Community Life - September/October 2024 | 5785

Call and Response

by Rabbi Micah Peltz

What do you think about when you hear the shofar? What does its sound summon for you? Each year, the first few times I hear the shofar, I am brought back to when I was a child, sitting in services with my family at the Adath Jeshurun Congregation in Minneapolis. As we continue to sound the shofar throughout the month of Elul and Rosh Hashanah,

This year the shofar calls us to recognize just how much has changed since last Rosh Hashanah. The October 7 terrorist attacks in Israel and the ongoing war, in addition to the rising antisemitism in the US and around the world, have impacted all of us. We know that our world has changed, and we are figuring out how to describe what exactly this means. What should we hold on to, and what should we let go. How do we move forward? This is where our response to the call of the shofar comes in. Our challenge today is at once similar to challenges our people have faced at different points

Message from Executive Director, Ron Safier

Hope everyone had a wonderful summer!

We are in full swing with preparing for the 2024-2025/5785 programmatic year. The High Holy Days will soon be upon us and will include options for you and your family to participate in our services and experiences both inperson and virtually. Family services will be held in the tent, and extra security personnel will be present to ensure that we have a safe environment for both indoor and outdoor services. Our investment in technology will ensure that we stay connected with those who choose to participate in services via livestream. An email with information about accessing the livestream will be sent as we get closer to the High Holy Days. Please remember to submit your membership renewal forms and seating/livestream requests ASAP if you have not done so already. The High Holy Day packets, which will include tickets, parking passes, service times, and more, are slated for distribution the week of September 16 for pickup in the TBS office and mailing the week of September 23. Please help us save money on postage by picking up your High Holy Day packets when they are made available. We look forward to seeing you soon, and an early Shanah Tovah U’Metukah! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, you can always reach out to me at rons@ tbsonline.org or (856) 751-6663 x218.

Message from President Alison Shapiro

As the sun began to set upon my first trip to Israel, Rabbi Peltz asked: “How do we keep the fire burning?” Like a pot of water coming to a boil, how was I to maintain the spirit of Jerusalem in my daily life once I left the Holy Land? I have wrestled with this question ever since.

The sparks in Israel ignited my desire to connect more deeply with my Jewish self and to dedicate myself to making a meaningful contribution. In our lives, there are a number of times we are called to action. In Jerusalem, I was called. I felt something so strongly that I was compelled to do something. Over the years since, I rallied friends and colleagues, and we acted to improve our Jewish community. My Jewish journey has been transformative, allowing for a level of gratitude and understanding I never knew was possible. It was not always easy. Life gets in the way, and there is a struggle among priorities. The excitement, anger, novelty -- the feelings that stirred the commitment and initial dedication -- may wane over time. But, like our ancestors affirming Hineni, we continue the work. It allows us to form critical relationships within the Jewish community and deploy our core values, our Jewish values.

The atrocities of October 7th in Israel seem to be one of those times we are called to action – individually and collectively. Our community has come together in so many wonderful ways. With antisemitism on the rise, Jews are looking for community, a safe sanctuary. College Hillels and Chabads are reporting record levels of student engagement. Our congregation is growing, and our programming has further encouraged Jewish pride and Israel education at all levels. So, how does this speak to you?

"You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.” ~ Pirkei Avot, Rabbi Tarfon/ Ethics of our Fathers.

There are so many opportunities for engagement. Have you found your place? The world needs more compassionate, dedicated leaders. Where can you find dedication or more likely, re-dedication? Recall those feelings that ignited your interest, your connection, your desire to participate and act.

As we enter the month of Elul and have time for reflection, I encourage you to take a moment and pause. Take time to listen. Seek purpose. It is so important we hear the calling, over the hustle and noise in our everyday lives, don’t miss it.

An evening with

Haviv Rettig Gur

Times of Israel Senior Political Analyst

Sunday, September 22 at 7pm at TBS

Haviv Rettig Gur is an Israeli journalist who serves as the senior analyst at The Times of Israel. He has covered Israeli politics, the country’s foreign and regional policies, and its relationship with the Jewish diaspora. He has reported from over 20 countries on the issues of the day. He is uent in Hebrew and English, lectures in Israel and abroad on Israeli society and history, the Israeli-Palestinian con ict and more. He served as director of communications for the Jewish Agency for Israel, Israel's largest NGO. He was an early advocate and lobbyist for SpaceIL, working to advance science and space education through the construction and launch of an Israeli spacecraft. He teaches about the intersection of journalism, history and politics at prestigious Israeli premilitary academies.

Generously sponsored by Gigi & Brad Schwartz

A series of thought-provoking speakers to deepen our understanding of Israel’s challenges, opportunities, and hopes.

TBS Connects \ˈtē-ˈbē-ˈes kəˈnekts \verb 1. To immerse and engage congregants in our kehilah kedoshah-sacred community, both in person and virtually. 2. Welcoming congregants, regardless of physical location into our bayit, TBS home, through warm outreach and connection.

TBS offers many of our programs, services, and educational experiences both in-person and online. Programs available virtually are marked with the TBS Connects icon.

February 25-27, 2025

Join Rabbi Peltz and TBS President, Alison Shapiro, as we bring the spirit of TBS to Florida! Connect with fellow Florida TBS members and experience the warmth of our community. More details to follow.

TBS Connects is generously funded by Stephanie & Chuck Cahn

TBS Service Experiences

Welcome the spirit of Shabbat with wine, appetizers, and spirited singing. Come ready to schmooze, and be lifted up by the joy of community and the beauty of song and prayer. If you would like to sponsor a Wine & Cheese Shabbat, please contact, Ron Safier, Executive Director at RonS@tbsonline.org.

Fridays, September 27, November 22, December 13, January 10, February 21, March 21, April 25, May 16, and June 13 at 5:30pm

At difficult moments we turn to community and prayer.

If you are praying for restored health for yourself or a loved one, if you have recently suffered a loss, if you are experiencing a particular difficulty or in need of comfort and support, or if you are simply interested in an hour of community, song, prayer, and uplift, this service is for you. Join Rabbi Wexler and musical guests for a soulful and uplifting one-hour healing service preceding certain holidays as these times can be difficult for those who find themselves experiencing pain and sadness. Through prayer, meditation, sharing, and singing, we will strive to find healing, strength, and hope in one another.

Thursday, September 12 (Elul); Friday, October 4 (Rosh Hashanah); Thursdays, November 21 (Thanksgiving), December 19 (Hanukkah), February 13 (Tu B'Shevat); Sunday. March 30 (Passover), and Thursday, May 22 (Omer/Shavuot)

Congregate with us! Haven’t been to services in a while? Not sure what to expect? Don’t want to sit alone? Join the Lifelong Learning Committee for the At Your Service series where we’ll explore and learn in a variety of services throughout the year. For additional information or to RSVP contact Debby Sukinik, Lifelong Learning Committee Chair at debrasukinik@gmail.com

Saturdays, September 28, October 19; Friday, November 15; Saturday, January 11; and Sunday, February 9 (Visit TBSonline.org/calendar for times)

Services Schedule

Our services warmly embrace all of our congregants and friends in the community every day of the week. Virtual options are always available. Go to tbsonline.org/calendar for details.

Morning Minyan

In-person and Zoom

Monday-Friday at 7 am

Sundays and all federal holidays at 8 am

Evening Minyan

Zoom

Sunday-Thursday at 8 pm

Shabbat Services

In-person and Livestream

Friday at 6:15 pm

Saturday at 9:30 am

Shabbat Minha

Ma’ariv/Havdallah

In-person and Livestream

Saturday evening before sundown – go to tbsonline. org/calendar for times.

All regular services are available virtually.

Learning with our Clergy

Preparing for the High Holy Days

Led by Rabbi Peltz, Rabbi Wexler, Rabbi Lindemann, Cantor Cohen, and special guests

We will explore themes and teachings to help prepare ourselves and find deeper meaning for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simhat Torah. All sessions meet in the Rabbi Lindemann Lifelong Learning Center at TBS and are available over Zoom. You bring the lunch, and we bring the learn! Tuesdays, September 10, 24; October 8, 22 at 12:30pm

The Torah Says What?!: Understanding Difficult Passages in the Torah

Have you ever read a passage from the Torah that left you confused or utterly surprised? Of course! Here we will explore such passages from the Torah in attempt to wrestle with, explain, and perhaps even find meaning in these difficult texts. In-Person with Zoom option.

Tuesdays, November 5, 19; December 3, 17 at 12:30pm

Soul Sisters

Led by Cantor Cohen

Join us as we explore the stories, laws, and role of women in the Tanakh through a lively discussion of the parashah of the week Wednesdays, September 18; October 23; November 13, 27; December 11, 18; January 15, 29; February 12, 26; March 12, 26; April 23; May 14, 28 at 12:30pm

Tuesday Night Talmud-Sanhedrin: Justice in This World and The Next

Led by Rabbi Lindemann and Rabbi Katz

Is the section of Sanhedrin a logical continuation of the themes in the tractate? Or does this material constitute something totally different - an addendum that stands on its own? Clearly, it raises some fascinating topics: resurrection, messianic redemption, and the world to come. How were these ideas understood at the time of the Talmud? How should we understand them today? The conclusion of the Sanhedrin also raises questions about the intersection of politics and religion, as well as the nexus of communal and individual responsibility. This is a deep dive into philosophy and theology. Registration Fee $75, includes texts and materials – Contact Michelle Shmuts at MichelleS@tbsonline.org to register.

Tuesdays, September 24; October 8, 29; November 12, 26; December 3, 17; January 7, 21; February 4, 18; March 4, 18: April 1, 22; May 6, 20 at 8:15pm

Community Beit Midrash

Join Rabbi Peltz, Rabbi Wexler, Rabbi Lindemann and rabbis from our community for our Community Beit Midrash as we study selections in the book Jewish Priorities: Sixty-five Proposals for the Future of Our People edited by David Hazony. Each week we a different community rabbi will teach a session on one of the proposals. All sessions will be Monday nights on Zoom from 7:30pm-9pm beginning on January 27. More information coming soon!

Adult Education

Goodblatt Academy

The Goodblatt Academy is an introduction to Judaism Course sponsored by the Philadelphia Region of the Rabbinical Assembly, which represents Conservative Jewish rabbis in Greater Philadelphia, Southern New Jersey and Delaware. This 18-session course is both for conversion candidates and anyone interested in learning the basics of Judaism and Hebrew. Fall semester begins on September 4. For more information and to register, go to goodblattacademy.org. Contact Rabbi Wexler at ravbryan@tbsonline.org, the Rabbinic Chair of the Goodblatt Academy, with any questions.

Aging Gracefully with Gilah Lewis Sietz

"Gray hair is a crown of Glory; It is attained by the way of righteousness" ~ Proverbs 16:31 Such is the way we age. First the hair, then the eyesight, teeth, then what? Aging is inevitable; along with taxes. HOW we age is a gift we can give to our children, family, friends and those around us. What kind of legacy can we leave as we gray and squint? Judaism gives us so many beautiful, practical and intelligent ways to age with grace. Join Gilah Lewis Sietz as we discover this amazing world of aging together as we learn a little, cry a little and laugh a lot! Thursdays, September 5, November 7, December 12 at 2pm

Music in our Community

iShir - TBS’s Youth Choir

Children in grades 2-6 are invited to join Cantor Cohen to sing together on Sunday mornings from 11:15-11:45am. An amazing opportunity for your child to explore Jewish music and performing, all voices are welcome! Performances take place throughout the year at TBS and in the local community. Email cantorcohen@tbsonline.org for more information.

Makhelat Beth Sholom

Do you love to sing? All are welcome to join the TBS adult choir! It meets Wednesday evenings with Cantor Cohen and Director Robert Ross and performs on the High Holy Days as well as serving as musical ambassadors to the community throughout the year. If you love to sing, we would love to have you! Generously sponsored by the TBS Music Fund. Email cantorcohen@tbsonline.org for more information.

Musicians in Residence: Sheldon Low and Hadar Orshalimy

November 21-24 - Healing Service, Shabbat dinner, singing with our schools and more!

December 5 - Men’s Club: Jews, Brews, and Views with Sheldon Low February 21 - Tu B’Shevat-themed Congregational Shabbat Dinner March 30 - Healing Service with Rabbi Wexler and Sheldon Low

We Stand with Israel

Join us as we welcome Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody, Executive Director of Ematai

SAVING A LIFE: ORGAN DONATION IN ISRAEL AND AT HOME

Monday, November 18, 2024

Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody is the executive director of Ematai, an organization that helps Jews navigate dilemmas regarding end-of-life care and organ donation. Additionally, he is a post-doctoral fellow at Bar Ilan University Law School with a specialty in applying rabbinic sources to contemporary ethical debates. He is an award-winning writer and the author of the forthcoming book, “Ethics of our Fighters: A Jewish View on War & Morality.” This event is generously sponsored by the Dr. Je rey Kramer Bioethics Initiative Fund.

Mission to Israel with Rabbi Peltz

November 4-10, 2024

Join the dozens of participants who have traveled to Israel with our clergy since October 7 and have represented our entire community by bearing witness, volunteering, and listening to compelling stories. For more information, email Susan Aaronson, susana@tbsonline.org

Confirmation Trip to Israel

December 21, 2024 - January 5, 2025

For 10th and 11th grade students

A series of thought-provoking speakers to deepen our understanding of Israel’s challenges, opportunities, and hopes.

A weekend with Gil Ho man

Executive Director, HonestReporting

Former Chief Political Analyst, Jerusalem Post

Friday, November 1 and Shabbat Morning, November 2

Gil Ho man is the executive director of HonestReporting, which ghts for Israel in the international mainstream and social media; a lecturer on political strategy at Israel's College of Management; and served for 24 years as chief political correspondent and analyst for The Jerusalem Post. The Algemeiner website recently named him one of the top 100 people positively in uencing Jewish life, alongside presidents, prime ministers and Jewish leaders. He's lectured in all major English-speaking countries in the world, more than half the Canadian provinces, and recently made history in Hawaii by becoming the rst Israel speaker to have lectured in all 50 states.

Our Congregational Schools

What makes our congregational schools so special? Learning in our TBS community!

The students in our congregational schools learn in hands-on environments where they grow together in our shul forming strong Jewish identities and connection to Israel. From davening together in engaging tefillot, services, to exciting family programs, and dynamic classroom experiences, our students develop the skills, vocabulary and motivation to actively engage in all areas of Jewish living: the synagogue, community, and home. Our classrooms are the learning spaces that create a living laboratory for students and families to learn to actively immerse in congregational life. Ultimately, the goal is for our families lives to be enriched through the learning and experiences we have created in our kehillah kedoshah—sacred community. We are excited for many new opportunities in 2024-25 for our families to learn and grow together! For more information about any of our programs, please reach out to Alex Weinberg, Director of Congregational Learning, at alexw@tbsonline.org.

ERIC B. JACOBS

EARLY

Alex Weinberg Director of Congregational Learning

Harriet Baker Education Director

CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER

The Eric B. Jacobs Early Childhood Education Center (EBJ ECEC) has been recognized for its engaging, fun-filled, family-centered curriculum. Children explore their natural environment and learn through age-appropriate activities, music, and play. Jewish values, community life, and Hebrew language are woven throughout each part of our innovative curriculum. With loving guidance from our fabulous faculty, children learn, grow, and thrive.

Our enrichment curriculum includes weekly Gym, Library, Music, and ZZ Dance class and well as joyful Tefillah, Havdallah, and pre-Shabbat services with Alex. Children enjoy singing, dancing, and celebrating with their TBS EBJ ECEC family several times per week as well as extra enrichment activities such as animal visits and STEM programs as scheduled. We are open from 7am-6pm Monday through Friday with flexible scheduling options available. To learn more about EBJ ECEC, visit: tbsonline.org/earlychildhood or email Lee Senderowitsch lees@tbsonline.org.

We're thrilled to welcome Lee Senderowitsch our new Director of our EBJ ECEC, to our TBS family and ECEC school community! Lee is a passionate and dedicated early childhood educator with over 14 years of ECEC classroom and administrative experience. With her strong connection to her Israeli Kibbutznik and Argentinian roots, Lee carries a rich and multicultural vision that is reflected both in her work and personal identity. Lee comes to TBS from another TBS in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she was the ECEC director. In New Mexico Lee spearheaded various initiatives aimed at warmly engaging families, developing the program offerings, curriculum, fundraising, and staff development. Lee has a national certification in ECEC Administration. Outside of her professional endeavors, Lee enjoys nature hikes, traveling, cooking with friends, creating art, and is actively involved with her various communities around the world. She believes in the power of education to transform lives and is excited to continue making a positive impact in the lives of young children and their families.

Rabbi Albert & Sarah Lewis Religious School

Creating community through a partnership of exciting, safe, and engaging in-person learning, family programs and events throughout the year.

We are preparing for a fabulous year in our Rabbi Albert and Sarah Lewis Religious School and HaMakom and Kesher High School programs! If you have yet to submit your membership and school registrations, please send them in ASAP so we can prepare for the upcoming year. For more information about the Religious School and High School programs, visit: tbsonline.org/jewish-education

Highlights of the Religious School

• Weekly in-person classes at TBS on Sunday mornings and Wednesday afternoons

• Engaging, hands-on family programs

• Exciting enrichment programming featuring special guests like Sheldon Low, Rick Recht, and Adam Issadore

• Meaningful tefillah, prayer experiences

• Shabbat and holiday in-person and virtual celebrations

• Oneg Shabbat Friday evening service and dinners

HaMakom and Kesher

HaMakom (THE PLACE) is our TBS teen engagement program (7th-12th grade) where our teens experience dynamic classroom experiences, once-in-a-lifetime memory making trips, fun social programs that are both meaningful and exciting, and Shabbat and holiday celebrations that are engaging and spiritual. We are also excited to be continuing: Kesher (Connection), our joint 7th10th grade program on Tuesday nights, connecting TBS, Beth El and Beth Tikvah teens! All Kesher classes and programs will be built on a three pillar foundation: Torah, Avodah (Prayer), and Gemilut Hasadim (Acts of Kindness).

Taught by dedicated Jewish educators in our community, teens will have the opportunity to engage with one another in both formal and informal settings by actively participating in a wide variety of class offerings, social programs, holiday experiences, Hesed programs, summits and more!

Also join us for HaMakom on the Road: Teen Learning Trips and HaMakom Hangout: Teen Religious and Community Service Experiences.

Our Kesher High School program now includes the Kesher Youth Group! Kesher Youth is aimed at bringing teens from TBS, CBT and Beth El together several times a year for fun and engaging social programs, field trips and other activities. Join us on our annual trip to New York City, an afternoon at the skating rink, a trip to an amusement park, and more!

A core focus of our high school and teen programs is to guide teens in the development of their Jewish identity and supplying them with the tools and resources to combat antisemitism and hate of all forms in their high schools and on college campuses. We engage with these subjects through our classroom instruction, teen speaker summits and travel opportunities and more.

Kesher Tuesdays

6:30 - 8:30pm

• Dinner every Tuesday night with fun desserts, games, raffles, and more!

• Teen Summits: Evenings with special guest teachers from around the country

• New this year: Our Teen Summits will be in conjunction with Federation, Kol Ami Hebrew High School, Congregation Beth Tikvah and other Hebrew High Schools throughout South Jersey—a community collaboration!

• Holiday Hesed Programs: Holiday celebrations with community service components

• Core Classes

• A myriad of electives!

HaMakom Sundays

11:15am – 1pm

• Beit Makom: Focus in on current events and Jewish ethics in sessions taught by Rabbi Wexler, Rabbi Peltz, Alex Weinberg, and Jared Kaufman

• #TrendingJudaism: three-week mini-courses focused on a myriad of themes

• Hesed Projects

• Community Service Trips

• Lots of delicious snacks

11th-12th Grade HaMakom Tuesdays

6:45 - 8:15pm

• All year at TBS

• Classes taught by Rabbi Peltz

Jared Kaufman, Kesher High School Director

John Imhof, Youth and Teen Engagement Coordinator/HaMakom High School Director

Family & Student Shabbat Services and Programs

EARLY CHILDHOODAGED FAMILY SHABBAT SERVICE

Join us as we celebrate Shabbat in a fun, family-friendly service for our early childhood-aged community!

September 14, October 17 & 18 (Sukkot), November 23 (with Sheldon Low) December 14, January 11, February 22, March 15, April 26 (with Sheldon Low), June 7 (with Sheldon Low)

SHABBAT FAMILY SERVICES

GRADES 2-6

Family services are fun, engaging Shabbat morning experiences at TBS! Students read Torah and lead the service. Each grade hosts one family service during the school year. A host class leads special prayers and has other leadership roles in the service.

September 21, October 19 (Sukkot with Rick Recht), November 2(Hay), December 7(Dalet), January 25 (Gimmel), February 10 (Bet), March 8

ONEG SHABBAT

Join us at TBS for an Oneg Shabbat (Hors d’oeuvres) before our Friday evening family service. Come schmooze, have an appetizer (and a glass of wine) and then enjoy a festive Friday night Shabbat experience. November 22 (Gimmel and Dalet); December 6 (Gan and Aleph);

January 31 (Hay and Vav); March 21 (Bet)

SO-SHUL NETWORKING

SHABBAT program just for students in Grades 5-7 in the Religious School and Kellman Brown Academy. Discussions, food, services and more led by John Imhof, Youth Engagement Coordinator. Students will be a part of the congregational Shabbat experience, as well as their own program tailored just for them! September 28, November 23, December 14, January 11, February 22, March 15, April 26

HAMAKOM SHABBAT

PROJECT YAHAD SPECIAL NEEDS SERVICE

A joyous celebration for individuals with special needs and their families. Funding for Project Yahad at TBS is generously provided by the Music Fund at TBS, The Special Needs Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation, Inc., and in memory of Mort Comer. Thursday, October 3 (Rosh Hashanah), Shabbat mornings, November 23 (with Sheldon Low), December 14, January 11, February 22, March 15, April 26 (with Sheldon Low), June 7(with Sheldon Low)

TBS Groups and Committees

Immerse yourself in Jewish life and learning at Temple Beth Sholom by getting involved in one or more of our groups or committees and help shape the future for your family and our community. For additional information, contact Michele Hasit Waxman, Membership Engagement Coordinator, at micheleh@tbsonline.org.

Hazak

Alvin Stern, President - Hazak provides programming and activities for TBS members who are 60 and older. Hazak aims to complement TBS’s Adult Education programs with additional social, educational, and spiritual activities. Hazak reaches out to other congregations in our region to participate in joint activities and programming, enabling our mature adults to continue to learn and be a vital part of the TBS and South Jersey communities. Programming sponsored in part by the Bob and Estelle Richter Hazak Fund

Sunday, September 15 - Trip to Brooklyn

Thursday, September 19 - From Page to Stage: How Great Literature Became Great Musicals

Thursday, November 21 - Behind the scenes peak at “Beautiful”

Men’s Club

Nuri Boardman, President - The Men’s Club is a multigenerational organization that strengthens, promotes, and advances the objectives and activities of the congregation and Jewish community. We instill among our members and other laymen a more thorough knowledge and appreciation of Jewish heritage, while sponsoring and supporting the activities of the congregational youth to further their Jewish education. Come join us at any of our events to see why we have been recognized as a Quality Club Organization by the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs.

Thursday, September 26 - Jews, Brews, and Views

Sunday, October 20 - Steak and Scotch in the Sukkah Monday, November 11 - Jews, Brews, and Views

Thursday, December 5 - Musical Jews, Brews, and Views with Sheldon Low

Sunday, December 8 and Wednesday, December 11 - Latke Cooking

Project Yahad

Sara Kreisman, Chairperson - Temple Beth Sholom is united in its mission to provide an environment that addresses and nurtures individuals with special needs and their families with consideration of their strengths and abilities in all areas of congregational life. Open to the entire community regardless of synagogue affiliation, Project Yahad programs are warm, welcoming, and offer all attendees full participation. Funding for Project Yahad at TBS is generously provided by the Music Fund at TBS, The Special Needs Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation, Inc., and in memory of Mort Comer.

Sisterhood

Ally Pollack, President - Sisterhood brings together women of all ages and stages to share their lives, careers, values, and journeys. Together we create a warm and dynamic community that supports programs to benefit the synagogue, the community, and the Jewish world at large. Sisterhood members have the opportunity to enrich their lives through personal growth and friendships, intellectual pursuits, community service, leadership development and recognition of the value of their Jewish heritage. In addition, Sisterhood provides significant financial support to TBS by sponsoring events geared toward enriching Jewish life within the congregation.

Sunday, September 29 - Sisterhood Welcome Event

Tuesday, October 22 - Members in Good Standing

Sunday, November 3 - Fall Planter Program

Sunday, November 17 - Sect in the City with Cantor Cohen

Sunday, December 8 - Torah Fund Brunch

TBS Book Club

Sherrie Cohen, Chair - Please join us with book ideas, willingness to participate, and your thoughts on the book. Everyone is invited to attend. In-person with Zoom option available.

Wednesday, September 4 – The Goddess of Warsaw by Lisa Barr

Wednesday, October 9 – The Only Daughter by A.B. Yohoshua

Wednesday, December 4 - Stranger in the Desert by Jordan Salama

TBS Groups and Committees

Tzeirim

Alex Lapushner and Joanna Burgees, Co-Chairs - Tzeirim is new and growing group for Jewish singles and couples in their 20's 30's and 40's without children. Our community offers a space for young Jewish professionals to connect, forge friendships, explore shared interests, and celebrate Jewish culture and heritage through lively social gatherings and events. Event schedule coming soon!

Young Members Group

Ilana Stern, Chair - YMG is an active community of young adults and families that offers meaningful Jewish family, social, religious, and educational experiences both at TBS and in our local community. As part of the same synagogue family, the YMG committee considers TBS their spiritual “home away from home,” and they want to share that connection and level of comfort with you and your children!

Thursday, September 19 - Let’s Make a Meal

Sunday, September 22 - Apple Picking

Thursday, December 12 - Let’s Make a Meal

Saturday, November 16 - Adult Night Out Saturday, December 7 - Pre-Hanukkah Party

BIM BAM BUDDIES - Saturdays, September 14, November 16, December 14, January 11, February 22, April 26 SUNDAY FUNDAY - Sundays, November 3, January 12, Februay 9, March 9, April 6

Membership Committee

Jessica Seavey, Chair - Supports the synagogue in the recruitment, retention, and satisfaction of members. We encourage all members to be involved in synagogue activities by holding programs to welcome our new members as well as programs geared for our current members to socialize and learn together.

Event Planning Committee

Esilda Jacobs, Chair - Focuses on exploring and creating special events and coordinating entertaining and innovative projects that develop relationships and raise funds for our synagogue.

Lifelong Learning Committee

Debby Sukinik, Chair - Helps to shape learning initiatives for learners of all ages in our community.

Ritual Committee

Mike Greenspun, Chair - Charged with implementation of Halakhic observance (interpretation of Jewish laws), assuring that there are knowledgeable leaders for all synagogue services and shiva minyanim.

Sponsorship Outreach Committee

David Gancz, Chair - Focuses on obtaining sponsorships that raise funds for our synagogue and cultivating relationships with our sponsors throughout the year.

Social Action Committee

Naomi Mirowitz, Chair - Helps coordinate TBS’s efforts in fulfilling the mitzvah of tikkun olam (repairing the world). This coming year, the Social Action Committee is planning a variety of activities that will support community-based organizations throughout South Jersey. The committee also continues to engage with other TBS groups to partner on social action initiatives.

Mitzvah Day - Sunday, January 19, 2025

The TBS Community observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a series of service projected organized by the Social Action Committee and supported by Sisterhood, Men’s Club, Hazak, Young Members Group, and Hesed, Membership, Ritual, and Social Advocacy Committees, as well as other community partners.

Collections Supporting Jewish Family

& Children’s Service - To help ensure that the JFCS Betsy and Peter Fischer Food Pantries have enough supplies to help those who are hungry in our community, our congregants will be asked to contribute kosher, non-perishable food to our collection.This year there will be schoolwide food collection where each month specific classes will be asked to bring in one or more of the designated foods that are critically needed from an assigned list. Our schools work together to reach our goal of fighting hunger.

and times are subject to change.

Caring for our community and our world...

Adopt-a-Family Program: Holiday Gifts - The Social Action Committee will once again be partnering with our congregational schools to help brighten the holiday season for families in need by participating in JFCS’s Adopt-a-Family program.

Cook for a Friend - This program, led by Stu Sklar, provides complete meals for those in need in the South Jersey area. More than 1200 kosher meals are delivered annually to JFCS and distributed through their network of food pantries. Generously sponsored by the TBS Social Action Fund. September 10, November 12, December 10, February 12, March 12, April 23, May 14, June 11, June 4

Knitzvah - Knitzvah is a fun, informal gathering to knit, crochet or loom to make items to donate to good causes. September 22, October 20, November 17, December 15, February 9,March 23, April 27, May 18

TBS Teen Social Action Committee - This committee holds several events over the school year which are teen-led and supported. These events include community service opportunities, Volunteering Experiences and Hesed projects. TSAC events are a great way to earn community service credits for school!

Social Advocacy Committee

Carolyn Levin and Steve Kaufman, Co-Chairs - The TBS Social Advocacy Committee exists to educate, engage, and empower members of the TBS community to advocate and act in support of humanitarian issues that are aligned with Jewish values. Its priority areas are: (1) gun safety, (2) racial justice, (3) anti-semitism, and (4) support for refugees and displaced persons.

Promote the Vote Postcard Writing Party - Monday, September 23

Refugee Shabbat - February 15

Wear Orange Shabbat - June 7

Hesed Committee

Jodi Ziets, Chairperson - Hesed means kindness. The mission of Temple Beth Sholom’s Hesed Committee is to provide members of the TBS family with short-

term assistance and support in times of need. All matters are treated with complete confidentiality. Hesed committee members are available for regular phone calls and check-ins and can also help by getting groceries and medications. If you should need the assistance of the Hesed Committee, please contact Clergy Assistant, Michelle Shmuts, at 856-7516663.

TBS Sisterhood – Caring Sisters

Carol Orwitz and Harriet Baker, Co-Chairs - Following an outpouring of interest in our January 2018 Pink Shabbat, this group was created to offer a network of support for TBS breast cancer patients and survivors. We combine social gatherings and education programs focused on breast cancer health and wellness. Caring Sisters is generously supported by the Cary Massa Fund at TBS.

Temple Beth Sholom strives to create strong, long-lasting relationships with its students, even after they have graduated from high school and are pursuing a higher education. TBS wants to be there for your children as they begin to choose their own Jewish path by keeping in touch. We can help them feel connected to TBS by having the synagogue send packages for the High Holy Days and Purim along with a warm note from clergy.

Once again, thank you to the Shapiro Family Fund for their commitment to this program and enabling us to provide our students with these packages free of charge. Sign up before September 6, 2024. For more information, visit tbsonline.org/collegeconnection/

In the Mishpa h a

Mazal Tov to

Athena & Marty Ellner on the rabbinic ordination of their son, Avram, at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies

Jana & Mark Gelernt on the engagement of their son Edward Gelernt and Aleeza Shoenberg

Andrea Wexler & Daniel Saxe, Ruth & Barry Wexler, and Rabbi Bryan & Becca Wexler on the naming of their daughter, granddaughter, and niece Noa Haley Wexler Saxe

Tara & Rich Bloom and Robie & Bob Bloom on the birth of their daughter and granddaughter, Brooke Aria Bloom

Ruth & Paul Herron on the marriage of their daughter Laura Herron and Mason Leon

Marsha & Neil Axler on the wedding of their son, Brett Axler and Dalia Feinholz

Andrea & Mitchell Garber and Anita Garber on the marriage of Andrew Garber and Julie Ozlek.

Andrea & Steve Stomel on the marriage of their daughter Julie and Ian Dardik

Eric Braverman & Neil Brown, Cindi & Yakir Hasit, Michele Hasit Waxman & Adam Waxman on the birth of their son, grandson, and nephew Noah Rafael Braverman Brown

Andi Lazar, Michael & Deborah Lazar, and Irv Lazar & Betzy Abramson (Grandmom Shirley Lazar z”l) on the engagement of their daughter and granddaughter Brittany Lazar to Glenn Martin

Irving Lazar on his 100th Birthday

Margie & Mark Dannenbaum and Richard Dannenbaum on the marriage of Evan Dannenbaum and Sydney Sakwa

As of August 22, 2024

Condolences to

Jamie (Alan) Tate on the death of her beloved mother, Gloria Kaye

Gregg (Julie) Bannett and David (Dorit) Bannett on the death of their beloved father, Sherman Bannett

Ann (Jerry) Fine on the death of her beloved mother, Evelyn Rosenholtz

Vivian (Andrew) Barnett on the death of her beloved mother, Marsha Matusow

Ira (Tricia) Schafer on the death of his beloved sister, Lydia Ritz

Beth Fisher (Andrew Gutstein), Keenan (Susan) Rosen, Amy Weiss on the death of their beloved mother, Cynthia Rosen

Scott Neave (Rena Platt-Goldstein) on the death of his beloved father, Robert B. Neave

Ellie (Jack) Garfinkle on the death of her beloved father Gideon Kay

Lori (Marc) Oppen on the death of her beloved mother, Barbara Shotlander

Zachary (Megan) Raab on the death of his beloved father, Abraham Raab

Aaron (Stephanie) Krause on the death of his beloved mother, Marilyn Krause

Leonard Feltoon (Susan Quinn) on the death of his beloved mother, Gloria Feltoon

Andrew (Lindsay Feuer) DeRouanna on the death of his beloved mother, Sharon Lois DeRouanna

Harold Einhorn on the death of his beloved wife, Judith Einhorn

B’nai Mitzvah

August 31

Benjamin Schwartz

Son of Rebecca & Eric Schwartz

September 7

Rachel & Julia Boardman

Daughters of Stefanie & Nuri Boardman

September 14

Toby Mizrachi Son of Ilyse & Ari Mizrachi

September 21

Lilah Shaman

Daughter of Amy & Jeffrey Shaman

September 28

Scarlett Cohen

Daughter of Carly & Jason Cohen

October 19

Ilana Berger-Ettenson

Daughter of Arielle Silver & Adrian Berger-Ettenson

October 26

Eva Green

Daughter of Jennifer & Jason Green

November 2

Ava Sterling

Daughter of Michelle & Ian Sterling

November 9

Ethan Gabay Son of Rachel & Nir Gabay

November 16

Joseph Rubin Son of Anna & Adam Rubin

November 16

Zachary Wallach Son of Leah & Ted Wallach

November 23

Jacob Meller Son of Regina Meller & Eric Meller

November 30

Mason Lindemann Son of Allison & Jeremy Lindemann

Welcome New Members!

Nicole Neff & Jacob Alexander

Emily & Alan Bass

Megan & David Bernstein

Sammie & Zach Bierig

Dan Brown

Elyse Feinberg & Matthew

Brunner

Joanna & Allen Burgess

Marion & Bruce Carroll

Lori & Gregg Clark

Michelle Kaplan Dinowitz &

Dan Dinowitz

Tori & Alec Fendrick

Amy Glick & Aaron Fraint

Sonia & Greg Frantz

Bob Heiman

Jennifer & Joshua Horvitz

Rebecca Bernstein & Robert

Iannace

Lisa Jacobs

Shawna Kates

Carol Kaufman

Elizabeth & Billy Klein

DeeDee & Oded Kraus

Danielle & Josh Kugler

Christina & Alex Lahn

Lydia & Howard Lambersky

Jodi & Neil Levine

Tori & Jaime Mor

Deb Orrio

Karelis & Brett Pickus

Lauren & Brandon Pugach

Kara Robin

Lauren & Jake Rosner

Jana & Jason Roth

Samantha & Brent Rovner

Julie & Gabi Scheinthal

Dara Katz & Ivan Segal

Lee Senderowitsch

Daniella & Yaniv Shabtai

Deena Shapiro

Sarah Segal & Alex Siegel

Amanda & Mitchell Silverstein

Zara Singer

Michele & Peter Sloane

Devra Slotkin

Elizabeth & Jesse Talmud

Amy Smith & Kevin Tang

Melisssa & Brian Toll

Caley O’Brien & Kent Turtz

David Wolf

Sarah Zalcmann

As of August 6, 2024

High Holy Day and Sukkot Service Schedule

Selihot

Saturday, September 28 at Beth El

8pm – Refreshments

8:30pm – Havdallah and Selihot service with the choirs and clergy of Beth El and TBS.

Erev Rosh Hashanah

Wednesday, October 2

6:15pm – Minha and Ma’ariv

6:21pm - Candle lighting

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Thursday, October 3

8:30am – Preliminary Service

8:45am – Shaharit

9:30am – Torah Service

10:30am –Shofar Service & President’s Message

11:30am – Sermon and Musaf

5pm – Tashlikh followed by Dinner

6:30pm – Minha and Ma’ariv

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Friday, October 4

8:30am – Preliminary Service

8:45am – Shaharit

9:30am – Torah Service

10:30am – Shofar Service and Sermon

11:30am – Musaf

6:15pm – Minha & Ma’ariv for Shabbat

Shabbat Shuvah

Saturday, October 5

9:30am – Shabbat Morning Service

6:25pm - Minha and Ma’ariv

Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre

Friday, October 11 (6:07 candles)

5:45pm – Minha

6:15pm – Kol Nidre

Yom Kippur

Saturday, October 12

9am – Preliminary Service

9:15am – Shaharit

10:30am – Torah Service

11:30am – Sermon and Yizkor

12:15pm – Musaf

4:30pm – Minha

6:00pm – Neilah followed by Ma’ariv, Havdallah and Shofar (7:05pm fast ends)

Erev Sukkot

Wednesday, October 16

6pm - Minha and Ma’ariv

Sukkot Day 1

Thursday, October 17

9:30am – Festival Morning Services

6pm - Minha and Ma’ariv

Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur Family and Youth Services

Sukkot Day 2

Friday, October 18

9:30am – Festival Morning Services

6pm - Minha and Ma’ariv for Shabbat

Hoshanah Rabbah

Wednesday, October 23

7am – Festival Morning Services

6pm – Shemini Atzeret Minha and Ma’ariv with Yizkor

Shemini Atzeret

Thursday, October 24

9:30am – Festival Morning Services with Yizkor - Minha after Kiddush 6pm – Tekes Ma’avar, (Ceremony of Transition) in commemoration of October 7 followed by Ma’ariv

7pm -- Simhat Torah - Festival Service & Dancing with the Torah

Simhat Torah

Friday, October 25

9:30am – Festival Morning Services

6pm - Minha and Kabbalat Shabbat

Childcare is available on Rosh Hashanah, Thursday, October 3, Friday, October 4; and Yom Kippur, Saturday, October 12. Visit tbsonline.org/highholydays5785 for more information.

Students in grades 3-6 can reserve seats with their families in the congregational service.

First Day of Rosh Hashanah Thursday, October 3

9:30am - ECEC-age Family Service for families with children up to age 6

11am - Religious School-age Family Service for families with children in Grades K-6

Second Day of Rosh Hashanah Friday, October 4

9:30am - ECEC-age Family Service for families with children up to age 6

11am - Religious School-age Family Service for families with children in Grades K-6

Erev Yom Kippur Friday, October 11

5:30pm - ECEC-age PJ Kol Nidre Family Service for families with children up to age 6

6:30pm - Religious School-age Service for students in Grades 2-6

Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur 7-12th Grade Teen Experience

Kippur Saturday, October 12

9:30am - ECEC-age Family Service for families with children up to age 6

11am - Religious School-age Family Service for families with children in Grades K-6

Join HaMakom for fun games, holiday-themed learning, Hesed projects and delicious treats. For full schedule of activities, service times, and registration information, visit tbsonline.org/ highholydays5785.

Yom

Yom Teruah-A Tense Day

By Rabbi Bryan Wexler

There’s an English grammar joke that says: “The Past, Present, and Future walked into a bar. It was tense.”

Rosh Hashanah -- Yom Teruah -- is a tense day because Yom Teruah -the Day of Sounding -- is, all at once, about the past, the present, and the future as we each ask ourselves:

What have I done? What am I doing? What will I do?

For more than three thousand years, the blasts of the Shofar have been our great, collective asking of these questions.

The familiar single Tekiah blast is the wake-up call to the present moment. “What am I doing?” Tekiah! Awaken me to my best self so that I can see what matters most. The Tekiah is the sounding of an alarm to get our attention, so that we might refocus our lives on what is most important.

Then there is the wailing of Shevarim that reflects on the pain of the past. It is the wordless answer to the question, “What have I done?” Shevarim! Three broken blasts that echo the cries of the heart, giving voice to the suffering and sadness that we each carry from our mistakes of the past year.

Finally, there are the nine fractured bleats of Teruah that hint of the future. This final call has been interpreted in various ways, but one interpretation that resonates with me is that it represents exaltation; sounding like unrestrained sounds of laughter that are the expression of our deepest, purest joy once we have given up the pain of the past that confines us. “What will I do?” Teruah! Teruah can represent hope for the future; hope for tomorrow.

Before sounding the shofar on Rosh Hashanah, the Ba’al Tekiah (shofar blower) recites a beraha (blessing) which ends with the following words: lishmoa kol shofar- Blessed are You, O God who commands us to listen to the voice of the shofar. At first, the mitzvah seems straightforward. We are commanded to hear the sounds of the shofar. However, I think the blessing may be suggesting something even more. To truly hear the shofar blasts, to listen to the sounds of the shofar, we must also listen to our hearts.

What have I done? What am I doing? What will I do?

These questions resonate deep within our souls, and this year in particular, they feel especially pertinent for our communal existence as a Jewish people as well. When we think about how are lives were impacted this past year, October 7th is surely on our minds. And again, tense plays a role. There was the Israel and Judaism that we knew before October 7th, the Israel and the Judaism that we find today and the Israel and the Judaism that we hope for the future. And right now, it all feels quite tense. As we listen to the shofar this Elul and this Rosh Hashanah, we will hear the broken and the whole together. We will hear the past, the present, and the potential future in dialogue with one another.

What have we done? What are we doing? What will we do?

In the face of the inTENS(E)ity of these questions, may we reflect on the past year, the current moment, and our hopes for the future. Moreover, may we have the courage to not only answer thoughtfully but to ready ourselves to act boldly for our future selves and people. So that when we hear the Tekiah Gedolah—the great blast, we will feel it in our hearts and be inspired to move forward with a renewed sense of strength, courage, and purpose into the year of 5785.

Join Rabbi Wexler and musical guest Rory Michelle Sullivan for a soulful and uplifting

Rosh Hashanah Healing Service on Friday, October 4 at 9:30am Rosh Hashanah

How Should We Commemorate October 7?

by Rabbi Micah Peltz

Our Jewish tradition hardwires times throughout the year to help us remember individual and communal losses. We mark the yahrzeit, the anniversary of the death of a loved one, each year by saying kaddish, lighting a candle and giving tzedakah. We also have Yizkor. Four times a year, on Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzeret, Pesah, and Shavuot we come together to recall our loved ones. As a community, we have days like Tisha B’Av to remember tragic times throughout history, Yom HaShoah, and in Israel there is Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s memorial day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror. Over the course of the year, we have many opportunities to remember.

So, as we approach the one year anniversary of Hamas’ brutal terror attack on Israel, we prepare to commemorate another difficult day for our people. But when should it be? The answer is not so simple. On the secular calendar, it happened on October 7, and this has become how we refer to it. But in the Hebrew calendar the date was the 22nd of Tishrei, a Jewish holiday. But here it gets even more complicated. In Israel, the 22nd of Tishrei is the combined holiday of Shemini Atzeret and Simhat Torah. But outside of Israel, where we have two holy days instead of one, the 22nd of Tishrei was Shemini Atzeret, and the following day, the 23rd of Tishrei, was Simhat Torah. Make sense?

In short, the question is whether to commemorate what happened on the secular date of October 7 or the Hebrew date of the 22nd of Tishrei. The policy of the government of Israel is to mark important days by the Hebrew calendar. But those days cannot fall on holidays. That’s why back in March the Knessset voted to establish a National Day of Remembrance to commemorate the October 7 massacre

Shema Koleinu – Hear

Our Voices

By Cantor Jen Cohen

Through the 25 hours of Yom Kippur, the heart of the services is the Selihot and Viddui – forgiveness and confession – section. We repeat it throughout the evening and day, even beginning our entire High Holiday season, weeks prior, devoting an entire evening to these ideas at our Selihot service.

Over the course of that section of tefilot – prayers – we ask God to forgive us before we even come to the confession of our sins. One tefilah stands out as a moment of real vulnerability: Shema Koleinu. Beginning, “Hear our voice, God, be kind, and have compassion for us,” we go on to ask in increasingly poignant ways that God not cast us away, no matter what we are about to confess.

Throughout the day at TBS, the music of this prayer changes – sometimes a passionate cry, sometimes the quietest of duets, sometimes a melody for everyone to join in on. The final section – “Do not abandon us, God” – so awful to think about that, no matter the tune that came before, we chant this line under our breath.”

In every weekday Amidah – every week, all year –we ask God to listen to our requests. The stakes feel higher at this time of year, sure, but that imperative, demanding verb remains. Hear us. Listen to us. And what responsibility do we have to model what we’re asking of God?

Beloved theologian Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of Great Britain (1948-2020) said this about listening: “If I were asked how to find God, I would say, Learn to listen. Listen to the song of the universe in the call of birds, the rustle of trees, the crash and heave of the waves. Listen to the poetry of prayer, the music of the Psalms. Listen deeply to those you love and who love you.” Then he acknowledged what a challenge that part can be.

• Can this be a year when we hear others and listen more deeply?

• How can you be a better listener this year?

• How can you tune in more consciously to High Holy Day services this October? Can you dive into our beautiful mahzor – prayerbook – and use the commentary to help you listen and really hear something new?

And, as a final plug, please join us on September 28 at Congregation Beth El, when the clergy, choirs, and congregants of our two shuls join as a community to both listen and be heard.

Ashrei HaAm Yod’ei Teruah : Happy are the People who Know the Call of the Shofar

By Alex Weinberg Director of Congregational Learning

Have you ever tried to sound the shofar? It is really hard! To make matters worse, if you are nervous or have a dry mouth when you try to sound the shofar, it is almost impossible. In fact, legend has it that in 1967 when Rabbi Shlomo Goren, the chief rabbi of the Israeli Defense Forces, accompanied the paratroopers to the Kotel in Jerusalem, he tried to sound the shofar but was so overwhelmed in the

moment that he couldn’t make a sound. Imagine it—for thousands of years we waited for that moment to stand in front of the Kotel, and his shofar was quiet. Thankfully, a soldier with him who was a trumpet player was able to make a strong Tekiah and the rest is our history (immortalized in the pictures taken by photographer David Rubinger).

Ashrei

HaAm Yod’ei Teruah

Happy are the people who know the call of the shofar

It has become a tradition and honor for students in the Rabbi Albert and Sarah Lewis Religious School, Kellman Brown Academy (and sometimes even in our Eric B. Jacobs Early Childhood Education Center) to work with me throughout the month of Elul, the final month in the Jewish year, to learn how to sound the shofar for Rosh Hashanah. This amazing crew of students practices each week so when it is time for the shofar service on Rosh Hashanah our students are confident and make strong shofar blasts. Students as young as six with mighty lungs make these sounds with every ounce of breath that they have. (My favorite are the children who lift their shoulders to their ears as they blow into the shofar with every ounce of strength they can muster—sounding the shofar isn’t easy!)

Most of our Ba’ale Tekiah, start out sounding like Rabbi Goren with squeaks, whooshes, and an occasional snort. After weeks, and for many, years of practice, they are able to make mighty blasts. However, more important than the notes themselves, our students spend time learning about the power of the shofar and their responsibility of being a Ba’al Tekiah. The shofar, as the Rambam teaches, is like an alarm, challenging us to wake up as we work to make the year ahead better than the current one. When we hear the shofar, it is our challenge to learn and grow as we prepare for the year ahead. Our students help all of our community fulfill the mitzvah of hearing the shofar notes.

YOM KIPPUR WORD SCRAMBLE

By Rabbi Steven Lindemann

UNSCRAMBLE

NETNTOAME

FVOSGENIRSE

The list goes on to include more verbal transgressions: denial, deceit, gossip, cynicism, and condescension. There are plenty of hateful words in our world. Hate speech has become all too common—in politics, in classrooms, around the college campus, on the playing field. “Forgive us, pardon us, grant us atonement.”

It’s not the words we need to unscramble, rather it’s the underlying impulses and feelings they represent. And even after we unscramble that, we need to find ways to undo the impact of what was said. We must heal the hurt inflicted, the damage done by all those words. That’s a critical part of Atonement.

The power of words is an important theme of Yom Kippur. It all begins with Kol Nidre—All Vows—an acknowledgement of all the promises and oaths we have made and failed to fulfill. How much disappointment and pain have been created by words spoken too hastily or not taken seriously? How much regret is expressed in that prayer alone?

Then there is Vidui. Consider how many of our confessions focus on words in just the first set of Al Heyt litany.

For the sin we have committed against You by idle chatter.

For the sin we have committed against You by the way we talk.

For the sin we have committed against You by empty confessions.

For the sin we have committed against You through foul speech.

For the sin we have committed against You through foolish talk.

That, too, can begin with words—an apology, simply (or not so simply) saying “I’m sorry.” In the liturgy of Yom Kippur, we do that together. It is much more difficult to speak those words directly to those who need to hear them. But if Yom Kippur does not impel us to do that, it is not really a Day of Atonement.

There is a fascinating teaching about the spoken word which goes back to the story of creation. After, we are told that God created the entire world by the words “Let there be,” the text elaborates on the creation of the first Human Being. “God breathed into Adam’s nostrils the breath of life, and Adam became a living being.” (Genesis 2:7) The Targum (the ancient Aramaic translation and interpretation of Torah) renders the phrase “became a living being” as “became a speaking spirit.” It is the power of speech that makes human beings different from animals. Our capacity to use words comes directly from God. And, just as God created the world with words, we, too, can create a whole world by the words we speak. We can create a world of caring, compassion, and kindness. We can fashion meaningful friendships and loving relationships.

By unscrambling the way we use our words, we begin to solve the puzzle of how we can become better human beings. That is an important message of Yom Kippur.

And that brings me back to Kol Nidre. The text is in Aramaic, because that was the language that people used in everyday speech. Hebrew was the language of prayer, but if Kol Nidre had been in Hebrew, people would not have understood it. It would have required translation, and the content was thought to be too important to be recited without understanding. Today, even a translation into English is not sufficient. It requires interpretation to unscramble the meaning. Here’s one you may remember. It comes from our previous prayer book and was authored by Rabbi Harold Kushner. I confess I miss reading it each year.

All vows, promises, and commitments made in Your presenceMay we be given the strength to keep them

Our vows to ourselves, commitments to self-discipline May we take our own lives seriously enough to heed them, Honoring our resolves in the way we eat and drink, The way we work and rest, the way we regulate our lives.

Commitments made to loved ones and friends, Pledges made to worthwhile causesHelp us to become as compassionate and generous As we sought to be at those noble moments.

The promises we made to worship and to studyWe meant them when we made them, But the distractions were many, and our wills were weak. This time, may we be strong enough; May our better selves prevail.

Promises made in the synagogue by young people Who glimpsed what life as Jews might hold in store for them –May devotion and idealism be with them in all their days.

Our marriage vows – may they endure Through dark days and through dull days, Through fatigue and through frustrationMay our love prove strong and our faith firm.

O God, we meant the promises we made To You, to each other, and to ourselves, Even as we mean the vows we silently make tonight.

Reach down to us as we strive to reach up toward You; Give us the strength and self-respect, the fidelity and vision, To grow to become the people we have sworn to be.

All worthy vows and commitments which we make From this Yom Kippur until the nextMay we be faithful enough and firm enough to keep them.

Contributions

We welcome members of our community to consider making a tribute throughout the year to honor an occasion or a loved one, express gratitude, wish a speedy recovery to someone who is ill, or memorialize a yahrzeit. To send a contribution card online go to tbsonline.org or call the TBS office at 856-751-6663.

We gratefully acknowledge the following contributions from May 1 - August 8, 2024

Cynthia & Edward Adleman Fund for Teacher Enrichment

In appreciation of Aliyah - Fran Richter

Am Yisrael Hai Fund

General

Debby & Howie Sukinik

Jodi Feldman & David Gubman

In appreciation of

Adam Pollack - Debby & Howie Sukinik

Alex Weinberg - Annie Siegel, Carly & Jason Cohen

James Klein & Addie Schultz - Cindi & Yakir Hasit

Lyn & Howie Stein - Pearl Stein

Mike Greenspun - Rabbi Bryan & Becca Wexler

Mr. & Mrs. Graham White - Gail Tomasco

Rabbi Peltz, Cantor Cohen, Alison Shapiro - Mark Fendrick

Receiving the Oren Klein Men’s Club Man of the Year Award - Bruce Ranes

In honor of

Adrienne & Adam Rosenthal - Susan & Jeff Aaronson

All members of Hazak - TBS Hazak

Alvin Stern - Arlene & Alan Blocher, Susan & Sol Genauer

Bar Mitzvah of David Fischel - Sharon & Charles Goldstein

Bar Mitzvah of Lois & David Bromberg’s grandson, Jordan - Marcia & Cliff Brown

Bat Mitzvah of Abby Trantas - Marcia & Cliff Brown, Minna Recht, Myrna & Bob Bookbinder

Bat Mitzvah of Sadie Brown - Ellen & David Spitz, Minna Recht, Naomi & Barry Schimmer

Bat Mitzvah of Sharon & Ben Green’s granddaughter Dani - Ellen & David Spitz, Naomi & Barr y Schimmer

Ben Recht - Rachel & Fred Kurz

Birth of Sharon & Mark Sobel’s grandsonMarsha & Neil Axler

Birth of Tara & Rich Bloom and Robie & Bob Bloom’s granddaughter, Brooke Aria Bloom - Cindi & Yakir Hasit, Marcia & Cliff Brown, Pearl & Bert Rosenbloom

Bobby Heimowitz - Donna & Ehud Nahum

Carolyn Jacobs - Marcia & Cliff Brown, Myrna & Bob Bookbinder, Rachel & Fred Kurz

College graduation of Fred & Rachel Kurz’s granddaughters - Minna Recht

Deb Kotzen - Lori Clark, Minna Recht, Rachel & Mark Lichtenberg. Sharon & Charles Goldstein

Debbie Davis - Arleen Schwartz, Arlene & Alan Blocher, Joyce Feder

Engagement of Andrea Heymann to Matt Moskovitz - Cindi & Yakir Hasit

Ilana & Dan Shein - Susan & Jeff Aaronson

Jill Hammel - Jay Hammel

Justin Shapiro - Minna Recht

Marriage of Brett Axler and Dalia FeinholzSharon & Mark Sobel

Marriage of Max Gershenfeld and Maddie Levin - Evelyn Harris, Jackie & Greg Weisman, Stacey & Marty Chazin

Ruth Brodnick - Sharon & Charles Goldstein

Susan Aaronson - Sharon & Charles Goldstein

Zachary Watts - Rachel & Fred Kurz

Zelda Greenberg - Gloria & Jerry Baer, Sharon & Charles Goldstein

In memory of

Allan Stein - Ellen & David Spitz

Arlene Levine - Donna & Ehud Nahum

Barbara Shotlander - Margie & Mark Dannenbaum

Bernice Rosenberg - Michelle Shmuts

Bruce Adams - Naomi Baumgarten & Michael Landsman

Cynthia Rosen - Ellen & David Spitz

Gloria & Jerry Baer, Jill & Geoff Hammel, Julie & Gregg Bannett, Minna Recht, Robin

Sue & Bill Landsburg, Susan & Sol Genauer

Eleanor Gerb Packer - Aileen & Al Cwanger

Gideon Kay - Lauren & Ian Simon & Family, Roxanne & Sam Mennes

Gloria Kaye - Sheldon Kerner, Susan & Sol Genauer

Howard Freedman - Donna & Ehud Nahum

Judy Greenberg - Michele & Barry Susson

Kerry Phillips - Amy Spiegel

Marilyn Krause - Lisa & Sam Gershenfeld, Margie & Mark Dannenbaum

Marsha Matusow - Gloria & Jerry Baer, Michele & Barry Susson, Myrna & Bob Bookbinder

Paul Jacob, Esther Jacob, Adolph JacobGloria & Jerry Baer

Robert Neave - Bonnie Friedman

Sherman Bannett - Amy Spiegel, Margie & Mark Dannenbaum, Aileen Levine, Anita Garber, Bonnie Friedman, Carol & Steve Adlestein, Sharon & Charles Goldstein, Donna & Ehud Nahum, Gloria & Jerry Baer, Jamie & Alan Tate, Jill & Geoff Hammel, Marsha & Neil Axler, Marsha & Len Yorinks, Minna Recht, Rachel & Fred Kurz, Sandee & Bob Chalik, Susan & Sol Genauer, Susan Bass Levin

Stanley Grossman - Cindi & Yakir Hasit, Debbie & Perry Weinstock & Family

William Ferguson - Dori Rose

Yahrzeit

Andrew Spiegel - Amy Spiegel

Bessie Susson - Michele & Barry Susson

Irving Kerner - Sheldon Kerner

Jane Goldstein - Sharon & Charles Goldstein

Joyce Freudberg Caplan - Lori & Gregg Clark

Rivka Robinson - Naomi Baumgarten & Michael Landsman

Bob & Estelle Richter Hazak

Fund

In memory of

Sherman Bannett - Vivian & Bart Friedman

Camp Ramah Fund

In honor of

Debbie Davis - Carla Janoff & John Coyle, Susan & Barr y Gertsman, Suzi & Mike Greenberg, Vivian & Bart Friedman

Josh Fisher - Leslie & Mark Fisher

Marriage of Jessica & Scott Schubert - Roz & Warren Brandies

Zoe Hammel - Alison & Mark Shapiro

In memory of

Marsha Matusow - Alison & Mark Shapiro, Jill & Geoff Hammel, Marsha & Len Yorinks, Neil & Andi Levin

Morris L Green - Lynn Green & Len Gildiner

Ruth Aaron - Mimi Sebek

Yahrzeit

Abraham Yorinks - Marsha & Len Yorinks

Cantor Cohen Tzedakah Fund

General Donation

Zelda & Charlie Greenberg

In appreciation of

Aliyah - Cindy Yellin

Cantor Cohen - Andrea & Steven Stomel, Barbara & Rob Elkan, Caren Fendrick, Sophie Fishman, The Family of Cynthia Rosen

In honor of

Ally Pollack - Robin & Larry Kaufman

Alvin Stern - Nancy & Danny Cohen

Art Simons - Marcia & Cliff Brown

Bat Mitzvah of Abby Trantas - Lois & David Bromberg

Bat Mitzvah of Lana Barr - Jodi & Ross Barr

Bat Mitzvah of Sadie Brown - Lois & David Bromberg

Deb Kotzen - Alyece & Steve Cummings, Harriet Insler, Ilene & Drew Burach, Ruth & Paul Brodnick

Don Dorfman - Zelda & Charlie Greenberg

Blanche Kossow - Susan & Jeffrey Kossow

Cynthia Rosen - Stephanie & Chuck Cahn

Joan Behrmann - Joni Schwartz

Milton Stern - Brad Stern

Paul & Candy Rubin’s friend Violet - Joni

Schwartz

Sherman Bannett - Naomi & Barry

Schimmer, Joni Schwartz, Nancy & Danny Cohen, Debbie Korngold & Phil Ehrlich

Yahrzeit

David Ifshin - Vicki & Brian Zell

Reba Goddes - Beverly & Carl Byck

Geoffrey Seth Cohen - Zelda & Charlie Greenberg

Confirmation Class Israel Trip Fund

In honor of

Zoe Hammel - Beth & Craig Wynne

In memory of

Henry Greenberg - Nancy Denenberg & Steve Osder

Sherman Bannett - Janet & Art Simons

Tilly Roseblatt - Lynn Green & Len Gildiner

Dr.

Jeffrey Kramer Bioethics Initiative Fund

In memory of

Sherman Bannett - Deenie & Alan Ettenson, Martin E. Kanoff, Pauline & David Schwarz, Audrey & YaleAsbell, Sheldon Kerner, Zelda & Charlie Greenberg

ECEC

Tuition Assistance Fund

In memory of

Barbara Shotlander - The Family of Barbara Shotlander

Eric B Jacobs ECEC Fund

General

Dale Wallace

In honor of

Art Simons - Phyllis (Sis) Wexler

Carolyn Jacobs - Audrey & George Marcus, Cheryl & Chuck Scott, Debbie Korngold & Phil Ehrlich, Glenn Fuhrman, Gloria & Jerry

Baer, Jackie & Stuart Goldstein, Lois & David Bromberg, Naomi & Barry

Schimmer, Norma & Bruce Miller, Roberta & Art Abramowitz, Sally Poulshock, Sharon & Charles Goldstein

Ellen Berju - Jill & Geoff Hammel

Marriage of Andrea and Steve Stomel’s children, Jeff Stomel & Mike Buonpane and Julie Stomel & Ian Dardik - Michele

Hasit Waxman & Adam Waxman

In memory of

Barbara Shotlander - Jill & Geoff Hammel, Heather & Mark Kramer, Karen Malmud, Meredith & Steven Finn, Mikki & Howard Becker, Mindy & Ben Rosenblum, Roz Soffer, Sima & Jeff Baker, Stephanie & Aaron Krause

Erna & Bernie Anolik Youth

Israel Scholarship Fund

In honor of

Bat Mitzvah of Abby Trantas - Janet & Art Simons

Fine Arts Fund

In appreciation of Martin Kanoff - The Family of Cynthia Rosen

In memory of

Sherman Bannett - Joyce & Steve Burnstein

General Donations

General

Randelle & Robert Landma

In appreciation of Minyan - Leah Weintraub

In honor of

Ava Hammel - Beth & Craig Wynne

Deb Kotzen - Phyliss Jaffee, Tula Kurtz

Mark Shapiro - Heather & Mark Kramer

Rabbi Peltz and Cantor Cohen - Jean

Singer & Jonathan Wetchler

Sophie Asbell - Glenn Fuhrman

Suzy Zucker - William & Jane Cahill

In memory of

Barbara Shotlander - Dana & Howard

Steiner, Missy & Adam Wayne

Bernice Rosenberg - Paula Dresnin

Cynthia Rosen - A’nde & Phil Sax, Audrey & Yale Asbell, Lee & Harold Levinson, Lynn & Stanley Berman, Phyllis & Jerry Lightman, Susan & Jeff Aaronson

Estir Shpilberg - Liliya Spielberg

Gideon Kay - Rebecca & Rich Berman

Jake Talmud - Diane & Marvin Horowitz

Jay Rothbaum - Michael Rothbaum

Joyce Oppen - Marc & Steven Oppen

Leonard Dorfman - Gail & Neil Solomon Dorfman

Lydia Ritz - Ann & Jerry Fine

Madeline Ila Kramer - Pam & Scott Kramer

Marilyn Krause - Anita & Ronald Brittner

Marsha Matusow - Audrey & Yale Asbell

Marvin and Estelle Edelman - Richard B Edelman

Nathan Schwartz - Evelyn Rosenholtz

Ruth H. Langel - Esther Dukes & Al Finkelstein

Sherman Bannett - Amy & Martin Goldin, A’nde & Phil Sax, Denise Cox, Dennis Koffer, Larry Riesenbach & Tim Ky, Lynn Green & Len Gildiner, Myrna & Jeffrey Sorokin, Nancy & Larry Molder, Ann & Jerry Fine, Arlene & Michael Lewis, Debbie Davis & Stuart Davis, Denise & Steve Weinberg, Elizabeth & Eitan Scheinthal, Jay Hammel, Judy & Harold Einhorn, Kay & Bill Steele, Lisa Scelsi, Marilyn & Steve Roth, Marilyn Chesnick, Meryl & Stuart Moser, Michele Miano, Nanci Goldman & Steve Bergstein, Rita Schuldiner, Ruth & Stephen Cohen, Shari Lynn Hyder, Sheri & Jason Turner, Stephanie & Andrew Zinn, Susan & Jeff Aaronson, Susan & David Blain

Stanley Grossman - Lisa & Mark Joseph, Michele & Barry Susson

William Ferguson Jr. - Harilyn & Leo Schwartzberg

Yahrzeit

Yizkor - Lindsay Seftel

Abner Salon - Lynne Levin

Abraham Pressman and David Katz - Karin & David Caplin

Abraham Yesser - Joel Toub

Albert Reiser - Candy & Paul Rubin

Ann Sechtin - Eileen & David Wolf

Anne Levine - Caren Levine

Anne Weiss - Myrna Birnbaum

Annette Weisbach - The Family of Cynthia Rosen

Antoinette Oppenheimer - Terri & Zach Oppenheimer

Arthur Mark - Arlene & Michael Lewis

Asher Hammel - Jay Hammel

Betty Plasky - Barbara Shils

Barbara Friedman - Vivian & Bart Friedman

Bebe Shapiro - Sheila Shapiro Weiner & Herb Weiner

Bella Zemble - Renee & Bruce Zemble

Ben Magness - Rose Magness & Eli Turestsky

Benjamin Friedman - Bonnie Friedman

Bernard Gang - Linda & Girard Goldkrantz

Bernice Brumberg - Marsha & Miles Brumberg

Bessie Chabrow - Debbie & Harry

Zimmerman

Blanche Unger - Carol Kaufman

David Stybel - Miriam Grossmann

Burton Greenberg - Janine Breier & Richard

Greenberg

Burton Simon - Ann & Paul Simon

Daniel Levine - Susan & Howard Levine

David Maitin - Norma Segal

Dorothy Lipman - Stephanie & Elwood Corbin

Ed Recht - Minna Recht

Edith Dukes, Edward Dukes - Esther Dukes & Al Finkelstein

Edward Morrow - Robin & Stephen

Greenberg

Elaine Goodman - Andrea & Steven Goodman

Elaine Zimmerman - Debbie & Harry

Zimmerman

Elayne Goldstein - Bryna & Gara Goldstein

Elinor Levit - Susan & Howard Levine

Elsie Toub - Joel Toub

Eva Dickerman - Ruth & Michael Dickerman

Evelyn Richards - Charlotte Gold

Evelyn Sobel - Sharon & Mark Sobel

Fannie Levene - Michele Levene Brill

Faye Levine - Susan & Howard Levine

Leon Zimmerman - Debbie & Harry

Zimmerman

Karl Lindemann - Rabbi Steven & Jane Lindemann

Flora Herring - Marvin Herring

Florence Leace - Mindy & Ben Rosenblum

Frieda Cwanger - Aileen & Al Cwanger

Gertrude Bagel - Lori & Carl Bagell

Gertrude Springer - Ruth & Philip Springer

Gertrude Stybel - Miriam Grossmann

Gloria Bennett - Ken Bennett

Gunther Dreyfuss - Edith Dreyfuss

Harold Chapnick - Robbie & Bruce Ranes

Harry Fishman - Arlene & Michael Lewis

Harry Goldstein - Diane & Marvin Horowitz

Harry Horowitz - Diane & Marvin Horowitz

Harry Levene - Michele Levene Brill

Helene DuBrow Gold - Nancy Gold & Arnon Garonzik

Henia Cukier - Bruce Paul

Herbert Breier - Janine Breier & Richard

Greenberg

Herman Sturm - Evelyn & Alan Berkowitz

Herman Yoman - Anita & Ronald Brittner

Irene Morrow - Robin & Stephen Greenberg

Irvin Sobel - Sharon & Mark Sobel

Irving Latt - Phyliss & Marc Rothman

Irving Perkins - Shirley & Rick Perkins

Israel Elias - Judy & Alan Cohen

Israel Meltzer - Jay Hammel

Jack Bagel - Lori & Carl Bagell

Jack Jenofsky - Gretchen Jenofsky

Jack Shatz - Marlene & Bernard Jacobs

Jacob Frankel - Zelda Joffe

Jacob Herzberg - Rachel & Fred Kurz

Jerrie Deitch - Ruth & Paul Brodnick

Jerry Wayne - Tina & Robert Berman

Katie Oxman - Joel Toub

Leon Mandel - Shirley & Rick Perkins

Leonard Cohen - Sherrie & Jeff Cohen

Lillian Kurz - Rachel & Fred Kurz

Lois Mirkin - Stephanie & Bill Goldstein

Lorraine Fisher - Beth Fisher

Louis Kroop - Deborah & Howard Kroop

Louis Pochtar - Lenore & Bob Rosner

Louis Porter - Roberta & Joel Porter

Louis Simons - Janet & Art Simons

Malka Erlich - Rita & Joseph Shrayberman

Marvin Weiner - Sheila Shapiro Weiner & Herb Weiner

Matthew Leach - Allison & Howard Lassin

Matthew Lomazoff - Lynn Lomazoff

Melvin Grossman - Susan Travis Grossman

Merle Levit - Ruth & Paul Brodnick

Milton Katz - Rochelle & Stuart Katz

Milton Schwartz - Samuel Schwartz

Mimi Cohen - Ruth & Stephen Cohen

Miriam Klein - Avra Seidman

Mitzie Fuhrman - Glenn Fuhrman

Molly Katz - Anita & Ronald Brittner

Morton Grobman - Leslie & Steven Sacharow

Nathan Paul - Bruce Paul

Norman Rosen - Beth Fisher

Peter Goodman - Andrea & Steven

Goodman

Raquel Elana Horowitz - Mindy & Erik

Schwartz

Reisel Brand - Batya & Jakub Brand

Richard Feder - Joyce Feder

Richard Weinberger - Dori Rose

Ruth Grobman - Leslie & Steven Sacharow

Ruth Lunine - Carol & Jonathan Orwitz

Ruth Wolf - Eileen & David Wolf

Ruth Yesser - Joel Toub

Sadie Mittleman - Minna Recht

Sam Zibbell - Marilyn Zibbell

Samuel Unger - Carol Kaufman

Sarah Albert - Rhonda Schnur & Warren

Heymann

Saul Friedman - Bonnie Friedman

Sayre Brill - Michele Levene Brill

Selma Goldstein - Brenda & Jack Goldstein

Seymour Toub - Joel Toub

Sharon Hoy - Deenie & Alan Ettenson

Shirley Magness - Rose Magness & Eli

Turestsky

Sidney Press - Eileen & David Wolf

Simon Raicer - Hildred Nozick

Sol Lazinger - Marlene & Ken Rubin

Stanley Simons - Janet & Art Simons

Stanton Tarter - Lyn & Steve Harley

Stuart Baer - Baer, Seth

Tzvi Plotnick - Ava Plotnick

Volf Shpilberg - Liliya Spielberg

William Perilstein - Nancy & Robert Perilstein

Gimmel Consecration Fund in Celebration of Morah

Claire Spechler

In appreciation of

Alex Weinberg - Floyd Spechler

Rabbi Peltz - Floyd Spechler

In honor of

Landon Goldstein - Brenda & Jack Goldstein

In memory of

Bernice Rosenberg - Marilyn Zibbell

Cynthia Rosen - Floyd Spechler

Sherman Bannett - Floyd Spechler

Harry & Lillian Antell

Education and Cultural Fund

Yahrzeit

David Hoffman - Barbara & Barry Hoffman

Joy of Jewish Living Fund

In appreciation of

Alvin Stern - Linda & Len Jacobs, Sophie Fishman

Alvin Stern, Robin Kaufman and Jana Gelernt - Ava Plotnick

In honor of

Alvin Stern - Bev & Dennis Glass, Candy & Paul Rubin, Cindi & Yakir Hasit, Jackie & Stuart Goldstein, Jana & Mark Gelernt, Jill & Geoff Hammel, Liz & Harry Rozyn, Marlene Gussin, Marsha & Len Yorinks, Myrna & Bob Bookbinder, Pauline & David Schwarz, Renee’ & David Hollander, Sharon & Ben Green, Sharon & Charles Goldstein, Sharon & Mark Sobel, Sophie Fishman, Zelda & Charlie Greenberg

Bar Mitzvah of Bonnie & Mike Slobodien’s grandson - Candy & Paul Rubin

Birth of Eric Braverman & Neil Brown, Cindi & Yakir Hasit, Michele Hasit

Waxman & Adam Waxman’s son, grandson, and nephew, Noah Rafael Braverman Brown - Jodi & Alvin Stern

Birth of Tara & Rich Bloom and Robie &

Bob Bloom’s granddaughter, Brooke Aria Bloom - Cheryl & Chuck Scott

Engagement of Debbie & Rich Perlman’s daughter, Lizzie Perlman to David Mack

- Jana & Mark Gelernt

Howard Becker - Frani & Don Rebhun

In memory of

Yizkor - Jodi & Alvin Stern

Cynthia Rosen - Jodi & Alvin Stern, Michael & Deborah Lazar

Izydor Einzeiger - Stephanie & Chuck Cahn

Marsha Matusow - Janet & Art Simons

Sherman Bannett - Michael & Deborah Lazar, Jodi & Alvin Stern

Yahrzeit

Ethan Rosen - Beth Fisher

Lottie F. Stern, Johanna Stern, Lucie Seligman, Ludwig Stern - Jodi & Alvin Stern

Lottie Stern, Ludwig Stern - Betty Adler

Karen Levy Scholarship Fund

In memory of

Cynthia Rosen - Cheryl & Chuck Scott

Sherman Bannett - Cheryl & Chuck Scott

Mort Comer Special

Needs Education Fund

In honor of

Bar Mitzvah of Mason Lindemann - Caren Fendrick

Cynthia Rosen - Caren Fendrick, Joya Comer, Nancy Pearl

Marilyn Krause - Alison & Mark Shapiro

Marsha Matusow - Caren Fendrick, Joya Comer

Sherman Bannett - Fuzzy Fendrick

Music Fund

In appreciation of

Cantor Cohen - Harriet & Marshall Baker

Debbie Zimmerman - The Family of Cynthia Rosen

In memory of

Cynthia Rosen - Janie & Marshall Kresman

Sherman Bannett - Ellen & David Spitz

Nathan Abramowitz Library Fund

In honor of

Bat Mitzvah of Abby Trantas - Roberta & Art Abramowitz

Bat Mitzvah of Sadie Brown - Janet & Art Simons

Yahrzeit

Abraham Plotnick - Ava Plotnick

Max Bromberg - Roberta & Art Abramowitz

Nathan Abramowitz - Roberta & Art Abramowitz

Perry Goldstein Minyan Fund

In appreciation of

Gregg Bannett - The Family of Cynthia Rosen

Minyan - David Kaufman

In honor of

Zelda Greenberg - Jackie & Stuart Goldstein

In memory of

Cynthia Rosen - Jackie & Stuart Goldstein

Yahrzeit

Norman Rosen - Beth Fisher

Pesah Kiddush Fund

In honor of

Alvin Stern - Amy Spiegel

Judy & Bernie Platt

HaMakom Tuition

Assistance Fund

In memory of

Robert Neave - Betzy Abramson & Irv Lazar

Jill & Geoff Hammel, Susan & Jeff Aaronson

Preschool Tzedakah Fund

In memory of

Bernice Rosenberg - Lisa Rosenberg, Rosanne & Peter Goodman

Rabbi Albert and Sarah Lewis Religious School

Tzedakah Fund

In appreciation of Alex Weinberg - Sophie Fishman

Mimi Sebek - Seth & Naomi Mirowitz

In memory of

Bernice Rosenberg - Lisa & Mark Joseph, Michele & Todd VonDeak

Rabbi Albert Lewis

Memorial Fund

Yahrzeit

Sophie Caplin - Karin & David Caplin

Rabbi Lindemann Tzedakah Fund

In appreciation of

Rabbi Lindemann - Barbara & Rob Elkan, Caren Fendrick, Nancy & Robert Perilstein, Sophie Fishman, Stephanie & Chuck Cahn

In honor of

Bat Mitzvah of Sadie Brown - Evy & Marvin Sellers

Bat Mitzvah of Sharon & Ben Green’s granddaughter Dani - Evy & Marvin Sellers

Engagement of Andrea Heymann to Matt Moskovitz - Barbara & Rob Elkan, Rhonda Schnur & Warren Heymann, Ronda & Steve Manders

Engagement of Debbie & Rich Perlman’s daughter, Lizzie Perlman to David Mack - Michelle & Steve Scheinthal

Marsha & Miles Brumberg - Candy & Paul Rubin

Speedy recovery to

Rabbi Lindemann - Hazak Board, Marsha & Len Yorinks

In memory of

Esfir Shpilberg - Liliya Spielberg

Jack H. Gordon - Abbie & Bruce Seher

Sherman Bannett - Candy & Paul Rubin, Robbie & Bruce Ranes, Lisa & Jason Marx, Rhonda Schnur & Warren Heymann, Rosanne & Peter Goodman

Volf Spielberg - Liliya Spielberg

Yahrzeit

Sam Brandstein - Claire Cohen

Sylvia Sturm - Evelyn & Alan Berkowitz

Rabbi Peltz Tzedakah Fund

In appreciation of

Rabbi Peltz - Andrea & Steven Stomel, Beverly & Carl Byck, Caren Fendrick, Jamie & Alan Tate, Sophie Fishman, The Family of Cynthia Rosen, Larry Byck

In honor of

Anita Rothstein - Beth Warren & Scott Becker

Bat Mitzvah of Abby Trantas - Janet & Art Simons

Bat Mitzvah of Lana Barr - Jodi & Ross Barr

Birth of Michele & Scott Warren’s granddaughter, Emma - Michelle & Steve Scheinthal

Heather Kramer - Mikki & Howard Becker

Howard Becker - Mindy & Abe Beder

Rabbi Peltz - Marsha & Len Yorinks

In memory of

Cynthia Rosen - Fuzzy Fendrick

Doris Cahn - Stephanie & Chuck Cahn

Gloria Kaye - Lyn & Steve Harley

Leonard Minches - Sharon Schwartz

Marilyn Krause - Michele & Scott Warren, Mikki & Howard Becker

Michael Rivkin - Liliya Spielberg

Sherman Bannett - Debbi & Mike Bass, Inge Bass, Lori & Rick Goldstein, Stephen & Nina Jay

Stanley Grossman - Janet & Art Simons

Zinaida Rivkin - Liliya Spielberg

Yahrzeit

Andrew Heymann - Rhonda Schnur & Warren Heymann

Anna Schatz - Elaine Katzer

Carl Bessel - Lillian Zelnick

Arlene Zelnick - Lillian Zelnick

Harold Katzer - Elaine Katzer

Martin Fine - Beverly & Carl Byck

Sarah Bessel - Lillian Zelnick

Rabbi Steven Lindemann

Lifelong Learning Center

In appreciation of Terri & Zach Oppenheimer - Evy & Marvin Sellers

In honor of

Bat Mitzvah of Abby Trantas - Evy & Mar vin Sellers

Rena Platt-Goldstein - Evy & Marvin Sellers

In memory of

Cynthia Rosen - Amy & Bill Green

Evelyn Rosenholtz - Julie & Gregg Bannett

Philip Amster, Charles Jacob AmsterHelene & Sid Amster

Robert Neave - Evy & Marvin Sellers

Sherman Bannett - Alyece & Steve Cummings, Debbie & Rich Perlman

Yahrzeit

Jeffrey Fisher - Beth Fisher

Rabbi Wexler Tzedakah Fund

General

Dana & Tony Smith

In appreciation of

Gail Tomasco - Denise Evangelista

Gigi & Brad Schwartz - Rachel & Fred Kurz

Lee Richmond - TBS Hazak

Naming of Michael Patlakh & Alexa Allen’s daughter, Maddilyn Patlakh - Alexa Allen & Michael Patlakh

Rabbi Wexler - Ann & Jerry Fine, Caren Fendrick, Gail Tomasco, Gloria & Jerry Baer, Harriet & Marshall Baker, Michele & Curt Golkow, Neil Goldstein, Sandra & Jack Peitzer, Sophie Fishman, The Family of Cynthia Rosen, Carol & Jeff Hyman, Vicki & Brian Zell

In honor of

Asher Boiskin - Gilah & Brian Sietz

Bat Mitzvah of Lana Barr - Jodi & Ross Barr

Jeremy Raden - Gilah & Brian Sietz

Jesse Sklar - Gilah & Brian Sietz

Mark Shapiro - Candy & Paul Rubin

Rabbi Wexler - Megan Bernstein

Speedy recovery to

Vivian Friedman - Ava Plotnick

In memory of

Bernice Rosenberg - Gilah & Brian Sietz

Ellen Brooks - Lee Brooks

Miriam Hollander - Renee’ & David Hollander

Sherman Bannett - Lisa & Dan Kessler

Yahrzeit

Anne Levine - Aileen Levine

Daniel Ranes - Robbie & Bruce Ranes

Frances Koenig Grishaver - Tara & Ira Weiner

Ravitz Family Kindness Fund

In honor of

Sarah Barkow - Debbie & Shawn Ravitz

In memory of

Marsha Matusow - Nancy Pearl

Reid Trager Fund

In appreciation of

Don Rehbun - Dianne & Lee Solomon, Mark & Michele Taplinger

In honor of

Howard Becker - Susan & Mark Trager

Marriage of Laura Herron and Mason

Leon - Frani & Don Rebhun

In memory of

Jackie Zelnick - Russ & Cindy Pickus

Sherman Bannett - Susan & Mark Trager

S. Benham Kahn Library Fund

In honor of

Bat Mitzvah of Sadie Brown - Amy & Andy Blackstone, Marilyn Zibbell

Sandra Frame Music Fund

In appreciation of

Julie Bannett - The Family of Cynthia Rosen

In memory of

Barbara Shotlander - Debbie & Harry Zimmerman

Cynthia Rosen - Debbie & Harry Zimmerman, Janet & Art Simons, Martin E. Kanoff

Sherman Bannett - Debbie & Harry Zimmerman, Judy & Harold Einhorn

Yahrzeit

Herman Horn - Lena & Abe Horn

Hymen Kanoff - Martin E Kanoff

Izio Parnes - Lena & Abe Horn

Joanne Kanoff - Martin E Kanoff

Norman Rosen - The Family of Cynthia Rosen

Shapiro Family Fund

In honor of

Birth of Michele & Scott Warren’s granddaughter, Emma - Alison & Mark

Shapiro

Heather Kramer - Alison & Mark Shapiro

Mark Shapiro - Lori & Gregg Clark, Mikki & Howard Beccker, Ruth & Paul Brodnick

Marriage of Andrea and Steve Stomel’s daughter, Julie Stomel to Ian DardikAlison & Mark Shapiro

In memory of

Barbara Shotlander - Alison & Mark

Shapiro

Gideon Kay - Alison & Mark Shapiro

Shellie Greenspun Fund

In honor of

Debbie Davis - Sivya Romisher

In memory of

Gloria Kaye, Sharon Hoy, Gary Romisher, Sherman Bannett - Sivya Romisher

Shirley Lazar Preschool Fund

In appreciation of

Harriet Baker - Lisa Rosenberg

Irv Lazar - Jack & Betty Lynn, Linda Pressman, Rick Lazar, Rona & Len Egan

Rabbi Peltz - Harriet & Marshall Baker

In honor of

Abbey Gancz - Debby & Howie Sukinik

Irv Lazar - Ann & Ed Goldberg, Audrey & Chuck Blackman, Carol Marmero, Cathleen Manuel, Colleen & Frank

Ochman, Debbie & Harry Zimmerman, Debbie & Klaas Kramer, Debbie Baker, Debby & Howie Sukinik, Dolores & Joseph

Kozielski, Elaine & David Minnich, Maria & Cliff Quicksell, Marilyn & David Staiman, Marilyn & Richard Paris, Minna Recht, Norman Cunningham, Pam & Paul Litwack, Patty & Howard Trichon, Pearl

Yampolsky, Remya Meixner, Rosie & Albert

Lazar, Sherri E Goldberg, Susan & Jeff Aaronson, Susan Witte

Mark Shapiro - Debby & Howie Sukinik

Naming of Melissa Litwack & Eylon Winterstein’s and Pamela & Paul Litwack’s daughter and granddaughter

Binah Michaela - Debby & Howie Sukinik

In memory of

Bernice Rosenberg, Cynthia Rosen, Marsha Matusow, Sherman Bannett, Stanley Grossman - Debby & Howie Sukinik

Shirley Lazar - Eunice Cardone

Yahrzeit

Mary Lazar - Betzy Abramson & Irv Lazar

Phyllis Libby Rosen - Michael & Deborah Lazar, Betzy Abramson & Irv Lazar

Shirley Lazar - Betzy Abramson & Irv Lazar

Social Advocacy Fund

In appreciation of Terri & Zach Oppenheimer - Debbie & Rich Perlman, Marcia & Cliff Brown

In honor of Bat Mitzvah of Sadie Brown - Carla Janoff & John Coyle

Eileen Wolf - Jackie & Stuart Goldstein

Marriage of Meryl Klein and Zach Bowman - Debbie & Harry Zimmerman

In memory of

Fay W Fisher - Rachael & Josh Fisher

Sherman Bannett - Sara-ellen & Alan Greenberg

Sonya Katz Social Action Fund

In honor of

Aaron Mirowitz - Alyece & Steve Cummings

Alvin Stern - Jeannie & Larry Teller

Deb Kotzen - Jeannie & Larry Teller

Jeff Beinart - Jeannie & Larry Teller

In memory of

Bernice Rosenberg - Jeannie & Larry Teller

Lydia Ritz - Ande & Phil Sax

Sherman Bannett - Jeannie & Larry Teller

TBS/KBA Family Scholarship Fund

In honor of

Engagement of Edward Gelernt and Aleeza Shoenberg - Michelle & Steve Scheinthal

In memory of

Marsha Matusow - Julie & Gregg Bannett

TBS Security Fund

In honor of

Ron Safier - Sharon & Charles Goldstein

Teachers Education Fund

In memory of

Barbara Shotlander - Stephanie & Aaron Krause

Bernice Rosenberg - Avra Seidman, Janet & Art Simons

Torah Endowment Fund

In honor of

Sarah Barkow - Jill & Geoff Hammel

Torah Restoration Fund

In honor of

Alvin Stern - Lisa & Marc Cohen, Suzi & Mike Greenberg

In memory of

Mollie Spector - Joel Spector

William & Evelyn Katz

Landscaping Fund

In memory of

Gloria Kaye - Lisa & Mark Joseph Yahrzeit

Abraham Teitler, Diane Leibowitz - Susan & Jeff Aaronson

World Jewry Support Fund

In memory of

Enik Einzinger - Rosanne & Peter Goodman

TBS Funds - Giving Back to our Community

EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

Adam Convissar Fund

Camp Ramah Fund

Confirmation Class Israel

Trip Fund

ECEC Exploratorium

ECEC Tuition Assistance Fund

Eric B. Jacobs ECEC Fund

Erna & Bernie Anolik Youth Israel Scholarship Fund

Gimmel Consecration Fund in Celebration of Morah Claire Spechler

Judy & Bernie Platt HaMakom

Tuition Assistance Fund

Karen Levy Scholarship Fund

Mort Comer Special Needs

Education Fund

Shellie Greenspun Fund

Shirley Lazar Preschool Fund

TBS/KBA Family Scholarship Fund

Teachers Education Fund

Todd & Esilda Jacobs Fertility and Education Fund

GENERAL FUNDS

General Donations

Adult Israel Trip Fund in memory of Stuart & Maxine Winston

Dr. Jeffrey Kramer Bioethics

Initiative Fund

Fine Arts Fund

HaNetunim B’tzara: World Jewry Support Fund

Perry Goldstein Minyan Fund

Rabbi Albert Lewis

Memorial Fund

Ravitz Family Kindness Fund

Reid Trager Fund

Rhoda Albom Memorial Fund

Sandra Frame Music Fund

Social Advocacy Fund

Sonya Katz Social Action Fund

TBS Connects

TBS Security Fund

Technology Fund

Torah Restoration Fund

William & Evelyn Katz

Landscaping Fund

TZEDAKAH FUNDS

Cantor Cohen Tzedakah Fund

Preschool Tzedakah Fund

Rabbi Albert & Sarah Lewis

Religious School Tzedakah Fund

Rabbi Lindemann Tzedakah Fund

Rabbi Peltz Tzedakah Fund

Rabbi Wexler Tzedakah Fund

ENDOWMENT FUNDS

Beverly Galkin Pesah Kiddush Fund

Bob & Estelle Richter Hazak Fund

Bruce & Rosalee Levine Family Support Fund

Cary Massa Fund

Claire & Herman Siegel Fund

Cynthia & Edward Adleman

Fund for Teacher Enrichment

Harry & Lillian Antell Education and Cultural Fund

Irv & Gerri Goldstein

Scholarship Fund

Jerome Cohen Fund

Joy of Jewish Living Fund

Leonard Cohen Scholarship Fund

Levikoff Sukkah Fund

Levy Jewish Continuity Program Fund

Music Fund

Rabbi Lindemann Lifelong Learning Center Program Fund

Rachmiel Cohen Levenson

Ramah Fund

Shapiro Family Fund

Susan Levikoff Inclusion

Programming Fund

Torah Fund

BOOK AND LIBRARY FUNDS

Nathan Abramowitz Library Fund

Prayerbook & Bible Fund

S. Benham Kahn Library Fund

Todah Rabbah!

Thank you to the following congregants for the dedication and suppport of our kehillah kedoshah, sacred community. Their generosity provides us with the means to create meaningful programs and experiences that greatly enrich our community life.

PLUS GIVERS

Achieving

Audrey & Yale Asbell

Sue & Eric Baelen

Susan Bass Levin

Stephanie & Chuck Cahn

Miriam & Alan Feldman

Bonnie Friedman

Jana & Mark Gelernt

Michael Greenspun

Jill & Geoff Hammel

Carolyn Jacobs

Heather & Mark Kramer

Pamela & Paul Litwack

Barbara & Robert Pick

Judy & Bernie Platt

Gigi & Brad Schwartz

Barbara & Jacob Spigelman

Sustaining

Roberta & Arthur Abramowitz

Harriet & Marshall Baker

Julie & Gregg Bannett

Susan & Arnold Baskies

Mikki & Howard Becker

Stacey & Marty Chazin

Nancy & Danny Cohen

Margie & Mark Dannenbaum

Rachael & Joshua Fisher

Abbey & David Gancz

Ahuva & Barry Gleimer

Jackie & Stuart Goldstein

Robyn & Scott Greenberg

Bobbi & Gerry Grossman

Miriam Grossmann

Sharon & Joel Horowitz

Mitch Josephs

Stephanie & Aaron Krause

Becky & Warren Levy

Debbie & Rich Perlman

Brooke Berson & Chad Rebhun

Fran & Don Rebhun

Naomi & Barry Schimmer

Evy & Marvin Sellers

Gail & Harvey Shapiro

Alison & Mark Shapiro

Deborah & Howard Silverstone

Brad Stern

Cindy & Eric Stevens

Amy & David Weiss

Lori & Jonathan Winter

Marsha & Len Yorinks

Supporting

Ruth & Jeff Abrams

Susan & Jonathan Anolik

Florence Haut & Jeff Antonoff

Allison & Jamie Arking

Vivian & Andrew Barnett

Scott Becker

Allison & Steven Borenstein

Ilene & Drew Burach

Donna & Doug Cohen

Shirley & Jim Feigenbaum

Gerald Fendrick

Phyllis & Neal Flomenberg

Kathie & Eric Fraint

Caryn & Richard Friedman

Glenn Fuhrman

Michele & Curt Golkow

Amy & Bill Green

Susan Travis Grossman

Rhonda Schnur & Warren

Heymann

Marlene & Bernie Jacobs

Nina & Stephen Jay

Shirley & Charles Kastenberg

Rachel & Fred Kurz

Betzy Abramson & Irv Lazar

Rosalee & Bruce Levine

Julie & Michael Levy

Terri & Zach Oppenheimer

Bruce Paul

Rena Platt-Goldstein

Bob Richter

Sydria & Scott Schaffer

Michelle & Stephen Scheinthal

Emily & Justin Schneider

Janet & Art Simons

Janine Sobel

Barrie & Larry Solomon

Andrea & Steven Stomel

Michele & Scott Warren

Sheila & Herb Weiner

Tara & Ira Weiner

Jodi & Mitch Ziets

Contributing

Randi Altmark

Gloria & Jerry Baer

Arielle Silver & Adrian

Berger-Ettenson

Barbara Bernstein

Lois & David Bromberg

Lee Brooks

Marcia & Cliff Brown

Sandy & Jeff Brown

Rosanne & Howard Cetel

Anat & Adam Cohen

Ruth & Stephen Cohen

Jill & Bernie Coval

Alyece & Steven Cummings

Rochelle & Charles Dietzek

Deenie & Alan Ettenson

Dana & Mark Fallick

Caren Fendrick & Mark Fendrick

Ellen & Abraham Ferdas

Susan & Barry Gertsman

Susan & Michael Glassman

Emily & Milt Gottschalk

Sharon & Ben Green

Sara-Ellen & Alan Greenberg

Cindi & Yakir Hasit

Sherri & Ken Hoffman

Martin Kanoff

David Kaufman

Sheldon Kerner

Cyndee & Mitch Kotler

Debbie & Bob Kotzen

Andi & Neil Levin

Michele & Jeff Levine

Eileen Levinson

Susan & Ian Meklinsky

Donna & Ehud Nahum

Carol & Jon Orwitz

Nancy & Robert Perilstein

Sharon & Steven Ritz

Adrienne & Adam Rosenthal

Roslyn Rudolph

Shira & Brian Scanlon

Sam Schwartz

Judi London & David Smith

Dianne & Lee Solomon

Floyd Spechler

Amy Spiegel

Gladys Steinberg

Susan & Mark Trager

Debbie & Harry Zimmerman

Connecting

Pam & Mark Adler

Jaclyn & Jordan Cohen

Lindsay Feuer & Andrew

DeRouanna

Meredith & Steven Finn

Debra & Avi Galler

Randi & Gary Goldblatt

Lauren & Adam Greenberg

Esilda & Todd Jacobs

Jamie & Adam Levine

Rachel & Mark Lichtenberg

Naomi & Seth Mirowitz

Melissa Brown & Stephen

Mohler

Ally & Adam Pollack

Kimberly & Gabe Rozengarten

Michelle & Ian Sterling

Shayna & Sam Sukoneck

Leah & Ted Wallach

Laura & Richard Walters

Erika & Steven Wolf

Melissa & Rudy Zak

Life and Legacy

Life & Legacy is a partnership of the Harold Grinspoon foundation (HGF) and the Jewish Community Foundation, Inc. this partnerhship promotes legacy giving to benefit the Jewish community. Through training, support, and monetary incentives, Life & Legacy motivates the Jewish organizations to integrate legacy giving into their philanthropic culture to assure Jewish tomorrows. For more information, please contact Ron Safier, Executive Director, at rons@tbsonline.org.

Life & Legacy Participants

Edward Adleman

Arnie & Susan Baskies

Alan & Arlene Blocher

Jonathan & Staci Boiskin

Allison & Steve Borenstein

Anita & Ron Brittner

Stephanie & Chuck Cahn

Stacey & Marty Chazin

Cori & Michael Cherkas

Cantor Jen Cohen

Mort Comer

Margie & Mark Dannenbaum

Marlene & Bernie Epworth

Shirley & Jim Feigenbaum

Miriam & Alan Feldman

Caren Fendrick & Mark Fendrick

Vivian & Bart Friedman

Bonnie Friedman

Glenn Fuhrman

Michele & Curt Golkow

Emily & Milt Gottschalk

Zelda & Charles Greenberg

Robyn & Scott Greenberg

Miriam Grossmann

Cindi & Yakir Hasit

Carolyn & Eric

Edith Kalech

Cyndee & Mitch Kotler

Heather & Mark Kramer

Rachel & Fred Kurz

Andi & Neil Levin

Susan & Howard Levine

Rabbi Steven & Jane Lindemann

As of August 8, 2024

Many of our Community Life Programs are funded in part by support from the Temple Beth Sholom Endowment Funds.

Many of our Community Life Programs are funded in part by support from the Temple Beth Sholom Endowment Funds.

Ensure that Temple Beth Sholom remains a vibrant center of faith and community by leaving a bequest or naming the synagogue as a bene ciary of your life insurance or retirement account.

Ensure that Temple Beth Sholom remains a vibrant center of faith and community by leaving a bequest or naming the synagogue as a bene ciary of your life insurance or retirement account.

For information on how to create your legacy and secure the future of Temple Beth Sholom, contact: Ron Sa er at RonS@tbsonline.org

TBS Resources and Advertisers

ANNUAL SPONSORS (2024-25)

We are grateful for the generosity and ongoing support of the TBS Corporate Sponsors, who have helped provide us the means to create programs and experiences that greatly enrich our community.

Title

Gancz Contracting Services, LLC

Jay Roberts Jewelers

Platt Memorial Chapels, Inc.

Diamond

Ravitz Family Kosher Experience

Platinum

EBE Events & Entertainment

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Heart House

Kramer Beverage Co.

The Delaware Valley Group at

Morgan Stanley

The Stevens Group at

Morgan Stanley

Perlow Productions

Scrub Daddy

Silver

Cherry Hill Volvo Cars

Double Nickel Brewing Company

Fairport Wealth

Hyland Levin Shapiro LLP

Joffe Door and Millwork

Katz/Pierz

Minuteman Press

OmniComp

Pearlman Design, LLC

Roger Wilco/WTSO

Howard T. Sukinik, CPA

as of August 22, 2024

Become a Temple Beth Sholom Annual Sponsor!

Does your company want to benefit from regular promotion to TBS’s 2000 person audience? Does your company have a gift matching program? Would you appreciate preferred seating and a reserved parking space at TBS’s major fundraising events?

Become a TBS corporate sponsor or refer one to TBS. Learn more at tbsonline.org/sponsorship

TBS Resources and Advertisers

2024-25 Board of Directors

The TBS Board is an important part of our synagogue community. Members of the Board serve as the leaders of our committees and groups, bringing to life many of the programs and services described in this booklet. Board members also set TBS policy, work on strategic planning, and safeguard our finances. Always willing to lend a hand, Board members jump in whenever needed to sell raffle tickets, greet at services, or welcome a new TBS family. Our lay leaders work in a beautiful partnership with our clergy and staff, together creating a warm and engaging synagogue community of which we are very proud.

Executive Committee

Alison Shapiro, President

Melissa Brown

Drew Burach

Board of Directors

Ruth Abrams

Nuri Boardman

Bernie Coval

Josh Fisher

Avi Galler

Esilda Jacobs

Bob Kotzen

Rachel Lichtenberg

Andrea Stomel

Debbie Zimmerman

Debbie Kotzen

Stephanie Krause

Ben Landsburg

Carolyn Levin

Naomi Mirowitz

Ally Pollack

Josh Romirowsky

Micah J. Peltz, Rabbi

Bryan P. Wexler, Rabbi

Jen Cohen, Cantor

Steven C. Lindemann, Rabbi Emeritus

Albert L. Lewis z”l, Rabbi Emeritus

Alison Shapiro, President

Ron Safier, Executive Director

Alex Weinberg, Director of Congregational Learning

Lee Senderowitsch, Director of Early Childhood Education

Jared Kaufman, Kesher High School Director

John Imhoff, HaMakom High School Director

Allison Borenstein, Events Manager

Michele Hasit Waxman, Community Engagement Coordinator

Lori Caplan Clark, Communications Manager

Jill Hammel, President Elect

Marty Chazin, Immediate Past

President

Marc Oppen, Treasurer

Jessica Seavey

Stu Sklar

Alvin Stern

Ilana Stern

Debby Sukinik

TBS MISSION

Temple Beth Sholom is a welcoming and inclusive sacred community that connects its members to one another, Judaism, and Israel through interactive spiritual, educational, and social experiences.

YEARS YEARS

Sunday, May 18, 2025