Temple Talk. Rabbi s Reflections: Thank You Letter from Uganda for Gifts from Waltham. May Volume 33 Issue 8 TSYON BEIT HA-MITZVOT.

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1 Inside this issue: Rabbi s Reflections Rabbi: David Finkelstein Cantor: Ellen Band President: Mark Frydenberg Vice President: Lester Macklin Secretary: Susan Baron Treasurer: George Isaac Membership Secretary retary: Ellen Macklin Office Manager: Andrea Baron Temple Beth Israel 25 Harvard Street Waltham, MA (781) office@tbiwaltham.org Office Hours Monday - Friday 9:30 am - 12:30 pm 1 Mark s Remarks 2-3 Shavuot Services 3 Remembering Al Simon Passover Service Times Yahrzeits 6 Calendar 7 Special Event 8 Thank Yous and Donations 9 Coming Events Make a Donation 12 TSYON BEIT HA-MITZVOT, MUKONO UGANDA, Nissan 10, 5778 DAVID FINKELSTEIN, TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL, WALTHAM MASSACHUSETTS U.S.A. Dear Rabbi, On my behalf and on behalf of TSYON BEIT HA-MITZVOT, Shalom Aleichem & boker tov to you, your house hold, and our precious friends across the Atlantic ocean. May HA-KADOSH BARUKH HU who is good and does good remember you and abound you in mercies, AMEIN. You people overwhelmed us with love which we felt in your letter to us. Rabbi, I have kept it on my pillow ever since, the precious gifts which can only come from precious hearts and your own Shulchan Aruch which has already passed on your spirit to mine, seven of our Minyan are already reading it. SIR, may the videos give you a live feed of what you have done to us, we have waited for such a visitation of Torah for about ten years, may our sovereign who merited both sides this providence cause us to meet soon in this life AMEIN. As you Judith, always shining, always a blessing, always mending: You have made an everlasting impression on us all, with TEARS I SAY; MAY 3 MOST DESIRED OF ALL UR PRAYERS BE ANSWRED THIS YEAR, AMEIN. Please Rabbi bless her on our behalf too!! SHALOM SHALOM TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL & DEAR RABBI, YOU HAVE FOUND YOUR BROTHERS AND YOU HAVE IN ONE SHORT MOMENT CHANGED AN ENTIRE GENERATION AS at now we have fathers sons and grandsons in 13 yrs NECHAMYAH BEN AVRAHAM, TSYON BEIT HA-MITZVOT. Temple Talk Volume 33 Issue 8 Rabbi s Reflections: Thank You Letter from Uganda for Gifts from Waltham You can watch one of the videos on YouTube at

2 Mark's Remarks: A Day to Remember By Mark Frydenberg My father was the guest speaker at our Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) event on April 15 th. Born in Poland, he worked in German Labor Camps, was imprisoned in concentration camps before being liberated in It was an honor to introduce him with these words: We are here today as a community called together to remember. Today we are here to remember the stories of a world destroyed, and the stories of how those who were fortunate enough to survive those atrocities created new lives and opportunities for themselves and their families. Many of you know that I teach information technology at Bentley University. Some of my students are here today. They were surprised when I showed up in their History of Nazi Germany class a couple of weeks ago to tell them about my father's talk. It's so important that this generation, that has grown up on Facebook and Instagram and Snapchat, and that is so busy inventing the future, takes time to learn about the past. They work for social change and know that the promise of "never again" is only a hashtag unless they act to stop future injustice in the world. They know the value of first-hand accounts and primary sources. In hearing my father's testimony today, they and all of us take on the responsibility to remember and tell these stories. When I was a child, my father rarely spoke about his experiences during Holocaust. He would tell us about his parents and siblings and the village he lived in as it was before the war. Growing up, there was no "Holocaust Memorial Day" because every day was Holocaust Memorial Day with reminders around the house the portrait of my father's sister, killed during the war, that hangs in the dining room, to the box labelled "Bernie's Old Photos." We would visit his friends in Montreal or New York, who I knew were other survivors with whom he was liberated, a group that has stayed in touch with each other throughout their lives. They were extended family. My father and I traveled to Poland in 1992 to visit his home town on a trip to eastern Europe. We visited several concentration camps and memorials, and our trip ended at Theresienstadt, where my father was liberated in I asked him what it was like for him to return here and was surprised by his response so much that I remember it to this day: "This is where I had some of my happiest memories of the war," he said. There he was liberated, reunited with his brother, and made many friendships that have endured for decades. Following the presentation, Lester Macklin, who coordinates the Temple's participation in the Yellow Candle Program, shared that TBI donated in my father's honor to Café Europa, a program of the West Hartford JCC, that provides services, lunches, social activities, and support to Holocaust Survivors. Judi Roth, a Newton resident whose father also is a Holocaust survivor Page 2

3 Mark's Remarks: A Day to Remember By Mark Frydenberg (and as she and I later learned, was among the same group of "Boys" as my father that went to England after the war) said, "It's so important for him to share what happened with as much of the world as possible. I keep thinking about so many of things that he experienced, and how amazing it is that he survived despite all the dangers and challenges he faced. And, he's a wonderful loving man with a sense of humor and great perspective and a wonderful family. The whole story is so moving." Reverend Robin Olson, director of the Spiritual Life Center at Bentley University was among the many guests in attendance. She later commented on Facebook, "Thanks to Temple Beth Israel and Bentley Professor Mark Frydenberg for inviting us to this profound gathering. Thank you, Mr. Frydenberg, for sharing your witness to resilience, loyalty, and love in the midst of the horrors of the Holocaust. His final advice shared to young people: "Get educated and treat every person with kindness and respect." Shavuot Services The Festival of Shavuot, marking the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, and the end of the 49 days of Omer, begins this year on Saturday evening, May 19th. The holiday continues on Sunday and Monday, May 20 and 21. Temple Beth Israel will hold an early Tikkun Leyl Shavuot the traditional evening study session and cheese cake, Saturday evening May 19, starting at 7:30 pm, followed by the evening service to begin the holiday which will begin around 9pm. Morning services for Shavuot will be held on Sunday, May 20 at 9:00am and on Monday May 21 beginning at 7 am. Because Shavuot falls on a weekday, many will be working on those days. It is important that we have a minyan at our services, especially on Monday when Yizkor memorial prayers will be recited, so those attending may say Mourner s Kaddish. Please make every effort to attend services on these days, and notify us that you are coming. Services should last approx. 2.5 hours. Blintzes will be served for breakfast after the morning services. Page 3

4 Hankus Tells His Story: Remembering Al Simon, One of our Shul s Last Links With Waltham s Immigrant Jewish Community. By Hankus Netsky It s only been a few weeks since Al Simon passed away, but it s not hard to recognize that, with his passing, the congregation lost not only a wonderful, loyal member with a great sense of humor but one of our last links to the roots of our Waltham Jewish community. This article is based on an interview that I conducted with Al at Temple Beth Israel on March 14, 2010 have done the same thing. Born in 1925, Al was the son of Carl Simon, a blacksmith from Russia. In a 2010 interview, Al told me about his father s apprenticeship in the old country where he worked for three dollars a week: My father (Carl) had been apprenticed to a blacksmith in Russia and they got into a fight after a few years because his job that particular day was to hold a white-hot piece of steel while the blacksmith banged it into the shape that he wanted and some of the hot steel got on his arm and he flinched. The blacksmith got angry and threw his hammer at him. My father ducked so it didn t hit him but, he made pair of brass knuckles and the next time it happened, he almost killed the man. Anyhow, he ran away for about a year and found out that he was crippled but still alive and they made up. He said, I don t blame you; if someone had done that to me I would Al s mother also came from Russia (from Anyapol, a small shtetl): My mother came (to Waltham) because her older brother s wife was still in Russia and had just had a baby and her older brother was here and so he bought passage (2 nd class!) for both of them so that she could help with the baby on the way over. And she got a job working in a shetzl (straw suitcase) factory. At the first place she lived she had to get out because there were too many men bothering her, because she was a nice-looking woman. Harris (Griff s) mother worked in the same factory where she worked. So she said Don t stay there, come live with us and that s how she met my father. Harris s father (Yukl) and my mother were brother and sister. They lived in Waltham and the factory was in Westborough, so there must have been a trolley line that went all the way up route 9, and ride that every day. It had to be a long day. As Al recalled, in the interview, he was the first one in his family not born in the kitchen. Instead his mother, who lived at the time on Prospect St. near the Mt. Feake entrance, walked up the hill to Waltham Hospital to have him delivered. His family was very poor in those days and Al recalled that, when his grandmother s second husband (her first husband had died) gave him three pennies for Chanukah one year, his grandmother insisted that he give the money back. Al also remembered having brawls with Anti-Semitic classmates in his early years: One time we were fighting right next to the wall at the entrance to Mt. Feake Cemetery and we both also had our own cheering sections and, my God, after a while, a teacher came by and broke up the fight and sent us both home. Al attended kheyder and attended services at TBI in its early days, upstairs in the old building Page 4

5 Hankus Tells His Story: Remembering Al Simon, One of our Shul s Last Links With Waltham s Immigrant Jewish Community. By Hankus Netsky that used to stand at the same location as our current building. Going to shul on Saturdays at TBI was also a way for the Jewish children of Waltham to form a special bond: When I would go to shul I d walk down and first pick up Henry Cantor. They lived on Felton St. Then we d meet my cousin Harris s younger brother, Meysh, so the three of us would walk into temple together. A lot of days I d walk home with Meysh, and my uncle, Hymie Weiner, had a barroom across from where Gordon s liquors used to be, and we d always stop in and say Good shabes, uncle Hymie! And, if it was raining he d say, Alec, you look kind of wet! And we were only 10 or 11 years old, but the next thing I knew he d come over with a few whiskey glasses full of brandy, and he d say I don t want you to get a cold! I also remember that we d stop at the drug store at the corner of Main and Prospect and outside there was a gum machine, and he d always stick his finger in to see if someone had paid a penny for a piece of gum and hadn t taken it and he never found one until one time on Yom Kippur and I remember he said just my luck!! Al recalled that, on Friday nights, he d attend shul with his father: My Father would always bring me to shul on Friday night and I don t know where he got the money, but he bought me a blue blazer that I only wore to come to shul. Mr. Weiner ran the Hebrew School. He was a very well-educated man. He was the Hebrew teacher, he was the shoykhet (ritual slaughterer) for the community, and I also remember that he sold eggs. They used to have wooden-slatted chairs upstairs and, in his classroom, he d always have a slat from a broken chair that he d keep in his desk drawer to whack us. On Friday night, while my father was saying hello to people, I d sneak upstairs, take the slat out of the drawer and slip it up my sleeve. Then I would sneak over to the street corner where there was a sewer, and I d shake my sleeve and make sure that the slat would go down into the sewer. And every week he d come up with a new slat! I don t know how many chairs I went through when I was in Kheyder! According to Al, Mr. Weiner s teaching was a lot of rote repetition and not too much concern with comprehension. He never translated anything into English or Yiddish and Al became disinterested in Jewish learning after his Bar Mitzvah: You knew that when you recited the Shimoneh Esrey (Amida), you were supposed to face east and keep your feet still, but that was about it. There s a joke about how the rabbi got rid of the mice he converted them to Judaism and Bar Mitzvahed them, and then they disappeared from the Temple. But, when Al was 45, his first wife passed away and he wanted to say Kaddish. On the way to work each day he got into the habit of attending minion to Temple Israel in Natick, re-learning Hebrew. With the help of Rabbi Harold Kushner, he developed a more positive association with the Jewish prayers. He very much liked the camaraderie there and, after retiring, he became a regular attendee at TBI s minion. After moving to Lasell Village, Al continued to attend services every shabes at TBI until only a month or so ago. We will all miss him - May his memory be a blessing for all of us. Donations in memory of Al Simon from: Mark Frydenberg Ed Brown Page 5

6 May Yahrzeits Anna Resh Iyyar 16 1-May Freda Griff Iyyar 17 2-May Chiam Crevoshay Iyyar 17 2-May Louis Berman Iyyar 17 2-May Simon Kniznik Iyyar 17 2-May Ilene Joyce Nathanson Iyyar 17 2-May Hyman Weinstein Iyyar 18 3-May Jacob Fine Iyyar 18 3-May Louis Dubin Iyyar 18 3-May Morris Fischer Iyyar 18 3-May Helen Keaney Iyyar 19 4-May Joseph Kurtzman Iyyar 20 5-May Frances Rose Kaplan Iyyar 20 5-May H. L. Berman Iyyar 20 5-May Harry Sheinhite Iyyar 21 6-May Zelda Pokat Iyyar 21 6-May Barbara Hoffman Iyyar 21 6-May Richard Rosenburg Iyyar 22 7-May Laura Kurtzman Iyyar 22 7-May Charles Leavy Iyyar 22 7-May Harry Dubin Iyyar 23 8-May Samuel Goodman Iyyar 24 9-May Fritz Benedick Iyyar 24 9-May Sara Bloomenthal Iyyar May Avraham ben Yitzhak Itsik Iyyar May Barnett Sacks Iyyar May Lena Norman Iyyar May Jacob Cohn Iyyar May Charles Tankel Iyyar May Fannie Tatelman Iyyar May Dr. Samuel Berstein Sivan May John Hoffman Sivan May Polly Freedman Sivan May Sarah Eisenberg Sivan May Morris Gordon Sivan May Rose Endelman Sivan May Max Berman Sivan May Joseph Kaufman Sivan May Albert Michelson Sivan May Molly Smith Sivan May Betty Tushin Sivan May Ethel Wigod Sivan May Morris Alpert Sivan May Carl Goldstein Sivan May Barnett Messer Sivan May Zisl ben Nisn Shoteur Sivan May Samuel Bloom Sivan May Jacob Pernakoff Sivan May Minnie Zeramby Sivan May Abraham Josephson Sivan May Max Backer Sivan May Barnard Wolf Sivan May Irving Forbes Sivan May Abraham Harris Sivan May Louis Zuckerman Sivan May Rebecca Cohen Sivan May Irene Zieff Sivan May Lillian Goldstein Sivan May Lillian Levine Sivan May Miriam Beecher Sivan 18 1-Jun Frieda Simmons Sivan 19 2-Jun Anna Goldstein Sivan 20 3-Jun Louis Sulkin Sivan 20 3-Jun Abigail Cotton Sivan 20 3-Jun Harry Klein Sivan 20 3-Jun Ethel Cohen Sivan 21 4-Jun Samuel Stanley Stoeger Sivan 21 4-Jun George Mikelbank Sivan 23 6-Jun Sarah Greenblott Sivan 23 6-Jun Jennie Shapiro Sivan 24 7-Jun Jacob Ginsburg Sivan 24 7-Jun Samuel Lawrence Webb Sivan 25 8-Jun Anna Wolk Sivan Jun Harold Resnick Sivan Jun Nathan Freedman Sivan Jun Dora Rouffe Sivan Jun Samuel Chorney Sivan Jun Samuel Kaitz Sivan Jun Herbert Phillip Dane Sivan Jun Gertrude Riseberg Sivan Jun If you would like to add a name to our yahrzeit list or purchase a plaque for the Memorial Wall, please contact the temple office by phone or office@tbiwaltham.org. Page 6

7 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 31st day of the Omer 2 32nd day of the 6 36th day of the Omer 7 37th day of the Omer 7:00 am Morning Minyan Omer 7:00 pm Board Meeting 8 38th day of the Omer 9 39th day of the Omer 10:30 am Weekday Morning Torah Study 3 33rd day of the Omer Lag BaOmer 7:00 am Morning Minyan 10 40th day of the Omer 7:00 am Morning Minyan 4 34th day of the Omer 6:30 pm Shabbat Service 7:30 pm Candle lighting 11 41st day of the Omer 6:30 pm Shabbat Service and Dinner 7:37 pm Candle lighting 5 35th day of the Omer Parashat Emor Cinco de Mayo Sponsored by Rabbi s David and Sara 9:00 am Shabbat Morning Services 8:31 pm Havdalah (42 min) 12 Shectman Bar Mitzvah 42nd day of the Omer Parashat Behar-Bechukotai 9:00 am Shabbat Morning Services 8:39 pm Havdalah (42 min) 13 43rd day of the Omer Yom Yerushalayim Mother's Day 14 44th day of the Omer 7:00 am Morning Minyan 15 45th day of the Omer Rosh Chodesh Sivan 16 46th day of the Omer 17 47th day of the Omer 7:00 am Morning Minyan 18 48th day of the Omer 7:45 pm Candle lighting 19 49th day of the Omer Erev Shavuot Parashat Bamidbar 9:00 am Shabbat Morning Services 8:46 pm Candle lighting 7:30 pm Shavuot Learning 9:00pm Shavuot Services 20 Shavuot I 9:00am Shavuot Services 8:47 pm Candle lighting 21 Shavuot II 7:00 am Shavuot Service and Yizkor 8:48 pm Havdalah (42 min) :15 pm Brotherhood Meeting 7:00 am Morning Minyan 25 7:51 pm Candle lighting 26 Parashat Nasso 9:00 am Shabbat Morning Services 1:30 pm Jewish Singing Circle 8:52 pm Havdalah (42 min) Memorial Day 8:00 am Morning Minyan :00 pm Mussar Group 31 7:00 am Morning Minyan Page 7

8 Siman tov umazal tov! Yehay lanu ulekhol Yisrael! Congratulations to all of us, and to all the people Israel! Debra Okeh is a medical doctor who lives in a Jewish community in Nigeria, near the capital, Abuja. She has been studying Public Health at Brandeis University this year, while her husband Stephen takes care of their first two kids back home. Debra's mother Stella Inya-Agha came to Waltham just before Pesach to help Debra deliver and care for her third baby. The baby was born on Thursday night April 12th, the 28th of Nissan. On Friday morning, April 20th, 5 Iyar, Jason Okeh had brit milah and was given his Hebrew name, "Rafael," at Temple Beth Israel. Dr. Barbara Bassil was the mohelet, and all who attended felt blessed to witness the simchah. We wish Debra, Stephen, and Stella a big mazal tov on their beautiful new baby son/grandson! And to Jason Rafael, all of Temple Beth Israel sends its love and prayers for a life full of Torah, loving relationships, and good deeds! Siman tov umazal tov! Yehay lanu ulekhol Yisrael! Congratulations to all of us, and to all the people Israel! Page 8

9 Beth Israel Memorial Park The cost for an individual grave in Temple Beth Israel Memorial Park for members is $2,200. The cost for non-members is $2,775, which includes one year of membership ($575). Graves in the Kulanu interfaith section are sold in lots of two, at a total cost of $4,400 for members. The cost for non-members is $7,550 for a lot of two, which includes one year of family membership ($1,150). Please contact Jay Trilling of Menorah Cemetery Management Corporation, at (857) for further information. Jim Baron, Cemetery Committee Chair Thank You for Donating to The Yellow Candle Fund David Freedman Chad, Julie and Audrey Gagnon Ed Brown Joel Weiner Elinor Handel Merrill and Carol Griff Jim and Andrea Baron Jonathan and Cookie Schiff Esther Keaney Lillian Etkind Bob Macauley Jill Carni Alan Levine Arthur and Marge Marion Martin and Rhoda Koocher Martin and Joan Taubman Paul Smith Albert Smith Ed Kaufman Susan Baron Anne Exter and Lance Kawesch Mark Frydenberg Alan Corman Lester and Ellen Macklin Marsha Stone Judith and George Isaac Saturday Kiddush Sponsors May 5 - Rabbi s David and Sara in honor of Rabbi Sara s Birthday May 12 - Shectman Family in honor of Adam s Bar Mitzvah June 2 - In honor of Ed Kaufman and Ellie Handel General Fund Donations In Memory of Yukie Kennen from: MacArther School Staff Robert McCarthy Dolores Mack Lester & Rhoda Werblin Mark Frydenberg Erika Cohen Denise Claffe Judy Dideo Jane Leard Deborah Okeh, in honor of the birth of her son, Jason Stella Inya-Agha, in honor of the birth of her grandson, Jason Anne Exter and Lance Kawesch, in honor of Bernie Frydenberg Jill Carni, in honor of her mother, Marion and her sister, Ellen Hella Hakerem, in memory of her husband, Gad THANK YOU To Sylvia Hobbs for donating a computer monitor to the Temple office. Erika Cohen and Marilyn Racette for working in the office while Andrea was out of town. FROM THE CHESED / CARING COMMITTEE If you are saying kaddish and would like us to notify congregants to attend a Monday or Thursday minyan, p l e a s e c o n t a c t S u s a n H o l b e r t a t susan@theindexpros.com or call at least one week ahead of time. While we can't guarantee a minyan of ten will be present, we can work together to spread the word! Page 9

10 CANCELLED for May. See you on June 15th. Services begin at 6:30 pm. Dinner begins after services, around 7:30 pm. Vegetarian option available on request. Future Shabbat Evening Services with Dinner: June 15 July 13 (at a member s home) Please let us know if you have any other dietary requirements when you sign up by contacting the Temple office. $18 per adult, $42 per family if paid by the Weds. before the dinner. $21 per adult, $45 per family for later reservations Register online at or contact the Temple office to sign up. Kabbalat Shabbat Services 6:30 PM May 4th Come together to welcome Shabbat, to sing, to pray, and to hear a story or a brief D var Torah. Temple Beth Israel has been invited to join the Ruderman Synagogue Inclusion Project (RSIP) and CJP at Celebrating Inclusion: Opening Doors to Jewish Community. This program will take place on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton,, Cocktail reception: 6:30 p.m. and Program: 7:30 p.m. RSIP is a partnership between CJP and the Ruderman Family Foundation that supports synagogues in creating communities where people of all abilities are valued equally and participate fully. This evening will feature a conversation with Kitty Dukakis and former Governor Michael Dukakis, who will discuss the importance of destigmatizing mental illness and how to best support individuals and families affected by mental health issues. If you are interested in attending this program with us, please contact Howard Trachtman at h.trachtman@comcast.net. Thanks to those who read Torah, Haftarah, or gave a D'var Torah Rabbi David Finkelstein Rabbi Sara Meirowitz Susan Kane Caroline Nudelman Phyllis Werlin Mike Rosenberg Celia Schneider Mark Frydenberg Yaron Shragai Merrill Griff Susan Holbert Scott Tepper Catherine Cantrell Please contact readtorah@tbiwaltham.org to volunteer to read from the Torah or chant a Haftarah, or contact susan@theindexpros.com if you would like to give a d'var torah in the coming months. Page 10

11 Rabbi s Classes Interfaith Bible Study: The Book of Judges Co-taught by Rabbi David Finkelstein and Pastor Tom Maehl Once a month on -12:00pm May 9 at First Lutheran Church of Waltham (6 Eddy St., behind Panera Bread) June 13 at Temple Beth Israel Subject of study: The Book of Judges With the guidance of a multi-faith clergy team, come study stories that are sacred to all Abrahamic traditions about a time of great political instability after the death of Moses and before the first king was anointed in ancient Israel. Rabbi David Finkelstein and Pastor Tom Maehl will be co-teaching these Bible study sessions on the Book of Judges. NOTE: Please bring your own copy of the text. Participation is free and open to all. Mussar Group: Character & Jewish Values facilitated by Rabbi David Finkelstein MEETING TIMES: Wednesday Evening May 30, June 20 always 7:00-8:45 pm at Temple Beth Israel With Spring TBI s Mussar Group returns. Come be supported by your neighbors and by your friends, by your friendly neighborhood rabbi and by Jewish tradition, as we all try to listen to the teacher within. In our pursuits of closeness to God, spiritual and emotional balance, and wholeness, the Jewish tradition of Mussar can be a great help and a superb source of sustenance. All are welcome to explore a new attribute (like humility or gratitude) every month with the spiritual technology of Mussar on the table. Jewish Singing Circle a new initiative by Rabbi David Finkelstein MEETING TIMES: Saturday Afternoon May 26, June 23 always 1:30-2:30 pm at Temple Beth Israel We ve explored Hasidic melodies from Bobov and from twentieth century composers and family melodies from Morris Hollender z l (may his memory be for a blessing). We ve sung waltzes, marches, lullabies, and meditative tunes. In the coming months, we will explore Sephardic melodies, more Hasidic melodies, and who knows what else! The name of the game is exploration and experimentation with Jewish music. Come join the team. Use the voice and the breath God gives you to explore the musical and emotional possibilities of wordless Jewish melodies (niggunim). Participation is free and open to all. Page 11

12 Temple Talk The Newsletter of Temple Beth Israel of Waltham 25 Harvard Street Waltham, MA Phone: Website: Facebook: facebook.com/tbiwaltham Help us save on postage! Pick up your copy of Temple Talk at the synagogue or view it online at General Fund High Holiday Donation Rabbi s Discretionary Fund Goldstein Prayerbook Fund Morris Hollender Torah Fund Children s Services and Programming Other, please specify: It is never too late to Donate! Temple Beth Israel Donation Form For your convenience, please use this form to make your donations and send to: Temple Beth Israel, 25 Harvard Street, Waltham, MA I have chosen the fund indicated at the left: (Please use a separate form for each fund. Minimum donation: $10) Attached is my check in the amount of: $ This donation is being made: In Honor Of In Memory Of Other This donation is made by: Name: Address: City/State/Zip Please send acknowledgement to: Name: Address: City/State/Zip