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TEMPLE EMANU-EL Providence, Rhode Island | 2017–5778
Temple emanu-el providence, Rhode Island | 2017–5778
December 23, 2017 | 5 Tevet 5778
Etz Hayim, Page 279
1st Aliyah Genesis Chapter 45 & 46 verses 28–4
2nd Aliyah verses 5–7
3rd Aliyah verses 8–11
4th Aliyah verses 12–15
5th Aliyah verses 16–18
6th Aliyah verses 19–22
7th Aliyah verses 23– 27
Maftir Genesis 46:23– 46:27 Page 282
Haftarah Ezekiel 37:15–37:28 Page 290
Minhah/Ma’ariv Service – 4:15 p.m.
Havdalah – 4:59 p.m.
parashat Va-yiggash
Sanctuary Service | Bohnen Vestry Rabbi Wayne Franklin, Rabbi Rachel Zerin, Cantor Brian Mayer
We need more Prayer Books and HumashimWe still need more copies of the Siddur Lev Shalem so that there are enough copies in the Sanctuary when we have celebrations. We also need more Humashim so that everyone could follow the Torah reading. If you would like to donate one or the other of these needed volumes, please contact the temple office at 331-1616. The Siddur Lev Shalem costs $36 and the Humashim costs $72.
Greeters Needed for Upcoming YearIf you would like to be a greeter at service for the upcoming year, please email Marilyn Katz at [email protected].
Visit Temple Emanu-El’s Rosen Library Visit Temple Emanu-El’s Rosen Library! New books every month! Open every day. Check out our online library catalog (teprov.org/library), or contact the librarian ([email protected]) for help finding the perfect book for you!
At Temple Emanu-El, we seek to fashion an atmosphere of peace and tranquility on the Sabbath. To help create this environment throughout the Temple, we refrain from writing, taking photo-graphs, texting, and using cell phones. Please join us in observing these traditions as we make Shabbat a sacred experience for us all.
Services & announcements
Cookie Decorating & Delivery Monday, December 25 - 9:30AM
Specia l Fami ly F i rs t Fr iday:
Come in P Js and br ing snugly b lankets and/or p i l lows
for a fami ly Fr iday Night Serv ice and Shabbat d inner ,
complete wi th a hot chocolate bar!
January 5 , 2018 • 5 :30 PM • Bohnen Vestry
RSVP at www.teprov .org/ form/eks january
99 Taf t Ave • Prov idence , R I 02906
Temple Emanu-El’s NewReligious School Program
Designed for 3–4 year oldsPlease join us on Sunday, January 7th as we launch our pre-school program designed for 3 and 4 year olds. This program will be taught by Nicole Katzman.
There will be a fun, different theme each week, as well as music. Snacks will be provided.
The class will meet on Sundays from 11:30AM-12:30 PM and will run from January to May according to the school calendar. The cost is $175 per child.
Questions?
Please contact Ronni Guttin, Director of Education:
Temple Emanu-El Religious School · 99 Taft Ave · Providence, RI 02906
november 2017 DonATIonSthank you for your generous support of temple emanu-el!
ADulT InSTITuTein honor ofAlvan Kaunfer by Joanna Katsune
Vince Mor & Margret Wool by Bob & Margie Pelcovits
ArTS emAnu-elin honor ofRabbi Wayne Franklin by Carmela Ilana & her sisters and Dalia & Zeev Harel
bernIce AnD SAmuel gerSTeIn funDin memory ofSamuel Gerstein by Howard & Alva London
cAmp rAmAh DonATIonin memory ofJerry Garfby Dianne & Martin Newman
cAnTor mAyer’S DIScreTIonAry funDin honor ofThe Kaplan Familyby Samuel & Linda Shamoon
Bev Ehrich & Carl Freedman and Steve & Wileen Snow by Howard & Judith Mayer
chApel funDin honor ofDalia & Zeev Harel by Judy Rosenberg
Our 60th wedding anniversary by Alfred & Arline Blank
Julia Masri by Marilyn Machlowitz & Edward Katz
Holly Rothemich by Joy Weinbaum
Bev Ehrich & Carl Freedman and Ellen & Uri Bar-Zemer by Samuel Miller & Pamela Kaitin-Miller
The Kaplan Familyby Bob & Margie Pelcovits
in memory ofBarbara Alterman by Toby Alterman & Anne Destefano
Elise Weisman by Uri & Ellen Bar-Zemer
Ruth Berkowitz by Arthur & Judith Bergel, Andrew & Beverly Blazar, and Marilyn & Benjamin Eisenberg
Charles Bolotow & Betty Weinstein Bolotow by Norman Bolotow
Harry Bornstein by Sandra & Richard Bornstein
Anna Brill by Marvin & Florette Brill
Louis Yosinoff by Howard & Susan Bromberg
Riva Serebrinsky by Boris & Rachel Bronshvayg
Rhoda Umansky Chain by Diane Chain Cochran
Paul Gershman by Joel Cohen & Pamela Gershman Cohen
Murray A. Cohen by Sylvia Cohen
Claire Bronstein & Ira Davis by Jeffrey & Cynthia Davis
Ruth Fixler & Thomas Cohen by Arthur Fixler
Sadye Flink by Alan & Renee Flink
Loved ones by Carl Freedman & Beverly Ehrich
Selma Hanna by Joan Gadol
Abraham Gordon & Mildred Wein-traub by Murray & Rosalyn Gereboff
Arthur Greenbaum & James Kittredge by Keith Greenbaum
Sydney Grunberg by Harriet Grunberg
George Halsband by Alan & Harriet Halsband
Erwin Juda by Joyce Juda
Dora Friedman & Jennie Kaminetsky by Fredric & Elaine Kamin
Jacob Katz by Herbert & Deborah Katz
Isaac Kleinman by Ellen Kleinman
Howard M. Oskern, Lillian Oskern & Harriette Kaplan Rosen by Dorothy Koenig
Samuel Kolodney by Zelda Kolodney
Irene Kurtzman & Richard B. Kurtzman by Ronald & Edna Kurtzman
Charles Lappin & Rose Lappin by Barbara Lappin
Bessie Leshinsky by Herbert Leshinsky
Milton Levin & Dr. Harold H. Katz by Cynthia Levin
Julius Buddy Levin by Robert Levin
Rabbi Eli & Eleanor Bohnen by Mayer & Judith Levitt
Ruth Berkowitzby Irwin & Dorothy Levy
John Paul Rothemich, Sr.by Jacob & Maybeth Lichaa
Eva Ogens, Benjamin Ogens, Evelyn Magner & Herman Magner by Jerome & Frances Magner
Eva Gorman by Sandra Marcowitz
Sally Heimann by Sam & Lillian Mendelowitz
Gemia Gamza by Anatoly & Bela Miller
Claudia Yellin by Martin & Dianne Newman
Jenny Klein by Marilyn Machlowitz & Edward Katz
Richard Oster by Sandra Oster
Melvin Goldenberg by Marc & Debra Page
Hope Iris Finkel & Julius Buddy Levin by Ruth Paige Levin
Hope Iris Finkel by Morton Paige
Love ones by Jill Pearlman
Sadie Rosenzweigby Fred & Marcia Rosenzweig
Louis Yosinoff by Fred & Sally Rotenberg
Betha Schattner by Marilyn & Dietrich Rueschemeyer
Selma Engel by Bonnie Ryvicker
Ida Newman by Lillian Schwartz
Loved Ones by Abe & Larisa Shapiro, and Susan & William Sikov
Jenny Gadol Hanna Spater by Shirley Spater
Erna Oelbaum by Gisele Terry
Selma Goldman by Kenneth & Joanne Tolchinsky
Mark Jagolinzer by Harriet Traugott
Daniel S. W. Abrams by Marion Wachtenheim
David Schoenfeld by Polly Wachtenheim
Emily Seltzer by Larry & Joyce Wacks
Enid Witt Newfeld, Norman Witt & Leon Weissman by Frederick & Sue Witt
Dr. Herman “Tim” Sugarman & Ida Wolpert by Shirley Wolpert
Gregory Zakroysky by Sonya Zakroysky
DAvID AnD brenDA korn funDin memory ofRuth Berkowitzby David & Brenda Korn and Arline & Norman Elman
Lenore Cerel by David & Brenda Korn
generAl funDdonations byJack & Betty PoljakJane McIlmailChris BrodyNeil Brafman & Judith Bender
in honor ofPaul Stouber by Alisa & Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz
Amy & Steve Subotnikby Robert & Margie Pelcovits
in memory ofPeter & Judith Wegner by Jane Martin
glorIA levITT funDin memory ofGloria Levitt by Linda Levitt
keSherdonation by Herman Rose
muSeum funDin honor ofVince Mor & Margaret Woolby Arthur & Judy Robbins
Sarah & Adam Masri by Lawrence & Ruth Page
Laura & Jonathan Grossby Lawrence & Ruth Page
in memory ofRuth Berkowitz & Mort Grayby Lawrence & Ruth Page
kIDDuSh funDin honor ofKenny & Leah Hershby Holly & David Rothemich
Marilyn Katzby Martin & Dianne Newman
Abigail Regina Bramby Mark Bram & Katya Ginzburg- Bram
Vince Mor & Margaret Woolby William & Loiza Miles
in memory ofCecilia & Joseph Katz by Deborah Katz
John Rothemich, Sr.by Marc & Debra Page and Kenneth Hersh & Leah Ehrenhaus-Hersh
Claudia Yellinby Martin & Dianne Newman
prAyer book funDin memory ofEsther Levitt by Naomi Lipsky
Bertha Banks by Nan & Allen Banks
purIm SpIel funDin memory ofJerry Garf by Howard & Susan Bromberg
rAbbI elI AnD eleAnor bohnen funDin memory ofRuth Berkowitzby Mayer & Judith Levitt
rAbbI frAnklIn’SDIScreTIonAry funDin honor ofThe Kaplan & Paldi Familyby The Subotnik Family
relIgIouS School funDin honor ofThe Masri Familyby Martin & Dianne Newman
Bev Ehrich & Carl Freedmanby Alan & Evelyn Brier
Nicole & Gary Katzmanby Martin & Dianne Newman
ShAbbAT chAIdonations byMaxine Wolfson & Paul HossfieldShandelle KenlerSusan Deblasio Michael & Paula Goldberg
Avram & Maxine CohenHoward & Janice ShapiroSandra MarcowitzCarl Freedman & Beverly Ehrich Lila WinogradKathryn BlessingMarnee Colburn Alan Flam & Judith Semonoff Michael GoldenbergMiguel & Christine RojasMoshe & Ilona BermanDaniel Zussman & Rebecca BrennerArthur & Judy RobbinsRonald ShufrinNathan & Karen BerahaFrederic Reamer & Deborah Siegel Karen Drucker-Stern Cornelis & Kathryn deBoerHenri Flikier & Ann Miller Joyce Rose
in honor ofOur 45th wedding anniversaryby Richard & Bernice Weiner
Cantor Brian Mayer by Carmela Ilana & her sisters and Zeev & Dalia Harel
Cantor Brian Mayer & Lynn Torgove and Steve & Wileen Snow by Carl Freedman & Beverly Ehrich
Cantor Brian Mayer & Lynn Torgove by Martin & Dianne Newman
Vincent Mor & Margret Woolby Mayer & Judith Levitt and Karen Drucker-Stern
Bev Ehrich & Carl Freedman by Mayer & Judith Levitt, Steve & Wileen Snow and Seth Kurn & Barbara Harris
Robert Cable by Betsy Singer Cable
Cantor Brian Mayer by Shandelle Kenler
Bev Ehrich & Carl Freedman and Wileen & Steven Snow by Arthur & Judy Robbins
in memory ofJohn Rothemich, Sr., Jerry Garf, Dr. Claudia Yellin, Kerry Olson & Bert Schneiderby Nathan & Karen Beraha
Ruth Berkowitzby Sruel & Phyllis Oelbaum
Ryan Mayer by Steve & Wileen Snow
Soulful ShAbbATdonations byStephen & Ceceley Chambers John Landry & Rochelle RosenLinda DunleavyMaria KasparianBonnie RyvickerDaniel KertznerBruce Phillips & Judith KayeRebecca & Joanna Kislak Brown Patricia RaskinFrederic Reamer & Deborah SiegelJill Pearlman
Samuel Miller & Pam Kaitin-MillerDavid Hirschberg & Cheryl Greenfield Louis Gitlin & Nora Howard-GitlinAntonio Sabella III Avram & Maxine Cohen
youTh AcTIvITIeS funDin honor ofMargret Wool & Vince Morby Moshe & Toby Liebowitz
Carl Freedman & Bev Ehrichby Steven & Libby Peiser
in memory ofKerry Olson by Martin & Dianne Newman
Claudia Yellinby Steven & Donna Goliger
Join us for a very special Israel lounge on January 7th from 7-9pm.
We wil l be eating Israeli snacks and candy, having meaningful discussions about Israel, play an Israeli game and possibly watch some Israeli TV.
Cost is $5 per person RSVP to Shosh at [email protected]
JOIN USJoin Temple Emanu-El's lunch club, Hazak Ve'Ematz, on Tuesday, January 16 at 12:00 PM in the Vestry for a presentation by Tara Watkins, the Temple’s Kesher social worker.
Tara will be speaking on
Navigating Transitions: An exploration of coping strategies to help us not become stuck by dif f icult life changes
Lunch will be available for $10 with an advance reservation due by January 9.
Please contact Nancy in the Temple of(401) 331-1616, [email protected].
Do you want to raise your child in a nurturing Jewish environment but don't know where to start?
Are you unsure of how to meaningfully introduce your child to Jewish rituals, practices, and ideas in ways they can understand?
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SAVE THE DATE
January 28, 2018 | 2:00 P.M.
Central Congregational Church, Providence
$5.00 — Music and Refreshments
Register Online:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/singing-the-dream-open-sing-2018-tickets-39842454855?aff=eac2
Join the RI Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty in their 10th Annual “Fighting Poverty with Faith Vigil” on January 3 from 3-4PM at the RI State House. Leaders from faith communities across the state will gather to: » bear witness to our faith traditions’ teachings that we are to be a community that cares for all, not just some» call on elected officials to govern with care, compassion and wisdom» propose specific policies for legislative action in 2016» find -- and offer -- inspiration and encouragement in the struggle for economic justice.
Please contact Victoria at [email protected] or 401.421.4111 ext. 161 with any questions. You may also visit www.EndPovertyRI.org for more information.
Fighting poverty with Faith Vigil
82 Smith St, Providence, RI 02903
Who comes to mind when you think of someone who has aged well? What qualities or characteristics does this person have? Whatever unique qualities might surface when you ponder these questions, universally each person is most likely resilient, compas-sionate, and loving.
It is important to remember that aging well doesn’t happen overnight, rather character traits are developed and nurtured over a lifetime of experiences. What traits should one try to develop? According to Rabbi Rachel Cowan and Dr. Linda Thal co-authors of the book Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience, and Spirit, those who age well easily feel and express gratitude, finding the good in others and in events. From this place of gratefulness they are less frightened, less angry and more accepting of their situation. They are also more generous, finding pleasure in giving and helping to build relationships and community. Aging well individuals have learned to be patient and trusting, but not passive-allowing events to unfold more slowly, accepting other people’s foibles and not rushing to judge or blame them. They are joyful, though not nec-essarily ebullient, so they find more to celebrate in the day, and feel more optimistic. When you are with them you may sense a certain equanimity, an ability to hold paradox, to be with both the sad and the happy, with the frightening and the pleasurable, and to take life in stride.
These character traits of gratitude, generosity, patience, joy and equanimity are vital to manifesting some of the behaviors that Dr. George Valliant, director of Harvard University’s extended longitu-dinal study on aging, has identified as promoting aging well:
What Does It mean to “age Well”By Tara Watkins, LICSW
» Being able to orient one’s thinking toward the future rather than the past » Maintaining a generally optimistic perspective, choosing to interpret events and choices so one sees possibilities rather than risks when given the opportunity » Developing mature adaptive strategies (turning lemons into lemonade) » Reacting well to change, disease, and conflict » Reinventing oneself » Practicing forgiveness » Feeling and expressing gratitude » Letting go of self-importance » Demonstrating for the young how not to fear death » Finding a rationale for living well even in times of great loss
Hearing such a detailed list might make us wonder whether we can really expect so much of ourselves, especially if these traits do not come naturally. We might find ourselves asking: Is it truly possible for me to strengthen or perhaps begin to develop these qualities at this point in my life?
If you find yourself contemplating this remember change is always possible, and is a process. There may be a sudden “awakening”, but we must do the inner work to incorporate and integrate the new ways of thinking and being.
Recent work in neuroscience helps us understand how this change process takes place. When we cultivate new kinds of thoughts and behaviors, we are making changes in our brains that will eventually modify our habitual patterns of thought and action, yielding to new responses. Thus, no matter where you are in life, with practice it is possible to cultivate the qualities mentioned by Dr. Valliant.
Having a hard time figuring out how to start the process or per-haps find yourself hitting a road block along the way? The temple’s Kesher social worker is available to help support you through this experience. Consultations are confidential.
If you found this article intriguing and would like to explore the topic in greater depth, I am looking to start a book discussion group at Temple Emanu-El focused on Dr. Linda Thal and Rabbi Rachel Cowan’s book in Spring 2018. Please call 401-527-7772 or email [email protected] to let me know you are interested and I will follow up with further details.
Tara Watkins, LICSW, is the Kesher social worker at Temple Ema-nu-El. Kesher is the congregational outreach program of Jewish Family Service of Rhode Island, funded by the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, and currently active at Congregation Agudas Achim, Temple Torat Yisrael, Temple Emanu-El, and Congregation Beth Sholom. She may be reached at [email protected] or 401-527-7772.
You care, but your time is preciously limited and you’re not sure what to do to help build a kinder, more just world.
Here are two simple ideas:
» Demonstrate for social justice! Members of our congregation will be walking from Temple Emanu-el down to the State House grounds on Saturday, January 20, 2018 to participate in this year’s Women’s March for human rights and equality. Remember how empowering it was last January to join the international outpouring of support for human rights? Let’s do it again!
For more information go to the Women’s March Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/195734647670732/
» Join Temple Emanu-El’s Social Action Committee. Email Maia Brumberg-Kraus and Joanna Brown, the committee’s co-chair, to let them know that you want to receive announce- ments of the committee’s meetings, projects and events. We want to hear your ideas! Please email: [email protected] and [email protected]
Social Justice at Temple emanu-el
Robert Pelcovits President Rabbi Wayne M. Franklin Rabbi Rachel Zerin Cantor Brian J. Mayer Rabbi Alvan H. Kaunfer Rabbi Emeritus Paul Stouber Executive Director Ronni GuttinDirector of Education Shoshana Jacob Director of Youth and Family Programs Joshua Jasper Librarian
