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In this issue: • Arise and Create • High Holy Day Schedules • Sukkot and Simhat Torah Schedules
Goldsmith Early Childhood Education Center 18 months - 5 years 410/486-8642 Open House Wednesday, Nov. 17, 10 a.m. Michelle Gold, Director Elise Harrison, Assistant Director
Krieger Schechter Day School Kindergarten - 8th Grade 410/824-2066 Open House Monday, Oct. 11, 9 a.m. Sunday, January 9, 2 p.m. Ilene Wise, Director of Admission www.ksds.edu
Rosenbloom Religious School Kindergarten - 7th Grade 410/486-8641 Open House Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 9:15 a.m. Alex Weinberg, Director www.chizukamuno.org/rrs
Great Beginnings Start at Our Schools
Netivon High School Programs 410/486-8641 Please call for a personal tour. Alex Weinberg, Director www.chizukamuno.org/rrs
Stulman Center for Adult Learning and The Florence Melton Adult Mini-School 410/824-2058/5 Judy Meltzer, Director
8100 Stevenson Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21208 www.chizukamuno.org
Synagogue Office 410/486-6400 Synagogue Fax 410/486-4050 Synagogue E-mail info@chizukamuno.org Goldsmith Early Childhood Education Center 410/486-8642 Krieger Schechter Day School 410/486-8640 Rosenbloom Religious School 410/486-8641 Stulman Center for Adult Learning 410/824-2055
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President Richard Manekin, pres@chizukamuno.org First Vice President Michelle Malis, 1stvp@chizukamuno.org Vice President Louis E. Sapperstein Vice President Sandra Moffet Secretary Dr. Andrew Miller Treasurer Michelle Hettleman Assistant Treasurer Jason A. Blavatt
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Rabbi Ronald J. Shulman | x230
rshulman@chizukamuno.org Rabbi Deborah Wechsler | x231 dwechsler@chizukamuno.org Rabbi Emeritus Joel H. Zaiman | x296 Hazzan Emanuel C. Perlman | x233 eperlman@chizukamuno.org Ritual Director Dr. Moshe D. Shualy | x243 mshualy@chizukamuno.org Ritual Director Emeritus
Rev. Yehuda Dickstein
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Dr. Paul D. Schneider | x226 | pschneider@soink12.ksds.edu Director, Congregational Education
Alex Weinberg | x234 | aweinberg@chizukamuno.org Director, Goldsmith Early Childhood Education Center
Michelle Gold | x238 | gecec@chizukamuno.org
Director, Stulman Center for Adult Learning
Judy Meltzer | x287 | stulman@chizukamuno.org Director, Gemilut Hasadim Program
Miriam Foss | x281 | mfoss@chizukamuno.org Bar/Bat Mitzvah Coordinator
Debby Hellman | x290 | dhellman@chizukamuno.org Youth Educator
Isaac Woloff | x305 | iwoloff@chizukamuno.org Curator, Goldsmith Museum
Dr. Susan Vick | x291 | svick@chizukamuno.org
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Contents
2 LaZ’man HaZeh ~ At This Season Arise and Create by Rabbi Ron Shulman 4 The Long and Winding Road by Richard Manekin
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• What We Did Last Summer
• Announcing the Launch of Chizuk Amuno Congregation’s New Website! • Celebrating with Club Hatikvah
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Torah Creating Community by Elliot King
Gemilut Hasadim Arise and Create by Randi Pupkin
It’s a Good Thing I Don’t Like Hot Dogs and Sky Diving by Sam Novey Operation Welcome Home, Chizuk’s Newest Volunteer Initiative by Rabbi Deborah Wechsler
• Interactive Whiteboards Come to Krieger Schechter Day School
• Chizuk Amuno Partners with Jewish National Fund for Israel’s Pilots • Chizuk Amuno’s Parent Association Council – Linking our School Communities
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11 Avodah • Overview of Tishrei Holidays • Service Schedule for High Holy Days • Sukkot Schedule • Simhat Torah Honorees
Choir Director
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Ronald N. Millen | x224 | rnmillen@chizukamuno.org Director of Congregational Advancement
Laurel Freedman | x275 | lfreedman@chizukamuno.org Synagogue Administrator
Jenny Baker | x227 | jbaker@chizukamuno.org Controller
Rick Bernard | x256 | rbernard@chizukamuno.org Information Systems Manager
Bruce P. Yaillen | x284 | byaillen@chizukamuno.org Cemetery Director
Cover: This is a section of a large mosaic designed in honor of Krieger Schechter Day School’s 25th Anniversary, created with the assistance of parents, students, and faculty. The mosaic is located at the end of the Taylor Administrative Wing at the entrance to the Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Lobby. Designed by Tamar Messer.
Barbara Lichter | x248 | blichter@chizukamuno.org Assistant Cemetery Director
Marsha Yoffe | x309 | myoffe@chizukamuno.org Communications and Membership Coordinator
Cheryl Snyderman | x300 | csnyderman@chizukamuno.org Graphic Designer
Rachel Levitan | x282 | rlevitan@chizukamuno.org
Chizuk Amuno has a long history of proud service to Baltimore’s Jewish community. Dedicated to strengthening faith in our people’s covenant with God, the purpose of Chizuk Amuno Congregation is to create a sacred Jewish community. Here individuals and families can find meaning for their lives from serious engagement with the texts, wisdom, and celebrations of Judaism. In pursuit of this mission, Chizuk Amuno ascribes to the rabbinic teaching: “The world is sustained through Torah – learning, Avodah – prayer and service, and Gemilut Hasadim – acts of loving kindness.”
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Chizuk Amuno’s 140th Anniversary by Rabbi Ron Shulman
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e’ve been at this a long time. This year marks Chizuk Amuno Congregation’s 140th anniversary. One hundred forty years is an impressive milestone of communal longevity and achievement. Though it’s not a classic anniversary date like 100, 125, or 150 years, we choose this celebration for three reasons. We want to honor the past, to cherish the present, and most importantly, to create the future. Chizuk Amuno Congregation today is vastly different from the Orthodox synagogue that first held services as Hebrew Chizuk Amuno Congregation on Shabbat HaGadol, April 1, 1871. Spanning the years and locations of our historic congregation, thousands of people, observances, relationships, and events have influenced who we are as a Conservative synagogue community devoted to Torah, Avodah, and Gemilut Hasadim. As we turn 140, we’re not yet everything we hope to become as a sacred synagogue community. We commemorate this anniversary best by anticipating the next. What will be Chizuk Amuno’s character and community at 150 years, a decade from now in 2021? Hard to imagine, and we’re in no rush! Last Rosh HaShanah I suggested that we are living through a significant generational turn. In a cyclical view of history it seems that every eighty years or so, as if parallel to the four approximately twenty year phases of our life journeys from childhood to adulthood, from mid-life to elderhood, societies enter eras of challenge, change, and renewal. That’s where we are right now, arriving at the next moment. Given the shock waves of economic recession and financial strain, watching the upheaval in political discourse, and observing the weakening of social institutions, including the synagogue; we live our days enveloped by the constant commotion of social evolution. There is a gap between generations and world views. In Jewish community, the next generation desires different models for their Jewish expression. During Chizuk Amuno’s 140th year, we need to think about this. We have to ask ourselves what we need from our synagogue in the 21st century. What and how shall we learn? What and how shall we celebrate and pray? How shall we serve Israel, our local community, 2 | HaZ’man ~ This Season
the Jewish people, and humanity - and for what purpose? Actually, you and I have been asking these and other questions together since Chizuk Amuno’s 133rd year. As our congregational conversation continues, to date we’ve implemented some first answers. We are officially through our by-laws, and in practice, a more inclusive and responsive congregation. We offer varied and creative programs, focused on our vision of becoming a sacred community and our mission of putting Jewish values and ideas into practice. We emphasize personal meaning in our services, classrooms, and numerous hesed efforts. We are working to draw our members closer to one another. We’re doing very well. Many individuals and families are involved, others not yet. But, we’ve only just begun. We must also recognize that part of our answer is to be found in the past. We honor our congregation’s heritage and history as we practice and represent the religious values and ideals of Judaism that we believe to be eternal, relevant, and reasonable for every age. Forms may change, and even our vocabulary, but at our core we will always be about finding meaning, strengthening faith, and creating community. I am excited that we are moving into this new era for our lives and for our synagogue. We are both witness to and responsible for what comes next. Therefore, we take as our theme for this 140th year words spoken by King David as he charged his son Solomon and all the officers of Israel. David wanted to build a Temple in Jerusalem that would honor God and serve the people. At the end of the Bible, in the Book of Chronicles, we read that he was not allowed to carry out this project. “The word of the Eternal God came to me, saying, ‘…you shall not build a House for My name for you have shed much blood on the earth in My sight.’” In this application of Jewish ethics, David is disqualified from his sacred task. The ancient Temple, as our modern synagogue, must represent a community’s most worthy religious aspirations and hopes. So King David turns to Solomon, provides him with the resources, craftsmen, and workers he’ll need and instructs him to build the Temple.
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Eternal God be with you.” In Hebrew numerology the letter koof represents 100, the letter mem equals 40. In our 140th year, we seek to “Arise and Create” now and for the future a synagogue community representing our most worthy religious aspirations and hopes.
In this issue of HaZ’man ~ This Season, we feature examples from the lives of our members Elliot King, Sam Novey, and Randi Pupkin, who have applied this charge to “arise and create” in their personal or professional endeavors. We hope their experiences reflect something of your own as we each review where we have been and plan what we shall make of the year ahead. L’Shanah Tovah – for a New Year of goodness!
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The Long and Winding Road
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f neshamot – souls – could smile, there would have been three wide smiles on May 23d at Chizuk Amuno’s Annual Meeting when I was installed as President. My maternal grandfather, Charles Katz, was treasurer of Chizuk Amuno for 23 years; my mother grew up around the corner from the Eutaw Place shul; and my father was the first plot salesman at Arlington Cemetery and also co-chaired the Planning and Location Committee responsible for the purchase of our Stevenson Road property. As Chizuk Amuno begins its 140th year, the song that resonates in my heart is a metaphor for my journey and for Chizuk Amuno’s journey. The long and winding road that leads to your door will never disappear I’ve seen that road before It always leads me here Lead me to your door (excerpt from The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles) Chizuk Amuno is our door, but more than a door it is an anchor. We are so blessed to have this sacred community as a part of our lives. I feel particularly blessed to be President as we celebrate our 140th anniversary. It has been a long and winding road from the establishment of the Hebrew Chizuk Amuno Congregation by 23 traditionalists in the winter of 1870-71 at 2 North Exeter Street to the present day … We now occupy 188,000 square feet of space on 25 acres with over 1,300 affiliated households. Personally, my long and winding road started at Sinai Hospital in 1945 and has paralleled Chizuk Amuno’s growth over the past 64 years. I’ve always believed that we must learn from the past, embrace the present, and plan for the future. The next two years will give us an opportunity to do just that. Planning for our 140th began several months ago with a steering committee chaired by Shelly Malis. Our year-long celebration, like our mission statement, rests on three pillars: Torah (Education), Avodah (Worship) and Gemilut Hasadim (Acts of Loving Kindness). For the first time in our history, we will write and dedicate a Sefer Torah as a community. This effort, chaired by Sandi Moffet and Neil Katz, will be launched this fall. The Sanctuary will celebrate its 50th Anniversary and the Blavatt Family will chair a special Shabbat celebration. As Krieger Schechter Day School celebrates its 30th Anniversary, festivities will be guided by Ari and Heller Zaiman and Janine and Rob Frier. We will honor 4 | HaZ’man ~ This Season
the 10th anniversary of The Goldsmith Museum on an occasion with Linda Katz and Margery Moranz at the helm. One focus of our Gemilut Hasadim activities will be to beautify our campus. This effort will be directed by Aaron and Jill Max, Andy Miller, and Randi and Andrew Pupkin. In addition to these projects, our Israel Engagement Committee will fire up under the leadership of Shuli Raffel and Steve Gevarter. Throughout this exciting year we will review and learn from our history — perhaps along the way Jan Schein will engage us in a little “Chizzie Trivial Pursuit.” While we celebrate our past, we must also plan for our future. We are a different Jewish community and a different shul community today from back in the 1950’s and 60’s. While Baltimore (affectionately, “Smaltimore”) may still seem like a large shtehtl, our Jewish community now has many more non-native members than in the past. We live not only on both sides of Falls Road, but also in Howard, Anne Arundel, Carroll, and Harford Counties. In order to continue as a vibrant learning and caring community, we must reach out to our 20 and 30 year-olds to show them that we are a sacred place where Jews can engage in activities which make their lives better, more vibrant, more meaningful and fully alive. We gather in this safe, welcoming place to laugh and cry together—to learn, confirm, and rejoice in our Judaism, our Covenant with God. I look forward to expanding our membership efforts and need the assistance of all of you to be Chizuk Amuno ambassadors. Finally, we will begin a strategic planning process to prepare the congregation as it plans for its 150th anniversary and beyond. Historically, our leadership has been an important ingredient for our success; it is critical that we prepare a “strong bench” to ensure our future. As in the past, all of our bold initiatives for buildings, programming, and education have required a financial commitment from our members beyond dues and annual campaign dollars. Our past leadership recognized the importance of starting an endowment fund which has provided critical dollars to maintain and expand the services and programs which implement our well-defined mission. We must not only increase the corpus of our endowment through an intensified planned giving program, but also plan for a Capital Campaign to follow the completion of our Strategic Planning Process. Please join me in celebrating and planning for the future. L’Shanah Tovah and G’mar Tov.
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nybody who spends time at Chizuk Amuno becomes familiar with the term community. As Rabbi Shulman often says from the pulpit, one of the primary goals of Chizuk Amuno is to create a “holy community.” But sometimes when a word is frequently used its meaning loses its force, becoming what John Stuart Mill calls dead dogma. People parrot the word because they have been taught to parrot the word. And the word community is bandied about a lot these days. We are importuned to attend to our responsibilities to the Jewish community, the Baltimore community, and jumping over other communities with claims on our time, the world community. But what does it mean to be a “community?” On inspection, defining community can be tricky. A community is not defined by geography. An American born in Panama is still an American. Many communities are not defined by a strict adherence to specific rules. So-called cafeteria Catholics, those who adhere to certain of the Church’s teaching but not others, are still Catholics. (That concept is not unfamiliar in Judaism but we don’t have the cool alliteration.) And many communities do not require members to perform specific rituals. If community does not rest on geography, or specific beliefs or behavior, what is its
foundation? In Democracy and Education, the American philosopher John Dewey observed that there are more than verbal ties among the words common, community, and communication. People live in community, he observed, by virtue of things they have in common. Communication is the process by which people come to possess things in common, particularly common understandings and visions of the world. If so, community processes enable or constrain communities. For example, oral communication leads to the intense interaction and bonds associated with tribal culture. And it is no accident that the oldest surviving ancient religions are all organized around books. Prior to television in the 1950s, in many parts of the country, membership in the “American community” was less important than regional identification. In modern society, the author Benedict Anderson argues, people imagine themselves to be members of a specific community and their imaginations are shaped by the texts they produce and to which they attend. From this perspective, it could be argued that while Abraham formed a Jewish identity when he left the land of his fathers, and the “Jewish People” was forged by Moses at Sinai, the Jewish community took shape with Ezra’s public
reading of the Torah after the return from Babylonia and kept alive after the fall of the Second Temple by the correspondence among Jewish communities throughout the world. The reading of the Torah and the correspondence among communities allowed Jews everywhere to continue to imagine themselves as Jews. If this is true, in these days the gathering each week to read the Torah is perhaps as important as the specific reading itself. I once wondered why we needed Passover to recall the exodus from Egypt. We read Exodus every year. But reading the Haggadah helps us to imagine ourselves fleeing Egypt, and imagine ourselves as Jews. In the Haggadah, the exodus is not just a story – it is our story. Taken to an extreme, this line of thought can address the question of who is a Jew. From this perspective, Jews are those who imagine themselves Jews by embedding themselves within the vehicles by which Jews communicate with each other. It is the act of communication that creates not only community but ourselves as well. n Elliot King is a professor of Communication at Loyola University Maryland. He and his wife, Anita, have been members of Chizuk Amuno since 1993. His daughters Aliza and Marcie graduated from KSDS in 2001 and 2005 respectively. His son Jordan enters the 8th grade at KSDS this fall. Rosh HaShanah 5771 | 5
Arise and Create by Randi Pupkin
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reate” is defined in the dictionary as causing something to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes. Another definition is to evolve from one’s own thought or imagination, as a work of art or an invention. Ten and a half years ago, after practicing law for almost 14 years, I founded Art with a Heart, a non-profit community art organization. This was a noteworthy endeavor given my lack of experience in non-profits and my almost non-existent talent as an artist. However, after plenty of soul searching, I was determined to create a life that was both interesting and rewarding. Art with a Heart has undoubtedly satisfied my need for interesting and rewarding. I think it is also fair to say that Art with a Heart has enriched the lives of my family and has probably provided more “interesting and rewarding” then they bargained for. In ten years, I have journeyed into communities in our city that resemble images that I have only seen in television coverage of third world countries. I have met children and youth with life experiences that are hard to comprehend because they are so out of my realm of reality. Yet, it is these same young people that continue to teach me, inspire me, and remind me what really matters in life. I have forged meaningful bonds of trust and friendship with many of these young people and their loyalty and appreciation is a wonderful gift to me. I will continue to develop these friendships and hope to be a source of support for them and a nurturer of their dreams. 6 | HaZ’man ~ This Season
A few weeks ago, my family and I went to hear Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy when they were in Baltimore promoting their new book, In a Heartbeat. The Tuohys are the couple that adopted Michael Oher of The Blind Side and Baltimore Ravens fame. They nurtured and loved Michael and Michael thrived; he has accomplished great success both academically and athletically. At their book signing, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy said that realistically the Michael Oher they found aimlessly walking down the street would have been dead within a matter of months. What resonated with me was the notion that this talented athlete may have died a young man without ever realizing his talent or ability…essentially dying anonymously. Leigh Anne Tuohy commented that there are youth roaming the streets of Baltimore that with help and support could be the individual that discovers the cure for cancer. At this time of the year when we reflect on our own lives and with the synagogue community preparing for its 140th anniversary, now seems like the right time for all of us to consider arising and creating. While some may consider it difficult, if not impossible, to move from a comfortable and known place, I challenge each of you to try. The rewards of creating a new experience, friendship, or effort may prove to be far greater then the challenge. n
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Randi Alper Pupkin founded Art with a Heart in March 2000 after practicing law for nearly 14 years. Art with a Heart is a non-profit organization that provides 1,400 interactive visual
art classes annually to youth and adults in Baltimore’s disadvantaged communities. Randi serves on the Chizuk Amuno Board of Trustees, the Board of The Center for Jewish Education, the Board of Dumbarton Development Corporation, the PTA Board at Roland Park Country School, and the Alumni Board of Lynchburg College.
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here are two things you should know about me. First, I enjoy hamburgers.
Second, I enjoy running. Lots and lots of people like these things. These are two relatively unremarkable parts of what I call “my name.” We all have names. These names aren’t just syllables to which we answer, but the cover of a book full of the stories of our lives. These stories are key to doing tikkun olam, repairing the world. We cannot repair the world alone. Most, if not all problems require the mobilization of coordinated action. Individually, our actions may seem meaningless and our intentions powerless. But as part of a movement for change they are incredibly meaningful and powerful. Generations of movement organizers have distilled mobilizing to three kinds of key stories. Stories of self, us, and now. Stories of self explain who you are and why you care about a cause. Stories of us show how acting together, individuals can make change. And stories of now tell why after years of the Continued on next page
Continued from previous page status quo, this moment is the one when change can happen. In the book of Chronicles, God tells Solomon to build “a house for my name.” This term for the temple is used many times in the text and it is a curious choice of words. We cannot say God’s name, after all. And why should any name, spoken or unspoken, require a house when most can just do with a nametag? Our names are stories of self. But God’s name is a story of us. It is a story of how individuals coming together can create a holy community dedicated to improving the world. A house for his name is a place for that community to meet and celebrate the story of us which brings them all together. Some see that we must build a house for God’s name and think that we should not build them for our own. But how can we house God’s name, a story of us, without the names of the individuals who belong to the holy community? Telling a story of self and building a house for your name is the critical first step to mobilizing a movement for change. Often people think that only folks with remarkable stories of self should tell them. People are reluctant to share from their experience. But we all have a story to share that can inspire others. And when we keep it inside, potentially incredible resources for tikkun olam are left unutilized. Hamburgers and running. These are two quite mundane things. Lots and lots of people enjoy these things. But they are significant parts of my story of self. This past spring, I tried to see how powerful these quite mundane parts of my story of self could be. During my semesters in college, I’ve volunteered with an organization in Boston called Citizen Schools. Volunteers called Citizen Teachers design a curriculum
around a subject about which they are passionate. They spend one afternoon each week teaching this curriculum to twelve middle schoolers in a Boston public school. In the spring, I teamed up with my favorite restaurant in Boston, B.Good Burgers to teach a class. Over ten weeks, the kids developed a new burger that B.Good could put on the menu. In the process they learned the ins and outs of how a restaurant is run. Over a couple veggie burgers one evening, the owner of B.Good and I decided that we want to do more for Citizen Schools. How could we mobilize more people and resources for these programs? How could we do this on a large scale? I turned to my most valuable resource – my name, my story. I am a college student who volunteers with some middle schoolers and enjoys his hamburgers and running. My story is not that exciting, but it was enough. In February, I adopted the alias “Burgerman!” and told whoever would listen that I would run the Boston Marathon dressed as a hamburger to raise $100,000 for Citizen Schools, in hopes of making more classes like the one I taught about hamburgers possible. Though we didn’t reach our $100,000 goal by April, over 500 people donated $14,000 to Citizen Schools and the Game Show Network kicked in $5,000 as our official corporate sponsor. This is much more than I could have raised had I simply told people about the Citizen Schools program without telling the story of my name. I’m just lucky that I don’t like hot dogs and skydiving! n Sam Novey is a third generation member of Chizuk Amuno, a 2002 graduate of KSDS and a 2006 graduate of Netivon. He is beginning his senior year in college this fall. He likes hamburgers and running.
Operation Welcome Home, Chizuk’s Newest Volunteer Initiative by Rabbi Deborah Wechsler One of the great blessings of my work at Chizuk Amuno has been my involvement with gemilut hasadim. In our projects and initiatives, we fulfill the Biblical command to “Arise and Create” - to literally get out of our seats, beyond our complacent lives, and do something concrete to make a difference in our community. For several years we tried to find a meaningful and needed way to support to our armed forces. Earlier this month I did something all of us have done many times before - I drove out to BWI airport to meet an arriving flight. The only difference was that I did not recognize a single person who came off the airplane. The plane was a military flight arriving from Ramstein Air Force base in Germany and arriving were four or five dozen troops and their families who had been serving our country overseas. Every week, hundreds of our soldiers return from the War on terror through the gates of BWI airport. Together with a large group of volunteers I packed and distributed goodie bags, made signs, cheered, shook hands, and said simply welcome home and thank you for your service. Each time a new group of soldiers would come through the arrival gate a huge whoop of joy went up from spectators and their family members. Several times I wiped away tears as I watched children greet parents they had not seen for many months, and parents hold close their children who had come back safely from a faraway war. It was a remarkably rewarding, emotional, and humbling experience. We hope that many of our Chizuk Amuno families will join us at the airport in the coming months. Volunteering with Operation Welcome Home Maryland is a challenge sometimes. More often than not, scheduled flights are delayed or postponed. Tempering our own disappointment at not being able to do this mitzvah is our empathy for the frustration that family members of our service people feel when waiting to welcome their own loved ones home from overseas. We do this out of a sense of obligation as citizens of our country and as Jews and it is a great privilege to bring comfort and joy to the servicemen and women who serve on our behalf. To join Chizuk Amuno’s next “welcome home” group at the airport, e-mail Rabbi Wechsler, dwechsler@ chizukamuno.org. Rosh HaShanah 5771 | 7
What We Did Last Summer What did you do last summer? We had a wonderful time at the Stulman Center for Adult Learning. We did what we do best – learning and teaching. Participants chose from a wide variety of offerings ranging from music, art, and film, to History and Bible. Anyone feeling artsy could choose to learn how to appreciate and paint outdoors with our wonderful artist/teacher, Brina Pintzuk. Torah study in the summer has become a tradition here at Chizuk, and this year both Rabbi Gila Ruskin and Beryl Gottesman taught classes on biblical figures. Rabbi Ruskin and her 20 students explored the traditional texts such as Esther Rabbah and readings in modern literature in All about Eve…and Her Sisters. Beryl presented a close look at the biblical David as lover, friend, warrior, fugitive, king, husband, and family man in David: Protagonist, Poet, Politician. Films are always fun, and this summer we learned about the Jewish view of the stranger in …For You Were Strangers… with Joe Greenblum. Joe presented Israeli films to illustrate the diverse stories of the treatment of strangers in the state of Israel. In August, we watched My Favorite Year at our annual Cinema under the Stars program, sponsored by the Stanley H. and Lillian S. Wilen Endowment Fund for Adult Education.
We had a grand time viewing this old favorite, while enjoying our freshly popped corn, soda, and sinful snacks. Our third annual summer camp for adults was a major success. Filled to capacity, we were compelled to place some late registrants on a waiting list. This year I Love Paris was our theme and Dr. Susan Vick, Seth Kibel, and Ken Meltzer taught the 75 campers about “music and art in the best of times.” In her usual fascinating and enlightening manner, Susan told us about the artists at the turn of the last century in Paris, from Realism to Impressionism, Post-Expressionism, and Art between the Wars. Seth Kibel introduced us to Darius Milhaud and Les Six, illustrating his words with beautiful music, which he played on his clarinet and flute. Ken Meltzer taught about musical Impressionists, Debussy and Ravel, and the Stravinsky-Diaghilev Ballets: The Firebird, Petrouchka, and the Rite of Spring. On Tuesday evening, Ken spoke on three of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, who also made spectacular and unexpected debuts. Open to the community, his lecture was enjoyed by well over 100 people. And what’s coming in the fall? Great stuff!!! A new course for parents called Foundations, a curriculum that offers a thought provoking encounter with many of the core values of Judaism. The lessons bring to life the Master
Announcing the Launch of Chizuk Amuno Congregation’s New Website! Building Community on the Web • Easy to use calendar • Blogs by clergy, educators, and members • Easy to find information on programs and classes • Register for events • Submit photos to appear on our homepage • Post your own prayer Check out and participate at www.chizukamuno.org beginning September 3, 2010! 8 | HaZ’man ~ This Season
Stories from our tradition and the profound messages they convey. Parents will be able to take the Jewish conversation home to share with their children. Back by popular demand, Dr. Rosann Catalano and Rabbi Ilyse Kramer will return to teach Encountering Sacred Texts: Learning in the Presence of the Other. They will also offer a class on Sacred Texts: Learning in Two Traditions, Three Conversations. Rabbi Amy Scheinerman will teach Talmudic Narrative and Bereishit (Genesis). Rabbi Gila Ruskin will teach Jews in America: Insiders and Outsiders and Jewish Denominations. Rabbi Ron Shulman will offer Am Yisrael: the People of Israel, Eretz Yisrael: the Land of Israel, and Medinat Yisrael: the State of Israel at the Adult Institute, which this year will be held at Chizuk Amuno on the usual Tuesday evenings in October and November. During our traditional Sukkot week of programs, Lisa New, author of Jacob’s Cane, a Baltimore story, will come to Chizuk to discuss her book. Judith Shulevitz will be our One Shul, One Title, One Month featured speaker. Her book, The Sabbath World, will be available for purchase at the Stulman Center at a discounted rate. Ms. Shulevitz has appeared on NPR and the Steven Colbert show, and her book has received highly laudatory reviews. Missed the summer learning? Make sure you join us this fall.
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milestone of
write a 140th
our 140th
Anniversary
Anniversary year
Torah,
will be to mark
symbolizing our
our Sanctuary’s
religious purposes and congregational
50th Anniversary
values as we begin to write the next
during a special Shabbat weekend,
chapter in our community’s history.
October 29-30, 2010, which will
Our goals are to create community
include the musical heritage of Chizuk
by engaging a wide variety of our
Amuno Congregation and a review of
membership in learning experiences
our synagogue’s journey to Stevenson
around the writing of a Torah scroll,
Road from three prior synagogue
and to raise funds by providing
locations. In addition, we will unveil
our members with different Torah
a new permanent booklet for our
contribution opportunities.
Sanctuary, a “Guide for Participation.”
Neil Katz and Sandi Moffet, Chairs
The Blavatt Family, Chairs Susan and Ronald Blavatt
D
Amy and Jason Blavatt
uring our 140th year, in
Kelly and Jeff Blavatt
addition to our regular calendar
of classes and lectures, special learning programs will be presented to introduce the “Chizuk Amuno Curriculum.” As our clergy, educators, and others
D
uring our 140th year, in addition to our regular schedule
of worship services and holiday
prepare these sessions we will be
celebrations we will experiment with
offering learning opportunities that tie
a few new or modified settings and
their subject and texts to the spiritual,
styles for prayer. These settings and
developmental, and emotional needs or
styles may include more participatory
interests of our community’s particular
and/or musical services, especially on
demographic cohorts.
Friday evenings, as well as services that
Our vision of learning for the next
are shorter in duration and/or focused
decade includes the completion and
on particular themes, life moments, or
implementation of this life-long
spiritual techniques.
learning curriculum which will be
The Ritual Committee will sponsor
influenced by “Congregational
a series of “Congregational
Conversations” sponsored by our
Conversations” to further disseminate,
Stulman Center for Adult Learning.
consider, and implement our 2007
This series of discussions about the
Avodah-Worship Vision as well as
Jewish learning needs and interests of
to explore the ritual elements of the
our synagogue community will help
“Chizuk Amuno Curriculum.”
us to consider the types, varieties, and styles of classes and programs we will offer in the future.
Arise and Create: Community Arise and Create: Israel Sundays, August 29,
Our re-energized
2010 and
Israel Engagement
May 1, 2011 will
Committee is poised
be Chizuk Amuno’s
to strengthen our
first “Campus
synagogue’s connection
Beautification Days.”
to Israel and explore
Members are invited to participate in
ways to establish a synagogue partnership
activities to refresh and beautify our grounds
with a specific program or project in
and facility. Projects include making a
Israel. They are also planning programs
mosaic mural, painting light poles, and
to strengthen ties with Israel between the
planting.
generations. Jill and Aaron Max, Randi and Andrew Pupkin, Chairs
Steve Gevarter and Shuli Raffel, Chairs
C h i z u k A m u n o ’s
140th Anniversar y
W
hat lies ahead is a year of
milestone celebrations, unique learning, worship, and service programs, and conversations
T
to build on our vision for the
service elements of the “Chizuk Amuno
125th anniversary we codified
he Gemilut Hasadim Committee will sponsor a series of “Congregational
Conversations” in order to consider the Curriculum” and other areas for expanding or adjusting our community service and social justice initiatives.
future. At Chizuk Amuno’s
our synagogue’s mission and established an organizational structure to support that mission with resources and programming. Now it is time for our synagogue community to celebrate the accomplishments of this period and chart the course for our next decade. Shelly Malis, Chair
Arise and Create: Celebrate! Krieger Schechter Day School’s 30th Anniversary
The Goldsmith Museum’s 10th Anniversary We will mark
This highly-anticipated anniversary will officially begin in
this wonderful
September, 2010 with the start of the academic year and
milestone at an
culminate in a community-wide gala celebration on Sunday,
evening cocktail
March 27, 2011. The festivities will include an integrated
reception on Saturday,
community art project, a major fundraising campaign to benefit
January 22, 2011 that
building improvements and the KSDS Scholarship Fund, and a
features pieces of Judaica for home use
community gathering at the second annual KSDS Todot event.
created by local and national artist. Artwork
KSDS has contracted with local artist, Jay Wolf Schlossberg-
will be sold at the event and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Museum Acquisitions Fund. Linda Katz and Margy Moranz, Chairs
Cohen. His art process is a multi-stepped approach that includes the exploration of themes and text, community art workshops, and culminates in the installation of a large-scale mural piece. Themes, largely based on Jewish texts, will be explored in school-wide art workshops led by Jay and supported by parent volunteers and others throughout the school and synagogue community. The final product will reflect the Jewish values of the school, along with optimism for its future. Janine and Rob Frier, Heller and Ari Zaiman, Chairs
Participate in Chizuk Amuno’s 140th Anniversary Year Volunteers are needed for: Education Programming Publicity Fundraising And much more! For information, to volunteer, or to make a contribution, please contact Laurel Freedman, Director of Congregational Advancement, lfreedman@chizukamuno.org or 410/824-2054.
Celebrating with Club Hatikvah Club Hatikvah’s annual Shabbat service was celebrated on July 17. Dr. Richard Kolker led the preliminary service and Shaharit. The Torah service was led by Dr. Antony Rosen and Musaf by Dr. Moshe Shualy. Members who were called up to the Torah for aliyot were Selma Blaker, Henry Dickman, Irvin Klein, Louis Miller, Ted Surosky, Elaine Tobias, and Dorothy Yankellow. Other members who participated were Iris Barron, Ruth Bierer, Bruce Goldman, Myra Greenberg, Ethel Klein, Barbara Lewbart, Bruce Lewbart, Esther Miller, Irene Pack, Miriam Platt, Herman Samuel, Bernard Siegel, Irene Siegel, Judith Spector, and Marion Straus. Members and friends of
Club Hatikvah who read Torah were Randee Glassman, Ruthanne Kaufman, Sheila Sandbank, Dr. Moshe Shualy, Lynn Tucker, Wesley Wilson, and Margot Zipper. The Haftarah was chanted by Dr. Stuart Aiken. Club Hatikvah member Wesley Wilson delivered an inspirational D’var Torah. Words of greeting and thanks were offered by Selma Blaker, Club Hatikvah President. At the conclusion of the service, the congregation was invited to join in a kiddush luncheon hosted by and in honor of Club Hatikvah. We express our sincere gratitude to Henry Dickman for his efforts in organizing this Shabbat service. Club Hatikvah is Chizuk Amuno Congregation’s social club, open to all members of our Jewish community aged 60 and over. In addition to participating in gemilut hasadim activities, we are dedicated to providing our members
Israel Engagement Committee Newly Re-engaged Chizuk Amuno has an array of kesherim, connections, with Israel. We have Israelis who have moved from HaAretz and made Baltimore their home and Chizuk Amuno families that have made aliyah. Each year Chizuk Amuno congregants, including our KSDS and RRS students, travel to Israel for religious, business, and educational experiences to see family or simply just to have fun. But our synagogue wants more connections, particularly with Chizuk Amuno now celebrating its 140th anniversary. Connection with Israel is not just visiting HaAretz. Chizuk Amuno’s Israel Engagement Committee is planning a number of opportunities to “experience” Israel in a variety of different settings and become more engaged. The committee’s plans include hosting speakers to discuss topics of current interest, such as Israel’s security and economic challenges; having a showing of Israeli films and presentations of Israeli music; and using a special liturgy in our synagogue for Yom Ha’atzmaut, followed, of course, by a festive Israel Independence Day celebration. As a first step in developing connections, plans are
Interactive Whiteboards Come to Krieger Schechter Day School Thanks to a generous gift from Joel and Hillary Wohl and federal grant funds, KSDS has provided 30 classrooms with new eno boards from Polyvision, and has provided 30 teachers and all administrators a two-day summer workshop to learn how to write lessons that incorporate
under way to start a book club with the members of Netzach Yisroel, the Conservative synagogue in Ashkelon, Baltimore’s sister city. Plans are also being explored for projects with our Schechter and Rosenbloom students and their counterparts in Ashkelon schools. As planning transitions into the implementation stage, it will be important that the Chizuk Amuno community be kept aware of these exciting developments. The Israel Engagement Committee will have a new bulletin board in the administrative lobby dedicated to Israel events and
this new technology tool. On interactive whiteboards, students and teachers can use a digital pen or stylus to digitally click and manipulate objects and text drawn on the board for a more interactive learning experience. Eno boards differ from other interactive whiteboards by their durability and flexibility. Students and teachers can write on the board using regular whiteboard markers or a stylus. The stylus
and their guests with outstanding monthly dinners and exciting entertainment. On Sunday, October 17 we will begin our 29th consecutive season of fun and fellowship. We are pleased to announce our officers for the upcoming season: President, Selma Blaker Vice President, Ethel Klein Treasurer, Alvin Blaker Assistant Treasurer, Herman Samuel Recording Secretary, Iris Barron Corresponding Secretary, Elaine Tobias Immediate Past President, Miriam Platt To become a member of Club Hatikvah and partake of good times and good deeds, please call Leonard Fox at 410/484-6260.
information. If you have relevant information to post, please submit it to Shuli Raffel, sraffel@ soink12.ksds.edu, or Steve Gevarter, sgevarter@gfrlaw. com, for review. The committee also plans to post a calendar of events and updates regarding its engagement programs on the synagogue’s new redesigned website. Please remember to check our bulletin board and the website for up-to-date information. With these new engagement efforts now getting underway, there is still time to join the committee or get involved with a particular project. There are a lot of “untapped” resources in our synagogue and the Baltimore/Washington area. If you have suggestions, either for a speaker, a topic, or an event, let Shuli or Steve know. Our successful programming hinges on knowing what you want to see, hear, or otherwise experience.
allows users to draw lines and boxes or write class notes onto a webpage, an online image, or a slideshow. These notes from the board can then be saved to a document and e-mailed home as a study guide for the students. Furthermore, most software packages and many other technology tools work well with eno. The teachers are looking forward to using this new tool with their new students! Rosh HaShanah 5771 | 9
Chizuk Amuno Partners with Jewish National Fund for Israel’s Pilots In any successful fundraising campaign, it’s important to have a person passionate about the cause spearheading it. Such was the case at Chizuk Amuno Congregation—Lou Sapperstein led an effort raising $90,000, helping the Jewish National Fund (JNF) build a park for Israeli pilots and their families at the Ramon Air Force Base in the middle of Israel’s Negev Desert. More than 3,000 Air Force personnel and their families, including 200 children, call the base home. The Essence of Life Campaign brought together 160 congregations and is a permanent symbol of the connection and partnership between the American Jewish community and Israel. JNF built a beautiful 7.5-acre park to improve the quality of life for the dedicated people who are crucial to the security and vitality of the Jewish State. “We held a fundraiser with the kids at Krieger Schechter Day School where they gave out water bottles to raise awareness,” said Sapperstein, “but mostly the money we raised was through one-on-one solicitation. I presented the issues, explained the need, and we raised it bit by bit over a period of six years. A few years ago we went to visit the park and saw the plaque with Chizuk Amuno Congregation on it. It was very moving. Rabbi Shulman and I felt very honored to be a part of something so beautiful and clearly so needed. To learn more about JNF, please contact Diane Scar, 410/486-3317 or dscar@jnf.org.
Chizuk Amuno’s Parent Association Council— Linking our School Communities
PARENT ASSOCIATION COUNCIL OF
GECEC, KSDS,
AND
RRS
Linking Our School Communities
You best know the PA Council for our annual Purim Carnival celebration. Families from all our schools – Goldsmith Early Childhood Education Center, Krieger Schechter Day School, and Rosenbloom Religious School – in addition to Chizuk Amuno Congregation come together to celebrate this most festive Jewish holiday. This year will be just as exciting as we will be have students from each school vote for the theme they would like most
for the carnival. The PA Council will also be recognizing each student celebrating a birthday at the Shabbat Yahad service each month. Keeping with the idea of mitzvah gorer et mitzvah—one mitzvah leading to another mitzvah – we have initiated a program and hope each student donates P ARENT ASSOCIATION COUNCIL oneOofFtheir G birthday E C E Cpresents , K StoDa child S , atAthe N DRonald RRS McDonald House. Donation boxes will be in the GECEC and Rosenbloom lobbies the week prior to Shabbat Yahad.
The PA Council will organize the collection and delivery of these toys. We are also looking forward to doing a joint toy drive in December and kid’s clothing drive in May amongst all the schools. The power and unity of all three of our Chizuk Amuno schools will be our theme this year. Join us in this year of togetherness!
ohtcv ohfurc Linking Our School Communities
Barukhim Habaim! Welcome to Our New Members
Karen Booth
Emily Kramer
Ben and Teri Philosophe
Sharon and Robert Dondes
Michelle Kramer
Andrea and Brian Polsky
Shira and Avi Gerver
Samantha Kramer
Mary and Michael Singer
Susan and Henry Holzman
Brian Levin and Jean Acuna
Christopher and Candace Violanti
Julie and Douglas Jacobstein
Aileen and Eric Losin
Lauren and Adam Weiss
We are happy to welcome those who have most recently chosen to join our Chizuk Amuno family. If you have friends or family who may be interested in joining Chizuk Amuno, please call our Membership Coordinator, Cheryl Snyderman, 410/486-6400, ext. 300. 10 | HaZ’man ~ This Season
Sukkot
During the Festival of Sukkot we are completely immersed in the rituals, objects and foods of the hag, holiday. Many themes are associated with HeHag, “THE Holiday” as the Rabbis called Sukkot. Themes include the joys of community, awareness of our environment, hospitality and the welcoming of guests, thanksgiving to God as we celebrate our lives and all that sustains us, including the physical and spiritual sustenance we seek. On Sukkot we place ourselves into the sukkah, the temporary dwelling space that we call home for a little over a week. As we commemorate our ancestors Exodus from Egypt and their wilderness wandering, we pause from the routines of our lives at the Simhat Torah
On Thursday evening, September 30 and Friday, October 1, Simhat Torah, we will conclude reading the Torah and begin reading it anew. The honor of being called to the Torah for the concluding aliyah of the year and the honor of being the first aliyah of the new reading cycle are considered very
At Chizuk Amuno Congregation we are fortunate that we can provide our synagogue members with different settings and styles of High Holy Day Services, as well as joint opportunities when we all gather as one. Each of these worship services meets our standards of tradition and quality as a Conservative synagogue. beginning of another year and reflect on all that we cherish and appreciate. Joining with family and friends, we take time to dwell together in sukkot, celebrating as the Israelites did during Temple times, appreciating the land of our people, and our home community. We continue our ancestors’ tradition of demonstrating gratitude for all that sustains us, and sharing our blessings with others. Sukkot is an eight day pause to give thanks; an expression that can be recreated each time we eat a meal. For a detailed schedule of Sukkot activities at Chizuk Amuno, please refer to page 15. Join us as we rejoice on our festival and celebrate Sukkot in our sacred community. precious, as is the Maftir, the last Torah reading on Simhat Torah. Reflecting the loving relationship of God and the Jewish people through Torah, the congregants called upon for these honors are referred to as Hatan (Groom) Torah, Kallat (Bride) Bereishit, and Hatan Maftir.
L’Shanah Tovah
On Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur we come together as a sacred community of Jews with shared values and hopes. We greet and meet one another at the synagogue with the purpose of measuring the course of our lives and the condition of our world. Our worship is unique on the High Holy Days. The liturgy’s themes address our live’s progress, vulnerabilities, and visions. We face the future mindful of the past and present in an honest process of introspection and repentance. On Rosh HaShanah and
Yom Kippur we seek a familiar synagogue service while hoping we have changed. We merge our vastly different backgrounds, experiences, and memories into one whole and holy congregation.
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ay the coming New Year 5771 be one of goodness and peace! May we draw nearer to one another and to our sacred heritage, dedicated to Finding Meaning, Strengthening Faith, and Creating Community.
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High Holy Day Seats for the First Day of Rosh HaShanah, Kol Nidre, and Yom Kippur Morning As members of Chizuk Amuno Congregation, we each choose which of the High Holy Day worship services we plan to attend on the First Day of Rosh HaShanah as well as on Kol Nidre andYom Kippur morning. Though most of us choose to remain in our current seat locations, every year as the High Holy Days approach we have the opportunity to change our choice of worship service, subject to the availability of seats in that different location. There are no dues adjustments when changing service or seat locations because our Membership Dues are “age-based” and include High Holy Day tickets as a privilege of membership. Extra seat charges for additional family members still apply. If you would like to make a seating or location adjustment or have any other questions regarding High Holy Day seating, contact Judy Simkin, 410/4866400, ext. 232. High Holy Day Service Descriptions Sanctuary High Holy Day Worship in the Sanctuary is formal in style, providing a dynamic and evocative setting for personal prayer and reflection. The Chizuk Amuno Synagogue Choir accompanies Hazzan Perlman’s recitation and davenen. English readings and reflections, as well as Rabbi Shulman’s sermon and teachings, are interspersed during the service to enrich and inform each person’s experience. Krieger Auditorium High Holy Day Worship in the Krieger Auditorium is formal in style, providing a warm and participatory setting for personal prayer and reflection. Our Ba’al Tefilah, Dr. Larry Amsterdam, sets the ambience for prayer with his recitation and davenen. English readings and reflections, as well as Rabbi Wechsler’s sermon, are interspersed during the service to enrich and inform each person’s experience.
Stulman Auditorium High Holy Day Worship in the Stulman Auditorium is less formal in style and somewhat abbreviated, providing an intimate and participatory setting for individuals and families to join in prayer and reflection. Members of the congregation assist Rabbi Paul Schneider and Ba’al Tefilah Dr. David Roffman in leading and reciting the prayers and performing other ritual roles. Stories, anecdotes, and readings are interspersed during the service to enrich and inform each person’s experience. Second Day of Rosh HaShanah On the Second Day of Rosh HaShanah all the members of our synagogue family, across all the generations and all the worship services, gather together in the Chizuk Amuno Sanctuary to celebrate Rosh HaShanah, creating an embracing and open community for us all. Though seating in the Sanctuary is open for the Second Day of Rosh HaShanah, just as it is on Erev Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur afternoon, all Chizuk Amuno synagogue members may reserve seats for this communal Second Day service in advance. Reserved seats not occupied by 10:30 a.m. will become available for general seating. Elderly and disabled members who require special assistance for their comfort in the Sanctuary are able to reserve their seats for the entire Second Day service. A separate Second Day ticket will be provided to Chizuk Amuno families who choose to reserve seats in order to assure that there will be space for all of our members who plan to attend. Hosts will be located throughout the Sanctuary and balcony to ensure that everyone is assisted and comfortably seated.
Chizuk Amuno Member Family Service All Chizuk Amuno member families with children in kindergarten through 4th grade are invited to make reservations to participate in Family Services on Rosh HaShanah mornings, Kol Nidre, and Yom Kippur morning. Space is limited. Held in the Hoffberger Chapel on Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur mornings, this one hour interactive family service includes the major melodies, prayers, and symbols of the High Holy Days conducted by Alex Weinberg and Abby Woloff. On Erev Yom Kippur, Kol Nidre, all families with children in kindergarten through 4th grade gather in the Esterson Auditorium for a Kol Nidre family experience and storytelling conducted by Rabbi Stuart Seltzer. Torah for Tots All families with children kindergarten-aged and younger may choose to attend a Torah for Tots Service, in the Krieger Gym, designed especially for them on Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur mornings and on Kol Nidre eve conducted by Alex Weinberg and Michelle Gold. Following Family Service on Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur Mornings At 11 a.m. parents may join in the worship service in which they have seats while their children can continue celebrating in ageappropriate programs provided by Chizuk Amuno’s educators. In this way, parents may enjoy holiday time both with their children and for themselves. Childcare and Children’s Programs Childcare and children’s programs will be available for the complete mornings of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, beginning at 9 a.m. and concluding when congregational services are completed, enabling parents to fully participate in High Holy Day Services as they may wish.
L’Shanah Tovah u’Metukah! | Looking forward to meaningful and joyous services, we wish you a sweet and good New Year! 12 | HaZ’man ~ This Season
Selihot: An Evening of Study, Reflection, and Preparation
5770 • 2010 High Holy Day Services
Saturday, September 4 Join us in community and meaning for special study and discussion, a lovely dessert buffet, and beautiful prayer in anticipation of the coming new Jewish year. 8:30 p.m. Making It Personal We join in special study about how to find personal relevance and expression in the prayers and rituals of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. Rabbis Ron Shulman and Debi Wechsler invite us to learn and create with them as we all prepare for the High Holy Days. We’ll enjoy the sweetness and light of Havdalah to conclude Shabbat before our program begins.
Erev Rosh HaShanah, Wednesday, September 8
9:30 p.m. Dessert Reception We gather in friendship and conversation, renewing our bonds as a synagogue community before the first “formal” service of the High Holy Day season.
Candle Lighting
10:00 p.m. Selihot Service A String Quartet will accompany Hazzan Perlman and the Chizuk Amuno choir during our Selihot Service. Selihot is a unique and moving late night “Service of forgiveness” that begins the High Holy Day season. During the Selihot Service we are introduced to some of the prayers and motifs of the coming days of awe. The Selihot Service is an emotional, spiritual, and evocative evening of teshuvah, repentance, reflecting upon our deeds and experiences this year as we consider personal and religious goals for future growth and change. As our service begins, the Torah Scrolls in the ark are publicly changed into their white High Holy Day covers which symbolize the freshness and purity of the coming new year. We conclude our evening with the sounding of the Shofar.
Minhah: Afternoon Service (in the Hoffberger Chapel) Ma’ariv: Evening Service
5:45 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
We will usher in the New Year together in the Sanctuary. Seating will be open for this service. All of our clergy will participate during this service.
7:08 p.m.
Rosh HaShanah -1st Day, Thursday, September 9 Sanctuary and Krieger Auditorium Services
Shaharit: Morning Service Torah Service …followed by the Sounding of the Shofar Musaf: Holy Day Service
9:00 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
Rabbi Ronald Shulman and Hazzan Emanuel Perlman will officiate at services in the Sanctuary. Rabbi Deborah Wechsler and Dr. Larry Amsterdam will officiate at services in the Krieger Auditorium.
Stulman Auditorium Service
Rosh HaShanah Service
9:30 a.m.
Rabbi Paul Schneider and Dr. David Roffman will officiate at services in the Stulman Auditorium.
High Holy Day Sparkle Too busy to polish your silver? Bring your silver Judaica objects to us for a museum quality cleaning. Drop off: Goldsmith Museum Office Monday, August 30, and Tuesday, August 31, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Pick up: Tuesday, September 7, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. or by arrangement Cost: $25 and up per object, determined by condition at drop-off. Proceeds benefit the Goldsmith Museum. Cost of polishing may be considered a partial deduction. If you would like to be trained as a volunteer, or have any questions please call Susan Vick, ext. 291.
It’s Time to Buy Your Lulav and Etrog! Celebrate Sukkot with a Lulav and Etrog set from Israel. Please make check for $45 payable to Chizuk Amuno Congregation Brotherhood and submit it by September 13 to the synagogue office. For more information, call Brotherhood representatives Marvin Spector, 410/484-8939 or Michael Moranz, 410/486-0277.
Tashlikh Our entire community will gather at 5:00 p.m. in the Garden Lounge for friendship and refreshments before walking to an outdoor ceremony to symbolically cast away our sins.
Erev 2nd Day Rosh HaShanah Minhah: Afternoon Service Ma’ariv: Evening Service Candle Lighting
6:00 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 7:54 p.m.
We will continue our welcome of the New Year together in the Sanctuary.
Rosh HaShanah - 2nd Day, Friday, September 10 Sanctuary, Krieger, and Stulman Auditorium Services
Shaharit: Morning Service Torah Service …followed by the Sounding of the Shofar Musaf: Holy Day Service
9:00 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
We will merge the Sanctuary, Krieger, and Stulman Auditorium services in the Sanctuary for the Second Day of Rosh HaShanah. Rabbis Shulman, Wechsler, Schneider and Hazzan Perlman will officiate. Our entire community will complete our welcome of the New Year together in the Sanctuary.
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Kol Nidre - Erev Yom Kippur, Friday, September 17 Sanctuary, Krieger, and Stulman Auditorium Services
Minhah: Afternoon Service (in the Hoffberger Chapel) Ma’ariv: Evening Service
5771 • 2010 High Holy Day Children and Youth Services
6:00 p.m.
10 a.m.
6:30 p.m.
Family High Holy Day Service, Grades K - 4, Esterson Auditorium with Alex Weinberg and Abby Woloff, prior sign-up and ticket required
Rabbi Ronald Shulman and Hazzan Emanuel Perlman will officiate at services in the Sanctuary. Rabbi Deborah Wechsler will deliver the sermon.
11:00 a.m. Grades 5 - 6
Hoffberger Chapel
Rabbi Paul Schneider and Dr. David Roffman will officiate at services in the Stulman Auditorium.
11:15 a.m. Torah for Tots Family Service, Krieger Gym with Michelle Gold and Alex Weinberg, prior sign-up and ticket required Family High Holy Day Experience, Grades K - 4, first day only Esterson Auditorium with Rabbi Stuart Seltzer, prior sign-up and ticket required
Candle Lighting
12:30 p.m.
Rabbi Deborah Wechsler and Dr. Larry Amsterdam will officiate at services in the Krieger Auditorium. Rabbi Ronald Shulman will deliver the sermon.
6:54 p.m.
Grades 5 - 12, Kiddush
Yom Kippur, Shabbat, September 18 Shaharit: Morning Service Torah Service Yizkor Memorial Prayers Musaf: Holy Day Service
9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 11:30 a.m.
Rabbi Ronald Shulman and Hazzan Emanuel Perlman will officiate at services in the Sanctuary. Rabbi Deborah Wechsler and Dr. Larry Amsterdam will officiate at services in the Krieger Auditorium.
Stulman Auditorium Service
Yom Kippur Service
9:30 a.m.
Yom Kippur Kol Nidre – Friday, September 17 6:30 p.m.
Torah for Tots, Krieger Gym with Michelle Gold and Alex Weinberg, prior sign-up and ticket required Family Service, Grades K - 4, Esterson Auditorium with Rabbi Stuart Seltzer, prior sign-up and ticket required Grades 5 - 6, with Abby Woloff and Isaac Woloff Hoffberger Chapel Grades 7 - 12 Krieger Auditorium
Rabbi Paul Schneider and Dr. David Roffman will officiate at services in the Stulman Auditorium.
Yom Kippur – Shabbat, September 18
Our entire community will complete our observance of Yom Kippur and the High Holy Days together in the Sanctuary.
Grades K - 4 Grades 5 - 6 Grades 7 - 12
Seating will be open for these sessions and services.
Study Sessions Rabbi Shulman’s Discussion Minhah: Afternoon Service Neilah: Concluding Service (Be sure to bring your shofar!) Family Neilah Service in the Krieger Auditorium
3:00 p.m. 4:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m.
9 a.m.
7:00 p.m.
Rosh HaShanah
10 a.m.
Family Service, Grades K - 4, Esterson Auditorium with Alex Weinberg and Abby Woloff, prior sign-up and ticket required
Torah for Tots Family Service, Krieger Gym with Michelle Gold and Alex Weinberg, prior sign-up and ticket required Family Service, Grades K - 4, Esterson Auditorium with Rabbi Stuart Seltzer, prior sign-up and ticket required Grades 5 - 6 Hoffberger Chapel
1st Day and 2nd Day of Rosh HaShanah – Thursday and Friday, September 9 and 10 Youth Services and Special Holiday Youth Activities continue through 1 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
9 a.m.
Family Neilah Service
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Room 252 Kolker Youth Lounge *Krieger Auditorium
11:15 a.m.
5771 • 2010 High Holy Day Children and Youth Services
Grades K – 4 Grades 5 - 6 Grades 7 - 12, 1st Day Grades 7 - 12, 2nd Day
Kolker Youth Lounge
Room 252 Kolker Youth Lounge *Krieger Auditorium Sanctuary
Grades 5 – 12
Kolker Youth Lounge
7:00 p.m.
Krieger Auditorium
*Teens are invited to the Krieger Auditorium where special seats will be set aside for them to participate in the congregational service. Students should meet Isaac Woloff and his staff in the Krieger Auditorium to receive their ticket and seat.
Schedule of Sukkot Services and Programs Celebrating Sukkot at Chizuk Amuno Erev Sukkot, Wednesday, September 22 Young Families of Chizuk Sukkot Dinner Minhah Erev Sukkot Service Candle Lighting First Day of Sukkot, Thursday, September 23 Festival Morning Service Family Service Kiddush Luncheon in the Attman Family Sukkah co-sponsored by Chizuk Amuno Sisterhood, Following Services Minhah/Ma’ariv Candle Lighting
6:00 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:46 p.m.
9:15 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
6:15 p.m. 7:31 p.m.
Second Day of Sukkot, Friday, September 24 Festival Morning Service 9:15 a.m. Family Service 10:00 a.m. Kiddush Luncheon in the Attman Family Sukkah co-sponsored by Chizuk Amuno Sisterhood, Following Services Oneg Shabbat 6:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Candle Lighting
6:15 p.m. 6:42 p.m.
Shabbat and Hol HaMoed Third Day of Sukkot, September 25 Shabbat Morning Service 9:15 a.m. Shabbat Yahad Sukkot Story by Dr. Paul Schneider Study Session Minhah/Ma’ariv Havdalah
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:28 p.m.
Hol HaMoed Fourth Day of Sukkot, Sunday, September 26 Shaharit 9:15 a.m. Sukkot Harvest Festival Featuring: Goldsmith Early Childhood Education Center Disney Character Meet ‘n Greet and other activities Minhah/Ma’ariv 6:15 p.m.
Hol HaMoed Fifth Day of Sukkot, Monday, September 27 Shaharit 7:00 a.m Minhah/Ma’ariv Stulman Center for Adult Learning Presents: Lisa New, author of Jacob’s Cane
Hol HaMoed Sixth Day of Sukkot, Tuesday, September 28 Shaharit 7:00 a.m. Minhah/Ma’ariv 6:15 p.m. Chizuk Amuno Israel Engagement Committee 7:00 p.m. Presents a sing-along: Israel in the Sukkah Hoshanah Rabbah, Seventh Day of Sukkot, Wednesday, September 29 Shaharit Minhah/Ma’ariv Candle Lighting
7:00 a.m. 6:15 p.m. 6:34 p.m.
Shemini Atzeret, Eighth Day of Sukkot, Thursday, September 30 Festival Morning Service 9:15 a.m. Family Service 10:00 a.m. Yizkor Memorial Prayers Reading of Ecclesiastes, Kohelet, led by our madrikhim, B’nei Mitzvah tutors Erev Simhat Torah, Thursday, September 30 Young Families of Chizuk Festival Dinner Minhah Oneg Hag Erev Simhat Torah Service …celebration and dancing with our Torah Scrolls for all ages Candle Lighting Simhat Torah, Friday, October 1 Festival Morning Service Family Service and Torah Unrolling Activity Kiddush Luncheon in honor of our Simhat Torah honorees: Shari Kaplan, Alan Mogol, and Howard Rosenbloom Following Services Oneg Shabbat Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Candle Lighting
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6:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:20 p.m.
9:15 a.m. 10:00 a.m.
6:00 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 6:31 p.m.
Simhat Torah Honorees
Howard Rosenbloom Hatan Torah
Howard Rosenbloom cherishes the long and important relationship his family shares with Chizuk Amuno Congregation. As a communal leader and philanthropist, Howard is sensitive to the values of our Jewish heritage and the current needs of our community. Proud of his family’s endowment of the Rosenbloom Religious School, Howard has actively supported the innovative
Shari Kaplan Kallat Bereishit When greeting Shari, one is immediately impressed by her vibrant smile and positive energy – they are permanent features that she brings to every meeting and project in which she’s involved. This year, Shari
Alan Mogol Hatan Maftir Alan Mogol has served our congregation with dedication and creativity for many years. Currently president of the Chizuk Amuno Foundation, Alan served as a Assistant Treasurer and Treasurer of our Executive Committee (2005-2010) and as chairman of the cemetery committee. 16 | HaZ’man ~ This Season
LinC curriculum and the publication of engaging family and student prayer books. Howard is gracious in the personal support he provides for all of the religious school’s programs. A generous and thoughtful individual, he opens himself to new ideas and to opportunities to help Chizuk Amuno and the whole of our Jewish community. Howard Rosenbloom is the Director of the Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation. Among this many activities in this capacity, Howard is president of the board of the Jewish Virtual Library and serves on the boards of Hillel International, the JCC of Greater Baltimore, and the Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies. Howard is a member of the American Technion Society
Board of Directors and past-president and co-chair of the ATS Baltimore Chapter Board of Directors. Howard’s dedicated support of science, Jewish education, communal affairs, and Chizuk Amuno reflect his commitment to making a difference and honoring his family’s legacy. Howard attended Baltimore City College and Washington & Lee University, and earned his MBA at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Howard is married to Dr. Michelle GelkinRosenbloom. They have two grown children, Cynthia Rosenbloom Mosenson and Keith M. Rosenbloom. Howard and Michelle are the proud grandparents of Kendra Fanny, Willa Rose, and Everett B. Mosenson.
begins her tenure as President of Chizuk Amuno’s Parent Association Council after a two-year stint as Treasurer. Over the last few years, she has also served as Co-Chair and then Chair of the Young Families of Chizuk Committee and was (and remains) a member of the Congregational Life Committee. Being very involved in her children’s school community is a priority for Shari, and, as such, she has been Class Parent and Hesed Parent in her children’s classes, as well as co-chaired the KSDS PA Moshloah Manot project and volunteered
for picture parent, book fair, recess duty, holiday treats, Grandparent Day and Model Seder. Shari has held various board positions with Hadassah of Greater Baltimore, including Vice President of Development, and most recently served as Chair of the Check it Out Challenge 8K Run / 5K Walk. She and her husband, Neil, are raising Jacob and Rachel, who are both students at Chizuk Amuno schools. In Shari’s spare time, she is the Co-Leader of Jacob’s Cub Scout den and Rachel’s Brownie troop.
During Alan’s tenure, he successfully negotiated the purchase of our new Garrison Forrest Cemetery which will support the needs of our congregation for many years to come. Alan and Ellen Mogol have been members of Chizuk Amuno since 1969. They are regular attendees at synagogue services and treasured friends to many at Chizuk Amuno. Alan’s pleasant and thoughtful manner, his focus and careful consideration benefit the character of our congregation wherever he gives of his time and talents. Alan is Principal at Ober,
Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, with a practice specialization in commercial finance. He is a frequent writer and speaker on topics involving the negotiation, documentation and syndication of equipment finance transactions. A graduate of the University of Virginia and the UVA Law School, Alan has also served on the Board of Directors of Transitional Living Council of Central Maryland. Alan and Ellen are the proud parents of Andrew with Sarah, and Jonathan, and the delighted grandparents of Sophia.
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Apple and Honey Dishes • Challah Boards and Knives An Expanding Selection of Cookbooks, Aprons and Oven Mitts with Apple Holiday Motifs Please call the Stulman Center for Adult Learning for more information about this exciting course, 410/824-2055/8.
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Tuition: $200 Chizuk Amuno members, $250 nonmembers
Please contact Anne King, 410/303-7716, to schedule a shopping appointment.
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Your Life Cycle Events at Chizuk Amuno! Bris Baby Naming Bar / Bat Mitzvah Aufruf
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Anniversary
Annual Memorial S e r v i ce Sunday, September 12, 11 a.m. Arlington Cemetery Services will be conducted by Rabbi Ronald Shulman, Rabbi Deborah Wechsler, and Hazzan Emanuel Perlman, accompanied by the Chizuk Amuno Choir. Following the formal ceremony, Dr. Moshe Shualy will be available to offer graveside prayers. For more information, call Cemetery Director, Barbara Leibowitz Lichter, ext. 248.
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Arlington Cemetery is located on Rogers Avenue, west of Reisterstown Road. Our clergy and ritual staff will be pleased to meet families individually at Garrison Forest Cemetery. Please call 410/486-6400, ext. 232 to arrange for this brief graveside ceremony.
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140th Anniversary Community BBQ and Campus Beautification Bash
to benefit community agencies
Please drop off your sealed food in bins located in the Louis A. Cohen Family Chapel Lobby and the Administrative Lobby. Please check expiration dates. For more information, call Miriam Foss, 410/486-6400, ext. 281
Join us as we kickoff a year of celebration! Participate in service projects in our sacred community and relax and schmooze at our annual community BBQ.
Beef stew, canned fruits, canned meats/tuna, canned vegetables, dish soap, disposable salt and pepper shakers, ketchup and mayonnaise, laundry detergent, macaroni & cheese, metal forks, napkins, paper lunch bags, pasta and sauce, peanut butter and jelly, plastic baggies, plastic ware, rice, stove top stuffing, sugar, tea bags, toilet paper
In lieu of food, monetary donations will also be accepted and donated to kosher food funds. Make checks payable to Chizuk Amuno, Attn. Food Drive. A service initiative made possible by the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Gemilut Hasadim Endowment Fund
All are welcome, rain or shine!