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The SPIRIT of Beth Israel Congregation - Chester County, PA JULY 2019 5779 - SIVAN—TAMMUZ

7/5 7:30 PM Adult B’Nai MItzvah 7/6 9:30 AM Adult B’Nai Mitzvah 7/9 7:30 PM Board Meeting

7/15 7:00 PM Programming Meeting 7/17 12:45 Pm Interfaith Meeeting 7/19 6:30 PM Community Shabbat Dinner

HaRuach

Inside HaRuach Rabbi’s Desk ..................... 2

President's Letter ............... 4

Religious School ................. 7

Todah Rabah ..................... 8

Celebrations ..................... 9

Sisterhood ................... .10

Preschool News ............... 12

Torah Fund ................... 13

Calendar ........................ 14

Yahrzeits ........................ 15

LACHALL, COHEN & SAGNOR

H. MICHAEL COHEN Attorney at Law

Tel.(610) 436-9300 Fax (610) 696-7962 144 West Market Street West Chester, PA 19382-2985

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From Rabbi Cutler’s desk

As people are enjoying their summer outings and vacations, I along with oth-ers are starting to think about the High Holidays and all the Fall events. I find myself pondering: What is it that makes Beth Israel congregation? Sure, we all came out to observe the High Holy Days together. Many of us re-mained beyond Yom Kippur to celebrate in the Sukkah (on our beautiful patio garden), and even to dance together on Simchat Torah. We experienced a wonderful sense of ruach and camaraderie during that sacred time. Never-theless, I wonder, what keeps us linked together as a congregation the rest of the year?

Elie Wiesel once asked: “What does it mean to be a congregation? It means to care about each other. Pray? We can pray at home. We come together as a congregation in order to share in each other’s stories and in order to share in the life of the Jewish people — past, present and future.” Our sense of what it means to be a Jew is based not on what rabbis and scholars tell us about the content of Jewish religion, about God, Torah, and Revelation, but on the stories about being Jew-ish that our parents and teachers told us when we were growing up. We tell the story of the Exodus from Egypt, the Passover story. It is perhaps the definitive Jewish story. I once heard a scholar define a Jew as a person who told the Passover story and took it personally. We tell the story of how God sided with the oppressed, with the enslaved, and not with the rich and powerful, how God intervened to break their chains and set them free. Our sense of what kind of world we live in, of what our responsibilities are in that world, has been shaped by our telling the Passover story every year. I think I could draw a straight line from the Passover Seder to the Jewish involvement in liberal, revolutionary groups in Europe, siding with the poor and the oppressed even in cases where Polish or Hungarian noblemen had treated them better than Polish or Hungarian peasants had. And the line would extend through Schwerner and Goodman and Kivie Kaplan and Jack Greenberg and the other Jews who made the cause of black Ameri-cans their cause in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, We tell our children and we tell ourselves the story of how God sides with the underdog, and we understand that to be a Jew means to take a stand on God’s side. It would have been so easy, so tempting, to come up with a “theology of winning,” to become a religion that taught that being rich and successful was a sign of God’s blessing. And there were lots of churches that taught exactly that lesson, as there were synagogues that honored the wealthy and gave them seats by the Eastern wall. But as long as Passover came every year to remind us which side God was on; we were able for the most part to resist that temptation. When I read the headlines coming out of Israel today, I tremble at the thought that we have learned nothing from history. When I hear the viciousness with which one Jew can speak of anoth-er Jew–the Orthodox Jew and the secular Jew, the Jew who wants to settle in the West Bank and the Jew who wants to trade it in a peace settlement–each accusing the other, not just of being wrong but of being a traitor and a destroyer of the Jewish people,–when I hear that, I remember the battles that set one Jew against another 1900 years ago, in the last days of the Second Tem-ple, and I tremble in fear for our beloved Israel.

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I have always believed that if the sin that caused the fall of the Temple was sin’at hinam, unjusti-fied hatred, the generation that will be worthy of seeing God’s presence restored to Jerusalem will be, not the generation noted for its piety or its scholarship, but the generation of Jews who man-age to transcend their philosophical differences, however sincerely held, and learn to love their fellow Jews. Perhaps if enough of us tell that story, ours will be that generation. We tell stories of two thousand years of Jewish suffering in the Diaspora, cruel, often bloody stories of persecu-tions, expulsions, pogroms. But the point of all those stories is not to lament over how much we suffered, but to affirm how we survived and rose above it. Many were attracted to Beth Israel not because we agreed on the theology of revelation but be-cause the stories, we grew up with carried the message that in this country there was no conflict between being a committed Jew and a good American. You didn’t have to give one up to affirm the other. We chose to live where we live because we didn’t want to live in Borough Park, Brook-lyn, affirming our Jewishness and closing the door on American life and culture. We believed what we were told, and this became the founding premise that in this country, you didn’t have to choose; you could be both. And because we believed, we made them true. What sort of people are we because of the stories we tell about ourselves, the stories we remem-ber that shape our sense of being Jewish? We are a people who take this world seriously. Where Christians proclaim that God so loved this world that He sent His son to redeem us and get us into Heaven, we proclaim that God so loved this world that He commanded us to cherish it, to mend it where it needs mending; to dry the tears and strengthen the hands of people who have been hurt by this world, so that they will be able to go on living in it and not need to dream of escaping to some World to Come. We are a people who understand, as Abraham did, that life is a moral quest, a search for goodness not for pleasure, that the purpose of life is not to win but to share, not to obtain success but to fashion holiness. We are a people who understand that we disappoint God if we settle for being ordinary, no worse than the average. We understand that Judaism is a way of life designed to take ordinary people and make them extraordinary, by teaching us how to take the everyday and make it holy. The presence of God is not limited to special days and confined to special buildings. God is accessi-ble wherever we are, whenever we involve ourselves in acts of kindness, moments of self-restraint, hours of study and deeds of sanctifying. And finally, we understand that if we live it right, it will be our story, the story of what kind of Jews we are, that our children will one day tell, and that will be passed on to generations yet to come.

Kol tuv, Rabbi Jon

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It is time to Beautify BI… Dear Fellow Beth Israel Congregants,

It is hard to believe that I am 12 months into my term as President. It has been a great year of growth and evolution for me as well as for Beth Israel. As we plan for 2019-2020, we have a great year shaping up! The calendar www.bethisraelpa.org/calendar, is once again overflowing with community and congregational activities and programs for which we can ALWAYS use your help.

We’ve made tremendous progress on making Beth Israel a safer, more secure facility. Thank you to everyone who has stepped up to contribute both time and money. We eagerly await results on the pending grant we’ve submitted to fund further security upgrades.

I am equally pleased at how we have expanded our programming and engagement in broader Ches-ter County with a successful run of Community Shabbat Dinners and our expanded involvement with the Interfaith Action Committee. We also increased our presence in the Greater Philadelph-ia Jewish Community, thanks to Rabbi’s recent appointment and the Choir’s inclusion in Sing Halle-lujah at the Kimmel Center. I sincerely and gratefully reiterate – none of this happens without your support, both volunteer and financial, so THANK YOU for all that you provide throughout the year.

It is also that time of year when membership renews, and we make a push to recruit new members and students for our Religious School – whose revamped curriculum draws accolades from parents, students and teachers. Each year the board does its best to reduce costs and spending; next year’s budget reflects the smallest deficit in years, albeit, based on some challenging assump-tions. That being said, we are pleased to note dues were not increased this year - which means no increases for the past four years!

The purpose of this letter is to provoke thought about how, beyond dues, you may also contribute to our future – a goal with a longer span than a year – we need to sustain Beth Israel’s presence for decades. We want BI to be here for our children and our children’s children. L’dor Vador.

The doors of Beth Israel have been open in Chester Springs for almost 25 years – quite a milestone. Sadly, the building is looking its age. We desperately need a refresh of much of our décor but unfor-tunately, this endeavor comes with a sizeable budget. We have commissioned a team – Hadar which means Splendor, to help lead efforts to identify a color palette, organize, source and oversee a roadmap of improvements including new carpet for the sanctuary and bimah, replacing chairs and tables, flooring and wall coverings in the social hall, landscaping, painting, furniture and more. We are now at a place where we know we need financial support in order to make any changes. As a result, I have a direct ask to everyone – please consider supporting a new multi-year campaign to Beautify BI, with a goal of raising $50,000.

I know this is lofty, but it is a target that is reasonable for us to make some meaningful updates to our precious building. If we don’t make an investment in how Beth Israel looks, we impact our ability to ensure we will have a congregation big enough to sustain the running of the building. Essentially, prospects won’t join a place where they don’t feel uplifted – an upkept building presents and pro-vides a sense of caring and pride. I have heard several congregants comment that they may not host events at Beth Israel because the social hall needs some love and that the glow and beauty of the sanctuary has been lost. This is very unfortunate because it means we are not serving ourselves nor presenting our best when prospects walk through the door. This is a significant challenge faced with an aging building owned by a small non-profit.

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There will be more information and publicity regarding the Beautify BI campaign – it will take time for us to reach our financial target – but we felt it pertinent to introduce it as quickly as possible so we can collectively focus efforts on how to achieve the end state. A place that we can all enjoy; an updated, fresh ‘home-like’ feeling each time we walk through Beth Israel’s doors. A place we are all proud to bring our family and friends to for programs, activities and life events.

The monies received from member dues go directly toward Beth Israel’s operating expenses which keep us ‘open’ but are not enough to support aesthetic, decorative changes – these are always the things that fall to the bottom of the priority list and at the end of the year, there are no funds availa-ble to make a dent. As such, your timely payment of dues and fees is greatly appreciated so we may continue to “keep the lights on”.

Being Jewish today, particularly in Chester County, is different than it has ever been. Therefore we, Beth Israel, need to be more open and more inviting than ever before to attract new and retain ex-isting members. I am confident that we can do this together. It IS happening in seedling form. Let’s continue to nurture this growth and ensure sustainability for our congregation and Judaism in the years to come.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I wish you and your family a new year of peace, health and prosperity.

L’Shalom, Halle

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Religious School Chai-lights by Joanie Sharp

Our Religious School benefits significantly from the Cohen Enrichment fund. Realizing that there are a number of members who may have heard of the Cohen Enrichment Fund but are not sure what it is or how it functions, we thought it worthwhile to offer a bit of background.

The Cohen Enrichment Fund was established early in 2014 by the family of HD and Natalie Cohen to benefit the religious school because Jewish education was so important to Natalie. When Cliff Mesirov first approached us about a donation, he asked for our suggestions and we provided a list that included increasing music in the Religious School, offering field trips, doing more art related activities, building more family engagement programs to get parents and grandparents involved in the Jewish education of the kids, and especially offering programs to enhance the Shabbat experi-ence for the students with their families.

While Cliff liked our ideas, he tweaked them a bit and settled on a fund that would enrich the Jew-ish experiences of the kids, specifically for Shabbat and families. So, he established it as a fund to add to the basic educational experience through new and additional programming that would en-hance the educational and, especially, the Shabbat experience for the kids and would draw fami-lies into the educational process, hence the name of Cohen Enrichment Fund. Its intent is to fo-cus on creating a richer educational experience for the students beyond the academic aspects of the classroom.

The Cohen family offered a five-year matching fund arrangement. They would match what we could raise each year up to $5,000 per year for five years. This would be dedicated to educa-tional enrichment activities, activities that added to the students’ enjoyment and appreciation of Shabbat, holidays, and Jewish life. In the years since the Cohen Enrichment Fund was estab-lished, we have used it to subsidize many activities at Beth Israel:

Trip to Ellis Island Trip to US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Chanukah parties Shabbat dinners Baseball Shabbatot Cooking with the Religious School students to help them learn about Jewish foods and kashrut

(Hamentashen, latkes, donuts, falafel, rugelach, apple cake, blintzes and more) Pumpkins, gourds, and other decorations for Sukkot celebration and other holidays Fruits and foods for our annual Tu B’Shevat seder Foods and materials for the Parent Workshop program Junior Congregation and Young Children’s programs for the high holidays BI High programming Annual visit to Anne Frank Theater for 6th and 7th grades Pottery projects for all the school grades Annual visit from Andi Joseph, the “Musical Mommy” Annual model Seder for Religious School students Luncheons for Saturday Schools, 6th Grade Torah Service, and other special services Annual school breakfasts, end-of-year picnic, and similar activities Mezuzot and klafim (scrolls) for classrooms Enrichment materials for new One+ programming Support for Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Purim, Shavuot, and other holiday programs Donation to Beth Israel for general congregational programs Community Shabbat dinners Shabbat Across America continued next

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Religious School Chai-lights continued Each year, we have successfully achieved donations sufficient to receive the full match from Natalie and HD’s family which enables us to continue to support these programs benefitting the school and Beth Israel as a whole. A year or so ago, the family did two other incredibly gener-ous acts. They sent us an additional do-nation at the end of 2017 and 2018 to do “something special for the kids.” We are using those funds to bring the Maccabeats to Beth Israel. If you are not familiar with them, please check out their music here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLDl8fbJx0I At the same time, they of-fered to continue their matching donation noting that “as long as you keep going, so will we.” Hence, we hope you will continue to support the Cohen Enrichment Fund throughout the year as you enjoy the activ-ities we support.

Todah Rabah! Tzedakah is a mitzvah, a unique privilege granted to every Jew. Remembering friends and family in this

manner is an appropriate way to show our feelings towards both our loved ones and our community. We want to thank the follow-ing for their contributions:

Building Fund

In honor of the 50th wedding anniversary of Paul

and Sharon Zislis From Arthur and Nancy Salwin

Choir Fund Mazel Tov to Paul and Sharon Zislis on their 50

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wedding anniversary From Irv and Barbara Hendel Mazel Tov to Adrianne Liebman for 20 years as our Preschool Director From Irv and Barbara Hendel In honor of Hanya Simon’s Bat Mitzvah From Don and Anne Suss In honor of the wonderful work done by Robin and the Choir From Sharon and Paul Zislis In honor of Sharon and Paul Zislis’ 50

th wedding

anniversary From Roz and Allan Cohen In honor of Roselyn Cadoff’s Bat Mitzvah From Brian and Evelyn Feingold

Security Upgrades Fund In honor of the B’nai Mitzvah class: John Barnett, Roselyn Cadoff, Lynn Greenspan, Deborah Kaplan, Jennifer Sauls, Thierry Steenberghs, Michele Steiner, and Vicki Stone From Don and Anne Suss Security Upgrades Donation From Neal and Vicki Stone

Yahrzeits In memory of Don’s sister, Carin Bakelaar From Don and Anne Suss In memory of Leib Levin From Seymour Levin

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund In honor of Sharon and Paul Zislis’ 50

th wedding

anniversary From Allen and Jan Lev Congratulations to Rabbi Jon From Lisa Leff

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Lori Cherry 7/1

Steven Simon 7/3

Phylis Hochberg 7/5

Adam Dinerman 7/6

Harold Knable 7/10

Brian Schonherz 7/10

Heidi Block 7/13

Nadia Faden 7/13 8th

Aaron Blom 7/15

Jessica Harbold 7/18

Jonathan Scharf 7/18

Mark Segal 7/18

Randy Steen 7/18

Kate Kauffman 7/22

David Eaton 7/26 18th

Josh Schifter 7/26

Shelly Kramer 7/29

Cassandra Lam 7/29

Jaimee Helbein 7/30

Roz Goldstein 7/31

Stephen Schmidt 7/31

Neal Stone 7/31

Andrew & Heidi Block 7/5 27th

Susan & Gary Levin 7/11 43rd

Ilene & Richard Lipow 7/20 33rd

Robert & Kathy Greer 7/21 28th

Mark & Ann McPhillimey 7/21 22nd

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SISTERHOOD GOING FORWARD By Maxine Endy

Sisterhood Meeting Jun 10 Sisterhood held a very well-attended meeting on June 10 at which time members voted to elimi-nate some Sisterhood programs and their fund raisers because of lack of volunteer time being available. In maintaining our service to Beth Israel, we will be continuing through our High Holy Day Honey Cake Fund Raiser. Also, we are busy working on an up-dated slate to reflect our lead-ership, fund raisers, and programs for 2019.

To Linda Jacowitz, Roz Goldstein, Cassandra Lam, Roz Cohen, and Deborah Kaplan for stepping up to work on the Rosh Hasha-

nah Honey Cake Fund Raiser which pays for the Onegs, Kiddushes, and High Holy Day Oneg and Extended Kiddush on Rosh Hashanah which we happily do for Beth Israel Con-gregation. And thanks to Shelly Kramer for filling a new slot, Telephone Squad and to Sharon Zislis for agreeing to be nominated for Fund Raising VP. And a thank you to Nan-cy Goldberg who works from Florida for Sisterhood through the Women’s League Torah Fund! In reviewing our slate for next year we are excited that some new people have stepped up to be nominated for leadership positions but we notice that we have slots that have not been filled. Please contact Maxine Endy if you would like to discuss where you can fit in to help Sisterhood provide for our women and our congregation. Email: mtendy@verizon.net or text 484-883-1316.

Adult Education Program Possibilities Pipeline Safety Perhaps you saw the article about the possible destruction of Marsh Creek State Park in the

Downingtown Local on 6/15. We thank George Alexander and Maxine’s son, Eric Fried-man, for presenting at our Monday Movie Maven Night in May. They’d be glad to come again to continue the presentation on what has been done to slow this pipeline and what YOU CAN DO! Please let us know if you are interested in a session on how to make our voices heard on this issue.

Monday Movie Maven Nights Thanks to Seymour Levin for the two movie nights. If you’d like us to schedule more of them

in the fall, please let us know. In the meantime, please attend the Wednesday night Feder-ation Kehillah movies scheduled for the Colonial Theatre on Wednesdays.

August Dinner Meeting is in the planning. We are thinking of either a cooking demonstration,

a flower arranging demonstration, or a talk on a health issue. Please let us know if you’d

like to work on the planning for this meeting. Author Talk In the planning for September 22

is a lite brunch and talk by Janet Benton, author of Lilli de Jong. Janet has presented to ac-

claim at main line synagogues, and we are thrilled to have her come to BICC. Her book will

be available for purchase.

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Beth Israel gets a facelift.

Come and enjoy a cup of coffee with friends

in our newly redecorated lounge.

Thank you to Dominik Palaszewski-Zebrowski and family for their generosity in completing the Lounge.

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Preschool &

Kindergarten News by Adrianne Liebman

As I have mentioned often, I strive to continue to learn and grow professionally on an ongoing basis as I believe so passionately about being a lifelong learner. When I come across interest-ing articles, books and resources, I try to share them with the staff at Beth Israel Preschool. I just finished reading a fascinating article about “Energizing the Traditional Classroom Table”. This might strike you as a strange topic to appear in a professional journal for early childhood education.

This article will definitely be a topic of conversation at one of our staff meetings in September. The premise of the article talks about how so much happens at tables in the classroom and we don’t give much thought to the appearance of the table, however, we should be thinking about them as an important tool to enhance child development. As long as it functions to do tabletop activities, serve as a place to do center activities and to use for eating purposes then it works in the classroom. Most of the tables that you see in an early childhood classroom look similar. So we must change our mindset and think of unique and extraordinary ways to bring different tables to the classroom.

It does not have to be an expensive endeavor. The table can be adapted to your specific needs and you can start small, by just changing one table! You can bring such energy and opportunity to construct new ideas and ways to play and learn. The key to success is not going to the regu-lar resources of early childhood catalogs. Instead try looking in these places for your new table:

Whatever you find, make sure the table is made of non-toxic material, is sturdy, and does not have sharp corners/edges. Here are some ideas for table tops;

*These ideas are for tabletops and then you can purchase legs at a home improvement store or hardware store.

In this article they pictured tables made from patio tables, tables with no legs, tables made from nature (tree cookies) and piano benches that kept the top open with L shaped angle brackets, tables made from cocktail tables with a lip and door tables.

Perhaps you may have one of these items at your house and you are looking to give it a new

home. If so, please email me at biccpreschool@verizon.net and I will discuss the possi-bilities. Please don’t just bring over to the office as I must determine if anyone is interest-ed in exploring this opportunity in their classroom.

Your basement

A relative’s basement

Habitat for Humanity

Goodwill

Garage Sale

Estate Sale

Shutters

Window screens

Doors

Small cabinet doors

Benches

Acrylic mirrors

Large trays

Electric spools

Drawers

Large trays

Old-fashion suitcase

Old trunks

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Torah Fund 2019-2020 CHESED

Chesed means “kindness” in Hebrew. The word can also be translated as “loving-kindness”, to convey the deep love that animates Jewish acts of kindness, done without thought of reward.

The Bible has numerous examples of chesed, such as Abraham and Sa-rah welcoming three strangers to their tent in the heat of the day; Abra-hams’s servant’s prayer for a wife for Isaac, answered by Rebecca, who offers water to him and to his camels; and Ruth, who shows loyalty and kindness to Naomi, adopting her religion and people hood, after Naomi has experienced great loss. The rabbinic tradition enacted many laws to formalize our commitment to kindness, making chesed one of the three central pillars of Jewish life, Shimon Ha Tzaddik taught: “The world rests on three things: Torah, service of God, and deeds of kindness” (Pirkei Avot 1:2).

The 5780 (2019-2020) Torah Fund pin depicts a heart surrounded by three circles, one larger than the next. This symbolizes the heart of kindness, which Jews enact in ever-widening realms of gen-erosity: from family, to community, to the larger world; from North America, to Israel, to the world; or from sisterhood, to region, to larger world of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism. And, as it is said in Psalm 89, may we build a world of kindness.

I want to thank Roz Goldstein and Sigrid Rosenthal for their donations at the Benefactor level for the 2018 2019 year.

All donations are welcome. If you want to send a card they start at $5.00.

For more information please contact: Nancy Goldberg NJG18@aol.com or 484 410 7766

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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 3 7:15 PM Choir Practice

4 5 7:30 PM Adult B’nai Mitzvah Shabbat Service

6 9:30 AM Adult B’nai Mitzvah Followed by Luncheon

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8 9 7:30 PM Board Meeting

10 7:15 PM Choir Practice

11 12 7:00 PM Shabbat Services at Kesher Israel

13 9:30 AM Shabbat Services

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15 7:00 PM Programming Committee Meeting

16 17 12:45 PM Interfaith Action Community General Meeting 7:15 PM Choir Practice

18 19 6:30 PM Community Shabbat Dinner

20 9:30 AM Shabbat Services

21 22 23 24 7:15 PM Choir Practice

25 26 7:00 PM Shabbat Services at Kesher Israel

27 9:30 AM Shabbat Services

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29 30 31 7:15 PM Choir Practice

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OBSERVED June 28-29 Lillian Arzt 7/1 Sivan 28 Nathaniel Wolfson 7/1 Sivan 28 Filbert Cherry 7/3 Sivan 30 Sylvia Itz 7/3 Sivan 30 Frank Rosen 7/3 Sivan 30 Robert Frank 7/4 Tammuz 1 Hutzie Beck 7/5 Tammuz 2 Isaac Smulowitz 7/5 Tammuz 2 OBSERVED July 5-6 Milton Wexler 7/7 Tammuz 4 Adolph Zeller 7/7 Tammuz 4 James H. Burns 7/9 Tammuz 6 Albert Knable 7/9 Tammuz 6 Leo Magid 7/9 Tammuz 6 Dr. Morris Duitch 7/10 Tammuz 7 Louis Kramer 7/10 Tammuz 7 Esther Rabb 7/10 Tammuz 7 Victor Gerber 7/11 Tammuz 8 Gladys Jackson 7/11 Tammuz 8 George Edelman 7/12 Tammuz 9 Ronald Kaufmann 7/12 Tammuz 9 Marcus Rosenblum 7/12 Tammuz 9 OBSERVED July 12-13 Sofia Chafetz 7/13 Tammuz 10 Florence Baer 7/14 Tammuz 11 Fannie Berliner 7/14 Tammuz 11 Morris Cadoff 7/14 Tammuz 11 Max Kalick 7/14 Tammuz 11 Anne Lieberman 7/14 Tammuz 11 Emmy Behrend 7/15 Tammuz 12 Barbara Casson 7/15 Tammuz 12 Conrad Apfelbaum 7/16 Tammuz 13 Sara Goldberg 7/16 Tammuz 13 Chaim Kleeman 7/16 Tammuz 13 Chanah Kleeman 7/16 Tammuz 13 Hyman Pogach 7/16 Tammuz 13 William Shafrin 7/16 Tammuz 13 William Chertok 7/17 Tammuz 14 Morris Kramer 7/17 Tammuz 14 Gustav Levy 7/18 Tammuz 15 Sylvia Rubin 7/18 Tammuz 15 Mary Fryer 7/19 Tammuz 16

Aaron Levine 7/19 Tammuz 16 Norma Miller 7/19 Tammuz 16 Bebe Shanholtz 7/19 Tammuz 16 OBSERVED July 19-20 Larry Israelson 7/20 Tammuz 17 Nathan Sofer 7/20 Tammuz 17 Meyer Wexler 7/20 Tammuz 17 Max Cohen 7/21 Tammuz 18 Bernice Goldhirsh 7/21 Tammuz 18 George Knable 7/21 Tammuz 18 Albert Lassoff 7/21 Tammuz 18 Abraham Margolis 7/22 Tammuz 19 Morris Margolis 7/22 Tammuz 19 Ida Sugarman 7/22 Tammuz 19 Isaak Molinsky 7/23 Tammuz 20 Shirley Stone 7/23 Tammuz 20 Rose Batt 7/24 Tammuz 21 Anna Buch 7/24 Tammuz 21 Lillian Goldstein 7/25 Tammuz 22 Herbert Baer 7/26 Tammuz 23 OBSERVED July 26-27 Rabbi Lawrence Charney 7/27 Tammuz 24 Gladys Fanaroff 7/27 Tammuz 24 Irene Howald 7/27 Tammuz 24 Herbert Kauffman 7/27 Tammuz 24 Benjamin Rabinowitz 7/27 Tammuz 24 Mollie Katz 7/28 Tammuz 25 Solomon Kline 7/28 Tammuz 25 Aaron Novell 7/28 Tammuz 25 Louis Wallick 7/28 Tammuz 25 Donald Kabakow 7/29 Tammuz 26 Harriet Pomerantz 7/29 Tammuz 26 Harry H. Silver 7/29 Tammuz 26 Rose Berks 7/30 Tammuz 27 Alexander Endy 7/30 Tammuz 27 Sara Kauffman 7/30 Tammuz 27 Jean Berse 7/31 Tammuz 28 Mellissa Gosule 7/31 Tammuz 28 Bertha Suckonic 8/1 Tammuz 29 Harold Zislis 8/1 Tammuz 29

Selig Cohen 8/2 Av 1 Lillian Kenig 8/2 Av 1 Herbert Kleeman 8/2 Av 1 Marilyn Rubin 8/2 Av 1 OBSERVED August 2-3 Sol Milberg 8/3 Av 2 E. Mary Rigano 8/4 Av 3 Sol Stone 8/4 Av 3 Esther Kalstein 8/5 Av 4 Meyer Moscow 8/6 Av 5 Tamara Simon 8/6 Av 5 Nettie Wallick 8/6 Av 5 Peter Gordon 8/7 Av 6 Samuel Odell 8/7 Av 6 Samuel Steinberg 8/7 Av 6 Bernice Baker 8/8 Av 7 Reba Epstein 8/8 Av 7 Barbara Frankel 8/8 Av 7 Abraham Hendel 8/8 Av 7 Louis Jaffe 8/8 Av 7 Max Narod 8/8 Av 7 OBSERVED August 9-10 Carl Abrams 8/10 Av 9 Joseph Freedman 8/10 Av 9 Harriet Friedman 8/10 Av 9 Lawence Feldman 8/11 Av 10 Abraham Hillman 8/11 Av 10 Bessie Hurwitz 8/11 Av 10 Harry Kirschenbaum 8/11 Av 10 Mildred Mesirov 8/11 Av 10 David Bomzer 8/12 Av 11 Richard Morgon 8/12 Av 11 Dorothy Halpren 8/13 Av 12 Milton Margolis 8/13 Av 12 Sylvia Riebman 8/14 Av 13 Esther Spitz 8/14 Av 13 Charles Goldring 8/15 Av 14 Arthur Jacobs 8/17 Av 16 Ruth Kauffman 8/17 Av 16 Max Martin Rothstein 8/17 Av 16 Phyllis Brown 8/18 Av 17 Celia Endy 8/18 Av 17 Ella Frank 8/18 Av 17

Yahrzeits

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HaRuach

BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION of CHESTER COUNTY

385 Pottstown Pike (Rte. 100)

Eagle, PA

P.O. Box 678

Uwchland, PA 19480

(610) 458-8550 biccsyn1@gmail.com

www.bethisraelpa.org

Rabbi — Jon Cutler BOARD OF DIRECTORS President — Halle Schonherz Executive Vice President — Neal Stone

Vice President, Finance — Stuart Miller Vice President, Program — open

Secretary — Roz Goldstein Treasurer — Stuart Miller

Immediate Past President — Mark Segal

MEMBERS John Barnett Cindy Blair-Miller Aaron Blom Nadine Dinerman Larry Faden Linda Glazer

Rob Greer Michelle Harbold Morris Kauffman Robin Kerollis-Napiecek Gary Levin

Mandy Scott Heather Simon Steve Simon Martin Skolnik Drew Weintraub Marcy Zeichner

Paul Zislis

TRUSTEES

Ed Margolis Jeff Pickholtz Don Suss

Pre-School Director — Adrianne Liebman Religious School Director — Joan Sharp

Office Administrator — Bernice Gause Music Director — Robin Kerollis-Napiecek

HaRuach Editor—Deborah Kaplan

See up-to-date Calendar on www.bethisraelpa.org for highlights