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Brit Olam invites the whole IHC community to take part in two family-friendly postcard writing parties based on the Religious Action Center's voter engagement campaign. The goal is to connect with voters in our communities ahead of the 2022 midterm election. Nosh will be included.
Sukkot & Simchat Torah
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The full class list for Adult Education is now available! Classes are included with IHC membership. If you are not yet a member, see the guest fee on the class listing. View the full list of classes for 5783/2022. To register for all non-weekly classes, contact our assistant to the Office of Lifelong Learning Beth Meade-Hession at 317-255-6647.
IHC Blood Drive
Sunday, October 23 8:00am-1:00pm Do a mitzvah by donating blood that could help save a life. Sign up today!
Amy Isaacs with any questions.
Tuesdays-Fridays, 10:00am-2:00pm Fridays, 5:15-6:15pm Sundays, 9:30am-12:00pm when the Jewish Learning Program is in session. You can also make an appointment to shop by emailing ihcsisterhoodgiftshop1@gmail.com.
Brit Olam Postcard Writing Parties
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Please RSVP by October 2.
Simchat Torah Celebration Sunday, October 16 at 5:00pm
Rosh Hashanah: September 26 Yom Kippur: October 5
The High Holy Days conclude with singing and dancing, learning and praying. We end the traditional cycles of reading from the Torah and start again in the very same moment. Our Simchat Torah celebration will include a performance from the 65th Street Klezmorim Band.
All the services, events, and experiences related to the High Holy Days can be viewed at ihcindy.org/highholydays
Adult Education
Lunch in the Sukkah Tuesday-Friday, 12:00-1:00pm Join IHC clergy and staff for lunch in the sukkah! (Weather permitting) Sisters in the Sukkah Tuesday, October 11 at 6:30pm
The Great Sukkah Build Sunday, October 9, 12:00-1:30pm Open to all ages and individuals. People or families can sign up as teams to create a model size of a sukkah. Supplies will be provided or people can bring their own for something even more spectacular. Themes are encouraged. The sukkot will remain on display for the entire week inside the building. Please RSVP to Beth Meade-Hession at BethMH@ihcindy.org or by calling her at 317-255-6647.
Shabbat and Blessing for Sukkot in the sukkah Friday, October 14 with early Oneg Shabbat at 5:30pm and Shabbat services beginning at 6:15pm Festival Yizkor service Sunday, October 16 at 10:30am
Sukkot begins at sundown on Sunday, October 9 and runs through sundown on Sunday, October 16 Simchat Torah begins at sundown on Sunday, October 16 and runs through Monday, October 17 at sundown.
Sunday, September 18, 10:00am-12:00pm Tuesday, September 20, 6:00-8:00pm
Mahjongg Mavens Fridays, September 2 & 16, 2:30-5:30pm Grab your tile set and play a game (or ten) with the other IHC Mahjongg mavens. This addicting game of skill, strategy, and luck is a great way to spend an afternoon with other IHC Contactenthusiasts.
RSVP to attend here. Email Forrest Gatrell with any questions
At September & October Highlighted Calendar of Events
It's a new year, and a new opportunity to get to know your fellow IHC Sisterhood members! Sisterhood is excited to welcome all Women of IHC and your girlfriends to join us for this special evening. Enjoy a festive Sukkot cocktail and dinner, Sukkot rituals, and a special “drash” with Rabbi Roxanne Shapiro. Most importantly, there will be time and space to reconnect, and get to know each other so we are no longer strangers!
Alla Vorsovky & Michael Vorsovky
We Celebrate the B'nai Mitzvah of:
Hannah Woods & Jake Woods
Wrigley Rubenstein will be called to the Torah on October 29, 2022. She is a seventh grade student at New Augusta North where she is on the High Abilities Honor Roll. She enjoys writing, riding horses, and art. Her parents are Jennifer and Jeffrey Rubenstein. Wrigley has a younger sister- Mara.
Simon Efroymson & Adriane Ruddell, who were married on August 13.
Angelo Castillo & Erin Castillo
IHC Family News
Flo Mary & Thomas Mantel, who celebrated 70 years of marriage.
Lynn Mervis & Joshua Mervis Kirstin Waldman & Chase Waldman
We Celebrate with the Following:
Madeline (Maddie) Cannon will be called to the Torah on September 3, 2022. She is a seventh grade student at Creekside Middle School where she is on the Principal’s Honor Roll. Maddie is a competitive dancer at Expressenz Dance Center. Her parents are Liz and Bill Cannon. Maddie has two older sistersSophie and Emily. Her grandparents are Susan and Marvin Mitchell and Sam Cannon. Hannah Kraner will be called to the Torah on September 10, 2022. She is a seventh grade student at The Orchard School. Hannah enjoys playing soccer, art, and cooking. Her parents are Amy and Jordan Kraner. Hannah has a younger brother- Alex. Joseph (Joey) Solomon will be called to the Torah on October 22, 2022. He is a seventh grade student at Franklin Central Junior High School. Joey enjoys gaming, hanging with his dogs, and playing golf with his dad. His parents are Valarie and Matt Solomon. Joey has an older sister-Allison.
The best efforts were taken to create the following lists since the last issue of the Kulanu Please reach out to communications@ihcindy.org if you believe there was an omission or error.
Julie LexieKniptashLeightner & David Leightner
Thea Lindauer, cousin of Cantor Janice Roger
Robert Borns, uncle of Robert (Gina) Laikin Charles E. Cohen
We Note with Sorrow the Deaths of:
Mary "Betty" Klapper, wife of David Klapper
Our new members:
In my early teens, I used to help my mother, a breeder of Thoroughbreds, research horse lineage. I remember noticing that all of these horses had the exact same birthdate of January 1, albeit different years. After a few moments of trying to figure out how all horses were born on the exact same date, I inquired about it and learned that all Thoroughbreds, regardless of the actual date, are considered to be one year old on the January 1 following their birth. It just made tracking simpler. “Ah,” I thought. “This is like the trees” I had learned in religious school that Tu B’Shevat was the birthday of the trees. As the law stated that one could only eat the fruit of a tree after three years, there had to be a simple way to remember what day a seed was planted. Tu B’Shevat was named as that single birthdate for the trees.
Later, in rabbinical school, I discovered that in addition to a new year for the world (Rosh HaShanah on the 1st of Tishrei) and a new year for the trees (Tu B’Shevat on the 15th of Shevat), there were two more Jewishly recognized times indicated as a “new year.” The 1st of Nisan, as recorded in the Torah, is said to be the “beginning of months,” while the 1st of Elul is the new year for the tithing of cattle. Four “new years” (in one year) are recorded in the Mishnah. This may seem confusing, but is it so strange? If we consider our own lives, we may begin to understand. In a number of households, students have or are returning to school. It is the beginning the head of the school year. On July 1, many of our businesses started their new fiscal year. January 1 marks the start of our secular year. Moreover, this year, the evening of September 25 will start our new Jewish year (always the 1st of Tishrei) the year 5783. Four “new years,” in one year, listed above, are counted and many of you have other significant dates that are significant.
Simply put, each start is a new chance for us to recommit ourselves to something important to us. We may not all have the same dates of value on our calendars, but that act of recommitting to ourselves and to others remains a constant.
Perhaps, all these dates recognizing a new year really do make our full year more meaningful.
L’shanah tovah u’metukah (to a good and sweet year), Rabbi Roxanne Shapiro
This year, as we look to that date on our calendar that says “Rosh HaShanah,” may we recognize the power and the opportunity that this day holds. As we join together in community, may we recommit ourselves to our congregation and to our Jewish values. Then, this shall surely be a year full of the wishes coming to fruition that we offer to one another each new year.
A Message From Your Clergy
There is a sense of peace that comes with being still. In the midst of meetings, emails, and smartphone alerts, we rarely have a moment to intentionally stop and breathe.
Cantor Aviva Marer
Sukkot: A Time to Breathe
Beginning just five days after Yom Kippur, the word Sukkot translates as booths, referring to the booths the Israelites dwelled in throughout their 40 years of wandering. The structure itself is intentionally flimsy, featuring only 3 sides and a roof of branches that allows us to see the stars. As the cool breeze begins to set in, Sukkot is the perfect time of year to sit in one of these structures for a meal. In fact, one of the main mitzvot of Sukkot is to enjoy a meal in a sukkah with friends. Sukkot also comes with the tangible reminder of the ancient harvest with the Lulav (palm, willow, and myrtle branches) and Etrog (citron). These sacred objects not only point to our history but also symbolize parts of the body (spine, eye, mouth, and heart) to form a whole human ready to observe the commandments given to us.
Though we may not have the time, energy, or space to build a sukkah in our own backyard, our IHC sukkah is open to everyone and available throughout the course of this week long holiday. This year, when the shofar is sounded for the final time, consider exploring the peace and stillness of Sukkot. There is wisdom in our tradition, and the purpose of Sukkot is to remind us to breathe. Sukkot also marks a wonderful opportunity for building meaningful interfaith relationships As our neighbors of all faiths prepare for a season of giving thanks, we have the opportunity to introduce them to our Judaism by inviting them to share a meal with us in a sukkah
While they may not have had our technological demands at the time, I cannot help but wonder if our ancestors also understood the need for a break when designing the traditions of Sukkot. Perhaps they too wanted to enter the High Holy Days, the holiest time of year, knowing that a respite was waiting for them just around the corner.
A sukkah is intentionally built to be open so as to invite everyone into our tent This humbling reminder of the importance of welcoming the stranger is a theme that is repeated throughout our liturgical year The sukkah as a metaphor for hospitality pares all religious obligation down to just that
When the honey returns to the pantry, when all that is left of a round raisin challah are crumbs, and the fancy dinnerware is put away; when the dark, velvety tones of the cello are behind us, and the deep hunger pangs have given way to a perfectly planned break the fast, our tradition gives us nothing short of a beautiful gift This gift is the easily accessible, wonderfully welcoming holiday of Sukkot
September Yahrzeits September 1 William Gitlin Sam Halpern Albert Klineman Gloria Lutz Henry Marer Harry Selig Nathan Solomon September 2 Gertrude Breitbart Zena Davis Bertha Mayer Jean McCann Selma Rise September 3 Albert Calderon Robert Cohen Esther Fairbanks Sidney Herman Dorothy Herzberg Larry Horberg Sylvia Laden Helen Provisor Stephen Vogel September 4 Milton Rapkin Lawrence Ress Arthur Shapiro Kenneth Siegel Gita Weinberger September 5 Charles Kahn Marks Levy Gus Rosen Dorothy Strater Florence Winter September 6 Harry Cooler, Sr. Arnold Gotfried Lottie LaBounty Geri Miller Klara Peysekhman J Alan Slivka Max Wolfson September 7 George Claymon Jack Cohen Herman Foster Michael Gray Esther Kusnitz Ralph Newmark Dorothy Spitzberg Marty Weisberger Wendell Zellers September 8 Harold Burgheim William Dumes Gertrude Gould Ruby Moss Frieda Simon Fran Weiss
When a yahrzeit is observed, there is a Jewish custom to give tzedakah This can be a donation to your favorite charity If IHC is the charity of your choice, there is a full list of our tzedakah funds at ihcindy.org/give
May Their Memory Be for Blessing... September 9 Gloria Deremiah Gregory Goble Max Hackman Clara Kessler September 10 Ben Falender Herb Marer Celia Marmelstein Gilbert Parker Roberta Rosenfield Karen Shlensky Samuel Shorr Arnold Vandroff September 11 Morton Cooper Richard Dorson Irene Fischer Judith Jaffe Eva LaBounty September 12 Christopher Arnold Rachael Libowitz Louise Litwack Ethyl Mansbach Jim McCarthy Florence Sering Louis Spitzerg Minnie Tuchman September 13 Charles Hamer Fred Joseph Rosetta Rosenblatt Ruth Rosenstein Jacob Segal Belle Swedarsky Nellie Wender Theresa Wiener September 14 Joseph Cantor Helen Cohen Abe Goldsmith Florence Kroot Rae Rosenberg Jone Shapiro September 15 Jon Ellison Max Gavin Jenny Gavin Alan Klineman Lewis Lurie Ruth Roth Lilly Schwartz Sylvia Wikoff September 16 Clara Burnstein Barbara Fineman Louis Goldstein David Lutz Raymond Russell September 17 Terry Cage Suzanne Centman Miller Geraldine Hurwitz Milton Korobkin Brooks Morris Alice Rubin Harriet Simon September 18 Albert Brinn Robert Deremiah Carol Mann Franklin Miroff Inda Singer Joan Vigran Lewis Wittles September 19 Evalyn Draper Daniel FitzGibbon Lyubov Getsis Joyce Hyatt Berta Popp Ethel Ratskoff Flora Silver Lea Cassel September 20 Robert Borinstein Harry Burnstein Maxine Cohen Nancy Fink Maurice Kaufman Louis Silver September 21 Margie Astren Sylvia Goldberg John Magazine September 22 Gladys Abramowitz Abraham Greenberger Elaine Greene Michael Greenwald Sara Herman Alvin Levy Robert lind Sarah Parker Leonard Rubenstein Esther Stein Harry Webster September 23 Gleela Baldwin Clara Bassler Ann Shapiro September 24 Lev Bachkurinskiy Jerome Blickman Evelyn Farber Edward Stempel September 25 Sheldon Giniger Loren Goodman Marjan Halberstadt Shirley Mansbach Clare Lisker Ernest Lowenstein Tilden Mendelson Frieda Sanders Betty Trockman September 26 Ruth Barrash Louis Dubin Robert Gaberman Louis Goldstein Ethel Gotfried Hyman Loganofsky Celia Rossen Hugo Schneider Robert Smalbach September 27 Lucille Asher Elya Borodaty Morton Cohen Morris Fishbein Patricia Hellman Sharon Jacobs William Levine June McKown Susan Miller Betty Mintz Irene Renenstreif Agnes Scwarz Gary Sicanoff David Swedarsky September 28 Sylvia Dansker Patricia Lamott Albert Lieberman Elias Russell Samuel Shaffer September 29 Bahiyyah Allen Eda Appel Joseph Baerncopf Toby Blickman Myra Kahn Herbert Larks Sylvia Leitz Siegfried Smulyan September 30 Joy Arnold Julie Bennett Irving Calderon Florence Calderon Jacob Cohen Harlan Davis Sylvia Finn Morris Gavin Margaret Grumbacher Florence Levy George Ressler William Sider Kenneth Valentine
Reading the name of a loved one on a yahrzeit is a way to honor them, their lives and their memory Jewish tradition teaches that the memory of one who has lived righteously lives on for blessing We hope the memories of your loved one will bring you consolation and lighten your grief on their yahrzeit
October Yahrzeits October 1 Milton Firestone Alexander Korthy Gail Mandell Robert Simon Samuel Smalline October 2 Robert Berman Harry Foster Eugene Glick David Herman William Lurvey Jim Mollin Bernard Ress October 3 Geri Borne Helen Dluz Mace Hymson Joseph Kline Roger Popp Richard Schornstein, Jr. Sara Segal October 4 Arthur Barrett Adrea Bergin Steve Dill Sylvia Frisch Pamela Giles Gladys Goldstein Mildred Rodenberg Hilda Seidman Harry Vogel October 5 Gertrude Kline Edna Engel October 6 Charlene Cox Mayme Goodman Christopher Hardesty Ida Likovsky Sylvia Sim Emily Thompson October 7 Joseph Bassler Charlie Burnstein Irving Cohen Julian Glazer Ruth O’Koon Yandell O’Koon Isadore Weinberg October 8 Sol Eshowsky Samuel Kopelov Leonard Lurvey Sidney Turetzky October 9 Margaret Bliss Edith Bottigheimer Jason Grumbacher Mayer Rubenstein Bernard Vaprin May Their Memory Be for Blessing... October 10 Rose Arkush Paula Berenbaum Frieda Buchholz Harriett Cooler William Glass Charles Herman Edward Kaplan Robert Lichtman Robert Monat Ida Orenstein Bessie Spitzberg Georgia Strashun October 11 Beatrix Franklin Judith Lichtenberg Simon Sculler Bernice Silver Francis Slutzky October 12 Peter Berenbaum Pearl Eisenstein Ken Krauss Betty Lehner Arlyne Pearl Benjamin Yaunt, Jr Janet Yosha October 13 Albert Cooper Lena Kaplan Sabina Law Alan Leff Anthony Miceli Molly Regenstreif October 14 Charles Ginsberg Charlotte Kline Blanche Moss Marvin Moss Robert Peale Molly Tavel October 15 Carol Krosin Jacob Mansbach Reyza Rozenberg Mitchell Thomas October 16 Millie Keller Flora Peale Roselyn Wechter October 17 William Campbell Natalie Effron Ed Greenberger Pauline Klineman Howard Lieberman Betty Livingston Dora Smith Ruth Talesnick October 18 David Anderson Jack Bernstein Harold Bortz Sylvia Cohen Celia Efroymson Blanche Friedman Stephen Hester Phillip Krosin October 19 Mary Branning Edgar Joseph Israel Lazerov Max Shapiro Lillian Strashun Evelyn Krinsky Winograd October 20 Max Apter Eva Jaffe Rose Koffman Sandi Simmons Hyman Soshnick October 21 Orval Alexander Robert Baldwin Hans Buchhoz Sara Hamer Lillian Oancea Irene Solomon Maurice Spasser October 22 Bernerd Bogar Michael Halberstadt Lillie Herzog Sylvan Perlov Lynn Wool October 23 William Ehrlich Herschel Freeman Louis Strashun October 24 Morris Calderon Zelda Gall Carol Greenwald Maurice Lippman Patricia Mantel Marian Rabin Jacob Roth Morris Scheer Florence Zeidman October 25 Esther Bartick Ablert Berns Gloria Cook Rebecca Garelick William Greenberg David Kasper Rosemary Logan Glenna Wilkoff October 26 Milton Bloom Barbara Freeman Diane Goldberg Rena Katz Jean Meltzer Leon Shorr Paul Sicanoff Molly Slabosky William Weisberger October 27 Richard Efroymson Igor Lysogorsky Anna Rabb Lyudmila Zamorsky October 28 Joan Fisher Irving Kopelson Joseph Modiano Fay Rubenstein Henry Weiner Stanley Werner Samuel Shaffer October 29 Marilyn Azoulay Amy Fisher Allan Goldburg Florence Gordon Irving Hamer Molly Harris Thomas Mantel, Jr Ida Miller Gerald Paul Dorothy Ristow Wendy Weidberg October 30 Noel Becker Marilyn Campbell James Davis Mary Donnellon Maurice Garfein Celia Lessler Jennie Pactor Irving Rodenberg October 31 Gerald Cohen Edward Krulewitch John Lewis Charles Medias
Temple Donations ADULT EDUCATION FUNDS DAVID & ETHEL ROSENBERG EDUCATION Memory of Nathan Miller Amy & Steve Topel YOUTH PROJECTS FUNDS DR. MORRIS STONER RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Memory of Nathan Miller Julie & Mark Weiler MAX STRASHUN TEMPLE TOTS Memory of Nathan Miller Robin & Jeremy Schwartz ARTHUR J. AND HELEN R. BARRETT FUND Memory of Yolanda Foster Rhea & John McDonald LIBRARY & ARCHIVES FUND JOSEPH CANTOR LIBRARY Julian & Dawa Shepard IHC FOUNDATION FUNDS FOUNDATION GENERAL FUND Antonio Paolo Zavattini Memory of Nathan Miller Harriet & Joseph Rodenberg Memory of Ernest Lorch Harriet & Joseph Rodenberg DISCRETIONARY FUNDS SENIOR RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY IHC Sisterhood Michelle & Scott Himelstein Honor of Asher Kastner Debby & Brian Kastner Honor of Rabbi Brett Krichiver Debby & Brian Kastner Honor of Larry & Dona Cohen Debby & Brian Kastner Memory of Jerry Yale Michelle & Scott Himelstein Memory of Joe Gerson Audrey Gerson & Rhonda Gerson Hurwitz ASSOCIATE RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY IHC Sisterhood CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY IHC Sisterhood TEMPLE GENERAL FUNDS TEMPLE GENERAL FUND Dawa & Julian Shepard Honor of Monica Allardt Patti & Roland Dorson Honor of Bob Hewitt Patti & Roland Dorson Memory of Ernie Lorch Phyllis Ackerman Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Alpert Patti & Roland Dorson Memory of Nathan Miller Anonymous Patti & Roland Dorson Denise Horwitz Lorrie & David Levitz Debra & William Lewin The National Bank of Indianapolis Howard Weiner Memory of Doug Popp Linda Glanzman Memory of Fedor Zamorsky Mr. & Mrs. Mikhail Malyovanny HIGH HOLY DAY APPEAL 2022 Jack & Susan Moss Adrienne Aronson White THE CANTOR JANICE L. ROGER MUSIC AND CULTURAL ARTS FUND Memory of Ernie Lorch Dorit Paul OUTDOOR BEAUTIFICATION/HARVEY GADDIE FUND Anonymous YAHRZEIT MEMORIAL FUND Charles & Jane Butcher Memory of Perry Goldstein Marcia & Marv Goldstein Memory of Louis Logan Marcia & Marv Goldstein Memory of Fyodor Zamorsky Irina Zamorsky Memory of Dave Nelson Libby Goble Memory of Louis Rapoport Myrna Davis CEMETERY FUND Benton R Marks Memory of Bill & Judy Schwartz Jolie & Alan Genender Memory of Samuel Winograd Susan W Popp SOCIAL JUSTICE CHEVRAT CHESED –CARING COMMUNITY Memory of Lawrence Harrison Bennie Silver GLEANERS FOOD BANK Memory of Ernest Lorch Renny & Greg Silver
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In 2020, our plans to celebrate our 10 year partnership with Rabbi Krichiver were postponed. The pandemic was challenging, but with your help we became a stronger community. Now, it’s time to celebrate! Let’s come together to stand up for IHC, honor our continuing partnership with Rabbi Krichiver, and support IHC.
Join us for Celebration Shabbat on Friday, November 4th at 6:15pm Then, come Stand Up for IHC on Saturday, November 5th at 6:30pm at Goldman Union Camp Institute
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Celebration Weekend is coming! September 13 The Third Daughter by Talia Carner L’Shanah Tovah Temple Library extends best wishes for a happy new year to all IHC congregants and friends. May 5783 bring good health, happiness and peace to you and your loved ones. And, in the Book of Life, may you be inscribed for a good year. L’Shanah Tovah Tikateivu October 11 Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood by Mark Oppenheimer Upcoming Jewish Book Club Selections The Jewish Book Club is a great way for book lovers to enjoy getting to know each other through lively discussions about great books with Jewish and literary value. The book club has been meeting on Zoom and in person at 12:00pm on the second Tuesday of each month. You can read full book descriptions for each title here. If you would like to take part, please email IHC librarian Evelyn Pockrass for additional details. Evelyn Pockrass, Librarian Connect with Us 317 255 6647 317 254 2186 www.ihcindy.org www.facebook.com/IhcIndy @ihc.indy IHC Front Office ECC Office Our Website Facebook Instagram Worship Schedule Kabbalat Shabbat service Fridays at 6:15pm All services, unless otherwise noted, can be viewed live on IHC website or on the IHC Facebook page Nefesh Shabbat Service Every third Friday at 6:15pm Shabbat Morning Service Saturdays at 10:30am when there is a b'nai mitzvah service Join us for Oneg Shabbat following our Friday evening services. It is a mitzvah to sponsor an Oneg Shabbat, whether it is for a special occasion (b'nai mitzvah/baby naming/anniversary) or just because you want to step up to help! You can host alone, as a family, or get a group together to co host. Sign up to host an Oneg Shabbat.
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