A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF TEMPLE BETH AM www.BethAmBuffalo.org OCTOBER 2009 TEMPLE BETH AM 4660 SHERIDAN DRIVE WILLIAMSVILLE, NY 14221 (716) 633-8877 FAX (716) 633-8952 TISHREI - HESHVAN 5770 Join us at Temple Beth Am’s homemade, fresh, New York Style Deli 7th Annual BUBBE’S KITCHEN Sunday, October 11th 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Homemade Matzo Ball Soup! Lox & Bagels Kasha & Shells Kugels & Latkes Eat in! Corned Beef on Rye! Chopped Liver Cheesecake & more Take home! Temple Beth Am 4660 Sheridan Drive, Williamsville Call 633-8877 for all the details! Sukkot Friday, October 2, 2009 6:00 PM Erev Sukkot Service & Kabbalat Siddur v’ Torah Saturday, October 3, 2009 No Torah Study 10:30 AM Sukkot Shabbat Service at Congregation Temple Beth El (Niagara Falls) Saturday, October 10, 2009 No Torah Study 10:30 AM Simchat Torah Joint Liberal Shemini Atzeret Service and Yizkor at Temple Sinai Welcome Cantor Sharon Eve Colbert Temple Beth Am is pleased to welcome Cantor Sharon Eve Colbert as its new cantor. Cantor Colbert, who was ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion in Los Angeles, comes to Buffalo from Houston, where she served in various capacities. Cantor Colbert brings a spiritual and uplifting soprano voice to Temple Beth Am. She prefers to be a ―song leader‖ (and to get the congregation involved in joyful celebration) rather than acting as a ―performer‖ on the bimah. Cantor Colbert’s broad range of experience includes training seniors for B’Nei Mitzvahs at the Medallion Jewish Retire- ment Home in Houston, and serving as Music Director for Children’s Theater productions at the Houston JCC. She has also been an Events Coordinator for the Houston International Festival where, among other activities, she developed educa- tional and arts and crafts programs. Cantor Colbert’s training of adult B’Nei Mitzvah was the sub- ject of an article in the Houston Jewish Herald-Voice. Vicki Samuels, who wrote the story and is also the newspaper’s ad- vertising manager, spoke very highly of Cantor Colbert, ―To me, she’s a very soft person, a compassionate person.‖ Cantor Colbert has been the substitute chaplain for Jewish Family Service in Houston and provided pastoral care at the Texas Medical Center. ―She was always available, responsible and dependable,‖ said Hope Lipnick, the Director of Jewish Chaplains and Hospice at the Texas Medical Center. Lipnick also described Cantor Colbert as ―energetic.‖ Cantor Colbert has worked with both children’s and adult choirs at Congregation Brith Shalom in Houston. She was also a highly popular student cantor at Temple Sinai in Amherst, New York the past two years. Both Sharon and her husband, Paul, a former Texas state legis- lator, are well regarded in Houston. ―We are extremely fortunate to have found a Cantor with the qualities Cantor Colbert brings to Temple Beth Am,‖ said Blaine Schwartz, who chaired the Search Committee. ―With her ability to interact wonderfully with both children and adults, she will bring both vitality and spirituality to our syna- gogue.‖ Cantor Colbert is looking forward to adding unique and crea- tive programs to Temple Beth Am. She has already begun to develop a vision of the ideas she wants to implement after joining Temple Beth Am’s Family of Families on October 1st. Cantor Colbert will assume the position previously held by Cantor Susan Wehle, whose tragic death on Flight 3407 is still mourned throughout our community, and whose presence will always be felt.
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A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF TEMPLE BETH AM www.BethAmBuffalo.org
OCTOBER 2009
TEMPLE BETH AM 4660 SHERIDAN DRIVE WILLIAMSVILLE, NY 14221 (716) 633-8877 FAX (716) 633-8952
Temple Beth Am 4660 Sheridan Drive, Williamsville Call 633-8877 for all the details!
Sukkot
Friday, October 2, 2009 6:00 PM Erev Sukkot Service & Kabbalat Siddur v’ Torah
Saturday, October 3, 2009 No Torah Study 10:30 AM Sukkot Shabbat Service at Congregation Temple Beth El (Niagara Falls)
Saturday, October 10, 2009 No Torah Study 10:30 AM Simchat Torah Joint Liberal Shemini Atzeret Service and Yizkor at Temple Sinai
Welcome Cantor Sharon Eve Colbert Temple Beth Am is pleased to welcome Cantor Sharon Eve Colbert as its new cantor. Cantor Colbert, who was ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion in Los Angeles, comes to Buffalo from Houston, where she served in various capacities. Cantor Colbert brings a spiritual and uplifting soprano voice to Temple Beth Am. She prefers to be a ―song leader‖ (and to get the congregation involved in joyful celebration) rather than acting as a ―performer‖ on the bimah.
Cantor Colbert’s broad range of experience includes training seniors for B’Nei Mitzvahs at the Medallion Jewish Retire-ment Home in Houston, and serving as Music Director for Children’s Theater productions at the Houston JCC. She has also been an Events Coordinator for the Houston International Festival where, among other activities, she developed educa-tional and arts and crafts programs.
Cantor Colbert’s training of adult B’Nei Mitzvah was the sub-ject of an article in the Houston Jewish Herald-Voice. Vicki Samuels, who wrote the story and is also the newspaper’s ad-vertising manager, spoke very highly of Cantor Colbert, ―To me, she’s a very soft person, a compassionate person.‖
Cantor Colbert has been the substitute chaplain for Jewish Family Service in Houston and provided pastoral care at the Texas Medical Center. ―She was always available, responsible and dependable,‖ said Hope Lipnick, the Director of Jewish Chaplains and Hospice at the Texas Medical Center. Lipnick also described Cantor Colbert as ―energetic.‖
Cantor Colbert has worked with both children’s and adult choirs at Congregation Brith Shalom in Houston. She was also a highly popular student cantor at Temple Sinai in Amherst, New York the past two years.
Both Sharon and her husband, Paul, a former Texas state legis-lator, are well regarded in Houston.
―We are extremely fortunate to have found a Cantor with the qualities Cantor Colbert brings to Temple Beth Am,‖ said Blaine Schwartz, who chaired the Search Committee. ―With her ability to interact wonderfully with both children and adults, she will bring both vitality and spirituality to our syna-gogue.‖
Cantor Colbert is looking forward to adding unique and crea-tive programs to Temple Beth Am. She has already begun to develop a vision of the ideas she wants to implement after joining Temple Beth Am’s Family of Families on October 1st. Cantor Colbert will assume the position previously held by Cantor Susan Wehle, whose tragic death on Flight 3407 is still mourned throughout our community, and whose presence will always be felt.
Upcoming Services October 2009
Sukkot
Leviticus 23:33 – 44
Friday, October 2, 2009
6:00 PM Erev Shabbat Service with
Kabbalat Torah v’Siddur
Saturday, October 3, 2009
10:30 AM Sukkot Joint Service
at Temple Beth El (Niagara Falls)
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Shemini Atzeret – Simchat Torah
Deuteronomy 33:1 – 34:12,
Genesis 1:1 – 2:3
Friday, October 9, 2009
6:30 PM Shabbatots
Pre-K to Grade 7
Consecration and Simchat Torah
7:30 PM Erev Shabbat Service
Saturday, October 10, 2009
10:30 AM Joint Shemini Atzeret
Service and Yizkor at Temple Sinai
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Parashat Bereishit
Genesis 1:1 – 6:8
Friday, October 16, 2009
7:30 PM Erev Shabbat Service
Saturday, October 17, 2009
9:00 AM Torah Study
10:30 AM Shabbat Morning Service
Bat Mitzvah of Sydney Millman
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Parashat Noach
Genesis 6:9 – 11:32
Friday, October 23, 2009
7:30 PM Erev Shabbat Service
Saturday, October 24, 2009
9:00 AM Torah Study
10:30 AM Shabbat Morning Service
Bar Mitzvah of Eric Dohn
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Parashat Lech Lecha
Genesis 12:1 – 17:27
Friday, October 30, 2009
7:30 PM Erev Shabbat Service
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Dear Friends, I have been looking forward to the merry month of October with great anticipation. Our much-awaited Cantor Sharon Colbert is now among us. Per-haps you have already met her or heard her at Temple. It is with enormous delight that we all wel-come her into our ―Family of Families‖ that is Temple Beth Am. God created every one of us as a unique and special soul. Every Cantor brings with her a unique set of gifts. No one person does exactly what another does, nor does anyone ever replicate or replace another. This month, we have the privi-lege of welcoming Cantor Sharon Col-bert with an open-hearted spirit of dis-covery. Cantor Colbert is well-trained, well-motivated and very ready. She brings with her many years of soloist experi-ence, and her shiny new Smicha (Ordination) from the Academy of Jewish Religion-CA., a multidenomina-tional Jewish learning center for Cantors and Rabbis (Google it – you will be im-pressed). With her modern training, she also brings a depth of life-experience and a variety of interesting community en-deavors – ask her about these when you meet her! Jewish worship is inconceivable without song. The truly dedicated and sensitive Cantor gives voice both to the articulated and the soundless songs of the congrega-tion. She is more than an artist working in isolation, struggling only to bring forth her own yearnings, love, joy and anguish. She is our Shelichah Tzibbur, our ―emissary of the community.‖
Cantor Colbert will endeavor to lead us more deeply into our own souls and more richly into the faith of our people. She will help us fuse our prayer with hers, on a level beyond our own power to attain. She will quite literally assist us in lifting our prayers
toward the heavens. Cantor Colbert also will attend to the myriad of daily Temple activities that constitute a modern Cantor’s role. She will teach us (and learn from us), teach our children (and learn from them as well). She eagerly looks forward to par-ticipating in the full panoply of congre-gational family sharing, through life-cycle, joys and sorrows, wellness and sickness. Her pastoral care and concern will assist us all to grow more fully into the persons we might best become. Can-tor Colbert, I believe, will excel in these significant arenas as well. Oh yes, I am glad for October with the consequent arrival of Cantor Sharon Col-bert. I am confident that she will find her special place here in our Temple Beth Am, among our wonderful unique souls, and thereby also find a special place in every heart. I know you will join with me in welcom-ing our new Cantor – and her husband Paul Colbert – with true joy and delight, and a song in our hearts. B’Shalom,
From the Desk of Rabbi Irwin A. Tanenbaum, D.D.
You don’t have to just be celebrating a Bar/Bat Mitzvah to sponsor an Oneg!
Celebrate any Simcha! Call Rick Ellis at 633-8877 for all of the details.
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Temple Beth Am Rabbi
Irwin A. Tanenbaum, D.D.
Cantor
Sharon Colbert
Executive Director Richard A. Ellis
Director of Education
Sharon Malek Jacobs
Junior Youth Group Advisors
Liz Messer & Marjorie Deschner
President
David Berghash
V.P. Administration
Daniel Wolfe
V.P. Membership
Jay Mesnekoff
V.P. Worship
Judy Henn
V.P. Education
Heidi Neu
V.P. Finance
Joseph Glickman
Secretary
Lisbeth Rothschild Nye
Treasurer Todd Sugarman
Immediate Past President
Blaine Schwartz
Sisterhood President
Janice Cohen
Men’s Group President
Todd Sugarman
Topics Editor Sharlene Vogler
Temple Office Telephone
633-8877
633-8878 (after hours and weekends)
Temple Office Fax
633-8952
Religious School Telephone
633-8953
December Temple Topics
Deadline
The deadline for articles to be submitted for inclusion in
the December 2009 issue of Temple Topics is October 21, 2009. Please
There are times I’m especially proud to be not just the President of Temple Beth Am, but a member of this Congregation. August 2nd was one of those times.
Walk Off Hunger helped so many people who need help feeding their families. It raised nearly double the money from last year, and will provide nearly a quarter of a million meals for West-ern New Yorkers! If you participated, pledged for someone who did, or helped sponsor the walk, thank you. If you weren’t there, I hope you saw the news coverage. We were featured on every local newscast that night!
It was heartwarming to see so many people from all walks of life take part in our event. They represented many religions and ethnic groups. Many of those groups also participated in our Summer Fest. It was a wonderful multi-faith, multi-cultural day at Temple Beth Am. What a fitting way to honor our beloved Cantor Susan Wehle’s memory, and her goal of uniting peo-ple of all faiths.
The festival also was a big success, and will benefit the Temple in many ways. Thank you to all of our sponsors, including: Bluestein and Muhlbauer, P.C., Imperial Door Controls, Berger & Berger, Family & Children’s Services of Niagara, Inc., TLS Landscaping, Dr. Bernie Davis, Autumn Creek/Green Creek/Stonegate/Windsong Apartments, Wegmans, Silver Spoon, Mes-nekoff Funeral Home, Ellen Scumaci Public Relations, the Weinrieb Family, Active Work-force, Solé Restaurant, Walden Galleria, Jonny C’s NY Deli and Catering, McCullah Coffee, Sound Tracks, the Knee Center of WNY, Randy Spivack, CPA, Impressive Invites and Events, Drew & Liz Messer, Jewish Family Service, Rock Candy Jewelry, Drs. David & Mindy Wein-man, Rob Lederman/Rob’s Comedy Playhouse, Ralph & Gail Kushner, Rion & Julie Kweller, Eric & Leigh Fox, Shelly & Heidi Yellen/Fox Tires, Benderson Development Company, Twin City Ambulance, Mark Rosenthal, Buffalo Cardiology Pulmonary Associates, Electronic Gaming Therapy, Mark & Donna Klein, Scott and Nichole Weinstein/Safetec, Shari Jo Reich, partner with Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak and United Rentals.
I would also like to thank the hard-working members of the Walk-a-thon and Festival Commit-tees, including Renee Weinrieb, Liz Messer, Jackie Taylor, Ellen Scumaci, Robin Adler, Mike Bluman, Jan Cohen, Bruce Corris, Jeff Cutler, Michael Millman, Diane Robinson, Brian Schepart, Blaine Schwartz, Dan Wolfe, Rick Ellis, Sheldon Yellen, Myra Falk, Rob Lederman and Heidi Neu. All of you devoted so much time to making this day so successful. In particu-lar, I would like to acknowledge Todd Sugarman and Gary Bluestein who, once again, demon-strated their passion for our Temple, and gave so generously of their time and resources.
All in all, it was a memorable day. I’m already looking forward to next year.
From David Berghash, President
Temple Beth Am Sisterhood Fall Rummage Sale
Sunday, November 8, 2009 9:00 AM-1:00 PM $1.00 Admission
1:00 PM-2:00 PM $10 Bag Sale
Saturday, November 7, 2009 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Set Up
Volunteers needed both Saturday and Sunday!
Call Evelyn Herman at 833-7405 for details!
(Please bring in your items after October 5th.)
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Sukkot is a ―thank you‖ holiday. We thank God for providing us
with the variety of the harvest. We learn from the time spent in
the temporary dwelling - the Sukkah - how thankful we should be
for the homes that we enjoy. The United States is our home. The
Western New York community is our home. The residence we
share with our family is the first thing we think of when we think
of home. Temple Beth Am is our spiritual home. As Jews, many
of us feel a special bond with Israel and think of it as home.
A custom that is integral to Sukkot is welcoming guests to this
temporary home. Here at Temple Beth Am, we have the obligation
to greet new families to our Congregation and to extend a sincere
welcome to those who have chosen to dwell with us in this our
sanctified home.
This Sukkot, we also have the opportunity to meet our new
Cantor, Sharon Colbert. On Erev Sukkot, October 2nd at 6:00 PM,
please join our 6th and 7th graders who will be receiving their
Torah portions and Siddurim. These students and their families will
have the initial responsibility and pleasure of becoming acquainted
with Cantor Colbert as she begins her sacred task of helping to
enhance our spiritual home. Let’s all reach out to make her feel
welcome.
From Sharon Malek Jacobs, Director of Education
Mazel Tov to our B’nei Mitzvah and Their Families
Sydney Millman
October 17th, 10:30 AM
Eric Dohn
October 24th, 10:30 AM
Cookie Dough will again be for sale as a major
fundraising opportunity for the Religious
School. Delivery will be in time for Hanukkah
gift giving. Watch for more details.
All Religious School Families are
encouraged to attend to help us welcome
our new students!
Consecration and Simchat Torah
Friday, October 9th
In response to our young families and their desire to attend services, as well as maintain their children’s routine, we will hold Consecration during the Shabbatots service on Friday,
October 9th at 6:30 PM. We will include a Simchat Torah cele-
bration as part of this 45-minute service, which will be held in the Sanctuary. A special Oneg for everyone in attendance to
honor our Consecrants, all new students in our Religious School, will immediately follow in the Open Area. Invite family and friends to join this celebration.
Welcome New Members
Elliott Gabelnick
Amy Hecht
Howard & Estel Hilfstein
Cheryl Mesch
Michael & Sheryl Rosenthal
Morton Korn
Michelle Polonski
Muriel Savit
Ben & Amanda Usen
Erica Webber
Beverly Zoeller
Important Religious School Dates
October 18th JLI Program
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
October 25th 8th Grade Giborim Program
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Thank You to Bagel Jays...
for the lovely challahs you donate
to our Temple Beth Am Family each
and every Shabbat.
Cell Phones Now Recycled at Temple Beth Am for
BATY
Don’t toss out your used cell phone or accessories. Bring them to Temple for Recycling!
Rose unfolds the story of her life, one fascinating episode after
another...Her remarkable life starts from a tiny Russian village to a
Warsaw ghetto, Atlantic City and Florida. There are also side trips to a
hippie commune in Connecticut and an Israeli settlement on the West
Bank. In her search for safety, love and happiness, Rose has made
unexpected discoveries along the way. A testimony to love and survival,
written by Martin Sherman, author of Bent.
The Visiting Nursing Association
of Western New York to Offer
Flu Immunizations at Temple Beth Am on
Thursday, October 22nd 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Flu vaccinations offered to ages 9 and older.
Parent or Guardian must be present and
sign consent for ages 9-17.
Flu Mist nasal spray also available for ages 9-49
who are healthy and not pregnant
Accepted insurances:
Medicare (Part B only), Univera, Independent Health,
WNY Blue Cross/Blue Shield (bring your insurance card!)
All others:
Flu Shot $30
Flu Mist $40
Pneumonia $45
Proceeds to benefit VNA Charity Home Care!
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The Sisterhood of Temple Beth Am Cordially Invites You (Women & Men)
to a Fundraiser at:
CARRABBA’S ITALIAN GRILL 1645 Niagara Falls Blvd. (Behind Lowe’s) Amherst, NY 14226 On Wednesday, October 14, 2009
11:45 AM Sign-in 12:00 PM Lunch (Chef’s Choice - Salad, Entree, Dessert and Beverage) $18.00 Per Person (includes tax and gratuity)
Everyone is welcome—members and non-members (we can only seat 100 people, so get your check in early!) Please make checks payable to ―TBA Sisterhood,‖ and mail your check and this Reservation below to the Sisterhood Treasurer:
CARRABBA’S FUNDRAISER Evelyn Herman 52 Fairbanks Avenue Buffalo, NY 14223
Names (Please Print):
1. _________________________________
2. _________________________________
3. _________________________________
4. _________________________________
Total # of People _____@ $18.00 each = $____________
Sisterhood Chanukah Card
Dear Temple Friends and Family,
As we approach the holiday of Chanukah, searching for the left over candles from years past and our Chanukah menorahs, we make
plans to celebrate the holiday of lights, and think about who should be included in our celebration. How nice it would be to send greet-
ings to all of our Temple Family. All you have to do to share the warmth of this holiday is to have your name included in our Chanukah
card. This card will be sent to the entire Temple Family. Please fill out the form below and send it in with a check for $18.00 to
Sisterhood of Temple Beth Am.
Diane Symons
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Please include our name on the Chanukah card sent to our Temple Family.
(Sample: Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Symons; or Diane and Jerry Symons; or Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Symons and family.)
Enclosed is my check for $18.00 made payable to: Sisterhood of Temple Beth Am. Each check covers one family entry.
Send to: Temple Beth Am, Attention: Chanukah Card, 4660 Sheridan Drive, Williamsville NY 14221
All checks and names must be received by November 15, 2009.
PARENT PHONE NUMBER ________________________________________________
This is a wonderful way for our Temple family to keep in touch with our students away from home. My contact information is
as follows:
Debbie Korotkin, 19 Kingsbridge Court, Getzville, NY 14068
E-Mail: [email protected] (Put College Connection in the subject.) Phone: 688-8882
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL BAR & BAT MITZVAH
INVITATIONS; ORDER THEM JUST THE WAY YOU WANT!
WE STILL HAVE 40% OFF SELECT TALLITOT AND 25% OFF
CHANUKAH, PASSOVER AND PURIM GOODS!
Temple Beth Am Sisterhood Judaica Gift Shop
October: We need to make room for new Judaica items!
Gift Shop Hours:
Sunday 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
Tuesday 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Do You Want to Help the Environment?
Any Temple Member who would like to help the environment by getting their Temple Topics online,
thereby allowing the Temple to print fewer issues of our Bulletin and saving the Temple postage costs,
should simply send an email to: [email protected] and request removal from the
Temple Topics mailing list. This WILL NOT affect other mailing from the Temple.
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The Endowment Fund In Memory of: Victor Diener, by Stanley and Carol Arbeit Pearl Elsner, by Joyce Slepian Robert Kranitz, by Esther Haber Kranitz
The Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund In Memory of: Philip Brody, by Barbara Brody Cohen Walter S. Strauss, by Inge Strauss In Honor of: Kevin Frier, on becoming a Bar Mitzvah, with appreciation by Shawn and Kathy Frier
The Cantor Susan Wehle Memorial Fund
In Memory of: Alan Fenster, by Jeff and Shelly Hirshberg Rose Alpert Gerstman, by Lillian Innerfield Gerstman Eva Gilden, by Berna Koren Martha Goldenberg, by Phoebe and Harold Meyers Steven Ira Haber, by Esther Haber Kranitz Abraham Pearlman, by George Pearlman Murray Pikoff, by Howard and Ann Pikoff Harry Pritikin, by Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Pritikin Harold P. Rubin, by Susan Rubin Nigoff Tillie Sohinki, by Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Pritikin Susan Wehle, by Jeff and Shelly Hirshberg In Honor of: Alexa Draman, on becoming a Bat Mitzvah, by Elaine and Marshall Weinstein Laura Yellen Kevin Frier, on becoming a Bar Mitzvah, with appreciation for Harvey Horowitz, by Shawn and Kathy Frier Leon and Cindy Komm, on the birth of their granddaughter, Olivia, by Ilene and Sally Scheib
The Educator’s Discretionary Fund In Honor of: Kevin Frier, on becoming a Bar Mitzvah, with appreciation by Shawn and Kathy Frier Sharon and Steven Jacobs, on the marriage of their daughter, Andrea, by Barbara and Phil Brogadir
The Building Fund In Memory of: Gertrude Weil, by Inge Strauss
The Yahrzeit Fund
In Memory of: Helen Konell, by Charlotte Pollock Henry Schlanger, by Richard Friedfertig
The Anne Bernstein Education Fund In Memory of: Anne Bernstein, by Ellen and Alan Bernstein Blanche Bernstein, by Ellen and Alan Bernstein Norman and Hannah Weinberg Harold Bernstein, by Ellen and Alan Bernstein Estelle Etelson, by Ellen and Alan Bernstein Norman and Hannah Weinberg In Honor of: Jerry Birzon, for his recovery, by Ellen and Alan Bernstein Alexa and Chad Draman, both making the Honor Roll, by Shane M. Draman Sharon and Bob Miller, on their 50th Wedding Anniversary, by Ellen and Alan Bernstein
The Fight Hunger Fund
In Memory of: Martin Reider, by Joanne and Gary Stromberg
The Edith and Joel L. Cohen Prayer Book Fund In Memory of: Marjorie Laufer, by Leonard and Rita Weiss In Honor of: Arny Malvern, on his Special Birthday, by Gail and Larry Cohen and Family Barbara and Saul Henechowitz Rhonda and Michael Wise
The Rabbi Daniel E. Kerman Memorial Fund
In Memory of: Helene Barback, by Wolis Barback Ida Bilsky, by Eve and Norman Fertig Irving Louis Innerfield, by Lillian I. Gerstman and Jen Innerfield Ruthann G. Raiken, by Morris Raiken
The Dr. Barnett A. Slepian Fund In Memory of: Victor Diener, by Irv, Gloria, Randy and Mary Kay Atlas
The Morris and Gussie Spivack Youth Library Memorial Fund
In Memory of: Gilbert (Bill) G. Rothman, by Randal I. Spivack
(Continued on page 9)
October Donations (those received by August 21, 2009)
NOTE: Writing a separate check for each donation allows us to credit the full amount of your contribution to the fund you specify for your gift.
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In Memoriam
Our Temple extends its sympathy to the families of:
Victor Diener Frances E. Flick
Louis H. Glickman George W. Harris
Elaine Weis
Memorial Plaques have been added to the Carl Shubert Memorial in our Sanctuary
for the following:
Emma Harrison Alfred Hersh
Blanche N. Hersh David Hersh
Henrietta Hersh Robert L. Hersh Edith Liebeskind
Isadore Liebeskind
The following people have made donations for the Cantor Susan Wehle Memorial
Joseph and Bernice Baker Jeffrey and Denise Balsom Mac and Margaret Barnett Neal and Carol Bedell Jan and Lynne Berg and Family Ellen and Alan Bernstein Lawrence and Nancy Birzon Fred and Elaine Bock Drucy Borowitz and Philip Glick Beverly Cohen Howard and Sherri Davis Jill and David Dolgin and Family Phyllis Drozen Mac and Ginny Ellis Saul and Janine Elkin Emily Eisenbaum Mark and Michele Farber Lillian Gerstman Albert and Doreen Gold Ben and Evelyn Herman Mark and Donna Klein and Family Nelson and Joan Korus Marc and Betsy Kozinn Esther Haber Kranitz Bill and Martie Krone Joseph and Sandra Kushner Henry and Judy Mann Lorraine Medwin Harold and Phoebe Meyers Kenneth and Ruth Miller Susan Nigoff George and Norma Pearlman Jill Pellis Martin and Ellen Pine Anita Rauch Susan Ronald Helen Rosen Leonard and Phyllis Rosokoff Sally and Ilene Scheib Richard and Carol Shine Barbara Strauss and Charles Koven Gary, Joanne, Alison, Louis and Hannah Stromberg Bernard and Adelaide Taub Jessica Topper and Family N.Jo Tufts Tzipporah Rahabi-Vigna Mindy, David, Amy and Sara Weinman Leonard and Rita Weiss Ellen and Rachel Zucker
October Donations (continued from page 8)
NOTE:
Writing a separate check for each donation
allows us to credit the full amount of your
contribution to the fund you specify for your gift.
Learn to Braille
The Braille Group of Buffalo needs volunteers to learn to transcribe print into Braille for blind children and adults.
We train you! Classes start in October. Call Jill Pariso at 689-1560 or Ann Webster at 434-4840.
Join us for Israeli Folk Dancing with Dorothy Lewis
Saturday, October 17th
7:00PM - 9:00PM in the Social Hall
Cost: $10.00 per Adult & $8.00 per Youth
For more information, please call Linda Bergman at 741-4721.
(No partner or experience needed.)
October 2009 Memorial Anniversaries
October 2, 2009 Adrienne Baltuch, Nadya Busnar, Mildred Engel, Ralph Epstein, Linda Fierstein, Marshall Levi Glickman, Daniel Goldenberg, Zelda B. Goldenberg, Isidore Goldstein, Evelyn Goldwater, Lillian T. Goodman, Hyman Guttman, Alan Harrishburg, David Horblit, David Horwitz, Reva Kutsina, Eva Leshaw, Sheila Macoff, William Mariner, Joseph Palanker, Joseph Rosberg, Leo J. Rosen, Herman Rosenthal, Lewis Ruslander, Macy Savatsky, Chuck Schepart, Ben Shapiro, William Z. Snitzer, Paul Strauss, Joseph Stulberg, Morris Tak-sen, Ruth Taksen, Leonard Teplitsky, Frank Tripi, Herman S. Umof, Sylvia Weinstein, Jack Yallof.
October 9, 2009 David Abrams, Ben Antonoff, Leah Berke, Robert Brainard, Marlene Brickner, Moisey Bronshteyn, Earl W. Cary, Edward Cohen, Ruveyn Elberg, George Engel, Richard Engelhardt, Alfrieda Feldman, Isaac Feldman, Selma Fortgang, Dr. Martin Friedland, Fanny Friedman, Julia Harrishburg, Clara Judelsohn, Gorden Kantrowitz, Irving Kaprove, Feyga M. Kolnik, Lillian Kossoff, Elena Kreps, Solomon Kusnitz, Jack Mann, Albert Markel, Hyman Mednick, Hana Moller, Herman Nadel, Harry Raiken, Joseph Roth, Ida Saran, Milford Sarfaty, Abe Schulman, Edward M. Schulman, Abraham Julius Silver, Betty Levin Simon, Eunice Small, Esther Stein, Evelyn Bikki Swados, Louis Topper.
October 16, 2009 John W. Atkinson, Mary Jane Atkinson, Minnie Baker-Silverman, Joseph Block, Marvin Braiterman, Sara Cohen, Martyn F. Cominsky, Alan Davis, Irving Finkelstein, Evelyn Fox, Abraham Friedman, Jacob Fruchtbaum, Max Garbarsky, Allen Gilman, Max Ginsberg, Louis Goldberg, Herman Haber, Dora Heskins, Fannie Hirsch, Mark G. Hirschorn, Simon Jacobs, Pauline W. Lindenfeld, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, Rudolph Remson, Yudith Rosenfeld, Anna Rosenthal, Annette Schaefer, Lillian Schaefer, Leonard Schwartz, Selma Siegel, Minnie Baker Silverman, Samuel Sirkin, Lawrence Slaybod, Harry Louis Smith, Esther Stromberg, Dorothea Bary Subkoff, Lewis Toubkin, Jeanette Wasser, Stephen Weinstein, Belle Weiss, Charles Weitzner, Irwin Winer, Bernard Zinderman.
October 23, 2009 Leo Bachner, Seymour Berger, Aaron Broder, Belle Chasen, Felix Dudek, Paul Fox, Bessie Fudeman, Louis Goodman, Daniel Seth Holmlund, Ann Izbeck, Roy Jacobson, Simon Kareff, Jennie Kaufman, Ruth Koven, Gail Jacobson Lang, Alan Lieberman, John Main, William Oehlbert, Sarah Pliss, Rachel Powsner, Fanny Pritikin, William Raikin, Arthur Reichard, Allan Robbins, Richard Ruslander, Max Schmeidler, Helen J. Silver, Augusta Silverman, Sylvia Simon, Herbert Slater, Dr. Barnett Slepian, Abe Sohinki, Nathan Spector, Jerome Steier, Louis P. Steinberg, Stephen E. Sweet, Rosebelle Weissman, Dorothy Winkel, Rose Zimmer.
October 30, 2009 Fannie Avrunin, Mildred Bluestone, David G. Brown, Louis I. Bunis, Charles Cassover, Angela Cimato, Michelle Colbert, Lila Cowan, Esther Cytryn, Paul Davis Sr., June Eberlin, Mary Ehrlichman, Isobel L. Epstein, Hannah Fishman, Nancy Frankfort, Jack Friedfertig, Irwin Ginsberg, Lewis Glaser, Leona Glazer, Anne E. Godshaw, Sarah Gold-berg, Esther Grossberg, Ernest Gunzburger, Gertrude Haniford, Eugene Bernard Heller, Anna Jacobs, Gilbert Kleeberg, Marian Tasman Klein, Joseph Kornblatt, Ezry Kramer, William Lesser, Frances Madonia, Stanley Medwin, Marvin Organek, George Oved, Rose Pastor, Benjamin Paull, Belle Raikin, Lynn Reich, Theodore Rose, Harry S. Rubin, Harold S. Ruslander, Sylvia Adler Safir, Rose Schnitzer, Harold Schwartz, Sam Serotte, Carl Silber, Belle Simon, Lee Singer, Philip Slepian, Jackson Traub, Bacie Tsypenyuk, Ruth Wallins, Kurt Wehle, Irving Weiner, Reuben Weinstein, Julius Weis, Mina Weis.
BETWEEN THE COVERS WITH JEWISH
AUTHORS 2009 - 2010 BOOK LIST Between the Covers with Jewish Authors begins its 5th year of pro-
grams for all who love books – women, men and mature teens. This
delightful, intergenerational program attracts readers who share
perceptions and create friendship. Sponsored by TBA Sisterhood and
organized by Marta Braiterman, we welcome you to our monthly
gatherings.
Highlights of the coming year are two JCC Book Fair author
visits by Dara Horn and David Sax, plus a roundtable discussion
with our own Gunilla Theander Kester.
Thursday, October 15th
All Other Nights, by Dara Horn
Booktalk discussion led by Marta Braiterman
7:30 PM, TBA Library
Sunday, October 25th
Author visit to Buffalo by Dara Horn, a JCC Book Fair event
2:30 PM at Temple Beth Zion (Sweet Home near Sheridan Drive)
Thursday, November 19th
Author visit by David Sax, Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect
Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen
3:30 PM, NOSH CAFÉ (Transit Rd., just north of Sheridan)
a JCC Book Fair Event www.jccbookfair.com
Saturday, December 19th
Because God Loves Stories: An Anthology of Jewish
Storytellers, by Steve Zeitlin
11:00 AM, TBA Library
Saturday, January 16th
Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son’s Return to His
Jewish Family, by Stephen J. Dubner
11:00 AM, TBA Library
Saturday, February 20th
Kaballah: A Love Story, by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
11:00 AM, TBA Library
Saturday, March 20th
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, by Michael Chabon
11:00 AM, TBA Library
Thursday, April 15th
I Married My Mother-In-Law: And Other Tales of In-laws
We Can't Live With- and Can't Live Without, by Ilena
Silverman (editor) 7:30 PM, TBA Library
Thursday, May 20th
Time of Sand and Teeth: Poems, by Gunilla Theander Kester
Roundtable Discussion with the Poet
7:30 PM, TBA Library
All of the books listed above are available at the JCC Book Fair, or online through the amazon.com link on TBA’s home page
