High Holidays 2018/5779 Services

High Holidays 2018/5779 Services

Each fall, Jews return from their summer breaks and vacations and gather in synagogues, community centers and homes across the world. The fall is a time when it feels like many parts of our lives are restarting and makes it the perfect time for the Jewish community to celebrate the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashannah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Shemenei Atzeret. Rosh Hashanah is usually called the Jewish New Year. While we do reset the calendar year, the more important anniversary we celebrate is the creation of the world. The rabbis tell us that the world was created five days before Rosh Hashanah, and Adam and Eve were created on Rosh Hashanah. Each year we remind ourselves of this relationship, God as our Creator, as our ultimate Monarch. We blow the ram s horn, called the Shofar, to announce this relationship and call the community together. It also beings a 10 day process of considering actions we regret, those that affect our relationship to God and our relationships with those around us. Yom Kippur is the culmination of this 10 day period. The Torah simply tells us to impoverish our souls on this day. It is therefore a day most famous for fasting. This fast, for those healthy enough to do so, is an abstention from eating, drinking, washing or anointing the body, wearing leather shoes and sexual relations. It is also a day many Jewish people spend in synagogue. While we continue to ask for forgiveness and have some anxiety about receiving forgiveness we actually know that at least God will forgive us. Our liturgy reflects this ambivalence as we spend the day in unique prayers that vacillate between somber and uplifting. And thus, while fasting is important, the more important task is to spend our time in this process called tsehuvah, when we return to God and return to ourselves. After spending 25 hours searching for forgiveness, we can t simply walk away from God. Four days after Yom Kippur we celebrate the holiday of Sukkot. We build special temporary homes also called sukkot. During this week, we eat many of our meals in these homes to rejoice in our renewed relationship with God. When the week is over, we leave the sukkot and are ready to go about our normal lives, but the rabbis tells us that God is not ready for us to leave. And this is how we arrive to the real end of the High Holy Days, Shemeni Atzeret. We are told that after all this celebration, God High Holidays Services 2018/5779 1

wants to spend one more day with us. This final holiday has no specific commandment like the ram s horn or living in a special hut. Rather, we simply have the day to rejoice in our renewed relationship with God. We hope you will take this time to join us for our services; people of all faiths and backgrounds are always welcome. You may also want to find another way to make these days unique for yourself. If you have more questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me or stop by my office in Wasserman Residence. Chag Sameach/Happy Holidays! Rabbi Daniel Braune-Friedman Director of Pastoral Care Charles E. Smith Life Communities 2 High Holidays Services 2018/5779

Rosh Hashanah Eve Sunday, September 9 COHEN-ROSEN HOUSE Traditional 4 p.m. Living Room Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Traditional 4 p.m. Theater Rabbi David Abramson Candle Lighting 5 p.m. Dining Room Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Erev Rosh Hashanah Service 7:30 p.m. Activity Center Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Orthodox 7:10 p.m. Evelyn Auerbach Ezras Israel Clergy Traditional 8 p.m. Meeting Room Rabbi Mark Raphael Traditional 6:30 p.m. Yetta Krupsaw and Samuel Paul Cohen Cantor Joel Bressler and Shirley Waxman Traditional 6:30 p.m. Cantor Jeff Moss Reform 6:30 p.m. Conservatory Rabbi Michael Namath High Holidays Services 2018/5779 3

Rosh Hashanah Day One Monday, September 10 COHEN-ROSEN HOUSE Traditional 4 p.m. Living Room Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Traditional 10 a.m. Theater Rabbi David Abramson Oneg 3 p.m. Café Traditional 4 p.m. Theater Rabbi David Abramson Morning Service 10 a.m. Activity Center Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Tashlich Service 2 p.m. Activity Center Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Orthodox 8:30 a.m. Evelyn Auerbach Ezras Israel Clergy Traditional 10 a.m. Meeting Room Rabbi Mark Raphael Orthodox 7:10 p.m. Evelyn Auerbach Ezras Israel Clergy Traditional 8 p.m. Meeting Room Rabbi Mark Raphael Traditional 10 a.m. Yetta Krupsaw and Samuel Paul Cohen Cantor Joel Bressler and Shirley Waxman Traditional 9 a.m. Cantor Jeff Moss Reform 10 a.m. Conservatory Rabbi Michael Namath Traditional 6:30 p.m. TBA 4 High Holidays Services 2018/5779

Rosh Hashanah Day Two Tuesday, September 11 COHEN-ROSEN HOUSE Traditional 4 p.m. Living Room Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Traditional 10 a.m. Theater Rabbi David Abramson Community Service 10 a.m. Activity Center Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Orthodox 8:30 a.m. Evelyn Auerbach Ezras Israel Clergy Traditional 10 a.m. Meeting Room Rabbi Mark Raphael Orthodox 7:10 p.m. Evelyn Auerbach Ezras Israel Clergy Traditional 8 p.m. Meeting Room Rabbi Mark Raphael Traditional 10 a.m. Yetta Krupsaw and Samuel Paul Cohen Cantor Joel Bressler and Shirley Waxman Traditional 9 a.m. Cantor Jeff Moss Traditional 3:30 p.m. Samuel and Minnie Feldman Family Synagogue TBA High Holidays Services 2018/5779 5

Yom Kippur Eve Tuesday, September 18 COHEN-ROSEN HOUSE 3:30 p.m. Living Room Cello Quintet Concert: Music for the Days of Awe 3:30 p.m. Theater Cello Quintet Concert: Music for the Days of Awe 11 a.m. Evelyn Auerbach Cello Quintet Concert: Music for the Days of Awe Kol Nidre Tuesday, September 18 COHEN-ROSEN HOUSE Traditional 4 p.m. Living Room Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Traditional 4 p.m. Theater Rabbi David Abramson Candle lighting 5 p.m. Dining Room Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Kol Nidre Service 7:30 p.m. Activity Center Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Traditional 6:30 p.m. Meeting Room Rabbi Mark Raphael Orthodox 6:45 p.m. Social Room Ezras Israel Clergy Traditional 6:30 p.m. Yetta Krupsaw and Samuel Paul Cohen Cantor Jeff Moss Traditional 6:30 p.m. Cantor Joel Bressler and Shirley Waxman Reform 6:30 p.m. Conservatory Rabbi Michael Namath 6 High Holidays Services 2018/5779

Yom Kippur Wednesday, September 19 Shacharit/Yizkor Traditional 10 a.m. Theater Rabbi David Abramson Morning Service 10 a.m. Activity Center Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Yizkor Service 3 p.m. Activity Center Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Orthodox 8:30 a.m. Evelyn Auerbach Ezras Israel Clergy Traditional 10 a.m. Meeting Room Rabbi Mark Raphael Traditional 10 a.m. Yetta Krupsaw and Samuel Paul Cohen Cantor Joel Bressler and Shirley Waxman Traditional 9 a.m. Cantor Jeff Moss Reform 10 a.m. Conservatory Rabbi Michael Namath Discussion 2 p.m. Theater Rabbi David Abramson 2 p.m. Meeting Room Rabbi Mark Raphael 3:15 p.m. 2nd Floor Rabbi Daniel Braune- Friedman 4:15 p.m. 4T Rabbi Daniel Braune- Friedman High Holidays Services 2018/5779 7

Mincha/Neila Traditional 4 p.m. Theater Rabbi David Abramson Neila Service 4 p.m. Activity Center Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Traditional 4 p.m. Meeting Room Rabbi Mark Raphael Orthodox 5 p.m. Evelyn Auerbach Ezras Israel Clergy Traditional 5:30 p.m. Yetta Krupsaw and Samuel Paul Cohen Cantor Joel Bressler and Shirley Waxman Traditional 5:15 p.m. Cantor Jeff Moss End of Fast Havdalah and Shofar Havdalah and Shofar 7:52 p.m. Activity Center Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner 7:52 p.m. Evelyn Auerbach Havdalah and Shofar Havdalah and Shofar 7:52 p.m. Yetta Krupsaw and Samuel Paul Cohen 7:52 p.m. 8 High Holidays Services 2018/5779

Sukkot Eve Sunday, September 23 Community Service 7:30 p.m. Patio/Activity Center Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner 8 p.m. Meeting Room Rabbi Mark Raphael 3:30 p.m. Samuel and Minnie Feldman Family Synagogue Sukkot Day One Monday, September 24 COHEN-ROSEN HOUSE Traditional 4 p.m. Living Room Rabbi Betsy Roth Traditional 10 a.m. Theater Rabbah Arlene Berger Morning Service 10 a.m. Activity Center Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Traditional 10 a.m. Meeting Room Rabbi Mark Raphael Traditional 10 a.m. Yetta Krupsaw and Samuel Paul Cohen Cantor Joel Bressler and Shirley Waxman Traditional 9:30 a.m. Cantor Jeff Moss Traditional 3:30 p.m. Samuel and Minnie Feldman Family Synagogue High Holidays Services 2018/5779 9

Sukkot Day Two Tuesday, September 25 Traditional 10 a.m. Meeting Room Rabbi Mark Raphael Traditional 10 a.m. Yetta Krupsaw and Samuel Paul Cohen Cantor Joel Bressler and Shirley Waxman Traditional 9:30 a.m. Cantor Jeff Moss Shemeni Atzeret Eve Sunday, September 30 Traditional 3:30 p.m. Samuel and Minnie Feldman Family Synagogue Shemeni Atzeret with Yizkor Monday, October 1 Traditional 10 a.m. Theater B nai Israel Clergy Yizkor Service 2 p.m. Activity Center Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Traditional 10 a.m. Meeting Room Rabbi Mark Raphael Traditional 10 a.m. Yetta Krupsaw and Samuel Paul Cohen Cantor Joel Bressler and Shirley Waxman Traditional 9:30 a.m. Cantor Jeff Moss Traditional 3:30 p.m. Samuel and Minnie Feldman Family Synagogue 10 High Holidays Services 2018/5779

Simchat Torah with Festive Dancing (Hakafot) Tuesday, October 2 COHEN-ROSEN HOUSE Traditional 4 p.m. Living Room Rabbi Betsy Roth Traditional 10 a.m. Theater Rabbah Arlene Berger Simchat Torah Service 7:30 p.m. Patio/Activity Center Hazzan Sabrina Sojourner Traditional 10 a.m. Meeting Room Rabbi Mark Raphael Traditional 10 a.m. Yetta Krupsaw and Samuel Paul Cohen Cantor Joel Bressler and Shirley Waxman Traditional 9:30 a.m. Cantor Jeff Moss Traditional 3:30 p.m. Samuel and Minnie Feldman Family Synagogue High Holidays Services 2018/5779 11

Clergy Bios RABBI DANIEL BRAUNE-FRIEDMAN, CESLC DIRECTOR OF PASTORAL CARE Daniel was born in Montrose, NY and graduated from UMass Amherst, where he met his wife, Hannah. Following graduation, Daniel studied at Yeshivat Darchei Noam in 2001 and began rabbinical school at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in 2004. When he finished in 2009, he and his wife became chaplains at Oxford University. His work there gave him the pleasure of sharing tradition and support for hundreds of students, faculty members and community lay leaders. After four years of working with a diverse student population he returned to the states to complete his healthcare chaplaincy training at Hartford Hospital. This intensive program gave him the chance to spiritually support patients, staff and families of all faiths and backgrounds. In 2013 he began his job as Director of Pastoral Care with Hebrew Healthcare and later with National Healthcare in West Hartford. In his capacity there he created meaningful opportunities for spiritual exploration through prayer, classes and one one one counseling. His passion for caring for our elders has brought him to Charles E. Smith Life Communities this summer where he is very excited to take on a similar role, as Director of Pastoral Care. Daniel is a Board Certified Chaplain through Neshama: Association for Jewish Chaplaincy and has three kind and adorable children, Eliana (8), Zevi (6) and Adirah (2). RABBI DAVID ABRAMSON Rabbi David L. Abramson returns for the fourth year to lead High Holy Day services at Landow House. A Board Certified Clinical Chaplain, he has worked in chaplaincy at Hebrew Home for seven years. Rabbi Abramson also works as a chaplain for the Jewish Social Service Agency, is a teacher at Shoresh Hebrew High School and Beth El Religious School and serves as Adjunct Rabbi at Congregation Beth El in Bethesda. Rabbi Abramson received a B.A. in philosophy with a minor in Judaic studies from the University of Maryland and a M.A. and Rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. 12 High Holidays Services 2018/5779

As a synagogue rabbi, he served in pulpits in Arizona, Ohio Massachusetts, and Minnesota for 25 years. Recently, he served for three years as Tikvat Israel Congregation s interim rabbi. RABBAH ARLENE BERGER Rabbah Berger and her children, Jennie and Alex, were the first people to lead Kabbalat Shabbat services at Landow House upon its opening. Her son Alex even celebrated his bar mitzvah with the residents of Landow in 2006. She has worked in chaplaincy at Hebrew Home since 2008. A graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, she also received an MSW/MBA from Boston College as well as a Certificate in Gerontology. Rabbah Berger is the Rabbi of the Olney Kehila and works as a chaplain for the Jewish Social Service Agency and the Riderwood Jewish Community in Silver Spring. Prior to becoming a rabbi she spent many years as a social worker, gerontologist, senior mobility specialist and Jewish educator. Rabbah Berger lives in Rockville with her husband Warren. CANTOR JOEL BRESSLER Joel Bressler grew up in Jacksonville, FL and graduated from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy with a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy. He worked as a retail pharmacist for 33 years, 29 of which at his own independent pharmacy. He first conducted Friday evening services at the age of 11, when he led them for the Jewish sailors and marines at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station Chapel. A choir member of the Jacksonville Jewish Center with his parents for many years, he annually also served as cantor at the overflow High Holyday Congregation. In 1977, Joel became the cantor on Shabbat and Holy Days and continued for 15 years, in addition to operating his own pharmacy. Cantor Bressler moved to this area in 1989 and married Shirley Waxman the following year. Joel Bressler has been serving as a cantor at the Wasserman and Smith-Kogod Buildings since 1999 and is assisted by his wife, Shirley Waxman, during the High Holy Days. High Holidays Services 2018/5779 13

CANTOR JEFF MOSS Cantor Jeff Moss has been leading High Holiday services at Hebrew Home of Greater Washington since 1986. He has led services and festivals at Wasserman Residence regularly on Shabbat since 1999 and has also led the sedarim on Passover. Cantor Moss was born in Brooklyn, NY, where he attended a Jewish day school and learned the liturgy from his father, Cantor Louis Moss z l, and his grandfather, Rabbi Aaron Masliansky z l. Upon graduating from New York University and SUNY- Binghamton, Cantor Moss moved to the Washington, DC area where he worked for IBM and currently works for GEICO Insurance in Information Technology. Cantor Moss joined Gaithersburg Hebrew Congregation, now known as Kehilat Shalom, where he served as Senior Gabbai. He joined Bnai Israel Congregation and has been active in the congregation serving as Men s Club president and Ritual Vice President. He also spent a term as president of the Seaboard Region of the Federation of Jewish Men s Clubs (FJMC). He continues to be active in the FJMC, and was awarded its Regional Man of the Year Award in 2013. In his spare time, Cantor Moss enjoys Israeli Folk Dancing. He and his wife, Debbie, have two sons, Aaron and Richard, and a grandson, Caleb Adam. RABBI MICHAEL NAMATH Rabbi Michael Namath returns to for the second year to lead High Holiday services at the Wasserman Rehabilitation Building. Prior to leading at the Charles E. Smith Life Communities, Rabbi Namath led High Holiday services at George Mason University Hillel in Fairfax, VA for 16 years. Rabbi Namath is the director of leadership development at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, where he oversees all in person and distance training. During his 17 years in this role, he has worked with thousands of adults and youth, helping them to connect with their Judaism. In addition, over the past ten summers he has served on Faculty at Camp Harlam, in Pennsylvania. Rabbi Namath has written chapters in two different books: The Sacred Table as well as Moral Resistance and Spiritual Authority. Rabbi Namath received a B.A. in American studies with a minor in Judaic studies from the University of Florida, and a M.A. as well as Rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He and his wife, Rabbi Sue Shankman of Washington Hebrew Congregation, live in Potomac, MD with their three children. 14 High Holidays Services 2018/5779

RABBI MARK RAPHAEL Rabbi Mark Raphael joins us to lead High Holy Day services for the Ring House community. He served congregations in Windsor, CT; Binghamton, NY; and Gaithersburg, MD, during 31 years of pulpit leadership. He retired from leading congregations in 2012. He began his formal chaplaincy training at Shady Grove Hospital and continued his Clinical Pastoral Education at Hebrew Home of Greater Washington. A graduate of Clark University in Worcester, MA, he received an M.A. in Jewish education and an M.A. Jewish studies, in addition to his ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. Rabbi Mark presently works part-time at Washington Hospital Center, the DC V.A. Hospital and the Jewish Social Service Agency doing chaplaincy in senior residence communities. RABBI BETSY ROTH Rabbi Betsy Roth is currently a congregational rabbi at Beit Chaverim, the only Jewish Congregation in Calvert County. Rabbi Roth holds Smicha from ALEPH- Alliance for Jewish Renewal. In addition, she had completed her Chaplaincy work at the Charles E. Smith Life Communities in Rockville and is returning for her second year to lead services for the residents on campus. A former 15-year resident of Israel, Rabbi Roth is very enthusiastic about Hebrew and Israeli Culture. She leads youth services at Beth El Congregation as well as study with Bnai Mitzvah students of all ages. She holds degrees from The George Washington University, Washington, DC and Northeastern University, Boston, MA. She has served on the Board of Directors and had been President of The Generation After, Inc., an organization for children of Holocaust survivors. Rabbi Roth is married and has two grown children, Jill and Maddy. Her husband, Howard, works for a news network in Washington, DC. HAZZAN SABRINA SOJOURNER Hazzan Sojourner has been leading services, teaching and storytelling with Charles E. Smith Life Communities since fall 2013. Her interest in deepening her relationship with Jewish music began with Temple Micah s Choir, and her formal training began in 2008 as she prepared to lead programming for Rosh Hashanah at the Historic 6th & I Synagogue. High Holidays Services 2018/5779 15

Earlier in her life, Sojourner taught in the Women s Studies Department at California State University, San Francisco. In the 1990s she gained a national reputation as a facilitator of tough conversations and a speaker/educator on diversity and multiculturalism. Most recently, Sojourner was a chaplain resident at Frederick Memorial Hospital, Frederick, MD. Her areas of responsibility included the James Stockman Cancer Institute, The Family Center, the Emergency Department and Behavioral Health Department. When not leading, teaching or storytelling, Sojourner writes essays and poems. However, her favorite off-duty roles are grandmother, sister, mom and friend. SHIRLEY WAXMAN Shirley Waxman is a graduate of the first class at The Jewish General Hospital School of Nursing, Montreal, Canada. She moved to Washington in 1962. Shirley is the co-founder of Camp Achvah at the JCC of Northern VA. For 30 years she taught Israeli folk dance and organized the Israeli folk dance department at the Bender JCC in Rockville. In that capacity, she directed 12 Israeli folk dance festivals with about 200 dancers, live music and approximately 900 people in attendance. Her costumes evolved into wearable art which evolved into Judaic art. She founded and directed ArtSites, the guild for Judaic artists, which involved directing many art shows. Shirley is a founding member of Jews and Muslims making art together, an interfaith art group. She has made Torah covers for many synagogues, including Ohr Kodesh, Temple Sinai, Tikvat Israel and the Wasserman and Smith-Kogod Hebrew Homes. She worked on the ark in the Wasserman Synagogue. Shirley makes unique tallitot and particularly enjoys working with Bar and Bat Mitzvah students teaching them how to design their own tallitot. Shirley works with her husband, Cantor Joel Bressler, leading High Holiday services at Hebrew Home. 16 High Holidays Services 2018/5779

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