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Jordan Yochim

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Marty Stemmerman

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“an inclusive and thriving center of Jewish spiritual, cultural and social life for the Lawrence area.”

Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat Shabbat

Service Times Service Times Service Times Service Times

Friday, Sept. 6Friday, Sept. 6Friday, Sept. 6Friday, Sept. 6

730pm730pm730pm730pm

Shabbat Service with

Bridey Stangler

Saturday, Sept. 14Saturday, Sept. 14Saturday, Sept. 14Saturday, Sept. 14

10:30am10:30am10:30am10:30am

Shabbat Torah

Service with

Sam Brody

& Carrie Caine




Susan Elkins &

Jack Winerock




Carrie Caine

An oneg follows

each service.

All are Welcome!

Guest Column Guest Column Guest Column Guest Column

“On the Cusp of the Days of Awe”“On the Cusp of the Days of Awe”“On the Cusp of the Days of Awe”“On the Cusp of the Days of Awe”

Caryn Mirriam GoldbergCaryn Mirriam GoldbergCaryn Mirriam GoldbergCaryn Mirriam Goldberg

This pre-Rosh Hashana a�ernoon, as I watch a dive-bombing hummingbird

and a dozen others just trying to get a drink from our feeder, my mind is on

community. How we can make and keep community. What community is at

its best, and how it enacts love as a verb. Why breaking bread, breaking

through barriers, and breaking new ground together ma#ers, especially in a

$me of rough-edged divides, poli$cal name-calling, and one-size-fits-all la-

bels that diminish us all.

I’m also thinking of awe: that sense of wonder at the shining edges and in-

depth centers of the life force. From the vantage point of the porch I get to

witness this regularly in the parade of clouds behind the translucent lines of

spider webs where unfortunate moths meet their maker (and the spider).

The good dog, realizing I’m not ge+ng up to let him in, lies down gingerly,

then collapses to sleep on his side. A hummingbird suspends itself in buzz on

the other side of the screen, and the air is brilliantly bright and cool.

At sundown, I’ll be at the Lawrence Jewish Community Congrega$on, singing,

davening (bowing back and forth in prayer), and even dancing at our Rosh

Hashana service before the annual cookie orgy that follows, all of which

opens the Day of Awe — the 10 days between the new year celebra$on and

Yom Kippur, the day of fas$ng, prayer and atonement. During this $me, we

are called to fix anything we screwed up (par$cularly with other humans) this

year, based on the premise that while prayer can right us with God, only

ac$on can right us with each other. Of course this also entails looking at how

we’ve messed things up with ourselves: $mes we may have acted not from

our values and deepest goodness but from our anxie$es and fearful badness.

Which gets me back to community and awe: we can’t sustain posi$ve change

in our lives without the help of one another. By opening our eyes to the

wonder of how we can show up for each other and ourselves, we may just

find the right steps, words, breaths, and s$llnesses to arrive right where we

are, in the promised land of this beau$ful life even while trudging through

the desert of brokenness, injus$ce, heartbreak, and grief. Whether you’re

Jewish or not, a new year is here for the taking (and I believe in jumping

onboard for every new start that rolls on through). Let us walk together, and

to all, L’Shanah Tovah (have a good and sweet year).

Reprinted with permission from “Everyday Magic Day 953 Sept. 9, 2018”

© Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg carynmirriamgoldberg.com

CALENDAR

LAWRENCE JEWISH COMMUNITY NEWS

Yahrzeit

September Calendar

Friday, September 6 7:30pm Shabbat Service with

Bridey Stangler

Wed., Sept. 11 5:00pm Challah for Hunger

Saturday, Sept. 14 10:30am Shabbat Torah Ser-

vice with Sam Brody &

Carrie Caine

Thursday, Sept. 19 7:00pm Adult Education with

Rabbi Mark Levin

Friday, Sept. 20 7:30pm Shabbat Service with

Susan Elkins & Jack

Winerock

Wed., Sept. 25 5:00pm Challah for Hunger

Thursday, Sept. 26 12:30pm LJCC serves LINK

Friday, Sept. 27 7:30pm Shabbat Service with

Carrie Caine

Sunday, Sept. 29 7:00pm Erev Rosh Hashanah

Monday, Sept. 30 9:30am 1st Day Rosh

Hashanah Services

3:00pm Tashlich Services,

Burcham Park

Tues., October 1 9:30am 2nd Day Rosh

Hashanah Service

Saturday, Sept. 14 9:00am LJCC Religious

School starts!

Saturday, Sept. 21 9:00am LJCC Religious

School

Chloe Rombach

Daryl Cantor

Neil Brooks

Marc Frost

Jim Schneider

Corinne Anderson

Shirley Garfield

Herb Primrose

Terri Rosen

Jan Loux (loo)

Chaim Reuven

ben Dina

Ben Levy

Gar Lester

Larry Maxey

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mi ShebeirachMi ShebeirachMi ShebeirachMi Shebeirach

Coletta Burkhardt Lyman September 1, 2008

Abe Frost September 6, 1969

Selma Cohen September 8, 2009

Katherine Winkler September 14, 2009

Stanley M. Elkins September 16, 2013

Arthur A. "Artie" Shaw September 16, 2017

Mayer S. Litwin September 17, 1977

Howard Rosenfeld September 19, 2012

Lawrence A. Sherr September 20, 2015

Melvin Magilow September 21, 2009

Lynn Denise Leban September 23, 1975

Bruce Randall September 23, 2013

Esther Gurian September 25, 2008

Blanch Rombach September 26, 2015

Joseph Samuel Winerock September 26, 1999

Louise Leon September 27, 2017

Selma Winkler September 29, 2013


To Blintz or Not to Blintz?

The LJCC is looking for a few good menschen, three to be exact

(and yes, that includes women!)

Your community wants you - to help oversee this year's Blintz

Brunch. The Blintz Brunch, the LJCC's largest annual fundraising

event, has four parts, each of which requires one volunteer

coordinator: the brunch itself, blintz rolling, the bake sale, and

the silent auc$on. We already have a volunteer to help coordinate blintz rolling (Yay, team!), and a volunteer

to help oversee the bake sale, but we s$ll need at least two people willing to help us execute the other

parts.

As a coordinator you'd have at your finger$ps a well-organized event plan, support volunteers, support from

the LJCC board, and eternal gra$tude from your fellow congregants and the greater Lawrence community -

my how the love those blintzes! For more informa$on and to express your interest, contact the LJCC:

[email protected], or 785-841-7636.

With thanks, b'shalom,

Jordan Yochim, LJCC President

July-August Contributions


CONTRIBUTIONS

General Fund

Terri & Dennis Rosen

In memory of Bob Schulman

Steve & Jeannette Shawl In memory of Bob Schulman

Cheryl Lester & Philip Barnard

In honor of Pat Bates, for her devotion and service to the LJCC

In honor of Goody Garfield's birthday - may he stay forever young! In memory of Bob Schulman

In memory of Morris Lester on his 23rd yahrzeit In memory of Adeline Zwirn Hellesvig

Anne Schulman

In loving memory of Bob In honor of Rabbi Mark Levin

With thanks to the LJCC community for all of the loving support received during Bob's illness and after his passing. Martin & Maureen Winkler In memory of Bob Schulman

Melvin & Randa Dubnick

Security Fund

Bruce Cutler

Cemetery Fund

Susan Levine

LINK Fund

Susan Levine

Remember that purchasing grocery certificates benefits the LJCC while costing nothing extra to the user! We all need to eat… We all need to buy gas…

Why not benefit the LJCC at the same time? It’s easy! Contact Marty in the office with any questions.

Many thanks to the following people who have chosen to benefit the LJCC by purchasing certificates this month:

Don’t Forget Don’t Forget Don’t Forget Don’t Forget

Grocery & GasGrocery & GasGrocery & GasGrocery & Gas

Certificates!Certificates!Certificates!Certificates!

Leni Sakind

Lauren Hoopes

Anne Schulman

Michael Fox

Terri Rosen

Jan Stewart Robin Rosenberg

Sign up to benefit the LJCC every time you make a

purchase from Amazon!

Support the LJCC every time you make a purchase from Amazon. It’s easy!

Here’s how it works:

• Go to smile.amazon.com and sign up, choosing “Lawrence Jewish Community, Inc.”

• After you sign up, your future purchases (minus shipping, gift wrapping, etc.) automatically con-tribute .05 percent to the LJCC.

• Just start your purchases at smile.amazon.com. You don't have to do anything else special, and there’s no cost to you.

Contact the LJCC office with any questions.

Carrie Caine

Goody Garfield

Judy Roitman

Heather Frost Barry Shalinsky

Marty Stemmerman

Dillons Rewards Program

Sign up to benefit the LJCC!

TO ENROLL IN THE COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM:

• Visit the Dillons website at

www.dillons.com/communityrewards

• Sign in OR Create an account

• Click on "Enroll Now”

• Enter 86813 to have your purchases from Dillons and Kwik Shop benefit the LJCC

• Select Lawrence Jewish Community and click ‘enroll’.


Der yiddisher vinkel Der yiddisher vinkel Der yiddisher vinkel Der yiddisher vinkel Don’t Kvetch, Don’t Kvetch, Don’t Kvetch, Don’t Kvetch, Fetch Fetch Fetch Fetch

Jonathan Paretsky

As we try to get through the Dog Days of summer (called that because Sirius, the "dog star," the hunter Orion's faithful companion, is prominent in the evening skies at this time), let us take some time to commune with our best friends in mummeloshn.

Historically, dogs were not a positive part of Eastern European Jewish life. Jews rarely could afford to keep them as pets and instead associated them with hostile landowners and aristocrats. In Yiddish proverbs and idioms, the dog is usually a negative character, e.g., the Yiddish phrase a karger hunt (miserly dog). In scripture, the dog was seen as unclean. For example, Deuteronomy 23:19 mandates that, if prostitution or a dog is used as payment for an animal, say, a goat, the purchased animal may not be brought to the temple as a sacrifice. In Jewish mystical tradition, dogs symbolize the demonic. The Zohar, for example, states that evil in the world is like "a vicious dog on a long leash." The Mishneh Torah states that dogs must be kept chained because these animals are known to cause "substantial and fre-quent" damage. And Rabbi Jacob Emden wrote that dogs may be kept for economic or security reasons, but to keep a dog merely for pleasure is "precisely the behavior of the uncircumcised."

These days, even the circumcised keep dogs as pets. Der Arbeter Ring (The Workmen's Circle) occasionally offers classes for communicating with our canine companions in Yiddish. Among its missions, Der Arbeter Ring seeks to preserve and teach Yiddish for humans as well as animals. (Der Arbeter Ring was established in 1900 to promote Jewish community and social justice. It brings to bear a definite leftist political slant, but that is not readily apparent in its choice of doggy vocabulary.) Try learning some of these commands together with your favorite dog (keep in mind that the u is pronounced longish):

Gut hunt (Good dog) Zitz (Sit) Kum (Come) Shpring (Jump) Shtey (Stay) Arop (Down) Aroyf (Up) Maykhl (treat)

Speaking of dog days, I was surprised to learn that a bark mitzvah is a thing. Some people apparently really do

celebrate their dogs' coming of age. According to Wikipedia, the rite has been around since at least 1958, much to the disdain of many in the rabbinical community, with one writing to The New York Times that the celebration is "nothing less than a desecration of a cherished Jewish tradition." Seemingly unaware that the

term is in fairly widespread use, the funnies page strip Mother Goose and Grimm ran a riff on it twice over the past 10 years.

The Comics Corner The Comics Corner The Comics Corner The Comics Corner Jonathan ParetskyJonathan ParetskyJonathan ParetskyJonathan Paretsky


The LJCC grounds looks be#er than it has in

YEARS! Thanks to Pat Bates who not only arranged

for the phenomenal Rachel to come and clear out

trees, weeds, and excess detritus, but worked along-

side her to give the LJCC the special a#en$on it de-

serves. Thanks also to Jeff Ridgway, who hauled

away the huge amount of limbs and debris that

Rachel and Pat cleared.

LINK A HUGE thank you to the member and non-

member volunteers who help prepare, serve and

clean up at LINK, plus numerous members and non-

members who make delicious casseroles or bring

other food items. Your efforts are appreciated more

than you can know. A special thank you to Judy

Roitman, who makes sure it all happens each month.

By the way - we serve at LINK (Lawrence Interde-

nomina$onal Nutri$on Kitchen) again on September

26. We can always use more help! Please consider

joining in.

The LJCC Library is being skillfully reorganized with

the help of Brandon S$enke! Thanks, Brandon!

Grocery Cer ficates Did you ever wonder who does

all the work in making sure the grocery cer$ficate

program runs smoothly? A very big thank you goes

to Heather Frost. Like Heather reminds us, if every-

one in the community bought grocery cer$ficates,

we’d bring in more per year than we do at the Blintz

Brunch!

Commi"ees and Board — So many of you work $re-

lessly behind the scenes, making sure that the LJCC

con$nues to thrive. To all who serve on the various

commi#ees and board, your contribu$ons are

beyond measure. We hope you know how very much

you are appreciated.

LJCC High Holy Days ScheduleLJCC High Holy Days ScheduleLJCC High Holy Days ScheduleLJCC High Holy Days Schedule

The LJCC cordially invites you, your family, and friends to join us for

our 2019/5780 High Holiday services. Your dona$ons are gratefully

accepted to ensure that these services con$nue. Childcare will be

available.

Rosh Hashanah

Sun. Sept. 29 7:00pm Erev Rosh Hashanah

Downstairs: Shiray Shabbat

Upstairs: Tradi$onal Service

Mon. Sept. 30 9:30am First Day of Rosh Hashanah

3:00pm Tashlich Services Burcham Park

Tues. Oct. 1 9:30am Second Day of Rosh Hashanah

Yom Kippur

Tues. Oct. 8 7:00pm Kol Nidre

Wed. Oct. 9 9:30am Yom Kippur Services

1:00pm Yiskor Memorial Service

5:00pm Yom Kippur Mincha

5:00pm Neilah

JOIN US!JOIN US!JOIN US!JOIN US!

We are thrilled to announce that

Rachel Black Rachel Black Rachel Black Rachel Black

will serve as Cantorial Soloist

during High Holiday Services!


LJCC Board President Jordan Yochim 785-218-1310 [email protected]

Vice-President Michael Hennecke 785-979-1166 [email protected]

Treasurer Les Schwartz 816-806-6200 [email protected]

Corresponding Secretary Suzanne Sherr 785-842-2557 [email protected]

Past President Jonathan Paretsky 785-832-8993 [email protected]

Members-at-Large Pat Bates 785-842-0303 [email protected]

John Hoopes 785-841-7636 [email protected]

Cheryl Lester 785-841-7636 [email protected]

Greg Rudnick 785-542-9874 [email protected]

LJCC Gift Shop Herb Friedson 785-841-3328

L’dor V’dor L’dor V’dor L’dor V’dor L’dor V’dor

SocietySocietySocietySociety

Herman & Louise Leon

Robert Einstein (deceased)

Susan Elkins &

Jack Winerock

Anita Herzfeld

Frances & Floyd Horowitz

Dinah Lovitch

Judith Roitman

Beverly & Howard

Rosenfeld

Leni & Neil Salkind

Artie Shaw

John W. Hoopes &

Lauren Mattleman Hoopes

David & Sharyn Brooks

Katzman

The L’Dor V’dor Society is a

group of individuals who have

left property or funds to the

LJCC in their estate plans. This

Society is open to everyone,

and the only requirement is to

let the Treasurer know that

you have mentioned the LJCC in

your estate plan. Exact details

of what is allocated are not

required, but the estate plan

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AUGUST BOARD REPORT

The LJCC Board met on Sunday, August 18 at 9:30am. Items discussed included:

♦ Dues increases have come in from several members in response to request from board. Thank you!

♦ LJCC membership has decreased since 2016-18 by about 20 member families

♦ Request by member to remove firearms signs currently posted on doors. Decision delayed pending further research.

♦ Religious School tuition, fees and membership requirements approved by board. LJCC will work with families unable to pay full amount.

♦ Ritual Committee suggestion of sending yahrzeit reminder letters approved

♦ High Holidays planning almost complete. Discussion of ways to increase donations to help support High Holiday services.

♦ Hiring process for Religious School Director and Security Coordinator underway.

♦ Blintz Brunch planning delayed while search is on for volunteer coordinators

The next meeting of the LJCC board will take place on Sunday, September 15 at 9:30am. Questions concerning board activity may be directed to any board member.

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Permit No. 79

High Holy Days Greeting

Again this year, the LJCC High Holy Day celebrations will recognize the extent and interconnectedness of our community by publishing a holiday greetings edition of the newsletter. The Greetings newsletter will provide an oppor-tunity for you to express New Year's wishes to distant friends and the community as a whole, and to send more exten-sive messages if you wish (e.g., new contact information, family news, etc.). Please send no later than September 15.

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Entry for LJCC Rosh Hashanah greeting newsletter (mail or submit requested information by email):

Message(s) ($18 per 25 words or fewer).

________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Names to be included with greeting: ______________________________________________________________________

Contact information: Name__________________________________________________________________________

(address)__________________________________________________________(phone)_________________________

email__________________________________________________________ Amt. Enclosed ____________________

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