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DENISE AHNER Director of Finance and Administration Denise was born and raised in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, and moved to Allentown 30 years ago. She has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Southern New Hampshire University. Denise is the mother of twin boys, who both graduated from Penn State. One is attending Temple Law. When she is not at work she enjoys traveling. You can contact Denise at 610-8215500, ext. 324, or controller@jflv.org.
Julia joined the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley team as the director of gift planning and EITC in November 2021. Prior to coming on board, Julia had been involved in the nonprofit world of animal welfare, working for such agencies as the ASPCA, Animal Care and Control Team of Phila delphia, and Animal Care Centers of New York City. She oversaw volunteer programs, built and led departments serving the community, and helped to bridge the gap between community needs and organizational knowledge and resources. Julia has a special interest in practicing empa thetic community engagement and has worked to implement programs and approaches to meet the needs of every community she has served. While this is Julia’s first profes sional role within the Jewish com munity, she has long-standing roots from growing up in the Cleveland Jewish community. From tutoring students for bnai mitzvah, participat ing in National Bible Contest, reading Torah and Megillah from a young
JERI ZIMMERMAN Executive Director Jeri Zimmerman became the execu tive director of the Federation in 2019 after serving as assistant and then interim executive director since 2016. For 12 years prior, Jeri was the director of the Center for Israel and Overseas at the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, where she provided coordination and leadership for funding and fundraising related to that Federation’s Israel and overseas agenda. As the founding director of that department, she led efforts to de velop initiatives to strengthen relation ships between synagogues, schools and agencies with the Federation’s overseas projects. She provided liaison services for donors interested in fund ing specific overseas projects and was instrumental in the creation of the Philadelphia Jewish Federation’s ini tiative Israel360, an intensive program linking young adults to Israel. Her extensive Jewish community experience also includes seven years as the Philadelphia regional director of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, and 10 years as the executive director of the United Jewish Appeal/Federa tion of Princeton, New Jersey. In both those positions she directed fundrais ing efforts, missions to Israel and special event programming. At the Princeton UJA/Federation, Jeri was instrumental in growing the annual campaign, strengthening the local agency service delivery system and leading the strategic efforts to merge two Jewish Federations, creating the Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks in 1996. A graduate of Temple University, Zimmerman also holds a master of education in community counseling from Lehigh University. And Jeri has another Lehigh Valley connec tion: her grandchildren, Liav and Maya, and their parents, Dr. Elliot and Chelsea Busch, live in Allen town. Zimmerman and her husband are also the parents of Michael, his wife Carly, Zach, Shai and Gadi, and grandparents of Norah. You can reach Jeri at 610-8215500, ext. 2, or jeri@jflv.org.
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Aaron Gorodzinsky was named director of campaign and security planning at the Federation after serv ing as the director of outreach and community relations for six years. In that time, while managing the community relations council, Aaron quickly became the community’s goto person on all things security. He maintains that role in addition to his new responsibilities, which include taking the lead on the Annual Cam paign for Jewish Needs. Aaron has already worked on the campaign for many years, running Super Sunday and phone-a-thons as well as serving as the liaison to the Easton Jewish community. He will expand these responsibilities to include the Mai monides Society and Men’s Division. He will also remain the community’s liaison to our Partnership2Gether community in Israel, Yoav. Aaron received his master’s degree from the School of Jewish Non profit Management at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. While working on his master’s, Aaron had the opportunity to intern with the development department at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, and was the speakers bureau coordinator with the AntiDefamation League.
Born and raised in Mexico City, Aaron moved to Winnipeg, Canada, to pursue a bachelor's degree in po litical science and conflict resolutions studies. While in school, he was very involved with Hillel and other Jewish organizations on campus, where he discovered his passion for Jewish communal work. After graduation, he moved to Jerusalem to work as the Spanish fellow for the Israel Project. When he is not working, Aaron enjoys watching sports and running. You can reach Aaron at 610-8215500, ext. 337, or aaron@jflv.org.
JULIA UMANSKY Director of Gift Planning and EITC
JERI AARON GORODZINSKY DENISE AHNER JULIA UMANSKY LEE SOLOMON
Complete with some new faces, the Federation staff is ready for the new year!
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AARON GORODZINSKY Director of Campaign and Security Planning
CARL ZEBROWSKI Editor of Hakol and Copywriter Carl is the editor of Hakol, the Fed eration’s monthly newspaper. As edi tor, he chooses the articles that help keep the community informed and prepares those articles for publication on paper and on screen. As you might guess from the photo, Carl is Penn State grad who joined the Federation after serving as the editor of America in WWII and managing editor of Civil War Times, both nationally circulated magazines where he wrote articles about busi ness, politics, pop culture, music, and other topics. He also copy edits books and journals on humanities subjects for academic presses. In his free time, he plays piano. He’s also on the board of the Naza reth Center for the Arts and handles the email marketing. You can contact Carl at 610-8215500, ext. 326, or carl@jflv.org.
age, and participating in her syna gogue’s youth choir, Julia has shaped her desire to reinvest herself now in building and growing the Jewish community around her as an adult. A graduate of Boston University, Julian holds a bachelor of arts in biol ogy with a focus on animal behavior and vertebrate zoology. Julia and her husband, Jonathan Markson, recently moved from Brooklyn to the Lehigh Valley with their dog and three cats to be closer to Jonathan’s family and set up roots in his hometown of Al lentown.Inher spare time, Julia enjoys researching Jewish myth and mysti cism, exploring nature, and creating acrylic and resin works of art. You can reach Julia at 610-8215500, ext. 331, or julia@jflv.org.
DIANE MCKEE Account Representative Diane McKee grew up in an entrepre neurial environment and developed a love of marketing. She has extensive hands-on experience in marketing and sales in multiple industries, including as financial services, multimedia, web development, retail goods and services, as well as in business-to-business sales and busi ness/marketing consulting. At the end of 2002 she joined the Federation as advertising sales representative for HAKOL. She was instrumental in developing the adver tising program from its infancy. Her role has since expanded to include sponsorships for the agency. Diane seeks out and introduces
WENDY EDWARDS Office Manager and Pomegranate Administrator Wendy Edwards has worked at the Federation since October 2004, han dling special events for the Women’s Division, the Maimonides Society, the Young Adult Division and the An nual Campaign for Jewish Needs. She currently serves as office manager and oversees the Pomegranate Pin Program.Wendy is originally from Westchester County, New York. She moved to Pennsylvania and lives in Bethlehem with her two sons. Prior to moving here, she worked for IBM as an executive assistant for eight years. She also worked for two years at the Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale as an office manager. You can reach Wendy at 610-8215500, ext. 322, or wendy@jflv.org.
During my free time I love to meet up with friends and travel to new places, so please feel free to reach out and share any recommendations! You can reach Lee at 610-8215500, ext. 328, or lee@jflv.org.
BAYLEY CARL Digital Media Coordinator Bayley Carl joined the marketing team at the Federation in December of 2019. She produces videos, writes for HAKOL, and helps to plan and execute events. She graduated from Temple Uni versity in 2018 with a degree in jour nalism. Prior to attending Temple, she attended an arts conservatory in Philadelphia, where she stud ied acting, and excelled at comedy and stand-up. She has an extensive theater background, thanks to the incredible education she got at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts. It was when she studied theater that Bayley took an interest in learn ing as much as she could about the human experience as a whole. It became clear to her that she wanted to learn as much as she could about everyone different from her, and to help those who needed it. During college, she studied abroad in London, where she had her first internship in marketing and graphic design. Once she graduated and returned home, she started work ing for Agassi Art, where she gained valuable work experience that no doubt set her up for success in the job she has Younow.canreach Bayley at 610-8215500, ext. 333, or bayley@jflv.org.
NEW YEAR 5783 | HAKOL LEHIGH VALLEY | SEPTEMBER 2022 3 The Federation Continues on page 4 WENDY EDWARDS CHARLENE RIEGGER CARL ZEBROWSKI BAYLEY CARL DIANE MCKEE
LEE SOLOMON Associate Director of Development I am very happy and excited to become a part of the Lehigh Valley community and hope to create strong and meaningful relationships. For the past three years I was a community shlicha (emissary) at TanenbaumCHAT high school (the largest Jewish high school in North America) in Toronto, Canada. My role was Israel engagement student activities coordinator. During this time, I was in charge of planning and producing Israeli- and Jewish-themed activities and events for the school community, including for staff and families of the students. In addition, I recruited volunteers for various programs and planned fundraisers for the community. I was born in Israel and grew up in a moshav (small agriculture town) called Bnei Zion in the center of Israel. I have a master's degree in organizational development and con sulting from Bar Ilan University, and a bachelor’s degree in special educa tion and arts from Tel-Hai College. Prior to my studies, I served in the Israel Defense Force as a shooting instructor for two years and loved the experience of teaching and learning new skills from my peers.
CHARLENE RIEGGER Director of Marketing Charlene just started as the new di rector of marketing for the Federation in August 2022. She is responsible for managing the marketing department, for advertisement and newspaper design for HAKOL, and for creating other marketing collateral, including invitations, flyers, postcards and the Federation’s annual report. Charlene has an extensive marketing background in the in ternet industry and manufacturing environments. She brings over 20 years of marketing experience to the Federation.Charlene holds a bachelor of arts in communication studies from East Stroudsburg University. She is a Lehigh Valley native, having grown up in the Saucon Valley area. In her spare time, Charlene enjoys spending time with her teenage son and her three cats, playing badmin ton, reading, binge-watching shows and eating cookies. You can contact Charlene at 610-821-5500, ext. 330, or charlene@ jflv.org.
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GINGER HORSFORD Donor Services Associate Ginger is the first face you’ll see when you come into the Federation office. New to the Federation in 2019, she offers seasoned experience in customer service and support. A transplant from New Jersey, Ginger moved to the Lehigh Valley over 25 years ago and raised her two boys here. When not working, she en
joys spending time with friends and family, at the shore, outdoors and shopping. She lives in Allentown. You can reach Ginger at 610-8215500, ext. 320, or ginger@jflv.org.
In her free time, Abby is an avid runner, attends a boatload of exercise classes at the Jewish Com munity Center, reads, plays Words with Friends and generally orga nizes every aspect of her husband’s and kids’ lives! She is also a fantastic cook and loves to travel. You can reach Abby at 610-8215500, ext. 321, or abbyt@jflv.org.
organizations and businesses to HAKOL and to the Federation. She helps potential advertisers and spon sors determine how the Federation can best enhance their sales, market ing and/or public relations efforts. Diane interfaces between advertisers and sponsors and the creative team at the Federation, assisting in the development of effective print ads and sponsorship recognition. You can reach Diane at 610-8215500, ext. 323, or hakolads@jflv.org.
Having attended Jewish camps and day school and university, and continued education through individual study with cantors and rabbis and through chavruta, Shari, who serves as the coordinator of ritual and service at Temple Beth El, strives to learn more about Jewish ritual and life, and is eager to share knowledge with others. Whether through adult education, bnai mitzvah training, or family or child education, Shari finds great joy in bringing the experience of Jewish life to Youothers.canreach Shari at 610-8215500, ext. 334, or hrc@jflv.org.
4 SEPTEMBER 2022 | HAKOL LEHIGH VALLEY | NEW YEAR 5783 TBE Sisterhood Gift Shop Date: Sunday, September 18, 2022 Time: 9 a.m. 12 o’clock noon Deals and steals! Gifts for any occasion!
SHARI SPARK Holocaust Resource Center Coordinator Born in Texas and reared in Nash ville, Tennessee, Shari considers herself a Jewish girl from the South, even after having lived in the Lehigh Valley nearly 20 years.
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EYNAV DAHAN Community Shlicha Eynav Dahan is very happy and ex cited to start this new journey now as a shlicha in the Lehigh Valley community. Her first time abroad was when she was 15 years old, with a delegation to Pittsburgh through the Jewish Agency for Israel and Parternership2Gether with my home city, Karmiel. Ever since then, she took part in as many delegations and activities with Jewish communi ties abroad as she could, and always looked forward to the right time for her to become a long-term shlicha. As a teenager she was a youth counselor in training (madatz) and was always drawn to the educa tional world. She studied film and was a producer in the filming unit of the Education and Youth Corps in the Israeli army. After that she was a substitute teacher in elementary schools in Karmiel, and then she took a trip to Africa and stayed there in Zambia for three years. She is looking forward to getting to know everyone and showing you her version of Israel. You can contact Eynav at 610821-5500, ext. 320, or eynav@jflv.org.
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Currently, Abby is a program co ordinator for the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, administer ing Shalom Baby, Give a Mitzvah/ Do a Mitzvah, VISIT Israel Savings Partnership and PJ Library.
ABBY TRACHTMAN Project Coordinator Abby Trachtman has been a member of the Lehigh Valley community since 1992. The third of four sisters, she was raised in Oceanside, New York. She has a bachelor’s degree in architecture from New York Institute of Technology, but left the field after working for several years to raise her family. She has three children with her husband, Mark. Abby is a member of Temple Shirat Shalom, where she is on sev eral committees. She has served on the board of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Jewish Community Center in multiple positions, including president. Recently Abby served five years on the board of the Jewish Community Center and in the past has served on the board of trustees at Congregation Keneseth Israel.
By Nurit Galon Partnership2Gether
On September 25, 2022, the Jew ish people will celebrate Rosh Hashana, the beginning of the Jewish new Althoughyear.there are many different customs, basically this is an opportunity for taking a good look at our world, our community, our families and, of course, ourselves. Each one of us is called upon to make our own personal balance sheet and, no less important, to plan out the coming year. We may do this in our synagogues, or maybe via Zoom and the like. We may do it through discus sion groups. The important thing is being aware that we are being given the opportunity to take a good look at our past year and whether we did anything to improve it. 2022 has not been an easy year. COVID-19 is still very much with us, part of the globe is involved in war, political un certainties threaten stability in too many countries, ecological crises loom over us, and yet all is not doom and gloom. Positive actions and events are happening, and a closer look at our own Lehigh Valley-Yoav partnership gives us pride in this past year and our communi ties’ responses to the growing needs of the world, and not only our Jewish world. Our prompt actions to help in Ukraine demonstrate that the terrible lessons of the Holocaust have been learned — Jews wherever they are in trouble know that their national homeland and country will not abandon them, or others in distress. Hakol is filled with stories about helping wherever the need arises. In Yoav, this is a special an niversary year. The blowing of the shofar heralds not only the start of the Jewish new year but, for Yoav, also our 70th anniver sary — and it will be celebrated accordingly! Music, music ev erywhere, with the main event taking place in the amphitheater of Kibbutz Beit Gubrin. Triath lons, hikes, cooking festivals, symposia, the new Momentum visit-to-Israel program, school activities, the continuing devel opment of Yoav’s Y Industrial Park.If we have one wish, it is that more of our friends from the Lehigh Valley could be with us. We have no doubt that the coming year will not be easy. Economic, political and military crises do not just vanish. But we do draw much strength from that of the Jewish people, and in particular from our Partnership 2Gether family in the Lehigh Valley. We hope that Hakol will be filled with happy announce ments throughout the coming year. Our New Year resolution is that we should see more of each other, and continue to be involved in and contribute to the world around us. Shanah tovah!
NEW YEAR 5783 | HAKOL LEHIGH VALLEY | SEPTEMBER 2022 5 PARTNERSHIP2GETHER UPDATE FROM YOAV A time to reflect and, for Yoav, to celebrate its 70th anniversary!
These days constitute our great meeting with the best of ourselves and God. We devote this season, which culminates with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, to powerful themes whose resonance, we hope, remains with us throughout the year. Rosh Hashanah, which tradition teaches is the birthday of the year, focuses on teshuvah, literally return, though we often use the word “repen tance.” Lying behind teshuvah rests the notion that we frail, broken creatures experience a moral and spiritual drift over the course of the year. We grow distant from our fellow creatures, from ourselves and from God. We do bad things, for that’s what it’s in the nature of humans to do. Rosh Hashanah comes to remind us that we ought to set aside a moment to straighten our path, and guides us to return to our fellow human beings, to ourselves and to God. This we do through prayer and through action. We engage in the difficult activity of rec ognition of our sins and through the even more difficult work of reconciliation. Yom Kippur completes the efforts begun through Rosh Hashanah. As I never tire of point ing out, the word atonement is an intentional con flation of at-one-ment. Applied to Yom Kippur, I understand it as the idea that the person who sits in the sanctuary and engages in the fast, the liturgy and the Torah study of the day can experi ence a profound sense of wholeness and peace with herself, with her community and with God. As I leave the bima after Neilah, the final ser vice of Yom Kippur, I always, and I mean always, experience a sense that I have helped my com munity through a meaningful day so completely different from anything else during the year — a day set aside for deepest introspection. We know many of the traditions that come with these days. Apples and honey, round chal lah, Tashlich, fish heads in the Sephardic tradi tion, a world of prayers unique to these days — especially the haunting Kol Nidre that begins Yom Kippur. Kol Nidre’s words pale in meaning when compared to the entire mood that its chant before the open ark provokes in us. We wish one another a sweet year on Rosh Hashanah. On Yom Kippur we wish each other a “good seal.” To my understanding, the latter begins with a superstition and ends with a stark acknowledgment. The superstition lies with the prayer attributed to Rabbi Amnon of Mayence (11th century), Unataneh Tokef. Rabbi Mayence, the tradition claims, uttered it under terrible duress. “Who shall live and who shall die?” the prayer asks in wonderful poetic Hebrew. It ends by saying, “Repentance, prayer and acts of justice will avert the decree.” I am not one to believe that our fates are sealed for the next year dependent upon our comport ment throughout the High Holy Days. I am fairly certain that God is not sitting before a MacBook Pro with an extra large hard drive marking our fates as the day ends. Still, in the recitation of the poet’s words, I do take away two important mes sages. The first is the recognition that our lives, as predictable as they may seem in the day to day, are fragile things. We might wish that the con figuration of our existence would remain consis tent always, every day from sunup to sundown. But our experience teaches otherwise. We know that from one Yom Kippur to the next, something will happen. Someone we know will see a doctor for what he assumes is a minor ailment and walk out with a diagnosis of cancer. A pregnancy that brought the promise of a new life will miscarry. Things happen, this somber reading teaches us. And we have to be prepared to act. And the way we act is the determinative thing. The second is the recognition that we have some control over the world. We can build a world of kindness, of hesed, of love, mercy and justice, or we can let ourselves be engulfed by the chaos just waiting for us to fall into. The High Holy Days teach us that it is imperative that we avoid the chaos and build a world of lasting meaning, a world where we do our best to take care of one another as we hope others will care for us when we need it. And that’s a good way to think of Rosh Hasha nah and Yom Kippur: Once again we celebrate the birthday of the world by reaffirming our commit ment to build a community of meaning worthy of our ancient tradition.
Why are the Jewish holidays never on time?
RABBI MELODY DAVIS Temple Covenant of Peace
In case you haven't noticed, the High Holy Days are late thisAskyear.any Jew: the holy days are either early or late; they’re never on time. And if you don't consult a luach (Jewish cal endar), you’ve got a problem. (One of the best free calendars online is Hebcal, www.Hebcal.com. It not only provides today's date, but also has all the holidays, the weekly Torah portion and a date converter.)
Because the Hebrew calendar is a complex mix ture of solar and lunar calendar. This system was devised so that our holidays occur in their proper seasons: Passover must be in the spring, and Sukkot must be in the fall. Our rabbis determined that if Chag HaAviv — the Holiday of Spring (Passover) — did, indeed, occur in the spring, and Chag Ha’asif — the Holiday of Gathering (Suk kot) — occurred in autumn, the rest of the holi days would be “on time.”
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar preva lent in the Christian world today. It was intro duced in October 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII. It’s a modification of the Julian calendar, reducing the average year from 365.25 days to 365.2425 days.
RABBI PHIL COHEN Congregation Keneseth Israel
So we Jews straddle two time frames. As a science fiction aficionado, I feel sometimes as if I live in a parallel universe — especially during the holy days. It feels odd to be immersed in celebra tion, community and prayer when the rest of the world continues as usual, but that is what we do. When you look into your heart as the new year starts, may you discover a new sense of possibil ity, a new belief in the gifts you have to share and a renewed commitment to your faith and your dreams.
RABBI MARJORIE BERMAN Temple Israel of Lehighton The other day, I called over to my pharmacy to see whether my pre scription was ready. The andclosedtheannouncedvoicemailthatpharmacywasforlunchwouldreturn at the end of the hour. I was amazed. Who closes for lunch anymore? Certainly not a pharmacy! When I was young, many places closed for lunch. And where I lived, many businesses were closed on Sunday. On public holidays, everything was closed. And after 5 p.m., you could not reach a work number. Many individuals certainly brought work home, but it wasn’t the norm except in certain professions, and there were no cell phones or emails to answer far into the Increasingly,night. our world has become more and more geared toward production, and humans are a part of that machine. As the pace of that produc tion increases, the balance of our lives, our social structures and our planet itself are eroding. During the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, we usually focus on teshuvah (turning or return ing). But there is another aspect that I think we need to pay attention to now. Yom Kippur is also known as Shabbat Shabbaton, the Sabbath of Sab baths. This High Holidays, we need to remember the value of slowing down, of rest. When this new year begins, we will have come to the end of a shmita year, a year in which we are commanded to let the ground lie fallow. But most have not observed that law. Many struggle to take a real break on Shabbat, and to allow for rejuvenation. And as we begin to emerge from the trauma of a worldwide pandemic, much of the world has not taken the time to recover and re flect. But my pharmacy has. The people who work there have been under too much stress for the last two years. So they brought back the lunch hour. Rest allows things to come back into balance, whether for an individual body and mind or for the land. It allows time for observation, reflection, freedom and joy. Where there has been wound ing, it allows the body to heal. Where there has been trauma, it allows the spirit to repair itself. Most of all, slowing down reminds us of who we are. Without rest, there is no way to do teshuvah, because we can’t return toward our holiest selves if we no longer remember who we are! This Yamim Noraim may you find a way to slow down, not just for these Days of Awe, but in your life. May these days bring you into greater balance, for the sake of your soul, for the sake of those you hold dear, for the sake of all Israel and for the sake of the world.
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The Jewish calendar is lunisolar, based on lunar months of 29 days alternating with 30 days. One solar year lasts about 365 days, but 12 lunar months last only about 354 days. An extra month is inserted into a calendar every three years, based on a cycle of 19 years. Dates of the Jewish calendar are designated AM (for the Latin anno mundi, the year of the world) and BCE (before the commonMuslimsera).worldwide use a strictly lunar (hi jri in Arabic) calendar to determine the dates of holidays. A new month begins when a new moon is sighted. This is why Ramadan may occur in January or June.
STUDENT RABBI ALEX MALANYCH
Biologists suggest that our drive toward sweet ness may be an evolutionary holdover. Sweet tastes usually meant foods were safe to eat, while bitter tastes indicated danger. Sweetness also promised high glucose content, providing a deli cious source of energy, especially in cases of scar city. Both then and now, sugar releases chemicals like dopamine, giving us a feeling of well-being that we want to repeat again and again. If you’ve ever had good rugelach, this is probably all mak ing sense. But we are well aware that the sugars we eat today — the candies, sodas and even that rugelach — in the quantities we consume them can have serious impacts, from cavities to cardio vascular problems, we find ourselves in the clas sic bind of too much of a good thing. So used to buying our sugar just an aisle down from products meant to cut our cravings, we may find it quaint that our season of sweetness is but once a year. So used to controlling (or not) the sweetness we take in, we can fail to see the value of a moment that we can’t unwrap and devour care lessly. Unlike our tongue receptors, designed to recognize the sweetness of apples dipped in honey, our spirits take work. They must be open, reaching and ready to take a bite. May we all find and savor the sweetness of another year and draw from it the same stuff our ancestors tasted: safety, renewed en ergy and the desire both to welcome and to yearn for well-being again and again. Shanah tovah!
RABBI MOSHE RE’EM Temple Beth El Shanah tovah! What a wonderful expres sion! More than simply saying happy new year, the He brew term shanah tovah conveys what this High Holiday season is really about.The Hebrew word for year, shanah, is related to two other mean ings. Shanah in Hebrew can also mean repeat and change. Two opposite meanings. At the outset of the new year, we focus on the good practices in our
RABBI YAAKOV HALPERIN Chabad of the Lehigh Valley Presently we find ourselves approach ing the Hebrew month of Elul. Unlike many of the months of the year, whose significance lies in the Jewish holidays which they contain, the entire month of Elul is in itself an important month. Elul is considered G-d’s “campaign trail.” The president has four years. Congressmen and congresswomen must renew their bids for election every two years. Although the concept of G-d in need of our “vote” may sound strange, it states in Kabbalah that G-d set up the world in a manner that requires us to coronate Him every Rosh Hashanah. When we hear the shofar, recite the special prayers beseech ing G-d to be our king and submit ourselves to the divine sovereignty, we are guaranteeing His renewed dominion and thus the continued exis tence of His world, which He constantly recreates. In this month of Elul that precedes Rosh Ha shanah, G-d is, so to speak, campaigning. Unlike the rest of the year, when a king sits in his palace and requires appointments and numerous check points before one may enter, one month a year the king is in the open, receiving everyone equally with joy and accepting all requests. He is opening His gates and doors in the month of Elul, prior to His “election,” allowing people to approach Him with any wish. If you need something from Him, now's the time to ask. In Elul, G-d does not require lengthy prayers and intense devotion, although it is always helpful. He does not sit on a throne behind locked gates. But although G-d is currently more approachable, we must prepare ourselves to greet Him with repentance, prayer and good deeds, thus increasing our chances of being answered. And unlike a human politician, our chances that G-d will keep up with campaign promises are much better. So although in all sincerity G-d does not need us, He set up the world so that we could have a mutual beneficial relationship with Him. Thus, in this month when His doors are wide open, let us open our hearts to Him, increase acts of kindness and, just at it is certain that G-d hears our prayers, it is certain that He will fulfill our request. In the spirit of the High Holidays, my wife De vorah and I, along with our children, would like to wish the Lehigh Valley Jewish community that G-d grant His blessings to each and every one for a kesiva v’chasima tovah — a happy and healthy sweet New Year.
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Congregation Am Haskalah Walking in Target last week, I paused at a lurid pink phar macy display. “Kick your sugar crav ings,” the throughtoldainworthyannounced.packagingIt’sasentimentanagewhen,asplanet,wearesugarintakeistheroof.Thinking about the treats I eat, sometimes without a second thought, I wondered: in a season when we wish each other a shanah tovah u’metukah, a good and sweet year, what can the science of sweetness teach us?
RABBI MICHAEL P. SINGER Congregation Brith Sholom I have heard so many people com ment about how the last three years seem like a long, hard slog and a blur. In many ways this is much more than just a feeling of lost time — for many it really was lost time, a disorientation not only of routines but also of personal relationships, of sacred purpose and of community connection. Exacerbating all this is the divisive daily onslaught of negative news coupled with a breakdown of social and political mores, a failure of basic civil discourse and shared destiny.
L’shanah tovah tikateivu v’tikateimu!
This summer I read the book “The Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles. It was a wonderful read and Towles is an excellent writer. He is not Jewish and the story has nothing to do with Judaism; however, it is replete with Jewish themes. One passage in particular struck me as illustrating the Jewish value of hid dur mitzvote, beautifying the mitzvote. Sally, one of the characters is making jam. She is asked by a friend why she bothers when jam is readily available and can be bought by the jar in the store. Of course, Sally’s jam is much better than the commercial product, but it is hard to make. Which is precisely the point. She does it is because it is hard, time-consuming and ultimately more expensive. We can relate her thoughts exactly to our celebration of the High Holy Days. It is so much work to plan and execute a High Holy Day service. Hours and hours are spent rehearsing the music, writing meaningful sermons, decorating the sanc tuary and making sure everything runs smoothly. At home we cook meals that remind us of our childhoods, creating new Jewish memories for our families. We try to please everyone’s tastes and still make it a Jewish festive meal. Our homes are spic and span, and we buy new fall clothes. Why do we bother? Because we are making the holiday special. When we decide to make the holidays separate and unique, we are honoring God, as well as in spiring in ourselves a more profound connection to our tradition. My family and I wish you shanah tovah, a healthy and happy new year.
lives that we wish to repeat and the behaviors that we wish to change. For the year to be a good one, we need to know how to differentiate between what we ought to repeat and what we ought to change. Have we neglected changes we previously incor porated into our lives — changes in diet, lifestyle, health, kindness and patience? What deserves per petuation in our lives and what needs change? In the weeks to come, only you can answer those questions. How they are answered will make all the difference in whether the coming year is, in fact, a good one or not. Let’s hope it is a good one. Shanah tovah!
We have been both quarantined and Zoomed to death at the same time. Still, we have been and remain resilient. I am reminded of the scene in Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments” where Moses has been exiled from Egypt and makes his way through the harsh desert only to finally reach the end of human strength and collapse. Yet the Divine Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) pushes him ever forward — toward a purpose he does not yet know. But let’s face it: we are not in a Hollywood movie, and Moshe Rab beinu we are not. Many of us are simply fed up and tired. To put it more bluntly: dear God, please give us strength! We all need a break! Some time to recharge and replenish ourselves. To renew our faith in humanity. To renew our faith in You. To be refilled with hope and new possibilities. Hmm. Wait a minute. This sounds vaguely familiar. Yes! God has indeed answered us by blessing us with the spiritual journey of the Yamim Noraim (Days of Awe). This is the time to renew our faith in God, one another and ourselves. Just as we maintain our cars (brake pads, timing belts, etc.), we need to make time to renew and replenish our hearts and souls. We need this time to recount, reset and rejuvenate our dreams, values and pur pose. On Rosh Hashanah, we begin by recalling the ups and downs, both personal and commu nal, of the past year. This allows us to take stock, recalibrate and remember. We then move toward Yom Kippur — acknowledging what we did well and where we need to improve. Finally, on Yom Kippur we are cleansed, changed and hopefully recharged — more focused on living a life full of meaning and love. Look out, world, here we come! No doubt this is an oversimplification, and indeed this journey through the Yamim Noraim takes a level of honesty with ourselves that can challenge and push us. We may feel the disso nance between what we truly value and how we live. We may recall moments when we did not live up to the best of who we are or pour out our hearts with the pain of brokenness both within ourselves and in our world. Yet the power of the Yamim Noraim reminds each of us to grow as human beings. We are never too young or too old to use this time for self-reflection and renewal, to build, to repair and to renew our relationship with God and one another. To this purpose we can quote Moshe’s charge to Joshua: “Chazak v’amatz!” (Be strengthened and courageous!). Indeed, may God make this new year, 5783, one of renewal and blessing.
CANTOR ELLEN SUSSMAN Temple Shirat Shalom
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6-7 p.m. Evening services ROSH Monday,HASHANAHSeptember 26 10 a.m.-noon. Morning services 1-1:15 p.m. Tashlich at Cedar Creek RoseParkway,Garden Pavilion No. 1 (followed by picnic) Tuesday, September 27 10 a.m.-noon. Morning services EREV YOM KIPPUR Tuesday, October 4 7-8 p.m. Kol Nidre YOM Wednesday,KIPPUROctober 5 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Morning services 7-8 p.m. Times2715SONSCONGREGATION42:3019:30Wednesday,YOM7:30Tuesday,EREV10Tuesday,(followed9:30Monday,ROSH7:30Sunday,EREV610-435-90742227RabbiKENESETHCONGREGATIONNeilahISRAELPhilCohen,ReformWestChewStreetROSHHASHAHANSeptember25p.m.EveningservicesHASHANAHSeptember26a.m.MorningservicesbyTashlich)September27a.m.HikeYOMKIPPUROctober4p.m.KolNidreKIPPUROctober5a.m.Morningservicep.m.Meditationservicep.m.Afternoonservicep.m.Yizkor/NeilahserviceOFISRAELTilghmanStreetareapproximate.Check www.sonsofisrael.net for updates and information. 610-433-6089 Saturday,SELICHOTSeptember 17Sunday, September 18 Midnight. Pre-Selichot social 1 a.m. Selichos service 8:30 a.m. Shacharis 6:50 p.m. Mincha/Maariv EREV ROSH HASHANAH Sunday, September 25 8 a.m. Selichos/Shacharis 9:30 a.m. Hataras Nedarim 6:35 p.m. Mincha/Maariv 6:35 p.m. Latest candle lighting ROSH Monday,HASHANAHSeptember 26 8:30 a.m. Shacharis 10 a.m. Youth programming 10:30 a.m. Shofar blowing 5 p.m. Mincha (followed by Tashlich) 7:10 p.m. Maariv 7:38 p.m. Earliest candle lighting Tuesday, September 27 8:30 a.m. Shacharis 10 a.m. Youth programming 10:30 a.m. Shofar blowing 6:25 p.m. Mincha/Maariv 7:36 p.m. Yom Tov ends EREV YOM KIPPUR Tuesday, October 4 6:30 a.m. Selichos/Shacharis 3 p.m. Mincha 6:20 p.m. Latest candle lighting 6:20 p.m. Fast begins 6:30 p.m. Kol Nidre YOM Wednesday,KIPPUROctober 5 9 a.m. Shacharis 10 a.m. Youth programming 11:30 a.m. Sermon and Yizkor Mincha immediately following musaf 5:50 p.m. Neilah 7:23 p.m. Maariv EREV Sunday,SUKKOTOctober 9 6:15 p.m. Mincha/Maariv 6:12 p.m. Candle lighting Monday,SUKKOTOctober 10 9 a.m. Shacharis 6:15 p.m. Mincha/Maariv 7:15 p.m. Candle lighting and preparation for second day Tuesday, October 11 9 a.m. Shacharis 6:15 p.m. Mincha/Maariv 7:13 p.m. Yom Tov ends SHEMINI ATZERET/ EREV SIMCHAT TORAH Monday, October 17 9 a.m. Shacharis 10:45 a.m. Yizkor 6 p.m. Mincha/Maariv/hakafot 7:04 p.m. Candle lighting and preparation for second day SIMCHAT TORAH Tuesday, October 18 9 a.m. 8:30Wednesday,YOM6:15Tuesday,EREV1111:30109:308:30Tuesday,8at4theservices11:30services,11:30services,10:30109:308:30Monday,ROSH8dedication7:15Sunday,EREV9:30speaker8:30Saturday,SELICHOT610-435-35211305RabbiTEMPLE7:037MinchaHakafot,ShacharisTorahreadings,KolHane’arimaftermusafp.m.Maarivp.m.YomTovendsBETHELMosheRe’em,ConservativeSpringhouseRoadSeptember17p.m.Videopresentation,anddiscussionp.m.ServiceROSHHASHANAHSeptember25p.m.Memorialplaquesinthechapelp.m.ServiceHASHANAHSeptember26a.m.FulltraditionalShacharita.m.Shacharita.m.Torahserviceandmusafa.m.-12:30p.m.Children’sgradespre-K-grade6a.m.-12:30p.m.Children’sTeenTalka.m.MusafBachutzoutside(followedbyTashlichatPrincetonCourtsite)p.m.JFETashlichandshofarWehr’sDamp.m.MaarivserviceSeptember27a.m.FulltraditionalShacharita.m.Shacharita.m.Torahservicea.m.Traditionalmusafa.m.ContemporaryfamilyserviceYOMKIPPUROctober4p.m.KolNidreKIPPUROctober5a.m.FulltraditionalShacharit
BETHLEHEM 6:126Sunday,EREV7:196:45510Wednesday,YOM6:206Tuesday,EREV7:329Tuesday,7:347Francis69Monday,ROSH6:356:30Sunday,EREV610-866-80091190RabbiBRITHCONGREGATION905-2166CallRabbiBETHCONGREGATIONAVRAHAMYizchokI.Yagod,Orthodoxfortheservicesschedule.610-SHOLOMMichaelSinger,ConservativeWestMacadaRoadROSHHASHANAHSeptember25p.m.Mincha/Ma’arivp.m.CandlelightingHASHANAHSeptember26a.m.Morningservicesp.m.TashlikhatSchoolSistersSt.property,MonocacyCreekp.m.afternoon/eveningservicesp.m.CandlelightingSeptember27a.m.Morningservicep.m.HavdalahYOMKIPPUROctober4p.m.KolNidrep.m.CandlelightingKIPPUROctober5a.m.MorningservicesandYizkorp.m.Afternoonservicep.m.Neilahservicep.m.YomKippurendsSUKKOTOctober9p.m.Maarivandpizzainthehutp.m.Candlelighting
LEHIGHTON TEMPLE ISRAEL OF RabbiLEHIGHTONMarjorieBerman, Reform 194 Bankway Street (followed65:15-610Wednesday,YOM7Tuesday,EREV10Tuesday,launchTashlich(followed10Monday,ROSH7Sunday,EREV610-703-2854ROSHHASHANAHSeptember25p.m.ServicesHASHANAHSeptember26a.m.MorningservicesbykiddushandthenattheLehighRiverboatatBowmanstown)September27a.m.MorningchantingservicesYOMKIPPUROctober4p.m.KolNidreKIPPUROctober5a.m.Morningservicesp.m.Yizkorp.m.NeilahandHavdalahbybreakfast)
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High Holy Day Schedule of Services at area synagogues
Monday,SUKKOTOctober 10 9 a.m. Morning services 7:11 p.m. Candle lighting Tuesday, October 11 9 a.m. Morning services 7:09 p.m. Havdalah SHEMINI ATZERET Monday, October 17 9 a.m. Morning services and Yizkor 11 a.m. Yizkor EREV SIMCHAT TORAH Monday, October 17 7 p.m. Candle lighting 7 p.m. Family service Tuesday, October 18 9 a.m. Morning services 6:59 p.m. Havdalah EASTON CONGREGATION BNAI RabbiSHALOMMelody Davis, 1545 Bushkill Street Tickets and ID are required to attend services. 610-258-5343 EREV ROSH HASHANAH Sunday, September 25 7:30 p.m. Services ROSH Monday,HASHANAHSeptember 26 9 a.m. Family service 10 a.m. Morning service 3 p.m. Tuesday,TashlichSeptember 27 9 a.m. Meditative/Alternative service 10 a.m. Morning service EREV YOM KIPPUR Tuesday, October 4 7:30 p.m. Kol Nidre YOM Wednesday,KIPPUROctober 5 9 a.m. Family service 10 a.m. Morning and Yizkor service 4:15 p.m. Mincha and Neilah service 7:17 p.m. Yom Kippur ends (followed by break-the-fast)
ALLENTOWN CHABAD OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY Rabbi Yaacov Halperin, Chabad Lubavitch 4457 Crackersport Road Sunday,EREV610-435-3775toBoostedMalanychonline.Valley,CommunityServicesReconstructionistStudentAMCONGREGATION(followed10Tuesday,SIMCHAT(followed7:3011:3010Monday,SHEMINI(followed7Sunday,EREV10Tuesday,10Monday,SUKKOT(followed7:1865:3011:30119:30Wednesday,YOM76:21Tuesday,EREV(followed11:1510:459:30Tuesday,85(followed11:1510:459:30Monday,ROSH7:307Sunday,EREV610-336-6603ROSHHASHANAHSeptember25p.m.Eveningservicesp.m.CommunitydinnerHASHANAHSeptember26a.m.Morningservicesa.m.Children’sservicea.m.Shofarsoundingbykiddush)p.m.Tashlichservicep.m.EveningservicesSeptember27a.m.Morningservicesa.m.Children’sservicea.m.Shofarsoundingbykiddush)YOMKIPPUROctober4p.m.Fastbeginsp.m.KolNidreservicesKIPPUROctober5a.m.Morningservicesa.m.Children’sservicea.m.Yizkormemorialservicesp.m.Minchaservicep.m.Neilahclosingservicep.m.Fastendsbybreakfast)October10a.m.MorningservicesOctober11a.m.MorningservicesSHEMINIATZERETOctober16p.m.Eveningservicesbykiddushandhakafot)ATZERETOctober17a.m.Morningservicesa.m.Yizkormemorialservicesp.m.Eveningservicesbyhakafotunderthestars)TORAHOctober18a.m.Morningservicesbykiddushandhakafot)HASKALAHRabbiAlexMalanych,inpersonattheJewishCenteroftheLehigh702North22ndStreet,andLedbyStudentRabbiAlexandRabbiSteveNathan.vaccinationsrequired.RSVPAmHaskalahDirector@gmail.com.ROSHHASHANAHSeptember25
9:30 a.m. Shacharit 10 a.m. Torah service and musaf 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Children’s services, pre-K-grade 6 10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Children’s services, Bim Bom Buddies 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Children’s services, Teen Talk 3-4 p.m. Walking meditation 4:45-6:15 p.m. Yizkor and Mincha 6:15-7 p.m. Neilah 6:15 Jewish family program 7 p.m. Ma’ariv, Havdalah, and shofar Monday,SUKKOTblowingOctober 10 9:30 a.m. Service 10:30 a.m. Dor L’ Dor family service Tuesday, October 11 9:30 a.m. Service SHEMINI ATZERET/ EREV SIMCHAT TORAH Monday, October 17 9:30 a.m. Yizkor 6:30 p.m. Simchat Torah dance party SIMCHAT TORAH Tuesday, October 18 9 a.m.
PreheatTECHNIQUE:theoven to 160 degrees (maintain this heat, which is quite low — important so the cakes don’t slide). Put the sugar, honey, eggs, oil and cinnamon into a food processor and blend for about a minute (until the mixture is uniform and airy).Add the flour and baking powder and process for 5 seconds to combine.Pour the boiling tea carefully through the opening in the lid while processing and process for just another 5 seconds to create a uniform mixture.Pour into 2 greased English cake tins.Bake for 45-50 minutes until the cakes are puffed, browned and springy to the touch.
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This recipe was passed along to us by Lee Solomon, who’s joining the Federation staff as associate director of campaign. She in sists that even though she is no baker (she didn’t create the recipe), the recipe is easy to pull off, and the result is delicious.
“Pinky Bloom and the Case of the Silent Shofar,” by Judy Press, illustrated by Erica-Jane Waters, Kar-Ben Publishing, 2022, 80 pages. Sean Boyle is Congregation Ken eseth Israel’s librarian, and vice president and president-elect of the Association of Jewish Libraries.
SWEET SECRET: For even browner cakes, with a slightly sticky and wonderful icing, pour 2 tablespoons of honey on each cake as soon as it comes out of the oven. The residual heat will turn the honey to liq uid. Then simply spread it over the cake. Sprinkle with sliced almonds. By Sean Boyle Special to Hakol Award-winning author Judy Press’ third Pinky Bloom book, “Pinky Bloom and the Case of the Silent Shofar,” illustrated by Erica-Jane Waters, continues the adventures of fourth-grader Penina “Pinky” Bloom, the greatest kid detective in Brook lyn.Pinky’s grandma Phyllis used a pet sitter for her dog, Bubeleh, when she visited during Pass over. Pinky has decided to start her own business and become the world’s greatest pet sitter. She still plans to solve myster ies, but believes she can do both. Before she has even created her marketing plan, she gets her first customer. Pinky’s neighbor Lucy just got a guinea pig named Mei-Mei, but needs to go visit her aunt and can’t bring her pet. Lucy agrees to let Pinky watch Mei-Mei and let her take it to the Brooklyn Public Library for its annual pet show. Pinky’s little brother, Avi, bursts in announc ing that he’s getting Madagascar hissing cockroaches and that they can all go to the library pet showWhiletogether.Aviis buying his cockroaches, Pinky finds a unique feather on the floor that doesn’t match any of the birds being sold in the store, or any bird that she’s seen in the city either. The store worker Ziggy tells her it is a pigeon feather and roughly grabs it from her. Pinky’s detective instincts kick in, and she now wonders about Ziggy and the bird the feather cameAfterfrom.the pet store, Pinky and her family visit the nearby Juda ica store. Pinky’s dad was asked to blow the shofar for Rosh Hashanah service at their syna gogue. He is nervous and buys a shofar to practice at home. But, strangely, when he tries to play the newly purchased shofar at home, after it had played fine in the store, it doesn’t make any sound. Now Pinky has another mystery to solve with just days until Rosh Hashanah. On Sunday, surprise visitors Grandma Phyllis and Bubeleh along with Pinky and Mei-Mei, and Avi with his cockroaches, all head to the pet show. Every one is having a great time until Bubeleh is stung on his paw by a bee. As Pinky goes to get ice to help, Mei-Mei disappears. Dis traught Pinky now has a fourth mystery and is scared about how she is going to tell Lucy that she lost Mei-Mei. Read “Pinky Bloom and the Case of the Silent Shofar”' to find out whether Pinky solves all the mysteries in time, discovers what bird that lost feather came from and ever gets to pet sit again. Press has Pinky and her fam ily shomer Shabbat describing how Shabbat is started and com pleted. She also describes the way Pinky’s dad is able to make a sound with the shofar, as well as what is required to be played for Rosh Hashanah. Press lives in Pittsburg and has written over 20 award-winning children’s art activity books and early-reader chapterRecommendedbooks. for ages 8-12, especially for children who like to solve mysteries and have pets.
Book review: ‘Pinky Bloom and the Case of the Silent Shofar’
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Jewish Family Service to take Rosh Hashana to older adults
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ChickenPistachio-CoveredBreasts
WITH ROASTED BROCCOLINI AND HONEYED NOODLES
BY SANDI
Provident Bank wishes you a happy and prosperous New Year HAPPY ROSH HASHANAH!
HaveTECHNIQUE:ready2 large cookie sheets with rims. On 1, place the broccolini coated with both oils, 1/2 teaspoon salt, pep per flakes and lemon wedges, reserving the zest. On the other sheet, coat the chicken with lemon zest, panko, za’atar, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the pistachios. Drizzle with more olive oil. Set oven to 400 degrees. Bake both sheets at the same time for 25 minutes, turning them after 15. After the greens and chicken are prepared, combine the hot noodles with plant butter, poppy seeds and honey. Serve with a bottle of chilled white wine and a round raisin challah.
Jewish Family Service is continuing its tradition of taking Rosh Hashana to older adults across the Lehigh Valley. JFS partners Rabbi Mi chael Singer of Congrega tion Brith Sholom; Rabbi Seth Phillips, recently retired from Congrega tion Keneseth Israel; and Howard Nathanson will lead Rosh Hashanah programs complete with prayers, singing and the blowing of the shofar at the long-term care fa cilities Country Meadows (Allentown, Bethlehem and Forks), Kirkland Vil lage, Legends of Allen town, Phoebe and Tradi tions of Hanover. Also, in partnership with the Muhlenberg Col lege Hillel, JFS will send holiday goody bags to older adults in the valley. The goal is to bring a little sweetness to the lives of our most cherished com munity members at this special time of year.
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then cut into six 3wedgespounds broccolini, washed, trimmed and dried 5 tablespoons olive oil 5 tablespoons toasted sesame oil 1 teaspoon kosher salt, preferably 1/2Diamondteaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 1 cup chopped natural pistachios 1/2 cup pareve panko breadcrumbs 4 tablespoons za’atar 8 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless, flattened chicken breasts 1 pound wide noodles, cooked as directed and drained 4 tablespoons pareve plant butter, 1meltedtablespoon poppy seeds 4 tablespoons honey
ShanahTova! Make this year extra sweet with Kosher favorites at ROSH HASHANAH and all year long. e 2022
