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SEPTEMBER 2016 • Vol. 99, No. 2 AV ~ ELUL 5776 www.bethelnr.org

Rent-a-Sukkah................................... page 2. Learning at Beth El........................... page 6 Selichot.............................................. page 3 High Holiday Service Schedule.......pgs 8, 9

Carole Curtis Exhibit....................... page 11 Religious School & Youth.........pages 16, 17

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THIS YEAR, “RENT-A-SUKKAH” WITH BETH EL! Don’t have a sukkah and you wish you did? We have a great NEW program for you! On October 16th you can have Beth El friends build a sukkah for you, in your yard! And when the holiday ends they will come and take it down too!

That’s right, you don’t need to store it, pay big bucks, or deal with the hassle of putting it up or taking it down!

FAQs What Is a Sukkah?

A sukkah is a booth in which we are commanded to dwell during the festival of Sukkot.

According to rabbinic tradition, the sukkot represent the huts in which the Israelites dwelt during their forty years of wandering in the desert after escaping from slavery in Egypt, and the structures built by farmers in their fields when they reaped their harvest.

The sukkah is a temporary structure, whose roof is made out of thatch or branches. It provides some shade and protection from the sun, but also allows the stars to be seen at night. Traditionally, the Sukkah is decorated, and we are encouraged to spend as much time in it as possible. Weather permitting, meals are eaten in the sukkah, and the hardier among us may also elect to sleep in the sukkah.

How much does it cost? How can I order?

Cost: $136. Visit www.bethelnr.org/Sukkah to order. First-come, first-served. Supplies are limited.

Who will build the Sukkot?

Beth El friends and clergy! Interested in volunteering to build sukkot? Let us know!

More questions?

Contact Rabbi Josh Dorsch at jdorsch@bethelnr.org, or 914-235-2700, ext. 260.

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Join us for a great end to Shabbat . . . and a great start to your Saturday night!

Community Seudah Shlishit (Third Meal) Saturday, September 17th 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Pray ~ Relax ~ Eat

This month’s theme: High Holidays

; $10/child

Children: Eat Dinner and play High Holiday-related games.

$18/adults

Adults: Schmooze while enjoying wine, beer, and hors d’oeuvres. Then participate in an optional introspection with Rabbi Schuck.

All are welcome! Babysitting available.

Invite your friends • No charge

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Rabbi’S MESSAGE Dear Friends, I will never f o rg e t t h e f i r s t Selichot service that I attended. It was 1995 and I was living outside of Mumbai, India.

I was a volunteer with the Jewish Rabbi Service Corps of the David A. Schuck American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, serving the Jewish community of Thane, a town about an hour and a half outside of Mumbai.

At 12:00 am , a substantial number of Jews gathered in the JDC office, and with dimmed lights and very few prayer books, the community began reciting prayers that begged for forgiveness and mercy. To my shock, this service lasted for hours into the night, and as the moonlight shifted outside, so did our hearts. I had no memory of ever praying into the middle of the night, and in doing so, I felt that God’s compassion was somehow more accessible, even as the night made us feel more vulnerable.

In Ashkenazi communities, the piyyutim (liturgical poems) that we call selichot are recited after 12:00 am on the Saturday night before Rosh Hashanah, as well as each morning before Shacharit (the morning service) until Rosh Hashanah.

In Conservative synagogues throughout America, the Saturday night kick-off of Selichot prayers has seen a decline in attendance, and truthfully, this is a lost opportunity for all of us. The process of opening our hearts and of self-reflection ought to begin before Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur if we want the holidays to feel transformative, and Selichot is the perfect opportunity to begin that in earnest. The poetry of these prayers is heightened by the tunes reminiscent of the yamim noraim (High Holy Days) and the nature of praying late into the evening.

This year at Beth El, we hope to create a Selichot experience that will offer each one of us the opportunity for introspection and soul-searching. We have planned an incredibly engaging program in which we will have the opportunity to think about the last year and our personal hopes for

the coming year. We will make time to reflect on the ways in which we have fallen short and our commitment to make better choices in the coming year. We will have writing exercises to assist us in this process, all of which will be facilitated by a wonderful educational theater troupe called Theatre Dybbuk. After this exercise of self-examination, we will have time for some food, music, and schmoozing. We will then watch actors perform our very own words from the self-reflection exercises in a dramatic rendering of the soul-searching that we have done. To hear our personal dreams and introspection anonymously reflected back to us is itself, a very powerful form of witnessing that will set the right mood for this season of penitence and introspection.

The evening will conclude with the actual Selichot service, which has been reorganized to better meet our spiritual needs. Unlike other services, there is not a set liturgy that must be followed, since the purpose of Selichot is to open our hearts and move us to atone and seek forgiveness. This gives synagogues a great deal of flexibility [continued, page 5, bottom]

notes from the hazzan This time of year has always been one of mixed emotions for me. As I prepare for the upcoming High Hazzan Jamie Holidays during this Gloth month of Elul, I look ahead to a new year, to new beginnings and new ideas. Leading the congregation in prayer during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is extremely fulfilling for me, both professionally and personally, and something I truly enjoy doing. It is always a daunting task, during which I find myself walking the fine line between fear and excitement.

It is also a time when I look back on the past year and consider where I fell short and what I might have done differently.

After each High Holiday season ends, I tell myself that this year I will not make as many mistakes as last year. Yet, when Elul rolls around again, invariably I find that there were more missteps than I expected. No

matter how diligent I am during the year, I need this time for self-examination. Such is the wisdom of our calendar.

This past year has been an especially difficult one for me personally. One year ago, my father died unexpectedly after a fall. After a year of intense grief and emotional pain, I am just now starting to feel like myself again. And although the void my loss left will never be filled, I am learning to live with it, thanks in no small part to the incredible support and love of this community. I know I will never be able to adequately thank everyone who has been there by my side, but I will try. Thank you for what you have given to me and my family.

As I look back at the past year, I realize that as I mourned, I was not always as engaged as I should have been. Sometimes I may not have had the strength to daven with my usual intention and intensity. Sometimes I was not entirely focused and present when situations required it. Sometimes I may not 4

have had the ability to provide the support that others needed. For this and everywhere else where I fell short, I ask for forgiveness. And, I thank you for your patience and compassion.

Once again, I find myself with mixed emotions this Elul. After reeling from a great loss, I am focusing now on my immense joy as my son Jacob becomes a Bar Mitzvah.

While the absence of my father will make it somewhat bittersweet, this is a time of celebration in the life of my son and family.

And just as this community was there to support me in the difficult moments, I feel so blessed that this community will be there to celebrate with me for the joyous ones.

As we embark on a new Jewish year, I look forward to a year of sharing in each other’s lives, both our sorrows and joys, and to continuing to be there when it matters most. On behalf of Bina, Avi, Micah, Jacob, and Naomi, I wish you and your family a sweet and happy new year. Shanah tovah!

Hazzan Jamie Gloth

president’S MESSAGE: Beth El Implements New 21st Century Cutting-edge Cloud Technology NOW WE NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE! If you have visited the Beth El website during the last month, you may have noticed that it has a NEW look. You may have even noticed the gold “login” button on the top right-hand side of the screen and wondered what would happen if you clicked on it. Let me tell you all about our brand new website, portal, database, and e-mail system called SHULCLOUD! The software is user-friendly and very intuitive. The Beth El clergy, board, and staff switched over to using this new system over the summer and it changing the way work gets done at Beth El. Now we are ready for all our members and especially YOU to be a part of this new system! You should have received an e-mail to create a password. Go to www.bethelnr.org and use the password to sign into the portal, take a look around and, most importantly, make sure all your information is correct! Also, sign up for an event, e.g., Rabbi Schuck’s Installation on September 18th. If you haven’t received an e-mail yet, please contact Abby Wise at awise@bethelnr.org and she will help you get started.

Our new ShulCloud solution replaces our over twenty-fiveyear-old IBM DOS system that was not user friendly and very time consuming to access or sort information. The DOS system was popular from 1981 to about 1995 and disappeared in almost all respects by 2000 (but not at Beth El, of course). We should all be excited that Beth El has jumped ahead to the latest and greatest technology available in the marketplace.

The goals for our new system were designed to: • provide synagogue members and staff with a primary point of access for all shul information; • aggregate shul information into a single location; • provide our members and staff with a single, intuitive, user experience that accesses information from all our systems and databases;

• tailor (customize or personalize) information to the needs of individual members and staff or groups of staff; and • reduce (or eliminate) the need for multiple logins.

Samuel E. Berger

On the whole, these goals relate to making the user experience of members and staff better, about making it easier to access information and to complete tasks. The new organization of data, in turn, will allow us to analyze trends within our congregation and allow us to provide more meaningful planning for many aspects of synagogue life.

A few of the new features and things to come first are: • Paperless Billing (not mandatory); • Online Membership Directory with photos (only viewable by logged-in members); • Ability to sign up (and change anytime) for particular e-mail subscriptions by interest, including frequency of communication for billing, e-mail notifications for yahrzeits, etc.; • Event registration with pre-populated information (name address, etc.) to allow for easy and quick registration with automatic e-mail confirmation; and • Full functioning mobile application for phones, tablets, and more.

This is only the beginning of enhancing our capabilities. Look for these and other features to be added over the coming months.

This was a very detailed and time consuming project. I want to thank Erica Leventhal, Olivier Vogel, Abby Wise, Joe Wygoda, and Steve Schwartz for spearheading this critical project, and the entire Beth El clergy and staff for being so receptive to change and working through the particulars of how the new technology modifies how they do their daily work. I also want to the thank the Sisterhood for for their seed money in getting this project off the ground.

So before I see you in shul, please sign into the portal from the Beth El website and review your personal information and make any needed changes. I am sure there will be some mistakes because the personal data in the new system has been taken directly from our ancient DOS system. The system will only be as good as the information entered. This is the time to update all our personal information and get it right! Thank you all so much.

See you in shul, Sam

RABBI’S MESSAGE, continued from page 4

with regard to the actual Selichot prayers that are recited, and the clergy team has been working on new ways to illuminate and draw out the emotion contained in these prayers.

If you have never attended Selichot, I want to invite you to mark the date in your calendar right now, and give yourself the gift of an evening of soul-searching and reflection, an evening to acknowledge the blessings of your life and your hopes for the coming year.

Saturday night, September 24th, at 8:00 pm. Put it in your calendar today! You may want to enter it into your calendar as “An Evening to Nurture My Soul, to Take Care of Myself. Location: Beth El.” In parentheses you might want to add: (a gift to myself).

Please, give this night a chance; come with an open-mind, and check it out. Your presence will enhance the experience of the entire community.

I hope to see you there!

L’shalom,

Trip to Israel with Our Rabbi Rabbi Schuck would like to plan a trip to Israel and is considering leading either a Family Trip or an “Off the Beaten Path” Trip for those that have been to Israel before and are looking for something different. If you might be interested in a trip, please complete a short form at www.bethelnr.org/IsraelTrip. Thank you.

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Service

Contemplative Service with Rabbi Schuck Saturday, September 10th • 10:00 am-11:15 am

How can we pay better attention to living our lives with intention? You are invited to make time for yourself at our Contemplative Service, which is designed to slow the pace of our lives down in order to listen to what emerges from the silence.

In this service, we will set aside time for mindfulness meditation, contemplative study, singing, and prayer. We will focus our attention on opening our hearts and minds. Everyone is welcome; dress as you would like. Just be sure to bring an open mind.

We will begin promptly at 10:00 am, so please arrive a few minutes early to minimize interruptions. The service will conclude by 11:15 am. After the service, those who would like to remain in the synagogue are welcome to continue to sit quietly in the Wiener lounge, join the rest of the congregation for the sermon and the remainder of the Shabbat morning service (11:15-12), and/or join for the kiddush luncheon at 12:00 noon.

Take a Look at What Limmud Has Planned . . .

We are really excited to be kicking off another year of adult education at Beth El with our Limmud Institute. We have a diverse offering of classes and programs throughout the year, many of which are listed below. For information on our offerings, including course descriptions, registration information, dates, and times, check the Beth El website, www.bethelnr.org. Please contact Rabbi Dorsch, jdorsch@bethelnr.org, if you have any questions. We hope you join us!

Offerings for 2016-2017 Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class, with Rabbi Josh Dorsch and Hazzan Jamie Gloth Bagels and Books, with Sisterhood Tilting at Whirlwinds: How and Why We Suffer/Traditional Biblical-Talmudic Views vs. Themes in Great Literature, with Rabbi David Schuck and Dr. Carol Diament* Daf Shevui (Online Instruction), with Dr. Joshua Kulp Hebrew Ulpan, with Miri Ben-Avi* Israeli Dancing, with Cantor Uri Aqua* Making Halachah Meaningful, with Rabbi Zachary Sitkin Memories to Go, with Lynn Lowin Midrashim of the Exodus from Egypt, with Rabbi Zachary Sitkin Mitzvah Knitting, with Sisterhood Parashat HaShavuah, with Rabbi Josh Dorsch and Jack Gruenberg Parent Rosh Hodesh Learning, with Rabbi Josh Dorsch (Re) Introduction to Judaism, with Rabbi David Schuck Shabbat Morning Discussion Group, with Jack Gruenberg Shirat El, Beth El’s Choir, with Hazzan Ellen Arad* Spring Film Festival, with Elaine Katz* Summer Israeli Film Festival, with Alan Greenberg* Taamei HaMikra: Torah Trop Classes, with Cantor Uri Aqua and Hazzan Jamie Gloth Talmud’s Twists and Turns, with Rabbi David Hojda* The Zionist Idea, with Rabbi Molly Karp* The Birth of the Jewish State and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Balfour to the Establishment of the State of Israel, with Rabbi Molly Karp* The Jewish State and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: 1948 – 2016, with Rabbi Molly Karp* Torah on Tap, with Rabbi Josh Dorsch Scholar-in-Residence weekend, with Dr. Mosheh Halbertal * Registration fee (in many cases, suggested donation, applicable) 6

Learners Service Shabbat, September 17th 10:00 am - 11:00 am Have you ever wondered why we do the things we do during services, like when to bow and when to stand, or what our prayers mean and how they’re organized?

Do you want to learn new and traditional melodies for our liturgy? If so, please join Rabbi Sitkin once a month as he leads a learner’s service. Together we will go through the Shabbat morning service and discuss its history, theology, and profound spiritual insight.

A Modern Understanding of the Bible Shabbat morning, 8:30 am - 9:30 am in the Board Room

Rabbi David L. Blumenfeld, Ph.D. (Near Eastern Literature and Languages) All are welcome. No fee.

Our sessions will explore the lives of a number of heroes in the Bible. By applying up-to-date scholarship to the biblical text a deeper understanding of who they really were (without the usual hyperbole) will be achieved.

September 17 King David September 24 Moses December 3 Joshua December 17 The “Judges” April 8 Elijah April 22 Ezra May 13 Heroic Women

Keruv* Korner To Bring Cose and Draw Near: The Next Generation “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” This is a phrase attributed to 19th century Parisian writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (although Monsieur Karr, of course, said it in French: “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.”)

Quite to the surprise of its members, Beth El’s Keruv Committee appears to be the living embodiment of M. Karr’s epigram. The committee’s structure has changed several times over the last half dozen years, but its singular goal has remained steadfast: make Beth El Synagogue Center as welcoming, as warm, and as inclusive as possible for anyone desiring to live a Jewish life.

The committee was created to welcome intermarried couples seeking Jewish family life. Soon after creation, the committee broadened its mission to include Jewish members of the LGBT community, as well as individuals with special needs. This past year saw change in the opposite direction when Keruv returned its focus exclusively to intermarriage while the recently created BeTzelem Elokim Committee made special needs its priority.

Throughout each of these changes, our fundamental goal never wavered.

It was not lost. It was not forgotten.

It did not change. It was not even tweaked. It remained what it has

always been—to bring those who seek a Jewish life closer to Judaism.

As the Jewish year 5776 draws to a close, self-reflection prompts yet another structural change for Keruv. Effective immediately, the Keruv Committee will become Beth El’s single, overarching inclusion committee.

Co-chaired by Elise Richman and Nina Luban, the newly conceived Keruv Committee will encompass several task forces addressing specific issues as they arise. BeTzelem Elokim remains a task force working on behalf of special needs individuals and families, bringing back, for example, the “Kulanu Shabbat Experience” for families with children with Autism Spectrum and/or intellectual disabilities. The intermarriage task force, still front and center, seeks, as always, ways to welcome the intermarried within the bounds of Conservative halachic traditions. Currently, Keruv seeks additional members to join an LGBT task force, also serving our common mission of ensuring that Beth El is warmly welcoming individuals into Conservative Judaism.

And, please note that these three task forces—special needs, intermarriage, and LGBT—are a beginning, not the conclusion. Keruv remains open and ready, with the guidance of our clergy, our Executive Director, our Ritual Committee, and others, to embrace any who have not yet felt the love of the Beth El community.

Why restructure in this manner?

Simple. We are fans of “one stop shopping.” Anyone feeling less than included in our community, for any reason, needs to know where to go. Wending one’s way through separate committees, particularly if you are new to the shul, can be daunting. The place to go is Keruv.

Keruv warmly welcomes everyone —not only to Beth El, but to sit on the Committee. The beauty of a task force, not incidentally, is that it can be a short, single-task-oriented experience. You need not sign up for an indefinite tour of duty! If you, your spouse, or your child feels less than 100% included at Beth El, becoming a Keruv member will allow you to help shape your own destiny. Why have someone else do it?

As longtime Beth El and Keruv Committee member Judith Schmeidler cautions: “Individuals make decisions for blind people, and those decisions are often wrong because the decision makers did not consult those who are affected.” Help us to make the correct decisions affecting YOU. We at Beth El should be proud of the strides we have made over the last year. As we prepare to enter 5777, let’s join together to build on that foundation.

For questions about Keruv, contact Nina Luban at nina.luban@ gmail.com or Elise Richman at elisekrichman@gmail.com.

Memories to Go What does it mean to be Jewish?

Do we go to synagogue or do we see ourselves as cultural, rather than religious, Jews? How did we find our way to our own Jewishness?

When we see Hasidic Jews, do we feel kinship or do we recoil? Do we recognize other Jews as “members of the tribe” or we do feel such sentiments have little place in today’s global world? Are we embarrassed by a Jewish villain? Are we proud of a Jewish scientist? Do we feel a secret thrill that an entertainer or athlete is Jewish just like us, or do we reject the notion of connection? Did we always feel this way?

Where do we fit Israel into our lives?

When did we first realize that we were Jewish and, perhaps, different from our neighbors? What did this realization mean to us? Did we want to be like them or were we content to be different? If we were, in fact, different, how did these differences manifest themselves?

What was our path to the Judaism we practice today? Have we lived out a variety of Jewish lives, evolving toward where we are today? Are we still in the process of evolving?

Were our parents observant Jews or did they move away from the strict adherence of their parents or grandparents? Did we fit in to our classrooms, our sports programs, 7

our camps, and even our synagogues? If we were not Jewish, what was our attitude toward the Jews we met? How did we deal with their “otherness?”

How did we find out where we belong or are we still looking?

These are some of the topics for this year’s writing class, “Memories To Go.” We will be exploring what being Jewish means to us. Our first class will be on Monday, September 19th, at 1:30 pm, and we will spend time talking about some of these experiences.

We invite you to come and join us.

Lynn Lowin

Youth Programming ROSH HASHANAH

KOL NIDRE

Teen Congregation

Tuesday Evening, October 11 Service and Activities, 6:00 pm - 9:00

Monday, October 3 10:00 10:30 12:15

- 10:30 am.............................. Light Breakfast - 12:15 pm...................... Service and Kiddush pm - 1:00 pm......... Honey & Food Bag Distribution am

Teen Congregation and Junior Congregation Programs

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Babysitting available for children from birth through grade 3.

Tuesday, October 4 10:15 10:45 12:30

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Yom Kippur Wednesday Morning, October 12 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

- 10:45 am.............................. Light Breakfast - 12:30 pm...................... Service and Kiddush pm - 1:00 pm......... Honey & Food Bag Distribution am am

Junior Congregation

Teen Congregation

Monday, October 3

10:00 10:30

9:00 am................................................... Board Games 10:30 am................. Interactive Service, with Dan & Abe 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm...............................................Oneg

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10:30 am..................Food Drive Bag Collection - 1:00 pm.................................... Teen Service

junior Congregation 9:00 am...............................Board Games and Hang Out 10:30 am - 11:40 am.......................... Interactive Tefillah 11:40 am - 12:30 pm...............Jonah Drama/Jonah & the

Whale Comic Book 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm........................ Yom Kippur Activities

Tuesday, October 4 9:00 am................................................... Board Games 11:00 am................. Interactive Service, with Dan & Abe 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm...............................................Oneg

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MINI Minyan

Monday, October 3 9:00 am....................................................... Babysitting 10:30 am............................. Holiday/Ice Breaker Games 11:00 am........................................................... Tefillah 11:30 am............................................................ Snack 11:45 am...................................... Activated Story Teller 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm.............. Games/Story/Kiddush/Motzi

9:00 am....................................................... Babysitting 10:45 am...........................Holiday Games/Tefillah/Snack 11:45 am.......................................... Master Story Teller 12:30 pm - 1:00pm.... Concl. Tefillah, Kiddush/Motzi/Games

Tuesday, October 4

9:00 am....................................................... Babysitting 10:30 am................................................. Songs/Stories 11:00 am.......................................... Master Story Teller 11:40 am - 1:00 pm....................... Snack/Tefillah/Games

TORAH FOR Tots

9:00 am....................................................... Babysitting 10:30 am............................. Holiday/Ice Breaker Games 10:45 am................................................ Tefillah, part 1 11:30 am............................................................ Snack 11:45 am............................ Holiday Friendly Art Projects 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm........... Concluding Tefillah & Kiddush

Which PROGRAM is right for you?

Teen Congregation = grades 8-12............ Goldberger Chapel

Junior Congr. = grade 4 - Pre-Bar/Bat Mitz................Youth Lounge Mini Minyan = grades 1-3...........................Levenson Chapel Torah for Tots = Ages 0-Kindergarten.............. Wiener Lounge

TORAH FOR Tots Monday, October 3

Our youth service schedule is available at bethelnr.org/HHyouth.

BABYSITTING

9:00 am....................................................... Babysitting 10:30 am.......................................... Songs and Stories 11:00 am...........................................Snack and Tefillah 11:45 am...................................... Activated Story Teller 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm ...........Games, Stories, Superv. Play

for children from babies through age 8

Tuesday, October 4

Rosh Hashanah 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

9:00 am....................................................... Babysitting 10:30 am.......................................... Songs and Stories 11:00 am..............................Holiday Friendly Art Project 11:45 am............................................. Snack and Story 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm ......................................... Tefillah 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm ...............................Games, Stories

Monday, October 3 & Tuesday, October 4

KOL NIDRE AND Yom Kippur

Tuesday, October 11............................ 6:00 pm - 9:00 Wednesday, October 12....................... 9:00 am - 8:00 Snacks & water provided • No reservations required 8

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high holiday schedule 2016 - 5777 ROSH HASHANAH Sunday Evening, October 2*....................... 6:15

SHABBAT SHUVAH (Sabbath of Repentance)

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Monday Morning, October 3 Main Sanctuary One Service for Shacharit.......... 8:00 am - 9:15 am Main Sanctuary and Kasakove Auditorium Two simultaneous services......... 9:15 am - 1:00 pm (beginning with the Torah Service) Monday Evening, October 3........................ 6:15 pm

Friday Evening, October 7*.......................... 6:30 pm Saturday Morning, October 8....................... 9:00 am

Tuesday Morning, October 4 One Service for Shacharit.......... 8:00 am - 9:15 am Main Sanctuary and Kasakove Auditorium Two simultaneous services......... 9:15 am - 1:00 pm (beginning with the Torah Service) Tuesday Evening, October 4........................ 6:30 pm

Tuesday, October 11 Mincha...................................................1:00 pm Main Sanctuary and Kasakove Candle Lighting........................ 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm Kol Nidre................................................6:00 pm

KOL NIDRE AND YOM KIPPUR

Wednesday Morning, October 12** Main Sanctuary and Kasakove Two simultaneous services......... 9:00 am - 1:15 pm Main Sanctuary One combined service........1:15 pm - to conclusion

There will be a brief teaching after Mincha to carru us until Maariv. The holiday ends at 7:13 pm

* Candle Lighting begins 15 minutes prior to services

TASHLICH

** Yizkor (Memorial) Service.. approximately 11:30 am following sermon Musaf.....................................approximately 1:30 pm

Monday Evening, October 3...........4:30 pm We will come together at Paine Lake with our clergy to symbolically cast away our sins and renew our souls in relation to sin and repentance. The bread crumbs we cast away symbolize the things we are ready to release, the things that no longer serve us, the things that feel old and dried out. Dress casually and bring bread so that you can symbolically cast your sins into the lake. (We offer a satellite location—the Wooden Bridge on Pinebrook Blvd., south of the baseball field, across from Van Etten Blvd.)

CONCLUSION OF YOM KIPPUR Mincha........................................................ 4:15 pm Ne’ilah........................................................ 5:30 pm Fast Ends/Shofar/Havdalah............................ 7:05 pm Join us for an inspiring and special Havdalah service at the end of Yom Kippur. Children are invited to gather in the Wiener Lounge at 6:30 pm and they will be on the Bimah for the conclusion of the service. Children and adults are invited to bring their own shofarot for the final blast.

AGAIN THIS YEAR . . .

Security

Family Activity Room in the Board Room Available on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, Tuesday, October 4, and on Yom Kippur, Wednesday, October 12.

Your safety and security are our priority. We take extra precautions for the High Holidays and thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Please be prepared to show your tickets at the main entrance to our building and allow extra time, since additional security precautions may result in delays upon entering the building.

Quiet Room in the Library Available on both days of Rosh Hashanah and on Yom Kippur morning.

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Do You Have a Child or Grandchild in College?

Join us . . .

College-Age Committee High Holiday Packing Thursday, September 22nd 7:30 pm at Beth El R.S.V.P. to bethelnr.org/college

If so, sign them up to receive fun holiday packages from the College-Age Committee!

The College-Age Committee welcomes you to join us in our mission to keep our children connected to our synagogue, to Israel, and to the greater Jewish community. The first and, perhaps most important, way that we as parents can go about this is to complete the online form for our college roster at www.bethelnr.org/adult-programs/college-age-committee/.

This information provided enables us to send our children holiday packages, important synagogue e-mails, and publications that are pertinent to Jewish campus life. We strongly encourage all parents to contribute a voluntary fee of $36 ($54 for two or more children) to help defray the cost of the mailings, thus ensuring the continuation of high quality and meaningful gifts to our students. Even if you have signed your child up in the past, we need this done every year with your student’s updated address.

Join us for the High Holiday Packing on Thursday, September 22nd, at 7:30 pm, at Beth El. R.S.V.P. to bethelnr.org/college.

We are looking forward to another successful, fun-filled, productive, and rewarding year for all. If you have questions, comments, or ideas please e-mail Debra Ackerman at Acker5family@gmail.com, or Lori Schwartz at oreomets13@yahoo.com.

Debra Ackerman and Lori Schwartz, Co Chairs, College -Age Committee

My Trip to Poland and Israel by Sophia Peister This past summer was one of the most meaningful summers of my life. I am extremely fortunate to have spent five weeks traveling through Poland and Israel with USY. Because I was grouped with other Jewish teens from all across America and Canada, I was able to learn a lot about Jewish life in a variety of distant locations. Even more, I absorbed a great amount of Jewish history from the things I saw and experienced that will stay with me forever.

After seeing many of the concentration/ extermination camps in Poland and learning about the condition of Jews in the country before and during the Holocaust, I think I now understand why it is extremely important for all Jews to visit. I believe that Jewish people can’t appreciate what we have today in America without understanding the extent of what our recent ancestors went through several decades ago. It is impossible to describe in words or pictures being at the concentration and extermination camps.

Actually visiting Poland completely changed my perspective of the Holocaust; even when being formally taught about it in school, it seems wholly surreal and factual, too distant a problem to fathom. It appears to me that the concept of death is much more difficult to comprehend than the concept of living.

Essentially, we understand life better because it is a constant to us, whereas death is always an unknown. While touring, we focused just as much on the lives of influential individuals and the once-vibrant Jewish communities as we did on the destruction of Jewish life in

Poland. Visiting old towns and synagogues that used to be bustling hubs of Jewish culture made it easier for me to understand how great a loss the Polish Jews faced. I would not have been able to recognize the extent of the tragedy had I not seen what my ancestors were forced to give up. I’m really gratified that I had the opportunity to visit Eastern Europe in order to get a taste of the rich Jewish heritage firsthand.

Though it was not my first trip to Israel, this visit was certainly my most spiritual.

I found that praying took on a whole new meaning when I had the ability look up from my siddur and see what we were praying about. For instance, when I said the Sh’ma at an overlook of Jerusalem’s Old City, I felt almost as if I was really addressing all of Israel because the city was laid out right beneath me. Additionally, my visit to the Kotel with USY was the first time I felt a Divine presence there. Many USYers would agree that USY is the only place that they feel comfortable enough to be openly religious.

For me, being with USY in Israel put me in the mindset to have a deeper connection at the Western Wall, which I’ve always wanted.

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This summer, my love for Israel grew immensely. I’ve always supported Israel because that’s what I was raised to do. But this summer, I was really able to understand why Israel is such a wonderful place—it brings Jews of all colors and languages together. One experience I won’t ever forget was spending the weekend at camp NOAM. NOAM Olami is the USY counterpart organization for the rest of world, including South America, Africa, Europe, and Israel.

My USY Pilgrimage group was invited to spend Shabbat at the official NOAM summer camp in Israel along with other Jewish teens from around the world. During Kabbalat Shabbat, two Ugandan Jews patiently taught several hundred of us a popular African tune to the Sh’ma, which everybody got really into. Though most of us weren’t the best singers, the way our voices and cultures were blending simultaneously made the whole experience quite elevating. I still think of it as one of the highlights of my summer because it caused me to have a revelation—people living thousands of miles away who share the same ancestry are able to keep the same exact customs, even with minute variations.

Also, during Shabbat dinner I schmoozed with several Israeli teens my age who happened to have a lot in common with me.

Some shared my interests, and many shared my sense of humor. There was little talk of the recent Israeli conflicts as we were busy discussing the latest Netflix updates and our favorite bands to listen to. The Israeli teens I continued, page 11 bottom

FOR ARTIST CAROLE CURTIS, A DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS A GRAPHIC ARTIST WAS JUST THE BEGINNING Longtime Beth El member Carole Curtis will exhibit her paintings in the Kanner-Kurzon Museum from September 10 through October 16, 2016. The exhibit is titled Metropolis in Abstraction. Everyone is welcome at the Wine and Cheese Artist Reception on Sunday, September 11th, 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm.

Born and raised in New York City, Carole earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design from Carnegie Mellon University. She then enjoyed a successful career as a graphic artist at a range of New York based companies. Her resume includes a decade at the design studio Graphic Concern, Inc., where she focused on concept development and design of children’s textbooks for clients including Macmillan/McGraw Hill and Harcourt Publishing. Prior to that, she managed the sales promotion department for Spartan Industries, developing models for successful sales communication campaigns. Carole has also done extensive freelance corporate work in marketing and product branding.

She then shifted gears, accepting an invitation to join the national office of Hadassah as a national director to coordinate and integrate programs and speakers. Over the years Carole enhanced a National Speakers Bureau to include presentations

from legislators, writers, scholars, physicians and educators. In doing so, she created issue-focused convention programming that could be replicated in chapters across the country. In addition, she introduced successful outreach-based marketing tools to promote fundraising initiatives and to foster membership retention.

The work at Hadassah was exhilarating and challenging, but eventually it was time for a change. Carole had often thought about returning to the art world to pursue serious painting. In 2013 she graduated with honors from Lehman College with a Master of Fine Arts in painting.

Today, Carole works in her studio in

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met offered me a fascinating insight into the true Israeli culture and spirit. After spending that Shabbat at Camp NOAM, I have a better understanding of what Judaism really is and what it is not. For instance, it is not an extravagant Bat Mitzvah party, but it is drinking 5 bags of Israeli chocolate milk and then saying a blessing and really meaning it.

I am thankful that I was able to go on USY Pilgrimage. I would like to thank Rabbi Schuck, who enthusiastically helped to fund my trip; Jen Vegh and Bekkah Gold, who played a huge part in my fundraising and encouraged me to go through with the process; donations to Beth El’s Teen Educational Scholarship Fund, and Sisterhood, both of which were a big reason that I was able to go.

This summer has helped me to continue to shape my identity as a Conservative Jew as well as my identity as a person. The friends I’ve made and the places that I’ve been will likely play a big role in my future.

the landmark ArtsWestchester Building in White Plains, New York. Her years as a graphic designer inform her current style.

She produces hard-edge geometric and abstract acrylic paintings on canvas with linear designs inspired by the architecture of the city where she has lived and worked for so many years. She expresses the dynamism of a mercantile metropolis, blurring the distinctions between what is real and what is imagined, using abstracted images to suggest the city’s structures.

Her work has been exhibited in a variety of solo and group shows, including at St. Thomas Aquinas College, the Hammond Museum and The Painting Center in Chelsea. In addition to several awards, she was selected for a month long Residency Fellowship from The Vermont Studio Center.

You can visit she exhibit every day while the synagogue is open. If the room is locked, you can get the key from the Beth El office or from the greeter at the front door.

Carole’s work is also available to view at www.CaroleCurtisStudio.com.

These works will be for sale. Painting sizes are 36” x 36” and 40 x 40”, and the price will include the sales tax. Your check, made out to Beth El Synagogue Center, will reflect a 25 percent tax deductible contribution to the synagogue.

New Rochelle Cares AIP

a local chapter of the national Aging in Place movement

invites you to learn and share with us on

Wednesday, September 14th 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Rabbi David Schuck will teach about the

“Evolution of a Blessing”

A look at how prayer is transformed and evolves For additional information or to register, contact rabbiadmin@bethelnr.org, or call 914-235-2700, ext. 228.

This program is free and open to all.

New Rochelle Cares AIP can be reached at 914 563-8368 or write to New Rochelle Cares AIP, PO Box 91, Wykagyl Station, New York 10804. Further information is available at newrochellecares.org.

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Nursery School NEWS As we gear up for the start of the 20162017 school year, we are especially excited that Beth El Nursery School will be entering its second year of participation in Project LEAD. Sponsored by the Jewish Education Project, Project LEAD (Learn - Engage - Adapt - Design) is an initiative for innovation and change in Jewish Early Childhood education, designed for early childhood programs that are implementing Reggio-inspired approaches. Beth El is one of only eleven schools in the entire New York – New Jersey area chosen to be a part of this learning opportunity.

Project LEAD supports directors and teachers in deepening and spreading the practice of these innovative approaches throughout their classrooms. Through participation in Project LEAD, Early

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Childhood directors receive ongoing leadership coaching from an experienced mentor, and teachers work with onsite specialists in Reggio-inspired implementation within a Jewish setting.

In addition, participating sites receive all the benefits of a small cohort of similarly committed peers, gathering periodically in a series of full-day seminars.

In addition, this year our school will be deeply enhanced by the presence of Jennifer Carvajal, who will function as our Pedagogista, or curriculum consultant.

Jennifer will support our staff through professional development workshops, as well as age-cohort and classroom teacher meetings. Jennifer’s focus will be on observations made in the classroom, emergent curriculum, efficient and successful teaching practices, teacher organization and planning strategies, classroom environment,

documentation, and parent partnerships.

In short, she helps us continue to integrate the Reggio philosophy into our classrooms and encourages a reflective approach in our practice.

And, of course, our children will continue to benefit from the return of our gifted Atelierista, Vitaly Umansky. A key component of the Reggio educational philosophy is the creation of an Atelier, or art studio, facilitated by Vitaly, who supports children’s creativity and learning in their encounters with a variety of media and materials. Vitaly collaborates with teachers and children as they explore clay, wood, wire and loose parts.

These are just some of the enhancements to our stellar educational program that will ensure another outstanding year of learning and growth at Beth El Nursery School.

Ronnie Becher, Director

Summer Playground Playdate at Beth El

International Literary Program

In July, the Nursery School came together for its annual Summer Playground Playdate.

This event is always an exciting opportunity for current and incoming families within the Beth El Nursery School community to mingle and meet one another during the summer months. How wonderful it was to reconnect with old friends, while forming new friendships at the same time! We eagerly await another enriching and fulfilling school year ahead!

This program will bring together the generations—older synagogue members with our young children.

Each week, senior members of the congregation will read books to our Nursery School children for 20 to 30 minutes. Then, once a month, the adults will gather to meet with Rabbi Zach Sitkin and Early Childhood specialist Jo Kellman.

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If you are interested in becoming a Dor L’Dor reading buddy, please contact Nursery School Director Ronnie Becher at rbecher@bethelnr. org, or 914-235-2700, ext. 250.

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A Note from Your Men’s Club . . .

We begin the New Year with an invitation to join and participate in the Beth El Men’s Club as we continue to serve the social, spiritual, and communal needs of Beth El. The Beth El Men’s Club had an unbelievable year of activities last year and it has plans for more exciting and important events in the year that has just begun. We welcome you to join the group (dues are only $49 for the year) and come out and participate in any or all of the activities we hold throughout the year.

The year kicks off with a special social event. We have a block of great tickets for the World Baseball Classic game, which pits the team from Great Britain against the Israeli team on Thursday, September 22nd, at 7:00 pm, at MCU Field, the home of the Brooklyn Cyclones. It is the first game of a round robin tournament. Tickets are only $18 each. Please contact Rob Weber at 1topgum@gmail.com as soon as you can, as we expect to sell out.

All will be welcome for a Monday Night Football viewing party in the Youth Lounge on November 14th, featuring the Giants against the Bengals. Pizza and Beer will be served, so ages 21 and over only.

We have meetings, usually on the second Sunday morning of each month.

Please feel free to join us for a bagel and schmeer, and some camaraderie.

But the Men’s Club is a lot more than social events. In the spring, we honor our Man-of-the-Year and Youth-of-the-Year at the Hudson Valley Regional dinner. We help sponsor and promote events at the shul and perform communal work such as the Blood Drive (December 4, 2016). We focus on Jewish events, including the World-Wide Wrap and the Dr. Ed Scharfman Men’s Club Shabbat (February 4, 2017). We support Beth El Synagogue Center by cooking and serving breakfast for the Day of Service and by providing funds for such things as the Gala, the Youth Lounge television and furniture, and the Benchers that we use every Shabbat after Kiddush.

Please consider becoming active in Men’s Club and help us expand our current programs and charitable events. Your participation will help make the group even stronger and more dynamic. Along the way, you’ll have some fun and feel good by helping on various worthy causes. Our first meeting is Sunday, September 11th, 9:00 am.

Steven Young, beprez@optonline.net

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Are you ready for some football . . .

Whether you are an experienced fantasy player or new to the game, we hope you consider joining Beth El’s Fantasy Football League. With an $18 fee/donation you may enter a team. The winner chooses a charity and the proceeds will be donated there.

There will be a fun, live draft, as well as other events for league participants over the course of the season. I hope you consider joining us. Limited spaces are available. Questions? Please e-mail Rabbi Dorsch at jdorsch@bethelnr.org.

First Men’s Club Meeting of the Year Sunday, September 11th 9:00 am Join us for a bagel and schmear and help plan our upcoming events

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Ongoing Sisterhood Programs Card Room, 12:45 pm weekly: Canasta (Mondays); Mah Jongg (Tuesdays) Walking Club meets every Monday at 9:30 am for a nice easy walk—not a jog. All are welcome!

Bagels & Books Book Club usually meets on the last Monday of the month, at 9:30 am. Join us on Monday, September 26th, for The Inn at Lake Devine,

by Elinor Lipman.

Mitzvah Knitting: Free lessons and supplies. Knit at home and donate your work. Children’s hats, scarves, and 7” squares for afghans needed. Questions? E-mail Phyllis at pjf920@verizon.net. questions ON ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS? Contact Arlene Salman at aesalman@aol.com, or 914235-2485.

New Rochelle Hadassah is pleased to again present, by popular request

Join us for a coffee, a bagel and schmear, and a lively discussion

Gloria Goldreich

The Image of Jewish Women through Literature

Monday, September 26th 9:30 am

In this newest presentation, Gloria Goldreich, talented author, renowned teacher and speaker, explores the image of Jewish women in literature.

She brings her vast knowledge and expertise to the topic, offering us insights through a contemporary lens, and a fascinating look at a subject we thought we knew. Join us for a great afternoon!

Our book this month is The Inn at Lake Devine

by Elinor Lipman

Monday afternoon, September 19th at Beth El Synagogue Center

Light lunch: 12:30 pm Program: 1:00 pm Everyone is welcome!

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SISTERHOOD Sisterhood Scene This month, my thoughts are of a very personal nature.

As I write this, my husband has just finished sitting shiva for his dear father, Seymour Horowitz, of blessed memory, who passed away just three weeks after we welcomed our first grandchild, Jacob. We were overjoyed that Seymour was able to be at the brit milah of his great grandson, an event that we were delighted to be able to share with family and friends at Beth El. For David and me, this summer brought both the greatest happiness and the deepest sadness. Yet throughout it all our joy and sorrow were shared by our Beth El family and friends with the outpouring of cards, donations, meals, shiva visits, minyan support and other acts and messages of love and condolence. It is certainly true that when we share our happiness it is multiplied and

when others reach out to us in consolation our grief is lessened.

We are humbled and honored to belong to a community that rallies around it’s members, through good times and bad, as we celebrate and commemorate the cycle of life. This is something at which Beth El excels, from our wonderful clergy whose caring and concern helped us navigate complicated brit and funeral arrangements, to our congregants from all branches of our synagogue family tree whose open arms enveloped us with warmth and comfort at our time of need.

There are people who express concern that perhaps Beth El is too large and that it may be hard to find one’s niche or to make connections. I know it may require some effort, but once you take that step - to join a committee or to volunteer at an event, or simply to attend services - you may find

Join Us for the year of the woman We want 100% participation form our Beth El women.

Don’t be left out. Our annual newsletter and invitation to join Sisterhood has been mailed. We hope you will take a few moments to put your check in our remittance envelope and return it to us. Your support is important. Sisterhood dues enable us to support important Beth El activities, as well as to provide Sisterhood events and activities for your enjoyment.

Questions? Contact Cynthia Glickman at tanman911@ verizon.net; Sandy Gruenberg at gamson36@gmail.com; or Linda Resnick at cosa48@yahoo.com

that becoming involved is very satisfying and rewarding, and that your ties to our wonderful community will be strengthened.

David and I have been thanked many times for the volunteer efforts we may make on behalf of Beth El, but we have received far, far more than we have given, and we are very grateful.

And, since this is the Sisterhood page after all, I will end with a note of thanks to our Sisterhood members for all of their support, including the delicious Shabbat shiva dinner that gave us sustenance during a very difficult week. It is my hope that all women of Beth El will become members of Sisterhood so that we can all share in the connections that we forge and the contributions that make to our congregation and the Jewish community.

With heartfelt thanks, Barbara Horowitz, Sisterhood President

Cooking for a Cause with Sisterhood in Beth El’s Dairy Kitchen Tuesday, September 20th 7:00 pm • All are welcome!

Join Sisterhood to bake apple cakes that will be donated to the Bronx Jewish Community Council for distribution to clients with wishes for a happy New Year.

Sisterhood Torah Fund: Ensuring Conservative/Masorti Jewish Education P’ri yadehah, which means “the fruit of her hands,” is a phrase from Eishet Chayil in the Book of Proverbs (31:31).

To commemorate the 100th year of Women’s League for Conservative Judaism and the 75th year of the Torah Fund Campaign, we celebrate women’s achievements through creativity—the fruit of her hands—in the family, workplace, home, synagogue, and community. Women dedicate their lives as volunteers, as leaders in the Jewish and secular worlds, as scholars, scientists, artists, business leaders, and more.

Each year Sisterhood works to raise funds for the Jewish Theological Seminary and other important institutions P’ri involved in Conservative Judaism. This beautiful pin is available with a tax-deductible contribution of $180. Of course, Yadehah a contribution of any amount is greatly appreciated.

Please contact Rita Kaufman (rita.kaufman@gmail.com) or Susan Morris (sgmorris@optonline.net) for information or to order your pin. Checks should be payable to JTS Torah Fund (not Beth El). Credit card payments may also be made. Order early and wear your pin for the holidays! One of these beautiful pins will be given to you as a special gift from JTS in appreciation for your donation at any of the levels below.

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Guardian..............................$300

Patron...............................$1,200

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YOUTH & FAMILY ENGAGEMENT Youth Community NEWS B e t h E l Yo u t h Community aims to provide social experiences for children in Kindergarten through 12th grade in a Jewish environment. Our Youth Community is ready for a fun-filled year of programs planned by our amazing advisors and our Youth Community leaders. We look forward to working together to build engaging, exciting, meaningful opportunities for Jewish life and learning. We welcome your ideas for new and exciting programming, or feedback on existing programming. Please feel free to contact us at anytime.

What’s going on this year?

• We have great programming set up for our Ruach (K-2nd Grade), Chaverim (3rd5th Grade), Kadima (6th-8th Grade), and USY (9th-12th grade). To learn more about what we have coming up, check out http:// www.bethelnr.org/young-families/youthcommunity/.

• Basketball for 5th-12th Grade – Teams are filled on a first come, first served basis for our Jewish basketball league, so watch your email in October for registration information. Coaches needed! Please be in touch if you’re interested!

• Rosh Hodesh, It’s a Girl Thing! – This

is an amazing opportunity for eighth grade girls to get to know each other, be creative, build self-esteem, and explore Jewish concepts. Email roshhodeshgirls@bethelnr. org for more information.

• Cub Scouts – Designed for boys in 1st4th grade. The Beth El Youth Community is happy to host a Jewish Cub Scout troop that meets regularly on site, as well as off-site for exciting activities. For more information, contact the Youth Community Office.

I am looking forward to seeing you at our kick-offs this month. Watch your e-mail or check the website for details!

Jen Vegh, Director

YOUTH COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS Friday, September 9 Sunday, September 11 Saturday, September 17 Sunday, September 18 Thursday, September 22 Saturday, September 24 Sunday, September 25

Thursday, September 29

Sing Out Shabbat, 6:30 pm; Kadima Shabbat Dinner, 8:30 pm Mishpacha Bowling Seudah Shlishit Rabbi Schuck’s Installation, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm Rosh Hodesh Girls, 6:30 pm Selichot Ruach (K-2nd grade), 11:00 am-12:15 pm; Chaverim (3rd-5th Grade), 12:00 pm-1:15 pm Taste of Rosh Hodesh, 1:00 pm; METNY USY Kickoff USY Town Hall Meeting, 6:30 pm Watch your e-mail for information about other upcoming Youth Events!

Camp Visits Summer 2016 At right and below: Josh and Jen visiting Camp Ramah in the Berkshires

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YOUTH & FAMILY ENGAGEMENT Our Religious School Welcomes You This year in the Department of Youth and Family Engagement, we are pouring our energies into relationship building.

This is a major facet of the missions of both the Youth Community and the Religious School. We know that years from now, our children may not remember everything they learned and every experience they had in our programming, but they will remember that feeling of belonging, of connectedness, of community.

In the Youth Community, we are working closely with the congregational programming team to strategically plan new opportunities for our youth to connect with one another, starting at Rabbi Schuck’s Installation and moving through our holiday programming throughout the year. We are coordinating with Rabbi Sitkin to develop spirited Seudah Shlishit programs which will offer families opportunities for learning and social experiences. We are thinking holistically about our teen

engagement, considering new ways for them to enhance their relationships with one another, Judaism, and Israel.

In the Religious School, we’re reimagining our learning spaces so they become places that encourage relationship building between peers and are less “teacher centered.” Our Learner Support Team, consisting of special educators and a social worker, will be reaching out to parents directly over the course of the year to encourage stronger lines of communication and increasing our abilities to meet each learner’s needs. Our Parent Organization is already hard at work planning opportunities for Religious School Parents to get to know one another.

We are constantly working to grow and evolve. If you have ideas for how we can do that, please reach out. We care about you and your feedback!

Wishing you all a wonderful year!

Jen Vegh

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS Thursday, September 8 Sunday, September 11 Tuesday, September 13 Thursday, September 15 Monday, September 19 Sunday, September 25

Thursday, September 29

Educator Orientation, 5:00 pm-8:00 pm Religious School Opening Day, 9:00 am-11:00 am First Tuesday Hebrew through Cooking Chug First Thursday of Religious School Religious School Board Meeting, 8:00 pm High Holiday program with Theater Dibbik for Kitah Dalet, Hey & Vav Parent Org. Walking Club Begins Art for Kitah Alef

Shabbat in the Park Saturday, September 10th We will meet at Beth El at 10:45 am and walk to the park together at 11:00 am Bring a blanket!

After services, enjoy a picnic lunch.

Rain or shine!

All ages welcome.

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Religious School News We are excited to begin another fantastic year of community building and meaningful learning for our Gan (kindergarten) through E.L.I. (12th grade) learners. We look forward to continuing to grow our opportunities for full family engagement, by offering more parent programming, like our monthly Rosh Hodesh parent learning sessions, and more opportunities for families to be a part of their child’s Religious School experience.

We look forward to seeing all of our Religious School families at our Opening Day on Sunday, September 11th to kickoff a wonderful year. Our learners will get to know their educators and each other in new ways, and our parents will reflect in a new way on last year, and look forward to goals for the coming year. We are excited to partner with Jerusalem U to provide a special program for our teens on Opening Day, including a viewing of the new film Mekonen: The Journey of an African Jew, and a Q&A with Mekonen’s army commander, Lt. Eden Adler of the Israeli Paratroopers.

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Sunday, September 11th 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm for children in grades 1 - 6 (and their siblings) Snacks provided at Bowlmor White Plains

47 Tarrytown Rd., White Plains, NY 10607

$12 per person includes shoe rental and $5 arcade card Register at bethelnr.org/bowling.

Coordinated by the Families Initiative Committee, with support from The Hannah and Joshua Fund

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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 .................................... David A. Schuck Hazzan ........................................ Jamie Gloth Associate Rabbi...................... Joshua Dorsch Associate Cantor ...............................Uri Aqua Assistant Rabbi.........................Zachary Sitkin Rabbi Emeritus ......................Melvin N. Sirner Cantor Emeritus............... Lawrence Avery, z”l Hazzan Emeritus ....................Farid Dardashti Executive Director ..................Erica Leventhal Controller .................................... Olivier Vogel Day Camp Director .................Julie Rockowitz Nursery School Director ......... Ronnie Becher Dir. of Youth & Family Engagement ...Jen Vegh Special Projects Director ........ Linda Newman Maintenance Director ............... Milton Sinclair OFFICERS President ............................ Samuel E. Berger Executive Vice President....... Mark Seidenfeld Vice President ...........................Daniel Burton Vice President ...................Sandra Gruenberg Vice President .................Geralynn C. Reifer Treasurer ...............................Joseph Wygoda Financial Secretary ................. Barbara Cohen Recording Secretary ..................Jayne Peister

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Sisterhood Executive Board Mtg. 6:30 pm

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Installation of Rabbi Schuck, beginning at 9:30 am

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Memories to Go 1:30 pm Religious School Board Meeting 8:00 pm

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Zumba 9:30 am Israeli Dancing 10:00 am

Walking Club 11:30 am

Ruach 11:00 am Chaverim 12:00 pm

Canasta 12:45 pm

A Taste of Rosh Hodesh 1:00 pm

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Men’s Club Meeting 9:00 am

BULLETIN EDITOR ............... Linda Newman

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

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Zumba 9:30 am Israeli Dancing 10:00 am Nursery School Beginning to Connect 10:00 am Museum Artist Reception 2:30 pm

Beth El maintains morning and evening services every day of the year. Contact Associate Cantor Uri Aqua, 914-235-2700, ext. 222.

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AFFILIATES Sisterhood President ...........Barbara Horowitz Men’s Club Co-Presidents .... Steven L. Young Religious Sch. Parent Org. ........... Ellen Barlis, Sharon Brown, Rachel Casanova, Marci Marcus Nursery Sch. Parent Org. ..Rachel Messenger

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Officers Meeting 7:15 pm (off-site) Haftarah Class, with Hazzan Gloth 8:00 pm

Religious School Educatiors Orientation 5:00 pm Parent Orientation 7:00 pm

Sing Out Shabbat 6:30 pm; Dinner following

Choir Rehearsal 8:00 pm

Kadima Shabbat 8:30 pm

BeTzelem Elokim Meeting 8:15 pm

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New Rochelle Cares Meeting 1:00 pm USY Opening Program 6:30 pm Haftarah Class, with Hazzan Gloth 8:00 pm

Choir Rehearsal 8:00 pm Keruv Committee Meeting 8:15 pm

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Men’s Club to World Baseball Classic 7:00 pm (off-site) Haftarah Class, with Hazzan Gloth 8:00 pm

College-Age Committee Packing 7:30 pm

Nursery School Family Shabbat Dinner 5:30 pm

Choir Rehearsal 8:00 pm FIRST DAY OF AUTUMN

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Haftarah Class, with Hazzan Gloth 8:00 pm

USY Town Hall Meeting 6:30 pm Keruv: Let’s Talk About It 7:30 pm

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Bat Mitzvah Lianna Platzner A Modern Understanding 8:30 am Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Learners Service 10:00 am Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am Shabbat Discussion Group 10:30 am Youth Services 10:45 am Daf Shevui 1:00 pm Seudah Shlisheet Program 6:00 pm

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Bat Mitzvah Leigh Amidror

A Modern Understanding 8:30 am Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am Shabbat Discussion Group 10:30 am Youth Services 10:45 am Daf Shevui 1:00 pm Selichot Program 9:00 pm SELICHOT

Mazal Tov

YAHRZEIT OBSERVANCES

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

Newsmakers . . .

Mazal Tov to:

September Muriel Begleiter Harold Goldfarb Max Golub David Locitzer Sadye Brustein Eugene Mandel Louis Shanok Marshall Gottlieb Elliott Pollack Sidney Silberman Herb Weintraub Ruth Lapin Bruce Merrit Reich Max Kellman Muriel Bogash Mary Heligman Goldie G. Kalish Alice Lopatin Florence Falk Marion Jacobs Anna Harris Marilyn Metzger George Schneidman Arthur Cohen Samuel Goldstein Ida Gordon Benjamin Lichtenstein Goldie Klein Joseph Rimsky Abraham Galuten Melvin W. Nova Anne G. Elowsky Kurt Hamburger Nathan Lesser

Barbara and David Horowitz and Linda and Alan Mazursky on the birth of their grandson Jacob Elliot Horowitz, and to parents Heather and Ben Horowitz; Dr. Stan and Cindy Arkow on the birth of their grandson Joshua Abraham Pievsky, son of Michelle and Daniel Pievsky and grandson of Lena and Arkady Pievsky; Janet Yoskowitz on the birth of a granddaughter Sofia Lillian Klein, daughter of Rebecca and Nathan Klein; Beth and Edward Halperin on the birth of their grandson, and to parents Anna and Noah Rosen; Ida and Marvin Hyman on the birth of grandson Caden Lance, and to parents Drs. Jaime and David Hyman; Elaine and Martin Levitin on the birth of a great-grandson, and to parents Shoshana and Natanya Ben Sasson.

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

Share your milestone events with us!

If you experience a milestone or a loss in your family, contact Linda at LNewman@bethelnr.org, or 914-235-2700, ext. 246.

Kiddush The Kiddush of July 30th was the “Big Bang� kiddush.

The Kiddush of August 20th was sponsored Barbara and Bob Cohen in honor of the aufruf and upcoming wedding of their son Adam Cohen to Molly Pam. The Kiddush of August 27th was sponsored by Eunice Kaplan in honor of the aufruf and upcoming marriage of her grandson David Katz to Suesan Ziegler.

The Kiddush of September 3rd will be sponsored by Bina Carr and Hazzan Jamie Gloth in honor of the bar mitzvah of their son Jacob Carr-Gloth.

The Kiddush of September 10th will sponsored Robin and Mitchell Kaphan in honor of the aufruf of their son Adam Kaphan.

The Kiddush of September 17th will be sponsored by Eva and Merrick Platzner in honor of the bat mitzvah of their daughter Lianna Platzner; and by Elise and Barry Richman in honor of the aufruf and upcoming wedding of their son Nate (Nathaniel) Richman to Stasy (Anastasia) Slobadnick.

Edith Margolish Marcos Rojkind Robert Scher Irving Mansfield Bertha Batkin Rhea Greenstein Annie Langbert Richard B. Paushter Mary Rubin Betty Cohen Betty Glick Cohen Ralph Hanchrow Solomon E. Shahmoon Julius Rosen Louis Gordon Samuel M. Lerner Jack Siegel Sarah Kooper Jacob Fischler Joseph Hausner Irwin Resnick Isaac Axenzow Ruth F. Mendelsohn Simon Bogash Paul Getzofff Israel Kalen Raquel Kramer David J. London Adolph Horn Alice Levy Julius M. Rosen Blanche Fein Annie Levine Hannah Meyers Else Warms

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Condolences We record with sorrow the losses suffered by our members and friends and extend to them our deepest sympathies. Condolences to: Shari Baum, our Partners-in-Caring Social Worker, on the loss of her mother, Beatrice Birnbaum; Eileen Kahn on the loss of her mother, Belle Kellman, grandmother of Stacey and Wendy Kahn; Arthur Goldstein on the loss of his mother, Judy Goldstein; Eunice Kaplan on the loss of her husband, Dr. Solomon Kaplan; David Horowitz on the loss of his father, Seymour Horowitz; Joseph Baumgarten on the loss of his father, Edward Baumgarten; Michele Brick on the loss of her father, Joseph Steinberg; Grace Kalfus on the loss of her father, Chaim (Harry) Kalfus, grandfather of Lissy Gold and our Assistant Director of Youth and Family Engagement, Bekkah Gold.

The Kiddush of September 24th will be sponsored by Smadar and Ron Amidror in honor of the bat mitzvah of their daughter Leah Amidror.

Welcome to the Beth El Community Mike and Marisa Goldberg Of Scarsdale Rachel, 6; Julia, 4; Chloe, 1

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Richard and Rita Rivlin Of Scarsdale Guy Simkhay Of Larchmont 20

Contributions Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Lisa and Perry Jacobs in memory of Myron Jacobs; Lois Morgenstern in honor of Rabbi Schuck; Joyce Wechsler in memory of her father, Benjamin Chabrow, on his twenty-fourth yahrzeit; Jeffrey and Victoria Bloom in memory of Hallel Ariel; Elliot and Susan Lesser in honor of Rabbi Schuck, with thanks for his recent visit; Sheila Tanenbaum in honor of David and Barbara Horowitz’s new grandson; Barbara Finder and Jack Renick on the birth of Jacob Elliot Horowitz, grandson of Barbara and David Horowitz and son of Heather and Ben Horowitz; Laurence and Carla Stein in memory of Judy Goldstein; Dana Stein; Carol and Stephen Herzberg in honor of Elise and Barry Richman on their Gala honor; Bernie Katz in memory of Seymour Horowitz and in memory of Dr. Sol Kaplan; Janet and Isaiah Seligman in memory of Dr. Sol Kaplan; Annette and Mitchell Fogelman in memory of Sol Kaplan and in memory of Seymour Horowitz; Carol and Paul Diament in memory of Sol Kaplan; Michelle and Eric Maidenberg in memory of Seymour Horowitz; Phyllis and Harvey Jay in memory of Sol Kaplan; Noel and Leah Edelson in memory of Sylvia and David Tuchinsky on their yahrzeits; Caryl Fuchs in memory of Taube Fuchs Sokol on her yahrzeit; Judith Harary in memory of Dr. Sol Kaplan, beloved husband of Eunice Kaplan, and in memory of Seymour Horowitz, beloved father of David Horowitz; Barbara and Harvey Fishman in memory of Sol Kaplan; Miriam Rabin in memory of Dr. Sol Kaplan; Laura Mendelson in memory of Solomon Kaplan; Jackie and David Kreitzman and family in loving memory of Dr. Solomon Kaplan; Fred and Judy Bomback in memory of Dr. Sol Kaplan; Sheila Tanenbaum in memory of Seymour Horowitz, father of David Horowitz; James Wahler in memory of Dr. Solomon Kaplan; Fran and David Klingsberg in memory of Sol Kaplan; Laurie and Eric Roth in honor of Shari and Marvin Chinitz on Isaac’s engagement to Janine Berenson, and in memory of Seymour Horowitz, beloved father of David Horowitz; Melvyn Bloom in memory of his mother and father on their yahrzeits; Margo Lampert in memory of Shari Baum’s mother, Beatrice Birnbaum; Elias Rosenblatt in memory of his mother, Ruth Strugger Rosenblatt; Caryl Fuchs in memory of Ruth Teichman on her yahrzeit and Martin Teichman on his yahrzeit.

General fund A donation was received from Diane and Eugene Linett.

A donation was received from Evelyn and Gary Trachten.

IN HONOR OF: Barbara and David Horowitz on their wedding anniversary, from Roz and Richard Kaufman.

Lynn and Jeffrey Lowin on their wedding anniversary, from Roz and Richard Kaufman.

Janet Yoskowitz on the birth of her granddaughter Sofia Lillian, from Elise and Bob Schepp.

Barbara and David Horowitz on the birth of their grandson Jacob Elliot, from Elise and Bob Schepp, and Carol and Paul Diament.

Faye and Jack Gingold on the birth of their grandson Maxwell Ian, and to parents Lisa and Michael Greenberg, from Karen and Ronald Herzog, and Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

The marriage of Rebecca Jay, daughter of Phyllis and Harvey Jay, from Shari and Marvin Chinitz, and Mila and Michael Greenberg.

The marriage of Rachel Legatt, daughter of Alan and Elizabeth Legatt, from Mila and Michael Greenberg.

The college graduation of Jeremy Levin, son of Nancy and Frank Levin, from Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

The college graduation of, Jeremy Dubin, son of Susan and Marvin Dubin, from Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

Barbara and David Horowitz and Linda and Alan Mazursky on the bris of their grandson Jacob Elliot, from Pearl and Tom Sullivan.

Shari Chinitz, who remains my favorite Bar Mitzvah tutor, from Arthur Glauberman.

Idette Pfeffer on her special birthday, from Priscilla and Burt Friedman.

Shery and Howard Rosenstein, from Joan and Andrew Frankle.

Shari and Marvin Chinitz on the engagement of their son Isaac, from Phyllis and Harvey Jay.

PTA ISRAEL TRAVEL STUDY SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN HONOR OF:

Lisa Jacobs in memory of the first yahrzeit of her mother, Olga Lefkovic.

Janet Yoskowitz on the birth of her granddaughter Sofia Lillian, from Erica and Larry Epstein.

Barbara and David Horowitz on the birth of their grandson Jacob, from Margo Lampert.

David and Rita Kaufman in memory of their father, James Kaufman

ELEANOR G. BAUMWALD PRAYERBOOK FUND

Hazzan’s Discretionary Fund

Marc Beckman in memory of William Tarkenton.

In honor of the birth of Jacob Horowitz, grandson of Barbara and David Horowitz.

In memory of Seymour Horowitz, father of David Horowitz.

IN MEMORY OF: Eva Teitlebaum, from Jack R. Schwartz.

Dr. Solomon Kaplan, beloved husband of Eunice Kaplan, from Clara Ingwer, Naomi Raber, and Rosalind and David Hertzog.

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IN MEMORY OF: Our parents, Meyer and Celia Wiener, from Harriet and Arnold Levy.

Elie Weisel, from Bettina Graf.

Karen Getzler, beloved sister-in-law of Faye Gingold, from Mila and Michael Greenberg.

Arnold Abrams, beloved grandfather of Jen Vegh, from Mila and Michael Greenberg.

Noah Rockowitz, beloved husband of Julie Rockowitz, from Mila and Michael Greenberg.

Beatrice Birnbaum, beloved mother of Shari Baum, from Erica and Larry Epstein, and Elise and Bob Schepp.

Judy Goldstein, beloved mother of Arthur Goldstein, from Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

Seymour Horowitz, beloved father of David Horowitz, from Bea and Abe Walfish, Shari and Marvin Chinitz, Caryl Fuchs, Sharon and Jerry Siskind, Elise and Bob Schepp, Barbara and Lawrence Orans, Carol and Paul Diament, Phyllis and Harvey Jay, Rochelle Chaiken, Barbara and Bob Cohen, and Erica and Larry Epstein.

Dr. Solomon Kaplan, beloved husband of Eunice Kaplan, from Elise and Bob Schepp, Bea and Abe Walfish, Bettina Graf and family, Caryl Fuchs, Jean Chin, Edith Geisinger, Marianne and Bob Sussman, Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

Yahrzeit/Yizkor Donation Irving Korwin; Pheobe Gross; Barbara and David Horowitz; Barbara and Jay Lerman; Alderman Family; Susan and Jeff Mittleman; Leon Greenspan; Lois Morgenstern; Michael Richmond; Kathy and Howard Seiden; Lorri Liss Levine; Loretta and Artie Holland; Sheila Tanenbaum; Barbara and Arthur Margolin; Sandy Gruenberg; Norma Wasserman; Ted Rosenzweig and family; Susan Silver Schlecker; Jill Kaufman; Marcia Kahn; Julius and Ann Oestreicher and family; Fran and Larry Rubenstein; Laura Penn; Judith Harary; Gerald Cohen; Marvin Greenbaum; Barbara and David Horowitz; Elissa Baum; Debra Chassen; Donald Fleishaker; Ruth Kling; Sheldon Marcus; Kate and Josie Mowlem; Betty, Mitchell, Josh and Daniel Troyetsky; Fran and Donny Salomon; Richard Aronow; Sheldon and Barbara Haber; Fred and Judy Bomback; Michael and Marcie Ferder; Jeffrey and Dina Stahl; Cindy and Stan Arkow; Myriam Tamar Batista; Erica and Larry Epstein; Gary and Evelyn Trachten; Rosanna Eisenberg and family; Roberta Cymbrowitz, Morris, Jamie and Gregg Cymbrowitz; Helen Streisfeld, Arthur Streisfeld; Alan and Fredda Chalfin; Patricia GreenwelRojkind; Robert A. Kahn; Patricia Mirsky; Reba Zuckerman; Annie Lowenthal; Jack and Faye Gingold; Susan Diamond; Helen Geffner; Shirin and Steven Stein; Deborah Chassen; Howard and Nancy Tiszenkel; Barbara Finder; Nina Luban; Ellen and Moshe Gelboim and family.

Contributions JEREMY SCHEINFELD MEMORIAL FUND

YOUTH ACTIVITIES FUND

IN HONOR OF:

Faye and Jack Gingold on the birth of their grandson Maxwell, from Barbara and Marc Lazarus.

A donation was received from Evelyn and Gary Trachten.

Judy and Cantor Uri Aqua on the birth of their grandson Jonah, from Barbara and Marc Lazarus.

Sandy and Jack Gruenberg and family on their METNY USY honor, from Erica and Larry Epstein.

The Kaphan family on the marriage of Alison Kaphan and Timothy Coyle, from Rob and Jodi Scheinfeld.

IN MEMORY OF:

IN HONOR OF:

Jeremy Scheinfeld, beloved son of Jodi and Rob Scheinfeld, from Grace Kalfus and Bruce Gold.

Janet Yoskowitz on the birth of her granddaughter Sofia Lillian, from Margo Lampert.

Rella Seidenfeld, beloved mother of Mark Seidenfeld, from Rob and Jodi Scheinfeld.

IN MEMORY OF:

Alan Schiller, beloved husband and father, from the Scheinfeld family.

Shirley Katz, beloved wife and mother, from Barbara and Marc Lazarus.

Seymour Horowitz, beloved father of David Horowitz, from Robin and Mitch Kaphan.

DAY CAMP FUND

Dr. Solomon Kaplan, beloved husband of Eunice Kaplan, from Robin and Mitchell Kaphan.

Mark Silver on his Man-of-the-Year honor, mazal tov, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

TEEN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The marriage of Elana Rudnick, daughter of David and Harriet Rudnick, to Brandon Liebeskind, from Rachelle and Steven Stern.

IN HONOR OF: The engagement of Kara Fleishaker, daughter of Sheryl and Aaron Fleishaker, to Max Kalman, from Lauren Berger and Jay Rehr.

IN HONOR OF:

Hannah Bartell, on her Beth El Men’s Club Youth-of-the-Year Award, from Nora KlionWolloch.

SYLVIA AND ROBERT SCHER CHESED COMMUNITY FUND

IN HONOR OF:

IN MEMORY OF: Our parents on their yahrzeits, from Harriet and Leonard Schwartz.

Dr. Solomon Kaplan, beloved husband of Eunice Kaplan, from Laura Lewis.

Doreen Lewis, my beloved mother, may her memory serve as a blessing, from Laura Lewis.

NURSERY SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN HONOR OF: 2016 Gala honorees Elise and Barry Richman, and President’s Ne’emanim Service Award recipients Shery and Howard Rosenstein, from Sharon and Peter Spenser.

Sandy and Jack Gruenberg on their METNY USY Scholarship Dinner recognition, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

The birth of our grandson Jacob Elliot, son of our daughter and son-in-law, Heather and Ben Horowitz, from Linda and Alan Mazursky.

ANDREW SHAPIRO MEMORIAL FUND

Lauren Afran, daughter of Rhonda and Scott Afran, on her bat mitzvah, from Nora KlionWolloch.

Alex Lefkovic on his yahrzeit and for yizkor, from Lisa Jacobs.

IN MEMORY OF:

Vicki Fisher, for all she does for Beth El and Sisterhood, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

The engagement of Isaac Chinitz, son of Shari and Marvin Chinitz, to Janine Berenson, from Lauren Berger and Jay Rehr.

Alan Schiller, beloved husband and father, from Mindy and Stanley Patchen.

My cousin Andrew Shapiro, from Richard Brown.

We are forever grateful to the Beth El Clergy and community for the outpouring of friendship, kindness, and support as we honored the memory of our beloved father, fatherin-law, grandfather, and great grandfather, Seymour Horowitz

David & Barbara Horowitz & Family

Janet Yoskowitz, on the birth of her granddaughter, Sofia Lillian, from Lynn and Jeffrey Lowin, and Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Shari and Marvin Chinitz in honor of the engagement of their son, Isaac Chinitz, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Barbara and David Horowitz on the birth of their grandson Jacob, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Lynn and Jeffery Lowin on their wedding anniversary, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

IN MEMORY OF:

DOROTHY FLEISHAKER RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND IN HONOR OF: Sandy and Jack Gruenberg on their METNY USY Scholarship Dinner recognition, from Beth and Ron Cohen.

IN MEMORY OF: My wonderful mother, best friend, and role model, Dorothy Fleishaker, on her yahrzeit, from Abbe Fleishaker.

Kathy Kafer and Jeff Swarz on their wedding anniversary, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

PTA LIBRARY FUND

IN MEMORY OF:

The Summer Short Story Reading Group wishes to remember our beloved members—Donna Batkin, Geri Katz, Shirley Katz, and Ruth Slater, from Evelyn Davidson, Ellin Falk, Carol Freedman, Esther Glassman, Yvette Gordon, Betty Grad-Gross, Judy Harary, Eunice Kaplan, Elaine Katz, Ruth King, Judy Kosak, Ruth Laudor, Elaine Levitin, Mindy Patchen, Miriam Rabin, Harriett Rudnick, Majorie Schlosberg, and Rena Strauch.

Noah Rockowitz, beloved father and husband, from Kayla Sullivan, and Barbara and Bob Cohen.

Harold Afran, beloved father of Scott Afran, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

John Miller, beloved stepfather of Abby Wise, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Beatrice Birnbaum, beloved mother of Shari Baum, form Helene and Gary Liebstein.

Seymour Horowitz, beloved father of David Horowitz, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

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IN MEMORY OF:

Dr. Solomon Kaplan, beloved husband of Eunice Kaplan, from The Summer Short Story Reading Group.

Contributions Sisterhood Mitzvah Fund IN HONOR OF: Sisterhood Shabbat and for my aliyah, from Susan Morris.

The birth of a granddaughter to Barbara Birshtein and Howard Steinman, from Vicki and Nate Fisher, and Sandy and Jack Gruenberg.

Vicki Fisher and her amazing contributions to Sisterhood, from Susan and George Morris.

Maxwell Ian, grandson of Faye and Jack Gingold, from Vicki and Nate Fisher.

Shari and Marvin Chinitz in honor of the engagement of their son Isaac Chinitz, from Faye and Jack Gingold.

The birth of the new great-grandchildren to Yvette Gordon, from Vicki and Nate Fisher.

Vicki Fisher being celebrated at the Sisterhood Spring Gala, from Varda Amdur and Andrew Rome, and Lisa and Robert Patchen.

Elise and Barry Richman being honored at Beth El’s Gala, from Blanche Fried; and Sharon, Larry, and Matthew Hanau.

Shery and Howard Rosenstein for receiving the President’s Ne’emanim Service Award at the Beth El Gala, from Blanche Fried; and Sharon, Larry, and Matthew Hanau.

Lauren Afran, daughter of Rhonda and Scott Afran, on becoming a bat mitzvah, from Sharon, Larry, and Matthew Hanau; Joyce and Michael Wechsler; and Vicki and Nate Fisher.

The engagement of Isaac Chinitz, son of Shari and Marvin Chinitz, to Janine Berenson, from Joyce and Michael Wechsler, Naomi Raber, and Sandy and Jack Gruenberg.

The marriage of Rachel Jay, daughter of Phyllis and Harvey Jay, to Michael Forman, from Joyce and Michael Wechsler, and Vicki and Nate Fisher.

Hannah Bartell on receiving the Men’s Club Youth-of-the-Year Award, from Vicki and Nate Fisher.

The birth of a grandson to Judy and Richard Aronow, from Vicki and Nate Fisher.

Donna Bartell on receiving the Westchester Jewish Council Award, from Vicki and Nate Fisher.

Lori and Steve Schwartz on celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary, from Vicki and Nate Fisher, and Sandy and Jack Gruenberg.

Naomi and Sylvain Weinberger celebrating their thirty-fifth anniversary, from Vicki and Nate Fisher.

Foster Maidenberg, son of Michelle and Eric Maidenberg, on becoming a bar mitzvah, from Vicki and Nate Fisher.

Lynn and Jeffrey Lowin on celebrating their anniversary, from Vicki and Nate Fisher; and Sharon, Larry, and Matthew Hanau.

Kathy Kafer and Jeffrey Swarz celebrating their anniversary, from Vicki and Nate Fisher Jacob Elliot, grandson of Barbara and David Horowitz, from Gaby and George Newfield, Joyce and Michael Wechsler, Linda and Joseph Resnick, and Lynn and Jeffrey Lowin.

Jacob Elliot, grandson of Linda and Alan Mazursky, from Linda and Joseph Resnick.

Sofia Lillian Klein, granddaughter of Janet Yoskowitz, daughter of Rebecca and Nathan Klein, from Joyce and Michael Wechsler.

Mark Silver on receiving the Federation of Jewish Men’s Club’s honor, from Sandy and Jack Gruenberg Bea and Abe Walfish celebrating Abe’s special birthday and their special anniversary, from Sandy and Jack Gruenberg.

The bar mitzvah of the grandson of Louise and Jason Silverman, from Sandy and Jack Gruenberg.

The bat mitzvah of the granddaughter of Rena and Berish Strauch, from Sandy and Jack Gruenberg.

IN MEMORY OF: Dr. Solomon Kaplan, beloved husband of Eunice Kaplan, from Rosanna Eisenberg and Cindy Eisenberg.

Seymour Horowitz, beloved father of David Horowitz, from Susan and George Morris, Linda and Joseph Resnick, Carol and Paul Freedman, and Phyllis Feingold.

Harold Afran, beloved father of Scott Afran, from Sharon, Larry, and Matthew Hanau; Joyce and Michael Wechsler; Vicki and Nate Fisher.

Alan Schiller, beloved husband of Naomi Adler Schiller and beloved father of Matthew and Sammy Schiller, from Joyce and Michael Wechsler, and Sandy and Jack Gruenberg.

Jack Mark, beloved step-father of Abby Wise, from Vicki and Nate Fisher.

Arnold Abrams, beloved grandfather of Jen Vegh, from Vicki and Nate Fisher.

Ellen Sinkman, beloved wife of Arthur Sinkman, from Linda and Joe Resnick.

Beatrice Birnbaum, beloved mother of Shari Baum, from Carole and Jeffrey Graham, and Sandy and Jack Gruenberg.

Sol Kaplan, beloved husband of Eunice Kaplan, from Joan and Jonah Atlas, Barbara and Mark Goldman, Harriet and David Rudnick, Dalia Fenster, Blanche Fried, Joyce and Michael Wechsler, and Carole and Jeff Graham.

Seymour Horowitz, beloved father of David Horowitz, from Joan and Jonah Atlas, Harriet and David Rudnick, Dalia Fenster, Blanche Fried, Joyce and Michael Wechsler, Cynthia and Jeff Glickman, and Carole and Jeff Graham.

SPECIAL NEEDS FUND IN HONOR OF: The bat mitzvah of Lauren Afran, daughter of Rhonda and Scott Afran, from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt.

The engagement of Isaac Chinitz, son of Shari and Marvin Chinitz, to Janine Berenson, from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt.

Naomi and Sylvain Weinberger on their thirtyfifth wedding anniversary, from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt.

Sheila and Hazzan Farid Dardashti on their fortyninth wedding anniversary, from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt.

Sandra and Jack Gruenberg and their family, honorees at the METNY USY Scholarship Dinner

from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt, and Mindy and Stanley Patchen.

David Fenster, beloved husband of Dalia Fenster, on his yahrzeit, from Dalia Fenster.

Rob Levine on his induction as president of the Hudson Valley Region of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt.

Cila Ganz, beloved sister of Dalia Fenster, on her yahrzeit, from Dalia Fenster.

Elise and Barry Richman on their 2016 Beth El Gala honor, from Beth and Ron Cohen.

Beatrice Birnbaum, beloved mother of Shari Baum, from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt.

IN MEMORY OF: Arnold Abrams, grandfather of Jen Vegh, from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt.

Our grandfather, Reverend Morris J. Rosenberg, from Wendy and Alan Rosenberg.

Seymour Horowitz, beloved father of David Horowitz, from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt.

Harold Afran, father of Scott Afran, from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt.

Dr. Solomon Kaplan, beloved husband of Eunice Kaplan, from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt, Ruth and Jacob Esses, and Elaine and Martin Levitin.

Cantor Lawrence Avery on his first yahrzeit, from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt.

Seymour Mogil, beloved brother of Ruth Esses, on his yahrzeit, from Ruth and Jacob Esses.

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Beth El Celebrates September Birthdays Beth El Synagogue Center would like to extend a “Happy Birthday!” to its members with a birthday in the month of September. If you have a September birthday, we hope that you Gwen Abramowitz Edward Ackerman Ron Amidror Erik Avni Ruby Axelrod Mila Barg Ellen Barlis Michele Bauman Brett Bernstein Judy Bomback Lauren FreemanBosworth David Brot Greta Brown Sanjiv Chhahira Gary Claar Michelle Cohen

Lynne Cohen Lawrence Cooper Galina Erlikh Ella Fayer Phyllis Feingold Emily Feldman Jill Forman Jacqueline Friedland Jay Goldstein Susan Goldstein Marc Gross David Herman Hope Herzog Karen Herzog Jacob Hollander Paul Jablansky Adena Katz

TRAVEL TO THE CANADIAN ROCKIES and SPECIAL SHABBAT IN CALGARY with Hazzan Farid and Sheila Dardashti

June 25 - July 4, 2017 For more information, please contact us at 914-755-9933.

Note: This trip is not affiliated with Beth El Synagogue Center.

will join us for Kiddush lunch on Shabbat, September 10th. If you have a September birthday, but your name does not appear on the list, we are sorry for the omission and ask that you e-mail the synagogue at

info@bethelnr.org so that we can update our records. Please contact us if you do not wish to have your name appear on our birthday list.

(The list reflects our adult members and postbar/bat mitzvah children up to the age of 21.)

Gary Kern Alison Kessler Alisa Kesten Randi Klee Madeline Klonsky Eli Kornreich Ariella Kornreich Talia Kornreich Donald Kotler Lance Kravitz Ruby Kravitz Lisa Kulak Marc Lazarus Michael Lenchner Erica Leventhal Tracey Levy Helene Liebstein

Morgan Salomon Naomi Adler Schiller David Schuck Jules Schwartz Wendy Schwartz Yaffa Segal Paige Selber Susanne Shabasson Dawn Shammas Ilana Shechter Monica Shedroff Rudi Sherbansky Barbara Shulman Harold Shulman Mark Silver Lawrence Silverman Marc Sininsky

Jeffrey Lowin Lynn Lowin Susan Lurie Debra Markovits Thomas Markovits Kenneth May Mark Medin Alvia Miller Jeff Mittleman Joyce Newman Tami Novoseller Henry Oksman Nathan Rosenfeld Barbara Rosenzweig Annette Safer Arlene Salman Fran Salomon

Craig Solar Sam Solomon Marjorie Stein Adam Stein Berish Strauch Benjamin Tait Eric Treiber Julie Weisbrod Bruce Wenig Debra Wenig Michele Wolk Claudia Wolloch Robyn Yairi Marjorie Zimmerman

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* SMART = Senior Mature Adults Retired Together

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Exercise Wednesdays, where walk-ins are welcome! No R.S.V.P. needed.

Free and open to the community.

First Wednesdays of the month

SEPTEMBER 7: Balance Exercise and Fitness using resistance bands, balls, and cones. Led by Tim from North End Fitness.

Second Wednesday of the month

SEPTEMBER 14: Zumba, with Laura, offering Latin rhythms for a low intensity dance workout.

Third Wednesday of the month

SEPTEMBER 21: CHAIR YOGA, for “EVERY-Body,” with Nan, helps you to improve your health through an amazing form of adaptive, breathing exercises.

Due to the holidays, there will be no exercise in October.

SMART Exercise resumes in November.

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SummerFEST Exercise class in August was loads of fun!

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MANHATTAN | BROOKLYN | LONG ISLAND | THE HAMPTONS | THE NORTH FORK | RIVERDALE | WESTCHESTER | PUTNAM/DUTCHESS | GREENWICH | ASPEN | LOS ANGELES | FLORIDA

Glorianne Mattesi.

Your source for all things real estate.

WYKAGYL PARK

WELCOME HOME

New Rochelle | $1,189,000 | An easy sophistication permeates this captivating 6-bedroom, 4.5-bath Tudor set on beautifully manicured property in a soughtafter neighborhood. Classic stone and stucco exterior give way to a bright interior featuring hardwood floors, wide entryways, recessed lighting, modern amenities, and terrific flow between graciously proportioned rooms. Prized location is convenient to shops, restaurants and houses of worship. Web# 4624366

New Rochelle | $1,165,000 | Gracious 6-bedroom stucco Colonial located in sought-after Wykagyl Crossing. Beautifully situated on large lot with inviting stone patio with fountain, lush lawns, and vibrant perennial gardens. Spacious and inviting ~3,752 sf layout highlighted by hardwood floors, abundant built-ins and classic millwork. Main living areas include living room with marble fireplace, formal dining room, modern eat-in-kitchen, family room addition and sunroom. Web# 4612903

ISN’T SHE LOVELY?

INVITING COLONIAL

New Rochelle | $575,000 | Set on beautifully landscaped property with level backyard framed by mature trees, this light, airy ~1,773 sf, 4-bedroom home is highlighted by oversized windows and an open, inviting layout. Elegant living room and adjoining dining room, perfect for entertaining. Kitchen with stainless steel appliances and breakfast area with door to patio. Family room with built-in media unit and sliding glass doors to yard. Minutes from shops and train. Web# 4631603

New Rochelle | $549,000 | Vintage charm abounds in this 5-bedroom, 2-bath home nestled on third of an acre. Sun-bathed ~2,700 sf layout highlighted by hardwood floors, classic millwork, abundant windows, and enticing nooks and crannies. Enclosed front sunporch opens into main living areas including living room with window seat, formal dining room and spacious eat-in-kitchen with door to rear deck overlooking large, level backyard. Convenient locale. Web# 4628157

KNOWN GLOBALLY. LOVED LOCALLY.

For a complete list of properties, visit elliman.com

GLORIANNE MATTESI Lic. Assoc. R.E. Broker Direct: 914.393.6990 Glorianne.Mattesi@elliman.com © 2016 DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE. ALL MATERIAL PRESENTED HEREIN IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. WHILE, THIS INFORMATION IS BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT, IT IS REPRESENTED SUBJECT TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, CHANGES OR WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT NOTICE. EQUAL ALL PROPERTY INFORMATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SQUARE FOOTAGE, ROOM COUNT, NUMBER OF BEDROOMS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PROPERTY LISTINGS ARE DEEMED RELIABLE, BUT SHOULD BE VERIFIED BY YOUR OWN ATTORNEY, ARCHITECT OR ZONING EXPERT HOUSING OPPORTUNITY. 26 POPHAM ROAD, SCARSDALE, NY 10583. 914.723.6800

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MANHATTAN | BROOKLYN | LONG ISLAND | THE HAMPTONS | THE NORTH FORK | RIVERDALE | WESTCHESTER | PUTNAM/DUTCHESS | GREENWICH | ASPEN | LOS ANGELES | FLORIDA

Glorianne Mattesi.

Your source for all things real estate.

AN ARCHITECTURAL GEM

New Rochelle | $1,589,000 | Gorgeous, park-like grounds provide a serene setting for this stately 5-bedroom, 4-full/2-half bath residence in desirable Wykagyl Park. An architectural gem, the home embodies classic Tudor design from its traditional half-timbered stone and stucco facade and pitched Vermont slate roof to a grandly proportioned interior defined by lavish moldings and woodwork, hardwood floors, leaded-glass windows, elegant appointments, distinctive details, and exquisite views from nearly every room. Web# 4632345

KNOWN GLOBALLY. LOVED LOCALLY.

For a complete list of properties, visit elliman.com

GLORIANNE MATTESI Lic. Assoc. R.E. Broker Direct: 914.393.6990 Glorianne.Mattesi@elliman.com © 2016 DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE. ALL MATERIAL PRESENTED HEREIN IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. WHILE, THIS INFORMATION IS BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT, IT IS REPRESENTED SUBJECT TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, CHANGES OR WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL PROPERTY INFORMATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SQUARE FOOTAGE, ROOM COUNT, NUMBER OF BEDROOMS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PROPERTY LISTINGS ARE DEEMED RELIABLE, BUT SHOULD BE VERIFIED BY YOUR OWN ATTORNEY, ARCHITECT OR ZONING EXPERT EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY. 26 POPHAM ROAD, SCARSDALE, NY 10583. 914.723.6800

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255 LYNCROFT ROAD, NEW ROCHELLE | Renovated with the utmost attention to detail, this visionary home envelops you with innovative touches at every turn. Lavish interior space seamlessly flows right into outdoor living space with a solid stone al fresco lounge with copper roof, wood burning fireplace, Viking grill, and custom artisan benches and table, overlooking pool with hot tub. Family room with mosaic fireplace and walls of windows, incorporates picture perfect views of blooming roses, hydrangeas, dogwood and azalea. Newly renovated magnificent master suite showcases soaring ceilings, fireplace and spectacular spa-like bath. With a sensational, chic kitchen, new slate roof, five working fireplaces, cedar closets, prolific vegetable garden, elegant evening outdoor lighting and so much more, this is your happily ever after home. WEB# NR1344636 | $2,275,000

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