The Temple Tablet

Temple Israel 130 Riverside Drive

Dayton, OH 45405

937-496-0050

www.tidayton.org

October 2020

Vol. 57, No. 2

Sukkot and Simchat Torah Drive–Thru Experience!

Pandemic creativity

reigns here at Temple

Israel. Join us for our

Sukkot and Simchat

Torah Drive-Thru! Jump

in the car and come on

down to Temple for a

fun family experience.

You’ll have the

opportunity to drive

through a sukkah and

shake the lulav and etrog.

Join us in the Temple

Israel parking lot for fun,

socially distant activities!

Our sukkah kits are

available to anyone in the

congregation who would

like to construct one at

home. Call the office to

make arrangements to

pick one up.

We will have a virtual

Simchat Torah service

on Saturday, October

10 at 10:30 a.m.

Online Worship and Learning with Temple Israel

Temple’s new YouTube Channel, is https://www.youtube.com/c/templeisraeldaytonohio

Our live stream address is: https://www.youtube.com/c/TempleIsraelDaytonOhio/live

Thanks to all of you who subscribed!

Shabbatot

Services at 6:30 p.m. on YouTube.

Schmooze & Nosh following services room opens at 6:20 p.m.

Zoom, meeting ID: 873 5716 6920, password: 641808

Coffee with the Clergy

Mondays at noon with Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz

October 5, 12, 19 and 26

Wednesdays at noon with Rabbi Tina Sobo

October 7, 14, 21 and 28*

Zoom, meeting ID: 854 4885 4049 Password: 032499

*unless the baby arrives early. Watch TIDBITS for info.

Torah Study

Saturday mornings 9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m. on Zoom.

Feel free to sign in at 9 a.m. to catch up with friends.

Email franwr@gmail.com for the link to join.

Sukkot/Simchat Torah

Drive-Thru

Friday, October 9

4:00-7:00 p.m.

Online Sukkot Service and

Share Shabbat Dinner

Join us on Friday, October 2 at 6:00 p.m. for Shabbat

services, followed by Share Shabbat dinner. Zoom with

friends and fellow congregants as we connect as a community.

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From The Rabbi

Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz Senior Rabbi

Temple Israel 130 Riverside Drive

Dayton, OH 45405-4968

phone 937-496-0050

fax 888-777-0490

www.tidayton.org

OFFICE HOURS Mon-Thurs: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Fri: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

STAFF

Rabbi Bodney-Halasz Senior Rabbi

ext. 230 / rabbi@tidayton.org

Rabbi Sobo Epstein Family Educator

ext. 226 / educator@tidayton.org

Suzanne Shaw Executive Director

ext. 222 / suzanne@tidayton.org

Courtney Cummings

Music and Program Director ext. 224 / courtney@tidayton.org

Ellen Finke-McCarthy Facility rental and event planning;

Tablet; funerals; burials

ext. 225 / ellen@tidayton.org

Annette Stogdill Reception;

RSVP’s; donations; yahrzeits

ext. 223 / astogdill@tidayton.org

LEADERSHIP

Dan Young, President

president@tidayton.org

937-789-5855

Linda Novak, Vice President

vicepresident@tidayton.org 937-836-2458

Rick Goldberg, Treasurer

treasurer@tidayton.org

937-648-7451

Carol Graff, Secretary secretary@tidayton.org

937-306-1467

October 27 will mark two years

since the Tree of Life Synagogue

massacre. It is hard for me to think

about this month without

associating it with this tragic event.

One of the things that will forever

stay with me about the incident is

not just that it happened in the

neighborhood where my mother

grew up, but that it took place in

Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood. This

association helps me to reframe the

event. Mr. Rogers is famously

quoted as saying: “When I was a boy

and I would see scary things in the

news my mother would say to me,

‘Look for the helpers. You will

always find people who are

helping.’”

I have always appreciated this

sentiment. In fact, it inspired us to

do a bit of a spotlight this year in

TIDBITS about individuals who were

making a difference during the

coronavirus pandemic. By finding

the helpers and sharing their stories,

we are reminded that even when

bad and evil things befall us, there

are still people ready and willing to

do the right thing. Even in the midst

of tragedy, there are those who act

heroically. Their passion not only

uplifts us and provides hope, it also

inspires. We no longer just want to

look for the helpers. We want to

be a helper.

Two years ago we gathered in our

building until it was practically

bursting at the seams. Thank

goodness we didn’t need to worry

about social distancing at that time!

So many of our community leaders,

colleagues, friends, and clergy came

and sat with us and mourned with us

in the wake of the Pittsburgh

shooting. It was powerful to feel

such support. Unfortunately, over

the past few years, we have had a lot

of moments like this that have caused

us to come together as a unified

Dayton community. But none stand

out as much to me.

I take the memory of that memorial

with me as a reminder for when I

need to look for the helpers. They

are not far away; they are right here

with us.

I know that the last seven months

have been incredibly difficult for all of

us. But, in the spirit of paying honor

to Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood, I hope

we can all look and recognize not just

the powerful leaders and helpers who

have helped us navigate this

unprecedented time, but the

opportunities for our own growth as

well. As we move into this new year,

let us all strive to be the helpers.

Together we will lift one another up,

encourage each other, and work for

the betterment of our community

and the world.

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Stay In Touch!

Rabbi Bodney-Halasz and Rabbi Sobo want to reach out

to congregants in times of need and joy, but hospitals

no longer send lists of patients. Please contact the

Temple office when a friend or loved one is ill,

hospitalized, in a nursing home, assisted living facility or

shut in. Share the happy news, too—we might not

know about a marriage, birth or other simcha unless

you tell us!

Events

Food Drive

Every day, children and adults in

Dayton go hungry. We can help.

Temple collects food for the hungry

all year, so please bring in any non-

perishable and non-expired food

items or toiletries. For your

convenience, we’ll have grocery bags

ready for you to fill and return to

Temple. A collection bin is located

in the lobby.

November Birthdays

Birthdays and Anniversaries The Tablet publishes birthdays every five years starting at age 35 and annually

starting at age 85; and anniversaries every five years and annually starting at 60 years.

If you prefer not to be listed, please call Ellen at 496-0050. If you were not included in

our list, please call Ellen, and we will put your name in the next Temple Tablet.

18 Michael Goldstein

20 Carol Levitan

21 Dennis Buchanan

22 Michael Halasz

26 Ruth Silverman

27 Richard Saphire

1 Charlene Martin

2 Celia Shulman

3 Sandy Saphire

4 Audrey Margolis

7 Francia Rosenzweig

8 Sally Green

13 Daniel Miller

November Anniversaries

1 Ray and Eleanor Must celebrating 67 years

We Mourn These

Recent Deaths

Ben Shaman

cousin to Marilyn Serbin

Thelma Karp

mother to Bob Karp

Bernice Brant

Shirley Ross

grandmother to Allison Miller

Religious School Updates

Please check your email for our weekly Chailights

Newsletter for the most up-to-date information on class

times, and Zoom information for our religious school and

High Holiday sessions.

October 4 – Religious School (Art), pre-school meets

October 11 – Religious School (Tikkun Olam),

pre-K extension program meets

October 18 – Religious School (Music),

pre-school meets

October 25 – Religious School (Art),

pre-K extension meets

November 1 – Religious School (Prayer Lab),

pre-school meets and material pick-up at

Temple for Nov./Dec. supplies

October 13 – RS Committee Meeting via Zoom

Thanks From the Sobo Family

A hearty thank you to Fran Rickenbach and Courtney

Cummings for helping organize the shower for Baby Sobo.

And thanks to all those who were able to attend and have

shared some love upon our baby girl. We look forward,

b’shaah tovah, to sharing the news of her healthy arrival

and introducing all of you to her, God-willing, in person,

thereafter!

Todah Rabbah!

Rabbi Tina, Matt, Stephanie,

Danielle, & Baby Sobo

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Rabbi Tina Sobo Jerome Epstein Family Director of Education

We did it! We made it to the

infamous acharei hachagim, – after

the holidays (almost – we still have

Sukkot!); and this year’s holidays

were, and are, a little different than

past years, and the years to come.

We’ve ventured our way through

the opening of the school year

virtually (and with better

attendance!). We’ve experienced a

drive-thru Rosh Hashanah event,

and wait until you see what Sukkot

will look like!

So let’s take a minute to reflect on

Sukkot. Next month, November,

the secular world will emphasize

gratitude in preparation for

celebrating Thanksgiving, but we get

a head-start with Sukkot. We’ll

celebrate the fall harvest, come

From The Rabbi Educator

together with family and friends,

invite guests into our sukkahs, and

more. Except, much like Rosh

Hashanah and Yom Kippur, it’ll look a

bit different this year. How many

guests can I invite into my sukkah?

We won’t be leading Shabbat from

Temple’s sukkah. We won’t be

consecrating our youngsters on

Simchat Torah (don’t worry, we’ll

celebrate them later in the year!). So

what to celebrate… and how?

The sukkah is by definition a

temporary structure built each year

for that year. While we might reuse

parts from year to year, it’s all about

the current time. It symbolizes the

huts farmers dwelled in during the

harvest and the transient dwellings of

our ancestors wandering in the

desert for 40 years. Both of these

actions require a faith in God that

our needs will be met, and an

appreciation for nature that

surrounds us; as we feel the breeze

come through the walls and the sun

shine through the roof, as we smell

the sweetness of the etrog and hear

the distinct sound of the lulav

rattling as it is shaken.

Finding the usual joy of the holiday

may be harder this year while

wearing masks, staying socially

distant, and continuing in pandemic

life, but it is still zeman simchateinu, a

time of our rejoicing. Whether you

are erecting a physical sukkah or a

spiritual sukkah this year – how will

your structure bring joy, represent

gratitude, and connect you to nature

and God?

Youth Group Update From Grant Halasz

On Sunday, September 13 after Religious school, some of the youth group aged kids and I, met and discussed

different ideas for what this next year can look like. There were a lot of great ideas suggested. Some of which

include:

virtual book club, bingo board, online meditation session/yoga, work outs, (following an 80s workout video

specifically), quarantine kitchen, (making food with one another via zoom, or following a video created by

other youth group members), virtual escape room, make your own face mask, Zoom racing, virtual game

night/movie night, Purim carnival, crafts and donating crafts made to a charity

There are a lot of amazing things that can be done virtually to have fun and engage with one another! I know that

there will be more ideas and events planned when in person activities are an option again, and truly believe that the

rest of this year will lay the groundwork for years to come. Hopefully, some of the virtual events we will be

coordinated with other local Temple Youth Groups (TYGs) and others around the region. The kids also mentioned

using the new platform NFTYx. NFTYx is essentially a central platform where kids and their advisors can create

events and advertise them to anyone involved in NFTY around the country and around the world! I am hopeful to

see where these bright kids take our TYG this year and cannot wait to see them grow together and make each

other better people through these uncertain times! If anyone who was not at the aforementioned meeting would

like to get involved, please feel free to reach out to me at grant@tidayon.org for more information.

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Milestones/Events

We Remember These names are inscribed on the Memorial Tablets in our Sanctuary and, together with others whose Yahrzeit occurs during these weeks, will

be read during Shabbat services before Kaddish and listed each week in TIDBits.

October 2 and 3

Lillian O. Barrar, Joseph Bennett, Gilbert Bilenkin, Isidor Cohn, Marianna Eisenberger, Jane Leon Ensten, Hilda

Margolis Harris, Isadore (I.H.) Herman, Max Israel, Lena Jacobs, Max Margolis, Jr., Harry Meyers, Bertha Obernauer,

Sara S. Sapinsley, Harold B. Shaman, Rose T. Stern, Moses L. Tahl, Norman Thal, Truman Vaughn,

Augusta Zimmerman

October 9 and 10 Mildred H. Bernstein, Blanche Fahrer, Samuel L. Finn, Nettie Greenbaum, Sidney Kusworm, Sr., Joseph Levy,

Bernhard Liebermann, Kurt Liebermann, Jack Malovany, Abraham Marcus, Kermit H. Margolis, Arthur Pereles,

Abraham R. Rosenberg, Mary Rosenthal, M. Isaac Sachs, Leo Schram, Fannie G. Shaman, Milton C. Stern,

Florence Tannenbaum, Dorothy R. Weinberger

October 16 and 17 Clara Blau, Leah Budnick, Harry B. Cushman, Aaron Daneman, Rosalind R. Einhorn, Bill Gronefeld, Minnie Kohnop,

Gertrude H. Kottler, Frank Kuppin, Louis M. Lebensburger, William N. Leviton, Rosalie M. Levy, Ida M. Moyer,

Abraham Rosenthal, Judah Schadel, Leona Fox Smilg, Joseph Yale Tuck, Benjamin Weprin, William Wolf

October 23 and 24 Henry J. Belle, A. Bart Bremer, H. Tucker Cohn, Morton Fahrer, Helen D. Goldberg, Henry Hollander, Alvin Jacobs,

Margery Solo Klein, William Levy, William Lawrence Lewis, Louise L. Linder, Esther C. Littauer,

Marilyn M. Maierson, Bessie Maierson, Jacob H. Margolis, Regina Middleman, Jeanette Rauh, Morris Retske,

Sim Rothenberg, Florence L. Stein, Saul Weissman

October 30 and 31 David N. Casher, Marjorie Jane Emoff, Rabbi Janice Garfunkel, Maurice Golden, Harry A. Goldman,

John A. Goldzwig, Pearl Cohen Goodman, Yale J. Holt, Harry J. Jacobs, Mollie Kusworm, Henrietta Lehman,

Julian B. Littauer, Abraham I. Margolis, Helmut Orgler, Alfred Orgler, Hedwig Orgler, Walter Orgler, Heinz Orgler,

Sarah M. Roth, Louis N. Saldoff, Arnold Saldoff, Carl A. Stern

Mark a Milestone or Honor a Loved One

Leaves on the Tree of Life

Add a leaf to Temple’s Tree of Life

which hangs in the foyer alcove. Share

a happy occasion with a lasting marker

at Temple.

$400.

Endow a Yahrzeit

Engrave your loved one’s name on a

plaque in our sanctuary, and his or her

name will be read yearly on the

anniversary of his or her death now

and in the future.

$400.

Prayer books

Remember a special event or person with the gift of a new

prayer book. Temple will place a beautiful full-color

bookplate in a prayer book to honor your thoughtfulness.

$50.

Schmooze and Nosh

Celebrate Shabbat with your fellow

Temple members by sponsoring the

pre-neg/oneg. We’ll acknowledge your

gift in The Tablet and the evening of the

event.

Bricks on the Dor L’Dor Terrace

Engrave a brick on the terrace with up

to three lines of up to 14 English or

Hebrew characters each.

$135.

Library bookplates

Dedicate a book in Temple’s library and we will place a

bookplate in the front cover commemorating your gift.

Make your contribution to the

Buy-a-Book Fund in honor or in memory of a person or

event of your choice.

$25.

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Donations

Generous Contributions:

In Appreciation of

Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz

Ms. Karin Henhapel

In Honor of the Bar Mitzvah of

Max Holt

Jon and Emily Holt

In Memory of

Beverly Geisenfeld

The Family of Beverly Geisenfeld

In Yahrzeit Memory of

Archie Rafal

Jeff Froelich and Cynthia Pretekin

Mel Lipton

Judy Lipton

Contributions

In Honor of the retirement of

Ralph Schwartz

Debbie and Tim Robertson

In Honor of the Bar Mitzvah of

Max Holt

Mike and Patty Caruso and family

In Honor of the Special Anniversary of

Bob and Gert Kahn

Jim and Meredith Levinson

Mort and Phyllis Levine

Ralph and Sylvia Heyman

In Honor of the Special Birthday of

Alice Saidel

Bob Kahn

Daniel Sweeny

Jeffrey Kantor

Jon Holt

Larry Glickler

Pat Bloom

Ray Must

Syd Gross

Ralph and Sylvia Heyman

In Memory of

Emily November

Jeff and Linda Albert

Sondra Kulback and family

Hyla Weiskind

Mike and Patty Caruso and family

Rita Solko

Ids Monches (grandmother)

Ralph and Frances Schwartz

Ivan Zawatsky

James Stewart

Lorraine Kotler

Jeff and Linda Albert

Ken Lotney

Carol Graff

Linda Novak

Mike and Patty Caruso and family

Mory Summer

Ken and Libby Elbaum

Tribute Donations Temple gratefully acknowledges these gifts received in August 2020.

Temple lists donations of $10 or more in The Tablet, and mails notifications for donations of $18 or more. Donations of $100 or more are described as

“generous.” A complete list of Temple funds is online at http://bit.ly/ti-funds. For more information, call Temple.

Contributions Were Made These Funds:

The Alvin and Henrietta Block

Social Action Fund supports the

work of Temple Israel's Social

Action Committee.

The Cemetery Operating Fund

helps maintain Riverview Cemetery.

Rabbi Bodney-Halasz and Rabbi

Sobo use their Discretionary

Funds to advance Temple and

Judaism.

The General Operating Fund

supports Temple Israel this year.

Maxine Weinberger

Bunny Laderman

Linda Novak

Ray and Eleanor Must

Shirley Ross

Dianne and Steve Schreer

Sydelle Balas

Larry and Natalie Katz

In Support of Temple Israel

Brian Daniel Starr

In Yahrzeit Memory of

Bernard Davis

Marcia Cox

Beulah Stern Boyd

Gary Pacernick and Peggy Weller

Charlotte Stoller

Jacob Stoller

Jeff and Julie Stoller

Dr. Ben Harlan

Stephen and Marla Harlan

Ian G. Mendelson

Mae S. Chudde

Saundra and Shelah Mendelson

J. Edward Wasserman

Marshall D. Ruchman and family

Jack Hochman

Robert Hochman

Leon R. Office

Phil and Sis Office

The Stanley and Elaine

Donenfeld Greenspace Fund

helps beautify Temple’s cemetery and

grounds.

The Fund for Tomorrow supports

all aspects of Temple Israel's

operation.

The Joseph and Janet Patterson

Fund provides grants to send

children to camp at GUCI.

The Past Presidents Fund is used

to recognize the past presidents of

Temple Israel.

The Rabbi Witt Memorial

Library Fund supports the

purchase of books, subscriptions

and supplies for Temple Israel's

library.

The Walter and Selma

Ohlmann Fund supports

programs and activities in the

current year.

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7 SUN MON TUES WEDS THURS FRI SAT

Kol Nidre

7:00 p.m. Children’s

Musical Experience

7:30 p.m. Kol Nidre Service

Yom Kippur

9:00 a.m. Children’s

Musical Service

10:30 a.m.

Yom Kippur Svc.

2:00 p.m.

Eric Ward

3:30 p.m.

Healing Svc.

4:30 p.m.

Yom Kippur/Yizkor

6:00 p.m. Share Shabbat

Service

6:45 p.m. Zoom Dinner

9:15 a.m. Torah Study

8:45 a.m. Religious School

Noon

Coffee with the Clergy

Noon

Coffee with the Clergy

4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sukkot and

Simchat Torah Drive-Thru

9:15 a.m. Torah Study

10:30 a.m. Simchat Torah

8:45 a.m.

Religious School

Noon Coffee with the

Clergy

6:00 p.m. Religious School

Committee Mtg.

Noon Coffee with the

Clergy

5:30 p.m. Executive

Committee Mtg.

6:30 p.m.

Service

7:15 p.m. Schmooze & Nosh

on Zoom

9:15 a.m.

Torah Study

8:45 a.m. Religious School

Noon Coffee with the Clergy

Noon Coffee with the Clergy

6:30 p.m. Service

7:15 p.m. Schmooze & Nosh on Zoom

9:15 a.m. Torah Study

8:45 a.m. Religious School

Noon

Coffee with the Clergy

Noon Coffee with the Clergy

6:00 p.m. Board Meeting

6:30 p.m. Service

7:15 p.m.

Schmooze & Nosh on Zoom

9:15 a.m. Torah Study

Calendar

Shabbat B’reishit

Torah: Genesis 1:1-6:8 Haftarah: Isaiah 42:5-43:10

Shabbat Shemini Atzeret/Simchat

Torah Torah: Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12; Genesis 1:1-2:3

Haftarah: Joshua 1:1-18

Shabbat Yom Rishon/Sukkot

Torah: Leviticus 23:33-44 Haftarah: Zachariah 14:6-9, 16-21

Shabbat Noach

Torah: Genesis 6:9-11:32 Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1-55:5

Shabbat Lech L’cha

Torah: Genesis 12:1-17:27 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27-41:16

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