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GATEWAYS CONGREGATION SHAAREY TIKVAH BEACHWOOD OHIO SINCE 1940

HAG HATIKVAH 75

NOVEMBER 2015 CHESHVAN/KISLEV 5776

CLERGY

Executive Director Martha Sivertson

martha@ shaareytikvah.org

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Face to Face Director Louise Freilich

face2face@ shaareytikvah.org

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Office Manager Roz Stone

roz@ shaareytikvah.org

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Education Director Ilana Yares

ilana@ shaareytikvah.org

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STAFF

Maintenance Manager Frank George

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EXEC. COMMITTEE

BOARD MEMBERS

Ted Einhorn Michael Goldberg Harold Greenberg Ellen Greenfield Ed Kneitel Martin Kohn Rene Rawraway Jessi Shapiro Steve Wertheim

PAST PRESIDENTS

Howard Bochnek Amy Einhorn Marvin Engelberg Sharon Fagin David Hutt Roberta Kaplan David Leavitt Stuart Sharpe Leslie Sobel

REPRESENTATIVES

President Rick Kodish

Executive Vice President Jeff Epstein

Vice President Karen Mintzer

Vice President Alyson Fieldman

Secretary Peter Shulman

Assistant Secretary Josh Gordon

Treasurer Jeff Cohen

Assistant Treasurer Ethan Karp

Rabbi Eddie Sukol

rabbieddie@ shaareytikvah.org

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Cantor Gary Paller cantorgary@

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President Rick Kodish erickodish@ gmail.com

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OUR LEADERSHIP PRESIDENT

Gateways is a monthly publication of: Congregation Shaarey Tikvah 26811 Fairmount Boulevard Beachwood, Ohio 44122 216.765.8300 Fax: 216. 765.0149 www.shaareytikvah.org

Congregation Shaarey Tikvah is an egalitarian Conservative congregation whose members are passionate about Judaism. By combining meaningful and joyful worship, serious Jewish learning, social action and compelling Shabbat and holiday experiences, we create a vibrant spiritual community.

Men’s Club Richard Friedman

Sisterhood Shirley Edelman

Our front cover: October 18 celebration of our 75th anniversary—130 congregants enjoyed the presentation of Arts projects and a delicious brunch

BOARD MEMBER FOCUS ETHAN KARP

After spending one year traveling around the world after grad school, Ethan and Michelle landed in Cleveland with no family in town, no friends, and no community. That changed approximately 12 hours after they got here. Living out of a suitcase at the Days Inn near the airport, but having already sought out the friendliest seeming shul, they sent a blind email to CST to see if they could get a Shabbat dinner

invite. Without a Rabbi at the time, CST sprang into action with the community care and love that eventually led them to join – the Fieldmans, Fran Gordon, and Brynna Fish organized a Shabbat dinner for them and they suddenly had community, friends, and in-town family. Ethan grew up as one of three Jewish families in rural Clarion, Pennsylvania traveling 45 minutes each Shabbat morning to Oil City to lead services for the 10 folks who came every week – puns and jokes outnumbered pleasantries. Falling in love with science, Ethan began at Miami University and had a serendipitous first day meeting – he met his wife of almost 10 years who lived in the same freshman dorm. Hillel was a major part of his life during college where he led services for three years. Upon graduation, Ethan and Michelle got married and moved to Boston where Ethan started in grad school for chemistry at Harvard. Never truly connecting with any community in the vibrant but very transient Boston community, when making a major career change to go into consulting to help major Fortune 500 companies do things like innovate, grow, and improve efficiencies opened the door to going anywhere in the world. Cleveland seemed like a great place to go (truly on a whim) and Michelle and Ethan decided to see what it had to offer. This brought them to the Days Inn near the airport and their journey toward CST. CST has fast become the favorite place for Ethan and Michelle’s two daughters (Eleanor, 2.5 yrs old, and Rose, 7 months old) as well as their entire social community. Shabbat dinners, weekend get togethers, play dates, and just building their lives with their CST friends is their social life and they couldn’t be happier or more content. Ethan spends his days now as the CEO of a Northeast Ohio focused non-profit that helps local small manufacturers innovate and grow by creating new products, improving operations, and generally strengthening the Cleveland community through job growth and bringing new technologies to old industries.

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On right—This beautiful glass art is hanging proudly outside the sanctuary entrance of our building. Designed by Adam Goldberg and Helen Grubb of Gathered Glassblowing Studio in Toledo, and with input from members of CST, the goal was to represent our synagogue’s story— we overcame a great tragedy to become a thriving congregation. The future is unknown, but there is all the hope in the world (blooming tree and rays of light) for our success. The ark and dove with olive branch represent the parsha of Noah that was read on the week of it’s dedication. The Tree of Life and rays of light themes echo other artwork found at CST—the truncated tree sculpture designed by Jacob Hennenberg, zl” at the back of the sanctuary and Jodi Kanter’s tapestries above and below the ark.

A LESSON FROM RABBI EDDIE SUKOL


Origins and First Families Origins and first families. These are the themes for the Torah portions to be read during the month of November. We are in the midst of reading about the matriarchs and patriarchs and the families they created. Most of Sefer Beresheit (the Book of Genesis) tells the stories of Judaism’s first families. It’s not all good news. Abraham, our first ethical monotheist, also has the capacity to lie and to deceive others, especially when doing so will be advantageous for himself. Sarah demonstrates a lack of trust and emunah (faith) when she laughs upon hearing that she is to give birth to a son who will carry on Abraham’s lineage. Isaac comes off as a simpleton, tossed about by events and vicissitudes in which he seems to have little control. His own wife, Rebecca, takes advantage of him and enlists her favored son in tricking the frail and nearly blind father. Jacob is a rival with his brother Esau from their prenatal days in the womb and then for the remainder of their entire lives. Their relationship is one of total distrust and animosity. Even their ultimate reconciliation is marred by suspicion and remains forever incomplete. There are many more aspects to each of these stories. Details add to our distaste at the way our ancestors behaved, especially toward their own family members. Why does the Torah preserve these tales of dysfunction? And why do we bother to read and reread them every year? It’s like a therapy session gone terribly off the rails! For me, part of what enhances the Torah’s sanctity is its honesty. These tales of deception, jealousy, anger, and strife are preserved precisely because they are real. And they are not limited to Judaism’s first families. The family is the most basic unit of society and communal life. To be sure, there is nothing greater than the love of family members for one another. The bond between parent and child, the affection siblings have for each other, the love of a marital pair—what could be sweeter or more precious? Yet families also each have their own discord and their own peculiarities. If we want to understand ourselves we must understand our family of origin. One way to begin this process of learning is to examine the first families of our tradition. To learn from them; from their greatness and their failures, from their righteousness as well as their wrongdoings. We are who we are because of who came before us. To understand the development of our Jewish tradition

we begin with our ancestors, and ultimately we come to understand ourselves. B’shalom, Rabbi Eddie Sukol

RABBINIC SEARCH UPDATE

The Rabbinic Search Committee is holding two parlor meetings at CST on the rabbinic search process. These are a great opportunity to get an in-person update on the process and to provide additional input to the committee. The first session is Sunday, November 1 from 10 until 11:30 am and the second is Tuesday, November 3 from 7:30 until 9 pm. You are invited to attend the one that works best for you. Each meeting will include an update on the search process, summary results of the survey that was conducted this past summer, and discussion on topics related to the search. Search committee members will be on hand to ask and answer questions. Please RSVP to Roz. Donuts and coffee will be served.

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Gates of Hope (the new CST song!)

The song of hope and community

We're building bonds of unity We built a home for all to share

Shaarey Tikvah, our house of prayer

They sailed here from Germany And they created a tapestry

With tattered threads they wove along Over time the fabric grew strong

Chorus

So open the gates, open the gates Open the gates of hope

Sing hallelujah together with friends As we open the gates of hope

Always caring for one another

A sacred space for sisters and brothers We're a great big family

Praying together in harmony

We welcome all with warmth and joy And we bless each girl and boy Our traditions we celebrate It's a mitzvah, so open the gate

Chorus

L' Dor V'dor in every generation A song of hope is sung

Weaving joy and celebration For the old and the young

Loving God and all we do

Passing on our vision to you We say shalom and then rejoice Standing together with one voice

Hand-in-hand in our journey we strive

Keeping our Jewish traditions alive Shaarey Tikvah we look to you

All our hopes will carry us through

Chorus

(Song can be heard on our website—go to Events Calendar October 18)

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A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT RICK KODISH


Volunteers and Red Cells Members who volunteer are the red blood cells of our healthy synagogue body. I know that may sound a bit strange to some of you, but as a hematologist my metaphors can be unusual. Please indulge me and let me explain what I mean. The human body is a miraculous machine, and each type of cell has a function that is integrated into a big picture of health for most people most of the time. Red blood cells have only one function: to carry oxygen to everything else we need to stay healthy—oxygen for our brains, our hearts, our kidneys, etc. Our synagogue is like a healthy organism composed of volunteer members. The energy, dedication, commitment and hard work our members devote to our community are literally the lifeblood of the congregation. Another axiom I learned in medical school is that one should always remember the connection between structure and function. Since becoming president this past summer, I have tried to focus on committee function and structure. We have decided to change our Board of Trustees meetings from monthly to every other month, in an effort to see the big picture, meet less frequently, and allow the committees to do their work. Making space for committees to do their work allows us to groom future leaders, divide the work load, and encourages the Board of Trustees to think and work on strategy and vision and less on the day-to-day details. To use two more clichés, it avoids the perennial problem of getting “lost in the weeds” and allows us to see the forest not just the trees. (Don’t get me wrong—I love the trees especially this time of year!!) By moving the Board meetings to an every other month schedule, we also created a calendar space. On the alternative “open” months, we have designated Committee Night at CST in hopes of bringing folks into the building at the same time, developing community and encouraging cross talk between and among the various committees. Many thanks to our Executive Vice President Jeff Epstein for this innovative idea. Our first such effort in July was quite successful, and we will plan to do it again on the evening of November 17. Join us!! We have also begun to rotate the focus of our Board meetings so that we take a “deep dive” on a particular committee at each meeting. This allows for bidirectional feedback as committee chairs present their vision and goals to the Board and get important input from Board members to move forward. Our August meeting was a terrific look at the Education Va’ad, and in October we reviewed the work of the Finance Committee and our overall financial position as a synagogue. Membership engagement is an important concept. As we learned from our Sulam process over the past year, we cannot rest on our laurels. While our overall engagement levels are extraordinarily high, we know that we can do better and need to stay at it. Rotation is one important strategy. If you are involved in one particular area of synagogue life and are ready for a change, please let me know. And if you are not involved but would like to get more active, I would be delighted to brainstorm with you. There are so many facets to our vibrant community: membership, worship committee, education/Va’ad, finance, youth and program committees just to name a few. Please contact me if you want to get more involved!!! Our 75

th Anniversary year, whose activities were sponsored with a generous donation from the Eva Beckerman

Estate, has been a great success thanks to all the individuals who have worked so hard to make it meaningful. I am especially proud of the emphasis on creativity. Our production of a special poem, a beautiful song and an amazing piece of visual art reflects the tremendous talent we have as a community, and the creation of these “enduring materials” served dual function as both a means of building community by working together and as an ends—artistic output that we will treasure for hopefully the next 75 years and beyond. Thanks to those who have worked on and contributed to the Endowment Campaign that has been a concomitant* initiative for our 75

th. We demonstrate outstanding financial responsibility as a community, and are so grateful to our donors for

helping to insure that Shaarey Tikvah will be here for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren!! Our concluding event on October 18 was a wonderful capstone to an important anniversary year.

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There is always more! We are looking forward to a wonderful Shabbaton November 20-21, and many more exciting activities and programs. Please mark your calendar for May 15, 2016 when we will come together for the 10th annual Kosher Taste of Cleveland. Back to the red cells. I hope that you feel the energy and excitement we have at Shaarey Tikvah. I have seen plenty of patients with anemia over the years and can say that CST exhibits no signs or symptoms of that!! Wishing you all a wonderful Fall season and Happy Thanksgiving. Rick * happening at the same time as something else

PRESIDENT RICK KODISH’S ARTICLE CON’T. FROM PAGE 6

*We are forming a new engagement committee!*

If you are interested in helping to strengthen our kehillah

through membership retention, leadership development, or

have other creative ideas to share, please join us at CST on

Tuesday, November 17th for our first meeting.

RSVP to Alyson Fieldman at [email protected].

mailto:[email protected]

A NOTE FROM CANTOR GARY


In a Modal Mood I have written before in these articles about the various prayer modes, melodic patterns derived from Torah cantillation that we use in different portions of the liturgy. For those musicians among you, the Adonai Malach (God is King) mode used in Kabbalat Shabbat and parts of the Musaf Kedushah is a major scale with a lowered 7

th step. The lowering of that 7

th tone by a half step makes a world of difference in the character of the

scale. It no longer has a “major,” or “happy” feel to it. Yet, it is not sad, either. The best way I can explain this to you in words (it would be easier if I sent a tape along with the bulletin so you could hear what I mean) is to say that modal music is not happy or sad; it is a mixture of both. The two other principal prayer modes are Magein Avot (Shield of our Fathers), named after the prayer in the Friday evening service, and Ahavah Rabbah (With much love), used in Shabbat Shacharit. The modes are generally named after the prayer in which they first appear. The mode we hear at the very beginning of the Shabbat Shacharit service “Nish’mat kol chai” is known as Yishtabach mode. Each mode has its own distinctive character, reflecting the meaning of the liturgy it accompanies. Adonai Malach is meant to convey praise and exhaltation, and is sung in a majestic manner. Magein Avot expresses faith, hope, thanksgiving, calmness, and serenity, and is chanted in a relaxed and peaceful manner. Ahavah Rabbah is plaintive and, at times, jovial. It is the only one of the three which does not have its origins in Biblical cantillation. Some think it is derived from the Khazar tribes of the Caspian Sea region who were converted to Judaism in the eighth century. Others believe it was introduced into synagogue liturgy through Turkish and Arabic influences in the 14

th century. Wherever Ahavah Rabbah came from, it is perhaps the most

easily recognized as being “Jewish” music. It is affectionately known as the freygish mode in Yiddish circles, because it resembles the Catholic church’s phrygian mode (the white note scale on the piano going from E to E). It reminds one of Arabic “snake charmer” music. If you know the song “Tradition” from “Fiddler on the Roof,” then you know the Ahavah Rabbah mode. The late Jack Gottlieb (1930-2011) wrote a fascinating book entitled “Funny, It Doesn’t Sound Jewish – How Yiddish Songs and Synagogue Melodies Influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood.” I am fortunate to own an autographed copy of his text. Mr. Gottlieb was a musicologist and composer of both synagogue and secular music, past president of the American Society for Jewish Music, and worked closely with Leonard Bernstein. He wrote the linear notes for many of Bernstein’s recordings. In his book, Gottlieb offers musical examples illustrating how well-known melodies are derived from these ancient modes. Let’s take Adonai Malach mode. The famous Yiddish song A Chaznd’l Oif Shabbos (A Cantor on the Sabbath) has a perfect illustration of Adonai Malach in its very first line:.Iz gekumen a chazn in a kleine shtetl davenen a shabbos,.. (A cantor came to town to daven on the Sabbath). Think of Gershwin’s “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise,” and “Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way” from “Porgy and Bess,” or Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’.” Another example is “Get Happy,” from the show “Great Day” by Ted Koehler and Harold Arlen: “Forget your troubles and just Get Happy, you better chase all your cares away.” For those of you who are classical music lovers, think of a famous section from Rimsky Korsakov’s “Sheherezade.” An obvious example of a mode wandering into a well known song is Magein Avot in Ernest Gold’s “The Exodus Song”: “This land is mine, God gave this land to me, this brave and ancient land to me.” I’ve already mentioned “Fiddler on the Roof’s” “Tradition” in relation to Ahava Rabbah mode. Other examples include the famous Yiddish song Eili, Eili : “Eili, Eili, lamah azavtani,” (My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?). It is well known (and obvious to the attentive ear) that Gregorian chant grew out of Biblical cantillation. In the book, Gottlieb draws countless parallels between the ancient and the modern; between folk song and liturgical chant; between the sacred and the secular. He compares the song “Shalom Chaverim” to the title song from Al Dubin and Harry Warren’s 1932 movie “Forty–Second Street.” He traces the evolution of the trope munach r’vi-i into a 15

th century German folksong, “Mein G’mut” (My Courage) into the famous church hymn “O Sacred

Head Now Wounded” by Hans Leo Hassler, then harmonized in Bach’s St Matthew Passion, and finally to Paul Simon’s “American Tune”: “Many’s the time I’ve been mistaken, and many times confused. Yes, and I’ve often felt forsaken, and certainly misused.” (I think we all can identify with that!).

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OUR CONDOLENCES

...to Laurie Mitchell Billowitz on the loss of her mother, Barbara Wolpaw Drossin. ...to Arthur Kaplan on the loss of his wife, Edith Kaplan.

Milestone Birthdays for November:

Polina Galperin David Singer Sam Leber

Kyla Schneider Gussie Singer

Loni Pinns

Milestone Anniversaries for November:

Yoni & Ilana Yares 5

Steve & Harriet Friedman 40

CANTOR GARY PALLER’S ARTICLE CON’T. FROM PAGE 8

Author Gottlieb dedicated his book to his father. On the same page, he quotes Mark Twain from an article “Concerning the Jews” in Harpers Magazine in September, 1899, when his father was a young man: “If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly, the Jew ought hardly to be heard of; but he is heard of, has always been heard of…His contribution to the world’s list of great names in literature, science, art and music, finance, medicine and obtuse learning are very out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers.” Over the ages, music has woven its way in and out of cultures, and transcended human boundaries of religion and race. It is the only true universal language. The modes we use in chanting our prayers reflect the state of our existence; not all happy, not all sad, but some plaintive, eclectic mixture of the two. Even the cantillation for Megillat Esther, which we chant on Purim in a jocular fashion, and the cantillation for Megillat Eicha (Lamentations), which we somberly intone on Tishah B’Av are strangely similar. What is it that the music of Jerry Bock and lyrics of Sheldon Harnick tell us? “Sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset, swiftly fly the years; one season following another, laden with happiness and tears.” L’shalom, Cantor Gary

MAZAL TOV

...to Arlene Lombardy whose grandson, Bradley Dutcher, will become a Bar Mitzvah on November 20, 2015 at Temple Israel Ner Tamid. His parents are Sherry and Jeff Dutcher. ...to Phil & Donna Soroky and Milly & Arnie Soroky, on the engagement of their son and grandson respectively, Maxwell Soroky, to Dana Paris. ...to Danielle and Mark Alperin on the birth of a baby boy, Sam David Alperin, on October 5. ...to Louise and Joel Freilich on the engagement of their daughter Melissa to Elliott Kurtz. ...to Leanne Leavitt on her grandson Stuart Leavitt becoming a Bar Mitzvah. ...to Betty Forchheimer & Florence Kutnick and Richard & Melanie Kutnick on the birth of a great granddaughter and granddaughter respectively, Rory Nora Kutnick, on September 5. Parents are Ryan & Kate Kutnick. ...to Joyce Wiesenthal on the birth of a great granddaughter, Lilah Bea Viny. ...to Leona Green on the birth of a great granddaughter, Miriam Atara. Addition to last Gateways: ...to Nina and Larry Rosner on the birth of a grandson. He now has a name: Nesanel Tzvi Rosner. Correction from last Gateways: ...to Beryl Burko and Sandee & Norton Goodman on their grandson Jarett Burko becoming a Bar Mitzvah.

FROM THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

MARTHA SIVERTSON


The Fourth Quarter (and I don’t mean Football)

My husband and I moved to Boston in the early 1980’s. An Art History undergrad, I immediately sought work at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. I was still, technically, in school pursuing a masters in the Humanities but I thought I’d get my foot in the door of my ultimate career in Renaissance studies. Little did I know, accepting that part-time holiday position in the MFA gift shop would set the course for much of my professional career. I learned from the best! My colleagues on the sales floor and back offices had come from Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, Jordan Marsh and Filene’s. Even though I was “temporary”, I absorbed selling techniques, was taught how to merchandise displays and learned the retail language of point-of-sale, dead stock, loss leaders, planograms and shrinkage. “The Fourth Quarter,” into which time I was hired, was golden. Even if you lost money or broke even all year, the fourth quarter – that is, the months of October, November and December - was when you made it up … and then some. “Black Friday,” as doomful as it sounds, is actually an accounting term meaning that your business would be “in the black” (positive numbers) as opposed to “in the red” (negative numbers). In Museum Store retailing, however, there really wasn’t a fourth quarter (or Black Friday) in the real world retail sense. You were only as good as your exhibition at the time. Yes, visitors did come into the Museum to shop all year round knowing they’d get a quality gift for a wedding, house warming or holiday. But, tourists, scholars, and connoisseurs came when we had a great (or showy) exhibition. So, couple a reason to drive off the mall circuit to the Maltz Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art or the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and you will find the blockbuster exhibitions Violins of Hope, Painting the Modern Garden, and The World’s Largest Dinosaurs, respectively. How lucky for Cleveland to have all these great works. How lucky for their museum stores to have a great Fourth Quarter! Now, except for an occasional gift wrapping or vendor phone call for the Sisterhood Gift Shop, I am out of the

retail world but not totally out of the Fourth Quarter mentality. By the time you read this we will have culminated

(thanks to many, many volunteer hours) our Hag HaTikvah 75th Anniversary events, the newly-formatted

Chanukkah Auction (November 15) will be in full swing, plans for the Cleveland’s Funniest Rabbi Contest

(November 15) will be finalized and Rabbi Gershom Sizomu will be on his way to leading us through a most

memorable Shabbaton (November 20-21). If that’s not enough, the Browns will round out our golden “quarter”

with a few winning quarters of their own. Right? Of course right!

Martha

Dear Friends, I would like to thank all who were kind enough to make donations, send cards and beautiful notes to me in honor of my 90th birthday, a celebration held in our shul on September 26. Jackie Chernin


MITZVAH CORPS

Mitzvah Corps is scheduled to volunteer at the Kosher Food Bank on the last Sunday of each month from 9:30-11:00am. Please contact Debbie at [email protected] or 216-513-9646

if you are able to help out.

UPCOMING DATES:

November 29

December 27

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SALTZMAN YOUTH PANEL Mazal tov to our students Gabriel Cohen (son of Arielle & Jeff Cohen) and Danny Simon (STUSY member) who have been selected to serve on the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s 2015-2016 Saltzman Youth Panel. The Saltzman Youth Panel was established through the Maurice Saltzman Youth Grant Program of the Federation to educate younger members of the Jewish community about the importance of Jewish communal decision-making, the philanthropic process and responding to Jewish and general community needs. The Maurice Saltzman Youth Grant Program of the Jewish Federation was established in Spring 1998 by Shirley Saltzman and her family. The program perpetuates the goals of the late Maurice Saltzman, a past president of the Jewish Federation, who cared deeply about educating the next generation of Jewish community leadership. The 2015-2016 Saltzman Youth Panel consists of Jewish high school juniors and seniors who were selected through youth group advisor, Rabbi and religious school director nominations as well as from at-large applications. Working together, panel members will make important decisions as to how to allocate $50,000 to improve the Jewish and general communities. The panel brings together Jewish students of different backgrounds to learn about the philanthropic process, responding to community needs and most importantly, tzedakah.

EVENTS IN THE NEW YEAR—MARK YOUR CALENDARS

January 31—JTS Day of Learning February 20—Hagigat HaTorah March 23—Purim Celebration April 10—Interfaith Concert April 20—A Very Special Seder May 15—A Kosher Taste of Cleveland May 21—B’nai Emunah/B’nai Torah


NEWS FROM FACE TO FACE DIRECTOR LOUISE FREILICH

With the fall Jewish holidays behind us, Face to Face’s wonderful team of docents met to discuss changes and updates to the museum and to the program. We welcomed several new volunteers at that time – Marilyn

Ettinger, Nessa Siegel, Joan Wittenberg, Renee Lieberman, Lynda Zielinski and Sherry Fixler. Lynda Zielinski will also serve as a survivor speaker for us this year. We are anticipating another very successful year. By early October, schools had already registered for all of our dates before winter break. Registration for spring dates have also been filling up at a good clip. On Saturday November 7th, CST will be having its annual Kristallnacht commemoration. Seventy-seven years have passed since that tragic night when synagogues were burned, Jewish homes and shops were destroyed, Jews were killed, and tens of thousands of Jewish men were arrested and imprisoned in concentration camps such as Dachau and Buchenwald. At our commemoration this year we will be showcasing the 1st of three Torah covers which are being created by artist Jodi Kanter for the Sifrei Torah in our Beit Tefillah in memory of Hannah and Gus Rath, Holocaust survivors and parents of Roz Stone and Nancy Kutler. The Torah which we use in the Face to Face museum is the one Torah which will be receiving its new cover. That Torah, which is more than 200 years old, has an interesting history. In 1934, Nazi hooligans stole this Torah when they looted a small synagogue in Spiesen, a small town in western Germany, the home of 15 Jewish families. Among the synagogue members were the parents of Dr. Herbert Jakob, a retired surgeon and former Face to Face volunteer. Courageously, Herb's father and uncles recovered the stolen Torah and other items of religious significance and appropriately punished the thieves with the assistance of a local police officer, a comrade from the German army in World War I. The Torah was kept hidden in the Jakob household for several years and thereby survived the terror of Kristallnacht in November 1938.

In 1938, the Jakob family immigrated to the United States settling in Cleveland, bringing the Torah with them. In 1940, they were among the founders of Gates of Hope (Shaarey Tikvah) Synagogue. The family donated the Torah, which they had rescued and brought across the ocean, to the new congregation. At this point, because of tears or smudges acquired over the years, this is not a “kosher” Torah and may not be used for Jewish religious services unless it were to be repaired. But this special Torah serves us well at Face to Face as we educate the next generation of students about the Holocaust. Please join us on Saturday morning November 7th when our special Torah receives its new cover. Please don’t forget to check out the Maltz Museum’s new Violins of Hope exhibit! I recently attended an educators’ workshop at the Maltz Museum conducted by Facing History and Ourselves and had the opportunity to view highlights from this wonderful exhibit. Violins repaired by Israeli violin maker/repairer Amnon Weinstein are on display and it is well worth the trip. Weinstein has spent the last two decades lovingly restoring violins that survived the Holocaust. The exhibit continues until January 3, 2016. More information about the exhibit and related concerts/events may be found at http://www.maltzmuseum.org/event/violins-of-hope-exhibition or http://www.violinsofhopecle.org. The Men’s Club and Sisterhood are touring on November 8. See page 20 for details.

A Holocaust Education

Program at

Congregation Shaarey Tikvah

Dedicating a New Cover for the Jakob Family/ Face to Face Museum Torah

UPCOMING FACE TO FACE SESSIONS

Visit Date School City Speaker 11/3/2015 St Benedict School Garfield Heights Helen Marks 11/5/2015 St. Peter School Lorain Roni Berenson St. Joseph School Cuyahoga Falls 11/10/2015 James A. Garfield H.S. Garrettsville Ellis Lewin 11/12/2015 Shaker Heights M.S. Shaker Heights Valerie Weitz 11/19/2015 Cuyahoga Heights M.S. Cuyahoga Heights TBD Incarnate Word Academy Parma Heights

http://www.maltzmuseum.org/event/violins-of-hope-exhibition

http://www.violinsofhopecle.org

http://www.violinsofhopecle.org

SENIOR CAFÉ—where the wise come for wisdom!

Once a month -Wednesdays 1:30 – 3:00 pm

Join friends and peers for our free midday coffee klatch. Conversation,

a changing selection of light, breezy activities and speakers on topics of interest.

Contact: Judy Friedman (216) 534-5039

Shirley Hoffman (440) 781-1788

November 18 – Nikki Evans, Author

My Survivors’ Guide: All You Need to Know

When I’m Gone

Transportation available Next date: December 16

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Short Story Discussion for Men and Women Presented by Shaarey Tikvah Sisterhood

Join us to discuss two contemporary stories about Judaism’s impact on the relationship between parents and adult children

“The Four Questions” by Allegra Goodman & “The Yehuda Triangle” by Thane Rosenbaum

Stories available by email, in synagogue office, on our website, or on table in back of sanctuary

Monday, November 9 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Home of Laurie & Aaron Billowitz

Refreshments will be served

Please RSVP by November 1 to Lois Novikoff

[email protected] or 216-469-8987

All synagogue members welcome!



UPDATE FROM THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR

MORAH ILANA YARES

What a great start to the year. Our students have been busy with all sorts of Shabbat learning and different Sunday activities. We are heavily involved in our first MyArk

TM unit of the year, Synagogue Hebrew. While our

older students in Bonim are working on the different types of trope and sounds they make depending on if they are looking at Torah, Haftarah, or one of the five Megillot, our younger students in Cochavim are working on common Hebrew words present in our weekly Shabbat prayers. November is a very busy month with education once again. We start off strong with Chaverim

Shabbat on

November 6 and complete our MyArkTM

Synagogue Hebrew unit. Many of you will be attending our annual Shabbaton at the Bertram Inn with our special guest Rabbi Gershom Sizomu. We finish off the month with the holiday of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of year. I love the smell of the turkey as it comes out of the oven and the wonderful homemade pumpkin pie, the cranberry sauce and apple pie, as well as roasted root vegetables and stuffing. We even serve challah rolls for each person and go around saying what we are thankful for. But I always wondered, “is Thanksgiving Jewish?” Thanksgiving seems easy to organize and put together because we constantly host a weekly elaborate meal on Shabbat. But what about people who are not doing this on a weekly basis? Wondering if Thanksgiving can be celebrated by Jews is tackled so nicely in the book Rivka’s First Thanksgiving, in which an immigrant family questions their daughter Rivka when she comes home from school saying that everyone in America celebrates Thanksgiving. The family asks the rabbi and the rabbi says no. I believe at the time it was for fear of assimilation. Rivka is very disappointed and stands up to the Rabbi saying that this is not okay and shouldn’t we as immigrants be thankful? Finally, the rabbi changes his mind and agrees that Rivka can celebrate Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving may not be a Jewish holiday, but it is an American holiday and as Americans we can be thankful for everything we have. Thankful for our ancestors who had the hard work of assimilating in America so that we could have an easier life here in America. Thankful for being able to openly show our Judaism by attending synagogue, wearing a kippah, eating in a sukkah, keeping Shabbat, etc. May this Thanksgiving be thankful for you and your family and don’t forget about Shaarey Tikvah and your family here who are thankful to see you on a regular basis at all of the wonderful programs we offer as well as on Shabbat! Morah Ilana

Kesher Chanukah 2015 Let’s support the Community AND make our Members Smile! Our annual Kesher Chanukah project sends greetings to members of our synagogue community. This year, we will once again support the wider community by using the value of your gift to support Cleveland-area families (Jewish and not) this winter. You will get a “Latke Letter” with greetings from families within our kehillah. Each letter represents monies raised to benefit our congregation and the larger community. Watch your mail for additional information.


MyArk Returns!

Join us October 31, November 7, 8, and 14 at

10am to learn all that Hebrew going on in synagogue.

Practice prayers, learn Torah trope, Haftarah trope, and

other special trope. Creating a lasting memory of

Shaarey Tikvah for years to come!


SISTERHOOD NEWS

Shalom. Wow...it is hard to believe that the High Holy days and Festivals are behind us!! We hope that your holidays were joyous, meaningful and spiritual. Sisterhood has been busy with the holidays and social events. Sisterhood teamed up with the Education department for a very successful morning of apple picking at Patterson's Fruit Farm with over 50 people attending. The Sisterhood Sukkot luncheon was also a fall highlight once again. We missed having it in Shari Goldberg's sukkah because of her trip to Israel. I (Roberta) personally enjoyed hosting it this year with approximately 30 people in attendance. The food was great, the women wonderful and the weather was perfect!! Cantor Paller and Rabbi Sukol both shared some pearls of wisdom with us. Thank you to all who helped with the luncheon. Sisterhood also provided beautiful mum plants that adorned our bima for the Festivals. We have four upcoming events that I hope you will make time to attend: Sunday, November 8th, Violins of Hope Sisterhood is currently working with Men’s Club to do a joint program at the Maltz Museum to see “Violins of Hope” - see flyer on page 20. We will meet at 10:15am for a nosh and view the exhibit starting at 11am. Tickets are $10 for non-Maltz Museum members and $3 for members of the museum. Monday, November 9th, 7:30-9:30, Short Story Discussion for men and women See the flyer on page 13 for details. I'd like to thank Laurie and Aaron Billowitz for hosting this event in their beautiful home in Shaker. Please RSVP to Lois Novikoff, 216-469-8987 or [email protected]. Saturday, November 14th, Sisterhood Shabbat Please connect with Ruth Hatchuel at [email protected] or 440-829-7849, to let her know how you would like to participate that morning. If you'd like to help cook in the kitchen please let us know. Don’t forget to wear your best hat! Monday, December 14th, 6:30-8:30, Sisterhood’s Pottery Night at Hands on Pottery in Lyndhurst There is a nominal donation of $3 and the cost of the piece you choose to paint. Come for a fun filled evening of camaraderie and creativity!! Please RSVP to Roberta Kaplan at 216-765-8328 or [email protected]. See flyer on page 18. Sisterhood appreciates all of the support we have received. You received a Sisterhood mailing in September with a dues form. Thank you to those of you who have already sent it in. We would love to get 100% of our women to become Sisterhood members and attend our programs this year. Please fill in the dues form and send it to Sisterhood at Shaarey Tikvah. Please make sure to check off what types of programs you would like to see and how you might like to get involved. We pride ourselves on being a multi-generational auxiliary and planning a broad range of programs to suit our different constituencies. Thank you for allowing us to continue our mission of creating a stronger community while also supporting the synagogue financially. Please remember to make an appointment to shop at our gift shop. We have beautiful items for sale and some great Chanukah presents for the kids. May we continue to go from strength to strength, Roberta Kaplan and Ruth Hatchuel





MEN’S CLUB MOMENTS

Sunday, November 8th, Violins of Hope See flyer on page 20 for additional information. Save the date – Saturday evening, December 5, 2015 The Men’s Clubs of Shaarey Tikvah, B’nai Jeshurun and Park Synagogue will hold their third annual dinner/dance at B’nai Jeshurun. Music will be provided by the band “Run, Avril, Run”, playing Motown, disco, standards and pop classics. Watch for details in the Tochnit and weekly e-mails. The Men’s Club is once again awarding scholarships to CST teens going on educational trips to Israel. For information and requirements contact Steve Wertheim, [email protected]. Our Sunday Breakfast Program is finalizing dates for presenters who will be speaking on a variety of topics including Israel, health, education, local history and entertainment. Keep an eye out for more information. We welcome any congregant, male or female, who would like to become a member of the Men’s Club and assist us in providing social, educational and fundraising activities. Larry Rosner President

Our Town and All Around 2016 coupons books are now on sale for $28. They can be purchased at the CST office, Sisterhood gift shop, and during upcoming

events at CST. Coupons don’t expire until December 2016, so buy them early and get 2 extra months of use! You get discounts at restaurants, wineries, amusement parks, rec-

reation centers and more.

SHABBATON UPDATE You may be too late for the hotel reservation, but not for

joining us for the Friday evening or Saturday program. Contact Ilana for pricing before November 10!



Shaarey Tikvah Sisterhood

presents

Women's Pottery Night

Monday, Dec. 14th 6:30-8:30pm

at Hands on Pottery 5660 Mayfield Road (in the Greens), Lyndhurst Lyndhurst, Ohio Join us for a fun-filled evening of camaraderie and creativity for all ages Donation of $3 to Sisterhood and the cost of the item you choose to paint RSVP by December10th to Roberta Kaplan -216-765-8328

Please note: In an attempt to keep our shul more

secure on Shabbat mornings, we will be locking the

front door at 10:30am. Please use the side door

after 10:30.


SPECIAL THANKS FOR THESE ADDITIONS TO JOSH’S PLAY STATION

Upper left—2 of 4 benches donated by Sattin, Kneitel, Billowitz, Cahen, Cameron, Perelman, and Roth families. Lower left—Play house donated by Allen, Denise, and Jazzy Gold. Right—Pavers from sukkah to Play Station, decorated by our children.


Table Songs: The Music of Chanukah

Friday, December 11

after Services at 6pm

Join Cantor Paller for a Chanukah dinner and an evening filled with song,

laughter, and good friends.

Seating is NOT limited, but we must have your reservation by Friday, December 4th.

$10 Adults, $5 Children under 12

Invite your friends and loosen up your vocal chords to sing out loud

as we celebrate the joyful season of light—

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GENERAL FUND In memory of: SHERYL LANMAN: Fran Rubenstein BARBARA WOLPAW DROSSIN: Marty Kohn & Marcia Silver, Sam & Pauline Leber, Rick & Allison Schultz, Barry & Karen Mintzer, Sally & Chuck Essreg, David & Tamara Wilkof EDITH KAPLAN: Roberta & Gary Kaplan In honor of: DIANE BURGIN & DAVID HUTT’S ANNIVERSARY: Roberta & Gary Kaplan JACKIE CHERNIN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY: Warren & Zehava Sklar, Sam & Pauline Leber, Sylvia Knell, Shirley Eppler, Jack & Judy Elder RICHARD & MELANIE KUTNICK’S NEW GRANDSON: Roberta & Gary Kaplan MILLY SOROKY’S BIRTHDAY: Sam & Pauline Leber BIRTH OF SAM DAVID ALPERIN: Roberta & Gary Kaplan BIRTHDAYS OF CATHY CATINO, SHELLY PORTNOY, SHARI GOLDBERG, JAMIE STADLIN, HARRIET FRIEDMAN, DEBBY ROSENTHAL, JUDITH SALOMON, SANDY BUZNEY, RON FERSKY, RHODA JACOBS, ELLEN BROWN, ALYSON FIELDMAN, NORTON GOODMAN, JOYCE OKRENT, JOANNE FRIEDMAN, PAUL WINKELER, PERACH KODISH, BILL SATTIN, BRENDA WEINBERG, BOB CAHEN, SCOTT UHER, RIS GILAD,

MARCIA WYMAN, DAVID MICHEL, LISA MICHEL, MATT NAPCHEN, ZAK ROUTMAN, KAREN SUTTON, SHARI WOLF: Roberta & Gary Kaplan Speedy recovery of: RICK KODISH: Sharon & Ben Fagin In appreciation of: KIVA SHTULL, CANTOR GARY, SERVICE LEADERS, CHOIR, AND ALL WHO MADE HIGH HOLIDAYS MEMORABLE: Luisa Aviv ALAYNE MESKIN, FOR HER YEARS OF COORDINATING SHABBAT HONORS: Roberta & Gary Kaplan STUART STEIGER, FOR SHOFAR BLOWING: Roberta & Gary Kaplan KIVA SHTULL, FOR INSPIRING HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES: Roberta & Gary Kaplan 75TH ANNIVERSARY FUND In honor of: JACKIE CHERNIN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY: Jacob Hutt CANTOR FUND In appreciation of: CANTOR GARY PALLER FOR BEAUTIFUL HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES: Marion Gruen, Roberta & Gary Kaplan JACK CHERNIN FUND In honor of: JACKIE CHERNIN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY: Judy & Stewart Hoicowitz, Louise Shapiro

JACKIE CHERNIN FUND In honor of: JACKIE CHERNIN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY: Lisa & David Michel, Loni Pinns, Richard Belkind, Leona Green, Virginia & Bob Wolff, Diane Loveman, Leanne Leavitt, Renee Silverman, Gail & Rick Rubin, Arnie & Milly Soroky, Debbie Swisshelm, Beryl Burko, Adrienne Svidlow, Ilse Walder, Mr. & Mrs. Stan Loveman, Cindy & Larry Mittman, Judy Friedman, Luisa Aviv, Karen & Barry Mintzer, Sherrie Long, Tobi Barmen, Marilyn Firestone ENGELBERG FUND In honor of: MARV ENGELBERG’S BIRTHDAY: Diane Loveman FACE TO FACE FUND In memory of: BARBARA WOLPAW DROSSIN: Leona Green, Fern & Joel Simkoff, Rachel Billowitz, Laurie & Aaron Billowitz, Clive & Aletta Sinoff RONALD BOND: Arnie & Milly Soroky In honor of: ANDY SZABO’S MILESTONE BIRTHDAY: Annette Szabo ANDY SZABO & SUSAN LONG’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY: Annette Szabo LORAMAE & RONNIE SIMKOFF’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY: Fern & Joel Simkoff STUART LEAVITT’S BAR MITZVAH: Annette Szabo BIRTHDAYS OF MILLY SOROKY, JUDY

FRIEDMAN, MARVIN ENGELBERG, JACKIE CHERNIN: Joyce & Barry Hoffer MARVIN ENGELBERG’S BIRTHDAY: Beryl Burko, Leanne Leavitt, Roberta & Gary Kaplan JACKIE CHERNIN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY: Laurie & Aaron Billowitz SHARON FAGIN’S BIRTHDAY: Roberta & Gary Kaplan Speedy recovery of: SAM LEBER: Arnie & Milly Soroky In appreciation of: ALL THE SUPPORT RECEIVED DURING SHIVA: Laurie & Aaron Billowitz GRUEN ENTRANCE GARDEN FUND In memory of: BARBARA WOLPAW DROSSIN: Marion Gruen, Diane Loveman In honor of: LARRY & NINA ROSNER’S NEW GRANDSON: Marion Gruen MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS OF ELLEN BROWN, MILLY SOROKY, JACKIE CHERNIN, MARVIN ENGELBERG, NORTON GOODMAN: Marion Gruen ABBY FRIEDMAN’S BAT MITZVAH: Marion Gruen LAURIE & AARON BILLOWITZ’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY: Marion Gruen HOWARD & ARLYNE BOCHNEK’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY: Marion Gruen

(Continued on page 22)

DONATIONS as of October 15, 2015


JARETT BURKO’S BAR MITZVAH: Diane Loveman RABBI EDDIE & ROXANNE SUKOL’S 35TH ANNIVERSARY: Marion Gruen MITCHELL & KYLA SCHNEIDER’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY: Marion Gruen MARION GRUEN’S BIRTHDAY: Roberta & Gary Kaplan HOFFER FUND In honor of: BARRY HOFFER’S BIRTHDAY: Leanne Leavitt KIDDUSH FUND In honor of: SANDY CAMERON’S BIRTHDAY: Roberta & Gary Kaplan SHERMAN LEAVITT FUND In memory of: SHERMAN LEAVITT: David Leavitt & Leah Spector, Leanne Leavitt, Karen & Barry Mintzer PHYLLIS SCHINDLER: Leanne Leavitt BARBARA WOLPAW DROSSIN: Leanne Leavitt In honor of: LEANNE LEAVITT’S GRANDSON’S BAR MITZVAH: Diane Loveman KATIE MINTZER’S ENGAGEMENT: Diane Loveman HENRY MARGOLIS ISRAEL STUDY SCHOLARSHIP FUND In memory of: HARRY SOLOMON: Maxine Margolis HENRY MARGOLIS: Maxine Margolis

In honor of: BIRTHDAYS OF FLORENCE MARSH, SHIRLEY EDELMAN, JACKIE CHERNIN, MARV ENGELBERG, MARION GRUEN: Maxine Margolis MATANAH FUND In honor of: BIRTH OF MY GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, MIRIAM ATARA: Leona Green BIRTHDAYS OF ELLEN GREENFIELD, MILLY SOROKY, JUDY FRIEDMAN, SHERRY FIXLER, MARVIN ENGELBERG, SANDY CAMERON, SHARON FAGIN: Leona Green MITCHELL & KYLA SCHNEIDER’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY: Sharon & Ben Fagin MEN’S CLUB

In honor of: BIRTHDAYS OF SHERRY FIXLER, DEBBY JACOB, HAROLD GREENBERG, PHIL GOLDEN: Roberta & Gary Kaplan MITZVAH CORPS In memory of: SAM CHERNIN, ABRAHAM WHITE, RACHEL M. WHITE: Jackie Chernin RABBI SHTULL FUND

In memory of: ANITA BAUM: Rita Shtull In honor of: In honor of: SIMCHA SHTULL’S 60TH BIRTHDAY: Sam & Pauline Leber

In appreciation of: KIVA SHTULL FOR MEANINGFUL HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES: Marion Gruen SISTERHOOD In honor of: BIRTH OF MY GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, LILAH BEA VINY: Joyce Wiesenthal JACKIE CHERNIN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY: Melanie & Richard Kutnick, Leanne Leavitt, Arlene Lombardy, Clive & Aletta Sinoff BIRTHDAYS OF NEAL HOFFMAN, FLORENCE MARSH, SHIRLEY EDELMAN, ELLEN GREENFIELD, MILLY SOROKY, JUDY FRIEDMAN, JACKIE CHERNIN: Roberta & Gary Kaplan JOSH STONE FUND

In memory of: BARBARA WOLPAW DROSSIN: Roz & Peter Stone In honor of: RUTH BAKST & GARY BAKST’S NEW GRANDDAUGHTER: Donna & Phil Soroky MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS OF HARRIET FRIEDMAN, SHELLY PORTNOY, JAMIE STADLIN: Leona Green JACKIE CHERNIN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY: Roz & Peter Stone, Ron & Jackie Wiesenthal ELLEN GREENFIELD BEING NAMED SISTERHOOD WOMAN OF THE YEAR: Roz & Peter Stone Speedy recovery of: RICK KODISH: Roz & Peter Stone

In appreciation of: LARRY ROSNER: Roz & Peter Stone ALLEN, DENISE, & JAZZY GOLD: Roz & Peter Stone JOSH FREIMAN: Roz & Peter Stone TZARIKH IYUN: THE FERSKY FUND FOR ADULT LEARNING In honor of : LARRY & NINA ROSNER’S NEW GRANDSON: Ron Fersky RUTH KLEIN’S 100TH BIRTHDAY: Ron Fersky RABBI JOSH FOSTER & KATIE MINTZER BEING HATTAN V’KALLAT BERESHEET AT BJ & THEIR ENGAGEMENT: Ron Fersky JACKIE CHERNIN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY: Ron Fersky

Speedy recovery of: WARREN SKLAR: Ron Fersky MARILYN MATLOW: Ron Fersky YOUTH FUND In honor of: BRYNNA FISH BECOMING A SAFTA: Roberta & Gary Kaplan Speedy recovery of: RABBI JOSH FOSTER: Roberta & Gary Kaplan ZIMMERMAN SOCIAL HALL FUND In honor of: BETTY ROSSKAMM’S NEW GREAT GRANDCHILD & ALAN & BARBARA ROSSKAMM’S NEW GRANDCHILD: Joan Wittenberg, Larry Zimmerman, Sandi & Burt Zucker

DONATIONS CON’T. FROM PAGE 21


Oct 31—Nov 6 Albert Abraham A. Raymond Abt Brenda Barbash Howard Book Albert Desatnik Alma Elder Maurice Epstein Felix Freilich Frieda Gruen Goldie Herstig William Kahane Claire Kammen Claryne Leatrice Karsh Harry Sapir Manuel Smith Harry Solomon Oscar Stadtler Helen Weinberg

Nov 7—13 Sheldon ‘Marty’ Bachrach Dorothy Bakst Morris Bernstein Regina Chenchinsky Rudy Fish Max Fishman Helen Forchheimer Sue Frydman Jeannette Goldstein Joseph Morris Mallinger Aaron Marcovitch Henry Margolis Hans Rawraway Simon Roth Arthur R. Siegel Melvyn Silver Nathan Silverman Esme Sinoff Paul Stein Irv Vogel Gary Dean Weisman

Nov 14—20 Anne Attenson Siegfried Cahn Barbara Edelman Anna Fishman Louise Fossberg Sonia Frankel Miriam Friedlander Margaret Goldberg Frieda Jacobsohn Sandor Kahn Walter Kern Justin Kraus Sam Leavitt William Mandel Abraham Matitia Elsa Michel Salomon Reich Zina Rosenberg Betty Salomon Milton Salomon Maurice Silverman Hilda Stark Max Stark Bernard Weiser Aaron Jeffrey Weiss

Nov 21—27 Joel S. Baer Eric Baum Yefim Blekhman Arthur J. Brooks Leo Gladstone Bertha Gordon Louis Heinbach Max Heinbach Brian Hirschsohn Nathan Kutnick Sophie Leber Mace Levin Mollie Lewis Nathan Siegel Sam Sinoff Eric Tichauer Alex Walder Kayla Rose Weinberg Dena Weintraub Max Wissbrun Bert Yaspan Albert Yedid

Nov 28—Dec 4 Samuel Bernstein Phillip Bertman Blanche Brown- Resnick Jenny Bukofzer Jack Chernin Theodore H. Cohen Jr. Sigfried Einstein Martin Friedman Rubin Joseph Greenfest Ted Hirschman Michael Jacobs Jack Jacoby Frederika Jakob Carrie Joseph Jack Katz Arthur Maas Al Nash Yitzhak Pecha Sophie Rabinowitz Hanoch Rochel Harriet-Carole Senturia Hyman Sutton Dinah Wolfe Julius Wurzman

YAHRZEITS

YAHRZEIT DONATIONS SEMHA LAYANI AMAR: Elisabeth C. Plax SHIRLEY ADELMAN: Diane & Joel Adelman G. JAMES BARTHOLOMEW: Connie & Neil Waxman EDWARD BEROW: Sam & Pauline Leber ELISE R. CHANTEAU: Elisabeth C. Plax ROGER P. CHANTEAU: Elisabeth C. Plax A. MILTON COHEN: Diane & Joel Adelman ELVIRE DECKER: Ilse Walder RUDY FISH: Steven Fish MAX FORCHHEIMER: Betty Forchheimer WALTER W. GLOCER: Anita Ross GERSON GOLDEN: Phil Golden

MAX GREENBERG: Leonard & Barbara Greenberg NETTIE GREENFEST: Harriet & Steve Friedman MAX GRUEN: Marion Gruen SAMUEL HOLTZ; Jordan Holtz & Family SMIL BEN KOPEL: Bela Fischer, Frida Siglic MORRIS LEBER: Sam & Pauline Leber GARY DAVID LISTON: Martin & Elaine Liston BARBARA LURIE: Nancy Zimmerman HENRY MARSH: Shirley Edelman STEVEN MARSH: Shirley Edelman IRENE NASH: Mel & Marilyn Weinberg ERNA NUSSBAUM: Michael & Linda Schulman MORTON PERLMAN: Sam & Barbara Horowitz

ESTHER YETTA PODOLSKY: Leona Green NATALIE PRIZANT: Sandy Cameron PAULINE REECE: Debbie & Scott Picker BEN RICHTER: Terri November ADOLPH ROSSKAMM: Anita Ross ERMANA SCHENTOWSKI: Elisabeth C. Plax BERTHA SCHLACHET: Nora Sherwin MATHILDA SCHUMER: Fixler Family MILDRED SILVERMAN: Alan Silverman SONIA SILVERMAN: Anna Benedikt SONIA SILVERMAN: Betty Forchheimer BEATRICE SMITH: Scott & Debbie Picker KEVIN SMITH: Michelle Karp

MORRIS SPESER: Mildred Soroky NORMAN C. STACK: Brenda Stack Freed GUS SZABO: Annette Szabo SERITHA TUROFF: Diane Loveman & Family ELISE WALDER: Ilse Walder RHEA J. WAXMAN: Neil & Connie Waxman JULIUS WEINBERG: Mel & Marilyn Weinberg AARON JEFFREY WEISS: Liz & Larry Weiss STANLEY WEISS: Liz & Larry Weiss MARX HARRY WIENER: James & Susan Marder SADIE WIESENTHAL: Joyce Wiesenthal LUDWIG WOLF: Jerry Wolf SIGMUND WOLF: Doris & Pete Copeland

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