Bulletin October 2017 Tishrei/Cheshvan BTS: The Learning Place Where Learning Never Stops

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1 Bulletin October 2017 Tishrei/Cheshvan 5778 BTS: The Learning Place Where Learning Never Stops

2 Friday Night Onegs & Saturday Morning Kiddushes Let s face it schmoozing over food afterwards is one of the best part of services on Shabbat. To help make this happen, you can: 1. Volunteer to shop, set up and/or clean up; or 2. Sponsor an oneg or kiddush. To volunteer or to sponsor, either alone or with friends, to honor a birthday, anniversary, special event, your family, a yahrzeit, or just because it s a mitzvah, please contact the office. Available dates for October and November are: Friday nights: October 20th, 27th November 3rd, 17th, 24th Saturday mornings: October 14th, 21st, 28th November 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th Mazal Tov to Shari J. Cantor on her retirement after 5 years as founder and Food Pantry Coordinator of the Anja Rosenberg Kosher Food Pantry at Jewish Family and on the establishment of the Shari J. Cantor Fund for Specialized Food Needs in her honor on September 14th. Mary Calvert Heavilin, on the graduation of her grandson Jack Nathan from Roger Williams University on May 20th. Bea Israel, on the Bar Mitzvah of family members Elliot Scher and Simon Rosenberg in August and September. Refuah Shelemah to Gloria Bein, Arthur Cassel, William Fabian, Barry Gordon, Arlene Herzig, Lynn Kaplan-Goldberg, David Margolin, Burt Miller, Irv Seidman, Marian Warner Minyanim Weekday minyanim are held regularly on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:15 p.m. at BTS, unless otherwise noted. If you wish to ensure a minyan for a yahrzeit or kaddish, please contact the minyan captains shown below. Sunday Tuesday Minyan Call the office at Wednesday Minyan Call Julie Shifreen at Thursday Minyan Call Barbara Katzman at Shabbat are held: Friday night are at 7:00 pm, followed by an Oneg Shabbat. Saturday morning are at 9:30 am, followed by a Kiddush luncheon. In This Issue Jessie s Garden & Operation Isaiah P 3 Friends of Yiddish & Tangling With Talmud P 4 Building a Sukkat Sholom/Salaam P 5 Sukkah as Sancturary P 5 Mussar & Wine & Food Tasting Extravaganza P 6 Partners in Creation P 7 German Nazi Hunters: Legacy of the Holocaust P 7 Thank You From Barbara Katzman Many thanks to everyone who participated in the Sisterhood greetings card fundraiser and to those who sponsored the Honey Oneg following Erev Rosh Hashanah service on Wednesday, September 20th. I m most grateful to everyone who shared in this sweet event. Best wishes to you all for a happy and healthy New Year. Mah Jongg at BTS & Donations P 8 Calendar P 11 Livestreaming Event with Author Steven Gimbel P 12 Bulletin October 2017 Tishei/Cheshvan 5778 Page 2

3 Jessie s Garden at BTS Some of you may wonder what s happening with our small raised beds in front of the synagogue. How much do they produce and where s the food going? All our produce is donated to the Anja Rosenberg Kosher Food Pantry at Jewish Family. Thanks to our master gardener Godfrey Pearlson, our garden is particularly prolific and actually produces more produce than the five raised beds behinds the Community building where JFS is located. The donation of bags of kale, cherry tomatoes and napa cabbage pictured above was made on Monday, August 14th. Sadly, I can tell you that it was gone by the end of the next day, but the families received this organic produce were thrilled to do so. While I retired from my position as Food Pantry Coordinator after 15 years, on September 14th of this year, the client s needs still go on. Hopefully, Jessie s Garden Professor at BTS will Jeremy continue Pressman to exist to serve the people in need in our community for years to come. Kol hakavod to Godfrey! University of Connecticut Shari J. Cantor, former Food Pantry Coordinator, Anja Rosenberg Kosher Food Pantry Director at Jewish of Middle Family East, Studies Associate Professor of Political Science Rabbi Debra Cantor cantordebra@gmail.com President: Janna Gross jsg144@sbcglobal.net Office/Business Manager: Maria dacunha mdacunha@btsonline.org B nai Tikvoh-Sholom 180 Still Road Bloomfield, CT FAX office@btsonline.org Bulletin Editor: Shari J. Cantor RABBI S OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 2:00 5:00 pm Tuesday and Thursday by appointment: Please call the office to arrange an appointment. OFFICE HOURS: Monday-Tuesday-Thursday; 10:00am-4:00pm Wednesday: 2:00-5:00pm Friday: 9:00am-12:00pm NEXT BULLETIN DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH Operation Isaiah This Yom Kippur help make sure that there is food on someone else's table. Operation Isaiah is undergoing a transformation this year at BTS. We ll be giving the Anja Rosenberg Kosher Food Pantry at Jewish Family what it needs the most CASH. The advantages for you there s no schlepping, no buying extra items at the supermarket, no ransacking your cupboards for items to donate, and no worrying about whether items are kosher. The advantages for the food pantry the money can be used to purchase exactly what is needed on sale. Just bring your check made out to Jewish Family with Food Pantry on the memo line to Kol Nidre or mail it in or drop it off any time up through Friday, October 6th. Any cash that you put in the tzedakah container in the chapel through that date will also be donated to the food pantry. We ve made it easier for you. Now please help make life easier for your neighbors in need. Bulletin October 2017 Tishei/Cheshvan 5778 Page 3

4 Kumen baheftn aundz (come join us). Friends of Yiddish Sunday, October 8th, 10:30 a.m. At the Mandell JCC It s an informal, mostly English, bilingual drop-in social group which meets to hear a guest speaker or discussion & maybe absorb a Yiddish word or two. For more information, contact Barbara Katzman at Barbaralenore@yahoo.com or (860) Shabbat Morning Torah Study Saturday mornings at BTS begin at 9:30; Torah Study at 10:30 am Join us each week for an engaging interactive exploration of the Torah portion and its relationship to our lives today. Tangling With Talmud Wednesdays, 10:30 am at the JCC** First Class: October 25th The Talmud is a rich and lively conversation among many generations. Passionate arguments about law and justice are intertwined with wild stories and musings about the meaning of life. Come participate and add your own voice. No experience needed! **New time this year Bulletin October 2017 Tishei/Cheshvan 5778 Page 4

5 Building a Sukkat Sisterhood Shabbat It s not just for Sisterhood members. It s for anyone who is a woman or who knows one Shalom/Salaam Free and open to the public. Dr. Saud Anwar Friday, October 6th, following 7:00 p.m. Shabbat BTS Spread over us the shelter/sukkah of peace! we sing every Friday night. Join us as we welcome Dr. Saud Anwar, former Mayor of South Windsor and Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Eastern Connecticut Health Network. Dr. Anwar will speak about his involvement in humanitarian and peace initiatives locally and around the globe, and share with us his vision of peace. Social Justice Lunch & Learn: Sukkah as Sanctuary Saturday, October 7 11:30 am (following services, which am) The Torah commands us to leave the comfort of our homes on Sukkot and dwell in flimsy, impermanent structures. What does the sukkah symbolize? How might teachings about this holiday relate to current debates about immigration and refugees? Over a light lunch, we ll delve into these and other questions. Free and open to the public. Please call ahead to reserve. Donations welcome in advance or after Shabbat. Bulletin October 2017 Tishei/Cheshvan 5778 Page 5

6 Mussar: Path of the Mensch This is a full year course which will meet on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. Instructor: Rabbi Debra Cantor Class Limit: 15 Course Fee: $120/$100 for BTS or JCC members or Neshama Patrons Fall Session: October 17th Introductory Session (Free) October 24th, November 7th & 21st, December 5th & 19th Spring Session: March 6th & 20th, April 10th, May 1st, 15th & 29th At B nai Tivkoh-Sholom This event is Free for Paid up Sisterhood Members. All others are welcome for a contribution of $25 at the door. Sisterhood Presents RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. RSVP by Sunday, October 8th. To save your seat, contact Deena Buddle at (860) or drbud0303@yahoo.com. Wine & Food Tasting Extravaganza With Special Guest, Wine Consultant Pam Frank-Hall Wednesday, October 18th 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

7 Partners in Creation: A Yom Iyun (Going Deep) Event SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29TH 10:30 A.M. At BTS Rabbi Debra Cantor and other instructors Materials Fee: $5; free for BTS or JCC members and Neshama Patrons In Commemoration of Kristallnacht German Nazi-Hunters: The Legacy of the Holocaust Charles Lansing Has been an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut since As a Fulbright Scholar, he taught high school in the former East German city of Wismar. He received his Ph.D. from Yale. Professor Lansing is the author of From Nazism to Communism: German Schoolteachers Under Two Dictatorships, published by Harvard University Press. He is currently working on a manuscript on the subject of this talk. His areas of research interests are the social, political, cultural and intellectual legacy of Nazi Germany in the postwar German states; the relationship between the German aristocracy and the Nazi state/party in the Third Reich; attitudes and experiences of Germans under Allied occupation and in the early Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. Sunday, November 12th, 11:00 a.m. BTS This event is free and open to the public.

8 MAH JONGG AT BTS Next Dates: October 4th and 18th 12:30 to 3:00 p.m. Mah Jongg and light snacks. RSVP to Marsha Lowry at or GENERAL FUND Ruth Erlichman, in honor of the yahrzeit of Walter Erlichman Carmen Hammerschlag, in memory of her parents Max & Margot Hammerschlag Marsha Lowry, in honor of the yahrzeit of her mother Edith Roizen Richard Lowry, in honor of the yahrzeit of his father James Lowry Dale & Brian Osborn, in memory of Paul Trzepacz Marion Radeen, in honor of the yahrzeit of Walter Erlichman Marsha & Louise Tellan, in honor of the yahrzeit of Sadye Tellan & Sam Tellan Jean Vitale, in honor of the yahrzeit of her mother Giorgina Maria deleon Vitale Jean Vitale, in honor of the yahrzeit of her father Luciano Alberto Vitale KIDDUSH FUND Lois Galinsky, in honor of the yahrzeit of her brother-in-law Herb Fienman Sharon Gold, in memory of Siman Pava Barbara & Al Oppenheimer, in honor of the yahrzeit of Herbert Fienman Susan & Allan Viner, in memory of Paul Trzepacz RABBI S DISCRETIONARY FUND Steve Cohen, Ann Thayer-Cohen & entire Cohen family, thank Rabbi Donations as of 9/15/2017 for all she did at Al Cohen s funeral Sharon Gold Gregory Matthaey & Ellen Leonard, to thank Rabbi for the lovely unveiling service and visiting Greg s mother in her last years Linda & Burt Miller, in memory of Al Cohen who was Burt s neighbor when Burt was 6 years old in Hartford and 60 years old in Newington BIRNBAUM FUND Laura Klein, in honor of the yahrzeit of her mother Burnette Birnbaum Bulletin October 2017 Tishei/Cheshvan 5778 Page 8

9 Please discard all previous donation forms and use this one. B nai Tikvoh-Sholom Donation Form (Revised 1/1/2017) Donation From: Name Telephone # Donation For: Fund: Minimum Donation for General Fund or Specific Fund is $10 each or for other see listed below: If applicable, acknowledge to: Please check other donation you wish to order and attach with specific instructions for: Chumash, Machzor Bookplate $35 Prayer Bookplate $25 Memorial Plaque $300 Sanctuary Seat Plaque $350 Foyer Tree of Life: Gold $360 Silver $250 Bronze $125 Stone $1,500 Hallway Tree of Life: Gold $125 Provide additional information if necessary: FUNDS Beautification Fund To further enhance the beauty of the synagogue Building Fund To offset the costs of operating the building General Fund To support the operation of the synagogue Kiddush/Ritual Fund To provide food for Shabbat and Holidays Mandell Israel Program Fund To subsidize teen trips to Israel Rabbi s Discretionary Fund To be used at the Rabbi s discretion Torah Fund To maintain integrity of the Torahs Education Fund To fund education Youth Fund To subsidize attendance at youth events Sol Ackerman Fund To provide outstanding achievement award (school) Justin Bernheimer Award For a Congregational Service Award Cantor Wilfred Birnbaum Fund for Religious Enhancement Arlyn and Myrna Baller Cohn Fund To fund the Hebrew School Bob Guggenheim Memorial Fund To support the operation of the synagogue Meier & Rachel Katten Memorial To be used for Hebrew school scholarships and financial aid Phyllis Margolin Memorial Music Education To provide music for the Hebrew School Alyssa Suzanne Roy Memorial Fund To provide gifts to bar and bat mitzvah students Ilse & Manfred Stein Memorial Fund Malcolm M. Snyder Memorial Fund To support the operation of the synagogue Bulletin October 2017 Tishei/Cheshvan 5778 Page 9

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11 October 2017 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 11 Tisrei 2 12 Tishrei 3 13 Tishrei 4 14 Tishrei Erev Sukkot 12:30 Mah Jongg 7:15 Erev Sukkot Minyan 5 15 Tishrei Sukkot 1 9:30 Sukkot 7:15 Sukkot Evening Minyan 6 16 Tishrei Sukkot 2 9:30 Sukkot 6:04 Candle Lighting 7:00 Building a Sukkat Shalom/ Salaam 7 17 Tishrei Chol HaMoed Sukkot 9:30 Shabbat 11:30 Sukkah as Sanctuary Lunch n Learn 8 18 Tishrei Chol HaMoed Sukkot 10:30 Friends of Yiddish at JCC 9 19 Tishrei Chol HaMoed Sukkot 6:30 LLL Committee Meeting Tishrei Sukkot 6 6:30 USY Dinner in the Sukkah Tishrei Sukkot 7 7:15 Erev Shemini Atzeret Minyan Tishrei Shemini Atzeret 9:30 Shemini Atzeret 6:30 Simchat Torah Tishrei Simchat Torah 5:53Candle Lighting 7:00 Birthday Shabbat Tishei Bereshit 9:30 Shabbat Tishrei Tishrei 7:00 Sisterhood Board Meeting Tishrei 7:30 Intro to Mussar Tishrei 12:30 Mah Jongg 6:30 Sisterhood Wine & Food Tasting Tishrei 7:15 Daily Minyan 7:30 BTS Board Meeting Tishrei 5:42 Candle Lighting 7:00 Shabbat 21 1 Cheshvan Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Noach 9:30 Shabbat 22 2 Cheshvan Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan 23 3 Cheshvan 24 4 Cheshvan 7:30 Mussar 25 5 Cheshvan 10:30 Tangling with Talmud 7:15 Daily Minyan 26 6 Cheshvan 7:15 Daily Minyan 27 7 Cheshvan 5:32 Candle Lighting 7:00 Shabbat 28 8 Cheshvan Lech-L cha 9:30 Shabbat / 29 9 Cheshvan 10:30 Partners in Creation Cheshvan Cheshvan

12 B nai Tikvoh-Sholom Debra Cantor, Rabbi 180 Still Road, Bloomfield, CT Phone: FAX: Office Rabbi s cantordebra@gmail.com B nai Tikvoh-Sholom BTS: The Learning Place Neshama The Center for Jewish Learning Coming Next Month Einstein: His Space & Times Livestreaming Event with Author Steven Gimbel Wednesday, November 15th at 7:00 p.m. at BTS (Minyan at 6:30) No fee. Free book for the first 25 attendees! This event is part of a book and live streaming video series sponsored by Jewish Lives, a prizewinning biography series dedicated to illuminating the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present. We ll be exploring four books from the series over the course of the year, starting with a revealing portrait of Albert Einstein, the world s first scientific superstar. (Future dates 1/9, 3/15, 5/8)