B'nai Israel Review October 2016

October 2016 Elul– Tishrei 5777

IN THIS ISSUE Contact Us

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Special Happenings

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Leadership Messages

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Holiday Schedules Page 6-8 PRECEC & Youth

Page 12-13, 25 Adult Studies

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Women’s League & Men’s Mitvah Club

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Life Cycle Events

Pages 22-23 Tributes

Pages 24 Advertisers Pages 26-32

Volume 5777 Issue 3

Our Mission Through our congregational life, our goal is to provide the opportunity for our members and friends to experience Jewish life to its fullest. We want to transmit the ideals of Conservative Judaism to our children and grandchildren, to enable them to be knowledgeable and responsible participants in Jewish life, sensitive and ethical human beings and reliable custodians of an enduring heritage.

Through the synagogue, we want to find strength and inspiration in worship and study, in the sharing of life cycle events, in acts of caring, in reaching out to the wide Jewish and non-Jewish communities, and in concern and support for Israel.

Contact Us Rabbi Jacob Luski, D.D. 727.381.4900 Rabbi.luski@cbistpete.org

Cantor Jonathan Schultz 727.381.4900 x1005 Cantor.schultz@cbistpete.org

Pauline Rivkind Early Childhood Education Center Director Rachel Bennett 727.381.4900 x 2001 preschool@cbistpete.org

Torah/Facilities/Finance Bob Weinrib 727.381.4900 x 1004 Accounting@cbistpete.org

Congregant Support Pam Askin 727.381.4901 x1003 officemgr@cbistpete.org

Lifelong Learning Maureen Sechan 727.381.4900 x1011 DLL@cbistpete.org

President Susan Marger LeVine doc2roc@aol.com Women’s League Catering Livia Wein polyglatt@gmail.com Men’s Club President Leo Lang leopoldlang@gmail.com USY President Danielle LeVine DanielleL3201@gmail.com

Community Engagement Liz Sembler 727.381.4900 x1007 lizsembler@aol.com

Kehilla BIKKUR HOLIM: about sharing patient names, even with clergy. We need our congregants to communicate directly with us to inform us of illness or hospitalization. Please call Pam Askin at 727-381-4901 so that, as clergy and synagogue family, we can be helpful in moments of difficulty or stress.

One of the most important Mitzvot in Judaism is bikkur holim, visiting the sick. It is a responsibility that the clergy of B’nai Israel takes very seriously. When our members are ill or hospitalized we want to know. In the interest of protecting confidentiality hospitals today are very cautious

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Special Happenings Mark your calendar for …..

CHOLENT KIDDUSH AND TORAH STUDY, NOVEMBER 5 HAVDALA ON THE BEACH, NOVEMBER 12, 6:15 PM SUNDAY MORNING UNIVERSITY, JANUARY 22, 2017 Congregation B’nai Israel is beginning a new program … and as a member (or prospective member) of CBI, you’re already included!

LEARNER’S SERVICE BEGINS, JANUARY 28, 2017

“Guess Who’s Coming to Shabbas?” is part of a nationwide program in Conservative synagogues that partners congregants with one another for Shabbat dinners in their own homes. Hosts invite guests on a specific Friday night (dates already set; once a month). It kicks off on Friday evening, November 11.

GOLDEN KIPPAH HONOR SOCIETY High Holy Days Torah Readers Samuel Benjamin, Sharon Grau, Jocelyn Howard, Mirit Kagan, Danielle LeVine, Marc LeVine, Rachel LeVine, Emma Piper, David Wein, Ari Weiss, and Ari Weisberg

Guests in turn, where possible, become hosts to other guests the following month! Reciprocity is not expected.

The program has two goals: 1. To strengthen the synagogue community 2, To help members build meaningful memories To learn more, read the following article from the United Synagogue’s CJ magazine: http://www.cjvoices.org/article/guess-whos-coming-toshabbas/ Our goal is to grow the program exponentially, as invited guests “pay it forward” as hosts in subsequent months, leading to 100% inclusion of our members by the end of the year. Temple Sinai in Dresher, PA, where the program started, reached 82%. Think we can beat it? Let’s try!

So … Let us know if you can host! We already have about a dozen hosts (your co-chairs, Board members and others as we’ve talked it up) signed up for November 11.

Can you join us? We want more of us to get to know one another outside the walls of the synagogue.

Mitzvah Men’s Club worked together to build the frame for the congregational Sukkah.

Does this interfere with our wonderful “Got Shabbat” Dinners? Not at all! Nor will it interfere with other holidays.

Our first two dates are November 11, and December 2.

PRTT Volunteers Needed: Religious School is in need of Sunday Aides and classroom assistants. Contact Maureen Sechan, Director of Lifelong Learning.

To sign up or for more information, send us an email or call.

We want to wish you each a “Shabbat Shalom” in person!

Cover Photo: Valerie Hyman, Emma Gross and Sarah Cowart share a learning moment about fruits for a sweet new year!

Mary Ann Marger artmarger@aol.com 727-345-3637

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Maureen Shacter weinma@gmail.com 727-393-3467

From the Rabbi Following the intense period of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, I always welcome the joy and beauty of the festival of Sukkot. Sukkot is a colorful festival celebrating the fall harvest and reminding us of the temporary huts in which our ancestors found shelter during the desert period centuries ago.

Sukkot combines ideas which are complimentary and often in dialectic. The holiday is known as Z’man Simhateinu, the season of happiness and gratitude for the fall produce. The Arba Minim— Etrog and Lulav - four species which we take up during the holiday are reminders that, though we may live in the city, we are dependent upon and grateful for the fruits and vegetables which we enjoy.

The sight and the smell of greenery adorning our sukkah further enhance our appreciation of this season. In our own community, the beautiful decorations of the sukkah prompt feelings of gratitude and appreciation.

Parallel to the feelings of gratitude and thanksgiving, the symbols of the holiday remind us that many blessings we enjoy are fragile and temporary. The sukkah itself is a temporary hut, and wind and rain may threaten its very existence. The etrog and lulav, the lovely four species are carefully preserved during the holiday, but with time they will dry up and be gone. The rabbis chose the Book of Kohelet – Ecclesiastes, with its reflective tone, to be read in the synagogue at the end of the holiday.

As we approach this beautiful season of the year, I hope that all of us will celebrate and focus upon the many blessings, which give meaning and color to our lives. Let us enjoy together as a Congregational family, the moment, the hour and the season we experience right now! Hag Sameah!

Shalom, Rabbi Jacob Luski

From the Cantor I’m very proud of my choir. We’ve come a long way from when we started four years ago with just five singers for the High Holy Days. We’ve grown into a thirteen-member choir, and I’ve expanded their repertoire every year, so that every High Holy Days and every Shabbat Shirah, we’ve done something new. And this year, the choir will be performing at the Pre-Selichot program, as well as the Selichot service.

Rehearsals for Shabbat Shirah (February 11) will begin on Thursday, November 3 at 6:45 pm in the CBI chapel. If you’d like to join the choir, please contact me at cantor.schultz@cbistpete.org.

And now, some more Tales of Spain.

Last month, I wrote about our adventures in Madrid. After Madrid, we traveled to Cordoba, Granada and Seville. After traveling from Madrid to Cordoba via high-speed train, we explored Jewish Cordoba, birthplace of the great Maimonides. We visited the synagogue, which has a bronze statue of Maimonides, as well as a Maimonides museum, which showcases artifacts and relics from Maimonides’ life, as well as a painting of Maimonides as a young man, and a map of his lifelong journey from Cordoba to Cairo. We also stopped at the Casa de Sefarad for a discussion of Ladino musical traditions.

In the early afternoon, our buses took us to Granada, the final Moorish stronghold before it fell to Ferdinand and Isabella. That night, we had a private tour of the magnificent Alhambra palace. The following morning, we explored the Old Jewish Quarter and the Palace of the forgotten, dedicated to educating visitors about the Jewish history of Granada.

After lunch, we traveled to our final destination in Spain, Seville. We enjoyed a presentation by Seville Jewish community leader Moises Hassan, titled “The Jews of Spain: past, present and… future?” Among other things, we learned that Spain has offered Spanish citizenship to any and all Jews who are of Judeo-Spanish descent. Afterwards, we worshipped together in a Moroccan Maariv service led by Hazzan Aaron Bensoussan, a Moroccan-born Hazzan who is an expert in Moroccan and Sephardic Jewish music.

The following day, we explored the old Jewish Quarter of Seville, enjoyed some closing presentations by Professors Berk and Papo, and enjoyed a closing program featuring a flamenco performance and a closing concert titled “Am Yisrael Chai.”

Cantor Jonathan Schultz

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From the President “Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Into the Shul we go,” sang a chorus of toddlers and small children as they marched around the sanctuary to kick off the first Disney-Themed Shabbat Service at CBI in August. The musical event, led by Dr. Steve LeVine, Cantor Jonathan Schultz, Dr. David LeVine, Maureen Sechan, Janice LeVine and Rabbi Jacob Luski, brought nearly 30 children and 70 adults to a Friday night service featuring prayers to favorite Disney tunes from Frozen, Aladdin, Mary Poppins and others.

Feedback received from Disney Shabbat is that kids came for very much the same reason as did the adults: to see friends and have fun seeing what each other will choose to wear! At the same time, all were able to experience the joy of Shabbat in “A Whole New World.”

As a child, I recall my mother telling us to save our newest outfits for Rosh Hashanah, to remind us a new year is beginning. On Yom Kippur, it is very appropriate to “sneak into Shul” with sneakers, Tom’s or Crocs.

Wearing no leather is just one way to get into the somber feel of this day of repentance. Special for families, the synagogue offers childcare and child services. The Atrium glassed room at the back of the sanctuary offers another option for families to see and hear the service while having the privacy to permit babies to play on the carpeted floor.

Other favorite High Holiday moments are the blessing for the children on Erev Rosh Hashanah, when all families are called to the front of the sanctuary as Rabbi leads this blessing. Rosh Hashanah services are highlighted by the sounds of the Shofar. The Tashlich service on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah will have a short child story telling time followed by the tossing of bread (our sins) into a nearby lake. My favorite time during Yom Kippur is the Ne’ilah concluding service, when families may walk up the ramp to the ark and have a moment of private meditation. Bring your shofarot for a final community blast to mark the end of Yom Kippur. The fast will be broken as we leave services and are greeted in the lobby with Mitzvah Men’s Club snack bags.

I wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year and an easy fast.

See you in Shul!

Susan Marger LeVine

From the Director of Lifelong Learning This August, on behalf of CBI, I attended the New Director’s Institute, NDI, which is a professional development seminar for Religious school directors sponsored by United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. It was a wonderful opportunity to deepen my own understanding of intentional experiences and to learn with colleagues from across the country, and I thank my synagogue for their investment in me as we attempt to accomplish our shared vision of building community and engaging 21st century learners. My colleagues and I were treated to a marvelous educational experience at Pearlstone Conference Center outside of Baltimore. The lodge boasted excellent conference facilities and included a working farm. Each day the delicious meals included produce from the farm, and at every meal a chalkboard announced which ingredients were truly farm to table! We sang Birkat Hamazon at each meal with one caveat: “You lead it, you do it the way you want,” and we all sang along to new and familiar tunes. We read the Torah outside on the patio Thursday morning. We began each activity with text study and deep reflection and discussion about its intended meaning and its application to education. We talked about our schools and the unique opportunities and challenges in our communities. We learned with each other, and each day we engaged in activities intended to create mindful experiences, “aha” moments designed to empower us to be innovative and effective leaders in our own schools and communities.

One of our activities highlighted the changes educators see in current learners: traditional methods of lecture and reading lead to a mere 15% retention rate of information, and audio-visual aids and demonstrations only increase retention to 65%. The addition of active (rather than passive) methods of instruction such as discussion groups, practice by doing, and immediate use such as teaching others increased retention to 90%. Toward this end, the majority of our work at NDI involved activities and group discussions, followed by reflection. At every activity each day we absorbed the lesson that effective Jewish education is based on engaging learners.

So what is engagement and what does experiential learning look like? While it looks different in every learning environment, I’m reasonably sure that when it is most effective it touches something personal, and the learning involves some type of individual growth: maybe intellectual. Maybe service learning. Maybe the learning will be spiritual. I believe that the deepest learning comes with a feeling that from the doing, the hearing, the smelling, and the tasting, the learner has absorbed the essence of the experience in a very personal way, and that’s the learning that 21st century learners crave.

Maureen Sechan Director Lifelong Learning

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CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL OF ST. PETERSBURG HIGH HOLIDAYS 5777 - SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SELIHOT SERVICE – SATURDAY NIGHT, September 24, 2016 Pre-Selihot Program: Musical Selections 9:00 pm followed by Reception Selihot Service 10:30 pm KEVER AVOT – MEMORIAL SERVICES – Sunday, September 25, 2016 Menorah Gardens, Chapel Hill 10:30 am Royal Palm Cemetery 11:30 am ROSH HASHANA EVE SERVICE – Sunday, October 2, 2016, 7:00 pm Includes special Blessing of Children We urge everyone attending to have their tickets with them and to allow sufficient time for parking In order to be seated.

ROSH HASHANA - FIRST DAY – Monday, October 3, 2016 Introductory Service and Shaharit 8:30 am Torah Reading 9:30 am SHOFAR SERVICE 10:15 am Sermon 10:30 am Musaf Service 11:00 am Tashlich Service at Lake Pasadena 5:45 pm Minha, Maariv 7:00 pm ROSH HASHANA - SECOND DAY – Tuesday, October 4, 2016 Introductory service and Shaharit 8:30 am Torah Reading 9:30 am SHOFAR SERVICE 10:15 am Sermon 10:30 am Musaf Service 11:00 am Minha, Maariv & Conclusion of Yom Tov 7:00 pm SHABBAT SHUVA Friday, October 7 Saturday, October 8 Minha Service

Minha, Maariv

6:30 pm 9:00 am 12:00 pm

KOL NIDRE – Tuesday, October 11, 2016, 6:45 p.m.

We urge everyone attending to have their tickets with them, and to allow sufficient time for parking, and to be seated.

YOM KIPPUR DAY – Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Introductory Service & Shaharit 8:30 am Torah Reading 9:30 am Musaf Service 10:45 am Sermon & Yizkor 1:00 pm Minha Service 4:40 pm Neila 5:50 pm Neila Services will commence at 5:50 p.m. and all worshipers are requested to remain in their seats until the conclusion of the Maariv Service and the final sound of the Shofar at approximately 7:35 pm. followed by the Mitzvah Men’s Club break-the-fast snacks.

CANDLELIGHTING: ROSH HASHANA st Erev 1 Day Erev 2nd Day SHABBAT SHUVA YOM KIPPUR

Sunday, October 2 Monday, October 3 Friday, October 7 Tuesday, October 11

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6:57 pm 7:57 pm 6:51 pm 6:47 pm

CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL OF ST. PETERSBURG Sukkot Services & Events Schedule 5777 Yom Tov Services Sunday, October 16 - Erev Sukkot Erev Sukkot evening service, 6:30 pm Kadima/USY/Hebrew High School (grades 6-12) Dinner in the Sukka Monday, October 17 - 1st Day Sukkot Yom Tov morning services - “Shake A Lulav” Hoshanot Processions, 9:00 am Yom Tov evening service, 6:30 pm Tuesday, October 18 - 2nd Day Sukkot Yom Tov Morning services - “Shake A Lulav” Hoshanot Processions, 9:00 am Yom Tov Minha 12:00 noon Hol Hamoed Services and Events: Wednesday, October 19 Minyan & Breakfast in Sukka, 7:45 am BACA Lunch in Sukka 10:00 am-1:00 pm Hadassah in the Sukka 7:00 pm Talmud Made Easy with Steve Wein, Library 7:00 pm Evening Service, 6:30 pm Thursday, October 20 Minyan & Breakfast in Sukka, 7:45 am PCBR Lunch in Sukka 12:00 pm Men’s Club Suds in the Sukka 5:30 – 7:00 pm Evening Service 6:30 pm Friday, October 21 Minyan & Breakfast in Sukka, 7:45 am Shabbat Hol Hamoed Services, 6:00 pm Followed by Got Shabbat? Family Sukkot Dinner Saturday, October 22 Shabbat Hol Hamoed Services, October Simha Shabbat & Kiddush 9:00 am Junior Congregation, Chapel 10:30 am Tot Shabbat, Youth Lounge 11:00 am Minha 12:00 pm Sunday, October 23 - Hoshana Rabah Hoshana Rabah Services, 9:00 am, followed by Breakfast in the Sukka.

Hoshana prayers for a good harvest in the year to come are recited during a procession seven times around the bimah after which five aravot bound together are beaten.

Yom Tov Services: Sunday, October 23 - Erev Shemini Atzeret Service, 6:30 pm Monday, October 24 - Shemini Atzeret Shemini Atzeret Yom Tov morning services includes Yizkor Memorial Service and Memorial Plaques Dedication, 9:00 am Minha, Maariv & Torah Procession, 6:30 pm - Erev Simhat Torah Includes Youth Simhat Torah Celebration Tuesday, October 25 - Simhat Torah Simhat Torah Yom Tov morning service, 9:00 am Honoring our Hatanei Hatorah – “Princes of the Torah” Yom Tov Minha 12:00 pm

Child Care is available on Yom Tov mornings upon request to the synagogue office prior to the holiday.

SUKKOT CANDLELIGHTING Sunday, October 16 – 6:42 pm Monday, October 17 – 7:42 pm Friday, October 21 - 6:37 pm Sunday, October 23 – 6:36 pm Monday, October 24 - 7:36 pm

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HIGH HOLIDAY TICKETS CBI has sent out High Holiday tickets to all members in good standing. If you have not yet received your tickets, please contact Pam Askin at 727-381-4901.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: USHERS: Come to the aid of your Congregation and volunteer to be a High Holiday usher. We need your help! We will tailor your usher schedule to the hours you anticipate being in shul. For information please contact Eric Pastman at eric.pastman@gmail.com.

BUILD THE SUKKAH: CBI's Mitzvah Men’s Club HIGH HOLIDAY SPECIAL BLESSINGS & INFORMATION

will complete the Mitzvah of building the CBI Sukkah on Sunday, October 9 at 10:00 am.

Blessing of the Children

DECORATE THE SUKKAH: CBI WOMENS'

We invite parents to join Rabbi Luski in reciting a special Blessing for your children at Erev Rosh Hashanah Services, Sunday, October 2nd, 7:00 pm.

LEAGUE will join with PRTT students and parents to help to decorate the Sukkah on Sunday morning, October 16th at 9:45 am. Donations of artificial fruit for decorating is appreciated.

Recovery Prayer On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, Monday, October 3rd, Rabbi Luski will recite the blessing of HaGomel, thanksgiving for all those who have been hospitalized and recovered during the previous year. Rabbi will ask those who have been ill and hospitalized to stand, together with their families, for the prayer which expresses their special sense of gratitude for the privilege of being in the Synagogue on this Rosh Hashanah. If you are in this category, and would like to join us for this event, please be in your seats by 9:30 am.

Tashlich Service Tashlich is on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, Monday, October 4th at 5:45 pm at Lake Pasadena, located just west of CBI at 64th Street and 3rd Avenue N. The ceremony is based on the text of Micah: "And you shall cast into depths all of your sins."

Maureen Sechan, our Director of Lifelong Learning, will present a special Childrens' Story Time at 5:30 PM just before Tashlich.

We urge you to be present for this wonderful opportunity for children and parents to share in what is always a lovely outdoor ceremony. Minha and Maariv will follow at 7:00 pm at CBI.

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BRING YOUR OWN TALIT TO SERVICES We ask all worshippers attending religious services in our Congregation to bring their own tallit and kipot. High Holiday prayer books, as well as a good number of talitot, will be provided by the Congregation. Our Judaica Shop has a variety of talitot available for purchase.

Ladies are encouraged to wear talitot and head coverings when receiving an Aliyah or honor on the Bimah

SNEAK INTO SHUL "Sneak Into Shul" as your "True Self" this Yom Kippur.

Take a step in the right direction by wearing sneakers and "come as you are" by being fragrance-free. The five interpretations of "afflicting one's soul" include: · No eating and drinking · No wearing of leather footwear (or at least avoiding leather soles) · No bathing or washing · No applying perfumes, colognes, oils or lotions · No marital relations Refraining from using fragrances is also a courtesy to those who fast and are prone to getting headaches.

Also, on Yom Kippur, dressing in white is particularly appropriate given the symbolic importance of white as reflected in verse: "And your sins which are as red as scarlet shall become as white as snow."

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Women’s League

New Year Greetings 5777

Women’s League of Congregation B’nai Israel Wishes Our Family and Friends a Very Healthy, Happy New Year!

Todah Rabah to our congregants who participated in the New Year Greetings section of the bulletin

Best Wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year Sylvia, Irwin and Hannah Ayes

L’shana Tova – Best Wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year The Fuchs Family

Wishing a Happy and Sweet Year to All My Family, Friends and Kol Yisrael Lou Bader

Best Wishes for a Happy Healthy New Year Selma C. Gaby

L’shana Tova Marilyn Benjamin

Best Wishes for a Happy New Year Lenny and Millie Gelfond

L’shana Tova Louisa, Mark, Peninah and Samuel Benjamin

Shana Tova Ed Ginsberg

L’shana Tova Joan and Jerry Benstock

Best Wishes for a Happy New Year Ellen and Joel Goetz

L’shana Tova Margot and Michael Benstock and Family

Best Wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year Harold and Charlotte Goldberg

Best Wishes for 5777 Naomi Berg and Alan Berg

Best Wishes for a Happy New Year Marilyn and Jack Goldberg

Best Wishes for a Happy New Year Susie and Ira Berman

L’shana Tova Linda and Jack Goldfarb

Wishing a Happy New Year to my CBI Family Ellen Bernstein

L’shana Tova Linda and Steve Grau

Happy Healthy 5777 Esta Blaxberg

L’shana Tova Larry and Vera Green

Shana Tova Sherrie, Brian and Robert Carroll, and Marvin Bayles

Best Wishes for a Happy, Healthy New Year Anita and Lorri Helfand

Best Wishes for a Happy New Year Dr. Patricia Cottrille

In 5777, May All Your News be Good Valerie Hyman

L’shana Tova Dolores Diamond

Wishing a Healthy and Happy New Year Bob and Debbie Jacobs and Family

Shana Tova from the Feinman Family

L’shana Tova Sam and Sandy Janofsky

L’shana Tovah!

Sarah and Forrest Feld

L’shana Tova Barry and Jackie Kanner

L’shana Tova Murray Fink, Lea and Marshall Seiden

L’shana Tova Kopelman Family

L’shana Tova Reisha Freedman

L’shana Tova Ruth Lebowitz

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Women’s League

New Year Greetings 5777

L’shana Tova Lee and Marvin Leibson

L’shana Tova Marc, Laurie, Elissa and Jeremy Reiskind

Best Wishes for a Happy New Year The Levins, Barbara, Ira, Ken and Barry

Best Wishes for a Happy New Year Eileen Richman

L’shana Tovah!

Dr. David and Janice LeVine and Family

A Day of Joy, a Time of Hope, a Year of Happiness L’shanah Tova Dr. Joseph and Diana Rosin

Best Wishes for a Happy New Year Marilyn and Morris LeVine

Best Wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year Lilly Salcman

Wishing our Congregational Family a Sweet and Healthy Year Susan and Steve LeVine and Family

L’shana Tova Susie and Alan Schwartz and Family

L’shana Tova Diane and Jeff Litt

L’shana Tova Joyce and Harold Seder

L’shana Tova Dr. Edward and Vivian Lurie

Warm Wishes for a Fulfilling 5777 Anita, Karen and Mandel Sher and Family

L’shana Tova Shelley Lynn

Best Wishes for a Happy New Year Bev Sherman

For a Year of Peace Mary Ann and Bruce Marger

L’shana Tova Y’all Jane and Don Silverberg

L’shana Tova Carol and Bill Marger Meg, Bernie and Eli Marger “Nana” Ruth Gray

L’shana Tova Sandy and Mike Slomka Best Wishes for a Happy New Year Shirley Sommella

Best Wishes for a Healthy and Happy 5777 to You and Your Family Bebby and Arthur Marlin

Best Wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year Rose Sutton

Shana Tova Umetukah Am Israel Chai Ana Masri

Best Wishes for a Healthy New Year Michael and Mavis Wallace L’shana Tova Bob, Kelly and Eric Weinrib

L’shana Tova Irma and Jack Mayer

L’shana Tova Linda Weiss

A Sweet and Happy New Year Anita and Harold Pollack

Best Wishes for a Healthy, Happy New Year Phyllis and Sid Werner

Happy and a Healthy New Year Joan, Phil and Beth Ann Redisch

Best Wishes for a Happy New Year Jean Wittner

May You Have a Sweet and Happy New Year The Reich Family

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February 2014

Pauline Rivkind Early Childhood Education Center

CALLING ALL STORYTELLERS! Coming up in October Monday October 3 & Tuesday October 4: Closed in observance of Rosh Hashanah Tuesday October 11: Early Release Day in observance of Yom Kippur Wednesday October 12: Closed in observance of Yom Kippur Monday October 17 & Tuesday October 18: Closed in observance of Sukkot Wednesday October 19: Family Sukkah Experience Thursday October 20: Snack in the Sukkah Friday October 21: 10am Simchat Torah Processional at CBI/PRECEC Campus Monday October 24: Closed in observance of Shemini Atzeret Tuesday October 25: Closed in observance of Simchat Torah Friday October 28: 10am Family Pre-Shabbat Celebration in the CBI Sanctuary Monday October 31: 10am Storybook Parade PRECEC Campus PRECEC is accepting new enrolls!

Call today to book your tour, space is extremely limited.

PRECEC is BLASTING OFF! Stop by to say hello 

Participate in Tikkun Olam project of Jewish Federation’s mission trip to Cuba. CBI congregants and PRECEC parents Lyle and Hana Cowart are collecting medical and school supply donations: specifically diapers, diaper ointment, fever reducers, children’s vitamins, as well as school supplies for Hebrew schools including Spanish language children’s books, to take with them on the Jewish Federation of Pinellas Pasco humanitarian mission trip to Cuba in October. To participate, head over to our PRECEC school wing and drop off your donations in the container provided . All materials will be delivered to the Jewish communities of Cuba. For more info email: cowarth@gmail.com

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Pauline Rivkind Early Childhood Education Center is looking for some fabulous volunteers to come read to our youngest learners.

We will even provide you with a selected P.J. Library Story! Schedules are flexible as we have availability Monday through Friday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm.

Interested in getting involved? Please contact PRECEC Director Rachel Bennett at preschool@cbistpete.org or 727.302.9668.

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The CBI Engagement Committee fosters warmth and connections at CBI through initiatives that bring us closer to God, each other, and the Jewish community, supporting our synagogue’s mission as a Kehilla Kedusha, a sacred community.

Haftarah Chanting Class: Wednesday evenings, beginning January 11, 2017. Liz Sembler, lizsembler@aol.com *Jewbilees: Outreach and social activities for Baby Boomers. Cary Reich, creich1@tampabay.rr.com and Sheryl Feinman, sherlnan@tampabay.rr.com. *Guess Who’s Coming to Shabbas?: Monthly home-based Shabbat dinner with opportunities to host, attend, or both. Kicks off November 11.

Maureen Shacter, weinma@gmail.com and MaryAnn Marger, artmarger@aol.com.

That’s the Engagement Committee’s mission statement, drafted when we first started our efforts in 2011. And while it may appear that we function as a programming committee, and I have much information to share below regarding upcoming programs, we are truly much more than that. We were founded because we wanted to emphasize the ‘kedusha,” the sacredness, of the CBI proposition. Our efforts start with God, with the understanding that each of us is created in God’s image, that each of us has a soul that yearns for Jewish connection and growth. The Engagement Committee’s initiatives succeed when congregants and their friends participate, learn, exercise their hearts and minds and souls, grow Jewishly and inspire others to as well.

*Shabbat Morning Learners’ Service: January-March 2017, six sessions to teach participants the prayers and choreography of the service, running concurrently with main services in the sanctuary. Jay Kauffman, jekcpa@gmail.com, and Steve Wein, sjwein@gmail.com. *Social Action: Ongoing opportunities throughout the year to join together for Tikkun Olam in our community.

Judi and Mark Gordon, judifgordon@gmail.com.

Additionally, there are other meaningful and engaging opportunities brought to you by other parts of the CBI family that underscore the Engagement mission, like Havdalah in the City, Havdalah on the Beach, Kabbalat Shabbat on the Beach, Pride Shabbat, Disney Shabbat, Lunch with the Rabbi, and Talmud Class with Steve Wein.

Our Mitzvah Men’s Club and Women’s League meet monthly and run terrific programs and events. We offer Got Shabbat? Dinners at CBI several times a year. The A-Team, Adult Studies and the Ritual Committee plan inspiring and informative learning sessions as well.

Please take a look at our opportunities for the coming year, some spiritual, some social, some educational and some all three. Find the ones that speak to you.

And come join us!

For more information about any of these groups or programs, please call or email me or the person listed.

My contact info is below. Listings marked by an asterisk are new this year: Women’s Rosh Chodesh Group: Monthly brunch and learn at CBI members’ homes. This year’s focus: Biblical Women. Sheryl Feinman, sherlnan@tampabay.rr.com

There is so much going on, in our building, in our community, and in our members’ homes. The Engagement Committee encourages you to join us! And we would love your input. Please contact me if you would like to share your ideas and help us as we work together to further our mission of fostering warmth and connections at CBI though initiatives that bring us closer to God, our fellow synagogue members, and the Jewish community.

Millennials: Jewish outreach and social activities.

Eve Epstein, eveestherepstein@gmail.com Minyanaires: support for our daily minyan and yearly pinning ceremony/dinner. Laurie Reiskind, lauriesr@tampabay.rr.com

See you in shul, Liz Sembler lizsembler@aol.com 381-4900, ext. 206

Sunday Morning University: One morning+ two sessions+ six professors= infinite learning, Jan. 22, 2017.

Sheryl Sutton, ssutton3@mac.com

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Morning Minyan Followed by Breakfast

Sundays 9:00 am Monday - Friday: 7:45 am

Evening Minyan Sunday Thursday: 6:30 pm

See calendar for special holiday service times

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ROSH HASHANA 8:30am 2nd Day Rosh Hashana 8:30am 1st Day Rosh Hashana Services Services 7:00pm Minha, Maariv, Conclusion 5:30pm Tashilch Story, Lake of Yom Tov Pasadena 5:45pm Tashlich Ceremony, Lake Pasadena 7:00pm Minha, Maariv 7:57pm Candlelighting

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9:00am Minyan, breakfast 6:45pm Kol Nidre Service, Erev Yom Kippur 6:47pm Candlelighting

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9:00am Sukkot Services 12:00pm Yom Tov Minha

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7:45am Hol Hamoed Minyan, Breakfast in the Sukka 12:00pm PCBR lunch in Sukka 5:30pm Men’s Club Suds In The Sukka 6:30pm Minyan

7:45am Hol Hamoed Minyan, Breakfast in the Sukka 6:00pm Shabbat Hol Hamoed Service, GOT SHABBAT? Sukkot Dinner 6:37pm Candlelighting

9:00am Hol Hamoed Services, Simha Shabbat, Kiddush 10:30am Jr. Congregation 10:30am Tot Shabbat 12:30pm Shabbat Minha*

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8:30am Yom Kippur Services, Yizkor Memorial Service 4:40pm Minha 5:50pm Neila Service 7:35pm Conclusion of Yom Tov

10:00 PRECEC Pre-Shabbat Celebration 6:30pm Kabbalat Shabbat 6:31pm Candlelighting

Sedra B’reishit 9:00am Hol Hamoed Services, Dialogue with Rabbi, Kiddush 12:30pm Shabbat Minha*

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SIMHAT TORAH CELEBRATION Congregation to Honor our Hatanei Hatorah for Outstanding Service Tuesday, October 25, 2016, 9:00am at Simhat Torah Yom Tov Services A special Kiddush lunch in their honor will follow services The festival of Sukkot reaches its joyous climax on Simhat Torah, which is the last day of the Holiday. It is the happiest holiday of the Jewish calendar because we celebrate our joy and pleasure in Torah.

Because of Israel’s love of the Torah, a tradition evolved in ancient times to honor three individuals for their commitment to the Torah, to the Synagogue, and the Jewish way of life. On this day we read the last portion of Deuteronomy and then the first portion of Genesis. The individual called to the Torah when the last section of Deuteronomy is read is called Hatan or Kallah Torah. The individual called for the reading of the first portion of Genesis is called Hatan or Kallah Bereshit. The individual honored with the chanting of the Maftir on this day is called Hatan or Kallah Maftir. We continue this year the tradition at Congregation B'nai Israel of St. Petersburg to assign these portions to individuals who, because of their devotion to Judaism and their record of service to the Synagogue and the Jewish Community, have merited public tribute.

To express our high regard and respect for the honorees, they are escorted under the Huppah to the Bimah for the special honor where they publicly reaffirm their love of Torah, God and Israel. We are honoring these individuals with these three very special Aliyot on Simhat Torah Morning, Tuesday, October 25, 2016.

Ricki Lewis, our Kallah Torah, has been a member of CBI since 2001. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of both the Synagogue and Women’s League. She has previously been a member of the Executive Board of the Congregation. One of her current duties is to act as the liaison from the Board to the PRTT and to the Pauline Rivkind Early Childhood Education Center, where she currently leads Pre-Shabbat services each week. She also regularly prepares food with the Catering Committee, and has been certified as a Mashgiach.

During the past fifteen years, Ricki has taught Adult Hebrew, coordinated and taught in the Joyful Prayer program, and served as a Holiday Personal Trainer. She also volunteered to fill the role of Interim Director of the Pauline Rivkind Talmud Torah for one year.

Prior to her retirement as a Recreation Therapist at Menorah Manor, Ricki was the Judaics Coordinator at the Hillel Academy, the Education Director of Congregation Rodeph Sholom, and the founding principal of the Berger Community High School, all in Tampa. At the present time, she volunteers at Inn on the Pond, and as a Docent at the Florida Holocaust Museum.

Originally from Brooklyn, Ricki received her B.A. from Stony Brook University, where she met her husband Mark. She also earned a Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Florida. Ricki and Mark are the parents of two grown daughters, and enjoy spending time with their three grandchildren.

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Laurie Slomka Reiskind, our Kallah Bereshit grew up in St. Pete and has had the honor of being both the president of USY and the congregation at CBI. She graduated from Shorecrest Preparatory School before attending Emory University where she received a BA. After receiving her Master’s in Occupational therapy (OT), she worked primarily doing spinal cord injury rehabilitation.

In 1993, she moved back to St. Pete with her husband, Marc, the Medical Director of the Rehabilitation Unit at Bayfront Health. She stopped practicing OT and became a “professional volunteer” while she was raising her two children, Elissa and Jeremy.

Laurie has volunteered throughout the community, focusing on her kids’ schools, primarily Shorecrest, as well as the Jewish community. She was a president of the Shoshanim Group of Hadassah and has continuously served on the board of the St. Petersburg Chapter of Hadassah for many years.

Her involvement at CBI began as membership co-chair with Gail Warren. Since 1998 she has served continuously on the Board and/or Executive Committee holding many positions including Fund Raising VP and President.

Laurie’s hobbies include playing Mah jongg and all things related to sports.

Both humbled and honored to accept the recognition of being named Kallah Bereshit, Laurie thanks many friends and volunteers along the way, who have supported her commitment to CBI as well as the many CBI staff members who worked with her to help CBI be its best. Most importantly, todah rabah to her parents, Mike and Sandy Slomka, for being awesome role models and to Jeremy, Elissa and Marc who always supported her volunteer efforts.

Mazel Tov to Ricki Lewis and Joanne Luski on their honors.

Joanne Luski, our Kallah Maftir, Joanne Luski, daughter of Vivian and Jack (z’l) Neumann, grew up in Arlington, VA and was active in and President of USY.Joanne graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a BA in Education and Columbia University with a MA in Education and Curriculum Development. She taught at SAR Academy, Riverdale, NY and the Solomon Schechter School of White Plains, NY. In 1977, Joanne and her husband, Rabbi Jacob Luski, moved to St. Petersburg, FL with their one-year-old daughter, Yael. With her background in education, she dedicated herself to volunteerism. She was on the founding Board of Directors of the Pinellas County Jewish Day School, serving on the Executive Board, in various capacities for thirteen years.

Joanne volunteered at St. Petersburg High School as President of the PTSA, a member of the School Advisory Council, a mentor for the Pinellas County Doorways Program and a volunteer in the Guidance department. In 1998, Joanne received the Outstanding Volunteer Award for St. Petersburg High School.

Over the past 39 years, Joanne volunteered at CBI on the Youth Commission, the Spin-A-Yarn Knitting for charity group, hosting countless dinners, the CBI Gift and Craft Show planning committee and as Women’s League Torah Fund Vice President, raising funds for the Jewish Theological Seminary. Joanne and Rabbi Jacob Luski, are recipients of two State of Israel Bonds Awards, the Heritage Award and the Star of Peace and Hope Award. Joanne is a Life member of Hadassah.

Joanne and Rabbi Jacob Luski are the proud parents of Yael and Jamie, Jeremy, Rachel and Alan, Naomi and Derek and grandparents of Jaxson and Preston. Humbled on receiving the honor of Kallah Maftir, Joanne congratulates fellow honorees Ricki Lewis and Laurie Reiskind.

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Adult Studies & Special Events TORAH FOR SENIORS

CBI-HADASSAH BOOK CLUB

No October session of Torah for Seniors.

SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, November 8, 11:00 am Join Rabbi Jacob Luski at Philip Benjamin Tower.

On October 19, at 10:00 am, meet in the Library to discuss Once We Were Brothers by author, Ronald Balson, facilitated by Dolores Diamond.

LUNCH WITH RABBI

TALMUD MADE EASY

Deli lunch and Mishna Study with Rabbi Luski meets monthly on Wednesdays at noon in the Atrium. RSVP your lunch orders by 1:00 pm the Tuesday before.

Dates: October 19, November 2, 16 and November 30 at 7:00 pm in the Library. Steve Wein continues his class studying Talmudic text along with selected commentaries.

Classes are in English and Steve explains all. All materials will be provided and no previous knowledge necessary.

No October session of Lunch with Rabbi.

SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, November 9, 12:00 pm and RSVP your lunch order by Tuesday, November 8th to Pam Askin at 727.381.4901 or officemgr@cbistpete.org

SHABBAT LUNCH AND LEARN Starting this fall CBI will hold a member led study session once a month. The study session will be held after services. Time will be available to get your lunch and meet in the atrium. The sessions are expected to last up to one hour. Everyone is welcome to attend and there is no charge for these sessions. The subjects will be announced at least two weeks prior to each session. If you are interested in leading a session, please contact the office or Eric Pastman at eric.pastman@gmail.com.

ROSH CHODESH WOMEN’S GROUP The Rosh Chodesh Women’s Group will meet on Sunday, October 9, at 10:30 am at the home of Sheryl Feinman.

We will begin our new theme for monthly talks on “Biblical Women”. RSVP to Sheryl Feinman at 422-2221, or email sherlnan@tampabay.rr.com

Congregation B’nai Israel of St. Petersburg High Holiday Mahzor Dedication Order Form Three years ago CBI introduced the inspiring and engaging new Mahzor Lev Shalem. The readings and explanations are designed to stimulate thought and invite reflection while being accessible to each of us.

You still have the opportunity to dedicate these new Mahzorim in honor or memory, in appreciation of loved ones or to acknowledge a special event for $36 per dedication, or three Mahzorim for $100. Each dedication will be inscribed in a Mahzor.

Forms are available online at www.cbistpete.org Thank you for your continuing support of our CBI community. Contact us with any questions at (727) 381-4900.

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Mitzvah Men’s Club

Women’s League Intergenerational Fun

CBI’s Mitzvah Men’s Club needs your strength to participate in the Mitzvah of building the CBI Sukkah on Sunday, October 9 at 9:30AM. We will also host our popular, annual Suds in the Sukkah, Thursday, October 20 at 5:30PM. Dues keep our events strong, so please send your checks in to Treasurer, Sam Janofsky, as soon as possible.

Women’s League and the Pauline Rivkind Talmud Torah “PRTT” are hosting a morning of Intergenerational Fun. Join us as we decorate the Sukka on Sunday morning at 9:45 a.m. on October 16. You can also take part in the Morning Minyan first at 9:00 a.m. The event will feature a Sukka Shmooze with nosh and entertainment by PRTT. Help hang the traditional harvest fruits.

BYOF: Feel free to Bring Your Own (artificial) Fruits and contribute to the new décor in our CBI Sukka!

Alan Gross is helping us develop new programs and is open to good ideas. Some programs being considered include: baseball game, museum trips, and guest speakers.

Mark your calendar for other Women’s League events:

Leo Lang, President

Looking Ahead:

Women’s League Shabbat will take place on January 20 and 21 under the guidance of Reisha Freedman, who will coordinate the services. There will be a Got Shabbat? Dinner, and a Kiddush luncheon catered by Livia Wein and her very dedicated committee.

Sunday, December 4th cook and serve Latkes to the congregation Sunday, February 5th World Wide Wrap instruction, minyan

The annual Torah Fund Dinner in support of the Jewish Theological Seminary will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 21. Carol Simon, President of International Women’s League will be our guest speaker.

Friday, March 24th Men's Club Kabbalat Shabbat, Got Shabbat? Dinner.

Women’s League wishes everyone a happy, healthy new year. See you in shul.

Thursday, April 13th Passover BBQ

Saturday, March 25th Men's Club Shabbat service and Kiddush

Sunday, April 30th Put up Kotel Sunday, May 14th Men's Club Mother's Day Brunch

THE WOMEN’S LEAGUE JUDAICA SHOP Support Shabbat Kiddush Lunch

Our Judaica Shop has many items for your home or your gift-giving pleasure. Remember, we gift wrap and take special orders. We have an array of items for all the holidays including Rosh Hashana, Hanukka, and Pesach. If you are a Mah Jongg enthusiast, we have several gift items. Please call us for an appointment.

Our Shabbat Kiddush luncheons have become a staple of the past year. Rather than rushing home to eat lunch the CBI community has enjoyed additional time after Shabbat morning services to socialize with friends and make new acquaintances. These lunches have encouraged the Mitzvah of participation in the Shabbat Minha Minyan. They have provided an additional opportunity for those saying Kaddish.

Please help your Kehilla continue what has become a beloved part of the CBI Shabbat experience.

To contribute to or sponsor a Kiddush luncheon please contact: Livia Wein at 727-393-3289 or email at polyglatt@gmail.com

If you would like to volunteer, please call Diana Litt, 727.392.5554, Eileen Richman, 727.393.6430 or Anita Helfand, 727.347.2300

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Life Cycle Events Mazal Tov!

In Memoriam

Mark and Ricki Lewis on the marriage of their daughter, Dr. Jocelyn Lewis to Marc Cohen

Rose Luski z”l Wife of Abraham Luski, Mother of Rabbi Jacob Luski ( Joanne )

Birth of Jacob George Gross Son of Joe & Stacey Gross Grandson of Jay & Terri Gross Great-grandson of Don & Jane Silverberg

May God comfort the families among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.

Birth of Nevo Hurwitz, Son of Daniel & Fanya Hurwitz Grandson of Michael & Arlene Hurwitz.

INTO GOD’S HAND I COMMIT MY SPIRIT

Birth of Judah Adin Bloom Son of Chaim & Aliza Bloom

The Solitary Flame of the Yahrzeit light is a silent tribute to the preciousness and eternity of the human soul. Attending services, reciting Kaddish, and contributing to tzedakah are appropriate ways to commemorate your loved one’s memory.

Birth of Mark Allen Shenofsky, Son of Jared & Allison Shenofsky, Grandson of Lee Shenofsky

If you are interested in purchasing a permanent Memorial Plaque and having it placed on our Memorial Wall, please contact Pam Askin at 727.381.4901 or officemgr@cbistpete.org for more information.

Dr. Greg Engelman on the marriage of His daughter Leigh Engelman to Michael Bianco, and His daughter, Aimee Engelman to Korey Hurley.

Etz Chaim Tree of Life Looking for a special way to honor family and friends?

Celebrating a Simha?

BUNS FAMILY TREE OF LIFE is just the answer. What a joy it is for someone to walk into our shul and see a tribute in honor of his/her Bar or Bat Mitzvah, special birthday, anniversary, or wedding. Order forms are in the synagogue office and lobby. Minimum donation $254.

It is a tree of life to those who uphold it.

Proverbs 3:18

A Leaf has been dedicated on the Tree of Life in honor of: Esta Blaxberg on her 90th Birthday, 8-16-16 with Love from Dear Friends: Ellen Bernstein, Millie & Lenny Gelfond, Marilyn & Jack Goldberg, Anita Helfand, Lorri Helfand, Janice Hensley, Helen Kahan, Ruth Lebowitz, Ruth Mauer, Bette Schroeder & Lea Tucker

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October Birthdays & Anniversaries October Birthdays 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 6

Murray Fink Jane Silverberg Mitchell Weiss Sid Werner Harriet Zimmer Susan LeVine Bruce Marger Arlyne Popick Sandy Slomka Jorge Ronay Sunni Horowitz Larry Irwin Elizabeth Unruh

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Eliot and Audrey Dantowitz Mandel and Karen Sher Murray and Myrna Rubin David and Stacey Seldin Forrest and Sarah Feld Arnie and Pam Kravitz

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Brian Carroll David Greenfield Myrna Irwin Morris LeVine Kathy Mendelblatt Harold Goldberg Richard Polsky Janice LeVine Caryn Baird Michael Wallace Alison Tralins Elan Melamed Debbie Sokolov

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Fred and Ronnie Geffon Shelly Kamins and Diane Sembler-Kamins George and Faina Sakovich Jorge and Masha Ronay Bernardo and Stephanie Stein

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Louis Zerin Sharon Koenig Lou Bader Nancy Lonschein Jeffrey Pincus Linda Grau Lee Shenofsky Forrest Feld David Seldin Joanne Greenberg Dorothy Bowser Mary Ann Marger Jean Wittner Arlene Hurwitz

Larry and Aldena Lew Steve and Sasha Cantor Robert and Elizabeth Weiner David and Amy Piper Michael and Arlene Hurwitz Howard and Elaine Rothstein

MITZVAH GRAM! Join us in wishing Mazal Tov! to members celebrating their birthdays, anniversaries, and B'nai Mitzvah. Your good wishes can be part of their memories, while at the same time supporting CBI's commitment to help our schools, youth groups, and kehilla through your donations to our Mitzvah Fund.

Circle the names of everyone you want to honor with a Mitzvah Gram. Send this form together with a check made out to CBI to: CBI c/o Kesef Accounting Services, PO Box 159 Montvale, NJ 07645. You can also donate online at cbistpete.org/donate.

We request a minimum donation of $10 per acknowledgement.

Your Name: ____________________________ Address: ______________________________ City:____________________ Zip: __________ Telephone: _____________________________

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Celebrate your October Birthdays and Anniversaries at Simha Shabbat on Saturday, October 22 at 9:00 am. Also, Junior Congregation at 10:00 am and Tot Shabbat at 10:30 AM.

Do a Mitzvah; make a Minyan!

Your special simha is a wonderful opportunity to attend one of our twice-daily Minyan services.

See the calendar on Pages 16-17 for service times.

Donations & Tributes Buns Technology Fund Phil & Joan Redisch

In Memory Of Herbert Norotsky

Gail Warren Leadership Fund In Memory Of Phil & Joan Redisch

Sadye Norotsky

Jacobs Beautification Fund

In Honor Of

Ron & Claire Yogman

Esta Blaxberg’s Birthday

Library Fund

In Honor Of Esta Blaxberg’s Birthday

Dolores Diamond

Library Music/Video Fund Larry & Vera Green

In Memory Of Helaine Woloshin

Mitzvah Fund

In Honor Of

Leslie Kirsner Marcus & Heather Oginsky Michelle Orta Akiv Agayve Valerie Hyman

Marc & Laurie Reiskind Valerie Hyman Janet Augenbraun

In Appreciation Birth of Juniper Zapen Douglass Birth of Juniper Zapen Douglass Birth of Mark Allen Shenofsky Birth of Mark Allen Shenofsky Birth of Judah Bloom Birth of Judah Bloom Birth of Judah Bloom

Frank & Kathy Mendelblatt Frank & Kathy Mendelblatt Arlene Ludin Adele Morris Alan & Susie Schwartz Bob & Jennifer Sternberg Dick & Gerry Mensh Jerry & Barbara Colen Ed & Vivian Lurie Jack & Linda Goldfarb George & Faina Sakovich Greg & Liz Sembler Joel & Betty Sue Shane Mark & Debbie Sokolov Ana Masri Irwin & Hannah Ayes Larry & Helen Freid Linda Weiss Marc & Laurie Reiskind Peter & Lois Pardoll Marilyn Benjamin

In Memory Of David Goffman Abraham Blacker Edward Ludin Arnold W. Walker Fred Buns Harriet Sternberg David Mensh Morris Weiner Morris Weiner Morris Weiner Lyubov Pleskov Rose Luski Rose Luski Rose Luski Rose Luski Rose Luski Rose Luski Rose Luski Rose Luski Rose Luski Rose Luski

Noma Zapen Jack & Linda Goldfarb Valerie Hyman

Mike & Sandy Slomka Mirla Kremer Robert & Fran Tropp Jack & Irma Mayer Jay & Terri Gross Judy Moore Irwin & Hannah Ayes Irwin & Hannah Ayes Lilly Salcman Linda Weiss Linda Weiss Ruth Mauer Stanley Hagendorf Janet Augenbraun Barry & Jackie Kanner

Rose Luski Rose Luski Rose Luski Phillip Glauberman Nadra Ora Sharif Rosalind Katz Theodore Ayes Philip Gold Joseph Rappaport Bonnie Gordon Sidney Barbanel Connie Lazarus Ruth Greene Barry Augenbraun Erwin Lieberman

PRTT Fund

In Memory Of Gil Chenkin

Helen Hill

Prayer Book Fund Arthur & Bebby Marlin

In Memory Of Rose Luski

Rabbi's Discretionary Fund

In Honor Of

David & Myra Gross Edward Ginsberg Anita Helfand & Lorri Helfand Michael & Bonnie Walker Michael & Margot Benstock Beverly Dikman Ed & Vivian Lurie Philip & Diane Bloom Susan Turner Joe & Diana Rosin Sam & Sandy Janofsky

In Memory Of Irving Obnetzky Harry Solomon Rose Luski Rose Luski Rose Luski Rose Luski Rose Luski Rose Luski Mickey Weiner Margaret Weiss

USY Fund

In Honor Of

Ira & Susie Berman Eileen Richman

Esta Blaxberg

Mark & Ricki Lewis Ellen Bernstein

In Memory Of Rae Lewis Fanny Herschmann

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KADIMA/ USY/HEBREW HIGH, Grades 6-12 You’re Invited for Sukkot Dinner In the CBI Sukkah in the Courtyard Sunday, October 16, 2016 From 6:30-8:00pm Erev Sukkot Service followed by dinner Please RSVP to Maureen Sechan at 727.381.4900 x1011 or, DLL@cbistpete.org

WOMEN’S LEAGUE TORAH FUND 5777 (2016-2017) Every woman has the opportunity to participate in preserving, promoting and perpetuating Conservative/Masorti Judaism through active giving to the Torah Fund Campaign for Women’s League in support of the Jewish Theological Seminary (New York, NY), Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies (Los Angeles, CA), Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies (Jerusalem), Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano (Buenos Aires), and Zacharias Frankel College (Potsdam, Germany).

For the past several years, funds raised by Torah Fund have gone toward scholarships to all the schools. There are continuing opportunities for sisterhoods and individuals to provide support to all four institutions through Torah Fund.

Thousands of dedicated volunteers have contributed to the spiritual, esthetic and material well-being of these educational communities by supporting Torah Fund projects.

Torah Fund Pin for 5777 (2016-2017) P’ri yadehah, which means the fruit of her hands, is a phrase from the beloved Eishet Chayil prayer, taken from the Book of Proverbs (31:31).

Please send your check made out to TORAH FUND TO: Marilyn LeVine, 1900 Park St. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33710 and she will give you the appropriate pin. Pins are available at the synagogue office and also from Vivian Lurie, our new Assistant Gifts Chair.

DONATIONS $180 – Benefactor $300 - Guardian Level $600 - Associate Patron $1,200 – Patron

Contact Information: Torah Fund Chair: Torah Fund Cards: Special Gifts Chair: Assistant Special Gifts:

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347-1741 391-9085 343-2196 391-7441

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SHABBAT DINNER AT PHILIP BENJAMIN TOWER The Benjamin Tower Foundation invites CBI congregants who would like to join PBT residents for Shabbat dinners.

Membership Directory Put your two-line New Year greetings in the annual membership directory.

It’s simple – just go to https://pay1.plugnpay.com/bpl/ cbistpete,paytemplate=dues, pay on the “Directory” space, and write your two-line greeting in “Add message to this Payment.” , or drop off your check with your greeting in the CBI office.

Want something more? Spring for a quarter, half, or full-page ad to share your personal or business message. Add a photo at no additional cost.

Questions? Call Valerie Hyman (727) 866-3232

Dinner is $10 every Friday at 4:45 pm. This is a great opportunity to enjoy dinner and fellowship before walking over to CBI for Shabbat services.

RSVP with payment and entrée choice to Debbie Kobernick by Wednesdays at 12:00 pm: 727.347.5191 or dkobernick@ benjamintowerfoundation.org.

BUNS FAMILY LIBRARY New books come to the Library on a regular basis. Feel free to stop by, see our new selections and check out some great books. The Library is open for browsing during regular synagogue hours, except when there is a previously scheduled meeting in that location.

You may ask for the key in the CBI office.

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