Chronicle May04 - Temple Israel

TEMPLE ISRAEL
CHRONICLE
“Dor L’Dor — Generation to Generation”
Volume 4, Issue 5 May, 2004 ✡ Nisan/Iyar 5764
Law Day Shabbat - Saturday, May 8
ALIYOT
Kohen: Jerome Cohen
Levi: Sandor Yelen
3rd Aliyah: Allan Kluger
4th Aliyah: Albert Danoff
5th Aliyah: Martin Meyer
6th Aliyah: David Harris
Maftir: Joseph Savitz
HAFTARAH
Joseph Savitz
TORAH READERS
David Schwager
Richard Goldberg
Elliot Edley
Steven Greenwald
HAGBEH
Barry Dyller
G’LILAH
Lesa Gelb
PRAYER FOR OUR
COUNTRY
Elizabeth Bartolai
PRAYER FOR PEACE
Gregg Spath
KIDDUSH
Hon. Max Rosenn
HAMOTZI
Harold Rosenn
TEMPLE ISRAEL:
Staff:
Larry G. Kaplan, Rabbi
Ahron Abraham, Cantor
Gerri Kaplan, Principal
Debra Schonfeld, Administrator
Naomi Meyer, Chronicle Editor
Officers:
David E. Schwager, Esq., President
Richard M. Goldberg, Esq.,
Chairman of the Board
Lisa Klee, School Board Chair
Sisterhood President:
Donna Kornfeld
Men’s Club President:
Dr. Richard Grossman
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
Daily Minyan:
Weekday Mornings, 7:15 AM
Sunday Mornings, 8 AM
Afternoons, 5:15 PM
Shabbat Services:
Kabbalat Service, 5:15 PM
Saturday Morning, 9:30 AM
See Detailed Shabbat Schedule Inside
Phone: (570) 824-8927
Fax: (570) 824-0904
Layout Design courtesy of
Bedwick & Jones Printing.
Winners of the Yom
Hashoah Essay Contest
Five of the six
winners of this year's
community Yom
Hashoah Essay
Contest are Temple
Israel School of
Excellence students.
Shown above are
Katherine Finkelstein,
2nd place; Danielle
Ghingold, 1st place;
Sarah Klee, 1st place;
Steven Finkelstein,
1st place; Scott
Nachlis, 1st place.
The contest is open
to all students at
UHI, B’nai B’rith and
Temple Israel
religious schools. The winners received prizes and read their winning essays at the Yom
Hashoah commemoration on Sunday, April 18th at the JCC.
Mazal tov to all of the winners!
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Rabbi Kaplan Writes...
Dear Friends,
Now that
Passover is only a
memory, you’re
undoubtedly
having the same
problem that I
have, one that
might
appropriately be called the 11th Plague.
Worse than darkness, worse than frogs,
worse than boils- it’s the terrible plague
of still having boxes and boxes of
Matzah left over. Especially in my
family, with literally eleven mouths to
feed, almost every pre-Pesach trip to
Price Chopper meant a free five pound
box of Matzah. It may be called
Lechem Oni- A Poor Person’s Bread- at
the Seder table, but try giving your
leftover boxes to a food pantry after the
holiday has ended! If I save it for
Tashlich in September I’ll have enough
for all the ducks in North America.
I’d save it for next year (how much
worse could it taste?) but it actually
becomes “Chametz” after Pesach ends.
Judaism is usually pretty good about
recycling things we use for rituals, but I
haven’t heard any good ideas about
Matzah. The Lulav we use on Sukkot we
can save for...No- not Palm Sunday- but
for searching for the Chametz before
Pesach and then burning it with the
Chametz. The Etrog we use on Sukkot
we can use for jelly or we can put
cloves in it to use as Besamim- spices to
bid farewell to the weekly Shabbat at
Havdalah. I wonder if Matzah would
make good mulch for the garden. I’ve
considered calling Sears and seeing if
they want to buy a few pounds to use at
their vacuum cleaner display. I knowit’s
a crummy idea.
The reason there is no tradition
about recycling Matzah is that until our
day, there was probably little left over.
Most Jews were far from wealthy, and
they were lucky if they had enough
Matzah for everyone in their household
to fulfill the Mitzvah of eating it at the
Seder. From our earliest days on earth
providing food for our families has been
a difficult task. Ever since Adam was
kicked out of the Garden of Eden we
have had to till and tend the soil to
hopefully produce enough food to keep
our families from starving.
Our ancient ancestors knew how
important the grain was that grew in
their fields. It was so valuable that it
could actually be brought as a sacrifice
to the ancient Temple in Jerusalem. It
was known as a Mincha offering, made
of cereal grain from wheat or oats or
barley. And it was just as acceptable on
God’s altar as a lamb or ram was.
Because to the farmer who could only
afford grain, it was truly a sacrifice.
When the spring came, and the
rains ended, the harvest of wheat and
barley began. It took a few months to
complete, and between Passover and
Shavuot most of the work was done.
During this time those ancient farmers
brought a measure of grain, called an
Omer, to wave before God at the
Temple each day of the harvest. By
showing gratitude at every step of the
process, they hoped that God would
continue to bless them with sustenance.
They literally counted off the days
between Passover and Shavuot, 49 days
of appreciation for their yield. 49 days
of counting their blessings.
I’d say this period of the Counting
of the Omer is possibly the most
important time of the year for us. It
gives us the opportunity to look at what
we’ve got right this minute, and to
express our gratitude to God for it. It
reminds us how short our time on earth
is, and in between the Yizkor of
Passover and the Yizkor of Shavu’ot, we
remember how lucky we are every
single day.
How many of your blessings have
you counted recently? Could you think
of 49 blessings you’ve got to be
thankful for? Do you always think of at
least one each day?
I invite you to our daily service
during these weeks leading up to
Shavu’ot (you’re invited all year round,
but this is special). Every evening at our
5:15 Minyan we spend a minute
reflecting on how we can make our
lives a little better for the next day, and
we count a new blessing in the process.
Rabbi Kaplan
Dessert & Learn
Erev Shavuot
Tikkun Study Session
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
7 p.m. in the School Building
Rabbi Kaplan’s Topic:
“Taking the Bible Literally”
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Cantor’s Notes
All of us are familiar with the
all too frequent image of a
beautiful child, who, because of
various circumstances, is neglected
by family and community. In the
“family” of Jewish Holidays,
Shavuot is that neglected child.
Shavuot, which celebrates the
giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai,
Cantor Ahron Abraham
was quite popular in ancient times.
As one of the Pilgrimage Festivals, it was a time when our
ancestors brought first fruits to the Temple, a period of
great celebration and joy. As we are no longer a primarily
agricultural people, the significance of Shavuot to many
has diminished over the years, becoming overshadowed by
“big brother” Pesach. But even without its agricultural
aspects, Shavuot has many wonderful and important
observances for all of us. Most importantly, the Ten
SHABBAT
SCHEDULE
ACHEREI MOT/KEDOSHIM
Friday, April 30
Candlelighting time ..............................7:41 p.m.
Saturday, May 1.................................................9:30 a.m.
Bar Mitzvah of Jonathan Abraham
Minchah................................................8:00 p.m
✡ ✡ ✡ ✡
EMOR
Friday, May 7
Candlelighting time ..............................7:49 p.m.
Saturday, May 8.................................................9:30 a.m.
Law Day Shabbat: Haftarah will be recited by
Joseph Savitz.
Minchah...............................................8:15 p.m.
✡ ✡ ✡ ✡
BEHAR/BECHUKOTAI
Friday, May 14
Candlelighting time ..............................7:56 p.m.
Saturday, May 15
Morning Service ...................................9:30 a.m.
Baby-naming of Hayley Claire, daughter of
Allison & Rob Friedman.
Allison & Rob will sponsor the Kiddush.
Minchah...............................................8:15 p.m.
Commandments are read on the first day of the Festival. It
is a special Mitzvah for every Jew to hear the Ten
Commandments on Shavuot. The Ten Commandments are
a simple guideline for civilized society and have been
adopted by many world cultures. They are the very essence
of our sacred teachings. The reading of the Ten
Commandments is inspiring. Parents, please come to
Temple on Wednesday, May 26 and Thursday, May 27
(also Yizkor), and bring your children!
On Shavuot, we read the Book of Ruth, one of the
most beautiful stories in the entire Bible and of great
significance to all of us. We also study Torah. This year our
Tikkun Study Session with Rabbi Kaplan will be held erev
Shavuot, Tuesday evening, May 25, at 7 o’ clock in the
school building. It is also a tradition to eat dairy, and a
dairy dessert will be served.
Let’s embrace Shavuot and make it “part of the
family” again.
✡ ✡ ✡ ✡
BEMIDBAR
Friday, May 21
Candlelighting time ..............................8:02 p.m.
Saturday, May 22...............................................9:30 a.m.
Pulpit Exchange; Rev. Robert Zanicky is guest
speaker.
Minchah...............................................8:30 p.m.
✡ ✡ ✡ ✡
EREV SHAVUOT
Tuesday, May 25
Minchah...............................................5:15 p.m.
Candlelighting time ..............................8:06 p.m.
✡ ✡ ✡ ✡
SHAVUOT
Wednesday, May 26
Festival Morning Service.......................9:30 a.m.
Minchah...............................................5:15 p.m.
Candlelighting time ..............................8:07 p.m.
Thursday, May 27
Festival Morning Service/Yizkor ...........9:30 a.m.
Minchah...............................................5:15 p.m.
✡ ✡ ✡ ✡
NASO
Friday, May 28
Candlelighting time ..............................8:09 p.m.
Saturday, May 29..................................9:30 a.m.
Minchah...............................................8:30 p.m.
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Gerri Kaplan
School Notes
What a great year we had. We
did so many exciting things and
learned more than we ever have.
We had an intense Hebrew
curriculum along with studying
Torah, Parasha, holidays, and
blessings with a special emphasis on
comprehension. This year we added
a pre-school program that was
fabulous. The children learned their Alef-bet, read stories,
learned a few prayers, made some beautiful projects and
mastered many new songs. Our first and second graders also
accomplished new things. Our first graders attended two days
a week which gave us more time for them to get a head start.
They were able to study the weekly Parasha, begin learning to
read from the Siddur, work out of a second grade Hebrew
primer, learn Bible stories and then transfer what they learned
onto a beautiful poster and made some beautiful projects.
Our second grade class learned new prayers out of their new
Siddur that they decorated with their parents and then
received at a Friday Night Service that the students
participated in. They are very knowledgeable with Parasha at
Shabbat School. They know most of the answers when asked.
They accomplished Hebrew, history, prayers, songs and loved
stories that were told to them. Fourth grade mastered Ashrei
this year. That is a major accomplishment. They learned
many new prayers as well as learning what they mean. They
are pros at Parasha as well as a huge Hebrew library that they
achieved. Fifth grade is an amazing group. With having
fewer students in this class, the students were able to get lots
of attention. They are amazing when the Hebrew teacher
speaks to them in Hebrew and they answer back in Hebrew.
They also have learned many new prayers and are way ahead
when ready to begin their Bar/Bat Mitzvah training. Our sixth
graders showed their teachers how much can be
accomplished in one year. They were so eager to learn, that
they were able to move at a quicker pace. They can also
speak conversational Hebrew with their teacher. They along
with fifth grade learned over 300 vocabulary words that they
can not only say but understand. The Holocaust was a big
part of our curriculum this year. They studied out of
workbooks, read articles that their teacher brought in as well
as watching a video. You could hear a pin drop in the room
as they watched. Our seventh grade learned with Rabbi
Kaplan. They studied Torah, Megillat Esther and the
Haggadah. They also learned about the Holocaust and
studied various Mitzvot including Tzedakah and Honoring
one’s Parents.
I want to thank my wonderful staff. They did a fabulous
job teaching our children this year. They went above and
beyond to make this a great year. Our students learned so
much and it makes me proud to have each and every one.
Thanks again to Lynette Kislin, Carole Abraham, Debbie Troy,
Rabbi Pearlman, Karen Marcus, Einat Davidowitz, Cantor
Abraham and Rabbi Kaplan. Yasher Koach to all of you!!!!!
Gerri Kaplan
School Pictures
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Our Model Seder
School Closing Services
We are looking forward to our closing Hebrew School
services on Friday, May 7. Our students will participate by
class as follows: PreKindergarten to Second Grade: Bim Bam
& Shabbat Shalom; 2nd Grade: Shabbat Candles; 4th grade:
L’cha Dodi & v’Shamru; 5th Grade: Tzadik Katamar & Mi
Chamocha; 6th & 7th Grade: Kiddush & Hatzi Kaddish.
The service will be our musical Friday Night Live, which
welcomes in Shabbat. A dairy Oneg Shabbat will follow.
HAPPY MAY BIRTHDAYS
TO OUR STUDENTS
May 1
Russel Michelson
Andrew Nakkache
Stefanie Davidowitz
May 3 Michael Finkelstein
May 4 Rachel Kislin
May 5 Lily Fierman
May 7 Jesse Lipfert
May 8 Raina Connor
May 17 Jacob Berger
May 23 Adam Siegel
May 25 Nora Fierman
May 26 Rose Fierman
May 30 Emily Alinikoff
Jamie Clearfield
May 31 Sara Williams
MAY SCHOOL EVENTS:
May 1
May 7
May 11
Jonathan Abraham Bar Mitzvah
Friday Night Live & Closing Hebrew School Service
School Board, 7 p.m.
HEBREW SCHOOL DAYS
May 2, 4, 6
Yasher Koach to Our
Youth Leaders
Two members of Temple Israel's confirmation class,
Ross Feinstein and Hillary Smith, have been selected to
serve as their high schools' representatives to the Hugh
O'Brien Youth Leadership Seminar (HOBY), to be held in
May at Millersville University. HOBY Leadership Seminars
are designed to prepare our country's high school
sophomores to become effective, ethical leaders in their
home, schools, workplace and community.
Ross is a dean's list student at Wyoming Seminary,
where he serves as an officer in the student government and
as opinions editor of the student newspaper. He is also a
member of the Mock Trial team, the Science Research
Group, Blue Key, Peer Group, and the school orchestra, and
was named to the district orchestra. Ross also plays on
Sem's varsity tennis and soccer teams.
Hillary is an honors student at Dallas High School
where she serves as treasurer of Key Club and will be its
President next year. She is also involved in Shakespeare
Club, the Newspaper Club, Science Olympiad, and is a Peer
Helper. Hillary also competes on the varsity swim team,
where she earned a District medal this year.
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✡ May Yahrzeits ✡
Week of May 1 – May 8: Sidney Baldinger, A.W.
Berman, Arthur Briskin, Samuel P. Cohen, Sarah Cohen,
Maxwell Crames, Leah Cutler, Franklyn Davis, Arthur
Dorf, Esther Gelb,Sadie Goldstein, Hannah Hacker,
Wolfe Harris, Anna G. Hyman, Dora Jordan, Robert
Klein, Mania Kornblau, Harold Meyer, Edith Miller, Abe
Morris, Rebecca Nudelman, Kate Osband, Jacob
Rabinowitz, Isadore Robins, Gerald Savitz, Joel Schwarz,
Miriam Sims, Isadore Smulowitz, Harry Sulkes, Hanne
Tischler, Frances Wasserstrom, Yettie Wisoker, Morris
Yelen
Week of May 9 – May 15: Isaac Antokolitz, Ruth
Berman, Jack Breslaw, Annie Burnat, Harrison Coplan,
Joseph Dorf, Yolanda Engel, Mary Fierman, Anne
Finkelstein, Maynard Finkelstein, Ruth Greenwald,
Arthur S. Hymen, Samuel Jacobs, Manny Judd, Morton
Kaufman, Flora Kohn, Zelda Kurlansky, Dora Levy,
Edward Popky, Dr. L. Saidman, Jeanne Sherman, Harry Y.
Smulyan, Elsa Stern, Lillian Sullum, Tillie Sullum, Faye
Weinstock, Herbert Winkler
Week of May 16 – May 22: Emil Alinikoff, Harold
Baldinger, Jerome Bleyer, Benjamin Chafetz, David
Charnow, Morris Cohen, Rose Dorf, Morris Feldman,
Samuel Feldman, Allen Gilbert, Ethel Groh, Louis Haber,
Leroy Hurwitz, Roslyn Hurwitz, Marvin Judd, Sarah
Kanner, Hyman Kaplan, Rachel Kissel, Sol Lubin, Sarah
Luka, Edward Morris, I. L. Robbins, Evelyn Rosen,
Samuel J.Sagenkahn, Abe Savitz, Solomon Senior, Jacob
Slomowitz, Sylvia Steiner, Isadore Thalenfeld, Alan
Trompetter, Jacob Webber, Harold Weber, Esther Wohl,,
Esther Wolfe.
Week of May 23 – May 31: Ruth Block, Leah Bravman,
Katherine Cohen, Ruth Cohen, Harry Dickstein, Sam
Fainberg, Eva Freed, Mrs. A. Gallow, Isidore Goldstein,
David Goodman, Simy Halioua, Lena Holtzman, Hazel
Jaffie, Louis Kluger, Frank Lurie, Herman Marcus, Ida
Meirowitz, Helen Mermelstein, David Miller, Morris
Nachlis, Irving Pezzner, Roslyn Picker, Tillie Rosenn,
Grace Rosenthal, Mary M. Schnair, Harry Silverstein,
Maurice Sirkin, Naomi Soble, Herbert Trompetter, Louis
Weiner, Gussie Wendum.
JA to Honor
Robert A. Fortinsky
Junior Achievement of Northeastern Pennsylvania has
helped make our area a better place to live and work by
building partnerships between business and education for 35
years. This year they are honoring four local businessmen at
the 17th annual Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame
dinner on Tuesday, May 18, at the Woodlands Inn and
Resort, Wilkes-Barre. Our Past President and dedicated
Temple Israel member, Robert A. Fortinsky, is one of those
being elected to the Business Hall of Fame.
Mazal Tov to:
•Marion Isaacs on the birth of a great-granddaughter, Eve
Abigail, born to Daniel & Lisa Isaacs.
•Nona & Bob Libenson on the Bat Mitzvah of their
granddaughter, Lauren, daughter of Margo & Rob Reiss.
•Darlene & Doug Kranson on the marriage of their son,
Kirk.
•Lillian Teitelbaum on the marriage of her granddaughter.
•Karen & Steve Schwarz on the marriage of their son, David
Zager.
•Marion & Harold Frank on the marriage of their daughter,
Judy.
Condolences to:
•The family of Morris Hacker on his passing.
•Barbara Levy on the passing her mother, Dr. Gladys Ball.
•Sheldon Nelson on the passing of his mother, Rose Nelson.
JTS Invites the Public
to Explores Ethics,
Judaism and Medicine
The Finkelstein Institute of Social and Religious Studies,
an affiliate of The Jewish Theological Seminary, recently
held the first in an ongoing series of bioethics conferences.
The subject, which attracted more than eighty attendees,
was the ethical dilemma of cochlear implantation for deaf
children. The series is held at JTS.
The discussion centered on whether deafness is
considered a disability under Jewish law and therefore open
to surgical correction. Other themes that were explored
included the difference in perspective and belief systems
between the hearing and non-hearing; who should be
empowered to make such surgical decisions for children;
and decoding halakhic commentary and application for
issues such as this one, in which ethics and medical
progress coalesce,
According to Marla Berkowitz, who holds a MA from
the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education
at JTS and as such, is the first and only deaf graduate of JTS
and the first deaf recipient of a Wexner Fellowship, "pride in
being a functioning member of the Jewish deaf community
and its rich and enabling culture" is often overlooked in
making such surgical decisions.
Learning sign language was a turning point for Marla
who has gone on to become an articulate spokesperson for
the rights of the Jewish deaf as President and Co-founder of
The Jewish Deaf Resource Center, Inc. Further illustrating
the ability of the deaf to be able to lead full and satisfying
lives without medical treatment for hearing; she is also a
well-respected Jewish educator in the deaf community and a
talented teacher and interpreter of Jewish liturgy for the deaf.

From Our President. . .
Our School
of Excellence
continues to
impress with its
successful
education of our
children and
grandchildren.
The community
David E. Schwager, Esq. Yom Hashoah
Essay Contest
was open to students at each
synagogue and the United Hebrew
Institute. Five Temple Israel students
were among the six winners of the
contest and each read his or her essay
and received an award at the Yom
Hashoah commemoration at the Jewish
Community Center. Congratulations to
Katherine Finkelstein, Steven
Finkelstein, Scott Nachlis, Danielle
Ghingold, and Sarah Klee, as well as
Principal Gerri Kaplan and the religious
school teachers, in particular Einat
Davidowitz, who taught the Holocaust
curriculum this year.
Contest winners with Einat Davidowitz
Help Our Troops
Through the JCC
The Wilkes-Barre Jewish community will be sending
individual care packages to those battalions with which JCC
members are affiliated, including our local 109th. A
committee representing Temple B’nai B’rith,Temple Israel,
Congregation Ohav Zedek, Bais Menachim, United Hebrew
Institute, Jewish Family Service, the Jewish Federation,
Jewish War Veterans and the JCC is working hard to ensure
that we can do this small mitzvah to help our troops.
The care packages will include basic staples such as
Chapstick, toothbrushes, hand wipes, gum and a few “treats”
such as tuna fish, crackers and power bars. Center members
will decorate and write cards which will be included in each
Under the leadership of Ida Miller
and Larry Keiser, our Ruach
Subcommittee is again sponsoring Law
Day Shabbat on May 8th. We will be
joined by our own Judge Max Rosenn,
Senior Judge of the U.S. Third Circuit
Court of Appeals; former Luzerne
County President Judge Joseph Augello;
and Michael Butera, President of the
Luzerne County Bar Association.
Please join the congregation as it
salutes the rule of law and those who
work in the legal system. Many of our
lawyer members will be having aliyot,
reading Torah, doing readings, and
other honors. The Haftarah will be
chanted by our past president, Joseph
Savitz.
A fabulous salute to medical
practitioners was held on Health Care
Professional Shabbat last month. The
event, chaired by Dr. Loren Grossman,
a member of the Board of Trustees,
featured insightful remarks by Dr.
Steven Rothstein, Medical Director for
Blue Cross of Northeastern
Pennsylvania.
Many thanks to the Seligman
J. Strauss Lodge of B’nai B’rith for
its grant of $2,500.00 to help
enable needy children to attend
Camp Ramah this summer. The
Lodge, led by its President,
Stephen Rosenthal, and its
Board, do wonderful things in
the community and throughout
the nation and world through
B’nai B’rith.
Our chairman of the board
of trustees, Richard Goldberg,
has appointed a school board
nominating committee composed of
past president Ann Smith, as chair, and
Barry Dyller and Laurie Schwager,
members of the school board. Anyone
interested in serving on the school
board should contact one of these
individuals or Lisa Klee, school board
chair.
Despite the tremendous success to
date of “The Next Generation”
campaign to insure the future of our
Temple, we still are facing significant
annual deficits. As of the writing of this
column, we have received the support
and participation of 93 Temple families
who have pledged on an annual goingforward
basis beginning with the
current fiscal year more than
$113,000.00 in new annual funding for
the Temple. But to stop the continued
draining of Temple’s funds, we need
everyone to participate at one of the
membership levels to the extent of their
own capabilities. Please contact me to
make your pledge today!
Also, before you know it, the end
of July will be here and the current
fiscal year will be over. So please fulfill
your financial commitments (Dues,
TNG, etc.) to Temple as soon as
possible to help us avoid significant
cash flow problems of the past.
As always, we need your help to
keep our daily minyan going
throughout the week!
See you at Temple,
David
president@templewb.com
package. We hope to send 500 individual packages and to
have the care packages in Iraq by July 4. Considering there
are over 100,000 troops serving in Iraq, this is a very small
gesture on our part, but will mean so much to the
courageous men and women protecting our freedom.
Please help our committee meet our goal by sending a
monetary donation so we can purchase the needed items.
Make your check payable to the JCC Mitzvah Care Packages
by Monday, May 17 and send it to JCC, 60 South River Street,
Wilkes Barre, PA 18702. We also need help with shopping,
packing and shipping. If you can give of your time, please
contact Rick Evans or Paula Chaiken at 824-4646.
The Wilkes-Barre Jewish community is coming together
for the sake of our troops. Please help any way that you are
able. You will be getting a letter asking for your help in the
next few weeks. Give generously. Thank you in advance.
Let’s all pray for peace.
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Temple Israel
236 S. River St.
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Non-Profit
Organization
U.S. Postage
PAID
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Permit No. 105
May 2004
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Bar Mitzvah of
Jonathan Abraham
1
Sisterhood
Closing Meeting,
Noon
Book Club,
7 p.m. at Ann &
Marvin Smith’s
home
Lag Ba’Omer
Board of Trustees
Friday Night Live Law Day Shabbat
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
meeting, 7:30 p.m.
& Hebrew School
Closing Service
School Board
Friedman
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Meeting, 7 p.m.
Baby-Naming
Executive
Guest speaker at
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Committee
services, Rev.
Meeting,
7:30 p.m.
Robert Zanicky
Rabbi speaks at
First Presbyterian
Church-
23
Tikkun Shavuot Shavuot
Shavuot Yizkor
24 25 26 27 7 p.m.
28 29
30 31
Temple Israel Funds
The following is a listing of Temple Israel funds to which donors may contribute for memorials, simchas, recoveries,
etc. Minimum contribution is $5.00 unless otherwise noted.
BUILDING FUND
BIBLE FUND ($10)
CHAI CONTRIBUTIONS ($18)
SALLY & RALPH CONNOR
HIDDUR MITZVAH FUND
JOSEPH N. COPLAN PRAYER BOOK FUND
CHARLOTTE & JOE CUTLER FUND
ETZ CHAIM BIBLE ($118)
FRIEDMAN INTERFAITH ENDOWMENT
ROBERT FRIEDMAN LITURGICAL MUSIC FUND
HAPPY DAY FUND
ENID HERSHEY KIDDUSH CUP FUND
HIGH HOLIDAY PRAYER BOOK FUND
LAWRENCE HOLLANDER B'NAI MITZVAH
PRAYER BOOK FUND
FEED THE HOMELESS FUND
DORIS & SIDNEY KEISER KERUV FUND
ESTHER & NATHAN KLEIN
PASSOVER ENDOWMENT
HANNAH & WILLIAM S. KLINE LIBRARY FUND
LANDAU PAVILION FUND
LEVY CHAPEL FUND
BEN LIBENSON MEMORIAL ART FUND
FRANK & HILDA LUBIN
FEED THE HOMELESS FUND
LYONS EDUCATION FUND
MINNIE MORRELL MUSIC FUND
MINYAN FUND
BARBARA NEWSBAUM MILLER
PRAYER BOOK FUND
SAM NELSON CARE PACKAGE FUND
DORIS & JEROME NEWMAN
EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FUND
PRAYER BOOK FUND
RABINOWITZ TALLIT FUND
JOAN F. & HERBERT L. RITTENBERG FAMILY
ENDOWMENT
SAIDMAN-GREENWALD TORAH FUND
($18 minimum)
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
SANCTUARY FUND ($25)
SHAFFER SHABBAT KIDDUSH FUND
SHAFFER SUKKAH ENDOWMENT
SIDDUR HADASH ($20)
SILBERMAN MEZUZZAH FUND
MIRIAM K. SIMS ENDOWMENT
USY/KADIMA FUND