Temple Israel of Highlands County 1305 Temple Israel Drive Sebring, Florida 33870 863-382-7744 JUNE 2018 / 5778 Temple Israel s Web Page www.templeisraelofhcfl.org Temple Israel is a Reform Temple that promotes the enduring and fundamental principles of Judaism. Through prayer, study and friendship we strive to enrich our lives and insure Jewish continuity in Highlands County. Congregational Board Officers: President: Julia Ruden jruden@embarqmail.com Vice President: Howard Salles chocknuts@aol.com Secretary: Bernice Snoll bsnoll@gmail.com Treasurer: Cathy Blumenthal cbdolly@htn.net Past President: Herman Pintzow pintzow@aol.com Trustees: Phyllis Behrens behrensphyllis@gmail.com Karen del Valle kdelvalle@msn.com Elsa Kahn mkahn@kahngrove.com Pamela Jay Paralikis paralipa1@yahoo.com Narola Rosenberg narola@aol.com Sara Rosenbaum sara.e.rosenbaum@gmail.com Dora Tarabori datstara@yahoo.com Alan Wildstein alan.wildstein@alanjay.com Officiating Cantor: Cantor Riselle Bain voiceofgladness@aol.com Rabbi Emerita: Lorraine Rudenberg rabbilr@gmail.com Newsletter Staff: Julia Ruden jruden@embarqmail.com Bulletin Board: Howard Salles chocknuts@aol.com
JUNE 2018 / 5778 As Israel celebrated its 70 th birthday, thousands of people from 50 different countries joined the World Jewish Congress for the Jewish Hope project as a special gift to the State of Israel. Individuals from around the world sent videos in which they sang Israel s national anthem, Hatikva, in Hebrew. Albania, Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, the Philippines, Britain, South Africa, Russia, Paraguay, Mexico and many more among the countries that participated. For 2,000 years, Jewish life in the Diaspora has been characterized by the hope and dream that one day, the Jewish people would return as a free people to the State of Israel. This is the same hope that continues to strengthen Israel these days in its growth and prosperity, according to Theodor Herzl s vision as an innovative country in an ancient and historic land. In 1897, at the First Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, the delegates joined in a rousing rendition of the song Hatikva. The beloved Zionist hymn would come to be known among generations of Jews around the world as the Jewish national anthem. In 1933, at the 18 th Zionsit Congress, the song was officially adopted at the movement s anthem, together with the nowfamiliar blue and white flag. In the 1940 s, many Jews in Europe defiantly sang the song as a gesture of collective hope and spiritual resistance in the face of Nazi Holocaust and Stalinist terror. Yet it was not until 2004 that the Israeli government officially designated Hatikva as the country s national anthem. Hatikva began its life as a nine-stanza Hebrew poem entitled Tikvatenu (Our Hope). Its author was a colorful 19 th century Hebrew poet, Naftali Hertz Imber (1856-1909), who hailed from Austro- Hungarian Galicia. Inspired by the Hibbat Zion movement of early Zionism, Imber originally wrote the poem in 1878 while living in Romania. In 1882, Imber settled in Ottoman Palestine, and in 1886, Tikvateinu was published in Jerusalem in a collection of his poetry called Barkai (Morning Star). As far as the melody, the early 20 th century scholar Abraham Zvi Idelsohn, father of Jewish musicology, said that Hatikva s root melody belonged to no one folk song tradition. He claimed it constituted a generic wandering melody, common across European cultures without a distinct paternity. I have to admit that every time we chant Eitz Chayim Hi, I hear Hatikva! Hatikva remains an enduring symbol of Jewish nationhood and Israeli identity. Finally, in November 2004, over a century after its composition, Hatikva was officially designated the Israeli nation anthem by the Israeli Knesset, bringing its journey full circle. As long as Jewish spirit Yearns deep in the heart, With eyes turned East, Looking toward Zion. Our hope is not yet lost, The hope of two millennia, To be a free people in our land, The land of Zion and Jerusalem Cantor Riselle Bain
JUNE 2018/5778 Julia Ruden Dear Friends and Family; We changed the time of the services again to begin at 6:30 P.M. I want to welcome Elsa Kahn and Karen del Valle to the Board. Thank you to the Board Members that remain year after year. All of you amaze me with your continued efforts in the successful running of our Temple. Another year begins and dues are due, an invoice is attached to this newsletter, please mail your checks to the Temple. I hope everyone is safe and enjoys their families and friends over this summer. Prayers for all those who are sick, we miss you and hope to see you soon. May we continue to go from strength to strength! Be thankful for everything, everyone, everyday I am! Thank you ALL for ALL you Dooooooo!! Love Julie
June Onegs are sponsored by 06/08 Jill Liebeck Announcements Challah, wine, decaf coffee & fruit are the basics for our onegs. If you would like to sponsor an Oneg contact Elsa Kahn 863-385-7322 JUNE 2018/ 5778 LUNCH BUNCH The next Ladies Lunch Bunch Group Monday, June 25 th at 12:30 P.M. Big Star Dogs, 4208 US 27, Sebring. Contact Renee Tepper 863-414-8811 or reneetepper@gmail.com - Thank You Alan תודה רבה Wildstein for your continued and generous support from Alan Jay Automotive for our transportation to and from Services! Please contact Cantor Riselle Bain 813-600-8013 if you need assistance to get to services. Happy Anniversary Lou & Beverly Wills 6/4 Bruce Sherwood & Sara Rosenbaum 6/19 Cantor Riselle Bain & Michael Duncan 6/24 Nancy & Joe Rockhill 6/25 Millie & Bill Anderson 6/25 Lee & Denise Weisberger 6/30
June Yahrzeits ** Memorial Plaque in our Shul Bonnie Ann Goergen Seymour Fields-Elias George Albin** Sadie Bellin Patricia G. Berzark** Helen C. Dallas Rose Frankel Louis A. Frank Joseph Sewelson Sydney Kaphan Walter Kessler Abe Kirtz** Judith Abrams Martin Elias Leon Novich** Theodore Romer** Elizabeth A. Rosen** Fannie Rosen** Betty Rosenbaum Sarah Roth Fanny Erskine Robert Siegel Dorothy Silverman Lora Starr Matthew L. Steward** William Mazen Mildred Wasoff Arnold Neumann Edward Laveen Selma R. Neumann Dora Wolkove** YAHRZEIT DONATIONS Given by Judy Albin Julie Ruden Mary Ann Romer Howard Salles Anne Sewelson In Memory of Louis A. Frank, George Albin Arnold Neumann, Selma R. Newmann Judith Abrams, Theodore Romer Solomon Salles, Rhoda Salles Joseph Sewelson, Fanny Erskine
JUNE 2018 DONATION CARDS (All donations go to our Temple.) To send a birthday, anniversary, get well, sympathy or mazel tov card contact Mary Ann Romer at matromer@aol.com. Write Temple card in the email subject box. Send your minimum $5.00 donation to Temple. Anniversary Donations for May By: Congregation, Julie Ruden, Howard Salles, Cathy Blumenthal, Becky & Herman Pintzow To: Herb & Kathleen Weiss, Robert & Roberta Goodman
Announcements June 2018 Celebrate any occasion while benefitting Israel and our temple. For only $18.00, plant a tree in Eretz Yisrael. Simply e-mail the donor and recipient information to: jruden@embarqmail.com Mail your check to the temple, payable to Temple Israel. *** A Tree has been planted in Israel in Honor of Daniel Clarke s Bar Mitzvah By Rolph & Narola Rosenberg By Julie Ruden
Cantor Bain s Schedule: Future Erev Shabbat Services (subject to change) 6:30 P.M. * NOTE TIME CHANGE * June 8 Torah Sh lach July 6 Torah Pinchas August 11 Torah Re eh September 9 Rosh Hashanah Sunday 7:00 P.M. September 10 Rosh Hashanah Mon10:00 A.M. September 18 Yom Kippur Tuesday 7:00 P.M. September 19 Yom Kippur Wed 10:00 A.M. October 5 Sukkot/Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah October 19 Torah Lech L cha November 2 Torah Chayei Sarah November 16 Torah Vayetzei December 7 Chanukah Service (Chanukah begins eve of Sunday Dec. 2 nd and ends eve of Monday Dec. 10 th )
TEMPLE ISRAEL OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY 1305 Temple Israel Drive SEBRING, FL 33870 863-382-7744 www.templeisraelofhcfl.org INVOICE ANNUAL DUES June 1, 2018 - May 31, 2019 NAME: DUES $ MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES FAMILY: $525.00 SINGLE: $325.00 *DUES ENHANCEMENT $ WOMAN S CLUB DUES ($15.00) $ Please make check payable to Temple Israel of Highlands County, FL Dues payable upon receipt of This invoice. *If you are able to increase your dues, it would be greatly appreciated!! NEW YEAR S GREETINGS ($18.00) 9/09/2018 TOTAL $ $ NOTE: Special arrangements must be made with the President and/or Treasurer prior to the end of the first quarter or by September 1, 2018.