September 2017 / Elul 5777 Tishrei 5778 Kehillat Bet Hamidrash (KBH) - Kempsville Conservative Synagogue. Newsletter

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1 Cantor David Proser Co-Presidents Ed Landress ( ) Myra Savransky ( ) 1 st Vice President Norman Cohen 2 nd Vice President David Lesser Treasurer Sam Epstein ( ) Trustees Nathan Segal (2018) Amos Berkovich (2019) Harvey Eluto (2020) Ritual Jason Silverstein Facilities Vacant Financial Secretary Libby Furst Secretary Chris Epstein ( ) Ways and Means Karen Rosenberg Member at Large Judy White Alene Kaufman Auxiliary of KBH co-presidents Heliene Siegel Lynn Bell Programming/Social Rona Proser Webmaster Jason Silverstein Sam Epstein Kiddush Coordinator Rona Proser (757) kbhsynagogue@gmail.com R. Na'hman says (it is the new year) for divine judgment, as it is written [Devarim 11:12]: From the beginning of the year till the end of the year, i.e., at the beginning of the year it is determined what shall be at the end of the year (Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashanah, p. 13). This year, in conjunction with Selichot and courtesy of a grant from the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater (UJFT) and the Simon Family Foundation, Kehillat Bet Hamidrash (KBH), the Kempsville Conservative Synagogue, hosts a Scholar in Residence on 15 and 16 SEP Rabbi Jason Rubenstein (our former student rabbi), Dean of Students and Alumni at Yeshivat Hadar, begins our conversations with an Erev Shabbat dinner on Friday, 15 SEP 2017 following 6:30 PM services. Our studies continue through a Kiddush luncheon on Saturday, 16 SEP 2017, and conclude with Selichot at 8:30 PM that evening. Please send your RSVP to arrive at the synagogue by Sunday, 10 SEP 2017 for the Erev Shabbat dinner. The cost is $18/person for ages 19 and older, $10/person for ages 11-18, and free for those under 10. You may request a vegetarian meal and indicate a need for babysitting services in our building. You may also register online at To assist with the event, please contact Ms. Alene Kaufman via kbhsynagogue@gmail.com. KBH hosts local Tidewater Conservative congregations for Selichot on Saturday, 16 SEP The program, Remembering, Forgetting, and Repenting with our scholar in residence begins at 8:30 PM in the KBH sanctuary. At 9:30 PM we break for refreshments, with area clergy conducting the joint service at 10:00 PM. The synagogue reinstitutes High Holiday tickets for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Members receive tickets, along with additional details about our Scholar in Residence weekend and all the holidays, via a separate mailing. If you desire tickets, or know someone who may, please ask the person to contact the synagogue via at kbhsynagouge@gmail.com or mail their request to the synagogue. As a reminder, no person, other than a law enforcement officer with jurisdiction that includes the City of Virginia Beach, shall bring any dangerous weapon within the building, without the explicit written consent of the Board. Joint Erev Shabbat Service with Beth Chaverim Friday, 08 SEP :30 PM KBH Sanctuary Volunteers Requested for Sukkah Construction Sunday, 01 OCT :00 AM Rain or Shine You have many options when purchasing a lulav and etrog for Sukkot. One is via Chabad of Tidewater at goo.gl/mpyan7. Consider participating in a joint Erev Shabbat service with Beth Chaverim at 6:30 PM on Friday, 08 SEP 2017, in the KBH sanctuary. Homeowners and renters insurance typically fails to cover flood damage. More than 20% of flood claims come from properties outside the high-risk flood zone. 59.4% of Virginia residents seeking Hurricane Matthew Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance did not carry flood insurance, (better than the national average). Did you purchase a separate flood insurance policy? Visit for more information. Kehillat Bet Hamidrash - Kempsville Conservative Synagogue 952 Indian Lakes Boulevard Virginia Beach, VA The Kehillat Bet Hamidrash (KBH) board meets at 7:30 PM the second Wednesday of each secular month. Inputs Mail information to synagogue, or to EpsteinSam@aol.com

2 Kehillat Bet Hamidrash Scholar in Residence Weekend SEP 2017 Dinner, 6:30 PM, 15 SEP Shabbat, 10:00 AM, 16 SEP Selichot, 8:30 PM, 16 SEP Funded through a UJFT Synagogue Grant and the Simon Family Foundation The Auxiliary of Kempsville Conservative Synagogue hosts a multi-family yard sale on Sunday, 15 OCT 2017 (rain date 22 OCT) from 9:00 AM 2:00 PM. You and your friends may reserve a table for $15, or, after Yom Kippur, donate household items or good condition winter clothes for the Auxiliary to sell. For additional details, please contact Ms. Siegel, Ms. Bell, Ms. Cohen, or Ms. Eluto or kbhsynagogue@gmail.com. KBH continues to collect non-perishable items in our lobby, especially prior to Kol Nidre. Consider helping Jewish Family Service (JFS) fill requests for food and personal hygiene products (e.g., soap, shampoo, deodorant, etc.). You may also bring perishable items directly to JFS on the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus of the Tidewater Jewish Community, 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Virginia Beach, VA. Please contact Ms. Laibstain at (757) or donate@jfshamptonroads.org about this non-denominational program. The Virginia Beach Sherriff s Office seeks paperback books for its inmate library, supported entirely by donations. Books cannot contain sexually explicit material, advocate violence, or provide technical information (e.g., electrical manuals). You may bring donations to the Correctional Center, 2501 James Madison Boulevard, from 9:00 AM 9:00 PM weekdays and 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM on Sundays. The Hebrew Academy of Tidewater (HAT) hosts a golf tournament on Tuesday, 19 SEP 2017, at 10:00 AM. For details, please contact Ms. Simon at (757) or csimon@hebrewacademy.net. Dinner RSVP by 10 SEP 2017 UJFT conducts a Community Relations Council (CRC) and AIPAC Briefing at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, 26 SEP 2017 on the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus. You may contact Ms. Eichelbaum at (757) or meichelbaum@ujft.org for details. The UJFT campaign and a yearlong celebration of Israel s 70 th Anniversary starts at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, 12 SEP 2017 on the Reba and Sam Sandler Family Campus. Call (757) for details. Book of Life Inputs Due to synagogue by 25 SEP 2017 Candle Lighting* FRI 01 SEP :15 PM FRI 08 SEP :05 PM FRI 15 SEP :54 PM WED 20 SEP :47 PM THU 21 SEP :42 PM FRI 22 SEP :44 PM FRI 29 SEP :33 PM WED 04 OCT :26 PM THU 05 OCT :21 PM FRI 06 OCT :23 PM * Synagogue Inputs to kbhsynagogue@gmail.com Page 2 of 4

3 KBH extends a hearty mazel tov to: Sallie and Alan Shapiro on the B nai Mitzvah of their grandchildren, Jacob & Michaela Shapiro, on 05 AUG David and Rona Proser on the 12 AUG 2017 birth of their granddaughter, Kenna Ruby Malinow, to Maura Proser and Josh Malinow. The B nai Mitzvah of Ryan and Natalie Kaskawits, grandchildren of Harriett and Harvey Eluto, on 12 AUG Mark and Libby Furst on the marriage of their son, Richard to Andrea Ipsaro. Celebrate an event and sponsor a Kiddush. If you do not desire to sponsor a Kiddush, please consider a donation to the Auxiliary of Kempsville Conservative Synagogue to help defray its cost. You may contact Ms. Rona Proser via kbhsynagogue@gmail.com to reserve your date. We wish to thank the following Kiddush sponsors: Ms. Chris Epstein for sponsoring the 05 AUG 2017 Kiddush to honor August birthdays. Mr. Ed Landress and Mr. David Lesser for sponsoring the 26 AUG 2017 Kiddush. KBH expresses its appreciation for the following actions: Ron and Alene Kaufman, Dave and Rona Proser, Stu and Beverly Berman, Judy Saperstein, and Arnie Unterbach for donating a tree of life leaf to honor the 50 th wedding anniversary of Marge and Steve Schechner. Two mahzorim donated anonymously to honor the B nai Mitzvah of Jacob and Michaela Shapiro. Mr. John Young, for his work in arranging our 13 AUG 2017 CPR training class. Ms. Lynn Bell, Mr. Ed Landress, and Ms. Chris Epstein for assisting with the 13 AUG 2017 breakfast. Ellen and Norm Cohen for their donation to honor the birth of the granddaughter of Rona and David Proser, Kenna Ruby Malinow. Ms. Harriett Eluto and our new member Ms. Jasmine Amitay for also lending their assistance towards the Erev Shabbat experience. Dr. Steve Schechner for his 20 AUG 2017 baklava baking demonstration, along with lunch preparation by Ms. Lynn Bell and Mr. Ed Landress. A contribution from Andrew and Marilyn Klein to honor his stepfather, Yacov Czitrom. A gift to honor the honor the B nai Mitzvah of Jacob and Michaela Shapiro by Ed and Sloane Landress. A donation by Harriet and Harvey Eluto in appreciation of the synagogue s help with their son s visit. Ms. Vickey Morgan, for her ongoing support from Florida. Mr. Dovid Landress, for moving the new oven to the synagogue kitchen. A mahzor donated anonymously to honor the birth of Kenna Ruby Malinow. By sending a request to kbhsynagogue@gmail.com, you may: Be earth friendly and receive the via and read a with fewer typographic errors; Receive your in color; and Save your synagogue some green cash otherwise used for stamps. Shop at AmazonSmile and Amazon donates a percentage of your purchase to KEHILLAT BET HAMIDRASH goo.gl/cuy0kj Page 3 of 4

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5 Yom Kippur Book of Life Information 30 SEP 2017 / 10 Tishrei 5778 Kehillat Bet Hamidrash (KBH), the Kempsville Conservative Synagogue, distributes a Book of Life on Yom Kippur. Participants dedicate this pamphlet in memory of family and friends, whose names we read during the Yom Kippur Yizkor (Memorial) service. By honoring their memory through gifts of tzedakah, their contributions become a living memorial and support the continuity of Jewish life and community. Yom Kippur starts the evening of 29 SEP 2017 on this year s secular calendar, with Yizkor occurring around noon on Saturday, 30 SEP The Book of Life automatically includes those you memorialize with a synagogue yahrzeit plaque. If you wish to include an additional name in the KBH Book of Life, we request a donation of $36 for the first two names, with $10 for each additional name. Please neatly print the name of the person you wish to include, and the person(s) remembering the name we shall read. We assume you wish the names grouped together unless otherwise indicated. Kindly include your donation with your request to arrive no later than Monday, 25 SEP 2017 to: Kehillat Bet Hamidrash Attn: Book of Life 952 Indian Lakes Boulevard Virginia Beach, VA We cannot guarantee acceptance of verbal requests or publication of submissions that arrive in the synagogue building after 25 SEP The synagogue prints your input as per the following example (please add additional sheets of paper, if necessary): In Memory of: In memory of: Sam Smythe Susie Smythe The Monroe Family In memory of: Fred Jones Crystal Powers Richard Armstrong Edna and Phil Lincoln Remembered by:

6 Kempsville Conservative Synagogue 5778 Tribute and Memorial Opportunities Sanctuary... $150,000 Social Hall... $150,000 Entrance Plaza... $30,000 Kitchen... $25,000 Lobby... $25,000 Ark... $25,000 Bimah... $18,000 Torah Scroll... $18,000 Kitchen Furnishings... $15,000 Yarhzeit Board (each)... $12,000 Main Entryway Doors (each)... $5,000 Torah Crown... $4,000 Pulpit chairs (each)... $2,500 Parochet (Ark Cover)... $2,500 Torah Stand... $2,000 Torah Breastplate... $1,500 Talism Cart... $1,000 Siddur Cart... $1,000 Lectern Cover... $1,000 Torah Pointer... $500 Yahrzeit Plaque... $250 Tree of Life Green Leaf... $250 Tree of Life Leaf... $100 Chumash... $100 Machzor... $95 Siddur... $65 Chairs (for Auxiliary of Kempsville Conservative Synagogue)... $50