TEMPLE TIMES Lubbock, Texas Announcments Come celebrate Chanukah at Barnes and Noble on Sunday, Nov 18 from 3pm to 5pm. It will be a fun time for all and any money raised will benefit East Lubbock Neighborhood Promise. Also, the kids who attend this event will receive a book compliments of the Rabbi. Sisterhood Chanukah Celebration will be Dec. 1st; more details TBD. Dinner Nov 16th, 2018 at 7:00 pm Services at 6:15 pm RSVP Fela Shturman at shturman@sbcglobal.net by Wednesday Nov 14th, 2018 if you would like to attend! Men s Lunch The Men s lunch has been cancelled. If you would like to organize this event, please inform the president, Jonathan Marks. Dear CSI Family, We have a guest writer for this month s newsletter. Before I introduce him, I want to make sure you know: Jewish camp is not just for kids! There are camps for young adults, newly married couples, longtime married couples, families, and more. If you are interested in learning about other Jewish camp opportunities, please reach out! This past month, Ethan Lane-Miller, came to visit Lubbock to inspire CSI kids to participate in summer and year-round programs at URJ Greene Family Camp. Early bird registration for summer camp has already begun. I asked him to share some words about Jewish Camp in North America because I did not grow up in the United States. My experience with Jewish summer camp was in Brazil. I can tell you that I have great memories. The memories that stick out the most are somewhat random: I remember learning (and loving) birkat ha-mazon (the blessing after the meal), and I remember feeling like I spent the entire summer outdoors. I also spent my year in Jewish Day school. Despite growing up in a heavily Catholic country, I was always surrounded by Jewish community, at school and in the summer. This is probably one of the biggest differences between growing up Jewish in Latin America vs North America. In the United States, and certainly in Texas, our students often feel they are the only Jew in their community. That is a heavy burden: being the token Jew, being the one where everything you say or do becomes your peer s Jews do X because the one Jew I know does it. It s also lonely. Attending Jewish summer camp becomes a rare opportunity where almost everyone around you is Jewish and is not expecting you to defend your Judaism. Continued on page 4 Temple Times 1
Donations Thank you to all of our donors for your continued support! November Yahrtzeits 9 Samuel Miller Aida Arker 13 Dottie Buchalter 14 6 Kislev Jack B. Moss 15 Donald Zarfas 16 Phillip Rosen 18 10 Kislev Ethel Michaelson 19 Alphonse Al Norman Lehman Tommy Moss 20 Daryl Goldstucker Francis Deutch 21 Esther Lezan 22 14 Kislev Jeremiah Fain Epstein 23 15 Kislev Moses Bender 24 Anna Cohen Glassman Hindy Cohen 26 Jake Blinderman 27 M. H. Mac Miller 28 Preston Frederick Beaird Mendel Luger Dorothy Lasky 29 Sarah Kovnar Alice G. Barasch If any member would like to add a name to the monthly Yahrzeit list, please send the name, date of celebration and relationship to Leon Shturman (Shturman@sbcglobal.net). Thank you. General Fund Rabbi Goldmann Harold Evensky and Deena Katz for the Sylvia Evensky Yahrtzeit The Escalante Family Annette Rosen for the printing of the Yizkor booklets Nat and Marcie Luger for remodeling at the temple Anonymous Bruce and Marcia Friedman in honor of their son, Andrew, and their grandsons, Harper and Lennon Aimee and Steven Greenhouse in honor of Rabbi Goldmann Guy and Reta Hirsch in honor of Rabbi Goldmann Leon and Fela Shturman in memory of Esther Zychlinski Teri Rosen in memory of Philip and Sarah Rosen The Rabbi s Discretionary Fund Scott Setzer and Nancy Leach Elisa Zellinger and Benjamin Rogerson for the baby naming ceremony The Religious School Henry and Sellie Shine in memory of Jack Shine At the Annual Congregational Meeting on October 21 the 2019 budget was approved, and officers and one Board member were elected. The Board for 2019 will be: President: Jonathan Marks Vice President: Charles Skibell Secretary: Leon Shturman Treasurer: June Wagner Board Members: Naomi Shine (3 years), Nana Friedman (2 years), Andrew Friedman (1 year) Religious School Representative: Deborah Bahme Past President:Neil Kurtzman Temple Times 2
Refuah Shleimah Bobby Skibell Terry Bennett Arnold Loewy Esof ben Moshe v Sura Yetta Jane Winer Leon Cohen Our members are invited to reserve a date to host an Oneg! Please contact Jonathan Marks. November Services 2nd 9th Chayei Sarah - - Rabbi (Gen 23.1 - Gen 25.18) Toldot - (Gen 25.19 - Gen 28.9) Mark Meyer Thank You! To our ISJL Fellow and Christo Chaney for leading services in October! To Deborah Bahme for coordinating/ providing onegs! To Eileen and Danny Nathan for sponsoring an oneg in October! 16th 23rd 30th Vayeitzei - - Rabbi Service 6:15 pm Dinner 7:00 pm (Gen 28.10 - Gen 32.3) Vayishlach - - Rabbi (Gen 32.4 - Gen 36.43) Vayeishev - - Rabbi (Gen 37.1 - Gen 40.23) Remember, in case of bad weather: Remember to check our CSI website for the updated calendar and for the dates the Rabbi will be here at csitemple.org Also, CSI s Facebook page is available at Congregation Shaareth Israel - Please Like In the event of poor weather conditions, and to be sure that the Temple is open, before you leave home please call the synagogue s answering machine at 806-794-7517. If services, religious school, or meetings are cancelled, we will put a message on the answering machine at least an hour before the scheduled time of the event. We will also send an email notification, so keep an eye on your email for cancellations. Temple Times 3
Continued from page 1 At Jewish camps, you meet other people who come from families with similar stories as your own. It s an amazing and powerful experience. One that I think Ethan can do a better job of explaining. Thank you to Ethan, for sharing some thoughts on Jewish camp with us! Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving! Rabbi Save the date: Sisterhood Chanukah Celebration, December 1st. The time will be TBD. Religious School Corner Religious School is in session on Nov 4, 11, 18. RS and Dinner on the 16th 9:45am to 12:15pm K'tanim will be meeting: Nov 11 and 18 at 9:45am to 10:45am Temple Times 4
The pictures and videos from camp are easy to find: a camper jumping into the swimming pool on a hot summer afternoon, a camper climbing to the top of the alpine tower, or a camper with a huge smile framed by paint splatters from an art project. It s so clear that summer camp and other immersive Jewish experiences have a wonderful impact on our youth and so many youth professionals, myself included, have no shortage of anecdotes or qualitative data on the good that our programs do. But what is the real measurable impact of these programs? Why send kids to Jewish camp and other immersive experiences? In 2017 the Union for Reform Judaism commissioned a study with Rosov Consulting to try and measure the lasting impact of engaging Jewish youth. After reaching out to alumni of all ages and receiving 2,180 individual responses, the answer was clear: Reform Movement youth experiences (NFTY, URJ Camps, and congregational teen experiences) have a lasting impact into adulthood. The study showed that 90% of URJ youth program alumni were active Jewishly on their college campus through Hillel, a Jewish fraternity or sorority, volunteering their time, or other methods of engagement. Post-college, the results showed that 89% of alumni provided their children with a Reform Jewish education, 82% belong to a synagogue, temple, minyan, or havura, and 6 in 10 attend synagogue monthly or more. There is so much more to the study and I encourage you to read more at urjyouth.org/ impact Greene Family Camp s executive director, Loui Dobin, is fond of saying, Summer Camp is the of the year. It s a time and a place so unlike anything else that our kids get to experience. It s a moment where they are taking a break from the year and experiencing their Judaism in a way they simply can t anywhere else. Summer camp and other experiences build Reform Jewish identity and connection that can last a lifetime. To me, that is the biggest impact of camp: building our youth into engaged Jewish adults. The next time you see those pictures and videos from camp, yes, you ll see the swimming pool, and the alpine tower, and the art room, but you ll see something else too: a place where Judaism lives and thrives and where our youth build the connections and relationships that will last a lifetime. Ethan Lane-Miller Want to learn more about the summer and year-round programs offered by Greene Family Camp? Visit greene.org or contact Ethan directly at elane-miller@urj.org or at 254-410-6694. Temple Times 5
Congregation Shaareth Israel P.O. Box 93594 Lubbock, TX 79493 (806) 794-7517 csitemple.org Clergy Deborah Goldmann, Rabbi Vicki Hollander, Rabbi Emeritus Board Members Jonathan Marks, President Charles Skibell, Vice President Monty Strauss, Secretary June Wagner, Treasurer Neil Kurtzman, Past President Deborah Bahme, Religious School Delegate Andrew Friedman, Member Hannah Friedman, Member Leon Shturman, Member Contact info for members: Rabbi Goldmann - Call her or text her at (310) 402-7425 or email her at dygoldmann@gmail.com please. Urgent Matters - Please contact Jonathan Marks at (806) 577-8489 or email at jonathan.marks@ttu.edu or contact Rabbi Goldmann Bulletin Submissions - News, reports, information, etc. can be submitted to the bulletin editor at csi_bulletin@hotmail.com Deadline for submissions is the 20th of the month! November 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Services 3 4 RS 9:45 am 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 RS & K tanim 9:45 am 12 13 14 RSVP Fela for Dinner! 15 Board Meeting 16 Service 6:15 pm Dinner 6:45 pm 17 18 RS & K tanim 9:45 am 19 20 21 22 23 Services 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Services Dec 1 Sisterhood Chanukah Party, Time TBD Temple Times 6