August-October 2013 eHineni by Congregation Brith Shalom

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Allan Goldstein CBS Board President Only two years ago, most of our summer Shabbat services were held in the chapel. So far this summer, we have held our services in the main sanctuary, and there are close to a hundred people each Shabbat who gather to worship together. I am excited at such an enthusiastic turnout. The chapel services had a lot to offer because of their intimacy, but services in the sanctuary are still friendly. If you have not been to Shabbat services lately, come on out! There is a warm and engaging relaxation that comes with the prayers and learning during Shabbat t’fillot. We all need the beauty and peacefulness of Shabbat to separate us from our daily responsibilities. I truly look forward each Shabbat to the melodies of the prayers, the niggunim, and the fellowship I happily find during Shabbat morning services. The number of people engaged in the services is uplifting. Nancy Picus often reads Torah and, following Sandy Remson’s fine example, excels at finding congregants to read. Alan Goldsmith finds congregants to read the Haftarah. The rabbi has invited several congregants this summer to deliver a d’var Torah, which provides interesting and fresh perspectives. The cantor has invited more congregants to daven all portions of the service. Being blessed while called for an aliyah by a lay gabbai is beautiful, and when you have a special occasion (say an anniversary or traveling), the rabbi or cantor provides a special blessing. The opportunities to be involved are fantastic, and the guidance, direction, and openness of our clergy are uplifting. Shabbat is just one way to get involved with your Brith Shalom family and community:there is Men’s Club, Sisterhood, the Inspired Book Club, the daily morning minyan, volunteering at SEARCH, softball, being involved in a committee, or just volunteering to help in the office or on a number of special projects to name just a few. We are a blessed and a special community because of the effort of our members to get involved, learn, and engage with our clergy and leadership. Whatever your level of participation, active or less so, make 5774 the year you add to your involvement and learning. Increase your own fellowship, prayer, and learning. See you on Shabbat,

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A Message from Rabbi Ranon Teller Brith Shalom is not just a synagogue, we’re a kehillah – a sacred community. Being affiliated with Brith Shalom means that you are connected to something larger than yourself.You are part of a whole, journeying toward fellowship, spirituality, and ethical living. This year, our sacred community will focus on a theme that will guide our collective journey. The theme will effect positive change in the world, but only if you are engaged. Welcome to the “Modim Initiative”: our theme is gratitude. If we are able to cultivate a personal and collective sense of gratitude, we will experience a deep and lasting transformation. The word modim is central to one of the deepest prayers in the Amidah; the word means “We thank you.” The prayer is one of thanks to Adonai, for nothing in particular. It is an exercise in gratitude. Three times a day, Jews stop to recognize that we are blessed. We are presented with the gift of life and all kinds of daily miracles that we have done nothing to deserve. And so, we stop to offer thanks to God. Throughout the High Holy Days, you will have the opportunity to engage in ideas and experiences that will help you cultivate your sense of gratitude. Allow me to begin by expressing my gratitude to you. Thank you for providing me the opportunity to be the spiritual leader of Congregation Brith Shalom, a synagogue with a rich and deep history of community engagement, leadership, spirituality, music, and Jewish life. You are a unique and beautiful collection of people. I am grateful that I spend my days (and many nights) immersed in yiddishkeit, relationships, community, and mitzvot. Thank you for continuing to engage me as your rabbi. May these High Holy Days inspire you to focus on the blessings in your lives and guide you to express gratitude to the ones you love and to God. May we all continue to be blessed with daily miracles and a sweet New Year. Thank you.

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Thank you! to all of our fabulous CBS volunteers - past and present! We are constantly impressed by the spirit, dedication, and kindness of our volunteers, who are always just a phone call or email away. We could not do the work we do, or even begin to strive towards new ideas, programs, and growth in our community, without each and every one of you. Whether you lend a hand during High Holy Days, participate in Mitzvah Day, serve on the Chesed Committee, proofread our publications, pass out snacks to religious school students, deliver mishloach manot during Purim, share your talents with us for programs and events, donate a few hours of your time in the office during busy periods, or even bring the office staff treats, you are more help than you know. It is only through your support that our synagogue can move forward, one mitzvah at a time. Sincerely, CBS Office Staff

eHineni Content Submission Following the publication of the current issue of the eHineni (the August-October edition), the eHineni will be published in November, and February, and August. The next issue will appear in early November. In order to make this publication as successful as possible, we need content from individuals and affiliates. We are hopeful that you will be a part of that process by submitting your stories, articles, bulletins, announcements, events, programs, photos, advertisements, etc., to be used in upcoming issues of the eHineni. If you have an idea for an article or would like a particular CBS program highlighted, please review the “Submission Guidelines” below: • Articles should be no more than 1000 words. • Images should be submitted in a jpeg or png format. • The due date for submissions for the November edition will be day 10 of the previous month (Thursday, October 10). • The due date for submissions for the November, February, and August editions will be day 10 of the month prior to publication (unless this falls on Shabbat, in which case the deadline will be on day 9 of the month prior to publication). • All submissions should be sent to Jess Faerman, at programs@brithshalom.org.

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Simchat Torah 2013/5774 Honoree The Remsons joined CBS in 2000. Sandy was recruited to chair the newly-formed B’nei Mitzvah Committee in 2002.

Sandy Remson grew up in Skokie, Illinois. She has a B.A. in liberal arts from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a Masters of Business Administration from DePaul University, Chicago. Sandy and her husband, Andy, and family moved to the Houston area in 1999 from Knoxville, TN. While living in Knoxville, Sandy participated in the first Young Jewish Leadership Conference as co-president of the Sisterhood of Heska Amuna Synagogue. Before Knoxville, the Remsons lived in Salt Lake City, where their children were born, and where Sandy was involved in Women’s American ORT.

As chair, Sandy worked closely with the synagogue President and Board, and the RPC to ensure that all facets of student b’nei mitzvah preparation were covered. She also worked with the b’nei mitzvah mentors, tutors and junior tutors; organized parent meetings to introduce families to the process; organized trope and junior tutoring classes; expanded and distributed the b’nei mitzvah guidelines; and assigned students to a committee member to help them write a d’var Torah and be comfortable on the bima. It was a very busy period for the b’nei mitzvah program, especially one year when there were 27 students. Sandy led the committee for four years during a period of transition when CBS was operating with no clergy, temporary clergy, or only one permanent clergy. At the bar mitzvah of her older son, Leland, Sandy chanted Torah for the first time. In 2007 she became coordinator of the Torah readers, serving five years (until August 2012). In this capacity she coordinated congregational volunteers to ensure that there were Torah readers for every Shabbat and all holidays, with the exception of the High Holidays, Purim and Tisha B’Av. She also

worked closely with the CBS Sisterhood and Men’s Club during their respective Shabbat weekends. As Torah reader coordinator, she served on RPC and continues to be part of the committee. Sandy has also served on three cantor review committees for CBS. Despite the distance from her home in Spring, Sandy attends Shabbat services regularly. She also continues to read Torah on Shabbat. Sandy and Andy have two sons: Leland, a mechanical engineer who lives and works in the Houston area, and Ian, who is working towards an accounting degree at Trinity University, San Antonio. Upon joining CBS, Sandy expressed a desire to get involved in the synagogue. She thought that she could do a good job and so decided to “step up and take on responsibilities that fill a need.”

Simchat Torah 2013/5774 Honoree David graduated from Rice University in 1992, where he and his wife, Margaret Jelinek Lewis, met, but they moved away from Houston for David to attend graduate school in geology at the University of Alabama (M.S., 1996) and the University of Idaho (Ph.D., 2002). The oil industry led him back to Houston, and he accepted a position as a geologist with ExxonMobil after completing his PhD. David did not grow up in a Jewish home but was fully supportive of raising his children in the Jewish tradition. When they returned to Houston, David and Margaret became active members of Temple Beth Torah in Humble. When Margaret was nominated by Rabbi Dan Gordon for the Wexner Heritage Program for young Jewish community leaders, David participated in some of the educational opportunities, including a trip to Israel with the group. Through his exposure to deeper discussions of Judaism, he developed a desire to accept Judaism as his own. He studied for conversion with Rabbi Teller in a directed study group and in the two-year Florence Melton Adult Mini-School at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center. On May 11, 2010, he immersed in the mikvah and officially converted. In 2008, the family moved from

Kingwood to Meyerland, and David, Margaret, and their three children became members of Brith Shalom (one week before Hurricane Ike). They immediately became involved in the synagogue through the children’s services and volunteer efforts. In 2010, the whole family participated in Mitzvah Day, helping to build garden plots at an Urban Harvest site. Since then, David has taken on several leadership roles in the Brith Shalom community. In 2011, he took over the Mitzvah Day Committee from Matt Stein, and he was able to build on a very successful program, involving over 150 members of the synagogue in projects all over Houston. He continued this effort in 2012, a year that saw the addition of several new volunteer sites and an increase in total participation. He has agreed to take on this task for a third year in 2013, with the intention of bringing along a protégé who will assume the chair for 2014. David was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2011. As a member of the board, he was intimately involved in the rewriting of the synagogue constitution in 2012. He was a member of the original committee formed to consider changes to the document and continued to serve on the subsequent committees that led to the adoption of most of the

proposed changes. David was re-elected to the board in 2013 and now serves with Marc Malacoff as co-chair of the Facilities Planning Committee. Most recently, David took the lead on writing and submitting a $53,000 grant proposal to the Department of Homeland Security for additional security measures at the synagogue.

Shabbat Shuvah 2013/5774 Honorees Brith Shalom Honors Velva & Fred Levine on Shabbat Shuvah

Shalom, 4610 Bellaire Boulevard. The couple, long-time members of the synagogue, are exemplars of leaders who do extraordinary deeds.

overwhelmed when we experience the joy, pride and amazement of those first-timers in Israel.”

Velva credits her husband, Fred, and her family for Shabbat Shuvah, the Shabbat instilling the values of love of Their passions include between Rosh HaShanah community and education. both local and international and Yom Kippur, marks projects. This year the Levines “Before I had the funds, I an important point in the had the desire to be involved served as Finance Co-Chairs process of returning to one’s and a love for the Jewish for Jewish Family Service’s deepest self and rediscovering 100th anniversary celebration. community,” said Velva. “It the moral bedrock of one’s They have also helped build a gives me a feeling of belonging. value system. This year Our sense of service is based community residence for Congregation Brith Shalom on the idea of improving what independent living for the (CBS) will celebrate Shabbat we find and making it better.” elderly Jewish community in Shuvah by honoring Fred Asked to name her “favorite Casablanca, Morocco. and Velva Levine as models projects,” Velva spoke about of service with a sense of According to Carol Goldberg, undertakings that improve purpose. people’s lives. “For example, the Levine’s most significant there’s the Second Chance community contribution “Fred and Velva Levine have program at the Technion in Tel has been the couple’s changed people’s lives in many underwriting of the Jewish Aviv. These are scholarships ways,,” said Jewish Federation that support and prepare Federation’s missions to of Greater Houston Board young Israelis from poor Israel. “They’ve enabled Chairman Carol Goldberg. and developing communities so many people to go on “They are role models for the rigors of a university Israel missions through to so many people in our education at the Technion’s their generosity, fulfilling community.” Center for Pre-university many lifelong dreams,” said Education (PUC). Ideally these Goldberg. “To see people The Levines will be honored students will gain admission experience Israel, to actually for their philanthropy and be there, to see the Kotel for to the Technion and excel in outstanding service to the their studies. the first time, has changed Jewish community on so many lives. Those of us Saturday morning, September who have gone on numerous “Another favorite program 7, during services at Brith is Kidumatica at Ben Gurion missions are constantly 8

University. It is a forum based on the creative and imaginative use of mathematics that reaches out to hundreds of Negev grade school students who come from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. “Locally, we support the Jewish Family Service’s Chaplaincy program, one of the best things the community does. Professional chaplains visit patients to offer support to them or their families. And on Fridays, volunteers visit hospital patients and distribute Shabbat boxes. This lets people know the community has not forgotten them in their time of need.” In addition to the Levines’ long commitment to philanthropy, ERJCC Symposium Institute Chair Marge Mayer highlighted Velva’s love of Jewish education.

being part of Velva’s premise to leave a legacy. We’ve been fortunate to transfer our success in the private sector to the Jewish community in Houston and in Israel. Furthering education and helping people as they age are historic Jewish goals. “Our ability to subsidize the Israel Mission program has been the most meaningful in my view because it’s allowed hundreds of people to see Israel. As a result of the experience, they’ve become more committed and integrated to the community primarily because they went to Israel as early as they did.”

Article written by CBS member Aaron Howard.

“Velva has been an active regular participant in the Sisterhood Monday Study Group at CBS for 25 years,” said Mayer. “She’s been dedicated and involved. She thrives on learning and cares deeply about each member of the group.” When asked about his role on the Levine team, Fred smiled and said, “I can’t avoid 9

Jewish Outreach Institute News We are in the Hospitality Business Here at Big Tent Judaism/Jewish Outreach Institute (JOI), we have been talking about the application of learnings from the hospitality industry for many years. My colleague Ron Wolfson, of Synagogue 3000 and American Jewish University, has been offering similar advice, some of which he learned from Disney University, who are masters at hospitality. As someone who is a “road warrior” for the Jewish community—that means I travel a lot for my work at JOI—I have the occasion to stay at many hotels. Some hotels practice “aggressive hospitality,” not a term that I coined, which charges each staff member with the responsibility to make sure that guests are accommodated. No staff member walks by without saying “hello,” or asking if the guest’s stay could be made more comfortable, or if there was anything that the staff member could do for the guest. At JOI we have chosen to call this “proactive hospitality,” frankly, a term that doesn’t say it all but approximates what we are trying to teach—the responsibility of being hospitable, which has its roots in the foundation of Jewish values and thus is indeed a Jewish values construct. One colleague, Rabbi Baruch HaLevi, calls this idea “radical hospitality,” perhaps an extension of the late Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s notion of “radical amazement” when one encounters the holy and sacred and then applies to the everyday. I like this idea a lot. In any case, I was once again reminded of the importance of the lessons of the hospitality industry when staying at a hotel a few days ago. It was a place at which I had not previously stayed. This particular facility certainly trained its people well. I felt immediately at home, welcomed, and had the sense that every staff member, no matter his/her rank, understood the personal charge to be hospitable and welcoming. Thus, I want to once again use the opportunity to apply what I have observed to the front line of Jewish communal organizations, particularly synagogues. So here are ten things that I observed and want to suggest that we all apply. 1. Whenever you encounter someone in the halls of the institution, take the opportunity to say hello, ask them about their day, and ask if there is anything that you can do to be of help. This is as important for the leaders of the institution as it is for the front line staff, including maintenance and security personnel. 2. Always allow the guest to go in front of you. Let them have preference over the stairs or elevators. And remember to hold the door through entrances. Offer to help with packages or books or materials. 3. Go out of your way to make someone comfortable. A reminder: you are in business and have a job because of the customer/client/guest/member. They should always be your first priority. 4. Don’t wait for people to approach you. Take the initiative. Get out from behind your desk and walk toward them when you see them coming. Stand up. Put down the phone or take your eyes away from your computer. 5. Don’t just give directions. Make sure that people really get to where they need to go. Provide a map and walk them there yourself. 6. Remember that you are an ambassador for your institution. Whatever you do or say is reflective of the institution.

7. Be personal. 8. A smile goes a long way. 9. Say thank you. And then say it again. 10. Say goodbye and invite people to return. As Jewish communal professionals we, like those in the hospitality industry, are in customer service—greeting our guests, finding out what they need and want, and providing it for them. Which item from the list above speaks to you as something your organization already does, or something you would like it to? Original ArƟcle: hƩp://joi.org/blog/?p=3435#more-3435

Psych Central News Synagogue Attendance Improves Happiness and Health By RICK NAUERT PHD Senior News Editor. Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on June 25, 2013 Two new studies suggest that synagogue attendance is associated with better health and happiness for Israeli Jewish adults, as compared to their non-religious counterparts. Baylor University researchers also found that individuals who regularly attended synagogue reported greater life satisfaction. “These findings nicely reinforce the inherited Jewish folk wisdom that going to shul (synagogue) is ‘good for you,’” said Baylor University researcher Jeff Levin, Ph.D. Commitment to Jewish religious belief and practice is strongly associated with greater physical and psychological well-being, Levin said. As published in Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, one study reviewed 2010 data on 1,849 Jewish adults from the Israeli sample of the European Social Survey. The other study, published in the Journal of Happiness Studies, used 2009-10 data on 991 Jewish adults from the Israeli sample of the International Social Survey Program’s Religion III survey. Researchers say the new results confirm findings from other studies of Jews in Israel and the U.S. conducted over the past few years. Seven such studies have been published by Levin using data from a variety of national and global surveys. All of the studies have identified facets of Jewish religious expression as among the most reliable predictors of measures of physical and mental health. Original Article: http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/06/25/going-to-synagogue-improves-happinesshealth/56454.html

CBS Member Dr. Sam Axelrad Featured in the News US doctor returns bones of Vietnamese man's amputated arm Published July 01, 2013 / Associated Press

HANOI – An American doctor arrived in Vietnam carrying an unlikely piece of luggage: the bones of an arm he amputated in 1966. Dr. Sam Axelrad brought the skeletal keepsake home to Texas as a reminder that when a badly injured North Vietnamese soldier was brought to him, he did the right thing and fixed him up. The bones sat in a closet for decades, and when the Houston urologist finally pulled them out two years ago, he wondered about their true owner, Nguyen Quang Hung. The men were reunited Monday at Hung’s home in central Vietnam. They met each other’s children, and grandchildren, and joked about which of them had been better looking back when war had made them enemies. Hung was stunned that someone had kept his bones for so long, but happy that when the time comes, they will be buried with him. “I’m very glad to see him again and have that part of my body back after nearly half a century,” Hung said by telephone Monday after meeting Axelrad. “I’m proud to have shed my blood for my country’s reunification, and I consider myself very lucky compared with many of my comrades who were killed or remain unaccounted for.” Hung, 73, said American troops shot him in the arm in October 1966 during an ambush about 75 kilometers (46 miles) from An Khe, the town where he now lives. After floating down a stream to escape a firefight and then sheltering in a rice warehouse for three days, he was evacuated by a U.S. helicopter to a no-frills military hospital in Phu Cat, in central Binh Dinh province. “When I was captured by the American forces, I was like a fish on a chopping-board,” Hung said last week. “They could have either killed or spared me.” When Hung got to Axelrad, then a 27-year-old military doctor, his right forearm was the color of an eggplant. To keep the infection from killing his patient, Axelrad amputated the arm above the elbow. After the surgery, Hung spent eight months recovering and another six assisting American military doctors, Hung said. He spent the rest of the war offering private medical services in the town, and later served in local government for a decade before retiring on his rice farm. “He probably thought we were going to put him in some prisoner-of-war camp,” Axelrad said. “Surely he was totally surprised when we just took care of him.” As for the arm, Axelrad said his medic colleagues boiled off the flesh, reconstructed the arm bones and gave them to him. It was hardly common practice, but he said it was a reminder of a good deed performed. The bones sat in a military bag in Axelrad’s closet for decades, along with other things from the war that he didn’t want look at because he didn’t want to relive those experiences. When he finally went through the mementos in 2011, “it just blew me away what was in there,” Axelrad said at a hotel bar in Hanoi early Sunday, hours after arriving in Vietnam with his two sons and two grandchildren on Saturday evening. “That kind of triggered my thoughts of returning.” It had taken a little luck for Axelrad to reunite Hung with his amputated arm. He traveled to Vietnam last sum-

mer -- partly for vacation, but also to try to find the man. He said he wasn’t sure Hung was still alive, or where to begin looking for him. Axelrad visited An Khe but didn’t ask for him there because he assumed Hung would be living in northern Vietnam, where he grew up. By chance, Axelrad toured the old Vietnam War bunker at the Metropole Hotel in downtown Hanoi. His tour guide was Tran Quynh Hoa, a Vietnamese journalist who took a keen interest in his war stories. Hoa later wrote an article in a widely read Vietnamese newspaper about Axelrad’s quest to return the bones to their owner. Hung said his brotherin-law in Ho Chi Minh City read the article and contacted the newspaper’s editors. Hoa, now a communications officer for the International Labour Organization, arranged Monday’s reunion in An Khe, near the coastal city of Qui Nhon, and served as an interpreter for the veterans. “It’s just time for closure,” Axelrad said a day before the meeting. Hung was surprised to be reunited with his lost limb, to say the least. “I can’t believe that an American doctor took my infected arm, got rid of the flesh, dried it, took it home and kept it for more than 40 years,” he said by telephone last week from his home. “I don’t think it’s the kind of keepsake that most people would want to own. But I look forward to seeing him again and getting my arm bones back.” Hung served Axelrad and his family lunch, shared memories and reflected on all the time that had passed. Axelrad said he was pleased to learn where and how Hung had been living for so many years, and to meet his children and grandchildren. “I’m so happy that he was able to make a life for himself,” Axelrad said. Vietnam is now a country full of young people who have no direct memory of the war, which ended in 1975 and killed an estimated 58,000 Americans and 3 million Vietnamese. But the war’s legacy persists in the minds of combat veterans who still are processing the events and traumas they witnessed in their youth. John Ernst, a Vietnam War expert at Morehead State University in Kentucky, said he knows of a few American veterans who have traveled to Vietnam to return personal items to former enemy soldiers as a way to bring closure. “It is a fascinating phenomenon,” Ernst said by e-mail Sunday. “I always wonder what triggers the decision to make the gesture.” Original Article: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/01/us-doctor-travels-to-vietnam-to-return-bonesamputated-arm/?test=latestnews

CBS 7 AM Minyan Member Honored in the Community

The 2000-year-old man invented by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner has nothing on Willy Reingold. (Photoshop editing graciously provided by Jack Balter of www. partiesbydebi.com). When Adam entered the Garden of Eden, Willy was there to greet him and show him the ropes. When Moses received the Ten Commandments, Willy helped him schlep the stones down the mountain. Willy developed the ancient rite of the Halvah Ceremony.

Preparation for the Halvah Ceremony required Willy to face east. Since he always sat on the east side of the table at the minyan breakfast at Congregation Brith Shalom, he had to make an about-face. This rotation was fraught with danger, not for Willy, but for those sitting near him, since he always waved his halvah knife. The “Willy Halvah Knife” was very special. He cared for it much as a shochet cares for his shechting knife; Left to right: Willy Reingold and razor-sharp, no burrs, etc.

In a recent advancement, he studied with world-renowned neurosurgeons so he could develop the technique of cutting the halvah on the bias (whatever that means).

Rarely, do we have an occasion to honor such an esteemed, honorable person of the Congregation Brith Shalom Weekday Morning Minyan. On June 1, 2013 the

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Brith Shalom Daily Minyan gathered at Seven Acres to honor William J. Reingold, “J stands for jenius” (that’s a Willy quote). We presented him with a special tallit. The ladies of the Congregation Brith Shalom Weekday Morning Minyan arranged to purchase the tallit. (Marcus Stalarow of Southwest Silkscreen and Embroidery graciously embroidered on it the first names of the regular minyan members). Willy was delighted with the gift which has very special meaning to him because he can wrap himself in those memories of his morning minyan chaverim and keep them with him at the Seven Acres Minyan. Willy

has been a pillar of our daily morning minyan since its inception. He has brought humor, joy and comfort to us in many ways. The most endearing is his tradition of bringing candies to all the ladies. He always had something charming to say when he handed each woman a candy to welcome her. We have often referred to his style as flirting, but wished we could get away with half the stuff he did. We thought he was discriminating against the men, but at least we knew our gender identity. However, one time he offered one man a piece of candy. As a result, that man worried about his gender for months. William J. Reingold was the official Torah Gollel (wrapper) and rapper. His talents do not end there; he davens Pâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sukei Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;zimra and Shacharit beautifully. Every day during the Halleluyah prayers, he and Barbara met in the middle of chapel to sing together. Willy has been unable to attend the daily morning minyan recently because of cracked ribs he suffered in an unplanned trip, and fall. Previously, he planned to sell his condo and move into Seven Acres to be near his wife Torchy who currently resides at Seven Acres. He

has visited her faithfully, every day since she moved there. Now he will have less travel. Based on his vast experience and understanding, Willy is our resident philosopher laureate. Naturally, he expounded on the meaning of life, and then described the jewel of his marriage to Torchy 64 years ago on Juneteenth. All of us miss Willy at our daily 7 AM minyan.

First row: Alan Winters, Pam Fournet, Willy Reingold (sitting) Henri Soussan, Natalie Kravetz, Rabbi Ranon Teller, Jake Teller. Second Row: Bruce Methner, Jacobo Goldberg, Ron Moses, Alan Buck, Steve Conaway, Russ Weidman, Marty Siegel, Eliezer Mendelsohn, Leah Wolfthal.

Pam Fournet presenting tallit to Willy Reingold.

CBS Member Honored for Years of Service at CYJ Ron Moses was honored for his years of service as a summer doctor at Camp Young Judaea. Here is Avi Moses introducing his father to receive his honor for years of service as a doctor at CYJ during the dedication of the new Health Center. Kol Hakavod to Ron.

CBS Members Volunteer monthly at SEARCH Homeless Services

Wednesday, August 21, 2013 CBS volunteers gathered at SEARCH Homeless services for their monthly volunteering session, preparing meals for SEARCH clientele. CBS members pictured above: Diane & Maurice Wolfthal, Marty Buck, Iris Fisherman, and Anna Steinberger. SEARCH Kitchen Director Billy Robinson is also pictured above. Photo was taken by CBS member Lena Malacoff. 17

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Saturday, September 21, 9:30 am

Thank you for all that you do!

Please join us for a special Shabbat service recognizing all of our wonderful volunteers, followed by Shabbat kiddush & luncheon with your CBS family.

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High Holy Day Worship Schedule August/September 2013 Elul 5773/Tishrei 5774 SELICHOT

EREV YOM KIPPUR

Saturday Night, August 31

Friday Night, September 13

Evening Program Selichot Service

9:00 pm 10:30 pm

EREV ROSH HASHANAH

Saturday Morning, September 14

Evening Service Child Care (infants to age 4)

8:15 pm 8:15 pm

ROSH HASHANAH I Thursday Morning, September 5 8:30 am 8:30 am 9:15 am 10:15 am-12:45 pm 11:00 am 11:45 am

ROSH HASHANAH II

Morning Service Torah Service Child Care (infants to age 4) Youth Services/Programming (ages 5-13) Teens Program Teens join service in Sanctuary Yizkor (approximate) Yom Kippur Discussion Child Care (infants to age 4) Mincha Neilah Shofar Blast

9:00 am 9:45 am 9:00 am-2:00 pm 10:30 am-1:30 pm 11:00 am 11:45 am 11:00 am 4:15 pm 5:15 pm-8:00 pm 5:20 pm 6:30 pm 7:58 pm

SUKKOT

Thursday Evening, September 5 Evening Instrumental Service: Prayer of the Heart

8:15 pm

Friday Morning, September 6 Morning Service Child Care (infants to age 4) Torah Service Youth Services/Programming (ages 5-13) Teens join service in Sanctuary

6:45 pm 7:00 pm

YOM KIPPUR

Wednesday Night, September 4

Morning Service Child Care (infants to age 4) Torah Service Youth Services/Programming (ages 5-13) Teen Program Teens join service in Sanctuary

Child Care (infants to age 4) Kol Nidre Service

8:30 am 8:30 am 9:15 am 10:15 am-12:45 pm 11:00 am

SHABBAT SHUVAH (Sabbath of Repentance) Friday Night, September 6 Evening Service

6:15 pm

Saturday Morning, September 7 Morning Service

9:30 am

Sukkot I Service

9:45 am 11:15 am 12:15 pm

9:30 am

Friday Morning, September 20 Sukkot II Service

9:30 am

Friday Night, September 20 Evening Service

6:15 pm

Volunteer Appreciation Shabbat Saturday Morning, September 21

9:30 am

Shabbat Morning Service, honoring all volunteers

HOSHANAH RABBAH Wednesday Morning, September 25 Daily Minyan (Lulav, Etrog and Willows Processional)

TASHLICH Sunday, September 8 Special Family Program Tashlich Ceremony: meet at ERJCC parking lot Kever Avot (“Cemetery Visits” )

Thursday Morning, September 19

7:00 am

SHEMINI ATZERET Thursday Morning, September 26 Morning Service Yizkor (approximate)

9:30 am 11:00 am

SIMCHAT TORAH Thursday Evening, September 26 Dinner Service

5:45 pm 6:30 pm

Friday Morning, September 27 Morning Service in the Chapel

9:30 am

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Sunday, September 8, 2013

Family Education Program: 9:45-10:45 am Grades PreK-2: Classrooms 5 & 6 Grades 3-7: Chapel

Tashlich Ceremony: 11:15 am Adults, students, and parents: meet at ERJCC for the Tashlich ceremony

Kever Avot: 12:15 pm Memorial prayers for loved ones with CBS clergy at cemeteries: Emanu El & Beth Yeshurun-Post Oak

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Lunch & Learn in the CBS sukkah

Monday, September 23, 9:30 am Traditional prayers followed by a gourmet brunch and a special womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s learning session for Sukkot, led by Rabbi Ranon Teller. All women are welcome to join! Contact Marge Mayer for more information: margemayer8008@aol.com 226 6

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Sisterhood for an exciting membership evening,

Monday, September 30, 2013, 6:30 pm at the home of Helene Sheena

A potluck dairy dinner will be served. Come and welcome our new members, gather together with your Sisterhood, eat, and enjoy the program!

Not a member of Sisterhood...we'd love to have you! Our speaker will be Dr. Kay Goldman, author of Dressing Modern Maternity:The Frankfurt Sisters of Dallas and the Page Boy Label, the story of three sisters; entrepreneurs ahead of their time.

Please RSVP by Tuesday, September 24: Susan Marblestone, susanmarblestone@gmail.com, 281-491-0690 Lisa Lowenstein, momvet3@aggienetwork.com, 713-202-0861

The Sisterhood Gift Shop

Han u kk a h B AZA AR is Back! Sunday, November 3, 9:00 am-4:00 pm Get your holiday shopping done in one day at one place! There will be many vendors with a large variety of items and gift ideas. For questions or to participate as a vendor please call: Gift Shop Manager Barbie Talisman at 713-992-9922

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Sunday, November 3 9:00 am-4:00 pm Cash prizes! Fantastic door prizes! Hanukkah Bazaar shopping all day! Register by Monday, October 28, at: www.BrithShalom.org/Mahj Questions? Contact Frances Rubin frubin1@comcast.net 713-854-5180

Community Shabbat Saturday, November 9 9:30 am-12:30 pm

Children are requested to wear red, white, and blue. Hand-crafted thank you cards in honor of our veterans are encouraged and will be collected during Community Shabbat.

Join us for a fun-filled Shabbat with Israeli dancing, a Torah comedy show performed by The Bible Players, family and traditional services led by CBS clergy, adult programming honoring veterans, Torah study and Lunch & Learn led by Mattias Henze, Shabbat kiddush & lunch for all, and more!

Mitzvah Day Sunday, December 15, 2013

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Prepare yourselves for a powerful experience in Jewish prayer. Our Sages teach that when a group of people prays together, God’s presence (the Shekhinah) dwells among them. The essence of the Friday Night Ruach service is intense congregational participation. This service is part of a new wave in Jewish prayer that began in New York, Los Angeles, and Jerusalem, where congregations like B’nai Jeshurun, Kehillat Shira Hadasha, the Library Minyan, and Yakar are tapping into the contemporary need to participate in song. We at Brith Shalom are seeking the spiritual power of a sanctuary filled with voices singing and swaying in unison! We need your voice. Come sing and feel God’s intimate presence, the Shekhinah. In order to help the congregation raise their voices in song, we set traditional liturgy to Chasidic and contemporary melodies accompanied by Shabbat-appropriate instrumentation. We also provide transliterations and sheet music and, on request, can distribute the melodies on CD. When we leave, it's with a smile and a feeling of being invigorated as we look forward to coming together once again for the next Friday Night Ruach.

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Gourmet Shabbat Dinner Series $20 per person Register online:

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Religious School & Youth Programming

9:40-10:40 am

Grades 3-7 visit the Sukkah with Cantor Levine

11:00 am

Primary grades (PreK-2) family education program with Debi Mishael, Cantor Levine, & Rabbi Teller

12:30 pm

Pizza in the Hut: food & Sukkot programming with CBS clergy

Congregation Brith Shalom Department of Education Calendar 2013-2014 AUGUST 20 Madrichim Meeting 21 Faculty Opening Retreat 25 Parents’ Open House 25 Grade 6 Parents’ B’nei Mitzvah Orientation 28 Teen BBQ & Elective Sign-Up SEPTEMBER 5-6 Rosh Hashanah Youth Services 8 Opening Day Special Program (PreK-7) 8 Family Tashlich Ceremony 14 Yom Kippur Youth Services 22 Religious School Classes Begin 22 Sukkah Visits & Pizza in the Hut 22 Grade 5 Parents’ Meeting OCTOBER 2 Opening Night Mosad Shalom 6 Primary Grades Visit the Library 20 B’nei Mitzvah Family Workshop I NOVEMBER 6 Book Fair Program at ERJCC 9 Community Shabbat (Saturday Classes) 24 Grade 7 Trip to the Medallion 24 Hanukkah Celebration DECEMBER 15 Mitzvah Day – No Regular Classes 18 Faculty Meeting – NO classes JANUARY 11 Young Family Havdalah 12 Grade 6 B’nei Mitzvah Family Workshop II 15 Jewish Summer Camp Presentation 19 Tu B’shvat Celebration 25 Kindergarten Kabbalat HaTorah 26 Primary Grades Visit the Library FEBRUARY 16 Yom Limmud – No regular classes 22 Grade 3 Kabbalat HaSiddur 23 Grade 6 B’nei Mitzvah Family Workshop III 26 Community-Wide High School Program 28 Grade 7 Shabbat Dinner at Cantor Levine’s

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Grade 7 Trip to Supermarket Grade 12 Graduation Teen Havdalah Event Grade 7 Promotion Yom Yisrael

SCHOOL CLOSINGS September 11, 15, 18, 25 November 10 Nov. 27-Dec. 1 December 15 Dec. 18–Jan. 6 February 16 March 16, 19, 23 April 16 & 20

Fall Jewish Holidays Day after Community Shabbat Thanksgiving Mitzvah Day Winter Break Yom Limmud Spring Break Passover

B’NEI MITZVAH August 24 Daniel Nadel October 5 Hanna Fradkin October 14 Joshua Bortz October 19 Talia Magenheim October 26 Jordan Leder November 2 Raqefet Taylor-Sheinman November 23 Robert McGill December 14 Sarah Tomlinson January 4 Carol Lahana January11 Nicolas Kopinsky January 18 Benjamin Yifrach January 25 Sean Meisner February 1 Carola Aisenberg February 8 Brandon Lewis February 15 Olesia Rosenberg-Johnson February 22 Jeremy Jason March 1 Gabby Weissman March 22 Ava Graves May 31 Alex Wintz June 7 Emma Fiesinger School Cancellation – In the event that HISD closes school OR cancels after-school events because of weather conditions, Religious School and Mosad Shalom will be cancelled for the evening.

MARCH 1 Young Family Havdalah 2 Rosh Chodesh Family Service 2 Grade 7 Trip to SEARCH Homeless Services 9 Purim Celebration 28-29 Teen & Grade 7 Retreat 30 Primary Grades Visit the Library

Youth Services Junior Congregation (Grades 3-5) 10:30-11:45 am Oct. 5, Nov. 2, Dec. 7, Jan. 4, Feb. 1, Mar. 1, Apr. 12, May 10

APRIL 4 Grades 3-4 Service & Dinner 5 Grades 5-6 “On the Bimah” 13 Passover Program

Mini Minyan (Ages 3-7) 5:45-6:30 pm The second Friday evening of the month, beginning in October. Pizza will be provided.

Kid Shul (Ages 3-7) 10:30-11:45 am The first and third Shabbat mornings of the month, beginning the third week of September.

Parent Coffee Houses with Cantor Levine 11:15 am-12:00 pm November 17 (PreK-Grade 2) February 9 (Grades 3-5) April 6 (Grades 6-7)

IN G A L T U H L A O ! C LL Y Kadima (grades 6-8) Scavenger Hunt Houston Galleria & Marble Slab (purchases donated to SEARCH) September 22, 2:30-4:30 pm (meet by the ice rink) USY (Grades 9-12) Havdalah & Laser Tag Saturday, Sept. 28, 8:30-10:45 pm Laser Quest, 13711 Westheimer Rd. $14.00 per participant (two games) Machar (grades 3-5) Bowling Party Palace Bowling Lanes, 4191 Bellaire Blvd. Sunday, Sept. 29, 1:45-3:45 pm USY (Grades 9-12) Skyzone 10207 South Sam Houston Pkwy W. Saturday night, October 12

Kadima (grades 6-8) Nintendo Wii Tournament & Pizza Sunday, October 13, 12:40-2:40 pm CBS Youth Lounge Machar (grades 3-5) Museum of Natural Science 5555 Hermann Park Dr. Sunday, October 20, 2:00-4:00 pm Kadima (grades 6-8) Museum of Fine Arts Houston Sunday, November 17 1001 Bissonnet $6.00 (kids); free with library card USY (grades 9-12) Fall USY Kallah & Kamp Kadima Fri.-Sun., Nov. 22-24 CYJ in Wimberley Machar (grades 3-5) Hanukkah Art Project & Pizza Sunday, November 24, 12:40-2:40 pm CBS Classroom 5

Machar (grades 3-5) Blanket making for women's shelter (Pizza will be served) Sunday, December 8, 12:40-2:40 pm CBS Classroom 5 ¬ Kadima (grades 6-8) “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Sunday, December 22 AMC Studio 30 2949 Dunvale Rd. USY (grades 9-12) Rock Climbing & Lock-in at CBS December 2013

USY (grades 9-12) Spring USY Kallah Fri.-Sun., Jan. 31-Feb. 2 Congregation B’nai Zion (El Paso) Kadima (grades 6-8) Kadima Convention Congregation Beth Yeshurun Fri.-Sun., Feb. 28-Mar. 2 ¬ Machar (grades 3-5) Purim Art Project & Pizza Sunday, March 9, 12:40-2:40 pm CBS Classroom 5

Machar (grades 3-5) Tu B’Shvat Arboretum Visit 4501 Woodway Dr. Sunday, January 12, 2:00-4:00 pm

USY (grades 9-12)

Laser Tag & Havdalah! Saturday, September 28, 8:30-10:45 pm Laser Quest 13711 Westheimer Houston, TX 77077

$14 per participant (two games)

RSVP:

Traylyn Evans: traylyn@ brithshalom.org

Machar (grades 3-5)

BOWLING PARTY! Sunday, Sept. 29, 1:45-3:45 pm

Palace Bowling Lanes 4191 Bellaire Blvd. Houston,TX 77025

RSVP to Traylyn Evans: traylyn@brithshalom.org

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Junior Congregation for students in grades 3-6

Saturdays, 10:30 am-12:00 pm October 5 November 2 December 7 January 4

February 1 March 1 April 12 May 10

Adult Education Department 2013-2014 Sunday Morning

Adult Education Oct. 13 Oct. 20* Oct. 27* Nov. 3

Nov. 17 Nov. 24** Dec. 8 Jan. 12

Jan. 19* Jan. 26 Feb. 2 Feb. 9

Feb. 23 Mar. 2 Mar. 9 Mar. 30

*No Jewish Yoga **No Jewish Yoga or Intro to Judaism 9:45-10:30 am Intro to Judaism (Cantor Levine) Jewish Yoga (TBA) 10:30-11:15 am Expanding & Focusing Your Positive Energy Through the Power of Kabbalah (Rabbi Teller) Haftarah Chanting (Cantor Rhodes)

11:15 am-12:30 pm Mussar (TORCH/Rabbi Wolbe)

Apr. 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 27

Contact Rabbi Teller for more info: rabbi.teller@brithshalom.org

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Conversations

with the Angel of Death

Death is inevitable. We may not be thinking about death, but given the demographics and the numerous deaths in our congregation, we know death is thinking about us. This three-part class presented by the Adult Education Committee is not a series of lectures; it is an opportunity to reflect and open your own conversation about death and dying.

Wednesday, October 9, 7:30 pm What Does Death Look Like? Opening the Conversation: It matters how we imagine death. Our stories about death influence our behavior when faced with our own death or the death of someone we love. Ellen Orseck, Houston painter, will bring her painting "Confronting Death" to open the discussion "If you could bring a picture of death, what would it look like?"; Andy Achenbaum, UH Professor and author of Old Age In the New Land, will discuss "why we are afraid," the things people really fear when facing death.

Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 pm Talking About Dying: Susan Lieberman, author of Death, Dying & Dessert: Reflections On 20 Questions About Dying, will talk about her book and the women's group she's led for the past three years; Hope Lipnick, Director of the Houston Jewish Chaplaincy Program at the Texas Medical Center, will describe the conversations people have when facing death.

Wednesday, October 23, 7:30 pm Uncasual Conversations: Rabbi Ranon Teller will discuss some of the conversations he has had with people who are facing death; a second presenter TBA.

Adult Ed Fall 2013 Mini Series RSVP to: cantor.levine@brithshalom.org.

Auxiliaries & Groups Hazak Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club Sisterhood

HAZAK WISHES EVERYONE A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR!!!

 We learned the Secrets of the Conversos from Amy Goldstein, PhD.

These are just a few of the entertaining and interesting programs to nourish your mind and please your soul that HAZAK members enjoyed. Many more great programs are coming up, so why not become a HAZAK MEMBER TODAY!!

WE’RE ON A ROLL, AND WE WANT YOU TO JOIN US If you missed any of the HAZAK once-a-month programs, we missed YOU!!! Here are a few of the programs you missed:  We had lots of fun on the HAZAK bus tour to Huntsville.

 We heard geriatric social worker Tziona Regev discuss “How to Enhance Your Brain.”

If you are a member of Congregation Brith Shalom, HAZAK dues are only $12.00 per year. Most programs are FREE for HAZAK MEMBERS.  We laughed hearing the confessions of retired cruise director Robert Landau.

If you are not a HAZAK member, there is a small charge for each program.

REMEMBER: HAZAK has something for everyone 55 or better!! Want to meet and learn from interesting and fascinating people and perhaps explore interesting places?

HAZAK IS FOR YOU!! For more information, contact Betty Clark, 713-772-6464, or Gail Issen 713-501-2302.

new friends, have fun, and help the Men’s Club and CBS raise money. We’re looking for as many new members and newly active members as possible, in order to make our group as dynamic as we can. We also want our current members to come out for all of our traditional CBS Men’s Club has a new shenanigans and for some president as of this summer: new shenanigan-ier ones. Mike Engelhart. Mike was Membership is only $36 per recently added to the CBS year; don’t miss out! Board of Trustees, but he was already a regular contributor to Men’s Club Goals and Purpose of activities, organizing our yearly entry in the Houston the CBS Men’s Club: Kosher Chili Cookoff, • Strengthen the managing our softball involvement of team, and competing in members in the life of the Jewlywed Game and our congregation Dancing with the CBS Stars. • Help train knowledgeable We’re very excited about leaders for CBS and the energy, organization the Jewish community and creativity Mike brings to the presidency, and this • Assist with youth activities means now is the time for and affiliations you to get involved in Men’s Club activities. We’ll have • Strengthen our an abundance of exciting involvement and events in the coming year expertise to assist the with opportunities to make mission of CBS • Organize opportunities to promote knowledge and appreciation of Jewish life

• Stimulate social and cultural activities

among members and the community at large • Gather with old and new friends and have a lot of fun! What do we do? We meet at least once a month, usually for breakfast on a Sunday morning at the shul. We put a lot of work into the breakfasts, and they are casual, friendly, supportive, and informative. When we’re not breakfasting, we’re having fun together somewhere and working to improve CBS and to strengthen Houston’s Jewish community.

2013-2014 Schedule (speakers to be announced): September 15, 2013 (we’ll be setting up the Sukkah; rain date TBA) October 20, 2013 November 17, 2013 December 15, 2013 (Mitzvah Day) January 19, 2014 February 16, 2014 March 16, 2014 April 20, 2014 May 18, 2014

Other Currently Scheduled Men’s Club Activities: In addition to these events, we will host a Men’s Club Shabbat, participate in religious and religious school activities, provide August 25, 2013: Men’s Club Fantasy Football High Holy Day ushers, engage in creative and Live Draft! (5:00 pm) engaging fundraisers, and August 28, 2013: support the Synagogue’s Men’s Club Bar-B-Que programs, and we will try September 1, 2013:, 1:00 pm to attend pro sports events (Astros, Skeeters, Texans, High Holy Day Setup Rockets, Dynamo). We’ll September 22, 2013: even have a few surprises! Pizza in the Hut Contact us to get involved, December 15, 2013: and check out our brand Mitzvah Day new social media digs! August 25, 2013, 10:00 am: Softball (Emanu El vs CBS), Godwin Park

March 2, 2014: Houston Kosher Chili Cookoff

Follow us on Twitter: @BrithShalomMC Like us on Facebook: Brith Shalom MC Mike Engelhart, President 713-298-9460 mengelhart0@gmail.com Steve Rubin,VP Membership 713-858-9407 sonicrubin@gmail.com 53

S i st ste err h o o d Mosk, CBS Sisterhood Co-President, was the region chair of the St. Louis conference, and is now serving as region treasurer. Exiting the Region Board was CBS Sisterhood past president Phyllis Gingiss.

We are delighted to share with you information on Sisterhood’s activities and accomplishments. Please plan on joining us for future events!

The next Women’s League IntraContinental Region Conference will be held in Houston, April 26-29, 2014. Put it on your calendar and plan on joining us! All Sisterhood members are welcome and encouraged to attend.

CBS Attendees Women’s League IntraContinental Region Conference On April 27-29, six members of CBS Sisterhood traveled to St. Louis to participate in the Women’s League for Conservative Judaism IntraContinental Region Conference. Elly Sokol, Karen Lukin, Denise Mosk, Frances Rubin, Laurie Silverblatt, and Sherri Taxman joined 65 other women from sisterhoods from locations ranging from Winnipeg, Canada, to Texas in two and a half days of learning, fun, and camaraderie. Topics discussed included membership development, Torah Fund, programming, and combatting anti-Israel movements on college campuses. The women also participated in prayer, Torah study, and discussion with Rabbis Ari Kaiman and Mark Fasman and Hazzan Sharon Nathanson. Of course, we also made time for plenty of laughter and delicious food! A special highlight of the conference was the installation of CBS’s own Elly Sokol as the 2013-2015 President of IntraContinental Region of Women’s League! Elly was installed by Karen Lukin, past president of the region, and new region parliamentarian. Denise

Sisterhood Wins Awards! At the Region conference, CBS Sisterhood received Emerald Level (the highest) Jewel in the Crown Award, for educational activities, tikkun olam, and WLCJ activities for the 2010-2012 period. Congratulations to past Sisterhood presidents Frances Rubin and Laurie Silverblatt for spearheading the activities that led to this award! Sisterhood has also received awards for its outstanding contribution to the Women’s League 2012 Torah Fund campaign, which raises money for the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, and the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. Congratulations and many

thanks to our 2012 Torah Fund chairs Dori Wind, Karen Lukin, and Susan Marblestone, and the many volunteers and donors who made this accomplishment possible. New Sisterhood Board Installed A wonderful installation dinner was held at CBS on May 19 to thank our outgoing board members and to welcome our incoming board members for 2013-2014. A delightful baseball-themed event was organized by our installation chairwoman, Frances Rubin, complete with a hilarious baseball movie clip montage and food fit for the ballpark, including hot dogs, popcorn, and peanuts. Bats, balls, and other baseball decorations were provided by Debi Mishael; they were donated to Child Advocates after the installation. The 2013-2014 Sisterhood Executive Committee includes Sherri Taxman and Denise Mosk (co-presidents), Laurie Silverblatt (immediate past president), Dori Wind (treasurer), Patsy Sklar (financial secretary), Wendy Conaway (recording secretary), Doreen Lerner (programming VP), Susan Marblestone (membership VP), and Belinda Denn (Torah Fund VP).

Other officers and co-chairs include Phyllis Kaufman, Caren Harris, Eve Weisfeld, Shelia Levine, Michelle McGill, Iris Fisherman, Stephanie Kelso, Lisa Lowenstein, Reva Stern, Elaine Kellner, Nomi Barancik, Leah Wolfthal, Jean Lerner, Susan Tomlinson, Paula Druckman, Debbie Segal, Pam Geyer, Frances Rubin, Linda Marouni, Dianne Zomper, Pascale Sharpe, Debi Mishael, Mindy Cohen, Tracy Jakob, and Vicki Teller. Please contact any Sisterhood board member for information on Sisterhood programs, to make suggestions, or to volunteer!

Fund Campaign. With a minimum donation of $180, you will receive a complimentary pin. Contact Belinda Denn, bldenn@vaughannelson.com for more information.

A special thank you to our Founding Mothers. Without your efforts, we would not be in the CBS sukkah together.

Pictured above from left to right: Lorraine Brown (Past President), Flo Slatko, and Elaine Merwin

Honey From the Heart Wish family, friends, and business associates a sweet new year with an 8 oz. jar of Kosher clover honey! Cost is only $10 per jar, plus $3.50 shipping in the U.S. Your purchase benefits Sisterhood’s many projects, including Shabbat luncheons. Order online at www.brithshalom.org/honey. Have any questions? Contact Caren Harris at caren.harris@gmail.com.

High Holy Days Parking Auction Would you like to park close to the shul on the High Holy Days? Sisterhood is sponsoring an eAuction for ten select parking spaces. The higher your bid, the better your spot! Bidding begins August 1, and ends at 5 pm, August 28. Minimum bid is $250. E-mail your bid to Tracy Jakob at tracyjakob@msn.com.

Pictured above: first row: Blanche Roubein, Aileen Zarin, Sherry Hager, Elaine Kellner; second row: Natalie Kravitz, Marge Mayer, Elaine Merwin, Lila Lerner, Velva G. Levine, Carole Sheldon, Cookie Portnoy, Shirley Katzin, Bonnie Edelstein, Flo Slatko, Debi Mishael, Lorraine Brown

Torah Fund Pins Sisterhood would like to announce that the 5774 Torah Fund Pins are now available. This year’s theme is Mishpachah: Family. The Torah Fund pin is created each year to reflect the theme, and the pin is something to see this year! Show your support for the Jewish Theological Seminary’s Torah

Fun & Fantastic Sisterhood Programs & Happenings Monday, September 30, 6:30 pm, Sisterhood kicks off the New Year with our renowned Membership Pot-Luck Dairy Dinner. Monday, October 21, 7:00 pm, “Making Gifts and Crafts for Hanukkah” in the CBS Social Hall. We’ll have three stations where we will learn to make decorative bottles, Hanukkah themed jewelry, and Hanukkah cards using die-cuts, texture, and three dimensions. Check out some of the examples below:

Sunday, November 3, 9:00 am4:00 pm, we will host our annual Sisterhood Hanukkah Bazaar at CBS. Many vendors will be on hand with a variety of perfect gift items just in time for gift giving. AND, our much anticipated SISTERHOOD COOKBOOK will be available for sale! In addition to the cookbook, come ready to buy clothing, jewelry, handmade items, makeup, accessories, toys, books, and more.

Bazaar! Registration forms will be emailed in the next few weeks. For more information, contact Frances Rubin at 713-464-4795 or frubin1@comcast.net.

Gift Shop

Sunday, November 3, back by popular demand, the Second Annual CBS Sisterhood Mah Jongg Tournament & Luncheon. Registration begins at 9:00 am; games begin at 10:00 am. Attendees can expect great cash prizes and several fantastic door prizes. Of course, there will be plenty of time to shop at the

Our well stocked Gift Shop is currently running on summer hours, by appointment. Call Barbie Talisman at 713-992-9922. Watch for new items and sales in the coming weeks.

Sisterhood Study Group Mondays, 9:30 – 11:00 am. New members are ALWAYS welcome! For more information please contact Marge Mayer: margemayer8008@aol.com.

Sisterhood Calendar 2013-2014

September 30, 6:30 pm, at the home of Helene Sheena Membership Dinner October 21, 7:00 pm, location TBD Fall program November 3, 9:00 am-4:00 pm, Congregation Brith Shalom Hanukkah Bazaar November 3, 9:00 am-4:00 pm, Congregation Brith Shalom Mah Jongg Tournament November 17, 9:00 am-1:00 pm Sisterhood Shabbat Bake Date December 6-7, Congregation Brith Shalom Sisterhood Shabbat February 24, 7:00 pm, location TBD Spring Program March 30, 6:30 pm, Congregation Brith Shalom Torah Fund Event April 26-29, Houston â&#x20AC;&#x201C; various locations Women's League for Conservative Judaism IntraContinental Region Conference May 18, 6:00 pm, Congregation Brith Shalom Sisterhood Installation Please watch the CBS eBulletin for updates on these and other Sisterhood events! Need additional information, or have suggestions? Please contact: Sisterhood Co-presidents

Sherri Taxman (713) 898-5507 sit93@earthlink.net

Denise Mosk (713) 206-7133 denise@moskandmosk.com

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Announcements Welcome, New Members! Leah Arlen Michael Arlen Steve & Leanne Baumel Trevor Bryant Michael Vayner & Emily Caulfield Lila Chanin David & Emily Cohen Meredith Diamond David Finger Adam & Susan Finn Michael & Jaclyn Fisherman Elie Getz Erin Gottlieb & Dorian Cotlar Charles Guez Dr. Jeffrey Kaiser Orly & Yoel Kluk Allison Lerner Jennifer Perchonok Kenneth & Cathy Podell Ethan Podet Cassandra Roggen Marc & Daucie Schindler Eric Silberman

Aliyot If you would like the honor of an aliyah, please contact Cantor Rhodes at cantor.rhodes@brithshalom.org

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Services Information Daily Minyan Monday - Friday 7:00 am Sunday 9:00 am (Chapel) Shabbat Services Friday Services 6:15 pm (Sanctuary) Saturday Services 9:30 am (Sanctuary) Saturday Minyan 7:00 am

Due to privacy rules, hospitals are no longer able to provide Brith Shalom with a list of Jewish patients. Please contact Cherye-Ann DeLong at 713-667-9201 or exec.asst@brithshalom.org when you know of one of our members in the hospital. Please be sure to include the following: - Your name - The name of the patient/their significant other - The name of the hospital & room number - Date admitted, if known

Shabbat Kiddush & Children During the Shabbat kiddush, the sanctuary will be off-limits for unsupervised children. Please supervise your children and have fun in the social hall, library or playground! There are board games available in the multipurpose room closet.

Candle Lighting Times for Bellaire, TX Hebrew Year 5774 (2013 - 2014) www.hebcal.com Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Sep Oct Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Dec Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Feb Feb Feb Feb Mar Mar

4 Rosh Hashana 6 Ha'Azinu 13 Yom Kippur 18 Sukkot 20 Sukkot 25 Shmini Atzeret 27 Bereshit 4 Noach 11 Lech-Lecha 18 Vayera 25 Chayei Sara 1 Toldot 8 Vayetzei 15 Vayishlach 22 Vayeshev 29 Miketz 6 Vayigash 13 Vayechi 20 Shemot 27 Vaera 3 Bo 10 Beshalach 17 Yitro 24 Mishpatim 31 Terumah 7 Tetzaveh 14 Ki Tisa 21 Vayakhel 28 Pekudei 7 Vayikra 14 Tzav

7:22 7:20 7:11 7:05 7:03 6:56 6:54 6:46 6:38 6:30 6:23 6:17 5:12 5:09 5:06 5:05 5:05 5:07 5:10 5:14 5:19 5:24 5:30 5:36 5:42 5:48 5:53 5:59 6:04 6:08 7:13

Mar Mar Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr Apr May May May May May Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Jul Jul Jul Jul Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Sep Sep Sep Sep

21 Shmini 7:17 28 Tazria 7:21 4 Metzora 7:25 11 Achrei Mot 7:29 14 Pesach 7:31 18 Pesach 7:34 20 Pesach 7:35 25 Kedoshim 7:38 2 Emor 7:43 9 Behar 7:47 16 Bechukotai 7:52 23 Bamidbar 7:56 30 Nasso 8:00 3 Shavuot 8:02 6 Beha'alotcha 8:03 13 Sh'lach 8:06 20 Korach 8:08 27 Chukat 8:09 4 Balak 8:09 11 Pinchas 8:08 18 Matot 8:05 25 Masei 8:02 1 Devarim 7:57 8 Vaetchanan 7:51 15 Eikev 7:45 22 Re'eh 7:38 29 Shoftim 7:30 5 Ki Teitzei 7:21 12 Ki Tavo 7:13 19 Nitzavim-Vayeilech 7:04 24 Rosh Hashana 6:58

Times in bold indicate holidays. *Havdalah times occur on Saturday, one hour later than Shabbat candle lighting time

Anniversaries August Anniversaries 1 1 1 4 6 7 8 8 8 9 12 12 15 15 16 16 16 16 18 18 19 19 20 20

Howard & Miriam Feldman Stewart & Marla Feldman Randall & Stephanie Kelso Bruce & Terry Merwin Bernard & Belinda Reingold Sidney & Ione Moran Ronald & Sarah Gelbart Eric & Lena Lieb Bradley Sabloff & Audrey Fersten Mark & Veronica Jason Henry & Tracy Jakob Hanoch & Debbie Sheinman David & Simone Berko Matthew & Karen Coveler Bradley & Cathie Bortz Reuben & Maxine Grinstein Max & Ellen Heffler Sanford & Leslie Weiner Michael & Debbie Darlow Tom & Sue Magzen Gilbert & Golda Baker Aaron Howard & Marilyn Svoboda Rodney Croft & Shari Kirsh Seth & Lauren Topek

20 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 27 29 29 29 29 30 30 31

Nathan & Harriet Wasserstrum Martin & Beverly Ginsburg Leon & Sandra Weiner Sidney & Lorraine Brown Melvin & Marty Buck Barry & Paula Druckman Richard & Norma Whitman Mendel & Beth Nock Dorian Cotlar & Erin Gottlieb Leonard Goldstein & Helen Wils Bob Hurtte & Frances Rubin Todd & Lori Roggen Alan & Laurie Silverblatt Mario & Madeline Jason Pablo Kurewasky & Deena Loy Micah & Sarah Hirschfield

September Anniversaries 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 8 9 9 9 20 27 28

David Lewis & Margaret Jelinek Lewis Miles & Phyllis Cohn Stuart & Myra Dobbs Allan Goldstein & Ronda Feinberg Joel & Sara Saber Michael & Diana Shaman Elliot & Alyson Gershenson Michael & Carol Goldberg Duane & Alysa Graves Fred & Fran Floersheimer Jay & Paula Grossman Jason & Norri Leder Benjamin & Helen Cohen Steve & Alice Ginsburgh Marc & Lena Malacoff Neal & Melanie Rosen David & Heidi Gerger Lionel & Gail Issen Daniel & Michelle Mendelejis Amit & Galit Pazgal Bob & Michele Perchonok Jeff & Chris Brown Philip Cohen & Razelle Kurzrock

October Anniversaries 7 7 9 10 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 15 18 19 20 20 23 23 23 23 24 26 27 28 29 29 30 30

Steve & Karen Hasson Marc & Fara Koren Richard & Celine Stetzer Robert & Lucy Graubard Jonathan & Amy Judkowitz Leon & Sonia Horowitz Yoel & Orly Kluk Marcelo & Vanesa Kreindel Abraham & Nancy Levit Ken & Cathy Podell Peter Turrin & Marcie Baker Mac & Shirley Katzin Isaiah Fidler & Margaret Kripke Maurice & Diane Wolfthal Eddie & Sabrina Engel Mitch Kreindler & Ellen Wallace Sam & Charlotte Axelrad Alan & Etna Goldsmith David Flusberg & Linda Lighthill Efrahim & Shahla Mezrahi Andy & Monica Hoffman Sam & Debi Mishael Gerald & Carole Sheldon Keith & Betsy Johnson Herzl & Linda Marouni Russell & Judith Weidman Sean & Nola Brody Harry & Rachel Weber

Birthdays August 1 Jack Goldberg 1 Zachary Goldstein 1 Paul Koller 1 Velva Levine 1 AnnaLee Roitenberg 1 Leon Weiner 2 Stephen Linkin 2 Malikah Marrus 2 Debbie Taylor-Sheinman 3 Brian Keidan 3 Denise Mosk 3 Robert Schlein 4 Alan Buck 4 Walter Heller 4 Barbara Robbins 5 Cookie Portnoy 5 Lisa Rhodes 5 Susan Wise 6 Judy Goldberg 6 Dori Wind 7 Dr. Reuben Grinstein 7 Prof. Ellen Marrus 7 Pamela Morris 8 Jodi Muscal 8 Shelley Stein 8 Leonard Tillis 9 Mimi Berkowitz

9 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 23 24 24 24

Robert Pickelner Monica Hoffman Eric Lieb Meredith Magzen Amara Biro Emily Segal Martin Segal Wendy Conaway Beth Nock Shirley Warshaw Jaquline Cohen Jason Herschkowitz Merle Tal Reika DuPlessis Abigail Eliezer Jennifer Friedman Melodye Glina John McGill Ester Husid Daniel Mendelejis Susan Morris Daniel Pickelner Karen Gorfil Kylie Marks Elisa Pacht Rebecca Weiner Manuel Cheskes David Morris Janice Rubin Sandra Seigle Daily Stephanie Kelso Jack Laves Bruce Levy Sanford Weiner Ralph Chaiet Fred Sklar Miri Boim Abraham Levit Jennifer Rolnick

25 25 25 26 26 26 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31

Miriam Gerger Maxine Grinstein Ron Moses Jay Burack Jason Leder Kay Schneider Jennifer Halpern Jean Lerner Karen Lerner Kenny Freed Jacquelyn Furash Ian Hartman Marsha Wallace Richard Brody Stewart Feldman Audrey Fersten Erin Gottlieb Linda Levy Ruth Reid Scott Sonenshein Helen Wils

September 1 Jacquie Lappin 1 Oliver Max 1 Ray Wasserman 2 Sam Axelrad 2 Bruce Methner 2 Renee Raskin 3 Barry Barancik 3 Rebecca Evans 3 Jennifer Rothfleisch 4 Hazel Bensky 4 Timothy Corwin 4 Elena Dinkin 5 Barry Druckman 5 Sheila Engelhart 5 Shifra Gardner 5 Nicki Nachenberg 5 Michelle Wasserman 5 Chava White 6 Linda Lighthill 7 Cyril Wolf 8 Michael Berkowitz 8 Marni Hettena 8 Betsy Johnson 9 Eric Lipman 9 Hannah Martin

9 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 17 17 18 18 19 19 19 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 26 26 26 26 26 26 27 28 29 29 29

Margalith Rappaport Scott Kammerman Robert Kahn Phil Swanson Sheldon Kaufman Laura Rosenberg Daniel Cohan Sand Hicks Yaron Pacht Robert Silberg Lauren Singer Peter Gingiss Stuart Harris Simone Berko Anita Eigler Anna Dorin Diana Narunsky Sigmund Friedland Julie Hershorn Peter Loftspring Judith Rosenstock Marc Malacoff Gregg Sheena Nancy Freed Martha Lehner Robert Rolnick Stephan Rubin Seth Alberts Sidney Brown Kari Schiffman Lawrence Waldman Nomi Barancik Jonathan Judkowitz Lena Malacoff Caren Harris Laura Kay Randy Zarin Steven Goodman Scott Weissman Marsha Hurwitz Madeline Jason Deborah Kaplan Jenny Narrod Eve Weisfeld Michael Zilkha Fred Levine Mac Katzin Eric Kleiman Ian Sack David Vener

October 1 Joyce Helfman 1 Vicki Klein 1 Margo Martin 2 Rachel Kaufman 3 David Berko 3 Howard Lang 4 Jeffrey Actor 4 Samuel Bernstein 4 Steven Cohen 4 Christopher Gonzales 4 Alysa Graves 4 Phyllis Wenig 5 Edythe Greenberg 7 Stephanie Beasley 7 Norma Whitman 7 Lisa Yifrach 8 Ellen Fiesinger 8 Sally Pehr 8 Lori Rubin 9 Eve Lapin 9 Jacob Tal 9 Diane Wolfthal 10 Alisa Davis 10 Adam Martin 10 Fuad Sheena 10 Maurice Sklar 10 Richard Stetzer 11 Armyn Freedson 12 Paula Bottecelli 12 David Fradkin 12 Elinor Goldberg 12 Paul Scott 13 David Ebro 13 Leonard Kammerman 13 Mallory Robinson 13 Candace Schiffman 13 Leslie Slatko 15 Michael Darlow 16 Dita Dafny 17 Ilya Itkin 17 Keith Johnson 17 Abigail Rappaport 17 Midge Wische 18 Sabrina Engel 18 Richard Freed 18 Barbara Silberg 18 Carolyn Wade 18 Amanda Wolf 19 Elliot Gershenson 19 David Kaufman

19 19 19 20 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 23 23 24 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 26 27 27 27 28 29 29 30 30 30 30 30 31

Shira Moses Sarah Tillis Cantor Renee Waghalter Nikki Lahana Theresa Dolney Amir Halevy Diana Kaplan Gail Klein Joel Saber Marvin Beasley Benjy Hershorn Sam Merwin Sidney Moran Leonard Goldstein Seth Topek Marty Buck Amy Kaufman Dan Kleiner Irene Shaw Iris Fisherman Michelle Mendelejis Louis Sokol Janet Winters Todd Wasserman Bradley Bortz Traylyn Evans Pablo Kurewasky Leland Remson Martin Ginsburg Hilary Kamin Patti Altman Rosita Goldberger Eddie Katz Haya Varon Ruth Wolfert Roslyn Markman

Donations to Congregation Brith Shalom: March 2013-present

Axelrad Adult Education Fund Sam & Charlotte Axelrad Harvey & Judith Rosenstock Edward & Glori Chaika Paul & Judi Scott Jacobo & Raquel Goldberg Brown/Stei einb ei nberrge g r Adult Education n Fund d Sidney & Lo orra or r inne Brown Bob & Joyce Gilbert Anna Steinberger Allan Goldstein & Rhonda Feinberg Cantor’s Discretionary y Fund und un Marian Prager Sheldon & Phyllis Kaufm man Stephon & Barb Bar ara Robbbins Ba Shelia Levine Robert & Laura Rosenberg Ellis Rushefsky David & Orna Feinstein Tom m & EElllil Samuels Am A my Heatton on Caring Fun C un nd Erricc & Amelia Rib Riibn bnick Kleiman Fred & Fran Fl Floersheimer Barbara Ho orowitz J dith Greenberg Ju Dr. Jeerald & Aileen Zarin Saam muuel & Debi Mishael Marttin in & Deborah Segal B’nei Mitzvah Tzedakah Fund Edythe Greenberg Henry & Tracy Jakob Ellis Rusheefsky Deena Grrossman Memorial Teacher Training Fun nd Kenneth& Heellenn Lesartr es t e Rhoda G Go old ldberg To om & Elli Samuels Mark & Nancy Picus Ma Endowment Fund Larry & Renee Stern

Kiddush Fund Daniel Bissonnet & Susan Mesches Allan Goldstein & Rhonda Feinberg Natalie Kravetz Kenneth& Helen Lesartre Mark & Nancy Picus Marian Prager Howard & Hedy Spiegel Friday Night Ruach Fund Marian Prager Alan & Etna Goldsmith Melvin & Marty Buck Belle Katz Rhoda Goldberg Alan & Etna Goldsmith Henry & Susan Wise Saundra Turk Allen & Chava White Mark & Nancy Picus General Fund Leon & Sonia Horowitz Milton & Gail Klein Mallory Robinson Robert & Anita Eigler Sheldon & Shirley Arsham Jacob & Cari Brandt Mac & Shirley Katzin Sylvia Godlow Daniel Karshem & Francine Raizes Daniel Pickler & Dikla Biton Marian Prager Melvin & Marty Buck Michael & Carol Goldberg Lawrence & Joan Katz Amir & Amy Halevy Hans & Marge Mayer Kamal Sheena Trevor Bryant Jacob & Merle Tal Saundra Turk Ray Wasserman Lila Flanz Steven & Maxine Goodman Ira & Linda Levine Leonard & Susan Kammerman Bruce & Linda Levy

Fred & Patsy Sklar Peter & Phyllis Gingiss Lu & Robin Dorfman Hy & Shirley Warshaw Donald Atherton Paul & Sharon Colbert Kimberly Jeffers Sam & Elaine Merwin Leon & Sandra Weiner Michael & Marcia Zlotnick Bob & Michele Perchonok Daniel & Patti Altman David & Laura Duchen Eta Paransky Gerald Falchook & Carolyn Shulman Gerald & Carole Sheldon Formal Specialist LTD Al’s Formal Wear Sidney & Lorraine Brown Alvin & Bonnie Edelstein Hertzel & Dorita Aron Alvin Wexler M.D. & Marilyn Wexler Dr. Jerald & Aileen Zarin Hyman & Trudy Applebaum Manuel & Blanca Cheskes John & Martha McNamee Ellen Ziskind Eden & Phyllis Wenig Beverly Borden Ray & Ruth Eagle Leon & Sonia Horowitz Leon & Beverly Levinson Schlomo & Carmen Vaknin Jacobo & Haya Varon Leon & Sandra Weiner Alan & Susan Woodyard Lana Goldberg Leonard Goldstein & Helen Wils Judith Goldman Rita Holland Nell Gottlieb Sheldon & Phyllis Kaufman Diane Schoendorf Milton & Denise Mosk Elie Getz Sidney & Betty Aron

Elsa Laufman Morton & Jean Levy Dany Federman Jerry & Marcia Pappert David & Heidi Gerger Miriam Gerger Charles Wiese & Janice Rubin Brian Stutt Howard & Brena Moglovkin Fred & Velva Levine Jason & Ruth Wintz Irving Gerger Scholarship Fund Miriam Gerger Going Green Fund Melvin & Marty Buck Matthew & Shelley Stein Harriet Moser Memorial Music Fund Bernice Backerman Kiddush Fund Ira & Linda Levine Fred & Anna Dorin Mark & Nancy Picus Rhoda Goldberg Ron Moses Dorian Cotlar & Erin Gottlieb Library Fund Dr. Jerald & Aileen Zarin Ben & Arline Guefen Elliot & Alison Gershenson Ellis & Goldie Rushefsky Marshell & Doreen Lerner Gerald & Carole Sheldon Rhoda Goldberg Rabbi Howard & Norma Trusch Henry & Elizabeth Peterman Mark & Nancy Picus William & Sarah Tillis Marian Prager David & Marilyn Arlen Leonard Goldstein & Helen Wils Sherry Hager Sheldon & Phyllis Kaufman Rosine Chappell Ellis Rushefsky

Andrew & Sandra Remson Mahzor (Prayer Books) Fund Fred & Velva Levine Allan Goldstein & Rhonda Feinberg Paul & Judi Scott Larry & Renee Stern Tom & Elli Samuels Marshell & Doreen Lerner Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club Fund Ray & Ruth Eagle Mini Minyan Fund Leonard Goldstein & Helen Wils Samuel & Debi Mishael Religious School Scholarships Fund CBS Sisterhood Shelia Levine Carol Shaman & Paul Shaman Rabbiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Discretionary Fund William & Claire Reingold David & Ann Ronn Eve Avivi Sidney & Lorraine Brown Daniel & Erica Buchalter Charles Koller & Paula Bottecelli Kenneth& Helen Lesartre Elliot & Alison Gershenson Henry & Tracy Jakob Marian Prager Carol Emery Jeffrey & Donna Gershenwald Milton & Gail Klein Flo Slatko Ady & Lisa Geda Bobby & Eve Lapin Martin & Bettina Segal Harvey & Judith Rosenstock Howard & Joan Lang Charles Guez Alan & Etna Goldsmith Leon & Sandra Weiner Walter & Elaine Heller Jason & Norri Leder Stephen Katz & Jacquie Lappin Sidney & Lorraine Brown CBS Sisterhood

Eve Avivi Melvin & Marty Buck Rhoda Goldberg Julie Hershorn Leonard Hoffman M.C. & Carol Hoffman Leon & Sonia Horowitz Jodi Shaulsky Robert & Laura Rosenberg Constance Karger Ben & Cookie Portnoy Ellis Rushefsky Bob & Joyce Gilbert Dan Gordon Bruce Schoendorf David & Orna Feinstein Allan Goldstein & Rhonda Feinberg Rabbi Harvey & Judith Rosenstock Leonard Goldstein & Helen Wils Jacobo & Raquel Goldberg Dr. Isodoro & Miriam Wiener Steven & Maxine Goodman Amy Heaton Moshe & Barbara Mishael Andrew & Sandra Remson Martin & Deborah Kagan Blanche Roubein Religious School Donation Fund CBS Sisterhood Rushefsky Scholarship Fund Ellis & Goldie Rushefsky Eric & Lena Lieb Cynthia Stetzer Melvin & Marty Buck Sidney & Lorraine Brown Michael & Carol Goldberg Leonard & Susan Kammerman Paul & Judi Scott Leon & Beverly Levinson Ray & Ruth Eagle Judith Greenberg Allan Goldstein & Rhonda Feinberg Milton & Denise Mosk Rosine Chappell Jacobo & Raquel Goldberg Mallory Robinson Ben & Cookie Portnoy Ellis Rushefsky

Donations to Congregation Brith Shalom: March 2013-present (continued)

Robert & Anita Eigler Sisterhood Fund Bob & Joyce Gilbert Sheldon & Phyllis Kaufman Stephen & Barbara Robbins Stephen Katz & Jacquie Lappin Allen & Chava White Mark & Elise Newman Steven & Maxine Goodman Schlomo & Carmen Vaknin Leonard & Susan Kammerman Marc & Lena Malacoff Stephen Baker & Paula Eisenstein Baker Stephan & Lori Rubin Kurt & Ilana Lothman Steven & Barbara Goldstein Lawrence & Joan Katz Ira & Linda Levine Andrew & Sandra Remson Synagogue Enhancement Fund Melvin & Marty Buck Fred & Velva Levine Dr. Jerald & Aileen Zarin Morton & Jean Levy Mac & Shirley Katzin Joann Singer Richard & Nancy Freed Hy & Shirley Warshaw Melvyn & Dorothye Abels Bernice Backerman Torah Fund Vaughan Nelson Investment Mgmt LP Weekday Minyan Tzedakah Fund Ruth Wolfert David & Julie Pomerantz Alan buck & Roslyn Hager Dr. Stanley & Dr. Diane Novy

Sam & Elaine Merwin Edythe Greenberg Leonard Goldstein & Helen Wils CBS 7 am Minyan Weiner/Wallace Scholar-InResidence Fund Cynthia Stetzer Shira Moses Renee Wallace Year of the Torah Project Sandford & Leslie Weiner

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