B'nai Review August

Volume 5774 Issue 11

August 2014 Tammuz/Elul 5774

CBI Announcements

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Rabbi’s Message

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Cantor’s Message

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President’s Message

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Executive Director’s Message

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Tisha B’Av

12 Donations

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Book Club

12 Advertisements

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Women’s League

8-9 Mahzor Dedications August Calendar Engagement Committee 10 Events A-Team 11 Mitzvah Grams Todah Rabah & Involvement 11 Life Cycle Events Youth

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B’nai Israel Review

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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 lifecycle events, in acts of caring, in reaching out to the wide Jewish and non-Jewish communities, and in concern and support for Israel.

The Ritual Committee of Congregation B’nai Israel encourages worshippers to participate in services by performing aliyot. If you like to receive an aliyah, please call the synagogue office at 727.381.4900, or speak to one of the ushers when you enter the sanctuary, and every effort will be made to accommodate your request. Those wishing to receive an aliyah on Shabbat morning are asked to arrive at services no later than 9:30 am. We look forward to your participation.

727.381.4900 x207 Rabbi.luski@cbistpete.org Cantor Jonathan Schultz 727.381.4900 x305 Cantor.schultz@cbistpete.org

Ongoing Activities at CBI

Participate in Aliyot

Rabbi Jacob Luski, D.D.

Executive Director Susan Goldstein

Daily Services Become a Minyanaire! Support our Daily Minyan in the Chapel: Sunday Morning: 9:00 Monday—Friday mornings: 7:45 Sunday—Thursday evenings: 6:30 Come just for the joy of davening together. You'll be glad you decided to join the growing number of CBI members and friends who do. Please sign in to be counted.

Continental Breakfast The Mitzvah Men’s Club provides a Continental Breakfast for all worshippers on Minyan Mornings in the alcove of the Social Hall. Please join the Minyanaires for the morning Shaharit service and relax and schmooze over breakfast—bagels, cream cheese, coffee cake and coffee/tea.

727.381.4900 x202 execdir@cbistpete.org Pauline Rivkind Preschool Interim Director Katherine Schaefer 727.381.4900 x211 preschool@cbistpete.org Pauline Rivkind Talmud Torah Education Director Ilana Dayan 727.381.4900 x310 prttdir@cbistpete.org Youth Director 727.381.7900 x 209 Youthdir@cbistpete.org Community Engagement Liz Sembler

Shalom,

727.424.0513 Morry Bornstein, Ritual Chair

Office Drop Box As a reminder, there is a Secured Drop Box available at the shul and at your service when you are in the building. It is located outside the Synagogue office across from the Judaica Shop. You can drop off messages, contributions, etc when coming to classes, events, meetings, or when dropping off children at school. It is an easy way to communicate within the congregational family.

Drop-in sometime!

Junior Congregation For all B’nai Israel children, ages 9 13, grades 3 - 7 will return in the fall.

Sponsorship Opportunities If you are interested in sponsoring an Oneg Shabbat on Friday evening or a L’Hayim following a Morning Minyan in honor or memory of a loved one or a special occasion, please contact the Synagogue office.

lizsembler@aol.com Torah Reader/Educator Deborah Marmon 727.381.4900 x205 dmarmon@cbistpete.org Office Manager Pam Askin 727.381.4900 x203

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CBI Announcements

August 2014

With Love From the CBI Kitchen

Annual Parking Spot Auction

Barbara Bleier’s Sponge Cake

The Time has come for our Annual Parking Spot Auction!

The winner is guaranteed a shady spot, close to the front door, for the entire year 5775.

The bidding will open on Monday, August 25, 2014

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6 eggs, separated

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1 tsp baking powder

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1 cup sugar

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Pinch of salt

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1 cup flour

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1 tsp vanilla

and will end at NOON on Friday August 29, 2014.

You may call 727.381.4900 x201 to place your bid.

A recorded message will let you know the current highest bid.

You may then place your bid, and be sure to include your name.

Feel free to call daily during the bidding period to check on the latest bid.

Serves 12-14 Spring Form– Tube pam 350 degrees for 30 minutes Beat egg whites stiff, add sugar, egg yolks, flour, baking powder, salt and vanilla, Pour into pan and bake. Turn upside down to cool.

The highest bidder will be notified by phone on the afternoon of the 29th.

Good luck to all!

Change in Shabbat Minha Time Beginning in the month of Elul, August 30, Shabbat Minha Service, that had been held Saturday Evenings at 6:30 pm, will now be at 12:30 pm, approximately 30-45 minutes after the conclusion of Shabbat morning services. Please direct any questions to Morry Bornstein, Ritual Committee Chair, 727.397.9955, or morborn@aol.com

Bikkur Holim One of the most important mitzvot in Judaism is bikkur holim –visiting the sick. It is the responsibility that the clergy of B’nai Israel take very seriously. When our members are ill or hospitalized, we want to know.

In the interest of protecting confidentiality, hospitals today are extremely cautious about sharing patient names, even with clergy. We need our congregants to communicate directly with us and to inform us of illness or hospitalization. Please call Pam Askin at 727.381.4900 x203, so that as clergy and the synagogue family we can be helpful in moments of difficult or stress.

Is someone special

Join us Saturday, August 16, 9:00 am In honoring

celebrating a Simha this month?

Give Mitzvah Gelt!

When you buy Mizvah Gelt (formally Scrip Cards) Gift

Bonnie Peskin Halprin

Cards from CBI, CBI makes a percentage of your purchase!

For her 18 years as

This is a great way to help our

Pauline Rivkind Preschool Director

synagogue and an easy way to shop for family and friends: Contact the CBI

NEW Bereavement Support Group at CBI

Office today to see what we have in stock!

Thursdays, 1:00 –2:00 pm, Beginning August 21 continuing August 28, September 4, September 11, October 2, October 23, October 30 a beareavement support group will be led by Renee Baseman from Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services in the CBI Library. For more information contact the CBI Office or GCJFS at 727.479.1800

Donate cleaning and school supplies through August 15 at CBI for the Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services!

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From the Rabbi

August 2014

In a few weeks we will welcome the month of Elul – the sixth month of the Jewish year. If you were to look in the Torah for a reference to Elul, you would not find it. There are no holidays in Elul. But in post-Biblical times, in the calendar of rabbinic Judaism, the whole month of Elul becomes a period of great significance, an entire month devoted to preparation for the great days of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, the Days of Awe. How is it possible to enter that time of judgment and repentance with no preparation? You cannot simply take the plunge.

You have to spend time getting ready.

Over the course of the centuries various practices have been developed to help us with that task, actions that make Elul a very special month. The shofar is sounded each morning, reminding us of the need to search our deeds but also signifying that God is a forgiving God who desires life and not death, as the story of the Binding of Isaac teaches. Special prayers of forgiveness, Selihot, are recited late at night in which God's attributes of mercy are repeated. A special psalm is chanted morning and evening, Psalm 27, "The Lord is my light and my help, whom should I fear?" The psalm is particularly appropriate because it reveals the anxiety that we all feel regarding the future and our uncertainty in standing before God, yet ends with a positive note, a feeling of hope, of assurance that the individual "will enjoy the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living" and urges us to "Be strong and of good courage! Hope in the Lord!"

Significantly, the word Elul itself has been interpreted as representing the first letters of the Hebrew verse in the Song of Songs, Ani ledodi vedodi li – "I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.” This book was interpreted by Rabbi Akiva as referring to the relationship between God and the people Israel. The 'beloved' is God, while the woman is Israel. According to Akiva, the true relationship of God and Israel is a relationship of love, not fear, best likened to the relationship between man and wife.

This interpretation is especially significant during Elul. The thought of the days of judgment could indeed generate a feeling of fear, almost of panic. The use of the verse from Song of Songs as the meaning of the month of Elul serves to remind us that love is the primary relationship with the Divine. It should not be forgotten that the command in Deuteronomy is "Love the Lord your God with all you heart, with all your soul and with all your might" and that the prayers that precede the recitation of that verse state that God loves us greatly as well. The relationship is of mutual love.

Soon we will welcome Elul, the month of preparation, the month of self-awareness, the month of forgiveness, the month of establishing a relationship of love between ourselves and God. Shalom,

From the Cantor It’s summertime – the season when children are out of school for three months, and when many people go away on vacation. We tend to think of summer as a time for enjoyment and relaxation. I find it interesting that the saddest day on the Jewish calendar – Tish’a b’Av – falls during this season that we tend to think of as happy.

Tish’a b’Av is a day of mourning. According to tradition, both the First and Second Temples were destroyed on Tish’a b’Av, and traditionally, the destruction of the Temples is the primary thing that we mourn on Tish’a b’Av. Over time, this day came to be a time when we mourn all Jewish suffering, including the Bar Kochba rebellion, the expulsion from Spain, and the Holocaust.

The liturgical highlight of Tish’a b’Av is the reading of Megillat Eicha, the Book of Lamentations. In Eicha, the prophet Jeremiah describes and laments the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. A recurring theme is the suffering of Jerusalem and its people, and the book moves between seeing God’s role in the destruction as passive and as active. The book raises many more questions than it offers answers, and perhaps that is the point of the book – to raise the questions, and to inspire us to ponder those questions.

Eicha contains five chapters. Chapters one, two and four all begin with the word “Eicha,” usually translated as “alas,” and are alphabetic acrostics: the first verse begins with aleph, the second verse begins with bet, and so on. But in chapters two and four, the order of ‘ayin and peh are reversed. Chapter three is a triple acrostic: three aleph verses, then three bet verses, and so on. Chapter three is also traditionally chanted to a special melody distinct from the trope of the other four chapters. And the most famous verse from the book, the final verse, is one that we know from the end of the Torah Service: Hashivenu Adonai eilecha v’nashuva, hadesh yameinu k’kedem. “Help us turn to you, Adonai, and we shall return. Renew our lives as in days of old.”

B’shalom,

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From the President

August 2014

MAY My first column as President of CBI! I am honored to2014 be elected to this position and will try my very best to live up to the fabulous past presidents who have preceded me.

The Trustees and I will work hard to continue to keep CBI an important part of your lives in many ways. My personal goals for this coming year include membership, youth, and strategic planning. You will be hearing more about all of these initiatives as the year progresses.

CBI has been accepted to the USCJ Sulam for Strategic Planning where 10 synagogues within USCJ have been included for participation. Rabbi Luski and I attended the first meeting in NYC in the spring. Liz Sembler and I will be co-chairs as we work to investigate and plan for our future. Each of you will be given an opportunity to participate and have your voice heard so please stay tuned for that.

As we embark on this journey together, I will share a phrase from Rabbi Alfred E. Landsberg, from my earlier days in New Jersey. “Today I shall try to be kind.” I have lived by this and ask that you think of this daily as well.

I will be available to you through cell phone, home phone, and email, but not on Shabbat or Yom Tovim. I look forward to working together and greeting you each time we meet.

B’shalom,

From the Executive Director Notes from 3080 Broadway………………..

I attended the 24th annual NAASE Week of Study at the Jewish Theological Seminary in June. The theme was “It Is A Tree of Life to Those Who Hold It Fast: The Evolution of Judaism and Jewish Text.” What an amazing experience! Our keynote teacher was Dr. Ben Sommer, Professor of Bible, who led four sessions on “The Two Torahs, and What They Tell Us About How the Rabbis Remade Judaism.” We focused on texts, comparing and contrasting passages from the Written Torah and Oral Torah by various authors from different periods with Ben and with other JTS stars, including Rabbi David Hoffman, Dr. David Kramer, and Dr. Alan Cooper. Rabbi Bill Lebeau (who helped establish this program) came in to teach a session, and we heard from Rabbi Steve Wernick (USCJ CEO) and Professor Arnie Eisen (JTS Chancellor). Some of us took a quick trip up to the Rare Book Room to take a look at a 17th century Chinese Torah! A few takeaways in which you might be interested: We spent a lot of time talking about the fact that machlochet – disagreements “for the sake of Heaven” are at the heart of the Jewish tradition. We shouldn’t shy away from disagreement, but we should remember to disagree respectfully. Per Ben Sommer, God loved machlochet, so He gave us the Torah (the whole thing, not just the Bible) to encourage it!

Dr. Michal Raucher reminded us that 5775 will be a shmita year (the period every seven years when the land of Israel allows its soil to regain its nutrients) and suggested that we give some thought to finding a way to focus on that in our programming. One suggestion was that we consider having an energy audit and implement it. (Since we recently had a Duke Energy audit, this idea might just be a good one for us.)

David Hoffman talked about mussar (a Jewish ethical, educational, and cultural movement developed in 19th Century Europe) which he described as putting a flashlight on one’s decision-making process. Every decision we make is influenced by biases created by our own life’s dramas and experiences. He proposed that we take some time to “recalibrate.”

Bill Lebeau put a new spin on the Adam and Eve story and suggested that tradition might need to be viewed in a new light, too.

Maybe Eve did just what God wanted her to do, and the expulsion was not because she ate “the apple,” but that she and Adam did NOT choose to eat from the Tree of Life (a/k/a Torah)!

There’s lots more, but I’ve used all the space allotted me in this issue – so thoughts from Steve Wernick and Arnie Eisen will have to wait!

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Women’s League

August 2014

How is it possible that another year is upon us?

To me, the start of a new year almost feels like the start of an old, familiar race. Not a race to see how fast I can get from one place to another, but more like a hamster wheel, only with obligations and distractions. Much like passing recognizable landmarks along the road, we also have time and date landmarks we unknowingly use to navigate our year.

I think time slips away from us so quickly because we often go about our daily routine, or even our YEARLY routine with about as much excitement as watching paint dry. Maybe if we approach our calendar happenings with a little more gusto, we may not only get more out of the experience, but we may also find a way to jump off that hamster wheel and find a fresher perspective that we’ve missed all this time.

Join us for our Paid Up Membership Dinner on Wednesday, September 17, when we will be having a ball with ballroom line dancing! Not in the mood to kick up your heels? That’s okay! Just come be with your friends because we miss you when you’re not there! And if you’ve never been... what better time than now?

We have a great year of fun and inspirational programming ahead for you, so make a promise to yourself to jump off your humdrum hamster wheel and dive into the fun Women’s League has to offer. After all, our lives are meant to be lived, richly and fully. Don’t settle for mundane.

Sheryl Sutton

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Women’s League Events

August 2014

Save the Dates!

Here are the dates of our Women’s League Meetings for the 2014-15 year!

Mark your calendar for:

September 17, 6:00 pm, Membership Dinner October 7, 7:00 pm, Decorate the Sukkah

January 13, 7:00 pm, Start the Year off Right

February 10, 7:00 pm, Chocolate Galore

March 2, 5:30 pm, Hamentaschen Baking March 10, 7:00 pm, Get Tech Savvy

April 29, 6:00 pm, Torah Fund Dinner We look forward to seeing all of you at our meetings in the coming year!

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February 2014

Youth Department

August 2014

Hebrew High

Pauline Rivkind Preschool

Calling all teens...It's here and ready to roll.... a totally NEW and REVAMPED Hebrew High School experience!

Pauline Rivkind Preschool at Congregation B’nai Israel is a progressive preschool that embraces families from all backgrounds and cultivates a connection to Jewish values and traditions.

Get ready for a hands-on, interactive and multimodal program coming your way this fall!

Pauline Rivkind Preschool in the Shirley Buns Early Childhood Center has the unique opportunity to provide the foundation for Jewish learning for all its children and families. We know that quality Jewish learning leads to the building of strong Jewish identities. From the time children enter the preschool, the families begin a fascinating journey that follows the Jewish calendar. Our children learn to be proud of their Jewish heritage through many wonderful learning experiences. They anticipate each holiday with wonder as it approaches. Our entire preschool environment is alive with a multi sensory approach to appeal to every child’s way of learning. Our classrooms and hallways are infused with sights and sounds of Judaism.

Don't miss this once-a-week opportunity to be with your friends while increasing your Jewish knowledge!

Look for the forms arriving soon! Fill 'em out and send 'em in and join your fellow CBI teens!

Wednesday nights starting August 27, from 7:00 - 9:00.

See you soon!

Pauline Rivkind Talmud Torah Welcome to our new year of PRTT! Our new year will be exciting, fascinating, and interactive. Our courses will be all new and innovative! Our children will love it! We want our kids to love their Judaism and be proud of their identity! Also, we hope our parents will be part of the learning.

PRTT has so much to look forward to this coming school year. We hope your families will be a part of it. Go to cbistpete.org, or come by the CBI office for a registration form.

Contact Ilana Dayan for more information.

Ilana Dayan Education Director

When school begins each year, we get ready to celebrate Rosh Hashana, the birthday of the world. When the school year ends, we celebrate Shavuot, when Moses receives the Ten Commandments at Sinai. Throughout the year we offer little lessons that we hope will inspire families to delve deeper into their Jewish life by adding new rituals and knowledge to their base.

Guided by our understanding of how young children learn best, our program offers them the opportunity to develop the building blocks for future success – positive self image, social skills, language communication, and independence. Even at a very young age, children have an infinite potential to absorb knowledge. Our day is filled with opportunities to learn new skills, concepts and ideas, building on children’s natural curiosity and thirst for learning. Through a dynamic and developmentallyappropriate curriculum, we create an atmosphere that invites children to observe, to try new things, to actively participate, and to make choices. Art experiences, baking projects, imaginative play, and field trips foster a culture of wonder and discovery that is shared with friends.

Start the year off right! Register your child in one of our classes. We have classes for children ages one year old through five years old, participating in the Voluntary Pre Kindergarten program with the state of Florida. Spread the word. If you do not have a child this age, tell your children and grandchildren!

Contact the Preschool Office for more information.

727.381.4900 x211

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Pauline Rivkind Preschool

August 2014

Transition in Pauline Rivkind Preschool

A Message from Bonnie P. Halprin

Shalom. This will be the final note that I will be posting in our monthly bulletin as director of Pauline Rivkind Preschool Last month I accepted an offer to teach Kindergarten for Pinellas County Schools.

This is a move that I am extremely excited about.

Pauline Rivkind Preschool has been a huge part of my life for the past 18 years. It is difficult to make this change, but it is the right time for me to make a change. My family has been so involved with the synagogue, it will be strange not to be here every day. David took such pride in Congregation B’nai Israel. He volunteered more hours than can be counted to insure the success of the synagogue. My children grew up here, spending countless hours with me while I worked. They consider CBI a second home.

It has truly been a joy working the young children at Pauline Rivkind Preschool. I will miss their hugs and smiles.

Thank you to those of you who have always supported the preschool. I wish nothing but good things in the future for Pauline Rivkind Preschool, and I look forward to seeing you all in shul.

Bonnie Peskin Halprin *Join us Saturday, August 16, at 9:00 am as CBI honors Bonnie’s 18 years

of dedication to CBI as Pauline Rivkind Preschool Director during our Shabbat Morning Services.

Message from Katie Schaefer Message from Katie Schaefer, The Congregation B'nai Israel Pauline Rivkind Preschool Interim Director Originally from Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, I moved to Florida as I was transitioning into grade school. I graduated Eckerd College with High Honors in Environmental Studies and Human Development in May 2013. Since then, I have received several credentials and certifications in Early Childhood Education and have recently begun my Master of Education program.

As an educator, I believe it is imperative to build a safe, fun, educational, tactile, and creative environment for our children in order for them to grow. By engaging students in age-appropriate activities and encouraging them in both individual and cooperative settings, we can promote the fundamental skills they need to build upon for a successful future.

Every child is a precious gift, and here at Pauline Rivkind, our team works closely with our children's families to deliver a quality, first educational experience while continuing our tradition of providing a Jewish Education. I am deeply humbled by the opportunity to be the Interim Director of Pauline Rivkind Preschool and will strive to uphold the values and integrity of our school. I am implementing an "Open Door Policy" and will gladly answer any questions in this time of transition.

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CBI Engagement Committee

August 2014

This summer the CBI Engagement Committee launched two initiatives in our synagogue: congregational name tags and a transliterated version of selected prayers found in the Shabbat Sim Shalom Siddur.

You’ll see the name tags when you come into the lobby. Please wear yours at services and at the Oneg or Kiddush. And if you have a preferred name that we did not use on your name tag, let us know and we will make the change. We have a special name tag for guests that says, “I’m visiting. Please ask my name.” This enables us to more easily recognize our guests and welcome them to our community and our synagogue. Please help us with this outreach effort and introduce yourself to guests when you see them in our shul, and yes, please ask them their names. When you leave the synagogue, you can place your name tag in the designated basket by the front door.

If you are not a Hebrew reader and like to follow the prayers using a transliteration, please pick up a blue folder from the name tag table in the front lobby. The folder contains the Conservative Movement’s prepared transliteration of many of the Shabbat and Festival prayers. This is a prototype of the 5x8 booklet we will print and place in the back of our sanctuary seats this fall.

Also in the folder you will find a feedback form. Please fill out the form after Shabbat and bring it to the synagogue office. We will use your feedback as we prepare the printed version.

The Engagement Committee would love your input. Please contact me if you would like to join the committee or share 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.

See you in shul, Liz Sembler Engagement Director

A-Team: CBI’s Advocacy for Israel Committee A few months ago, CBI completed its second JNF Parkland in Eretz Yisrael. We look forward to a formal completion ceremony commemorating our achievement on Tu B’Shevat 5775 (Wednesday, 4 February 2015).

Opportunities continue – I’m pleased to announce that we have begun a new project. It is a Woodland of 2,000 trees. Our goal is to raise $10,000 over the next few years. The donation form can be downloaded from CBI’s Home web page; a hardcopy version is available in the lobby. If you call in your contribution (800542-8733), please inform the JNF operator of the project number: RN140633.

In addition to supporting the greening of Israel, as a Partner with JNF, CBI receives a 20% monetary benefit from every gift to JNF – used only for our Israel advocacy programming. Over a period of three years, CBI has earned $5,000! This money is available to: a) Provide stipends for our eligible youth (high school and college) to supplement expenses for programs in Israel: March of the Living; summer events in Israel, eg, various USY, Young Judaea programs; semester at Alexander Muss High School in Israel; college programs in Israel, eg, Nativ, MASA, Young Judaea Year Course; etc. b) Provide assistance for our youth, especially USYers, to attend AIPAC, StandWithUs, and other events: Policy Conference; Leadership Seminars; High School Summit; etc. c) Contribute to costs of bringing top-notch programs and speakers to CBI-hosted Israel advocacy events, eg, Scholar-inResidence weekend.

Note: This money is not intended to replace existing sources for youth scholarships (but may supplement existing funds); the money is for new Israel-centric initiatives. Requests for youth assistance will follow the same process as applying for camp and other scholarships.

Please encourage your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and others to participate in this opportunity.

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Todah Rabah

August 2014

We would like to say a special Todah Rabah to the following people for their dedication to CBI. ✡

Gail Frye, Rita Jacobson, Ricki Lewis, and Marian Lustigman-Rooth for helping Melissa in the CBI Office

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Our Minyanaires and all of those who have joined us for Morning or Evening Mnyan

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Sam Cohen, Eddie Ginsberg, Byron Kolitz, Dr. Steve LeVine, and Jesse Rodman for davening Pesukei D’Zimra.

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Oren Adelson, Michael Barth, Mali Feld, Sharon Grau, Jay Kauffman, Andrea LeVine, Dr. Steve LeVine, Niomi London, Reva Pearlstein, Liz Sembler, Dr. Robert Sheppard, Dr. Starr Silver, and Corey Sokolov for reading Torah.

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Dr. Steve LeVine, Diana Jay, Byron Kolitz, Debbie Marmon, Liz Sembler, Dr. Starr Silver, Sid Werner for chanting Haftarah.

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Michael Barth, Naomi Berg, Eddie Ginsberg, Jay Kauffman, Byron Kolitz, Eric Ludin, Dr. Robert Sternberg, and Sid Werner for leading services

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Dr. Jay Azneer, Jay Kauffman, Byron Kolitz, Jeff Litt, Debbie Marmon, and Steve Wein for acting as Ba’al Tefillah while Cantor Schultz was away on vacation

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Ari Weiss for reading Ashrei

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Oren Adelson, Mali Feld, Alan Gross, Janice and Dr. David LeVine, Eric Pastman, Dr. Robert Sternberg for giving us a Glimpse into Jewish History

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Oren Adelson, Eric Ludin, Jesse Rodman and Dr. Robert Weisberg for speaking during our Summer Sermonette Series

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Our Shabbat Greeters for welcoming our members and guests every Friday night and Saturday morning

Ways to Get Involved Do you want to be more active at your home away from home? Here are a few ways! □

Become a Minyanaire! We need at least ten people a service to say the Mourner’s Kaddish. Join with your CBI Family for the joy of davening and to support those in mourning, and join a close knit group of Minyanaires!

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Read Torah! We have a wonderful teacher who can help you prepare for this honor. Liz Sembler, our engagement director, is always available to help you learn to read Hebrew and the Torah. If you are interested in learning more about how you may perform this Mitzvah, contact Liz at lizsembler@aol.com, or 727.381.4900 x206

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Help in the CBI Office! Join our fun and welcoming CBI Staff for a few hours and help them send out mailings, filing, or organizing to keep this ship smooth-sailing!

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Become a greeter! Be the first to wish members of your CBI Family a “Shabbat Shalom” at Friday night, or Saturday morning Shabbat Services. If you would like to take part in this tradition, contact Selma Gaby at 727.345.2887

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Tisha B’Av & The 3 Weeks

August 2014

What are the Three Weeks? According to the Mishnah, Taanit 3:16, a number of disasters occurred to our ancestors on both the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av. Two of the disasters, which occurred, concern the destruction of the Second Temple. On the 9th of Av both the First and Second Temples were destroyed. The next Mishnah, Taanit 3:7, states that during the week in which Tisha B’Av, the 9th of Av falls, it is forbidden to both cut one’s hair and to do laundry. From the second Mishnah we see that a number of customs associated with mourning were observed in order to remind us of the gravity of the destruction, which befell Israel.

While the Mishnah states the mourning customs are observed only the week in which Tisha B’Av falls, the Talmud brings a number of Tannaitic opinions which hold that the mourning customs are observed from Hodesh Av, from the first day of month of Av (Taanit 29b). It wasn’t until centuries later that the custom developed to observe some of the mourning customs from the 17th of Tammuz. Rabbi Moses Isseries in his glosses on the Shulhan Arukh says, “The custom is to be strict about the prohibitions of doing laundry from Rosh Hodesh, but regarding cutting one’s hair, the custom is to be strict from the 7th of Tammuz” (Orakh Hayyim 551:4). In addition to the prohibitions mentioned in the Mishnah, it has been customary not to perform marriages from the 17th of Tammuz until after Tisha B’Av and some people also minimize the eating of meat and drinking of wine.

TISHA B’AV SERVICE SCHEDULE Monday, August 4, 8:00 pm Tuesday, August 5, 7:45 am Tuesday, August 5, 1:00 pm Tuesday, August 5, 8:15 pm

CBI– HADASSAH BOOK DISCUSSION CLUB MEETINGS Book Club will resume in September. If you would like to join this group on a regular basis, contact the CBI Office.

We will add your name to their email list.

Here is a look at the next year of the book club:

September 17 October 22(4th Wed) November 19

The Storyteller: a novel by Jodi Picoult Rashi’s Daughters. Book II. Miriam by Maggie Anton The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman December (Hanukkah)

January 21

I am Forbidden: a novel by Anouk Markovits

February 18

The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan

March 18 April 15

To Wear the White Cloak by Sharan Newman The Aleppo Codex: a true story of obsession, faith and the pursuit of an ancient Bible by Matti Friedman

May 20

Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons

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August 2014 February 2014

Congregation B’nai Israel of St. Petersburg High Holiday Mahzor Dedication Order Form Last Rosh Hashana, 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.

PURCHASED BY: Name(s):______________________________________________________________________________ Street Address:_________________________________________________________________________ City________________________________________ State_____________ Zip__________________

Enclosed $________ for ______Mahzorim

One for $36; Two for $72; Three for $100

OFFICE USE ONLY: CHECK # _______ DATE RECEIVED _______ Credit Card # _____________ Exp Date ____ Please send this form along with your check payable to: Congregation B’nai Israel 300 58th Street North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33710 Examples: This Prayer book is dedicated by Steve and Linda Cohen

in honor of

This Prayer book is dedicated by

Lisa Cohen

in memory of

This Prayer book is dedicated by

Dr. and Mrs. Tom Cohen in appreciation of

#1 This Prayer book is dedicated: In Honor of

Jessica Cohen’s Bat Mitzvah.

Edith Cohen.

Rabbi David Cohen.

In Memory of In Appreciation of

Name(s)_______________________________________________________________________ Donated by (person’s name, committee, family, etc.):____________________________________ A notification card should be sent to: Name(s):_______________________________________________________________________ Street Address:__________________________________________________________________ City______________________________State_____________ #2 This Prayer book is dedicated: In Honor of

Zip__________________

In Memory of In Appreciation of

Name(s):________________________________________________________________ Donated by (person’s name, committee, family, etc.):_____________________________ A notification card should be sent to: Name(s):________________________________________________________________ Street Address:___________________________________________________________ City______________________________State____________

Zip___________________

Contact us with any questions at (727) 381-4900.

Additional forms are available online at www.cbistpete.org Thank you for your continuing support of our CBI community.

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Calendar

August 2014

August 2014 Av/Elul 5774 Sunday

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9:00 Morning Minyan 6:30 Evening Minyan

Monday

Tuesday

4 Erev Tisha B’Av

7:45 Morning Minyan 6:30 Evening Minyan 8:00 Erev Tisha B’Av Service

Wedne

5 Tisha B’Av Fast Day

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7:45 Tisha B;Av Service 1:00 Tisha B;Av Service 8:15 Tisha B;Av Service

7:45 Morning Minyan 6:30 Evening Minyan 7:00 MMC Board Meetin

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18 Pauline Rivkind Preschool Opens

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26 Rosh Hodesh Elul

27 First Day of PR Hebrew High/Meh

9:00 Morning Minyan 6:30 Evening Minyan

9:00 Morning Minyan 6:30 Evening Minyan

249:00 Morning Minyan 9:00 PRTT 6:30 Evening Minyan

7:45 Morning Minyan 6:30 Evening Minyan

7:45 Morning Minyan 6:00 Chess Club 6:30 Evening Minyan

7:45 Morning Minyan 6:30 Evening Minyan 6:45 Strategic Planning Meeting

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7:45 Morning Minyan 6:30 Evening Minyan

7:45 Morning Minyan 6:00 Chess Club 6:30 Evening Minyan

7:45 Morning Minyan 6:00 Chess Club 6:30 Evening Minyan 7:00 Board of Trustees Meeting

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7:45 Morning Minyan 6:30 Evening Minyan 7:00 Women’s League B

7:45 Morning Minyan 6:30 Evening Minyan 6:45 Ritual Committee M

7:45 Morning Minyan 4:45 PRTT Opens 6:30 Evening Minyan 7:00 Hebrew High and M 7:00 PRPS Open House

August 2014

Through August 15, enjoy Friday Night Musical Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 7:30 with Glimpses through Jewish History discussions led by CBI members. Saturday morning services will continue to be at 9:00 with Sermonettes given by fellow congregants. Look out for August Simha Shabbat on Saturday, August 16. During this service we will also honor our fellow congregant and former Pauline Rivkind Preschool Director, Bonnie Peskin Halprin.

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Board Meeting

Meeting

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Friday

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7:45 Morning Minyan 7:30 Musical Kabbalat Shabbat, Glipses into Jewish History, and Oneg 8:03 Candlelighting

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7:45 Morning Minyan 4:30Engagement Committee Meeting 6:30 Evening Minyan 6:45 Choir Rehearsal 6:45 Engagement Committee Meeting

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7:45 Morning Minyan 6:00 CBI Goes Vegan Pre-Shabbat Dinner 7:30 Musical Kabbalat Shabbat, Glipses into Jewish History, and Oneg 7:58 Candlelighting

Saturday

2 Sedra Devarim Shabbat Chazon

9:00 Shabbat Morning Services, Summer Sermonette, and Kiddush 8:05 Minha, Maariv, and Havdala

9Sedra Va’ethanan Shabbat Nahamu 9:00 Shabbat Morning Service, Summer Sermonette, and Kiddush 8:00 Minha, Maariv, and Havdala

15 Last day to donate cleaning and school supplies for GCJFS

16 Sedra Ekev

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23Sedra Re’eh

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30 Sedra Shoftim

7:45 Morning Minyan 6:30 Evening Minyan 6:45 Choir Rehearsal

7:45 Morning Minyan 6:30 Evening Minyan 6:45 Choir Rehearsal

7:45 Morning Minyan 6:30 Evening Minyan 6:45 Choir Rehearsal

7:45 Morning Minyan 7:30 Musical Kabbalat Shabbat, Glipses into Jewish History, and Oneg 7:52 Candlelighting

7:45 Morning Minyan 6:30 Kabbalat Shabbat, Bar Mitzvah of Caleb Kravitz 7:45 Candlelighting

7:45 Morning Minyan 7:30 Kabbalat Shabbat and Oneg 7:38 Candlelighting

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9:00 Shabbat Morning Services, August Simha Shabbat, Honoring of Bonnie Peskin Halprin,and Kiddush 7:50 Minha, Maariv, and Havdala

9:00 Shabbat Morning Services, Bar Mitzvah of Caleb Kravitz, and Kiddush 7:45 Minha, Maariv, and Havdala

9:00 Shabbat Morning Services, August Simha Shabbat, and Kiddush 12:30 Minha, Maariv

Events

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Events

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MAY 2014

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 B’nai Israel’s commitment to help our schools, youth groups and Synagogue through your donations to our Mitzvah Fund.

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“MAZAL TOV!" TO OUR AUGUST Anniversary CELEBRANTS 5 Barbara and Michael Noonberg 7 Ilana and Sami Dayan 10 Cindy and Dr. Bob Weisberg 13 Drs. Leslie and Mitch Weiss 13 Deborah and Robert Jacobs 13 Araceli and Alan Gross 17 Drs. Charlene Wygodski and Steve Bloom 18 Joyce and Dr. Harold Seder 19 Teddi and David Robbins

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20 Janie and Jeff Pincus 21 Rose and Abe Luski 22 Kathleen and Fred Buns 16 Hannah and Dr. Irwin Ayes 17 Malina and Meni Kanner 18 Irma and Jack Mayer 18 Helen and Ben Pertcheck 19 Sheila and David Hutman 19 Sally and Joe Cohen

20 Stephanie and Keyvan Kohen-Shohet 21 Sandra and Dr. Barry Caplan 21 Patricia and Dr. Lionel Levinson 22 Randi and Bennett Rabin 22 Nancy and Capt. Allan Lonschein 24 Phyllis and Sid Werner 24 Gaye and Joel Taller 25 Susan and Dr. Steven LeVine 29 Judy and Eric Ludin

“YOM HULEDET SAMEAH!” TO OUR AUGUST BIRTHDAY CELEBRANTS

CELEBRATE YOUR AUGUST BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY AT SIMHA SHABBAT SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 9:00AM

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Beth Ann Redisch

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Linda Weiss

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Sam Terzi

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Michael Worman

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Sally Cohen

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Diana Litt

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Michael Gross

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Helen Pertcheck

Do a Mitzvah on your birthday,

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Ed Shapiro

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Marjorie Seltzer

11 Moshe Gershuny 11 Mary Wygodski 12 Joe Cohen 13 Alison Hitzel 13 Harry Lev 14 Cary Reich 15 Esta Blaxberg

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15 Nicole Melamed 16 Ruth Ann Mizrahi 16 Fred Silverman 18 Barry Caplan 18 Diana Rosin 18 Renee Weinshel 21 Leo Adelson 25 Jeremy Douglass 26 Arline Dresdner

Attend the Daily Minyan!

Mahzor Dedication Opportunities The Ritual Committee wants to remind our Congregants that there are still opportunities to dedicate individual copies of our High Holiday Mahzorim in honor or memory of loved ones and friends, to commemorate a special Simha, etc. One Mahzor may be dedicated for $36, or you may dedicate 3 Mahzorim for $100. Please contact the Synagogue Office for more information.

Thank you very much!

Sincerely, CBI Ritual Committee

Other Simhas

In Honor of: ___________________________ Check the names of everyone to whom you want to send a Mitzvah Gram.

Send this form together with your check, minimum $10 donation fro each acknowledgement to: CBI St. Pete, C/O Kesef Accounting Services, PO Box 159 Montvale, NJ 07645, donate online at cbistpete.org, or drop off your check in the synagogue office. *The minimum donation per acknowledgement is $10.

Please print: Your Name: ______________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________ City, _____________________________Zip: __________________ Telephone: ______________ 18

Life Cycle Events ACHIEVEMENTS:

August 2014

Mazal Tov

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Dr. David LeVine for being awarded the 2014 First Humanitarian Award from St. Petersburg General Hospital.

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Niomi London on receiving her Golden Kipah Award.

BIRTH: 

Mazal tov to Debbie Marmon, and Ilana Marmon and Paul McLeary on the birth of her granddaughter and their daughter, Mira Rose McLeary

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Mazal tov to Leslie Kirsner, Rachel and Mike Wilson, on the birth of her grandson and son, Jayden Christopher Wilson.

ENGAGEMENT: 

Mali and Dr. Fred Feld on the engagement of their son, Forrest Feld to Sarah Blanchard.

WEDDING: 

Sam Cohen on his marriage to Sherri Crews

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Anita Sher, and Karen and Dr. Mandel Sher on the marriage of her grandson and their son Michael Sher to Laura Miller

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Helen Kahan, and Livia and Steve Wein on the marriage of their grandson and son Matthew Wein to Lisa Aronson.

Dr. Allen C. Marmon z'l The Marmon Family would like to thank the CBI community for their support and friendship.

Todah rabah!

Debbie, Shoshana,Yael, Ilana and David Marmon

Rosa Russek

Caleb Kravitz is a 7th grade honor student at Madeira Beach Fundamental School. He plays trumpet in the Jazz Band as well as enjoys all water sports, including wake boarding, waterskiing, and sailing. He spends most of his free time swimming competitively for St. Petersburg Aquatics, specializing in the butterfly stroke, and just finished swimming in his 4th Junior Olympics competition.

Mother of Chava Allouch and Danny Russek Sister of Ana Masri

Dr. Allen C. Marmon Husband of Debbie Marmon Father of Shoshana, Yael, Ilana, and David

Alan Koenig Husband of Sharon Koenig Father of Robyn Shapiro and Pamela Dotson

Gertrude Shacter Mother of Maureen Shacter

For his Bar Mitzvah project, he is working with the Special Olympics at the North Shore pool, helping coach special needs swimmers in the sport that he loves. Caleb loves to travel and spend time with his family, including his grandparents, Bob and Carolyn Rinehart; his parents, Pam and Arnie Kravitz; and brothers, Aaron and Josh.

Mazal Tov to Caleb for becoming a Bar Mitzvah!

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Dorothy Liss Mother of Susan Berardino and David Liss Sister Paul Berkow Madge Kolman

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

Donations Adult Studies Carolyn and Robert Isakson Livia and Steve Wein Susan and Brian Kagan Yollette Frey

Buns Family Technology Improvement Fund

August 2014 In honor of

Library Fund

Learning Trope and her recent Torah Reading Sarah Blanchard's Conversion Sarah Blanchard's Conversion

In memory of

her sister, Marion Bash

Janet Augenbraun Teddi and David Robbins Leslie Kirsner Bev Sherman Dolores Diamond

Fred Buns 90 Birthday

Alice and Larry Ettinger

Fred Buns 90 Birthday

Susan Goldstein

Fred Buns 90 Birthday

Janet Augenbraun

Wendy Levine

Fred Buns 90 Birthday

Bev Sherman

Sharon and Lorne Abrams

Fred Buns 90 Birthday

Dolores Diamond

Anita and Lorri Helfand

Fred Buns 90 Birthday

Susan Goldstein

the engagement of Forrest and Sarah

Bev Sherman

Fred Buns 90 Birthday

Valerie Hyman

Fred Buns 90 Birthday Fred Buns 90 Birthday

Marilyn and Dr. Morrie LeVine's 65th

Mitzvah Fund

In memory of Kathleen Buns Kathleen and Fred Buns

Camp Ramah Fund

Allan Smith Dr. Allen C Marmon Marilyn and Dr. Morrie LeVine's 65th anniversary

Adele Morris

Marilyn and Dr. Morrie LeVine's 65th anniversary

Eileen Richman

Gail S. Warren Legacy for Leadership Fund Sandy and Dr. Mike Slomka

In honor of

In memory of In honor of

Marilyn and Dr. Morrie LeVine's 65th anniversary Gertrude Shacter

In honor of

Laurie and Dr. Marc Reiskind Diana Bresinger's retirement Dr. Phil Warren’s birthday Linda and Jack Goldfarb Fred Buns 90th Birthday Sandy and Dr. Mike Slomka Phil Warren's 85th Birthday Liz and Greg Sembler Refuah Shlaymah for Pam Askin Refuah Shlaymah for Sandra Levin

Dr. Starr Silver and Nancy Rosenberg Sandy Slomka Gail and Mike Frye Jack and Linda Goldfarb

Jacobs Beautification Fund Adele Morris

Elaine Kleinmetz Vera and Dr. Larry Green

Hannah Freid Mary Ann and Bruce Marger Anita and Lorri Helfand

In memory of

Laurie and Dr. Marc Reiskind

Gail Warren Murray M. Citrin Irving Gelford Alan Koenig Dr. Allen C Marmon

Ruth Mauer Thelma and Jerry Gilbert Marilyn Benjamin

In memory of

Sonya Miller Janet Augenbraun

Alan Koenig Dr. Allen C Marmon

Diana Jay Laurie and Dr. Marc Reiskind 20

In honor of

Steve and Livia Wein's son’s Auf Ruf Sharon Grau's talent David and Erica Benstock's son Sheryl and Larry Feinman's anniversary Mavis and Mike Wallace's anniversary Sandy and Dr. Mike Slomka's anniversary Irma and Jack Mayer's anniversary Judy and Eric Ludin's anniversary Dr. Harold Seder's birthday Abraham Luski's birthday Dr. Bernardo Stein's birthday Rose Luski's birthday Gail Frye's birthday Margot Benstock's birthday Marilyn and Dr. Morris LeVine's 65th Anniversary Marietta Drucker's birthday Steve Grau's birthday Deb Marmon's birthday Morry Bornstein's birthday Byron Kolitz's birthday Good health for Beverly Dikman Patricia and Dr. Lionel Levinson's anniversary Mussie Eidelman's birthday Lucille Urvater's birthday Dr. Nina Bernstein completing her medical residency Morrie and Marilyn LeVine's 65th Anniversary A speedy recover for Alan Koenig The engagement of Forrest and Sarah A speedy recovery for Pam Askin A speedy recovery for Pam Askin Marilyn and Dr. Morrie LeVine's 65th anniversary Donny Silverberg's 85th Birthday Refuah Shlaymah to Pam Askin Don Silverberg, his 85th birthday The birth of Leslie Kirsner’s grandson The birth of Debbie Marmon’s granddaughter Speedy Recovery

Marilyn and Dr. Morrie LeVine's 65th anniversary

Nancy and Dr. Stanley Rosenberg’s grandson Continued speedy recovery for Erica Greenberg

Rosa Russek Dr. Allen C Marmon

Rebecca and Warren Simmons Lee and Marshall Leibson Dr. Pat Cottrille

In memory of Susan and Brian Kagan

her mother, Lillian Stearns

Walter Loebenberg's 90 birthday Sarah Blanchard's Conversion Sherrie Crew's Conversion Awilda and Carlos' Conversion

Jack Eidelman

Ellen Jo Glassman Adult Studies Endowment Fund

In memory of

Thelma and Jerry Gilbert Laurie and Dr. Marc Reiskind

In honor of

Sandi and Jesse Rodman Susan Goldstein

Cantor's Fund

Fred Buns 90 Birthday Jared and Allison Shenofsky's daughter Fred Buns 90th Birthday Fred Buns 90th Birthday Marilyn and Dr. Morrie LeVine's 65th

In honor of

Thelma and Jerry Gilbert

Kathleen Buns

In honor of

Marilyn and Dr. Morrie's 65th Anniversary

Donations

August 2014

Mitzvah Fund

In memory of

Vicki K. Greenfield Vicki K. Greenfield Vicki K. Greenfield Alice and Larry Ettinger Tanya and William Weiland Brandi, Jeff, Zeke, Tori, Isaac, and Eliana Rosenbluth Laurie and Dr. Marc Reiskind Dolores Diamond Bille and Morry Bornstein

Margaret McGrory Lawson Cook Janis Cook Maureen Shacter Harry Kraff Lenny Mauer Maureen Shacter Lenny Mauer Lenny Mauer Lenny Mauer her aunt, Bernice Friedman

Ina Colen Judy Schaffer Carr Anita and Harold Pollack Marilyn Benjamin Sharon and Alan Koenig Ruth Mauer Inna Reznik Anita and Lorri Helfand Florence and Joel Einstein Dr. Steve Bloom Pearl Brook Pearl Brook Marilyn Benjamin Marilyn Benjamin Marilyn Benjamin Judy and Kenny Rosenberg Anita and Lorri Helfand Anita and Lorri Helfand Judith and Richard Meyer Sonya Miller Sybil Rosen Miriam Tambor Bev Sherman The Goetz Family Janet Augenbraun Diana Jay Diana Jay Cheray Ashwill Nancy and Robert Shannon Yvette Lew Yvette Lew Barbara and Jerry Colen Linda Diamond Marilyn and Dr. Morris LeVine

Perley Gotler Bernard Schaffer

Music and Concert Endowment Fund

In memory of

Esta Blaxberg

Dr. Allen C Marmon

Pauline Rivkind Fund

In memory of

Claire and Ron Yogman Myrna and Murray Rubin Ruth Mauer

Fred Buns 90th Birthday Marilyn and Dr. Morrie LeVine's 65th Ann The birth of Leslie Kirsner's grandson

Sandy Brasch

Bunnie Katz

Myrna and Murray Rubin

In honor of Fred Buns 90th Birthday

In memory of Gail and Mike Frye Sheryl and Larry Feinman

Dr. Allen C Marmon Dr. Allen C Marmon

In memory of

Preschool Scholarship Fund Ruth Mauer

Gertrude Shacter

In honor of

Rabbi's Fund Linda and Jack Goldfarb Hannah Freid Rachel and Dr. David Wein Dorrie and Frank Rosenblatt Mary Wygodski and Family Esta Blaxberg Sherrie and Sam Cohen Eileen Richman Mavis and Michael Wallace

Arlen's Father, Harold David Miller Rosa Russek Jerry Bloom Frances Stone Irving Nevetsky Alan Koenig Dr. Allen c Marmon Rosa Russek Dr. Allen c Marmon Alan Koenig Dr. Allen c Marmon Dr. Allen c Marmon Lenny Mauer Allen Koppelman her mother, Sayde Gallant Alan Koenig Alan Koenig Dr. Allen c Marmon Dr. Allen c Marmon Lenny Mauer Dr. Allen c Marmon Alan Koenig Rosa Russek Alan Koenig Alan Koenig father, Ben Diamond Alan Koenig

Mona Feld her son, Elliott Gray

In memory of

Pauline Rivkind Talmud Torah

Anita's mother, Gertrude Stromwasser her father, Leon Haliczer Abe Skott Rosa Russek Liliya Grinberg

Steve Feld Ruth Gray

Pauline Rivkind Preschool

The birth of David and Erica Benstock's son in appreciation The birth of David and Erica Benstock's son Sara and Craig Eidelman's Wedding Marilyn and Dr. Morrie LeVine's 65th Ann Marilyn and Dr. Morrie LeVine's 65th Ann in appreciation Ellen Bernstein's Birthday in appreciation of Dr. Patricia Cottrille

In memory of Annette Weinshank Robin and Barry Blaxberg Betty Sue and Joel Shane Robert Warsaw Shirley Sommella Sharon and Moshe Gershuny Carol and Thomas Epstein Robert Warsaw Howard Isaacs Barbara and Jerry Levin Billie and Morry Bornstein Myra Gross Howard Isaacs Ellie LeVine Sonya Miller Vivian Neumann Rachel and Dr. David Wein Myrna and Murray Rubin Eileen Richman and Jean Kraff Susan and Alan Dee Mavis and Michael Wallace Doris and Herschel Hochman Aldena and Larry Lew

Shirley Buns Preschool Fund

In honor of

Billie and Morrie Bornstein Susie and Alan Schwartz Livia and Steve Wein Cindy and Dr. Bob Weisberg Sandi and Jesse Rodman

Fred Buns 90th Birthday Fred Buns 90th Birthday Fred Buns 90th Birthday Fred Buns 90th Birthday Fred Buns 90th Birthday

Shirley Buns Religious School Fund

Pauline Rivkind Preschool In honor of

mother, Miriam Barshefsky Ben Blaxberg Gertrude Shacter Janine Warsaw Rogelia Barrera Edna Sonkin Lola Epstein Sylvia Warsaw Lester Isaacs Laurie Roberts Maville Maureen Shacter her mother, Hilda Belinky Mollie Isaacs Leonard Albert Leon L. Haliczer Rosa Russek Lenny Mauer Dr. Allen C Marmon Alan Koenig Alan Koenig Dr. Allen C Marmon Alan Koenig Rosa Russek Alan Koenig Larry’s mother, Lena Lew

Leonard and Paul Lehman

In honor of Fred Buns 90th Birthday

In memory of Betty Sue and Joel Shane Barbara and Michael Noonberg 21

Dr. Allen C Marmon Dr. Allen C Marmon

Donations

August 2014 In honor of

USY Fund

CBI Women’s League

Livia and Steve Wein

William Gross' Graduation The birth of David and Erica Benstock's son The birth of Allison and Jared Shenofsky's daughter Janice and Dr. David LeVine Bruce Marger's Cordozo Society honor Louis Orloff CBI Charlotte and Harold Goldberg Marilyn and Dr. Morrie LeVine's 65th Anniversary

Judaica Shop Call for an Appointment: Anita Helfand 727.347.2300

In memory of

Visit the Judaica Shop for:

Louis Orloff his mother, Jean Orloff Ruth Mauer Dr. Allen C Marmon Charlotte and Harold Goldberg Alan Koenig

Holiday items, ceremonial objects, Kiddush cups, candlesticks, Shabbat Candles, shofars, honey dishes, tefillin, tallitot, Challah plates, boards, knives, and more!

In honor of

USY Pilgrimage Linda and Steve Grau Janet and Ed Shapiro

We special order!

Dr. Nina Bernstein completing her medical residency Marilyn and Dr. Morrie LeVine's 65th anniversary

In memory of

Pearl Brook Lucille Ginsburg Billie and Morry Bornstein Ellen Bernstein Ellen Bernstein

Florence Nevetsky Kenneth Warga his mother, Ruth Bornstein Alan Koenig Dr. Allen c Marmon

Israel

Looking for a special way to honor your family

We stand by Israel in this time of tribulation. We pray for everyone's safety in the State of Israel.

and friends who are celebrating a Simha?

BUNS FAMILY TREE OF LIFE

If you have the means, please show your support by contributing to organizations including, but not limited to:  

is just the answer. What a joy it is for someone to walk into our shul and see a tribute of their Bar or Bat Mitzvah, special birthday, anniversary or wedding.

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Order forms are in the synagogue office and lobby.

Minimum donation $254.

This month one leaf have been added to the T he Buns Family Tree of Life:

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AIPAC, American Friends of Magen David Adom, Friends of the IDF, Hadassah, Jewish Federation, JNF, Masorti, Stand Up for Israel, Israel Bond

Am Yisrael Chai!

In honor of Fred Buns’ 90th Birthday dedicated by his friends at CBI

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Women’s League Catering is special. Trust us with you simcha and you’ll discover that in addition to the delicious food, the great attention to detail, and the unbeatable value, there’s one thing that separates us from the rest. With everything we do, from the first phone call to the serving of each carefully prepared dish, we do it with all our heart. Give us a call and see for yourself.

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7:05 pm 9:00 am 7:05 pm

Requested

7:08 pm 8:07 pm 7:05 pm 6:57 pm

Change Service

CANDLELIGHTING: ROSH HASHANA: Erev 1st Day – Wednesday, September 24 Erev 2nd Day – Thursday, September 25 SHABBAT SHUVA: Friday, September 26 YOM KIPPUR: Friday, October 3

YOM KIPPUR DAY – Saturday, October 4 Introductory Service & Shaharit 8:30 am Torah Reading 9:30 am Musaf Service 10:45 am Sermon & Yizkor 1:00 pm Minha Service 4:45 pm Neila 6:05 pm Neila Services will commence at 6:05 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 7:50 pm. followed by the Mitzvah Men’s Club break-the-fast snacks.

KOL NIDRE - Friday, October 3, 7:00 p.m.

We urge everyone attending to have their tickets with them and to allow sufficient time for parking to be seated by 7:05 pm.

EREV YOM KIPPUR MINHA – Friday, October 3, 1:00 p.m.

SHABBAT SHUVA Friday, September 26 Minha, Maariv Saturday, September 27 Minha, Maariv & Havdala Service

ROSH HASHANA - SECOND DAY – Friday, September 26, 2014 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

ROSH HASHANA - FIRST DAY – Thursday, September 25 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 5:55 pm Minha, Maariv 7:10 pm

ROSH HASHANA EVE SERVICE – Wednesday, September 24, 7:10 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 by 7:15 pm.

KEVER AVOT – MEMORIAL SERVICES- Sunday, September 21 Menorah Gardens 10:30 am Royal Palm 11:30 am

SELIHOT SERVICE – Saturday night, September 20 Program, USY Installation and Reception 9:00 pm Selihot Service 10:30 pm

HIGH HOLIDAYS 5775 - SCHEDULE OF SERVICES

CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL OF ST. PETERSBURG

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