October 19 Bulletin by Beth El Synagogue Center

October 2019 • Vol. 102, No.3 TISHRI ~ CHESHVAN 5780 WWW.BETHELNR.ORG

JOIN US FOR SIMCHAT TORAH AS WE HONOR THESE OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF BETH EL Shayna Klopott, Kallat Maftir

Shayna Klopott, along with her husband Michael (Frankel) and daughter Sophie, 9, has been a Beth El member since 2017. Sophie attends Beth El Religious School and goes to the Thornton Donovan School. The Klopott-Frankel family lives in Pelham. Previously, they were members of the Pelham Jewish Center. Shayna and Michael have also lived in Chicago, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Manhattan. Shayna, Michael, and Sophie love to travel, eat good food, see movies and read! One of our daily activities is for Michael to read a bedtime story (currently Lord of the Rings) while Shayna and Sophie work on a puzzle. Shayna grew up in Delmar, N.Y., and learned about synagogue leadership from a young age, as her mother was on the Religious School Board and the Executive Board, eventually serving as president of the congregation. Shayna works in K-12 education research and evaluation and has a Ph.D. in Politics and Education from Teachers College/Columbia University. Prior to attending TC, she worked in federal education policy and earned her masters in teaching social studies. When she has solo free time, Shayna can be found on a hiking trail or curled up with a good novel and a good cup of coffee. On Shabbat morning, you can usually find Shayna in the family Kehillah service with Sophie.

Lisa Mandelker, Kallat Kol HaN’arim Lisa Mandelker was born in the suburbs of Seattle, Washington. After stops in Washington, D.C., where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree from The George Washington University, and Phoenix, A.Z., where she graduated as a Doctor of Osteopathy from Midwestern University, she finally settled in New York to complete her residency in Pediatrics at Long Island Jewish Medical Center’s Schneider Children’s Hospital. While in training, she met her husband, Larry, and they married just as residency was ending in 2008. Although they moved to Manhattan's Upper East Side, Lisa started working immediately at Pediatric Associates of Southern Westchester in New Rochelle. From her time spent in New Rochelle and many positive experiences at Beth El, Lisa and Larry decided to move out of the city to New Rochelle and became Beth El members in 2012. Lisa continues to practice Pediatrics full time at PASW and is the proud mother of two children—Charlie (9) and Molly (6). Lisa has found many ways to get involved at Beth El. Both children attended Beth El Day Camp and are now students in the Religious School. She was a member of the continued, page 18

Stephen Silverman, Hatan Breishit

Stephen Silverman was born in New Haven, CT, and raised in New Rochelle, where he and his two sisters attended New Rochelle public schools. His parents, Dr. Jason (a retired pediatrician) and Louise Silverman, have lived in New Rochelle since 1963 and have been Beth El members since 1968. Steve attended Beth El Day Camp and graduated from Beth El’s Community Hebrew High School. In 1991, Steve married Emily Bromberg, the Chief of Staff at the AntiDefamation League, who was also raised in New Rochelle. They have two children—Danielle, 23, a recent graduate of Landmark College, who recently returned from a Birthright trip to Israel, and Sam, 21, a senior at Georgetown University. Steve and Emily have been members of Beth El since 2000. Steve participated in the Journey strategic planning effort and cochairs the community space prototype team with Nina Luban. He also co-chairs, with Fred Wiener, the Bridges to Civility effort to encourage and learn how to have civil discourse across the political spectrum. He serves on the board of the Westchester Jewish Council and as an Ambassador for the American-Israel Joint Distribution Committee. Steve advises former President Bill Clinton and his Foundation on strategic communications and stakeholder continued, page 18

Risë Stern, Kallat Torah Risë Stern grew up in Flushing and attended Temple Gates of Prayer. She saw her father serve on the synagogue Budget and Ritual Committees. She saw her mother chair many Sisterhood committees and also serve as Vice President on the Sisterhood Board. Rise began participating in USY and was lucky to be in a group led by the late Dr. Stephen Wolnek and his wife Elysia. They encouraged her participation and convinced her to attend her first International Convention in Chicago. She served as President of her group and worked with the USY groups at the other Conservative Synagogues in Flushing, Hillcrest Manor and Little Neck. When she was pursuing her Teaching Degree at Queens College, and needed to gain experience working with children, she worked with the cantor at TGP as he did a music program with the children in the Hebrew School. While in college, Risë met Alan and upon completion of her Bachelor’s Degree they married. They lived in Flushing while they both taught in New York City and Risë got her Master’s Degree from Queens College. After starting a family Risë, Alan, and their son Seth moved to White Plains and then joined Temple Israel Center. Risë also joined Elana Hadassah, and was active for several continued, page 18

Looking to Volunteer? We likely have something to match your interest! Contact Abby Wise at awise@bethelnr.org.

Sukkah Walk...................................... page 3 Vision Action Team.......................... page 6 Carrie Fox, Volunteer of the Month.... page 5 #BethElGoesGreener........................ page 7

The Wisdom of Oz Classes................ page 9 Nursery School News...............pages 12, 13

High Holiday Service Schedule 2019 | 5780 Happy New Year! May you be inscribed in the Book of Life. KOL NIDRE Tuesday, October 8 1:00 pm | Mincha 6:00 pm | Kol Nidre Services (Main Sanctuary & Kasakove) 6:08 pm | Candle Lighting (provided at Beth El)

YOM KIPPUR Wednesday, October 9 9:00 am | Two Simultaneous Services (Main Sanctuary & Kasakove) 11:30 am | Yizkor Service (Time is approximate) 1:15 pm | One Combined Service to Conclusion 4:00 pm | Mincha (note time change)

Healing Service - In Between Musaf and Mincha

For those in need of spiritual, emotional or physical healing, Rabbi Zach Sitkin will create a non-judgmental space to explore the different challenges we face. Together we will activate our capacity for self-resilience through Jewish prayer and ritual. This service contains moments of liturgy, songs, meditation, and study. We will draw strength from the support, comfort, and compassion of those living in our community. YOM KIPPUR Wednesday, October 9 5:45 pm | Ne’eilah (note change from September) 6:30 pm | Youth Magic Show** Torah for Tots, Grades K and Younger 7:20 pm | Shofar/Havdalah 9:00 am | Babysitting

BABYSITTING Babysitting will take place in rooms 2 & 3 of the Nursery School, and is for children 8 and under only. Please include the location of the parent’s seats during sign-in. Water and a snack will be provided. Please do not bring any food into the babysitting classrooms. Only a parent/guardian may remove a child from the room, older siblings are not permitted to take younger siblings from the room. Please be courteous—pick up of your child is to be no later than 9:00 pm on Kol Nidre, and 8:00 pm on Yom Kippur.

** Havdalah: Children are invited to gather in the Wiener Lounge at 6:30 pm and they will be on the Bimah for the conclusion of the service. Children and adults are invited to bring their own Shofarot for the final blast.

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Snack Mainstages Tefillah Songs, Story, Activity

Sukkah Walk A Community Lunch

Saturday, October 19 | 12:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;3:30 p.m.

Fun for everyone...adults, seniors, teens and families! A Sukkah Walk is a progressive, pot luck, community lunch. Participants will stroll from Beth El to homes (and sukkahs) of three congregants.* We will have appetizers in one, lunch in the next, and dessert in the last.

FREE EVENT, FUN FOR ALL! *Hosts addresses will be emailed to all attendees before the event Advanced registration requested at www.bethelnr.org/sukkahwalk To purchase a lulav and etrog and for pick up information, visit bethelnr.org/lulav2019. Questions? Contact Cantor Aqua at uaqua@bethelnr.org or 914-235-2700. ext. 222. 3

RABBI’S MESSAGE: SINS OF SPEECH live. When the language we use to talk about others is brutal, people will behave with cruelty. When our discourse and rhetoric descends into hate and we belittle the humanity of others, usually those who are most vulnerable, we can’t act surprised when people who are listening resort to violence against such populations. Nobody knows this better than the Jewish people. The antiSemitism that led to horrific violence against our people and ultimately the murder of millions of Jews was always preceded by neologisms and euphemisms that dehumanized Jews. Always. Speech matters, and we should never be casual in the way we assess its impact. Yom Kippur’s list of communal sins emphasizes the dangers of hurtful speech over all others, not because we Jews are so concerned with the elegance of speech but because we know that speech shapes ideologies, and ideologies influence behavior. Cruel and destructive speech is a danger to society. We bear responsibility for the ways in which we countenance speech that degrades others by not calling it out when we hear it. This is the plural of “We have sinned against You by the way we talk .” As we beat our chests this year, may we each resolve to put an end to language that vilifies others by showing self-restraint and by speaking up when others lack such restraint. Wishing you and your loved ones a g’mar hatimah tovah, that you shall be sealed in the Book of Life! L’shalom,

Dear Friends, As you read this, Yom Kippur is fast approaching. It is my favorite holiday, and yes, I would choose twenty-five hours of fasting and prayer with my community— with each of you—over Hanukkah or Purim any day. The communal aspect of Yom Kippur Rabbi David Schuck is inescapable. Central to our pursuit of forgiveness is the confessional which is formulated in the plural: We have sinned against You by…On a day dedicated to self-reflection and repentance, why do we focus so compulsively on communal sins? In the book Understanding the High Holy day Services, Rev. Dr. Jeffrey M. Cohen answers this question without mincing words. He writes: [This suggests] that it is society which fosters the climate and conditions wherein sin is engendered in the heart of the individual. An unfeeling society will nurture despair on the part of the disadvantaged…An irresponsible society will, similarly, breed delinquency, violence, and sin. The plural formulation indicates that, though the individual commits the act, society at large must bear the responsibility….The catalogue of sins is restricted to the domain of ethics and morals, as if to emphasize that no Jew who strives after piety may ignore his responsibilities to his fellow man. Dr. Cohen is surely not suggesting that individual people are not responsible for their behavior. But he is saying that sins do not occur in a vacuum. People are shaped by the society in which they

Rabbi David A. Schuck

CHUG IVRI

Have a question about Jewish law? Slip it into the D’var Halacha box outside Rabbi Schuck’s office. Pictured at right, Carole Graham.

Want to practice your Hebrew-speaking skills? Join our Chug Ivri! We meet every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7.30 pm at Beth El (conference room). Questions? Contact Phyllis Steinberg at Phyllis.steinberg@gmail.com

AIPAC CONFERENCE MARCH 1-3, 2020

WANT TO LEARN HEBREW?

Join Beth El at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. Early bird registration is available! To attend with the Beth El delegation, please contact Rabbi Sitkin at zsitkin@bethelnr.org.

Join Miri for her Wednesday Ulpan classes! Ulpan is an Israeli method for teaching; improving all Hebrew skills, reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension. Classes are at all levels, whether you are just learning the Aleph Bet or are already carrying on a conversation in Hebrew. Beginner classes are 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm; Intermediate classes are 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm; and Advanced classes are 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm.

Misheberach List Update Any name added to the Misheberach list will be automatically removed after one month. If a name needs to remain for another month, please reach out again to a member of the clergy.

First semester dates are September 4, 11, 18, 25; October 23, 30; November 13, 20; December 4, 11, 18.The fee is $165 for the 11 sessions. Contact Miri at MiriUlpan@gmail.com, or 914-602-1503. 4

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Over the summer, the Jerusalem Post reported that a minyan was held in a small synagogue in Manama, Bahrain, for perhaps the first time in a decade. Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, who attended the minyan, was quoted as saying, “The synagogue is the secret weapon of the Jewish community. As soon as you walk in, you’re home.” This has always been my feeling when entering a shul, especially Beth El. When I enter the building, I am home. Why do we feel so at home in the synagogue? Some of the “at home comfort” comes from a sense of familiarity that often dates back to our childhood. And some of it derives from warm memories of times within a shul’s walls. Then, there is the sense of groundedness in Judaism and our tradition that a synagogue affords. The sanctuary, the chapel, the Jewish art on the walls, the Sisterhood Gift Shop, the memorial plaques, and more all evoke deep-seated feelings within us. But in addition to these influences from the past, the synagogue is our home because of what we do there in the present. The synagogue is the seat of our community. Indeed, whenever we ask congregants to describe Beth El, the word community is always one of the first to be mentioned. So what can we do to keep our shul and our community strong in an age where synagogue membership is on the decline and not everyone has those deep-seated connections to synagogue life? Many ideas have come forth from the Journey process and our work to turn our Vision into Action (you knew I would mention this sooner or later). One of these ideas combines the physical space of our synagogue with the nurturing of our community. This Autumn, for a period of two to three months, we will

ISRAELI DANCING Learn old and new dances with Cantor Uri Aqua

SUNDAYS, 10:00 am – 11:00

$10 per class at Beth El Synagogue Center Interested? E-mail uaqua@bethelnr.org. Wear comfy clothes and sneakers.

Have fun with Yiddish! FRIDAYS, 1:00 pm, at beth el Call Bea Freedman, 914-337-8645.

experiment with turning the Wiener Lounge into a multi-purpose community space. Open all day, “The Den @ Beth El” will be a place for such informal activities as schmoozing, reading, having a cup of coffee, and working online, as well as for some more organized activities such as the daily minyan and a few of our classes. Mark Silver The purpose of building a communal space among our already functioning prayer, office, meeting, and class spaces is to connect us further with each other and, of course, with our shul. Put differently, we hope “The Den” will take us to the next level of making the synagogue our home. See the Vision Action Team Update (next page) for more details. About 100 years ago, Ahad Ha’am famously said, “More than Israel has kept the Shabbat, the Shabbat has kept Israel.” I think the same can be said for the synagogue. It is not just that Jews have maintained synagogues, but the synagogue has maintained Jews. The month of Tishrei is at hand. Over the next few weeks, many of us will be spending much time at Beth El for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah. May our time together as a community be a source of meaning, strength, and joy for us all! Wishing you and yours a Happy and Healthy 5780! See you at home in shul!

Mark

Volunteer of the Month: Carrie Fox Carrie has been active at Beth El since joining in 2010 with her husband, David Shechter, and their children Ilana, Jacob, and Naomi. Carrie is chair of the Religious School Board and a member of the Keruv Committee and Youth Services Committee. She coordinates a Zumba class that is also a synagogue fundraiser (Sundays at 9:30 am), co-founded Parent Chevruta, is co-creating a Jewish Parent Learning Circle, and she is occasionally a substitute leader of Torah for Tots. Previously, Carrie served on the Journey Vision Team, Board of Trustees, Assistant Rabbi Search Committee, Membership Committee, Constitution Committee, and Nursery School Board. Involvement with Beth El is a family affair. Ilana was president of the Beth El USY chapter and assistant teacher in the Religious School, and David is a vice president, member of the Board of Trustees and Ritual Committee, and Chair of the Kasakove Service Committee. Professionally, Carrie is a corporate lawyer focusing on health care technology and serves as Counsel at IBM Watson Health. Carrie is an alum of Cornell University and Yale Law School. Carrie loves to knit and is a chocoholic. One of the activities that Carrie’s family likes best about Beth El is attending the Kallah retreat. They haven’t missed one since 2011! An upcoming Beth El event that Carrie is looking forward to is the launch of the new Teen Program. 5

OUR NEXT CHAPTER TOGETHER: VISION ACTION TEAM UPDATE The Den @ Beth El • #socialspiritstudy An experiment in social, spiritual, and learning dimensions… together in one multi-purpose community room

Your fellow congregants on the Vision Action Team are getting it all together . . . literally. Beth El will soon pilot a multipurpose community room, a space where you can engage in study, conversation, computer work, or a cup of coffee, often simultaneously. And once the pilot is underway, we want YOU. When members of the Journey team visited Adas Israel, a Conservative congregation in Washington, DC, they were inspired by the synagogue’s Beit Midrash, an oasis of learning and prayer as well as a communal spot to gather and schmooze. This multi-use space houses the daily morning and evening minyanim, as well as learning programs and

smaller meetings. It is a space where congregants can sit, grab a cup of coffee or plug into WiFi. It is, most literally, a place to come together. In the late fall, Beth El will experiment with its own multiuse community gathering place—The Den @ Beth El— which will hold its trial period in the Wiener Lounge. It is, simply, a space for you to hang out in, whether socializing, working, studying, or praying. Keep your eyes open for more information about The Den @ Beth El, and consider this an invitation to pop in and see what it’s all about when the doors open.

MEET THE VOLUNTEERS OF BETH EL’S SECURITY COMMITTEE The Security Committee has been in existence and active for more than seventeen years. Our mission is to keep our members, guests, personnel, and the building safe and protected. The current committee members are Russell Fayer and Michael Dorfman, co-chair; Jeff Mittleman, congregant member; and Erica Leventhal and Abby Wise, staff members. The committee meets regularly and as needed. Among our recent efforts and achievements have been the review and upgrading of our facility and practices to make our building more secure. This has included security measures to our doors and windows, the construction of our new security booth at the front door, the increased presence of additional security personnel, along with other measures. We also have new and upgraded security

cameras and other electronic devices. We have been the recipient of numerous Homeland Security grants as well as other grants that have enabled us to enhance our security and make many of these improvements at reduced cost to the membership. We currently have other grant applications pending We have produced, and revise as necessary, a Security Handbook, which is distributed to the staff, including all teachers. We have provided security training to the staff for active shooter situations and certain medical emergency situations. We meet regularly and as needed with the New Rochelle Police Department, and NRPD performs routine assessments of our facility and procedures. The Committee has been entrusted with our safety and strives to continually maintain this.

Want to feature your committee or a member? Contact Marc Klee at mklee7@gmail.com 6

#BethElGoes Greener

Waste Reduction Success Stories Highlighted at Green Team’s First Event

The Beth El Green Team sponsored its first event on Wednesday evening, September 11th—a presentation of “Successful Sustainability Actions in Westchester Municipalities and Faith-Based Institutions.” The event, which attracted a sizable turnout of about thirty, heard a fascinating presentation by Ron Schulhof, a sustainability activist who, together with his colleague Michelle Sterling, have helped several religious and educational institutions, as well as municipalities in Westchester to implement sustainability programs. They are the innovators behind Scarsdale’s Food Scrap Recycling/ Composting program. Both Ron and Michelle are active members of Westchester Reform Temple (WRT). Schulhof’s presentation addressed one of the five key focus areas of Beth El’s Green Team agenda —Waste Reduction and Management. The other focus areas are E n e rg y C o n s e r v a t i o n , Water Conservation, Green Purchasing and Facilities/ Green Building. Schulhof and Sterling’s approach to waste reduction, as implemented at WRT, involves separation of paper, compostables, and recyclables (clean plastic, metal, and glass) from unusable trash. The ultimate goal is to re-use as much as possible, and salvage compostables/recyclables. An example of reusables in a Kiddush or Bar/Bat Mitzvah setting would be the use of glass plates and metal utensils. Where one-time use items are involved, substitutes for plastics should be used as much as possible – e.g., plates, utensils and drinking cups. Schulfhof showed the group samples of such items made of compostable corn starch as opposed to plastics. Schulhof stressed that it takes a bit of time for congregation members to get used to separating their waste into the four categories, but the WRT program makes it easier by having bins for all four types of items at the same locations, with clearly marked labels.

Waste reduction is also achieved by encouraging the use of slightly smaller compostable plates and cups, thus reducing the amount of waste and messy liquid to be discarded. If people want more food, they can go back and refill their plates. Of course, it’s better by far not to get plates and cups into the waste stream in the first place—compostable or otherwise—by starting with reusables, where appropriate. While contributing to environmental sustainability, the cost difference between operating this sustainable waste program versus a traditional program is marginal, Schulhof indicated. The biggest addition to current expenses is purchasing compostable supplies (versus traditional ones) and carting the compost to an appropriate facility. But that is offset somewhat by savings in trash haulage. Implementation of a waste reduction program at Beth El will take coordination among the congregation’s leaders. Beth El Board and Green Team members were well represented at the meeting. Rabbi Schuck, who could not attend, is supportive of the wastereduction goal. The Green Team is off to a great start. Attendees at the September 11th meeting were enthusiastic about moving forward. In the coming weeks and months, you’ll be hearing more about our efforts.

Progress toward reducing waste at Beth El and working toward the Green Team’s other focus objectives depends on us all participating. We urge you to become part of the Green Team and contribute to a more sustainable community. Please attend our meetings, which are always listed in the synagogue calendar. Remember, there is no Planet B! By Lew Koflowitz, lewkof@hotmail.com Green Team Contact Info: Alan Greenberg, asgreenberg2@gmail.com Jayne Peister, peisterjs@gmail.com

HIGHLIGHTING THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE SYLVIA AND ROBERT SCHER CHESED COMMUNITY • Special Needs Seder: Our biggest project is the Passover Seder, which is held annually for over 200 developmentally disabled guests from all over Southern Westchester. The entire Seder—jointly sponsored with WJCS—is outfitted and served by volunteers from our shul community.

Chesed is defined loosely as doing good things for others who are in need. Since life is a continuous journey with many ups and downs whether we are 8 or 80, we all are in need of some chesed from time to time. Our group recruits and advises volunteers who can be involved in one of the following areas: • Visiting: Nate Fisher and Eunice Kaplan are a good example of a team who visit the frail or homebound elderly to schmooze and lighten the day of the more isolated. Others, like Barbara Finder and Barbara Horowitz, have visited new moms to help with the holding and feeding of preemie infants. Our Bikkur Cholim Committee is under the sensitive guidance of Rabbi Zach Sitkin. In addition to visiting, many of our volunteers stay in touch through phone calls. • Food: Joyce Wechsler and Susan Wolman chair our food committee where volunteers make suppers for those sitting Shiva, those with a sick relative or for new parents and their families.

We—Sandy Gruenberg and Ellen Gelboim, the Sylvia and Robert Scher Chesed Community co-chairs—would love for you to join us with whatever talents you may possess and interests you might have and become a part of our Chesed Community. Maybe you have a new idea for us to try. Maybe you want just a little project for a few months. Maybe you would like a long-term commitment to help fulfill your life. Whatever you choose, we are here to welcome you and to put you to work! Feel free to reach out to Sandy at gamson36@ gmail.com, or Ellen at esgelboim@gmail.com. 7

KERUV IN THE JEWISH NEW YEAR

*“Keruv” = to bring close, to draw near

would be most helpful. Bob Sussman is investigating whether it makes sense to start a mutual support group for seniors to explore and address some of the challenges and losses people commonly experience as they age. Let’s Talk About It has started up again and had its first meeting of the year last week. Grandparents shared their experiences, talking about how they are helping successfully transmit Jewish traditions and connections to the children of their intermarried children. Grandparents have been increasingly recognized as being particularly important in this regard, even among the adult children who in-marry. The women of Chai House were invited to join us for the High Holidays as official Beth El members for the first time this year. Please be sure to give them a warm greeting if you see them here. Of course, the Keruv committee is well aware that we are not the only ones striving to make the Jewish experience at Beth El as accessible as possible. I especially want to thank Alan Kelman from the Sanctuary Committee for working tirelessly with us to make sure the large print books and hearing amplification devices are clearly available for all services. Thank you to Debbie Young and cont., page 18 the team of ushers for being resources in this

We are entering the whirlwind of major holidays that comes in the seventh Hebrew month Tishrei. The rush of shifting emotions that accompany these holidays – reflection, remorse, hope, gratitude, and ultimately joy – propel us forward into the new year 5780. Over this period we come together to bond with members of our family and community, strengthening our sense of belonging and identity. The whole experience should be uplifting for everyone, in whatever way they participate, which means we have to be especially sensitive to issues of inclusion. Keruv has been working with the professional and lay leadership to accommodate whatever needs we can identify, but there is always more we can do. Toward that end, there are several initiatives underway. One of our new rabbinic fellows, Becca Weintraub, has a special interest in creating innovative, inclusive learning experiences for our youth. She will be speaking with a number of members to learn how she can best meet their family’s needs. Feel free to contact us if you would like to speak to Becca about this further. (To be clear, this is Becca Wientraub, the rabbinic student, not our own Bekkah Gold.) Two members of Keruv are addressing perceived needs of the senior community. Dorothy Fox and her subcommittee are working with New Rochelle Cares to see what we could do concretely that

Rabbi Karp Presents: Senior Adult Jewish Education Judaism in Israel is undergoing one of the greatest transformations since biblical times. Israelis have forged a new way of being Jewish, confronting and overcoming the great challenges of modernity, secularism, assimilation, and apathy. The book, Israeli Judaism, makes the first serious attempt to explain how Israeliness and Jewishness are becoming one and the same. Taught by Rabbi Molly Karp Wednesday mornings, 9:30 am - 11:30 am at Beth El Synagogue Center October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 20, 27 December 4, 11, 18 Cost: $350 Fee includes all classes and audio recordings of each class. Students will need to acquire their own copy of the book. To learn more about Rabbi Karp, visit her website, www.rabbimollykarp.com. With questions and to enroll,contact Rabbi Karp at rabbimollykarp@gmail.com.

TORAH PORTION STUDY PARASHA HASHAVUA with Jack Gruenberg

Thursdays at 1:30 pm, in Beth El’s library. No R.S.V.P. 8

Did you know? to congregants, clergy, and staff as needed. If you need to reach the WJCS Partners in Caring coordinator, please contact Shari Baum at 914-7610600, ext. 145, or email sbaum@wjcs.com and she will be able to connect you with the social worker assigned to our synagogue. Partners in Caring is funded through a grant from UJA Federation of New York, and additional support from each synagogue.

Did you know that through UJA Federation of New York's Partners in Caring program, WJCS-Westchester Jewish Community Services offers our members the opportunity to address issues and concerns in a safe, comfortable, and familiar environment? In addition to short-term individual counseling (three free sessions), our Partners in Caring WJCS social worker facilitates support groups and provides resources and referrals

“THE WISDOM OF OZ” AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, LITERARYp.m. & POLITICAL WRITINGS MEETINGS ARE 7:30–9:00 In Memory of Amos Oz. Discussions and Readings This is a FREE event! from Memoirs, Novels, and Political Essays 2018–2019 SCHEDULE:

Beth El Members: $65 | Community Members: $100 October 24, 2018 Session Dates | of Thursdays: The Last Watchman Old Cairo by Michael David Lukas

October 31 • November 7, 14, 21 • December 5, 12 January 30, 2019 The Plumbegin Tree with by Ellen Marie Wiserman Sessions a lesson from Dr. Carol Diament followed by a short break and a

May 1, 2019 political lesson from Rabbi David Schuck. Karolina’s Twins by Ronald Balston Dr. Carol Diament: 9:30–10:30 a.m.

June 27, 2019 Rabbi David Schuck: 10:45 a.m.–Noon The Female Persuasion by Meg Woilitzer Please buy and read for the first class:

NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED

“An Autobiographical Vein” 4 stories pp. 357–386 in The Amos Oz Reader, Houghton Harcourt Co. at 2009 Questions? PleaseMifflin contact Erica Publ. Epstein 914.391.6662 or

Cynthia Glickman atfrom 914.582.6297 Dear Zealots: Letters a Divided Land (Translated by Jessica Cohen) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publ. Co. 2018. Readings to be presented in class. Regsiter at bethelnr.org/oz. Walk-ins welcome! At Beth El Synagogue Center 9

Beth El Sisterhood Supports Torah Fund Each year our Beth El Sisterhood members continue their support of the Torah Fund Campaign of Women’s League. Contributions strengthen and perpetuate Conservative Judaism throughout the world. This year’s pin features the word Chesed. The word can be translated as “loving kindness” to convey the deep love that animates Jewish acts of kindness, done without thought of reward. The 5780 (2019-2020) Torah Fund pin depicts a heart surrounded by three circles, one larger than the next. As said in Psalm 89, may we build a world of kindness.

Your annual donation of various levels enables you to receive this beautiful pin. Money raised for Torah Fund will go towards Jewish learning at the highest levels, college, graduate, rabbinical, cantorial, and chaplaincy. Torah fund provides scholarships and program support for five seminaries, which offer an exceptional formal education and informal experiences in Jewish living and community building to our future leaders. We have received this year’s pin. Please consider participating in the support of Women’s League of Conservative Judaism and contact Barbara Horowitz at Barbara.Horowitz@gmail.com, or Janis Demartini at jdemartini37@gmail.com.

Sukkah Brunch & Author Talk Presented by Beth El Sisterhood and New Rochelle Hadassah

Thursday, October 17 Brunch 11:30 a.m. | Speaker Begins 12:30 p.m. SUGGESTED DONATION: $5 Well-Known Author, Andrew Gross, will be speaking about his NYTimes

Save the date . . . Thursday, November 14th for Sisterhood's Paid Up Membership Dinner. Pay your dues today and join us for a night out!

best selling novel, The Button Man, and his soon to be released, The Fifth Column.

Books available for sale. Registration Required. Please RSVP at bethelnr.org/October17 For more information and contact Ellen Hollander at ellenarts@optonline.net or 914-235-2700 ext. 223.

SPONSORED BY:

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Arlene Salman, Sisterhood Vice President of Ongoing Programs, presenting a check to Sisterhood President, Sandy Gruenberg for $572. This was collected from our weekly Canasta and Mah Jongg players from September to June.

Sisterhood Scene: Piety, Pumpkins, and Passion What could these three words possibly have in common when it comes to the month of October? Well, you’re in for a shock because they all have to do with the Jewish holidays in whose cycle we find ourselves until almost the end of the month! Piety – Yom Kippur offers us a unique opportunity to be AT ONE with ourselves and with God by ATONING for our misdeeds over the past year. Have we been gossiping, cheating or mean? Have we been kind compassionate and honest? Now is the time to evaluate our own deeds and to own up to those which need attention and change and also to those which we are obliged to increase in number because they lighten up our world. Pumpkins - This fall vegetable reminds us of the harvest season which we will enter soon as we realize our own dependence on nature and agricultural benevolence as we sit in the shaky and cold sukkah huts which we build as a reminder of the desert days of our ancestors. Pumpkins make a wonderful natural crock-pot for making

a cholent that can sit in the oven overnight and then be brought out into a breezy sukkah for a warming treat. Passion - As we end the holiday season we are reminded to be happy in our holidays - V’samachta b’chagecha and let your passions roll as we dance with the Torah and show our joy in having made it thorough another holiday season and show we are ready to face the coming year and its challenges. Sisterhood has two wonderful programs coming up to help you celebrate these events. First, our preparing the Sukkot kiddushim for your enjoyment on the first two days of the holiday. Ruth Hirsh, who has been chairing this event for many years, leads this team. Second, we have our author brunch in the Sukkah on October 17th, where well-known local author Andrew Gross will discuss his last book The Button Man and his newest book The Fifth Column. Join us for both programs and we look forward to seeing all of you in shul over the holiday period. Sandy Gruenberg, Sisterhood President

Sisterhood’s Ongoing Programs

BAGELS & BOOKS

CARD ROOM: 12:45 pm weekly: Canasta, Mondays; Mah Jongg, Tuesdays WALKING CLUB: every Monday at 9:30 am for a nice easy walk—not a jog. All are welcome! MITZVAH KNITTING: Free lessons and supplies. Knit at home and donate your work. E-mail Phyllis at pjf920@verizon.net.

Join us for a stimulating discussion, coffee, and bagels! The World without You, by Joshua Henkin Monday, October 28 • 9:30 am QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT ARLENE SALMAN 914-235-2485, AESALMAN@AOL.COM.

QUESTIONS? Contact Arlene: aesalman@aol.com, or 914-235-2485.

Join Beth El Sisterhood and the

Symphony of Westchester An All Beethoven Program

MONDAYS AT 9:30 AM Looking for a good book to read? Here is a list of our chosen books: 2019 October 28 ��The World Without You, by Joshua Henkin November 25 �We Were the Lucky Ones, by Georgia Hunter December 23 ��The Day of Atonement, by David Liss

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2019 | 8:00 p.m.

2020 January 13 ��The Bridge Ladies, by Betsy Lerner February 24 The One Man, by Andrew Gross March 23 ��Ravelstein, by Saul Bellow April 20 ��All Who Go Do Not Return, by Shulem Deen

Tickets: $40 per person Join Beth El Sisterhood and the Symphony of Westchester at Iona College for an evening of Beethoven Music including Piano Concerto no. 5 op. 73 in E flat Major. With guest artist Alon Goldstein, Israeli Classical Pianist.

New Rochelle Public Library reserves books for our Book Club. Mention you are a Beth El member. Questions? Contact Arlene Salman aesalman@aol.com or 914 235-2485

Tickets must be purchased in advance. All checks must be made out to Beth El Sisterhood. Please contact Carole Graham to purchase tickets at 914-576-6617 or carolegraham@optonline.net.

Zumba is back! Join us from 9:30 am to 10:30 am on the below dates. Each class is $10 (cash) and no advance R.S.V.P. is needed. Questions? Contact Carrie Fox at csfox99@gmail.com. - October 6 - October 20 - October 27 - November 3 - November 10 - November 17 - November 24 - December 8 - December 15

Please RSVP at bethelnr.org/sukkahsupper by Wednesday, October 16.

Shabbat SPACE is available on both days of Sukkot (October 14 and 15), Shemini Atzeret (October 21), and Simchat Torah (October 22).

SHABBAT SHABOOM IS NOW YEAR ROUND! Fridays, Noon - 12:30pm November 15, December 13, January 10, February 7, March 13, May 1, June 5 Watch for details, coming soon! 12

NURSERY SCHOOL NEWS Beginnings are magical, wondrous and filled with emotion. Whether bringing in a first child for their very first day of school, or a third child for their third year here at Beth El, this moment is special and filled with blessing. It is a blessing that our children are healthy; a blessing that we are part of a school that is able to offer abundant and rich opportunities for our children. We are blessed to work with all of you parents, relatives and caregivers who were so gentle and present for your children. Your trust and confidence in us helped to effectively make the giant transition from

home to school so that together we could successfully launch the year ahead. Lastly, we are also blessed to work with a professional, calm, devoted and caring staff that has made the beginning weeks of school run so smoothly. Our hope is that during their time at Beth El and beyond, children will deepen their love of learning and develop a thoughtful awareness of themselves and others. Join us on our Reggioinspired journey, as we strive to create a kehilla k’dushah, (sacred community) of children, parents and faculty. Enjoy the photos below, as we share our beginnings of the 2019-2020 school year. Ronnie Becher, Director

TODDLER TIME FOR CHILDREN WITH BIRTHDAYS: Jan. 1, 2018–Dec. 31, 2018 Begins Thursday, October 3 9:15–10:30 a.m. Registration is required. Register now at bethelnr.org/toddlertimefall2019

$490 for 14 Sessions FALL SESSION: OCTOBER: 3, 10, 17, 24 NOVEMBER: 7, 14, 21

DECEMBER: 5, 12, 19 JANUARY: 2, 9, 16, 23

• Play, Art & Music • Make new friends and learn together! • Classes begin with sensory and art experiences meant to develop decisionmaking skills, followed by gross-motor play, snack and music. • Classes are facilitated by a licensed teacher with parent/caregiver participation.

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A Note from the Director…

Religious School New Dismissal Procedures

With the beginning of the school year behind us, and the beginning of the New Year upon us, this is a time of new beginnings! Rosh Hashanah has just passed, a new year in the Religious School with new teachers and new families, new programming in the Department of Youth and Family Engagement, new professional staff—it is important to take a moment and pause, taking in what is happening to us and around us. There is a sign in the Office of Youth and Family Engagement that says “Be Here Now.” As we move through the Yamim Nora’im, the High Holy Days this year, I have been thinking about the importance of being present. I have been trying to pause and be fully present, taking some deep breaths to ground me in what I am doing in the moment, and letting the power of that moment propel me forward. During these High Holy Days, I challenge you to try and do the same thing. Whether I am dancing, teaching, driving, praying, walking—the list goes on—I am trying each day to live a little bit more in the ‘now,’ helping me feel more aware of what is going on around me and, in turn, more grateful for where I am too. October is a busy month, and busy times mean there are many meaningful moments for us to share. I hope we can all notice those moments a little bit more this month. I want to take a moment to introduce (below) some key players in the Department of Youth and Family Engagement. Shanah Tovah, Bekkah Gold, Director of Youth and Family Engagement

In September we began a new dismissal proceedure. Religious School Dismissal takes place between 5:40 pm and 6:10 pm every Thursday that Religious School is in session. Cars should enter the parking lot through the entrance closer to North Avenue on Northfield Road, looping through the front parking lot and snaking up to the front entrance, picking up children at the red doors by the Office of Youth and Family Engagement. Families are given color-coated cards for each of their children with their name and class listed. Parents or caregivers will put one card in the driver’s side window and hand one card to Stephanie, who will get your child and your child will hand you back your card, as if to match them together so we ensure everyone is safe. For those who would like to park, please use the second entrance on Northfield Road, further from North Avenue. Bekkah will be stationed outside so that the path to the second and third parking lots are accessible to anyone trying to enter or exit the building. NOTE TO THE COMMUNITY: If you plan to enter and/or leave Beth El during this window, please park in the second and third parking lots. All October Religious School dates are listed under Religious School Highlights. We look forward to a smoother process that maintains the safety and security of our children. This is our top priority. Thank you for your patience as we get used to this dismissal procedure!

WHO IS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT? Our department aims to provide social experiences for children Kindergarten through 12th grade in a Jewish environment. Our team of youth professionals makes sure that our kids and families are having fun all year long and we are so grateful for their energy and presence in our community. Kayla Sullivan will be the Youth Advisor for Ruach (Gr. K-2), Chaverim (Gr. 3-5), and Kadima (Gr. 6-8) this year, joining Stephanie and Bekkah at the majority of our youth and family programs. Jessica Fisher and Becca Weintraub, our Rabbinic Fellows, will enhance our family educational opportunities

throughout the year. There is parent programming offered throughout the year as well, so stay tuned! All of the areas within our department give each of you a chance to find a place you are comfortable for your family. We can’t wait to get to know all of you, kids and parents alike! Want to participate? Have questions? Contact us! Bekkah Gold: rgold@bethelnr.org, 914-235-2700, ext. 221 Stephanie Lederman: slederman@bethelnr.org, 914-235-2700, ext. 247 Kayla Sullivan – youth@bethelnr.org Andrew Van Bochove – usy@bethelnr.org

KAYLA SULLIVAN, our Youth Advisor, is no rookie here at Beth El. Having grown up here at Beth El herself, Kayla is joining our staff for her first year, working with all of our youth and families with children in grades K-8. She is thrilled to work with a group of kids who are so diverse and fun, and she has her own way of getting to know kids of all ages. In high school, Kayla was active in Beth El’s USY chapter, helping create communications systems for our teens. Kayla attended undergraduate school at the University of Delaware, and when she isn’t at Beth El, Kayla is working as a teacher in New York City.

ANDREW VAN BOCHOVE, our Teen Educator on Thursday evenings and USY Advisor, among many other roles, is joining us for his fourth year, continuing to enhance his role and demonstrate his commitment to our youth and families. In addition to running Family Kehillah Services on Saturday mornings, Andrew works closely with our Teen Leadership in order to ensure that we are at the forefront of teen engagement. Andrew is also a music educator, currently working as the band director for Pelham Middle School and Pelham High School. He lives in New Rochelle with his adorable pup (pictured).

COME LEARN WITH RABBINIC FELLOW JESSICA FISHER after Kiddush! Beth El kids in 3rd-5th grades and their grown-ups and siblings are invited to join Jessica for snacks, family learning, and hanging out after Kiddush at the Old Orchard house. We'll walk together from Beth El at 12:30 pm, or you can meet us there at 12:45 pm. We hope to see you there! 14

USY Teen Leadership Board 2019-2020

October Youth & Family Highlights Looking forward to seeing you at our events this month!

Presidents: Jonathan Gotian & Jonah Seidenfeld Israel Education VP: Logan Wasserman Membership/Kadima VP: Eitan Gotian Social Action/Tikkun Olam VP: Lauren Afran Communications VP: Dylan Tait Senior Fellow: Ilana Shechter 9th Grade Representatives: Arielle Maliniak & Daniel Patchen

Religious School Educator Orientation We are fortunate that some of our Beth El teens are volunteering in our Religious School! Looking for volunteer opportunities? Call us!

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Rosh Hashanah, Day 2 Erev Yom Kippur, Kol Nidre Yom Kippur Cub Scouts Bat Mitzvah, Lucy Casanova Fun programming with Jessica Fisher (see box, page 14) Sukkah Decorating, 10:00 am. Drop in! Open to all. Sukkot Begins Kadima Sicha, 10:30 am; SUKKAH WALK! Youth Simchat Torah Program with Jessica Fisher, 5:30 pm Simchat Torah Bar Mitzvah, Ari Mayblum BE Mitzvah Experience # 1 (6th graders & families 10:30 am Ruach Animal Day (for grades K-2), 11:00 am Chaverim Animal Day (for Grades 3-5), 12:00 pm

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Teen Board Meeting Teen Learning, 6:30 pm Teen Info Session for February Break Puerto Rico Trip, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Teen Learning, 6:30 pm Teen Sushi in the Sukkah (off-site) – No Teen Learning Rosh Hodesh 12th Grade Girls Shabbat Dinner in the Sukkah (off-site) Simchat Torah – Community Service Hours Available Teen Board Meeting Teen Learning, 6:30 pm

October Teen Highlights

October Parent Highlights 6 19 20 27

Zumba, 9:30 am Game Night (adults), sponsored by RS Parent Organization Parent Paint Ball, watch for details Zumba, 9:30 am

October Religious School Highlights Religious School Opening Day—We welcomed ten new families this year!

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Religious School Religious School; Chess Club Religious School Religious School Closed Religious School Board Meeting Religious School No Religious School Religious School; RS Educator Meeting RS Kehillah + Schmooze; Chess Club (after Ruach) RS Cooking Chug Religious School

Have something to celebrate with us? Email Bekkah to let us know at rgold@bethelnr.org.

OCTOBER 2019 MONDAY

SUNDAY

TUESDAY 1

1324 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10804-2190 914-235-2700 • www.bethelnr.org

2 TISHRI

Rosh Hashanah Services 8:00 am

A Conservative synagogue affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Rabbi .................................... David A. Schuck Associate Cantor ...............................Uri Aqua Assistant Rabbi.........................Zachary Sitkin Rabbi Emeritus ......................Melvin N. Sirner Hazzan Emeritus ....................Farid Dardashti Executive Director ..................Erica Leventhal Asst. Executive Director ................ Abby Wise Controller .................................... Olivier Vogel Camp Dir./Seniors Coord........Julie Rockowitz Nursery School Director ......... Ronnie Becher Dir. of Youth Engagement ...........Bekkah Gold Sp. Projects Dir. /Asst.to Clergy ......L. Newman Director of Facilities ................... Carlos Lopez OFFICERS President .......................................Mark Silver Executive Vice President.........Robert Patchen Vice President ......Lauren Freeman-Bosworth Vice President ........................ David Shechter Vice President ........................ Debbie Young Treasurer ................................ Barbara Cohen Financial Secretary ........................Ellen Barlis Recording Secretary ............Nancy Mayerfield AFFILIATES Sisterhood President .......... Sandy Gruenberg Men’s Club President ........... Steven L. Young Religious Sch. Parent Org. ........Sharon Brown, Julia Keltz, Lisa Mandelker Marci Marcus Nursery Sch. Parent Org. ......... Gayle Salama Joana Esterow BULLETIN EDITOR

Linda Newman

7:20 pm

Mincha/Maariv 6:30pm ROSH HASHANAH

Religious School 9:00 am Nursery School Family Photos 9:00 am Zumba 9:30 am Chess Club 11:00 am Teen Feb. Break Trip Info Session 12:00 pm

Mincha/Maariv 6:20 pm

Shacharit 8:00am

Beth El maintains morning and evening services every day of the year. Contact Associate Cantor Uri Aqua, 914-235-2700, ext. 222.

* Minyan times listed on this

calendar page and elsewhere in The Bulletin are accurate as of the date of printing. Please visit the Beth El website www.bethelnr.org/calendar for the most up-to-date information. NOTE: Friday evening services are held at 7:00 pm throughout the spring and summer months.

Jewish Short Stories 10:00 am

Kol Nidre Services 6:00 pm Babysitting 6:00 pm

METNY USY Leadership Day

Mincha/Maariv 5:50pm HOSHANAH RABAH

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Nursery School Family Photos 9:00 am Encounter Pre-Travel Session 9:00 am Zumba 9:30 am BE Mitzvah Experience 10:30 am Ruach 11:00 am Chaverim 12:00 pm Chess Club 12:00 pm

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7:29 pm

6:57 pm

Sukkot Services 9:00 am

Mincha/Maariv 6:10pm SUKKOT/ COLUMBUS DAY

Mincha/Shiur/Maariv 6:10pm SUKKOT

22 TISHRI

Shemini Atzeret Services 9:00 am Youth Simchat Torah 5:30 pm Simchat Torah Celebration 7:00 pm

7:18 pm

Mincha/Shiur 5:50pm Maariv 6:50pm SHEMINI ATZERET / YIZKOR

Shacharit 6:55am

29 TISHRI

Simchat Torah Services 9:00 am

6:47 pm

Mincha/Shiur/Maariv 5:50pm SIMCHAT TORAH

Shacharit 7:00am

Sisterhood Bagels and Books 9:30 am Jewish Short Stories 10:00 am Walking Club 11:30 am Dance Class 6:00 pm HR Meeting 7:45 pm Mincha/Maariv 5:40pm

23 TISHRI

Nursery School, Religious School & Synagogue Offies Closed

Nursery School Closed

Israeli Dancing 10:00 am

Nursery School, Religious School & Synagogue Offies Closed

Synagogue Offices Closed 5:50 pm

Zumba 9:30 am

Mincha/Maariv 5:40pm

15 TISHRI

Sukkot Services 9:00 am

Religious School Closed

EREV YOM KIPPUR/ KOL NIDRE

6:00 pm

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6:08 pm

Mincha 1:00 pm

Synagogue Offices Closed Nursery School Closed

Mincha/Maariv 6:10pm EREV SUKKOT

9 TISHRI

Walking Club 9:30 am

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Teen Kick-Off Event 1:00 pm

Shacharit 8:00am

Shacharit 7:00am

Mincha/Maariv 6:20 pm

Israeli Dancing 10:00 am Sukkah Decorating 10:00 am

Shacharit 8:00am

8 TISHRI

Shacharit 6:55am

Religious School Closed

Daily Minyan

7 TISHRI

Shacharit 8:00am

Mincha/Maariv 5:40pm ROSH HODESH

30 TISHRI

TISHRI ~ CHESHVAN 5780 WEDNESDAY 2

3 TISHRI

Shacharit 6:55am

Limmud: Talmud with Rabbi Karp 10:00 am CSA Pick Up 4:30 pm

Shacharit 6:55 am

Religious School 4:00 pm Cub Scouts 6:00 pm Teen Learning 6:30 pm

Mincha/Maariv 6:30pm FAST OF GEDALIA

Mincha/Maariv 6:30pm

10 TISHRI

Yom Kippur Services 9:00 am Babysitting 9:00 am 7:06 pm Yizkor 11:30 am (approx.) Mincha 4:00 pm Ne’eilah 5:45 pm Youth Magic Show 6:30 pm Fast Ends/ Shofar/Havdalah 7:20 pm YOM KIPPUR / YIZKOR

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Shacharit 6:55am

Limmud: Israeli Judaism with Rabbi Karp 9:30 am CSA Pick Up 4:30 pm Civic Sukkah Event 6:00 pm Religious School Board Meeting 7:45 pm Rabbi & Gabbaim Meeting 8:00 pm Mincha/Maariv 6:10pm HOL HAMOED SUKKOT

24 TISHRI

Shacharit 7:00am

Limmud: Israeli Judaism with Rabbi Karp 9:30 am CSA Pick Up 4:30 pm

Mincha/Maariv 5:50pm

Shacharit 7:00am

1 CHESHVAN

Limmud: Israeli Judaism with Rabbi Karp 9:30 am Nursery School Pedagogy Mtg. 12:00 pm CSA Pick Up 4:30 pm Cantillation Class 8:00 pm (off-site)

Mincha/Maariv 5:40pm ROSH HODESH

Shacharit 7:00am

SHABBAT 5 TISHRI

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Shacharit 6:55am

6:15 pm

Dance Class 3:30 pm

Toddler Time 9:15 am Limmud: Talmud with Rabbi Hojda 10:00 am Parashat Hashavua, with Jack 1:30 pm

Shacharit 7:00am

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6:03 pm

Mincha/Maariv 6:20 pm

Shacharit 6:55am 18 TISHRI Toddler Time 9:15 am Limmud: Talmud with Rabbi Hojda 10:00 am Sisterhood Brunch & Author Event 11:30 am Parashat Hashavua, with Jack 1:30 pm Religious School 4:00 pm Nurs. Sch. Supper in the Sukkah 4:45 pm Cub Scouts 6:00 pm Teen Sushi in Sukkah 6:30 pm (off-site) Singing as a Spiritual Practice 7:30 pm Pillar 5 Meeting 7:30 pm Mincha/Maariv 6:10pm HOL HAMOED SUKKOT

Mincha/Maariv 6:10pm HOL HAMOED SUKKOT

Shacharit 6:55am

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Toddler Time 9:15 am Limmud: Talmud with Rabbi Hojda 10:00 am Parashat Hashavua with Jack 1:30 pm

Shacharit 6:55am

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5:53 pm

Rosh Hodesh Shabbat Dinner in the Sukkah 6:30 pm

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Shabbat ends 7:02 pm

Chai House Visits Birthday Shabbat Bat Mitzvah Lucy Casanova Shabbat Service 9:00 am Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Pre-Service Oneg 10:15 am Youth Services 10:45 am Special Family Kehillah Service with Jessica Fisher, Rabbinic Fellow 10:45 am Mincha/Maariv 6:10pm

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Dance Class 3:30 pm

Shacharit 7:00am

Shabbat Service 9:00 am Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Pre-Service Oneg 10:15 am Youth Services 10:45 am

HA’AZINU

Officers Meeting 8:00 am

Nursery School Board Mtg 7:30 pm Mincha/Maariv 6:20 pm

6 TISHRI

Shabbat ends 7:13 pm

Mincha/Maariv 6:20pm SHABBAT SHUVAH

Dance Class 3:30 pm

Religious School 4:00 pm CSA Pick Up 4:30 pm Teen Learning 6:30 pm

5 VAYEILECH

Mincha/Maariv 6:30pm

20 TISHRI

Shabbat ends 6:51pm

Shabbat Service 9:00am Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am Youth Services 10:45 am Kavannah Service 11:00 am Sukkah Walk 12:30 pm Game Night in the Sukkah 8:00 pm Paintball Event 9:00 pm (off-site) Mincha/Maariv 5:50pm HOL HAMOED SUKKOT

BEREISHIT

Rel. School Educator Mtg. 6:30 pm Teen Learning 6:30 pm Board of Trustees 8:00 pm

Teen Shabbat Service and Dinner 6:30 pm

Mincha/Maariv 5:50pm

Mincha/Maariv 5:40pm

2 CHESHVAN Nursery School Closed

The Wisdom of Oz, with Dr. Carol Diament (9:30 am) & Rabbi David Schuck (10:45 am) Limmud: Talmud with Rabbi Hojda 10:00 am Parashat Hashavua with Jack 1:30 pm Religious School 4:00 pm Teen Learning 6:30 pm Mincha/Maariv 5:40pm

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Shabbat ends 6:41 pm

Bar Mitzvah Ari Mayblum Shabbat Service 9:00 am Niggun Halev 9:00 am Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am Youth Services 10:45 am

Religious School 4:00 pm

Teen Board Meeting 7:00 pm

4 TISHRI

Toddler Time 9:15 am Limmud: Talmud with Rabbi Hojda 10:00 am Parashat Hashavua, with Jack 1:30 pm

Fast Ends 7:18 pm Green Team Meeting 7:30 pm

Synagogue Offices Closed

FRIDAY

THURSDAY

Dance Class 3:30 pm

Daf Shevui 12:30 pm every Shabbat Beth El offers Hebrew Ulpan classes every Wednesday. Beginner: 6:30 pm; Intermediate 7:30 pm; Advanced 8:30 pm. Try a class!

5:42 pm

Please visit the Beth El Synagogue Center website, WWW.BETHELNR.ORG for the most current information on meetings and events. To send us a message, e-mail info@bethelnr.org. Visit us on facebook at facebook.com/BethElSynagogueCenter

Beth El Celebrates October Birthdays Beth El would like to extend a “Happy Birthday!” to its members with a birthday in the month of October. If you have an October birthday, we hope that you will join us for

a Kiddush lunch on Shabbat, October 12th. If you have an October birthday, but your name does not appear on the list, we are sorry for the omission and ask that you e-mail the synagogue at info@bethelnr.org so that we

Debra Ackerman Ethan Afran Eric Alderman Ryan Altman Hannah Bartell Jenn Bergman Ally Berkowitz Ana Bernstein Melvyn Bloom Frances Blumenfeld Erica Bonime Joshua Burack Nancy Chhahira Shari Chinitz Marvin Chinitz Carmel Coblence

Steven Guggenheim Sol Haber Dana Hilsenrath Lynn Hirsh Gary Joseph Ronnie Kaplan Arthur Kaplan David Kaufman Allison Kellman Theodore Kesten Sharon Kevy Richard Klee Nina Kleiman Noah Kolodny Roy Krasik Deborah Kurlander

Sylvia Cohen Leam Cohen Phyllis Cole Susan Davis Sophie Ehudin Jane Epstein Alyssa Erber Marcie Ferder Aaron Fleishaker Caroline Fox Daniel Gabel Jack Gingold Ethan Glickman Louis Goldberg Robyn Goldberg Marsha Goldstein

can update our records. Contact us if you do not wish to have your name appear on our birthday list. (The list reflects our adult members and post-bar/bat mitzvah children up to the age of 21.)

Daniel Patchen Martin Levitin Deirdre Polow Gary Levy Lynda Posner Evan Levy Stephan Loewentheil Leon Protass Hila Reichman Michael Lurie Janice Reid Marsha Lustig David Reifer Marshall Matos Julie Rockowitz Judith Matos Naomi Rothberg Adam Mayblum Steve Rotker Kyle Mayblum Joy Rotker Ari Mayerfield Karen Sadok Michael Meisler Jay Safer Jodi Menell Anne Negrin Reis Robert Schepp Elise Schepp Trevor Norwitz Peri Schwartz Molly Nozyce

Happy Birthday!

Blair Selber Hannah Shammas David Silberstein Shira Silver Heidi Spitz Ilana Tamir Jane Turkewitz Harvey Wacht Mark Walfish Norma Wasserman Naomi Weinberger Anne Weisbrod Esther Winik William Winters Jack Wolk Hank Zupnick

STEPHEN SILVERMAN, cont. from page 1

RISË STERN, cont. from page 1

engagement. Previously, Steve served at both the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Richmond as a Vice President. He led global corporate communications/public affairs for Citi’s consumer businesses.Steve served as the Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Cabinet Secretary in the Clinton White House. He is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law and Cornell University. Steve is excited about the vital steps Beth-El is taking to enhance its sense of community and inclusivity and is enthusiastic about the congregation’s future.

years. When Seth started at the Solomon Schechter School of Westchester, Risë returned to work, teaching in the Bronx. She went from classroom teacher to Reading Recovery Teacher and Assistant Literacy Coach. When Seth started college Risë and Alan joined Beth El. Risë started studying in the adult Bat Mitzvah program and became a Bat Mitzvah in June 1994. When Risë retired from her full time job she began to look for other activities to fill her days. She picked up the viola, the instrument that she played from 7th to 12th grade, and started taking lessons. She joined a local non-professional orchestra and serves on their Board of Directors. Risë also began to take a more active role in Sisterhood. After serving on a Sisterhood Nominating Committee she took over the responsibilities of Corresponding Secretary and handling the Mitzvah Cards. In spring 2016 Risë accepted the nomination to be Executive Vice President of Sisterhood working closely with Barbara Horowitz before assuming the job of President in 2017. While serving as President, the Sisterhood continued supporting Beth El, programs and reaching out to community programs. Sisterhood strengthened their support of Torah Fund, the program that Women’s League for Conservative Judaism has to support the education of our future rabbis, cantors, educators and lay leaders. While continuing to serve on our Sisterhood Board, Risë has also been asked to serve as Torah Fund Chair on the Board of Metro North Women’s League for Conservative Judaism.

LISA MANDELKER, cont. from page 1 Planning Committee for the Israeli Art Festival and Sale in 2017 and a member of the Officers’ and Trustees’ Nominating Committee in 2019. She is currently a board member for the Religious School Parents’ Organization as well as a member of the Vision Action Team which focuses on increasing volunteer participation. Lisa and her family have all made wonderful friends and great memories at Beth El and she can’t wait to see what the future holds. KERUV KORNER, cont. from page 8 regard. We also appreciate that Beth El’s Mental Health Initiative has been coordinating their efforts with Keruv as they move forward addressing important needs in this arena. Inclusion has become an integral part of our culture at Beth El and we look forward to building on our past successes in the year to come. Best wishes for the holidays. May we all be inscribed and sealed for a happy, healthy and fulfilling new year! Elise Richman and Nina Luban, Keruv Co-chairs

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NEWSMAKERS

OCTOBER YAHRZEIT OBSERVANCES

Mazal tov to: Judith and Mel Gabriel on the marriage of their son Ron Gabriel to Lyuda Shvets; Jacqueline and Jason Friedland on the bar mitzvah of their son Asher Friedland; Beverly Drucker and Robert O’Neill on the bar mitzvah of their son Noah O’Neill; Heather and Benjamin Horowitz on the birth of daughter Eliana Nava (Ellie), and to big brother Jacob Horowitz and grandparents Barbara and David Horowitz and Alan and Linda Mazursky; Barbara and David Horowitz on the birth of a grandson (in Israel), and to parents Maria and Michael Horowitz and big brother Tzachi.

A Warm Beth El Mazal Tov to One and All!!

Share your milestone events with us! If you experience a milestone or a loss in your family, contact Linda at LNewman@bethelnr.org, or 914-235-2700, ext. 246.

Kiddush The Kiddush of September 21st was sponsored by Beverley Drucker and Robert O’Neill in honor of the bar mitzvah of their son Noah O’Neill. The Kiddush of October 12th will be sponsored by Phyllis and Fred Cohen in honor of the bat mitzvah of their granddaughter Lucy Casanova. The Kiddushim on Sukkot October 14th and 15th will be sponsored by Beth El Sisterhood. The Kiddush on October 21st will be sponsored by Gary Claar in honor of the fortieth anniversary of his bar mitzvah. The Kiddush of October 26th will be sponsored by Debra and Adam Mayblum in honor of the bar mitzvah of their son Ari Mayblum.

Want to sponsor a kiddush? Contact Alise Liquorie at aliquorie@bethelnr.org, or 914-235-2700, ext. 223.

Welcome to the Beth El Community The Fisher Family Allison & Matthew Fisher Of Mt. Vernon Paige, 20 months; Ari, 4 months

The Noy Family Of Scarsdale Roy & Tahel Noy Maya, 10, Jonathan, 10

The Hogan Family Of Scarsdale Tyler; Ryan

Joshua Z. Rosenberg Of New York

The yahrzeit of the following deceased persons permanently inscribed on our Memorial Walls are observed on these dates: Samuel E. Singer 1 Esther Croland 14 Jacob Streger 1 Oscar Falk 14 Claire Feibelmann 2 Gertrude Israel 14 Isaac Goldfarb 2 Miriam Levitin 14 Sylvia Morganstern 2 Esther Sampson 14 Margaret Cantor 3 Peter Kardon Gross 15 Hannah Feinberg 3 Frank Cohn 16 Irving R. Raber 3 Marion Noren 16 Michael Ginsberg 4 Ruth Brenner 18 Esther Levine 4 Augusta Miller 18 Rose Rapaport 4 Meta Pollak 18 David Morris Rubin 5 Gussie Behr 19 Samuel Cohen 6 Edward H. Berman 19 May Finn 6 Maxine Bergman 20 David Sampson 6 Libby Berman 21 Mollie Schulman 6 Irving Levine 21 David Warshaw 6 Sarah Miller 21 Joseph Brustein 7 Sylvia Stein 21 Rebecca Kleinman 7 Samuel Ginsburg 22 Stanley Strauss 7 Max Diamond 23 Emanuel Gross 8 Arnold Funk 24 Louis Halpern 8 Harry Zeitels 24 Ann Rubin 8 Selma Batkin 26 Anna K. Springer 8 Theresa Bellin 26 William Dinkes 9 William Alan Gold 26 B. Sol Goldfinger 9 Ray Braten 27 Ethel Streger 9 Ida Gordon 27 Fay Friedman 10 Marianne Gosschalk 27 Solomon Troodler 10 Violet Katz 27 Herman Fishman 11 Bella Gilbert 28 Abraham Newman 11 Doba Meyerson 28 Dina Ulitzky 11 Isidore Reiss 28 Reuben Davidson 12 Regina Solov 28 Margot Fately 12 Sarah Zucker 28 Rev. Wolf Joslevitz 13 Saul Bernstein 29 Joel Miller 13 Rose Belle Troodler 30 Samuel Schaffer 13 Sima Walfish 30 Ida Schneidman 13 George L. Desnick 31 Berl Wigder 13 Martin Kramer 31

CONDOLENCES We record with sorrow the losses suffered by our members and friends and extend to them our deepest sympathies. Condolences to: Russell Fayer on the loss of his father, Alfred Fayer.

To make a donation in honor or in memory of someone, contact Alise Liquorie at ALiquorie@bethelnr.org, or 914-235-2700, ext. 223.

The Koch Family of New Rochelle Duncan, 17; Jason, 17; Avigayil, 10 20

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND

GENERAL FUND

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

IN MEMORY OF: IN MEMORY OF: Caryl Fuchs in memory of her mother, Robert Alan Epstein, beloved brother of Larry Robert Kushner, beloved husband of Lynn Ruth Teichman; Annette and Mitchell Kushner, from Rosalind and Richard Kaufman. Fogelman in memory of Carol Kravitz; Epstein, from Margo Lampert. Michael and Heidi Kremins in honor Gladys T. Orans, beloved mother of Lawrence of Cantor Aqua; Michael and Heidi Orans, on her yahrzeit, from Barbara and Kremins in honor of Rabbi Sitkin; JEREMY SCHEINFELD Lawrence Orans. Patrice Huss in memory of Robert MEMORIAL FUND Samuel Goldstein, beloved father of Howard Epstein; Alan and Allison Kellman in IN HONOR OF: Goldstein, on his yahrzeit, from Helene and memory of Phyllis Kurlander; Alan and Judy and Mel Gabriel on the marriage of their Howard Goldstein.. Allison Kellman in memory of Robert son Ron Gabriel to Lyuda Shvets, from Robin Raymond David Tait, Jr., beloved brother of Epstein; Shari and Marvin Chinitz in Kaphan and family. Joseph Tait, from Rosalind and Richard Kaufman, memory of Simcha Platek; Shari and Marvin Chinitz in memory of Robert IN MEMORY OF: and Carla and Laurence Stein. Epstein; Larry and Erica Epstein; Judith Judy Matos, beloved wife of Marshall Matos, Harold Kremins, beloved father of Michael Harary in honor of the birth of two-great from Robin Kaphan and family. Kremins, from Carla and Laurence Stein. grandsons to Eunice Kaplan; Avrun Judy Wolf, beloved cousin of Hanita Schneiderman, Judy Matos, beloved wife of Marshall Matos, Rivel in memory of his brother Art Rivel and his from Paul and Hanita Schneiderman. from Rochelle Chaiken, Susan and Howard wife, Elayne Rubinoff; Micki and Fred Zucker in Mandlebaum, and Donald Miller. memory of Bernard Pitkoff; Mitchell and Phyllis Austin Schlecker, beloved father of David Wasson; Lynn Kushner and family with thanks to SYLVIA AND ROBERT SCHER Rabbi Schuck, Rabbi Sitkin, and Cantor Aqua; Schlecker, from Vivian Gorode. CHESED COMMUNITY FUND Morris Stampfer in memory of Judy Matos; Robert Alan Epstein, beloved brother of Larry Deborah and Eileen Frankel in memory of Judy IN MEMORY OF: Epstein, from Roni and Michael Schiffres. Matos; Arthur Holland in memory of his mother, Phyllis Kurlander, beloved mother of Alan Kurlander, from Steve and Naomi Brunnlehrman. Carol Lowenstein, beloved mother of Janice Reid, Sande Holland; Jeff Mittleman and Susan Eichen from Lori and Steve Schwartz. Mittleman in memory of Raymond David Tait Alfred Fayer, beloved father of Russell Fayer, Jr; Bettina Graf and family in memory of Bunny THE ANDREW SHAPIRO Mitchnek; Michael and Heidi Kremins in honor from Caryl Fuchs. MEMORIAL FUND of Cantor Aqua; Michael and Heidi Kremins in honor of Rabbi Sitkin; Judy Schmeidler in honor IN MEMORY OF: YIZKOR/ YAHRZEIT DONATIONS of Paul and Carol Freedman on the marriage Austin Schlecker, beloved father of David Betty Barnett and Jill Barnett Kaufman; Judy of their grandson Isaac to Emily Rosen; The and Fred Bomback; Diana Chudnoff; Leah and Schlecker, from Jodi and Rob Scheinfeld. Schmeidler family with gratitude; Harvey Heir Noel Edelson; Ruth Esses; Pamela Friedman and with gratitude. Robert Preminger; Ellen and Moshe Gelboim; Carrie and Joseph Goldberg; Elizabeth and David Goldman; Jay Goldstein; Ruth and David Hirsh; Arthur Holland; Barbara and David Horowitz; Diane and Stanley Krieg Barbara and Arthur Margolin; Lois Morgenstern; Deborah Olstein; ZARO SENIOR Marlene Rimsky; Esther Robbins; Martha PROGRAMMING FUND Rosenfeld; Henrietta Sanford; Rachelle and IN MEMORY OF: Steven Stern; Marjorie Sunshine; Steven Tessler; Joyce Silver; Judith Szabo; Norma Wasserman. Ruth Engel, from Ellen and Bill Weininger.

BETH EL SISTERHOOD’S

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Carole Graham, 914-576-6617, Ellen Hollander, 914-632-4658

SISTERHOOD MITZVAH FUND IN HONOR OF:

IN MEMORY OF:

Barbara and Bob Cohen on the birth of their Robert Epstein, beloved brother of Larry Epstein, from Elise and Bob Schepp. grandchild, from Elise and Bob Schepp. Jackie and Jason Friedland on the bar mitzvah Dr. Austin Schlecker, beloved father of David of their son Asher Friedland, from Joyce and Schlecker, from Elise and Bob Schepp. Michael Wechsler. The beloved cousin of Nora Klion-Wolloch, from Eunice Kaplan on the births of her two great Elise and Bob Schepp. grandsons, from Blanche Fried. Raymond David Tait Jr., beloved brother of Joe Tait, from Joyce and Michael Wechsler.

TO DONATE TO SISTERHOOD’S MITZVAH FUND, contact Marcia Pryluck at marciapryluck@gmail.com, or mail your donation(s) to 1255 North Avenue, B2O, New Rochelle, NY 10804. Donation minimum is $10. Make checks payable to Beth El Sisterhood. 21

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