JUNE, 2013/SIVAN-TAMUZ, 5773

High Holy Days are

EARLY
this year.
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Wednesday, September 4,
is just 2 days after
Labor Day!
Information packets will be sent to you the week of J uly 8,
but you can respond early by using the
enclosed ticket request form right now. Enjoy your summer!
Clergy
Rabbi Daniel M. Cohen, D.Min.
Rabbi Ellie Lynn Miller, M.A.R.E.
Cantor Rebecca Moses
Cantor J oan Finn
Rabbi Emeritus, Harvey S. Goldman
Cantor Emeritus, Theodore Aronson
Lay Leadership
J ay Rice, President
Heidi Sussman, VP
Sue Wishnow, VP
Russell Kaplan, VP
Max Weisenfeld, VP
Gail Kanef, VP
J ennifer Larson, VP
Renee Helfenstein, VP
Craig Krandel, Treasurer
J anet Schwamm, Secretary
Leslie Y. Sporn, Executive Director
Carol Paster, Preschool Director
Mindy Schreff, Religious School Director
Tracy Horwitz, LSW, Program Director
Beth Sandweiss, MA, MSW
J FS Social Worker at TSTI
Sunny Seglin, Bulletin
MEMBER CONGREGATION
UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM
Schedule of Services
Saturday, June 1
Minyan Service, 9:15 A.M.
Gross Bet Midrash
Bar Mitzvah of Caleb Heinze, 10:15 A.M.
Bat Mitzvah of Anna Klieger, 10:30 A.M.
Friday, June 7
Korach
Shabbat Service honoring Rabbi Cohen
on 20 years at TSTI, 7:30 P.M.
Bass Sanctuary Building
Saturday, June 8
Minyan Service, 9:15 A.M.
Gross Bet Midrash
Bnai Mitzvah of Seth Gordon
and Noah J affe, 10:15 A.M.
Bar Mitzvah of Aran Wollard, 10:30 A.M.
Friday, June 14
Chukat
Shabbat Service, 6:00 P.M.
Bass Sanctuary Building
Saturday, June 15
Minyan Service, 9:15 A.M.
Gross Bet Midrash
Bnai Mitzvah of Mia Achitoov
and Michael Siskind 10:15 A.M.
Friday, June 21
Balak
Shabbat Service, 6:00 P.M.
Gellis-Green Chapel
Saturday, June 22
Minyan Service, 9:15 A.M.
Gross Bet Midrash
Friday, June 28
Pinchas
Shabbat Service, 6:00 P.M.
Gellis-Green Chapel
Saturday, June 29
Minyan Service, 9:15 A.M.
Gross Bet Midrash
(cont. from page 3
however, also have our new Welcome Rosh Hashanah on our
front lawn which will formally begin at 5:30 p.m., but if it is
a nice afternoon, please feel free to come early. Bring a picnic
dinner, a bottle of wine, etc. We will have music playing
beginning at 5:00, offering a lovely, informal way to come
together as 5773 ends and the New Year begins.
And speaking of Erev Rosh Hashanah . . . this year the eve-
ning sermon will be told in the form of a story by our very
own Debbie Bernstein and Ellen Musicant. Ellen and Deb-
bie have brought the Story of Jonah to life on Yom Kippur
afternoon for the past few years and, this past spring, retold
the Story of Esther in the manner only they can. They are
amazingly talented, insightful, learned AND entertaining and
we are thrilled they will be bringing their Torah Turnings to
Rosh Hashanah this year.
Finally, Rabbi Miller, Russell Kaplan and I have been hard
at work putting a new shine on the Yom Kippur Afternoon
worship experience. The services this year will be fresh but
familiar, and it is only the first step toward our continuing
to create High Holy Day worship experiences that strike the
right balance between traditional and modern.
Thank you again for all of the honors this spring. I look for-
ward to seeing many of you there.
Summer Soiree
July 18 at 7:00 in the Mansion
We are collecting clean, gently used, stylish ties on behalf of Re-
entering Offender for their fathering initiative. The program, teach-
ing fathering skills to men recently released from prison, begins
with dads teaching their sons how to tie a tie. A collection box for
your donations can be found in the coat room.
We mourn and will deeply miss Rabbi Herbert Weiner,
spiritual leader of Temple Israel and dear friend to so many.
Rabbi Weiner passed away last month at his home at the
age of 93. Rabbi Weiner was a respected scholar, author of
Nine and a Half Mystics and Wild Goats of Ein Gedi
among others. His wise cousel and deep connection to his
congregants was legendary.
May his Memory be for a Blessing
RABBI HERBERT WEINER
TIE-a-TIE for Change
Shabbat Services begin at 6:00 PM in July and August
Womens
Connection
Join us for a summer evening filled with
sangria, hors doeuvres and conversation.
(cont. on page 2
The Presidents
Point of View
From the
Rabbis Study
This evening provides to me, as President, the honor
to, once again, report to our Temple family on the State of our
Congregation. Our role as Temple leaders continues to be to
protect and to preserve the financial integrity of our institution
and to insure that we provide the best possible experience
for our temple members, whether it be education, pastoral or
religious services.
These challenges have been met this year because all
three prongs of Temple leadership, clergy, staff and lay leaders,
have worked seamlessly and with agreed upon purpose to
achieve a common goal.
I have been humbled by everything that Leslie Sporn
and her staff have done this year to make my job easier and to
benefit all of us. Our working relationship with our Preschool
Director, Carol Paster, our Religious School Director, Mindy
Shreff and our Project Director, Tracy Horwitz, have never been
better. The offices of Cantor Moses, Cantor Finn and Rabbi
Miller have always been opened to me. And I much appreciate
Cantor Aronsons help in stepping up and out of his semi-
retirement to be there for TSTI during Cantor Moses maternity
leave.
Rabbi Cohen and I communicate on a daily basis. I have
come to rely upon him for wisdom and friendship and I admire
his courage every day.
I am surrounded by a group of lay leaders who rarely
say no to my requests even though they know it is coming.
Some who are leaving the Board tonight have been mainstays of
temple leadership for so many years. To Andrea, Rob, Jules, Lisa,
Jeff, Steven and Gail I offer my deepest thanks and appreciation.
You cannot be replaced. But do not be surprised to hear from me
during the coming year. I have ideas for you all. I am also very
thankful for the strong working relationship that has developed
between your Board of Trustees and Temples Religious School
and Preschool Boards. We are working together with a common
goal- to provide the best possible educational experiences for
our children. And I am grateful to David Baum and the Gates of
Israel Foundation Board for wisely investing our endowment and
capital monies; and for agreeing to do the same next year for our
Restricted Funds and Temple funds.
The result, I am pleased to report, is that the financial
condition of TSTI at the end of this fiscal year will be strong.
We have met our budgetary goals. The promise we made to our
community, that no TSTI family who needs and seeks financial
assistance will be turned away, was a promise fulfilled, thanks
Dear Friends,
I read last months Bulletin with great appreciation to
and for my colleagues. Day in and day out I work with an
amazing group of individuals on both the professional and
volunteer side of temple life. I am truly fortunate and I know
it. And while the articles spoke about me there is, honestly,
no way to speak about my 20 years at TSTI without talking
about us -- the amazingly creative, caring, sincere group
of individuals I work with both on staff and as volunteers.
It is for that reason that, even before we come together this
month to mark my years here at TSTI, I want to thank my
colleagues who sit together each Tuesday during our Se-
nior Staff meetings -- Rabbi Miller, Cantor Moses, Cantor
Finn, Leslie, Sunny, Carol, Mindy and Tracy. I could not ask
for a better team with which to work. And I want to thank
our volunteer leadership beginning with President Jay Rice
(thank you for agreeing to take a third year, Jay!) and extend
it to each member of the Executive Committee and Board of
Trustees. I am personally grateful that each of you has made
your temple a high priority in terms of your time, commit-
ment and energy. And thank you to each and every one of
you for allowing me to continue serving the amazing place
that is TSTI.
Now, on to business :)
This June Bulletin is the last Bulletin before the summer
break. It also leads into one of the more unusual fall periods
I can remember. With the High Holy Days coming so early
this year we have found ourselves planning for Rosh Hasha-
nah and Yom Kippur weeks and weeks before we otherwise
would. What that means for you is simply this: The High
Holy Day mailing will be arriving shortly. Please do not put
off returning your seating requests and other materials until
later in the summer because, for example, mailing it Labor
Day weekend will likely mean we do not receive it before
5774 has begun.
A few notes for this year.
Rosh Hashanah: We will once again have a single Erev Rosh
Hashanah Service that will begin at 7:30 p.m. We will,
(cont. on page 7
Presidents Remarks
Annual Meeting, 2013
Linda and Rudy Slucker
Religious School
Mindy Schreff
Religious School Director
And on
that Note . . .
Wow. It is good to be back! For those
who may not have heard, I am very
pleased to announce two wonderful
things: 1) My husband, Aaron, and
I are now the very proud parents of
a beautiful baby girl, Alexandra. 2) I am thrilled to be back,
working here, with all of you. While it is not easy starting back
to work after her birth, its important to me to share what I
do with her. Some of my earliest memories are of being in my
mothers religious school classroom while she taught Confir-
mation students. I remember being passed around from teen to
teen, watching them talk, listening to them learn. I knew all the
nooks and crannies in the temple better than I knew my own
school. I had an entire congregation of people who knew and
loved me and my parents had an entire congregation of people
who looked out for me. Growing up in the synagogue that way
was a huge influence on the rest of my life and was one of the
reasons that I chose to work as a Jewish professional. I cannot
wish more for my child than to have such a loving place to grow
up as this congregation.
Now that I am back there are so many things to look
forward to: We are starting a band! Do you play an instrument?
You should come play with us! We are also starting a choir! Do
you like to sing? You should come sing with us! Theres even go-
ing to be a choir for the kids.
Please let me know if you would like to be a part of
these exciting new projects. Its going to be great, but it will be
even better with you. (Yes, I mean you!)
On a slightly more serious note: I want to thank you all
for your patience and kind wishes while I have been away. It
has meant a great deal to know that so many of you were think-
ing of our new little family.
Time sure flew by this year! We just
wrapped up my second year here and
it seems like just yesterday I was wel-
coming everyone to the start of this
school year. There were many chal-
lenges that arose this year where our students were given the op-
portunity to think beyond themselves and care for others. I was
so proud of how all of our students welcomed Beth El students
after Hurricane Sandy as we joined forces in producing items for
those harder hit than us. Our students asked thoughtful ques-
tions when the Catskill Puppet Theater captivated them with
the story of The Town That Fought Hatred. We came together
in song to welcome Rick Recht to school and enjoyed visits from
several Jewish camps who led active and engaging programs.
We gave a warm TSTI welcome to teens from Israel, and skyped
with two teens one Sunday morning, beginning the connection
between our communities. Our seventh graders were privileged
to interact with two Holocaust speakers who shared their special
journeys; the students asked thoughtful and respectful questions.
We were so proud of the way they conducted themselves.

There are so many enriching opportunities where our chil-
dren came together in community to share and learn from one
another, acknowledging the gifts each student brings to TSTI. We
are so very blessed to have created such a rich, vibrant congre-
gation where everyone is welcome and cherished.
All in the Family
Mazel tov to:
Melanie and Jack Atkins on the marriage of their son,
Scott, to Molly Furman.
Lori and Mark Rosen on the marriage of their daughter,
Amanda, to J osh Bakhash.
Arlene and Andy Brafman on the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Elise, to Simon Farrell.
Bonnie and Wayne Brauner on the marriage of their son,
Perry, to Stacey Spector.
Amy and Robert Katz on the marriage of their son, Bryan,
to Cathleen Cuthbert.
Betsy Karetnick on her marriage to Gary Benz.
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(cont. on page 6)
A Thought
to Share
The Iris Family
Relationships are an integral part
of life. They come in all different
sizes and shapes. There are work relationships between boss
and employee as well as between co-workers. There are
family relationships; parent to parent, parent to child and
sibling to sibling. There are the aunts and uncles, cousins and
grandparents. Theres your significant other and the family
members to whom they are connected. There are the close
friends that youve known forever but rarely see to whom you
tell all your deepest, darkest secrets, and then there are those
you see every day but havent opened up to yet. There are the
friends of friends that you sit next to at a life cycle event.

All these relationships take time and effort to keep them
strong and healthy. There are those you want to nurture daily
as well as those youd prefer to avoid. Those you wish you had
more time for and those you communicate with out of some
sense of obligation. There are times we are better at keeping
the relationships going and times when a work schedule can
get in the way of plans. We come home tired and distracted.
Sometimes even our own children get in the way of maintaining
healthy, strong relationship; sitters arent available or perhaps
outside of the current budget constraints. Some relationships
break up abruptly from misunderstandings, jealousies or hurt
feelings while some just fade away due to the parties being
in different phases of their lives. Some suffer from distance.
Reunions of any kind, whether they be high school, college,
family or even a funeral can be an opportunity to reconnect.
In my case, many relationships suffered due to my health. In my
heart I wanted to maintain and foster my relationships but just
couldnt find the energy to do so for a long period of time. Im
not one to chat on the phone and when I do I want to make sure
that I wont be interrupted and can give 100% of my attention.
For many years that hasnt happened. I write lists of cousins to
call, friends to reach out to or colleagues to network. I mean
well but rarely follow through. That is until recently.
Ive been invited to 7 family weddings and a 70
th

birthday week- long cruise, the majority of which are out of
state, requiring flights, long car rides and multiple-day stays.
Fortunately I recently changed my diet, and lo and behold,
my symptoms have cleared, my energy has returned and my
metabolism has revved up. Now instead of making it through
or avoiding these events Ive found myself looking forward to
each one.
So in the past 2 months Ive reconnected with 53
relatives. Literally. Slowly I am beginning to reconnect with
I am so glad that summer has finally arrived. It feels
like we are finally seeing the sun after a very long winter. While
it was cold outside, it was warm at temple. This was a year of
exciting programming from Doctor Ruth Westheimer and a
Rick Recht concert to the Awesome Oneg program for our 3-5
graders and Tequila and Text for adults just to name a few. As
the programmatic year comes to a close we begin our planning
for next year. There is a lot to be done quickly this year since
Rosh Hashanah falls right after Labor Day.
But lets not skip too quickly to the fall. The summer is
a great time to come to Shabbat services. All summer services
start at 6pm, early enough for families to have Shabbat dinner
after services. Summer services are held in the chapel and are
bit more casual. They are a great time to enjoy favorite melodies
and begin to learn some new ones too. All summer services are
family friendly and a lovely way to start Shabbat.
For families who are considering overnight camp for
their kids, summer also gives us a chance to visit camps to see
them in action. I will be at URJ Camp Harlam this summer from
July 24
th
-August 4
th
serving on the educational faculty. It is a
great opportunity to teach in an informal setting but even more
so it is a great opportunity to learn what is hot and happening
in the Jewish camping world and the world of Jewish music too.

I encourage everyone who is looking for an overnight
camp experience for their child to consider a Union for Reform
Judaism summer camp or program. Participation can be a life
changing experience as it gives our kids a chance to celebrate
Judaism in an experiential way that is both unique and exciting.
URJ camps also help our students to feel comfortable with
Hebrew language, prayer and traditions while at the same time
they are having a great time playing sports, singing, camping
and swimming all in a Jewish context.
As we move into the summer please consider two
things. Please consider becoming a regular at summer services.
It really is a lovely way to end the week and begin the weekend.
And consider planning a tour at Camp Harlam while I am there.
I would love to see you and take the tour with you.
I hope everyone has a safe and healthy summer!
Our Bnai Mitzvah
Caleb Joseph Heinze
June 1, 2013
Caleb is the son of Kelly and Peter Heinze,
brother of Zachary, Amelia and Simone,
and grandson of Dolores Heinze and Lou-
ise and Joe Aquino.
Mitzvah Project: Caleb takes part in the
Newark Conservancy Gardens program,
helping to grow food that is given to
people in need.
Anna Elizabeth Klieger
June 1, 2013
Anna is the daughter of Jill and Ben Klieg-
er, sister of Josh and Sophie, and grand-
daughter of Ruth and Alan Smith, Iris and
Donald Klieger, and Rose Ann Ellis.
Mitzvah Project: Ann has taken on the re-
sponsibility of presenting and preserving
the story of a Holocaust survivor.
Seth Alexander Gordon
June 8, 2013
Seth is the son of Andrea and Eric Gordon
and brother of Harris.
Mitzvah Project: Seth volunteers with the
Friendship Circle and helps children with
special needs in a sports league.
Noah Benjamin Jaffe
June 8, 2013
Noah is the son of Amanda and Mark
Jaffe, brother of Ian, and grandson of
Sondra Berlowe and Helene and Sandy
Jaffe.
Mitzvah Project: Noah is helping a Ugan-
dan Interfaith Community support itself
by selling coffee that they grow.
Aran Thomas Wollard
June 8, 2013
Aran is the son of Caron and Joseph Wol-
lard, brother of Declan and Darcy, and
grandson of Barbara Nussbaum and Gary
Kramer, and Seymour Nussbaum and Bob-
bie Kanter.
Mitzvah Project: Aran is holding a toy
drive for the Valerie Fund which serves
children who have cancer.
Mia Yi-Feng Achitoov
June 15, 2013
Mia is the daughter of Lori and Amir
Achitoov, sister of Lily, and granddaugh-
ter of Roz Altman.
Mitzvah Project: Mia volunteered at a
food bank at the Jersey shore following
Hurricane Sandy. She now gives time to
the NJ Community Foodbank.
Michael Evan Siskind
June 15, 2013
Michael is the son of Wendy and Eric
Siskind, brother of Zachary, and grand-
son of Laurie Siegel and Laura Mulkey.
Mitzvah Project: Michael raised money
for the Special Olympics by taking a
swim in the 35 degree Atlantic Ocean.
He helped to raise over $2,000.
friends, as well. Whats nice is that although I have dropped
out of my own social scene for a while, the reconnections were
seamless. No awkward hesitation. No pregnant pauses. Recently,
over the course of just one weekend, I had the opportunity to
learn how to make glass beads with an older cousin living in
the heart of Atlanta. Next I drove to Greenville, South Carolina
to attend yet another wedding. On the drive back to the Atlanta
airport I stopped in Marietta, Georgia to visit friends I met years
ago at a national conference. Six months ago these would have
all been missed opportunities.
There are missed opportunities for young childrens
relationships as well. Childrens relationships, however, are at
the mercy of parents and caregivers. Preschoolers cant arrange
the play dates, cant get to a friends home alone, and they dont
have a choice in the family outings or vacations. If an adult
doesnt get along with the parents of their childs friend, the
relationship dies. If, however, the parents click, the childs
relationship will most likely strengthen over time. If parents
work full-time, as many do, the responsibility to facilitate play
dates falls on the shoulders of babysitters. Long gone are the
days of opening up your front door in the morning and letting
your children out for the entire day to explore with abandon.
No pre-scheduled soccer games or piano lessons to interrupt the
flow of imagination. Nothing to get in the way of daydreams.
Nothing to get in the way of what if.? Talk about your
missed opportunities.
(cont. from page 5
Carol Paster
Preschool Director
to the efforts of the High Holy Day Appeal committee whose
efforts help the Appeal beat all expectations; and to our newly
dedicated due adjustment committee, who judiciously and
fairly provided approximately $350,000 in dues relief while
maintaining budget stability.
Great financial challenges remain. We continue to
judiciously tighten our belts on the expense side and have made
the necessary decision to slightly increase dues for this coming
year. But these difficult decisions have allowed us to remain
on sound financial footing. As we strive to remain financially
responsible, we must still meet the educational, pastoral and
religious needs of our community. I think in all these areas, we
keep getting better. Our religious school and pre-school are
thriving thanks to our directors, Mindy Schreff and Carol Paster,
an involved lay leadership, the leadership of Rabbi Miller, and
the input of Rabbi Cohen.
A special thanks must be given to our Adult Education
Committee and to our outgoing chairs, Laurie Landau and Susan
Siegeltuch. Laurie and Susan have redefined adult education and
we have had year after year successful exciting programming.
This year was truly special with speakers and topics like CBS
News Dan Raviv, the inspiring film about the World War 11
Correspondent, Ruth Gruber, and, of course, Dr. Ruth.
We have just concluded a year of transition. Cantor
Aronson moved on to Emeritus status and Cantor Rebecca Moses
joined us on July 1. She was spectacular during the High Holy
days and has blessed us with a new Temple member, Alexandra.
This year, we have the special honor to celebrate
Rabbi Cohens 20 years at TSTI. I look forward to seeing you
all on June 7 and June 15, which I am sure will be two magical
evenings. Rabbi Cohen only agreed to allow us to celebrate this
milestone when we told him that it could be a kick off towards
creating an Endowment for Education. To date, our Temple
communitys response has been enthusiastic and generous, with
pledges already exceeding $600,000. This endowment will have
real and recognizable benefits for our kids and all who are eager
to learn. Special thanks go to Vice President Sue Wishnow and
Endowment Chair Gary Shedlin for spearheading this effort.
We can also feel proud of some very special
accomplishments we achieved this year; Here are just a few:
our continuing commitment to stand up for Israel with
increased participation of temple members at AIPAC, a large
and enthusiastic turn out for our Florida winter brunch, our
work with the Interfaith Food Pantry, and the establishment of
Rabbi Cohens vision: the TSTI Health and Wellness Center.
TSTI has for some time now focused on the security
needs of our Temple kids and members. Changes were made
to the building to make it more secure and we applied for and
received a $75,000 grant from the US Department of Homeland
Security. Then Newtown happened. And your Board took
another hard look. Were we doing all we could do to try to keep
us safe? Through the tireless efforts of Jules Nissim and Phil
Hoch we identified additional needs to be met. This work will
soon begin.
With all that is good and positive about TSTI, I admit
that I am still not satisfied. We can and we must be better.
Class sizes in Religious School are too big, the number of new
families too small, and too many of our events are lacking in
the attendance they deserve. And too many Temple families do
not feel the need to put TSTI more firmly into their lives. It is not
their fault, rather our inability of getting them in the door, to
allow them to experience what we have experienced.
I know and understand the statistics. Many Reform
Jews limit Temple activity to 4 or 5 days a year. And in any
given year, some Temple families resign. But we are all here
tonight because TSTI has made an enormous positive impact on
our lives. So how do we get the message across? Here are a few
suggestions.
First, we have all heard the words I am just not that
religious. Yes, religion and spirituality are a major component
of Jewish life. But to limit our faith to the issue of spirituality
is wrong. Judaism is a culture, a civilization a community. Its
enemies never cared if the Jew was orthodox or reform. And
I suspect that most of those who say they are just not that
religious, want to be with their families to celebrate the High
Holidays or a Seder at Passover. And they want to see their
children Bar or Bat Mitzvah and married under a chuppah, or
to have a grandchild take a Hebrew name. And they want to
say Kaddish for their loved ones. If these things are important
to these folks, and they want these traditions passed on, the best
way to do it is here at Temple.
Second, we often hear about the very real conflicts
parents have because their kids are so busy with soccer, tennis,
basketball, the list goes on and on. These are all important. But,
another aspect of our Jewish legacy, it is unlikely that our kids
will be professional athletes. What we want them to be is caring,
educated and moral adults. TSTI helps teach these things every
day. Parents just cant tell their kids to be philanthropic or to
help those who are less fortunate. They need to be role models
through their own actions. We provide those outlets every day
through our many committees and activities. And to parents
of kids in Religious school, if you would like to see your kids
continue their Hebrew education after Bar or Bat Mitzvah, take
them to the Friday night Confirmation ceremony or Hebrew
High school graduation, events we just recently celebrated.
When your kids hear the story from our confirmands and
graduates of how their experiences here have changed their
lives and how fortunate they feel to have continued at TSTI, you
may very well hear your child asking to continue.
Finally, when you read about an exciting Friday night
program, like Dr. Ruth or Simchat Torah, invite a non- member
friend to join you. We just need them to see who we are.
This has been another year of challenges. I thought it
would be my last year as President but, alas, you are stuck with
me for one more year. I do it because I have the support of my
wife Ellen, our clergy, staff and lay leadership. I do it because I
get to see the smile on a parents face as his child reads from the
Torah, I do it because of the thank you I receive from a family
whose child will be Bar or Bat Mitzvah because we provided
dues assistance, I do it because I get to see a group of friends
worship together on Friday night, I do it because I get to work
with clergy who inspire me to try to make things better. I do it
with pleasure, but not after a third year!
These are still perilous economic times, yet the State
of the Congregation is strong. It remains our task to make it
stronger for the next generation of leaders and it is my pledge to
you that this will be my goal in the year ahead.
Jay Rice, President
(cont. from page 2)
TRIBUTES
Contributions in memory of loved ones and in honor of the simchas in our lives are acts of loving kindness. We are grate-
ful for your generous support of Temple through various Temple Funds.
In Memoriam
May their memories
be for a blessing
TEMPLE FUND
IN MEMORY OF
Lance Corporal Roger Muchnick, J r.
U.S.M.C, nephew of Hope Pomerantz
Kelly & Adam Leight
The Sonnabend Family
Boris, father of Yudit Terry
Kelly & Adam Leight
Howard Golden
Frank Davis
Daniel Drench
Barbara & Norman Eig
Rabbi Herbert Weiner
The Minyan Group
Estelle LeBenger,
mother of J eff LeBenger
Cheryl Schneider
Mark Spero, husband of Marilou Spero
Helene & J ack Fersko
IN HONOR OF
The marriage of Robert to Lauren,
son of Ann Merin
Arnold & Gert Zoref
Howard & Lorraine Yablon
The birth of Brody, grandson of
Pauline Pollack
Ellen & J ay Rice
Matty & Dan Goldberg
J ack & Helene Fersko
Bat Mitzvah of Lauren, daughter of
J effrey & J amie Dresner
Audrey & Stuart Rosenblatt
J oan & Howard Gellis hospitality to
the snow birds
Estelle & J ay Fine
Bnot Mitzvah of J enna & Ilana,
daughters of Steven & Beth Naphtali
The Sonnabend Family
SPEEDY RECOVERY
Leslie Bayer
Helene & J ack Fersko
RABBI COHENS
DISCRETIONARY FUND
IN MEMORY OF
Lance Corporal Roger Muchnick, J r.
U.S.M.C, nephew of Hope Pomerantz
J ennifer and Robert Larson
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