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1 Shofar the Inside this issue: From the Rabbi 1 President s Message 1 Calendar 2 Moveable Feast 2 High Holy Day Schedule Fine Arts & Food Festival Library 4 College Connections 4 Fundraising 5 Mah Jongg 5 Ma aser Sheni 6 Tikkun Olam 7 Visit our website! Like us on 3 4 ROSH HASHANAH - SEPTEMBER 17 & 18 YOM KIPPUR - SEPTEMBER 25 & 26 The High Holy Days 5773 fall at the beginning of Vermont s beautiful foliage season... the perfect time and place to begin a sweet new year! We look forward to welcoming you, your family, and your friends to Israel Congregation of Manchester. MEMBERS MAY ORDER GUEST TICKETS AT THE FAMILY & FRIENDS RATE From the Rabbi ur turning of the season in Vermont O gives us an opportunity to check in with one another as we and our guests come to ICM for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. There are always many reasons to come to ICM for these services, especially that we welcome back our enormously talented cantor Lindsay Kopecky for her fourth year with us. Those of you who have heard and will hear Cantor Kopecky will be moved by her amazing voice. This year Iʹm pleased to share with you the topics for this yearʹs sermons. On Erev Rosh Hashanah the sermon is called, ʺItʹs Not Your Fatherʹs Oldsmobile.ʺ Rosh Hashanah Day One will feature a sermon called, ʺRemembering as an Action Verb.ʺ Kol Nidre eveningʹs sermon will be ʺTeshuvah as Self Awareness.ʺ Yom Kippur morning will feature an update on Israel and the Middle East in what has been another tumultuous year for the region. I hope to see you at ICM for these sermons and for all that we offer our communities. May you and all you love find blessings in the new year for all that is good and holy. Rabbi David Novak. HIGH HOLY DAY SCHEDULE PAGE 3 Rabbi David Novak is pleased to welcome back to the bima Cantor Lindsay Kopecky. Together for the fourth year, Rabbi Novak and Cantor Kopecky continue to make our High Holy Day services eloquent and meaningful. President s Message W ow!...what a great a year this is! We are alive, we are happy, we are growing, we are vibrant! Your new board is working diligently to make all facets of temple life bigger and better, and it is working. New people doing new things make ICM a new, better, and more involved congregation. Friday evening Shabbat services have a new look: We start with a wine and cheese pre neg a great time to catch up with old friends and meet new ones. We are treated to speakers, music, and other surprises to accompany Rabbi Novak s timely and thought provoking sermons. After services, our Common Table community dinners make this a Shabbat evening home for our congregation family. We provide main dishes with different themes each week, and many congregants participate by cooking their favorite dishes to round out each wonderful Shabbat evening. Attendance has increased dramatically and congregants come in smiling and leave happy and spiritually fulfilled. We have created an excellent Tot Shabbat program that has been drawing new, younger continued on page 5

2 Page 2 9/1 9:30 am Shabbat Services; Parashat Ki Teitzei 9/7 3:00 pm Play & Pray Golf Tournament 9/8 9:00 am Tot Shabbat Calendar of Events September 5:45 pm Preneg Reception 10:00 am Shabbat Services, Parashat Ki Tavo 8:00 pm Selichot Services 9/14 5:45 pm Preneg Reception 9/15 9:30 am Shabbat Services, Parashat Nitzavim 9/16 8:00 pm Erev Rosh HaShanah Services 9/17 9:00 am Rosh HaShanah Services 9/18 9:00 am Rosh HaShanah Services 9/20 7:00 pm Board of Directors Meeting 9/21 5:45 pm Preneg Reception 9/22 9:30 am Shabbat Services, Parashat Vayeilech 9/25 6:00 pm Kol Nidre Services 9/26 9:00 am Yom Kippur Services 9/28 5:45 pm Preneg Reception 9/29 9:30 am Shabbat Services, Parashat Ha Azinu October 10/1 9:30 am Sukkot Services 10/5 5:45 pm Preneg Reception 6:30 pm Shabbat & Chol ha Moed Sukkot Services 10/6 9:30 am Shabbat & Chol ha Moed Sukkot Services and the Bat Mitzvah of Dara Kessell 10/7 6:30 pm Simchat Torah Celebration 10/8 9:30 am Sh mini Atzeret Services 10/12 5:45 pm Preneg Reception 10/13 9:00 am Tot Shabbat 10:00 am Shabbat Services, Parashat Bereshit 6:00 pm Moveable Feast 10/18 7:00 pm Board of Directors Meeting 10/19 5:45 pm Preneg Reception 10/20 9:30 am Shabbat Services, Parashat Noach 10/26 5:45 pm Preneg Reception 10/27 9:30 am Shabbat Services, Parashat Lech Lecha SAVE THE DATE: 11/9 and 11/10 Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Michael A. Grodin speaking on Jewish Healing and Jewish Bioethics A MOVEABLE FEAST Saturday, October 13 at 6:00 pm Enjoy a gourmet dinner, complete with wine & hors d oeuvres at the home of one of ICM s top chefs. Festivities continue at the synagogue. Dessert extravaganza and auction extraordinaire. Friends, neighbors, and house guests welcome. $50 per person Reservations: Norma Rappaport A Fundraiser for ICM BIBLE GARDEN PROJECT The initial meeting of the Bible Garden Project will take place on September 14 th at 9:00 am. If you are interested, please join us. Questions? Call the office at

3 Page 3 ISRAEL CONGREGATION OF MANCHESTER RABBI DAVID NOVAK AND CANTOR LINDSAY KOPECKY ROSH HASHANAH EREV ROSH HASHANAH Sunday, September 16, 8:00 pm ROSH HASHANAH I Monday, September 17, 9:00 am Tashlich will follow kiddush; bring comfortable walking shoes ROSH HASHANAH II Tuesday, September 18, 9:00 am The shofar will be sounded at approximately 11:15 am on each day YOM KIPPUR KOL NIDRE Tuesday, September 25, 6:15 pm Service begins promptly; please arrive early SHACHARIT Wednesday, September 26, 9:00 am Yizkor will be at approximately 11:30 am MINCHA Wednesday, September 26, 5:00 pm NEILAH Wednesday, September 26, ~ 6:15 pm The shofar will be sounded at approximately 7:20 pm Havdalah with children s procession follows CHILDREN S SERVICES will be held at ~ 10:45 am on Rosh Hashanah I and Yom Kippur. CHILDCARE will be available. SUKKOT September 30 October 1 Sukkot 1 Monday, October 1, 9:30 am SIMCHAT TORAH CELEBRATION Sunday, October 7, 6:30 pm SH MINI ATZERET Monday, October 8, 9:30 am Yizkor will be at approximately 11:00 am YOM KIPPUR FOOD DRIVE...Share your bread with the hungry [Isaiah 58:7] This is an important year to participate in our annual Yom Kippur Food Drive. During the High Holy Days, pick up a list of needed items, bring back your donations, and we will deliver them to the Food Cupboard after Yom Kippur. All non-perishable food donations are also welcome. Thank you for taking part in this mitzvah - helping those in need in our own community.

4 Page 4 Fine Arts & Food Festival T reat your senses to the Fine Arts and Food Festival at ICM on Sunday, November 11 from 10am to 4pm. Smell the delightful aromas of traditional Jewish cooking in our demonstration kitchen. Taste yummy treats and home baked goodies. See fine arts and crafts for holiday giftgiving (or your own pleasure). Touch delicate fabrics and finely crafted quilts. Hear the joyous sounds of community coming together to explore our five senses at this special ICM extravaganza! We ve expanded last year s crafts and arts festival to include the wonderful world of foods, explains Lynne Abcug, a member of ICM s Programming Committee and chair of the event. In addition to a broader array of local crafters and fine artisans, we re adding local gourmet foods along with cooking demonstrations that will focus on Jewish favorites and healthy eating recipes. As we all know, Israel Congregation is home to some pretty talented congregants who have expanded their networks to include family and friends who are equally talented. With more than 20 vendor tables, there will be tremendous variety, including a wide range of price points. Since this event takes place one month before Chanukah, be sure to shop at our holiday table that will be filled with decorating and gift giving items. And stop at our in house bookstore that, in cooperation with the Northshire Bookstore, will offer an array of Jewish themed books for children. Admission to the Festival is free. College Connections W e like to keep in touch with our collegeaged congregants and let them know the members of Israel Congregation are thinking of them. If you have an ICM Family Membership and have a child in college, send his/her school mailing address to office@icmvt.org and we will send your child a Thinking of You gift for the High Holy Days and Pesach (Passover). Please send addresses by September 10 to ensure delivery of High Holy Days gifts. To help prepare and ship the gifts, please contact Karen Dreiblatt in our office at or office@icmvt.org. BOOKNOTES I CM is blessed with a large number of very talented congregants who work with fabric, clay, wood, paint and yes, words. One such person is Nancy Ellis Horowitz. Nancy is the author of a new novel that takes readers from southern Vermont to a city so crammed with people and noise and smells that it could only be Bombay. IN THE LAST DAYS OF BOMBAY follows the romance of Maggie Albrecht, an expat from Boston working as a marketing director, and Neel Wagley a local son of Bombay who works in the kind of fast paced ad agency that almost defines the current very hip, new India. Their romance, their successes and failures, take readers on a wild journey. In a phone conversation with Nancy, she freely discussed the many lives and shapes that the novel has been through, each version delving deeper into Maggie and Neel s characters. Notable as well are the descriptions of the city, which becomes almost a character in the novel. She also laughingly talks about the rejection letters which made it easy to continue working on the novel, since they were filled with praise. I was enveloped into Bombay to the point where I could almost smell the chai and the spices *; she did a beautiful job of setting the scene and making it come alive. **; Horowitz does a find job of capturing the atmosphere of Bombay, from its business culture to its tony expatriate clubs to its bustling streets. *** Nancy has served as Creative Director in several major advertising agencies, a career which took her from New York City to London, Bombay, Sydney, and back again. She currently lives in NYC with her daughter Phoebe and soon to be husband, Jeff Yates. She visits her parents Bob and Micki Horowitz in Vermont frequently. IN THE LAST DAYS OF BOMBAY is available from Northshire Books, in the store or online, and of course, in the ICM library. * Source Books ** Grand Cenral Books ***Little, Brown & Co. Mazel Tov Morgan & Tim Taylor on the birth of their son, Levi Susan Leader & John Specker on their daughter Lila s marriage to Joshua Norman, June 24, 2012

5 Fundraising Fun Begins ICM NEEDS YOU... to participate in our upcoming fundraising events. You can attend all or one, but please plan on supporting at least one of the exciting events we have planned for our first fundraising season. The Fundraising Committee is comprised of congregants whose common goal is to bring our Israel Congregation Community together in friendship, while raising funds to keep our wonderful synagogue moving forward. It is our hope that congregants will attend the Moveable Feast on October 13, the 50ʹs Valentineʹs Sock Hop, participate in our silent/live auctions, and just come together to make our ICM family stronger. There will be other ways to support our fundraising efforts so please keep your eyes peeled to learn about some innovative and interesting concepts. We are so thankful for our ʹsynagogue familyʹ and want to be sure we thrive. Lynne Abcug For a schedule of classes and to see information on our teachers, please visit our website. Yoga-2-go.com Gift Certificates available for private, group, or new ONE on ONE silk trapeze lessons. Learn to Play Mah Jongg T his six week class will teach you mah jongg fundamentals from the tiles and their function to the Charleston and everything in between, including critical basic strategies. With the help of an experienced instructor, crib cards, Page 5 President s Message cont. from pg. 1 parents to our synagogue Young families joining our congregation ensures a Jewish presence into the future! Our moving High Holy Day services with our rabbi and cantor are of the highest caliber and we celebrate all Jewish holidays and every Shabbat in engaging and meaningful ways. We are here for you for every joyous occasion and every time of need. Beyond services, we offer an enormous amount of programming here at Israel Congregation: We present best selling authors, music programs and soloists, 92 nd Street Y broadcasts, July 4 BBQs... We offer film festivals, guest lecturers, classes led by Rabbi Novak and others... We help repair the world by funding local and global causes... We are on the pulse with the latest books in our library... We are an active member of the Interfaith Council and hold our traditional interfaith Seders and MLK Day celebrations right here in our synagogue. We are the Place to Be for all in the Northshire! But... None of this happens without financial support from you! Funding our operations and offering our exciting programs needs your financial investment NOW!! I feel certain that you will find it in your hearts and wallets to help us continue the work we ve started to keep our synagogue the place we are all proud of. I look forward to shaking all of your hands and wishing you a L Shanah Tovah! Wishing a calm and peaceful New Year to you and your entire family, Ed Glazer and the National Mah Jongg League card you will discover the fun and excitement of declaring your first mah jongg. Classes will be held on Monday Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12 from at the synagogue. To register or for more information, please contact Merrily Lewis at

6 Page 6 Ma aser Sheni When the Temple functioned in Jerusalem, the Jewish community supported it and its priests with a system of tithes in the form of food and/or money. Today we feed our communal needs by offering financial gifts that strengthen and enhance Jewish religious and communal life in the Northshire. GENERAL FUND Abby Ross in memory of Seymour Rosenblum and Josephine Rosenblum Anthony Stein in memory of Maureen Stein Gail Zimmer in memory of Bessie Cohen and Len Wallach Judith & Henry Kaplan in memory of Maurice Kaplan Marjorie Magner in memory of Max Magner Marilyn & Ray Starker in memory of Albert Reiter Bev & Warren Rokes in memory of Justin Mueller Janet Kleinberg & Harvey Flaxman in memory of Justin Mueller Sandy & Marty Castelbaum in honor of the marriage of Carole & Billy Gold s son Erik to Debra Karen & Michael Dreiblatt in honor of the birth of Cheryl Ullman s granddaughter, Olivia and in honor of Frances Yackel s bat mitzvah Linda & Harold Friedman in honor of Carol & Phil Goldsmith s 50th wedding anniversary Irene & Ed Glazer in honor of the birth of Morgan & Tim Taylor s son, Levi and in memory of David & Marlene Skulnik s dog, Lou Doris Bass in honor of Ina & Mark Katzman s new granddaughter, Samantha Marilyn & Ed Rice in honor of Marty Castelbaum s 80th birthday and in memory of Edward Wurzel Marion Mueller in memory of Henry New Lila & Gilbert Silverman in memory of Justin Mueller Janet Kleinberg & Harvey Flaxman in honor of Ed & Irene Glazer in thanks for their hospitality Morgan & Tim Taylor with thanks to Rabbi Novak for officiating a brit milah Helene & Al Feldan in honor of Norman Tanz Barbara & Robert Friedman in honor of Carol & Phil Goldsmith s grandson becoming a bar mitzvah and in honor of Mindy & Alan Bloom s grandson becoming a bar mitzvah RABBI S DISCRETIONARY FUND Elinor & Joel Katz in honor of their 44th anniversary Andrew Hazelton with thanks for E.J. s bar mitzvah Rebecca & Gary Fishkin in memory of Justin Mueller Ilse Fuchs in memory of Bill Fox Marjorie & Michael Weiss in memory of Louis Fried, beloved father Marion Mueller TIKKUN OLAM Janet Kleinberg & Harvey Flaxman in memory of Neil Kleinberg Marion Mueller CULTURAL AFFAIRS Sandy & Marty Castelbaum in honor of Carol & Phil Goldsmith s 50th anniversary CHILDREN S EDUCATION FUND Loni Bader in memory of Sylvia & Abraham Einhorn Leah Sperber in memory of Nathan Sperber Estelle Schwartz in memory of her grandfather, Sol Goldstein Sandy Sheppard in memory of Mary Doris Weisman SHABBAT DINNER FUND Irene & Ed Glazer in honor of Marty Castelbaum s 80th birthday Susan & Gary Marmer in memory of Justin Mueller Laurie & Jeff Sullivan in memory of Laurie s sister, Ruth Schindler Phyllis & Arthur Angstreich in memory of Dorothy Angstreich Ina & Al Rubin in memory of Bernard Brown & Robert Rubin Marlene & David Skulnik in memory of Justin Mueller Fran & Mark Aronowitz Marion Mueller Barbara Wingrove Norma Colin & Fred Polsky Susan & Richard Olshen Carmel Furtado Micki & Bob Horowitz Please Note: Donations received after the 15th of June will appear in the November edition of the Shofar.

7 Page 7 Ma aser Sheni, continued GOLDSMITH PRAYERBOOK FUND Irene & Ed Glazer in honor of Carol & Phil Goldsmith s anniversary MARILYN GLATT LINGLEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND Laurie & Jeff Sullivan in memory of her sister, Ruth Schindler Deborah Peretz in memory of her mother, Mary Peretz Marilyn & Ed Rice in honor of Frances Yackel becoming a bat mitzvah ENDOWMENT FUND Micki & Bob Horowitz Please Note: Donations received after the 15th of June will appear in the November edition of the Shofar. Special Thanks Ari & Judy Rudiakov for providing beautiful music at our Anniversary Service The incredible 4th of July team: Sheila & Russ Mills, Stan & Micki Lisman, Cathy Rano, Joanne Beck, Sandy Castelbaum, Carole & Billy Gold, Judy Rudiakov, Gert & Cozie D Eredita, Travis & Angela Wood, and the fabulous bakers for our Baked Goods Auction Fourth of July Sponsors Micki & Bob Horowitz, Richard & Deborah Polivy, Carol & Phil Goldsmith, Beverly & Marvin Morse, Helene & Al Feldan, Carole & Billy Gold, Phyllis & Steve Gottdiener Shabbat Dinner Sponsors Marion Mueller (June 22), Stephen Cohen (July 2), Carol & Phil Goldsmith (August 3), Jackie Haft & Carl Yackel (August 10), Marlene Skulnik, Ina Rubin, Micki & Bob Horowitz (August 31) Rosalie & Lee Fox for leading services on Friday, June 8 Sara Eisemann for leading services on Saturday, June 9 Bob & Sherri Alper for bringing Cantorial Soloist Eric Schwartzentruber to ICM on August 31 Our summer challah bakers Saul Kimmel, Phil Goldsmith, Lee Fox, and Irene Glazer Tikkun Olam Donations Help Heal the World E very day of the year is the time for giving to others, but this time of the year, as the High Holy Days approach, thoughts turn to helping those in need. Israel Congregation, through its Tikkun Olam Committee, has given generously over the last several months. The Community Food Cupboard was the recipient of $500 and we also send $360 to the JWB Jewish Chaplains Council in order to further their work providing for the religious, educational and morale needs of Jewish men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces. On an international basis, we ve sent $500 to ATZUM, an Israeli organization that provides assistance to the victims of terrorism, the families of the Righteous Gentiles and fights human trafficking in Israel. Tag Sale Thank You T his yearʹs 5th Annual Tag Sale was another great success. Thanks to all of our generous donors and volunteers; we couldn t have done it without you. Marlene Skulnik & Shelia Mills 1565

8 Page 8 srael Congregation has about 175 I member families of diverse Jewish backgrounds, both full time and part time residents of southern Vermont. We provide weekly Shabbat and holiday services, a religious school, adult education, life cycle events, and cultural and social programming in a warm and welcoming environment. An integral part of Jewish life in the Northshire for almost 90 years, Israel Congregation has been at its current location on Rte 7A, 1.2 miles north of Rte 11/30, since Our building is ADA accessible. David Novak, Rabbi Michael Cohen, Rabbi Emeritus Karen Dreiblatt, Administrator Board of Directors Ed Glazer, President Mark Aronowitz, Vice President David Sischy, Vice President Marlene Skulnik, Treasurer Marisa Eisemann, Corresponding Secretary Mindy Bloom, Recording Secretary Cathy Kimmel, Immediate Past President Directors: Lynne Abcug, Morty Bunis, Sandy Castelbaum, Al Feldan, Rebecca Fishkin, Carol Goldsmith, David Heisler, Micki Lisman, Sheila Mills Advertising Pays! Call For Our Low Rates Shofar Editorial Board: Doris Bass, Karen Dreiblatt, Laurie Sullivan, Cheryl Ullman Kabbalat Shabbat Service: 6:30 pm, Friday (followed by Oneg or Congregational Dinner) Shabbat Service: 9:30 am, Saturday Office Hours: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday Thursday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm, Friday Telephone: Rabbi Cell Phone: Rabbi s rabbi@icmvt.org Office office@icmvt.org Website: Main Street P.O. Box 1050 Manchester Ctr. VT 05255