Temple Beth Electronic News Visit our temple website at http://www.templebe.org Elul 5772 to Tishrei 5773 September 2012 Thank You To the Pearces for hosting the rabbi last time AND for providing the oneg. To the Goldberg-Scheinman family for the rabbi s Friday meal. To Alan Garfield for his usual technology success. Thank you for getting the projector at the very last minute for the Jewish Journeys program. To Randy Sirk for providing a car for Rabbi Ann. TEMPLE BETH EL HIGH HOLY DAY SCHEDULE 5773 Rosh Hashanah Sunday, September 16: Rabbi Ann will conduct a program for children and families, 4:00 pm at the temple. Congregational Erev Rosh Hashanah dinner at the temple, 5:00 pm. (There is a $14 charge per adult and $5 charge per child under 10. We will be serving chicken, beef, vegetarian, and vegan selections.) Erev Rosh Hashanah Service, 7:00 pm Monday, September 17: Rosh Hashanah Morning Service, 10:00 am There is a pot-luck luncheon (from 12:15 pm to 1:30 pm) following the Morning Service. Please bring a salad, cold dish, or dessert to serve approximately 12 people. (Dairy meal: fish, eggs, and milk products.) Please bring in a serving bowl or tray with serving utensils. Thanks to Fern Reinstein for organizing. Contact Fern threeamstamper@yahoo.com with any questions. Tashlich Service (from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm) following the luncheon. Tashlich will take place at the pavilion on the Mississippi, near the River Museum. Our Cemetery Service will take place on Sunday, September 23, at 10:30 am at Linwood Cemetery. Yom Kippur 1 Tuesday, September 25: Kol Nidrei Service, 7:00 pm Wednesday, September 26: Yom Kippur Morning Service, 10:00 am Yizkor, 12:30 pm Family program, 3:45 pm Afternoon Service, 4:30 pm Concluding Service, 5:45 pm 1 Times in yellow are changed from the original schedule. 1
Yom Kippur (continued) Break-the-Fast Meal immediately following the Concluding Service. Rebecca Gottlieb will once again host this break-the-fast meal. Rebecca will have a sign-up sheet, and she asks that you sign up to bring one of the following: herring, hard-boiled or deviled eggs, egg salad, lox, cream cheese, bagels, sliced vegetables, fruit, or kugel. Contact Becca with any questions or if you would like to help her (gottlieb@uwplatt.edu). Yartzeit/Yizkor List Clarification If you would like the name of a deceased loved one added to our Yartzeit list, then email the name of the person, their relationship to you, and the date of their death to Kate Scheinman (kscheinman@aol.com) to have your loved one s name added to the list. The Yizkor list, read during the High Holidays, is an alphabetical compilation of all names from all the Yartzeit list. Our New Years Greeting booklet is not the same as either the Yartzeit or Yizkor lists. The yearly fundraising booklet is a separate thing altogether. Rabbi Ann and Her Family We are thrilled to announce that we will have Rabbi Ann and three of her four children and her daughter's boyfriend with us for the Rosh Hashanah dinner and services. How wonderful!! Member News (in alphabetical order not nepotism!) Benjamin Goldberg let s congratulate Ben on starting his new job in Winnetka, Illinois. A recent graduate of the University of Iowa, Ben is working at a middle school assisting students with special needs. He is also working at Temple Beth Israel, in Skokie, as advisor to their youth groups and with children with special needs. Let s also congratulate his parents!! (Well, maybe a little nepotism.) Joan Golder our member Joan writes, Even though I live in the Chicago area-- Winnetka--and can easily participate in the services and activities of my congregation nearby--temple Jeremiah--the Newsletter makes me feel like I am a real part of Temple Beth El, too. Cindy Pearce our temple president represented Beth El at a Faith Fair at Clarke University. A number of religious organizations exhibited in order to familiarize students with the options in town. It was good for more people to know that there is a temple here in Dubuque. Karin Pritikin our talented Karin will be davening Shachareit (morning prayers) for the second day of Rosh Hashanah in the sanctuary at Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago. Lucee Sirk let s again welcome her back to Dubuque. Lucee is Cindy Pearce s and Randy Sirk s mother. Lynn Werner--our very own Lynn Werner will give her one-woman theater piece, "The Winds of March" on Monday, October 15 at the Bartell Theater in Madison, Wisconsin, at 7:30 pm. The theater piece is based on Lynn s experiences documenting human right abuses in Latin America. Theater critic Cindy Pearce writes, We were very fortunate to see Lynn s play when she performed it a while back in Mineral Point. It is very powerful! And Lynn is superb. See the very end of this bulletin for a poster advertising this event. Hosts Needed Please refer to the temple schedule toward the end of this newsletter. There are MANY opportunities available to volunteer, and Temple Beth El needs you. To host the rabbi for the weekend or to host an Adult Study (aka Jewish Journeys), contact Cindy Pearce (mikelcinkc@aol.com). To host Rabbi Ann for dinner, contact Randy Sirk (randysir@aol.com). To host an oneg, contact Fern Reinstein (threeamstamper@yahoo.com). Please take a moment to sign up you can email Cindy, Randy, and Fern to let them know which dates you would like. 2
Yartzeits Starting last fall, we began to list the Yahrzeit names for the upcoming service If you have names of loved ones you would like to be put on the Temple Beth El Yartzeit list, please email them to Kate Scheinman (kscheinman@aol.com). George Jacobson Joseph Abraham Alfreda Blank Simon Isaacs Alfred Lyons Moses Flaxman Helen Kouvant Ann Sybil Silverman Mrs. Max Hertzman Baby Blatt Monroe Brooks Byron Levene Raymond Alterman Jeanette Glenn Abraham Wolberg Joseph Weil Anna Weingartner Albert R. Kadesky Lillian Parson Morris I.Farber Dorothy Goldberg Mrs. Tobias Wiley Matthew Olansky Bertha Lela Sachs Victims of 9/11/2001 Pearl Barrash Lossman Sarah Dobson Barrash James Levi Milton Surkin Susan Rotman Esther Hertzman Florence Spiro Isaac H. Jacobson Harold Barrash Frances D. Marks Ida Manhoff Jacob Rosenthal Sarah Bilsky Sam Polsky A Brin Bertha Zack Samuel Magdal High Holiday Food Drive When you attend services on Rosh Hashanah, you will receive a grocery bag. Please fill it with non-perishable food items and return the bag(s) during Yom Kippur. Our donations will go to the Dubuque Food Pantry, which is experiencing higher demand than ever before. After the High Holidays, our "assignment" from the Food Pantry will be to collect peanut butter and jelly (among their most requested items) every time we have services. From Rabbi Ann: Dear Temple Beth El Community, Soon we will be together to celebrate the Days of Awe, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. According to our tradition we strive to make every day a day of awe. Each day we try to focus on what is most important in our lives and our Jewish and human values of love, kindness, respect, honesty, and justice to name a few. Regular life intrudes. There are bills to pay, difficult people to deal with and all the strains of day to day living. But if somewhere in the back of our minds we can remind ourselves to be grateful and to seek forgiveness through our words and actions we will be rewarded with more joyful and meaningful days. This approach to life intensifies during the month of Elul leading up to Rosh Hashanah and gains even greater momentum at the Selichot ( Forgiveness) Service which is held on Saturday night before Rosh Hashanah. At this service we are turning to God to help us in our process of repentance. We understand God to be forgiving and merciful. You can hear the prayer describing the merciful attributes of God on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27tcw-atn8q&feature 3
I ve also included a prayer by Rabbi Arthur Waskow. It is based on a traditional Selichot prayer May You Answer Us! Hu Yaanenu /Hi Taanenu An Inclusive Version You Who answered Sara in the palace May You answer us; You Who answered Avraham at knife-point May You answer us; You Who answered Rivka in her outcry May You answer us; You Who answered Yaakov at the river May You answer us. May You answer us, may You answer us, May You answer us! Hu yaanenu v'yom korenu, hi taanenu. You Who answered Hagar in the desert May You answer us; You Who answered Ruth in the gleaning May You answer us; You Who answered Avimelech at the well-spring May You answer us; You Who answered Noach with the Rainbow May You answer us. May You answer us, may You answer us, May You answer us! Hi taanenu v'yom korenu, hu yaanenu. You Who answered Miriam at the seashore May You answer us; You Who answered Moshe at Mount Sinai May You answer us; You Who answered Eliyahu at Mount Horeb May You answer us; You Who answered Chana when she whispered May You answer us. May You answer us, may You answer us, May You answer us! Hu yaanenu v'yom korenu, hi taanenu. You Who answered Shifra and Puah May You answer us; You Who answered Yehonatan and David May You answer us; You Who answered Mordechai and Esther May You answer us; You Who answered B'ruriah and Me'ir May You answer us. May You answer us, may You answer us, May You answer us! Hi taanenu v'yom korenu, hu yaanenu. You Who answered Nachman of Bratzlav May You answer us; You Who answered Henrietta Szold May You answer us; You Who answered Rosa Parks in Montgomery May You answer us; You Who answered King and Heschel May You answer us; May You answer us, may You answer us, May You answer us! Hi taanenu v'yom korenu, hu yaanenu. You Who answered...<add three of your own> You Who answer in every generation May You answer us. May You answer us, may You answer us, May You answer us! Hi taanenu v'yom korenu, hu yaanenu. A great book to guide us through spiritual transformation during the holidays is: This is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation by Rabbi Alan Lew Each chapter discusses a different part of the spiritual journey and leads us through the entire holiday cycle beginning with the fast day of Tisha B Av through the month of Elul, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and ending with the holiday of Sukkot. I m looking forward to seeing everyone very soon and experiencing the High Holy Days with all of you. Shanah Tova Umetukah, New Year s Wishes for a Good and Sweet Year, Rabbi Ann 4
Service and Mitzvah Schedule for 5773 (Family School and some other events are not included on this schedule. Refer to each newsletter for times/dates.) SEE THE HIGH HOLY DAY SCHEDULE EARLIER IN THIS BULLETIN. Sunday and Monday, September 16 and 17, the rabbi and her family will stay at a hotel. Tuesday and Wednesday, September 25 and 26, the Pearces will host the rabbi. Friday, October 19...7:00pm Shabbat service Saturday, October 20 7:00pm adult study Friday, November 9...7:00pm Shabbat service Saturday, November 10 7:00pm adult study dinner: TBD; oneg: Wood dinner: Reinstein; study: Reinstein weekend host: Reinstein dinner: Dyrke; oneg: Glenn dinner: Wood-Dickey; study: TBD weekend host: TBD Friday, December 7... Hanukkah Service and Dinner at Temple. Details to come. Saturday, December 8 7:00pm adult study dinner: TBD; study: TBD weekend host: TBD Monday, December 24 REFLECTIONS IN THE PARK Saturday, January 12, 2013 (Schedule TBD) Dinner: Garfield; study: Garfield weekend host: Garfield Friday, February 8: This is our Purim celebration. Times and events to be finalized. Dinner host for 2/9 is TBD. Adult Study host for 2/9 TBD. Weekend host TBD. Friday, March 8...7:00pm Shabbat service Saturday, March 9 7:00pm adult study Dinner: Kruse; oneg: Dyrke dinner: TBD; study: TBD weekend host: TBD Friday, March 29 (Passover) Lay lead Congregational Seder. Details to come. Schedule after March will be finalized soon. 5
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