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INSIGHT
August, September, October
Av, Elul, Tishrei, Cheshvan
into Temple Israel of Boston
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
• High Holy Days 5782
• Preparing for Our Grand Homecoming
• Education: Looking Ahead to Fall
INSIGHT
“Enlighten our eyes with Your teaching, and let our hearts embrace Your commandments.” – Morning Liturgy
ABOUT THE COVER... AT TEMPLE ISRAEL, WE...
build community and encounter the sacred through
relationships.
embrace Torah in all its dimensions as our enduring source
for inquiry, discovery, and inspiration.
Annual Gathering of the Congregation 2021 explore spirituality and innovate our traditions of ritual and
prayer.
IN THIS ISSUE...
pursue justice, in partnership with others, to
The TI Scene........................................................3
realize our vision of what the world ought to be.
From TI President & Executive Director..............4
are Ohavei Yisrael, Lovers of Israel, committed to the vitality,
From the Senior Rabbi.........................................5
peace, and well-being of the Jewish people in Israel and
High Holy Days 5782........................................ 6-7 throughout the world.
Elul Spiritual Preparation................................. 8-9
draw strength from our diversity and wisdom from all who
S'lichot, Tashlich................................................10 walk through our open doors.
Sukkot, Simchat Torah.......................................11
How I Got from Here to There: Our Covid Stories...12-13
Coming Home in the Words of TI Members......14
Preparing for our Grand Homecoming..............15
Education Program: Looking to Fall............. 16-17
Upcoming Fall Events........................................18
Rabbi Oberstein's Installation............................19
Sh'ma Koleinu – TI GBIO Listens........................20
New Members, Life Cycles, Yahrtzeits, &
Contributions............................................... 21-32
UPCOMING HOLIDAY DATES...
S'lichot: August 28, 2021
Rosh Hashanah: September 6-8, 2021
Yom Kippur: September 16-17, 2021
Sukkot: September 20-28, 2021
Simchat Torah: September 27-28, 2021
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FROM THE
BOARD PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
As we prepare for the High Holy Days throughout the summer, the second during a pandemic,
we see glimmers of hope. We have come together in person and on Zoom, in mixed presence, for
Shabbat services. We have gathered together in mixed presence in the TI garden for Shabbat and
we have plans for mixed presence for the High Holy Days. We are slowly learning what the next
normal will look like. It has felt so good to shake a hand, to hug, and to hear beautiful music in
person. Some of us may feel uncomfortable being onsite, therefore programming and connection
will continue virtually as well.
Laurence Bailen
Our ongoing goal is to ensure that all who come through our doors, physically or virtually, feel
Board President
at home and feel like they belong. We will strive to continue to be a community where anyone
can feel they can live Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact. This year we
will continue to welcome you back onsite to Temple Israel and at the same time strengthen our technology to ensure
a seamless online presence. We will build on our efforts over the past year on racial equity, diversity, and inclusion by
continuing to aim to be a place where everyone feels welcome. Our Inventing our Future task force will work with our
Board and Leadership Council to make certain that Temple Israel adapts and innovates on future challenges. We will
innovate, not just in programming, but also in our physical and virtual spaces to transform and elevate how people
experience their Judaism and Temple Israel.
In order for Temple Israel of Boston to continue to succeed and grow in the future we need all of you to be with us in
whatever ways feel most comfortable to you. If you have not had the opportunity to renew your membership, we invite
you to do so now. Your ongoing involvement is key to our success as a community. I wish you, your families, and loved
ones a safe, healthy, and happy 5782. Shanah Tovah!
As we transition into summer, we're also transitioning into a new phase of the pandemic.
Incredibly, we are able to carefully open our doors for you to join us, but everyone who is 12 and
over and eligible for the vaccine must be fully vaccinated. After spending the last year and a half
working out of a mostly empty building – a building that was designed to cultivate community and
connection – it's been such a joy to begin to see you return! Our staff is working hard to create a
safe and inviting space for you to join us for our Grand Homecoming. There is an electric energy
filling the space as we reunite physically onsite. When you're ready – we cannot wait for you to
Dan Deutsch join us, and to lend your voice to our harmony. When you do return, please continue to provide
Executive Director
feedback and let us know about your experience of reentering our physical space.
Looking to the fall, our High Holy Day planning is well underway and we will be ready to embrace our journey through the
holidays. You should have recently received our mailing with all of the important details for the High Holy Days; hopefully
it answers any questions you may have. You can also explore our plans and register for various classes and opportunities
at our newly redesigned website: www.tisrael.org.
I also wanted to officially welcome Rabbi Andrew Oberstein as he returns to Temple Israel to start his rabbinate. Please
save the date for Rabbi Oberstein’s installation on Friday October 15th. It will be a night of celebration and joy. We can’t
wait to see you onsite back at Temple Israel, but please know that we're here for you no matter what, either onsite or
online.
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FROM THE
SENIOR RABBI
A High Holy Day Message from Rabbi Elaine Zecher:
The Jonah Story Prevails
“Out of my distress, I called to the Eternal.” (Jonah 2:3)
The Biblical reluctant prophet uttered these words in the great fish that caught him in its
Rabbi Elaine Zecher mouth. For three days and nights, Jonah fell silent in his fear. Who could blame him? In that
Senior Rabbi moment, he was caught between life and death, trapped inside a very dark place. God had
called him to Nineveh and instead Jonah ran the other way and ended in the depths of despair.
What a fabulous tale the Bible offers us. Why canonize a story that seems impossible to be true?
Thomas Paine called it a “tale of unrestrained imagination.” Commentators twisted themselves into knots to
authenticate such a bizarre narrative with explanations of the whale as a ship or even an inn! The author, Erica
Brown, cautions us not to be confined to the literal meaning but instead to view the story as a “fear inducing tool of
self-confrontation…representing the in between, liminal space that trapped Jonah for three days and nights.”1
But, what if it really could happen? This summer, we delighted in the successful outcome of the lobster fisherman,
Michael Packard, who found himself in the jaws of a whale off the coast of Provincetown, though far from Nineveh.
“I got down to about 45 feet of water and all of a sudden I just felt this huge bump and everything went dark,” he
said. “I could sense that I was moving and I was like, ‘Oh my God, did I just get bit by a shark?’ and then I felt around
and I realized there was no teeth, and I had felt really no great pain and then I realized, ‘Oh my God, I’m in a whale’s
mouth. I’m in a whale’s mouth, and he’s trying to swallow me.’”2
In that moment, he, too, confronted his mortality and immediately felt the pang of what mattered to him: his wife
and two sons. In that place of darkness, he had to figure out his own path toward his salvation as he tried to move
and dislodge himself.
Like the Biblical story, the whale breached to the surface and spewed out its mistaken prey. Phew! Though it was
called a rare accident by the experts, it happened nonetheless. The message of the event prevails as well. The
Jonah story is part of what we share on Yom Kippur. His whale of a tale transports us to a place of “unrestrained
imagination” to confront our own experience of life. Though we might not see ourselves held by the tongue of a
monstrous fish or deep in its belly, these holidays challenge us to consider our lives and the path to our redemption.
We are vulnerable.
Will we allow ourselves to be swallowed up by it or insist it release us back to life? Can we use these moments to
transform us and to consider the way we can live a full life of kindness and righteousness? We enter this holiday
season bruised by some of the experiences of this past year and yet, we can emerge into the loving embrace of the
prayerful encounter offered by these days.
On behalf of Cantor Alicia Stillman, Rabbis Suzie Jacobson, Dan Slipakoff, Andrew Oberstein, as well as Rabbis Ronne
Friedman, Bernard Mehlman, and Cantor Roy Einhorn, I wish you a healthy, blessed, and sweet new year.
1 Page 58, The Reluctant Prophet, Erica Brown 2017
2 The Boston Globe, "A Lobster Diver Says He was Caught in the Mouth of a Humpback Whale," June 11, 2021
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Welcome home! You belong here.
What will the 5782 High Holy Days look like at TI?
We are grateful to have the opportunity to gather both onsite and online to celebrate the
new year together. We nourish our souls following a year in which we learned of our own
resilience, and to expect the unexpected.
Community-Wide Sanctuary Service: Riverway Project Services
One Service Offered Twice For those in their 20s or 30s looking for a dynamic,
We return this year on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur inclusive, uplifting way to begin the year, join The River-
in mixed presence (onsite and online), where at last we way Project on Erev Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidre as we
can sing, rejoice, and pray as one. Both evening and welcome 5782 both onsite and online. As a community of
morning Sanctuary worship services are a joyous com- young adults, we will pray and sing, making connections
bination of our majestic and contemporary styles. We with our tradition and with each other as we move into
are no longer orange or purple or sage; we are one. We a fresh new year together. Spread the word to any young
are a vibrant tapestry of sweeping poetry and beauti- adults in your life who might want to join us.
ful music, instruments and voices; we are transcendent
and immanent; we are Temple Israel; we are one. One The Village For Families With Young
service, offered twice. Children
Calling all children under 5 and their grownups! Get ready
Family Holiday Experience to sing, dance and play as we celebrate together. This year,
Kids ages 5-13 and their families are invited to join TI clergy your family can celebrate online on Rosh Hashanah and
and musicians for a fun, interactive service and celebration Yom Kippur evenings with Temple Israel clergy and special
of the new year. We will gather online in the evening, and in guests. In the mornings we will gather outdoors onsite
the morning we will be outdoors onsite and online for our and online with Wayne Potash for lots of fun for the whole
holiday morning services. family.
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The High Holy Days – Our Annual Homecoming
On these High Holy Days our beloved community gathers to return and renew, reunite and
reimagine, to restore and rededicate ourselves to our higher purpose and our highest selves.
In this place, we find strength, insight, and the wisdom from our tradition. And we know that
home is wherever we find ourselves in prayer.
High Holy Day Tickets Prayerbook Pickup: A Lending Library
Tickets based on preference for onsite and online will be For optimal viewing of the liturgy during our virtual
mailed to members in good standing on a rolling basis prayer experiences, we suggest you have our prayer
this summer. Information about purchasing extra tickets book physically in front of you in book form or
for visiting family members or securing reciprocal tickets electronically. During the month of August, we will
to fellow URJ congregations is available on our website, lend out copies of Mishkan Hanefesh, the Reform
www.tisrael.org. We are pleased to offer complimentary Movement machzor for the High Holy Days, to Temple
tickets to military personnel and full-time undergraduate
Israel members only, while supplies last. We ask that
students.
you return them after the High Holy Days. You may
What is Mixed Presence? also purchase a copy at www.ccarpress.org.
Mixed presence (onsite and online) and the technology Machzor Bookplate
to support it are here to stay. We have learned there are
Our High Holy Days machzor, Mishkan Hanefesh, is
many ways for people to participate, in the room and the result of collaboration between rabbis, cantors,
from far away places. It makes us more interesting and lay leaders, and members of Reform congregations.
inclusive. We are investing in the technology to support Consider dedicating a bookplate, in the amount of $72,
our online presence even as we come back together to to be placed in the front of our beautiful machzorim
be onsite within our beloved synagogue building. We to remember or honor a loved one, teacher, or friend.
have worked hard to plan a meaningful High Holy Day Please contact Emma Savitz at 617-566-3960 or
experience for all members, both onsite and online. We esavitz@tisrael.org.
encourage you to find the approach that best fits your
needs this year.
Self-Guided Exploration Pathway
Our self-guided exploration pathway puts worship at your fingertips, anywhere, anytime. We have a library
of interactive High Holy Day materials for you to explore as you prepare. It will launch on our website on
August 9, the first of Elul. You can journey through the High Holy Days with our themes or build your own
High Holy Day experience with the materials you find most meaningful.
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Elul, the month before Rosh Hashanah
and Yom Kippur, is a time for spiritual
preparation.
We are called to search ourselves, our relationships, our world
for that which is broken. When we finally reach Rosh Hashanah,
we are ready for a meaningful experience. We open our hearts,
examine our lives and imagine a new year refreshed and
renewed in community through spiritual practice and study.
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In Elul, We Move Together
Toward a Good, Sweet New Year
We begin on August 11, and gather every Wednesday in Elul
Spiritual Practice Lab at 6:00 p.m.
music, poetry, and creative prayer in the TI Garden, onsite
Study at 7:30 p.m.
onsite or online
Week One: Week Three:
Sh’ma – Preparing to Listen Avinu Malkeinu — Crying Out
Wednesday, August 11 Together
Rabbi Andrew Oberstein and Cantor Alicia Stillman Wednesday, August 25
Spiritual Practice Lab: 6:00 p.m., onsite Rabbi Dan Slipakoff and Cantor Alicia Stillman
Hear Our Voice: The Call of the Shofar Spiritual Practice Lab: 6:00 p.m., onsite
Study: 7:30 p.m., onsite or online Avinu Malkeinu: Sing unto God – Individual Prayer,
Sh’ma Koleinu – Our Voices Cry Out! Is Anyone Communal Experience
Listening…? Study 7:30 p.m., onsite or online
As we enter the month of Elul, we work to open our How Do I Know Who You Are? Metaphors For God in
ears and our hearts to the themes of renewal and the 13 Attributes
repentance. We prepare ourselves to listen and be Our liturgy is filled with the spontaneous prayers of
heard through the spiritual practice of shofar and the our ancestors. According to tradition, Moses cried
text of Sh’ma Koleinu, this High Holy Day season. out to God on Mt. Sinai. The Avinu Malkeinu was
originally a desperate effort by Rabbi Akiva to end a
Week Two: dangerous drought. What are your personal prayers
for this High Holy Day season?
Avodah Shebalev – Opening Our
Hearts
Wednesday, August 18
Week Four:
Rabbi Suzie Jacobson and Cantor Alicia Stillman Unetaneh Tokef – Embracing Our
Spiritual Practice Lab: 6:00 p.m., onsite Vulnerability
Avodah Service: 15 Levels of Ascension Wednesday, September 1
Study: 7:30 p.m., onsite or online Rabbi Elaine Zecher and Cantor Alicia Stillman
Avodah: Work of Our Hands, Work of Our Hearts Spiritual Practice Lab: 6:00 p.m., onsite
We begin to open our hearts for the spiritual path Finding Strength by Being Vulnerable
ahead of us and look to the Yom Kippur liturgy. How Study: 7:30 p.m., onsite or online
does this feel as preparation rather than as a final The Paradoxes of Unetaneh Tokef
move into the new year? Before the shofar is sounded on Rosh Hashanah,
we end Elul by delving into the deepest existential
questions of the holiday.
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We start with S’lichot which draws us into the Days of Awe
With candles illuminating our paths, we pose
the eternal questions of our existence. Through
exploration, forgiveness, and apology, we com-
plete our spiritual preparation for the High Holy
Days.
S'lichot Candlelit Outdoor Service
Sat., Aug. 28, 8:00 p.m., TI Garden, Onsite
We prepare ourselves and our Torah for our
season of holiness. With candles, music, and
repentant meditation, we dress our Torah in
white. Stay tuned for registration.
S’lichot Zoom Candlelit Service
Sat., Aug. 28, 10:00 p.m., Online
We gather in virtual space to sing and pray our
beautiful S’lichot liturgy.
We invite you to participate in Tashlich
Tashlich is a beautiful ritual that allows us to
symbolically cast our transgressions into the
river.
Tuesday, September 7, Muddy River, Onsite
12:00 p.m., after the family service
1:00 p.m., after the second Rosh Hashanah
morning service.
You can find your own Tashlich liturgy on our
website, within the self-guided exploration path-
way (www.tisrael.org). We will have rice to cast
into the river, or bring your own. The clergy looks
forward to greeting you and sharing this experi-
ence with you.
10 Living Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact.Join Us in the Sukkah as We Celebrate Sukkot
Erev Sukkot: Rejoice in the Sukkah of
Justice and Compassion
Monday, September 20, 6:00 p.m.
On Sukkot we build and we welcome.
The festival holiday of Sukkot reminds
us of our communal obligation to face
outwards with open hearts to ease
suffering and heal our fractured world.
Come hear stories from leaders across
our Tikkun Central teams about their
pursuits of Righteous Impact at Temple
Israel, and learn how you can get
involved!
Festival Service and Torah Study
Tuesday, September 21, 10:00 a.m.
Our Festival service is followed by a
celebratory and engaging Sukkot study
session.
Village for Families with Young Children:
Sukkot Celebration
Tuesday, September 21, 10:00 a.m.
Come have fun in the Temple Israel
Sukkah as we sing, play and learn more
about the holiday.
Celebrate, Dance, Experience Simchat Torah Together!
Yizkor and immediately begin anew. We will unroll our scrolls
Sunday, September 26, 6:15pm and go back to the source, reading various familiar
We will gather with the daily minyan for Sukkot Yizkor passages, and learning some of our clergy’s favorite
services. texts. Best of all, we will have an opportunity to dance
Family Simchat Torah Celebration and celebrate together again on Nessel Way.
Monday, September 27, 4:30 p.m. Festival Service
Before joining the full community for our Simchat Tuesday, September 28, 10:00 a.m.
Torah celebration, we will celebrate consecration with Our Festival Service is followed by a celebratory and
our newest Religious School and Rashi scholars, and engaging study session to honor the Torah.
have fun re-telling our favorite Torah stories with our Village for Families with Young Children: Simchat
Temple Israel friends. Torah Celebration
Simchat Torah Celebration Tuesday, September 28, 10:00 a.m.
Monday, September 27, 6:00 p.m. Dance and sing with the Torah as we celebrate
Celebrate the joyous ending of our High Holy Day together.
festivities as we conclude one cycle of Torah reading,
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T I Cares' Acts of Kindness Army by Dana Elisofon
After 462 days, the state of emergency declared by Governor Baker in March of 2020 was
finally lifted Tuesday, June 15, 2021! Those who are vaccinated can once again share big,
toothy grins no longer hidden by protective masks, we can again enjoy the embrace of a bear
hug with friends and family and we can safely travel to visit loved ones whom we have been
separated from for far too long. Having been starved of the moments to gather together, we
might even be able to find some enjoyment in being stuck in a good ‘ole Boston rush hour
traffic jam. Ok, maybe that’s pushing it but if there’s one thing I’m absolutely sure of as we
come out of this pandemic, it’s that we’re better and stronger when we work together and
that is exactly why I became a member of the Temple Israel Cares Committee.
Dana Elisofon The TI Cares Committee and its “Acts of Kindness” Army have always been dedicated to con-
necting with members during times of celebration, grief, joy and challenge. Despite the need to be physically distant from
one another this year, we were still able to convey togetherness in a variety of ways that helped make the TI community
better and stronger. Hand written condolence notes were sent to members who lost loved ones, new members were wel-
comed into our temple community through phone and/or email conversations since gathering physically wasn’t feasible.
Meal Trains were in full motion and delivered to members in need while celebratory Purim goody bags were assembled
and delivered to members who were feeling especially isolated due to issues of mobility.
Despite 462 days of isolation, staying connected to the TI community and my involvement with TI Cares helped me get
from there to here and I am so grateful to our temple for that opportunity!
Expecting Radical Change by George Alba and Lucy Schulson
We had the unique foresight to know that our lives would radically change in the spring of
2020 — we just did not, and could not, fully realize exactly how it would change.
As we entered 2020, we were eagerly awaiting the birth of our first daughter in May. In the
months leading up to her due date, we planned everything we could: we amassed all the
things that we would need to dress her, bathe her, feed her, transport her, and entertain
her; we chose a pediatrician and interviewed prospective nannies; and we planned all the
activities we would do in the third trimester —our last hurrah to enjoy restaurants, movies,
and casual evenings out with friends before our lives would change forever.
Smash cut to March 2020, when the first patients with COVID-19 were being admitted to
George Alba, Lucy Schulson,
and Penelope Alba Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) where George works as a pulmonary and critical
care physician. The ensuing weeks were filled with tremendous uncertainty as the hospital
rearranged itself to accommodate a rapidly growing surge of patients, the state shut down non-essential businesses, and
people retreated into their homes and began logging into Zoom. George began working in the first “surge” intensive care
units at MGH—spaces that previously did not care for critically ill patients became intensive care units.
How the novel coronavirus was transmitted was not yet fully known, so George and Lucy created a “decontamination
protocol” so that when George returned home, he would not transmit an infection to Lucy who was in her third trimes-
ter. George spent the six weeks before Penelope was born living separately from Lucy, hoping that the personal protec-
tive equipment he was reusing each day was enough to protect him and his family from a novel infection. And he quaran-
tined for two weeks before Penelope’s due date in order to be eligible to be at the delivery.
Miraculously, Penelope arrived exactly on time, so George was eligible to be there for her birth. Penelope entered into a
world of masked faces, a pandemic child through-and-through, developing a Pavlovian association between masks and
going outside into the world. Penelope entered our lives —and the world — during a challenging time. But like her name-
sake in the Odyssey, she has remained our motivation to gu ide us back home.
12 Living Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact.Welcome to Our Newest Staff Members!
Amy Bolotin Director of the Frances Jacobson Early Childhood Center
Amy (she/her) is a highly regarded leader in the local and national Jewish Early Childhood Education
community, and a passionate advocate for a child-centered, responsive approach to early childhood teaching
and learning. She holds a Bachelor's in English literature from the University of California at Berkeley and a
Master’s in Infant and Parent Development from Bank Street College of Education. Amy can be reached at
abolotin@tisrael.org.
Jessica Kahlenberg Engagement Associate and Riverway Project Coordinator
Jessica (she/her) has been a participant of the Riverway Project, since 2015, and became Bat Mitzvah with
the Adult B'nei Mitzvah cohort of 2019. Before joining Temple Israel, Jessica worked as a researcher in
international development and business analyst for the cities of Chelsea and Cambridge. She received her
BA from the College of William & Mary, and her MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School. She currently lives
in Cambridge with her partner and puppy. Jessica can be reached at jkahlenberg@tisrael.org.
Ally Levine Executive Assistant to the Cantor and Social Justice Coordinator
Ally (she/her) graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in elementary education. After
college, she spent a year in Israel teaching English to 4th-6th grade students. After that she worked as the
engagement professional for Long Beach Hillel. Ally is excited to be a part of the wonderful Boston Jewish
community. In her spare time, she enjoys camping, hiking, drinking copious amounts of coffee, dance, and
kickboxing. Ally can be reached at alevine@tisrael.org.
Naomi Ribner Communications Associate
Naomi (she/her) joined the TI staff in May. An artist and former art professor, Naomi has been working
in communications and web design in higher ed and the world of nonprofits. Originally from Brooklyn,
New York, she received her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and has lived in the
Boston area ever since. An avid hiker and outdoors person, Naomi enjoys exploring New England’s forests,
mountains and rivers as often as possible. Naomi can be reached at nribner@tisrael.org.
Marc Steiner Archivist
Marc (he/him) joined our team in June 2021. Marc has his Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis & Clark
College and just completed his master's from Simmons University. Marc will be with us onsite most Tuesdays
and Thursdays. He will work out of the Archives, and can be reached at msteiner@tisrael.org.
Relationships and Purpose by Laura Guggenheimer
In March 2020, I was suddenly teaching 11th graders online and fearing for my husband’s life
as he worked in a hospital. In the next few months, I lost my current student, our beloved
head of school, and my grandfather. At the same time, I grappled with our nation’s continued
losses from COVID and from racism, while also supporting my students through it all. Then
came another year of remote teaching.
How did I stay resilient? My family and friends helped. So did taking part in the TI community.
Another source of strength was the realization that, while I couldn't do everything, I was
still helping my students, and I was still helping bring change through GBIO. This June, those
students graduated, with an honorary degree for the student we’d lost. The world is hard,
Laura Guggenheimer but relationships and purpose help me navigate through it all.
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in the words of T I members felt so blessed to
re-engage in Temple
Israel's recent in
person services,
as we had really
missed being able
“What was it like for me to to attend Qabbalat
come back to TI after the Co- Shabbat service in person these many months. To
vid quarantine? For me it was see the smiling faces of our fellow members, and
more than coming back – it hear their voices again has meant so much. The
bluegrass based service with Kol Kahol was fantas-
was my first in-person Shab-
tic! And it's been a treat to finally get to know our
bat service at TI. Of course,
new (ish) cantor, Alicia Stillman, too!”
I attended Zoom meetings
but being there in person felt
familiar yet so different. I felt –Mark, Leila, Maya and Stacy Seide
the space was so stark, imparting a sense of
humility and reverence. Cantor Stillman’s voice
was even more beautiful, and the people were
so warm and friendly. It was like coming to a
home I just discovered was my own.”
“During the pandemic shut-down,
–Sylvie Kossodo I was consistently amazed and
grateful for the creative ways that
so many institutions, including
Temple Israel were able to invent
and innovate ways to keep us con-
nected, even while we were apart.
It was not until I stepped back into
“Hallelujah, I am home again the Temple Building for the June annual meeting that
in the sacred sanctuary of I realized how much I missed the irreplaceable feeling
my beloved Temple Israel. I of sharing a sacred space with members of our com-
felt such joy and spirituality munity. Never before last March had I been unable to
being there for the first time enter the place that has been a consistent home for
for Qabbalat Shabbat services me over decades of growth, transition and transfor-
since February 2020! I want mation. Never before had I realized how important
to express my gratitude to all
that everpresent safe haven was to my spiritual and
the wonderful people who worked so hard to
emotional well-being. Stepping into the atrium, abuzz
keep Temple Israel alive on virtual only services.
with greetings, moving together into the synagogue
You know who you are! Your hard work and
long hours helped keep me sane during those surrounded by the tangible energy of a multi-genera-
terrible weeks of isolation – Todah Rabah!!!!” tional group left me feeling more at peace than I had
felt at any other time during the shut-down.”
–Adele Sheinfield –Jessica Greenfield
14 Living Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact.Preparing for Our Grand Homecoming
We have been preparing for our grand homecoming, adjusting our safety protocols on an
ongoing basis to ensure we can gather as safely as possible. We plan a summer of changes,
the beginning of a longer plan and effort to bring and keep our building in alignment with
who we are and what we do.
At the time of publishing, our plan includes: • Leaving a few seats between each party at
• Installation of two new HVAC systems in the services
Sanctuary this summer • Masks will be optional for vaccinated individuals,
• Slightly reduced seating capacity during services but we require the use of masks for the
and events unvaccinated
• Use of an electrostatic sprayer in between • We also encourage anyone to continue to wear a
services mask if it is their preference
Our response to the pandemic will continue to change as warranted by local infection rates and guidance by
government and health authorities. Changes to protocols will be clearly communicated.
Thank You to Our Covid Advisory Group
Operating a synagogue during a pandemic is no small
task. Over the last 16 months we have relied on the
Covid Advisory Group to provide thoughtful counsel.
They have helped us make sense of the rapidly
changing landscape of the pandemic. With numerous
meetings, and even more phone calls, emails, and
texts in between, they have all brought their talent,
perspective, calming presence and leadership allowing
us to thrive during a difficult time supporting the
congregation and helping us draft and execute a pathway forward to operate safely through the pandemic.
The members of this group, Marc Maxwell, Dr. Laurence Bailen, Barbara Cevallos, Dr. Ben Linus, Kate Ginnis,
Dr. Frank Freidman, Marc Draisen, Rabbi Elaine Zecher, Rabbi Suzie Jacobson, Emma Koblick and Dan Deutsch,
were honored as our Nadiv Lev at the Annual Gathering.
We couldn’t have done this without you!
Thank You Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center for Partnering with Us
Working with Beth Israel, our facility was transformed into a
medical equipment storage facility last summer, and a covid
vaccination clinic this spring. After four-and-a-half successful
months of running the clinic we learned that over 48,000
shots were administered under our roof.
What an unbelievable impact!
www.tisrael.org/insight | 617-566-3960 15Looking Ahead to Fall
In this upcoming academic year, we will
follow the wisdom of Proverbs to “educate
each child according to their own needs,”
and invite each family to find the path that
feels meaningful for their student. In the
religious school and teen program we will
offer both in-person and online options so
families can choose to be fully onsite, fully
remote, or a bit of each.
Religious School
For our preschool through 7th grade learners we can’t our congregation’s Racial Equity work so we are excited
wait to be back together onsite or online. This year we are to announce that Rabbi Slipakoff and Fallon Rubin will be
excited to launch interest-based tracks to ensure that each joined by our new Justice League Educator Ari Zimmet,
child finds a path to learning that is best for them. Our our JL teachers Jayce Koester and Lara Haft, and our Junior
new tracks include: TI Scholars, Studio Art Lab, Wilderness Justice League educator Leonie Cohen.
School, TI Actors, and TI Moves – Learning Judaism
Through Movement and Sports. No matter your child’s path, we will surely
The Justice League is also ready for more excellent social build together a school that is meaningful,
justice programming. Our 5th through 7th graders will joyful and, of course, lots of fun.
gather for justice action and education on their path
Interested in learning more about our religious school
towards their BMitzvah, and, this year we are officially
programs at Temple Israel? Contact Roberta Axeloons,
launching the Junior Justice League for 2nd through 4th
Director of Elementary Education at raxeloons@tisrael.org
graders and their families. This year, Tali Puterman will be
taking a step back from the religious school to focus on or 617-566-3960 to learn more!
16 Living Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact.Teen Program
We can’t wait to gather again onsite for our Madrichim and Confirmation
8th-12th grade teen programs. We will also Our Madrichim (classroom assistant) program is open to all
teens who are budding educators and interested in helping
offer virtual options where there is interest.
out in our Religious School classrooms. The Confirmation
We want all of our teens to participate in Class for 10th graders with Rabbi Dan Slipakoff will
ways that are meaningful to them. continue to be a "choose your own adventure" program
for teens to further explore their own Jewish identity.
The Tent Interested in learning more about our teen programs at
Even though this year may look different from years past, Temple Israel? Contact Fallon Rubin, Assistant Director of
we are excited to run the program as we always have, Teen and Youth Programming at frubin@tisrael.org or
for the teens and by the teens. We will continue to offer 617-566-3960 to learn more!
a wide variety of classes through a Jewish lens in areas
such as identity exploration, text study, social justice, pop
culture, current events, self care, and so much more. We
are also excited to be bringing back some of our teen trips,
including an 8th and 9th grade immigration trip to New
York City and a 10th and 11th grade Civil Rights trip to
Alabama.
RYFTI
The Tent’s youth group, RYFTI, has had an outstanding year
virtually, ending the year with a Clergy Weekend onsite at
TI. We are thrilled to have recently inducted 9 teens onto
the board for this upcoming school year from 4 different
synagogues. We can’t wait to be back on Cape Cod for our
Kallot (weekend retreats) and to stand back as our teens
lead us in awesome programming!
www.tisrael.org/insight | 617-566-3960 17dar !
k yo ur ca le n Coming This Fall at TI
M ar
Deborah Sacks Mintz,
Musical Artist-in-
Residence:
November 5-7, 2021
A transformative prayer
Adult B’nei Mitzvah leader and musician,
We are so happy that you are ready to be Deborah Sacks Mintz has
called to Torah! served innovative institu-
tions around the country
Temple Israel’s next Adult B’nei Mitzvah cohort as a teacher of Torah and
will begin this September, meeting bi-weekly communal Jewish music
on a two-year journey towards an Adult B’nei and a resource to those
Mitzvah service in the spring of 2023. seeking to cultivate the grassroots musical and
Class meetings over the two years are divided spiritual creativity of the Jewish people.
into four semesters of learning and discussion, Deborah released her debut album of original
where you will look not only outward at spiritual music, The Narrow and the Expanse,
Judaism and Jewish tradition, but inward at in 2020.
your own spiritual life, guided by your passion
to learn Hebrew and Torah. A Wexner Graduate Fellow, Deborah is pursu-
ing rabbinical ordination at the Jewish Theo-
Based on the three pillars of Reform Judaism: logical Seminary.
God, Torah, and Israel, our next Adult B’nei
Mitzvah cohort will cover such varied areas as Don’t miss the opportunity to sing with and
Hebrew, Jewish history, Israel, the Jewish book- learn from Deborah throughout the weekend’s
shelf, liturgy, mitzvot, and theology. events, teachings and worship.
Come study with us! If you are interested and
would like more information, please contact
Cantor Alicia Stillman at astillman@tisrael.org.
Upcoming Fall Classes with the Center for Adult Jewish Learning Starting October 2021
As Simchat Torah concludes our cycle of the High Holy Days, it also launches us into a season of learning
and connection. This fall, classes will cover a wide range of topics with both onsite and online options. To
explore all offerings and learn more, visit www.tisrael.org or contact Brigid Goggin at bgoggin@tisrael.org
or 617-566-3960.
Here is a sample of what's coming:
• Read the Book of Genesis in Hebrew, weekly on Tuesday afternoons with Lara Haft
• A Dramatic Deep Dive into Nazi-Occupied France through Season 1 of "Un Village Francais", biweekly on
Tuesday evenings with Susan Ridker
• The God(s) of Judaism, weekly on Wednesday evenings with Rabbi Or Rose
• The Book of Proverbs:The Midrash of Life, monthly on Thursday mornings with Rabbi Elaine Zecher
• Introduction to Judaism, weekly on Thursday evenings with Temple Israel Clergy
• Fall Semester Study Groups on Thursdays with TILLI (Temple Israel Lifelong Learning Institute)
18 Living Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact.Save the Date!
THE INSTALLATION OF
RABBI ANDREW OBERSTEIN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2021
ONSITE AND ONLINE
At last, we have the opportunity to welcome our new rabbi, Andrew Oberstein.
We may have already experienced his engaging teaching skills, relished in his
oratory abilities from his sermons, delighted in the harmonies he has shared with
Cantor Stillman, and felt his compassion in a pastoral encounter. Now, we will
celebrate his arrival formally to our community at his installation on October 15,
2021 at Qabbalat Services onsite and online. How wonderful.
Rabbi Oberstein is familiar to us. He served as our rabbinic intern this year. Before
entering rabbinic school at the Hebrew Union College, Rabbi Oberstein was a
member of our congregation and then worked here as our Riverway and Social
Justice Coordinator with Rabbi Matthew Soffer.
We are delighted to welcome Rabbi Oberstein’s mentor and dear friend, Rabbi
Soffer back to Temple Israel as a beloved colleague. Rabbi Soffer served as
Temple Israel’s rabbi for nine years. He is now the Senior Rabbi of Judea Reform
Congregation in Durham, North Carolina. He will offer the D’var Torah and,
along with our clergy, help to install Rabbi Oberstein.
PLAN ON JOINING ONSITE OR ONLINE.
IT WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL EVENING
OF CELEBRATION.
www.tisrael.org/insight | 617-566-3960 19S'hma Koleinu (Hear Our Voice)
TI GBIO Listens
by Dru Greenwood
Now refounded and half again as strong, GBIO includes 60
institutions and better represents the diversity of our com-
munities. Having completed consequential healthcare and
police reform campaigns, GBIO needed to hear from all our
people to reset its platform and build power for change.
GBIO-wide themes of racial, economic and climate justice
will undergird action in areas such as access to mental
healthcare, affordable housing, equitable education, polic-
ing, homelessness and substance abuse, immigration, or re-
entry following incarceration. A new platform will be ratified
at a GBIO Assembly on August 12 and action will begin at a
GBIO Action for Boston Mayoral Candidates on August 31.
We sat together intently, listening deeply, speaking our
truth. As we left the Zoom room, here’s how we felt:
“hopeful,”
We sat intently, side by side in our little Zoom boxes, listen- “connected,”
ing to one another as we shared our experiences of injustice “happy to hear what’s
that cause us pain, frustration, fear, exhaustion, moral out- coming,”
rage, anxiety. It took courage to speak our hurt and compas-
“informed,”
sion to receive the words of others. Throughout April and
May, in the midst of pandemic, we gathered as members of “excited,”
the TI community because, along with the privilege we may “grateful,”
also own, we know the sting of injustice and feel compelled Laura Guggenheimer and Anne
“ready.” Licciardello, Shema Koleinu Chairs
to act.
At the same time, listening circles were taking place all We’ve listened; we’re choosing; we’re poised to act for
across the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO). justice.
40 50
LEADERS organized LISTENING
SESSIONS
with
250 383
TI PARTICIPANTS who iden�fied PROBLEM AREAS
20 Living Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact.
WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS (MARCH 27 - JULY 9, 2021)
Boston Cambridge Revere
• Rachel Hensel & Matthew Nguyen • Matthew & Christine Weinberg • Rafi Albukerk & David DeAngelo
• Molly & Blake Macleod Noah Weinberg Roslindale
Casey Macleod Jamaica Plain • Robin Cohen
• Katie Stack Waltham
• Franklin Ross & Rachel Kay
• Matthew Deitch & Tiffany Twohig
• Jennifer Singer & Andrew Harris Medford
• Tracy Glazier & Ryan Bersani Wayland
Brookline
• Robin Grossman & Virginia Lee
• Stephanie Harvey Newton
Jemma & Read Harvey • Daniel & Randi Zimman
Wren and Iris Zimman
LIFE CYCLES (BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES CELEBRATING MILESTONES WHOSE YEAR ENDS IN 0 OR 5)
AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES Zachary Danning
Matthew Deitch
5 Years 15 Years
Albert Monneray
Emily & Douglas Jacobs Rebecca Ginzburg & Paul Chen
Henri Williams
Adam & Rita Weiner
20 Years Amy Flaster
Andrew & Allyson Jaffe 25 Years Merle Shaer
Lisa & Jeffrey Kerrigan Ellen Sigman & Howard Marget Nick Frangiapane
Ralf Kuriyel & Fiona Murray Steven & Sarah Smith Caroline Greenhill
25 Years Madelyn Offner
35 Years
Brett & Abby Gordon Benjamin Grobstein
Malcolm & Nadene Freeman
Kate Goldfield
30 Years 40 Years William Renthal
Gary & Melissa Tearney Bradley Gerratt & Susan Powers Paula Folkman
50 Years Jose & Amy Sicairos Hannah Belson
Robert & Glenda Fishman Ronald White & Andrea Stern Jessica Knez
Ricki Morell
David & Rhoda Trietsch 45 Years
Robert Dalgarno
Michael & Maureen Kerstein
55 Years Samuel Schneider
Boris & Svetlana Libman AUGUST BIRTHDAYS Helen Kolsky
Ethan Grella Paul Lipsitt
SEPTEMBER ANNIVERSARIES
Alexandr Klimovitsky SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
5 Years Sara Gewurz
Emily Anne & Jeffrey Jacobstein Eric Aronson
Benjamin Rubenstein
Sam Plotkin & Daniela Jacobson Sharon Bort
Remi Dansinger
Lucy Schulson & George Alba Ronnie Bretholtz
Lainey Segel
Seth Coven
10 Years Linda Kay
Samantha David
Sarah Burg & Andrew Danford Richard Levine
George Demetri
Michael Hodess & Sarah Affel-Hodess Rachel Hechinger
Amelie Fanciullo
Betya Dybner
15 Years Candace Feldman
William Levy
Alexandra & Ilan Goldberg Yifat Geffen
Eva Kravetz
Melissa & James Wright Marcia Gilman
Jacob Sanditen
35 Years Elaine Goldman
Jessica Scolnic
James Cooper & Susan Horwitz Deborah Green
Solomon Foster
Madelyn Herzog
Emily Wanger
55 Years Monika Kompodieta
Sharen Litwin
Bernard & Janet Aserkoff
www.tisrael.org/insight | 617-566-3960 21LIFE
LIFECYCLES
CYCLES
Hannah Lass Liev Minkoff • Alex Sherman son of Beth Kramer &
Brent Levinson Harry Minkoff Jarred Sherman on October 9
Carolyn Lichtenstein Eitan Nishman • Ella Josephs Myers, daughter of Leslie
Lucca Maiorano Stephanie Pearl Bitekoff Myers on October 16
Francesco Maiorano Noa Pesner
Michael Maiorano Marilyn Pritikin Malcolm Arnold, son of Jill & Matthew
Gavin Marks Brennan Robbins Arnold on October 23
Clara Mindell Andrew Rozenvayn Sonia Mirabel Wexler, daughter of
Idone Rhodes Carol Rumpler Rachel & Michael Wexler on October 30
Nicole Ribakoff Sylvie Sacks
Andrea Roberts Celia Segel
May their memories bring blessing.
Amalia Rysman Michael Segel RECENT DEATHS
Grigoriy Shteyntsayg Hannah Sender • Paul Berk father of Ted Berk and
Andrew Sokoloff Marlene Skvirsky grandfather of Samantha, Asker and
Roger Sperber Benjamin Smith Eli
Steve Subrin Susan Smith • Jean Caplan aunt of Michele Fishel
Melissa Tearney Jordan Smoller
• Claire Cohen mother of Leslie Godoff,
Emily Weber Courtney Stano
Richard Cohen, aunt of David Jacobson
Sydney Weisman Lillian Stern
and Nancy Jacobson
Adam Williams Sara Strand
• Perry Cohen brother of Dayl Cohen
Ellen Walpert
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS Michael Wexler
• Sherry Hoffman mother of Richard
Gail Ames Hoffman and grandmother of Stella
Marilyn Winer
Jodi Anthony and Ruby
Jean Aserkoff Mazal Tov! • Marcia Dean Maxwell mother of Marc
Gabriel Berkowitz AUGUST B'NEI MITZVAH Maxwell
Stephanie Berkson • Julius Pieper, son of Miriam Pieper on • Robert Peck husband of Ann Peck
John Bookston August 7 • Matilda Polster grandmother of Fallon
Jacob Cohen Rubin
• Risa Violet Goldfeld, daughter of Alex
Christi Conkling • Ana Maria Reyes mother of Abner
Goldfield and Mariel Gonzales on
Mallory Cutler Marin and step-mother of Juan Marin
August 21
Joanie Daniels • Carol Weiss Sandler, wife of Martin
John Fisher • Mirabelle Keselman, daughter of Sandler
Andrew Franks Gene Keselman and Maia Fisher on
August 28 • Evelyn Sass mother of Laura Peabody
Matthew Friedman
and grandmother of Sam and Emma
Serena Fujita SEPTEMBER B’NEI MITZVAH • Larry Sneirson brother of Robert Snei-
Mitchell Geffin • Tavio Evan Mares-Van Praag, son of rson
Elliott Gordon Karla Van Praag & Rafael Mares on • Robert Weller husband of Gloria
Roger Gottlieb September 4 Weller
Lisa Grobstein
• Ellie Schultheis, daughter of Dwight
Jonathan Hurwitz
Schultheis & Lauren Heller on Mazal Tov!
Noah Hyatt
September 11 WE CONGRATULATE
Alexander Inker
• Emil Moses Grinberg, son of • Sam and Emma Adelman on the
Zachary Iwatsuki
Harriet Paltiel and Eric Grinberg on birth of their daughter Claire Stockley
Dalia Kliman
September 25 Adelman
Michael Kuchta
Robert Lepson OCTOBER B’NEI MITZVAH • Stephen and Isabelle Davis, parents,
Nicole Lipson • Joshua Doctoroff, son of Adam and Margot and Jonathan Davis,
Robert Marcus Cina Doctoroff on October 2 grandparents, and Molly and Blake
Samuel Miller Macleod, aunt and uncle, on the birth
22 Living Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact.LIFE CYCLES
of Theodora Olivia Davis birth of their grandson Nathan Soren Rotenberg Tcheyan and their grandson
• Jeanne Goldberg on the birth of her Strauss Jonathan Rotenberg Bush
great-grandsons Eitan and Ezra Keyak • David and Kaitlin Krulewich, parents, • Ellen Beth and Detlev Suderow on
and Gelen and Leonard Krulewich, the birth of their grandson Ilan Torres
• Marisa and Keith Kenney, parents, and
grandparents, on the birth of Banks Ship Suderow and their granddaughter Maya
Dr. Michael and Barbara Greenwald,
Krulewich Kaplan
grandparents, on the birth of Brooke • Bob and Claudia Slipakoff,
Lee Kenney. • Dean and Pamela Bard Richlin on the grandparents, and Rabbi Dan Slipakoff,
• Emma and Kal Koblick on the birth of birth of their granddaughter Abigail uncle, on the birth of Senén Mosé
their daughter Lyla Cora Koblick Bard Rivera Morales Slipakoff.
• Thel Klein and Charlie Deutsch on the • Jon and Bonnie Rotenberg on the
birth of their granddaughter Winifred
YAHRZEITS
AUGUST 1-7 David Nadell Max Geller Fannie Saxe
Sarah L. Abrahamson Saul Norman Nectow Joseph L. Goldman David J. Seder
Rabbi David Bear Alpert Joseph Parker Adele Cohen Goldstein Harry Benjamin Shpiner
Gerald G. Auerbach Elizabeth Pfeffer Evelyn Goodman Harvey Shwartz
Dr. Benjamin M. Banks Frances Greenberg Polin Charlotte R. Goodman Dr. Benjamin F. Sieve
Evelyn Barlow Ella Frankfurter Rogers Montie M. Gordon Ronald David Sigel
Irene Goldbarg Bennett Ellen Berman Sandler Adele Adler Gordon Benjamin Spelfogel
Stanley Joseph Berkman Abraham Schilder William Irving Gorfinkle Hyman Stern
Benjamin Bernson Ruth C. Segel Rebecca Gorin Sumner Stroyman
Nathan Daniels Dorothy M. Shapiro Helaine M. Gorin Bertha Swartz
Herman Feffer Edna G. Shpiner Albert Gutterman Pauline Bunshaft Wasby
Jacqueline De Jur Feinberg Pauline Singer Dr. Louis Hermanson Stanley Fred Waterman
Israel Fellman Annie Snyder Siegfried Horowitz Abraham Weisberg
Phyllis Hyde Fisher Frances P. Steinberg Jacob J. Kaplan Fred H. Wolff
Frederick Frank Michael Miller Sulkin Maurice Keezer
Frank Wallace Lena Salter Kulvin
AUGUST 15-21
Janis Arne Gold
Nathan Bierbrier
Ida Carolyn Goldman Betty Kahn White Fannie Freedman Leavitt
Esther L. Cibel
Hannah Leah Gorin Anna Frank Wolfman Leon J. Levenson
Eleanor Grossman Cohen
Laurence E. Gross Rose Salter Wolfson Milton Linden
Hazel L. Cutler
Paul Haas Charles Yallum Saul Maurice Marcus, M.D.
Lena S. Damon
William E. Harting Lewis L. Martinson
AUGUST 8-14 Laurence M. Meyer
Zelda K. Davis
Mary Ann Hitt
Bessie Strauss Abraham Bella Diamond
Isabel Hurwitz Rhea Miller
Sylvia Hanauer Adelson J. Laurence Fine
Tekla Huvos Sandra Vogel Nagelberg
Louis Berenberg Adolph A. Freedman
Bernard Kaplan Morris Narva
Ellen Lois Berman Benjamin I. Goldberg
Irving Klein Wendy Jane Nessel
Melissa Remedi Brown Eva A. Goldberg
Murray P. Koblenzer Laurence J. Noble
Charles Brown Jacob Bernard Gordon
H. Louis Kramer Aaron Perlmutter
Maurice Cherazie Joyce L. Forman Groper
Isidore Kressel Evelyn D. Poretsky
Celia H. Davis Stella Sydeman Grossman
Sidney Lampert Rose S. Rachlin
David Einhorn Sally Frank Kaplan
Frank Lanes Rebecca Leven Roberts
Maxine Elmont Judy Bailen Kateman
Anna Simons Levin Rhoda H. Rosenthal
Bessie Fellman Nan Bennett Kay
Alfred Levy Ruth Rothenberg
Irving J. Flax Ruth Krulewitz
Dr. Leo R. Milner Betsy P. Rubin
Gerald Flaxer Fannie Loitman
Barbara Astroff Morse Anna Sandler
Leah Nataupsky Freedman Harold Margolis
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YAHRZEITS
Edward Markell Rose Escovitz Rose Wekstein Sally Viola Sieve
Patricia J. Maslon Milton M. Feinberg Samuel H. Wexler Rose Silverstein
Frances C. Michaelson Philip Furshman Florence Esther Winograd Lila Ginsburg Simberg
Maurice I. Miller Abraham Gashin Abraham Joseph Wolfe Ida C. Snyder
Howard W. Muellner Jerry Nathan Goldberg Albert David Zecher Martha Alland Sperber
Samuel Alexander Nemzoff Naomi Virginia Hambro Miriam Zuckerman Hyman I. Sperber
Lorna Marilyn Phillips Myron E. Helpern Oscar Sterman
AUGUST 29-
Charlotte (Dolly) Rabb Audrey F. Hoffman Meyer Tattenbaum
SEPTEMBER 4
Bernard Morris Rivkin Richard Loring Hyde Jacob Toochinsky
Shirley Zolloto Abrams
Adele C. Robbins Maurice Jacobs Theodore Towvim
Miriam Aserkoff
Samuel Joseph Rosenberg Stanley H. Kaplan Myra Bresky Ullman
Dr. Paul Barrabee
Fay Rotenberg Dr. Leon Kessler Sarah Werner
Herbert Quint Bayard
Minna Dreyfus Rubenstein Elizabeth R. Kirshen Ellen Wilf
Gabriel W. Becker
Claire W. Sandberg Anna Klein Sally B. Wyner
Gertrude J. Berman
Ralph Harold Schein Emmanuel Kurland Robert Yallum
Etta B. Casson
Faye Zeichik Schenk Walter A. Landau
Burton Donald Segal Barry L. Lass
Dr. Benjamin Jacob Chefitz SEPTEMBER 5-11
Anna Burstein Cohen Honorable Herbert Abrams
Lillian Rosenberg Silbert Arthur I. Lee
Joan Cutler Donald Howard Alberts
Selma R. Singer Susan Levi
Martin Faurer Elizabeth Davidson Alland
Jacob George Sloane Sam Levin
Rae Goldman Linda Lurie Alpers
Jeanette Snyder Simon Norman G. Levin
Sophia Goldstein Louis Barron
Melvin Starensier Aaron H. Levin, M.D.
Isaac Goldstein Peter Belfer
Emanuel Starr Bernard Levine
Marcia Q. Greenglass Marshall L. Berkman
Yetta Steinfeld Walter Lewis
Jacob Gruberger Tal Berman
Arthur Stroyman Lawrence Marcus
Harry H. Harpel Max S. Bloom
Russell Lee Theise Andrew T. McAfee
Benjamin A. Helman Richard Neil Braude
Harold I. Trietsch Frances M. Mordecai
Esther Hershkovitz Ralph M. Brody
Paul Allan Weiner Carolyn Levin Morrill
Ruth Horwitz Morris Bronstein
Abe Leon Wise Viola L. Myers
Morton Jolles Matthew Brown
Taffy Zimbler Sidney M. Palder
Ida Sarah Kanter Morris Zavel Burstein
David Passer
AUGUST 22-28 Frank Popper
Omar R. King Harry Aaron Cohen
Sally Laskoff Abrams Rae Krokyn Frances Goldman Dana
Bella Porter
Gustaf H. Abrams Elaine Marcus Sylvia Kanter Davis
Ida Droker Queen
Frank Alter Harry L. Marks Irene Grass Faneuil
Irving Rabb
Doris Stern Bacharach Beatrice L. Miller Benjamin J. Finn
Avner Rakov
Dr. Henry Jacob Bakst Anna D. Mitnick Dr. Sidney Fish
Joseph Rapaport
Dr. Ralph H. Bender Naima Simha Murad Benjamin Gargill
Sylvia Rice
Florence Berke Otto L. Myers Ida Standel Greenberg
Sumner "Sonny" Rodman
Samuel R. Berkman Barnet Nemrow Fannie Horwitz
Stephen M. Richmond
Alice Bloomberg Lena L. Neustadt Florence M. Kahn
Isaac M. Sholkin
Harry B. Braude Beatrice Hirsh Poorvu William S. Koster
Joseph Moses Shurdut
Harriett Slome Brownstein Irving Rosner Joseph Maurice Krasnoff
Rebecca Silverman
Irving S. Canner Nessie Seltzer Rovner Good- Harry Krosner
Bessie Slesinger
Victoria L. Caras man Celia Q. Kupferman
Miriam Brief Solomovitz
Florence Bloomberg Cerf Samuel H. Sackman Ida Levensohn
Dr. Herman M. Strauss
Henrietta Nast Cofman Charlotte S. Sallinger Philip Locke
Julia Goodman Thurman
Walter Corty Daniel Saltzberg Eli London
Mae Vernon
Frances Ebert Abraham E. Sapers Esther Brief Maixner
Efrem Weinreb
Mitchell Roy Emers Alan R. Shoolman Kimberly Anne Markell
Florence Mendelsohn Weiss
24 Living Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact.YAHRZEITS
Gary Mendelson Herbert Monroe Kramer Louis Lazar Goldstein Lena Frank
Jessica J. Miller Helene Kramer Gallagher Edna Grace Reeva Porter Freeman
Dr. Joel Mark Noe A. Sarah Levensohn Frank A. Greenberg Rosalind Sperber Frye
Mathilde T. Queen Jennie R. Levine Marjorie Gunner Edith Gargill
Helmer M. Raphael Lillian S. Levy Leonard Kaplan Joseph Samuel Ginsburg
Frank L. Reinherz Clarence A. Lipman Sarah Karp Beryl David Gorin
Nathan M. Rodman James A. Lippman Stephen Krosner Khava Gorlovsky
Louis Rosenthal Maurice Masters Walter Sabin Levenson Captain Mack K. Greenberg
Richard B. Ross Paul Milch Dr. Harry Levine Celia Hodess
Esther Sadow Luba Okun Edith Kohn Levine Harold Horvitz
Samuel Schaffer Doris Julia Panoff Dr. David Lewis Louis Hyneman
Hyman Schatz Maynard Petkun Seymour N. Logan Martin D. Keller
Dr. Joseph Segal Marcel Pfeffer Norman A. Mandel Anna Wasserman Kohn
Robert G. Segel Louis Pinkos Judith Sabin Meisel Pauline Kuhn
Sarah Shain Ernestine Potter Max Miller Bernard Kusmin
Esther L. Singer Mary Price Lillian Palder Jacob Lerman
Alan David Solar Ida Robinson Fannie Ramler Hyman J. Levensohn
Dr. Hyman B. Swig Judge Charles Abraham Rome Harold Isaac Reingold Inez Werman Levenson
Mildred Tarshish Dorothy Rosenthal Milton E. Robinson Dorothy June Levy
Edith Trietsch Dr. Maurice J. Savitz Selma Ann Rosen Frances R. Levy
Simon Vorenberg Arthur H. Schein Rachael Gertrude Rosenberg Sarah Libin
Edith C. Weissman Clarence Shapero Mollie Sagansky Andrew Mark Lippard
Lilla Morse Wolfson Robert Sherer Bertha Levene Schein Arthur Benjamin Lourie
Mark Yesley Ellsworth H. Sherin Leonard Leo Schulman Myer Marder
Albert M. Zolloto Belle E. Shine Gerald Segel Joseph Marder
Beatrice Diana Sigel Nathan Shiffman Rita May
SEPTEMBER 12-18 Minna Steinfeld Leo J. Sieve Harold L. Miller
Sara Ackerman
Helen Marion Ulin Ruth Eleanor Silver Amelia Spring Morris
Isaac Bachrach
Dr. Jacob Wallace Paul Simons Elsie G. Porter
Billie Bernhard Belloff
Louis H. Wax Rose Mary Sloane Ethel A. Rogal
David Berkman
Ruth Weisberg Rebecca Smilg Milton Herman Rosenstock
Dr. Saul Berman
Aaron Weissman Morris Tarlin Morris Rostau
Robert Bookston
Dianne Wilderman Herman Louis Tritter Herbert Warren Rubin
Edith Reinstein Bufferd
Will G. Wilton Ida Wallick Michael Rudnick
Marie A. Coyne
Sadie Cohen Weinreb Joan Baylor Schilder
Beth Einhorn SEPTEMBER 19-25
Charles Weiscopf Joel Neal Shapiro
Morris Feldberg Lawrence Baker, M.D.
Augustus Weiscopf Marian J. Smith
Hyman H. Freedman Bernard G. Berkman
Lester Werman Sherry Jill Tucker
Goldie Gilbert Nancy M. Bower
Samuel Winograd Barbara Yamins Weinreb
Sylvia Gilman Herman Brightman
Elmore Yallum
David Ginsburg Justin Livingston Bromberg SEPTEMBER 26-
Max Goldman Harvey Chopp OCTOBER 2 OCTOBER 3-9
Marion Goldman Dr. Samuel Cline Ida Allen Maria Benado
Rebecca Goldman Adolph I. Dinner Aaron Alpern Jean K. Benjamin
Alfred P. Grossman Robert A. Feer Deborah Barron Blazar Bessie Ruth Berman
Carl M. Haas M.D. Anne Rubin Feinberg Mina Bloom James Berns
Ida Mae Kahn Philip Frieze Ida S. Bornstein Charles L. Cohen
Dr. Meier Karp Maurice Gans Col. Samson K. Cohen Adolph Ehrlich
Joseph Bernard Klein Dr. Samuel Leon Gargill Theodore M. Feldman Dr. Gary L. Fisher
Nick Knez Lester H. Glasser Celia Traister Feldman I. Robert Forrest
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YAHRZEITS
Howard Glazer Lottie Caplan Louis Abraham Charnow OCTOBER 24-30
Alex Gold-Pitegoff Phyllis Levine Dana Lester Harold Dana Quincy I. Abrams
Charles Augustus Goldman Hope Lynn Edinburg Marjorie L. Edenfeld Max H. Abrams
Jack Gottlieb Gertrude Mazur Feldman Lillian S. Feinberg Albert Adelson
Alan J. Greenfield Dr. Manuel Morris Glazier Dr. Spencer N. Frankl Ruth Aisner
Elise Lottie Haas Zelda Grass Florence Silverman Franks Herman Blum
Morris D. Hershkovitz Alfred S. Grass Otto Fromholz Howard Leon Borkow
Morris Holtz Bertha Herman Harris Blanche Gass Celia Cohen
Lena Holzman Herbert Hodess Pearl M. Goldshine S. Sydney DeYoung
Reuben Kaplan Bertha Holtz Aaron Lee Goodman Violet H. Eisenberg
Joseph Kaplowitz George Nathaniel Kalish Abraham L. Gordon Harry H. Elbinger
Joseph P. Keller Ethylene Winberg Kaplan Sarah Gordon Isabelle C. Epstein
Ethel Krosner Ida Kirsner Julia Greenberg Manuel M. Epstein
Leonard I. Lappin Murray Lepie Rose T. Greenberg Sadie Freedland
Harry Liebmann Colman Levin Arthur C. Halpern Robert Eliot Freeman
Abraham Leopold Loewenstein Irving Levy Fannie F. Hanauer Manuel Godoff
Celia London Lillian Loeb Rezso Robert Hidasi Nathan Max Goloboy
Sarah Lotto Kattie Marder Gertrude Wasserman Korshak Charles Benjamin Goloboy
Gertrude Martinson Harry Meilman Frances Kramer Herman Grollman
Louis Milender Herman Miller Dora Lanes William Knoble Grollman
Lewis J. Miller Goldie Novins Mark Levine Elaine Knoble Grollman
Louis Edward Morse Max Plutzky Susan Strauss Manello Joseph Guttentag
Arthur Moser Sidney R. Rabb Ida Marder Melvin S. Hanauer
Sara Beth Narins Sussman Sophia Charak Reinherz Ralph May Steven K. Helman
Benjamin George Phillips Jacob Riemer Michael L. Michael Belle R. Helman
Abraham Edward Pinanski Joseph Rogers Harriet Phillips Morse Bernard "Bud" Hodess
Michael H. Porter Lotte Scheiberg David H. Murad Frances Maxine Jacobson
Joseph N. Rosen Diana Karr Schrager Vivian M. Neyman Golda Rudner Karlin
Estelle G. Rosenberg Benjamin D. Schwartz Esther Roslind Norman Dr. David Karp
Leon Samuel Rosenstein Ruth Gordon Shapiro Regina Schnaider Plutzky Leon Knapp
Harold Dana Rudginsky Bess Weisberg Silver Gertrude Popper Phyllis M. Knez
Harry Otis Sandberg Henry Simon Ethel Presson Max Kotler
Irving Lawrence Sass Harold Singer Ellen Raphael Irving Kotlier
Charlotte Grass Schneider Laila Karnes Slater Dora F. Richmond Ralph Jon Krensky
Isadore Silverman Samuel Sidney Stoneman Roy Ross Esther Kupinsky
Frieda Mikels Smith Frieda Silbert Ullian Frances Finn Rothberg Gerda F. Lanes
Paul Sobel Ruth Sondheim Vigman Anne H. Sapers James Levensohn
Julius Stern Wilfred B. Werner Morris S. Shapiro Harriet J. Levin
David Stoneman Hy Winer Myron S. Silbert Rose Winer Levin
Daniel S. Swerling Freda Silver Dora C. Levin
OCTOBER 17-23
Howard Jay Wolfe Harold Silverstein Edward William Levine
Marion A. Bailen
Louise B. Zelermyer Edith Sperber Jacob Levy
Edward I. Bailen
Carl Albert Steinbaum Milton Lincoln Levy
OCTOBER 10-16 Robert S. Benjamin
Herman Steinfeld Faye Buchhalter Lewis
Ruth Sleeper Adler Hyman W. Berkman
Louis Strauss Samuel Lurie
Leah W. Banash Ernestine R. Birnbaum
Rose S. Swartz Dr. S. Richard Muellner
Samuel Barkin Bessie K. Braude
Shirley Swartz William Pokross
Margareta B. Bernson Nathan Brezner
Esther L. Weiner David Pokross
Newman M. Biller Jack Goddard Brown
Genevieve Geller Wyner Bessie E. Printz
Phyllis Esther Bomhof Frances E. Bunshaft
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