May 2017 Services
5th of Iyyar 5777 - 6th of Sivan, 5777
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BAR MITZVAH - ETHAN LADERMAN
Saturday May 6th 10:00AM
KABBALAT SERVICE
Friday May 12th 7:30PM
BAR MITZVAH - ETHAN MEYERS
Saturday May 13th 10:00AM
KABBALAT SERVICE
Friday May 19th 7:30PM
KABBALAT SERVICE
Friday May 26th 7:30PM
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Clergy
Rabbi Jesse Gallop
Rabbi Emeritus Garry Loeb
Temple Staff
Torah School Principal Jason Greenberg
Mentsch Makers Director Carol Berman
Bookkeeper Lisa Sternberg
Administrative Assistant Laura Greco
Officers
President Michael Littman
1st Vice President Jodi Sander
2nd Vice President Robert Lipkin
Treasurer Leona Christie
Recording Secretary Bill Ledwitz
Corresponding Secretary Suzanne Schindler
Trustees
Associate Trustees
Immediate Past President Beth Glass
Sisterhood/WRJ Presidents Michelle Meyer
& Lisa Friedman
Men’s Club President Eric Evans
& Adam Herrman
Honorary Trustee Joan Birnbaum
Past Presidents
2013-2015 Beth Glass
2011-2013 Jerry Goldberg
2009-2011 Pam Levine
2007-2009 Dr. David Hill
2005-2007 Bonna Horovitz
2003-2005 Alan Friedfel
2001-2003 Ellen Bechky
1999-2001 Joyce Waschitz
1997-1999 Richard Emanuel
1995-1997 Al Silberlicht
1993-1995 Charlene Hirschberg
1991-1993 Dr. Joseph Epstein
1989-1991 Harold Wolland
1987-1989 Dr. Harvey Feldman
1985-1987 Herbert Weismann
1983-1985 Dr. Jack R. Nizewitz
1981-1983 David L. Levinson
1979-1981 Stanley Moroknek
1975-1977 Dr. Norman Goldberger
Monroe Temple Beth-El
314 North Main Street
Monroe, New York 10950
845-783-2626
Website:
www.monroetemple.org General E-mail:
Rabbi Jesse Gallop
Michael Littman, President
Jason Greenberg, Torah School Principal
Carol Berman, Mentsch Makers Director
Lisa Sternberg, Bookkeeper
Laura Greco, Administrative Assistant
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May 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 Last Day of Torah Academy
4 5 Teacher Appreciation Cocktail Party 6:30 PM
6 Bar Mitzvah Ethan Laderman 10:00 AM
7 Blood Drive 8AM - 12:30PM
8 9 Torah School Snow Day Make Up MAC Torah & Brew 7:30 PM @ Grill 208
10 BETY Elections 5 PM
11 Temple Golf Outing
12 Kabbalat Service 7:30 PM
13 Bar Mitzvah Ethan Meyers 10:00 AM
14 No Torah School Mother’s Day
15 16 No Torah School WRJ Plant Night 7 PM
17 18 Congregational Meeting
19 Kabbalat Service 7:30 PM
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21 Last Day of Torah School (Snow Day Make-Up) MAC Curb Appeal
22 23 MAC Book Club “Almost Dead” 7:30 PM Temple Library
24 25 Mentsch Makers Closes at Noon
26 No Mentsch Makers Kabbalat Service 7:30 PM
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28 29 No Mentsch Makers Temple Office Closed
30 Confirmation
31 No Mentsch Makers Yizkor Office Closed
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Touching Torah
& Being Touched by Torah!
Rabbinic Thoughts Rabbi Jesse Gallop
Monroe Temple Beth El
Shavuot is the holiday where Jews celebrate receiving the Torah from God on Mount Sinai. It takes places 50 days after the 1st night of Passover. Shavuot is one of three Festival Holidays (with Sukkot and Pesach). It is our community’s tradition to hold Confirmation on Erev Shavuot. This year we will celebrate the important educa-tional milestone with 15 teenagers on Tuesday, May 30th at 7 pm. Our 10th grade class will lead the service and chant for us the 10 commandments from the Book of Exodus.
Traditionally associated with Shavuot is also the Book of Ruth. This book of the Bi-ble comes from the section of Writings. Ruth is one of the 5 Megillot (scrolls from the Bible) that we read associated with spring and summer holidays. It is a powerful text that shows devotion, love, and perseverance. Ruth is a Moabite woman mar-ried to a Jewish man who lives outside of the land of Israel. Ruth’s husband dies along with his brother and father. Ruth’s Mother-in-law, Naomi, tells her to return home. Instead Ruth utters deeply profound and touching words, “And Ruth said: 'Entreat me not to leave you, and to return from following after you; for whither you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my peo-ple, and your God my God.” The Jewish tradition understands this oath to represent one of the first formal conversions into Judaism. Ruth is seen as devoted, strong, and humble. Judaism even teaches that King David is her descendant.
Shavuot is harvest holiday, where Israelites would bring the first crops of the season to the Temple in Jerusalem, as an offering to God. It is also marked by studying throughout the night, remembering God’s revelation of Torah is a gift to be studied and by which we live. May we be inspired to keep learning, growing, and devoting ourselves to our God, our tradition, and our community. Please join us for Erev Sha-vuot on Tuesday, May 30th at 7 pm or for Yizkor (Memorial Service) on Wednesday, May 31st at 10 am.
Chag sameach!
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To the Mentsch Makers Scholarship Fund, to Joe and Stefanie Melillo in honor of Joey’s Bar Mitzvah Larry & Carol Berman To Jerry and Sharon Goldberg in honor of the birth of their grandson, Hudson Alexander To Joe and Stefanie Melillo in honor of Joey’s Bar Mitzvah To Bernard and Linda Levitt in honor of their grandson’s Bar Mitzvah Dr. Joseph & Joan Birnbaum To Jerry and Sharon Goldberg in honor of the birth of their grandson, Hudson Alexander Stephen & Shelley Block A Yahrzeit Donation in memory of Steve Lieblich Keith & Leona Christie To Mona Pupps & Family in memory of her mother, Edna Rosenfeld To Rita Kanarick & Family in memory of her father, William Cohen Beth Cook To Jerry and Sharon Goldberg in honor of the birth of their grandson, Hudson Alexander Naomi Diamond To Jonathan Stein in memory of his mother, Lita Krist Stein Roslyn D'Onofrio To Jerry and Sharon Goldberg in honor of the birth of their grandson, Hudson Alexander To Elora Kalish in memory of her mother, Phyllis Turoff Dr. Harvey & Arlene Feldman To Ellen and Irv Newman in honor of the naming of their granddaughters, Daniella Rose and Roberta Mae To The Torah School Scholarship Fund, to Joe and Stefanie Melillo in honor of Joey’s Bar Mitzvah Mark & Ann Fink To Elora Kalish in memory of her mother, Phyllis Turoff Jeff & Lisa Friedman
A Yahrzeit Donation in memory of her father Herbert Samrick
Darin & Jamie Hecht
Gifts
of
Love
To Jerry and Sharon Goldberg in honor of the birth of their grandson, Hudson Alexander To Joe and Stefanie Melillo in honor of Joey’s Bar Mitzvah
Eben Hill & Natalie Brown
A Yahrzeit Donation in memory of Arlene Isseks
Michael & Lisa Isseks
To the Campership Fund, a Yahrzeit Donation in memory of Todd Klipper
Lois Klipper
To Jerry and Sharon Goldberg in honor of the birth of their grandson, Hudson Alexander
Abraham & Harriet Lefkowitz
To Joseph Melillo in honor of him becoming a Bar Mitzvah To Jill Cohen in memory of her mother, Vivian Hirsch
David & Pam Levine
To Jerry and Sharon Goldberg in honor of the birth of their grandson, Hudson Alexander
Irving & Ellen Newman
A Yahrzeit Donation in memory of Joseph Rosmarin A Yahrzeit Donation in memory of Rose Eisenberg A Yahrzeit Donation in memory of Jerry Rosmarin
Martin & Belle Rosmarin
To Jerry and Sharon Goldberg in honor of the birth of their grandson, Hudson Alexander To Joe and Stefanie Melillo in honor of Joey’s Bar Mitzvah
Barton & Suzanne Schindler
To Jerry and Sharon Goldberg in honor of the birth of their grandson, Hudson Alexander To Joe and Stefanie Melillo in honor of Joey’s Bar Mitzvah
Sondra Sussman
To Ellen and Irv Newman in honor of the naming of their granddaughters, Daniella Rose and Roberta Mae To Mark Fink wishing him a full and speedy recovery
Paul & Betsy Utnick
To Jill Cohen in memory of her mother, Vivian Hirsch Gary & Joyce Waschitz To Jerry and Sharon Goldberg in honor of the birth of their grandson, Hudson Alexander Barbara Zerner
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May Yahrzeits
Zich-ro-no/Zich-ro-na li-ve-ra-cha. May his/her memory be for a blessing.
Friday April 28th
Sima Glusman Evelyn Shor Dr. Roger Spark Todd Klipper David Neuman Jack Stahl Shymon Zaklow Jules Brenner Ada Hendler Max Smolen Isidore Laxman Jacob Lev Shirazi Adolphe Blattstain Sylvia Dembeck Shirley Herman Abraham Leiderman Pearl Milliren Esther Stopnicer David Bryan Morris Frohlich Betty Leeds Herman Levinson Selwyn Marvin Wain-grow Nathan Kaufman Betty Morse Jeannette Sarnoff Moses Schwartzberg Shendel Shapochnik
Friday May 5th Edna Birnbaum Paul Gilbert Samuel Glass Milton Mitchell Joseph Rosmarin Marcia Singer Lou Weiner Abraham Barron Harry Brunner Rose Kreiner Anne Levine Martin Frankel Harry Jacobson Jan Rothstein Rose Eisenberg Mr. Daniel Fink Myra Friedman Irving Rosenberg Molly Rosenshein William Manny Press-man Dr. Stanley Sussman Estelle Karp Forman Henry Fowdem Henry Rapp Sol Utnick Leon Kapelsohn David Rothenberg Hy Rothman
Friday May 12th
Mr. Sam Israelski David I. Lipkin Sam Solomon Rita Utnick Louis Werbin Louis Fabricant Herbert Falk Arnold Hirsch Ethel Moroknek Eileen Pollack Mr. Henry Rotblit Mary W. Zaduk Sol & Howard Brotman Isidore Keitel Mel Merians Mrs. Kay Oppenheimer Abraham Schwartz Esther Taub Nathan Kornreich Jane Zendman Benjamin Dembeck Esther Eisenberg Morris Eisenberg Samuel Friedfel Anna Heimowitz Saul Hendler Sue Littman Morris Diamond Joseph Jaffe Martin Turoff
Friday May 19th
Murray W. Krasnoff Nathan Leiman Paul J. Rifkin Philip Singer Israel Spellun Nettie Weiss Louis Arnstein Millie Filer Ahuva Heublum Abraham Kaplan Bettie Rifkin Honorable Nathan R. Sobel Max Strenger Catherine M Kirkwood Max Kornish Milton Miller Edna Polin Regina Swerdlik Sadie Barron Mr. David Block Morris Fishkin Chana Karter Glucksman Diane Haberman William Kaiser Paula Ronai Joseph Zeiger Josephine Blatman Anna Rotblit Mrs. Yetta Mogie Schenkler Sara Yormark Anita Cohen Mr. Richard Karp Alexander Russell Kirkwood Zelda Markowitz Allan Strauss
Friday May 26th
Victor Bengis Helen Krawet Stuart Krulewich Isadore Siskin Gertrude Males Benjamin Poretsky Ray Taylor DeBergh Penny Linda Godnick Tanya Harawitz Yetta Meyer David William Nelson Gerd Heine Sophie Kellman Deborah Levy Francine Mostow Rose Strenger Richard Belli Theodore Davidson Phil Gerber Mr. Bertram Kibrick William Kowitz Rose Martin David Riegelhaupt Helen Siegel Ann Engle Sidney Friedman Sari Herman Nettie Ryter Stephan Weinerman Myrna Ruth Weitzner Joseph Kaplan Sara Schnur Mourner’s Kaddish
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Celebrating your wedding anniversary or a special birthday? Share a special
occasion or event in your family's life by sponsoring an Oneg.
Have no time to shop?
Contact the temple office at 783-2626 or [email protected]
and they will arrange to do the shopping for you! Reserve your date today!
THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS TO HONOR A LOVED ONE
OR CELEBRATE A SIMCHA BY GIVING TO THE TEMPLE
Gifts of Love - Minimum donation $10
Trees in Israel - $18 per tree
Torah Commentary - $72
Walkway Paver (Mitzvah Stone) - $100
Campership Fund - Minimum donation $10
Dorothy & Leonard Zuckerman Torah School Scholarship Fund -
Minimum donation $10
Fishman Torah School Special Projects Fund - Minimum donation $10
Mentsch Maker Scholarship Fund - Minimum donation $10
Leaf on the Tree of Life - $180
Memorial Plaques - $236
Morris Ellie Pilberg & Ruth Glicksmann Pilberg Holocaust Memorial Fund
Michael Asher Speaker Fund
Bikkur Cholim Fund
Rabbi's Tzedakah Fund
The Harry Hirschberg Music Fund
Sponsor an Oneg Shabbat
Rabbi Garry & Sorel Loeb Enrichment Fund
Please send information and simchas to
or
SPONSOR AN ONEG!
Temple Members in Good Standing:
If you wish to borrow the linen tablecloths for any event that you are having at the Temple,
please contact the Temple office.
All borrowed cloths must be returned no later than the Wednesday after your event and must
be returned cleaned. (Either washed and folded or dry cleaned.)
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