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THE GATEWAYSpring Edition 2019

Our Honorees!

Make your Seder Unforgettable

This Spring at Shaarei Tikvah:

JTS ChancellorEisen On TheFuture of Judaism in America

Rabbi Astor Takes an

Encore

Purim

Mazal Tov To Our B’nai

Mitzvah!

Learn with Dr. Murray SpiegelMarch 28, 7:30 PM

April 10, 7:30 PM

Study Pirkei Avot Thursday

Nights May 2-237:30-9:30 PM

March 20-21

Join us on March 16 to celebrate Ron and Miriam Schulman and Shula Darviche.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS03 From The 'Rabbi s Study

04 Cantor’s Corner

04 HaZamir

05 President’s Column

06 AnnaandLouisShereff Religious School

07 Meet Our B’nai Mitzvah

10 Dance to The Music Party

11 My Memories Of Woodstock

12 Making Religious School Joyful

12 Lifelong Learning

13 Purim

14 JTS Chancellor Eisen

14 Donate Blood in Honor of Louis Kellner

15 Lifelong Learning

16 Hinei Matov: How Sweet It Is

17 My Memories of a Seder in Dachau

18 Remembering Jack Weiss z”l

19 Remembering Robert Arnow z”l

20 LK2 Learning Kehillah in memory of Louis Kellner z”l

21 WherecanIfindthetimetocometo minyan and why bother?

22 Between The Bookends: Shaarei Tikvah’s Book Club

22 News From Brotherhood

23 Donations

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Feeling the Effects of the Jewish Holidays

Every Purim afternoon, my family finds itself driving around dressed in costume, plugging in addresses and delivering bags of mishloach manot to surprise and delight our friends. I can distinctly recall the joy and excitement we have felt - and have helped others feel -over the years.

The sense of joy we feel is not just connected to this ritual but to many more as we welcome Purim and its colorful festivities. We dress up in fun costumes, read the megillah - a story of redemption from a dangerous predicament for the Jewish people - feel the glow of supporting those in need of our care, and join together with others for a festive meal. The abundance of these rituals and activities literally brings us into community and relationship with the memory of our people, which reminds us that there is reason to rejoice not only because of the circumstances of our current lives but because of an emotional relationship with the historical memory of our forebears.

There is a cyclical relationship between performing these mitzvot (the commandments of Purim described above) and the joy we feel. The mitzvot bring us to a place of joy and feeling joyous during the holiday provides the impetus to express generosity to our community and read the stories of our ancestors’ gratitude. As we learn from Reb Nachman of Breslov, “mitzvah gedolah lihyot b’simchah tamid,” that “It is a great mitzvah to be joyous always!” I learned from colleagues who attended yeshiva during Purim that they would sometimes reverse this teaching and also sing, “simhah gedolah lihyot b’mitzvah tamid.” “It is a great joy to be doing a mitzvah, always!”

Joy is not always accessible, and we can each recall moments when experiencing joy was

just not an option given the life situation we found ourselves in. However, sometimes joy can be cultivated through action. The Jewish calendar does not recommend that we celebrate based on our life experience. We do not, for example, celebrate Rosh Hashanah when we feel a need for repentance and a chance for new beginnings. Nor do we rejoice in booths outdoors by celebrating Sukkot when we feel a sense of gratitude for the bounty of our lives or a need for a dose of humility and a reminder of our fragility.

Each of these holidays arrives based on the phases of the moon, not the phases of our mood. Living Jewishly with an ear to the calendar of holidays means floating in a sea of time, moved by the waves of the holidays. Each holiday has its own effect. Some remind us to find balance in our lives and some are a wakeup call to change ourselves or our surroundings. To feel the impact of these holidays all we need to do is show up in community and allow ourselves to be moved by the wisdom of our ancestors. To do so gives us a sense of rootedness in history and a feeling of connectedness that can shape not just our mood but our character.

May we experience the joy of Purim and the freedom of Passover!B’rachot shel simcha, Blessings of joy,Rabbi Adam

From the Rabbi’s StudyRabbi Adam Baldachin

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Cantor’s CornerCantor Gerald Cohen

2019 Concert to Feature Musical Voyages—International and Interplanetary!

On Saturday, May 11, at 9pm, our annual concert at Shaarei Tikvah will bring back some favorite performers from previous concerts, some wonderful new voices, and voyages international and interplanetary. The concert features The Cassatt String Quartet, clarinetist Vasko Dukovski, and bassist Pablo Aslan.

I am so thrilled that the Cassatt and Vasko will perform my composition Voyagers, a tribute to the Voyager spacecraft on the 40th anniversary of their launch, and a tribute to the “Golden Record,” featuring music and images of the earth, that was attached to the Voyagers on their journey into interplanetary and then interstellar space. This piece received its premiere at the Hayden Planetarium in 2017, presented together with images, projected on the ceiling of the Planetarium, of the Voyagers’ journeys. While Shaarei Tikvah does not have a planetarium, we will be treated to a video accompaniment to the music created by Vasko Dukovski and me. Voyagers focuses on several of the pieces that were part of the Golden Record, weaving them together in a composition that celebrates humanity’s quest to explore the universe, and the power of music to express the rich emotional and cultural world of human beings.

Also on the concert will be music exploring cultures far from our home (yet so much closer than Saturn!). The Cassatt will perform Culai by the Russian-American composer Ljova, a piece in tribute to one of the great Gypsy (Roma) Romanian violinists of the 20th century, and bassist Pablo Aslan will join the quartet to play his arrangements of great tango music from his native Argentina. Finally, I will sing several of my songs in arrangements written for these wonderful performers.

As usual, our late Saturday night concerts will feature informal table seating, and lots of good food and drink. To become a concert sponsor (which includes tickets to the concert), please contact Robin; regular admission tickets are $36, $20 for students and seniors.

We hope that you can join us on this wonderful voyage on May 11!

With Warm Wishes, Cantor Cohen

HaZamir Performs at Lincoln Center with Premiere by Cantor Cohen!!The International Jewish Teen Choir, HaZamir, is performing their annual gala concert on Sunday, March 31 at 4 pm at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center. The concert will feature the 400+ singers from throughout the U.S. and Israel. It is exciting to see so many Jewish teens singing together with such, passion, excellence, love of music, and love of being together.

Shaarei Tikvah has contributed a number of singers to HaZamir over the years. This year will feature Gabe Lesser and Gabriella Rub, who also serve as teen leaders of the chapter, and Tali Lesser and Marc Szechter in the HaZamir Alumni Choir.

This year’s concert will feature the world premiere of Cantor Gerald Cohen’s Pitchu Li, specially commissioned by HaZamir for this performance—a lively, rhythmically energetic setting of Psalm 118. Cantor Cohen’s Adonai Ro’i will also be performed, by the HaZamir Alumni Choir.

Tickets are available through the Lincoln Center website and usually sell out very quickly!

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Our spring calendar kicks up into full gear. On March 16, we celebrate ST and our honorees Ron and Miriam Schulman and Shula Darviche at The Party. This is our major annual fundraiser, vital to our day-to-day operations. On behalf of our entire community I ask that you please participate by attending this festive event and bidding at the silent auction. I am also excited about Purim (March 20-21) and the LK2 Weekend (April 5-6) when our religious school and congregants participate in services in memory of Louis Kellner z”l. On April 10, we welcome Arnold Eisen, Chancellor of JTS, for a discussion on the future of Judaism in America; his visit is a real honor for a small congregation. Passover is in late April so don’t miss our March 28 speaker on how to spice up your Seder and our annual Concert is May 11. Read about all these events in the pages that follow. And please Join Us.

Lastly, I am excited to share in the simchas of the nine B’nai Mitzvah between March and June. The families whose children will be called to the Torah are families that Jill and I have known for many years. We joined Shaarei Tikvah at about the same time, our kids are similar ages and we are friends. It’s awesome that I can welcome their families and friends to our wonderful community and share in their simchas.

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President’s ColumnScott Harris

It is an honor to report that we have come to an agreement with Rabbi Adam on a six-year contract, covering July 2019 through June 2025. The Board of Trustees unanimously voted to recommend its approval by the Congregation at the June Annual Meeting. We are thrilled to continue this partnership with Rabbi Adam, Maital and their beautiful family. Our community’s growth and energy are largely fueled by our partnerships with our clergy and religious school professionals and we look forward to the future stability this contract promises. Please join me in congratulating Rabbi Adam and thanking the Contract Committee (Ron Schulman, Jon Lesser, Lauren Tanen and Joel Wollman), the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees for helping us reach this important milestone. In conjunction with the contract, the congregation will support the Rabbi in a unique professional development opportunity. He has been selected to participate in the Rabbinic Leadership Initiative (RLI) through the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem beginning in July 2019. This three-year fellowship includes annual summer retreats (23 days) and winter retreats (8 days) in Jerusalem. This is an exclusive, rigorous, and high-quality professional development opportunity for a select group of rabbis chosen every 3 years. We look forward to Rabbi Adam sharing his teachings from the program with our community.

The Board has also decided to transition to a new security provider. The new company comes highly recommended. They use retired police and military personnel and train them in proactive security. This company will bring our security to a higher level by increasing security awareness, preparing us for emergencies and assisting with grant writing. I thank the Security Committee: Rob Glik, Leonardo Kestelman, Alan Sacks & Lenny Sherman for their work.

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Anna and Louis Shereff Religious SchoolRachel Mann, Education Director

At my alma mater, Penn State University, there is an annual event called THON, a student organized a 46-hour no-sleeping, no-sitting dance marathon, which raises millions of dollars to fight pediatric cancer. I participated as a student, and as an alumna, I watch the livestream each year. While there are many reasons to support this event, there is always a moment during this 46-hour event when I’m completely awestruck by the incredible efforts of the Penn State student body. It was at THON when I first realized what it meant to be a part of something great and how I could make a small impact on the world.

In the few months that I’ve been at Shaarei Tikvah, there have been many moments when I’ve been struck with a similar feeling. Sometimes it overwhelms me when I see a student connect to prayers that are an integral part of our tradition or when a student proudly remembers to bring in tzedekah or when the community comes together to honor the memory of a treasured synagogue member. In this community, we have each played our part, large or small, in our efforts to grow and continue striving towards greatness.

Our religious school specifically continues to strive for this greatness- and we are on our way! Since last year, we have welcomed 12 new families into our community and grown our religious school from 59 to 79 students. And I thank you, our families, who are not just signing up your children for religious school, but attending Shabbat programming, religious school events, and synagogue-wide celebrations- this is what makes our community incredible. At our Afternoon of Tzedek in November, 40+ children of all ages, parents, and community members came to participate in wrapping gifts for Dayspring Community Center, assembling over 100 ‘soup in a jar’ for BJCC, baking dozens of mandel breads donated

to BJCC, and creating cards to be distributed to DOROT. On special Shabbatot, when our students are participating in the main service, our attendance is nearly 100%. These are just some of the highlights, for which I’m immensely grateful to this community, which has shown me what it means to be part of something great. This energy and momentum is propelling us to excitedly begin planning new things for next year as we look at our projected growth of the religious school and our teen program.

Thank you for continuing to try new things, offering feedback, and working in partnership with me as we go from strength to strength.

Help the Hungry! Please bring cans of tuna for the

Interfaith Food Bank

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How fast the eight years have gone by since Shorashim! This group has learned so much together over the years and is grateful for the love and support they have received from educators, administrators and clergy. They especially thank Rabbi Adam, Cantor Cohen, Rachel Mann and their tutors for preparing them for the big day.

Mazal Tov to Our B’nai Mitvah!

Madison is a 7th grader at Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School where her favorite subjects are Math and Science. Born in Los Angeles, she left “Tinseltown” at the age of eight to move closer to her extended family. Madison’s first love is art and design, and she spends lots of time expanding her portfolio in painting and sculpture. She is also passionate about dessert, and looks for any excuse to bake yummy treats for friends and family. Madison is a huge Yankee fan, and is playing softball on two teams this spring. She also enjoys playing flute and acting in plays. Madison spends summers at Camp Walden in Lake George. She has a 10-year-old brother, Sam.

Madison Glotzer - March 23, 2019

Hannah Sigurdsson is a student at Eastchester Middle School and is in the seventh grade. She lived in New York City for about two years before moving to Eastchester, where she currently lives. Throughout her childhood, Hannah has spent most of her free time reading, playing sports like soccer and basketball, hanging out with friends, and playing the clarinet. She adores animals and has had many pets throughout her life that she has strong bonds with. She also enjoys walking and pet sitting the neighborhood dogs from time to time. Over the years, she has developed a love for many book series including Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, and The Maze Runner Series. Hannah has been drawn to music from a young age and currently plays in the school band and the Intermediate All-County Band. She also likes to listen to many genres of music and enjoys seeing Broadway shows with friends and family. Hannah has been going to Shaarei Tikvah for religious studies since she was five, and she looks forward to becoming a bat mitzvah this March.

Hannah Sigurdsson - March 30, 2019

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Myla is a 7th grader at Scarsdale Middle School and lives in the Fox Meadow neighborhood with her parents and younger brother Aaron. She stays active by playing basketball and tennis and has more recently experimented with field hockey and lacrosse. She has an entrepreneurial spirit and an eye for fashion and design. This inspired her Bat Mitzvah project to create an “Accessories Drive” with Dress for Success to help empower women to achieve financial independence.Myla loves going out for sushi, family game nights and hanging with friends. She enjoys shopping and theater in New York City, visiting new places and spending summers at Camp Starlight.

Myla Wollman - April 13, 2019

Jonah Kovach is a 7th grader at Highlands middle school in White Plains. His favorite subject is science and he plans on becoming an engineer. Jonah enjoys the sport of fencing and has been fencing competitively for the past few years. He also enjoys playing the drums -- he plays in the band at school and on his drum set in the basement. Jonah loves all things Marvel, from comics to movies and TV shows. In his free time, he enjoys listening to music and spending time with family and friends. Jonah’s sister Zoey is 16, and he has a dog named Maddy, who is a loveable mutt. Jonah has been part of the Shaarei Tikvah religious school since 2nd grade and is excited to have all that education come together on his Bar Mitzvah.

Jonah Kovach - May 14, 2019

Ross is a 7th grade student at Ardsley Middle School who enjoys playing percussion in the school band. He plays football and lacrosse, and most recently began training in wrestling. Ross also loves skiing and looks forward to family weekends spent at Windham Mountain Resort with his aunts, uncles, and cousins. Ross has fond memories of singing and dancing with Morah Laura and his classmates over the years. He has enjoyed participating in Purim plays as well as the prayer and song celebrations, especially the annual Zimriya. He is excited to become a bar mitzvah and follow in his big brother, Travis’, footsteps.

Ross Kheradi - May 11, 2019

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Henry Koevary is a student at Scarsdale Middle School. He plays football, basketball and baseball and enjoys all sorts of games from card to board to video. Camp Walden in Lake George has been Henry’s summer home since starting third grade. He loves dogs and has a one year old puppy named Hazel. He also has two siblings: George, who is a high school senior and Emily, who is a high school sophomore.

Henry Koevary - May 18, 2019

Charlie is a 7th grader at Scarsdale Middle School. He has an older sister, Natalyn, and a younger, four-legged “sister” name Lola rescued from North Shore Animal League. Charlie is a huge animal lover and has decided to support North Shore Animal League for his Bar Mitzvah project. He is collecting much needed supplies in the ST lobby and funds at http://takeaction.animalleague.org/goto/charliemitzvahfund.Charlie is also an avid sports fan. Not only does he play many sports, but also belongs to three fantasy football leagues and tracks all sports news. He also enjoys playing video games and ping pong, traveling and spending his summers at Silver Lake Camp.

Charlie Kapner - June 1, 2019

Billie is a 7th grader at Scarsdale Middle School. She enjoys watching television and movies and is the writer, director, and star of the Billie Show. She loves music and prides herself on her great playlists. Billie enjoys spending time with her friends. She goes to Camp Scatico and can’t wait to go back for her 5th summer. She loves spending time with her family, skiing, and dining out.

Billie Eichel - June 8, 2019

Maxine Silverman - May 25, 2019

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1. It’s always really fun… or shall we say groovy? Connect with old and new friends as we remember Woodstock in its 50th anniversary year. Have a few drinks at the open bar. Dance to the music. Laugh as we toast our honorees.

2. The auction offers fun, new experiences: Bid on meals and parties at congregants’ homes, travel, kids’ experiences, health and beauty items. Check out the pre-sale and make your bids in advance – even if you can’t make the party.

3. Our raffle makes nearly everyone a winner.

4. You can dress in groovy clothing, put flowers in your hair– or wear whatever you want.

5. We’re honoring Shaarei Tikvah’s finest:Ron Schulman – our immediate past president and treasurer TWICE (that alone is worth honoring). Miriam Schulman – such a gifted artist who has donated her talents and intellect to our community.Shula Darviche –she’s devoted endless hours to making our religious school a fun and rewarding experience for your kids.

6. It’s a vital fundraiser for Shaarei Tikvah –If you love our community, our clergy, our services and programs or the smile on your kids’ faces when they see their religious school friends, help us make this party the best one yet!

SATURDAY EVENING

MARCH 16 6:45-11pm

DANCE TO THE MUSIC

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PARTY 2019

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My Memories Of WoodstockBy Ron Schulman

Miriam and I are honored and humbled to be this year’s honorees for The Party. We are also privileged to share this night of honor with Shula Darviche. Shaarei Tikvah is the shul with a reputation for spirituality, social action, and the most welcoming atmosphere in Westchester County. Like the Woodstock Music and Art Festival 50 years ago, we all try “to get back to the Garden.” We are all golden.

The Woodstock Festival means so much to me historically as it depicts our nation’s spirit in a time and it also demonstrates the organic assemblage of people who wanted to be together to celebrate peace and enjoy music. The festival goers came from all over the country to Max Yasgur’s 600-acre farm in Bethel, NY August 15-17th, 1969 (Bethel…hmmm…Beth El….House of God). The crowd descended upon the tiny upstate NY town starting Thursday, August 14th. Since I lived about four miles from the site, we saw cars all over the place. In fact, my father had a regular Friday morning delivery of eggs and other products to NYC. He always left our house at around midnight and returned in the mid-late afternoon. That morning, August 15th, he made it as far as nearby White Lake where he was faced with four lanes of oncoming cars. So, he went around the traffic jam and made it to the city. By the time Richie Havens opened the music festival on Friday afternoon, the site was a sea of more than 300,000 people. It exploded to 500,000 by Saturday.

Why would so many people want to attend this festival?? Well, for sure, the best musical lineup of the 1960s spoke to them, but I think it went beyond that. This massive crowd organically assembled even though people had to walk miles, endure rain storms, heat, and a shortage of food. This crowd exhibited no violence, which speaks to the peaceful spirit in almost religious retreat proportions. These young people were trying to “get back to the garden” away from pollution, the Vietnam War, racial inequality, urban strife, and the other issues of the day. I learned from many people at the festival, that they were not only

there for a rock festival; but also out of a spiritual conviction and social belonging to a movement dedicated to peace and equality in our land—for all. That’s why I love this moment in our country’s history so much. Somewhat surprisingly, this type of event has never been replicated again.

I was a nearly seven-year-old kid back in August 1969, looking at the hippies and meeting several who swam in our pond with us that weekend; it was an eye opener and it marks my memory forever. My parents cooked hot dogs and hamburgers for the kids who stopped at our property that weekend and they told my dad that this festival was being talked about from here to California. My parents said that these teenagers were very polite and very appreciative of our hospitality. I always wondered who these people were as they are now about 68-70 years old.

When we celebrate together in our beautiful building, raise a toast to our success as a congregation, let us think back and recall how that group of 500,000 people made the trek to “camp out on the land” and “set their souls free.” Joni Mitchell’s song “Woodstock” speaks volumes to that moment in time and it also speaks to our eternal quest for peace, spirituality, togetherness, and respectfully enjoying the world in which we reside. I think that on March 16th, we will all “get back to the garden.”

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Shula is our Gates of Hope Award recipient for extraordinary work at Shaarei Tikvah. Shula has led our religious school board since the 2015-16 school year and serves on the ST Board of Trustees. As an Agency digital marketer, Shula also worked on developing ST’s website and digital communications. A former camp music director, Shula has often shared her musical talents at Shabbat services and events. Raised in Los Angeles, Shula speaks Hebrew, learned at home from her classic “Zionist-pioneer” parents who fought for and contributed to Israel’s independence. Today, she and her husband Michael continue this strong Jewish cultural and religious sense – with lots of singing! - at home with their three children. Here’s what she had to say about Shaarei Tikvah and her vision for our religious school:

Why did you and Michael choose Shaarei Tikvah? SD: When our eldest child Julian was ready for Hebrew school, we started looking for a blend of a Conservative Jewish education, and an environment that celebrates the fun part of Judaism. We also wanted to be part of a community where the temple, and our participation in Jewish life could be woven into our lives, as opposed to distinct from it. The wonderful Ronit Razinovsky, ST’s former religious school director, created a wonderful school and introduced us to so many congregants. It all just seemed so right for us! (And, it’s a bonus that I can leave my house at 3:55pm to get my kids to religious school by 4!)

Why did you get involved in the school board? SD: One day at school pick-up, Ronit and I were brainstorming when she wrapped her arm around my shoulder and said, “Shula, I love this idea, why don’t you join the school board?!” So I did! Between that and the Board of Trustees, I felt that I was able to both learn about and have a voice in determining the

direction of the synagogue. One of the things I value about Shaarei Tikvah is how easy it is to become meaningfully involved. Of course, it impacts my kids directly, but it also has become a great way to connect to the broader community. Now I drop in to the building all the time – if only to have a coffee!

What is your vision for the religious school? What do you hope our children will get out of attending? SD: It is so easy for Jewishness to be part of everyday life. We want our kids to feel this, and to learn this. To enter the building with a smile, to feel that this is their community, to have fun. And then to leave the building with a smile and maybe a little sweet in their stomach! This is no small feat for Shaarei Tikvah, with so many daytime school programs and priorities in their lives as well. We have made so much progress under our new Education Director, Rachel Mann - and she’s just getting started!

Making Religious School JoyfulAn Interview with Shula Darviche – Our Gates of Hope Winner 2019

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“Make them days of feasting and gladness and of sending portions

one to another” (Esther 9:22)

CELEBRATE PURIM WITH US Wednesday, March 20

o 4:00 – 5:30 pm Kitot Bet-Vav and their parents participate in student-led holiday activities

o 5:30 – 6:15 pm Family-friendly Megillah reading: children of all ages and their families, and all are welcome!

o 6:15 pm – Brotherhood Passover wine sale o 7:00 pm – Traditional Megillah reading (with Silly Symphony

and special appearance by Kitah Zayin)

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Thursday, March 21

o 7:00 am – Shacharit, Torah reading, and Megillah reading

Come and play with the Silly Symphony – our band of homegrown musicians of all ages!

Email Cantor Cohen cantor@shaareitikvah.org for music!

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JTS Chancellor Eisen to Speak at Shaarei Tikvah on April 10A Conversation with Rabbi Adam on the Future of Judaism in America

Shaarei Tikvah is honored to welcome Arnold Eisen, Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, on April 10 at 7:30 p.m. for a conversation with Rabbi Adam on the future of Judaism in America. All are invited. Dr. Eisen, one of the world’s foremost authorities on American Judaism, is the seventh chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary. Since taking office in 2007, Chancellor Eisen has transformed the education of religious, pedagogical, professional, and lay leaders for North American Jewry. His focus is graduating innovative leaders who bring Judaism alive in ways that speak authentically to Jews at a time of rapid and far-reaching change. Chancellor Eisen has placed significant emphasis on

strengthening Jewish learning, creating programs that extend the reach of JTS’s scholarship and resources to communities beyond the campus.

Before coming to JTS, Chancellor Eisen served on the faculties of Stanford, Tel Aviv, and Columbia universities. He is an award-winning writer and advocate for the Jewish community and contributes regularly to print and online media. A lifelong Conservative Jew, he discusses Jewish education, philosophy, and values on his blog, On My Mind: Arnie Eisen. Dr. Eisen received his BA, University of Pennsylvania, his BPhil from Oxford University and his PhD from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

The New York Blood Bank has upped their participation requirements for a community blood drive, so as we did last year, we are partnering with our neighboring synagogue, Scarsdale Synagogue/Tremont Temple in order to increase turnout.

The blood drive will be on Sunday, March 17th at Scarsdale Synagogue, 2 Ogden Road in Scarsdale, from 8:30 am - 1 pm. I hope you will honor Louis’ memory and his commitment to helping others in need by signing up to donate blood. Visit this site register for a time slot: https://donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/121511 or call the Shaarei Tikvah office at (914) 472-2013.

If this date does not work for you, please consider donating at another time and place. You are helping to save lives!

Thank you,Alison Bender Kellner

During the past three years we’ve held a blood drive in memory of Louis, z”l, who was a regular and frequent blood donor. Thank you for your past participation in this important collection.

Donate Blood in Memory of Louis Kellner z”lSunday March 17th

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“Make your Passover Seder Unforgettable” Bored of the same old seders year after year? Come learn and laugh as Dr. Murray Spiegel, author of “300 Ways to Ask the Four Questions” teaches us how to make our Seders more fun, educational and memorable. Thursday, March 28, 7:30 PM.

Pirkei Avot- The Wisdom of the Sages with Rabbi Carl AstorOther than the Bible itself, Pirkei Avot is probably the most widely studied and oft-quoted book in Jewish literature. It is essentially a collection of sayings from the most important rabbinic leaders and scholars from the third century BCE to the third century CE.

Many of the sayings are familiar such as Hillel’s “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?” Or Shimon the Righteous: “The world rests on three pillars: The Torah, worship, and good deeds.” And “It is not your duty to complete the task, but neither are you free to desist from it.” In our four sessions, we will look at a sampling of sayings and try to

determine why they were chosen, for whom, and what they have to say to us.

The class will use the Rabbinical Assembly’s recently published edition called Pirkei Avot, Lev Shalem: The Wisdom of our Sages, with commentaries from local Rabbi Gordon Tucker and Rabbi Tamar Elad-Applebaum from Jerusalem. Order a copy from the office for a discounted price, or bring any copy of Pirkei Avot that you have. It can be found in many prayer books, including our own here at the synagogue.

Thursday evenings, May 2, 9, 16 and 23 from 7:30 to 9PM. Tikkun Leiyl ShavuotThink of it as Shaarei Tikvah’s answer to TED Talks. Welcome the holiday of Shavuot, as we enjoy presentations by fellow congregants on a wide range of Jewish-related topics. Always a fun, enlightening evening – with cheesecake of course. Saturday, June 8, 8:00 PM.

It’s not too late to join these ongoing classes: Lessons from the Book of SamuelLearn with Rabbi Adam as we continue to explore more of the Book of Samuel, newcomers welcome! 9:45-10:45 AM, Wednesdays. Check ShaareiTikvah.org calendar for updates.

Prayerbook HebrewLearn basic Hebrew with emphasis on the meaning of prayers. Led by Ellen Lewis, 11 AM – noon. Wednesdays. See ShaareiTikvah.org calendar for updates.

For more information, contact Joel Weinberg or Carol Mermey, Lifelong Learning Chairs.

Lifelong Learning Spring 2019Make Your Seder Unforgettable; Rabbi Astor Returns

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Last year, I attended a panel on the often- wondrous outcomes achieved when people with dementia are exposed to familiar music. It included video testimony from caregivers able to cook dinner or just sit quietly while their loved one with dementia was singing or swaying along to the music of their youth. Music and singing stimulate brain activity, physicality and can improve mood. As neurologist Oliver Sacks said, “Music evokes emotion, and emotion can bring with it memory… it brings back the feeling of life when nothing else can.”

The panel reinforced what I had seen while serving as a chaplain intern with a hospice and elder population. Non-responsive patients would smile or hum and Holocaust survivors sometimes cried tears of joy upon hearing a Shabbat melody that resonated from their lost childhood.

After the conference, Rabbi Michael Goldman and I worked to develop a program here in Westchester. Rabbi Goldman is director of senior programs at WJCS as well as the director and founder of Seivah, an organization which strives to improve the emotional and spiritual lives of people affected by dementia. Seivah has addressed the loneliness and isolation experienced by those with dementia through its Memory Minyan, a twice monthly religious service at Beth El Synagogue in New Rochelle. We decided we also needed a regular, secular, casual drop-in program that was fun for both people in the caring relationship. This program came about because of Seivah’s Dementia -Friendly Synagogues grant from UJA-Federation of Westchester. We came up with “Hineh ma Tov – How Sweet it is!” a musical program designed for people with dementia and their care partners, to sing and swing along with music from the 1930’s, 40's and 50’s.

We set up a playlist, printed up songbooks with lyrics, and sent out flyers. Our first session was held in April 2018 and, except for a short summer break, we’ve been going ever since. Shaarei Tikvah has most generously hosted our biweekly get-togethers on Wednesdays from 1-2:30. The table in the Beit Midrash has been full and it is a joy to spend an hour singing, laughing, talking about things that matter, and seeing people who might have difficult/fraught moments negotiating the stuff of everyday life, free and happy to be in this moment.

Anyone is welcome to attend our Wednesday celebrations. You’ll love singing along and sharing the spirit. And if you know anyone with moderate dementia who may enjoy the program, please encourage them to attend with a friend, relative or caregiver. Please check shaareitikvah.org for dates and times of the program. And feel free to contact me with questions or for more information.

Hinei Matov: How Sweet It Is!A Musical Program for People with Dementia and their Caregivers…and Anyone who likes to Sing By Sally Wittenberg

“Music evokes emotion, and emotion can bring with it memory… it brings back the feeling of life when nothing else can” -Neurologist Oliver Sacks

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For nearly 40 years, Solomon Kaplan was the beloved ritual director and teacher at Emanu-el Jewish Center and then Shaarei Tikvah. He was born in Kovno, Lituania on November 17, 1922 and in 1944 was sent to Dachau where he worked building underground plants for the production of warplanes. The following remembrance was first printed in the Emanu-el bulletin, reprinted later in the Shaarei Tikvah Gateway and can be found today on several web sites. It is a meaningful and moving recollection that you may want to consider reading at your Seder.

In order to understand the so-called Seder in a concentration camp, I must first explain life in a camp. In the central camp of Dachau they didn’t keep any Jewish slaves; the conditions were too good for Jews. There were 12 camps around Dachau within a distance of 60 miles. I and over 4,000 Jews were in branch #1. My number on my chest was 81298. This camp was located near the City of Landsberg, near the river Lech in Bavaria. According to history of the Third Reich, Hitler wrote his book, “Mein Kampf” in that vicinity.

The Germans were building underground camouflaged plants for the famous Messerschmitt airplanes. We worked there day and night –schlepping 100 kilograms or 225 pounds of cement bags for mixing with sand and water. The average worker didn’t weigh more than 100 pounds. Our food ration for the day was a little less than 4 oz. of bread. Flour was mixed half with saw dust and a so-called soup; water and potato peels. We worked 14 hours a day at hard labor for this; unlike the Jews in Egypt who were fed fish and vegetables. (Chapter11: Numbers).

We slept 60 men in a ditch. In the ditch that I was in, there was a Jew whose name I don’t remember. He had hidden among his “schmattes” a gold ring and on Erev Pesach in 1945 he exchanged it, through a German foreman, for a cup of white flour. We closed ourselves in that ditch and started the Seder. We brought with us from work a few branches and the empty paper cement bags that we used to put on our bodies in order to keep warm because the winter in that part of Bavaria is very cold. So with these bags and branches we made a fire in an old rusty tin oven. With palpitation and fear in our hearts, and with an overwhelming Yom Tov feeling, we all watched as the man took the cup of flour and water

and made one large round matzah and put it on top of the oven to bake. Every few minutes we changed guards at the opening of our “palace” so an unfriendly eye shouldn’t observe us because if we were caught, we would pay dearly for this.

That was a real watch night. As much as we could remember by heart of the Haggadah we chanted very quietly in unison. We sang the traditional Passover songs. Among us there was a 14 year old orphaned boy from Hungary whose entire family had perished. He asked the four questions, but there were more than four questions to ask. “Why this night was different” - but up to this date there is still no answer for him, and there will never be.

Symbols for the Seder plate were unnecessary. Everything was original. Instead of salt water, we had our tears; instead of bitter herbs – recalling our lives was bitter enough. Charoses to remind us of the mortar and brick- that we did day and night for the making of Messerschmitt. The cement penetrated our bodies, face and mouth because we weren’t allowed to wash. If we wanted to know how we looked – we just looked at the others around us and knew how we appeared. Instead of a shank bone and burnt eggs to remind us of the Pascal lamb – when we talk of sacrifice, my command of the English language is too poor to bring out all the sacrifices that we brought; more than enough. In the Temple, the Pascal Lamb was roasted, but not burned. But we, ourselves, without fathers, mothers and entire families in the crematorium were the burnt offerings. Half of Europe was steeped in Jewish blood. We, the survivors, were sacrifice enough, living between five and six years through the Holocaust.

For the four cups of wine we used water. We all said Hamotzi over the one matzah and everyone got a taste. For Elijah’s cup, we found an empty can and filled with water. We stood up to greet Elijah and with so much pain in our hearts said the “SHFOCH CHAMOSCHAH.” What these wicked people did to us, and to Klal Yisrael.

I would say our Seder was more spiritual because gefilte fish, knaidlach, and all the Passover goodies weren’t even dreamt of. It was all Kosher L’Pesach.” We concluded the Seder with “Next Year in Yerushalayum.” That was a night to remember.

My Memories of a Seder in DachauBy Reverend Solomon Kaplan z”l

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When our 31-year old son heard that Jack Weiss had passed away, he immediately remembered the trick Jack used to perform for children making it look like he was pulling off his finger. Many Shaarei Tikvah kids (and Genesis kids before that) remembered that trick. For years, Jack was akin to the community grandfather, entertaining the kids at Shabbat Kiddush and beloved by all.

Jack was a talented woodworker and he generously shared his talents. For many years, he would present each B’nai Mitzvah child at Shaarei Tikvah, and many adults, with wooden plaques with their names cut out in Hebrew letters. He also volunteered at the Solomon Schechter School, assisting the art teacher and he and Barbara tutored children in Yonkers as part of the SMART program. They were also regulars at our Cooking Days for the hungry of Westchester.

Before his retirement Jack taught Industrial Art in the Bronx and Yonkers. He earned both his bachelors and master’s degrees in the evening at NYU while his children were young. At one time before making the career change to teaching, he worked as a manager at EJ Korvettes (including the sporting goods department; Steve cherishes the old surf casting rod that Jack saved from those days).

Jack often reminisced about his years in the service during World War II. He was drafted into the Army Air Corps and following basic training in North Carolina and time as a technical specialist in optics in Flora, Mississippi, he was shipped out of Oakland. CA to the South Pacific where he spent the next three years in the Philippines and on the islands of New Guinea and Bayak.

Jack often told how he graduated from Stuyvesant High School in June of 1943, turned 18 that July, and was drafted the next month. He returned to the Bronx in 1946, surprising

his mother when he walked in the door of their modest apartment. A year later Jack met Barbara at a picnic on Staten Island, walked her home from the subway, was invited in for dinner, met Barbara’s parents, asked for her phone number, and three months later they were engaged. They married in August 1949.

Although Jack’s health was failing in recent years, his outgoing and warm personality continued to shine. He seemed to know everyone at the Knolls, where Barbara and Jack lived for the last six years. Sitting with them in the café, it was as if he was the mayor, chatting with residents and staff alike just as he had done at Kiddush at Shaarei Tikvah. It was clear that he loved the people there, and they loved him.

Our entire community mourns Jack and we extend our deepest condolences to his beloved wife Barbara, Amy, Michael and Heidi, their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Remembering Jack Weiss z”lBy Carol and Steve Mermey

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Bob Arnow joined Shaarei Tikvah in 1998. In doing so, he helped grow our community and became a mentor to me on my Jewish journey. Bob, a pharmacist by training, married Joan Weiler and became a managing partner of a real-estate development company founded by his father-in-law Jack Weiler. Weiler was active in Jewish philanthropy and Bob followed in his footsteps. Among his accomplishments, Bob served as Chairman of the Board of Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). Bob understood that the Bedouins in the Negev weren’t being served by BGU. Under his leadership, BGU established a center to provide education for Bedouin students and created a scholarship fund for Bedouin women. Now, more than 1200 Arab students study at BGU, over 70% of whom are women.

Shortly after Bob joined Shaarei Tikvah, he became disillusioned and announced his intention to resign! We brainstormed ways to make him reconsider and I offered to reach out to him. I approached him one Shabbat and asked if I could do anything to cause him to reconsider. Bob was willing to engage in an exchange of ideas on how to improve our community. I made one request: he had to tear up his letter of resignation and remain a member of ST. Bob agreed to stay and he became my mentor and an active participant at ST, attending many Shabbat and Holiday services for the next 18 years!

When I became President of ST, Bob urged me to find ways to engage our members. During the Capital Campaign, Bob suggested we get pledges from our younger members to come to services and other ST events. Bob warned if we didn’t get this commitment, we might build a beautiful facility for a bunch of grey-haired old folks! I knew Bob was right! We heeded his advice and grew into a younger and more vibrant community.

Judy and I became close with Bob and grew

closer after his wife Joan died in 2010. We often joined Bob for Friday night dinners and Bob was my regular companion walking to and from services. Bob was always thinking about ways to help our community. Bob’s interest did not stop with financial contributions. Every week, he dropped off cans of tuna and food for our Interfaith Food Bank. The food kept coming even when Bob no longer could come. Bob cared deeply about our community and was proud he had decided to stick around and watch ST grow into a flourishing community.

When I heard our membership had grown to 180+ families, my first thought was to go tell Bob, who remained interested in ST even after he was too ill to attend services. His loss is hard for me to put into words. Though twenty-five years my senior, Bob was a very dear friend. He left me with many wonderful memories and a great appreciation of what it takes to help our community thrive.

Remembering Bob Arnow z”lBy Arthur Glauberman

Bob and Anna Shereff at ST building dedication.

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Kehillah (kuh-hée-lah) means a community. Learning Kehillah in memory of Louis Kellner honors Louis’ vision to be part of a congregation of knowledgeable, active participants. This is the third annual LK2 congregational participatory Shabbat and we are thrilled to partner with Rachel and the Religious School. We know Louis would have been excited to see congregants of all ages enthusiastically learning, growing and cheering for each other. Kabbalat Shabbat services will be followed by dinner sponsored by Nancy and Mark Bender (Louis’ in-laws) and morning services will be followed by a kiddush lunch. Please RSVP by calling the office and check the announcements for the link to sign up to participate so we can plan properly, and to let us know if you would like to participate in leading something.

Shaarei Tikvah was Louis’ home away from home. Among his formal leadership roles were congregation president, chair of the ritual committee, chair of the youth committee, chair of the rabbi search committee, and executive committee member. He was a Shabbat “regular,” a frequent davening leader, an enthusiastic participant in the SHTYX choir and the softball team, and a founding parent of family group Dor Chadash. He was a committed Zionist and a lover of Israeli

folk-dancing and folk-singing and spent as much time as he could in Israel. Among Louis’ informal roles at Shaarei Tikvah were cheerleader, motivator and coach for engaging in Jewish life. Louis felt a responsibility to build Jewish community, in our synagogue and our homes, and to empower members to participate actively in all aspects of Jewish life. He was always encouraging people to learn more and do more.

Thank you for supporting his vision and for supporting a vibrant Shaarei Tikvah!

Alison Bender Kellner

LK2 Learning Kehillah in memory of Louis Kellner z”l Friday evening April 5th and Saturday morning April 6th, 2019

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In a recent Op Ed in the New York Times entitled “In Search of Lost Screen Time,” Paul Greenberg, author of the forthcoming “iQuit: 50 things to do iNstead,” shared this statistic: in 2018 Americans spent the equivalent of 91 waking days on their mobile devices. (I share this information from my perch at level 985 of the Two Dots game on my phone). So I can attest from personal experience where to find a spare hour to come to minyan..

That leads to the next question: why bother to come? Again, the Op Ed page provides answers. In a piece entitled “Internet Church Isn’t Really Church,” Laura Turner explains that, while “showing up in person is exhausting,….being together is the whole point.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/15/opinion/sunday/church-live-streaming-religion.html. Ms. Turner writes about the difference between live-streaming religious services in your living room or on your phone and being there:

“In an era when everything from dates to grocery delivery can be scheduled and near instant, church attendance shouldn’t be one more thing to get from an app. We can be members of a body best when we are all together – we can mourn when we observe and wipe away tears, just as we can rejoice when we can share smiles and have face-to-face conversations. Studies show that regular attendance at religious services correlates with better sleep, lower blood pressure in older adults and a reduced risk of suicide.”

So if you want to test Ms. Turner’s ideas and you find an extra hour, maybe you’ll come to minyan some morning (Sunday at 9 or Monday and Thursday at 7) or some evening (Friday at 6) and try it out. It might take more than one visit to enjoy the benefits she describes but you can start with one and see. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A few logistical notes. First, please let me know (i) if you are on the

minyan app and want to receive text invites for a specific minyan (for example, Sunday only); (ii) if you are not on the app and want to try it out; or (iii) if you want off the app. jspanier@abbeyspanier.com.

Second, if we cancel minyan because of weather we will send an email blast to let you know and I will also delete the scheduled minyan from the app.

Lastly, and I may be burying the lead here, we have acquired a new Keurig especially for our minyannaires so that they can be appropriately caffeinated at and after minyan. So at the very least, come join us for coffee! (Not drinkable on an app!) Coffee, community and prayer – what more can you ask for!

Where can I find the time to come to minyan and why bother?By Judy Spanier

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Between The Bookends- Shaarei Tikvah’s Book Club

News From The Brotherhood

Ruth Shire

Jonathan Lesser

Our meetings are on Wednesdays from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, contact Ruth Shire at 914-668-0583

April 10 An Egyptian Novel by Orly Castel-Bloom (a popular Israeli woman author) Partly autobiographical, based on ancestors who did not leave Egypt with Moses and some who landed in Gaza, escaping the Inquisition. Family story entwined with Jewish history.

June 5 Journeys: An American Story by Andrew TischCelebrates the vastness and variety of immigration tales in America, featuring seventy-two essays about the different ways we got here.

World Wide Wrap XIX a Great Success

We had a tremendous turnout for the 19th Annual World Wide Wrap on Superbowl Sunday, February 3, 2019.

The Brotherhood was proud to sponsor the community wide event which brought together wrappers of all ages. We joined thousands of Jews from around the world in celebrating the mitzvah of tefillin. We specifically honored the Bar and Bat mitzvah age students in the Anna and Louis Shereff Religious School. We are particularly thankful to Rabbi Adam, Cantor Cohen and Morah Rachel and the other volunteers who assisted in teaching the meaning of and proper wrapping of tefillin. We would also like to thank Val and staff for the excellent catering. We are elated to be able to continue this annual tradition and congratulate the B’nai mitzvah class of 2019 which enthusiastically participated in the event.

It is still early but mark your calendars for World Wide Wrap XX next year on, (you

guessed it), Super Bowl Sunday. We will have an even bigger and better Wrap for the dos equis.

Passover Wine SalePurim is right around the corner which means the annual Brotherhood Passover Wine Sale.We are partnering with Skyview Wines & Spirits of Riverdale to provide our members with Passover Wine. We will hold our wine sale on Wednesday, March 20 at 6:15 during our Purim celebration. Order forms will be forthcoming. If you have any questions, please contact Jonathan Lesser at JonathanLesser@hotmail.com.

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Donations December 2018, January, February 2019

General Fund• In honor of Val Ceron for the wonderful work he does at ST, from Gloria Fields and Andy

Seligson• In honor of Lauren and Joshua Lappen for hosting Vodka and Latkes, from Anita and Randy

Borkenstein• In appreciation of ST, from Elsa Federbush, Eugene Linett, Jonathan Gellman, Alexa and

Andrew Froomberg, Meryl and Stu Moser• In memory of Robert H. Arnow, from Jackie Bruskin, Fern Diamond, Laura and Howard

Grill, Gloria Fields and Andy Seligson, Dr. Jeffrey and Fredda Nightingale, Rosele and Dan Frishwasser, Ellen and Jamie Raboy, Rabbi Daniel Schweber

• Happy Birthday wishes to Rabbi Adam, from Gloria Fields and Andy Seligson, Fern Diamond• In honor of Audrey and Jeff Elliott, from Karen Grinthal• In memory of Jack Weiss, from Ellen and Paul Lewis, Connie L. Werner, Rosele and Dan

Frishwasser, Ellen and Jamie Raboy, Anne and David Alben, Jane Sovern and Ron Meister, Geraldine L. Theadore, Adele and Irwin Lipton

• In memory of David Alben’s mother Florence Gorstein, from Ellen and Paul Lewis, Anita and Randy Borkenstein, Laura and Howard Grill, Dan Weisz and Cindy Kaufman, Rosele and Dan Frishwasser, Ellen and Jamie Raboy, Arlyne Goldberg

• Happy Birthday wishes to Cantor Cohen, from Gloria Fields and Andy Seligson• In memory of Jamie Raboy’s father Sy Raboy, from Lore and Harry Bauer, Rosele and Dan

Frishwasser, Jackie Bruskin, Ellen and Paul Lewis, Anne and David Alben, Gloria Fields and Andy Seligson, Audrey and Jeff Kapner, Jane Lackman

• Mazel tov to Elizabeth Lampert on being honored by Westchester Jewish Council, from Rosele and Dan Frishwasser

• Mazel tov to Janine Marlowe and David Cohen on the occasion of Ben’s bar mitzvah, from Rosele and Dan Frishwasser

• In honor of Sally and Bruce Wittenberg becoming grandparents, from Gloria Fields and Andy Seligson, Ellen and Jamie Raboy, Marlene and Larry Spector

• In honor of Carl Deitchman’s 90th birthday, from Fern Diamond• In honor of Diane and Eugene’s 50th anniversary, from Michele and Dave Perlzweig• In appreciation of Rabbi Baldachin, Cantor Cohen, and the congregation of Shaarei Tikvah,

from Karen and Heidi Lazarus• In memory of Stu Moser’s aunt Lorraine Newman, from Rosele and Dan Frishwasser• In honor of Joel Wollman helping to make morning minyans a success, from Judith Spanier

and Arthur Glauberman• In honor of Betsy Harris for helping make morning minyans, from Judith Spanier and Arthur

Glauberman• In memory of Risa Malev’s mother Shirley Unger, from Gloria Fields and Andy Seligson• In honor of Mort and Jean Hertz, from Diane and Bruce Wilensky• In memory of her husband Seymour Polden, from Iris Farber• Wishes for a speedy recovery to Bryna Sarraf, from Judith Spanier and Arthur GlaubermanSimchat Torah Fund• In honor of Simchat Torah honorees Maxine Bellus, Alan Sacks, and Emily Zeitz, from Marilyn

Mason, Melinda, Michael and Marc Szechter, Iris and Stanley Salomon

The following families made contributions during the Thanksgiving Appeal: Jessica and Joseph Ainsberg; Maxine Bellus in appreciation of Rabbi Baldachin, Cantor Cohen, Tia Reichenberg on becoming a bat mitzvah, in memory of Lester Goldfischer; Barbara and Ted Davis; Laura and Howard Grill, Audrey and Jeff Kapner; Beth Kaufman and Charlie Updike in memory of Anna Shereff and Pearl and David Glaubman; Ellen and Jamie Raboy; Jackie Reckseit; Judi and Joel Sachs, Alan Sacks in honor of the Chesed Committee; Gloria Fields and Andy Seligson; Leonard Sherman in memory of Jack Sherman; Sarah and Zac Smith, Robin and John Sneider, Melinda and Michael Szechter in memory of Lester Goldfischer and Bob Arnow, Joel

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Weinberg and Barbara Schloss-Weinberg; Carol and Jay Weissbrot, Margarita andJonathan Zippin in memory of Abram Gusovsky

Yahrzeit• In loving memory of Ron Zander’s mother Ruth Zander, from Ron and Ellen Zander• In memory of Sheila Lesnick’s father Philip Silver, from Sheila and Irving Lesnick• In memory of Sheila Lesnick’s aunt Mildred Chorney, from Sheila and Irving Lesnick• In memory of Sheila Lesnick’s mother Faye Chorney, from Sheila and Irving Lesnick• In memory of Sheila Lesnick’s cousin Charles Silver, from Sheila and Irving Lesnick• In memory of Diane Linett’s mother Jeanne Fast, from Diane and Eugene Linett• In memory of Kenneth Schmelkin’s mother Selma Schmelkin, from Kenneth and Peggy

Schmelkin• In memory of Melinda Szechter’s father Herbert Bellus, from Melinda and Michael Szechter• In memory of Maxine Bellus’ father Herbert Bellus, from Maxine Bellus• In memory of Beatrice Bellus’ husband Herbert Bellus, from Beatrice Bellus• In memory of Meryl Moser’s father Wallace Resnick, from Meryl and Stu Moser• In memory of Stu Moser’s aunt Lorraine Newman, from Meryl and Stu MoserReverend Solomon Kaplan Fund• In memory of Leon Eisenson’s mother, Gertrude Eisenson, from Leon and Arlene Eisenson • Happy Birthday wishes to Michael Hollander, from Wendy Hollander• Happy Birthday wishes to Bethany Friedman, from Wendy Hollander• In honor of Adam Frishwasser for his participation in morning minyans and Cooking Day,

from Arthur Glauberman and Judith Spanier• In memory of Jack Weiss, from Wendy Hollander, Michael KaneReligious School• In honor of Ben Cohen becoming a bar mitzvah, from Ellen and Paul Lewis, Dan Weisz and

Cindy Kaufman• In memory of Jack Weiss, from Dan Weisz and Cindy Kaufman• In honor of Michael Kane’s birthday, from Jerry and Pam Langer• In memory of Jackie Bruskin’s mother May Bruskin, from Jackie BruskinWeingartner Adult Education Fund• In honor of Gloria Fields and Andy Seligson in appreciation of their hospitality, from Cindy

Kaufman and Dan Weisz• In honor of the Shabbaton Committee for putting together a wonderful event, from Cindy

Kaufman and Dan Weisz• Condolences to the Arnow family on the passing of Robert Arnow, from Ellen and Paul Lewis• Happy Birthday wishes to Ron and Miriam Schulman, from Ellen and Paul Lewis• Happy Birthday wishes to Myron Bush, from Ellen and Paul Lewis• In memory of Jack Weiss, from Marilyn Weingartner, Maxine Bellus• In memory of Jamie Raboy’s father Sy Raboy, from Laura and Howard Grill• Get well wishes to Sally Bush, from Ellen and Paul Lewis• Mazel tov to Sally and Bruce Wittenberg on becoming grandparents, from Ellen and Paul

LewisDr. Samuel and Chashie Anne Katz Welfare Fund• Donation from Sharon and Kenneth Pearlman• In memory of Jack Weiss, from Laura and Howard Grill, Jackie Bruskin, Sharon and Ken

Pearlman• In memory of Robert H. Arnow, from Maxine Bellus• In memory of Jamie Raboy’s father Sy Raboy, from Sharon and Ken PearlmanMiriam Roschelle Fund• In honor of Irving Roschelle on his birthday, from Sandy Roschelle, and Peter, Ryan, and

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Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund• In appreciation for officiating at the funeral of Alexander S. Weinbaum III, from Steven and

Janet Weinbaum• In appreciation, from Jackie Bruskin• In honor of Elizabeth Lampert for her service with Westchester Jewish Council, from Diane

Boekman• In memory of Jack Weiss, from Rachel and Alan Tolkoff, Joel Abramson, Amy Weiss• In honor of this year’s Party honorees Miriam and Ron Schulman, from Jackie ReckseitKaufman Updike Library Fund• In memory of Beth Kaufman’s mother Pearl Glaubman, from Beth Kaufman and Charlie

Updike and Dina, Rachel and Ariel Kaufman• In memory of Jack Weiss, from Beth Kaufman and Charlie Updike• Kiddush Fund• In honor of Emilio and Jess Cintron on the birth of their daughter Hannah Lily, from

Arthur Glauberman and Judith Spanier• In honor of Irving Roschelle on his birthday, from Sandy Roschelle, and Peter, Ryan, and

Lindsay Darlow• Donation from Kenneth and Peggy Schmelkin• In honor of Ben Cohen becoming a bar mitzvah, from Meryl and Stu Moser• In memory of David Alben’s mother Florence Gorstein, from Sally and Myron Bush, Barbara

Weiss• In memory of Jamie Raboy’s father Sy Raboy, from Sally and Myron Bush• In memory of Stu Moser’s aunt Lorraine Newman, from Ellen and Jamie RaboyCantor’s Discretionary Fund• In appreciation, from Jackie Bruskin• Happy Birthday wishes to Gloria Fields, from Ellen and Paul Lewis• Happy Birthday wishes to Cantor Cohen, from Ellen and Paul Lewis• Wishes for refuah shlemah to Talia Schulman, from Ellen and Paul LewisShiva Fund• In honor of David Fiveson for his commitment to Sunday morning minyanim, from Judith

Spanier and Arthur Glauberman • In memory of Robert Arnow for his guidance, wisdom, generosity, and friendship for over

twenty years, from Arthur Glauberman and Judith Spanier, Meryl and Stu Moser• In memory of Jack Weiss, from Meryl and Stu Moser, Marlene and Larry Spector• In memory of Sigal Ratner’s mother Batia Ratner, from Meryl and Stu Moser• In memory of David Alben’s mother Florence Gorstein, from Meryl and Stu Moser, Leonard

Sherman• In memory of Jamie Raboy’s father Sy Raboy, from Meryl and Stu Moser, Leonard Sherman• In memory of Risa Malev’s mother Shirley Unger, from Meryl and Stu MoserBuilding Fund• In honor of Sally and Bruce Wittenberg on the birth of their first grandchild, from Judith

Spanier and Arthur Glauberman Massen Fund• In memory of Joshua Weissman’s grandfather Judah Adler, from Michael and Carolyn LevineChesed Fund• With thoughts for healing to Alan Lazarus, from Meryl and Stu Moser• With thoughts for healing to Sally Bush, from Meryl and Stu Moser• With thoughts for healing to Myron Bush, from Meryl and Stu MoserAnna Louis and Shereff Religious School Fund• In memory of Anna Shereff, from Beth, Dina, Ariel, and Rachel Kaufman, and Charlie UpdikeYad L’Yad/Social Action Fund• With thoughts of Jack Weiss, from Leonard Sherman

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Calling on volunteers….Do you have time on your hands every now andthen?Doyou want to getmore involved with someof the behind-the-scenes activities atShaareiTikvah? Doyou have askill or talent you’d like to put to usein adifferent setting?

If you answered“yes” to any of these questions, contact the officeto let usknow howyou cancontribute your time and talents, robin@shaareitikvah.org,472-2013.

Here are some opportunities to consider:*Publicity*Holidays*The Party/Auction*Office Mailings

Thank you to our volunteers who’ve recently come into the office to helpwith mailings and other projects:

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1625 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, New York 10710 (one block north of Tuckahoe Road)P. 914-793-3800 ~ F. 914.793.2300

info@weinsteinchapels.com www.weinsteinchapels.com

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52 Garth Road, Scarsdale, phone 725-0090 Monday to Sunday 6:30am – 2:00pm

OUR BAGELS ARE KOSHERNO FAT, NO CHOLESTROL,NO SUGAR (in cinn raisin only)

EDEN Kosher2 5 5 8 Central Park Avenue,

Yonkers , 1 0 7 1 0 ,

9 1 4 - 2 6 8 - 08 0 0

SCARSDALE HARDWARE CO. INC.

GLENNGREENBAUM

864-866 Scarsdale Ave. (914) 723-4504Scarsdale, NY 10583-5318 FAX: (914) 723-0535

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Riverside Memorial Chapel21 W Broad Street, Mount Vernon, NY 10552

914-664-6800www.riversidememorialmountvernon.com

CharlesS.Salomon Joel E.Simon

Continuing to maintain the high service standards ofthe Rosenthal, Grossberg and Alpert families.