does connect us to

Israel: through the

booths in which we

dwell, the lulav and

Etrog we wave in all

directions, and our

recognition that

Mother Nature has

the power to control

our lives, for better

or for worse.

Given the devastation

that hurricanes,

floods, and

earthquakes have

caused not so far

from our own homes,

it is important for us

to be humble in the

face of natural forces.

The fact that we can

wish each other a

happy festive season

is a gift from God

that should not be

taken for granted.

Everyone knows that,

when you wish someone a

happy Jewish new year,

you say “Shana Tova” - or

“Shana Tova u-Metukah”

for a happy and sweet

New Year.

But there’s also a special

greeting and response for

the festival days that

follow our Days of Awe.

Throughout Sukkot, the

proper greeting is

“Moadim l’Simcha,” or

“[May these festival] days

be for rejoicing.” The

response is “Chagim u-

z’manim l’sasson,” or

“[May these] festivals and

appointed times be for

joy.” It’s a call and

response using slightly

different Hebrew phrases

that mean much the same

thing.

This call and response

is not just a nice and

respectful way to speak

to others. It is a

reminder that , as you

call out to someone

else, you yourself are

acknowledging and

taking part in this

special time on the

Jewish calendar.

I always feel like Sukkot

gets left behind, at least

here in the United

States where we are

not so tied to the land

and to the seasons as

people are in Israel.

We’ve just gone

through our High Holy

Days and some people

are just “shul’d out.”

Yet Sukkot remains

one of our most

important holidays

precisely because it

I N S I D E T H I S

President’s

Message

2

Community

Programs

3

Congregational

Events

4

Shabbat, Yahrzeits 5

Adult Education

Programs

6

Contributions 7

Events Guide 8

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W O R S H I P

S C H E D U L E

October 6, 6:00

Sukkot Celebration,

Supper, Decorating

October 13, 7:00 PM

Simchat Torah,

Shabbat Band debut

October 20, 7:30

Lay-led worship

October 27, 7:30

Birthday Shabbat

with Rabbi Korotkin

Moadim L’Simcha! By Rabbi Audrey Korotkin

ISSUE

P A G E 2

President’s Message

Thanks for Hurricane Harvey Help

A special thank you to all who donated gi� cards

to help vic�ms of Hurricane Harvey get back on

their feet. We collected and sent to Houston

more than $1,000 worth of gi� cards!

Dear Congregants,

It’s hard for me to believe that we are in the Jewish New Year once again. Time goes so very quickly any more. The High

Holidays at the Temple were once again very inspira�onal and met with much support from the congrega�on. Thank you to all

who a,ended, and a huge thanks to all who par�cipated in the services. One of my goals for this year is to see even more

people par�cipate in all services. The personal touch of par�cipa�on provides fervor to us as individuals, and to us as a

congrega�on. Our congregants, along with our wonderful Rabbi, provide the life force for our Temple. Let’s make this life

force as strong as possible.

We will be having our Simchat Torah service and celebra�on this upcoming Friday. It is always such a great service. To be

able to celebrate, read from (thanks Anne,e Shaw and Alex Thaler), and have hands on contact with our Torahs is such a

Mitzvah. If you can find �me in your schedules this Friday evening, please join us. We will even have the debut of our new

Shabbat band!

Thanks to all who a,ended our Sukkot celebra�on last Friday night. It was a very fun evening. We even had several new

young families join us for our service and celebra�on. There is strength in numbers. But not just numbers, quality guests and

congregants are what make our celebra�ons so very special.

It is my hope that each of you and your families have a New Year filled with good health and much happiness. I hope to see

all of you soon.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Thaler

The Greater Altoona Jewish community combined its

energies and resources to raise $2,578 for the

American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against

Breast cancer at PNG Field on October 8, 2017.

Thanks to our great team and wonderful supporters!

Community Events P A G E 3

Temple Events

High Holy Days 2017 / 5778

Thank you to all who made the High Holy Days so beau�ful and special

Ritual Chair Dr. Andrew Gurman for coordina�ng service leaders

Torah readers Dr. Andrew Gurman, Dr. Catherine Cox, Dr.

Larry Primack

Children’s Program leader Heather Holzer

Mike Holzer, head usher and Ba’al Tekiah (shofar blower)

Sisterhood, Sue Holzer, Karen Allen and Anne,e Shaw for

the Rosh Hashanah Recep�on

Nancy Gurman for chairing Break-the-Fast

Flower sponsors Dave and Betsy Pa,, Barbara and Joel Weiss, and Audrey Rosenthall

Don Clippinger for sponsoring the sound system

Phil Dubrow for sound-system setup

Danielle Walter and Ron Spencer for behind-the-scenes support

All our service leaders, ushers, and all who support Temple Beth Israel throughout the year!

Simchat Torah 2017 / 5778 Featuring the debut of the Temple Shabbat Band!

Friday, October 13th, 2017, 7:00 PM in the Main Sanctuary

Torah readers: Alex Thaler (Deuteronomy), Annette Shaw

(Genesis)

Celebrate the renewal of our Torah-

reading cycle with singing, dancing, and

joy!

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P A G E 5

“Birthday Shabbat”

Mandi Singer

Brandon Bauder

Eleanor Ocelus

Joel Weiss

David Katz

Michael Kranich Jr.

Danielle Newborn

Eva Kranich

Shirley Pechter

Ethan Rosenthall

Join our Temple family as Rabbi Audrey offers special birthday blessings for:

Friday, October 27th @ 7:30 PM

PARASHHAT HA-SH’VUAH

October 6-7 / 17 Tishri 5778

Hol Hamoed Sukkot II

Exo. 33.12-34.26; Num. 29.20-

22.

Both special portions relate to the mitzvot of observing the

festival calendar.

October 13-14 / 24 Tishri

Bereshit: Gen. 1.1-6.8.

In this Torah por�on, God cre-

ates the world. A�er Adam and

Eve eat the forbidden fruit,

they are banished from the

Garden of Eden. Later Cain kills

Abel. God then considers de-

stroying all of Crea�on.

October 20-21 / 1 Cheshvan

Noah: Gen. 6.9-11.32.

In this Torah por�on, God pun-

ishes the wicked in the world

by causing a giant flood. God

saves Noah and his family, who

will repopulate the world. We

are also introduced to Abram

and his wife, Sarai.

October 27-28 / 8 Cheshvan

Lekh Lekha: Gen. 12.1-17.27.

In this Torah por�on, God

makes a covenant with Abram

promising to make his ances-

tors a great na�on. God chang-

es Abram’s name to Abraham.

Abraham has a child with Ha-

gar and names him Ishmael.

God then promises Abraham’s

barren wife, Sarah, that she

will have a child.

Yahrzeits

Friday, October 6th Kaddish will be recited for Janet Orr, Rose F. Neuwahl,

Laura Newborn Schofield, Irving Shmagin, Mar�n March, Ed Hand, Jeanne

Abeles

Friday, October 13th Kaddish will be recited for Mildred P. Elia, Paul Robison,

Pauline Fried, Sidney B. Miller, Isadore Klatzkin, Edward Nichols, Hannah

Dean Dreifus, Edgar Henderson, Dr. Arthur Pollock, Herman L. Greenberg,

Minnie Menza

Friday, October 20th Kaddish will be recited for Samuel Pechter, Cynthia

Bradbury, Dr. David Kaufman, E. Robert Titelman, Ida Hoffenberg, Rabbi

Eugene E. Hibshman, Albert L. Scheinberg, Rebecca Levine, Joseph Proksa,

Evelyn Rosenfeld, Mildred Rosenberg, Pauline Wolberg, William Nidetech,

Rosabella Weiss, Albert E. Sailer, Rachel Solomon Adelman

Friday, October 27th Kaddish will be recited for Alter Petsonk, Berte

Rothchild, Greta Auerbach, Olga Auerbach, Mace Bugen, Herbert Kusner,

Harry Singerman, Sylvia Kullmann, Bernie Dembert, Helen Kepner, Abraham

Abelson, Harry Cohn, Clarissa Silverman Lass, Milton M. Miller, Karen

Gerson, Henry Cohen, Eleanor Segall

Thank you for the cards, contributions in

Jim’s memory, expressions of sympathy, love

& support. Your thoughtfulness and

generosity is greatly appreciated and will

always be remembered.

Audrey Rosenthall & family

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We are grateful for your support

Tree of Life Scrolls

Our deepest sympathy to Audrey Rosenthall on

your loss, from Greg & Shannon Morris and

family

Our deepest condolence to Audrey Rosenthall

and family, from Joe & Pat Silverman

With deepest sympathy on your loss, from

Andrew & Denis Katz and family

Our deepest condolence to Audrey Rosenthall

and family, from Russ & Sue Holzer

Sending our heartfelt condolence to Audrey

Rosenthall and family, From Jon & Barb Thaler

Sending peace and comfort during this difficult

time to Audrey Rosenthall, from Steve & Lynn

Auerbach-Kaplan

Deepest condolence to Audrey Rosenthall and

family, from the Dubrow family

My sincere sympathy to Audrey Rosenthall and

family, from Marion Lebendig

Our deepest condolence to Audrey Rosenthall

and family, from Barb & Fred Woods

In loving memory of James Rosenthall, from

Carol & Morley Cohn

My deepest condolence to Audrey Rosenthall

and family, from Annette Shaw

Our deepest sympathy to the entire Devorris

family on your loss, from Mike & Lynn Rosen

Get well wishes to Brad Morris on recovering

from his injury, from Greg & Shannon Morris and

family

Condolence and deepest sympathy to Nancy,

Andrea, Philip & the entire Devorris family on

the loss of Don, from Greg & Shannon Morris

and family

Best regards to Maggie & Harry, Ira & David

Kaufman who recently visited TBI, from Greg &

Shannon Morris and family

Happy holidays to Estelle Dembert & Marion

Lebendig, from Greg & Shannon Morris and

family

Get well wishes to David Lebendig, from Greg

& Shannon Morris and family

Continued get well wishes to Donnie Brett,

David Patt & Jules Patt & Marilyn Muhlfelder

from Greg & Shannon Morris and family

Silver Tree of Life Scrolls

In memory of James Rosenthall, from Eileen

Cohen & Amy Korelitz

Sincere condolences to Audrey Rosenthall and

your family, from Joel & Barbara Weiss

Gold Tree of Life Scrolls

In memory of Jim Rosenthall, from Alan & Vicki

Kivitz

In memory of Jim Rosenthall, from the Kranich

family

Music Fund

In memory of James Rosenthall, from Rabbi

Burt Schuman

Youth Education Fund

In memory of Jim Rosenthall, from Sandra,

David, Ethan & Emily Knepp

Donation

In memory of Jim Rosenthall, from Amy Seltzer

In memory of Jim Rosenthall, from William Jr.

& Anne Thompson

In memory of James Rosenthall, from Jordan &

Mitzi Bailinger

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Upcoming events

Friday, October 6th, 6:00pm Sukkot

Sunday, October 8th, 12:30pm Making Strides Against

Breast Cancer @ PNG Field

Friday, October 13th, 7:00pm Simchat Torah (Introducing the

Shabbat Band!)

Saturday, October 14th, 10am-12pm Adult Learning

Wednesday, October 18th, 7:00pm TBI Board Mee�ng

Friday, October 20th, 7:30pm Lay-led Worship

Sunday, October 22nd, 12:15pm Honoring the Animals in honor of

Shabbat Noah

Friday, October 27th, 7:00pm Birthday Shabbat with Rabbi Audrey

Saturday, October 28th, 10am-12pm Adult Learning

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October 2017 / Tishri-Cheshvan 5778

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Mandi Singer 3 Brandon Bauder 4 Eleanor Ocelus

Erev Sukkot

5

Barry & Karen Allen

6

6:00pm Sukkot

Celebration

Dinner, decorating

& Worship

Sukkot

7

8

12:30pm

Making Strides

Against Breast

Cancer @

PNG Field

9

Columbus Day

10 Joel Weiss 11 12 13

7:00pm Simchat

Torah

Introducing the

Shabbat Band!

Simchat Torah

14

Adult Learning

10:00am-12:00pm

15 David Katz 16 17 18

7:00pm TBI Board

Meeting

19 20

7:00 Lay led

worship

21

Rabbi Audrey Korotkin

& Don Clippinger

22

12:15pm Honoring

the Animals in

honor of Shabbat

Noah

23

Michael Kranich Jr.

24

Danielle Newborn

25 26 Eva Kranich 27

7:00 Birthday

Shabbat with Rabbi

Audrey

28 Shirley Pechter

Adult Learning

10:00am-12:00pm

29

Ethan Rosenthall

30 31

Dave & Betsy Patt

Temple Beth

Israel

3004 Union Avenue

Altoona, PA 16602

814-942-0057

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