Parashat VayishlachTorah Reading: Genesis 34:1 - 35:15, EH p. 206

Haftarah: Obadiah 1:1 - 21 EH p. 222

December 4 - 5, 2020 19 Kislev 5781

Shabbat Shalom Welcome to congregation Beth Yeshurun

Rhona and Bruce Caress Family Campuswww.bethyeshurun.org

Brian Strauss, Senior RabbiMeir Finkelstein, CantorSteven Morgen, Associate RabbiSarah Fort, Assistant RabbiDavid Rosen, Rabbi EmeritusJack Segal, Rabbi EmeritusJerrad Bloome, PresidentAndy Burger, Executive Director

All services are streamed via our website, social media and/or zoom

We’re delighted to have you with us!

this week

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 45:00p Family Friday

5:00p Chapel Shabbat Service 6:00p Shabbat RenewalScholar Dr. Mehnaz Afridi

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 58:30a Chapel Shabbat Service

9:30a Shabbat Refreshed Service9:30a Museum Minyan5:00p Mincha/Ma’ariv

Bar Mitzvah: Jaden Levine5:00p Mincha/Ma’ariv

5:45p Havdalah Museum Minyan

next week

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 115:00p Family Friday

5:00p Chapel Shabbat Service 6:00p Shabbat Renewal

Shabbat Table Talk: Abbie Kamin

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 128:30a Member Led Shabbat Service

9:30a Shabbat Morning ServiceSecond Bar Mitzvah: Louis Katz

9:30a Museum Minyan5:00p Mincha/Ma’ariv

5:45p Havdalah Museum Minyan6:15p Hanukkah Candlelighting

Shabbat Shalom from Beth Yeshurun!Beth Yeshurun is a community institution with a vital mission:to educate children and adults, to offer spiritual experiences

that inspire and uplift all ages, and to provide a setting in which Judaism can be joyously lived and experienced.

Mazel Tov to our Bar Mitzvah, Jaden Micah Levine, son of Julie and Benjamin Levine, brother of Riley Levine, grandson of Vicki (z”l) and Roger Greenberg, Marc Levine, and Jo Ann Levine. Jaden is a 7th grade student at The Westview School. Jaden is an avid gamer, fisherman, baker and hosts his own You Tube channel. Jaden plans to participate in the Rabbi’s Ten Percent plan by

donating a percentage of his monetary gifts to the World Health Organization’s COVID-Solidarity Response fund whose serves to prevent, detect and respond to the pandemic that took his grandmother’s life and so many others in the past year.

Jewish Learning Project SUN, DEC 6TH 9:00A ScholarStream: Hidden Histories and Untold Stories TUE, DEC 8TH 7P TO 8P

CanCare Lunch and Learn WED, DEC 9TH 12P100 Jewish Men: Chandler Rome WED, DEC 9TH 7P TO 8P

Jewish Meditation Group WED, DEC 9TH 7P TO 8PScholarStream: Equity, Forgiveness, and Intersectionality WED, DEC 9TH 9P

Lunch with the Rabbi: Guest Michael Segal THU, DEC 10TH 12PHanukkah Candlelighting: First Night THU, DEC 10TH 6:15P

Parsha Study THU, DEC 10TH 7:30PChesed/YES Group Hanukkah Program FRI, DEC 11TH 2:00P

Jewish Learning Project SUN, DEC 13TH 9:00A Hanukkah Express SUN, DEC 13TH 12:45P

Hanukkah Concert with Cantor Finkelstein SUN, DEC 13TH 4:00Pvisit WWW.BethYeshurun.org/calendar

for the full listings of times and events

DonationsTo make a donation please visit our website at www.bethyeshurun.org/donations. You may also mail your donation to the synagogue office. A minimum donation of $18 per listing is required to have your donation published in the weekly bulletin and a notification letter sent to the honoree or a deceased person’s family member. One such notification letter will be sent per donation. The deadline for donations to be published in the weekly bulletin is the previous Friday at noon. Donations are published upon submission and will not be “held” for future publication. Please be sure to provide all of the necessary information, if it’s incomplete, we are unable to process your donation efficiently. Donations with no specific fund indicated will be credited to the Synagogue General Fund. Thank you for your continued generous support of the synagogue.IN HONOR OFn Bar/Bat Mitzvah ofJaden Levine by Shelley Bear; Alex and Kathryn Bear; Elliot and Kimberly Bear; Olivia Bear Greenberg; Marc Levine; Jo Ann Levine; Kara and Adam Gross, Skylar and Rory; Ami Levine and Nancy Scott; Jaden, Riley, Julie & Benjamin Levine; Jennifer and Steven Schwarz, Max, Kori and Emma

n Wedding Anniversary ofBuddy and Rae Gerson (70) by Sunny & Lee Horowitz; Shirlee and Mark Rosenthal Alan and Anita Mattis by Shirlee and Mark Rosenthal Rabbi Jack and Toby Segal (63) by Shirlee and Mark Rosenthal Marlene & Dan Siegman (35) by Shirley Mandel Larry and Gail Silver by Shirlee and Mark Rosenthal

n Birthday ofIrving Pozmantier (90) by Mrs. Teresa WoskowSylvia Schultz (91) by Shirlee and Mark Rosenthal

n In Honor ofRabbi Brian Strauss, Rabbi Steven Morgen, Cantor Meir Finkelstein and Freda Wadler by Julie and Ben Levine, Riley and JadenRabbi Danny Horwitz by Sandra & Steve Finkelman

n IN MEMORY OFBetty Aron by Ms. Sondra RosenthalSaul Bernick by Mr. & Mrs. Arthur MillerDiane Brezner by Mr. & Mrs. Don AronBrigitta Brunner by Rosemarie DeVido Alta Berwald Cohen by Harold & Ilsa Kahn & family Leon J. Cohen by Barbara Cohen Golub Ida Dochen by Mrs. Thelma ZirkelbachMiguel Ferber by Sharon & Richard Kammermsan Herbert A. Goodfellow by Fifi Goodfellow; Rob, Elizabeth, Finn & Haley Naggar Milton Goodman by Dr. & Mrs. Jon SternVicki Greenberg by Julie and Ben Levine, Riley and JadenDonny Jacobson by Annette and Scott Ernstein

Rose Deutser Kaplan by Mr. Peter WilliamsonJack Katz by Mrs. Shirley KatzEsther Levit by Mr. & Mrs. Don AronHelly Liebling by Brenda Liebling-Goldberg & Family Eddie Litwin by Eileen and Lenny Weisman Charles Magids by Mr. & Mrs. Jack Magids; Mrs. Reba MagidsMoe Mandel by Shirley Mandel & Family Stuart Miller by Marilyn Miller & family Charles Naggar by Fifi Goodfellow Fanny Naggar by Fifi Goodfellow Ida Sintom Rappaport by Bobbie Bob and Lisa Arkus Josh Robert by Annette and Scott Ernstein David Robinson by Shirley Mandel Harold Rosenberg by Linda Chess and family Leon Samet by Jeffrey Samet & Michele Merram Herbert Schwartz by Bill & Jacki Schwartz Sam Schwartz by Mr. & Mrs. Martin MintzerGail Shapiro by Mr. & Mrs. Aron FrankSam Sharpe by Martin and Michelle GreenbergDavid Shaw by Phyllis Mark Emily Weingarten Stein by Michael & Sharon Segal & family Harriet Steinberg by Mr. & Mrs. Ken LakinPaul Wishnow by Mr. and Mrs. Bernard WishnowDavid Wolf by Shirlee and Mark Rosenthal Newton David “Dave” Wolf by Andy & Linda Burger Gale Zubowski by Mr. & Mrs. Don AronA Notice About Bereavement Communications Bereavement notices for our synagogue family are distributed with the permission of the deceased’s family, and the timing of these notices is dictated by the family’s request. Of course, each family grieves in its own way, and we are grateful for our congregation’s patience and understanding with different families’ preferences about how their loss is publicized.

Tue., Dec. 8: Raspberry Chipotle Glazed Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce, Au Gratin Potatoes, Roasted Mixed Vegetables, Caesar Salad &

Cherry Cheesecake Fri., Dec. 11: Braised Brisket in Red Wine Sauce, Homemade Potato Latkes, Green Beans & Carrots, House Salad, & Fried Cinnamon Apple Pies

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Your Sisterhood Giftshop is here for all your Judaica needs! To make an appointment call them at 713.666.1881 and leave a message or email

them directly giftshop@BethYeshurun.org

HANUKKAH BEGINS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10TH!

Join us for candlelighting each night, programs each day for kids and adult, plus the concert, and a drive-thru experience!

congregation Beth Yeshurun 4525 Beechnut st. houston, tx 77096713.666.1881 WWW.BethYeshurun.org

21 Kislev, Mon.,cont. Philip HelsingerJoseph HorwitzEthel Lasser LevineStanley MajznerMeyer MellingerAlfred SchlossbergEmily Weingarten SteinMinna WolfeBerta K Zima

22 Kislev, Tue.Julian CohenLouis FriedmanJacob GaitzSelma Waldman LeffMelvin LefkovitsCharles MagidsSam MillerRichard NoyesHarold RosenbergMirriam SchneiderFrances SmolenskyHarriet Devorah SteinbergEmanuel UngerSam R. Weiss

23 Kislev, Wed.Bessie DechowitzEsther FredricksHelen GlassmanSeena KaplanMoe MandelIda ReservitzLeslie Ayn RobinsH. David RothmanEdith SachsHarry Baldwin SachsHarry SchwartzSam J. ShnidersonOtto ShurbergBen Ungerleider

19 Kislev, Sat.David M. CohenJacob EvansHerman GreenbaumEmma Grodzinsky HarrisonAbraham KornRubin LangfanBenjamin Ozar LeffSelma OchsNathan Joseph ReinerHenry RosenbergNell RosenblumBrigitta StirnimannSophie WeismanEunice WolfIrving Zlotnik

20 Kislev, Sun.Joseph BossinRebecca ChaskinMorton Louis CohenYetta Speer EisenJudah HarrisDavid HarrisZeev IsraelSeymour KornfeldRhona Helen KrautAlan D. ReedLillian Yetta RomickHerman RubensteinWendy SchwartzEdward Shanker

21 Kislev, Mon.Regina AlgazeAlta Berwald CohenHanni CurlandWilliam “Bill” DubmanDora GersonAnne GinsburgMax Granit

24 Kislev, Thu.Sol CytrinAnnette DavisShlema FradkinSylvia HeimShloima LasserNat LevyMorris PicardJake S. RadoffLeon SametDavid ShawAbraham TugenderSam VegderEthyl Waldman

25 Kislev, Fri.Betty AronFay Ruth AveryLouis BaumPhilip BrenerAlbert CohenWerner Nathan DannenbaumJ. Leonard GotsdinerDavid JacobsRichard KalinaMichael S. KatzRuth R. LiftinFanny LubelMorris NelkinRyan Bradley PlotkinBernice RosenbergMax RothmanHerbert SchwartzHelen SchweigelNell Frances SingerLouis Daniel SmithRobert SussmanMollye Jean Bloom TestaCharles Weems

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