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H desh September – November, 2019

From Rabbi Lerner Emunah at 60 This past Spring I was fortunate to have celebrated twenty years in the congregational rabbinate. In some traditional and Orthodox communities ordination is called semikhah.

Semikhah shares the same root as the letter samekh, a circular shape with a squared left corner, the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Each letter of the Hebrew alphabet is assigned a numeric value, and the value of the letter samekh is sixty.

I enjoy statistics and playing around with numbers, and gematria, the spiritual interpretation of numbers, is an approach that combines my love of math and Jewish sacred texts. It was especially meaningful to me, then, when I realized that my two decade rabbinic anniversary coincides with our upcoming Emunah@60 celebration. After sixty years, our community is marking the diamond anniversary of Temple Emunah. In Pirkei Avot (The Ethics of the Sages), the rabbis explain that sixty is “ziknah – old age.” This made sense two thousand years ago, when someone who turned 60 years old had reached a significant and slightly more rare milestone.

Today, however, with people (God willing) living longer, sixty is a time when people will plan for a new phase of life – perhaps becoming empty nesters, welcoming adult children back home, contemplating retirement or a shift in work, embracing grandchildren, or maybe opening themselves up to avocations they did not have time for earlier in their lives. (continued on page 20)

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Emunah Welcomes Rabbi Perkins Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins joins the Temple Emunah family as our new Assistant Rabbi. Deeply committed to building and sustaining Jewish communities, she is a caring listener and relationship builder who supports all individuals in finding personally relevant ways to engage with Jewish observances, knowledge, and community.

“Rabbi Kling Perkins brings deep knowledge and a wonderful ability to connect with people of all ages in diverse settings,” said Rabbi Lerner.

“I am looking forward to teaching and learning with her, and to having her strengthen our multi-generational community.”

A Needham native, Rabbi Kling Perkins is a graduate of Brandeis University and earned rabbinic ordination and an M.A. in Jewish education from the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York. While in Rabbinical School, her internships included the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan, Temple Emanuel in Hartford, CT, Park Slope Jewish Center in Brooklyn and Camp Ramah in the Rockies.

She was the Secretary for the Conservative Movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standard, and during her JTS year in Israel, she was a T’ruah Israel Fellow.

“My goal,” Rabbi Kling Perkins said, “is to help people find meaning in our traditions and bring them into their lives, to their bonds with each other, and their communities.”

Before becoming a rabbi, Rabbi Kling Perkins studied at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Upon her return to the Boston area was a fellow with JOIN for Justice, a national organization dedicated to training, supporting, and connecting Jewish organizers and their communities. She then spent several years working as a program coordinator for the Greater Boston Jewish Coalition for Literacy.

She is married to Matthew Goldstone and enjoys cooking local vegetarian food, hiking and gardening.

Inside: President................................... 2 High Holy Days.......................3-5 Religious Services/Worship.... 4-7 Adult Ed.................................8-11 Family Ed..................................11 Religious School/Youth...... 12-14 Pre-School................................15 Ladle Fund/Keruv .................... 10 Library......................................11

‫בתוך‬ Sisterhood .............................. 16 Brotherhood/Shomrei Adamah.....17 Ladle Fund/Library.................. 18 Inclusion/Mak’haylah.............. 19 Rabbi....................................... 20 Yahrzeits............................. 21-24 Donations...........................25-28 Family Table............................ 28 Calendar............................. 29-31

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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

Assisstant Rabbi Rabbi Emeritus Rabbinic Intern President Executive Director Director of Congregational Learning Director, Billy Dalwin Pre-School Program Director & Family Educator Synagogue Educator/ Youth Advisor Accounting Manager Administrative Asst.

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781/861-0300, ext. 22 dlerner@templeemunah.org Leora Kling Perkins 781/861-0300, ext. 31 lklingperkins@templeemunah.org Bernard Eisenman Rebecca Weintraub Rebbeca.Weintraub@HebrewCollege.edu Judy Zola 781/861-8308 president@templeemunah.org Raveetal Celine 781/861-0300, ext. 21 rceline@templeemunah.org Me’ir Sherer 781/861-0303, ext. 24 msherer@templeemunah.org Shelley Rossman 781/861-0708, ext. 27 srossman@templeemunah.org Jodie Parmer 781/860-9595, ext. 28 jparmer@templeemunah.org Tova Weinronk 781/861-0300, ext. 34 tweinronk@templeemunah.org Alisa Billings 781/861-0300, ext. 23 abillings@templeemunah.org Marilyn Pappo 781/861-0300 office@templeemunah.org Ellen Weene 781/861-0300, ext. 30 rabbiadmin@templeemunah.org Linda Silverstein lindags@comcast.net

Judy Zola’s Mensch Journey

I will try my best to be

M- Mindful E- Empathetic N- Noble S- Self-assured C- Courageous H- Honest

Honorees / Membership President’s Message Shalom Temple Emunah Family!

I hope that you have all had a very relaxing, fun-filled and enjoyable summer. I can share that I had the pleasure of traveling to Portugal and Israel, and they were both wonderful adventures.

I travelled with my mom, her husband, my daughter, Rebecca and my son, Zach. Like any family trip, there were wonderful moments, and of course, some stressful moments. The key is to focus on the good – the experience of us all being together and enjoying a good meal, a tasty glass of wine, and each other’s company.

The beginning of the year is a time for all of us to reflect and determine what will be important for us in the coming year– what we will focus on, what are our goals and dreams, and how we want to make an impact in this world that we inhabit.

For me, this year is one of major changes. My youngest daughter, Sarah, is leaving the nest to head to Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. I could not be prouder of her, and yet, it is going to be bittersweet. Sarah and I have been partners for the last five and a half years – she has been the person who has kept me whole, and hopefully, me for her. I will be an “empty nester” as they say, and I am not a fan of that term. I looked up alternative phrases that speak more to me. The phrase that I will choose to use will be “Opportunity Time.” Instead of focusing on everything “offspring,” I am going to focus on me and the many ways I can contribute to our Temple Emunah community.

A year into my presidency we have accomplished a great deal: • Welcomed our wonderful assistant rabbi, Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins and her husband, Matthew Goldstone • Continued to rely on Rabbi Lerner and his fantastic family’s spiritual guidance and leadership • Enabled our financial well-being • Empowered our strong staff that are creative, innovative and caring • Created programming and events for all of our members • Increased security and safety thanks to our security team • Continued to have committed lay leadership that make our Temple a model for egalitarian excellence Thank you for supporting our initiatives and working to make Temple Emunah the best community. In the coming year, I will continue to work on the skills that I want to emulate as your president, and would love to have all of you join me on this journey. I like to call this the MENSCH JOURNEY. (See Mensch Journey at left.)

I look forward to being with you during our Days of Awe, and I wish you all a G’mar H.atima Tovah–may we all be sealed for a good year.

Shanah Tovah, Judy Zola president@templeemunah.org

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High Holy Days High Holy Day Services

Simh.at Torah Honorees

Shanah Tovah from Temple Emunah! Rosh Hashanah begins on Sunday evening, September 29, and as in years past we have numerous services and programs throughout the month of Tishrei to celebrate the new year. Please see the High Holidays page of our website (under the tab: Religious Life) for all the detailed information you will need, or go onto our on-line calendar. Additionally, a hard copy of our High Holy Day calendar with service times will be mailed at the beginning of September with your High Holy Day Mailing. We look forward to honoring the new year with you!

Each year at Simh.at Torah, we complete the Torah reading cycle and, with great joy, start our reading again with Bereisheet (Genesis). Amidst the celebration of song and dance showing our love of Torah, is a special ceremony honoring two people who have shared their accomplishments through their contributions to the religious life of our community. This year’s “groom and bride of the Torah” are Leon Gunther—H . atan Torah, and Joelle Gunther—Kallat Bereisheet.

They will be honored on Simh.at Torah morning (Tuesday, October 22) with services beginning at 9:15 am and a special kiddush luncheon following services. We hope you can join us for this joyous celebration! Biographies of the honorees follow:

Joelle and Leon Gunther Joelle grew up in upstate New Selihot Program & Services York and came to Boston to attend Saturday Evening, September 21 Emerson College. She worked as a Speech-Language Pathologist Join Temples Emunah & Isaiah for a joint worship, for 30 years and was Special Ed learning, and community experience.

Facilitator at the Umana-Barnes All are welcome to attend this free event Middle School in East Boston. supported by The Ladle Fund!

Leon was born and raised in Hosted this year at Temple Emunah NYC. He got a BS in Physics from The month of Elul is a time of repentance in preparation for the City College of New York and a the High Holy Days, and this mood builds throughout the PhD in Physics from MIT. He was a Professor of Physics at Tufts season. Prayers for forgiveness called Selihot are added to University for 48 years. He has been a member of numerous the daily cycle of religious services. community orchestras, in particular, the Newton Symphony, where he was the Principal Second Violinist for ten years.

5:30 pm Minhah Joelle and her daughter, Erika, joined Leon in Lexington 6:00 Community Dinner in the Fall of 1978 and Erika started attending Temple 7:00 pm Study Session/Activities and Emunah’s Religious School. Joelle and Leon were married at Meditative Ma’ariv with Clergy Temple Emunah in 1979. Their son Avi was in the first class

from Temples Isaiah & Emunah of Emunah’s Preschool. Both Erika and Avi became Bat/Bar 8 pm Havdalah/Selihot Services Mitzvah at Emunah.

RSVP to (jparmer@templeemunah.org).

Joelle has been involved in many aspects of Emunah life, from coordinating Shabbat meals at Metropolitan State Hospital and dinners at Rosie’s Place, to being in Emunah’s first Lulav/Etrog Orders Adult Bat Mitzvah class. Currently she sings in the Mak’haylah, If you are interested in ordering your own Lulav and Etrog participates in the Wednesday morning Minyan-Breakfast class, set, contact Jodie (jparmer@templeemunah.org / 781-861- and is a co-coordinator on many Committees, including the 0300) by Thursday, September 26. Prices are: preassembled Sisterhood Dinner and Movie events, Landscaping, the Ladle $55, unassembled $40. Pick up your sets at the Lulav Shake on Fund, and Composting. She also works part-time in the Billy Sunday, October 13, or by arrangement with Marilyn at the Dalwin Preschool.

Leon founded the Mak’haylah in 1994 due to Joelle’s main office: office@templeemunah.org. encouragement. The Mak’haylah aims to provide the Jewish community with a musical path to spirituality. It sings for the Community Break-Fast High Holidays and performs H.anukkah concerts for retirees, songs from the Haggadah to prepare for Pesah., and comCome eat, laugh, and spill some lox on your clean slate! memoration music for Yom HaShoah services. Leon’s direcWednesday Evening, October 9 tion of the Mak’haylah has been strongly dependent upon his All Temple Emunah members are invited to join us after attendance for over ten years of Camp Aishel (an Orthodox Ne’ilah services. Free and open to all. camp à la Ramah) and his having been faculty advisor to Tufts To RSVP, contact Marilyn Pappo at the Main Office: Hillel from 1969 to 1972. office@templeemunah.org or 781-861-0300.

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High Holy Days Tot High Holy Day Experience

(ages 0–5 with adult) 9:30-10:15 am

Tashlikh Hike to Potter Pond Monday, September 30 (First Day of Rosh Hashanah) Tashlikh (casting away) is the ceremony of throwing bread crumbs into a moving body of water to symbolize the act of throwing away our sins. We perform this act with prayers and songs in order to honor the traditions of the Yamim Nora’im (High Holy Days).

Meet in synagogue parking lot at 4:15 pm and walk together to Potter Pond for Tashlikh. The one-mile walk provides an opportunity to reflect and/or reconnect with friends. Alternatively, meet us at 9 Potter Pond at 5:00 pm.

4:15 pm Walk to Potter Pond from Temple Emunah 5:00 pm Tashlikh Service at Potter Pond

Directions to Potter Pond from Temple Emunah:

Make a left onto Waltham St. and then left onto Concord Ave. After ½ mile, take 2nd right onto Walnut St. After ¼ mile, turn left into Potter Pond development. Please park along the street.

Kol Nidrei Program for Kids (grades 2–5)

Special program led by our education staff.

Tuesday, September 18 at 6:30 pm Contact Me’ir for more info: (msherer@templeemunah.org).

We are offering numerous services for families throughout the High Holiday season. For little ones, Sharon Levin will lead a Tot High Holy Day Experience on both days of Rosh Hashanah and on Yom Kippur.

A small oneg with kid-friendly snacks will follow services on both days of Rosh Hashanah.

Free to Temple Emunah members; $36 for non-members.

RSVP to Jodie Parmer (jparmer@templeemunah.org).

High Holy Day K–2 Service

(grades K–2, drop-off or with adult) 10:30 am-12:30 pm Creative Specialist Angela Schatz leads a service geared towards students in grades K–2 in the Pre-School open space. This service—which includes games, stories, and movement activities—is free to members or guests who have pre-purchased HHD tickets.

Intended to be a drop-off experience, but parents are welcome to participate as well!

Tot Sukkot Program Monday, October 14 at 11 am–12 noon All young families are invited to our special Tot service celebrating Sukkot!

There will be stories, songs, prayers, and fun!

All families are welcome to participate afterwards in the Progressive Sukkot Lunch, beginning at noon in the Temple Emunah Garber Sukkah.

Sukkot Progressive Lunch Monday, October 14

Join all your friends on the first day of Sukkot for a free community lunch, sponsored by the Ladle Fund!

We will start at after services in the Temple Emunah Garber Sukkah for Kiddush and snacks, followed by a delicious catered lunch in Rubinovitz Social Hall and our sukkah.

Following lunch, everyone is welcome to walk to the sukkah at Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins and Matt Goldstone’s home for a palate cleanser of Sukkot Sorbet, fruit salad, and special drinks, and then continue for schmoozing and dessert at Rabbi David Lerner and Sharon Levin’s sukkah.

This event is free but we request that you RSVP to to Jodie Parmer (jparmer@templeemunah.org).

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Sukkot Open House for Families with Young Children Saturday, October 19, 5:00–7:00 pm A special Sukkot celebration at the home of Rabbi David Lerner and Sharon Levin.

Dinner will be provided along with games, crafts, schmoozing, and fun for all!

This program is FREE and open to both Temple Emunah members and non-members.

However, space is limited, so RSVP soon to Sharon Levin (sharonlevinlex@gmail.com).

High Holy Days Temple Emunah Sisterhood

Supper in the Sukkah Thursday, October 17 at 6:00 pm

Kol Nidrei Food Drive Tuesday Evening, October 8 As is the tradition at Temple Emunah, we will be collecting small boxes of whole wheat crackers as well as 1–2 lb. bags or boxes of brown rice for Family Table. Family Table, the only kosher food bank in the greater Boston area, is sponsored by Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JF&CS).

Look for the red bins on Kol Nidrei.

This event is FREE for Paid-Up Sisterhood members, but we request that you RSVP to Cindy Bobrow (cindyteshoney@gmail.com).

Family Prayer & Learning Experience (grades 3–6, with or without adult)

Monday, Sept. 30, Tuesday, October 1 & Wednesday, Oct., 9 from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Join Rabbi Lerner and Rabbi Kling Perkins in the Main Sanctuary as they lead an interactive High Holy Day Learning Service for families! Open to all ages, but geared towards families with children in grades 3–6. A small oneg of snacks follows services on day one of Rosh Hashanah.

Open to members, their guests or anyone who has

Tot Simh.at Torah Celebration for Families with Young Children Tuesday, October 22 at 11 am Share the merriment of our Simhat Torah celebration with other young families!

Join the Torah parade, k’vell (feel the pride) as our children are called to the Torah for an Aliyah (Torah blessing), sing, dance, listen to a holiday story, and have a special snack as Shelley Rossman, Billy Dalwin Pre-School Director, leads us in an interactive holiday experience!

Everyone is invited to stay after services for a community Kiddush lunch and time on our playground.

FREE and open to non-Temple Emunah or Pre-School families, but we request that you RSVP to the Pre-School office (srossman@templeemunah.org; 781/861-0708).

Simh.at Torah!

Erev Simhat Torah: Monday, October 21 Minhah: 5:45 pm Community Dinner/ Activities for Kids: 6 pm Please note that the dinner is subsidized by the Ladle Fund.

RSVP for the dinner to Jodie Parmer by Sept. 20 (jparmer@templeemunah.org) Ma’ariv: 6:30 pm Kabbalat Panim: 6:45 pm A special program welcoming our Kindergarten students beginning their study of Torah.

Hakafot: 7:15 pm Festive singing & dancing with the Torahs, dessert, and fun!

Simhat Torah: Tuesday, October 22 Yom Tov Shaharit: 9:15 am Please join us as we celebrate the joy of Torah with Hakafot, singing, and dancing!

We will also honor our special Hatan Torah and Kallat Bereisheet: Leon and Joelle Gunther.

Tot Simhat Torah Program: 11 am A special Simhat Torah program for families with children of pre-school age.

Kiddush Luncheon with Honorees: 12:45 pm in honor of our special honorees Yom Tov Minhah/Ma’ariv: 5:45 pm

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Religious Services / Worship Minyan Katan

Shabbat Services for Kids and Families

Minyan Katan is an alternative davening group that holds spirited Shabbat morning services at Emunah about four times a year. The Emunah community and friends are invited to join us. Our services are led by our members and may include meditation, niggunim, and a group discussion based on the Torah portion. Our first Shabbat service of the year will be on October 26 at 9:45 am.

We also hold occasional Kabbalat Shabbat, Havdalah and holiday celebrations with musical accompaniment and a potluck meal in a member’s home. All are invited to join Minyan Katan for Havdalah and a celebration of Sukkot on Saturday, October 19. RSVP to Sandy Goldstein (sandgold4@gmail.com).

Please contact one of us if you have any questions about Minyan Katan or our events. To have your name added to our email list, contact Wendy Russman-Halperin (russmanw@aol. com). We look forward to davening and celebrating with you.

(see box below for schedule)

2019-20 Minyan Katan Coordinators Gila Appleby (gila.appleby@verizon.net) Art Kreiger (akreiger01@gmail.com)

Minyan L’Noar Mini Minyan and Junior Congregation have been combined to form Minyan L’Noar. Twice a month children in grades K-6 are invited to join Tova Weinronk, Me’ir Sherer and other youth educators for an engaging Shabbat morning service.

Our first service of the year will be on September 21 and will be held in the Pious Chapel.

The Learning Minyan Family Minyan is now “The Learning Minyan,” geared towards families with children in grades K-6. The service will include songs and tefilla with instruction and is meant for children to attend with their parents. The Learning Minyan will meet from 11:00-12:00 on November 9, December 7 and December 14 in the Wolk Family Chapel.

Grade 6 Family Learning Services Please join us for two Special Shabbat Family Learning Services for sixth graders and their families, on Saturdays, December 7 and 14, 10:00 am-noon. We will meet in the Wolk Family Chapel and focus on the Musaf service, which is part of our grade 6 curriculum.

Shabbat Services & Activities for Kids Program Grades Date Tot Shabbat

11:00 am-12 noon Sept. 7, 21, Oct. 5,19, Nov. 2, 16, Dec. 7 Minyan L’Noar Gr. K-6 11:00 am-12 noon Sept. 21, Oct. 5, 19, Nov. 16, Dec. 21 Family Learning Service Gr. 6 Sat., Dec. 7 & 14 families Pre-K

Family Learning Minyan Gr. K-6

families

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Sat., Nov. 9, Dec. 7 & 14

Religious Services / Worship Minyan Story My Journey From Annual To Daily Minyan Attendance My brother, Stanton, died just one day after Yom Kippur when I was a newly minted Bar Mitzvah and barely 13 years old. Thus began my involuntary initiation into Minyan-hood.

At our home in Worcester, MA just after the tearing of my cloth-draped mourning button I was soon introduced to an unfamiliar tradition. “Sit here. You are not supposed to be too comfortable.” My Uncle Nat (z’l) guided me from my chair to a box that brought me closer to the floor. Until the present time, whenever I hear the Mourner’s Kaddish, a piece of me transforms back to my 13-year-old self sitting on that box.

I was raised in a large Reform congregation. We attended minyan once a year to say Kaddish for my beloved brother. Minyan was a much more casual affair. There was no urgency by the community to show up to the minyan offered twice each week.

I know it bothered my mother when fewer than ten people showed up for my brother’s yahrzeit which occurred too frequently. Regardless of the shul, many congregants are too tapped-out to come to minyan just 1 day after Yom Kippur.

Flash forward to the present time. Just one day after the gates are closed this coming Yom Kippur I will observe yahrzeit for the 52nd time for my beloved brother. I invite you to help make a minyan at that evening service.

The mourning period for my beloved mother, Harriet Willins (z’l), ended a few months ago. For the first six months I found a way to attend minyan just about every day. After that….just a few days per week. Most often I went in the evening where I was most comfortable. I do not wear t’fillin. I would often be the only one without it at the morning service. At first it was most uncomfortable for me, but I got over it.

Finding a minyan when traveling is a whole other experience.

Alison and I often like to go to the Berkshires in the summer.

During the mourning period we said Kaddish at K’nesset Israel in Pittsfield. KI is a warm, Conservative shul with modern day challenges and no longer offers a daily minyan. What to do?

Fortunately, there are daily services at an Orthodox shul nearby. I went twice. I was strongly encouraged not to bring my wife as she would be the only woman there and asked to sit alone in the rarely used women’s section. I went alone. The rabbi made a modest attempt to have me wear t’fillin but I respectfully declined. At my second visit there was tremendous pressure applied to wear t’fillin. The rabbi admonished me saying, “Your mother would want you to wear t’fillin!” I declined again and stayed for what would be the last time I set foot in that shul. [On a lighter note, Rabbi Fel heard this story and suggested that I should have rebutted with “My mother would have also liked the opportunity to wear t’fillin!”]

I feel blessed by our Emunah community. I am especially grateful to the many committed daily service leaders who made my mourning period possible and manageable.

In my capacity on the Board of the New England Region of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs I get to attend minyanim at a dozen other shuls. Too often there are no scheduled weekday

minyanim. Those twice-monthly experiences remind me how lucky Emunah is to have such a vibrant and reliable community.

My Minyan journey presented me with an unexpected opportunity. A good friend of mine passed away last summer.

I wanted to do something for him that could make a difference for his family. “Call me if you need anything” seemed too empty of an offer to his widow, also a friend. I was pleased that my offer to be her regular ride on Thursdays was accepted while I was saying Kaddish.

After my mourning period for my mother ended my friend assumed that the ride-sharing was over also. A “pay-it-forward” thought occurred to me. I told her I would like to continue to give her a ride to minyan until her mourning period was over and that ended recently.

Perhaps we will both find more congregants with recent losses who we can give a ride to on Thursday evenings helping to keep the Thursday minyan strong.

My opinion of our community has been strengthened by this whole experience. I am grateful to all of you.

Ed Willins If you have a minyan story that you would like to share, contact Kathy Macdonald (knmacdonald@verizon.net).

Community Breakfast: Israel’s New Nation State Law: Consequences for Jewish Democracy With Rabbi Dr. Alexander Kaye Sunday, September 15 at 9:45 am Fee: $8 for Sisterhood and Brotherhood members $10 for all others Dr. Alexander Kaye is a faculty member at Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and Assistant Professor in the Department of Near East and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University. Dr. Kaye’s research is on Jewish intellectual history and the history of political and legal thought. His new book, The Invention of Jewish Theocracy, is a history of the idea that the State of Israel should be run by halakha.

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Adult Education Welcome to another year of learning! We have a wide range of opportunities for you to connect to fellow Temple Emunah friends.

On September 15, we will kick off our year of learning with Brandeis Professor Dr. Alex Kaye who will speak about the New Nation State Law in Israel during a Community Breakfast, a Temple Emunah Sisterhood program for all adults.

Rabbi Lerner and Rabbi Kling Perkins will continue the Emunah tradition of providing several learning opportunities at different times during the week and during the course of the year, including the popular Lunch and Learn (meeting once a month on Wednesdays) and Dessert and Discussion (meeting once a month on Tuesday evenings), whose focus this year will be Ethics and Jewish Values, using the JTS Video Lecture Series curriculum.

We welcome back fellow congregants and teachers Jenny Brown (starts Monday, September 9 at 11 am) and Jen Geller (Thursdays at 9:30 am) to this year’s lineup for a memoir writing workshop and Vinyasa Yoga.

We continue to be blessed with the teaching of Dr. I. Ely Stillman for Talmud Study Group (meets twice a month on Wednesday at 8 pm), and with the enthusiasm of our lay leaders we can continue to study the Tanakh during Perek Yomi (meets monthly on Thursday at 8 pm). Hebrew speakers will have the opportunity to continue to learn Aggadah with the Israeli American Council group (every other Wednesday at 8 pm).

Formal programming continues, with our Hebrew Literacy program, Ivrit la-Kol, and a variety of Hebrew College offerings – Me’ah Select on both Thursday mornings and Monday evenings, and Me’ah online. This year is a recruitment year for the next two-year cycle of Me’ah Classic that will start in the Fall 2020.

We are excited to announce that Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, rosh yeshiva and CEO of Hadar Institute in Manhattan, will be our Glatzer Memorial Weeked Scholar-in-Residence February 8-10, 2020. Please save the date!

In addition to all of the above-mentioned programs, there are more opportunities to connect to Temple Emunah through experiential learning – meditation, cycling, walking, and traveling to Israel. Please watch for flyers and more registration information. Wishing you an inspiring and invigorating year of learning!

Linna Ettinger and Terri Swartz Russell

Co-chairs of Adult Education

adulted@templeemunah.org.

Courses Our Rabbis Teach Wednesday Morning Study with the Rabbis Rabbis Lerner and Kling Perkins teach about the Halakhah (Jewish law) of Shabbat over a light breakfast. This year we will be studying the third volume of the Mishnah Berurah, laws of Shabbat. Join us each week for minyan at 7:00 am followed by breakfast and learning at 7:3 0am. The breakfast is funded and provided by the regular attendees. All are welcome.

Study at Brookhaven Join Rabbi Lerner at Brookhaven on Tuesdays 10-11 am (dates TBD) to reveal Jewish connections to famous Christian passages as a means of deepening our understanding of both traditions and ourselves.

Shabbat Minhah/Ma’ariv Study Join Rabbis Lerner and Kling Perkins every Shabbat Minhah (see calendar for times) as they deepen and expound upon the lessons and teachings of Rabbi Joseph Telshkin’s The Book of Jewish Values. Texts will be provided. No need to read the book before class.

Adult B’nei Mitzvah Class Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins will be leading a year-and-ahalf class beginning this winter for any interested adults who never celebrated Jewish adulthood when they were 13 – or who want to do so again! As a cohort, we will explore a wide range of topics including theology, rabbinic literature, Jewish observance, and more. The culmination of studies will be marked with a B’nei Mitzvah celebration, complete with chanting the Torah and/or Haftarah and being called to the Torah, in the spring of 2021.

Those interested should also register for an Ivrit la-Kol class to complement the learning they will do as a group.

Please contact Rabbi Kling Perkins (lklingperkins@templeemunah.org; (781-861-0300) for more information.

Leading Davening 2.0 With Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins: Dec. 12 & 19; 8:00-9:30 pm Already know how to lead a service, but want to take your skills to the next level? In this group we’ll go beyond the words and the chanting, and explore some of the many ways we can help make a prayer experience more effective and engaging. We will discuss how to find, select, and introduce new melodies, and much more! Come share your own tips, and hopefully pick up some new ones while you’re at it! Come to one session or come to both!

Dec. 12: Creating a Prayer Experience Ded. 19: The Music: How to Find, Select, and

Introduce New Melodies Please contact Rabbi Kling Perkins (lklingperkins@templeemunah.org; (781-861-0300) for more information.

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Adult Education JTS Video Lecture Series: The Ethical Life: Jewish Values in an Age of Choice Lunch and Learn Wednesdays 12-1:30 pm with Rabbi David Lerner (Nov. 13, Dec. 11, Jan. 15, Feb. 12, March 25, April 29, May 13, June 10) Dessert and Discussion Tuesdays 8-9:30 pm with Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins (Nov. 12, Dec. 10, Jan. 14, Feb. 11, March 17, April 21, May 12, June 9) Fee: $80 for 8 sessions This year we will be running parallel tracks of the Jewish Theological Seminary’s video lecture series, The Ethical Life: one during the daytime with Rabbi Lerner, and one in the evening with Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins.

From political and financial scandals to rapid progress in biomedical science and technology, the complex issues of modern society are, at their core, issues of ethical and moral concern. Now more than ever, we require a solid understanding of how Jewish ethics can inform our discussions and decisions about the critical questions of the day. Judaism has a long history of wrestling with moral questions, responding to them in a way that considers all sides of an issue.

Please bring your own kosher dairy lunch for Lunch and Learn. Participants take turns bringing in kosher dairy dessert for the group. For more information, contact Linna Ettinger (adulted@templeemunah.org).

Phyllis Klein Thrope Memorial Program The Phyllis Klein Thrope Memorial Fund’s purpose is to build bridges and promote better understanding between the Jewish community and its neighbors. All Phyllis Klein Thrope Memorial Programs are free and open to the public.

Master Your Metabolism With Courtney Little, CN on November 21, 8:00-9:30 pm This seminar will expose the myths and truths regarding health and nutrition. You will leave this seminar feeling more empowered and educated on how to properly fuel your body.

Courtney Little, certified nutritionist and whole health educator, owns the Nutrition and Whole Health Solutions, located in Bedford, MA.

Emunat HaLev: Meditation Institute Mindfulness meditation groups are a wonderful way of connecting with others to share and deepen your meditation practice. There will be guided meditations, and themes will include the joys, difficulties, and insights experienced in meditation practice and the multitude of ways to bring mindfulness alive in relationships, work and daily life, and into our Jewish practices.

Minh.ah Meditation Group With Rabbi David Lerner and Barbara Neustadt Thursdays 4:00-4:50 pm Sept. 5, Oct. 3, Nov. 7 Join Rabbi Lerner and Barbara Neustadt for a special meditation group. Meditation experience is not required. We hope this afternoon group will meet once a month on Thursdays.

For more information or if you are interested, please contact Rabbi Lerner at RabbiAdmin@TempleEmunah.org or Barbara Neustadt at barbneus7@gmail.com.

Mindful Meditation With Rabbi David Lerner and Barbara Neustadt Tuesdays 8:30-9:20 am in the Pious Chapel Join Rabbi Lerner and Barbara Neustadt for a weekly meditation group. Meditation experience is not required.

Questions? Contact Barbara at barbneus7@gmail.com.

Shabbat Morning Meditation With Paul Neustadt Shabbat 9:30-10:15 am in the Pious Chapel Oct. 19, Nov. 9 & 23 Join Paul Neustadt for a meditation experience that can include guided, focused and silent meditations, chanting a short prayer or a niggun (melody), and a brief teaching on meditation or the Torah portion. This is a peaceful and meaningful way to celebrate Shabbat. Everyone is welcome.

To join the email listserve, please contact Barbara Neustadt at barbneus7@gmail.com.

Shabbat Afternoon Meditation December 7

LIMMUDFEST 2019 Sunday, November 17, 9:00 am to 5:30 pm at The Campus, 384 Harvard Street, Brookline.

LimmudFest is an annual day-long Jewish learning festival of arts and culture sponsored by LimmudBoston. Emunah members Terri Swartz Russell and Barbara Posnick serve on the Board of LimmudBoston. Register today and bring your friends and family! Visit www.limmudboston.org.

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Adult Education Perek Yomi Study Group: Reading the Bible from Start to Finish Ongoing, meets monthly on Thursdays 8 pm The original Perek Yomi (daily chapter) concept was to read one chapter a day, eventually covering the entire Hebrew Bible.

Our group has modified this approach and is proceeding at a more leisurely pace of about 12 chapters per month.

The group reads material that goes beyond what is read in the synagogue, to do this in consecutive fashion (as opposed to, say, the haftarot), and to discuss it with peers (not experts).

Participants use different translations and bring in material from a variety of sources as well as their own ideas, which leads to very insightful discussions.

For the exact dates and more information contact Larry Marin (lbmlbm@aol.com) at (781) 861-7855.

Talmud Study Group

Hebrew College Programs: This year we are offering two one-semester courses during the day. Descriptions, dates and registration information for fall courses follow. Me’ah on-line is available for those who wish to study remotely. Me’ah on-line is free for all military and their families.

Me’ah Classic

Me’ah, an adult learning program of Hebrew College and the Commission on Jewish Continuity, is made possible with funding from the Combined Jewish Philanthropies. Me’ah is an intensive two-year program designed to provide a solid foundation for adult Jewish learning.

To apply for the 2020-2022 Me’ah Classic cycle, please email Linna Ettinger adulted@templeemunah.org

Me’ah Select

Fee: $350 (ten sessions) The Five Megillot with Rabbi Neal Gold Mondays, 7:00-9:30 pm at Temple Isaiah Nov. 4, 11, 18, 25; Dec. 2, 9, 16; Jan. 6, 13,27.

Financial aid is available.

With Dr. I. Ely Stillman on Wednesdays 8:00 pm. Dates TBD All who are interested are invited to join our ongoing study of Tractate Berakhot. Knowledge of Hebrew is not required, since Dr. Stillman translates all Hebrew source materials.

Rabbi Neal Gold is the Jewish Chaplain and Hillel Director Dr. Isaac Ely Stillman studied rabbinics and Jewish thought at Babson College. He has served congregations in New Jersey at Har Etzion, Israel with Rabbis Yehudah Amital and Aharon and Massachusetts and was the national Director of Program Lichtenstein. A graduate of Yeshiva University, he was a stu& Content for ARZA, the Association of Reform Zionists of dent of Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik ztz”l, and studied in Boston America. with Professor Isadore Twersky, the Talner Rebbe, ztz”l. Dr. Stillman teaches Talmud and rabbinic thought throughout Register online using Chaverweb at https://www. the Boston area. c h ave r web.net/Cong reg a nt/Sig nUp. a s px?ke y= For more information and to be included on the email list, T21833000712&sid=9232 contact Louis Stuhl (lstuhl@verizon.net) at (781) 275-5499 or Please note: when registering via Chaverweb, Temple Lou Nidus (lounidus@rcn.com) at (781) 862-8132.

Emunah members may use their login; all others may create a guest account. Then go to “events sign-up” and look for “Me’ah Select Nov 2019.”

Studying Torah Together – in Hebrew Wednesdays, 8:00-9:30 pm. Dates TBD For more information contact Ehud Grunfeld or Revital Rotlevy at lomdimtorah@gmail.com. This program is a partnership with the Israeli American Council (IAC).

I Remember When…: Writing Your Life Story With Jenny Brown on Mondays 11-12:30 pm (Sept. 9, 16, 23; Oct. 7, 28; Nov. 4) Fee: $18 Both experienced and new writers are welcome. Writing is done in class (please come with paper and pen or a laptop), with additional suggestions given to those who wish to continue writing on their own. Everyone has a story. Now is the time to tell yours. To register, email adulted@templeemunah.org.

Jennifer S. Brown is a published author of fiction and creative nonfiction, including the novel Modern Girls.

See page 28 for Ivrit la-Kol/Hebrew for All

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The Creation of the Modern Jew: European Nationalism, Zionism and American Jewish Life with Dr. Jacob Meskin Thursdays, 9:30 am–12 noon at Temple Emunah Oct. 24, 31; Nov. 7, 14, 21; Dec. 5, 12, 19; Jan. 9, 16.

Fee: $350. Financial aid is available.

Jacob Meskin, PhD., both teaches in and trains faculty for the Me’ah program and is one of the co-authors of the curriculum for Parenting Through A Jewish Lens, in which he also teaches. He is a consultant on adult Jewish education and teacher training in the Boston area.

Register online using Chaverweb at https://www. c h ave r web.net/Cong reg a nt/Sig nUp. a s px?ke y= T21833000712&sid=9230 Please note: when registering via Chaverweb, Temple Emunah members may use their login; all others may create a guest account. Then go to “events sign-up” and look for “Me’ah Select Sept 2019.”

Adult Education / Family Education PHYSICAL FITNESS

Family Education Notes

Vinyasa Yoga

Shanah Tovah! We hope you had a wonderful summer!

We kept busy here all-summer long at the shul with programs like Watermelon Wednesdays, Pasta and Prayers, and our new summer programming Emunah Everywhere. If you missed our programs and meet-ups, don’t worry, there will be plenty of opportunities to get together with our families all year.

We’re so excited to begin another great year of family programming; bringing back some of our yearly events such as the Lulav Shake, our annual H.anukkah Celebration, and Simh.at Tot, as well as introducing new programs that will engage everyone! See more details below and contact Jodie Parmer if you have any suggestions or comments.

With Jen Geller, Thursday mornings 9:30-10:30 am Ongoing throughout the year Fee: $50 for 8 sessions or $10 drop-in fee per session, payable to Temple Emunah Sisterhood

Morning Ride Weekdays 6:00 am Join Emunah Cyclists for a fun, fast ride from Lexington out to Concord and back. 18-23 miles; no stops, but the average pace is 15-16 mph. Email Lester Blumberg (Lester.

Blumberg@gmail.com) for details and updates.

Running With the Rabbi Join Rabbi Lerner for a fun 3.65 Shabbat run around the neighborhood. Meet at Rabbi Lerner’s home. Pace varies from 8:30/mile to 9:30 depending on who is running; sometimes, we break into groups. We are back to make it to shul on time! Email Ellen (RabbiAdmin@TempleEmunah.org) in Rabbi Lerner’s Office for details and updates.

Emunah Walks Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 8:30 to 9:30am Join fellow congregants who are interested in keeping fit and staying connected socially! For more information, contact adulted@templeemunah.org.

Kosher Dill (Pickle Ball) Sunday mornings weather permitting at Clarke Middle School, Lexington Contact Hall Miller Jacobs for more information at halmj100@gmail.com.

Israeli Dance With Angela Schatz on Mondays 8:00-9:45 pm at Temple Emunah. Fee: $10 per class Please bring soft-soled shoes. 8:00 pm Beginner, 9:00 pm Intermediate. For more information, email Angela Schatz at angelaschatz57@yahoo.com.

Hazon/Arava Institute Israel Ride Join cyclists of all levels on the Annual Hazon/Arava Institute Israel Ride from Jerusalem to Eilat. Plan ahead!

Kids Care Club This year we are starting a Kids Care Club for families with young children! This series of monthly sessions combines learning, connecting, and family activities on various social action themes (the environment, kindness, protecting animals, hunger, etc.). Each event will include stories and crafts or activities centered on the theme of the month, as well as learning about the issue from a Jewish perspective, play time, and snacks. The whole family is welcome to attend any session; temple membership is not required! This program is supported by a grant from CJP. Our upcoming Kids Care Club program is Honey and Hearts on Sunday, September 8, 10:00–11:30 am. Together with Temple Emunah’s Hineni Connecting Team, families are invited to help put together sweet New Year packages to be delivered to congregants who have lost a loved one this past year.

Come learn about the mitzvah of helping those who are mourning, put together loving packages, hear stories, and participate in a hands-on Rosh Hashanah experience engaging all five of your senses! We are also looking for people to volunteer to deliver some of the packages to their neighbors at their convenience.

Do a mitzvah project, engage in fun Rosh Hashanah learning activities, and end with a sweet treat from Mo’s Ice Cream Truck and time on our playground! RSVP to Jodie Parmer if you plan to attend.

For questions about Family Ed Programming, please contact Jodie Parmer (jparmer@ templeemunah.org).

Upcoming dates: Nov. 5-12, 2019; Oct. 27 – Nov 3, 2020; Oct. 19-26, 2021. There are three tracks: Beginner (25 miles/day), Intermediate (50 miles/day), and Advanced (75 miles/day).

See www.israelride.org or contact Lester Blumberg (Lester.Blumberg@gmail.com) for more details.

At the Interfaith Garden

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Religious School / Youth Temple Emunah Religious School Temple Emunah hosts a Religious School for children and teens in grades K–12. Children in Gan (kindergarten) through Kitah Zayin (seventh grade) attend our Kindergarten-Grade 7 program. Children in Kitah H.et (grade 8) through Kitah Yud Bet (grade 12) continue with us and attend YAD (Y’mei Dalet), our Wednesday night program; Prozdor, which meets on Sundays; or a combination of the two.

Religious School Welcome Back Ruah. Rally Sunday, September 15 at 11 am (Light Refreshments: 10:30–11 am) We are so excited to kick off our new year, welcome new faculty and new members to the synagogue, and welcome back returning faculty and students and their families. Mark your calendars for this opportunity to meet new families, be informed, and get involved.

Fall Youth Day at Davis Farmland Sunday, September 15, starting at 12 noon Join us for our Annual Fall Youth Day. This event is open to all students in grades 3-12. (Special arrangements will be made for our teens attending Prozdor.) The cost is $40. We will start the afternoon together with lunch at Temple Emunah (following our kindergarten through seventh grade program).

Children will be divided among three different groups: grades 3–5, 6–8, and 9–12. Please send your child with a cold, dairy lunch. After lunch we will board a bus and head to Davis Farmland. For more information contact Me’ir Sherer, DCL, at msherer@templeemunah.org.

Upcoming Religious School Calendar Program

Grades

Religious School Begins

Tuesday Sessions Begin

K–7

3 & 4

Wednesday Sessions Begin

5&6 7, YAD Welcome Back Ruah. Rally K–7 Pizza in the Hut (Day School students welcome)

Kabbalat Panim No Religious School

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3 & 4 5 & 6 7–YAD

Date Sun, Sept. 8 9 am – 12 noon Tue, Sept. 10 3:40–5:40 pm Wed, Sept. 11 3:40–5:40 pm 6–8:15 pm Sun, Sept. 15 10:30 am Tue, Oct. 15, 5–6 pm Wed, Oct. 16 5:30–6:30 pm 5:30–6:30 pm

Gan & new students Mon, Oct. 21 at 6:45 pm all

Wed., Nov. 27Sun., Dec. 1

LUSY Car Wash – Sunday, September 29 Get your car cleaned washed and cleaned for the new year and support USY’s tzedakah fund at the same time. Stop by Temple Emunah during Religious School, 9:00-12:00 and look for signs for the LUSY Car Wash.

Camp/Israel Shabbat Saturday, November 23, at Shabbat Morning Services This past summer, some 60 Temple Emunah children and teens attended Jewish day or overnight camps, travelled to Israel on a teen travel program, or participated in one of USY’s Summer Adventures. No matter the camp or program, our third through twelfth graders returned with stories, ideas, new passions, points of connection, and an infectious energy.

Join us on Camp/Israel Shabbat to hear from some of our teens about their summer experiences.

At Temple Emunah, we believe in working to build strong and durable Jewish foundations with our youth. If you or your child has any interest in making the next summer a Jewish one, we are here and want to help. To learn more about Jewish Summer Camp and Israel Teen Travel, please contact Me’ir Sherer, DCL. In addition, as in prior years, we will be scheduling camps to visit us during the last 30 minutes of Religious School on a number of Sundays this winter. Camp representatives will be in the upper lobby to answer your questions and explain what makes their camp special.

Upcoming Youth Programs (Grades 3–12)

Program Grades Date TEY Fall Youth Day 3–12

Pizza in the Hut 3-4 (Day School students welcome) Pizza in the Hut

(Day School students 5-6 welcome) 7-YAD Teen Ice Cream Social 6–12

HaNer Kadima, 3-12 Jr. & Sr. USY Event HaNer Leadership Retreat 8-12

Sun, Sept. 16 12–5:45 pm Tues., Oct. 15 5-6 pm Wed., Oct. 16 5:30-6:30 pm 5:30-6:30 pm Tue, Oct. 21 6:45 pm Sun, Oct. 6 TBA Fri., Nov. 8Sun., Nov. 10

Religious School / Youth From the Director of Congregational Learning This past summer was provided another opportunity for members of our education staff to learn and reenergize.

Tova Weinronk spent three weeks studying at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem. She attended the CY Summer Program, which included a combination of Torah study, Hebrew ulpan, and substantive volunteer opportunities.

There were classes held in Talmud, Jewish Thought, Bible, and Jewish Law. As part of developing the summer learning community, there were also optional learning sessions at lunch, guest speakers in the evening, and walking tours.

Along with four other educators from Greater Boston, I attended a week-long workshop of studying how and what to teach to a variety of learners about Israel. The workshop, run

by The Center for Israel Education and Emory’s Institute for the Study of Modern Israel was held June 23-27 in Atlanta.

Nearly 70 educators from Jewish schools and other organizations were in attendance. Our Boston group was made up of educators who are part of The Combined Jewish Philanthropies’ Boston-Haifa partnership.

Outside experts delivered insights and subject matter expertise including Ashkelon Academic College’s Yitzhak Reiter on the outsider status of Israel’s Arab minority, Emory University’s Michael Berger on the parallel and conflicting developments of religious Zionism and Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community, and Reiter and the Paul E. Singer Foundation’s Rachel Fish, also a Temple Emunah congregant, on the prospects for Middle East peace. These presentations were supplemented by sessions led by CIE’s own experts on everything from the history of Zionism to Israeli politics and government

and from the growth of Israeli culture to the rise of Israel’s wine industry.

The practical classroom applications of workshop lessons came through on issues as varied as reading media reports on Israel, facing intersectional conflicts, using YouTube, finding the good and bad of social media, and learning the lessons of Israeli leadership. Educational approaches included studying and creating art and poetry, making and tasting food, simulating Knesset debates, and using history lessons for an escape room.

With guidance from CIE experts and feedback from fellow educators, workshop attendees developed frameworks for our own age-appropriate lesson plans to bring home with us. We will have the resources of CIE, including its website, israeled.org, and a network of some 1,000 workshop alumni to help hone ourr new approaches to Israel education and to share our successes.

The 18th educator workshop was the 15th and last underwritten by the AVI CHAI Foundation, which is ending operations this year after contributing $4.5 million to the CIE workshop over the years. “We believe that the workshop is one of the highest quality Israel education training opportunities available in North America,” AVI CHAI Executive Director Yossi Prager wrote in May. Tova and I, along with the entire time of educators, here at Temple Emunah, look forward to a wonderful year of learning.

Shanah Tovah u’Metukah,

Me’ir

msherer@templeemunah.org

GRADE 5-6 SHUL-IN Friday, November 1 – Saturday, November 2 Calling all Temple Emunah Religious and Day School students in grades 5-6!

Join us for a Friday afterschool through Saturday after services Shabbat experience. Staff will include Me’ir Sherer and Tova Weinronk. For more information contact, Me’ir Sherer at msherer@templeemunah.org.

Camp Ramah Visits

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Religious School / Youth USY UPDATE This spring, New England Region USY and HaNefesh (Connecticut Region) merged to form HaNer (The Light). This is just one of many changes in the USY landscape. Regions will now have a shared staffing structure called Branches. Two to three regions will share staff within each USY Branch to provide a variety of new resources to regions and to teens. Regions will continue to maintain their own individual identities and programming with teen guidance and input.

The USY map is now made up of six branches. HaNer, along with Tzafon (upstate NY and western MA) and ECRUSY (Eastern Canada) make up Branch #3. Each branch will have a Branch Director, Engagement Director, and two part-time Engagement Associates. Joyce Judah will serve as the Branch Director for Branch #3.

You can find a copy of the USCJ Roadmap to Operational Sustainability and Strategic Success by going to https://uscj. org/assets/resources/USCJ-Road-Map-6-20-19-1.pdf

DAVID SPEICHER MEMORIAL GRANT The Madrikhim Program at Temple Emunah is a critical component of our synagogue’s religious school. The program is open to teenagers currently in grades 8-12. Madrikhim fill many roles in a classroom, from simple tasks such as serving as an extra set of eyes in a large classroom and assisting lead teachers with prep work to more complex needs including prayer practice, text study and community service initiatives.

The program benefits both the religious school and the teenagers who participate. The religious school receives much needed support as well as the ability to provide more individualized attention to students. Madrikhim gain important autonomous skills needed for growing up, and are an important part of the temple community, which is a feeling we hope they carry with them through adulthood and join synagogues on their own. The Madrikhim Program is generously supported by the David Speicher, z”l, Memorial Grant.

JUST WHAT ARE CJE’S? More than simply “learning” about Judaism, at Temple Emunah we want our children (in both Religious School and Day School) to experience it for themselves at our synagogue.

We, therefore, identify and promote opportunities for children to experience Jewish life. We call these opportunities Communal Jewish Experiences.

To encourage our children to participate in CJEs, we have developed an incentive based system. Each Communal Jewish Experience in which a child participates gives him/her 1-5 credits, depending on the CJE. Students in grades K-2 are expected to accrue 4 CJE credits during the year. Students in grades 3-7 are expected to accrue 18. Families can choose when during the year they will attend shul together. Between September and May, there are numerous opportunities in which children (and families) may participate including every Shabbat!

To encourage maximum participation, students who accrue 4 or more CJE credits (K-2) or 18 or more CJE credits (3-7) by the end of the school-year receive a gift card to Rancatore’s Ice Cream in Lexington Center.

For more information on CJEs and a calendar for this year, please contact Me’ir Sherer, DCL, at msherer@templeemunah.org.

Having an a-mazing time at the Davis Mega Maze

High Holy Day Teen Services (grades 7–12)

10:30 am – 12:30 pm Teens will participate in a teen-only service, led by our education staff. A light Youth Oneg will follow services on the first day of Rosh Hashanah in the Youth Lounge. For more information, contact Me’ir Sherer.

Madrikhim work with Emunah religious school students.

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Pre-School Billy Dalwin Pre-School (BDPS) & Kaytana Notes Kaytana 2019 proved to be a banner year for our campers. This year’s themes featured a Salute to the 4th, Robotics and Transformers Week, Fun with Folk Tales and Fairy Tales and Sensational Science. Every week had special activities that our campers enjoyed but the highlight of the summer was the Robotics Lab that Marina and Tali Bers planned and implemented. Our older campers loved being involved in the programming; our youngest campers enjoyed watching the results of their labor! Other “specials” included Bonaparte the Magnificent, karate with master Allan Azoff, Wiggles and Giggles, pony rides, Tumblebus, weekly science exploration with Becky Levi, and Mo’s Ice Cream Truck. This year we were also blessed with many wonderful “home-grown” volunteers from Temple Emunah and Billy Dalwin alumni families. They enriched our campers’ experience and we are grateful to them, to our amazing counselors and our enthusiastic campers for making our Kaytana season so successful. We are already counting the days until next summer!

5780 will provide many opportunities to deepen our connections with Temple Emunah’s rabbis. We can’t wait to welcome Rabbi Lerner back for Shabbat Sing, T’fillah Time and holiday celebrations. His leadership enhances each of these activities and his participation adds to the joyful Jewish experience the Pre-School provides for our students, staff and families. We are excited to work with Rabbi Kling Perkins and look forward to learning from her and with her. We especially look forward to the rabbis introducing the children to the shofar, lulav and etrog. These encounters set the stage for the T’layim, Barvazonim, Kofefim, G’malim and Pilonim to experience the Yom Tovim using all five senses!

Save the date of Tuesday, October 22 from 11-noon when BDPS families and Temple Emunah families with young children will join me for a very special Simh.at Torah celebration.

The celebration will include singing, marching, a story and an up-close look at the Torah. During our celebration, the children will be called into the main sanctuary for a group aliyah (a blessing at the Torah.) It is a terrific way to experience the holiday and we hope that many families will attend.

Applications for the Billy Dalwin Pre-School for September 2020 are now available and the priority enrollment period for Temple Emunah members is now through November 15.

The BDPS offers half-day (9-1) and full-day (9-3:30) program options for children aged 2-5. Our Keshet Program operates Monday-Friday from 1-3:30 and includes different enrichment activities each day of the week. Keshet Program Plus extends the day from 3:30-5:30, Monday-Thursday afternoons. The BDPS also offers February and April Vacation Camp as well as two weeks of June Fun Camp for children enrolled in our school year program. For more program details, please contact Shelley at the Pre-School office at (781) 861-0708 or srossman@templeemunah.org.

B’shalom, Shelley Rossman, Pre-School Director

Billy Dalwin Pre-School (BDPS)

is now accepting applications for toddler & pre-school classes for the 2020–21 school year.

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

Extended hours are available from 8–9 am daily and from 3:30–5:30 pm Monday–Thursday.

The BDPS offers February & April Vacation Camps and two-week June Fun Camp for enrolled students.

Priority enrollment status will be extended to Temple Emunah members through Nov. 15, 2019.

For more information or to receive an application packet, please call Shelley at the Pre-School office (781/861-0708).

Butcherie Fundraiser

Benefits BDPS Scholarship Fund!

Every time you shop at the Butcherie in Brookline, please have your receipt stamped and return it to the Pre-School mailbox in the Temple Emunah office. The Billy Dalwin Pre-School Scholarship Fund will receive 5% of all cash & check sales and 3% of all credit card purchases.

Thanks for your support!

781/861-0708; srossman@templeemunah.org

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Sisterhood Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a restful summer.

As I write this bulletin article, I am thinking of some things that will still take place this summer. Tomorrow I leave for an African safari with my husband Dave and our children Evan and Molly. This year seems a little different. Upon our return from our family vacation, we will be sending our youngest child, Molly off to college. It’s hard to imagine that just some twenty years ago I was carrying Molly in a car carrier into Temple Emunah, and now we will be dropping her off at college for her junior year (Evan graduated last May and will be attending graduate school this fall). I always gauge my volunteering at Temple Emunah by my children’s ages, and it seems like yesterday when this volunteering began, but for now I can say, “it only continues.”

In early September, you will receive a New Year’s card from Sisterhood outlining the programs for the upcoming year that are already scheduled and also inviting you to our annual Paid-Up Supper in the Sukkah on Thursday, October 17. The dinner is free to all paid-up Sisterhood members. Membership dues are $36.00/year. Dues can be paid by (1) requesting automatic billing by the Temple Office, (2) mailed directly to the Temple (attn: Sisterhood), or (3) paid at the door the night of the Paid-Up Supper.

We will be having our first event of the year, a community breakfast, on Sunday, September 15.

As Sisterhood President, I am faced with significant changes in my routine, and I see how much more there is in my life and the many wonderful people I have had the pleasure to work and enjoy time with. I work with a wonderful group of people who help develop programming, manage fundraising with our Honey and Passover candy sales; our weekly Bimah flowers (contact Sheila Kojm at Bimahflowers@gmail. com); Kippot orders (contact Jane Epstein epstein4@rcn.com); run our Judaica shop and help plan and execute our events knowing that Sisterhood gives back fiscally to the temple and our community. I am truly thankful for the dedication and participation they have contributed to our Sisterhood.

As I continue in the role as Sisterhood President, I do so with much pride and ambition. This is an important role, not only for the “Women” of our community, but to the entire Temple Emunah community. We must also remember that “no one person can do all of this alone.”

In closing, I invite all women of Temple Emunah to a new year of Sisterhood and its many activities. This could be a great opportunity for “new and old people” to get involved in our synagogue community, and to make new friends and renew friendships. Our Sisterhood supports the Temple Emunah

congregation and religious school and enhances our youth programs. My hope once again this year is that Sisterhood can bring new ideas/partnership with other areas of the temple; that we can increase participation in Sisterhood and provide support to our diverse community.

I also want to let you know that I am always available to hear your suggestions, complaints, or anything else that you have on your mind.

We are all here to work together and I hope that the calendar of events that we have planned will serve you well.

Early wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year always.

L’shalom,

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

Dinner and a Movie Sunday, November 10 Movie at 5:15 pm followed by dinner Cost: $15/person Dinner and a Movie returns this time with a trip to Cuba!

On Sunday, November 10, Sisterhood will be showing the movie “Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels”, followed by a semi traditional Cuban meal (no pork). Arroz con pollo!

“Cuba’s Forgotten Jewels” is the story Marion Kreith told her daughter, co-director Judy Kreith, of her escape from Europe, evading Nazi capture and crossing the Atlantic to a tropical paradise. The movie presents her story along with the narratives of other refugees who recall their escape to Havana and the challenges they faced in an exotic and unfamiliar land.

As always, this Sisterhood event is open to the entire community.

Upcoming Sisterhood Events Community Breakfast Board Meeting Paid-Up Supper Dinner and a Movie

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Sun, Sept. 15 at 9:45 am Tue, Oct. 1 & Nov. 5 at 8:00 pm Thu, Oct. 17 at 6:00 pm Sunday, Nov. 10 at 5:15 pm

Enjoying Watermelon Wednesday

Brotherhood / Shomrei Adamah Brotherhood News Shalom H . averim!

Welcome back for another exciting year of Temple Emunah Brotherhood activities! I hope everyone had a great summer.

As we prepare to celebrate the beginning of 5780, the Temple Emunah Brotherhood enters the busiest time on our calendar. We have several projects to help serve the community during the High Holy Days, and we’re always looking for volunteers to help us.

On Sunday, September 22, we will have our first Brotherhood Board meeting of the year, beginning at 9:45 am.

We will be doing Yizkor book assembly before and after the Board meeting, as well as on Sunday, September 29, if necessary. The more volunteers we have, the less time it takes. If you can make it, please contact Howard Reubenstein or me.

We’ll begin construction of the Garber Sukkah on Sunday, September 29. See below for schedule. If you can help on any or all of these days, please contact Mo Diamant or me.

Beginning in early September, we’ll be organizing our crew of ushers for High Holy Day Services. If you would like to volunteer to be an usher for a two-hour shift, please contact Mo Diamant, Ed Willins or me.

This year’s Keeper of the Flame awards and reception will be held on Sunday, November 3, at Temple Israel in Sharon.

This annual event, organized by the New England Region of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, honors an individual from each congregation who both acts as a leader and dedicates themselves to the service of their congregation and community.

You can register to attend and to place a message in the Tribute Book on the NERFJMC web site at http://www.nerfjmc.org.

Temple Emunah’s 5780 Keeper of the Flame will be Larry Marin. For many years, Larry has made many important contributions to Temple Emunah, and we’re excited to be honoring him. I encourage everyone to attend the Keeper of the Flame event and help us honor Larry.

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

L’Shanah Tovah!

David Geisler

Sisterhood-Brotherhood WOODLAND GARDEN DEDICATION Shabbat, September 21, 12:45 pm On Shabbat, September 21, the donors who made our Woodland Garden possible will be honored. Toward the end of Kiddush, 12:45 pm, we will gather in the main lobby to reveal the plaque acknowledging the donors and those they are remembering.

We would like to thank Ruth Super for her beautiful design of the plaque, Leon Goldman for his skilled craftsmanship, and Phyllis and Leon Goldman for the donation of materials.

Landscape Committee

Shomrei Adamah (Compost Committee) Temple Emunah is doing its part to leave a smaller footprint on our environment. With the enthusiasm and drive from Rabbi Fel, the Shomrei Adamah (Guardians of the Earth) Committee was formed.

Our first project has been to get composting off to a good start, beginning with Shabbat Kiddush and then expanding.

We want to thank all who have participated and been so patient as we listened to your suggestions and adjusted the system to make it work. Your enthusiasm and support has been wonderful. We would also like to thank Rabbi Lerner, Raveetal, Jodie, Janet, Jeremy, Claudio and other custodians.

We are grateful to the Compost Captains for helping kiddush composting to run smoothly.

Our composting station

Brotherhood President david.geisler@gmail.com

Upcoming Brotherhood Events Brotherhood Board and Sun, Sept. 22 at 9:45 am Yizkor Book Assembly Sukkah Construction Sun, Sept. 9, Oct. 6, 13 at 9:45 am Sukkah Deconstruction Sun, Nov. 3 at 9:45 am Keeper of the Flame Dinner Sun, Nov. 3 Temple Emanuel, Newton

We now have NO single use plastics in the kitchen. We can now compost our disposable plates, bowels, kiddish cups and cutlery!! Cold cups are recycled till we use up our supply and replace with compostable cups.

Temple Emunah is composting with Black Earth, a service that is available for residential customers as well as commercial and nonprofit establishments. If you sign up with Black Earth, be sure to indicate that Temple Emunah referred you to them. This will result in a financial saving for the Temple.

And again, thank you all for composting with us!

Shomrei Adamah Committee

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Ladle Fund / Library Ladle Fund Committee The Ladle Fund Committee is devoted to building community at Temple Emunah, especially with multigenerational fun events. We fund/partially fund events proposed by Temple Committees, individual members, and our own ideas for new and previously successful innovative events.

How do you get an idea funded? There is a form on the Temple Emunah website to submit ideas for funding to the Ladle Fund Committee. Please email the form to the Ladle Fund group email, LadleFund@Templeemunah.org, or directly to: chasearleenr@gmail.com. Feel free to contact Arleen Chase if you have any questions about filling out the form.

Past events have included: a Moth Storytelling Brunch, Soup Night, Jewish Spirituality and Mental Health, etc. The Ladle Fund also supports Theme Minyanim. If you have an idea for a Theme Minyan, please contact Joelle Gunther, Bob Russman-Halperin or Anne Miller.

One good event example will occur on Sunday, September 8, at 10:30 am: From Baghdad to Boston. Don’t miss this exciting talk! Fred Ezekiel will discuss his childhood in Iraq and his experiences as an immigrant in the U.S. He’ll take questions about growing up in Iraq, sign copies of his book, and answer questions about his life. His cowriter, Jenny Brown, will also explain the process of writing the memoir and answer questions. Coffee and pastries will be served.

Complimentary copies of the book, “What You Put in the Pot…,” Fred Ezekiel’s Life Story as told by Jenny Brown, are available at the Temple Office. Please come get yours today!

The Ladle Fund Committee will also be participating in events to celebrate Temple Emunah’s 60th birthday and is planning a Cuba documentary and lecture.

Arleen Chase and Fred Ezekiel, Ladle Co-Chairs

What you put in the pot,

comes out in the ladle!

Mazal Tov to Larry Marin

Temple Emunah’s 2019

Keeper of the Flame

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Join us at the event on Sunday, November 3 Temple Israel, Sharon

Library News Summertime is usually a good time to catch up on your reading, so I hope some of you were able to enjoy a few good books. Many more await you, and the Library again will now be open on Shabbat from noon to 1:30 pm. Using the envelope with your name on it, one can borrow a book – just put the book card in the envelope and leave it on the desk. No writing is involved. At all other times, you can gain access to the Library by asking someone in the office to open it, if the door is locked.

Here’s a sample of some of our latest acquisitions: Children Creation Colors, by Ann Koffsky Gila Makes Aliyah, by Ariel Augenbraun Blacher Mitzvah Pizza, by Sarah Lynn Scheerger Pavel and the Tree Army, by Heidi Smith Hyde Shimri’s Big Idea: A Story of

Ancient Jerusalem,

by Elka Weber Simchat Torah Is Coming! by

Tracy Newman Tree and Bird: A Simchat Torah Adventure, by Leon Lazarus Wait! It’s Friday, by Chris Barash Zayde Comes to Live, by Sheri

Sinykin Youth Aly Raisman: Athlete and Activist, by Anna Leigh [48 pages] Picture Girl (Becoming American Kids), by Marlene

Targ Brill [106 pages] 12 Before 13, by Lisa Greenwald [354 pages] Young Adult The Spy With the Red Balloon, by Katherine Locke [356 pages] Adult Fiction A Bend in the Stars, by Rachel Barenbaum [464 pages} The New Girl: A Novel, by Daniel Silva [496 pages] The Taster, by V. S. Alexander [320 pages] Adult Nonfiction Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military, and

World War II, by Ellin Bessner [ Holocaust Memoirs of a Bergen-Belsen Survivor and

Classmate of Anne Frank, by Nanette Blitz Konig;

trans. by Rafa Lombardino [168 pages] Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love, by Dani Shapiro [272 pages] Feel free to let us know if there are some books that you would like us to order.

Shanah Tovah!

Toni Stechler (antonia.stechler@gmail.com)

Inclusion / Mak’haylah Inclusion and Mental Health The Emunah Includes! Committee and the Hineni Committee are collaboratively working on issues related to Mental Health. In many ways, mental health issues are an invisible disability. That is, you can’t tell by looking at someone if they are feeling depressed or facing anxieties in the same way you an identify someone whose disability is observable, such as Cerebral Palsy. As a community we want to provide access and support to all who are part of our community.

The first step we took last year was to have Rachel Grossman, a social worker, facilitate a themed minyan discussion on her work with individuals with mental health issues. We dedicated our Inclusion Shabbat to mental health issues. Dr. Daniel Jackson, a computer science faculty member at MIT, who recently published a beautiful book, Portraits of Resilience, shared how the book came about. This moving book is available in our Emunah library and is certainly worth reading.

Following Shabbat kiddush, his wife, Claudia Marbach, used Jewish sources to facilitate a text study. (She since has received semicha from Yehavat Maharat.) The response to that morning was overwhelmingly positive, indicating we should continue our focus on mental health.

On June 23, about 25 people spent a Sunday morning with Hadassah Margolis, a clinical social worker and lead therapist at McLean’s Hospital Spirituality and Mental Health Department.

She facilitated an interactive session that was inspiring and opened our eyes to the impact of mental health not only on the individual, but on all family members. We discussed the difficulties of holding information secret rather than openly facing the issues head on. Personally, I was reminded of the silence surrounding my aunt’s breast cancer that I wasn’t supposed to know about. How many of you remember the stigma of cancer and the secrets people maintained? Today cancer is openly talked about, but mental health issues are not.

Invitation to Join the Mak’haylah I invite you to consider joining The Mak’haylah, our Temple’s chorus. We are eager to have new members.

The Mak’haylah rehearses about three times per month, on Tuesdays between 8:00-9:45 pm. There are no auditions and the ability to read or sight-read music is not required, though such abilities are helpful.

New members are invited to join as at our first rehearsal on October 2, when we will begin to prepare for our H.anukkah concert in December.

One can have religious experiences in various ways including words, meditation, righteous deeds, and music.

The Mak’haylah enhances the spiritual and religious experience of its members through song. Moreover, the Mak’haylah provides a service to the community: at some of the Temple’s religious Services, at Temple functions, as well as to the outside community.

Mak’haylah performs at Waterstone at Wellesley.

Our repertoire grows steadily and includes liturgical, Zionist, Yiddish, Holocaust, Jewish celebrational songs, and classical music with a Jewish theme. For the High Holidays, we sing for Selichot and prior to Yizkor on Yom Kippur. In December, we give concerts at retirement facilities, such as Waterstone at Wellesley (see photo), NewBridge on the Charles, and HebrewSenior Life in Roslindale. Prior to Pesah., we sing a set of arrangements of Pesah. songs by the celebrated Israeli composer Yehezkel Braun. And finally, we perform for our Yom HaShoah Service. Noteworthy was our premiere performance of the piece “Songs in Response to the Shoah”, by Adam Jacob Simon, that we commissioned for Yom HaShoah 2012.

I invite you to open our webpage, where you can listen to some of our performances: https://www.templeemunah.org/community/makhaylah.

For more information, please contact me.

Leon Gunther, Mak’haylah Director

Jewishs Spirituality and Mental Health program

lgunther18@gmail.com; 781/704-9821

This year we look forward to working with the Hineni committee to initiate two to three workshops where we can freely talk about living with a member of the family who sufFor more information, contact Sandy Miller-Jacobs at fers from depression, anxiety and/or bipolor disorder (formerly Manic Depression Disorder). We hope to raise awareness and sandymj@gmail.com May this upcoming year bring joy and peace to you. offer ways of coping for caregivers as well as for those who Shana Tovah, Sandy Miller-Jacobs need support. We hope you will join us in making Emunah an even more open and inclusive community.

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Rabbi (Continued from page 1) Emunah turning sixty led me to further contemplate the letter samekh. In addition to semikhah, the root of samekh means “to uphold,” “to lean upon,” and “to help” or “to support.”

Each of these meanings holds special significance for us as we begin a new phase in the life of our community.

To uphold. Despite the changes that have occurred in our community over the past sixty years, we have always been a gathering place for people to connect more deeply with each other. Our tradition was keenly aware that human beings are social creatures who are programmed to support each other and thrive in connection, hence the requirement that ten people need to gather to form a minyan for prayer. In our increasingly atomized world where we sit in front of screens for hours at a time, we yearn for time to connect face-to-face.

Every time I sit with staff or lay leaders to plan a moment, we consider how we can facilitate and foster connections to our tradition and to each other.

Our staff and lay leaders came up with the idea of branching out of our building for social gatherings this summer with #EmunahEverywhere. Whether at a Farmer’s Market, a bike ride or Ranc’s, dozens of Emunah-ites have met up in various settings in Lexington and neighboring towns. Over the coming year, we welcome your input and assistance in planning more gatherings, whether hosting or attending a Shabbat dinner in your neighborhood, or organizing a book group. If there is an interest you would like to pursue with others, we can help you make it happen! The informal summer meet-ups have been a great way for people to meet our new assistant rabbi, Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins. We hope that you will please mark the Shabbat of September 21 on your calendars, when we will have the opportunity to more formally welcome Rabbi Kling Perkins and her husband, Matt Goldstone, to our community.

Brukhim Habaim L’Emunah – welcome to Emunah!

To lean upon. In the Shemoneh Esrei, our core silent prayer, also known as the Amidah, the “standing” prayer, we refer to God as someikh noflim—One who supports those who fall. We want to ensure that the Emunah community is a place where you can turn when you are feeling unsteady and in need of support, in addition to being a place of support following a loss. Too many people stay away when they are not feeling strong, or feel unable to present a certain face to the world.

Let us reinforce that we are a welcoming, safe community where you can come as you are, where you are accepted and

Emunah congregants got together around town this summer!

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Emunah Everywhere at Ranc’s

supported, as we journey together through life’s various stages and ups and downs.

To support. Just as we are here to support you, we hope that you will consider the ways in which you can bring your expertise, interests, and energy to our Emunah community. We have grown over the past 60 years from a house to a synagogue with two buildings, we have expanded our staff to sustain our programming, and we have built an endowment to support our budget and secure our future. There will be new challenges as we build a shul for the 21 st century: can we create a Judaism that continues to engage all generations? How do we reach out to Jews in our area as so many other activities and forces compete for their time? What new programs and innovations will strengthen our multi-generational community? What changes should we make in our Religious School and Preschool to engage the next generation? How do we raise the funds necessary to sustain Temple Emunah now and into the future? Should we explore changing our dues model?

The samekh is a circle, evoking the seasons and rhythms of the Jewish year and the cycle of the festivals.

As we approach the New Year 5780, and the celebration of our 60th anniversary, let’s set aside time to rejoice and deepen the connections among us. A wonderful committee is planning events throughout the year and I thank Terri Swartz Russell for championing these projects. And todah rabbah to Ashley Maheris for designing our new Emunah@60 logo.

We are planning special Shabbatot celebrating our six decades, special Friday night dinners, a Havdalah “sock hop” with our sister congregation Temple Isaiah (also celebrating their 60th anniversary) and a big birthday bash in May. Please look for updates and announcements about Emunah@60 events and for ways that you can get involved!

May we all take pride in our first sixty years, and take steps to ensure that our vibrant community will thrive during its next sixty years.

Thank you all for the privilege of building this community together with you!

Shanah Tovah Shishim Metukah – may it be a sweet sixtieth year!

B’Emunah – with faith in our future, Rabbi David Lerner

Yahrzeits The following loved ones will be remembered at our worship services in the coming months: Sep 1 Shelley Bernard Sister of Madeline Teitelbaum Aleece Garsh Mother of Howard Garsh Alexander Goldman Father of Leon Goldman Rochelle Kamhi Aunt of Esther Hausman Sister of Rabbi Abraham Morhaim Dorothy Marcus Mother-in-law of Judith Marcus Grandmother of Joel Marcus June Rubin Mother of Amy Rubin Rebecca Smolker Grandmother of Bernice Gerrig Henry Speier Father of E. Susan Garsh Sep 2 May Botbol Mother of Donna Jauvtis Onnie Lee Cotter Mother of Joelle Gunther Anna Freifelder Grandmother of Marsha Tucker Norman Pearlstein Grandfather of David Geller Roz Shaw Freifelder Stepmother of Marsha Tucker Sep 3 Philip Bender Uncle of Mark Abramson Jacob Bresloff Grandfather of Ethel Rothmel Maxine Coblentz Mother of Lawrence Coblentz Nat C. Cohen Father-in-law of Lillian Cohen Anne Feinstein Grandmother of M. Jane Epstein Sep 4 Althea Jacobs Mother-in-law of Benjamin Brosgol Max Librach Father of Rabbi Clifford Librach Betty Miller Aunt of Harold Miller-Jacobs David Sachs Husband of Julie Sachs Father of Becca and Harrison Sachs Maurice Schwartz Father-in-law of Mark Rosengard Morris Segaloff Father of Harvey Segaloff

Louis Stuhl Grandfather of Louis Stuhl Sep 5 William Katz Father of Leonard Katz Eric Lack Father of Heidi Lack Harry Richelson Father-in-law of Irwin Alpert Samuel Rosengard Father of Mark Rosengard Sep 6 Helen Miller Mother of Bonnie Levy Mother-in-law of Harry Levy Frank Rothstein Father of Ellen Rothstein Sep 7 Billy Dalwin Friend of Shelley Rossman Son of W. Bruce and Naomi Dalwin Albert Jacobs Father of Francine Jacobs Minette Klein Mother of Michael Klein Daniel Palant Husband of Barbara Palant Patricia Stayn Wife of John Stayn Sep 8 Sidney Klinghoffer Uncle of Marsha Tucker Ida Oxman Aunt of Lois Bruss Edward Weinstein Father of Clifford Weinstein Sep 9 Freida Bromberg Mother-in-law of Carol Bromberg Israel Smith Father of Jerome Smith Ada Vernick Mother of Laurence Vernick Sep 10 Anna Zager Kaplan Mother of Michael Kaplan Terry Klein Mother of Craig Klein Allen Wasserman Son of Maxine Wasserman Anna Zaleznik Grandmother of Lois Bruss Sep 11 Amy Edelman Aunt of Thelma Marin Anna Gordon Aunt of Robert Gordon

Raye Jacobsohn Sister-in-law of Minna Halperin Bernard Jacobson Husband of Margaretha Jacobson Helen Mikkelsen Hess Sister of Carl Mikkelsen Sep 12 Baruch Ackerman Grandfather of Alan Musnikow Baruch Gershkowitz Yaakov Grober Grandfathers of Donna Gershkowitz Leah Gershkowitz Dina Grober Grandmothers of Donna Gershkowitz Anna Leblang Grandmother of Ellen Schwartz Tauby Lerner Grandmother of Rabbi David Lerner Abraham Posnick Father of Barbara Posnick Sep 13 Hester Canter Mother of Joseph Canter Richard Simches Father of Lorri Owades Sep 14 Dora Galani Mother of Zvi Galani Martin Greenberg Father of Mark Greenberg Ralph Levitt Father of Alisa Billings Sep 15 David Ben-Horin Brother of Gideon Ben-Horin Albert Brosgol Father of Benjamin Brosgol Elmer Brown Father of Elizabeth Sumner Sarah Matzkel Grandmother of Sylvia Handler David Smith Son of Sharon & Jerome Smith Sidney Zabelle Brother of Elaine Wiesen Sep 16 Jeannette Bloom Mother of Jacob Bloom Frank G. Lichtenstein Father of Mark Lichtenstein Harry A. Schatz Father-in-law of Sylvia Schatz Nellie Streit Grandmother of Miriam Sadofsky

Sep 17 Helen Glaser Mother-In-Law of Eva Glaser Yehuda Goldminz Father of David Goldminz David Kamowitz Husband of Sharon Kamowitz Henry Mintz Father-in-law of Ruby Mintz Sep 18 Ada Abromson Grandmother of Leslie Sherman John Abromson Grandfather of Leslie Sherman Jacob Boltson Father of Barbara Mintz Deborah Brosgol Wife of Benjamin Brosgol Gershon Handler Father-in-law of Sylvia Handler Eleanor Slate Wife of David Slate Sep 19 Sol Belkin Father-in-law of Charles Brecher Moshe Ettinger Father of Gil Ettinger David Kissel Father of Jeremiah Kissel Fanny Obstein Grandmother of Michael Ablove Milton Pomeranz Brother of Stanley Pomeranz Miriam Schrager Mother of Daniel Schrager Sarah Wagman Grandmother of Garry Feldman Sep 20 David Ginsburg Father of Rona Cohen Deborah Hermann Mother of Katharine Hermann-Wu Abraham Lerner Grandfather of Rabbi David Lerner Sep 21 Benjamin Aaron Grandfather of Steven Aaron Isadore Aaron Father of Steven Aaron Louis Blotner Father of Barbara Michelson Henry Boreen Father of Susan Hailman Roy Hardiman Father of Beth Hardiman Viktor Morgenstern Father of Paul Morgenstern Donata Salvucci Grandmother of Denise Forbes

Mildred Turney Grandmother of Linda Skolnik Sarah Wollins Grandmother of Jill Wollins Sep 22 Lily Plotkin Stepmother of Irving Plotkin Sep 23 Hyman Cooper Father of Sheila Frankel Natalie Rothberg Mother of Susan Shnidman Betty Smith Grandmother of Jerome Smith Harold Israel Wiesen Father of Jeffrey Wiesen Sep 24 Dorothy Plotkin Mother of Irving Plotkin Frances Schonfeld Mother of Jonathan Schonfeld Sep 25 Martin Bernard Father of Madeline Teitelbaum Harvey Fischler Brother-in-law of Stanley Pomeranz Yetta Goott Mother of Carole Feifke Solomon Isky Grandfather of Sandra Levine Sarah Tassel Mother-in-law of Janet Tassel Sep 26 Iris Gilbert Aunt of Marsha Soloway Nathaniel Hirschtick Father of Jon Hirschtick Harry Levinson Grandfather of Ellen Schwartz Bert A. Taylor Father-in-law of Gail Taylor Sep 27 Abraham Berg Father of Jerome Berg Morris Cohen Father of Harris Cohen Freyda Greenberg Miller Wife of Arnie Miller Davida Newman Sister of Gail Taylor Harold Orenstein Father of Barry Orenstein Grandfather of Julia Mabuchi Diane Rudnick Sister of Arnold Tarmy Maurice Super Father of Michael Super (continued on page 22)

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Yahrzeits Sep 28 Richard Billings Father-in-law of Alisa Billings Blanche Koffler Aunt of Lisa Diamant Sep 29 Robert Frolich Brother of Rochelle Zohn Frank Garvey Father of Margaret Moses Nyereh Pouradi Grandmother of Babak Shirazi Mother-In-Law of Eshagh Shirazi

Charles Kimerling Father of Lionel Kimerling Annie Rost Mother of Claudia Handwerker Louis Singerman Father-in-law of David Slate Pauline Wolpert Aunt of Robert Russman-Halperin

Sep 30 David Epstein Brother of Judith Marcus Uncle of Joel Marcus Barbara Feldman Mother of Garry Feldman Stephanie Goldman Niece of Carol Thrope Anna Leader Mother of Barbara Newman Leonard Levinson Father of Ellen Schwartz Zara Matzner Grandmother of Linda Skolnik Sam Pressman Father of Robert Pressman Hyman Slate Father of David Slate Rose Slate Mother of David Slate Pauline Wolf Grandmother of Howard Reubenstein

Oct 4 Joseph Reubenstein Father of Howard Reubenstein Milton Robinson Father-in-law of Frederick Ezekiel Grandfather of David Ezekiel Sharon Sugarman Mother of Leah Sugarman Claire Yablin Grandmother of Seth Maislin

Oct 1 Joe Bailey Father of Randall Bailey Bernard Blieden Father of Ira Blieden Annette Gessman Sister of Doris Morgenstern Benjamin Jacobson Grandfather of Stuart Jacobson Robert Katz Father of Daniel Katz Nurit Weiss Mother of Benjamin Weiss Martin Zuerndorfer Brother-in-law of Rae Zuerndorfer Oct 2 Esther Barron Mother-in-law of Marilyn Tracey Hasse Halley Mother of Elizabeth Halley Vera Hurwitz Aunt of Lawrence Woods Abraham Karp Father of Carolyn Karp

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Oct 3 Rose Cohen Mother of Benjamin Cohen William Matzner Grandfather of Linda Skolnik

Oct 5 Annie Abkowitz Mother-in-law of Lorraine Abkowitz Gertrude Block Mother of Betsy Nissenbaum Marshal Miller Brother of Arnie Miller Kathleen Petersen Grandmother of Alice Levin Alvin Sadow Father of Carolyn Leshin Oct 6 Bruce Bober Father of Jeffrey Bober Isadore Greenberg Father of Sharon Smith Thomas Klein Father of Michael Klein Selma Pomeranz Wife of Stanley Pomeranz William Roskind Father of Michael Roskind Margarethe Schudawa Mother of Barbara Delfiner Nanette Weinstein Mother of Clifford Weinstein Oct 7 Michael Kreiger Brother of Arthur Kreiger Roy Abraham Rappaport Brother-in-law of Howard Kaufman Oct 8 Esther Bernstein Great-aunt of Myra Marshall

Nathan Brostoff Father of Carolyn Lichtenstein Marvin Drellich Father of David Drellich Nathaniel Schreibman Brother of Phillip Schreibman Phyllis Seresky Sister of Krana Rosen Leonard Srebnick Father of David Srebnick Oct 9 Frances Bailey Mother of Zelda Cohen Stanley Dickholtz Father of Myra Marshall Richard Landau Husband of Ann Landau Abraham Solomon Grandfather of Meli Solomon Stella Wachsler Grandmother of Philip Wachsler Oct 10 Sevy Levy Brother-in-law of Ralph Levine Joseph Rolfe Father-in-law of Sam Silverman Doris Solomon Mother of Meli Solomon Mary Sullivan Companion of Alan Corman Oct 11 Leon Bass Father-in-law of Esther Bass Stephen Foster Husband of Gloria Foster Carl Friedman Father-in-law of Betty Friedman Edward Gilman Father of Richard Gilman Kieve Liskov Father of Nathan Liskov Gabriel Schonfeld Father of Jonathan Schonfeld Stanton Willins Brother of Edward Willins

Lena Brown Grandmother of Barbara Palant Jerry Friedman Father of Julie Shapiro Bella Liberman Mother of Joanne Fray Ruth Musnikow Mother of Alan Musnikow Robert Stuhl Father of Louis Stuhl Jakub Susskind Father of Sara Susskind Oct 15 Alice Tauber Mother of Stephen Tauber Oct 16 Adah Jaffer Mother of Aubrey Jaffer Oct 17 Minnie Blotner Aunt of Barbara Newman Jack Camac Father-in-law of Marcia Camac Ruth Haas Moos Mother of Eveline Weyl Eve Karen Mother of Jeffrey Karen Walter Kielar Father of Alan Kielar Milton Slate Brother of David Slate Caroline Zuerndorfer Mother-in-law of Rae Zuerndorfer Oct 18 Nancy Kaufman Wife of Howard Kaufman Mother of Margo Reder Dena Shnidman Mother of David Shnidman

Oct 12 Ida Goldminz Mother of David Goldminz Mindy Kaplan Sister of Natalie Warshawer

Oct 19 Bernard Hurwitz Father of Phyllis Goldman Ida Lerman Grandmother of Scott Lerman Harry Mason Father of Marvin Mason Zelotta Zlotnick Grandmother of Michelle Abramson

Oct 13 Harold Mintzer Father of Linda Cohen Oct 14 Greg Aaron Nephew of Robert Frankel Buddy Baker Brother-in-law of Howard Kaufman

Oct 20 Bertha Grodstein Mother of Joel Grodstein Harold Jaffer Father of Aubrey Jaffer Sol Rosenberg Father of Michael Rosenberg Ilse Rothman Mother of Johanna Rothman

Mitchell Schram Uncle of Karen Musnikow Oct 21 Anne Goldstein Aunt of Jane Singer Louis Pomeranz Father of Stanley Pomeranz Andre Ranford Uncle of Harold Masters Jeanne Segaloff Mother of Harvey Segaloff Oct 22 Harold Blumenthal Father of Eileen Kahan Helen Kushner Mother of Ann Kushner Marjorie McCauslin Mother of Scott McCauslin Laurie Neustadt Sister of Paul Neustadt M. James Pion Father of Dan Pion Nathan Ribock Father-in-law of Maury Goldman Father of Susan Shnidman Sanford Solomon Uncle of Carolyn Leshin Micheline Zenner Mother of Sylvie Haffer Oct 23 Hadassah Blocker Aunt of Barbara Palant Donald Cohen Husband of Lillian Cohen William Davis Father of Roger Davis Benjamin Kaplan Father of Marlene Karshbaum Claire Pfeffer Mother of Avrom Pfeffer Nathan Savage Grandfather of Nancy Liberman Benjamin Zola Brother-in-law of Judith Zola Oct 24 Esther Fray Mother of Lionel Fray Rita Kahn Mother of Peter Kahn Sara Liberty Grandmother of Terri Swartz Russell Eyal Lind Brother of David Goldminz Julius Mass Father of Charlotte Kupiec David Spero Grandfather of Sharon Smith

Yahrzeits Oct 25 Max Delfiner Father-in-law of Barbara Delfiner Edith Meyerson Mother of Roni Woods Gertie Rothfeld Aunt of Marsha Tucker Oct 26 Stanley Bleich Husband of Caron Bleich Father of Steven & Lauren Bleich Robert Curhan Father of Gary Curhan Natalie Goldstein Sister of Shirley Shapiro Oct 27 Tillie Liederman Mother of Ronald Stering Harris Shapiro Brother of Jacob Shapiro Gertrude Silverzahn Mother of Arthur Kress and Cheryl Lowenthal Phyllis Klein Thrope Wife of Martin Thrope Oct 28 Donald Brick Husband of Phyllis Brick Amalia Dan Mother of Ervin Dan Mildred Deutsch Mother of Stanley Deutsch Natan Gaon Grandfather of Asaf Gaon Bess Russman Grandmother of Wendy Russman-Halperin Oct 29 Myron Cohen Brother of Judith Wisnia Gertrude Dinner Mother of Charleen Alper Gina Pearl Grandmother of Benjamin Summers Sidney Willins Father of Edward Willins Oct 30 Rena Coen Sister of Nina Nidus Leonard Fox Brother of Joseph Fox Ellen Godolphin Mother of Matthew Stephenson Lillian Mazow Mother of Richard Mazow Ruth Rittenburg Mother of Janice Rossbach

Oct 31 Alan Binder Father of Malka Berndt Husband of Paulette Binder Harris Cohen Father of Benjamin Cohen Cass Olderman Father of Jerry Olderman Herbert Wolfe Brother of Alvin Wolfe Nov 1 Lester Cherny Father of Miriam Boucher Barbara Peluso Cousin of Marsha Tucker Daniel Tassel Husband of Janet Tassel Nov 2 Bernice Bass Mother-in-law of Esther Bass Laura Fisher Mother of Arthur Fisher Elizabeth Forbes Grandmother of Denise Forbes Stephen Marcus Husband of Helen Marcus Ervin Miller Father of Ellen Mazow Alice Perlman Aunt of Steve Tavan Nov 3 Paul Alper Husband of Charleen Alper Myrna Alpert Wife of Irwin Alpert Alvin Block Husband of Audrey Block Sylvia Friedlander Grandmother of Louis Stuhl Jack Markovitz Father of Dennis Markovitz Allen Mintz Husband of Ruby Mintz Seth Rubenstein Brother of Sidney Rubenstein Moshe Zemer Uncle of Michael Kaplan Nov 4 Olga Forrai Mother of Judith Dan Bernard Nidus Brother of Louis Nidus Sarah Shor Grandmother of Martin Grossman Nov 5 Abraham Abelman Grandfather of David Abelman Elizabeth Blotner Mother of Barbara Michelson

Louis Brown Father of Myrna Fox Martin Shwimer Father of Joel Shwimer Nov 6 Marilyn Goldberg Wife of Gershon Goldberg Albert Ifrah Brother of Miriam Sidman Ruth Schoenberg Mother of Margaret Menzin Ann Seidel Mother-in-law of Rita GildeaBryant Esther Stup Grandmother of Marsha Tucker Elizabeth Wolk Mother of Sidney Wolk Nov 7 Stanley Abkowitz Husband of Lorraine Abkowitz Howard Brown Father of Stephen Brown David Meltzer Father of Elisabeth Zimmerman Masha Skolnik Grandmother of Ira Skolnik Shirley Thrope Mother of Martin Thrope Nov 8 Angela Forbes Mother of Denise Forbes Phyllis Kaplan Mother of Richard Kaplan Melvin Lewis Husband of Pearl Lewis Shirley Musikant Mother of Laura Musikant-Weiser Frances Tavan Grandmother of Steve Tavan Nov 9 Jack Asta Father of Daniel Asta Bess Ezekiel Mother of David Ezekiel Wife of Frederick Ezekiel Pearl Mason Mother of Marvin Mason Symon Mushkat Father of Norma Gaffin Lillian Sandberg Mother of Ruby Mintz Tillie Sloan Grandmother of Michele Karmazin Jolley-Anne Weinstock Mother of David Weinstock Fred Yarkoni Father of Sharon Kalus

Nov 10 Benjamin Botbol Brother of Donna Jauvtis Samuel Jordan Father of Harmon Jordan Max Sadow Grandfather of Carolyn Leshin Nov 11 Peter Forbes Grandfather of Denise Forbes Leonard Friedman Husband of Betty Friedman Bernhard Moses Father of Joel Moses Solomon Schwartz Father of Myrna Olderman Nov 12 Edward Gerrig Husband of Bernice Gerrig Dina Girshovich Daughter of Yury and Lyubov Girshovich Anna Kanarek Aunt of Sara Susskind Marcus Krichmar Father-in-law of Lucille Krichmar Barbara Meltzer Mother of Elisabeth Zimmerman Esther Taylor Mother-in-law of Gail Taylor Irving Wolfe Father of Alvin Wolfe Nov 13 Frederic Clayton Father of Aaron Clayton Saul J Copellman Father of Ruby Mintz Janice Weil Mother of Marilyn Weil-Abelman Nov 14 Oscar Berman Father of Sylvia Perlman Eva Brecher Mother of Charles Brecher Julius Elowitch Grandfather of Leslie Sherman Rina Gershkowitz Mother of Donna Gershkowitz Minerva Jacobsohn Grandmother of Robert Russman-Halperin Nettie Lubofsky Mother-in-law of Pearl Lewis Leon Warshawer Father of Robert Warshawer Nov 15 Philip Ablove Brother of Michael Ablove Maurice Fray Father of Lionel Fray

Samuel Getman Father of Marvin Getman Leon Groisser Father of Susan Lipson Nellie Kaplan Mother of Donald Kaplan Sylvia Margolis Mother of Gail Fields Barnett Mazow Father of Richard Mazow Geza Szonyi Husband of Lilly Szonyi Nov 16 Sarah Ablove Mother of Michael Ablove Julian Greenfield Father of Donna Upson Correia Martin Weiner Father of Mark Weiner Nov 17 Esther Brown Mother of Jeff Brown Harry Feifke Father of Derek Feifke Doris Greenberg Grandmother of Julie Greenberg Martin Kalus Father of Joseph Kalus Jay Katz Father of Amy Goldminz Sylvia Krich Mother of Steven Krich Louis Krieger Father of Gloria Foster Nov 18 Doris Lichtenstein Mother of Mark Lichtenstein Cici Powell Friend of Susan Mayer Mary Spano Rawlings Mother of Robert Frankel Rose Sugarman Grandmother of Stewart Leshin Nov 19 Ruth Atkins Mother of Lorraine Abkowitz Mary Brosgol Mother of Benjamin Brosgol Morris Jacobsohn Father of Minna Halperin Golda Moses Mother of Joel Moses Nov 20 Harriet Baum Mother of Jerrold Baum Marlene Clayton Mother of Aaron Clayton Ira Eisenstein Father of Davette Abkowitz (continued on page 24)

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Yahrzeits Morris Stup Grandfather of Marsha Tucker Nov 21 Gertrude Bruss Mother of Kenneth Bruss Mollie Camac Mother-in-law of Marcia Camac Violet Gale Mother of Ronald Gale Grandmother of Michael Gale Miriam Greenbaum Grandmother of Ellen Laderman Mitchell Landman Father of Marc Landman Norma Segal Schein Mother of Joseph Katz Nov 22 Lawrence Baum Father of Jerrold Baum

Ethel Bresloff Grandmother of Ethel Rothmel Brian Flynn Brother of Maureen Kaplan Nov 23 Charles Diamond Brother of Margo Zelermyer Leon Kuperberg Father of Gina Kuperberg Arthur Wolffers Brother of Lilly Szonyi Nov 24 Evelyn Cohen Mother of Susan Cohen Anna Kroopnick Aunt of John Stayn Anne Lowell Mother of Harvey Lowell

Nathan Rosenbaum Brother of Charles Rosenbaum Nov 25 Nathan Atkins Father of Lorraine Abkowitz Evelyn Darer Mother of Richard Darer Saul Glick Father of Charles Glick Lillian Gordon Sister of Lawrence Marin David Govenar Father of Helen Zelinsky Nov 26 Maurice Ginsburg Father of Beth Levine Nathan Ledewitz Uncle of Lester Blumberg Brother of Phyllis Blumberg

Harry Milgram Father of Marsha Stark Albert Schwartz Father of Sheldon Schwartz Bessie Steer Mother of Dorothy Seltzer Douglas Wells Father of Barbara Wells Nov 27 Bertha Doodlesack Mother of Phyllis Fish Joseph Gordon Uncle of John Stayn David Mintz Husband of Barbara Mintz Bernard Rothmel Father of Ethel Rothmel

Ann Seltzer Grandmother of Judith Zola Nov 29 Robert Bresnick Grandfather of Laura Jarbeau Nov 30 Solomon Greenfield Grandfather of Donna Upson Correia Mildred Kluger Grandmother of Yael Schwartz Isiah Lutwak Stepfather of Susan Lutwak Fred Rantz Brother-in-law of Stanley Pomeranz Morris Shindell Father of Paula Dangel

Family Table: Your Opportunity to Give Back The mission of JF&CS’s Family Table is to end hunger in the Greater Boston Jewish community, while serving those in need of assistance. Family Table provides kosher food, creates a caring Jewish connection, and empowers people to make healthy eating a part of their daily lives.

For many of you familiar with Family Table you already know that it is the largest kosher food pantry in New England!

Family Table serves more than 550 families every month and last year they distributed more than 36,000 bags of food! JF&CS is always in need of more volunteers to deliver food.

Temple Emunah has agreed to contribute 110 boxes of 1-2 lb. bags/boxes of brown rice and 110 boxes of whole wheat crackers monthly to Family Table. We count on you to drop off food and place in the bin inside the entrance on the main floor near the temple office. We ask that you remember to drop off food when coming to minyan, a meeting, going to the Temple library or listening to a lecture or talk. We recommend adding rice and crackers to your weekly grocery list so as not to forget to drop off your contribution on a regular basis.

The dates of food distribution for this year are: Sept. 22, Oct. 27, Nov. 17, Dec. 15, Jan. 26, Feb. 23, March 15, April 5, May 10, June 7 and July 12.

If you would like to volunteer to pack bags and deliver food please contact Lisa Katz, at familytable@jfcsboston.org or 781-693-5593. There is a form that will need to be completed if you are volunteering for the first time. Lisa will let you know where you can find this form.

As a gentle reminder please be sure to bring several 1-2 lb bags/boxes of brown rice and small boxes of whole wheat

crackers on October 8 to be collected in red bins outside the main entrance at our Kol Nidre service. The food you bring will be delivered to JF&CS for the October 27 distribution.

Temple Emunah will have at least 10 congregants volunteer to pack and deliver food this year on April 5, 2020. Save the date and participate for you will find this to be a most rewarding experience regardless if this is your first time or tenth time performing this mitzvah.

We suggest that this year when you contribute to the Social Action Committee Fund that you designate Family Table as the recipient of your donation. We use these cash donations to purchase food when we have a short fall in the expected donation for a particular month.

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact any one of the Family Table Coordinators listed below.

Sincerely, Nancy Lefkowitz nancylef@usa.net 781-696-2085 Michelle Abramson mhabramson@gmail.com Mark Abramson mra4271@gmail.com 781- 861-7152

Temple Emunah is a dynamic, engaging, and welcoming congregational family.

We build Jewish identity through learning and praying together in the spirit of Conservative Judaism, caring for each other and the world, and working to create an enduring Jewish community in the United States and Israel.

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

In honor of the birth of Sylvie and Gary Haffer’s granddaughter, Avery Ruth Haffer Richard Hochman & Esther Rosenman-Hochman In memory of Arlene Savage, beloved mother Nancy Liberman Yahrzeit of Mary Savage, beloved grandmother Nancy Liberman

Beautification

In appreciation of Marsha Tucker Israel & Charlotte Kupiec In honor of: Andrew Bruss’ engagement Marsha Tucker Harvey & Donna Jauvtis on the occasion of the wedding of their son Louis Judah Jauvtis to Lisette Simone Schwab Steven & Laura Krich In memory of: Morris Weiner, beloved father of Ann Chait Benjamin & Sylvia Perlman Ralph & Helen Zelinsky Sam & Phyllis Rubinovitz Hiam Ifrah, beloved brother of Miriam Sidman Betty Friedman Yahrzeit of: Irwin Seife, beloved brother-in-law Charleen Alper Frank and Sandra Rothstein, beloved parents Ellen Rothstein Gladys Cohen, beloved mother of Norman Cohen Norm & Linda Cohen

Bess Ezekiel Memorial Fund

Guy & Eveline Weyl Marvin & Ruth Antonoff In honor of Fred Ezekiel’s book and his special birthday David Abelman & Marilyn Weil Abelman In memory of: Harriet Willins, beloved mother of Edward Willins Ed Willins & Alison Dick Sidney Abramson, beloved father Mark Abramson Bess Ezekiel, beloved wife of Fred Ezekiel Miriam Sidman Yahrzeit of: Raymond Weyl, beloved father of Guy Weyl Guy & Eveline Weyl Pauline Liederman, beloved mother of Larry Liederman Larry & Marilyn Liederman

Abraham Cohen, beloved father of Margolia Gilson, and for Leopold Newmann, beloved husband of Margolia Gilson Margie Gilson Gertrude Goldberg, beloved grandmother Susan Davidson

Billy Dalwin Preschool

David & Beth Golden Joshua & Liza Shirazi Marcus & Josephine Semel In honor of: The birth of Sandy and Michael’s grandson, Raviv Barbara Palant Amram & Becca Migdal, on the birth of their daughter, Limor Irene Migdal Gil & Linna Ettinger Richard Hochman & Esther Rosenman-Hochman Bob & Wendy Russman-Halperin The Blumberg & Hassenfeld family on the birth of their granddaughter, Leila Jane Blumberg, daughter of Jake and Geeta Blumberg Ken & Lois Bruss Rick & Margo Reder In memory of: Analee Bang, beloved sister of Charlotte Kupiec Howard Stecker, beloved father of Elissa Stecker Dick & Ellen Mazow Jiing Liang Wu, beloved father of Ailsa Hermann-Wu and beloved father-in-law of Kate Hermann-Wu Gil & Linna Ettinger Scott McCauslin Harmon Jordan & Annette Koren Noah Hudson Tsymbal, beloved son of Jessica and Ilya Tsymbal, and beloved brother of Adam, Ashley and Tate Tsymbal Harmon Jordan & Annette Koren Barbara Palant Ed Willins & Alison Dick Jay Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mazow Yahrzeit of Dorothy Joseph, beloved grandmother of Steven Bleich Steven & Miriam Bleich

Brotherhood

In memory of Arthur Orenberg Tom Alspaugh

Circle of Life

In honor of Fred Ezekiel’s 90th birthday & lifelong commitment to Temple Emunah David Ezekiel & Elise Richman Ezekiel and Karen & David Handmaker

Dalwin Memorial Scholarship Fund

Yahrzeit of Sydney Goott, beloved father Carole Feifke

Emunah Scholarship Fund

In memory of Barbara Srebnick, beloved mother of David Srebnick Dick Duffley & Arleen Chase

Family Education

John Bonaparte

Fel Memory Book

Harvey Lowell & Carolyn Keller

General

In appreciation of Rabbi Fel Alan & Beth Levine In honor of: Gary & Sylvie Haffer, on the occasion of the birth of their granddaughter, Avery Allen & Debbie Sheldon Joel and Elaine Shwimer’s 50th anniversary Arnold & Cynthia Cohen Mike Rosenberg’s special birthday David Decter Joe Nissenbaum’s special birthday David Decter Rabbi Fel and Shayna Fel Ed & Marsha Soloway The engagement of Lois and Ken Bruss’ son, Andrew Ed Willins & Alison Dick Mike Rosenberg, on his 70th birthday Steve & Amira Aaron Irma C. Carter Ralph and Jean Hammond Joseph & Sharon Kalus Leo & Sonia Mirkin Fred & Micki Rosenberg The Blumberg & Hasenfeld family, on the birth of their granddaughter, Leila Jane Blumberg, daughter of Jake and Geeta Blumberg Laurie Speicher Fred Ezekiel’s 90th birthday Steven and Laura Krich, on the birth of their grandson Marty & Alice Gordon Ari Abelman, son of David Abelman and Marilyn Weil Abelman, on receiving his ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary Maddy and Ken Teitlebaum, on their anniversary Steve & Amira Aaron In memory of: Stuart Goff, beloved father of Phil Goff Alan & Leslie Sherman Natalie Becker, beloved mother of Alan Becker Alan & Mary Becker Peggy Goldberg, beloved mother of Nancy Goldberg Michael Leipner, beloved father of Carol Srebnick Barbara Srebnick, beloved mother of David Srebnick Allen & Debbie Sheldon

Charles Clift Perez Bob Wilikson & Marlene Karshbaum Celia Perlmutter, beloved mother of Burt Perlmutter Jack Zimmerman, beloved father of Roberta Perlmutter Burt and Roberta Perlmutter Elinor Yarkoni, beloved mother of Sharon Kalus Burton & Clare Figler Noah Hudson Tsymbal, beloved son of Ilya and Jessica Tsymbal Casey A. Mahoney Gerald & Arlene Iandoli Wendy Rudner Analee Bang, beloved sister of Charlotte Kupiec Donald & Edith Kaplan Steven & Laura Krich Harmon Jordan & Annette Koren Barbara Palant Phyllis Blumberg Morris Weiner, beloved father of Ann Chait and Risa Fox Phyllis Blumberg Evan Saks Esther Sherer Marjorie Reder, beloved mother of Rick Reder Gary & Sharon Curhan Jeffrey & Phyllis Sokolov Haim Ifrah, beloved brother of Miriam Sidman Betty Friedman Harry & Rona Cohen Gloria Foster Wendy Rudner Arthur, beloved cousin Jodie Diamand Fred Oxman, beloved uncle of Lois Bruss Ken & Lois Bruss Albert Kerstein, beloved father of Larry Kerstein Larry & Kathy Kerstein Carol Leipner Srebnick’s beloved father, Michael Leipner Laurie Speicher Marsha Tucker Barbara Srebnick, beloved mother of David Srebnick Marty & Alice Gordon Laurie Speicher Marsha Tucker Eliane Weintraub, beloved grandmother of Becca Weintraub Marty & Alice Gordon David Doynow, beloved father of Lori Schechner Stuart Goff, beloved father of Phil Goff Matt & Lesley Kanef

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Donations Jacob Hoffman, beloved father of Beth Fentin Rich & Beth Fentin Howard Stecker, beloved father of Elissa Stecker Ron & Carrie Gale Yahrzeit of: Victor Levitt, beloved uncle Miriam Wein, beloved grandmother Dotty Lezberg, beloved aunt Alisa Billings Karl Schudawa, beloved father Barbara Delfiner Carl Hollander, beloved father of Charles Hollander Charles & Janet Hollander Julius Gershkowitz, beloved father Dawny Gershkowitz Frances S. Block, beloved mother of Eric Block Eric Block & Marcia Walsh Peter Glaser, beloved husband Henry Graf, beloved father Anny Graf, beloved mother Eva Glaser Beatrice Samuels, beloved mother of Harold Samuels Harold & Robyn Samuels Marian O’Connell, beloved aunt Kathy Kerstein Roselyn Bernstein, beloved mother and grandmother of Marc Bernstein, Anna Nerenberg, Lee and Jacqueline Bernstein Fred Bernstein, beloved father and grandfather of Marc Bernstein, Anna Nerenberg, Lee and Jacqueline Bernstein Gilbert Nerenberg, beloved father and grandfather of the Nerenberg and the Bernstein family Marc Bernstein & Anna Nerenberg Harold Karshbaum, beloved husband of Marlene Karshbaum, father of Bonnie and Stephen and grandfather of Brianna Marlene Karshbaum Fannie Gordon, beloved mother and grandmother of the Gordon family Marty & Alice Gordon Mildred Paynor, beloved mother of Michael Paynor Michael & Barbara Paynor Zvi Shpilner, beloved husband Micki Shpilner Hilda Strauss, beloved mother Myrna Herniter Bertha Jacobs Feingold, beloved mother Elaine Jacobs, beloved wife Norm Jacobs Burton Price, beloved father of Steve Price and father-in-law of Robin Grossman Steve Price & Robin Grossman David Hofman, beloved brother of Sumner Hoffman Harry Hoffman, beloved father of Sumner Hoffman Sumner & Dolly Hoffman

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Geoffrey Zola Holocaust Fund

In honor of Maddie Namias, on the occasion of her Bat Mitzvah Larry & Risa Bressler Yahrzeit of: Leonard Handler, beloved father of Risa Bressler and husband of Sylvia Sidonia Handler Miller, beloved sister-in-law of Sylvia Handler and beloved aunt of Risa Bressler Rabbi Israel Matzkiel, grandfather of Sylvia Handler, by the Handler and Bressler families Louis Handler, beloved uncle of Risa Bressler and brother-in-law of Sylvia Handler Sidney Noveck, beloved brother of Sylvia Handler and uncle of Risa Bressler, All above by the Handler and Bressler families Rabbi Simon Noveck, beloved brother of Sylvia Handler and beloved uncle of Risa Bressler Geraldine Bressler, beloved mother of Lawrence Larry & Risa Bressler

Holy Book Fund

In honor of: Mike Rosenberg, on the occasion of his special birthday Barbara Palant The birth of their grandson, Raviv Eliahu Michael Buonaiuto & Sandy Goldstein In memory of: Noah Hudson Tsymbal, beloved son of Ilya & Jessica Tsymbal Mark and Marilyn Orfinger Elliott Goldstein, beloved father and grandfather of Sandy Goldstein and family Michael Buonaiuto & Sandy Goldstein Haim Ifrah, beloved brother of Miriam Sidman Sid & Deanna Wolk Yahrzeit of: Frank and Sandra Rothstein, beloved parents Ellen Rothstein Leon Strauss, beloved father Myrna Herniter

Israel Committee

Steven & Susan Lipson In honor of: Mike Rosenberg’s 70th birthday Alan & Beth Levine Ann Ringwood David Ezekiel & Elise Richman Ezekiel David Russell & Terri Swartz Russell Dick Duffley & Arleen Chase Ed & Marsha Soloway Ed Willins & Alison Dick Garry & Eileen Feldman Gil & Linna Ettinger Harmon Jordan & Annette Koren Harvey & Donna Jauvtis Hilary Hersh Ilsa Gottlieb Jay & Gail Taylor Jeff & Meryl Post Jerome & Sharon Smith

Kathy Macdonald Larry & Ann Chait Leonard Katz & Rhonda Davies Marty & Alice Gordon Marty & Carol Thrope Mike Ablove Steve & Paula Dangel Stuart Lerman & Miriam Sadofsky In memory of: Haim Ifrah, beloved brother of Miriam Sidman Ed Willins & Alison Dick Israel & Charlotte Kupiec Margie Gilson Marlene & Hal Cohen Garry & Eileen Feldman Yahrzeit of: Carl Silver, beloved father Alan Silver

Israel Trip Tzedakah

Mike Rosenberg’s 70th birthday Jennifer Boles Steve & Amira Aaron In memory of Noah Hudson Tsymbal, beloved son of Ilya & Jessica Tsymbal Eda Zlotogura Perman

Ivrit la-Kol

In memory of: Arthur Neiterman, beloved husband Judy Neiterman Golda Dockser, beloved wife of Bob Dockser Judy Neiterman Marsha Tucker Yahrzeit of: Golda Dockser, beloved wife Albert Dockser, beloved father Bob Dockser

Keruv Outreach

Yahrzeit of Arlene Davidson, beloved sister Krana Rosen

Kiddush

In honor of Scott Weiner’s engagement to Allie Wilkinson Ed Willins & Alison Dick In memory of: Nathan Dondis, beloved father of Phyllis Dondis Ribakoff Haim Ifrah, beloved brother of Miriam Sidman Marilyn Tracey

Ladle Fund

Eveline Weyl In appreciation of Miriam Sidman Phyllis Brick In honor of: Fred Ezekiel’s memoir Alan & Beth Levine Isaac & Judy Kliger Fred Ezekiel’s book and special birthday David Abelman & Marilyn Weil Abelman Dick Duffley & Arleen Chase Margaret Shukur Fred Ezekiel’s 90th birthday Alan & Leslie Sherman

Dan & Kim Solomon David Ezekiel & Elise Richman Ezekiel Joe & Myrna Fox Israel & Charlotte Kupiec Laurie Speicher Marc Bernstein & Anna Nerenberg Marcia Camac Mark & Carolyn Lichtenstein Marsha Tucker Matt & Lesley Kanef Maureen Berarducci Phyllis Brick Richard & Shirley Moskow Sam & Phyllis Rubinovitz Seta Davidian Sid & Deanna Wolk Susan Orenstein Marge Becker’s 85th birthday Marty & Alice Gordon, on their grandson Jasper’s Bar Mitzvah Joe & Myrna Fox Judy Marcus’s special birthday Miriam Sidman The Lidman family on Ben’s engagement Richard & Shirley Moskow Bob & Wendy Russman-Halperin In memory of: Ben Finkelstein, beloved father Alan Fields Barbara Srebnick, beloved mother of David Srebnick Barbara Palant Haim Ifrah, beloved brother of Miriam Sidman Carolyn Lichtenstein Guy & Eveline Weyl Judy Marcus Benjamin Wollins, beloved husband Eleanor Wollins Kairin Brorsdotter, beloved sister Margaretha Jacobson Analee Bang, beloved sister of Charlotte Kupiec Sid & Deanna Wolk Morris and Gladys Weiner, beloved parents of Ann Chait Susan Orenstein Yahrzeit of: Mildred Corman, beloved mother Al Corman Ida Rosen, beloved mother David Rosen Nathan Samuels, beloved father Harold Samuels Edith Black, beloved mother Marilyn Liederman Morris Weiner, beloved father of Ann Chait Mark & Carolyn Lichtenstein Ethel Feinberg, beloved mother Robyn Samuels David Davidson, beloved father Susan Davidson

Donations Landscaping

To welcome Rabbi Perkins Jerome & Sharon Smith In honor of: Michael Buonaiuto & Sandy Goldstein, on the birth of their grandson, Raviv Eliahu Arthur Kreiger & Rebecca Benson Steven and Laura Krich, on the birth of their grandson, Mark Starr The Curhan family on Alexa’s engagement to Bence Budavari The Lidman family on their son Ben’s engagement Barbara Palant The Singer family on their son Rafi’s marriage Bob & Wendy Russman-Halperin Ed & Marcy Lidman, on their son Ben’s engagement to Gayle Effron Ed Willins & Alison Dick Joe & Betsy Nissenbaum Ken Bruss The engagement of Andrew Bruss to Jaclyn Mosher Michael Roskind Jerome & Sharon Smith Fred Ezekiel’s 90th birthday The engagement of Ben Lidman to Gayle Effron The Fel Family Jerome and Sharon Smith Ben Lidman’s engagement to Gayle Effron Ken Bruss The birth of Susan Lutwak and Kenneth Maser’s granddaughter, Sophie Maser Ken Maser & Susan Lutwak Ken Maser & Susan Lutwak, on the birth of their granddaughter, Sophie Hudson Maser Michael Buonaiuto & Sandy Goldstein In memory of: Peggy Goldberg, beloved mother of Nancy Goldberg Morris Weiner, beloved father of Ann Chait Barbara Palant Elinor Yarkoni, beloved mother of Sharon Kalus Bob & Wendy Russman-Halperin Analee Bang, beloved sister of Charlotte Kupiec Morris Weiner, beloved father of Ann Chait Eliane Weintraub, beloved grandmother of Becca Weintraub Haim Ifrah, beloved brother of Miriam Sidman Barbara Srebnick, beloved mother of David Srebnick Michael Leipner, beloved father of Carol Srebnick Jerome & Sharon Smith Michael Leipner, beloved mother of Carol Srebnick Elinor Yarkoni, beloved mother of Sharon Kalus Ken Bruss Haim Ifrah, beloved brother of Miriam Sidman Lillian Cohen

Anne Luchans, beloved aunt of Joe Nissenbaum Analee Bang, beloved sister of Charlotte Kupiec Marsha Tucker Yahrzeit of: Edith Russman, beloved mother of Wendy Russman-Halperin Abraham Russman, beloved grandfather of Wendy Russman-Halperin Bob & Wendy Russman-Halperin Hyman Smith, beloved grandfather of Jerome Smith Eve Abramsky Smith, beloved mother of Jerome Smith David Abramsky, beloved grandfather of Jerome Smith Bessie Spero, beloved grandmother of Sharon Smith Selma Greenberg, beloved grandmother of Sharon Smith Jerome & Sharon Smith Esther Lutwak, beloved mother of Susan Lutwak and mother-in-law of Ken Maser Avraham Sussman, beloved father of Susan Lutwak and father-in-law of Ken Maser Ken Maser & Susan Lutwak John Emmons Cotter, beloved father of Joelle Gunther Leon & Joelle Gunther

Library

In honor of: Marge Becker’s special birthday Richard & Jane Aronson Howard and Lori Reubenstein’s 30th wedding anniversary Stephanie Kriesberg In memory of: Morris Weiner, beloved father of Ann Chait Florence Koplow Analee Bang, beloved sister of Charlotte Kupiek Margaretha Jacobson Yahrzeit of: Shirley Reubenstein, beloved mother of Howard Reubenstein Howard & Lori Reubenstein Vital Kliger, beloved mother and grandmother of Isaac Kliger and family Sarah Tuzman, beloved mother and grandmother of Judith Kliger and family Isaac & Judy Kliger Hilda Stuhl, beloved mother of Louis Stuhl Louis Stuhl & Sheila Kojm

Mak’haylah

In memory of Elinor Yarkoni, beloved mother of Sharon Kalus Ed Willins & Alison Dick

Phyllis Klein Thrope Memorial

In memory of: Esther Gunther Wand, beloved mother and mother-in-law of Leon and Joelle Gunther Leon & Joelle Gunther

Morris Weiner, beloved father of Ann Chait Steven & Susan Lipson Yahrzeit of: Ethel Goldman, beloved aunt of Leonard Katz Leonard Katz & Rhonda Davies Norman Thrope, beloved father of Martin Thrope Marty & Carol Thrope

Rabbi Fel’s Discretionary Fund

Rick & Margo Reder In appreciation ofRabbi Fel’s service Joe & Myrna Fox Mel & Barbara Labitt In honor of Rabbi Fel Isaac & Judy Kliger Yahrzeit of Helen Towers, beloved mother of David Towers David & Elyssa Towers

Rabbi Kling Perkins Discretionary Fund

In honor of Hannah Brodsky’s Bat Mitzvah Kimberly Bookman Yahrzeit of Solomon Joseph, beloved father Caron Bleich

Rabbi Lerner’s Discretionary Fund

Rick & Margo Reder In appreciation of: Rabbi Lerner Charlotte Kupiec Rabbi Lerner’s officating at the funeral for Barbara Srebnick David & Carol Srebnick Rabbi Lerner, for the Passover Yizkor service Don Burstyn & Lissa Natkin Mark and Carolyn Lichtenstein’s 60th wedding anniversary Mark & Carolyn Lichtenstein Rabbi Lerner’s support and kindness Mark & Cindy Bobrow In honor of Roberta Tilem, beloved mother of Matthew Tilem Matthew & Jill Tilem In memory of: Leon Omansky, beloved cousin of Marlene Karshbaum Bob Wilikson & Marlene Karshbaum Hilda Kunstadt Donald & Barbara Galler Sylvia Druy, beloved mother Mark Druy Abraham Menzin, beloved father and grandfather to Marvin Menzin and family Marvin & Peggy Menzin Ruth Gildesgame, beloved mother Mike Gildesgame Yahrzeit of: Dorothy Joseph, beloved mother Caron Bleich Albert Towers, beloved father of David Towers David & Elyssa Towers

William Zabelle, beloved father Elaine Wiesen Philip Marshall, beloved father of Jeff Marshall Jeff & Myra Marshall Louis Cohen, beloved father of Judith Wisnia Benjamin Wisnia, beloved father of Jeffry Wisnia Jeffry & Judith Wisnia Phyllis Gorenstein, beloved mother of Jonina Gorenstein Jonathan & Jonina Schonfeld Herbert Katz, beloved brother of Leonard Katz Leonard Katz & Rhonda Davies Ruth Stein, beloved mother of Judi Canter Mark & Judi Canter Emily Pearl, beloved mother and mother-inlaw of Evy and Michael Saulich Irving Pearl, beloved father of Evelyn Saulich Michael & Evelyn Saulich Stephen Shapiro, beloved husband Muriel Shapiro Dorothy Dickholtz, beloved mother Myra Marshall Marilyn Goldberg, beloved mother Rose Schachter Scheinert, beloved grandmother Edmund Goldberg, beloved uncle Phyllis Sokolov Ann Rantz, beloved mother-in-law Abraham Fischler, beloved father-in-law Stan Pomeranz Hyman Doodlesack, beloved father of Phyllis Fish Stephen & Phyllis Fish

Religious School

Alan & Gila Namias In honor of: Ed & Marcy Lidman, on their son Ben’s engagement Alan & Beth Levine Hannah Brodsky becoming a Bat Mitzvah Linda & Allan Gersten Hannah Hepner, on her Prozdor graduation Marvin & Peggy Menzin Rabbi Fel and family Maddie Namias on her Bat Mitzvah Rachelle Misiph Ed & Marcy Lidman, on their son Ben’s engagement Michael Buonaiuto & Sandy Goldstein, on the birth of their grandson Stewart & Susan Cook In memory of: Morris Weiner, beloved father of Ann Chait Dick & Ellen Mazow Eliane Weintraub, beloved grandmother of Becca Weintraub Michael Buonaiuto & Sandy Goldstein

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Donations Stanford Zimmerman, beloved father of Ken Zimmerman Rachelle Misiph Yahrzeit of Harry Gold, beloved father Nancy Capparelli

Simchat Mitzvah Fund

In appreciation of Linda and David Laredo Charlotte Kupiec In memory of Barbara Srebnick, beloved mother of David Srebnick Mike & Cathy Gildesgame

Sisterhood

In appreciation of Janet Goldberg Israel & Charlotte Kupiec

Social Action Family Table

Yahrzeit of: Arthur Lefkowitz, beloved father of Nancy Lefkowitz Irene Lefkowitz, beloved mother of Nancy Lefkowitz Lee Alpert, beloved mother of Joel Alpert Joel Alpert & Nancy Lefkowitz

Social Action Committee

Mark & Judi Canter In appreciation of Wendy and Bob Russman-Halperin Richard Hochman & Esther Rosenman-Hochman

Social Action: Hineni

In appreciation of their efforts In memory of Barbara Srebnick, beloved mother of David Srebnick Rick & Margo Reder In memory of: Morris Weiner, beloved father of Ann Chait Albert & Judy Zabin Jerry & Sue Wacks Marjorie Reder, beloved mother of Richard Reder Jeff & Rachel Brown Afsheen Karmali’s beloved mother Mark & Judi Canter Eliane Weintraub, Becca Weintraub’s beloved grandmother Rose Myers Yahrzeit of: Milton A. Schweiger, beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather of Micki Rosenberg and family Fred & Micki Rosenberg Helen Liskov, beloved mother Judy Zabin Cyril Sachs, beloved father Marc Sacks Mary Hahn, beloved mother Phyllis Brick

Special Needs

In memory of Abe Lippman, beloved father Susan Mason

Steve Marcus Youth Scholarship

In memory of: Michael Leipner, beloved father of Carol Leipner Srebnick Jerry & Ellen Baum Richard Duffley & Arleen Chase Barbara Srebnick, beloved mother of David Srebnick Jerry & Ellen Baum

Wednesday Minyan Study Group

Rabbi Michael Fel In memory of Ralph Livingston Robert Becker Yahrzeit of: Melvin Botbol, beloved father of Donna Jauvtis Harvey & Donna Jauvtis Joseph Lehrman, beloved father Nancy Bloom

Youth

In honor of Steven and Laura Krich, on the birth of their grandson Ed Willins & Alison Dick In memory of: Robert Alper, beloved brother-in-law Charleen Alper Barbara Srebnick, beloved mother of David Srebnick Ed & Marsha Soloway Ken & Lois Bruss Ed Willins & Alison Dick

Michael Leipner, beloved father of Carol Srebnick Ed & Marsha Soloway Noah Hudson Tysmbal, beloved son of Jessica and Ilya Tsymbal Marci Shyavitz Samantha Josephson, beloved niece of Ken & Esther Hausman Robert Sullaway & Gail Shulman Morris Weiner, beloved father of Ann Chait Sid & Deanna Wolk Yahrzeit of: Peter Scott Bain, beloved son Addie Bain Eva Klebanoff, beloved mother, wife, grandmother and great grandmother of Myrna and Luis Perez and family Luis & Myrna Perez Haim Morhaim, beloved father Rabbi Abraham Morhaim Jack Makovsky, beloved father Stan Makovsky Irwin Goldman, beloved husband of Phyllis Goldman Edward Cohen, beloved father of Phyllis Goldman The Goldmans

Ivrit la-Kol/ Hebrew For All

Young Family Pasta and Prayers event

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This adult Hebrew literacy collaborative will begin its 23rd year of providing and supporting Hebrew literacy in the community. Collaborative members include Temple Emunah and Temple Isaiah. The affiliating synagogue is Beth El Temple Center in Belmont.

Fall session starts the week of Oct. 27 except for Intermediate Biblical Hebrew which starts Sept. 19.

Ivrit la-Kol offers: Learning to Read Hebrew – Thursdays, 9:00-10:30 am

at Temple Emunah and 7:30-9 pm at Temple Isaiah Modern Spoken Hebrew – Mondays, 5:30-7 pm at

Temple Isaiah Advanced Conversational Hebrew – Mondays 7:30-9 pm

at Temple Isaiah Intermediate Biblical Hebrew – Thursdays 7:30-9 pm at

Temple Isaiah (starts Sept. 19) Classes are seven sessions/semester ($250 members/$275 non-members). For dates, times and more information call 781-861-0300 or email IvritlaKolHebrew@gmail. com. Financial aid is available. Please mail your check payable to Temple Emunah to: Temple Emunah, 9 Piper Road, Lexington, MA 02421 Attn: Nancy Lefkowitz, Ivrit la-Kol.

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Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35am Mah Jongg 7:15 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Adult Hebrew 8 pm

Shaharit 7 am Open Mah Jongg 3 pm Meditation 4 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35am Mah Jongg 7:15 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Open Mah Jongg 3 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Perek Yomi 8 pm

Shaharit 7 am Nathan Gaffin Bar Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 pm Mitzvah 9:30 am Tot Shabbat 11 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 6:45 pm Beatrice & Saul Kardon Shaharit 7 am Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 pm BM 9:30 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 6:30 pm

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Shaharit 9 am Sis. Breakfast 9:45 am Fall Youth Day 12 pm Wisdom Project 12 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 9 am Preschool Playground & Popsicles 9:30 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 9 am Sukkah Construction 9:30 am Minhah/ Erev Rosh Hashanah Service 6 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Erev Rosh Hashanah

Shaharit 7 am Adult Ed Memoir 11 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Israeli Dancing 8 pm

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

Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35am Mah Jongg 7:15 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Adult Hebrew 8 pm Talmud Study 8 pm What’s Cooking 8 pm

Shaharit 7 am Open Mah Jongg 3 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Welcome Rabbi L. Kling Shaharit 7 am Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 pm Perkins Shabbat 9:30 am Minyan L’Noar 11 am Tot Shabbat 11 am Minhah/Selihot Program with Temple Isaiah and Dinner 5:30 pm

Shaharit/Selihot 6:55 am Shaharit/Selihot 6:55 am Shaharit/Selihot 6:55 am Shaharit/Selihot 6:55 am Shaharit/Selihot 6:55 am Shabbat service 9:30 am Adult Ed Memoir 11 am Meditation 8:30 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35am Open Mah Jongg 3 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 pm Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Israeli Dancing 8 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Mah Jongg 7:15 pm Havdalah 6:00 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

1 Tishrei

Yom Tov Services 8:20 am Tot Experience 9:30 am Family/K-2/Teen 10:30 am Tashlikh at Potter Pond 5:00 pm Minhah/Ma’ariv 6:30 pm Rosh Hashanah

Mazel Tov to Our September B’nei Mitzvah Nathan Gaffin, son of Norma & Michael Gaffin (Sept. 7)

L’Shanah Tovah!

Wishing you a sweet New Year!

Saul & Beatrice Kardon, children of Leah Sugarman & Len Kardon (Sept. 14)

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Shaharit/Selihot 6:55 am Sukkah Construction 9:30 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

2 Tishrei 2

Shaharit/Selihot 6:55 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35am Mah Jongg 7:15 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Adult Hebrew 8 pm

Rosh Hashanah

Fast of Gedaliah

Shaharit/Selihot 6:55 am Adult Ed Memoir 11 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Israeli Dancing 8 pm

9 Tishrei 9

Shaharit /Selihot 6:55 am Meditation 8:30 am Minhah 5:30 pm Youth Services 5:30 pm Kol Nidrei Services 5:45 pm

No Religious School BDPS Closes 1pm Erev Yom Kippur*

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Shaharit 9 am Sukkah Construction 9:30 am Lulav Pickup 11 am Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Erev Sukkot

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15 Tishrei 15

Sukkot Services 9:15 am Tot Sukkot Service 11 am Progressive Lunch 12 pm Minhah/Ma’ariv 6:00 pm

Columbus Day Sukkot

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22 Tishrei 22

Shaharit 8:30am Wisdom Project 12 pm Minhah/Ma’ariv 5:45 pm

Yom Tov Services 9:15 am Simhat Torah Dinner/ Celebration 5:45 pm Kabbalat Panim/Hakafot 6:45 pm Simhat Torah Teen Ice Cream Social 6:45 pm

Hoshanah Rabbah

Shemini Atzeret

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Shaharit 9 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

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20 Tishrei

Shabbat service 9:30 am Minyan L’Noar 11 am Tot Shabbat 11 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 5:45 pm Shabbat Shuva

10 Tishrei 10

Shaharit 7 am Avi Torres Bar Mitzvah Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 pm 9:30 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 5:45 pm

Yom Kippur

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Shaharit 6:45 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35am Pizza in the Hut (gr. 5-12) 5:30 pm Mah Jongg 7:15 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Adult Hebrew 8 pm

Shaharit 6:45 am Open Mah Jongg 3 pm Sis Paid-Up Supper 6 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 6:45 am Shabbat/Yom Tov Ma’ariv/Kiddush in Sukkah 6:15 pm

Daniel Amariglio Bar Mitzvah 9:30 am Meditation 9:30 am Minyan L’Noar 11 am Tot Shabbat 11 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 5:30 pm

Hol Hamoed Sukkot

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Yom Tov Services w/ Hakafot 9:15am Tot Simhat Torah 11 am Kiddush Lunch 12:45pm Minhah/Ma’ariv 5:45pm

24 Tishrei 24

Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Preschool Back to School Night 6:45 pm Mah Jongg 7:15 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

25 Tishrei 25

Shaharit 7 am Me’ah Select 9:30 am Open Mah Jongg 3 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

26 Tishrei 26

Shaharit 7 am Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 pm

27 Tishrei

Kayla Smith Bat Mitzvah 9:30am Minyan Katan 10 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 5:15 pm

Schools Closed Simhat Torah

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Shaharit 7 am Adult Ed Memoir 11 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Israeli Dancing 8 pm

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Yom Kippur Services 9 am Shaharit 7 am Tot Experience 9:30 am Open Mah Jongg 3 jpm Family/K-2/Teen 10:30 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm YK Meditation 2 pm Text Study 3 pm Minhah 4 pm Ne’ilah 5:30 pm Community Break-Fast 7:15 pm

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Sukkot Services 9:15 am Youth Program 3:40 pm Pizza in Hut (gr. 3-4) 5 pm Minhah/Ma’ariv 6:00 pm

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Yom Tov Services 8:20 am Tot Experience 9:30 am Family/K-2/Teen 10:30 am Minhah/Ma’ariv 6:15 pm

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Shaharit 6:45 am Meditation 8:30 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

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Shaharit 6:45 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Mah Jongg 7:15 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Adult Hebrew 8 pm Talmud Study 8 pm

2 Heshvan

Shaharit 7 am Me’ah Select 9:30 am Ivrit laKol 9:30 am Open Mah Jongg 3pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

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Mazel Tov to Our October B’nei Mitzvah Avi Torres, son of Rachel Weinstein & Pepin Torres (Oct. 12)

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Daniel Amariglio, son of Joanna Grubel and Leon & Rebecca Amariglio, (Oct. 19) Kayla Smith, daughter of Andrea Hillel & Neil Smith (Oct. 26)

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Shaharit 9 am Shaharit 7 am Bro Sukkah deconstruc- Adult Ed Memoir 11 am tion 9:30 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Keeper of the Flame Israeli Dancing 8 pm 5 pm (T Israel, Sharon) Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

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

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Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Mah Jongg 7:15 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Ivrit la Kol 9:30 am Me’ah Select 9:30 am Open Mah Jongg 3pm Meditation 4 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Perek Yomi 8 pm

10 Heshvan 9

USY Leadership Retreat Shaharit 7 am Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm

10 12 Heshvan 11 13 Heshvan 12 14 Heshvan 13 15 Heshvan 14 16 Heshvan 15 17 Heshvan USY Leadership Retreat Shaharit 7 am Shaharit 9 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Wisdom Project 12 pm Israeli Dancing 8 pm Sis Dinner & Movie 5 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Meditation 8:30 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Dessert/Discussion w/ Rabbi LKP 8 pm

Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Lunch & Learn w/Rabbi Lerner 12 pm Mah Jongg 7:15 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Adult Hebrew 8 pm Talmud Study 8 pm

Shaharit 7 am Ivrit la Kol 9:30 am Me’ah Select 9:30 am Open Mah Jongg 3 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Community Shabbat Dinner 5:15 pm Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm

4 Heshvan

Shabbat Service 9:30 am Tot Shabbat 11 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 5:15 pm

11 Heshvan

USY Leadership Retreat Shabbat Service 9:30 am Meditation 9:30 am Learning Minyan 11 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 4:00 pm

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Joshua Yaar Bar Mitzvah 9:30 am Minyan L’Noar 11 am Tot Shabbat 11 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 4:00 pm

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Shaharit 9 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 9 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Israeli Dancing 8 pm

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

Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Mah Jongg 7:1 5pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Talmud Study 8 pm

Shaharit 7 am Shaharit 7 am Minhah/Kabbalat Me’ah Select 9:30 am Shabbat 5:30 pm Open Mah Jongg 3 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Master Your Metabolism (Thrope Program) 8 pm

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Shaharit 9 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Israeli Dancing 8 pm

Shaharit 7 am Meditation 8:30 am LICA Thanksgiving Service 7:30 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Mah Jongg 7:15 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

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Shaharit 7 am Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm

Shaharit 9:15 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Camp Israel Summer Program Shabbat Service 9:30 am Meditation 9:30 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 4:00 pm

2 Kislev

Shabbat Service 9:30 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 4:00 pm

Thanksgiving Rosh Hodesh Kislev

Mazel Tov to Our November Bar Mitzvah Office Hours Sunday Joshua Yaar, son of Jennifer & Ziv Yaar (Nov. 16)

9:00 am – 12 pm

(when Religious School is in session)

Monday – Thursday

9:00 am – 5:30 pm

Friday

9:00 am – 2:00 pm

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