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Y Temple IsraelCHAI - Lites

A Traditional Conservative Synagogue

TEMPLE ISRAEL HIGH HOLIDAY SCHEDULE 5768-9 (2008)

Selichot Sat. 9/20Program, Coffee & Cake .................................. 8:30 PMServices ......................................................... 10:00 PMSelichot services will be held each weekday through Yom Kippur after morning services.Erev Rosh Hashanah Mon. 9/29Mincha .......................................................... 6:15 PMRosh Hashanah I, Tue. 9/30Shacharit ........................................................ 8:00 AMTashlich (Boardwalk & Riverside) ................... 5:15 PMMincha * ........................................................ 6:15 PMRosh Hashanah II, Wed. 10/1Shacharit ........................................................ 8:00 AMMincha * ........................................................ 6:15 PMShabbat Shuvah Fri. - Sat 10/3-4Shacharit ........................................................ 9:00 AMMincha * ........................................................ 6:00 PMKabbalat Shabbat * ........................................ 6:15 PMShabbat ends ................................................. 7:16 PMYom Kippur - Kol NidreWed. 10/8 ....................................................... 6:00 PMYom Kippur Thur. 10/9Shacharit ........................................................ 8:45 AMYizkor ............................................................. Apx. 11:45 AMMincha .......................................................... 4:30 PMNeilah ............................................................ 6:00 PMShofar Sounds ................................................ 7:08 PM

Sukkot Mon,Tue. & Wed. 10/14-10/15Sukkot Eve ..................................................... Mon. 10/13Mincha * ........................................................ Mon 5:45 PMTues, WedShacharit ........................................................ 9:00 AMMincha * ........................................................ 5:45 PMChol Hamoe'd Sukkot Thu. 10/16-Fri. 10/17Shacharit * ..................................................... 7:00 AMMincha * ........................................................ 5:45 PMSh ab ba t Ch ol H a 'Moed Sukko t Fr i . 10/17 -Sat . 10 /18Shacharit ........................................................ 9:00 AMKabbalat Shabbat ........................................... 5:45 PMMincha* ........................................................ 5:45 PMShabbat ends ................................................. 6:55 PMChol Hamoe'd Sukkot Sun. 10/19-Mon. 10/20Shacharit Sunday * ........................................ 8:30AMShacharit Monday * ...................................... 7:00 AMMincha Sun. & Mon *. .................................. 5:45 PMShemini Atzeret Tue. 10/21Shacharit ........................................................ 9:00 AMYizkor ............................................................. Apx. 10:45 AMSimchat Torah Tue 10/21-Wed. 10/22Hakafot Tue. 10/21 .......................................... 5:45 PMShacharit 10/22 ............................................... 9:00 AMHakafot 10/22 ................................................. Apx.10:15 AMMincha * ........................................................ 5:45 PMYom Tov ends 10/22 ........................................ 6:49 PM

* Denotes services held in Beth Midrash.

SPONSOR A KIDDUSHWhether celebrating a birthday, anniversary or other happy

occasion, share that event with your Temple Israel family. Spon-

sor a Kiddush following Saturday morning services. Many differ-

ent types are available. Speak to Sy Ulan.

Sisterhood BoutiqueThe Sisterhood Boutique is now located to the upper lobby.Think of us for all your Judaic and non-Judaic needs. Beau-

tiful and unique gift items for all occasions. Flexible hours tosuit your schedule. Contact Debbie Gordon, Marci Ross, orEllen Klein or Temple Israel 432-1410

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HEBREW SCHOOLNEWS

Another school year has finished. Itseems like the time flew. We really had agood year; and are looking forward to aneven better one in September. Our tryingout fun through learning was a huge suc-cess. What we did, after a subject was fin-ished being taught instead of giving a writ-ten test we played a game "Jewporady." Weput the children in teams and they had doget the answers. They had a great time whilereviewing. We were able to evaluate ourteaching procedures and what the childrenwere learning. Junior Congregation was ahuge success. Peter Oppenheimer does afabulous job. We gave 6 X Chai to YAD Sa-rah in honor of him. It went to toys and booksfor sick and needy children. Kudos to all thechildren for always bringing in Seducah.Their change all adds up. We thank you.The calendar will be going out at the end ofJuly. Please note the dates of our activities,and make every effort to attend. We hopeyou all have a great and safe summer. I canalways be reached through The Temple, orby E-mail Basha17@aol.com. I will be goingin for surgery and hopefully by Labor Day Iwill be able to join Shlomit and Revi and seeyou on the beach.,

Barbara Semel

Men's Club News"Take Me Out to the Ballgame"The Men's Club is selling tickets to see a

baseball game between the Long Island Ducksand the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. Thedate is Sunday, August 17th, 5 pm at CitibankPark, in Central Islip. Tickets cost $20 andcan be purchased at the synagogue office,432-1410.

Donate to the Sisterhood We are assembling a new Golden

Book. Pages are $50. Donation cardscan still be purchased for $5 each or 6for $25. Contact the office.

Thanks, SySy Ulan, a true Temple Israel stal-

wart, is to be commended for his 2ndannual "Thank you, Minyanaires"breakfast, catered by Sy and EvalynRintel, outdoors at the Lido Towers.It was a super scrumptious meal inan idyllic setting.

If you want to join us next year,start attending our daily minyan. Oneor two days a week would be greatlyappreciated.

Shaleh Shudos SponsersMay 31 Harry Sealine in honor

of the birthday of his father, JayJune 14 Grace and Ed Levie, in

honor of Israel's 60th BirthdayJune 21 Sylvia and Harry Reiter,

on the Yahrzeit of Sylvia's father, Ber-nard Scherzer

June 28 Mona and Neil Stern, onthe Yahrzeit of Neil's grandfather,Charles Black, and his grandmother,Amelia Stern

July 5 Todd Benenson, on theYahrzeit of his grandmother, GertrudeMichaels

July 12 Ruth and Elliott Olenick,on the Yahrzeit of Elliot's father, Simon.

July 19 Ian and Revi Spinks, inhonor of her birthday.

Shabbat Kiddush SponsorsJune 14 Lenny Weinberger, on the

birth of his grandsonJune 21 Oscar Olem, on the Yahr-

zeit of his wife LeatriceJune 28 Ellen Sackstein, on the

graduation of her daughter, Sophie, fromelementary school

July 12 Temple Israel, in honor ofall of our military veterans.

July 19 Rabbi Gradofsky, in honorof his Sunday Talmud Class completingthe third chapter of Talmud BavliTractate Mo'Ed Kattan, welcoming RabbiSteven and Anne Saks, and in celebra-tion of Anne's Birthday.

Rabbi Jacob ChigerWe deeply mourn the passing of our former spiritual leader,

Rabbi Jacob Chiger. He and his beloved wife Eleanor were apart of the Temple Israel family for 15 years.

Rabbi Chiger was a Torah scholar, a man with a great senseof compassion for his congregants and source of help and in-spiration to members with personal problems. He was a goodfriend to many of us, and we shall profoundly miss him. In hislatter years, he devoted much time with his grandchildren, whomhe doted on, and in return loved him.

Our heartfelt sympathy is given to Eleanor, Simmie, Tsippi,Shifra and Joseph and their grandchildren.

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SISTERHOOD NEWS

We extend sincere getwell wishes to:

Debra Griboff FilmLectures

At the Long Beach Library, co-spon-sored by Temple Israel, Debra pre-sented two stimulating lectures. OnJune 11, the subject was, “Mockingthe Oppressors: Humor as a Weapon,”addressing spoofs of Nazi Germanyanti-Semitism. Comedy is often theartist’s most valuable weapon, but isthere a line between funny and taste-less? Are some topics off-limits or iseverything fair game?

On June 25th, the topic was “Jew-ish Women: Challenging Pop-CultureStereotypes,” addressing the many dif-ferent portrayals of the Jewish womanin the movies and TV.

Mazel Tov to our new president MalkyAsarch. Best wishes to Malky and her boardfor a wonderful year. Our thanks to MarciRoss, for all of her efforts as she ends hervery successful term as Sisterhood Presi-dent. A lovely Kiddush luncheon was spon-sored by Sisterhood on Installation Shabbat.

Kudos to Pam Garfinkle, who provided theprogram for our June meeting. CarolD'Auria, reporter for 1010 WINS Radio, wasterrific.

Freda Eiberson, VP of Program, was for-tunate to bring the Honorable ClaireWeinberg, former County Court Judge, tospeak at our July meeting. She is a greatspeaker and her topic "Women and the Law"was very well received.

The Spring Torah Fund Luncheon, chairedby Bernice Altarac and Evalyn Rintel was el-egant and delicious. Malky Asarch was a welldeserving Guest of Honor. Thanks to GertGriboff for all of her help with the seating,and to the Asarch family for their generouscontribution. Todah Rabah to all of our won-derful donors.

Our White Elephant Sale, chaired byRobin Mahler and Grace Levie, was held onAugust 3rd and 4th. Thanks to all who helpedmake this a very successful fundraiser.

A warm welcome to new Life Member,Sheryl Beck, and to our latest sisterhoodmember, Renee Adler.

Get well wishes to Barbara Prager andBarbara Semel.

Rita Berger, chair of the 52 Club, reportedthat our fun luncheon will be held at Cho-Sen, in Lawrence, on September 14th. Thereis still time to join. Call Rita at 432-3157.Men are invited.

Mazel Tov to Grace and Ed Levie, whosegranddaughter, Jenna Schneider, is going tothe University of Indiana.

A paid up membership dinner will be heldat Maxx's Restaurant on August 20th at 7:30pm. This will be a full course, sit-down din-ner. Only paid up members and their guestare eligible to attend. Members at $18 andguests are $20.

Our very successful Women's Seder,chaired by Freda Eiberson, in conjunctionwith Hadassah, the Sisterhoods of TempleEmanuel, Beth Shalom and JWI was won-derful. It raised over $800, which will bepresented to JASA.

I hope you didn't miss the Debra Gribofflectures at the Long Beach Public Libraryco-sponsored by Temple Israel. They were atreat.

Please visit our Gift Boutique in the up-per lobby. We can fill all of your gift andholiday needs.

Francine Wurman

High Holiday TicketsEd Levie and Sy Ulan have been spend-

ing many hours at the Temple office tohelp you acquire the seats you desire.Please give them your cooperation bymaking sure your membership dues arepaid for the New Year. Seats for the mainsanctuary are available, at two prices lev-els, the lower price being for the bal-cony seats. For further information,please call the Temple Office, 432-1410.

Mazel Tov• Sue Solomonic, on the Bar Mitz-

vah of her son Michael.• Anita Adler, on the recognition

of her son, Dr. Harry Adler, as one ofthe outstanding surgeons in NewYork.

• Nina and Michael Weiss, on theBat Mitzvah of their daughter, Rachel.

• Liela and Martin Steltzer, on theBat Mitzvahs of their granddaugh-ters, Julia and Aimee Silverman, inIsrael.

• Donna and Jay Gold, on the birthof their granddaughter, Lillian totheir son, Nathaniel, and his wife,Jessica.

Condolences to• Nathan Sobel, on the loss of his

son, Andrew Hunter Sobel• The family of Adeline Goode, on

her recent passing.• Eleanor Chiger and family on the

passing of our esteemed, past Rabbi,Jacob Chiger.

• Fred Resnick, on the passing ofhis mother, Norma.

• The family of Jason and RachelWachs, on the loss of Rachel's mother,Karen Bosgang.

Myron AmerHortence GlasgoldMildred LefkowitzBarbara PragerRachel ScharmanBarbara SemelMeyer SteinMona Stern Zev Vishnia

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Make Your Next Simchaat Temple Israel

Our synagogue facilities include our stun-ning synagogue, a charming beit midrash(chapel), two gorgeous ballrooms (below),several hebrew school class rooms includ-ing modern computers, and a large multi-purpose room. Our facilities are available tohost your kosher affairs.

Call the Temple Israel Office for moreinformation 432-1410

Temple IsraelStudy Groups

Sisterhood Calendar The Sisterhood will have a Membership

Dinner at Maxx’s Glatt Kosher Deli onWednesday, August 20th, 2008 at 7:30 PM.Sisterhood members are welcome with theirguests ($18 for members, $20 for guests).The reservation form will come in the mail,and may be downloaded from the “Sister-hood” section of the website. (Direct link).

The Sisterhood will be walking in the“Making Strides Against Breast Cancer”walk on Jones Beach Sunday October 19th.Visit the “Sisterhood” section of the TILBwebsite to join the team or to make a dona-tion.

Sisterhood NewYears Greeting

As I approach the New Year of5767, I reflect on the year past andgive thanks for every life that hastouched mine and every life that Ihave touched along the road. I hopethat as President of Sisterhood, I havehelped those lives I have touched atTemple Israel and, in doing so, helpachieve all the goals Sisterhood hasset out to accomplish this year.

I wish to take this opportunityto thank my sisterhood members,board and executive board for alltheir hard work. I would also like tothank our Temple Israel family fortheir continued support of Sister-hood.

Lenny, David & Spencer joinme in wishing you and all those dearto you peace, health and happiness inthe New Year. L'Shana TovahTikateivu.

Congrats, MarinMarin Shapiro, daughter of Marsha

and Dr. Andrew Shapiro, appeared onWABC-TV, where she was recognizedas one of the four outstanding highschool seniors in the Tri-State area.Marin was honored for her four yearsof creating programs to help the lessfortunate members of the Long BeachCommunity. Way to go!!!!

Temple Israel’s Free Hebrew High Schoolwill return in the fall. These tuition-freeclasses are open to all students in grades 8-12, regardless of synagogue affiliation.Classes will cover the basics of Judaism, andmodern day topics that are important to teens(drugs and alcohol, relationships, peer pres-sure, etc). Dinner is served. Please see theflier or Rabbi Gradofsky for more informa-tion.

Shabbat Parsha Study:Rabbi Gradofsky’s Shabbat class will be

one hour before Mincha on Saturdays dur-ing Daylight Savings Time. See “TILBEvents” for exact time each week.

Jewish Literature Course. The Basic Ju-daism class is held at 7:30 PM on Tuesdays.Our current subject is “Jewish Literature,from Torah to Today,” which will include anoverview of Jewish literature, including eachbook of the Bible, different forms of Rab-binic literature, later commentaries, philoso-phy, and works of history.

Mon. Sept. 29 6:22 PMTue. Sept. 30 7:22 PM**Fri. Oct. 3 6:15 PMWed. Oct. 8 6:07 PMFri. Oct. 10 6:04 PMMon. Oct. 13 5:59 PMTue. Oct. 14 7:00 PM**Fri. Oct. 17 5:53 PMMon. Oct. 20 5:49 PMTue. Oct. 21 6:50 PM**Wed. Sept. 26 6:28 PMThu. Sept. 27 7:26 PM**Fri. Sept. 28 6:25 PM**Wed. Oct. 3 6:17 PMThu. Oct. 4 7:15 PM**

Fri. Oct. 5 6:13 PM**

Shabbat/Yom Tov EndsWed. Oct. 1 7:21 PMSat. Oct. 3 7:16 PMThu. Oct. 9 7:08 PMSat. Oct. 11 7:05 PMWed. Oct. 14 6:59 PMSat. Oct. 18 6:55 PMWed. Oct. 22 6:49 PM** Denotes that candles may not be lit

earlier than this time. Also denotes thatthe candle must also be lit only by trans-ferring a flame, since it is still Yom Tovand a flame cannot be initiated or extin-guished on Yom Tov.

Candle Lighting Times:

"Tree of Life"Gold Leaves on the Tree of

Life in the upper lobby may bepurchased for $125 each. Thisis a good way to honor a lovedone or oneself on any specialoccasion, such as a birth, bar/bat-mitzvah, wedding, etc.

Call the Temple Office432-1410

GOLDEN BOOKSisterhood's Golden Book is

an easy way to express congratu-lations or condolences. Just callthe temple office 432-1410

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