrs Bernice Speck Mr amp Mrs James Spevock Mr amp Mrs Leon Spiegel Ms Jane C Stanton Mr amp Mrs Alvin Stein Mr amp Mrs Barry Stein Jack Stein Mr amp Mrs Jay Stein Mrs Karen Stein Mrs Cindy Steinberg Mrs Leah Stern Albert Stiller Mr amp Mrs Steven Stoller Mr amp Mrs Richard Sweet Mr amp Mrs William Tarlo Boris Tatarintsev amp

Bronislava Miloslavskaya Tatarintsev

Mr Myron amp Mrs Marion Taube

Mr amp Mrs James Tauberg Madelain Tauberg Mrs Gertrude Tepper Mr amp Mrs David Topolsky Mr Stanford Trachtenberg Mr amp Mrs Lawrence Tucker Robert amp Jacqueline Tucker Mrs Raisa Vaysleyb Ms Sandi Verbin Mramp Mrs Ralph Vogel Mr amp Mrs Arnold Wagner Florence Walk Mrs Eileen Wayne Albert amp Shirley Wein Mr amp Mrs Robert Wein Morris amp Claire Weinbaum Mrs Claire Weiner Stanley amp Helene Weiner Mr amp Mrs Joseph Weinkle Mrs Judith Weinstein Mr amp Mrs Ron Weinstock Rabbi Bernice Weiss Mrs Barbara Weltman Beth West Mr amp Mrs Larry Whitman Mr and Mrs Roger Wilk Sylvia Williams Ms Selma Witchel Mrs Elizabeth Witschard Lonnie amp Natalie Wolf Mrs Carol Yaster amp

Mr William Levant Mr amp Mrs Leonard Young Mr amp Mrs Nathan Young Mr amp Mrs Philip Youtie

Mr amp Mrs Yevgeniy Yuger A Zaltsman amp A Aynbinder Mr amp Mrs Robert G Zangwill Mr amp Mrs Sandor Zelekovitz Mrs Shirley Zionts Mr amp Mrs Milton Zlotnik Mr amp Mrs Arnold Zukerman Ms Linda Zwang Dr and Mrs Neal Zweig Mr amp Mrs Allan Zytnick

High Holidays Yizkor Appeal

20145775 Ruth Ganz Fargotstein In memory of mother father brother amp husbands Joshua amp Rose Geller Stanley amp Reva Horn In memory of Clara amp George Weintraub and Ruth amp Milton Horn Richard amp Rhoda Judd In memory of parents Jacob and Sarah Marks mother Lillian Judd Grobstein amp father Sidney Judd Ruth Lessing In memory of beloved departed

22

Nov - Dec 2014

ADULT EDUCATION FUND In Memory Of Rita Schneider Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider

ISADORE BERKOWITZ

MEMORIAL FUND In Memory Of David Edelstein Elaine Berkowitz Milton Goldman

Dr Joshua amp Mrs Rose Geller Speedy Recovery Lea Davidson

Elaine Berkowitz

BUILDING FUND In Honor Of Wedding of Wendy amp Peter Marsrsquo daughter

Alan amp Fern Steckel In Memory Of Rita Schneider

Alan amp Fern Steckel David Edelstein

Alan amp Fern Steckel Milton Moses

Alan amp Fern Steckel

CEMETERY FUND In Honor Of Lonnie Wolf Richard Michael amp Steve Yahr

SAMUEL amp IDA COHEN FUND In Memory Of Arthur Arnstine Shirley amp Donald Farkas In Honor Of Shirley and Donald Farkasrsquo special anniversary

Morris amp Claire Weinbaum Speedy Recovery Donald Farkas

Morris amp Claire Weinbaum

GENERAL FUND In Honor Of Robert Chamovitzrsquos 90th birthday

Emanuel amp Dorita Krifcher Sally amp Alan Greenwaldrsquos grandson becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Julius amp Harriet Kruman Gerald Kobellrsquos award

Julius amp Harriet Kruman Simone Rothstein becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Mitch Dernis amp Brenda Kurland Bruce Rollman

Mr amp Mrs Fred Rollman Barbara amp Peter Oleinick

Shoshana Bulow amp Seth Goldsteinrsquos grandson Shaya Norman

Helen amp Rich Feder Jessica Hammer receiving Outstanding Young Scientist Award

Helen amp Rich Feder Aviva Lubowsky

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick Stephen Neustein

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick Gerald Kobell

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick In Memory Of David Edelstein Dr amp Mrs Michael Schneider

CTM Group Inc Michael amp Barbara Wollman Horovitz Rudoy amp Roteman LLC Mark amp Marion Kotler Mitchell amp Nancy Feldman Mr amp Mrs Carl Krasik Danny amp Neila Bendas Mr amp Mrs Howard Block Judith Weinstein Sandra Margolis

Esther Glickman David Slesnick amp Gerri Sperling Nancy Levine

Burton Gusky Evelyn Favish

Cecilia Herskowich Cimerman Neila amp Danny Bendas Mr amp Mrs Gary Dubin

Mildred (Midge) Plack Dolores Bailey James Meredith

Lisa Molla Louis Feld Marc amp Kathy Lipsitz Michael amp Andrea Lowenstein Mr amp Mrs Jay Stein Ann Karlitz Laaff Grace Sweer amp Family Rosalyn Sherman Richard amp Rochelle Klein Ronald Rubenfield Donald Speakman William amp Susan States

Rita Schneider Mr amp Mrs Robert Garvin

Frieda Seeligsohn Marilyn Francus Sandra Hirsch

Sylvia Williams Mr amp Mrs Robert Garvin Sally amp Alan Greenwald Stuart Silverman

In Appreciation Of Rabbi Danny Schiff

Ruth Lessing

Speedy Recovery Richard Glasser

Sally amp Alan Greenwald

LYNDA HERER GOLDSTEIN CAMP RAMAH SCHOLARSHIP

ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory Of Ted Dickoff Rabbi Aaron amp Lorraine Mackler Irma Heller Natalie amp Lonnie Wolf

JUDAICA MUSEUM FUND In Honor Of Stephen Neusteinrsquos Member of the Year award Lynn amp Jeff Rosenthal

EARLY LEARNING CENTER FUND In Honor Of Aviva Lubowsky

Myriam Gumerman

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACH FUND In Honor Of Ira Frank

Noah amp Aviva Lubowsky

Contributions

Mishpachtenu

MORNING MINYAN FUND In Memory Of David Edelstein

Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider

PHILANTHROPIC FUND In Memory Of Ronna Harris Askin receiving the ZOA Israel Service Award

Rhoda amp Richard Judd

PRAYER BOOK FUND In Honor Of Ilene Fingeretrsquos birthday

Phyliss Caplan In Memory Of David Edelstein

Sarita amp Milt Eisner Rita Schneider

Neil Smolar

LYNNE ROBINS MEMORIAL FUND Speedy Recovery Lea Davidson Beverly amp Harvey E Robins THOMAS MORDECHAI ROSENSTEIN

MEMORIAL FUND In Honor Of Alan amp Sally Greenwaldrsquos special wedding anniversary Harriet amp Jules Kruman Arlene amp Lester Shapirorsquos special Wedding Anniversary Sarita amp Milt Eisner Natalie Kleinrsquos grandsonrsquos Bar Mitzvah Sarita amp Milton Eisner The birth of Arnold H and Belle G Lazarusrsquo Great-Granddaughter Sarita amp Milt Eisner In Memory Of John Cohn Harriet amp Jules Kruman Seymour Subar Harriet amp Jules Kruman Skippy Kalla Sarita amp Milton Eisner Madeline Zukerman Sarita amp Milton Eisner

Speedy Recovery Elinor Zaremberg Sarita amp Milt Eisner

SINGLES FUND In Memory Of Rita Schneider

Ira Frank amp Leonard Frank David Edelstain

Ira Frank amp Leonard Frank

SISTERHOOD FUND In Memory Of Frieda Seeligsohn Helen and Richard Feder

SISTERHOOD FLOWER FUND In Honor Of Our Children Adam Jessie amp Dana Lynn amp Steve Hecht Our Grandchildren Zach amp Emily Scher Ann amp Ron Gould Our Grandchildren Bunny amp Marvin Morris In Memory Of All dear departed Beverly amp Harvey E Robins Aron Reznick Sylvia Reznick Parents Esther amp William Weiss Barbara Weiser

YOUTH FUND In Honor Of Sondra amp Richard Glasserrsquos granddaughter becoming a Bat Mitzvah Sally amp Alan Greenwald Simone Rothstein becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider Ronna Harris Askin receiving the ZOA Israel Service Award Paula Eger Engagement of XXXrsquos daughter

Ruth Lessing In Memory Of Mildred Plack

Lea Davidson Elinor amp Sandy Zaremberg

Rita Schneider Mr amp Mrs Steven Hoffman Harold amp Connie Smolar

Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Mark Mundel Ruth Weiss Uncle Emanuel Krupp Ruth Weiss Stanley Franzos Ruth Weiss Mary Ellen Colombo Ruth Weiss Sylvia Williams Hannah Edelstein David Edelstein Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Speedy Recovery Gerald Kobell Deborah amp Nathan Firestone Ruth Ganz Fargotstein Deborah amp Nathan Firestone

SAMUEL amp MOLLIE ZYTNICK ENDOWMENT FUND

In Honor Of Jesse becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Mr amp Mrs Arnold Huttner In Memory Of David Edelstein

Mr amp Mrs Allan Zytnick ZUKERMAN SUKKOT ENDOWMENT In Memory Of Madeline Zukerman Elinor amp Charles Perez-Blanco Mr amp Mrs Paul Burson Evelyn Mottsman Dr Lee Shratter amp Family Mramp Mrs Neil Shuman Bernie Levin Elinor amp Charles Perez-Blanco

RABBI LEVINrsquoS DISCRETIONARY FUND

Richard and Rhoda Judd In honor of your daughterrsquos marriage Gail Neft and Richard Callet In honor of your daughterrsquos marriage Roz amp Gary Judd In memory of Mollie Finkelstein

Contributions

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Nov - Dec 2014

Beth Shalom January Birthday Greetings Each month in our shulrsquos bulk mailing you will receive a listing of the members of our congrega-

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to fill out the form and enclose a check a valued Beth Shalom volunteer will do the rest

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Sasha Svoboda 13

Karen Elhassid 13

Gabriel Lubowsky 14

Adi Weinkle 16

Talia Rosen 16

Rylee Allan 18

Aya Vainshtein 19

Marissa Alpern 111

Jonathan Simon 111

Shoshana Graver 114

Lilliana Haber 115

Nofar Amram 117

Mia Siebold 118

Zachary Balk 119

Jonathan Balk 119

Eli Rabin 119

Adam Bettinger 126

Zachary Weinberger 126

Raphael Rothstein 131

Deirdre Bettinger 11

Ruth Ganz Fargotstein 11

Robin Halpern 11

Bertha Lipsitz 11

Ruth Weisberger 11

Judy Papernick 12

Brian Stein 12

Jessica Hammer 12

Noah Schoen 13

Sheldon Catz 13

Flora Katz 13

Daniel Bendas 14

Samuel Greenfield 14

Mira Shkolnik 14

Yitzhak Kadosh 15

Howard Semins 16

Tamara Moritz 17

Eric Yoffee 18

Evelyn Favish 110

Darrell H Lazarus 110

Harold Simon 110

Roman Torbochkin 110

Ellen Toker 111

Debbie Resnick 112

Sheila Scott 112

Vera Sherman 112

Chester Spatt 112

Shirley Barasch 113

Alan Finkelstein 113

Benjamin Relis 113

Leah Sufrin 113

Dana Sufrin 113

Shana Horvitz 114

Joan Schwartzman 114

Hanna Frank 114

Maureen Kelly Busis 115

J Leonard Frank 116

Kimberly Simon 116

Jenny Dvorkin 116

Joshua Kuznetsov 117

Sofiya Shapiro 118

Damir Shkolnik 118

Gerri Sperling 118

Abby Morrison 118

Stuart Alpern 119

Natalie Rosenbloom 119

Marian Davis 120

Josh Yahr 120

Charna Albert 120

Larissa Myaskovsky 120

Barbara Kaiserman 121

Linda Safyan 122

Beth Kaiserman 122

Marsha Levenson 122

Malvina Linkov 122

Evelyn Simon 122

Howard Valinsky 123

Toby Valinsky 123

David Katz 123

Yevelina Chudnovskiy 124

Gary Friedman 124

Micah Jacobs 124

Alexander Kiderman 125

Nancy Bernstein 125

Tal Cohen 125

Rafail Zakin 126

Merle Neiman 127

Arthur Sales 127

Goldie Samuels 127

Sophia Risov 127

Norton Freedel 128

Emily Silverman 128

Miriam Ginsberg 128

Nina Torbochkin 128

Cara Tuckfelt 129

Yevgenia Brusilovskiy 129

Linda Newman 129

Ralph Liebstein 129

Gary Tuckfelt 130

Allan Zytnick 130

Brad Salitrik 130

Rachel Oleinick 130

Vicky Hoffman 131

Marvin Morris 131

Eli Albert 131

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Yahrzeit Donations August 18 2014 - November 15 2014

Mr Jack amp Mrs Denise Malvin

Mrs Arlene Mann Handmaker Mrs Jane Marcus Mr Philip Marcus Sandra Margolis Mr amp Mrs Thomas Marmins Mr Bernard Mars Mr amp Mrs Jay McKenzie Mrs Cynthia Melamed Mollie Melnick Mr Herbert Mendelsohn Mr amp Mrs Mark Mendlow Mr amp Mrs Joel Merenstein Mr amp Mrs Jack Meyers Mrs Polina Mezhebovskaya Mr amp Mrs Bernard Miller Mr amp Mrs Howard Milstein Mr amp Mrs Edward Moravitz Mr amp Mrs Stephen Moritz Marvin amp Bunny Morris Ms Abby L Morrison Ms Harriet Moses Yuriy amp Raisa Mudrenko Mr Richard Nadel Mr Stanley M Nadel Morris amp Dolores Naimark Mr amp Mrs Lee Neiman Mr Steven Nydes Mrs Judy OConnor Mr Leonard Ortenberg Eva Ostrakovna Mrs Jeanne Pearlman Mr Jeffrey L Pittler Mildred Plack Mr Yakov Prizant amp

Mrs Luba Dolinsky Mrs Ruchlya Rabinovich Mrs Barbara Rackoff Mr amp Mrs Alex Rapport Mr Marvin Recht Marc Reisman Mr David Reiss Mrs Sylvia Reznick Mrs Lois Rickin Mrs Cynthia Rider Ms Vera Rivkin Mr Arnold Robbins Ms Carolyn Robbins Mrs Marjorie Robbins Mrs Gertrude Roberts Mrs Ruth Roberts Jean Robin Mrs Lois Robins Mr amp Mrs Nathan Rogow Mrs Dorothy Rosen Mr amp Mrs Sidney Rosen Ms Margie Rosenberg Mrs Susan Rosenberg

Mrs Wilma Rosenbloom Mr Mitchell B Rosenfeld Mr Norman Rosenfeld Mr Peter Rosenfeld amp

Mrs Sabina Bilder Mrs PhylIis Rosenfeld Richard amp Carol Rosenthal Mr amp Mrs Jeffrey Rosenthal Mr Robert Rosenthal Mr amp Mrs James Rosenthall Alvin Ross amp Ross Ms Elisabeth Rossen Mrs Belle Roth Myron Roth Mr S Roth Mr amp Mrs Elliot Rothman Mrs Sheila Rothman Mr Sol Ruben Mrs Gail Ryave Ms Diane Samuels Mr amp Mrs Michael Samuels Mrs Sally Santman Mr amp Mrs Larry Savitz Jonathan Schachter Mr Juan Schaumlffer Mrs Jeanne Schimmel Stuart amp Susan Schlansky Mr amp Mrs Harry Schneider Mrs Dorothy Schorin Mr amp Mrs Robert Schutte Mr Sidney Schwimer Mr amp Mrs Eric Scott Elkie Secher Mr amp Mrs Irving Segal MrsGerri Segneff Mr Adam Selker Mr amp Mrs Daniel H Shapira Mr Bud Shapiro Lester amp Arlene Shapiro Paul amp Karen Shapiro Mr amp Mrs Herbert Shear Mr amp Mrs Neal Shenderovich Mr amp Mrs Aryeh Sherman Mrs Florence Sherman Mrs Rosalyn Sherman Mrs Lois Sherry Mr amp Mrs Bernard Shire Mr Alexander Shklyar Mr and Mrs Michael Shurin Mr Joseph Siegel Mr Barry Silverman Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Mr amp Mrs Elliott Simon Mr amp Mrs Grant Simon Mr David Sirota Mrs amp Mr Leonard Skirboll Mr David Slesnick amp

Ms Gerri Sperling Mr amp Mrs Joel Smalley

Edwin amp Iris Smith Emmauel Smith Harold amp Connie Smolar Mr Neil Smolar Mrs Bernice Speck Mr amp Mrs James Spevock Mr amp Mrs Leon Spiegel Ms Jane C Stanton Mr amp Mrs Alvin Stein Mr amp Mrs Barry Stein Jack Stein Mr amp Mrs Jay Stein Mrs Karen Stein Mrs Cindy Steinberg Mrs Leah Stern Albert Stiller Mr amp Mrs Steven Stoller Mr amp Mrs Richard Sweet Mr amp Mrs William Tarlo Boris Tatarintsev amp

Bronislava Miloslavskaya Tatarintsev

Mr Myron amp Mrs Marion Taube

Mr amp Mrs James Tauberg Madelain Tauberg Mrs Gertrude Tepper Mr amp Mrs David Topolsky Mr Stanford Trachtenberg Mr amp Mrs Lawrence Tucker Robert amp Jacqueline Tucker Mrs Raisa Vaysleyb Ms Sandi Verbin Mramp Mrs Ralph Vogel Mr amp Mrs Arnold Wagner Florence Walk Mrs Eileen Wayne Albert amp Shirley Wein Mr amp Mrs Robert Wein Morris amp Claire Weinbaum Mrs Claire Weiner Stanley amp Helene Weiner Mr amp Mrs Joseph Weinkle Mrs Judith Weinstein Mr amp Mrs Ron Weinstock Rabbi Bernice Weiss Mrs Barbara Weltman Beth West Mr amp Mrs Larry Whitman Mr and Mrs Roger Wilk Sylvia Williams Ms Selma Witchel Mrs Elizabeth Witschard Lonnie amp Natalie Wolf Mrs Carol Yaster amp

Mr William Levant Mr amp Mrs Leonard Young Mr amp Mrs Nathan Young Mr amp Mrs Philip Youtie

Mr amp Mrs Yevgeniy Yuger A Zaltsman amp A Aynbinder Mr amp Mrs Robert G Zangwill Mr amp Mrs Sandor Zelekovitz Mrs Shirley Zionts Mr amp Mrs Milton Zlotnik Mr amp Mrs Arnold Zukerman Ms Linda Zwang Dr and Mrs Neal Zweig Mr amp Mrs Allan Zytnick

High Holidays Yizkor Appeal

20145775 Ruth Ganz Fargotstein In memory of mother father brother amp husbands Joshua amp Rose Geller Stanley amp Reva Horn In memory of Clara amp George Weintraub and Ruth amp Milton Horn Richard amp Rhoda Judd In memory of parents Jacob and Sarah Marks mother Lillian Judd Grobstein amp father Sidney Judd Ruth Lessing In memory of beloved departed

22

Nov - Dec 2014

ADULT EDUCATION FUND In Memory Of Rita Schneider Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider

ISADORE BERKOWITZ

MEMORIAL FUND In Memory Of David Edelstein Elaine Berkowitz Milton Goldman

Dr Joshua amp Mrs Rose Geller Speedy Recovery Lea Davidson

Elaine Berkowitz

BUILDING FUND In Honor Of Wedding of Wendy amp Peter Marsrsquo daughter

Alan amp Fern Steckel In Memory Of Rita Schneider

Alan amp Fern Steckel David Edelstein

Alan amp Fern Steckel Milton Moses

Alan amp Fern Steckel

CEMETERY FUND In Honor Of Lonnie Wolf Richard Michael amp Steve Yahr

SAMUEL amp IDA COHEN FUND In Memory Of Arthur Arnstine Shirley amp Donald Farkas In Honor Of Shirley and Donald Farkasrsquo special anniversary

Morris amp Claire Weinbaum Speedy Recovery Donald Farkas

Morris amp Claire Weinbaum

GENERAL FUND In Honor Of Robert Chamovitzrsquos 90th birthday

Emanuel amp Dorita Krifcher Sally amp Alan Greenwaldrsquos grandson becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Julius amp Harriet Kruman Gerald Kobellrsquos award

Julius amp Harriet Kruman Simone Rothstein becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Mitch Dernis amp Brenda Kurland Bruce Rollman

Mr amp Mrs Fred Rollman Barbara amp Peter Oleinick

Shoshana Bulow amp Seth Goldsteinrsquos grandson Shaya Norman

Helen amp Rich Feder Jessica Hammer receiving Outstanding Young Scientist Award

Helen amp Rich Feder Aviva Lubowsky

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick Stephen Neustein

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick Gerald Kobell

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick In Memory Of David Edelstein Dr amp Mrs Michael Schneider

CTM Group Inc Michael amp Barbara Wollman Horovitz Rudoy amp Roteman LLC Mark amp Marion Kotler Mitchell amp Nancy Feldman Mr amp Mrs Carl Krasik Danny amp Neila Bendas Mr amp Mrs Howard Block Judith Weinstein Sandra Margolis

Esther Glickman David Slesnick amp Gerri Sperling Nancy Levine

Burton Gusky Evelyn Favish

Cecilia Herskowich Cimerman Neila amp Danny Bendas Mr amp Mrs Gary Dubin

Mildred (Midge) Plack Dolores Bailey James Meredith

Lisa Molla Louis Feld Marc amp Kathy Lipsitz Michael amp Andrea Lowenstein Mr amp Mrs Jay Stein Ann Karlitz Laaff Grace Sweer amp Family Rosalyn Sherman Richard amp Rochelle Klein Ronald Rubenfield Donald Speakman William amp Susan States

Rita Schneider Mr amp Mrs Robert Garvin

Frieda Seeligsohn Marilyn Francus Sandra Hirsch

Sylvia Williams Mr amp Mrs Robert Garvin Sally amp Alan Greenwald Stuart Silverman

In Appreciation Of Rabbi Danny Schiff

Ruth Lessing

Speedy Recovery Richard Glasser

Sally amp Alan Greenwald

LYNDA HERER GOLDSTEIN CAMP RAMAH SCHOLARSHIP

ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory Of Ted Dickoff Rabbi Aaron amp Lorraine Mackler Irma Heller Natalie amp Lonnie Wolf

JUDAICA MUSEUM FUND In Honor Of Stephen Neusteinrsquos Member of the Year award Lynn amp Jeff Rosenthal

EARLY LEARNING CENTER FUND In Honor Of Aviva Lubowsky

Myriam Gumerman

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACH FUND In Honor Of Ira Frank

Noah amp Aviva Lubowsky

Contributions

Mishpachtenu

MORNING MINYAN FUND In Memory Of David Edelstein

Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider

PHILANTHROPIC FUND In Memory Of Ronna Harris Askin receiving the ZOA Israel Service Award

Rhoda amp Richard Judd

PRAYER BOOK FUND In Honor Of Ilene Fingeretrsquos birthday

Phyliss Caplan In Memory Of David Edelstein

Sarita amp Milt Eisner Rita Schneider

Neil Smolar

LYNNE ROBINS MEMORIAL FUND Speedy Recovery Lea Davidson Beverly amp Harvey E Robins THOMAS MORDECHAI ROSENSTEIN

MEMORIAL FUND In Honor Of Alan amp Sally Greenwaldrsquos special wedding anniversary Harriet amp Jules Kruman Arlene amp Lester Shapirorsquos special Wedding Anniversary Sarita amp Milt Eisner Natalie Kleinrsquos grandsonrsquos Bar Mitzvah Sarita amp Milton Eisner The birth of Arnold H and Belle G Lazarusrsquo Great-Granddaughter Sarita amp Milt Eisner In Memory Of John Cohn Harriet amp Jules Kruman Seymour Subar Harriet amp Jules Kruman Skippy Kalla Sarita amp Milton Eisner Madeline Zukerman Sarita amp Milton Eisner

Speedy Recovery Elinor Zaremberg Sarita amp Milt Eisner

SINGLES FUND In Memory Of Rita Schneider

Ira Frank amp Leonard Frank David Edelstain

Ira Frank amp Leonard Frank

SISTERHOOD FUND In Memory Of Frieda Seeligsohn Helen and Richard Feder

SISTERHOOD FLOWER FUND In Honor Of Our Children Adam Jessie amp Dana Lynn amp Steve Hecht Our Grandchildren Zach amp Emily Scher Ann amp Ron Gould Our Grandchildren Bunny amp Marvin Morris In Memory Of All dear departed Beverly amp Harvey E Robins Aron Reznick Sylvia Reznick Parents Esther amp William Weiss Barbara Weiser

YOUTH FUND In Honor Of Sondra amp Richard Glasserrsquos granddaughter becoming a Bat Mitzvah Sally amp Alan Greenwald Simone Rothstein becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider Ronna Harris Askin receiving the ZOA Israel Service Award Paula Eger Engagement of XXXrsquos daughter

Ruth Lessing In Memory Of Mildred Plack

Lea Davidson Elinor amp Sandy Zaremberg

Rita Schneider Mr amp Mrs Steven Hoffman Harold amp Connie Smolar

Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Mark Mundel Ruth Weiss Uncle Emanuel Krupp Ruth Weiss Stanley Franzos Ruth Weiss Mary Ellen Colombo Ruth Weiss Sylvia Williams Hannah Edelstein David Edelstein Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Speedy Recovery Gerald Kobell Deborah amp Nathan Firestone Ruth Ganz Fargotstein Deborah amp Nathan Firestone

SAMUEL amp MOLLIE ZYTNICK ENDOWMENT FUND

In Honor Of Jesse becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Mr amp Mrs Arnold Huttner In Memory Of David Edelstein

Mr amp Mrs Allan Zytnick ZUKERMAN SUKKOT ENDOWMENT In Memory Of Madeline Zukerman Elinor amp Charles Perez-Blanco Mr amp Mrs Paul Burson Evelyn Mottsman Dr Lee Shratter amp Family Mramp Mrs Neil Shuman Bernie Levin Elinor amp Charles Perez-Blanco

RABBI LEVINrsquoS DISCRETIONARY FUND

Richard and Rhoda Judd In honor of your daughterrsquos marriage Gail Neft and Richard Callet In honor of your daughterrsquos marriage Roz amp Gary Judd In memory of Mollie Finkelstein

Contributions

24

Nov - Dec 2014

Beth Shalom January Birthday Greetings Each month in our shulrsquos bulk mailing you will receive a listing of the members of our congrega-

tion whose birthdays occur in the upcoming month Wouldnrsquot you like to send them a special Beth Shalom greeting at only 75cent each Just circle the names you would like to send greetings

to fill out the form and enclose a check a valued Beth Shalom volunteer will do the rest

Adults Children

Camille Rothstein 13

Sasha Svoboda 13

Karen Elhassid 13

Gabriel Lubowsky 14

Adi Weinkle 16

Talia Rosen 16

Rylee Allan 18

Aya Vainshtein 19

Marissa Alpern 111

Jonathan Simon 111

Shoshana Graver 114

Lilliana Haber 115

Nofar Amram 117

Mia Siebold 118

Zachary Balk 119

Jonathan Balk 119

Eli Rabin 119

Adam Bettinger 126

Zachary Weinberger 126

Raphael Rothstein 131

Deirdre Bettinger 11

Ruth Ganz Fargotstein 11

Robin Halpern 11

Bertha Lipsitz 11

Ruth Weisberger 11

Judy Papernick 12

Brian Stein 12

Jessica Hammer 12

Noah Schoen 13

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Flora Katz 13

Daniel Bendas 14

Samuel Greenfield 14

Mira Shkolnik 14

Yitzhak Kadosh 15

Howard Semins 16

Tamara Moritz 17

Eric Yoffee 18

Evelyn Favish 110

Darrell H Lazarus 110

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Ellen Toker 111

Debbie Resnick 112

Sheila Scott 112

Vera Sherman 112

Chester Spatt 112

Shirley Barasch 113

Alan Finkelstein 113

Benjamin Relis 113

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Hanna Frank 114

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Micah Jacobs 124

Alexander Kiderman 125

Nancy Bernstein 125

Tal Cohen 125

Rafail Zakin 126

Merle Neiman 127

Arthur Sales 127

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Linda Newman 129

Ralph Liebstein 129

Gary Tuckfelt 130

Allan Zytnick 130

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Nov - Dec 2014

ADULT EDUCATION FUND In Memory Of Rita Schneider Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider

ISADORE BERKOWITZ

MEMORIAL FUND In Memory Of David Edelstein Elaine Berkowitz Milton Goldman

Dr Joshua amp Mrs Rose Geller Speedy Recovery Lea Davidson

Elaine Berkowitz

BUILDING FUND In Honor Of Wedding of Wendy amp Peter Marsrsquo daughter

Alan amp Fern Steckel In Memory Of Rita Schneider

Alan amp Fern Steckel David Edelstein

Alan amp Fern Steckel Milton Moses

Alan amp Fern Steckel

CEMETERY FUND In Honor Of Lonnie Wolf Richard Michael amp Steve Yahr

SAMUEL amp IDA COHEN FUND In Memory Of Arthur Arnstine Shirley amp Donald Farkas In Honor Of Shirley and Donald Farkasrsquo special anniversary

Morris amp Claire Weinbaum Speedy Recovery Donald Farkas

Morris amp Claire Weinbaum

GENERAL FUND In Honor Of Robert Chamovitzrsquos 90th birthday

Emanuel amp Dorita Krifcher Sally amp Alan Greenwaldrsquos grandson becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Julius amp Harriet Kruman Gerald Kobellrsquos award

Julius amp Harriet Kruman Simone Rothstein becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Mitch Dernis amp Brenda Kurland Bruce Rollman

Mr amp Mrs Fred Rollman Barbara amp Peter Oleinick

Shoshana Bulow amp Seth Goldsteinrsquos grandson Shaya Norman

Helen amp Rich Feder Jessica Hammer receiving Outstanding Young Scientist Award

Helen amp Rich Feder Aviva Lubowsky

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick Stephen Neustein

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick Gerald Kobell

Barbara amp Peter Oleinick In Memory Of David Edelstein Dr amp Mrs Michael Schneider

CTM Group Inc Michael amp Barbara Wollman Horovitz Rudoy amp Roteman LLC Mark amp Marion Kotler Mitchell amp Nancy Feldman Mr amp Mrs Carl Krasik Danny amp Neila Bendas Mr amp Mrs Howard Block Judith Weinstein Sandra Margolis

Esther Glickman David Slesnick amp Gerri Sperling Nancy Levine

Burton Gusky Evelyn Favish

Cecilia Herskowich Cimerman Neila amp Danny Bendas Mr amp Mrs Gary Dubin

Mildred (Midge) Plack Dolores Bailey James Meredith

Lisa Molla Louis Feld Marc amp Kathy Lipsitz Michael amp Andrea Lowenstein Mr amp Mrs Jay Stein Ann Karlitz Laaff Grace Sweer amp Family Rosalyn Sherman Richard amp Rochelle Klein Ronald Rubenfield Donald Speakman William amp Susan States

Rita Schneider Mr amp Mrs Robert Garvin

Frieda Seeligsohn Marilyn Francus Sandra Hirsch

Sylvia Williams Mr amp Mrs Robert Garvin Sally amp Alan Greenwald Stuart Silverman

In Appreciation Of Rabbi Danny Schiff

Ruth Lessing

Speedy Recovery Richard Glasser

Sally amp Alan Greenwald

LYNDA HERER GOLDSTEIN CAMP RAMAH SCHOLARSHIP

ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory Of Ted Dickoff Rabbi Aaron amp Lorraine Mackler Irma Heller Natalie amp Lonnie Wolf

JUDAICA MUSEUM FUND In Honor Of Stephen Neusteinrsquos Member of the Year award Lynn amp Jeff Rosenthal

EARLY LEARNING CENTER FUND In Honor Of Aviva Lubowsky

Myriam Gumerman

EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACH FUND In Honor Of Ira Frank

Noah amp Aviva Lubowsky

Contributions

Mishpachtenu

MORNING MINYAN FUND In Memory Of David Edelstein

Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider

PHILANTHROPIC FUND In Memory Of Ronna Harris Askin receiving the ZOA Israel Service Award

Rhoda amp Richard Judd

PRAYER BOOK FUND In Honor Of Ilene Fingeretrsquos birthday

Phyliss Caplan In Memory Of David Edelstein

Sarita amp Milt Eisner Rita Schneider

Neil Smolar

LYNNE ROBINS MEMORIAL FUND Speedy Recovery Lea Davidson Beverly amp Harvey E Robins THOMAS MORDECHAI ROSENSTEIN

MEMORIAL FUND In Honor Of Alan amp Sally Greenwaldrsquos special wedding anniversary Harriet amp Jules Kruman Arlene amp Lester Shapirorsquos special Wedding Anniversary Sarita amp Milt Eisner Natalie Kleinrsquos grandsonrsquos Bar Mitzvah Sarita amp Milton Eisner The birth of Arnold H and Belle G Lazarusrsquo Great-Granddaughter Sarita amp Milt Eisner In Memory Of John Cohn Harriet amp Jules Kruman Seymour Subar Harriet amp Jules Kruman Skippy Kalla Sarita amp Milton Eisner Madeline Zukerman Sarita amp Milton Eisner

Speedy Recovery Elinor Zaremberg Sarita amp Milt Eisner

SINGLES FUND In Memory Of Rita Schneider

Ira Frank amp Leonard Frank David Edelstain

Ira Frank amp Leonard Frank

SISTERHOOD FUND In Memory Of Frieda Seeligsohn Helen and Richard Feder

SISTERHOOD FLOWER FUND In Honor Of Our Children Adam Jessie amp Dana Lynn amp Steve Hecht Our Grandchildren Zach amp Emily Scher Ann amp Ron Gould Our Grandchildren Bunny amp Marvin Morris In Memory Of All dear departed Beverly amp Harvey E Robins Aron Reznick Sylvia Reznick Parents Esther amp William Weiss Barbara Weiser

YOUTH FUND In Honor Of Sondra amp Richard Glasserrsquos granddaughter becoming a Bat Mitzvah Sally amp Alan Greenwald Simone Rothstein becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider Ronna Harris Askin receiving the ZOA Israel Service Award Paula Eger Engagement of XXXrsquos daughter

Ruth Lessing In Memory Of Mildred Plack

Lea Davidson Elinor amp Sandy Zaremberg

Rita Schneider Mr amp Mrs Steven Hoffman Harold amp Connie Smolar

Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Mark Mundel Ruth Weiss Uncle Emanuel Krupp Ruth Weiss Stanley Franzos Ruth Weiss Mary Ellen Colombo Ruth Weiss Sylvia Williams Hannah Edelstein David Edelstein Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Speedy Recovery Gerald Kobell Deborah amp Nathan Firestone Ruth Ganz Fargotstein Deborah amp Nathan Firestone

SAMUEL amp MOLLIE ZYTNICK ENDOWMENT FUND

In Honor Of Jesse becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Mr amp Mrs Arnold Huttner In Memory Of David Edelstein

Mr amp Mrs Allan Zytnick ZUKERMAN SUKKOT ENDOWMENT In Memory Of Madeline Zukerman Elinor amp Charles Perez-Blanco Mr amp Mrs Paul Burson Evelyn Mottsman Dr Lee Shratter amp Family Mramp Mrs Neil Shuman Bernie Levin Elinor amp Charles Perez-Blanco

RABBI LEVINrsquoS DISCRETIONARY FUND

Richard and Rhoda Judd In honor of your daughterrsquos marriage Gail Neft and Richard Callet In honor of your daughterrsquos marriage Roz amp Gary Judd In memory of Mollie Finkelstein

Contributions

24

Nov - Dec 2014

Beth Shalom January Birthday Greetings Each month in our shulrsquos bulk mailing you will receive a listing of the members of our congrega-

tion whose birthdays occur in the upcoming month Wouldnrsquot you like to send them a special Beth Shalom greeting at only 75cent each Just circle the names you would like to send greetings

to fill out the form and enclose a check a valued Beth Shalom volunteer will do the rest

Adults Children

Camille Rothstein 13

Sasha Svoboda 13

Karen Elhassid 13

Gabriel Lubowsky 14

Adi Weinkle 16

Talia Rosen 16

Rylee Allan 18

Aya Vainshtein 19

Marissa Alpern 111

Jonathan Simon 111

Shoshana Graver 114

Lilliana Haber 115

Nofar Amram 117

Mia Siebold 118

Zachary Balk 119

Jonathan Balk 119

Eli Rabin 119

Adam Bettinger 126

Zachary Weinberger 126

Raphael Rothstein 131

Deirdre Bettinger 11

Ruth Ganz Fargotstein 11

Robin Halpern 11

Bertha Lipsitz 11

Ruth Weisberger 11

Judy Papernick 12

Brian Stein 12

Jessica Hammer 12

Noah Schoen 13

Sheldon Catz 13

Flora Katz 13

Daniel Bendas 14

Samuel Greenfield 14

Mira Shkolnik 14

Yitzhak Kadosh 15

Howard Semins 16

Tamara Moritz 17

Eric Yoffee 18

Evelyn Favish 110

Darrell H Lazarus 110

Harold Simon 110

Roman Torbochkin 110

Ellen Toker 111

Debbie Resnick 112

Sheila Scott 112

Vera Sherman 112

Chester Spatt 112

Shirley Barasch 113

Alan Finkelstein 113

Benjamin Relis 113

Leah Sufrin 113

Dana Sufrin 113

Shana Horvitz 114

Joan Schwartzman 114

Hanna Frank 114

Maureen Kelly Busis 115

J Leonard Frank 116

Kimberly Simon 116

Jenny Dvorkin 116

Joshua Kuznetsov 117

Sofiya Shapiro 118

Damir Shkolnik 118

Gerri Sperling 118

Abby Morrison 118

Stuart Alpern 119

Natalie Rosenbloom 119

Marian Davis 120

Josh Yahr 120

Charna Albert 120

Larissa Myaskovsky 120

Barbara Kaiserman 121

Linda Safyan 122

Beth Kaiserman 122

Marsha Levenson 122

Malvina Linkov 122

Evelyn Simon 122

Howard Valinsky 123

Toby Valinsky 123

David Katz 123

Yevelina Chudnovskiy 124

Gary Friedman 124

Micah Jacobs 124

Alexander Kiderman 125

Nancy Bernstein 125

Tal Cohen 125

Rafail Zakin 126

Merle Neiman 127

Arthur Sales 127

Goldie Samuels 127

Sophia Risov 127

Norton Freedel 128

Emily Silverman 128

Miriam Ginsberg 128

Nina Torbochkin 128

Cara Tuckfelt 129

Yevgenia Brusilovskiy 129

Linda Newman 129

Ralph Liebstein 129

Gary Tuckfelt 130

Allan Zytnick 130

Brad Salitrik 130

Rachel Oleinick 130

Vicky Hoffman 131

Marvin Morris 131

Eli Albert 131

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Mishpachtenu

MORNING MINYAN FUND In Memory Of David Edelstein

Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider

PHILANTHROPIC FUND In Memory Of Ronna Harris Askin receiving the ZOA Israel Service Award

Rhoda amp Richard Judd

PRAYER BOOK FUND In Honor Of Ilene Fingeretrsquos birthday

Phyliss Caplan In Memory Of David Edelstein

Sarita amp Milt Eisner Rita Schneider

Neil Smolar

LYNNE ROBINS MEMORIAL FUND Speedy Recovery Lea Davidson Beverly amp Harvey E Robins THOMAS MORDECHAI ROSENSTEIN

MEMORIAL FUND In Honor Of Alan amp Sally Greenwaldrsquos special wedding anniversary Harriet amp Jules Kruman Arlene amp Lester Shapirorsquos special Wedding Anniversary Sarita amp Milt Eisner Natalie Kleinrsquos grandsonrsquos Bar Mitzvah Sarita amp Milton Eisner The birth of Arnold H and Belle G Lazarusrsquo Great-Granddaughter Sarita amp Milt Eisner In Memory Of John Cohn Harriet amp Jules Kruman Seymour Subar Harriet amp Jules Kruman Skippy Kalla Sarita amp Milton Eisner Madeline Zukerman Sarita amp Milton Eisner

Speedy Recovery Elinor Zaremberg Sarita amp Milt Eisner

SINGLES FUND In Memory Of Rita Schneider

Ira Frank amp Leonard Frank David Edelstain

Ira Frank amp Leonard Frank

SISTERHOOD FUND In Memory Of Frieda Seeligsohn Helen and Richard Feder

SISTERHOOD FLOWER FUND In Honor Of Our Children Adam Jessie amp Dana Lynn amp Steve Hecht Our Grandchildren Zach amp Emily Scher Ann amp Ron Gould Our Grandchildren Bunny amp Marvin Morris In Memory Of All dear departed Beverly amp Harvey E Robins Aron Reznick Sylvia Reznick Parents Esther amp William Weiss Barbara Weiser

YOUTH FUND In Honor Of Sondra amp Richard Glasserrsquos granddaughter becoming a Bat Mitzvah Sally amp Alan Greenwald Simone Rothstein becoming a Bat Mitzvah

Stefi Kirschner amp Gil Schneider Ronna Harris Askin receiving the ZOA Israel Service Award Paula Eger Engagement of XXXrsquos daughter

Ruth Lessing In Memory Of Mildred Plack

Lea Davidson Elinor amp Sandy Zaremberg

Rita Schneider Mr amp Mrs Steven Hoffman Harold amp Connie Smolar

Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Mark Mundel Ruth Weiss Uncle Emanuel Krupp Ruth Weiss Stanley Franzos Ruth Weiss Mary Ellen Colombo Ruth Weiss Sylvia Williams Hannah Edelstein David Edelstein Mr amp Mrs Ralph Silverman Speedy Recovery Gerald Kobell Deborah amp Nathan Firestone Ruth Ganz Fargotstein Deborah amp Nathan Firestone

SAMUEL amp MOLLIE ZYTNICK ENDOWMENT FUND

In Honor Of Jesse becoming a Bar Mitzvah

Mr amp Mrs Arnold Huttner In Memory Of David Edelstein

Mr amp Mrs Allan Zytnick ZUKERMAN SUKKOT ENDOWMENT In Memory Of Madeline Zukerman Elinor amp Charles Perez-Blanco Mr amp Mrs Paul Burson Evelyn Mottsman Dr Lee Shratter amp Family Mramp Mrs Neil Shuman Bernie Levin Elinor amp Charles Perez-Blanco

RABBI LEVINrsquoS DISCRETIONARY FUND

Richard and Rhoda Judd In honor of your daughterrsquos marriage Gail Neft and Richard Callet In honor of your daughterrsquos marriage Roz amp Gary Judd In memory of Mollie Finkelstein

Contributions

24

Nov - Dec 2014

Beth Shalom January Birthday Greetings Each month in our shulrsquos bulk mailing you will receive a listing of the members of our congrega-

tion whose birthdays occur in the upcoming month Wouldnrsquot you like to send them a special Beth Shalom greeting at only 75cent each Just circle the names you would like to send greetings

to fill out the form and enclose a check a valued Beth Shalom volunteer will do the rest

Adults Children

Camille Rothstein 13

Sasha Svoboda 13

Karen Elhassid 13

Gabriel Lubowsky 14

Adi Weinkle 16

Talia Rosen 16

Rylee Allan 18

Aya Vainshtein 19

Marissa Alpern 111

Jonathan Simon 111

Shoshana Graver 114

Lilliana Haber 115

Nofar Amram 117

Mia Siebold 118

Zachary Balk 119

Jonathan Balk 119

Eli Rabin 119

Adam Bettinger 126

Zachary Weinberger 126

Raphael Rothstein 131

Deirdre Bettinger 11

Ruth Ganz Fargotstein 11

Robin Halpern 11

Bertha Lipsitz 11

Ruth Weisberger 11

Judy Papernick 12

Brian Stein 12

Jessica Hammer 12

Noah Schoen 13

Sheldon Catz 13

Flora Katz 13

Daniel Bendas 14

Samuel Greenfield 14

Mira Shkolnik 14

Yitzhak Kadosh 15

Howard Semins 16

Tamara Moritz 17

Eric Yoffee 18

Evelyn Favish 110

Darrell H Lazarus 110

Harold Simon 110

Roman Torbochkin 110

Ellen Toker 111

Debbie Resnick 112

Sheila Scott 112

Vera Sherman 112

Chester Spatt 112

Shirley Barasch 113

Alan Finkelstein 113

Benjamin Relis 113

Leah Sufrin 113

Dana Sufrin 113

Shana Horvitz 114

Joan Schwartzman 114

Hanna Frank 114

Maureen Kelly Busis 115

J Leonard Frank 116

Kimberly Simon 116

Jenny Dvorkin 116

Joshua Kuznetsov 117

Sofiya Shapiro 118

Damir Shkolnik 118

Gerri Sperling 118

Abby Morrison 118

Stuart Alpern 119

Natalie Rosenbloom 119

Marian Davis 120

Josh Yahr 120

Charna Albert 120

Larissa Myaskovsky 120

Barbara Kaiserman 121

Linda Safyan 122

Beth Kaiserman 122

Marsha Levenson 122

Malvina Linkov 122

Evelyn Simon 122

Howard Valinsky 123

Toby Valinsky 123

David Katz 123

Yevelina Chudnovskiy 124

Gary Friedman 124

Micah Jacobs 124

Alexander Kiderman 125

Nancy Bernstein 125

Tal Cohen 125

Rafail Zakin 126

Merle Neiman 127

Arthur Sales 127

Goldie Samuels 127

Sophia Risov 127

Norton Freedel 128

Emily Silverman 128

Miriam Ginsberg 128

Nina Torbochkin 128

Cara Tuckfelt 129

Yevgenia Brusilovskiy 129

Linda Newman 129

Ralph Liebstein 129

Gary Tuckfelt 130

Allan Zytnick 130

Brad Salitrik 130

Rachel Oleinick 130

Vicky Hoffman 131

Marvin Morris 131

Eli Albert 131

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24

Nov - Dec 2014

Beth Shalom January Birthday Greetings Each month in our shulrsquos bulk mailing you will receive a listing of the members of our congrega-

tion whose birthdays occur in the upcoming month Wouldnrsquot you like to send them a special Beth Shalom greeting at only 75cent each Just circle the names you would like to send greetings

to fill out the form and enclose a check a valued Beth Shalom volunteer will do the rest

Adults Children

Camille Rothstein 13

Sasha Svoboda 13

Karen Elhassid 13

Gabriel Lubowsky 14

Adi Weinkle 16

Talia Rosen 16

Rylee Allan 18

Aya Vainshtein 19

Marissa Alpern 111

Jonathan Simon 111

Shoshana Graver 114

Lilliana Haber 115

Nofar Amram 117

Mia Siebold 118

Zachary Balk 119

Jonathan Balk 119

Eli Rabin 119

Adam Bettinger 126

Zachary Weinberger 126

Raphael Rothstein 131

Deirdre Bettinger 11

Ruth Ganz Fargotstein 11

Robin Halpern 11

Bertha Lipsitz 11

Ruth Weisberger 11

Judy Papernick 12

Brian Stein 12

Jessica Hammer 12

Noah Schoen 13

Sheldon Catz 13

Flora Katz 13

Daniel Bendas 14

Samuel Greenfield 14

Mira Shkolnik 14

Yitzhak Kadosh 15

Howard Semins 16

Tamara Moritz 17

Eric Yoffee 18

Evelyn Favish 110

Darrell H Lazarus 110

Harold Simon 110

Roman Torbochkin 110

Ellen Toker 111

Debbie Resnick 112

Sheila Scott 112

Vera Sherman 112

Chester Spatt 112

Shirley Barasch 113

Alan Finkelstein 113

Benjamin Relis 113

Leah Sufrin 113

Dana Sufrin 113

Shana Horvitz 114

Joan Schwartzman 114

Hanna Frank 114

Maureen Kelly Busis 115

J Leonard Frank 116

Kimberly Simon 116

Jenny Dvorkin 116

Joshua Kuznetsov 117

Sofiya Shapiro 118

Damir Shkolnik 118

Gerri Sperling 118

Abby Morrison 118

Stuart Alpern 119

Natalie Rosenbloom 119

Marian Davis 120

Josh Yahr 120

Charna Albert 120

Larissa Myaskovsky 120

Barbara Kaiserman 121

Linda Safyan 122

Beth Kaiserman 122

Marsha Levenson 122

Malvina Linkov 122

Evelyn Simon 122

Howard Valinsky 123

Toby Valinsky 123

David Katz 123

Yevelina Chudnovskiy 124

Gary Friedman 124

Micah Jacobs 124

Alexander Kiderman 125

Nancy Bernstein 125

Tal Cohen 125

Rafail Zakin 126

Merle Neiman 127

Arthur Sales 127

Goldie Samuels 127

Sophia Risov 127

Norton Freedel 128

Emily Silverman 128

Miriam Ginsberg 128

Nina Torbochkin 128

Cara Tuckfelt 129

Yevgenia Brusilovskiy 129

Linda Newman 129

Ralph Liebstein 129

Gary Tuckfelt 130

Allan Zytnick 130

Brad Salitrik 130

Rachel Oleinick 130

Vicky Hoffman 131

Marvin Morris 131

Eli Albert 131

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