Hahodesh December 2020

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H desh December 2020 – January 2021

From Rabbi Lerner Bari Weiss Sounds the Alarm But Her Ringtone is Off-Key It’s not unusual for me to receive emails from members of our community asking me to comment on an article or an op-ed. But in midOctober, in the span of just a couple of days, I received more than a dozen requests to comment on Bari Weiss’ article published in the online Tablet magazine (https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/ news/articles/stop-being-shocked).

Ms. Weiss has made a name for herself as an accomplished writer and commentator. I have greatly appreciated her commentaries in the NY Times and was inspired by her speech at the United Synagogue Convention here in Boston last December. A busload of Emunah-ites heard her in January when we traveled down to New York for an important rally against anti-Semitism before the pandemic hit.

Entitled Stop Being Shocked, her article delineates the challenge of this moment when American Jews face a leftwing creeping toward anti-Israel sentiment, even a growing anti-Semitism.

Her piece is an important one. Just as she stood up after the terrible shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018, as well as at many other events, she is standing up now for Jews. By any measure, that anti-Semitism is on the rise is a real cause for concern. Much of it comes from the politics of fear and divisiveness that the current administration has sown. A significant share of it comes from far-left anti-Israel politics. Let us also remember that some comes from the farright as we saw in the Charlottesville rallying cry: “Jews will not replace us.”

Because she points to the left as the source of much of the problem, I will analyze her claims, while downgrading some of her challenges.

While I appreciate her sounding the alarm, her arguments do not fully resonate with me, nor do they contain the nuance that this moment calls for.

Her main argument is about Con g re s s wom a n A le x a nd r i a Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) who can(continued on page 11)

Bari Weiss

Kislev/Tevet/Shevat 5781

H.ANUKKAH EXTRAVAGANZA sponsored by Religious School

Sunday, December 13, 6-8 pm Join us for an outdoor celebration of the Festival of Lights • Holiday songs • H.anukkah Trivia

• Israeli Folk Dance • Light the H.anukkiyah

Detailed information coming in December

COMMUNITY H.ANUKKAH CELEBRATION & DINNER sponsored by Sisterhood

Wednesday, December 16, 5:30 pm Activities for all ages Watch for the flyer with more information.

Inside: President................................... 2 Minyan Story............................. 3 Family Table.............................. 3 Adult Education......................... 4 Ladle Fund................................. 4 Library....................................... 5 Religious School/Youth............. 6

‫בתוך‬ Inclusion...............................7 Pre-school............................8 Brotherhood............,...........10 Sisterhood............................11 Yahrzeits..........................13-15 Donations.......................15-17 Calendar.........................18-19

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A Newsletter for Temple Emunah members 9 Piper Road, Lexington, MA 02421-8199 www.TempleEmunah.org Main Office: 781-861-0300 Fax: 781-861-7141 Senior Rabbi

David G. Lerner

781-861-0300, ext. 22 dlerner@templeemunah.org Assisstant Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins 781-861-0300, ext. 31 lklingperkins@templeemunah.org Rabbi Emeritus Bernard Eisenman President Mark Bobrow 781-861-1920 president@templeemunah.org Executive Director Raveetal Celine 781-861-0300, ext. 21 rceline@templeemunah.org Director of Me’ir Sherer 781-861-0303, ext. 24 Congregational Learning msherer@templeemunah.org Director, Billy Dalwin Shelley Rossman 781-861-0708, ext. 27 Pre-School srossman@templeemunah.org Accounting Manager Alisa Billings 781-861-0300, ext. 23 abillings@templeemunah.org Chief of Cong. Advancement Hannah Arwe 781-861-0300, ext. 30 & Manager of Pastoral Admin. harwe@templeemunah.org Communication Manager & Efrat Assulin 781-861-0300, ext. 28 Programming Coordinator eassulin@templeemunah.org Synagogue Educator/Young Tova Weinronk 781-861-0300, ext. 34 Family Engagement Coord. tweinronk@templeemunah.org Synagogue Educator Andrew Doxer 781-861-0300, ext. 32 adoxer@templeemunah.org Accounting Assistant Mary Melnick 781-861-0300, ext. 26 adoxer@templeemunah.org Office Administrator Marilyn Pappo 781-861-0300, ext. 20 office@templeemunah.org Office Administrator Ellen Weene 781-861-0300, ext. 29 rabbiadmin@templeemunah.org Bulletin Editor Linda Silverstein lindags@comcast.net

Dedication of an AFMDA ambulance in loving memory of the Levine, Naihersig, Rittenburg and Rossbach families

by Janice Rossbach. (Photo credit: Cindy Cutler)

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President's Message As a people, we demonstrate adaptive resilience. We are also compassionate, and individuals are willing to make sacrifices for the benefit of the many. These characteristics enabled us to produce one of the most extraordinary High Holy Day experiences. We will never forget the start of 5781.

Our sanctuary was converted into a Zoom production studio. There were few people in person, barely over a minyan, with everyone having a role in the production. It was spacious with both side rooms open, sparse, with attendees distanced, and cold, with the windows open to provide better air circulation. It was not the warm haimish feeling I usually have for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Services were better on Zoom than they were in person (I watched too).

Sukkot and Simh.at Torah were vastly different experiences.

The outdoor services were refreshing, spiritual, and posed challenges. The ark holding one Torah scroll wanted to roll down the banked parking lot; the wind was blowing the table covers away; and the sound was sometimes hard to hear. There were some unexpected positive highlights. Standing outside under the solar canopies, with sound echoing, created a feeling of being in a large indoor space. At the Erev Simh.at Torah service, we were accompanied by Jupiter and Saturn, low in the southern sky. Later in the service I was standing facing directly at the ark, and I looked above the tree line, behind.

Mars was just visible, rising in the east. The visuals put a perspective of our place in the universe.

On Simh.at Torah, we honored David Geller as our Hatan Torah and Judy Zola as our Kallat Bereisheet. Seeing them walking under the h.uppah at the outdoor service added a sense of newness, just as we are starting a new Torah cycle.

The most unique observation was one of our rabbis (I won’t say which one) holding a Torah and breakdancing on the asphalt parking lot.

With the overwhelming positive responses we have received about our High Holy Day experiences being available on Zoom and outdoors, I don’t believe we will ever be the same.

Our adaptive resilience enabled us to turn a potentially negative experience into one that was meaningful and memorable.

I envision that in the years to come we will fold our learnings into our traditional in-person services, allowing our members to experience new ways to welcome our annual renewal.

With the COVID-19 pandemic beginning to surge again, please maintain your vigilance – wear masks and stay distanced. Better tests, therapeutic treatments, and vaccines are not that far away.

L’Shalom, Mark Bobrow president@templeemunah.org

Minyan Story / Family Table The Day the Rabbi Froze There have been several books written about a day in the life of the Rabbi. There was a famous series by Harry Kemelman about Rabbis: Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry, Sunday the Rabbi Stayed home, Monday the Rabbi Took Off, and The Day the Rabbi Resigned.

Apparently, these were all mysteries; I’d never read any of them, but for some reason those titles have remained in my mind, probably because I thought they sounded so funny.

Now here we are in the middle (hopefully not still at the beginning) of a worldwide pandemic. Everyone has invested in masks. Purell and Lysol wipes are at a premium. Days slide into each other much like the movie Groundhog Day. What I need are undies that are labeled with the days of the week.

What keeps many of us grounded? Showing up at minyan on Wednesday mornings. After the service, we grab something to drink and eat and have our weekly check-in and study session. Mostly we all say, “Everything is the same,” “Nothing new to share.” Life has become rather boring. Except for the Wednesday the Rabbi froze.

We all zoom into the service as does Rabbi Lerner. He’s in his basement. We are on our main floor with the sun shining into our home. The more sun the better. Our basement is in desperate need of a total decluttering attack, but if we don’t go downstairs, we don’t remember it’s on our To Do list. Having grown up in a ranch house built in the 50’s, I know that the basement is cool in the summer and toys can be found hidden behind doors. It’s always a bit dark because of the lack of windows and there’s often a musty smell that you learn to get used to. Rabbi Lerner always seems happy in his basement, seated at his desk with his book-filled shelves behind him. Of course, we don’t see the papers and books that are probably on top of his desk or filling other spaces in his basement.

On Wednesday, July 22, as Rabbi Lerner was talking to us, his computer froze. He stood there, halfway through a thought, midway through using his hands for emphasis. Everything stopped – none of us were able to tell him he froze because we were all muted. He couldn’t hear us when we tried to tell him he lost the connection. He probably went on talking, but none of us were the recipients of his comments.

Maybe it was God who interrupted, and they were having a long talk. After a few minutes, he once again started to move and we could again hear him, but only for a few seconds.

Once again, he was frozen, leaving us a few more minutes for imagining his conversation with God. When he came back on, he was way ahead of where our discussion had stopped. I wondered what his conversation with God was about. I hoped it was to let God know we are all waiting for this pandemic to end, for people to stop dying, and, most importantly, that we really want to see and hug our families and friends, and, maybe, just have a long talk with God herself!

Sandy Miller-Jacobs If you have a minyan story that you would like to share, contact Kathy Macdonald (knmacdonald@verizon.net).

Support Family Table with Your Time and Donations The pandemic continues and the impact it has had on everyone’s life will not be forgotten. Many of us have been able to develop creative ways to cope with the consequences of not being able to directly socialize with friends and family in order to remain safe and well. What would we do without Zoom? Zoom has enabled many of us to be together, albeit virtually. We have been able to attend Shabbat and High Holy Day services, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, and pay a shiva call to those who have lost loved ones. We have even been able to “share a meal” simultaneously despite being in different cities.

As can be expected the coronavirus has not stopped the need for recipients of Jewish Family & Children’s Services’ Family Table to receive food subsidies from local synagogues and organizations. Although Temple Emunah’s expected monthly donations of actual boxes of brown rice and whole wheat crackers has not been met, members of our congregation have generously provided financial support by contributing funds to Temple Emunah’s Social Action Committee/Family Table.

We have been able to send monies to JF&CS towards the purchase of various food items that are then purchased and delivered by volunteers on the predetermined Sundays of each month. If you wish to deliver food in a safe setting please contact Lisa Katz at JF&CS 781-647-JFCS (5327). You will need an updated CORI to deliver food.

By the time Pesah. arrives in March we may still be social distancing. Of course, we hope that this isn’t the case but we are planning accordingly. We encourage you to send in your donations so that we can continue to support the families who benefit from our assistance.

We hope that sooner than later we will be able to actually see one another in person but until then we will modify our approach to giving to our fellow Jewish community who benefits from our generosity.

Todah Rabah from the Family Table Team, Michelle and Mark Abramson, mhabramson@gmail.com

markabraahmosn619@gmailcom, 781- 861-7152 Nancy Lefkowitz, nancylef@gmail.com, 781-696-2085 Alisa Kotler-Berkowitz, 205alisa@gmail.com, 646-265-5203

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Adult Education / Ladle Fund Brought to You from the Adult Education Desk

Ladle Fund Committee

We had such a successful start this fall to our Adult Education programs of 5781, and we’re not stopping now!

This winter brings the continuation of some classes and the introduction of new ones. Classes are held on Zoom, unless otherwise specified.

Registration for the winter semester of Ivrit Lakol begins in December. Further your journey learning Biblical or modern Hebrew or start for the very first time. Classes are offered at all levels. Contact Nancy Lefkowitz at nancylef@ usa.net for more information.

Learning with the rabbis continues, and you can study with them in Parashat Hashavuah on Thursdays at 1:00 pm.

Join Rabbi Lerner, Rabbi Kling Perkins, or a guest teacher each week for an exploration of the weekly Torah reading and how it impacts our lives. No previous experience required. Rabbi Lerner’s Wisdom of the Ancient Texts will be held on Sunday mornings. Hannah Arwe in Rabbi Lerner’s office can answer any questions you have at HArwe@TempleEmunah.org.

We also offer a Men’s Torah Study group, which meets once a month following Friday morning minyan. This year, they are examining Pirkei Avot. The next meeting is December 18.

To sign up, email David Ezekiel at dae366@gmail.com.

Many of our ongoing programs welcome new learners at any time. The Talmud Study Group, led by Dr. I Ely Stillman, meets on December 2 and 6 January 6 and 20. For more information and to be included on the email list, contact Louis Stuhl at lstuhl@verizon.net or Lou Nidus at lounidus@rcn.com.

The Bess Ezekiel Rosh H. odesh Group meets monthly for an informal, participant-inspired women’s Rosh H.odesh gathering. The next meeting is December 17. For more information and meeting links, contact Leah Sugarman at leahsugarman@ gmail.com or Alisa Kotler-Berkowitz at 205alisa@gmail.com.

The Wisdom Project meets on December 20, January 17, and February 14 to discuss the challenges of aging and listen to the creative solutions that emerge. For more information, contact Toni Stechler at Antonia.stechler@gmail.com.

If reading the Bible from start to finish is one of your new year’s goals, then the monthly Perek Yomi group is for you.

The members read the Torah in a consecutive fashion, at a leisurely pace of about 12 chapters per month, and discuss it with peers. The next meetings are on December 3 and January 7.

For more information contact Larry Marin at lbmlbm@aol.com.

Be on the lookout for more information and check the Emunah calendar for yet more programming, whether it’s meditation with Rabbi Lerner, yoga with Jen Geller, or walking with the community. There’s something for everyone in our Adult Education programs!

Terri Swartz Russell and Sandy Goldstein

Co-chairs of Adult Education

adulted@templeemunah.org.

The Ladle Fund is always working on ideas for events that will be fun, participatory, and will foster community.

Theme Nights will be continuing using Zoom – keep your eyes open for news on the many offerings.

This summer, the Ladle Fund Committee began two new added Zoom connecting initiatives: Emunah Shares and Emunah Chats.

Emunah Shares is a 20-minute presentation of something Near and Dear to Your Heart, then open for discussion. This initiative is under the auspices of the Theme Night Committee: Joelle Gunther, Bob Russman-Halperin, and Anne Miller.

Emunah Shares has joined Theme Nights as a way for people to share common interests.

Emunah Chats is simply a Zoom meeting with break-out rooms for informal unstructured chats.

In July, we tried providing two types of in-person small outdoor social gatherings: Emunah Chats (with a sign-up sheet and adhering to all the safety precautions recommended by the Temple Emunah Health Safety COVID-19 Committee) and a Social Connecting Initiative led by Linda Skolnik. There was low interest in both of these so they were discontinued.

We hope 5781 will bring more freedom and people will feel comfortable seeing each other in person.

If you’d like to contribute an idea, please email it to Arleen Chase or Meli Solomon, co-chairs of the Ladle Fund Committee at chasearleenr@gmail.com or meli.solomon@gmail.com and it will be presented to the Ladle Fund Committee (Mark Bobrow, Ben Brosgol, Arleen Chase, David Ezekiel, Fred Ezekiel [founder Emeritus], Robin Goldstein, Joelle Gunther, Bob RussmanHalperin, Judy Lipperman, Helen Marcus, Joe Nissenbaum, Linda Skolnik, Terri Swartz Russell, Meli Solomon).

Arleen Chase and Meli Solomon, Ladle Co-Chairs

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What you put in the pot,

comes out in the ladle!

Adult Education: “Beyond Dispute” with Rabbis Lerner and Kling Perkins The adult education committee invites you to join your fellow Temple Emunah members and our rabbis for a year of learning and exploring together. This year we will be running parallel tracks of the Jewish Theological Seminary’s turnkey curriculum, Beyond Dispute: Debates that Shape Jewish Life.

One session will be held during the daytime with Rabbi Lerner and one in the evening with Rabbi Kling Perkins. For questions or to register, contact Efrat Assulin at eassulin@templeemunah.org.

Library Library News

Lost and Found in Spain: Tales of an Ambassador’s Wife

by Susan Lewis Solomont (see review below) What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation by Mimi Lemay

T he L ibra r y is a lmos t deserted now, except for our wonderful collection of books, Children the paintings that Sharon ZirkinHard Hat Cat! by Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh Dagan donated to brighten up our space, and Marci Hopkins Miriam at the River by Jane Yolen and I, carefully checking books Youth in and out, sanitizing the doorknobs and keyboard, etc., and copying children’s books Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories on Google docs so that the teachers can read them to their of Six Extraordinary Children by Kath Shackleton students virtually.

Too Far from Home by Naomi Shmuel We continue to add new books that we think you will find enlightening, useful, and enjoyable. Send requests to PLEASE Return Books borrow books, DVDs, and CDs to emunahlibrary@gmail.com Please return the library books you have borrowed. and if we have what you want, we’ll let you know when you We have a cardboard box in the foyer that you can use. can pick them up at the entrance to the synagogue. When The area is sanitized by Claudio and you don’t have to enter books are returned, we quarantine them for four days before the synagogue. processing them.

Toni Stechler (emunahlibrary@gmail.com) We want to thank Jenny Brown for donating Birthright: Poems by Erika Dreifus; and Risa Bressler for donating a number of books from the library of her mother, Sylvia Handler, Book Review z’l. And thanks for all the donations to the Library made in Lost and Found in Spain: Tales of an Ambassador’s Wife memory or in honor of loved ones. We greatly appreciate your

by Susan Lewis Solomont generosity.

Below is a list of a few of the books in our library: When her husband was appointed by Barack Obama in 2009 to be Ambassador Adult Fiction to Spain, Susan Solomont uprooted herBig Summer by Jennifer Weiner self, leaving her home, family, friends, The Book of Jeremiah: A Novel in Stories by Julie Zuckerman and her career.

She joined her husband The Book of V. by Anna Solomon for a three-and-a-half-year tour in Spain.

The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer Her memoir is part travelogue, as Haunting Paris: A Novel by Mamta Chaudhry she goes on a culinary tour with some The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer of the best chefs in Spain, and she learns Neuland by Eshkol Nevo about the rules living in a diplomatic The Order by Daniel Silva household. She describes the everyday life in an American The Tunnel by A. B. Yehoshua embassy, in contrast to her life in Weston MA, where she had been a counselor for private philanthropic foundations.

Adult Nonfiction Susan takes an active role in the Jewish community in Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Madrid where she celebrates the Jewish holidays with members Transgender Woman by Abby Stein of the Spanish community, and enjoys the cultural exchanges.

Better Than Gold: An Immigrant’s First Years in Brooklyn My book group and I liked the book and especially admired

by Fannie Silver the author’s courage as she dealt with the challenges of her Birthright: Poems by Erika Dreifus journey in Spain. [230 pages] The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed Race Jewish Girl Babsy Krichmar

by Marra Gad Here We Are: My Friendship with Philip Roth by Benjamin Taylor Job: A New Translation by Edward Last year, when Greenstein we could gather The Kosher Palette: Easy and Elegant together, Warren Modern Kosher Cooking Wein read to The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Kitah Alef at Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China by H.anukkah time.

Jonathan Kaufman

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Religious School / Youth From the Director of Congregational Learning The first few months of the year have been very busy, filled with in-person and online learning and gathering. The pandemic has not held us back!

In September, we opened our Religious School with an in-person, physically distanced gathering in our parking lot.

Enrollment is solid! It was wonderful seeing so many of our families in-person. Students were able to meet their teachers and madrikhim (teen classroom aides) and get their books.

And, together we were able to launch our year of learning. Our seventh grade and YADniks, who meet on Wednesday evenings, met in-person on our courtyard for the first month of school.

We were also able to gather in-person for the holidays, holding in-person teen services for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and Sukkot and Simh.at Torah programming for Religious School families. We have held in-person Tot Shabbat Services.

In addition, we ran online programming. Our children learned how to make napkin rings and bake a honey cake for Rosh Hashanah. Families learned how to bake pumpkin borekas and participated in an online Rosh Hashanah Seder.

We have now settled into classes being held online. Our faculty are working tirelessly to offer engaging online learn-

ing experiences. Our sixth graders have been able to continue their involvement in our Boston-Haifa Partnership. In late October they held their first Zoom “mifgash” encounter. They will continue to meet monthly. Our YADniks participated in our 2Life Communities partnership, where our teens and residents of the Golda Meir House meet weekly on Zoom, and spent time exploring the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

Our USYers were able to meet in person for a Sukkot Hangout and Kadima Movie Night (photo below) in our courtyard. And, our LUSY (Sr. USY Board) joined with teens from Temple Isaiah’s teen youth group LEFTY for a two-part workshop run by Kids4Peace on How to Be an Anti-Racist.

Our USYers even ran a very successful Bagel Sale (see photo on page 18) with deliveries to congregants’ homes. Thank you to all who support us.

As we plan for the months ahead, we look forward to more in-person youth activities, engaging online learning, and celebrating the holiday of H.anukkah. We have a lot planned for the Festival of Lights. We look forward to celebrating with you both online and in person.

Wishing everyone good health, Me’ir Sherer Director of Congregational Learning msherer@templeemunah.org

Grade 10 Rosh H.odesh activity Kadima movie night

Family & Youth Activities December-January H.anukkah Simh.at Tot USY Fire & Ice Rosh H.odesh H.anukkah Extravaganza

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Families w/young children 6-12 Gr. 10 girls Families

Online Kadima Event

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Rosh H.odesh

Gr. 10 girls

Jr. USY Event

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Tu b’Shevat Seder

Families

Sun, Dec. 6, 2:30-3:30 pm Sat, Dec. 12, 5:30 pm Sun, Dec. 13, 4:30-6 pm Sun, Dec. 13, 6-8 pm Tues, Dec. 22, 7-8 pm Sun, Jan. 10, 4:30-6 pm Sun, Jan. 24, TBD Wed, Jan. 27, 6-7 pm

H.anukkah “How To” Workshops Dec 10, 14 & 17, 4:00-5:00 pm Dec 15, 7:00-8:00 pm Workshops will include: How to build a H.anukkiyah How to build a dreidel How to bake sufganiyot Detailed information will be sent out closer to the holiday.

H.anukkah / Inclusion Mental Health and Living through the Pandemic Until that moment I didn’t appreciate how stress affects our bodies. To say it’s a stressful time is an understatement.

I am writing this just a few weeks before Nov. 3rd and for me, I have begun to recognize that the news and the upcoming election has caused a lot of stress for me. Most of us have lived through stressful moments – pressure from work, worries about family members, deaths, etc. But somehow you get over it, move through life and again smile, appreciate others, and even laugh. But this stress, unlike most, is not a single incident.

It’s been months with probably more months ahead of us.

What steps can we take to manage our stress? I did some research to see how I’ve been managing my pandemic stress.

Here are some of the ideas I found: 1. Observe signs from your body. Do you have trouble sleeping? Have you increased your alcohol intake? Do you become easily angered? Do you feel depressed? Is your energy level feeling lower? All these are signs of stress.

2. Talk to your primary health care provider. Let them know how you are feeling and what they can suggest if you need assistance or treatment.

3. Get regular exercise. You don’t need two hours of working out, but even 30 minutes a day can help, especially if you are outside in nature. Call a friend to go with helps too, H.anukkah in a Box even with masks and staying six feet away.

We are excited to offer Days United’s H.anukkah in a Box 4. Explore relaxation programs. Check out the meditafor the reduced cost of $25 per box. tion at Emunah. Try some slow breathing exercises. Take time What’s inside: Designer Star of David Menorah (acrylic each hour to stand up and move around your house. Check parts, nuts and screws, step-by-step instructions for assem- your plants if you can’t go outside. bling a menorah in two shapes); Modern Art Dreidel (material: 5. Set goals and priorities. Do what’s most important wood, includes: 1 colored wooden dreidel plate (with 3 layers), first and then go on the other things on your “To Do” list. If nuts & screws, assembly and game instructions); Stained Glass you write it down at night, when you awake, you can start H.anukkah Art (three adhesive cardboard frames, six thick cel- your day. At the end of each day, write down what you have lophane cutouts); Color & Read the H.anukkah Story (20 pages accomplished – from shampooing your hair, to calling a friend, of story, illustrations and outlined illustrations for coloring); to writing a note to doing the laundry. Also – make your bed 44 colorful H.anukkah candles; Days H.anukkah Guide (65 pages every morning. of holiday traditions, rituals, blessings, recipes and more). For 6. Stay connected. Remember there are people you know info, go to https://daysunited.com/hanukkah. who would be happy to hear from you. Just a short conversaTo purchase a box, please contact Me’ir Sherer, DCL, at tion, a quick question, or a longer discussion about whatever msherer@templeemunah.org. We have ordered a limited you are thinking about is not only helpful for you but also for number of boxes; order yours today! the person on the receiving end of the phone or FaceTime.

I’ve been Zooming with my first cousins making for stronger connections. Sometimes we even have three generations of “Schmeltzers” together This past week, one of my granddaughters created a Kahoot game for us to play, “Who knows Tamar the Best?” The surprise was – it wasn’t her parents or us (her grandparents), but a second cousin of hers who won!

We all had a big laugh! Laughter is the BEST MEDICINE! (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/stress/index. shtml) Well COVID-19 has certainly been an experience for us!

From March till who knows when, we stay nearby, get out for fresh air and get on Zoom to be with friends and family. Thanks to the hard work of our rabbis, administrators, professional staff, and numerous committee members, we all felt relief to be able to celebrate the High Holy Days and H.aggim. Zooming in may not have been our first choice, but it was better than not having any holidays.

We have never lived under so much stress. How do we see our relatives, including “children” and grandchildren? Why do our “children” suddenly sound like our parents, telling us we can’t see a cousin who has flown here from California to visit her daughter in New Hampshire after a year of not seeing her? The conversation was short – “Guess who is coming to the east coast?” My daughter’s response: “Flying here? Is she quarantining for 14 days?” I doubted she’d even be here for 14 days. “Mom, you can’t see her. That’s it – just tell her.” And so disappeared the plan to see each other. The call went better than I feared. She understood. I could feel my body relax and my breathing slow down.

Sandy Miller-Jacobs, Chair, Inclusion Committee Rosh Hashanah in a Box received a very positive response.

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Pre-School Billy Dalwin Pre-School (BDPS) Notes 5781 is off to a great start at the Billy Dalwin Pre-School of Temple Emunah! Our teachers are thrilled to be back, our classrooms opened without a hitch, the children made an easy adjustment to school and a good time is being had by all!

The High Holidays were particularly meaningful and joyful this year. The staff worked closely with Rabbi Lerner and Rabbi Kling Perkins to move much of our Yom Tov curriculum outside for the first time. The new outdoor site for Shabbat Sing and for these holiday experiences has been at the traffic circle near the courtyard (which we have named Dizengoff Circle)! Rabbi Lerner joined us to talk about Rosh Hashanah and blow the shofar for us. Rabbi Kling Perkins explained the meaning of the lulav and etrog and demonstrated their use. We gathered (appropriately distanced, of course!) in the Temple Emunah sukkah with Rabbi Lerner to shake our home-made lulavim and etrogim and shook our own bodies like a lulav! And we concluded the fall holidays with an outdoor Torah parade carrying a real Torah and student-crafted flags. Throughout this special season the rabbis and the teachers brainstormed together to ensure that our holiday celebrations would not be compromised by the COVID restrictions that we currently face. I can honestly say that each of these Yom Tov experiences were deeply felt and thoroughly enjoyed.

Since the last edition of the bulletin, the Billy Dalwin Pre-School received final approval for our reopening plan and completed our bi-annual relicensing from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (drumroll please…) with no “non-compliances” or issues to be “fixed”! Given the number of items on the reopening and relicensing checklists, we are very proud of this accomplishment. Our EEC licensor was especially impressed by our indoor classroom design, by our re-designed playgrounds and by our outdoor classrooms in the wooded areas. I want to acknowledge the creativity and effort of our BDPS teachers and say a big todah rabah to our extraordinary volunteer landscapers, Jeremy and Gabriel Marin who worked so diligently to prepare our outdoor spaces. I also want to thank Susan Rubenstein for helping with many aspects of our reopening and for continuing to support us now that we are up and running!

We are very excited to announce our newest BDPS program initiative for toddlers and preschoolers! Moms, Dads, Bubbies and Zaydies, if you would like your children to be part of our Billy Dalwin Pre-School community but are not yet ready for them to be in an on-site program, check out “Ba’bayit,” our new BDPS online program for children between the ages of 2-5! (See box on next page.)

Nareeluck Stephenson, BDPS teacher, BDPS alumni parent and Temple Emunah member is leading this new initiative and it has been

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very well received. We currently have five children enrolled in Ba’bayit and have room for a few more. If you would like more information, please contact Liza Shirazi, BDPS Board Member at lizabk@gmail.com or contact me at the Pre-School office at srossman@templeemunah.org or 781 861-0708.

We have some wonderful substitute teachers at BDPS and we would like to expand our sub list. Teaching certification is not required~just a love of young children. If you want to learn more about joining the BDPS sub list, please contact me at the preschool office.

Very limited space is still available on-site for our current BDPS school year. On-site program options include half-day (9 am-1 pm) and full-day (9 am-3:30 pm) for toddlers (ages 2-3 years of age) and preschoolers (3-5 years of age). We also offer Early Birds from 8-9 am daily.

We are now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 school year. By the fall of 2021 we hope that many, if not all, of the COVID safety restrictions will be lifted and that BDPS will be able to reinstitute Keshet Plus. Keshet Plus extends our programming from 3:30-5:30 pm, Monday-Thursday afternoons.

If you would like more information about the current on-site school year, or the 2021-2022 school year, please contact me by email at srossman@templeemunah.org or leave a message on the BDPS voice mail at 781 861-0708.

L’Shalom, Shelley Rossman, Pre-School Director

781-861-0708; srossman@templeemunah.org

Above: Rainwater transforms playground slides into water slides with extra speed enjoyed by the children.

Left: K’lavim class students explore the “adventure space.”

Pre-School / Photos Unprecedented times call for creative solutions.

The Billy Dalwin Pre-School proudly introduces

BDPS Ba’bayit

our new virtual preschool program for children between the ages of 2-5.

Every week Nareeluck Stephenson leads three “live” morning meetings on Zoom, one-on-one Facetime visits with each child and a schedule of suggested activities based on a different theme. Additionally, our Ba’bayit students are treated to “Shabbat Sing” on Zoom each Friday morning with Tova Weinronk.

For more information or to enroll in Ba’bayit, contact Liza Shirazi at lizabk@gmail.com or Shelley Rossman at srossman@templeemunah.org.

YAD Outdoor Learning

Rabbi Lerner visits with David Slate, whose family dedicated the Book of Genesis in the Sefer Haftarot in memory of Eleanor Slate.

Billy Dalwin Pre-School (BDPS)

is now accepting applications for toddler & pre-school classes for the 2021–22 school year.

Children may enroll in our half-day (9 am – 1 pm) or full-day program (9 am – 3:30 pm) Monday–Friday.

Early Bird hours are offered from 8–9 am daily. Information on late afternoon hours and Gap Camp is available upon request.

Geller family members rolled Torahs to bring to the homes of teens reading Torah during the High Holy Days.

Come learn more about our wonderful teachers, extended outdoor programming and facilities!

For more information or to receive an application packet, please contact Shelley at the Pre-School office: srossman@templeemunah.org or 781-861-0708.

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Brotherhood Brotherhood News

Brotherhood Annual

Shalom H . averim!

By the time you read this, we will have held the Keeper of the Flame award to honor David Srebnick. Over the years, Sunday, February 21 David has made many important contributions to Temple Emunah, and we’re pleased to honor him. I hope everyone and continuing through Feb 28 who attended the Keeper of the Flame event enjoyed it and the Emunah-only event before the dinner.

Online orders only this year at As the year marches to a close, we are preparing for our https://brotherhood.slerman.net/wine/order other seasonal events, though with some COVID-forced modifications.

Safe pay & pickup on Sunday mornings We will begin putting up the H . anukkiah on November March 14 & 21, 10 am -12:30 pm 22nd, with the intention of completing the assembly and having it ready in plenty of time for the festival of lights, which starts the night of December 10. As always, the H . anukkiah will be in the front of the shul, visible from the entire parking lot. We will, of course, follow physical distancing guidelines when setting it up.

Those of you who have joined us for “Men’s Day” in past Decembers will find that we will be approaching it a little differently this year. Our plan now is to hold it on Sunday, December 13, and brew two batches of beer to be served at the Man of the Year dinner, as usual. This year, though, we will take our brewing outside (weather permitting) so that we can have more people participate than if we were to brew in the kitchen. We may even be able to hold a beer tasting as well.

If you are looking for a way to get more involved with Temple Emunah, the Brotherhood is a great way to benefit Temple Emunah while meeting some great men. Feel free to reach out to me, or any other member of the Brotherhood board, for more information.

I wish everyone a joyous H . anukkah and a wonderful New facility plan that guides the Board of Directors annual capital Year! planning. He also was a member of the website planning com David Rosenbaum, BH President david.rosenbaum84@gmail.com mittee and the solar committee.

David and Terri have worked together on many synagogue programs and committees and participated with their children, BH Honors David Russell as 2021 Man of the Year in Tot Shabbat, the Billy Dalwin Pre-School and Minyan Katan.

David is currently a Principal Enterprise Architect at The Brotherhood is pleased to Change Healthcare. He previously worked in product developannounce the 2021 Temple Emunah Man ment in a number of companies in the Boston area. of the Year honoree: David Russell. He He and his family look forward to many more years in the will be honored on Sunday, February 21, Temple Emunah community and helping to make it a better 2021 at 5:30 p.m. place for all.

David, and his wife Terri, moved to At the time of writing this article, we are assuming the Lexington in 1984 and found a home both event will be remote, but hope it will change. Should the event in the community and at Temple Emunah. be held remotely, the Brotherhood plans to have all of the David has been a member of the elements of our in-person celebrations. The Brotherhood will House Committee since 1988. He was the House Committee send updates about the event via email and Constant Contact. chair for ten years, including during the expansion of the In the meantime, save the date. Thank you in advance for temple facility, and he was responsible for the upgrade and helping us honor David. RSVP to hepstein42@gmail.com or installation of several systems when the architect and general (781) 863-8747. contractors were asking too much money to take on the work.

L’ Shalom, Working together with Susan Rubenstein, David has also Howard Epstein, Chairman created and periodically updates Temple Emunah’s long-term Man of the Year Committee

PASSOVER WINE SALE

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Sisterhood Our 2020/21 year of Sisterhood is going strong. This morning I saw an ad for a parody book called Good Morning Zoom.

I was intrigued by this book and how it followed the story pattern of the classic, Good Night Moon. My mind wandered a bit – who would have thought that seven months ago when we were all introduced to Zoom that it would still be controlling our daily lives and we would be following each other around our Emunah Zoom room!

In appreciation of the wonderful Temple Emunah Zoom initiatives made in the months prior to, and for the High Holidays and “now beyond,” Sisterhood has earmarked a $5,000 donation to the Technology Fund to help pay for the expense of this virtual programming. In addition, we are contributing another $500 to pay for a Sisterhood Zoom account for our own programming and the remainder of the money will be donated to the fund.

Sisterhood had a fabulous Paid-Up Membership supper with over ninety members attending our TV Dinner. Many thanks to Rachel Raz for bringing the Space Torah film to our Sisterhood; to Rabbi Kling Perkins for her inspirational words; to Barbara Posnick for facilitating the program and to Joelle Gunther and Alison Dick who helped with the RSVPs and distribution of 130 meals.

Our PARTNERSHIP theme is working well. We are so happy that Sisterhood can partner with so many committees. We have many events in the future such as co-sponsoring initiatives with Adult Education, Family Education, the Religious School, the Membership Committee and the other Temple Emunah committees. Our ability to provide financial support for these have helped Sisterhood to increase participation while reaching out to more people in our diverse temple population.

Rabbi Lerner

In October, we partnered with the Israel Action Committee on a program called “Building a Shared Society in Israel” by Zoom where we heard from two dynamic speakers, Dr. Amal Elsana Alh’jooj and Mohammad Darawshe. In November we had our signature Dinner and a Movie program featuring the film “Operation Wedding,” a documentary about the Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair, an escape attempt from the Soviet Union by a group of young Soviets, mostly Jewish people, who were denied exit visas. The documentary is told from the personal point of view of the filmmaker, Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov, daughter of group members Eduard Kuznetsov and Sylva Zalmanson. Anat joined us for a Q&A during our dinner.

In December we will be having a community H.anukkah dinner. Individual boxed holiday meals will be offered for purchase and picked up in a parking lot drive-up prior to our Zoom program. Looking ahead to 2021, make sure to Save the Date for a Mitzvah Day project in early February with the religious school; Pre-Purim Libations (some kind of adult cocktail event with appetizers on Feb. 11), our Community Brunch (Feb. 28) and our Dinner and a Movie (date TBD).

In closing, I am thinking of the dates on the calendar that will keep me busy throughout the remainder of the year and into 2021. I hope you will mark your calendar for our wonderful Sisterhood programs.

In the spirit of the holiday season and the upcoming new year, I wish everyone a happy and healthy 2021 and I look forward to seeing you at our Good Morning Zoom and Good Evening Zoom programs.

Janet Goldberg, Sisterhood President janet.goldberg2@verizon.net

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celled a speech in memory of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, z”l, may his memory be blessed, chaired by Mandy Patinkin for Americans for Peace Now. While even AOC admitted she was not an “expert in geopolitics in this issue,” Weiss claims that AOC knew perfectly well what she was doing and that even great peace-makers like Rabin are now treif if they are associated with Israel.

But AOC is a product of her times and the milieu that has been created not just by the left. What should have happened when AOC was first elected in 2018? AOC should have been taken on a trip to Israel as used to be de rigueur for most new members of Congress.

Who should have brought her? There is an incredible pro-Israel organization that takes newly-elected Congressmen and women to Israel – pretty awesome, right? This amazing group is AIPAC. As a supporter of AIPAC for years, I say proudly that AIPAC has had a most impressive track record: they have organized trips for new members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to teach the history of the State of Israel in all its complexity.

These trips were also rare opportunities where Republicans and Democrats could come together.

But, sadly, AIPAC allowed itself to become a bit too partisan, especially during these last four years. Though the organization tried to avoid the left/right fights, it got sucked in. In 2016, the Policy Conference was whipped into a Trumpian frenzy, one that turned off many young attendees. Thus, AOC did not go to Israel with AIPAC and in fact, has not been at all.

The second fact is that AOC simply made a mistake. It’s not part of some far-left movement, but rather, like many other politicians, she made an error. She went too far and the proof that this is not a left-wing agenda is that left-wing organizations criticized her for her actions. For example, see the head of J-Street, Jeremy Ben-Ami’s piece on September 29, 2020 (https://jstreet.org/rep-ocasio-cortezs-decisionand-the-legacy-of-yitzhak-rabin-yom-kippur-reflections/#.

X62J8MhKiUl). * * * Ms. Weiss’ second topic is anti-Semitism in general in the United States. Here, I think she is correct and the data bear this out. There is a rise in anti-Semitism. It is most disturbing to see left-wing protestors spray-paint “Free Palestine” on a synagogue in Kenosha, Wisconsin. However, some of her (continued on page 12)

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Rabbi Lerner (continued from page 11) other examples do not rise to this level. Let us all be clear: anti- aspects to this far-left thinking, but really how mainstream is Semitism is on the rise on both the far-left and the far-right. It stifling free speech? has been fueled by Q-Anon, far-right conspiracy theories, and Her comments about how the left wants to rid us of the SAT white supremacists that have sometimes found a home in the take us into a vastly different topic into which Weiss apparently embrace of the outgoing president. feels no qualms wandering. My editor might have sent that I do take issue with Weiss’ critique of Mayor de Blasio’s back: “looks like material for another essay”. That said, having criticism of the ultra-Orthodox community in New York for teens of SAT age, it is clear to me that the test is not that helpful their risky behavior around Covid. I think that de Blasio’s since those who have the money to pay for tutoring and other statements were accurate. I have heard first-hand accounts means of gaming it, pretty much can. It favors the wealthy and from several members of our congregation who have attended the children of highly educated parents. ultra-Orthodox funerals in the Tri-State area: people were not Since there is no level playing field to begin with, the wearing masks, they were not physically distancing themselves notion of a meritocracy is fairly complicated. Weiss would do from one another, and they were gathering in large groups. This well to appreciate some of the arguments put forth in Michael has contributed to the spread of Covid – it is against both NY Sandel’s recent book, The Tyranny of Merit, which points us to law and Jewish law and has caused the deaths of hundreds, if the dangers of meritocracy and the resentment it breeds: see not thousands of people. It is deserving of critique in strong the 2016 presidential election or the people who voted for the terms. Weiss’ criticism is significantly off the mark. outgoing president in 2020 as examples.

Sandel encourages us to think more about an ethic of soli* * * darity and humility, more about the dignity of work than the The final part of Bari Weiss’ article is a long excursus about importance of the meritocracy. This is a strong critique of our the general dangers of the drift from American liberalism, as current state of affairs and another missing piece in Weiss’ puzzle. she feels that it is drifting too far to the left.

Ibram X. Kendi is the focus of her lengthy closing critique.

Her argument that Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. felt that our Here, she has missed the forest for the trees. As I discussed in my founding fathers created “magnificent” founding documents sermon on Kol Nidrei (https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-matteris on the mark. They have been supple enough to allow us to evolve for almost 250 years. Not a small feat. As she writes so of-color/), I do think we have internalized racist attitudes that eloquently, “America would never be perfect, but we could always have seeped deeply into our culture and our society; they are part and parcel of this country and its history. strive toward building a more perfect union.”

While we should be sounding the alarm about Jews who After that, however, Weiss goes too far. Despite her claims, American liberalism is not being replaced with some far-left have suffered discrimination on campuses, Kendi’s books are extremism any more than its news is being replaced by non- not the cause of that. His approach does not endanger Jews, it is factual, incoherent, news-like products manufactured by outlets built to correct generational injustices including slavery, racism, like the Sinclair Media Group. If anything, the greater danger is and redlining against blacks. That’s it.

As Jews, we have a choice about how to approach this not from the far-left, but from the far-right, from Q-Anon and moment: we can run from it, falsely claiming the left is totally white supremacist groups as our own government has stated.

But I am an equal opportunity “danger-ist,” and so there are dangerous, we can fully embrace it, drinking the Kool-Aid™ clearly threats to us from both sides. It’s time to stop sounding without checking its ingredients or kosher certification, or an alarm on one side of the boat when we can see attacks com- there is a third option. We can carefully approach this moment ing from both starboard and port. We Jews are not even on a as the thoughtful people we are, wisely choosing to partner with those on the left or the right when we can and when their ship, it’s a small craft!

Her critique of “social justice” Judaism also feels too harsh. values align with ours. We can build bridges with other faiths For many Jews, this is a door into Judaism, one that has been and racial groups and communities, strengthening our hand central to Judaism since the Tanakh; I would spend less time at a time when our numbers are diminishing.

Or we can just run screaming: “Fire.” I’m not a big fan of slamming it shut and instead, try to find some wood to prop that one. it open. * * * Having the opportunity to speak with many college students, Bari Weiss has shone a spotlight on critical problems: I would emphasize that we should recognize where our youth are and where they are going. We can attract them by highlighting there should be some concern about left-wing anti-Semitism a Judaism that is inclusive and open to others. That’s what we and the loss of traditional alliances. I would argue that there learn from the opening chapters of Genesis: we are all created should be equal, perhaps greater, concern about far right-wing in the image of God, b’tzelem Elohim. That is the foundation of anti-Semitism. social justice. Once we are engaging with them, we will have That said, her arguments are far too broad, lacking the an opportunity to deepen their Jewish experience. Without nuance these topics deserve. meeting them first, we will have no chance.

As a Jewish community, we need to build coalitions, find Free speech is another of Weiss’ concerns. She feels that friends and help people and leaders like AOC understand the the left is stifling it. Again, there are clearly some troubling complexities of this moment.

Bari Weiss is sounding the alarm, but her ringtone is off-key.

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Yahrzeits The following loved ones will be remembered at our worship services in the coming months: Dec 1 Paul Bain Father of Susan Wilner Minnie Becker Mother of David Becker Michael Gampel Father of Sonia Mirkin Rose Glantz Mother of Freyda Zieff Harvey Solomon Uncle of Phyllis Fish Elsie Zabelle Mother of Elaine Wiesen Max Zelermyer Father of Mark Zelermyer Dec 2 Tina Brooks Mother of Ted Brooks Ella Kaufman Grandmother of Laura Jarbeau Howard Menzin Brother of Marvin Menzin Jennie Reubenstein Grandmother of Howard Reubenstein Rachael Sonkina Mother of Irina Zeylikman Shirley Zorn Grandmother of Amy Goldminz Dec 3 Sunny Greenspan Mother of Jennifer Hurwitz David Soloway Father of Edward Soloway Elsie Wiesen Mother of Jeffrey Wiesen Dec 4 Michael Klein Grandfather of M. Jane Epstein Cecelia Moskowitz Mother of Elyssa Towers Faye Rosenbaum Wife of Ronald Rosenbaum Manuel Slate Brother of David Slate Dec 5 Charles Bernstein Grandfather of Matthew Stephenson Gertrude Kravetz Mother of Janet Hollander Ruth Wasoff Mother of Mona Grabel Dec 6 Kathy Brailove Sister of Paul Chernick Mildred Rothmel Mother of Ethel Rothmel Dec 7 Fanette Cantor Mother of Barbara Palant

Gladys Fine Mother of Thomas Fine Andrew Hasenfeld Brother of Robin Hasenfeld Robert Natkin Father of Lissa Natkin Don Picarro Friend of Harvey Lowell Dec 8 Carol Chomsky Sister-in-law of Sylvia Schatz Wendy Clayton Wife of Aaron Clayton Mother of Elianna Clayton Harriet Eisenstein Mother of Davette Abkowitz Norman Halperin Husband of Minna Halperin Father of Robert Russman-Halperin Louis Shapiro Grandfather of Robert Gordon Dec 9 Henry Dan Father of Ervin Dan Mildred Ettelson Mother of Linda Kimerling Esther Green Mother of Georgia Weinstein Ruth Katz Mother of Joyce Nelson Dec 10 Esther Lipszyc Grandmother of Doronit Shlank-Bloomenthal Dec 11 Irwin Bernstein Father of Brian Bernstein Gabriel Diamant Father of Morris Diamant Herman Greenbaum Grandfather of Ellen Laderman Betsy Kardon Mother of Len Kardon Seymour Moskowitz Father of Elyssa Towers Bernard Olshansky Stepfather of Catharyn Gildesgame Celia Pearlstein Grandmother of David Geller Samuel Porton Grandfather of Martin Thrope Mary Yaffee Mother of Jane Singer Dec 12 Phyllis Nerenberg Mother of Anna Nerenberg Alan Zimmer Brother of Barbara Wissoker

Dec 13 Israel Diamond Father of Margo Zelermyer Lewis Levitt Husband of Reva Levitt Father of Rana Hebert Barbara Talansky Sister of Ruthy Bennett Martin Zolondick Father of Steven Zolondick Dec 14 Daniel Camac Grandson of Marcia Camac Elliot Case Father of Miriam Librach Anna Klatskin Mother of Edith Kaplan Rudolphe Moos Father of Eveline Weyl Dec 15 Steven Bang Nephew of Charlotte Kupiec Nathan Black Father of Lawrence Liederman Zelda Kramer Grandmother of Zelda Cohen Helene Levin Mother of Lyubov Girshovich Dec 16 Saul Bergman Father of Naomi Kielar Henry Brown Father of Wendy Damsky Sam Greenberg Grandfather of Sharon Smith Lilah Groisser Mother of Susan Lipson Bess Jacobs Mother of Harold Miller-Jacobs Walter Tauber Brother of Stephen Tauber Jerry Zimmerman Brother of Roberta Perlmutter Dec 17 David Bruss Father of Kenneth Bruss Jacob Morgenstern Grandfather of Philip Wachsler Dec 18 Lillian Frankel Mother of Robert Frankel Israel Greenberg Grandfather of Julie Greenberg Rose Simon Mother of Susan Stering Dec 19 Dorothy Grady Mother of Shaun Grady Barbara Pineles-Grossman Mother of Steven Grossman

Moshe Schwarzberg Father of Henry Schwarzberg Samuel Sheldon Father of Allen Sheldon Dec 20 Mary Cherny Grandmother of Miriam Boucher Saul Soffar Father of Cindy Jacobs Esther Stoler Mother of Sue Wacks Sidney Traub Father of Terry Traub Max Wieselthier Uncle of Alice Gordon Dec 21 Beatrice Foster Mother-in-law of Gloria Foster H. Bernard Liberty Uncle of Terri Swartz Russell Cynthia Kovey Powell Sister of Gail Taylor Bertha Wissoker Mother of Richard Wissoker Dec 22 Betty Levitt Mother of Alisa Billings George Peretsman Stepfather of Ellen Baum Hannah Rotner Aunt of Alice Gordon William Russell Father of David Russell Melvin Schreibman Father of Phillip Schreibman Minnie Seiden Grandmother of Suzanne Cooper Louis Zuerndorfer Father-in-law of Rae Zuerndorfer Dec 23 Henrietta Canter Mother of Mark Canter Ruth Hurwitz Mother of Daniel Hurwitz Israel Kornitsky Father of Rosalind Segaloff Barnett Laderman Grandfather of Ellen Laderman Harry Rotenberg Grandfather of Elliot Lovy Myrna Todd Cousin of Robert Warshawer Kenneth Tucker Husband of Marsha Tucker Max Wasserman Father-in-law of Maxine Wasserman Dec 24 Rose Goldberg Mother of Harold Goldberg

Amalie Katz Grandmother of Katharine Hermann-Wu Esther Milgram Mother of Marsha Stark Max Rosenbaum Father of Ronald Rosenbaum Abraham Wolk Father of Sidney Wolk Dec 25 Samuel Babchuck Grandfather of Laura Jarbeau Benjamin Chessman Father of Daniel Chessman Harriet Lake Mother of Debra Sheldon Harold Miller Father of Sandy Miller-Jacobs Dec 26 Nettie Burns Mother of Rae Zuerndorfer Betty Levison Grandmother of Julie Levison William Palant Father-in-law of Barbara Palant Marc Weinstein Brother of Clifford Weinstein Dec 27 Joan Feuer Mother of Barbara Rosenbaum Thomas Kaplan Brother of Donald Kaplan Joseph Kaufman Father of Howard Kaufman Samuel Klein Uncle of Margaretha Jacobson Vicki Leipner Mother of Carol Srebnick Allen Misiph Father of Natalie Gornstein Dec 28 Nathan Alpert Father of Irwin Alpert Irwin Andler Father of Lawrence Andler Robert Fisher Father of Arthur Fisher Anna K. Narva Mother of Lillian Cohen and Betty Friedman Barney Pearlman Father of Valerie Seidman Dec 29 Yolanda Bleich Grandmother of Lauren Bleich Eva Brostoff Mother of Carolyn Lichtenstein Hugh Flynn Father of Maureen Kaplan (continued on page 14)

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Yahrzeits Howard Levingston Husband of Eleanor Levingston Hiram Paley Brother of Marcia Camac Uncle of Ann Ben-Horin Benjamin Rubinovitz Father of Samuel Rubinovitz Dec 30 Victor Harris Father of Elizabeth Pressman Max Polonsky Father of Pearl Lewis Clarice Pressner Mother of Bruce Dalwin Arlene Redstone Sister of Betsy Nissenbaum David Speicher Husband of Laurie Speicher Gerald Stechler Husband of Antonia Stechler Ilya Veksler Father of Elena Gorlovsky Dec 31 Paul Abkowitz Brother-in-law of Lorraine Abkowitz Rebecca Ackerman Grandmother of Alan Musnikow Henry Berger Father of Robert Berger Shaoul Ezekiel Brother of Frederick Ezekiel Uncle of David Ezekiel Dick Hess Father of Pam Hess Victor Himber Husband of Judith Himber Howard Katz Brother of Joyce Nelson Isadore Kornblum Grandfather of Sandra Levine Irma Mass Mother of Charlotte Kupiec Norton Zieff Husband of Freyda Zieff Jan 1 Herbert Behrmann Husband of Vivian Cohen Stepfather of Marcia Lidman Meir Ben-Horin Father of Gideon Ben-Horin Abraham Goldman Father of Marsha Soloway Henry Hasenfeld Father of Robin Hasenfeld Abraham Klatskin Brother of Edith Kaplan David Liederman Brother of Lawrence Liederman Lou Sandler Father of David Sandler

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Jan 2 Isadore L. Kovey Father of Gail Taylor Scott Meyerson Brother of Roni Woods Fanny Pildis Rubin Aunt of Marilyn Tracey Norman Seltzer Husband of Dorothy Seltzer Jan 3 Helen Horowitz Sister of Rae Zuerndorfer Sarah Jacobson Mother-in-law of Margaretha Jacobson Elliott Keller Father of Carolyn Keller Abraham Kroopnick Father-in-law of John Stayn Henry Wachsler Grandfather of Philip Wachsler Meyer Waldman Father of Jane Aronson Bess Zimmer Mother of Barbara Wissoker Jan 4 Leonard Hurwitz Father of Daniel Hurwitz Jonathan Krant Husband of Tamar Krant Polly Krichmar Mother-in-law of Lucille Krichmar Hyman Seiden Grandfather of Suzanne Cooper Marilyn Tarmy Sister of Arnold Tarmy Jan 5 Margaret A. Garvey Mother of Margaret Moses Dorothy Kerstein Mother of Larry Kerstein Bessie Ledewitz Mother of Phyllis Blumberg Henry Walter Schwenk Stepfather of Paul Morgenstern Jan 6 Henry Delfiner Husband of Barbara Delfiner Father of Hannah Delfiner Jan 7 Harriet Blumenthal Mother of Eileen Kahan Harold Briskin Uncle of Marsha Tucker Barnet Lieberman Father of Sylvia Schatz Sylvia Rosenbaum Mother of Ronald Rosenbaum Steven R. Teitelbaum Son of Madeline and Ken Teitelbaum

Jan 8 Rose Aptakin Grandmother of Harvey Lowell Suzan Davis Mother of Sinai Davis Marion Feldman Mother of Judith Feldman Jan 9 Benjamin Ledewitz Father of Phyllis Blumberg Gerald Levine Husband of Esta Faye Levine Lila Rifken Pearlman Sister of Valerie Seidman Jean Presser Grandmother of Ellen Mazow Stella Schwarzberg Mother of Henry Schwarzberg Edith Wiland Mother of Paulette Binder Jan 10 Vera Feigelson Mother of Thelma Marin Dolores Polakoff Cousin of Lois Bruss Frances Warshawer Mother of Robert Warshawer Jan 11 Harry Friedlander Grandfather of Louis Stuhl Dorothy Ginsburg Mother of Beth Levine Rose Littman Grandmother of Stuart Jacobson Rose Soloway Mother of Edward Soloway Walter Strauss Father of Linda Goulston Jan 12 Phyllis Arakie Grandmother of Alisa Kotler-Berkowitz Marion Barros Sister-in-law of Sylvia Schatz Anne Feifke Mother of Derek Feifke Bessie Kaplan Mother of Marlene Karshbaum Elsie Levin Mother of Howard Levin Clara Miller Mother of Sandy Miller-Jacobs Jan 13 Frederick Bufe Father of Janet Plotkin Charles Cohen Father of Norman Cohen Lillian Pildus Escor Mother of Marilyn Tracey Grandmother of Michael Tracey Lillian Ross Sister-in-law of David Slate Jeffrey Savitz

Father of Bennett Savitz Lawrence Zirkin Father of Sharon Zirkin-Dagan Sylvia Zirkin Mother of Sharon Zirkin-Dagan Jan 14 I. Joel Abromson Father of Leslie Sherman Dorothy Keller Grandmother of Carolyn Keller Ruth Kroopnick Mother-in-law of John Stayn Lillian Lerman Mother of Stuart Lerman Simon Leshin Grandfather of Stewart Leshin Gerard Moskowitz Father of Naomi Brooks Shlomo Rotman Father of Tal Rotman Judith Sumner Mother of Howard Sumner Jan 15 Saul Geller Grandfather of David Geller Judith Moskowitz Mother of Naomi Brooks Edwin Reder Father of Richard Reder Jan 16 Bertha Ablove Grandmother of Michael Ablove Priscilla Fishman Mother of Leora Fishman Celia Goldberg Mother of Gershon Goldberg Miriam Katzman Aunt of Barbara Palant Helen Lion Zieken Oppaser Mother of Rudolf Lion Jacob Stark Father of Philip Stark Jan 17 Albert Hoffman Father of Rose-Billie Canter Jonah Miller Father of Bonnie Levy Leo Munash Grandfather of Carolyn Keller Ida Wacks Mother of Jerry Wacks Jan 18 Dorothy Marshall Mother of Jeffrey Marshall Alfred Zenner Father of Sylvie Haffer Jan 19 Arthur Blumberg Husband of Phyllis Blumberg Father of Lester Blumberg Judith Epstein Mother of Stacie Simon

Joseph Golden Father of Ilene Weiner Ethel Menitoff Mother of Paul Menitoff Barney Mironer Father of Alan Mironer Morton Narva Brother of Lillian Cohen and Betty Friedman Jan 20 Joseph Jacobson Father-in-law of Margaretha Jacobson Julius Schrager Father of Daniel Schrager Jan 21 Harry Aptakin Grandfather of Harvey Lowell Joseph Koren Father of Annette Koren Harry Lerner Father of Deanna Wolk Arthur Witzer Father of Evan Fray-Witzer Geoffrey Zola Husband of Judith Zola Father of Rebecca, Zachary and Sarah Zola Jan 22 Gussie Alper Mother-in-law of Charleen Alper Bernard Feuer Father of Barbara Rosenbaum Alvin Goldsmith Father of Pamela Goldstein Dorothy Greenberg Aunt of Benjamin Brosgol Bessie Leipner Grandmother of Carol Srebnick Jan 23 Hershel Bromberg Father-in-law of Carol Bromberg Max Streit Grandfather of Miriam Sadofsky Jan 24 Ruth Bourke Grandmother of Julie Shirazi Edna Brick Mother-in-law of Phyllis Brick Allen Bromberg Brother-in-law of Carol Bromberg S. George Bromberg Husband of Carol Bromberg Anne Isky Grandmother of Sandra Levine Doris Rubenstein Mother of Sidney Rubenstein Ruth Sandals Mother-in-law of Alan Mironer (continued on page 20)

Yahrzeits / Donations Jan 25 Nathan Burstyn Father of Don Burstyn Leonore Miller Mother of Ellen Mazow Manny Smith Brother of Jerome Smith Jan 26 Herbert Abkowitz Brother-in-law of Lorraine Abkowitz Mary Cutler Mother of Krana Rosen Harry Goldberg Father of Phyllis Sokolov Samuel Leader Father of Barbara Newman Diane Lindner-Goldberg Stepmother of David Goldberg Aunt of Dan Pion Harold Lipseir Husband of Frances Lipseir Esther Waldman Mother of Jane Aronson Lillian Wisnia Mother of Jeffry Wisnia Jan 27 Esther Goldman Mother of Leon Goldman Morris Kravetz Father of Janet Hollander Robert Pressner Brother of Bruce Dalwin Barbara Quatrano Mother of Stephen Quatrano Beatrice Strauss Mother of Linda Goulston Samuel Yousha Grandfather of Esther Hausman Jan 28 Gabriel Hausner Father of Buzz Hausner Inabeth Miller Mother of Scott Miller Jack Neustadt Father of Paul Neustadt Ilene Rubin Mother of Lisa Gualtieri Ellissa Wasserman Granddaughter of Maxine Wasserman Jan 29 Shirley Jordan Mother of Harmon Jordan William Littman Grandfather of Stuart Jacobson Ann Muldorf Mother of Jennifer Klein Mark Reder Brother of Richard Reder Ruth Rosenbaum Mother of Charles Rosenbaum

Samuel Tassel Brother-in-law of Janet Tassel Jan 30 Leah Cowen Mother of Barbara Labitt Elka Handwerker Mother of Jacob Handwerker Samuel Lewis Father-in-law of John Stayn Betty Menzin Mother of Marvin Menzin Debra Rosenbaum Daughter of Ronald Rosenbaum Ida Trusten Mother of Phyllis Udell Karmi Wand Stepfather of Leon Gunther Father-in-law of Joelle Gunther Brian Weinronk Brother of Stan Weinronk Jan 31 Mark Albert Father of Gila Appleby Sophie Fine Mother of Judith Wisnia

The congregation gratefully acknowledges the following contributions: Abkowitz Family Israel & Camp Scholarship

In memory of: Alex Levy, beloved grandson of Eveline and Guy Weyl Garry & Eileen Feldman Melvin Savage, beloved father Robert & Nancy Liberman

Beautification

In appreciation of Ken Zimmerman for all his work producing the beautiful Temple videos Ed Willins & Alison Dick In memory of: Bob Galvin, beloved companion of Judith Himber Harry & Bonnie Levy Janet Stayn, beloved wife of John Stayn Sam & Phyllis Rubinovitz Alvin Wolfe, beloved husband of Susan Wolfe Norm & Linda Cohen Sam & Phyllis Rubinovitz Yahrzeit of: Elfriede Licht, beloved mother John Stayn Mary Sullivan, beloved close friend Al Corman

Alexander Goldman, beloved father and father-in-law Gladys Hurwitz, beloved mother and mother-in-law Paul Goldman, beloved brother and brother-in-law Leon & Phyllis Goldman Harold Mintzer, beloved father Norm & Linda Cohen Paul Alper, beloved husband Charleen Alper

Bess Ezekiel Memorial Fund

In honor of David Ezekiel’s 60th birthday Ken & Esther Hausman Yahrzeit of: Ruth Davidson and Jacob Goldberg, beloved mother and grandfather Susan Davidson Bess Ezekiel, beloved mother David Ezekiel & Elise Richman Ezekiel

Billy Dalwin Preschool

In honor of the engagement of Abe Jordan and Jamie Anderson Jeremy & Glenda Singer (continued on page 16)

Rabbi Lerner reading to students at the Pizza in the Hut event in our COVID-safe Sukkah in our courtyard. Thanks to our Brotherhood for building it under challenging circumstances.

Spiritual Hike with Liza Halley and Rabbi Lerner in the Chamberlin Woods in Concord.

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Donations In memory of: Alex Levy, beloved grandson of Guy & Eveline Weyl David & Susan Shnidman Janet Diane Feinberg, beloved sister of Robyn Samuels Howard & Jane Epstein Yahrzeit of: Yettaa Goott, beloved mother and grandmother Derek & Carole Feifke Glorine Schweitzer, beloved mother Randi Silverman Barnett Mazow, beloved father Ervin Miller, beloved father Lillian Mazow, beloved mother Dick & Ellen Mazow

Circle of Life

In honor of Ariana & Sophie Gaebe’s B’not Mitzvah Glen Gaebe & Liz Fray

COVID

In memory of Jack & Annie Cotter, my beloved parents Joelle Gunther

Emunah 60

In honor of Temple Emunah’s 60th brithday Stuart Lerman & Miriam Sadofsky Barry & Susan Orenstein

General

Esther Bass In appreciation of: Mark Bobrow for his kindness Steven Schachter Kathy Macdonald for all the work she did to help make the High Holy Day Services run smoothly Martin & Reva Feldman The rabbis’, the staff’s and so many others’ Herculean efforts to make the Zoom High Holy Days a spiritual and technical success Jonathan & Jonina Schonfeld In honor of: The birth of Connor Jacob, beloved grandson of Beth & Rich Fentin Laurie Speicher Carolyn Keller and Harvey Lowell on the birth of their granddaughter, Sophia Eliana Lowell Barbara and Paul Neustadt on the birth of their grandson, Ravi Darwin Inasi Judith Himber Richard & Shirley Moskow Rabbi Lerner for providing the opportunity to say Yahrzeit for Sheila Lidman Bonnie & William Fox In memory of: Bob Galvin, beloved partner of Judith Himber Sheila Lidman, beloved mother of Ed Lidman Meli Solomon Richard & Shirley Moskow Daniel Greenberg, beloved father of Julie Greenberg David & Janet Goldberg

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Nicole Goldenberg, beloved mother of Jacques Goldenberg Alan & Leslie Sherman Rick & Margo Reder Joseph Solomon, beloved father of Meli Solomon Marty & Alice Gordon Alex Levy, beloved grandson of Guy Weyl and Eileen Feldman Garry & Eileen Feldman Richard & Shirley Moskow Ken & Lois Bruss Jake & Claudia Handwerker Cliff & Georgia Weinstein Anna Zaleznik, beloved grandmother Hy Zaleznik, beloved uncle Elizabeth Zaleznik, beloved aunt Ida Oxman, beloved aunt Claude Menders, Temple Emunah’s architect Ken & Lois Bruss Shirley Ross, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother of Adele and Arthur Kress and family Jake & Claudia Handwerker Ya’akov & Anya Grober, and Baruch & Leah Gershkowitz, beloved grandparents Dawny Gershkowitz Leonard Friedman, beloved husband and Carl Friedman, beloved father-in-law Betty Friedman Janet Diane Feinberg, beloved sister of Robyn Samuels Steve & Paula Dangel Yahrzeit of: Margarethe Schudawa, beloved mother Karl Schudawa, beloved father Max Delfiner, beloved father-in-law Barbara Delfiner Solomon Escor, beloved father Esther Barron, beloved mother-in-law Marilyn Tracey AbrahamSolomon, beloved grandfather Augusta & Abraham Solomon, beloved paternal grandparents Meli Solomon Leah Weisz, beloved mother Moshe Weisz, beloved father Yossi & Daniela Livni Helen Perlman, beloved grandmother Ada and John Abromson, beloved grandparents Alan & Leslie Sherman Bruce Levine, beloved son Esta Faye Levine Blanche Koffer, beloved sister and aunt Frances Diamant & Lisa Diamant Morris & Gertrude Kravetz, beloved parents Carl & Elizabeth Hollander, beloved parents Louis Gross, beloved brother-in-law Charles & Janet Hollander Melvin Lewis, beloved husband Pearl Lewis

Geoffrey Zola Holocaust Fund

In honor of Judy Zola being this year’s Kallah Torah Ed Willins & Alison Dick

In memory of Daniel Greenberg, beloved father of Julie Greenberg Larry & Risa Bressler

Holy Book Fund

Gene & Kathy Achter Esther Bass Renen Bassik & Jan Yoepp Dave & Marge Becker Jerry & Ruth Berg Ed & Estha Blachman Jeff & Rachel Brown Harry & Rona Cohen Robert & Debbie Cohen Stewart & Susan Cook Ben Einsidler & Samantha Soloway Alan & Gail Fields Joe & Myrna Fox Howard & Susan Garsh Dawny Gershkowitz Mike & Cathy Gildesgame Mark & Nancy Goldberg Wayne & Robin Goldstein Marty & Alice Gordon Ken & Esther Hausman Reggie & Rana Hebert Dave Hirsh & Allison Cook Michael & Tracy Horn David Kahan & Lori Harrison-Kahan Paul & Sharon Katz Larry & Kathy Kerstein David & Becky Landis David & Linda Laredo Rabbi Cliff & Miriam Librach Paul & Susan Menitoff Carl Mikkelsen & Barbara Posnick Joel & Peggy Moses Alan & Karen Musnikow Marc & Anna Nerenberg Joe & Betsy Nissenbaum Jud & Laura Pierce Stan Pomeranz Steve Price & Robin Grossman Howard & Lori Reubenstein Ronald Rosenbaum Chris Cook & Ellen Rothstein Tal & Kate Rotman Jonathan & Jonina Schonfeld Eric & Julie Shapiro Alan & Leslie Sherman Paul & Ronni Skerker Jeffrey & Phyllis Sokolov Dan & Kim Solomon Philip & Marsha Stark John Stayn Toni Stechler Matthew & Nareeluck Stephenson Marilyn Tracey Scott & Shirlei Udell Stan & Lori Weinronk Albert & Judy Zabin Mark & Margo Zelermyer Irina Zeylikman In memory of Sheila Lidman, beloved mother of Ed Lidman Joel & Peggy Moses Yahrzeit of Elizabeth Wolk, beloved mother Sid & Deanna Wolk

Keruv Outreach

In honor of David Geller being named Hatan Torah Ed Willins & Alison Dick Yahrzeit of: Morris Segaloff, beloved father Elizabeth Kornitsky, beloved mother Harvey & Rosalind Segaloff

Kiddush

Virtual Kiddush Sponsors: Glen Gaebe & Liz Fray Jeff & Meryl Post Adam & Emily Samansky

Kol Nidrei Appeal

In honor of Rabbi David Lerner and Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins Mike & Dawn Rosenberg

Ladle Fund

Alvin Wolfe, beloved husband of Susan Wolf Bob & Ellen Gordon Joseph Solomon, beloved father of Meli Solomon Sheila Lidman, beloved mother of Ed Lidman Steve Tavan & Ellen Laderman Allen Mintz, beloved husband Saul J. Copellman and Lillian Sandberg, beloved parents Henry Mintz, beloved father-in-law Ruby Mintz Yahrzeit of: Marilyn Liederman, beloved wife and mother Larry Liederman and family Marilyn Liederman, beloved mother and grandmother David & Stacey Mann Scott Wollins, beloved son Eleanor Wollins Gertrude Dinner, beloved mother Charleen Alper Nicole Goldenberg, beloved mother Nathaniel Hirschtick, beloved father Jon Hirschtick & Randy Gollub Etta Nager, beloved mother Eleanor Wollins Harry Kovnat, beloved father Susan Ezekiel Ethel Feinberg, beloved mother Nathan Samuels, beloved father Harold & Robyn Samuels Robert Stuhl, beloved father Louis Stuhl & Sheila Kojm

Landscape

In honor of: Rebecca Benson’s and Arthur Kreiger’s birthdays Evelyn Benson David Srebnick, David Geller & Judy Zola Jerome & Sharon Smith In memory of: Sheila Lidman, beloved mother of Ed Lidman Alan & Beth Levine

Donations Yahrzeit of: David Smith, beloved son Eve and Israel Smith, beloved mother and father Isadore Greenberg, beloved father Betty Smith, beloved grandmother David Spero, beloved grandfather Jerome & Sharon Smith Helen Miller, beloved mother and grandmother Harry & Bonnie Levy Doris Solomon, beloved mother Meli Solomon Sidney Willins, beloved father Ed Willins & Alison Dick

Library

In honor of the birth of Julian Max Smith Joel Marcus In memory of: Joseph Reubenstein and Paulie Wolf, beloved father and grandmother Howard & Lori Reubenstein Esther Rubinovitz, beloved sister of Samuel Rubinovitz David & Krana Rosen Yahrzeit of: Hilda Stuhl, beloved mother Louis Stuhl & Sheila Kojm Dorothy Marcus, beloved grandmother Harry Epstein, beloved grandfather Joel Marcus

Mak’haylah

In honor of Abe Jordan’s engagement to Jamie Anderson Ed Willins & Alison Dick

Network Technology Grant

Temple Emunah Sisterhood

Patricia Stayn Memorial Fund

In appreciation of Natalie Cohen and Gene Alperovitch for their kindness and compassion Shana Alexander

Phyllis Klein Thrope Memorial

In memory of: Phyllis Klein Thrope, beloved wife Shirley Thrope, beloved mother John Weiss, beloved father of Ben Weiss Marty & Carol Thrope

Rabbi Kling Perkins Discretionary Fund

In appreciation of: Rabbi Kling Perkins for her caring and support Ed & Marcy Lidman Rabbi Kling Perkins for her support during our recent loss Ron Chaney & Julie Greenberg Rabbi Kling Perkins for all she did to help us celebrate the High Holy Days Ed Willins & Alison Dick Rabbi Kling Perkins’ support for Hal’s second Bar Mitzvah, Niggun Saloon and Chagim services Hal & Sandy Miller-Jacobs

Yahrzeit of: Sarah Drellich, beloved daughter David Drellich & Susan Mayer William Katz, beloved father Leonard Katz Harvey Fischler, beloved brother-in-law Stan Pomeranz Phyllis Seresky, beloved sister David & Krana Rosen Harry Mason, beloved father Marvin & Susan Mason Harold Blumenthal, beloved father Morton & Eileen Kahan Rina Gershkowitz, beloved mother Dawny Gershkowitz

Rabbi Lerner Discretionary Fund

In appreciation of: The baby naming of our beloved daughter, Milanna Goldberg Jay & Fara Goldberg The rabbiis’ caring and support Ed & Marcy Lidman The Zoom minyan services Buzz Hausner & Beth Hardiman The nice jar of honey for Rosh Hashanah Barbara Delfiner David Ezekiel, Buzz Hausner, Donna Jauvtis, Sharon Kalus, Susan Lipson, Mike Rosenberg, and Mark Weiner for making morning minyah happen Kathy MacDonald for working so hard to make the minyanim strong David Ezekiel for making the morning minyans happen Steve Tavan & Ellen Laderman The aliyah in honor of our 40th wedding anniversary David & Elyssa Towers Rabbi Lerner for all he did to help us celebrate the High Holy Days Ed Willins & Alison Dick Barbara Wissoker In honor of: Our 65th anniversary blessing Utilizing Zoom for services Temple Emunah’s 60th birthday Paul & Doris Morgenstern Barbara & Paul Neustadt on the birth of their grandson, Ravi Darwin Inasi Ralph & Helen Zelinsky Israel & Charlotte Kupiec Being impressed with the High Holy Day Services Brian Bernstein & Tracey Wright In memory of: Bob Galvin, my beloved companion, and in apprecation of Rabbi Lerner’s support Judith Himber William Zabelle, beloved father Jeffrey & Elaine Wiesen Harry Richelson, beloved father-in-law Irwin Alpert Ruth & Herb Grossman, and Burton Price, beloved parents Steve Price & Robin Grossman

Janet Diane Feinberg, beloved sister of Robyn Samuels Zvi & Bobby Galani Irving Silverman, beloved father Stewart Silverman Yahrzeit of: Selma Pomeranz, beloved wife Louis Pomeranz, beloved father Milton Pomeranz, beloved brother Stan Pomeranz Albert Mayer, beloved father David Drellich & Susan Mayer Bernard Jacobson, beloved husband Bror Andersson, beloved father Margaretha Jacobson Betty Gaies, beloved mother and grandmother Miriam Schrager, beloved mother Daniel Schrager & Ellen Gaies Frances Schonfeld, beloved mother Gabriel Schonfeld, beloved father Jonathan & Jonina Schonfeld Lily Plotkin and Dorothy Plotkin, beloved mothers Irv & Janet Plotkin Sidney Zabelle, beloved brother Harold Israel Wiesen, beloved father Jeffrey & Elaine Wiesen Pearl Mason, beloved mother Marvin & Susan Mason Mary Hahn, beloved mother Phyllis Brick Nathan Brostoff, beloved father Mark & Carolyn Lichtenstein Myron Cohen, beloved brother Jeffry & Judith Wisnia Rose Schachter Scheinert, beloved grandmother Jeffrey & Phyllis Sokolov Daniel Jacobs, beloved father Norman Jacobs

Religious School

Yahrzeit of: Harold Karshbaum, beloved husband and father Marlene Karshbaum Solomon Joseph, beloved father Caron Bleich Rita Kahn, beloved mother Peter & Linda Kahn

Sisterhood

In appreciation of the Sisterhood leaders for their caring & thoughfulness during the High Holy Days Babsy Krichmar Yahrzeit of Zelotta Zlotnick, beloved grandmother Mark & Michelle Abramson

Social Action Committee

In appreciation of Nancy Lefkowitz for all she did to help make the High Holy Day services run smoothly Ed Willins & Alison Dick

Yahrzeit of: Samuel Liskov, beloved father Albert & Judy Zabin Mary Hahn, beloved mother Phyllis Brick Pearl Schweiger Silverman, beloved mother and grandmother Fred & Micki Rosenberg

Social Action Family Table

Yahrzeit of: Arlene Davidson, beloved sister David & Krana Rosen Julius Mass, beloved father Israel & Charlotte Kupiec

Speicher Memorial Grant

In memory of David Speicher, beloved brother Jonathan & Jodi Speicher

Special Needs

In memory of Dan Palant, beloved husband of Barbara Palant Ronald Rosenbaum Yahrzeit of: Dorothy Lippman, beloved mother Marvin & Susan Mason

Steve Marcus Youth Scholarship

In memory of Ruth Cohen, Sandy Meyers’ beloved mother Richard Hochman & Esther Rosenman-Hochman Yahrzeit of Stephen Marcus, beloved husband Helen Marcus

Wednesday Minyan Study Group

In appreciation of Kathy Macdonald and Beh Levine for all they did to make the High Holy Day services run smoothly Ed Willins & Alison Dick In memory of: Jean Livingston Elovich, beloved mother of Marge Becker Robert Becker Helen Miller, beloved mother and motherin-law and bubbe of Aron and Lucas Levy Harry & Bonnie Levy Yahrzeit of: May Botbol, beloved mother Helen Miller, beloved mother and bubbe Harry & Bonnie Levy Ben Botbol, beloved brother Harvey & Donna Jauvtis

Youth

In memory of Daniel Greenberg, beloved father of Julie Greenberg Ken & Lois Bruss Yahrzeit of: David Ginsburg and Morris Cohen, beloved fathers Harry & Rona Cohen Stanton Willins, beloved brother Ed Willins & Alison Dick Ida Rosen, beloved mother David & Krana Rosen

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Shaharit 7 am Meditation 8:30 am Yoga 10:30 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Meditation 8:30 am Yoga 10:30 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Talmud Study 8 pm

Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Shaharit 7 am Parashat Hashavua 1 pm Niggun Saloon 1 pm Meditation 4 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm Ivrit la Kol 7:30 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

1st Hanukkah Candle Shaharit 7 am Parashat Hashavua 1 pm Meditation 4 pm Ivrit la Kol 7:30 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm *

Hanukkah 1 (2 candles) Shaharit 7 am Men’s Torah Study 7:30 am Niggun Saloon 1 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm

Shabbat Service 9:30 am Russell Cutler Bar Mitzvah 25/52 (after services) Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 4 pm

Hanukkah 2 (3 candles) Shabbat Service 9:30 am Joe Capparelli Bar Mitz.

25/52 (after services) Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 4 pm USY Fire and Ice 5:30 pm

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Hanukkah 3 (4 candles) Shaharit 9 am BH Brewfest/Softball 11:45 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Ha Parpar 8 pm

Shaharit 9 am Wisdom Project 12 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

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Hanukkah 4 (5 candles) Ride w/ Rabbi 6:45 am Shaharit 7 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm *

Ride w/ Rabbi 6:45 am Shaharit 7 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Hanukkah 5 (6 candles) Shaharit 7 am Meditation 8:30 am Yoga 10:30 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm * Dessert & Discussion 8 pm

Shaharit 7 am Meditation 8:30 am Yoga 10:30 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Hanukkah 6 (7 candles) Hanukkah 7 (8 candles) Shaharit 7 am Rosh Hodesh Tevet Parashat Hashavua 1 pm Shaharit 6:45 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Meditation 4 pm Rosh Hodesh Group 6 pm Lunch & Learn 12 pm Ivrit la Kol 7:30 pm Community Hanukkah Ma’ariv 7:30 pm * Celebration 5:30 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm * Talmud Study 8 pm Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Hanukkah 8 Shaharit 7 am Men’s Torah Study 7:30 am Niggun Saloon 1 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Shaharit 7 am Parashat Hashavua 1 pm Niggun Saloon 1 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm Meditation 4 pm Chinese Dinner & Movie 5 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shabbat Service 9:30 am Meditation 9:30 am 25/52 (after services) Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 4 pm Simhat Tot Havdalah 5 pm

Shabbat Service 9:30 am 25/52 (after services) Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 4 pm

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Meditation 8:30 am Yoga 10:30 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Parashat Hashavua 1 pm Meditation 4 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Mazel Tov to Our December B’nei Mitzvah

LUSY Bagel Sale

Russell Cutler, son of Susan & Brian Cutler (Dec. 5)

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Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Talmud Study 8 pm

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Nomi & Ruti Pfeffer, daughters of Debby & Avi Pfeffer (Jan. 9)

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Shabbat Service 9:30 am 25/52 (after services) Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 4:15 pm

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Shaharit 7 am Niggun Saloon 1 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm Glatzer Shabbat Dinner 5:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Tu B’Shevat Niggun Saloon 1 pm Shaharit 7 am Parashat Hashavua 1 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm Meditation 4 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shabbat Service 9:30 am 25/52 (after services) Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 4:15 pm

Shabbat Service 9:30 am 25/52 (after services) Meditation 9:30 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 4:30 pm

Shaharit 9 am BH Build a Pair 9 am Wisdom of Our Ancient Texts 10 am

Interfaith Garden Volunteers from Grace Chapel, First Parish and Hancock Church worked with Carla to assemble the early fall harvest.

It included multiple varieties of lettuce, squashes, eggplant, herbs, rhubarb, tomatoes and radishes.

Faithful Lexington Pantry volunteers sorted through and organized the delivery from the Interfaith Garden.

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Celebrating Sukkot at the Lexington Depot

Below: Pop-Up Sukkah event at Clover Making decorations for the Sukkah

First day of school