Winter 2017 Insight

INSIGHT Winter 2017/5778 November, December, January Cheshvan/Kislev/Tevet/Sh’vat

into Temple Israel of Boston

Where in the World is Temple Israel of Boston?

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INSIGHT

“Enlighten our eyes with Your teaching, and let

ABOUT THE COVER...

our hearts embrace Your commandments.” - Morning Liturgy

AT TEMPLE ISRAEL, WE...

build community and encounter the sacred through relationships. embrace Torah in all its dimensions as our enduring source for inquiry, discovery, and inspriation.

explore spirituality and innovate our traditions of ritual and prayer. pursue justice, in partnership with others, to realize our vision of what the world ought to be.

(Left to Right) Julianna Malogolowkin, Dan Siegel, and Rachel Goldberg at the Riverway Project’s Open Door High Holy Day Service.

IN THIS ISSUE...

are Ohavei Yisrael, Lovers of Israel, committed to the vitality, peace, and well-being of the Jewish people in Israel and throughout the world. draw strength from our diversity, and wisdom from all who walk through our open doors.

The TI Scene.........................................................3 Notes from TI President & Executive Director.....4 Your Guide to the Friends Annual Fund..............5 The Impact of #10Days10Ways........................6-7 Scholars-in-Residence Weekend 2017.............8-9 TI Gatherings: Small Group Connections...........10 Welcome to Our Newest Members...................11 Where in the World is Temple Israel?..........12-13 75th NATA Conference........................................14 Israel Trip FAQ...................................................15 Life Cycles, Yahrzeits, & Contributions.........16-26 Highlighted Events (Dec./Jan./Feb.).............27-29

UPCOMING HOLIDAY DATES...

Chanukah: December 12 - 20, 2017 Tu BiSh’vat: January 31, 2018

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THE TI SCENE

Interfaith Clergy at the GBIO Gathering of Unity, Love, and Strength in August at Temple Israel.

Erev Rosh Hashanah at Temple Israel.

Religious School students shaking the lulav and etrog in the Sukkah.

Rabbi Matthew Soffer delivering the Invocation at a Boston City Council meeting.

Over the High Holy Days we collected 7,248 lbs of food for people in need, which is equivalent to 6,040 meals.

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MESSAGE FROM

THE BOARD PRESIDENT

How awesome is this place? And I mean that with the full understanding of the double entendre of both the spiritual and the non-spiritual sides of Temple Israel.

We recently gathered for the High Holy Days, which gave us a chance to celebrate and reflect. I think we have much to celebrate this year with a pretty fantastic set of services, including the new Sage Service that I had the good fortune to attend, and the many other variations for all ages and preferences. We had 10,000 in attendance at Temple Israel and another few thousand viewers from the live stream.

for our children and ourselves.

The wonderful sermons we just heard help us reflect on this new year.

Credit for the terrific experiences we all enjoyed is shared by the clergy and staff who work together to ensure that the hard is seamless. Temple Israel is awesome in so many ways – we even have an exhibit about this in the Wyner Museum! We hope you have many chances to experience the awesomeness in the months to come.

We also have much to reflect on as we begin 5778. We turn our thinking to caring for ourselves and for those around us. We crave and then satisfy the need for learning

MESSAGE FROM

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

I would like to thank all of our clergy, staff, and volunteers for a terrific High Holy Day experience this past fall. Many months of planning and preparation enabled us to come together as a community and pray. If you are one of the estimated 10,000 who joined us over the High Holy Days, then you know just how impactful communal worship can be.

We can also be proud that for the eighteenth year, our congregation donated over 7,000 pounds of food to the Greater Boston Food Pantry. Our Yom Kippur drive was once again the largest single day drive for their pantry.

As a community we continue to find exciting ways to live Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact. This December, we are fortunate that the URJ Biennial is coming to our city. Please join us at the Hynes Convention Center from December 6-10 for the URJ Biennial. While there are costs associated with attending, the URJ has been able to open up services for free (note: you will need to preregister through the

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URJ.) Please join us as we bring in Shabbat with 5,000 other Reform Jews, a worship experience that will be extraordinary. Register online at www.urj.org/biennial.

We have so much going on at Temple Israel; be sure to check our calendar for a full listing of events, classes, and activities. Included in our offerings are many opportunities to take a class through our Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Israel. Come and be inspired as you study and discover with other Temple Israel members.

If you are looking for more ways to get involved with our community please feel free to reach out to me directly at ddeutsch@tisrael.org.

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Why Your Support Matters: Your Guide to the Friends Annual Fund Every year you are asked, perhaps even several times, to make a contribution to the Friends Annual Fund, and every year you make a donation or at least consider it. Either way, you may be wondering what exactly the Friends Annual Fund does and what we mean when we say we need your support.

What is the Friends Annual Fund?

The Friends Annual Fund provides the essential resources needed to sustain our extraordinary educational opportunities, our innovative and timely social justice initiatives, and our extensive and inclusive spiritual experiences. Temple Israel is more than just a place; it is a community of people who are dedicated to living Judaism together by making meaningful, lifelong connections. Your support will ensure that we can continue to inspire all who gather here as we forge our path ahead to meet the ever-changing needs in our world today.

What does that mean in practice?

Since the beginning of this fiscal year (July 1, 2017) the Friends Annual Fund has made the following opportunities possible: • Organization of an interfaith service with more than 1,700 people in attendance in response to white supremacist rallies throughout the United States • The launch of a new High Holy Day service focusing on personal reflection and alternative prayer • The expansion of our discovery and learning opportunities for people of all ages with The Village (Families with Young Children), The Center for Adult Jewish Learning, and The Tent • Collaboration with other organizations to affirm our commitment to several social justice issues such as environmental causes and immigrant rights • Delivery of honey jars during the High Holy Days to members who have experienced a loss in the past year

What is the goal of the Friends Annual Fund?

We have two goals for the Friends Annual Fund; a participation goal of 100% of member families making a contribution of any amount by June 30, 2018, and a financial goal of $450,000. This amount represents 7% of our annual operating budget. Dues and program fees do not cover all of our operational needs, and therefore we rely on the Friends Annual Fund to ensure that we can cover costs such as utilities, building maintenance, and administrative costs for the support and engagement work happening at Temple Israel.

Does my gift really matter?

YES! As a committed member of Temple Israel, you know how important these opportunities are to those in our community and beyond. Without the Friends Annual Fund, we cannot sustain or expand our impact in these important areas. Showing your commitment to the greater Temple Israel community through a gift to the Friends Annual Fund makes us a stronger and more connected congregation.

Please consider making your donation today at www.tisrael.org/friends-annual-fund or by contacting Julie Gal-Or, Director of Development at julieg@tisrael.org or 617-566-3960.

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A look back on the

#10Days10Ways * Why did we do this Ten Days of Awe/Racial Justice Reflection campaign, and why during the High Holy Days? The process of reflection is built into the Jewish calendar. During the ten day period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we are instructed by our tradition to look deeply into ourselves and conduct a Cheshbon Ha’nefesh, an accounting of our soul, to examine how we may have missed the mark in the past year. While each person must face their individual actions, our prayers — ashamnu, bagadnu (we have sinned, we have transgressed) — require us to recognize and take responsibility for our collective failures.

Only through honest self-examination as to whether our actions align with our values can we turn, repent, can we do t’shuvah.

In early September, the Racial Justice Initiative asked our community to consider focusing on racial inequality as a lens through which we examine our lives during the Ten Days of Awe. As a framework, the team compiled a series of readings, podcasts, art, cartoons, music, and suggestions for experiences and actions designed for individual and communal reflection on issues of racial inequality, privilege, discrimination, and injustice.

There are two reflection processes; one for adults and one for children. Although the Days of Awe are over, it is not too late to participate. All of the suggested experiences and actions are still available online at www.tisrael.org/tikkun-central. To learn more about the Ten Days of Awe/Racial Justice Reflections or the Racial Justice Initiative, please email Tali Puterman at tputerman@tisrael.org.

FACEBOOK GROUP STATS: 422 members joined the Facebook group. These members represented: • 199 towns • 22 states • 4 countries *Ten Days of Awe/Racial Justice Reflections was inspired by the 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge by Food Solutions

Day 5 recommended participants explore two Boston neighborhoods, Back Bay and Dudley Square, by choosing a starting point and traveling between the two on the Orange Line. The Wexler family, while exploring the Dudley Square neighborhood, met mayoral candidate Tito Jackson on the street. Gabriel Wexler, age 11 recalls Mr. Jackson explaining that when the average black person living in Dorchester dies, they only pass down $8 but when the average white person from Back Bay dies, they pass down $247,000. Sonia Wexler, age 8, said she learned that, “Black

New England. Special thank you to Lauren

people in Dudley Square live to be 58 years old, and white

Lapat, Kathy Weinman, Thelma Klein, Rose

people in Back Bay live to be more than 90.” Eli Wexler, age

Zoltek-Jick, Malcolm Freeman, Chelsea

6, recalled, “they don’t have enough money for students to

Voake, and Deb Putnoi for their efforts in

have art and music each week.”

creating the content for this campaign.

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A reflective poem written by Isa Gonzales

Racial Justice Reflection Bingo Card for Kids, created by Deb Putnoi

“Connected” “Integrity” “Ref lection” “Important” “Meaningful” “Fortified”

Final post in the #10days10ways public Facebook group

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Every time Jews pray in community, we say Aleinu – it’s incumbent upon us to continue the work of creation. For centuries, human industry has disregarded the environment we are spiritually tasked to “till and tend.” Now, we find ourselves in a critical moment, when our practical activities need to align with our deepest values in order to protect and preserve the world we have inherited. Join us November 17-19, 2017 as we learn about the crisis, consider important solutions, and wrestle with our responsibility.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 AT 6:00 P.M. QABBALAT SHABBAT – FEATURING PETER FOX-PENNER Peter Fox-Penner is a Professor of Practice in the Questrom School of Management and the Director of Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy. His research and writing interests are in the areas of electric power strategy, regulation, and governance; energy and climate policy; and the relationships between public and private economic activity. He is the author of Smart Power, a book widely credited with foreseeing the future transformation of the power industry now used and cited all over the world, as well as other books in this area. He also teaches courses on sustainable energy and electric power in the Questrom School of Business. In addition, he is Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Impact Partners, Academic Advisor to The Brattle Group, and on the Advisory Board of EOS Energy Storage.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 9:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. DAY OF LEARNING AND ACTION Beginning with an environmental Torah Study, we will spend the day together learning and connecting. Following lunch, there will be plenary sessions with Reverend Mariama White Hammond of Bethel AME Church and author Mitchell Thomashow. The day will conclude with Havdalah.

Mitchell Thomashow devotes his life and work to promoting ecological awareness, sustainable living, creative learning, improvisational thinking, social networking, and organizational excellence. In January 2016, Thomashow accepted a fellowship at Philanthropy Northwest. The fellowship promotes awareness of sustainability, community, and place. The emphasis is on building social capital, intellectual leadership, and organizational effectiveness in promoting sustainability, community engagement, ecological awareness, diversity and inclusion, place-based solutions, public education, and the arts.

His latest book, published in March 2014, The Nine Elements of a Sustainable Campus (The MIT Press) provides a framework for advancing sustainable living and teaching in a variety of campus environments.

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Rev. Mariama White-Hammond was born in Boston, MA in 1979. The child of two preacherdoctors, Rev. Mariama grew up with an understanding that God calls us all to serve our fellow man. She serves on the ministerial staff at Bethel AME Church where she is the Minister for Ecological Justice and the Interim Youth Pastor. In May 2017 she graduated from Boston University School of Theology with a Masters of Divinity.

Rev. Mariama challenges the Christian church to embrace a more radical understanding of the life and mission of Jesus Christ. She believes that the church must be responsive to issues like street violence, mass incarceration, climate change, AIDS, food security, and human rights. She is actively engaged on social justice issues ranging from immigration policy to fair wage issues. She is a leader in the Massachusetts Moral Revival, the local branch a national faith-based intersectional movement for justice led by Rev. William Barber. She was the MC for both the Boston Women’s March and Boston People’s Climate Mobilization.

Rev. Mariama is very committed to engaging the faith community, and particularly Black church on climate change and ecological justice issues. She speaks throughout the country and serves on both local and national boards and committees like the New England Grassroots Environmental Fund, Clean Water Action and Green the Church. In addition to her work at Bethel AME Church, Rev. Mariama is also a fellow with the Green Justice Coalition, a collaborative of People-of-Color-led environmental groups.

DETAILED SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18: • 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. - Torah Study with Rabbi Zecher, Rabbi Jacobson, and Cantor Einhorn • 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - Plenary Session with Mitchell Thomashow: Wonder Reciprocity and Response: How Heschel’s Depth Theology Provides Guidance for Environmental Challenges • 12:15 - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch • 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. - Plenary Session with Reverend Mariama White Hammond of Bethel AME Church: Answering the Call - The Faith Response to the Ecological Crisis • 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. - First Block of Workshops: Singing for Our Lives: The Power of Prayer & Song in Climate Action (Rabbi Shoshana Friedman); Analysis of Hope (Harvey Michaels & Susan Israel); The Three R’s and How to Make them as Easy as ABC in Your Life (Sharon Bort); Heschel’s Aphorisms and What They Can Teach Us about Caring for the Earth (Mitchell Thomashow); Greening your Congregation or Business: A TI Case Study (Leon Glicksman & Dan Deutsch); Our Relationship to the Land (Leora Mallach) • 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. - Second Block of Workshops: Ask the Experts: Green Electricity, Electric/Hybrid Vehicles, LEDs, MASS SAVE Audits, Sea Level Rise, Solar Power, and More! (David Lowe, Andrew Klein, Sharon Bort, Harvey Michaels, Jen Bender); Communicating Climate to Bridge the Divide (Susan Israel); From Genocide to Ecocide: Learning from the Holocaust (Roger Gottlieb); Getting Unstuck: Using our Faith and Community to Move Past Despair (Rabbi Shoshana Friedman); How You Can Influence State and Federal Climate Change and Clean Energy Policies (Nancy Israel); Hands-On Art Workshop (Lisa Goren) • 4:45 - 5:30 p.m. - Snacks, followed by Havdalah led by Temple Israel Clergy

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 AT 10:00 A.M. Environmental Art Gallery. Explore the themes of the weekend through art and conversation. Featuring artists from our community and beyond, including Ellen Alt, Lisa Goren, Deborah Putnoi, and Ian Todreas.

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T I Gatherings: Small Group Connections and Learning In a community 1,400 families strong, it can be quite difficult to know one another’s names, much less to feel truly known by others in our community. From November to January, you are invited to dig into Temple Israel’s community through small group connection and learning. To bring us all together, all of the groups will gather for a special Havdalah. Stay tuned to ChaiLights for specific details and registration or visit our page on the Temple Israel website at www.tisrael.org/TIGatherings. To express interest or if you have an idea for a different group, please email Melissa Carp at MCarp@tisrael.org.

Groups include: Evening Minyan & Liturgy Snapshot Join for a prayerful gathering followed by a 20 minute deep dive into one particular piece of liturgy.

Led by Rabbi Gubitz in collaboration with Michael Kerstein.

TI Singers Join us to sing your heart out! Each session we will focus on a theme and a prayer to raise our voices together. All instruments and voices welcome. Consider joining us for evening minyan and learning beforehand, or just come to sing. Led by Rabbi Gubitz with special appearances from Cantor Einhorn.

Cooking & Memory A dash of this and a spoonful of that! Taste and smell bring us back to special moments in our lives. Gather to learn and prepare special recipes from TI members’ troves of taste. Share memories, enjoy conversation, and learn a few cooking tips. “Star chefs” include Susan Ebert, Helene Bailen, Phyllis Tobin, and more.

Processing Our Relationship With Israel Temple Israel is hosting numerous speakers and sessions focused on Israel throughout November and December, including an AIPAC event featuring Ambassador Daniel Shapiro on Sunday, November 12; an Israeli Stage performance of The Hearing on Monday, November 20; Nathan Englander’s Dinner at the Center of the Earth – the story of Prisoner Z Book Talk on Thursday, November 29; and Yad’b’Yad Hand in Hand Schools during Shabbat services on Friday, December 1. Attend these events as a group and gather for three processing sessions led by a professional facilitator as we explore our relationship to Israel and its modern complexities.

Living Judaism Are you new to Judaism, in process of conversion, or recently affirmed your commitment to Judaism? Gather together with others who are on this path to explore conversations on memory, identity, and authenticity.

Processing Privilege Explore questions of privilege through a Jewish lens. Geared to the Riverway Project community (20’s & 30’s) and meeting in Cambridge, this group will be led by Ben Poor.

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WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST* MEMBERS! Ayer, Massachusetts Aurora and Ashley Carruthers-Grey Boston, Massachusetts Jerry Schuster Laura Rosenfield and Gerald, Hannah, and Isaac Autler Jenna O’Neil and Michael Weiss Lucy Schulson and George Alba Tal Hartstein and Nathaniel Enos Adam and Michelle Eisenberg Olivia Grant Emily Olson Emily, Eric, and Anna Ruiz Andrew Yellis Pamela Abrahams Avital Ludomirsky Samuel Balto and Kayci Murray-Balto Alexandra Zaltman and Adam Kleinman Sarah Kaplan Lyndsay Whitehurst and Jared O’Connor Rebecca and Alexander Berger Michelle and Ryan Cassidy Scott Rosen Ruth Kagan Melisa Noriega and Daniel Granoff Rachel Jarnes Britany DiCicco Joseph and Nancy Gertner Nathaniel Silver and Elizabeth Trafton Mark Weinberg, Renee Foster, and Hershel Foster-Weinberg Adam and Gaby Goldstein Trisha and Adam Feldman Sarah Siegel Benjamin Gross Andrew and Alysa Arens Karolina Chorvath and Michael Ross Barbara Windett Chad Rosner Laura, Jonathan, and Oliver Ginnis Erin and Ryan West Ashley, Courtney, Avi, and Shay Baron Fontaine Michael Rosenstein and Erika Gorman Mary Lyn Stein and Jonathan and Benjamin Levy Laura and Reuben Fink Lisa Greenfield and Daniel and Julian van Ackere Tanya Elizabeth Seale Stacey Kramer and Lucas Kramer Dos Reis Barbara Frank, Michael Mazzello, and Alexandra Brighton, Massachusetts Aleksander Murshteyn Rachel Simon

Brookline, Massachusetts James and Ellen Perrin Alex Sheff Edin Randall Alexandra Slavet Marcy Bienen Beth Shuman Margarita and Gregory Lewinter Raquel Grosman and Chris and Jonas Costanza Eric and Kathryn Berger Stanley and Kay Lehman Schlozman Melissa and James Wright David Rothenhaus Benjain Freedman David Rothenhaus and Madison Rothenhaus Cambridge, Massachusetts Jessica Kahlenberg Aviva and Ross Benson Elissa Goldman Sarah Johnson Matthew Thoman David Manchester Samuel and Emma Adelman Daniele Turken and Charles Mackel Gabriel Chodorow-Reich and Abigail and Liam Fee Lindsay Funk Brenda Tobin Talia Putterman Laura Hawkins and David Severson Jamie Gaynes and Bryan Harsnett Robert Kagan and Susan Barron Eva Schlitz Charlestown, Massachusetts Anne, Michael, Harper, and Coco Scott Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Sandra Feibelmann and Craig DeLuccia Dallas, Texas Robin and Richard Margolin

Lowell, Massachusetts William Awad and Katie Boynton Medford, Massachusetts Maxwell Kaplan and Jamie Spiller Melrose, Massachusetts Marissa and David Rosenberg Milton, Massachuetts Steven, Natasha, and Nina Minsky New York, New York Linda Clark Newton Highlands, Massachusetts Suzanne Garb and Kenny and Theo Benet Newton, Massachusetts Lisa Weinman and John, Kate, and Adam Butts Thibaud Lelu Roxbury, Massachusetts Rachel Paster and David Kanabay Sharon, Massachusetts Lisa, Daniel, Eli, Sandy, Lily, and Willow Azrin Somerville, Massachusetts David Leitman David Cruikshank Mallory Bram and Clinton and Susannah Pong Waltham, Massachusetts Samantha Gordon Watertown, Massachusetts Mia Hyman and Ross Crowell West Roxbury, Massachusetts Andrea Kronman and Ken Perlman Weston, Massaschusetts Julie Reitter and Jordan Menzin Miriam Soybel

Framingham, Massachusetts David Metzendorf Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Hunter Willis Isaac Maxmen and Kaitlyn James Emily Herzfeld David Bor and Henrietta Barnes Sophie and John Krentzman Tamar Goldberg Jessica London-Rand and David, Layla, and Hazel Rand Seth, Nicole, and Eliezer Kroll

Winthrop, Massachusetts Eliana and Charles Southworth Woburn, Massachusetts Yankel Polak and Marie Ee *Join Date July 1, 2017 - October 10, 2017

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We often share stories of the innovative programming happening at Temple Israel. But, our community is more than a building. We are proud to offer many pathways into our community, and more than ever before we are working to reach people where they are, in heart and in body. Here is a sampling of where we’ve been in the last year.

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1. MA State House: Closing Blessing at the 9/11

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2. Boston Holocaust Memorial: Rededication Ceremony 3. Sharon, Massachusetts: Clergy officiating at Temple Israel funerals 4. Wakefield, Massachusetts: Service of

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Temple Israel Cemetery 5. The Great Room at Fanueil Hall: Rabbi Soffer delivered the invocation at a City Council meeting 6. Berkeley, California: Rabbi Soffer attended The T’ruah Rabbinic Call for Human Rights conference 7. Dorchester: Twenty Temple Israel congregants prepared for Sukkot with the Urban Farming Institute 8. South Bay: A multi-prayer vigil with 50 people of many faiths at the ICE Detention Center at the South Bay Correctional Facility

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9. Jamaica Plain: Forty Temple Israel congregants joined Bethel AME

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Church congregants for Sunday worship & Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Services 10. The Boston Common: The Riverway Project celebrated Shabbat in the Park with Romeo and Jewliet 11. Harvard Square: Riverway Project’s Shabbat in the ‘Bridge 12. Cambridge, MA: High Holy Days ‘Prep’Shop with Riverway Project at Mamaleh’s Delicatessen 13. Fenway Park: Jewish Heritage Night 14. Nashua River Rail Trail, New Hampshire: ShaBike Shalom Trip

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15. Nebraska City: The FJECC Preschool’s Helen Cohen attended a Nature Explore conference 16. Charles River: Temple Israel’s 50’s & 60’s Community Rowing Experience 17. Brookline, MA: 30’s/40’s Havdalah & Wine Tasting 18. Cape Cod, MA: Clergy Weekend & Fall Kallah 19. New York, New York: 8th Grade NYC Trip 20. Israel: 11th & 12th Grade Trip 21. Israel: Rabbi Zecher participated in the JCRC Interfaith Clergy Trip

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Today’s synagogues are rapidly changing and growing in new and exciting ways, and

yesterday’s approaches don’t always line up with the issues that we may face tomorrow.”

As Executive Director of Temple Israel, I get to see our shape. Our conference is starting with a session on difficult congregation from a very unique and specific vantage conversations led by Temple Israel member and founding point. I feel fortunate to be able to collaborate with our Director of the Leadership Development Institute, David amazing staff, my colleagues, and the members and Trietsch. We are then focusing on applying management lay leaders each and every day. Today’s synagogues are skills from the world of improvisational comedy as we rapidly changing and growing in new and exciting ways, explore the power of thinking with an open mindset and and yesterday’s approaches don’t layering ideas upon one another through always line up with the issues that collaboration. We are also bringing in we may face tomorrow. I have been speakers on adaptive leadership, security, part of the National Association inclusiveness, audacious hospitality, for Temple Administration (NATA) planned giving, and diversification of organization since starting with revenue. It is also our tradition to give Temple Israel in 2014. For 75 years back to the community that is hosting NATA has been bringing the field the conference, and this year we are of Executive Directors and Temple partnering with the Boston Rescue Administrators together through Mission. educational and networking opportunities. Temple Israel will Additionally, we are bringing in Dr. David th host the 75 NATA Banquet this Bryfman, a well-known Jewish Educator December. Over 200 people will who is helping us tackle the notion that Dan Deutsch, Executive Director be in attendance to celebrate the “what got us here won’t get us there.” Lastly, organization brings together the professional leadership of we will hear from Rabbi Jonah Pesner who will help us Reform congregations across the country. explore how we can confront the urgency of now, an important session during these challenging political times.

The theme of the conference this year is The Ever-Evolving Role of the Executive Director. As a co-chair for the Working on this conference has been a terrific experience.

Education Committee of the conference, I have put many I look forward to interacting with my peers as we explore hours into discovering what challenges lie ahead for our how we can accomplish our community goals. I am very congregations and assessing what gaps our leaders may excited to showcase Temple Israel and share our successes have as our Jewish landscape continues to take a different with the field.

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STUDY, HIKE, EAT, REPEAT: MARCH 1-11, 2018 FAQs for the trip of a lifetime to Israel WHO IS THE TOUR GUIDE? We don’t have just any tour guide; we have the premier educator, par excellence. Uri Feinberg lived in Boston with his family for three years and directed our Religious School. You will find him accessible, funny, engaging, wise, and a fabulous leader and teacher! This trip is designed as a group experience, and in particular, a Temple Israel experience. One of the explicit goals is that through shared experiences we will either create new relationships or enhance pre-existing ones.

WOULD IT BE OK IF I’VE NEVER BEEN TO ISRAEL BEFORE? The trip was not necessarily designed as a first time trip. We won’t be going to some of the sites people frequent the first time like Masada, Ein Gedi, Galilee. If you’d be disappointed that you didn’t get to see those sights, then possibly the trip is not the right one for you. On the other hand, if the study elements and exploring Jerusalem are of interest, then by all means join us. Also, there is the possibility to supplement the trip by arriving a few days early or staying a few days longer. That way you could visit some of these sites.

HOW MUCH WALKING WILL THERE REALLY BE? The trip was designed, in part, to connect the Israel and Jerusalem reflected in texts, ancient or contemporary, with the living breathing urban environment of Israel and Jerusalem today. Experiencing the spontaneity of the streets is a critical component of this trip. Walking and/or hiking will be a component every day. Most days will be a leisurely walk through a neighborhood in town. There are two hikes – quite different from each other. Neve Shalom to Latrun is a beautiful nature walk of about 4 kilometers. It is covered with trees and is listed as easy. Sataf Springs is a walk down a hill (the bus lets you off at the top and picks you up at the bottom). The hills are terraced and the walk is on a path that has steps. Of course, you could chose to stay on the bus and meet us at our destination if it’s too far.

HOW MUCH STUDY WILL THERE REALLY BE? Our time at the Hebrew Union College (HUC) and in and around Jerusalem engaged in text study is the complement to walking/hiking. In terms of class sessions, the mornings are set aside for study with HUC faculty. We will also have time to meet some of the upcoming rabbinic and cantorial students and share in some of their morning prayers/t’filah. We have a included fun session on Hebrew slang and colloquialisms as a window into Israeli culture. The campus is striking in its location, has a fascinating history, and is one of the loveliest buildings in Jerusalem. The trip is designed not only to engage us in study but also to engage us from the perspective of the progressive values of the Reform movement. We want to showcase the rich educational and intellectual resources within the Reform community, as well as HUC’s role as a voice for liberal progressive values in Israel. All levels of Hebrew are welcomed, including none.

WHAT DOES “LUNCH OR DINNER ON YOUR OWN” REALLY MEAN? There are so many wonderful choices that it will be challenging to decide! We will receive suggestions of where we can eat and we will try some of them out in smaller groups.

Rest assured that you will never be left alone (unless, of course it is your explicit choice) for a meal. You will be responsible for paying for your meal.

WHERE CAN I CHECK OUT THE ITINERARY? Go to ArzaWorld.com, type “Zecher” in the search bar, and then click on the name of our trip: “Study, Hike, Eat...Repeat! A Unique Temple Israel trip to Israel. Led by Rabbi Elaine Zecher and Chairs Marc Maxwell, Carol Michaels, and Mitchell Shames.”

I’M INTERESTED/I HAVE QUESTIONS! WHAT NEXT? Please email Rabbi Zecher’s Executive Coordinator, Rachel Daniels at rdaniels@tisrael.org to register or let us know of your interest. We look forward to experiencing Israel together with you!

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LIFE CYCLES

Please note: The birthdays and wedding anniversaries listed are celebrating milestones whose year ends in 0 or 5.

NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARIES 10 years Martin Broff & Freya Bernstein 15 years Jen & James Ziefert 20 years Christopher & Shari Noe 25 years Seth Kaplan & Elizabeth Stillman 30 years Dennis Doughty & Carol Rosenstock 35 years Beth & Gary Shuman 40 years Joel & Martha Pierce 45 years Leonard & Susan Goodman 50 years William & Barbara Trilling 65 years Saul & Cynthia Bauman

DECEMBER ANNIVERSARIES 5 years Paul Levy & Sarzana Mohamed 15 years Tara & Kevin West

30 years Robert & Sandra Marcus 40 years Macey & Lenore Miller

65 years Marvin & Joanne Grossman

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JANUARY ANNIVERSARIES 10 years Georgia & Jesse Feldman

25 years Thea Singer & Henry Santoro Howard Wishnie & Catherine Mitkus Alane Shanks & Jeremy Solomons 50 years Robert & Sally Roth

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS Eric Berger Carl Berke Mallory Bram Cody Carter Ruth Dean Peter Dreyfus Michelle Eisenberg Sofia Gertsberg Robert Goisman Perla Guralnik Tal Hartstein Ira Heffan Stephen Honig Jillian Kalen Don Lipsitt Bentsion Mankovskiy Aden Michaud Rhoda Palder Gary Pforzheimer Bette Phimister Frances Putnoi Caroline Reeves Bert Romm Sharon Schumack Lisa Smith Ellen Steinbaum Lisa Tovin Robert Weintraub

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS Sara Barcan Reid Benov Eric Berkson Beverlee Brooks Anne Chalmers Gabriel Chodorow-Reich Bette Cohen Zachary Cohen

Alexis Contant Alice Cutler Jonathan Davis Ruthanne Fuller Raymond Green Curt Greer Allison Hirsch Timothy James Michelle Kalowski Jack Kasten Elaine Klubock Heather Levy Bruce Lipschultz Debra Mandel Joseph Marglin Harvey Michaels Manja Miles Frederick Pritikin Erica Queen Charles Ribakoff Amy Richman Noel Rose Benjamin Rosenberg Harvey Rosenthal Adele Sheinfield Joan Shiffman Jane Shulman Sarah Smith Emily Tatelbaum David Trietsch Daniel van Ackere Mark Zeren

JANUARY BIRTHDAYS Isaac Adatto Cynthia Bauman Josh Beer Leah Berk Ashley Bernon Barbara Berns Arthur Blasberg Lucia Caetano Arthur Canter Sidney Davis Pratik Desai Ben Einsohn Roger Feingold Andy Goldfarb Tatyana Goldwyn Alan Gordon Jo Greystone

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LIFE CYCLES

Harry Grill Joan Hinrichs Edward Hofeller Linda Jacobson Linda Kaplan Lorna Kapusta Irina Lerner Steven Levitsky Brad Lichtenstein Benjamin Linas Michael Luckens Beth Monaco Mitchell Myers Tobey Oresman Rachel Paster Ariel Patterson Natania Remba Alan Robbins Andrew Rosen Molly Schmitt Alane Shanks Howard Spiller Brenda Tobin Jeanne Traxler John Triedman Melissa Wachterman Cheryl Warner Naomi Weinberg Karen Winn

• Theodore Jacob Sillman Lewis son of Kathy Sillman and Ray Lewis on December 9

• Charlotte Lindon grandmother of Sharon Sender and great-grandmother of Hannah and Caleb

JANUARY B’NEI MITZVAH

• Lawrence Marcus

OCTOBER B’NEI MITZVAH

• Dr. Laura Feldman mother of Erica Feldman-Bosch

(omitted from previous issue) • Isaac Allan Romanow Zelermyer son of Dan Romanow and Andrew Zelermyer on October 7

NOVEMBER B’NEI MITZVAH

• Beckett Tyler Kravetz son of Shawn and Jill Kravetz on November 4

• Maya Ezrela Remedi-Brown daughter of Fern and Ginny Remedi-Brown on January 20 • Ella Rebecca Goddess daughter of Scott and Kira Goddess on January 27

DECEMBER B’NEI MITZVAH

• Nathan Seth Wilderman son of Bea and Sam Wilderman on December 2

• Anna Kitt Minden mother of Sarah Minden • Rae Oxenhorn mother of Phyllis Tobin

RECENT DEATHS

• Judge Herbert Abrams husband of Joan Miller Abrams

• Cole Roland Paquette nephew of Yaakov Morse

• Sylvia Abrams mother of Elaine Abrams

• Dr. Eugene Rothenberg brother-in-law of Judy Rothenberg

• Peter Alfond brother of William Alfond

• Judith Rothenberg sister-in-law of Judy Rothenberg

• Judith Arond sister of David Arond

• Rabbi Marc Samuels father of David Samuels and grandfather of Rebecca and Benjamin

• Harold Cooper grandfather of Sara Berkson and great-grandfather of Noah and Eva • Maxine Elmont

• Madelyn Schreider • Marianne Schwartz mother of Ruthanne Fuller

• Janet Gold

• Robert Segel husband of Janice Sherman, father of Michael and Julia, and cousin of Jim Segel and Arthur Segel

• Col. Robert E. Golosov

• Claire Sherman

• Robert Grossman brother of Nancy Grossman and cousin of Kelly Starr Schein

• Barbara Shoolman

• Madeleine Beale Borovoy daughter of • Jerry Gottesman cousin of Joan Erin and Rick Borovoy on November Rachlin and Amy Richman 11 • Alexandra Jane Strand daughter of Sara and John Strand on November 25

• Clara Mark great-aunt of Rabbi Suzie Jacobson

• Betsy Hokana Short mother of Mike Short and grandmother of Sari and Zeke Frankl • Roger Solem father of Eric Solem and grandfather of Lucas, Zachary, and Sydney

• Arthur Lee father of David Lee • Doris Lewis

• Dr. Sanford Solomon father of Dan Solomon and grandfather of Elie, Anna, and Rachel

• Shirley Libby

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LIFE CYCLES

• Judith Weintraub mother of Robert Weintraub

• Cantors Roy Einhorn and Jodi Sufrin on the marriage of their daughter Jessica to Benjamin Samuel

• Linda Samuels on the birth of her granddaughter Alexandria June Samuels

• Glenda and Robert Fishman on the birth of their granddaughter, Esme Josephine Fishman

• Cheryl and Don Warner on the birth of their twin granddaughters Ruth Warner Breheney and Zadie Kovacs Breheney

• Alvin Yerkes

WE CONGRATULATE

• Anita Bender on the birth of her greatgrandson Declan Michael Bender • Eric and Ann Bookman Buehrens on the marriage of their daughter Emily to Kyle McCarthy • Gerald Davidson and Debra Kocar on the marriage of their daughter Rachel to Benjamin Tornatore • Jonathan and Margot Davis on the marriage of their son Stephen to Isabelle Rubin

• Jill Hahn on the engagement of her daughter Emma McAfee-Hahn to Allison Boudreau • David and Lisa Saunders Hartstein, parents, and Donald Saunders and Liv Ullmann, grandparents, on the engagement of Tal to Nate Enos • Jarrod and Jordana Shief Needle, parents, and Susan Shief, grandmother, on the birth of Eva Rose Shief Needle

• Kristin and Harlan Weber on the birth of their twins, Reva Jeannette and Hannah Louise • Suzy Yesley, mother, and Marlene Yesley, grandmother, on the engagement of Will Awad to Katie Boylston • Marlene Yesley, grandmother, and Suzy Yesley, aunt, on the engagement of Andrew Silberman to Cassie Purcell

YAHRZEITS

October 29 - November 4 Max H. Abrams Albert Adelson Dora S. Aronson Edward I. Bailen Herman Blum Howard Leon Borkow Jacob Bornstein Grace F. Burmon Celia Cohen Dr. Robert I. Diamond Violet H. Eisenberg Mary Elfman Samuel Elkins Commander Edward A. Ellis Esther Feer Joseph W. Forman Sadie Freedland Jennie Novogrod Glazer Manuel Godoff Nathan Max Goloboy Charles Benjamin Goloboy Bernard H. Goodrich Samuel Gordon Marion M. Green Herman Grollman William Knoble Grollman Elaine Knoble Grollman Bernard “Bud” Hodess Alice Goldman Howard

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Selma Kaplan Samuel Kingsdale Leon Knapp Mildred Koster Esther Kupinsky Gerda F. Lanes Edward William Levine Milton Lincoln Levy Faye Buchhalter Lewis Andrew Warren Lurie Bernard Marglin Herman Miller Werner Misselbeck Morris L. Morrison Abraham J. Ramler Ernest Arthur Raphael Ralph Reisman Allick Rozefsky Nina Alexander Saunders Benjamin D. Schwartz Irving R. Shapiro Norton Sherman Sumner A. Shore Lesley Silver Evelyn Silverstein Harold Silverstein James Alan Smith Elihu Smulow Herman Snyder Shirley Swartz

George Tack Ethel Tishler David Harold Warren Leo Wasserman Esther L. Weiner David Weinstein Augusta White Katharine L. Zintz

November 5 - 11

Paul Abramson Esther Bachrach Marion A. Bailen Deborah Moss Barron Ruth Markendorff Baylor Anne Vorenberg Becker Rosalie S. Borkow Libby Buchhalter Samuel Buxbaum Louis Abraham Charnow Abner Bernard Cohan Celia M. Cohen Harold Cohen Saul Julius Copellman Dr. Moses Joel Eisenberg Manuel M. Epstein Leon R. Eyges Sarah Greenberg Fechtor Daniel B. Feer Lillian S. Feinberg

Anna M. Feldberg Samuel Fireman Alexander M Fox Dr. Edward Frye Irene Sloane Gainsboro Estelle S. Gorin Reuben A. Grossman Rose B. Gryzmish William Hirsh Lizzie Homonoff Lily Horowitz Hyman Horwitz Benjamin M. Kulvin Laura Lappin Gallagher Joseph Mayer Levenson Jennie M. Lewis Deborah Lipp Rose Miller Lippman Pearl Loewenstein Mae D. Marder Milton W. Marks Benjamin N. Michaelson Charles H. Milender Arthur Abraham Milgroom Isabel M. Morse Stephen R. Morse Robert M. Moser Jennie Naigles Lawrence H. Oppenheim Frimy Rantzer Pechet

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YAHRZEITS

Dr. Herbert I. Posin Kim C. Rogal Esther E. Rome Richard L. Rosenthal Harriet T. Sachs Minnie Saltzberg Anne H. Sapers Shirley Brown Saunders Saul Seinfeld Paul Malcolm Sidel Frances Burstein Singer Sheila Dun Stein Rebecca Stern Alvan Franklin Traxler Harold Widett Joseph Worth

November 12 - 18

Jack E. Alexander Fred Abraham Berman Samuel Berson Arthur J. Burstein Jacob Burstein Julius Chopp Sumner J. Cooper Margit Klara Epstein Helen Filiurin Babette Haas Glen Marcia Goff James L. Gold Gertrude E. Goldstein Harriet Greenberg Ella A. Hirsh Harry Kane Joseph Kaplan Daveeda Susan Koss Anna D. Koss Alan Kraut Saul Kusmin Bertha Lerner Abraham London Ellis Marglin Edward Morrill Joan Rines Needleman Lillian Pearlstein Irving Rachlin Bernard Abraham Riemer Joan Zageir Rocamora Joseph Rosenblatt Ann F. Rosenblum Samuel D. Saxe David Saxe Sarah Schein Benjamin Herman Singer Edward A. Stiller Ferdinand Strauss II Rose Ulitsky Shirley Waldstein Ruth May Weiler Joseph Wekstein Harry Young

November 19 - 25

Florence M. Agoos Jeanne A. Beller Roslyn S. Berenberg Lillian Merson Berns Bessie Bertman Dr. Saul Biller Dr. Philip Bloom Samuel C. Clayton Jacques S. Corri May Mildred Cotton Sumner Charles Edelstein Rebecca Fine Ruth Ross Glen Mildred Rutberg Goldman Barnet Golick Harry Gossman Deana M. Gross Edith Weinstein Holtz Minnie Hecht Hyneman Helen L. Jaffe Ethel A. Kramer Morris Harry Krinsky Mollie Landfield Sarah F. Leavitt Ethel Agoos Levin Paul R. Levine Eliot Lifland Rhoda Lifland Randall Jay Margolis I. Otto Miller Daniel B. Rakov Gale L. Raphael William Reichert Phillip Reisman David Rines John Robinson Allan Romanow Edythe Ross Robert Sachs George I. Segal Ida Elizabeth Segal Etta F. Segal Dorothy Milgam Singer Morris Sleeper Florence Goldberg Sloane Simon Bernard Stein Frances R. Watchmaker Nicole Y. Weinberg Eva Kane Weiss Dora Ralby White Irving Winer Sara G. Wyner Elizabeth Wyzanski

November 26 - December 2 Anne Abrams Betsy Friedman Abrams Harry Altman Jennie Greenberg Baker Ira J. Banash Idalia M. Banash

Bessie Blum Rachel Johannes Burstein Dorothy R. Copellman Mason Ehrenfried Arthur J. Feinberg Rose Fienman Ruth G. Fish Harold Fox Dr. Gustave B. Fred Rose Gibbs Ida Glodt Gertrude Kate Goldberg Eugene Grace Milton L. Grahm Caroline Rose Isenberg Phillip S. Jackson Carl J. Kaffenburgh Abraham Kanter Dorothy Kaplowitz Jack W. Kaufman Louison Kazes Sophie Kessler Dr. Herman Kolton Ruth Freelander Kotlier Katherine Krensky Mildred Kressel Norman I. Krinsky Edward G. Krohne Mildred G. Krohne Wallace Krulewich Roger David Kurland Morris Litner Jack Isaac London Sarah Mainster J. Leonard Michelson Blanche L. Mock Thurman F. “Jack” Naylor Pearl B. Noble Shepard Saul Novick Bertram Allen Petkun Anna Holzman Pinkos Abraham C. Porter Terry Lee Porter Bernard Putnoi Harry B. Ramler Leila Warren Redstone Sidney P. Reinherz Joseph Rice Dorothy L. Richmond Jeanette E. Rosenbaum Joseph Saxe William M. Silverman Andrew E. Skoler Thelma Dorothy Tesler Solomon Ida Frances Somers Anne Starr Esther G. Sugarman Richard Weiler Charles Harry Weinreb Augusta White

December 3 - 9

Dr. Morton Bard Hyman C. Berkowitz Paul Bernat Eva L. Bloomberg Marcia Bujan Julian Cohen Eva Koploy Elbinger Myer W. Epstein Robert M. Feldman Murray R. Fine Joseph S. Finstein Trudy Friedman Ruth Gittelsohn Helen Zarling Gold Dexter David Gould Jacob Greenberg Frances Grossman Irving J. Helman Morey Hirsch Ruth Olga Hirsch Barbara Roberta Horwitz Sylvan Kahn Archie Kaplan Paul Alan Kaplan Charles Karp Samuel Kasanof Morris Kirsner, Esq. Gladys Klebanoff Dr. Joel A. Kraut Jacob J. Krokyn Marion M. Kurson Eleanor Kurson Betsy Lehman Maynard Leventhal Shirley R. Levy Cheryl Lieberman Frieda Lillian Miller Ilse Mundheim Moser Leonore D. Moss Helen M. Resnick Dr. Joseph C. Richmond Irving W. Rodman Charlotte Kulvin Salter Abram Salter Dorothy R. Schaffer Esther Landfield Schneider Dr. Arnold Segel Leo Isiah Shief Berril Shief Sarah Sholkin Irene Shulkin Edith M. Sieve Jacob S. Sieve Gertrude T. Spitz Annie Starensier Solomon Steinfeld Allan Tarshish Nancy W. Taub Sol Thim Efim S. Toochin Gisella Weiss

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YAHRZEITS

December 10 - 16

Louis Gessin Aserkoff Miriam Quint Bayard Arnold E. Bayer Max William Beck Hyman Bloom Leslie Buchbinder Samuel Burstein Florence Pohlmann Cofman Esta Cooper Myer L. Cutler Frank A. Feldman Irving Gashin Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn Natalie M. Gold George Warren Gold Celia Gordon Irene Gorman Edith F. Greenberg Alexander Grossman Mike Grossman Julia Zibbell Jolles Leo Kabatznick Jessie Mary Kane Barbara Bette Katz Isak Kazes Sarah Kisloff Robert David Kozol Norman B. Krim Paul Kupferstein Lois S. Lee Rachel Jane Lewis Rachel Lewis Barbara Mallin Malamut Abraham I. Michelson Emanuel E. Mock James R. Morse, Jr. Ida Marion Perkit Ruth Grass Petkun Bessie K. Rabinovitz Sylvia B. Righter Helen M. Rodman Rosalie B. Rosen Gertrude Burnce Rosen Beatrice Schulman Samuel Schwall William Silver Maurice M. Simon Diane Barrabee Smithline Walter Harris Solomon Eugene J. Steinberg Otto Stieber Maurice Ullian Harold Warshaw Sarah Wernick Esther Wilker Harry Winberg Jennie Wolf Virginia “Ginger” Wyler-Saunders

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December 17 - 23

Henrietta Altman Arthur Altschuler Leonard Baron Etta F. Barron Moses Berger Max Berner Mollie Botkin Harold Brown Julius J. Cohen Sarah R Copellman Frances L. De Jur Harry L. Drucker Marion R. Exiner Harold Fienman Abram B. Fox Minnie M. Fox Jennie Frank Rosanne Freeman Anna Alpert Gans George Gara Harold Sherman Goldberg Rose Goldman Edward Earle Gordon Joseph Grubinger Lila Heatter Jacob Housen Burton Jolles Stanley Samuel Kanter Marion Rubin Kaplan Philip Krensky Edward A. Laven Louise Ellis Levinson Eve R. Lewis Ellyn Sue Bonnie Lieberman David A. Loeb Morris Loitman Moses Lubets Irving Marder Rose Plow Margolis Edith G. Michaels Etta F. Miller Frank L. Mitnick Leo D. Moss Henry Harold Nadell Robert Needleman George Robbins Paul P. Ross Irving Matthew Saunders Stanley Charles Schaffer Immanuel Sherman Esther Silverstein Max Snyder Hervey Solar Robert Sperber Hattie S. Stern Clair Vindsberg Zina Wallace Thelma Akabas Weiss Emanuel White Harold Elliot Zarling

December 24 - 30

Muriel G. Abrams Adolph Bernard Alland Anna Bornstein Frances Chopp Walter E. Cohen Edith W. Cohen Selma Arlene Dolby Stanley Elmont Louis Faneuil David M. Feldman Delia Finkelstein Paul Fisher Scott Myles Franklin Dr. Robert Lloyd Garber Ida G. Glasser Israel Goldman Fanny Goldstein Harriet Wilinsky Goodman Mae Goverman Dolby Morris Gunner Julia Herbits William Herbits Winnie S. Jolles Abraham L. Kauffman Dr. Imre Kovacs Raymond Saul Kurtzman M.D. Doris Gile Laven Abraham S. Levensohn Samuel Myer Levin Betty Levine Sidney H. Litner Shirley Rhoda Lubell Sidney S. Maron Helen R. Mayer Joseph Isaac Mirkin Melissa Marantz Nealy E. Richard Nessen Lauren L. Olson Richard N. Pinksohn Morris J. Rabinovitz Sadie F. Riesman Harriet S. Robbins John Robbins Rogell A. Max Rosenberg Blanche Agoos Rosenthal Hyman Harold Rudofsky Richard William Sallinger Sarah Hoffman Scheff Zig Schmitt Morris Schultz Lillian Leondar Schultz Abraham D. Shain Alfred B. Sheinwald Lt. Col. Forrest W. Sheinwald Ely Silver Merle Levy Sleeper Marx David Slonim Mildred B. Solar Henry Joseph Stein Harry Strauss Dr. William B. Sweder

Rodger Tauman Fred Vorenberg Stanley S. White Lillian Kellner Winter George D. Wolfson Carol Ann Zalkind

December 31 - January 6 Jennie B. Allen Ruth M. Bakst Jeannette Berns Alexander Bloomberg Milton Bornstein Philip G. Bronstein Katherine Louise Cahners Etta Cohen Nathan David Carole Diamond Sarah Epstein Leonard Fine Morris Freedberg Ronald Gashin Robert Tobias Gilbert Melvin Gordon Ellis Gordon Gerald J. Holtz Morris J. Itkin Enid Rosen Jackson Elaine Rosenblatt Karnow Clarice Burack Katz Shirley P. Krasnoff Nathan G. Lyman Robert Martin Morrison George Moses Evelyn G. Neumann Jane Irene Pinanski Dr. Harold Israel Rogell Howard Rubin Robert Shapiro Barbara D. Levine Shapiro Arthur L. Sherin Leah Trugman Marjorie Weisberg Sarah Weiscopf Mabel N. Weiss Ida Helen Wunsch George Wyner Rose Bearse Zakon

January 7 - 13

James P. Barber Ruth Forrest Barkin Arnold Baskin Mary Berger Mynette Bresky Goldie Brown Andrew P. Cahners Annie Gerber Cohen Judge Hyman Copins Alvan Robert Corkin Bella Eskin David Louis Fine

Living Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact.

YAHRZEITS Beatrice B. Fine Emma Winter Frankfurter Earl Wallace Franklin Sadie Gale David S. Gesmer Louis Ginsburg Mollie Goodman Glazer Sarah Landerman Glunts Newell B. Goldberg Albert E. Gordon Minnie Greenberg Sadye Marian Grossman Mortimer C. Gryzmish Robert Gustin Alice Kanter Halpern Lewis Hecht Ernst Hollander Alfred R. Jaffe Sylvia Irma Kalish Janet Printz Kaplan Stephen Kardon Reuben J. Karlin Martha Kempner Rose Stone Klein Frank L. Kozol Jeanne M Lerman Dr. Philip Lerner Evelyn Richmond Levin Lillian Cohan Levin Edward Levine Emma G. LeVine Harold Jacob Lewis Ellen Ann Lewis Eleanor C. Litner Martin Mendelson Celia H. Meyer Louis Movitz Lillian Pinksohn Parker Anna Galpert Persky Viola Rottenberg Pinanski Bernice L. Brudno Posnick Adrienne L. Rubin Arthur B. Savel Joseph Schlager Leonard Shapiro Sylvia C. Shapiro Morris Shiffman Sally Reichert Shulman

Charles L. Silton Edith Bronstein Silverman Estelle Silverman Dr. Peretz Singer Anne H. Tannenholz Paul Mark Tuck Fanny Weiscopf Walter D. Wekstein Ruth Bolonsky Yesley Hannah Levin Zauderer

January 14 - 20

Dr. Jacob Applebaum Harry H. Aronson Charles W. Beller Ethel Bernstein Shirley Palais Braude Oscar Bresnick Audrey Brown Maxwell “Mac” Burstein Mildred Parker Cohen Robert David Dana Dorothy Delson David Ebert Robert C. Ellis Lois Wayner Endlar Annie Fine Dr. Judah Folkman Lottie Winberg Freifeld Harry H. Gilbert Bertram Gluck Harry Gold Samuel U. Goldberg Jerome Daniel Goodman Simeon L. Gordon Miriam Naigles Gorin Natalie Sabin Gottesman Estelle Lynch Gould Dorothy H. Green Ruth Pinanski Green Albert Mordecai Grossman Ida Guttentag Augusta Fish Hanauer Lawrence Kahme Peter J. Kaplan Samuel J. Katz Cynthia Altshuler Korb Rae G. Koster

Morris Kupferman Rena Allen Kupferstein Robert R. Kurson Dr. Simeon Landau Norman Lewis H. Richard Mades Mary Louisa Mades Dora S. Margolis Ruth S. Morse Anna Kibrik Narva Charlotte Mintz Novick Marjorie G. Rosenbaum Anna Rosenberg Phyllis Sackman Rita D. Segel Edythe Grossman Seigal Benjamin Soffer Dr. Adrian Solo Jessica R. Sondheim Alice Sperber Ruth L. Swig Stanley Sydney Arnold Jacob Tuck Charles Ulin Harold Wald Louis Weiner Gertrude K. Weiner Viola O. Weiss Hyman Wernick Robert B. White Marilyn Weinstein Zelermyer

January 21 - 27

Roberta Abbott Dr. Maurice I. Abrams Frances Levey Altshuler Florence Bornstein Eva Brezner Barnet Burstein Irving I. Calk Bessie Lansburgh Cohn Dr. Lewis R. Dretler William Einhorn Elizabeth Fox Falk Goldie I. Feinberg Melvin George Feins Abraham W. Fish Rhoda Frankl

Nancy H. Glazer Louis Goldstein Roberta Milender Goldwyn Rose Domas Gordon Harold Otis Gordon Moses J. Hirschfield Tillie Frank Kanter Emily Rogers Kaplan Arthur Klein Ralph I. Kohn Louis Krosner Stacy R. Malkin William Maxwell Max Mayer Minna B. Miller Myer Mineberg Max Morris Saul O. Nessen Gale Pasternack Morris L. Pincus Dorothy Rosenblatt Dora Rosenman Lester Irving Salmansohn Rose Gould Schacht Benson Hoffman Scheff Fred L. Scheiberg Dr. Herbert Schilder Charles H. Schneer Beatrice R. Shapiro Hirsh Sharf John Sherman Helen J. Singer Jacob Sperber Mildred Springer Ada Springer Seymour Stadfeld Max Sterman B. Patricia Gordon Stetson Nathaniel Stiller Eva Lebow Tolman Erna Wolfner Treichlinger Max Treichlinger Samuel Wallick Ethel Walper

CONTRIBUTIONS

CEMETERY ENDOWMENT FUND

CLERGY DISCRETIONARY FUND

Joan Abrams

Anonymous (4)

Tom Cohen and Margo Cohen • In memory of Ann Cohen

Anonymous • In memory of Marianne Schwartz

Alan and Cecily Morse • In honor of my sister, Ann Cohen

Anonymous • In memory of Judith Weintraub

Anonymous • In memory of Frances Stopler • With much appreciation for the participation of Rabbi Friedman and Cantor Einhorn on the marriage ceremony of Sarah and Michael • In memory of Arthur Lee, father of David Lee

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CONTRIBUTIONS

Bob Bechek and Elizabeth Freeman • With thanks to Rabbi Zecher for officiating our wedding ceremony Meryl Beckingham • In appreciation of Rabbi Elaine Zecher officiating the unveiling of Dennis Beckingham Marjorie Bloom • In loving memory of our beautiful daughter, Barbara Ranson Wendy Bronstein • In memory of my mother, Madelyn Schreider Herman and Judy Chernoff • In honor of Rabbi Elaine Zecher’s beautiful 70th anniversary greeting Joan and Ronald Curhan David Cutler and Mary Beth Landrum • In honor of Rabbi Elaine Zecher and Cantor Roy Einhorn officiating at Kate’s Bat Mitzvah Reni Ellis and David Slotnik • In honor and gratitude of Cantor Roy Einhorn officiating at our wedding Nancy Faneuil King • In loving memory of my mother Irene Grass Faneuil Daniel and Norma Frank • In loving memory of Sally Frank Kaplan Jerry and Betty Goldberg • In honor of the marriage of Jessica Einhorn to Ben Samuel Harriet Greenfield • In honor of Susan Ebert becoming a Bat Mitzvah Ellen Kaplan Kardon • In loving memory of my dear mother Ethel Bratt Kaplan, and in loving memory of my precious son, Michael Miller Sulkin • In loving memory of George I. Kaplan, my wonderful father

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Jesse Karlsberg and Lauren Bock • With thanks to Rabbi Zecher for blessing our family with such a heartfelt naming ceremony for Lucey Rose Chip Katcoff • In appreciation of Rabbi Jacobson for her officiation at the funeral of my mother, Eleanor Katcoff Chicki Lampert • In loving memory of Sidney Lampert on his yahrzeit Don Lipsitt • In appreciation of Rabbi Elaine Zecher and Rabbi Jen Gubitz for officiating at my wife Merna’s funeral The Malamut Family • In memory of Kenneth Schwartz Lev Meirowitz Nelson • In memory of Kenny Schwartz Sue Misselbeck • In honor of the wedding of Joanna Sandman and Anuj Khetattal, daughter of Nancy and Michael Sandman Stephen and Barbara Phillips • In loving memory of B.G. Phillips Daniel Romanow and Andrew Zelermyer • In honor of celebrating the birth of Evelyn Pearl Myers, granddaughter of Linda and Mitch Myers • In appreciation of Rabbi Elaine Zecher for teaching Isaac and participating in his Bar Mitzvah Diane Rose • In loving memory of my brother Tanny Marks • In loving memory of my father, Harry Marks on his yahrzeit Judi Ross Zuker • In loving memory of Richard Barry Ross Ramzi Sarkis and Catherine Frankl Sarkis • In loving memory of Spencer Frankl on his yahrzeit

Linda Schwabe • Thank you to Cantor Roy Einhorn and Rabbi Suzie Jacobson for the wonderful send off for Maxine Elmont Jonathan Shapira and Christina Dolce • With thanks to Rabbi Zecher for welcoming us to Temple Israel and supporting us through our major life events during the past year. We are proud to be members of the Temple Israel community The Sherman Family • In honor and appreciation for Rabbi Zecher officiating at the funeral of our mother, Claire B. Sherman James and Bess Soffer June and Susan Stayman • In appreciation of Cantor Roy Einhorn for officiating at the funeral of John Stayman Phyllis Tobin and Joan Forman • In appreciation of Rabbi Jen Gubitz officiating Rae Oxenhorn’s funeral and to all the clergy for their support • With thanks to Sue Misselbeck for all her love and support Myra and Douglas Vernon • In loving memory of Ruth Weisberg Robert Weintraub • In appreciation of Cantor Roy Einhorn for his officiation at my mother’s funeral David Weinstein • In honor of Chris Noe for his many years of dedicated service to Temple Israel Richard and Roslyn Woolfe • With thanks to Rabbi Zecher for officiating at Jane and David’s wedding

CHILDREN’S BOOKSHELF

George and Harriet Greenfield • In honor of Louise Loewenstein’s 75th birthday

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CONTRIBUTIONS

EDUCATION FUND

Myron and Sandra Belfer • In loving memory of Peter Belfer on his yahrzeit Amy Dollin Kaplowitz • In loving memory of Annette Fritz Dollin, on her yahrzeit

Judith Towvim Murad • In loving memory of Miriam Towvim Rhoada Wald • In memory of Anne Minden, mother of Sarah Minden

GEORGE AND SYLVIA DANE NATHANSON BOOKSHELF

Jodi Pink and Chris Dodd • A big thank you to Richard Hoffman and Lisa Gross

Marjorie Nathanson Keeler • In loving memory of George B. and Sylvia Dane Nathanson on their yahrzeits

Nancy and Ray Zibman • In loving memory of Sanford “Sandy” Solomon, father and grandfather to Mindy Berman, Dan Solomon, Anna, Rachel, and Ellie Solomon

MIKE AND MARILYN GROSSMAN CARING COMMUNITY FUND

ENDOWMENT FUND

Don Cornuet and Stephen Weiner Adam and Jeanie Gorlovsky Schepp David and Stacey Lee Arthur and Natalie Schatz Richard and Virginia Seegel David and Jamie Stolper Roger and Maryanne Tackeff Michael Zimman and Ellen Rovner

FRANCES JACOBSON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

Joseph and Florence Steinberg • In loving memory of Frances P. Steinberg Tony and Nancy Tauber • In memory of Martin Albin, father of Fran Cronin

H.M. KAROL MUSIC FUND

Leonard and Christine Bierbrier • In memory of our loving mother and grandmother Marie A. Coyne on her yahrzeit Phyllis Darman • In loving memory of my father, William Lebow, on his yahrzeit Marsha Goldberg • In honor of Dr. Fred Goldberg

Barbara and Fred Levy • In honor of Bob Wexler’s birthday

Ruth Gordon • In loving memory of my husband Hubert M. Gordon on his yahrzeit

Nancy Jacobson and Susan Jacobson Faigel • In memory of our mother, Frances Jacobson

Elsa Ramin • In loving memory of George and Ida Mae Kahn on their yahrzeits

GALE RAPHAEL TILLI FUND

JESSE SAUL FRIEDMAN RIVERWAY FUND

Daniel and Norma Frank • In loving memory of Harvey Chopp Adele Goldstein • In loving memory of Harry Aaron Cohen on his yahrzeit Nancy Raphael • In memory of Barbara Shoolman • In memory of Shirley Libby

Peggy Morrison

Michael and Nancy Sandman • In appreciation of and with love to Rabbi Friedman for our grateful thanks for sharing yet another Simcha with our family

Seymour Small and Joan Rachlin • In loving memory of Jesse Saul Friedman on his yahrzeit Sam Starobin and Ina Friedman Starobin • In loving memory of our grandson, Jesse Friedman

DR. ARNOLD L. SEGEL LIBRARY FUND

David Arond

Joanne Grossman • In loving memory of Dr. Harry Freeman on his yahrzeit Peggy Morrison • In memory of Robin Bookston on his yahrzeit Henry and Linda Okun • In loving memory of Luba Okun on her yahrzeit • In loving memory of my father, Louis Edward Morse, on his yahrzeit

LOUIS & SADIE GALE FUND

Rae Backer • In loving memory of Louis Gale, Morton Backer, and Anny Backer

MISHKAN HANEFESH PRAYER BOOK FUND

Carol Anderson • In memory of Clara M. and Harry J. Friedman

Herman and Judy Chernoff • In loving memory of Pauline and Max Chernoff Ellen Cohen • In honor of Ruth Koblenzer • In memory of Kenny Schwartz Fran, Dora, and Nick Cronin • In loving memory of Marvin S. Albin The Greenstein/Dutch Family • In loving memory of Eleanor Dutch • In loving memory of Mildred Greenstein Andy Goldfarb • In loving memory of Myra Yellin Outwater

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Adam, Jacob, and Jeanie GolovskySchepp • In loving memory of Judge Joshua Robinson and Dr. Aya Spektor Ben and Lesly Inker • In honor of Helen Cohen Helen Kolsky • In loving memory of Rachael Traub Roger and Lisa Krakoff • In loving memory of Robert L. Krakoff Judith Krulewitz • In loving memory of my grandmother, Rose Cohen Adele Sheinfield • In memory of the love of my life, my daughter Marcia Zoe Sheinfield Martin

Bernard and Nancy Berkman • In loving memory of our nephew, Eric J. Seegel Stuart and Dorothy Bless • In memory of Eric Seegel Michael and Sue Brown • In memory of Eric Seegel

Donald and Sandra Perrin

TEMPLE FUND

Lauren Cadish and Patrick Griffin Janet and Daniel Cobb • In loving memory of Eric J. Seegel, son of Ginny and Dick Seegel

Jonathan Benjamin • In loving memory of my mother, Jean K. Benjamin on her yahrzeit

Richard Endlar • In memory of Eric Seegel

Allan and Rhea Bufferd • In loving memory of Edith Reinstein Bufferd • In loving memory of Joseph Jacob Kot

Rebecca Fox • In memory of Eric Seegel Ruth Greenfield Favro and Amy Greenfield • In memory of Eric J. Seegel

Gabriella Strecker • In loving memory of Maggie Salvatore

Joseph and Lois Pines • In memory of Eric Seegel

Ellen Beth Suderow • In loving memory of Rhoda and David Weintraub

Benjamin Reichman and Alyssa Frank • In honor of Rabbi Jen Gubitz and the Riverway community

Jeanne Traxler and Robert Goisman • In loving memory of Isadore and Anna Traxler

Alberta Richmond • In memory of Eric Jason Seegel

Judith Schlager • In loving memory of Beatrice Poorvu on her yahrzeit

Ted and Dru Greenwood

Robert Bechek • In memory of Natalie Berez, mother of Steve Berez

Joseph and Florence Steinberg • In honor of my great-grandsons, Daniel and Charlie Moroze • In loving memory of Frances P. Steinberg • In honor and appreciation of Sue Misselbeck

PULPIT DECORATION FUND

Laurence Bailen and Jennifer Weber

Jillian Kalen Heather Levy and Shane Sigel

Joan Schuman • In memory of Eric Seegel Steve and Rosalie Snyder • In memory of Eric Seegel

Miriam Chernoff • In loving memory of Barry Lass and Ruth Small on their yahrzeits Sylvia Cooper • In loving memory of Gertrude B. Singer on her yahrzeit • In loving memory of Harry Singer on his yahrzeit Richard M. Dana • In loving memory of my wife Phyllis L. Dana and my parents Irene and Lester Dana, and my brothers Marshall and Edward Dana on their yahrzeits Clare L. Dana • In loving memory of Frances Goldman Dana on her yahrzeit Robert and Iris Fanger • In loving memory of Norman A. Mandel on his yahrzeit

REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT FUND

Michael Zack • In memory of Eric Seegel

Norman and Pamela Fine • In loving memory of J. Laurence Fine on his yahrzeit

Rabbi Bernard Mehlman

RABBI RONNE FRIEDMAN INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING FUND

Harris Footer • In loving memory of my mother, Virginia Footer

Boston City Singers, Inc.

Sam Plotkin and Daniela Jacobson

RIVERWAY PROJECT FUND

Michael and Linda Frieze David and Leslie Altman • In loving memory of Philip Frieze on • In honor of Richard L. Seegel’s 80th his yahrzeit birthday, with love from the Hartman, Altman, and Seegel children and Christopher George and Timothy Living Judaism together throughgrandchildren discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous James impact.

Phyllis Baker • In loving memory of my husband, Larry Baker on his yahrzeit

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Anonymous

CONTRIBUTIONS

Betty Goldberg • In loving memory of Stanley Rothenberg on his yahrzeit

Brian Knez • In loving memory of my father Nick Knez on his yahrzeit

Adele Goldstein • In loving memory of my husband Arnold Bentley Goldstein on his yahrzeit

Myra Kolton • In loving memory of my father Benjamin Gargill on his yahrzeit • In loving memory of my mother Edith Gargill on her yahrzeit

Pam Goodman • In loving memory of my mother Evelyn Goodman on her yahrzeit Louise Goren • In loving memory of my dear nephew Roy G. Sallen on his yahrzeit Marjorie Gorin • In loving memory of Harry Gorin on his yahrzeit Nancy Grossman • In loving memory of my mother Marilyn Silverston Grossman on her yahrzeit Tom Grossman • In loving memory of Joseph Marder on his yahrzeit • In loving memory of Myer Marder on his yahrzeit Anne Hershman • In loving memory of Joseph M. Greenberg on his yahrzeit Linda Hill • In honor of Elsie Bernaiche’s conversion David and Lori Jacobson • In loving memory of Dr. Gary L. Fisher on his yahrzeit Gary and Myra Janko • In loving memory of Frances P. Steinberg on her yahrzeit Patricia Reinherz Kaplan • In loving memory of Frank L. Reinherz, who died in the service of his country in 1942 Josephine Kivort • In loving memory of my father Meyer Harold Goldman on his yahrzeit

Susan G. Krinsky • In loving memory of my father Maurice Gans on his yahrzeit Mitchell Kroner • In loving memory of my aunt Evelyn Barlow on her yahrzeit Lori Laffel and Maxine Lotter • In loving memory of Irving Lotter on his yahrzeit Chicki Lampert • In loving memory of Sidney Lampert on his yahrzeit Frances Landau • In memory of my beloved husband Walter A. Landau on his yahrzeit Jonathan Lane • In loving memory of Dr. Herman Strauss on his yahrzeit Alfred Lanes • In loving memory of Frank Lanes on his yahrzeit Michael and Sara Lepie • In loving memory of Jeffrey Lepie on his yahrzeit Allyn and Judith Levy • In loving memory of my mother, Frances Michaelson on her yahrzeit Nancy Levy Konesky • In loving memory of Mack Greenberg on his yahrzeit Miriam Macht and Family • In loving memory of my father Irving Rosner on his yahrzeit Robert and Sandra Marcus • In loving memory of Bernard Kaplan

Joanne and Norman Matthews • In loving memory of Dr. Benjamin M. Banks on his yahrzeit and in honor of Gary Pforzheimer Mr. and Mrs. William Mendelson • In loving memory of Alan David Mendelson on his yahrzeit Carol Miller • In loving memory of Beatrice L. Miller on her yahrzeit Geoffrey Miller • In loving memory of Beatrice L. Miller on her yahrzeit Jane R. Moss • In loving memory of Fay Rotenberg on her yahrzeit Ed and Judith Murad • In loving memory of Naima Simha Murad on her yahrzeit Arnold Palder • In loving memory of Sidney M. Palder on his yahrzeit Donald and Sandra Perrin • In honor of the marriage of Stephen Davis and Isabelle Rubin, son of Margot and Jonathan Davis James and Melinda Rabb • In loving memory of Charlotte and Irving Rabb and Molly and Morris Alliker on their yahrzeits Robert and Phyllis Sage • In loving memory of Abraham Caplan on his yahrzeit • In loving memory of Mollie Sagansky on her yahrzeit James Schaye • In loving memory of Adele F. Schaye on her yahrzeit Doris Scheff • In loving memory of Samuel Pinanski on his yahrzeit Sue and Joel Sherman • In memory of Eleanor Katcoff

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Janice Sherman • In loving memory of Gerald Segel on his yahrzeit • In loving memory of my husband Robert Segel Nancy Sherr • With love and best wishes in honor of Ralph and Jean Aserkoff’s 50th wedding anniversary Paula and Marvin Silverberg • In memory of Col. Robert E. Golosov Samuel Singer • In loving memory of Selma Singer on her yahrzeit Lauri Slawsby • In loving memory of Gertrude Sherman on her yahrzeit Edward Sleeper • In loving memory and in honor of my sister, Ruth Adler Neil Smithline • In loving memory of Edna Grace on her yahrzeit

Sylvia Spelfogel • In loving memory of Benjamin Spelfogel on his yahrzeit

Helene and Sidney Wartel • In loving memory of David Wartel on his yahrzeit

Marcia Starensier • In loving memory of Melvin Starensier on his yahrzeit

Tom and Martha Werman • In loving memory of Lester Werman on his yahrzeit

Roberta Swerling • In loving memory of Daniel S. Swerling on his yahrzeit

Susan White • In loving memory of Sidney M. Palder on his yahrzeit

Arthur Torf • In loving memory of Lea Nataupsky Freedman

Robert Winograd and Roseli Weiss • In loving memory of Florence and Samuel Winograd on their yahrzeits

Rona Troderman-King • In memory of Rabbi Jacobson’s father, Kenneth Schwartz

Sally Wyner • In loving memory of Nancy Jean Brudno on her yahrzeit

David and Jessie Wallace • In loving memory of Dr. Jacob Wallace on his yahrzeit

The Rashi School • In honor of Aiden Hirsch’s Bar Mitzvah

Carl Warsowe • In loving memory of Alan and Jennie Warsowe on their yahrzeits

CONTRIBUTIONS: FRIENDS ANNUAL FUND (Donations Received 7/1/17-10/4/17)

Wisdom

Connection

William and Denise Finard

Marisa and Keith Kenney Alan and Cecily Morse Stanley and Carol Riemer Judi Ross Zuker and Edward Zuker • In loving memory of my mother, Fay Amgott Rotenberg

$20,000+

Understanding

$15,000-$19,999 Anonymous

Strength

$10,000-$14,999 Anonymous

Inspiration

$3,600-$4,999

Justin and Genevieve Wyner

Vision

$1,800-$3,599

Marc Maxwell David Savitz and Elisabeth Keller Leah Rosovsky

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$1,000-$1,799

Friends

Up to $999

David Banash Arthur Canter and Gary Brissette Robert and Emily Carroll Dan and Amy Deutsch Melissa Ellis Louise Freedman Christopher George and Timothy James Jack Kasten Merav Kaufman • In honor of Rabbi Gubitz and the

Riverway Project

Martha Koster Shawn and Jill Kravetz John and Louise Loewenstein Melanie Marcus and Christopher Leonard Adam Narva and Paula Martin Christopher and Shari Noe Robert and Elizabeth Pozen Robert and Sally Roth Edward and Claire Saxe Kenneth and Jaime Smoller Rabbi Matt and Nicole Soffer Joseph and Florence Steinberg E. Joseph and Carla Wasserman • In honor of the TI clergy and staff Erin and Ryan West Dan and Nancy White

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DECEMBER 2017 HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS For the full schedule of events, please visit www.tisrael.org/events or email tlaichter@tisrael.org for a hard copy.

Join us for

Torah study begins at

Qabbalat Shabbat

9:00 a.m. every Saturday with

every Friday at 6:00 p.m.

a short service followed by a lively discussion.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15: Tot Rock Shabbat, Shabbat

Weekday Minyan is at 6:15 p.m. every Monday - Thursday when Temple Israel is open.

Celebrate Chanukah together with Temple Israel!

Mishpachah, and a special New Member event!

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16

Chanukah Havdalah with Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg, Master Teacher of Jewish Meditation and Spirituality

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17

Chanukah 5778!

Dec 12.: 1 Candle Dec. 13: 2 Candles Dec. 14: 3 Candles Dec. 15: 4 Candles

FJECC Chanukah Party 3:00 -5:00 p.m.

Open to all FJECC and TI families with young children.

RSVP to preschooladmin@tisrael. org

Dec. 16: 5 Candles Dec. 17: 6 Candles Dec. 18: 7 Candles Dec. 19: 8 Candles

DECEMBER 25 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22 Congregational Potluck For details, contact Dekel Luban at dluban@tisrael.org

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31

New Year’s Eve

Temple Israel Closed

Chanukah Party at the Home of Frank Friedman & Sarah Kianovsky 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.

For details, contact Julie Unger at junger@tisrael.org 20’s & 30’s Neighborhood Chanukah Lighting with the Riverway Project 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

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JANUARY 2018

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS For the full schedule of events, please visit www.tisrael.org/events or email tlaichter@tisrael.org for a hard copy.

Join us for

Torah study begins at

Qabbalat Shabbat

9:00 a.m. every Saturday with

every Friday at 6:00 p.m.

a short service followed by

Weekday Minyan is at 6:15 p.m. every Monday - Thursday when Temple Israel is open.

a lively discussion.

MONDAY, JANUARY 1 NEW YEAR’S DAY

FRIDAY, JANUARY 5 Riverway Project 20’s & 30’s Neighborhood Shabbat

FRIDAY, JANUARY 5

Temple Israel closed

2018

Congregational Potluck For details, contact Dekel Luban at dluban@tisrael.org

MONDAY, JANUARY 8

Tikkun Lobby Day

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12

Shabbat Tzedek & MLK Weekend

SATURDAY, JANUARY 13 Racial Justice Torah Study

Join us for an inspirational Shabbat Tzedek, a Sabbath of Justice, to celebrate the values and life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We will welcome Chaplain Tina Chéry, founder, President, and CEO of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, along with the Boston Children’s Chorus, the Temple Israel Youth Choir, and students from Beacon Academy, and will have learning opportunities all weekend. More details to come.

MONDAY, JANUARY 15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Temple Israel Closed

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 6 Grade Torah Program th

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 16 Riverway Café

JANUARY 31

Tu Bish’Vat

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 Riverway Project’s

Shabbat in the ‘Bridge for 20’s & 30’s

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FEBRUARY 2018

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS For the full schedule of events, please visit www.tisrael.org/events or email tlaichter@tisrael.org for a hard copy.

Weekday Minyan is at

Join us for

Torah study begins at

Qabbalat Shabbat

9:00 a.m. every Saturday with

every Friday at 6:00 p.m.

a short service followed by

6:15 p.m. every Monday - Thursday when Temple Israel is open.

a lively discussion.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4

FEBRUARY 2 - 4

French Film: Hiroshima

8th Grade Trip to NYC

with Temple Israel’s 50’s & 60’s

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9

FEBRUARY 9 - 11

Riverway Project’s Soul Food Friday for 20’s & 30’s

Shabbat Mishpachah

RYFTI at L’Taken in Washington, D.C.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Riverway Café

FRIDAY, FEBURARY 23

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Presidents’ Day Temple Israel Closed

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Riverway Project’s Neighborhood Shabbat for 20’s & 30’s

Expectant Parents’ Brunch

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Last Tuesday Book Group For more information, contact Ann Abrams at aabrams@tisrael.org

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

PURIM!

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SAVE THE DATE January 12-15, 2018 Shabbat Tzedek and MLK Weekend with Chaplain Tina Chéry, founder, President, and CEO of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Join us for an inspirational Shabbat Tzedek, a Sabbath of Justice, to celebrate the values and life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We will welcome the Boston Children’s Chorus, the Temple Israel Youth Choir, and students from Beacon Academy, and will have learning opportunities all weekend. More details to come.

Living Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact.