Chai-LitesChai-Lites August 2017 Issue 12

ROSH HASHANAHErev Rosh Hashanah, Wednesday, September 20th – 7:30pm

Rosh Hashanah Day 1, Thursday, September 21st:

Family Service, 8:30-9:00am: for the community at large and their children ages 0-10, with full participation by our clergy.

Please arrive on time as the full congregational service follows at 9:15.

Traditional Service, 9:15am-12:00pm: for members, their children in grades 6 and up, and member-guests. Children’s Services for PreK- Grade1, Grades 2-3, and Grades 4-5 will be held at 10:00am.

Signs will be posted in the lobbies with locations for each group.

Following the end of services at 12:00pm is a brief Tashlikh Service outside and a holiday luncheon in the Social Hall.

Rosh Hashanah Day 2, Friday, September 22nd - 9:15am Traditional Service

YOM KIPPURYom Kippur Kol Nidre, Friday, September 29th - 6:00pm

Yom Kippur Day, Saturday, September 30th PLEASE NOTE NEW TIMES OF SERVICE SECTIONS:

Family Service, 8:30-9:00am: for the community at large and their children ages 0-10, with full participation by our clergy. Please note that regular services follow at 9:15.

Traditional Service, 9:15am-12:45pm: for members, their children in grades 6 and up, and member-guests. Services for PreK- Grade1, Grades 2-3, and Grades 4-5 will be held at 10:00am.

1:30PM—Memorial Plaque Dedication and Remembrance Service

2:00PM—Yizkor Service

4:15PM—Study Session

5:00PM—Book of Jonah and Mincha Service

6:00PM–7:27PM – Neilah, “The Closing of the Gates,” followed by Break-the-Fast.

With best wishes for a happy and healthy new year.

PLEASE NOTE: This year due to the need for tight security, tickets are required for entry for members and any guests.

Invitation to Read Torah on Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur.

We have many slots open for torah readers for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kipur this fall.

Hazzan Kalver is eager to help you prepare and promises to make it a fun and easy learning

experience for you, no matter what your background is. If you can't read the Hebrew, you

can learn from transliteration.

Please contact Hazzan Kalver at HazzanKalver@CBIBR.org if you are interested.

From Hazzan Kalver... High Holiday request...

HONORING YOUR LOVED ONE

If you would like to include your loved one’s plaque on our wall for the High Holy days which

start September 20th, so we’ll need your order to be in - with payment and details - by August 7th.

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Like Rabbi John Schechter on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RabbiSchechter

Please see our full listing of services for the High Holidays on page 2

PLEASE HELP THE FAMILIES OF SOMERSET COUNTY WHO NEED LUNCH SUPPLIES THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER

The Food Bank Network of Somerset County gets TWICE as many requests for lunch supplies during the summer from families who rely on the “Free Lunch” program when school is in session.

CBI wants to help meet the needs of these families.STARTING SATURDAY, MAY 13th - AUGUST 31st PLEASE DROP THE FOODS IN THE CBI OFFICE:

(For complete list of requested foods please email the office for more details)

No time to shop? Supermarket gift cards are appreciated(bring to CBI Office)

Donations to “Food Bank Network of Somerset County” are appreciated.

Refugee Action CommitteeNext meeting

If you are interested in getting involved, please contact Jane Simon

janesimon1964@comcast.net or Mike Berg

Michael.Berg@verizonwireless.com

PLANNING AN EVENT?

Keep CBI’s Catering Facility in Mind!

If you are planning a special occasion, consider using our spacious and elegant hall for your next simcha.

When celebrated in the sanctity of the Temple, weddings, B’nai Mitzvah, Brit, Baby Namings and other life cycle events

take on a more spiritual significance.

We have a marvelous panel of caterers from which to choose.

Contact the CBI Office: 908 204-1412, x104 or office@cbibr.org

Cooking Club event:Summer salads

Favorite salads and recipes (date and venue tbd)

Our next Make-A-Meal :

Dates to come...

Debbie and Marcy

The Boomers are going back to Broadway! Website: http://www.groundhogdaymusical.com/

Please join us on Sunday, September 10, when we see GROUNDHOG DAY, the winner of the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical, Best Actor, Andy Karl. The critics are raving! It’s a classic boy meets girl, boy meets girl,boy meets girl story!

Meet Phil Connors, a disgruntled big-city weatherman mysteriously stuck in small-town America reliving the same day over and over and over again-with no conse-quences, no regrets, no tomorrows, and no hangovers. But once he starts getting to know associate TV producer Rita Hanson, he discovers it’s a day of second, third and fourth chances.

Based on the iconic film, GROUNDHOG DAY The Musical is reimagined bythe award-winning creators of the international hit Matilda The Musical-including director Matthew Warchus and songwriter Tim Minchin-with a book by original screenwriter Danny Rubin.Starring two-time Tony Award® nominee Andy Karl, GROUNDHOG DAY is the new musical comedy about living life to the fullest, one day at a time.

AUGUST WILSON THEATRE 245 West 52th Street New York, NY

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 3 PM

Please RSVP by May 15 and mail your check payable to: CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL 40 Whitenack Road Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

$120 per person Orchestra

TICKETS ARE LIMITED!

Religious School Calendar

Register now for

Fall of ‘17

Enjoy your Summer

See you in September!

Friday evenings - 6:30pm (until Sept 8)

Saturday mornings - 9:30am Would you like to sponsor an Oneg or Kiddush, and support CBI?

It can be in honor of a special occasion, such as a birthday, an anniversary, a graduation, a milestone, or just because.

Please contact the office at office@cbibr.org

Shabbat Services

Need a BABYSITTER or a Mother’s Helper?Get out and have fun with the help from one of our own members!

Please consider this list of available CBI teenagers whose contact information is listed in the directory

If you have a teen you’d like to be included in this directory, please contact office@cbibr.org

Rachel Breslau Basking Ridge Sam Foster Chester/Mendham Eli Foster Chester/Mendham Erica Isaacs Bedminster Alex Kelly Mendham Sydney Lapper Somerset/Morris Cameron Lipton Warren Meghan Miller Bernardsville Alex Simon Gladstone Lily Simon Gladstone Lauren Wasserman Greenbrook Maya Zucker Basking Ridge

CONGRATULATIONS to the new officers...Maya Zucker - N’Siah

Julia Waldman - S’GanitJack Clarkin - Moreh

Sydnee Schapiro - MorahSadie Nochimson - Mazkirah

Tessa Unke - GizboritSophie Loesberg - Sh’licha

Dana Wasserman - MekasheretMax Scherzer - Achim

Aliza Lev - Achot

Look for more activities coming soon!

For more information, email me at haleylevine19@gmail.com or Maya Zucker at chaverimbbyo5317@gmail.com.

Parents can contact our advisor, Janice Zucker at jalderz@optonline.net or 908-963-5357.

Follow us on Instagram @Chaverim_BBYO!

Like Rabbi John Schechter on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RabbiSchechter

July/August 2017Donations have been made to the synagogue for the following occasions:

To... congratulate someone on a B’nai Mitzvah honor a Graduate say “I’m sorry for your loss” or remember a loved one tell someone you’re thinking of them thank someone for their kindness wish Mazel Tov on a wonderful occasion or achievement

Tributes $18Tree Certificates $18 per treeSiddur or Mahzor $54Dedicate a volume of the Schotten-stein edition of the Talmud $100 A card will be sent to the recipient and listed here.

To order, contact Sara in the office at 204-1412 x104 or cbibr.org or 40 Whitenack Road,

Basking Ridge, NJ 07920Tributes: Donations have been made to the synagogue for the following occasions: The Ball Family In memory of your beloved mother, Lillian Ball Maureen & Steven Joachim Susan Rappaport Chuck, Diane and Jackie Newman The Miller Family Vivian & Saul Kandel The Karetnick & Taub Families In memory of your beloved mother, Arlene Karetnick Harriet Sheitelman & Jerry Sheitelman Rabbi John Schechter In honor of your 60th Birthday. Harriet Sheitelman & Jerome Sheitelman A Yahrzeit Donation (On the Memoriam Anniversary of a loved one) For her beloved grandmother, Olga Grabova From Sophia DiCalogero For Samuel Klein From Milton & Mildred Klein For Maxim Doctofsky From Nancy Okun For Lora Sheitelman From her children: Harriet Sheitelman, Jerry Sheitelman & Elaine Furman A Tree has been planted in Israel The Ball Family In memory of your beloved mother, Lillian Ball Glen & Linda Rosenthal Michelle Ganes & Family Buddy & Judy Marks In honor of their anniversary.

Tributes

Buddy & Judy Marks In honor of their anniversary. With love from, Bill, Ellen, Daniel & Ilana A Ring of Trees To Nancy & Bob Novack On the marriage of Jeffery & Shirly From Michael & Gayle Braunstein Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Rabbi Schechter In honor of Eliana’s graduatoin The Eskin Family The Lebovitz Family in honor of JJ's Bar Mitzvah Charlotee Greenberg: In memory of her late husband, Milton Greenberg Rabbi Shechter In honor of Rabbi Schechter’s 60th birthday From Ellen, Stuart and Max Goldstein Sanctuary Fund The Ball Family In memory of your beloved mother, Lillian Ball Susan Goldsmith Sidur Donation Joel Shapiro On your special birthday From Cousin Nan & Alan

Buddy & Judy Marks In honor of their anniversary. With love from, Bill, Ellen, Daniel & Ilana A Ring of Trees To Nancy & Bob Novack On the marriage of Jeffery & Shirly From Michael & Gayle Braunstein Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Rabbi Schechter In honor of Eliana’s graduatoin The Eskin Family The Lebovitz Family in honor of JJ's Bar Mitzvah Charlotee Greenberg: In memory of her late husband, Milton Greenberg Rabbi Shechter In honor of Rabbi Schechter’s 60th birthday From Ellen, Stuart and Max Goldstein Sanctuary Fund The Ball Family In memory of your beloved mother, Lillian Ball Susan Goldsmith Sidur Donation Joel Shapiro On your special birthday From Cousin Nan & Alan

Buddy & Judy Marks In honor of their anniversary. With love from, Bill, Ellen, Daniel & Ilana A Ring of Trees To Nancy & Bob Novack On the marriage of Jeffery & Shirly From Michael & Gayle Braunstein Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Rabbi Schechter In honor of Eliana’s graduatoin The Eskin Family The Lebovitz Family in honor of JJ's Bar Mitzvah Charlotee Greenberg: In memory of her late husband, Milton Greenberg Rabbi Shechter In honor of Rabbi Schechter’s 60th birthday From Ellen, Stuart and Max Goldstein Sanctuary Fund The Ball Family In memory of your beloved mother, Lillian Ball Susan Goldsmith Sidur Donation Joel Shapiro On your special birthday From Cousin Nan & Alan

Yahrzeits Zichronam Livrakhah — Their Memories are a Blessing

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Yahrzeits Zichronam Livrakhah — Their Memories are a Blessing

July 2015

Alan Rappaport husband of Susan RappaportRose Marie Lewent mother of Judy LewentElizabeth Kosson mother in law of Harold SmallHelen Schoen mother of James SchoenJeanne Kanengiser mother of Bruce KanengiserBen Shapiro father of Joel ShapiroMichael Goldsmith brother of Melanie ShapiroJonah Solkoff Eskin son of Barnet Eskin & Marcia EskinLora Sheitelman mother of Jerome Sheitelman & Harriet SheitelmanMollie Dworetzky grandmother of Judy WeinsteinMilton Ehrlich father of Nancy NovackAbe Diamond uncle of Paul KiellYolanda Weinfeld friend of John SchechterCindy Greenberg aunt of Lydia Muller & Jennifer AaronCindy Greenberg sister of Alice SchenkerEllen Rosin mother of Larry RosinLeo Ball father of Steven Ball

Joel Ehrlich brother of Nancy NovackDavid Weintal father of Jeannette WhaleyGlenn David Kesselhaut son of Martin & Arlene KesselhautStanley Sandler father of Elisa PerlaMiriam Hershbein mother of Arlene KesselhautRobert Rider father of Susan RiderJoel Alan Greenspan father of Steven GreenspanRoy Doctofsky brother of Nancy OkunNorman Fately father of Andrew FatelyIrving Shain father of Elayne BraunsteinIrving Shain grandfather of Gale, David and Michael BraunsteinMarc Daniel Goldenberg son of Hildegard Gruenbaum Katz & David GoldenbergJack Bryer father of Ellen Stevens & Maureen JoachimFlorence Bryer mother of Maureen Joachim & Ellen StevensSamuel Rabinowitz father Murray Robbins

Rabbi John S. Schechter(908) 204-1412 x105rabbischechter@aol.com

CantorBrian Kalver(908) 204-1412 x106

PresidentAnne Nemetzrespondez2015@gmail.com

Religious School Director

(908) 204-1294

Building ManagementGale Braunstein(908) 377-0162gale@taylormgt.com

Office AdministratorSara (908) 204-1412 x104office@cbibr.org

BookkeeperCaron Katz(908) 204-1412 x103myaccount@cbibr.org

Religious SchoolAdministrative Assistant

(908) 204-1412 x124religschool@cbibr.org

Editor Chai Lites (info above)Heather Silver(908)204-1412 x104silvertsramom1@gmail.com

Executive CommitteePresidentAnne NemetzFirst Vice PresidentRobert F. SimonVice PresidentsEllen MarksNancy CookTreasurerDavid BraunsteinSecretaryHoward StolzerAssistant SecretaryGale Braunstein

Trustees-at-Large

Michael BergGayle BraunsteinSteve JoachimCraig LipsetHilary KellyDorit KransdorfShari Lapa

Immediate Past PresidentFred Okun

COMMITTEE DIRECTORY*New committees still forming!

Boomers and Beyond Pam Ball Diane Newman

Budget and Finance Steve Joachim

Building Gale Braunstein

Caring Pam Ball

Kippot and Tallit Sales Michelle Ganes

Membership Nancy Cook Ellen Marks

Memorial Wall Dorit Kransdorf

Religious School Nancy Braunstein Nancy Novack

Sisterhood Lydia Muller Marla Sommer

Men’s Club Michael Berg

Social Action Shari Lapa

Refugee Action Committee Jane Simon Michael Berg

Holiday Committee Dorit Kransdorf Hilary Kelly

Technology & Operations Craig Lipset Howard Stolzer

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