Temple Anshe Hesed Mission Statement:
Temple Anshe Hesed is a Reform Jewish congregation guided by Torah
and dedicated to perpetuating Judaism and its traditions
through education, worship, and social action
in a welcoming and inclusive environment.
Temple Topics
5401 Old Zuck Road/Erie PA 16506/www.anshehesed.org
September 2019
1 Elul– 1Tishre 5780
Gesher at a Glance
1st day, Camp Day, High Holy Days, Pizza in the Hut
First day of Gesher & Hebrew
Sunday, September 15th Parents and students please join us for our school kickoff assembly at 9:30 in the
social hall. Students will join their teachers in the classrooms at 10:00 while we review the school year with
parents. At 10:30 Gesher students and families will be hosting a Pancake Breakfast for the entire
congregation. Please email [email protected] to volunteer at this event. Hebrew will follow from
11:30-12:30. Registration forms, year schedule, and family handbook will be emailed to all families.
Please bring completed forms to with you to the first day of school.
Gesher & Hebrew
Sunday, September 22nd Gesher 9:30-11:30; Hebrew 11:30-12:30 followed by Camp Day @12:30!
Gesher parents and students please join us for a light lunch while we provide information about Jewish
Overnight Camp options as well as scholarship information including the generous Kuperman fund and
JCC fund that can help financially aid in your child’s camp experience.
Family Rosh Hashanah & Tachlich Service
Monday, September 30th Rosh Hashanah children’s service will take place at 10:00am in the Gesher
school wing followed by sitter service and a light lunch snack while the adult service concludes. Children
will join their families to parade with the Torah, Shofar, and Spirt to Veterans Park. Services will begin at
1:00 at Veterans Park.
Family and Children’s Kol Nidre Service
Tuesday, October 8th Family dinner will begin at 5:00 followed by a special Kol Nidre family service at
5:45. Please RSVP to [email protected] by October 1st.
Gesher Sukkah Decorating and Pizza in the Hut
Tuesday, October 15th
Our Gesher students and families will gather at 6:00 to finish decorating the
Sukkah while enjoying Pizza in the Hut! All congregants welcome and encouraged to attend. Please
RSVP to [email protected] by October 8th.
Good News! Temple Anshe Hesed will be reviving our
Temple Trekkers team at Erie's Light the Night Walk
benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The walk will
be held Thursday, Sept 19th at Perry Square. The event begins
at 7:30pm and is family friendly. Registration is free, but
walkers are encouraged to get donations. Our team goal is 10
walkers and $1000 in donations. Participants that get $100 in
donations will receive a Light the Night T-shirt and
refreshments at the event. If you would like to walk, donate,
or both - please visit our team page at:
https://pages.lightthenight.org/wpa/ErieCo19/TempleTrekkers
or contact Lisa Totleben at 814-218-9828
or via email at [email protected]
Youth Group Leader Posting! NFTY is a movement that builds strong, welcoming, inspired
communities through teen-powered engagement. Together, we pursue
tikkun olam, personal growth, youth empowerment, and deep
connections, all rooted in Reform Judaism. NFTY’s Northeast Lakes
Region includes Ontario Canada; northern New York; Cleveland, OH,
and its suburbs; and Erie, PA.
There are 4 main events that Erie high school students will participate
in during the 5780 school year. L’dor Kallah, 10-18-19;
Winter Kallah, 12-6-19; Spring Boards 2-28-20; and Spring Kallah,
4-24-20. The Youth Group leader will be compensated for travel, lodg-
ing, and food. The Youth Group leader will also plan and schedule 4 local trips as well as a social action
project. Please visit the website for more information. https://northeastlakes.nfty.org/ or
https://nfty.org/resources/youth-group-administration/
The position listed requires Pennsylvania State Clearances and Jewish knowledge. Submit your resume
to [email protected]. For more information or questions on this position please email Rabbi Morais
Shabbat Services
Friday, September 6 Rabbi Morais
6:15 P.M. Shabbat Service
Friday, September 13 Rabbi Morais
6:15 P.M. TGIS/Shabbat Service
Friday, September 20 Rabbi Morais
6:15 P.M. Shabbat Service
Friday, September 27 Rabbi Morais
6:15 P.M. Shabbat Service
The Worship Committee has
responded to many requests for song
leaders to assist Rabbi Morais in
conducting beautiful Shabbat
services by hiring Jessica Thorpe and
Laurie Hitt.
Any donations to help off-set this
added operating cost would be
greatly appreciated.
Send gifts to the Temple office c/o
Mary Scutella.
Thank you, Jay Kallor
Worship
JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Mark Your Calendars for: JCC SENIOR LOUNGE
September 12, 2019 At Noon At Temple Anshe Hesed
5401 Old Zuck Erie, PA 16505
Call: 814-455-4474 to reserve your seat.
And for those who plan ahead: Our September selection is The Button Man by Andrew Gross
Thanks to the many who have given us some great recommendations. We are always ready to hear others.
Please forward them as well as any questions about the book club to Janice Wittmershaus at
Book Club
Button Man by Andrew Gross
Morris, Sol, and Harry Rabinowitz grew up poor on the Lower East Side. Morris apprenticed himself at twelve years old to a garment cutter in a clothing factory; Sol headed to college and became an accountant; and Harry, the youngest, fell in with a gang as a teenager. Morris steadily climbs through the ranks at the factory until he’s running the place and buys out the owner, and Sol comes to work with him. But Harry can’t be lured away from the glamour, the power, and the money that comes from working for mobster Louis Buchalter. When Louis sets his sights on the unions that staff the garment makers’ factories, a fatal showdown is inevitable, and puts brother against brother. This book is equal parts historical thriller, rich with the detail of a vibrant New York City in the 1920s and 1930s, and family saga, based in part on Andrew Gross’s family history.
The Temple Anshe Book Club is open to everyone!
No reservations are required. Just show up. We’d love for you to join us!
It is still summer and the book club continues its summer hours with meetings at the Yacht Club on the
3rd
Tuesday of the month, Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 5:30 PM at The Erie Yacht Club
Our October selection is The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
Thanks to the many who have given us some great recommendations. We are always ready to hear others.
Please forward them as well as any questions about the book club to Janice Wittmershaus at
This month’s program
Will feature local Dulcimer musicians Who will entertain us while educating us
about this fascinating Musical instrument.
A Word from the Jewish Community Council
In recent years, the Jewish Community Council’s focus has been to assist in local needs, as
well as Israel and Jewish needs worldwide. The Board has voted to provide $7,000.00 to
Temple Anshe Hesed and to Congregation Brith Sholom for each congregation to use at
their Board’s discretion. We hope that this will be useful in light of the need for increased
security.
Congregant Corner
Remembrance Fund
In memory of Heidi Fox
Mr. and Mrs. David Lester
Robert and Jackie Breakstone
In memory of Suzanne Kholos
Odette Sperry
Ruth Waidley
Dr. Kathleen and Dave Benson
Robert and Jackie Breakstone
David and Sandra Herman
Special Events
In memory of Dan Landsberg
Marian Chestner
Eugene and Alice Weiss Fund
In memory of Isador Nathan
Tom and Lorraine Donaher
Special Contribution for Song Leaders
Amy and Dennis Vidmar
Miscellaneous Fund
In gratitude to Temple Anshe Hesed for the
generous donation of a Torah to the Hebrew
Congregation of Chautauqua
Larry Cohen and the Hebrew Congregation of
Chautauqua
In memory of Heidi Fox
Laurie Penn
Deepest Sympathy is shared with the families of:
Heidi Fox, daughter of the late Myrtle and
Franklin Fox; sister of Toby Marx and Joel Fox,
and partner of John Gilman. She was also aunt
to many nieces and nephews and a great niece
and nephew.
Judi Green, former congregant
Howard Rubinfield, friend of TAH
Claire Roberts, mother of Judy Lipsitz
May their memory always be for a blessing.
On Thursday, September 12 Corrine Egan will be
presented with the:
Ageless Remarkable Erieite Award at the
Saint Mary’s Follies. Call 814-451-1316 for more
information on how to attend this special evening.
Mazel Tov Corrine! You truly are remarkable.
Please note this correction for the email of Sandra
and Joe May. Their email address is:
Please note the correct email for Evan Skornick is
We are constantly updating the Temple
directory. Please contact the Office at
[email protected] with any changes or to add
your email address.
We will never publish your email address without
your permission.
Donations
The Worship Committee is looking for anyone
who would like to do Hagbah or Gelilah activity at
High Holiday Services.
We are also looking for volunteers for Shofar
blowing on the High Holy Days. Rabbi Morais
will be teaching all volunteers. The date of the
class will be announced at a later date.
Please contact Jay Kallor at 814-602-4826, you
will be contacted and trained for the role as
required.
We have lost someone very special…
Thank you for sharing in our grief.
Thank you for your sympathy and caring on
the loss of my mother, Claire Roberts.
Judy Lipsitz and family
Presenting:
2019-2020 Insights into Judaism:
Exploring a Faith
This full-year course will run from September 2019 to
May 2020 and will include presentations, discussions
and seminars. Contact Rabbi Morais or the Temple
office for more details. Call 814-454-2426.
Congregant Calendar Birthdays
Susan Levine September 1
Janet Hood September 3
Lyubov Zelinskaya September 4
Helene Wilson September 5
Stephen Wood September 5
Marci Bradley September 8
Herbert Rubinfield September 10
Howard Levin September 11
Trenton Maldet September 13
Melissa Fuller September 17
Lisa Nathanson September 18
Bernie Maas September 19
John Pless September 20
Phil Friedman September 23
Christopher Fuller September 24
Sandra Hoover September 25
Ina Fisher September 26
David Levy September 26
Ruth Randall September 27
Connor Bille September 28
Rochelle Krowinski September 30
Jonathan Waldman September 30
Anniversaries
September 1
Lisa and Steven Totleben
September 15
Karen and Sergiu Abromovici
September 21
Judy and David Lipsitz
September 22
Carol and Leon Bilewitz
September 23
Joan and Walter Harf
Yahrzeits
September 7/8
Yetta Felheim, Marilyn Levinson,
Henry N. Goldenberg, Henry Klewans,
Raymond Schatz, Selma Gold, Sara Melnick,
Recha Michel, Leo Weil, Frank Kaufman,
Kaskel Solomon, Louis Hersch, Nathan Neubauer,
Yetta Aaron, Leo Wertheimer, Bernard Levick
September 14/15 Eileen Chinsky, Hirsch Jacobs,
Rose Umans Abramson, Caroline Schonfield Loeb,
Hannah Oppenheimer Schuster, Jacob Weinberger,
Bertha Strauss, Lucille Frank Hanauer,
Abraham Leib Brown, Morris Wexler, Richard Zacks,
Giza Spitzer, Leopold Frenkel, Ella Spangenthal,
Samuel Elkeles, Anna Waxelbaum, Rosalie Brand,
Ethel Shapira Silver, Dorothy Felheim,
Theodor Kapp, Robert Baker, Barbara Wiczyk
September 21/22
Martha Marks Greenwald, Minnie Levy,
David Berlin, Hermann Kline, Esther Umans,
A. Louis Straus, Abraham Immerman,
Minna Sara Zacks, Jacob Lasalle, Helen Goldsmith,
Carrie Schoenfeld Levi, Selma Lipsitz,
Hulda Schuster Schnurman, Sylvan Bondy,
Marks Browarsky, Helga Lelser Schweitzer, Rachel
Browarsky, Herbert Goldberg, Jacob Meyers, Robert
Aaron Simon, Sarah Davis, Louis Simon
September 28/29 Morris Reichart, Samuel Davis,
Harold Cipperman, Eugene Kerness, Leon March,
Morris Tanner, Meyer Millner, Frederick Schuster,
Murray Chinsky, Joseph Schuster, Alfred Schaffner,
Ovid Cohen Sr., Isaac Baker, Therese Cohn,
Florence Currick, Nellie Bissinger, Samuel Holtz,
Henry Singer, Caroline Gluck
Perpetual Memorials:
Names that appear on the yahrzeit list both here and
on our service sheets each week are the names of
those whose family members have purchased a
Perpetual Memorial in memory of their loved ones.
Purchasing a Perpetual Memorial means that your
loved one will have Kaddish said for him or her in
perpetuity, as long as the congregation of
Temple Anshe Hesed exists.
If you are interested in a Perpetual Memorial for your
loved one, please contact Mary Scutella at the office.
