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ONE SYNAGOGUE - MANY SERVICES Beth El Synagogue Center 1324 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10804-2190 (914) 235-2700 www.bethelnr.org

A Conservative synagogue affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Rabbi Melvin N. Sirner Hazzan Jamie Gloth Associate Cantor Uri Aqua Assistant Rabbi Joshua Dorsch Cantor Emeritus Lawrence Avery Hazzan Emeritus Farid Dardashti Executive Director Erica Leventhal Controller Olivier Vogel Day Camp Director Julie Rockowitz Maintenance Director Milton Sinclair Nursery School Director Ronnie Becher Religious School & Youth Activities Dir. Jen Vegh Special Projects Director Linda Newman

OFFICERS President Executive Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Treasurer Financial Secretary Recording Secretary

Samuel E. Berger Geralynn C. Reifer Daniel Burton Mark Seidenfeld Mark Silver Joseph Wygoda Debbie Young Sandy Gruenberg

AFFILIATE OFFICERS Sisterhood President Barbara Horowitz Men’s Club Co-Presidents Robert Levine

Steven L. Young Parent Organization Ellen Barlis, Rachel Casanova, Marci Marcus

Youth Service Schedule June 6, 10:45 am 9:30 am Shabbat SPACE 10:15 am Pre-Service Oneg 10:45 am Torah for Tots 12:45 pm ShabbaTunes

June 13, 10:45 am Kallah Weekend 9:30 am Shabbat SPACE 10:15 am Pre-Service Oneg 10:45 am Torah for Tots

Family Kehillah Service

June 20, 10:45 am Birthday Shabbat 9:30 am Shabbat SPACE 10:15 am Pre-Service Oneg 10:45 am Torah for Tots

Family Kehillah Service

June 27, 10:45 am 9:30 am Shabbat SPACE 10:15 am Pre-Service Oneg 10:45 am Youth Service

An American Sign Language interpreter will be provided upon request.

BULLETIN COMMITTEE Editor & Production Assistant Editors

Linda Newman Michelle Levy Blaustein Jack Gruenberg Steven L. Young

EDITORIAL BOARD Rabbi Melvin N. Sirner Samuel E. Berger Hazzan Jamie Gloth Erica Leventhal Steven L. Young

The Bulletin Vol. 97, No. 10

June 2015 Sivan ~ Tammuz 5775

Please visit the Beth El Synagogue Center website, www.bethelnr.org for the most current information on meetings and events.

To send us a message, e-mail info@bethelnr.org.

Daily Minyan Beth El maintains morning and evening services every day of the year.

Contact Associate Cantor Uri Aqua, 914-235-2700, ext. 222.

Shacharit

Saturdays – 9:00 am Sundays – 8:00 am Mondays and Thursdays – 6:55 am Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays – 7:00 am

Evening Minyan Times Mincha and Maariv June

1 – 30

8:00 pm

PLEASE NOTE: Friday evening services are held at 7:00 pm through the spring and summer months.

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Shabbat Discussion Group Services take place in the Bess and Nathan P. Jacobs Library from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon. Participants gain a better understanding of the Shabbat morning service through study and discussion of individual prayers and the weekly Torah portion. Other relevant topics are also discussed.

Contact: Jack Gruenberg jackgruenberg@gmail.com JUNE 20

I n S h a b b a t S . P. A . C . E .

(Synagogue Play Activities Children’s Environment), offered weekly on Shabbat, children are supervised by child-care providers in a safe and fun environment, be with their friends, and play with Shabbatfriendly games and toys.

No food is allowed in Shabbat S.P.A.C.E., allergy-aware snacks and water are available. If your child has any allergies, please alert the supervisor in the Kasakove.

Visit us on facebook at www.facebook.com/ BethElSynagogueCenter

On Shabbat and Yom Tov, the telephone in the main office is available only for physicians answering electronic pagers, and not for other purposes.

Cemetery Grave & Plot Availability Beth El Synagogue Center has sections at Mt. Eden and Sharon Gardens Cemeteries (both in Valhalla), in which graves and plots are available for members and their families. (A plot is made up of four graves.)

For information, call the office, 914-235-2700, ext. 223/226.

KOCKTAILS & KABBALAT SHABBAT WITH SHIRAT EL & FRIENDS FRIDAY, JUNE 5th 7:00

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6:00 pm Proneg* - 7:45 pm Daven under the Stars FREE!

*Why wait until after services to have an Oneg? Come to our “Proneg” to enjoy the “Bethellini,” our signature cocktail, & Shirley Temples, while tasting your favorite hors d’oeuvres!

At 7:00 pm, energized with food and drink, stay for a lovely Friday night service accompanied by Shirat El and members of our Youth Community.

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July 15 – Happiest Baby on the Block, with Cathy Collyer

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NOTES FROM THE HAZZAN My grandmother used to hate to say “goodbye.” “Goodbye means forever,” Hazzan Jamie Gloth she would explain.

“I’d rather say ‘So long for now.’”

And so I, too, say “So long for now” to Rabbi Melvin N. Sirner. Although I am saddened that I will no longer see him on a daily basis, I am comforted by the fact that he and Lenore will continue to be a part of our congregation and our community. And although it will be a significant transition to the post-Sirner era at Beth El, rather than bemoaning our loss, we should choose to be thankful for the gift we have had in our midst for the past forty-three years.

I feel extremely blessed to have worked closely with Rabbi Sirner for the past four years. In that relatively short time, he has helped me grow and mature as a hazzan and as a Jew. As a hazzan, I know how lucky I am to have had such an incredible Rabbi at my side. As a congregation, we are equally privileged to have had such a person leading us for most or all of our time at Beth El Synagogue Center.

From my very first interaction with him until today, he has always offered his support, his counsel, and his honesty, and he

has done so with love and caring. Whether in meetings or the occasional “pop-in,” while preparing to officiate at a simcha or during a service on the bimah, Rabbi Sirner has been a mentor and a teacher. I have been a hazzan for eighteen years now, but I am still awestruck when I watch him in action, ministering the only way he knows how— with compassion and concern—both to the

people of Beth El and the Jewish people at large. What Rabbi Sirner does cannot be taught in any classroom, and so I try to learn from him every day.

When I moved to New Rochelle with my family, I was not just looking for a new position as a hazzan. As a Jew, I also was looking for a new community, a new synagogue, and with that, a new rabbi. I

certainly hit the jackpot all around. Although as a colleague he has always been welcoming and supportive, Rabbi Sirner has been there for me when I needed a rabbi as well. He is respectful and discrete, empathetic and thoughtful. We have all experienced this over the past four plus decades, and we are all richer for it.

What I have loved most, I think, is our informal interactions—carpooling to a funeral or off-site meeting, walking home from shul on Shabbat, and especially the unplanned exchanges in the doorways and hallways of the synagogue. Those are the times when I have been privileged enough to get to know another side of Melvin N. Sirner, the fun-loving, sometimes silly but always thoughtful, off-the-bimah Rabbi Sirner that some of us may not see as often.

And as he transitions to Rabbi Emeritus and congregant, I look forward to seeing that Sirner even more. I am sure we will be able to find him sitting in the pews, singing along at his own pace, pondering life and smiling.

So to my clergy partner of four years, to a wonderful human being, to my friend Rabbi Melvin N. Sirner, I bid you “So long for now.” I look forward to seeing you around the campus.

Hazzan Jamie Gloth

The Gala Committee would like to thank everyone who participated in our celebration weekend.

Your generosity to the

Rabbi Melvin and Lenore Sirner Fund for Jewish Inspiration is greatly appreciated.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The Cantor of Cantors— Cantor Lawrence Avery Dear Friends: As you all must know by now, a couple days before the holiday of Shavuot, Cantor Emeritus Lawrence Avery, z”l, passed away, as his daughter Adina wrote, surrounded by “family and song.”

Family: His wife, Saralee, and his two daughters, Adina and Lisa, their husbands, and children were paramount throughout his life.

Also, song and music were important foundation attributes of Cantor Avery. E-mails have poured in from around the country singing the praises of Cantor Avery as an “impeccable musician,” “talented composer,” “fearless critic,” “greatest teacher,” “master of the classroom dynamic,” “glorious singer,” “compassionate confidante,” “incredible coach,” “ best mentor,” “premiere composer,” and many, many more accolades, too numerous to mention here.

My memories of Cantor Avery go back to even before Tris and I set foot in the shul. When we were shul shopping, over twenty years ago, several friends and clergy in Philadelphia told us we must join Beth El in New Rochelle because in addition to the great rabbi who was there for twenty years, there was a legendary cantor at Beth El, described to us as the “Cantor of Cantors.” I remember attending Shabbat services and being mesmerized by the Hazzanut of the short (I can relate to that) Cantor with a bow tie and the tallit that matched the floral decoration on the shulhan and amud on the bimah. We joined Beth El and a few years later, I was asked to do the Haftarah on Yom Kippur morning. I answered “yes,” but the only problem was that I never had learned Haftarah trope because my Bar Mitzvah was on Rosh Hodesh during Hanukkah and there is no Haftarah. I walked into Cantor Avery’s office and asked him if he would teach me how to chant a Haftarah. He enthusiastically jumped up from his chair and said absolutely, sit down, let’s start right now. He gave me photocopies of all the cantillation with the music and started teaching me with one hand on the piano playing the notes for each cantillation. He then gave me a cassette tape to go along with the photocopies and told me to come back the next week and he would prepare a tape of the Haftarah. He then asked me which Haftarah and I said Yom Kippur morning, and he then said you better come back tomorrow and not next week. He was the greatest teacher that I will never forget.

After doing a bit of research on Google, I learned that Cantor Avery was born in Queens, New York, with the name of Avery Cohen. He had his Bar Mitzvah at Young Israel Synagogue of Eastern Parkway, in Brooklyn. He first learned Hazzanut from his father, a dry goods salesman, who was also a cantor by avocation.

He then started davening at the Crown Heights Yeshiva of Brooklyn. He was in one of the first graduating classes of the High School of Music and Art in New York City, and in 1944, he began studies at the Samuel E. Berger Julliard School of Music. But after one year, he enlisted in the United States Navy as a Chaplin’s assistant and soloist in the renowned Bluejacket Choir.

After returning to Julliard, as described in a 1992 New York Times article, Cantor Avery explained how he went from being known as Avery Cohen to Lawrence Avery. He said, “A teacher told me that, as a pianist or a violinist, ‘Cohen’ was fine, but not as a tenor. So I took the name ‘Lawrence Avery.’ It sounded so Goyish, it sounded like a tenor.” I remember hearing people say “hi Avery” in shul and I thought it was so disrespectful calling the Cantor by just his last name . . . well now I know that Avery was his real first name!

He went on to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees in voice, music, education and opera, followed by a bachelor’s degree in sacred music from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. At Julliard he also met his wonderful wife, Saralee, of blessed memory, a beautiful mezzo-soprano.

Cantor Avery was on the faculty of Hebrew Union College for thirty-six years, and taught at the H.L. Miller Cantorial School of the Jewish Theological Seminary. He also gave masters classes in California, Massachusetts, and New York. His career included numerous performances and recordings, and his compositions are sung by Hazzanim throughout the world. He also received dozens of awards and tributes, including from the Cantors Assembly and the American Conference of Cantors.

Cantor Avery’s voice and presence enriched our Beth El community as Cantor and Cantor Emeritus for over six decades.

Over sixty years . . . simply unbelievable. His impact on the Jewish world will last forever and I have been and always will be proud and honored to be able to say that Cantor Lawrence Avery taught me how to chant a Haftarah.

We will be undertaking an appropriate recognition for Cantor Avery and will dedicate the upcoming Kol Nidre Appeal to his memory. He will be missed by all and his memory will truly be a blessing to all he touched.

See you in Shul, Sam

Chesed Community News Community: “A group of people who share a common interest or philosophy.”

Our Chesed Community is here for you when you need the support of your fellow congregants. For shiva meals, rides to the doctor, sukkah building, a seder invitation, and much, much more, your Beth El community opens its heart to be there when you need us.

We love to say, “Yes, we would be happy to provide what you need.” To be able to do this, we must periodically replenish our volunteer corps. Can you make a meal once or twice a year? Can you provide a ride when a frail person needs it? Join us in our rewarding endeavors.

E-mail either Sandy Gruenberg, gamson36@gmail.com, or Ellen Gelboim, esgelboim@gmail.com, and tell us that you or your teen-aged children would volunteer so that we can all receive the benefits of a Chesed community. We look forward to hearing from you! Thanks!

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Limmud Programs for June Thursday, June 4

10:00 am

WAJE: Talmud Class

Thursday, June 4

10:00 am

WAJE: The Prophets: Second Isaiah and Ezekiel, with Rabbi Molly Karp

Thursday, June 4

6:00 pm

Spring Film Festival

Thursday, June 4

6:30 pm

Ulpan Beginners, with Miri Ben Avi

Thursday, June 4

7:30 pm

Ulpan Intermediate, with Miri Ben Avi

Thursday, June 4

8:00 pm

Choir, with Hazzan Ellen Arad

Thursday, June 4

8:30 pm

Ulpan Advanced, with Miri Ben Avi

Friday, June 5

6:00 pm

Kocktails & Kabbalat Shabbat, with

Shirat El and our Youth Community

Saturday, June 6

12:45 pm

ShabbaTunes, with Hazzan Jamie Gloth

Saturday, June 6

1:00 pm

Daf Shevui

Saturday, June 6

Sisterhood Shabbat

Sunday, June 7

10:00 am

Israeli Dancing, with Cantor Uri Aqua

Thursday, June 11

10:00 am

WAJE: Talmud Class

Thursday, June 11

6:30 pm

Ulpan Beginners, with Mir Ben Avi

Thursday, June 11

7:30 pm

Ulpan Intermediate, with Miri Ben Avi

Thursday, June 11

8:30 pm

Ulpan Advanced, with Miri Ben Avi

Saturday, June 13

1:00 pm

Daf Shevui

Sunday, June 14

10:00 am

Israeli Dancing, with Cantor Uri Aqua

Thursday, June 18

10:00 am

WAJE: Talmud Class

Thursday, June 18

6:30 pm

Ulpan Beginners, with Miri Ben Avi

Thursday, June 18

7:30 pm

Ulpan Intermediate, with Miri Ben Avi

Thursday, June 18

8:30 pm

Ulpan Advanced, with Miri Ben Avi

Saturday, June 20

10:30 am

Saturday, June 20

1:00 pm

Shabbat Discussion Group , with Jack Gruenberg Daf Shevui

Sunday, June 21

10:00 am

Israeli Dancing, with Cantor Uri Aqua

Thursday, June 25

10:00 am

WAJE: Talmud Class

Thursday, June 25

6:30 pm

Ulpan Beginners, with Miri Ben Avi

Thursday, June 25

7:30 pm

Ulpan Intermediate, with Miri Ben Avi

Thursday, June 25

8:30 pm

Ulpan Advanced, with Miri Ben Avi

Saturday, June 27

1:00 pm

Daf Shevui

Sunday, June 28

10:00 am

Israeli Dancing, with Cantor Uri Aqua

Ulpan classes are taught by Miri Ben Avi. Questions? E-mail miriulpan@gmail.com, or 914-602-1503. For WAJE classes, e-mail WAJE@wjcouncil.org, or 914-325-7001.

For all other programs, contact Rabbi Dorsch, jdorsch@bethelnr.org 914-235-2700, ext. 260.

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Saturday, June 6th 12:45 pm Join Hazzan Gloth for an informal get together.

We will sing old Shabbat morning favorites as well as some new tunes. No registration or sign up.

You do not need to have a good voice or be fluent in Hebrew. Anyone can come!

You just have to love to sing.

Yiddish Vinkl Fridays, at 1:00 pm All are welcome!

We all enjoy speaking mamalochen!

Join us every Friday! Speak Yiddish, shmooze, and have fun!

For further information, contact Bea Freedman, 914-337-8645.

Did you know . . .

Daf Shevui meets Saturdays, at 1:00 pm following Kiddush Lunch All are welcome!

Spring Film Festival Dinner Theatre Thursday, June 4th 6:30 pm

Join us for the final film in our twenty-ninth annual, METNY awardwinning film series, “THIS IS THE ARMY, MR. COHEN: JEWISH CHARACTERS IN THE MILITARY DURING WW II.” On June 4th, two days before the seventy-first anniversary of D-Day, we will present Tom Hanks and Matt Damon in Spielberg’s monumental film SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. A delightful dinner-theatre is the format, beginning with a tasty delicatessen buffet supper at 6:30pm.

A formal introduction to the film, a complete screening, a critique, and a lively (sometimes even combative) group discussion follow. We will be honored to also have join us any members who are WW II veterans; they are warmly invited to be our guests.

Larry Strickler will lead this session. Combining his excellence as social studies teacher with his many years as the prized activities director at Kutsher’s Country Club, Larry is currently a senior admissions administrator for Baruch College. He is a consummate and most entertaining lecturer on film. Please register at bethelnr.org/filmfestival. The cost is $28 (Beth El members, $25).

BETH EL THEME “Golden Rule:”

BETH EL SYNAGOGUE CENTER NORTH END SENIORS PROGRAM Wednesday, June 3

Yoga with Polly, 10:30 am

Friday, June 5

Zumba with Julie, 10:30 am How Prevalent is Sex Trafficking in NY – Guest Speaker Assemblywoman Amy Paulin 11:30 am

Wednesday, June 10

Yoga with Polly, 10:30 am All That Jazz – Guest Speaker Greg Koster 11:45

Friday, June 12

Zumba with Julie, 10:30 am What is the Job of the Person you pick to act as your executor or the person to whom you Give Power of Attorney –Guest Speaker Sara Meyers, Esq. 11:30 am

Wednesday, June 17

Tai Chi with Norma, 10:30 am Current Events with Shari, 11:30 am

Friday, June 19

Exercise with Cheryl, 10:30 am End of Year Party (Donation $10), 11:30 am

Wednesday, June 24

Meet and Greet Nan and enjoy a Yoga Demonstration, 10:30 am (possibly our new Yoga instructor)

Friday, June 26

Exercise with Cheryl, 10:30 am

All seniors are welcome to attend any of these programs.

June 26th is the last day of the senior program.

We will resume on Wednesday, September 9th, at 10:30 am.

Have a good summer!

Note to Beth El Members from Keruv about Keruv (“Keruv” = Inclusion) Many of us find warmth, friendship, and community here at Beth El Synagogue Center. For some, our synagogue is a second home. But not everyone feels this way.

That new face in the back of the sanctuary; the “I think they belong to Beth El, but am not sure” couple at the end of the row; the elderly gentleman tentatively entering Kiddush lunch—some of these folks may not be feeling the warmth. This makes it unlikely that they will return.

Among the world’s problems, solving this one is an easy call. YOU are the solution. There is no one else to greet that newcomer. Do it! You’ll make Beth El a warmer place. You’ll feel good about it. And if you are mistaken, if the stranger is, indeed, a Beth El member, utter a “whoops,” introduce yourself, and, voila, make a new synagogue acquaintance.

Interested in furthering the work of

KERUV? JOIN US!

V’ahavta l’reiacha kamocha Love your neighbor as yourself.

E-mail Bob Sussman at rbsuss@optonline.net, or leave a note in the office.

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BeTzelem Elokim: A New Committee at Beth El

NEED A MI SHEBEIRACH PRAYER? Let us know!

Each Shabbat morning, our congregation recites a special Mi Shebeirach prayer aloud, praying for healing of both the body and spirit for those in our community who are ill.

Many have found this to be extremely comforting, both for those who are ill as well as for their family and friends.

Beth El Synagogue Center clergy maintains a Mi Shebeirach list so that our entire congregational family can keep you or a member of your family in our thoughts and prayers. Beth El will print the list provided by the clergy in our weekly Shabbat announcements, which are distributed via e-mail and at Shabbat morning services.

If you would like the community to keep you or a family member in mind on Shabbat and include you/them in their thoughts and prayers, please send the name(s) in English and Hebrew (if you know it) to dlomurno@bethelnr. org, or call Debra in the clergy office at 914-235-2700, ext. 239. Inclusion on the list is entirely optional; no one’s name will be added without his or her permission. Names will be kept on the Mi Shebeirach list for one month, unless you indicate otherwise.

Of course, those who wish for private Mi Shebeirach prayers may contact the clergy directly.

Prayer is a powerful tool. May those in our congregation and community who are ill find healing and comfort.

The Hebrew phrase BeTzelem Elokim means “in the image of God” and refers to the core Jewish value that every one of us is created in God’s image. Each person is sacred and adds to the sanctity of our congregation. In an effort to ensure that each is able to take part and contribute to the life of Beth El Synagogue Center, we have created a small committee devoted to inclusion and named it BeTzelem Elokim. This is the same committee I wrote about in The Bulletin last month when I described Beth El’s selection as part of the USCJ Ruderman Inclusion Action Community. The eight members of our committee are Rhona Aronstein, Beth Fisch Cohen, Rabbi Josh Dorsch, Judy Schwartz, Judy Schmeidler, Educational and Youth Director Jen Vegh, Financial Secretary Debbie Young, and myself. Our mission is to assist Beth El Synagogue Center in meaningfully engaging all members of our community.

To implement this mission, we have set the following objectives: 1) Complete a needs assessment.

2) Enhance Beth El’s culture of inclusion.

3) Implement new opportunities for engagement.

You should soon receive our questionnaire, if you haven’t already. Please complete it as soon as possible. We hope to review and evaluate your responses this month. This will help us determine what are the unmet needs of our congregants and how to best prioritize our efforts and resources to address those needs. We have lots of ideas, but are always eager for more input and suggestions. Feel free to contact us through Rabbi Dorsch at jdorsch@ bethelnr.org. Rabbi Dorsch will be reviewing these e-mails, and with your permission, sharing them with our committee. As we move forward, Rabbi Dorsch and I will keep you posted on our progress.

Inclusion comes in many forms. Until recently, my limited education precluded me from studying Talmud in any meaningful way. However, thanks to the efforts of Dr. Josh Kulp, for the past year I have been able to access a page of Talmud a week through the internet—in English—with his explanations. This is a level at which I can study and be included. In the process I have discovered that our sages struggled with issues of inclusion and exclusion thousands of years ago. One passage from Tractate Megilla 29 especially struck a chord. In it, the sages relate that Rav Sheshet, who was blind, was sitting in a sanctuary in Babylonia when the Shechina (God’s presence) entered, shaking it’s very foundations. Other rabbis used to evacuate the premises when this would happen, but not Rav Sheshet. Angels warn the Rav to leave. Instead Rav counters, “Master of the World, if one is afflicted, who gives way to whom?” God instructs the angels to leave Rav Sheshet be. The rabbis provide us with the beautiful image of God himself making special accommodations for an individual with impairment! May we all heed God’s lesson to the angels.

Elise Richman, elisekrichman@gmail.com BeTzelem Elokim, Co-chair

Please note, Elise’s e-mail was incorrect in the May issue of The Bulletin. To send a message to Elise Richman, please e-mail her at EliseKRichman@gmail.com.

Would you like to have an Aliyah?

Let our Beth El community share in your joys and your remembrances! Celebrate a special birthday, anniversary, or yahrzeit of a loved one with an aliyah to the Torah.

Call the clergy office to set up your honor, 914-235-2700, ext. 228.

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MEMORIES TO GO: OUR STORIES ABOUT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

by Shirley Katz Weddings

I had always thought that weddings were a time to eat, drink, and be merry!

I still remember the day in Junior High School when our teacher pointed out to us that marriage is a legal agreement. It had never occurred to me that getting married was anything but a romantic, fairy-tale time in the life of two very lucky people.

Much later, I learned that there were three very important steps that Ashkenasic families still may adhere to.

Step one: The betrothal. Up until the 19th century, arranged marriages were the normative procedure. Two families were brought together, often by a Shadchen (a marriage broker), at which time a legal document called tenaiim was signed and witnessed. This document usually stated when and where the wedding would take place, the bride price, what each family is pledging to give, etc. Some of these agreements were signed by families with children as young as one, but the marriage was not to be consummated until the bride and groom were of proper marriageable age. After the signing and witnessing, each mother broke a plate, signifying that just as

the plate can never be made whole again, so will the marriage never be broken.

Step two: On the day of the ceremony, the groom is danced into the room where the future bride is sitting, surrounded by her mother, future mother-in-law, friends, and relatives. The groom is danced in by his father and future father-in-law and his gathering of friends, and, seeing his bride, covers her face with a veil, the groom making sure that this is the bride he came to marry.

This custom has come down through the ages and dates back to the story of Jacob. Jacob went to live with his uncle Laban, and worked for him for seven years in order to marry Rachel. When he awoke the night after his wedding, he found that he had married Leah, Rachel’s sister, instead.

Although Jacob was very angry, Laban told him that the older daughter had to marry first, and that he could work another seven years to marry Rachel. Therefore, a Jewish groom sees his bride just as they go to the wedding ceremony, so that no such mistake can be made again.

Step three: The wedding ceremony. A

Jewish wedding ceremony is held under a canopy that is open on all four sides, signifying that the Jewish home the bride and groom will establish will be open and welcoming, just as Abraham’s tent was always open to all. The appropriate seven blessings are recited, the marriage certificate (which has already been signed and witnessed) is read and handed by the groom to his bride. The groom then breaks a glass in memory of the destruction of the holy temple in Jerusalem. The bride and groom then go into a private room to gather themselves before joining the merry makers, whose job it is to entertain the couple with singing and dancing.

Of course, the fashion of having two sets of parents agreeing to an engagement, and having the couple actually abiding by that agreement, has long since gone. Even meeting at school, at parties, or at work all seem very old fashioned. Today, young people meet on websites and there is a dating site for everyone. Will the computer radically change how people live with each other, or will all this just prove that, in the end, we are still just people?

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Learn about and practice the most effective techniques to calm newborns 0-12 weeks old. Learn exactly how to use white noise for calming and sleep, safely swaddle for all seasons, safely jiggle and rock baby to calm, and more.

Parents-to-be are also welcome for this workshop as we’ll have dolls available.

July 22 – Baby Gymnastics, with Elliott Cortez

Elliott Cortez, Ph.D. is the founder of Elliott’s Classes, movement education classes that have been improving the physical, cognitive, and emotional development of children in New York City since 1992. This past year, he expanded to offering classes in New Rochelle. As a child psychologist and former gymnast, Elliott designed Elliott’s Classes to optimize learning through movement science to enrich all aspects of a child’s life. Elliott provides every child with individualized attention and believes addressing a child’s needs at an early stage is critical in enhancing their development.

Baby Gymnastics with Elliott for new parents introduces babies to stimuli, including sounds and movements through the usage of music, bells, hoops, and vivid colors. This class will help new parents develop a sense of community and gain early insight into the development and needs of their babies. Attendees will learn how communication and movement, even at this early stage, can shape a baby’s world!

July 29 – Your Choice!

We’ll shape this session based on your feedback. Let us know what you’re looking for and we’ll find the perfect practitioner!

Questions? Contact Ronnie Becher, Beth El Nursery School Director, at 914-235-2700, ext. 250, or nursery@bethelnr.org.

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CHINESE WATERCOLOR BY NORMA WASSERMAN AND FRIENDS In the Kanner-Kurzon Museum Room, June 13th through July 19th We are fortunate to have this exhibit of Chinese Watercolor in the Kanner-Kurzon Museum. It is the fourth such exhibit with works by Beth El’s own Norma Wasserman.

Her other showings were all solo, but in this exhibit she will be joined by her teacher and some classmates at the Westchester Art Workshop at the Westchester County Center, in White Plains.

Norma has been painting since childhood and studied many different media. Her first exhibit at Beth El was of Western-style watercolor.

She then became interested in Chinese-style watercolor painting.

Chinese watercolors are unique in that they are painted on rice paper or silk with traditional Chinesestyle brushes, using black ink as well as watercolor paints. When completed, the paintings are mounted on heavier paper before being matted and framed. The paintings are signed with Chinese calligraphy of the artists’ first and/or second names and stamped in red with a marble “chop,” which also contains the Chinese letters of their names. She has studied this style with teachers in Florida and at the Bronx Botanical Gardens Art Workshop in addition to the Westchester Art Workshop.

Norma’s teacher in Westchester, Sungsook Hong Setton, is a KoreanAmerican artist and calligrapher, who studied under Chinese and Korean masters.

She received a bachelor of arts degree in Studio Art from The State University of New York at Stony Brook and a master’s of fine arts degree from Goddard College.

She has widely exhibited in Canada, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Korea, and the United States, winning many awards.

She serves on the faculties of Westchester Community College, the China Institute, and the Art League of Long Island. Other students of Ms. Setton also in this exhibit will include Debbie Rappaport, Sheila Fischweicher, Louise Bermont, Lorraine DeRogatis, Gertrude Reninger, and Salawut Oomon.

Everyone is invited to the artists’ reception on Sunday, June 14th, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm. The pieces will be available for purchase. If you cannot be at the reception, you can visit daily when the synagogue is open. If the door is locked, please get the key from the office or from the greeter at the front door.

UJA-Federation Israeli Wine Tasting June 7th • 4:00 pm UJA-Federation of New York’s New Rochelle community invites you to an Israeli wine and kosher artisanal cheese tasting on Sunday, June 7th, 4:00 pm, at a private home in New Rochelle (address upon registration). Joshua Greenstein, executive vice president of the Israel Wine Producers Association, will present top Israeli wines and Brent Delman, aka “The Cheese Guy,” will offer a mouthwatering selection of his own artisanal kosher cheeses. Couvert, $54 per person. Contact Susan Scharf Glick at glicks@ujafedny.org, or 914-761-5100, ext. 120.

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Join the Retirees Club for a Movie!

JOIN THE RETIREES SMART* GROUP New Date: TUESDAY, JUNE 2nd

Join us for lunch at Ben’s Kosher Deli at 12:30 as we honor

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JONAH ATLAS, JERRY GOTTLIEB, AND DR. LESTER ZIMMERMAN

for their years of dedication to the Retirees Group

Ben’s is located at 718 Central Park Avenue, Scarsdale, NY 10583

“A touching and funny look into the lives of seniors who just want to find love.”

Tuesday, June 16th 10:30 am-12:30 pm

Need a ride? Contact Julie at jrockowitz@bethelnr.org, or 914-235-2700, ext. 256. New to the Retirees Group? You’ll love the food and the company can’t be beat.

SUNDAY, JUNE 14th

Join the SMART* people for a tour of the

at the

JCC of Mid Westchester 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale THE AGE OF LOVE follows the humorous and poignant adventures of thirty seniors in Rochester, New York, who sign up for a first-of-itskind speed dating event exclusively for seventy- to ninety-year-olds. From anxious anticipation through the dates that follow, this is an unexpected tale of intrepid seniors,who lay their hearts on the line, and discover how dreams and desires change—or don’t change—from first love to the far reaches of life.

Delicious Kosher lunch will be served $11 per person for the movie and lunch. Check payable to Beth El Synagogue Center or cash payment needed for R.S.V.P. by Monday, June 8th.

R.S.V.P. and requests for ride to Julie Rockowitz at jrockowitz@bethelnr.org or 914-235-2700, ext. 256.

Co-Sponsored by Beth El Synagogue Center.

Meet at Beth El 9:30

am

We will travel by coach bus and return to Beth El by 5:00 pm.

Limited seats available. Wear comfortable walking shoes.

After the self-guided tour, we will have lunch at a restaurant.

Questions? Reservations? Call Julie at 914-235-2700, ext. 256.

Check payable to Beth El Synagogue Center. Beth El Members: $65 Community Members: $70

SAVE THE DATE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 11th Barbecue at Beth El, 6:00

pm

* SMART = Senior Mature Adults Retired Together

Poker & Paint Night BBQ & Volley Ball Tuesday, July 14th • 6:00 pm Questions? Contact Julie Rockowitz at 914-235-2700, ext. 256, or JRockowitz@bethelnr.org Geared for Adults Only • Watch for details 11

A Note from Your Men’s Club . . .

After a full year of service to and social activities for the Beth El Community, the Men’s Club is winding down in June and has already begun planning for next year. We are proud of our record of providing social and service activities to our members and the entire Beth El community through our sponsorship of many events, including the World-Wide Wrap; Cocktails and Karaoke (Purim); Monday Night Football Barbecue; and the Rabbi Search Committee weekends. We donated a new big screen TV for the Youth Lounge and participated in the Gala honoring Rabbi Sirner and Lenore. We held two successful Blood Drives, and crowned our year with the Dr. Ed Scharfman Men’s Club Shabbat.

We again congratulate our Youths-of-the-Year, Kayla Sullivan and Aaron Afran, who were honored at the Hudson Valley Region

Join your Beth El Friends

of Federation of Jewish Men’s Club Chavayrim Kol Yisrael Awards.

They represented Beth El extremely well at the awards event that took place at the end of April.

The summer will be quiet, but please plan on joining us on Sunday August 2nd, at 1:00 pm, for Jewish Heritage Day with the Brooklyn Cyclones (Mets) as they battle the Batavia Muckdogs (Marlins). Tickets are only $18 each and include a Cyclones cap.

Please contact Rob Weber at 1topgum@gmail.com to reserve your tickets now.

Our final meeting of the year will take place on Sunday morning June 14th, at 9:00 am, at Beth El. We will review the year and discuss ideas for next year. Please plan on joining us for a bagel and shmear.

Rob Levine and Steven Young Co-Presidents

Men’s Club Meeting

at the

Sunday, June 14th 9:00 am

Brooklyn Cyclones Jewish Heriage Day Sunday, August 2nd @ 1:00 pm

Join us for a bagel and shmear, and help us plan for next year.

$18 per person r.s.v.p. to Rob Weber, 1topgum@gmail.com

We need your ideas and your time!

New Rochelle Hadassah GALA DONOR LUNCHEON Wednesday, June 3rd 12:00 noon at the newly renovated Lake Isle Country Club

660 White Plains Road, Eastchester, N.Y.

featuring Mulino’s kosher-style catering The Gala Donor Luncheon is our way of saying thank you for your ongoing support. With total donations during the year of $175 or more, you are invited as our guest.You may also make a $175 outright contribution to attend.

Reservations are required.

Please contact Janet Hill at 914-961-7150.

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SISTERHOOD Sisterhood Scene The month of June brings us three exciting events in the life of Sisterhood Members. It’s actually just two dates to mark on your calendar since, for the convenience of our members and the congregation, we are combining Sisterhood Shabbat and our annual installation of officers and board. By now, you have received an invitation to our annual Spring Gala on Thursday, June 18th, honoring our immediate past president Anita Better. If you have not yet responded, please do so immediately. We don’t want you to miss this wonderful event.

We invite you to join us on Shabbat June 6th as we showcase the talents of our Sisterhood women in leading the entire service, chanting the Torah and Haftorah, and delivering the D’var Torah. I know you will be impressed with the skills and spirit that will be in evidence on that morning.

At the conclusion of the service, and prior to a lovely Kiddush lunch, we will install our Officers and Board for 20152016. We are proud of the dedication to Beth El and Jewish life that are exhibited by these women. Many of us work full time, yet somehow we juggle all the demands of

our lives in order to give of ourselves to the community. the following is a list of our officers:

President........................ Barbara Horowitz Vice Presidents: Membership.............. Sandy Gruenberg

Linda Resnick Program......................... Lauren Berger

Phoebe Gross

Gaby Newfield

Arlene Salman Torah Fund...........................Rita Kaufman

Susan Morris Treasurer................................ Vicki Fisher Recording Secretary ............. Karen Sadok Corresponding Secretary............Rise Stern In addition to the above, our Sisterhood Board is made up of twenty-seven wonderful women, whose contributions to Beth El are many. In a few weeks, you will receive membership information. I encourage you to respond quickly and positively, and to become an active member of Sisterhood.

You will be glad you did!

Best regards, Barbara Horowitz, President

SISTERHOOD’S SPRING GALA THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 18 honoring

ANITA BETTER 6:00

Cocktails • 7:00 pm Dinner Couvert $75 per person

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Sponsorships, which include one dinner reservation plus raffles, are available.

Questions? R.S.V.P.? Contact co-chairs Rita Kaufman at rita.kaufman@gmail.com, or Ellen Hollander at ellenarts@optonline.net.

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Ongoing Programs CARD ROOM, 12:45 pm: Canasta (Mondays) and Mah Jongg (Tuesdays) meet weekly!

WALKING CLUB meets every Monday at 9:30 am for a nice easy walk—not a jog. Everyone is welcome!

BAGELS & BOOKS BOOK CLUB usually meets on the last Monday of the month, at 9:30 am. Join us on June 22nd for Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand.

MITZVAH KNITTING meets once a month on Wednesdays. Lessons and supplies are available. For information, contact Phyllis at pjf920@verizon.net.

QUESTIONS? Contact Arlene Salman at aesalman@aol.com, or 914-235-2485.

TAG SALE A Success Again!

Over $3,000 was earned for Sisterhood and Beth El. Many thanks to Sisterhood and the Beth El Synagogue Center community for your generous donations and assistance in making our tag sale a big success.

Miriam Schwarz

DAY CAMP OPENS

Thursday, June 4th Ladies Night Out

MONDAY, JUNE 29

Spa-tacular sponsored by The Nursery School

(AND CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY, AUGUST 15) Camp will be open on Friday, July 3, and Monday, July 6!

at Vogue Nail Salon

$10 per person for Kosher snacks and drinks. Pay the salon directly for your service of a manicure and/or pedicure. R.S.V.P. to Rachel at dancingrm@gmail.com.

UJA-Federation Thanks Beth El for Post-Pesach Food Drive Dear Barbara Engelson and Our Beth El Synagogue Center Friends, Thank you again for doing such a great job collecting food for days! BJCC is the third busiest food pantry in the Bronx. “There the UJA-Federation of New York’s post-Pesach food drives to are always lines of people waiting for food,” she says.Thank you benefit the food pantry at Bronx Jewish Community Council, a for helping so many people in need, and for giving others the beneficiary agency of UJA. It was wonderful to partner with Beth opportunity to fulfill the mitzvah of feeding the hungry.

El Synagogue Center, Congregation Anshe Sholom, The Hebrew My best wishes, Institute of White Plains, Mount Kisco Hebrew Congregation, Temple Israel of New Rochelle, Young Israel of Harrison, Young Susan Scharf Glick, Development Executive, New Rochelle Israel of New Rochelle, Young Israel of Scarsdale, and Young Community and Tov B’Yachad* Israel of White Plains. BJCC’s Niti Minkove reports that our food *Tov B’Yachad communicates the shared values of UJA-Federation drive collection—100 large boxes of groceries—was gone in two and the Orthodox community.

Beth El Celebrates June Birthdays Beth El Synagogue Center would like to extend a “Happy Birthday!” to its members with a birthday in the month of June. Please join us for a birthday celebration at our Kiddush

our records. Please also contact us if you do not wish to have your name appear on our birthday list. (The list reflects our adult members and post-bar/bat mitzvah children up to the age of 21.)

Adam Ackerman Scott Afran Leslie Alpert Smadar Amidror Rhona Aronstein Nathan Assor Alvin Begleiter Lauren Berger Melinda Berman Robin Bronk Jason Brostoff Ari Brown Richard Brown Sharon Brown Ronald Burton Benjamin Claar Allison Cohen

Ron Mandel Robert Mariottini Debra Etelson Mayblum Laurel Hecht Mayer Alan Mazursky Zachary Morris Karolina Morse Barbara Nitzberg Carol Perlman Derek Reifer Arielle Reiner Elise Richman Shayna Rosenstein Shery Rosenstein Todd Rothenberg Michelle Sasson

luncheon on June 20th. If you have a June birthday, but your name does not appear on the list, we are sorry for the omission and we ask that you contact the synagogue at info@bethelnr.org so that we can update Randi Glassman Rita Kaufman Robert Cohen Jonathan Glickman Martin Keltz Ronald Cohen Jamie Gloth Linda Kern Steven Cohen Claire Kessler Tres Cohen-Zolottev Joyce Goldklang Michael Goldstein Shelley Klein Mally Diamant Eve Goldstein Margo Lampert Julie Domonkos Noel Greenstein Barbara Lande Beverly Drucker Caryle Gulker Cathy Lane Marvin Dubin Sarah Hallac Adam LaTorraca Maddy Efron Sophie Hecht Deborah Leffell Avi Einzig Edward Heffner Barbara Lerman Jonathan Erber Harvey Heir Jeremy Levin Caleb Esrig Stephanie Heller Alison Levy Ray Fein Michael Herman Donna Levy Donald Fleishaker Cynthia Hershkowitz Leonora Loewentheil Dorothy Fox Arielle Katz Thomas Lustig Caryl Fuchs Rachel Katz Mia Mandel Muriel Geller 14

Judith Schmeidler Jeff Schwarcz Marjorie Seidenfeld Charles Silk Stephen Silverman Stuart Simchowitz Doreen Simon Jenna Stein Rise Stern Ana UrrutiaWenig Rami Vamos Jackie Vogel Eleanor Walfish Janet Yoskowitz

NURSERY SCHOOL NEWS For the past few weeks the Kanner-Kurzon Museum has been home to the Gezah Art Gallery, a collaborative effort of Beth El Nursery School’s two three-year-old classes. The classes concentrated on two artists per class. Through hands-on exploration of the different artistic techniques, the children created the pieces displayed in the gallery.

Gezah Aleph’s exploration came right after celebrating Israel’s sixty-seventh birthday.

It seemed fitting to study an Israeli artist, and even more exciting for the children, an artist whose artwork is displayed on the walls of Beth El. That artist is Yaacov Agam, who was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel, in 1928. After observing all of the stained glass windows that Beth El has to offer, they chose Tiffany as their second artist and made lamps in the Tiffany-style that light up! Gezah Gimel children love to cut so Henri Matisse was the perfect choice for them. Their second study was of Andy Goldsworthy, an English artist

who creates sculptures out of things found in nature and then photographs them. So Gezah Gimel children became sculptors and photographers. Stop by the museum and enjoy their creations. Accompanying the children’s artwork is documentation of the process with special attention given to the children’s voices as they came to know the artists. This is one exhibit you won’t want to miss!

In anticipation of Mother’s Day, our three-year-olds invited their moms for a Tea & Spa morning in the Nursery School. The children baked treats, decorated mugs, and prepared fancy teas in decorative teapots.

When the mothers arrived, they were ushered into the Relaxation Spa, which was set up in the Youth Lounge. Each mom had a labeled place on the couches and chairs.

Opposite each mother was their child sitting in a small chair. The children proceeded to massage their mom’s feet and hands with cream, as soothing music was playing in the background to set the mood. The atmosphere was relaxing and the mothers felt pampered!

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The children then sang two lovely songs about mothers and presented their moms with a long-stemmed rose. The genuine smiles on the faces of our three-years-olds and their mothers conveyed their love and attested to the fact that the children began to understand the joy of giving to others.

Our fours were not to be outdone, and they also hosted their moms and grandmas to come to school and receive a portrait that their child made of them, and guessed riddles that the children created describing their mom.

Our classes have been busy learning about the process of metamorphosis as they observes caterpillars change to butterflies.

Two classes are incubating chick eggs and we are hopeful to see some births next week.

Our fours visited Green Meadow Farm and experienced a hayride, pony ride, and fed chicks, sheep, goats, and milked a cow!

We are all gearing up for our end-ofyear celebrations and are trying not to be emotional about the end of year that is rapidly approaching.

Ronnie Becher, Director

Scout Troop 613 Is the Largest Contingent at the New Jersey Jewish Scout Camping Kinus This past weekend, our Pack 613 Cubs participated in an amazing Jewish scouting Kinus at Camp Nobebosco, in New Jersey. There were 300 people there, from Maryland to Canada, from Reformed to Orthodox, public school to Orthodox Yeshiva.

Both Orthodox and Egalitarian services where held throughout the weekend overlooking the lake. Troop and Pack 613 along with our newly formed offshoot, a New Rochelle based Shomer Shabbat Girl Scout troop represented the largest contingent at the camp with forty-five campers. Considering that in 2013 we were the smallest unit with eight people, we are rapidly expanding. The kids and their parents participated in baseball, football, soccer, hiking, fishing(Zachary Weber and Misha Shteingart caught the most each

catching ten fish), archery, BB gun shooting, plant identification, wilderness survival, astronomy, compass, toten chip (knife use and safety), railroading, rope tying and much more, all with individual instruction by dedicated scouting staff. Our pack also took over the skit night with eight skits. Not to mention the food, which was excellent and seemingly endless. I am not sure who got more out of the weekend, the scouts or their parents who were lucky enough to experience the weekend right alongside their scouts.

Rob Weber, Cub Master Pack 613 Westchester’s Shomer Shabbat

Jewish troop Fun with a Purpose

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RELIGIOUS SCHOOL AND YOUTH NEWS Jen’s Corner As parents, there are a lot of things we are obligated and expected to do. Jewish texts, of course, have something to say about that. In the Talmud’s Tractate Kiddushin 29a, we find a list of parental obligations to children, which focuses on spiritual care (like providing a child with knowledge about values, morals, and a sense of shared history and Torah). Shockingly, at the end of the list is the obligation to teach your child how to swim.

As we enter the summer months, of course, I’m thinking about swimming pools and oceans, but whenever I stop and think about this section of Talmud, I realize that the rabbis may have been talking about more than just water (though swimming is definitely an important skill). Swimming is an important skill for survival, both physically and metaphorically. We have to know how to keep ourselves moving, even

when the waters may get rough. This is a very important skill to teach our children, but also to remember ourselves. As we enter these summer months, pause to reflect— are you happy with the rate at which you are swimming? Are you floating along or swimming in the Olympics? Now is the perfect time to think about if we’re just surviving, or if we are thriving. Now is the perfect time to remind ourselves and teach our children to swim!

A FEW WORDS OF BUSINESS: • Youth Community Families: 1.) Don’t forget to fill out the Summer 2015 survey (link on the Beth El website at www.bethelnr.org) so we can be in touch with your children over the summer!

Everyone who fills out the form will get a handwritten note from us or an in-person visit!

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL AND YOUTH COMMUNITY JUNE HIGHLIGHTS Tuesday, June 2 Religious School Board Meeting, 8:00 pm Thursday, June 4

USY BBQ at Jen Vegh’s home

Friday, June 12 - Sunday, June 14

Kallah at Camp Louemma

Mazal Tov to Our USYers who were recently elected to Divisional and Regional Board!

Hannah Bartell

METNY Regional Israel Affairs VP

David Rosenstein

Emek Divisional President

Avi Carr-Gloth

Emek Divisional Membership Kadima VP

Daniel Troyetsky

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2.) If you have moved, changed schools, or have new email addresses, please e-mail jvegh@bethelnr.org, or give us a call so we can update your information.

• Religious School Families – Registration is happening now! There is a $100 discount for registering before June 15th. Also, by registering early, you help us to make sure we are properly staffed and have ample supplies and set up for your children’s classes.

• As you make new friends this summer, send them our way! Beth El members and non-members are welcome in our Youth Community and Religious School!

Have a wonderful summer! Stop in and say hello!

Jen Vegh

Youth Community Update With summer approaching quickly, we bring our exciting Youth Community year to a close. It was such a fantastic year of programming, thanks to our advisors: Bekkah Gold, Carly Shapiro, and Abby Marcus, as well as our basketball coaches and our many parent volunteers. Highlights for our year included the all Youth Community Family Sukkah Decorating, the Purim Carnival, Ruach’s Nature Day, Chaverim’s Ice Skating, Kadima’s Schmoozin’ & Sweets, and USY’s many lounge nights. We wish all of our youth a safe, fun, and meaningful summer. For those Beth El USYers who are spending their summers on programs in the United States, Europe and Israel, don’t forget to fill out our online survey (link on the Beth El website) so we can be in touch with you over the summer! The Beth El Youth Community looks forward to an even bigger and better year ahead!

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MAZAL TOV

JUNE YAHRZEIT DATES

The yahrzeit of the following deceased persons permanently inscribed on our Memorial Walls are observed on these dates:

Newsmakers . . .

Mazal tov to:

Philip Ruskin Esther May Leo Scheffler Irving Wenig Sally F. Berman Augusta Borchert Sol Simon Hyman Wexler Dr. Israel Hochbaum David Schwartz Rose Gorlon Morris Szlachter Joseph Azer Feinberg Harry Langbert Gertrude Flora Moses Tillie Moskowitz Lillian S. Strum Lillian Gordon Alpern Kay Charm Henry E. Hirsch Nathaniel Kleppel Isaac Moses Ruth Pusick David Robinson Janette Alpert Hyman Greenberg Libby Wolf Morris F. Cron Louis W. Jaffe Andrew Scherz Seymour Sobel Joseph Halpern Bertram B. Schwarz Audrey Strauss Irving Gendelman Louise Troodler Dr. Leon Figur Esther Benkel Herman L. Goldman Daisy M. Holman Leizer H. Leibowitz

Irene and Leon Greenspan upon the birth of twin grandchildren Brooke and Jordan Wittenstein, son and daughter of Lisa and Aaron Wittenstein; Arlene Kamer on the bat mitzvah of her granddaughter Sophie, daughter of Evan and Gail Kamer; Dr. Avi and Jacqueline Einzig upon the engagement of their daughter Shanah to Amotz Segal, son of Zipi and Ami Segal of Jerusalem; Gaby and George Newfield upon the birth of grandson Jackson Henry Newfield, son of Emily and Andre Newfield; Rabbi Josh Dorsch and Stephanie Millman upon their marriage.

A Warm Beth El Mazal Tov to One and All!!

Kiddush The Kiddush of May 24th was sponsored by Betsy and Lance Kravitz in honor of the bat mitzvah of their daughter Lucy Kravitz.

The Kiddush of June 6th will be sponsored by the Beth El Sisterhood.

The Kiddush of June 13th will be sponsored by Barbara and Mark Goldman in honor of their special wedding anniversary.

The Kiddush of June 20th will be sponsored by Jill and Daniel Efron in honor of the bat mitzvah of their daughter Maddie Effron; and by Susan Masri Lawi in honor of the upcoming marriage and aufruf of Sharon Lawi to Noah Shanok.

Interested in Sponsoring a Kiddush?

Call Alise Liquorie in the synagogue office, 914-235-2700, ext. 223, or e-mail aliquorie@bethelnr.org.

CONDOLENCES We record with sorrow the losses suffered by our members and friends and extend to them our deepest sympathies. Condolences to:

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Mary Newman Max Rabinowitz Abraham Belsky Max Belsky Rae Feuerstein Max Jackson Milton Gordon Samuel Gore Rose Sussman Martin Teichman Sarah Mandel Anna Strauch Rafael Moshe Zaiman Yona Kessel Sadye Leben Nathan Lopatin Clara Mirenburg Florence Teichman Benjamin Chabrow Samuel Feinberg Rebecca Kaplan Rebecca Wasley Israel Diesenhof Steven H. Hirsch Ruth Kornfeld Meyer Nova Albert E. Singer Max Bitter Dr. Herbert M. Jacobs Eva Meyers Ernst Grunauer Rose Wechsler Steven Douglas Miller Irving Kanner Bess Siegel Max Siegel Rose Stillman Sylvia Farber Sidney Fein Morris Halpern Sidney H. Posner

Welcome to the Beth El Community

Emily Rubin upon the loss of her father, Abraham Rubin; Charles Altman upon the loss of his mother, Jeanne Altman; Ellen Hollander upon the loss of her mother, Mollie Eisenberg; Candace Silver upon the loss of her mother, Janet Felsher; Marc Straussberg upon the loss of his father, Dr. Arthur Straussberg; Rabbi Josh Dorsch upon the loss of his grandmother Rowena Dorsch.

The family of Reuben Hoppenstein upon his passing.

The family of Cantor Lawrence Avery upon his passing.

Judy Harary upon the loss of her husband, Moses “Hy� Harary.

Lisa Jacobs upon the loss of her mother, Olga Lefkovic.

Robert Baum upon the loss of his sister Claire Goodfriend.

The Pryluck Family Of New Rochelle Marcia and Hyman Pryluck The Shuf Family Of White Plains Roman and Rachel Shuf Liora, 6; and Aaron, 2 18

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CONTRIBUTIONS GENERAL FUND A generous donation was received from Diane and Eugene Linett.

A generous donation was received from the Anne Claire Lester Foundation in memory of Anne Claire Lester.

IN HONOR OF: The panel discussion honoring Rabbi Melvin and Lenore Sirner, from Barbara and Bob Cohen.

The engagement of our son Adam to Molly Pam, from Barbara and Bob Cohen.

Bernice Ward on the birth of a great-granddaughter, from Mila and Michael Greenberg.

Phyllis and Harvey Jay on the engagement of their daughter Becky, from Rochelle Chaiken.

Phyllis and Harvey Jay on the birth of their granddaughter, from Mila and Michael Greenberg.

Ronnie and Michael Becher on the birth of their granddaughter, from Mila and Michael Greenberg.

Lynn and Jeff Lowin on the marriage of their daughter Joanna, from Mila and Michael Greenberg.

The bar mitzvah of Jonah Seidenfeld, son of Marjorie and Mark Seidenfeld, from Shari and Marvin Chinitz, Nora Klion-Wolloch, and Mila and Michael Greenberg.

Melanie Winters on her graduation from Yeshiva University School of Social Work, from the Schepp family.

Donna and Abe Bartell on the b’nai mitzvah of their sons Jesse and Stephen Bartell, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Marc Epstein on his graduation from Fordham Law School, from the Schepp family.

The college graduation of Diana Gruenstein, daughter of Drs. Lynn and Steven Gruenstein, from Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

Alexander Gruenstein’s induction into the IDF, from Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

The college graduation of Naomi Raber’s granddaughters, from Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

Shirley and Bernie Katz on the engagement of their granddaughter Galit, from Nora KlionWolloch.

RECOVERY OF:

Laurie and Eric Roth on the birth of their granddaughter Zoe Danielle, from Barbara and Bob Goldstein.

Refuah Sheleimah to Bernice Ward, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Eunice and Sol Kaplan on their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary, from Phyllis and Harvey Jay.

Refuah Sheleimah to Herb Fox, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Vicki and Nate Fisher on their fiftieth wedding anniversary, from Phyllis and Harvey Jay.

Refuah Sheleimah to Michael Wechsler, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Barbara and David Horowitz on the engagement of their son Michael, from Phyllis and Harvey Jay.

IN MEMORY OF:

The birth of a granddaughter to Harriet and David Rudnick, from Shari and Marvin and Chinitz.

Meri Schepp on becoming a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, from Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

The family of

MOLLIE EISENBERG wishes to thank the Beth El community for their love, support, and generosity following the loss of our beloved mother, grandmother, and greatgrandmother.

Ellen and Jack Hollander and family Anne and Steve Eisenberg and family

Herman Gordon, beloved husband of Yvette Gordon, from Lynn and Jeffery Lowin, Marianne and Bob Sussman, Hope and Stephen Freilich and family, Phyllis and Harvey Jay, Shari and Marvin Chinitz, Mila and Michael Greenberg, Nora Klion-Wolloch, Bea and Abe Walfish, and Edith Claman.

Lenore Cheskin, beloved mother of Elise Schepp, from Mila and Michael Greenberg, Shari Baum, Susan and Michael Meisler, Barbara and Bob Cohen, Marianne and Bob Sussman, and Shirin and Steve Stein.

Lewis Michels, from Ellen and Alfred Grant.

ELEANOR G. BAUMWALD PRAYERBOOK FUND IN HONOR OF: Jason Silverman on his special birthday, from Valerie Rudolph.

IN MEMORY OF: Jeanette Winik, beloved mother of Steve Winik, in whose memory a high holiday Mahzor was donated, from Barbara and Bob Goldstein.

Eva Teitelbaum, from Jack R. Schwartz.

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Kenie Mittleman, beloved mother of Jeff Mittleman, from Barbara and Marc Klee.

Dr. Allen Simon, beloved husband of Barbara Simon, from Mila and Michael Greenberg, and Anna and Steven Kron.

Dr. Abraham Geffen, from Steven, Allan, and Ralph Guggenheim and their families; and Mila and Michael Greenberg.

Janet Felsher, beloved mother of Candace Silver, from Barbara and Bob Cohen, Mila and Michael Greenberg, the Schepp family, Susan and Michael Meisler, Nora Klion-Wolloch, and Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

Mollie Eisenberg, beloved mother of Ellen Hollander, from Barbara and Bob Cohen, Mila and Michael Greenberg, Susan and Michael Meisler, the Schepp family, Nora Klion-Wolloch, Lynne and Robert Kushner, and Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

Muriel Newman, beloved mother of Steve Newman, from Susan and Michael Meisler.

Rowena Dorsch, beloved grandmother of Rabbi Josh Dorsch, from Lynn and Jeffery Lowin, and Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

Dr. Eddie Scharfman, as we celebrate Men’s Club Shabbat in his memory, from Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

Gertrude Davison Weisbrod, beloved mother of Irwin S. Davison, from Mila and Michael Greenberg.

Jeanne Altman, beloved mother of Charles Altman, from Mila and Michael Greenberg, and Susan and Michael Meisler.

Florence Rossard, beloved sister of Marianne Sussman, from Mila and Michael Greenberg, Susan and Michael Meisler, and Nora KlionWolloch.

Moshe Shahar, beloved brother of Avi Shahar, from, Mila and Michael Greenberg.

Ruth Hayman, beloved grandmother of Abby Wise, from Mila and Michael Greenberg, and Susan and Michael Meisler.

The yahrzeit of my parents, Rose and Harry Covkin, from Barbara and Bob Cohen.

PTA ISRAEL TRAVEL STUDY FUND IN MEMORY OF: Mollie Eisenberg, beloved mother of Ellen Hollander, from Erica and Larry Epstein.

THE ANDREW SHAPIRO MEMORIAL FUND IN MEMORY OF: Ed Shapiro, on what would have been his eightieth birthday, from Judy Shapiro.

CONTRIBUTIONS SYLVIA AND ROBERT SCHER CHESED COMMUNITY FUND

DOROTHY FLEISHAKER RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND

IN HONOR OF:

IN MEMORY OF:

Rabbi Sirner, Rabbi Dorsch, Cantor Aqua, and Hazzan Gloth on their participation at the bris of our first grandchild, from Barbara and Donald Kotler.

Rowena Dorsch, beloved grandmother of Rabbi Josh Dorsch, from Barbara Birshtein and Howard Steinman.

IN MEMORY OF:

Abby Wise’s beloved grandmother, from Marjorie and Mark Seidenfeld.

Kenie Mittleman, beloved mother of Jeff Mittleman, from Tamar and Joe Tait.

Mollie Eisenberg, beloved mother of Ellen Hollander, from Marjorie and Mark Seidenfeld.

Mollie Eisenberg, beloved mother of Ellen Hollander, from Dana Rottman.

Janet Felsher, beloved mother of Candace Silver, from Linda and Sol Haber.

Rowena Dorsch, beloved grandmother of Rabbi Josh Dorsch, from Dana Rottman, and Laura Lewis.

SPECIAL NEEDS FUND IN HONOR OF: Lenore and Rabbi Melvin Sirner, from Bettina Graf and family.

IN MEMORY OF:

ZARO SENIOR PROGRAMMING FUND

Herman Gordon, beloved husband of Yvette Gordon, from Louise and Jason Silverman, and Elaine and Martin Levitin.

IN MEMORY OF:

Our brother Leonard J. Rosenberg on his yarzheit, from Wendy and Alan Rosenberg.

Kenie Mittleman, beloved mother of Jeff Mittleman, from Debra Greenberg.

THE BERNICE FELDMAN NURSERY SCHOOL FUND IN HONOR OF: Laurie and Eric Roth on the birth of their granddaughter Zoe Danielle, from Andrea and Carl Karp.

THE JEREMY SCHEINFELD MEMORIAL FUND IN HONOR OF: Our son Adam Kaphan on his engagement to Frances Stein, daughter of Edward Stein and the late Jane Stein, from Robin and Mitchell Kaphan.

IN MEMORY OF: Lenore Cheskin, beloved mother of Elise Schepp, from Robin and Mitchell Kaphan.

Our beloved Dad and Grandpa, Bobby Futterman, on his yahrzeit, from Robin and Mitchell Kaphan.

Our beloved Pop and Grandpa, Norman Kaphan, on his yarhzeit, from Robin and Mitchell Kaphan.

Allen Simon, beloved husband of Barbara Simon, from Robin and Mitchell Kaphan.

Jeremy Scheinfeld, beloved son of Jodi and Rob Scheinfeld, from Robin and Mitchell Kaphan.

Bradley Ruttenberg, beloved son of Leslie and Dick Ruttenberg, from Robin and Mitchell Kaphan.

Dr. Abraham Geffen, from the Jablansky family.

Mollie Eisenberg, beloved mother of Ellen Hollander, from the Jablansky family.

Our grandmother Annie Rosenberg on her yahrzeit, from Wendy and Alan Rosenberg.

Gertrude Davison Weisbrod, beloved mother of Irwin S. Davison, from Wendy and Alan Rosenberg.

Dr. Abraham Geffen, from Louise and Jason Silverman.

Mollie Eisenberg, beloved mother of Ellen Hollander, from Louise and Jason Silverman.

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MINYAN DONATIONS Elissa Glickman in memory of her father, Max Blecker; Tova Usdan in memory of her father, Saul Friedler; Sheila Tanenbaum in memory of her father, Al Siegel; Dr. Mel Gabriel in memory of his mother, Shirley Shapiro; Gerald Cohen in memory of his mother, Frances Hollinger; Susan Goldstein and family in memory of beloved mother, Dinah Alalouf; Leon Greenspan; Darlene Rebak; Jeffrey Hessel; Bernard Sunshine, in memory of his sister’s yahrzeit; Marvin Feldman.

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RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Merill and Ellen Resnick in gratitude to Nogah and Linda Haramati; Steven and Maria Kessler and family in memory of David Marvi; Lisa and Perry Jacobs in memory of Alex Lefkovic and Myron Jacobs, and speedy recovery of Olga Stelnick and Lisa Jacobs; Tova Usdan in memory of Sylvia Friedler; Anita and Stanley Liebowitz in memory of Joan and William Liebowitz; Carole and David Curtis in memory of Morris Rosenblatt; Susan and Jeff Mittleman in memory of Morton Eichen; Rena and Barish Strauch; Jack Renick in memory of Annette G. Renick; Claire Gerstein in memory of parents Sol and Esther Gerstein; Deborah Gerstein in memory of mother Esther Gerstein; Naomi Raber in memory of mother Miriam Katowitz; Manfred and Selma Moses in honor of Rabbi Melvin and Lenore Sirner; Noel and Leah Edelson in memory of Spencer Tulchinsky and Herman Gordon; Barbara and Donald Kotler in honor of the birth of a grandson; Cynthia and Jeffrey Glickman in memory of Kenie Mittleman; Harriet Suvall in memory of Lenore Cheskin; Nate Richman in honor of Rabbi Sirner.

HAZZAN’S DISCRETIONARY FUND In honor of the bar mitzvah celebration of Jonah Seidenfeld.

In memory of Janet Felsher, mother of Candace Silver, from Michelle and Eric Maidenberg.

TEEN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN MEMORY OF: Sara Honey Galler, from Marilyn and Mitch Sofer.

Aaron and Gertrude Sofer, from Marilyn and Mitch Sofer.

SISTERHOOD MITZVAH FUND IN MEMORY OF: Mollie Eisenberg, beloved mother of Ellen Hollander, from Rita and David Kaufman, Marjorie Schlosberg, Anita Better, Joan and Jonah Atlas, Joyce and Michael Wechsler, and Miriam Rabin.

Janet Felsher, beloved mother of Candace Silver, from Rita and David Kaufman, and Joyce and Michael Wechsler.

Herman Gordon, beloved husband of Yvette Gordon, from Anita Better, and Marjorie Schlosberg.

Jeanne Altman, beloved mother of Charlie Altman, from Joyce and Michael Wechsler.

Lenore Cheskin, beloved mother of Elise Schepp, from Marjorie Schlosberg, and Anita Better.

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Israeli Dance 10:00 am Religious School Summer Send Off 5:15 pm (off-site)

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14 SIVAN 2

Officers Meeting 7:30 pm Executive Council 8:00 pm BeTzelem Elokim Meeting 8:00 pm

Budget Meeting 7:30 pm Religious School Board Mtg. 8:00 pm

21 SIVAN 9

Canasta 12:45 pm Board of Trustees 8:00 pm

22 SIVAN 10

Connect-to-Care Mahjong 12:45 pm 10:00 am Seniors 10:30 am Day Camp Head Counselor Mtg. 5:30 pm USY BBQ 6:00 pm (off-site) Day Camp 2s Parent Info Night 8:00 pm

Artist’s Reception 2:00 pm

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5 TAMMUZ 23

Sisterhood Bagels and Books 9:30 am Walking Club 11:30 am Canasta 12:45 pm Day Camp New and Returning Staff Orientation 6:00 pm

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Day Camp New and Returning Staff Orientation 6:00 pm

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Hebrew Ulpan 6:30 pm ROSH HODESH

Mahjong 12:45 pm

WAJE: Talmud 10:00 am

Day Camp Together Tuesday 3:30 pm

Hebrew Ulpan 6:30 pm

Kallah Weekend Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am Youth Services 10:45 am Daf Shevui 1:00 pm

Yiddish Vinkl 1:00 pm

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Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am Shab. Disc. Grp 10:30 am Youth Services 10:45 am Birthday Shab. 12:00 pm Daf Shevui 1:00 pm

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Sisterhood Shabbat Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am Youth Services 10:45 am ShabbaTunes 12:45 pm Daf Shevui 1:00 pm

KORACH

Sisterhood Gala 6:00 pm

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Yiddish Vinkl 1:00 pm

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SHABBAT

18 SIVAN 6

Seniors 10:30 am Rosh Hodesh Girls Yiddish Vinkl 4:00 pm 1:00 pm Hebrew Ulpan 6:30 pm

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WAJE: Talmud 10:00 am

30 SIVAN 18

Retirees: Movie at JCC of Mid Westchester 10:30 am Seniors 10:30 am Staff Operations Meeting 12:00 pm Tzofim Friendship Mahjong 12:45 pm Caravan 5:00 pm Sisterhood General Board Meeting 7:00 pm

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23 SIVAN 11 Last Day of Nursery School

28 SIVAN 16

Walking Club 9:30 am Men’s Club Meeting 9:00 am Canasta 12:45 pm Retirees Group to 9/11 Memorial 9:30 am Israeli Dance 10:00 am

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Seniors 10:30 am

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Israeli Dance 10:00 am

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Summer Rading Group 1:30 pm B’NAI MITZVAH 6/20 Maddy Efron

Day Camp Orientation 2s Staff and Children 4:45 pm

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